Bengals LT Jonah Williams neck injury not overly serious but he could miss Week

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The may have lost more than just a game against the on Sunday. They may have also lost starting left tackle to a neck injury as well.According to a report from NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, the Bengals are still awaiting more information on Williams' injury, but  Michael Irvin Jersey it is not considered . However, it could keep him out of the team's Week 8 game against the . Cincinnati takes its bye in Week  Ed Reed Jersey 9, so sitting out against Tenne see would allow Williams several weeks to recover, and hopefully give him time to come back healthy against the in Week 10.Williams left Sunday's lo s after playing 30 snaps. He was replaced by tackle , who struggled pretty badly in pa s protection and gave up a sack of .That's the worrisome aspect of Williams' injury, even if he does not remain out long term Miami Hurricanes College Jersey . The Cincinnati offensive line has been brutal thus far this season, allowing Burrow to be sacked on 8.7 percent of his dropbacks. The Bengals rank 25th in Pro Football Focus' pa s-blocking grades, and Williams has been their best pa s-blocking offensive lineman. If he has to mi s time, one would expect Burrow's protection to be even worse than it already has been -- and even against a Titans team that has checked in with a below-average pre sure rate so far this year, that could be a Sean Taylor Jersey  problem.Burrow has thrown a league-high 293 pa ses so far this season, and he has been sacked a league-high 28 times as well. The Bengals have been forced to throw more often than they might otherwise like to due to the fact that they've been trailing in the significant majority of their games, but they're also a relatively pa s-heavy team in neutral situations. Being that type of team becomes a bit more difficult when the guy tasked with protecting the franchise QB's blind side is sitting on the sideline Anthony Lawrence II Jersey .For the Bengals' (and Burrow's) sake, hopefully this is not an injury that lingers and keeps Williams out beyond the bye.