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It sounds like go time for Cincinnati Bengals second-round pick Jackson Carman as his team gets ready to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
All signs earlier this week pointed to Carman starting against the Steelers. That appears to be confirmed as of Friday morning with veteran Xavier Su’a-Filo sitting out of practice for the third straight time with a leg injury.
Carman is the first man up at right guard after the team decided to go with a youth movement for backups along the interior of the offensive line. Rookies Trey Hill and D’Ante Smith back up the center and other guard spots, respectively.
Despite being a second-round pick, Carman was a bigger developmental project than the Bengala appeared to have anticipated. But coaches say they like what they’ve seen enough to start him and that will apparently happen in Week 3.
At their current pace, Joe Burrow was taking far too many hits anyway and Su’a-Filo was one of many Bengals receiving miserable grades for their performances.
Coaches might have considered a change even before the injury, so Carman appears to be on track for Sunday and what better way to prove yourself than against the Steelers?
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