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10 draft picks, six college free agents, and a handful of hopeful others made up the Cincinnati Bengals rookie minicamp session on Friday inside Paul Brown Stadium. It was the first time we got to see the newest additions to the team take the field together and run drills amongst each other.
Headlining the day was fifth-overall pick Ja’Marr Chase, who very much looked the part of an athletic No. 1 receiver. Chase and his fellow rookies were in shorts and pad-less jerseys, but that’s football in May for you.
This was the only practice of minicamp, as the team had until Sunday to get a session in before the next phase of the offseason program begins. Local media was able to capture videos and images of Chase and other new Bengals on the field for the first time.
Here’s a Twitter roundup of the day.
Here's #Bengals No.1 pick @Real10jayy__ running routes and plucking rockets out of the sky today at PBS @WLWT pic.twitter.com/nFQa4ZR7va
— Mark Slaughter (@MarkVSlaughter) May 14, 2021
Joseph Ossai is a monster. You've been warned. @joseph_ossai @fox19 #Bengals pic.twitter.com/q0YBghO7eu
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) May 14, 2021
Ja'Marr of The Jungle @Real10jayy__ | #NewStripes pic.twitter.com/XzuxX3Fuzt
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) May 14, 2021
No surprise to see Jackson Carman (#79) working at right guard pic.twitter.com/n9qFA7WQGe
— Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) May 14, 2021
Wyatt Hubert: Early, but showing lots of grit pic.twitter.com/4WNDuhM2Hr
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) May 14, 2021
Darrin Simmons working with new kicker Evan McPherson on the side during today’s rookie minicamp. pic.twitter.com/WtKUj2RTlF
— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) May 14, 2021
First rookie minicamp impression:
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) May 14, 2021
Joseph Ossai is a BAD dude.
Wears the 58 well. Beast. Explosive. #Bengals @fox19 pic.twitter.com/EcM0GjhSDT
Iso on Uno. @Real10jayy__ @fox19 #Bengals pic.twitter.com/fYCJY4Uh85
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) May 14, 2021
Eric Dungey (far QB) hits Ja'Marr Chase. Dungey slowly morphing into QB2 territory. pic.twitter.com/4EWkgGilmQ
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) May 14, 2021
#Bengals rookie DT Tyler Shelvin working on technique pic.twitter.com/ZBL2HtbpJh
— Tyler Dragon (@TheTylerDragon) May 14, 2021
Find it.
— Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) May 14, 2021
Catch it.
@Real10jayy__ pic.twitter.com/NwUnajksw8
After practice, the rookies stepped behind the mic for Zoom conferences. Chase gave a funny answer when asked about his first impressions of Cincinnati.
Planes, trains and automobiles.
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) May 14, 2021
Cincinnati has it all as Ja'Marr Chase learned this week. #Bengals @fox19 pic.twitter.com/lOq80zzFXL
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