Even before the Bengals reap the final prize of the bountiful Billy Price trade, they reportedly reached a long-term deal Monday with the centerpiece of the transaction in defensive tackle B.J. Hill.
Hill, one of the heroes of the Super Bowl run with a game-changing interception of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the AFC championship game, came to terms shortly after fellow DT Larry Ogunjobi left for Chicago, according to multiple reports on the raging wildfire that is twitter on the first day of NFL free agency.
The Bengals were hopeful they could re-sign both of their top-of-the line three techniques that combined for 12.5 crucial interior sacks. When Ogunjobi, the starter, left for a $40 million deal, that became moot. Hill became the starter with a reported three-year deal, $30 million agreement that pays him half of that in the first year and fits him into a towering pay scale on the defensive line where the other three starters count about $35 million against the $208…