Bengals safety Jordan Battle is the team’s best early breakout candidate, according to PFF.
PFF Names Safety for Bengals The team’s top early breakout candidate is Jordan Battle.Selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft, the rookie showed great promise and was the highest-graded safety from this season’s rookie class.
“Battle was one of the highest-graded college safeties heading into the 2023 NFL Draft, and while he fell to the third round and didn’t get a starting job until Week 11 of his rookie season, all of those strong metrics remained,” Macri wrote. Battle received 82.5 overall and 81.3 in run defense, ranking him in the top 10 at his position. He also added a 76.4 PFF coverage grade, which placed him 17th. He ought to be guaranteed a spot in the starting lineup come 2024 and keep up his stellar play for the Bengals.
Cincinnati is keeping its fingers crossed that Battle and Dax Hill can make a significant breakthrough and approach the heights that Vonn Bell and Jessie Bates did in the Queen City.
