After three seasons and 35 games, is Shawn Williams about to make his first NFL start at safety after George Iloka (ankle) didn’t practice for the second straight day on Thursday when the Bengals play the Chiefs Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 12) at Paul Brown Stadium.
Iloka, nursing the injury since the opener, took himself out of last Sunday’s game in Baltimore when the ankle didn’t respond on some of the plays, such as his attempt to tackle Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith on the fourth-and-five play that turned into a 50-yard touchdown in the middle of the third quarter.