The benefit of playing on Thursday night is having a long rest before the next game. For the Cincinnati Bengals, the extra rest days seem to have aided their injured players.
Three of the four starters who missed last Thursday’s game ended up practicing Wednesday. Jessie Bates III (neck) was a full participant while Tee Higgins (shoulder) and Chidobe Awuzie (groin) were limited. Xavier Su’a-Filo (knee) did not practice and has not since before Week 2. Head coach Zac Taylor already stated that Jackson Carman will start at right guard again this week.
Higgins and Awuzie returning to the practice field is huge even if they didn’t do everything on Wednesday.