Cincinnati Bengals: How much are injuries to blame?

The Bengals beat writers sit down with Darqueze Dennard on this week's episode of Beyond the Stripes. Cincinnati Enquirer

Andy Dalton stood in the middle of an empty Bengals locker room while the rest of the team went through practice. His right hand and thumb were wrapped tightly only three days after surgery that ended his season.

As he explains the freak nature of only sustaining three major injuries in 20 years of football, Tyler Eifert hobbles across the room behind him, a large boot on his surgically repaired ankle and leg.

He walked past a corner of the locker room meant for overflow of injured and practice squad players. The large space is shockingly starting to fill up as it does…