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not your normal bengals
- Former Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmanzadeh is interning on Cincinnati's coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship program.
[ESPN / Coley Harvey] - Houshmanzadeh said this roster will "be good for a long time", they are "kind of quiet."
[ESPN / Coley Harvey] - Offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth believes more Bengals could use Houshmandzadeh's attitude, adding that he's a "great example of a guy who might not be the most skilled guy on the field", but "turned those skills into the biggest potential and achieved a lot in football."
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson]
- Houshmandzadeh spent time with wide receiver A.J. Green, who said that "he's done it here for a long time at a high level."
[Cincinnati Enquirer / Paul Dehner Jr]
geno is back to being geno
- Bengals coaches are impressed with how Geno Atkins looks this spring.
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson]
- Defensive line coach Jay Hayes calling him "scary" and defensive coordinator Paul Guenther describing him as "real explosive".
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson]
darqueze dennard is adapting
- Second-year cornerback Darqueze Dennard intercepted passes from Andy Dalton and AJ McCarron on Tuesday.
[Cincy Jungle] - Dennard on Tuesday:
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson]"I understand the total defense," said Dennard of the difference between last spring and this one. "I wasn’t using my help as much as I should. Now I understand what to give up. What the strengths of the defense are, what is it supposed to do, what is it trying to do? I’m more understanding of the game."
mystery solved with margus hunt
- Defensive end Margus Hunt told reporters that he's been dealing with a back injury, which he re-aggravated while lifting weights earlier this year.
[Cincy Jungle / Josh Kirkendall] - Hunt implies that whatever he did, it was his own fault, adding that it was "just a bad decision on my part to start doing stuff that I haven't done in so long."
[Cincinnati Enquirer / Jim Owczarski] - The injury, which shouldn't lead to surgery, requires a little patience and rest.
[ESPN / Coley Harvey]
- Hunt adds that he feels like he'll be ready for training camp, which starts on July 31.
[ESPN / Coley Harvey]
the pass catcher, jake fisher
- Offensive lineman Jake Fisher, selected in the second round of the 2015 NFL draft, played right tackle with the second-team squad during Tuesday's OTA session.
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson] - Fisher also caught two passes as a tackle-eligible receiver, "including one on a nice reception down the middle."
[Local 12 / Richard Skinner] - Fisher posted 11 receptions for 232 yards receiving as a senior in high school.
[Local 12 / Richard Skinner] - T.J. Houshmandzadeh said of Fisher that "No. 74, I mean, he's out here catching balls like he's a receiver and catching them so easy."
[ESPN / Coley Harvey]
the paul harvey
- Defensive coordinator Paul Guenther says that Vontaze Burfict is "really going after it" and "he looks good."
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson] - Backup quarterback Josh Johnson wasn't on the field for "unknown reasons."
[Bengals.com / Geoff Hobson]