With so much focus being paid to the risks of playing football amid a pandemic, and the protocols put in place to try to keep players safe, it’s almost easy to forget the perpetual plague of athletics, which is physical, mechanical injuries. They affect every team every year, and they’re beginning to take their toll on rosters already on the first day of hitting.
Even before we got to padded practices, however, the Cincinnati Bengals already lost their most significant free agent signing this year, Trae Waynes, who was signed to a three-year, $42 million contract to take the place of Dre Kirkpatrick in the starting lineup to play at cornerback across from William Jackson III.