The Bengals need to get their roster down to 53 men by Saturday, but they also need enough bodies to field a team for four quarters on Thursday against the Colts.
So on Tuesday, the team signed free agent cornerback Darius Hillary. This isn’t the first time Hillary has been with the Bengals, as he signed with the team as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin following the 2016 NFL Draft.
Since then, Hillary has spent time on the practice squads of Cincinnati, Washington and Oakland. He was actually briefly on Cleveland’s 53-man roster during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.