The Cincinnati Bengals are doing their best to salvage a playoff spot out of what has been an extremely disappointing season thus far. Still, Cincinnati enters the final game of the season as one of the hottest teams in the league, having won four straight games.
Unfortunately, the Bengals have an extremely concerning injury report heading into Saturday’s must-win game on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Bengals’ official injury report during the practice week included star players such as Tee Higgins, Orlando Brown Jr, Sam Hubbard, and even star quarterback Joe Burow.
Bengals injury report for Tuesday at walkthrough: pic.twitter.com/JhDaNcrbAK
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) December 31, 2024
Burrow is having a dominant season despite the Bengals’ mediocre 8-8 recorded, and his absence would likely mean the end of the road for Cincinnati on Saturday. Fans reacted to the injury report on social media.
“If Sample is out, that is going to be a big loss with Brown potentially out. Brown has developed into a solid 3rd down back with his pass blocking. If he is out, I would have expected them to go back to Sample more. If Sample is out, that creates an unknown at pass blocker,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
“They absolutely need drew sample. Or let’s pray Baltimore wins early and Pittsburgh rest their starters,” another fan added.
“No Brown or Sample is huge,” one fan added.
It’ll be interesting to see who is fully healthy and ready to go on Sunday.
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