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http://www.cincinnatibengalsteamonline.com/shawn-williams-jersey ,11commentsHead coach Zac Taylor is going to give some run to players held out of Week 1 of the
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Casterline/Getty ImagesThe Bengals were cautious during Week 1 of the preseason
as they held out several key players from even playing at all. There isn’t
anything wrong with that. I think everyone can agree we’d rather see the
starters healthy for the regular season rather than miss a few weeks due to a
meaningless game.With that said, there is a delicate balance to giving your
players some in-game snaps to help acclimate them to the upcoming season, so you
can’t hold them out for the whole preseason. Clearly head coach Zac Taylor
understands that as he talks about the list of players who may be held out of
Thursday’s game. “I think both running backs (Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard)
will be available. We’ll create a plan of how much we want to see them play,”
Taylor told reporters during his press conference Tuesday. “There are still a
couple decisions to make, on (Tyler) Eifert, and the two running backs.”Having
Joe Mixon and Bernard play sparingly should be interesting. This will be the
first time we’ll see either of them in Taylor’s new offense as rookie running
back Trayveon Williams started last week. We shouldn’t expect to see too much of
either running back, maybe a series or two tops. You also shouldn’t expect the
Bengals to reveal any fancy wrinkle the new playbook may have with these two.
You should expect some very vanilla runs with them.Also, don’t expect to see
Carl Lawson as he works his way back from last year’s ACL
http://www.cincinnatibengalsteamonline.com/josh-malone-jersey , while Geno Atkins may get what would essentially be a veteran’s rest day off.
“We still won’t play Carl Lawson. We’ll talk defensively about what else we want
to do,” said Taylor. “That was the plan coming into training camp with Carl —
(rest) him for the first two games and not participate in them, so we’ll stick
with that. We’ll talk about Geno (Atkins) as a staff. We’ll make that decision
tomorrow.”Possibly holding out guys like Eifert and Atkins makes sense. Both are
veteran players who are well versed in the intensity the regular season brings.
Eifert may need some more snaps in the offense, but if the coaches feel like he
understands what he is doing then there is no reason to risk injury. Despite the
Bengals having a new defense, Atkins’ role to disrupt opposing offenses won’t
change much. Unless Atkins feels like he needs a few snaps to get ready for the
season, there is no reason to play him this week.Taylor spelling out Lawson’s
plan to return is pretty refreshing. Lawson has gotten some pretty rave reviews
out of training camp and practices already, so it isn’t surprising that his
return seems planned out more than others who haven’t been practicing
already.Those waiting to see rookie running back Rodney Anderson in action won’t
be waiting much longer.“Rodney is going to play in the third game. I think it’s
fair to get him (involved at this point),” Taylor said. “He had two days of work
where he got eased back into things. Next week
Kerry Wynn Jersey , he’ll get a chance to get three practices in and be ready to play in the game. Everything has been good with him. The first few days went
as expected. He was dialed in and focused. I’m excited to see him get some
work.”Anderson’s recovery from an ACL injury he suffered while at Oklahoma last
season has gone much quicker than most expected, but he could provide some
important depth for the running back position for the Bengals in 2019. It should
also be nice for Anderson to get an opportunity to get over the mental barriers
of recovering from such an injury with some in game reps.A big name we still
won’t see Thursday night will be wide receiver John Ross. Taylor talked about
why the team is taking such a cautious approach.“Yeah. He’s anxious to get back.
He’s eager. He’s doing all the things that we ask him to do. When he comes back,
he’s going to open up and run, and we want to make sure there are no setbacks
there,: Taylor said. “It’s very important that we have him back Week 1 against
Seattle, so we’ll be patient with that process. “It’s always good for a receiver
to get the chemistry down with the quarterback, and to get a chance to be
coached on the field. It is what it is. He has a hamstring injury, and that’s
tough to recover from. We’re just going to give him time and make sure he’s 100
percent before we ask him to do anything.”Taylor also noted he hopes Ross will
be able to practice next Monday
Cheap Jessie Bates III Jersey , which could mean Ross makes his debut in Week 3 of the preseason. Again, avoiding injuries is one of the most important
things a coach can try and do during the preseason, so it is hard to argue with
this. It may be frustrating to the Fans and Ross himself, but it won’t do anyone
any good if he aggravates his hamstring injury in a preseason game. Taylor
didn’t mention this, but we can probably also assume that William Jackson will
start this week after tweaking something before last week’s game against the
Chiefs. He has practiced all week, so there doesn’t seem to be a reason to think
he will miss another game.Who are you most excited to see play on Thursday
night? The Ravens knew they couldn’t play a traditional offensive game.So they
played some traditional defense late.The Ravens held on for a 24-21 win over the
Bengals, putting both teams at 5-5 but pointed in opposite directions.Rookie
quarterback Lamar Jackson did a decent job protecting the ball, on a day when
they wanted to be run-heavy.In his first start replacing the injured Joe
Flacco
Alex Erickson Jersey Limited , he completed 13-of-19 passes for 150 yards and an interception. But he also ran it 27 times for 117 yards, and shows
some capacity for making throws on the move.Coupled with recent practice squad
promotion Gus Edwards rushing 17 times for 115 yards and a touchdown, the Ravens
were able to control the ball on the ground, running on 54 of their 75 offensive
snaps.The Bengals had the ball late, but their fourth-down attempt was broken
up, underlining a day when they failed to move the ball efficiently. The Bengals
were held to 255 total yards, as they clearly can’t move the ball consistently
without injured wide receiver A.J. Green.
