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Ben BabyOct 16, 2025, 02:35 PM ET
- Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the institution successful July 2019. Prior to ESPN, helium worked for assorted newspapers successful Texas, astir precocious astatine The Dallas Morning News wherever helium covered assemblage sports. He provides regular sum of the Bengals for ESPN.com, portion making appearances connected SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A autochthonal of Grapevine, Texas, helium graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's grade successful journalism. He is an adjunct journalism prof astatine Southern Methodist University and a subordinate of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
CINCINNATI -- Bengals antiaircraft extremity Trey Hendrickson is expected to beryllium retired Thursday nighttime against the Pittsburgh Steelers, a root told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler connected Thursday.
Hendrickson is listed arsenic questionable for the crippled due to the fact that of a hep injury.
The root told Fowler that Hendrickson is hopeful to instrumentality for the Bengals' Week 8 crippled against the New York Jets.
Hendrickson, who did not play the 2nd fractional of Sunday's 27-18 nonaccomplishment to the Green Bay Packers aft injuring his hip, did not signifier this week.
Hendrickson, who had 17.5 sacks successful some 2023 and '24, leads the Bengals with 4 sacks successful six games this season.
Despite Hendrickson's expected absence, Cincinnati volition get a boost connected the antiaircraft enactment arsenic rookie borderline rusher Shemar Stewart is acceptable to instrumentality pursuing a four-game absence. Stewart hasn't played since injuring his ankle successful Week 2.
Earlier successful the week, Bengals antiaircraft coordinator Al Golden said helium expected Stewart to person important playing clip against the AFC North leaders.
The Bengals (2-4) are trying to drawback a four-game losing streak and enactment successful the hunt successful an underwhelming AFC North. Cincinnati is 2nd successful the part down Pittsburgh (4-1).
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