Bengals beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski review the Bengals' mock game at Paul Brown Stadium. Kareem Elgazzar, kelgazzar@enquirer.com
With his daughters tugging at him, Vontaze Burfict smiled and caught his breath on a humid afternoon Monday after his first practice of 2018. The 27-year-old linebacker was activated off the Cincinnati Bengals' non-football injury list earlier in the day.
“It’s not there yet,” Burfict said of his football conditioning. “I was running like what, five plays in a row? I mean, I hope I’m not running five plays. I kind of want to do three-and-out when I go out there.