Bengals Roster Look With One Preseason Game Remaining

C Ted Karras (10), G **Lucas Patrick** (9), T **Orlando Brown Jr.** (8), G-T **Cody Ford** (7), G **Cordell Volson** (4), T **Devin Cochran** (3), G **Jaxson Kirkland** (2), C **Matt Lee** (2), T **Amarius Mims** (2), C Andrew Raym (2); T **Andrew Stueber** (2), T **Andrew Coker** (1), T **Caleb Etienne** (R), G **Dylan Fairchild** (R), C **Seth McLaughlin** (R), G-T **Jalen Rivers** (R).

Their top four pass blockers and overall blockers of the night via PFF were from the starting line. Mims was the line’s top-rated offensive player. Fairchild showed up solidly again and was next.

Patrick had high grades in the run. When he went down halfway through the last drive, there emerged another tell when the rookie tackle Rivers replaced him at right guard.

Ever since they drafted Rivers, they’ve believed he could play both tackle and guard spots with the only question if he could hold up inside. Monday seemed to confirm he’s on his way. He kept playing after his stint with the first team and graded out as their highest graded run blocker. It looks like he joins Ford in the valued role of swing tackle.

With Volson and Ford out Monday, multiple reports had the Bengals bringing in estimable vet guard Dalton Risner for a visit Tuesday. Taylor said Ford could have played if it had been the regular season. He wasn’t as definitive on Volson.

Plus, they’re looking to see how Patrick came out of Monday. They seem to like the moxie and experience he has brought to the group, but they’re also always looking for solid pieces as the nicks of August pile up.

With Ford and Rivers looking to be the first two off the bench, that leaves two spots left. McLaughlin, making his debut Monday after Achilles surgery, took his first five snaps. Lee, Karras’ backup last year, has been banged up and has yet to play in a game.

DE Trey Hendrickson (9), DT Taven Bryan (8); DT B.J. Hill (8), DE Joseph Ossai (5), DE-DT Cam Sample (5), DT T.J. Slaton Jr. (5), DT McTelvin Agim (3); DE Myles Murphy (3), DE Isaiah Thomas (3), DT Kris Jenkins Jr. (2), DE Cedric Johnson (2), DE Raymond Johnson III (2), DT McKinnley Jackson (2), DT Howard Cross III (R), DT Eric Gregory (R), DE Shemar Stewart (R)

The Commanders gouged the first defense for 106 yards on the ground on the first two series, which means that first group played only seven snaps.

The mystery is why that first team that looks so good and feisty in training camp against one of the league’s best offenses doesn’t carry it into the game. Tough to evaluate a pass rusher like Stewart on seven snaps when six were runs.

The backups had another good night, such as Jackson, who played 23 snaps and was part of that group that allowed a field goal and barely 150 yards total in the last three quarters.

Meanwhile, a big-league scrum is emerging for what looks to be the last tackle spot. Gregory, the big body rookie free agent, came out of it as PFF’s highest-graded Bengals D-lineman on a total of 25 plays. Cross, the rookie free agent from Notre Dame, led the tackles with 32 snaps. Both had two pressures, Cross had two tackles, and Gregory had a tackle for a loss.