It sounds like the Cincinnati Bengals won’t have Myles Murphy for an extended period of time despite recent updates on his injury status.
Murphy avoided a serious injury when he suffered a non-contact injury at practice this past week.
But that avoidance doesn’t mean he won’t be on the shelf for a while.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Murphy will miss four to six weeks of action — and the Bengals will be “conservative” with him to minimize risk.
Roughly, that could mean Murphy misses the first month of the season if the team takes it slow and reaches the high end of that estimate.
Taking it slow is, of course, the smart play because by the time Murphy gets back, he’ll be able to join the rotation and let the team ease up on veterans Sam Hubbard and Trey Hendrickson.
But Murphy was a planned major part of the rotation starting in Week 1, especially after last year’s flashes as a rookie, followed by his showing up much bigger this summer.
Alas, the potential breakout for the former first-round pick will have to wait. And the Bengals might look for outside help at the edge with Cam Sample already down for the season, with only Joseph Ossai and sixth-rounder Cedric Johnson as the primary backups on the likely 53-man chart right now.
