Bengals injury updates on Charlie Jones and Zack Moss are good news

The Cincinnati Bengals avoided major injuries during the first preseason game of the summer on Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

But there were a few issues.

For one, promising wideout Charlie Jones couldn’t suit up after suffering an injury earlier in the week that appeared significant. Two, running back Zack Moss was a surprising scratch from the game after appearing fine all week.

After the game, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor provided updates on both — and it was good news on both fronts.

On Jones, Taylor revealed one of his top kick returners avoided a major issue: “He’ll be week-to-week. He banged knees with one of the DBs on that play. He’ll be kind of week-to-week with that.”

And on Moss, the guy who could very well lead the team in carries next season, it simply came down to non-football stuff: “He (Zack Moss) got sick last night and didn’t feel great today, so it didn’t make sense to get him around the guys.”

Good news for the Bengals who, at a minimum, could use Jones as a lethal returner on special teams and Moss as that combo back with Chase Brown to give the offense some versatility and juice.