Two unsung Bengals step into the spotlight in preseason win over Rams

When safety Trayvon Henderson signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018 as an undrafted free agent, Shawn Williams and George Iloka were the team’s starting safeties. When wide receiver Trenton Irwin signed in 2019, he joined a position group that was headlined by A.J. Green and John Ross III.

Over the last few years, nearly the entire roster has changed around a few foundational starters, including Tyler Boyd, Joe Mixon, Sam Hubbard and Jessie Bates III. Players like Henderson and Irwin have been in the background, spending their entire careers bouncing between the Bengals’ active roster and the practice squad.

But a few times a year, Henderson and Irwin get a shot to be in the spotlight.…