The Cincinnati Bengals are heading into their Week 16 clash against the Miami Dolphins a bit banged up. Trey Hendrickson and Kris Jenkins, Jr. recently landed on I.R., while Tee Higgins is questionable after being in concussion protocol once again.
While Shemar Stewart is making his return, another valuable defensive player landed on the Saturday injury report. Amid a Pro Bowl-level season, cornerback DJ Turner showed up with an illness on the latest report. He is deemed questionable.
As noted above by Mike Petraglia, defensive tackle Howard Cross III has been called up in the wake of the Jenkins injury, while cornerback Bralyn Lux may be a contingency plan for Turner’s potential absence. It’s a position group that has seen a myriad of issues, including Cam Taylor-Britt also landing on I.R. in mid-November.
Cross III was a guy that many thought could have been selected sometime on Day 3 of the Draft, but ended up being a priority free agent. He was one of the centerpieces of Al Golden’s National Championship Game defense at Notre Dame. Cross III was called up in Week 3 against the Vikings and logged a tackle for the Bengals.
Lux is a rookie who went to both Fresno State and Texas Tech. He signed in May with the Bengals as a free agent. He had an interception in each of his final three collegiate seasons with both the Bulldogs and the Red Raiders.
As Petraglia noted, both players will automatically revert back to the practice squad after Sunday’s game.
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