Bengals signed DE James Ruffin, CB Cary Harris, FB James Develin, OG Otis Hudson, and OT Andrew Gardner to reserve/future contracts.
They were all on the practice squad, and will be carried on the 80-man roster this offseason. Ruffin offers some potential as a situational pass rusher, although if he was anywhere NFL ready he surely could’ve helped a Bengals team that was among the NFL’s worst at sacking quarterbacks this year.