Brutal.
The Cincinnati Bengals are bracing for the worst regarding promising rookie tight end Erick All Jr.
According to FOX’s Jordan Schultz, the Bengals fear All suffered a torn ACL in the team’s 41-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. All left the game with an injury to his right knee, the same one that was surgically repaired following an ACL tear during his final season of college football (2023) with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
All will undergo further testing on Monday to confirm the full extent of the injury. All was effectively a starter playing a heavy amount of snaps, mostly as a blocking tight end.
If this turns out to be true, the Bengals will still have Mike Gesicki, Drew Sample, and Tanner McLachlan at tight end on the 53-man roster, so don’t expect the team to add another one if All goes on IR.
This would also be the latest of many painful examples of college players with significant injuries in their background who went on to suffer a major injury in Cincinnati. That’s the risk you take when you draft a player who has good potential but fell in the draft due to health concerns.
Sources: #Bengals fear that promising rookie TE Erick All Jr. tore his ACL during today’s game vs the #Raiders. This is the same knee he tore his ACL on in October ’23.
A devastating blow for All, who had earned the trust of Joe Burrow and become a reliable target in… pic.twitter.com/gLMFjjtp4p
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) November 4, 2024
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