Overview
- Cincinnati announced it signed rookie cornerback Matthew McDoom after he was waived by the Baltimore Ravens earlier in the preseason.
- The team placed undrafted rookie Ceyair Wright on the Exempt/Left Squad list, which removes him from the 90-man offseason roster without an outright release.
- Wright had been signed out of Nebraska in May and the Bengals said only that he left to pursue other opportunities, offering no further details.
- McDoom spent his first three college seasons at Coastal Carolina before transferring to the University of Cincinnati and he brings coverage production plus kickoff-return experience.
- The move gives the Bengals immediate roster flexibility as they evaluate a crowded secondary and suggests McDoom will need to show special-teams value quickly to stick on the final roster.