The Cincinnati Bengals have made efforts to improve problematic orgniazaitonal areas exposed by NFLPA team report cards in recent years.
Nutritional offerings and cafeteria elements remain a weakness, though.
Back in February, the Bengals outright flunked on the food/cafeteria (F-), and nutritionists/dieticians (F-) portions of the report card.
Now, in early July, ESPN’s Sarah Barshop has followed up with a detailed look at these situations with a few different teams and spoke with one Bengals veteran about the difference between the pro team and his Power Five school.
“Just diversity of what we had,” the player said, per Barshop. “Diversity of what you can eat that was catered to you. Diversity from a standpoint of having a nutritionist that really could set a certain plan up for you in essence of what your goals were and what catered to you.
“I mean, that’s really the biggest thing when you get here. It’s a little more basic. Some guys don’t eat at the stadium.”
The Bengals have come under fire for not offering three meals a day and previously not offering meals on off days despite the fact players come in to train anyway.
While the Bengals have worked hard to upgrade problematic issues via training room upgrades and renovations to the locker room, among many upgrades this offseason, the failing nutritional and cafeteria grades will continue to lag behind as the team slowly implements upgrades.
