{"id":239613,"date":"2025-07-27T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239613\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:55:11","slug":"mike-hilton-signs-with-dolphins-db-played-four-seasons-for-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239613\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Hilton signs with Dolphins; DB played four seasons for Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/83013478007-audio-boom.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bengals Beat Podcast: Bengals 2025 Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Bengals Beat Reporter Kelsey Conway discusses the upcoming 2025 Bengals schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2025\/03\/04\/mike-hilton-cincinnati-bengals-defense-nfl-free-agency\/81318593007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Hilton<\/a>, who played the past four seasons for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, is signing with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" data-autotag=\"22ef43a4-dc5a-43ce-87cd-912a7e348a81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>, per multiple reports, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/dolphins-sign-mike-hilton-jack-jones-injuries-secondary-training-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from NFL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals are scheduled to face the Dolphins in Miami in December on NBC&#8217;s Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton, who is entering his ninth NFL season, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2025\/07\/22\/mike-hilton-free-agency-defensive-back-says-goodbye-to-cincinnati-bengals\/77449034007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted video<\/a> of Cincinnati on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oh_thatsmike28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his Instagram<\/a>\u00a0story, with the caption, &#8220;It&#8217;s been real!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilton played in 64 games with 36 starts for Cincinnati. Hilton&#8217;s six interceptions as a Bengal include one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2021\/11\/28\/mike-hilton-pick-6-ben-roethlisberger-cincinnati-bengals-31-3-halftime-lead-pittsburgh-steelers\/8787363002\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">returned for a touchdown<\/a>\u00a0against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> in 2021. He played his first four seasons for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Hilton was held as\u00a0Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix scrambled, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2024\/12\/28\/bengals-broncos-officials-mike-hilton-holding-penalty-bo-nix-scramble\/76687680007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no penalty was called<\/a>\u00a0during the first quarter of Cincinnati&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2024\/12\/28\/bengals-broncos-reactions-overtime-win-afc-playoff-spot\/77250988007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Week 17 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bengals Beat Podcast: Bengals 2025 Schedule Bengals Beat Reporter Kelsey Conway discusses the upcoming 2025 Bengals schedule. 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