It sounds like the Cincinnati Bengals might have avoided a serious injury with wide receiver Charlie Jones after all.
Jones left practice on a cart after suffering an injury at Paycor Stadium on Thursday and wasn’t made available for the media after practice.
But from the looks of a writeup from Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com, which includes a comment from wideout Andrei Iosivas, the injury might not be nearly as bad as it seemed at the time:
_Wide receiver Charlie Jones, another one of those leapers from rookie to sophomore who was having a productive camp, got carted off the field after a play in seven-on-seven. He caught a pass, turned up field, and went down. Iosivas thought he heard knees knocking and judging from some of the smiles and jokes relayed from the locker room, they were hoping it wasn’t significant.
That would be a huge boon for Jones and the Bengals.
Jones heads into his sophomore year fighting for a chance to play with the base offense after Tyler Boyd’s departure in free agency. He’s seemingly behind Iosivas and potentially even rookie Jermaine Burton in that regard, but his skill on special teams as a returner is mostly unquestioned compared to the rest of the roster.
