In line with a number of stories Tuesday morning, the Bengals added to their operating again room once they acquired versatile Bears operating again Khalil Herbert and his 4.8 profession yards per carry to go together with 45 profession catches.
The 5-9, 212-pound Herbert has the same environment friendly profile to each Bengals incumbents Chase Brown and Zack Moss. With Moss on the shelf with a neck problem and Brown coming off a 27-carry sport within the win over the Raiders, the Bengals grabbed Herbert on the commerce deadline as they put together for Thursday evening’s sport in Baltimore. They reportedly gave the Bears subsequent yr’s seventh-rounder.
Herbert, a 2021 sixth-round pick of Virginia Tech by way of Kansas on the final yr of his rookie deal, brings a burst and a nostril for goal-line conditions to Cincinnati with 11 profession touchdowns, 9 on the bottom. He is coming off a career-high season of 132 carries and 20 catches, however he hasn’t been used a lot this yr with the Bears.
Chicago is transitioning to a backfield manned primarily by their offseason pickup D’Andre Swift with Roschon Johnson getting used on goal-line and short-yardage conditions. Earlier than being inactive the final two weeks, Herbert had eight carries for 16 yards to go together with two catches.
He had a a lot busier first three years in Chicago in each the operating and passing video games earlier than this season and is understood to be significantly efficient operating zone schemes. In 2022, he led the NFL with 5.7 yards per keep on 129 carries throughout a season NFL Subsequent Gen Stats put him within the prime 5 for most effective operating backs. Final yr he led the Bears with 611 yards and missed 5 video games with an ankle damage.
In his first three seasons, he averaged 9 carries per sport and by no means had a season he carried for lower than 4.6 yards per. He is received the imaginative and prescient to pop a giant run (his longs the final two seasons are 63 and 38, respectively), in addition to a workload capability. He is had 9 video games of least 18 carries.
