Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Andrei Iosivas is expected to miss 4 to six weeks aft suffering a thumb wounded that required surgery.
According to ESPN, Iosivas underwent the process Wednesday to repair a torn ligament and has been placed connected injured reserve. The wounded occurred during Cincinnati’s Week 2 triumph implicit the Houston Texans. Bengals manager Zac Taylor said Iosivas is expected to instrumentality aboriginal this season, meaning the wounded is not considered season-ending. Because helium is connected injured reserve, however, helium indispensable miss astatine slightest 4 games earlier helium tin return.
Iosivas, who entered the play arsenic Cincinnati’s No. 3 wide receiver, had played much than fractional of the team’s violative snaps successful each of its archetypal 2 games. The 2023 sixth-round prime from Princeton had 3 receptions for 19 yards connected 4 targets done 2 games this season.
With Iosivas sidelined, Cincinnati is expected to rely much heavy connected different receivers, including Dohnte Meyers and rookie Colbie Young, arsenic the Bengals hole for the adjacent agelong of their schedule.
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