NFL Legends Make Case for Bengals to Trade for NFL All-Pro Before Deadline - Sports Illustrated

By Google News Sports · 2026-11-04T23:04:37+01:00

The Bengals are one of several teams "aggressively" pursuing Colts running back Jonathan Taylor according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The Bengals should add Taylor for plenty of reasons, given his elite ability and their lack of run-game production. Future Hall of Famer and current CBS Sports announcer J.J. Watt chimed in on the fit for Taylor in Cincinnati and why it makes more sense than any other trade destination.

"I really do believe the Cincinnati Bengals make sense for a guy like him because of what their offense has in terms of the passing game and they just haven't been able to get going on the ground," Watt said on the CBS "Set Hut" show

Taylor has shined as one of the only bright spots of a subpar Colts roster in Indianapolis with 812 total yards and eight touchdowns on 169 touches. Meanwhile, Chase Brown and Samaje Perine have combined for 735 yards and three scores on 173 touches for the Bengals so far this season.

While those stats look similar, the difference is night and day in terms of who the bigger threat is on the field. Taylor is a threat to score every time he touches the ball as evidenced from his 40 touchdowns over the last three seasons.

Watt is not alone in believing the Bengals should target Taylor. Bengals legend Cris Collinsworth and his son Jac pointed out that the team is in a position to fix a glaring hole, similar to how the Bears traded for Jeffery Simmons.

"With what Jeffery Simmons did in that game the other day for the Chicago Bears, who can match that, and can you do it with the guys that you currently have on your roster or are you now forced to do what the Bears did, which is to go out and fix that glaring hole on your football team," Collinsworth asked.

Collinsworth pointed to the Pro Football Focus grades of the…

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