Bengals 2022 Training Camp: 3 takeaways from Day 6

The sixth day of Cincinnati Bengals training camp wrapped up and gave us more takeaways. Let’s dive into those takeaways from Tuesday’s practice. 

Another day, another practice completed for the Cincinnati Bengals. The first padded practice of camp didn’t have anything too crazy happen. There were some injuries that occurred but fortunately, it doesn’t appear that they were anything to be overly concerned about.

Let’s dive into the takeaways from Tuesday’s practice.

Apple banged up

The most notable injury of the day was to cornerback Eli Apple, who spent time on the stationary bike while rookie Cam Taylor-Britt filled in for him. While it’s good to see Taylor-Britt get some work in with the first team, it’s unfortunate any time a player gets injured and has to miss reps.

Apple and Taylor-Britt are battling it out for the CB2 job but it’ll likely be Apple’s job. He spent last season with the team and played really well in the playoffs despite giving up the Rams’ game-winning touchdown but in his defense, Cooper Kupp is hard for anyone to cover.

Luckily, Ben Baby noted that the injury isn’t anything to be concerned about.

Pryor making a statement

The Bengals have the best wide receiver trio in the league but the depth behind them is “meh” at best. We’ll get to see who emerges as an option for the true WR4 and the other depth pieces but UDFA Kendric Pryor is hoping to be one of those guys.

Pryor, who the team signed as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin, had another solid day during Tuesday’s padded practice. Ben Baby noted that he had a sliding catch during team drills.

Pryor’s path to the 53-man roster is a difficult one but it’s not unfathomable that he makes the team. He’ll have to continue to impress during the preseason but it’s good to see him stepping up and standing out in training camp.

Carman back on the field

Jackson Carman had his helmet taken aware during Monday’s practice and that led to fourth-round rookie Cordell Volson getting a chance to step in and show what he could do with the first team. Carman was back in the fold on Tuesday and it’s important for him to have a good camp and preseason because if he slips up and Volson looks good, that left guard job isn’t guaranteed to be his.

There weren’t a ton of takeaways from Tuesday’s practice despite it being the first padded session of the summer.

Fortunately, Apple not practicing much doesn’t look to be anything more than the team holding him out as a precautionary thing and we saw Carman back after he had left the practice field on Monday.

Another day of practice means that the Bengals are inching closer to the start of the regular season!