Bengals Week 7 Inactives vs Browns: Cincinnati finally gets second-year player back from injury

The Cincinnati Bengals are a few hours up north on a mission to beat the Cleveland Browns. Let's see who will NOT suit up in today's game. Here are the Bengals' Week 7 inactives DT Lawrence Guy Sr.WR Trenton IrwinDE Cedric JohnsonTE Tanner McLachlanOL Andrew StueberDT Jay Tufele Much like last week, Guy and Tufele are […]

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Dec 10, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals cornerback DJ Ivey (38) celebrates his fumble recovery with cornerback Chidobe Awuzie (22) during the second half against the Indianapolis Colts at Paycor Stadium.
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The Cincinnati Bengals are a few hours up north on a mission to beat the Cleveland Browns. Let's see who will NOT suit up in today's game.

Here are the Bengals' Week 7 inactives

  • DT Lawrence Guy Sr.
  • WR Trenton Irwin
  • DE Cedric Johnson
  • TE Tanner McLachlan
  • OL Andrew Stueber
  • DT Jay Tufele

Much like last week, Guy and Tufele are healthy scratches as their spots on the defensive tackle depth chart are below the likes of Kris Jenkins Jr. and McKinnley Jackson. The same goes for Johnson on the edge. 

Irwin was active last week over rookie Jermaine Burton, but Burton will get the nod today against Cleveland's secondary. Stueber, who was added two weeks ago off the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad, is a healthy scratch again as Trey Hill was elevated off the practice squad for a second straight week.

Not listed is DJ Ivey, who was activated off the Physically Unable to Perform list Saturday. 

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Ivey was cleared to practice two weeks ago and has been a full participant ever since. The team decided to wait until this week to officially activate him off the PUP list.

A seventh-round pick from the 2023 NFL Draft, Ivey earned a special teams role as a rookie and even made some plays on defense late in his rookie season. He suffered a torn ACL in December and was out for the entire offseason and the first six weeks of this season. 

Expect Ivey to see snap on special teams and to provide depth on the boundary behind Cam Taylor-Britt and DJ Turner II.