Bengals hosting multiple free agents on workouts before Week 3

The Cincinnati Bengals will look to free agency for help after an endless stream of injuries to the interior of the defensive line.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Bengals will host veterans Lawrence Guy and Albert Huggins on workouts this week.

Guy, 34, was a seventh-rounder in 2011 with 500-plus career tackles and is a former Super Bowl champion who could provide immediate depth.

Huggins, undrafted in 2019 out of Clemson, has spent time with a variety of different teams, most recently the Dallas Cowboys.

Both B.J. Hill and Sheldon Rankins left last Sunday’s loss to Kansas City with hamstring injuries and the team hasn’t updated their status yet. Rookie McKinnley Jackson is on injured reserve and Kris Jenkins Jr., also a rookie and big part of the plan, is currently working his way back from a minor surgery.

If both starters can’t go and Jenkins doesn’t get back, the team would be forced to start Zach Carter and Jay Tufele in the middle with little rotational help beyond shifting ends inside.