Bengals' Sheldon Rankins floated as cut candidate
Now, analysts such as Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine have turned an eye to the future for the Bengals and floated Rankins as a cut candidate: The Bengals let D.J. Reader leave in free agency and then signed Sheldon Rankins to a two-year, $24.5 million contract. That has turned out to be a major source of disappointment.