The longest year of their lives are only halfway over, but making it this far as an NFL rookie is an insane accomplishment. The transitions only get crazier as the year progresses. Going from the college game to a stressful pre-draft process, and then to an NFL offseason that goes 1000 miles per hour. And after all of that, there’s still the gauntlet of an NFL season ahead of them.
The Cincinnati Bengals appear to have picked a good group of rookies. Training camp and preseason ball have allowed us to gauge where the first-year players are at, and with Week 1 on the doorstep, we have a sense of what to expect from them.