Pat Sims, who signed a one-year deal during the offseason, has spent the entire season on the Physically Unable to Perform list, a designation he's had dating back to training camp with a pair of injured ankles that placed him on Injured Reserve last year. An injury that impacted the Cincinnati Bengals rushing defense, perhaps indirectly last year:

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis told reporters on Wednesday that Sims won't be coming off PUP this week. The earliest a player can come off PUP is after the sixth game of the regular season, which was after the Bengals lost to the Cleveland Browns. However teams have a three-week window that allows the injured player to stay on PUP, not counting against the 53-man roster and an additional three-week window after the injured player begins practicing, exempt from the 53 until he's officially activated onto the roster.

The deal that Sims signed includes a base $700,000 salary with a $250,000 signing bonus, workout bonus of $250,000 and a roster bonus of $240,000, accounting for an overall cap number of $1.44 million.