Bengals Injury Report: Zac Taylor delivers the best possible news about Cincinnati’s roster entering Week 1
A clean bill of health for the Bengals.
The first injury report of the Cincinnati Bengals’ season is completely clean.
Coach Zac Taylor told local media members Wednesday afternoon that every member of the 53-man roster will participate fully in the first official practice of Week 1.
“We’re in great shape,” Taylor said during his first weekly presser of the regular season. “I mean, obviously, we got the two guys on I.R., but I feel like we got everything done in camp that we wanted to. We came out at this point relatively healthy. All the guys, obviously, that are active are ready to go.”
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The two players on the Reserve/Injured list Taylor mentioned are safety Daijahn Anthony and defensive end Cedric Johnson. Both players are expected to return to the active roster later this season, but will be forced to miss at least the first four weeks of the year.
Anthony’s roster spot for the time being has been taken by second-year safety PJ Jules, who made the 53-man roster for the first time in his career. Jules spent his rookie season on the practice squad.
Johnson was a part of the roster last year, and there are five DEs on the team: starters Trey Hendrickson and Joseph Ossai, and reserves Myles Murphy, Cam Sample, and Shemar Stewart.
Murphy was one of a few players injured during parts of the preseason, along with tight end Mike Gesicki and cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt. As Taylor mentioned, every player on the active roster is practicing with a matchup against the Cleveland Browns just a few days away.
As for the Browns, they were only without defensive tackle Mike Hall (knee) on Wednesday. Left guard Joel Bitonio (rest), linebacker Mohamoud Diabate (quadricep), DT Shelby Harris (illness), center Ethan Pocic (knee), cornerback Denzel Ward (shoulder), and TE Blake Whiteheart (knee) were all limited.
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