2013 NFL Draft Team Needs: Cincinnati Bengals Edition
The Cincinnati Bengals made next to no moves to bolster their roster with new talent on the open market, but the club did a rock-solid job of retaining its own players over the last three and a half weeks in 2013 NFL Free Agency. Let’s examine the Bengals’ updated team needs entering the 2013 NFL Draft (in no particular order). Photo Credit: Bengals.com [RELATED: Cincinnati...
Crocker out for Bengals against Texans
Cincinnati strong safety Chris Crocker is inactive for the Bengals AFC wild-card playoff game against Houston.
Crocker missed practice all week with a thigh injury. Nate Clements is scheduled to start in his place.
Houston's Barrett Ruud will start at inside linebacker for Tim Dobbins, who was placed on injured reserve Friday with an ankle injury. Cornerback Alan Ball is active...
Chiefs forced to shuffle offensive line vs Bengals
The Chiefs are without center Ryan Lilja and right guard Jon Asamoah along with wide receiver Jon Baldwin for their game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Safety Reggie Nelson was inactive for Cincinnati with a hamstring injury Sunday. Taylor Mays is expected to start in his place alongside Nate Clements.
Lilja is inactive with a knee injury and Asamoah had surgery on his right thumb...
Bengals FS Reggie Nelson Unlikely To Play Against The Giants
Safety Reggie Nelson did not practice for a third straight day due to a hamstring injury that he suffered during the fourth quarter of last weeks loss to Denver and is listed as doubtful. With Nelson all but out, Nate Clements and Chris Crocker are likely to be the starting safeties with Leon Hall and Terence Newman at corner against Eli Manning and company.
We will be all...
Bengals To Start Terence Newman At CB, Nate Clements At Safety
According to the Bengals beat writers who receive the active reports 90 minutes before kickoff, Bengals cornerback Nate Clements is starting against the Miami Dolphins at strong safety with Taylor Mays being named as his backup.
Terence Newman will start at left cornerback in place of Clements' shift.
There are also some noting that defensive end Carlos Dunlap is listed as...
Cincinnati Bengals Getting Much-Needed Boost on Defense
Despite having one of the NFL’s worst-ranked defenses going into Sunday’s game vs. the Jaguars, as well as being down three opening-day starters(Thomas Howard, Nate Clements, Leon Hall), the Bengals rose up to the challenge and held the Jaguars in check for much of the game en route to a 27-10 victory. The story of the game was the pressure they were able to get on QB Blaine...
Bengals CB's Dre Kirkpatrick, Nate Clements, Leon Hall Return To Practice
As the Bengals began preparations for Sundays game against Miami, three of the four defensive backs who were inactive for last weeks game against the Jaguars were back out on the field Leon Hall, Nate Clements and Dre Kirkpatrick. All three were listed as limited on the practice report.
Clements (calf) missed last weeks game while Hall (hamstring) has missed the past two...
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Heroes and Zeroes
It is easy to look at a stat sheet and place blame. But when the Jacksonville Jaguars are in the mix, that is way too easy. When it comes to the surprising Cincinnati Bengals though, the stats don't lie. Jacksonville Jaguars: HeroIs it appropriate to assign a hero award to someone who didn't play? In this case, yes. The hero for the Sunday game versus the Bengals is...
Bengals Dress Just Three Corners for Jags
In a troubling, if not unexpected, development, the Bengals will dress just three true cornerbacks for today’s game in Jacksonville. Down are starters Leon Hall and Nate Clements, along with back-up Jason Allen and first round pick Dre Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick hasn’t seen the field yet this year, and Allen has played only a handful of snaps. Hall and Clements are the entrenched...
Bengals without both starting CBs at Jaguars
The Cincinnati Bengals are without both starting cornerbacks and two backups against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Starters Nate Clements and Leon Hall are inactive for Sunday's game. So are backups Jason Allen and Dre Kirkpatrick. Terence Newman and Adam Jones will start against Jacksonville.
Running back Bernard Scott, linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy and receiver Ryan Whalen also...
Bengals List Four CB's As Inactive For Week 4
The Cincinnati Bengals will be extremely short-handed at cornerback against the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday with Dre Kirkpatrick (knee), Nate Clements (calf), Jason Allen and Leon Hall (hamstring) are all inactive against the Jaguars this weekend.
That leaves three active cornerbacks with Terence Newman and Adam Jones expected to start and the recently promoted Chris Lewis...
Bengals expected to be without top 4 cornerbacks against Jaguars
The Cincinnati Bengals rank 28th against the pass this year, allowing 8.5 YPA, and have been torched by every quarterback they’ve faced, including Brandon Weeden, who completed 26 of 37 for 322 yards and 2 scores against them, which represents by far his best statistical game of the season. Injuries have been a huge part of the problem. Cornerbacks Jason Allen and Dre Kirkpatrick...
