MISCELLANEOUS:

Longest practice by far. They're getting in good work.  2) Bengals offense cannot move the ball against the Packers defense so far.  Goodberry [Bengals beat writer  TGR]

Matt LaFleur says he hasn't entirely solidified plan for Friday night's preseason snaps, but there's a good chance Jordan Love will play Friday night in opener vs. Bengals.  Wood

Bengals veteran CB Mike Hilton on Jordan Love: “Real strong arm. Obviously that’s what he’s been known for, but you can tell … he’s seeing things a little slower and his process is a little faster, so I feel like Green Bay got a good one.”  Schneidman

My takeaways along with a few other notes in the article: • Melton WR6 • Patrick Taylor RB3 • Tom starting RT • Rasheed Walker over Caleb Jones • Davis ahead of Kraft • Enagbare edge rusher 5 • Ford starting S • Gaines backup nickel to Nixon • O’Donnell starting punter.  Bretl

Session of 11-on-11 between Bengals O and Packers D dominated by Green Bay. Nothing of note outside of one pass to Tyler Boyd up the seam and a nice run by Joe Mixon. Otherwise a struggle to find any space or success in the pass game.  Paul Dehner - The Athletic for Bengals

Rookie Jayden Reed took the overwhelming majority of slot snaps even though Toure is listed as the starter at slot.  Huber

INJURIES:

An overall healthy roster for the joint practice vs. Bengals. Eric Stokes (NFI), Lew Nichols, Innis Gaines and Jake Hanson only players not practicing.  2)  TE Josiah Deguara is dressed for today’s practice. Deguara missed the past week with a calf injury.  3) David Bakhtiari just walked by on his way to the practice field wearing pads. So he appears to be practicing today.  4) Wood

QUARTERBACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS:

Jordan Love was 4-7 in 2-minute drill, one incompletion a clock kill. Had Romeo Doubs deep down right side vs. Sidney Jones IV, but Doubs couldn’t bring it in. Not a bad ball. Love hit Samori Toure for first down in deep in route, converting 3rd & 3. Otherwise, lot of checks.  2) Jordan Love drops a 51-yard TD to Romeo Doubs down right sideline on 3rd & 6 against Cam Taylor-Britt. Didn’t miss that deep ball. Let Doubs run under it, and he did the rest.  3) Jordan Love finished 5-8 for roughly 32 yards, 2 TDs and INT in red-zone period. Hit Watson on corner route from 10-yard line on one TD. Threaded a pass to Jayden Reed for 5-yard touchdown on stop route in right seam on other. Lone pick on screen to the left from.  4) Bengals CB Mike Hilton picks a Jordan Love pass from the 3-yard line. The Packers had bunch left on the goal line, and looked like Hilton jumped a screen pass off the jump. Took it the other way. Young QB sold on a route before the snap.  [3 and 4 are the same play.  TGR]  5) Ten-yard TD pass for Jordan Love in back, right corner end zone to Christian Watson. Watson beat Bengals CB Cam Taylor-Britt to the corner, and Love didn’t miss.  6) Jordan Love opens 3-5 vs Bengals starting defense in first term period. Hit Samori Toure on a slant, pretty fade ball to Henry Pearson down right side, crosser to Christian Watson’s. Missed Romeo Doubs deep and Watson on a corner route.  7) Jordan Love tried to hit Romeo Doubs deep down middle of field. Doubs got behind Bengals secondary, but Love’s pass hung in the air too long. Allowed the safety to close over and break up the pass.  8) Jordan Love had a 17-yard completion to Christian Watson earlier in the period on a crossing route. Looked like there might have been offensive holding behind the play.  Wood

Yeah that’s not a throw I’m concerned about for Jordan Love. No way he’s anticipating a defender there after the fake and that play demands the ball comes out fast. That’s an offensive execution error.  [On the Pick 6 when GB was on the Bengals' 3-yard line.  Herman  2) pretty sure it was a blown block that allowed Hilton to blow up the bubble screen. That's usually not on the QB unless there's a pre-snap look he missed.  Palozzolo - PFF 

Packers QB Alex McGough with the best pass of the day so far at Packers-Bengals practice. In stride go ball to WR Malik Heath.  Palazzolo PFF.    

