Quick hits: Eifert hopeful; Brown-out; McRae returns
Everyone is expecting tight end Tyler Eifert to play his first game in 347 days Sunday when the Bengals go to Buffalo (4 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 19) for what is also expected to be the dress rehearsal for the Sept. 9 opener in Indianapolis.
Brown getting his kicks, but what's next?
If there’s one thing Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis detests more than quarterback controversies, it is kicking competitions. You can put rookies and depth charts up there, too. But you can really sense Lewis’ queasiness about the kicking game when he talks about why he’ll take the experienced consistency of Randy Bullock over Jonathan Brown’s bionic yet untried leg.