The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t going to give up on cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt.
That much Bengals fans should know. But things have been bad for Taylor-Britt this season, bordering on completely horrific.
Let the numbers tell it: CTB has allowed 565 yards and seven touchdowns this season on 56 targets, according to Kelsey Conway of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He’s been pulled multiple times out of the rotation.
Even so, the Bengals can admit the struggles while offering some public encouragement.
“I hate to say that about any of our guys,” Anarumo said, according to Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic. “Certainly, those stats aren’t what you want. If we just tackle the guy on a 5-yard out — they tempoed us and he should have gotten up there and pressed him and it doesn’t even happen but we didn’t. We are never going to give up on a guy like that. He’s got the great want-to and he’s doing everything he can. But we’ve got to do it better, that’s for sure.”
The reason for the sudden implosion of CTB, after he appeared on his way to bona fide No. 1 status, is hard to say. But it’s left the team in a terrible bind with Dax Hill out for the season and DJ Turner still developing. Hence, moves like hosting Xavien Howard on a workout and offering him a contract he didn’t accept.
As things stand now, CTB will remain out there, though whether it’s the encouraging version from his first two seasons or the struggling version from this year is impossible to say.
