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Nelson hopes to return as combine opens

Reggie Nelson is back walking around, his sprained ankle that took him out of the Wild Card Game a distant memory. But there is enough feeling that he knows he doesn’t want that injury to be his last play as a Bengal.

“Most definitely not,” Nelson said recently. “They know that. Everybody knows that. I would love to be a Bengal.

“I did my part. I played football. It’s time to handle business and we’ll go from there.”

Bengals management heads to Indianapolis Tuesday for the NFL scouting combine and that has typically marked its first heavy foray into the annual bid to keep as many of their own free agents.