Bengals Training Camp Day 7 Recap: Cornerback DJ Turner Gets Hot as Wide Receiver Ja'Marr Chase Gets Bothered

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Demetrius Knight

Frustrated with the way he played a route on Wednesday, Knight saw his shot at redemption Thursday. And this time he delivered, deflecting a Joe Burrow pass that looked as though it would fall to the turf for an incompletion until Dax Hill made a diving interception in 7 on 7.

It was the second day in a row the defense intercepted Burrow.

And it was the second day in a row a rookie linebacker got his hands on a Burrow pass, with Barrett Carter coming up with a leaping pass breakup in a red-zone drill Wednesday.

Knight had two PBUs today.

Jalen Rivers

With starting right tackle Amarius Mims not practicing (see below), the rookie fifth-round pick got the first team reps.

When Mims left practice Wednesday, Devin Cochran slid into his spot with the ones. But Rivers got full run there today.

Shemar Stewart

If you’re counting, that’s four days in a row the rookie first-round pick has appeared here. In addition to wrapping up third-string quarterback Desmond Ridder for a sack, Stewart had an eye-opening rep against the first team offense.

He dipped under left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and not only got around him easily, he did it with impressive burst, getting from the edge to tapping the back of Joe Burrow’s shoulder in a blur.

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Kole Taylor

Any hopes the undrafted rookie tight end had of finding his way onto at least the practice squad ended Thursday when the team released him to open a spot on the 90-man roster for Noah Fant.

Dax Hill, Geno Stone

They had to have known it was coming, but they still couldn’t stop it.

One play after Burrow threw the interception, he naturally fired a “take that” deep ball to Andrei Iosivas, who got behind Hill and Stone for an easy touchdown.

The Whole Offense

As part of the camp-long tally with daily scoring competitions between the offense and defense, the offense lost a point on what has been a sure bet when Evan McPherson’s 62-yard field goal to end practice hooked a few inches wide right.

Attendance

Right tackle Amarius Mims (right hand) and cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt (undisclosed) did not practice.

“Cam has been on a little bit of a management plan the last couple of days, so I wouldn't read anything into anything,” head coach Zac Taylor said.

As for Mims, Taylor said, “He's another guy we'll give some time to, get him through today and tomorrow and then get him back on the field. Some of these guys are just working through some stuff, nothing serious.

“So sometimes, yeah, we could push a guy through a practice,” Taylor continued. “But we'll pull them off so that we can get better work with him next week, and Amarius falls in that category.”