Bengals rookie report: How 8 draft picks (and 1 UDFA!) look through 10 practices
1 year, 4 months ago

Bengals rookie report: How 8 draft picks (and 1 UDFA!) look through 10 practices

New York Times  

CINCINNATI — The Bengals enter the next phase of preparation for the season Wednesday with a joint practice against the Packers preceding Friday’s preseason opener. That’s the biggest thing that we’ve harped on to those guys is this is just the infancy stage of the season and you’ve got to be built to last to make it here.” After conversations with the players, coaches and others surrounding the team — as well as my own observations — here’s my report on what we’ve learned about the eight draft picks and one undrafted free agent. Play that stands out: N/A Key quote: “Usually it’s me and Mike T, veteran guy. We’re really relying on that.” — Receivers coach Troy Walters Analysis: Jones started slow, but you could notice his speed and decisiveness increase in recent days. It’s about 80-85 balls.” — Brown, on going to the JUGS machine after every practice for extra work on catching the ball.

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New York Times  

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