The 1-0 Jacksonville Jaguars will look to double their win total on Sunday, as the team makes their first road trip of 2025, heading to Ohio to face the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium for the 1 P.M. kickoff. On Wednesday, both teams released their initial injury reports for the week, with generally good news for Jacksonville.
Jacksonville sarting right tackle Anton Harrison opened the week as a full participant after leaving Sunday’s matchup late due to back spasms. Meanwhile, offensive lineman
Cole Van Lanen was also a full participant as he seems to be improving from his offseason shoulder injury. He was a limited participant in each of last week’s practices, before being listed inactive on Sunday.
In the secondary, cornerback Montaric (Buster) Brown was a limited participant on Wednesday, as his participation ramps up. Brown missed most of training camp and all of last week’s practices due to an ankle injury.
Rookie offensive lineman Wyatt Milum was noted as a did not practice (DNP) due to his training camp knee injury that resulted in him missing Sunday’s matchup.
For Cincinnati, starting right tackle Amarius Mims was a limited participant with an ankle injury. Mims did not miss any gametime during Sunday’s 17-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns. However, Mims’ neighbor, starting right guard Lucas Patrick was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday due to a calf injury suffered 16-snaps into Sunday’s matchup. The recently signed free agent, Dalton Risner will slide into the starting lineup next to Mims with the IR move for Patrick. Risner was a free agent pickup, signed during training camp on August 28th.
Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher spoke glowingly about Risner’s play, stepping in for Patrick in Sunday’s win.
“It’s unfortunate that we’re having to call on our depth as soon as we are, but it’s certainly nice to have a guys that knows what it’s supposed to look like. He has been in the book and done a remarkable job of picking everything up as quickly as he’s picked it up. Good communicator. Smart. I really have very few concerns about getting him up and running.”
The only other listed player for Cincinnati was long snapper William Wagner, who was also a full participant with a hamstring injury.
Overall, potentially good news for the left side of the Jacksonville defensive line, as a weakened Bengals offensive line looks slightly weaker after week one. Meanwhile, Jacksonville remains reasonably healthy, with a few depth pieces also improving.
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