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After one of Andy Dalton’s worst-ever games, the Cincinnati Bengals elected to not have their starting quarterback serve as a captain for the team’s Week 2 matchup with the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football.
A.J. Green wasn’t named a captain either.
Instead, the Bengals went with Giovani Bernard and Brandon LaFell on offense, George Iloka and Carlos Dunlap on defense and Derron Smith for special teams.
Bengals game captains: Gio, LaFell,Iloka, Dunlap Derron Smith
— Geoff Hobson (@GeoffHobsonCin) September 15, 2017
Woh.
That seems weird.
All of the players are deserving, especially on defense, but this is just a very different looking group of captains for the Bengals.
The Bengals opted to not name season-long captains this year and are going week to week as of now.
We’ll see if that sticks as the NFL schedule continues.