The Cincinnati Bengals lost tight end Tanner Hudson for the season with a pec injury. While Hudson doesn’t play a majority of snaps, he still plays a pretty key role. That being as a second receiving tight end or fourth receiver. He played roughly 69 snaps over four games.
However, we saw them adjusting and using him in more creative ways. The most notable was his touchdown catch against the Miami Dolphins when the offense called an audible out of a heavy formation and spread out there tight ends. That is where Hudson easily beat a linebacker in coverage on a timing pattern.
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The question now becomes who fills that void and tight end coach James Casey seems to have plenty of faith in Erick All Jr. to fill it. The team seems to be missing that Noah Fant presence of a tight end who the team trusts as a blocker as well as a pass catcher to keep from giving away the offense’s intentions. Could All show the ability to pull that off?
The importance of this game is not lost on Joe Burrow. Getting to 4-3 rather than 3-3 and 0-2 in the division are two drastically different spots to be sitting in after this Sunday.
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Ravens’ Lamar Jackson returns to practice but status remains unclear vs. Bengals
It may have been promising for Baltimore fans to see Jackson back out there at first, but for the quarterback to bee seen limping in the locker room and after practice is not a good sign at all. Who knows how this trends as the week goes on, but it isn’t a good start.
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Another player who is likely to eat up some of Hudson’s snaps is rookie wide receiver Colbie Young who looks to be healthy after getting injured during the team’s Week 3 loss on his first catch of the game.
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NFL QB rankings, Week 7: Dak Prescott hits season low; C.J. Stroud eclipses Patrick Mahomes
Burrow remains at No. 12 and at the bottom of Tier 2. The craziest move was CJ Stroud to No. 3 overall. That seems quite high even if he has had a couple of good games in a row. He only sits behind Josh Allen and Brock Purdy.
Jordan Elliott released by Titans after pulling out gun in parking lot, Robert Saleh says
Just an absolutely insane escalation here. Even the player on the other side of the argument said they would hangout outside of team activities prior to this and never had an argument leading up to this.
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Giants to start J.J. McCarthy at quarterback in Week 7 vs. Texans
This move seemed pretty obvious. It does come after some garbage time prevent defense stat padding. However, when a team parts with draft capital for a quarterback mid-season, you are probably going to see them start sooner than later.
