One perk NFL teams have with their expanded 16-man practice squads is that they get to protect four players from being signed onto another team’s active roster.
The four Bengals players that will be protected during Week 1 are WR Stanley Morgan, TE Mason Schreck, DL Amani Bledsoe, and S Trayvon Henderson.
The four Bengals Week 1 practice squad protections, per the wire -- DL Amani Bledsoe, S Trayvon Henderson, WR Stanley Morgan and TE Mason Schreck.
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) September 8, 2020
Interestingly enough, all four players had decent chances of making the initial 53-man roster.