The Cincinnati Bengals entered Week 11 against the Los Angeles Chargers dealing with injuries to major names like offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and defensive end Trey Hendrickson.
Add defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins to the list.
Sunday afternoon, the Bengals announced that Rankins had been added to the injury report with a questionable tag due to an illness.
That technically means Rankins is a 50-50 chance to play. But if he does, this late addition to the report suggests he certainly won’t be at 100 percent.
This places a ton of added pressure on B.J. Hill and rookies Kris Jenkins Jr. and McKinnley Jackson.
Call it the exact type of news the Bengals don’t want to hear before they take on a run-first offense with J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
