Bengals 2020 player review: Geno Atkins

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLife comes at you fast, sometimes faster than a Geno Atkins swim move.

Atkins had already entered the back-half of his Hall of Fame career when the calendar changed from 2019 to 2020, but any major drop off from the two-time All-Pro wasn’t expected this soon. He’s Geno Atkins! Even at age 32, he was still going to be effective. But a new reality struck before the month of September arrived last year.

Atkins injured his shoulder during a training camp scrimmage in late August, just two weeks before the season-opener. In unfortunate Bengals fashion, the injury was worse than it was originally reported as being. Atkins was not placed on…