BJ Hill, Bengals defensive tackle, leaves NFL Week 2 game vs Chiefs with hamstring injury

Defensive tackle BJ Hill suffered an injury during the second quarter of the Cincinnati Bengals ' NFL Week 2 game Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

CBS' Tracy Wolfson said Hill suffered a left hamstring injury, and went to the locker room. The Bengals announced that Hill's return to the game was questionable. Early in the second half, Hill was downgraded to out .

Later in the third quarter, Bengals DT Sheldon Rankins was injured , testing the team's depth at that position.

Hill, in his seventh NFL season and fourth with the Bengals, threw his helmet down on the Cincinnati sideline after hobbling off the field, according to The Enquirer's Kelsey Conway . Trainers examined Hill as he sat on the bench.

From Conway after the game:

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