The Bengals reminded us in 2020 that free agency certainly doesn’t end in the Spring.
Among the many personnel issues their roster had last season, the guard position was simply in an atrocious state for Cincinnati. Desperate measures were needed even before the midseason mark as Michael Jordan was struggling and three other players could not competently make up for the loss of Xavier Su’a-Filo.
Quinton Spain was the Bengals’ on-the-fly solution.
Any other city aside from Buffalo could not have been on Spain’s mind when the season began. He had just signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Bills back in March to start as their left guard.