New Headline: Bengals' Pro Bowler Secures $7M Signing Reward as Top Performer
One Bengals player will be making more money than expected next season.
It’s been an odd week for Cincinnati Bengals contract news. One free agent the Bengals signed had a higher-than-expected cap hit . How the Bengals have been doing contracts, especially compared to Trey Hendrickson’s deal in Baltimore , is concerning.
Some good news? The Bengals have one player getting a performance-based pay bump from the NFL this offseason. The honor goes to safety Jordan Battle, who got the biggest and most notable raise among all Bengals players, earning $1.
02 million. The NFL’s system is a format that benefits players with high snap counts but low salaries. Battled played 1,006 snaps last year, a top-30 mark around the NFL.
As a result, Battle is jumping to a base salary of roughly $4. 7 million in 2026. Coincidentally, Bengals brass have talked all offseason about building around Battle , then did so with the signing of Bryan Cook in free agency.