Every fan of the Cincinnati Bengals fan remembers defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins’ one-year stint with the team last season for largely the wrong reasons. Rankins missed a combined 10 games last season, missing three games from Weeks 3-5 with a hamstring injury, and then came down with viral meningitis during week eleven which caused him to miss the rest of the season. The Bengals made the decision to release Rankins before free agency this offseason. Now months removed from his Bengals departure, Rankins has shed more light on his tumultuous 2024 season.