It was only a matter of time before the injury bug hit the Cincinnati Bengals in a big way.
A key reason for the Bengals’ success in 2021 was that they were one of the league’s most healthy teams throughout the entire season. That’s not the case right now for them on defense.
The Bengals lost their best interior lineman in D.J. Reader to a knee injury in Week 4. The expectation is that Reader would miss at least six weeks so although he appears to be rehabbing well and is now off his crutches, he’s not coming back anytime soon.