The Bengals drafted Jonah Williams in the first round because of how well he played tackle at the University of Alabama
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now set to work together in organized team activities and that means incumbent
starter Cordy Glenn will also be on the field. There’s been speculation about
someone moving to guard or to the other side of the line and the team will
likely be taking a look at all options during OTAs.Offensive coordinator Brian
Callahan said that the team is going to experiment by moving players around as
they hunt for the right group for the regular season.“We have the flexibility to
give us the five best players where ever they fit. It’s going to be really hard
to know that until we put pads on. The pads are always the great equalizer,”
Callahan said, via the team’s website. “Monday is not a foreshadowing of Week
One in September. We’re going to mess with a bunch of different combinations.
Where we start on Monday could very well be where we start come September. It
could very well not. A lot of football between now and then.”There are high
hopes for what head coach Zac Taylor will do with the offense in Cincinnati and
figuring out the right way to deploy the offensive line will be an essential
part of reaching those goals. The Green Bay Packers gave up 34 points in Sunday
night’s loss at Atlanta.The Cincinnati Bengals have scored nine points while
starting the season 0-2.One of these struggling units should be feeling better
about things after Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field.The Bengals haven’t scored a
touchdown in losses to Baltimore and Houston at home. A day after the 13-9 loss
to the Texans, longtime coach Marvin Lewis fired offensive coordinator Ken
Zampese and replaced him with quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor.“We have to have a
direction of execution and things have to fit together and we’ve got to provide
opportunity to attack the defense,” Lewis said. “We’ve got to do a great job
attacking what is our perceived weakness of the defense and get the ball to our
guys who can make plays.”That starts with getting quarterback Andy Dalton back
on track. Dalton, who is coming off his two best seasons, with a career-high
passer rating of 106.2 in 2015 and a career-high completion rate of 64.7 percent
in 2016, owns the worst passer rating in the league at 47.2 and the
next-to-worst completion rate at 54.5 percent.Dalton has thrown four
interceptions and been sacked eight times behind a shaky offensive line that has
struggled to replace left tackle Andrew Whitworth and right guard Kevin Zeitler,
who left in free agency.Green Bay’s defense got off to an impressive start vs.
Seattle in a 17-9 win to open the season but got exposed
Color Rush Deshaun Davis Jersey , again, in a 34-23 loss at Atlanta. The Packers couldn’t stop Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (252 passing yards, 108.0
rating), receiver Julio Jones (five catches, 108 yards) or the running game
(5.2-yard average).Early in that game, Green Bay inserted cornerback Kevin King,
a first-round draft pick, into the lineup and he gave up only one catch.With
Lewis looking to get the ball more to his playmakers, King and fellow cornerback
Davon House will be tested by star Bengals receiver A.J. Green. Green had
1,000-yard receiving years in each of his first five seasons and would have done
it again last year if not for missing six games because of injury. He has caught
10 passes for 141 yards to start this year.While Cincinnati’s offense has been
horrible
Ryan Glasgow Jersey , the defense has played well enough to win both games. The Bengals have given up 20 points or fewer in eight of their last nine, including
both games this season.In the opener against Baltimore, Cincinnati lost 20-0
due, in large part, to five giveaways. Last week against Houston, the Bengals
gave up only 266 yards, including 98 net passing yards, but lost 13-9.Lewis
knows his defense will face a much bigger challenge against Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers than it did last week against rookie Deshaun Watson. Lewis has had
some success vs. Rodgers, though. In matchups in 2009 and 2013, Cincinnati won
both games and held Rodgers to a passer rating of 73.5.“He’s an outstanding
player [u]
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knows where everybody belongs (and gets) everybody to the right spots. And then
he’s able to just do a great job of delivering the football. And then he extends
them with his arms, his legs.“I think the thing we just impress upon our players
is this is an all-day sucker, man. We’ve got to play the run, we’ve got to
tackle and then, when we get in coverage and rush, we’ve got to be consistent
and we’ve got to play tenacious and stay after it.”Injuries again will be a
factor for the Packers. Seven starters were out by the end of the Atlanta game.
Offensive tackles David Bakhtiari (hamstring) and Bryan Bulaga (ankle) were
inactive, and receivers Jordy Nelson (quad) and Randall Cobb (chest), House
(quad), safety Kentrell Brice (groin) and defensive tackle Mike Daniels (hip)
dropped out during the game. Nelson and Bulaga were full participants on
Wednesday
Hardy Nickerson Jersey , but Bakhtiari, Brice, Cobb, Daniels, House and outside linebacker Nick Perry (hand) were among eight players who did not practice.“We
expect to play well every time we’re out there,” Rodgers said. “No matter who’s
out there, they’re all professionals. There’s an expectation of a style of play
and a performance that we all have for ourselves and for each other. So
whoever’s out there lining up is going to be expected to play well.”For
Cincinnati, tight end Tyler Eifert (back) and right guard Trey Hopkins (knee)
were the only starters who did not practice.
