Christian Westerman has been active for one game in his two-year career, and he did not play back in Week 2 against Houston. Now, he’s in the starting lineup.
The fifth-round pick in 2016 jumped Alex Redmond, least for the official start. But, don’t be surprised if you see Redmond play today.
With Cedric Ogbuehi injured, left guard Clint Boling will start at left tackle. Veteran Eric Winston will start at right tackle.
The Bengals also, surprisingly, made second-year wide receiver Cody Core and second-year defensive tackle Andrew Billings inactive. Veteran Pat Sims will start in place of Billings next to Geno Atkins.
KeiVarae Russell, Jarveon Williams, Josh Tupou and University of Cincinnati alumnus and recent signee Justin Murray are also inactive.
The Bengals were bolstered this week by the returns of starters Vontaze Burfict, Joe Mixon and Dre Kirkpatrick to practice. They were not on the injury report heading into the game.