T La’el Collins (8), C-G Ted Karras (7), G Alex Cappa (5), T Isaiah Prince (4), T Jonah Williams (4), G Hakeem Adeniji (3), C Lamont Gailard (3), G Jackson Carman (2), C Trey Hill (2), T D’Ante Smith (2), Nate Gilliam (1) T Devin Cochran (R), G Desmond Noel (R), G-T Cordell Volson (R).
Volson, the fourth-rounder in the tractor pull with Carman for the left guard job, came out of it pretty solid playing all 67 snaps. PFF had him as the highest rated run blocker among the starters and the Bengals felt like he got good movement and finish.
The web site didn’t rate him as highly in pass protection, where it had him allowing a sack and two other pressures, but the sense from his team is they feel like he played with a good anchor.
And here’s what we like. On a screen pass to Evans, Volson got out there, ran from the other side and made sure he put a hit on the 5-11,185-pound cornerback Adoree Jackson.
Against that good, athletic front from New York, the only sack they gave up was on a corner blitz, which PFF gave to Volson. Adeniji, at left tackle, played better than he did in the opener. PFF had him allowing three pressures and he spent the first part of the night holding up against the fifth pick in Kayvon Thibodeaux on a ton of third-and-longs on his way to playing all 67 snaps.
They have to be hoping Smith just needs a good week of practice. He had missed about two weeks before he came back from a back injury just before this game and he racked up three holding penalties at right tackle in the first 14 plays. But, really after that, the guy held up and kept people from the quarterback.
Hill also played all 67 snaps and his good reviews kept going. PFF had him allowing just two hurries on 44 passes. He started at center, but just when he got a few snaps at right guard, they had to move him back to center when Galliard left with a calf injury. They’d like to see him get some more work at guard, so if Galliard can’t go against the Rams they may turn to Gilliam to play…
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