Geno Stone is ready to put a tough 2024 season behind him and meet the moment this coming fall. The safety is entering Year Two with the Bengals looking at another clear path to playing time after Cincinnati didn't select a safety in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At this point, we're just mere days away from finding out who the Cincinnati Bengals will pick with their six selections in the 2025 NFL Draft. Before even knowing who they pick though, we can highlight some players already on the roster in Cincinnati who could potentially be in danger of losing snaps to a rookie.
Are the Bengals keeping Geno Stone? It certainly feels that way after the first day of free agency. Most of the veteran free safeties are off the board and it doesn't really feel like the Bengals were focused on addressing the back end of their defense over the past 24 hours.
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The Bengals could save substantial money if they release Geno Stone this offseason, but the embattled safety clearly wants to make up for his poor first season in Cincinnati.
With an established top tier and some young options revealing themselves last season, here is a look at where clubs' QB depth charts stand. Contracts and long-term outlooks do not factor in here; these rankings apply only to 2025 on-field capabilities.
The Baltimore Ravens are gearing up for an offseason that could be critical for their championship aspirations. Despite a tight cap situation, the team
The Baltimore Ravens are hoping to move forward with a better secondary for the 2025 season, but they may have to go backwards in order to achieve that.
PFF's Dalton Wasserman dropped his best and worst free agent signings for each NFL team in 2024 and Cincinnati had one on each side of the ball. Mike Gesicki took the positive spot after catching 65 passes for 665 yards and two touchdowns on a one-year, $2.5 million deal.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are preparing for a must-win game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18. Pittsburgh already has its playoff spot clinched, but the outcome of this game could mean a lot when it comes to their opponent on Wild Card Weekend.
Any possible Bengals run to and in the playoffs hinges on Cincinnati's defense forcing turnovers and doing anything it can to paper over engrained issues.
PFF's Trevor Sikkema dropped a three-round mock draft this week. Cincinnati went with Georgia safety Malachi Starks to start their draft at Pick 10. "Geno Stone hasn’t delivered the expected upgrade on the back end for the Bengals, and their defense—plagued by injuries—has regressed significantly in 2024," Sikkema wrote.
The season continues to slip away from the Cincinnati Bengals, who lost their third straight game with a 44-38 defeat at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13.
The Baltimore Ravens are flying high this season, sitting at 8-4 and boasting one of the league’s most electrifying offenses. Dubbed the “Greatest Show on Grass,” the Ravens lead the NFL in yards per game (426.7) and rank second in points per game (30.3).
Geno Stone has had a week off to assess his play and adjust for the rest of the season. The Bengals safety's statistically been one of the worst high-snap players at his position leaguewide, but there is plenty of time to turn it around.
Geno Stone’s story has been one of perseverance and success, highlighted by his incredible rise in the NFL as a former seventh-round pick. Drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2020 out of Iowa, Stone developed into a key piece of Baltimore’s defense.
Things looked pretty bleak there for a minute. In the fourth quarter of the Cincinnati Bengals Week 7 win over the rival Cleveland Browns, Bengals safeties Vonn Bell and Geno Stone collided while trying to defend a pass near their own End Zone.
One of Cincinnati's biggest offseason additions was safety Geno Stone. He came at a position of need for the Bengals and was fresh off of leading the AFC in interceptions in 2023.
The Bengals haven't made any splashy moves in free agency, but they have added several players who should play key roles for them in 2024.
Having made a notable addition on the backend by agreeing to a deal with Geno Stone, the Bengals will remove a recent arrival from the equation.
The Bengals have made their first move of the NFL free agency "tampering" period as they are expected to steal a breakout defender from their AFC North division rival Ravens.
The Baltimore Ravens are reevaluating free agents now that the season is over, and some players seem more likely to remain with the team than others. Let’s look at starting safety Geno Stone and try predicting whether the team should bring him back next year or let him skip town and deal with the ripple effects.
Safety Geno Stone emerged as a vital element on the backend of the Ravens’ defense in 2023, boosting his free-agency stock considerably in the process.
Baltimore Ravens safety Geno Stone has worked hard to get to where he is in his NFL career. A seventh-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Stone appeared in only two games as a rookie, playing mostly special teams as he was on the field for only two defensive snaps.
The NFL's regular season is over, which for most teams, means it's time to start figuring out plans for the offseason. NFL free agency is a huge part of the process, and along with the NFL Draft, it has everyone preparing for what should be a very active couple of months.
The NFL's regular season is over, which for most teams, means it's time to start figuring out plans for the offseason. NFL free agency is a huge part of the process, and along with the NFL Draft, it has everyone preparing for what should be a very active couple of months.
The Baltimore Ravens will soon have a notable decision to make regarding Geno Stone’s future with the team. Stone signed a one-year deal with the Ravens last March.
It's certainly been quite the redemption story for the 24-year-old after he was waived by Baltimore twice during his rookie season in 2020. He was even claimed off waivers by the Texans once but found his way back on the Ravens roster a few months later.
In 2021, Stone played in 15 games for the Ravens, starting one. He finished with 21 total tackles and one interception.
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