Bengals get Bears RB Khalil Herbert after Zack Moss injury

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  • Ben Baby, ESPN staff writerNov 5 2024, 9:17 a.m. ET

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      Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News, covering college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com while appearing on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL Shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals have made a rare move ahead of the trade deadline.

The Bengals acquired Chicago Bears running back Khalil Herbert in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round pick, the Bears announced Tuesday. The move comes just hours before the NFL’s trade deadline at 16 A.M.

Cincinnati needed a running back after Zack Moss reported he was dealing with a neck injury before the team’s Week 9 game against the Las Vegas Raiders. On Monday, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said more information would be gathered this week and that a timetable for Moss’ return was unclear.

Herbert, a sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft, was in the final year of his rookie contract. He has seen limited use for the Bears in six games this season. He has just eight carries for 16 yards and a touchdown and has been a healthy scratch in the last two contests for Chicago.

The Virginia Tech product adds depth behind Bengals running back Chase Brown, who had 27 carries for 120 yards, both career highs, in Cincinnati’s 41-27 win over the Raiders last weekend.

Cincinnati has not historically made midseason trades except in special situations. The last came during the 2020 season when disgruntled defensive end Carlos Dunlap was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for offensive lineman BJ Finney.