Stop 7: Bengals training camp in downtown Cincinnati …
1) The Bengals receivers are aliens. Ja’Marr Chase had a catch down the sideline with two guys on him on Monday, where he shielded a defender with his body and caught the ball seemingly off his left hip with one hand, that I don’t think five guys on the planet would’ve made. Tee Higgins had a stream of catches where his body was moving one way across the middle, and his hands would dart back the other way to snatch the ball. And those two, and the way they push each other, came up a bunch with guys I talked to here. What may be more interesting is the depth the Bengals are building into the room. Tyler Boyd is back as the steady vet, and after that (and holdovers Trenton Irwin and Trent Taylor), rookies Charlie Jones and Andrei Iosivas have flashed. Jones is a versatile slot type who can fly, and Iosivas is a big-bodied, strong athlete who’s got better hands than the team expected. Both should make the preseason pretty interesting, and become nice insurance policies for the stars.
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