Bengals receive MAJOR injury blow...Andrei Iosivas to be placed on IR

Bengals receive major injury news revolving around Andre Josivac with coach Zach Taylor announcing that he will be placed on IR and miss several weeks. We've got all the news for you here today on Bengals Digest. Thank you for joining us today. Although we are bringing some unfortunate news I'm happy to be here with you guys chugging along this season with you. My name is Adam. Thank you for joining us here today. Thank you to our subscribers who you guys have just been killing it lately for the channel. If you're part of that 75% who watch and are not yet subscribed please consider doing so and following along all season. It's completely free and we're pushing towards 6k so it would really mean a lot if you could help us push to that goal. I'm hoping we get it by midseason and onward. But we bring some unfortunate news today talking about the breaking news that I'm sure a lot of you have seen at this point that Bengals wide receiver Jeremy Fowler bringing us this news that he is expected to miss four to six weeks due to a thumb injury that requires surgery per sources. He's having he had the surgery today and will likely go on short-term IR and this is this is a big blow. I know it's not T Higgins and it's not Jamar Chase but it does have some impacts for the rest of the team. Some guys gotta step up and that's just a thing when you get older you get less recovery. It gets a little bit harder to focus but it's a decline when you get older that's so gradual you really don't notice it until it's too late and that is where our sponsor of today's video Mars Men comes into play. They use clinically dosed ingredients like vitamin D, zinc, boron and a few others to naturally support testosterone, energy and stamina. 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Now we move on to some more news regarding Andre Josivash and he's wide receiver three on this team has not gotten you know he's gotten some decent reps pretty solid snap share that we looked at a couple of videos ago and so he has he has played this season and he hasn't made a significant impact offensively in terms of you know his receiving stats but but he is still a receiver on this team and let's look at what Zack Taylor had to say about it in his presser today he said Andre Josivash's sore ligament in his thumb had surgery this morning he'll be on IR it'll be a week's issue it's not season long but it will definitely be to the IR window maybe a little bit more but don't have a timeline for him yet so it's a little unclear of how long he's gonna be out and he said unfortunate for him otherwise BJ Hill will continue to work work him through this week see where he ends up for this game as we manage him so some injury news on BJ Hill there as well basically saying again Joe Burrow he's sore but we'll see how he gets through practice today as far as I've seen and heard Burrow is fine he's you know just general game soreness and we'll see when he gets out there what he can do so bringing us that news on Andre Josivash and you know it's it's an impact that we're gonna see some adjustments and some things are gonna need to happen whether that means you know maybe a tight end is called up maybe it will get into it later but he continues with this saying several guys there's several guys that can step up whether it's in the receiver room tight end room a lot of ways for us to fill that and I would agree I think that if they're gonna take an injury blow this early in the season you know I hate to say it but this is probably best case scenario I you know thoughts go out to Andre and his family I don't mean any ill will by that but I'm just saying in terms of this season and the injuries that the team could take I'm glad it's not serious I'm glad it's not gonna be season-long but it does it is unfortunate but I do think it means that some guys are going to step up and for starters I think we've already seen it a little bit the way that they've utilized him this season and in seasons prior is Mike is sick he's role I think is going to be upped a little bit as well and he already is I mean he's a pass catcher he's a slot receiver he's listed as a tight end but they typically play him at slot and he gets a lot of his reps at slot we've seen him you know play pretty well in the first couple games and I look for that to continue a role I do expect to see more increased with that is Eric Hall jr. and he's been an interesting one I was very excited for you know him to come out and he really you know he hasn't made a ton of plays up to this point they haven't gotten him super involved yet maybe not his fault maybe more on the play-calling side but all together I mean I think that as get sick he kind of takes over that role maybe at as a wide receiver three when they use them in the slot more with you know chase and Higgins on the outside I do think that means Eric Hall and drew sample are gonna get more reps more interchangeability there at the tight end spot now at the wide receiver spot that's a bit of a different story because obviously you have get sicky but you kind of got a bump someone up and that's likely going to be Keyshawn Williams if I had to guess when you look at their wide receiver depth this is a little bit outdated but in terms of their wide receiver depth chart before the season you know a few of these names are not necessarily relevant anymore but you look at who they had I don't see it out of the realm of possibility that they call up Mitch Tinsley maybe add him on to the active roster I don't know exactly how that's gonna work but guys like Noah Thomas Kendrick Friar right now Keyshawn Williams is probably the next man up after of course Colby Young and Dante Myers which Dante Myers I think is probably the most likely the way it stands right now him or possibly Colby Young the rookie Colby Young got involved last week Dante Myers of course had a great preseason Colby Young it's an interesting one because he is a rookie I'm curious how they're gonna utilize him see how they're gonna you know fill in maybe maybe him and Dante Myers I think split reps I think that is probably the most likely course of action to take care of during this period of time you know this week against the Steelers see you know throw Dante Myers target him a few times target Colby Young a few times see who makes plays and earns our spot on to more snaps for the following week I think that it's gonna be a week-by-week type deal the way that Zack Taylor and the front office is gonna play this but altogether I mean it is it is a brutal blow to lose a receiver so early in the season especially a receiver that has had some controversy over the years and you know he he's been there for the Bengals but he last year had a case of the drop C's and you know there's some mixed reviews in the Bengals fandom I see it in the comments all the time about about Yoshiva so I think that there could have been bigger blows but nonetheless sucks to lose a guy this early on in the season and hope for healing for him and and you know of course BJ Hill hoping Joe Burrow stays healthy as well all of the above but we got more news coming for you hopefully on a lighter note tomorrow and we're gonna keep you updated on the progression of this injury but at minimum when you're placed on IR it's gonna be four weeks so at the very least it's gonna be four weeks but the way Zack Taylor makes it sound seems like it's gonna be a little bit longer we'll have to see who steps up so you guys let me know down in the comments who you think is going to step up or who needs to step up the most in lieu of Andre Yosivash being out my personal pick I gotta go Dante Myers I love the story I love the player he's shifty he's quick he gets open he makes plays when he gets the ball in his hands and that's who I'm most looking forward to see but Colby Young the rookie I think he shows a lot of promise as well but let me know what you guys think down in the comments below and you guys have a great rest of your day