A minor move before the Bengals take on the Chargers on Sunday Night Football.
The Friday before the Cincinnati Bengals head to LA to face the Chargers on Sunday Night Football, they announced they signed tight end Cam Grandy off the practice squad, and in doing so, they have waived half back Kendall Milton.
The Bengals head into their Week 11 game with their playoff lives on the line, and they’ve lost rookie tight end Erick All Jr. for the rest of the season. Grandy will join fellow tight ends Mike Gesicki, Tanner Hudson and Drew Sample, but will likely be a special teams contributor mostly when he’s on the field.
According to Paul Dehner Jr. on X, Grandy jumped sixth-round pick Tanner McLachlan after camp, and the team also doesn’t want to risk losing the rookie on waivers if they were to release him.
Releasing Milton to make room for the extra tight end likely means nothing more than Khalil Herbert, who was acquired via trade from the Bears, will have a more active role in his second week with the team than he did with his first.
