Bengals Projected Starters: Nate Clements Returns to Safety

According to Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Bengals are going with a different starting lineup today with the return of several starters. DE Robert Geathers is expected to start for Carlos Dunlap despite Dunlap being listed as the #1 DE on the teams’ official depth chart.

Terrence Newman will receive his second-straight start at CB for Nate Clements.

Clements is active today and will be starting at strong safety in place of Taylor Mays.

Here is the rest of the Bengals projected starting lineup:

Offense
WR	85	Binns, Armon	19	Tate, Brandon
WR	18	Green, AJ	16	Hawkins, Andrew
LT	77	Whitworth, Andrew	73	Collins, Anthony
LG	65	Boling, Clint
C	62	Jeff Faine
RG	68	Zeitler, Kevin
RT	71	Smith, Andre	74	Roland, Dennis
TE	84	Gresham, Jermaine
QB	14	Dalton, Andy	7	Gradkowski, Bruce
FB	36	Pressley, Chris
RB	42	Green-Ellis, BenJarvus	28	Scott, Bernard
Defense
LDE	91	Geathers, Robert	96	Dunlap, Carlos
NT	94	Peko, Domata
RDT	97	Atkins, Geno	75	Still,Devon
RDE	93	Johnson, Michael
SLB	99	Lawson, Manny	51	Skuta, Dan
MLB	58	Maualuga, Rey
WLB	55	Burfict, Vontaze	57	Rey, Vincent
LCB	29	Hall, Leon
SS	22	Clements, Nate	26	Mays, Taylor
FS	20	Nelson, Reggie
RCB	23	Newman, Terrence	24	Jones, Adam
Special Teams
P	10	Huber, Kevin
PK	2	Nugent, Mike
LS	46	Harris, Clark
PR	24	Jones, Adam	16	Hawkins, Andrew	19	Brandon Tate
KR	19	Tate,Brandon	16	Hawkins, Andrew	24	Jones, Adam