Bengals CB Nate Clements Doubtful, Leon Hall Questionable For Sunday
The Cincinnati Bengals could be without both starting cornerbacks for Sunday's game against Jacksonville, as Nate Clements is considered doubtful because of a calf injury and Leon Hall is questionable with a hamstring issue.
Both players have missed practiced all week.
In addition, backup cornerback Jason Allen is doubtful because of a thigh problem. He missed the last two...
Bengals CB Jason Allen, C Jeff Faine Among Five Who Didnt Practice
Cornerback Jason Allen and center Jeff Faine, who were limited on Wednesday, did not practice on Thursday. Allen has a thigh injury while Allen is bothered by a lingering thigh injury. Cornerbacks Nate Clements (calf) and Leon Hall (hamstring) did not practice for a second straight day but defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer said he anticipated both playing on Sunday in Jacksonville...
Crock’s Back; Lee Out
With Nate Clements in a walking boot, Leon Hall nursing a hammy, Jason Allen down-again! and Dre Kirkpatrick still out, the Bengals had an alarming lack of depth in the secondary. The only healthy corners as of this writing are Adam Jones and Terence Newman.
Sweet.
So, when considering the alternatives (none), the Bengals brought back safety Chris Crocker. They made room for...
Injuries Keep Bengals CB's Nate Clements, Leon Hall From Practicing
The Bengals began on-field preparations for Sundays game against Jacksonville without starting cornerbacks Leon Hall and Nate Clements.
Both did not practice Wednesday.
Hall was a late scratch Sunday against the Redskins with what was initially believed to be a left calf injury. An MRI has since determined that its a hamstring injury. The injury is on the same leg as the...
Cincinnati Bengals: Week 3 NFL Power Rankings (#29)
Last week: 29 (+0)
Record: 1-1
I’m still sticking with the whole, the Bengals are overrated thing. A 7 point win over the Browns doesn’t change that. If anything, it enforces it. The Bengals also rank 31st in the league in yards per play differential, allowing 1.9 yards per play more defensively than they gain offensively. The good news, some reinforcements are on the way as...
Bengals' corner play a pressing concern
Throughout training camp and the preseason, the biggest concern with the Bengals defense has been the secondary. Yes, there are six first-round corners on the roster but three of them were injured and saw minimal snaps. In Monday night's 44-13 loss to the Ravens, the concerns were well founded. Cornerback Leon Hall said after the game that he couldn't remember any blown...
Bengals CB Nate Clements Practicing At Strong Safety
Bengals cornerback Nate Clements spent time during Wednesday's practice at strong safety, writes ESPN AFC North blogger Jamison Hensley. Taylor Mays and Jeromy Miles are currently listed on the team's website as the the first and second team strong safeties. When Clements moved to safety, apparently during nickel situations, Hensley observed that Leon Hall covered the slot...
Bengals WR Jordan Shipley returns to practice
Bengals receiver Jordan Shipley has been cleared to practice, the final step in his comeback from reconstructive knee surgery.
Shipley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Sept. 18. He was limited during drills in the offseason and wasn't allowed to practice when training camp opened on Friday.
He practiced for the first time on Monday, along with cornerback...
Bengals CB Nate Clements Expected To Miss Practices
Geoff Hobson with Bengals.com recently wrote that Bengals cornerback Nate Clements will not be practicing when Training Camp kicks off Friday afternoon. Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer added that Clements will miss at least the first couple of practices without a known timetable. Considering the Bengals recently signed rookie cornerback Chris Lewis-Harris out of Tennessee-Chattanooga...
Question Marks vs Weaknesses
The natural tendency for most people — analysts, fans and rivals alike — is to assume that any question mark about a team is by definition a weakness. If a player or position group is not considered a strength, then he/they must be a weakness, right?
Not necessarily. It is understandable to want to see guys “prove it” on the field before buying in, but having question marks...
Bengals Banter: Ranking Salaries For Bengals Cornerbacks
It's just common sense that the Cincinnati Bengals will likely release a cornerback or two from now until final cuts a week before the 2012 regular season launches. Will it be based on training camp and preseason production, or will there be a significant weight against players that earn the most? Let's take a look at scheduled salaries Bengals cornerbacks are expected...
Which Cornerback Is On The Chopping Block?
Nate Clements‘ name has come up all too often in discussions about which cornerback will not make the roster in 2012. Skeptics point to his age. With Dre Kirkpatrick in waiting, there just isn’t any room for Nate. We push him out the door just as quickly as we welcomed him in. But most of [...]
Relax! Part Two: CB
Yesterday I addressed the incessant hand-wringing in Who Dey-ville regarding the second starting WR position. Today, I’ll look at another area that seems to get a lot of publicity from fans and “experts” alike: The cornerbacks.
It seems this area of the team is concerning to the overpaid and blowhard “pundits,” and with all due respect, I don’t get why the fans...
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