Lions and Bengals NFL Update

Here is an update on the Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals

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00:00We are heading into the final week of the NFL preseason and joining me now with some

00:05updates from around the league are our Fan Nation publishers, James Rapine from All Bangles

00:10and John Nakaroon from All Lions.

00:12James, let's start with you.

00:14The big news coming out of Bangles camp today is that Jesse Bates has reported for camp.

00:19He's back after the holdout that most anticipated would end by the start of the regular season.

00:27He comes back a few weeks prior to the start of the regular season and I think that's pretty

00:30big Claudette because he can get acclimated with Bax Hill, get acclimated with a lot of

00:36new members, rookies in this Bangles secondary that he's going to have to gel with and get

00:42into game shape.

00:44So when September 11th rolls around, he can play a full allotment of snaps because that

00:49was the concern.

00:50If he had reported for week one on say September 4th, would he be able to play a full game?

00:56I'm not sure.

00:57Now, I think that expectation is much, much different and this Bangles secondary has all

01:02of the pieces that it was anticipating having going into the 2022 campaign.

01:08Over to Detroit.

01:10Today we found out that wide receiver rookie Jamison Williams will be out for the first

01:15four games of the season.

01:16John, what can you tell us about this?

01:19Yeah, Claudette, the Detroit Lions have stayed at all offseason.

01:22They wanted to take things slow with the number 12 overall pick coming off of a severe

01:26leg injury, an ACL injury that he suffered in the college football national playoffs.

01:31Now Jamison Williams officially, as a result of the roster cutdowns, has been put on the

01:35NFL's reserve list, meaning that he has to miss the first four games.

01:40And by and large, Claudette, I think it's the wise move.

01:42When you have this large of an investment in a player, a very speedy wide out who could

01:46potentially be very explosive, hearing that he was really on the top of a lot of teams

01:51draft boards, the Lions really want to take things slow.

01:54They want to limit the risk of re-injury.

01:56And the talk here in Detroit is that potentially that Jamison Williams won't debut until after

02:02Detroit's bye week, which is in week six.

02:04So really, Claudette, the Lions are taking things slow with a top pick, but I think it's

02:08the wise move.