CINCINNATI -- It was early in the second quarter at Cleveland last Sunday when Cincinnati Bengals rookie cornerback Josh Shaw turned to his older teammate, Leon Hall, for some advice.
Out for the game with a back injury, the 31-year-old Hall had turned into a de facto assistant on the Bengals' sideline, dishing out tips to his youngest teammates.
With a pivotal fourth-and-1 looming and the Bengals in need of a key stop to stall a Browns drive near midfield, Shaw, during a timeout, asked Hall point blank: "What should I expect?