Pro Football Focus Names Bengals Defender B.J. Hill Team's Most Underrated Player

A stalwart up front for Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI — Pro Football Focus writer Jonathan Macri showed some love to Bengals defensive tackle B.J. Hill this week. He deemed the recently extended veteran Cincinnati's most underrated player.

Hill put pen to paper on a three-year, $33 million deal with Cincinnati this offseason.

"Hill is coming off his second-best PFF overall grade as a member of the Bengals since 2021, earning a 70.2 mark, which ranked in the top 25 mark for the position in 2024," Macri wrote. "Hill’s strength at this point in his career is as a run defender, where he posted an 18th-ranked 69.2 PFF run-defense grade this past season. On 273 run defense snaps, Hill delivered a 9.3% run-stop-rate — another top-20 mark and an impressive feat for a defensive lineman heading into Year 8."

Hill and TJ Slaton are Cincinnati's top defensive tackles among a group that has just four names boasting notable NFL experience. 

The former Giant will be a big factor on defense once again this fall.