You can exhale now.
The Bengals head into Thursday’s pre-season finale (7 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 12) in Indianapolis without the major pre-season injury hanging over so many teams. The starters and some of the regulars don’t expect to play, so head coach Marvin Lewis and head strength and conditioning coach Chip Morton should get another round of applause for getting this team to the gate in a trot instead of a limp.
They didn’t get through totally unscathed. Safety Shawn Williams (elbow) wants to get back for the opener, but it would appear the third game in Green Bay is more like it.