Thompson has played in 39 Bengals games, including seven starts in the 2013 division championship run as a replacement for the injured Geno Atkins. He also started the Wild Card playoff game that season and led the line in tackles (eight) in that game. He has 79 career regular-
season tackles, with 3.0 sacks. He played in nine games last season, but suffered a knee injury (ACL tear) in the regular season finale and missed the team’s playoff game. It’s forecast that he can be medically cleared to resume play at or just before midseason of this year.