Bengals Injuries per PFF

[BoomerFan]

Real Talk: Sometimes players are said to be injured when they're really just being benched. Sometimes it is to let them develop more. Sometimes it is to hide them on the IR list/make space on the roster. Sometimes they just need to sit down and take a step back. It happens to very good players.

I don't know how often that is the case. Maybe very rarely. Or perhaps it is sometimes grey area -- there is an injury that could be played through but the coaches wanted to bench the guy anyways. That said, for the times it does really happen, if players aren't ready to play that's usually a coaching issue right? I mean...there are plenty of players who ball out their rookie year.