The Cincinnati Bengals have not played a game in a while, and the last game they played, they neither won nor lost. But what they may have lost in the interim is their starting middle linebacker, Rey Maualuga, whom Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis declared as out heading into tomorrow night’s game against the Giants.
Maualuga, the eighth-year veteran, has not missed a game this season. But he has missed plenty of time over the course of the year, and the bottom line is that he is no longer a full-time starter.