BJGE isn’t a very spectacular back, but he doesn’t fumble and he doesn’t get tackled for a loss. His stats have been inflated a bit over the past 2 years because of the Patriots offense, but he’s a solid rotational back. This signing doesn’t mean the Bengals won’t draft a running back in the first 3 rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft to go with BJGE and Bernard Scott. The Bengals might have been better off paying Michael Bush 14 million over 4 years than paying BJGE 9 million over 3 years, but this isn’t a horrible signing. BJGE, Bush, and Mike Tolbert all got similar deals and that sounds about right.

Grade: B