ESPN Names Cam Taylor-Britt Among 2023 Breakout Candidates

Cincinnati has a new-look secondary heading into the season.

CINCINNATI — Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt has heightened expectations entering his second NFL season. He is a starter this time around that ESPN's Bill Barnwell noted as a strong breakout candidate among a list of 22 other players.

Until Chidobe Awuzie fully returns from his torn ACL, CTB is the team's top cornerback.

"The key player is Taylor-Britt, who filled in for (Eli) Apple and then Awuzie after missing the first six games of 2022," Barnwell wrote. "The second-rounder was an every-down player from Week 8 onward, allowing a 102.9 passer rating in coverage, per Pro Football Reference. He got better as the season went along. According to NFL Next Gen Stats, he allowed a completion percentage of 16.8 points under expectation over the final month of the season, a stretch which included playoff games against the Bills and Chiefs.

"Now, Taylor-Britt enters the season as an essential starter. The Bengals don't get their titanic battle with the Chiefs until New Year's Eve, but they'll get the Browns, Ravens, Rams and Seahawks before their Week 7 bye. Last season, coach Zac Taylor's team couldn't carry over their white-hot end to 2021 into a hot start in 2022. If Cincinnati wants to pull that off this season, it will need Taylor-Britt and his fellow young teammates in the secondary to hit the ground running."

The second-year stopper has already noted how much easier things are this year after getting a bunch thrown at him as a rookie. Cincinnati's versatility in the secondary has been a huge key to their playoff success in recent years.

Taylor-Britt is next up to carry that baton.

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