Zac Taylor expresses optimism in Jermaine Burton

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesThe Cincinnati Bengals drafted Jermaine Burton last season as a high-upside pick in the third round. He had billings as a first round talent with some off-field issues.

Well, we saw far more off-field issues than talent, which left his status kind of up in the air this season. Head coach Zac Taylor thinks he is doing what he has been supposed to do so far.

“All he can handle is the present at this point,” Taylor told reporters Tuesday. “I think he’s done a good job of that this offseason. He’s been in the building. He’s in the building outside of work hours doing his own thing and rehabbing to get his body right. He has attacked practice the right way, and…