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Some unexpected news surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals dropped Tuesday when a report surfaced that cornerback Trae Waynes had suffered a chest injury and could miss roughly two months.
Two months would mean into October at this stage of training camp. And considering camp hasn’t had any padded practices yet, questions about the report were bound to surface when head coach Zac Taylor met with the media.
Taylor told reporters the injury had happened this week during walkthroughs, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Tyler Dragon: “Yea, it just happened this week. It is unfortunate. Those guys have been working hard since they’ve been in the building. It’s just an unfortunate situation. These things happen during training camp.”
But Taylor also brushed off talk about severity, per The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr.:
Zac Taylor on Trae Waynes. Too early to tell the significance of the injury. "Just happened this week. It’s unfortunate."
— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) August 11, 2020
It isn’t shocking Taylor won’t go into specifics right now, though questions about the subject were only natural. Not only is it odd timing for an injury, Waynes and has reps had previously gone public about not necessarily training at 100 percent because the team was late getting him in the door to sign his free agent deal due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Regardless of the how and amount of time Waynes will miss, the Bengals will now be without a player who could’ve been their No. 1 corner in 2020 and attention now turns to getting his replacements ready.
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