The Bengals are trying to close a contract for backup nose tackle Pat Sims, a deal that has been simmering for weeks since agent John Thornton lives in the Indian Hill neighborhood of Bengals negotiators Katie and Troy Blackburn.
Thornton said he could do the deal at the mailbox and why not? The Bengals like Sims’ mail-carrier reliability stopping the run. With free agent Brandon Thompson rehabbing from ACL surgery, the 6-2 340-pound Sims would give them a solid run-stuffer behind Domata Peko at the start of the season.
Last season Sims usually played when Thompson didn’t with Sims getting into eight games and Thompson nine.