The Cincinnati Bengals are preparing to start their fourth-string left tackle on Sunday—yes, you read that right—and their second-string left tackle reportedly wants out as he returns from a concussion that he suffered all the way back in the preseason. Meanwhile, the team is winless on the season, the first under new head coach Zac Taylor. Fun times. Let’s retrace our steps a little bit.
The Bengals’ intended left tackle was Jonah Williams, their rookie first-round pick, but he suffered a season-ending injury before even putting pads on, so that shut the door on that pretty quickly.