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Cincy's Taylor Mays
will be in the starting line-up Sunday against the Chiefs in Kansas
City. The 4-5 Bengals kept their playyoff hopes alive last week with a
31-13 win over the Giants. Photo courtesy of bleacherrepot.com
Bleacher Report
Jones doubtfull
for Sunday
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis shook his head when asked about
avoiding a letdown when the 4-5 Bengals play the 1-8 Chiefs on Sunday
in Kansas City.
"I don't know if we can have a letdown. We haven't had a buildup,"
Lewis said after Friday's practice. "I'm still waiting for a buildup.
We have nothing to let down. We haven't gotten very far. We know we
have to go play good football and make plays. We haven’t accomplished
anything."
The comparison, of course, is Miami and Cleveland, two games last month
everyone thought the Bengals should win.
"We didn't make enough plays to win the game in Cleveland and we left
them hanging around," Lewis said. "We allowed a couple of returns that
were big. These are the things you can't have happen. We have to be
consistent. We can't turn the ball over on offense and we've got to get
some turnovers on defense. We've got to just keep grinding away at the
same four, five things we’ve been talking about each week. That hasn't
changed."
The AFC race would appear to be tightening. Miami has fallen to 4-6 and
the Steelers and Ravens play each other twice in the next three weeks
missing their best players. But Lewis isn't talking to his team about
those developments.
"I don't worry about that. I tell our team to worry about us," Lewis
said. "Take care of business and everything else will fall into place
just like it did a year ago and the year before that and the year
before that. It always does. The teams that get hot at the end have an
opportunity to keep playing. … We've got a seven-week season to go,
let's be great at it."
With safety Reggie Nelson missing his sixth straght practice and second
full week of work since he injured his hamstring Nov. 4 against Denver,
he's been assigned doubftul for Sunday in Kansas City.
Wide receiver Andrew Hawkins came up questionable after injuring his
knee in a limited practice Friday, but indications are it is not a
major issue. Center Jeff Fain (hamstring) looks to be more of a
problem. He's also questionable but he didn't practice Friday.
Hawkins is a key player on third and fourth down for the Bengals as a
slot receiver and gunner on punt coverage and had an 11-yard touchdown
catch on third-and-10 last Sunday against the Giants. The Bengals had
good success putting their other slot receiver, rookie Mohamed Sanu,
outside while putting Hawkins inside.
The Bengals apparently won't have rookie outside receiver Marvin Jones
(knee) for what amounts to the fourth straight game. He went limited
again Friday and is doubtful.
Read the rest of the article at The Bleacher Report
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