On Thursday, the Cincinnati Bengals announced they had completed two deals with quarterbacks just days before the start of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Bengals signed former draft pick Logan Woodside to a one-year deal and extended Jake Browning, a player who had a breakout season last year, to a two-year contract.
Browning, a second-year player out of the University of Washington, was signed to the Bengals’ practice squad ahead of the 2021 season. He spent the 2021 and ’22 seasons on Cincinnati’s practice squad before playing in nine games with seven starts in ’23. He led the team to a 4-3 record as a starter.
The Bengals did not disclose the nature of Browning’s new deal, but he is due the league minimum because of the ERFA tag. This is an unfair and clumsy deal for a player who showed he can be a valuable backup in the league. Per Spotrac, Browning was set to earn $915,000 for the 2024 season before signing the two-year deal. So he’s looking at making $1.8 million for two seasons in Cincinnati.
In addition to keeping Browning, the Bengals added another familiar face to the roster by signing Woodside. Woodside, a fifth-year player out of the University of Toledo, was originally a seventh-round pick of the Bengals in 2018. He has played in 13 career games for the Tennessee Titans (2020-21) and Atlanta Falcons (’22-23) and completed four of seven passes for 34 yards.
The Bengals now have three quarterbacks on their roster for their offseason workout program. This article first appeared on Gridiron Heroics and was syndicated with permission.
