Iloka and Others Return to Practice

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This doesn't mean that he'll play, but Iloka was practicing on Friday:

Quote:The Bengals got good news on Friday regarding their secondary, according to ESPN's Coley Harvey.

Friday's practice saw the return of safety George Iloka, who's been hampered with a groin injury. Iloka missed last Sunday's win over the Cleveland Browns as well as the last two days of practice.

The news doesn't confirm Iloka will play on Sunday against the Steelers, but it means hope remains alive. Fridays stay pretty light for the Bengals, and so it doesn't exactly prove he's game ready. However, if had missed on Friday, he almost certainly wouldn't see the field this week.

Also seen practicing was cornerback Leon Hall. He practiced for his second consecutive day. Tight end Tyler Eifert notched his his third straight day on the practice field.

As expected, cornerback Adam Jones did not practice. He's not been ruled out officially for the game but told ESPN on Wednesday that he wouldn't go. He hasn't practiced all week so there's no reason to doubt his proclamation.

Friday's injury report will shed light on the status of the Bengals ailing secondary when it comes out later today.

I'm relieved that at least Hall looks to be full-go, Iloka might be playing, and I saw somewhere that Jones had his boot off, which doesn't mean he'll play, but it's at least a possibility. He said Wednesday(?) that he wouldn't play, but he might have just been expecting the worst or throwing a curveball to keep everyone on their toes (I know there's rules against teams falsifying injury reports, but don't think there's anything against a player misdirecting).

Our secondary is the one group that especially needs to play out of their minds with all the weapons that the Steelers have, and our pass rush also needs to have a big day.

Good news to see Eifert again because the Steelers are vulnerable to the tight end, so I hope we see sets with him and Kroft on the field at the same time.

It's Steelers week, people!