The Cincinnati Bengals just can’t enjoy any sort of luck at the cornerback position this year.
During Sunday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, promising upstart cornerback DJ Turner went down with an injury while impressively defending a pass attempt and didn’t return to the game.
Now, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport has revealed that Turner will likely miss the rest of the season with a fractured clavicle.
Turner, a second-round pick in 2023, stepped up and into a starting role while Cam Taylor-Britt and others struggled. While nobody outside of Trey Hendrickson has been truly great on the defense this year, the Michigan product was showing flashes of long-term starter upside.
Now, Turner’s ascent goes on hold and the Bengals will need to search for answers at a position that already lost impressive former first-rounder Dax Hill to a season-ending injury, too.
