“Chido finished the game, which is great,” said defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo this week. “It’s a great sign for his knee, for him. Great sign for him just mentally to say, hey, ‘I got to finish the game. I did well.’ It’s just another step to him getting back to 100%.”
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Turner The Burner is coming off his break-out game heading into the Jaguars’ den of dash Monday night (8:15 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 9, ESPN) in Jacksonville. The veterans in his secondary are saying his brew of SEC speed and Michigan spit-and-polish has Pro Bowl potential written all over it. At the moment, he’s the Bengals Rookie of the Year, right?
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After making his first career start in Week 12, Jake Browning now gets set to face the Jaguars’ defense in a primetime road environment. It is not a setting he is unfamiliar with, as his first substantial action this season came at Baltimore on Thursday Night Football, when he completed eight of 14 passes with a touchdown throw and no interceptions in relief of Joe Burrow.
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“No, I think that’s a little bit of an underestimation in my view,” Anarumo said. “I mean, I see the guy work full field reads and get the ball out on time. I just think what happens with him is he’s such a great athlete that if there is an opportunity for him to run and is not great rush lanes, then he takes it, which I don’t fault him on at all. So, watch what he can do with his legs. But no, I’ve seen him make the reads, and we have great respect for him.”
