CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals will officially miss two more of their top attacking players in Sunday’s AFC knockout match against the team buffalo bill.
deal left Jonah Williams and guard right Alex Cappa was officially eliminated, leaving Cincinnati with a total of three reserves in attack. handle right La’el Collins was out since Week 16 with a torn ACL on his left knee.
Bengals coach Zac Taylor says the unit’s ability to communicate and level of detail is most encouraging as Cincinnati prepares for Buffalo’s loud and boisterous home advantage.
“I think they did a great job,” Taylor said of the group’s synergy. “I think they’re ready to go and take advantage of their opportunities.”
right guard Maximum Scharping and handle left Jackson Carman continued to work in respective positions with Williams and Cappa out all week. Both players, who have been at the team’s facilities throughout the week, have not been training as they recovered from injuries.
When asked about their long-term prognosis, Taylor simply said that both would continue to be assessed weekly.
This will be the second game Cappa has missed since he injured his left ankle in the win last Week 18. Baltimore Crows. Cappa was spotted using a push scooter and still had a protective boot on his left ankle earlier in the week. Williams wasn’t using any mobility aids when he was discovered in the locker room on Wednesday after he dislocated his kneecap during the weekend’s wild card win over Baltimore, but Taylor still maintain Williams’ weekly diagnosis.
The Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan says there are many ways players and coaches can support the attack against the defense of Buffalo, which ranks 11th in the league in terms of win rate. , an ESPN metric provided by NFL Next Gen. for midfielders Joe Burrow enough time to hold the ball and make a play down the field, the defense of the pass must be adequate.
“It doesn’t really change the way we go into the week and the way we play,” Callahan said earlier in the week. “We just knew we’d have a time and place to help people when they needed it.”
Cincinnati and Buffalo met in the knockout stage for the first time since the 1989 AFC Championship Match, which the Bengal team won. Most recently, the two teams met in a match in Week 17 that was cancel after Buffalo’s safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after performing a tackle on the ball.
Bengals run again Joe Mixon said the energy throughout the week was focused as Cincinnati prepared for Sunday’s game in Buffalo.
“You know what’s at stake,” says Mixon. “The knockout game spoke for itself. Everyone was like, ‘Big game, big game.’ But this is automatically a big game. This is a knockout. Win or go home.”
