The Cincinnati Bengals may be short-handed at defensive end to start the season.
Having enhanced the defensive line quite a bit last offseason with the addition of D.J. Reader, the Bengals continued to show aggression towards improving their line by end Trey Hendrickson this offseason, then traded for B.J. Hill earlier this week.
They’ve also drafted many defensive linemen over the past few seasons. One of those players was 2020 fifth-round pick Khalid Kareem. The 23-year-old was drafted out of Notre Dame and missed some time last season with an injury.
Kareem was sidelined for a good chunk of training camp and the preseason this year with a shoulder injury, but he was active Sunday vs.