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The NFL decided coaches like Zac Taylor can be back at Paul Brown Stadium.
Cincinnati Bengals players though…not so much.
But that won’t stop some players from getting creative and putting gym work in as pre-training camp prep.
According to WLWT’s Brandon Saho, Sam Hubbard and Drew Sample are back to work at Black Sheep Performance in Blue Ash.
Here’s Hubbard:
“It’s a peace of mind thing. I know no matter what, Pat and the guys at Black Sheep Performance are going to be able to find a way to get the work in we need to, to get ready for the season. I really enjoy it and think it’s the best way for me to develop my game, although we do need that time together in the facility where we are working out together and putting in defenses. But we are doing everything possible to get ready for the season and I’m excited.”
Still no word on whether training camp will start as normal this summer. But the NFL recently nixed the idea players would be allowed back at team facilities before July.
That leaves players to their own devices physically outside of the all-virtual meetings with coaches. Sample and Hubbard are just one of what is surely many groups of players spread out all over the place putting in work.
Sample, by the way, was recently tagged as a potential Bengals breakout star.
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