Bengals Week 7 rookie report: Mark Walton gets garbage time carries

The Bengals 53-man roster has its lowest number of rookies on it all year, and only five played in their debacle against the Chiefs on Sunday night. So much more went wrong than just some underwhelming performances from members of their rookie class, but we’re always here to tell you how each did and where they can go from here. This is our rookie report from the Bengals 45-10 loss to the Chiefs.

The Patrick Mahomes show torched nearly everybody on the Bengals defense, and that very much included Bates. Mahomes’ offense orchestrated by Chiefs head coach Andy Reid picked apart the Bengals back seven, and Bates struggled to keep up with the constant vertical attack, often times being late to…