Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Trent Brown needed a cart to leave the field after suffering an injury in the second quarter against the Washington Commanders on Monday night.
That means first-round rookie Amarius Mims was the next man up and immediately got in the lineup.
Brown went down on a routine-looking blocking play as the Bengals were driving in the second quarter and the team quickly ruled him out for the game. This is his first season with the Bengals after coming over in free agency.
As for Mims, he actually just got back from a pec injury that cost him the first two games of the season. He had been such a standout all summer that he might have been the Day 1 starter.
Now, the Bengals get Mims out there out of necessity and the rookie gets a trial by fire of sorts on primetime.
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