Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis dropped his first big surprise in the wake of Sunday’s 20-0 Opening Day loss to the Ravens and sat down slot receiver Tyler Boyd for the first time in his career when he handed in his inactives for Thursday night’s game against the Texans at Paul Brown Stadium.
That coincides with No. 1 pick John Ross’ NFL debut at wide receiver after spraining his knee two weeks ago in the pre-season finale. Also inactive was right guard Trey Hopkins (knee), right end Michael Johnson (concussion), tight end C.