While the Cincinnati Bengals were able to right the ship yesterday by pulling off an overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to end a two-game losing skid for their fifth win in eight games, they have had about the worst luck in football so far this year when it comes to injuries, and it just got a fair bit worse.
Second-year pass rusher Carl Lawson, a fourth-round pick a year ago that I saw as a second-rounder, suffered a torn ACL in the game. Lawson had only registered one sack on the season so far in relatively limited playing time as a rotational piece, but he showed his capabilities already a year ago when he led all rookies with eight sacks.