Nice completion from Love to Doubs.  Braydon Allen [In drills - TGR]

Red zone. Love goes 4-8. Touchdown to Watson. INT by Mike Hilton who jumped a bubble screen and might have gone 90 plus the other way for a TD.  Demovsky

The Romeo Doubs thing is real against other teams as well...in camp Guy's been open consistently.  Sam Monson - PFF

Love went 4/8 in red-zone drill. One TD to Watson on crosser, one dropped TD by Jayden Reed on a perfectly thrown stop route with two defenders converging. One INT by Mike Hilton, who jumped bubble screen to Doubs for would-be pick six.  2) In 11 x 11: Love went 3/5 passing in first 11-on-11s against Bengals D. Nice quick slant to Samori Toure for a substantial gain, nice completion to FB Henry Pearson on the right side, another nice gain to Watson on crosser over middle. Last throw was underthrown bomb to Doubs incomplete.  Schneidman

By our count, he completed 17-of-29 passes with two touchdowns and one interception.  [Watson and definitely Doubs and Reed with drops - TGR] 2) On Hilton's pick 6 at the 3 yard line: “It was a run, and we had a bubble screen on the outside,” Love said. “He just made a really good play. He jumped it. We have to do a better job being able to block the point of attack right there. That can’t happen. It’s one of those plays I probably could’ve handed off right there. They got four guys over three, so I kind of forced it.”Huber

Second year in a row the Bengals D has been suffocating another team's offense during joint scrimmages. Last year it was the Rams. This year Green Bay can barely get a first down.  Sam Monson - PFF 

Today, a few Bengals veterans thought that their defense had one of its best practices in a while. The question marks all offseason have focused on the Bengals defense and secondary. Today against the Packers, the Bengals made a very loud statement.  2) The Bengals first team defense just had the exact type of practice that Lou Anarumo was probably looking for. The best practice I’ve seen from DJ Reader and Mike Hilton. Big plays across the D-line. Turnovers. No big plays down the field except one deep ball against Turner. Great anticipation by the safeties and mostly completions on check downs or crossers.  3) On the second team, Cam Sample is having a terrific day. Some pressure and a sack from Murphy. Some more big plays against the second team secondary as the Packers second team offense probably won that battle. Lots of catches over the middle where the Packers showed their speed.  Charlie Goldsmith Bengals Beat Writer;  

TIGHT ENDS:

Love overthrows Luke Musgrave who has DJ Turner (!!) in his hip pocket. Musgrave lining up out wide quite a bit.  Palazzolo - PFF

RUNNING BACKS:

Deguara is back but not in team. Henry Pearson makes nice tip toe catch to pull pass in for a big connection from love. Hodkiewicz

OFFENSIVE LINE:

First fight of the joint practice. LG Elgton Jenkins dropped a Bengals LB (Germaine Pratt I think) on his butt on a screen. The LB sat down shaking his head for a bit, then got up, approached Jenkins and took a swing at him. Jenkins lunged at him and it was on.  2)  Jenkins at it again. This time he takes a swing at defensive tackle DJ Reader, connecting to the side of the helmet. LaFleur pulls him from the drill.  Silverstein

Elgton Jenkins was removed from practice after two fights.  2) RDE Trey Hendrickson is a certified problem.  Schneidman

DJ Reader on Elgton Jenkins: "Man, he’s a jag, man. I don’t know that guy. No idea who he is. I mean, I see he made two Pro Bowls, so good for him but he blocked for Aaron Rodgers. That don’t make you nobody."  Demovsky  [Why do I think Reader knows who Jenkins is?  TGR]

Zach Tom, listed as the No. 1 right tackle on the depth chart, took all the first-team reps at right tackle and none at center.  2) An unscripted, move-the-ball period was a disaster. On third-and-2, Jordan Love was sacked by Trey Hendrickson. On third-and-13, he was sacked again by Hendrickson. On third-and-4, Cole Schneider and Sean Clifford botched a shotgun snap. On third-and-10, Clifford was sacked by Josh Tupou. The backup offensive line really had a poor day. During a third-down period, Clifford was sacked twice in four snaps. Huber [It doesn't sound like the starting OL did much in the run game against Cincy's talented DL.  TGR

DEFENSIVE LINE:

DJ Reader reacts after getting a smack in the helmet from Elgton Jenkins today.  He's a JAG.  Wood

Green Bay’s No. 2 defense forced a four-and-out, thanks in large part to Colby Wooden’s sack of Trevor Siemian on second down. Huber

LINEBACKERS:

Another win for OT Jonah Williams vs Preston Smith.  (Williams is starting RT - TGR)  2) Van Ness beats RT Carman inside again.  (Carman is 3rd string - TGR)  3) Very good. Van Ness is a handful already. Obviously Kenny Clark too. They struggled with both. Bunch of pass breakups. Bengals QBs were bad.  Goodberry

SECONDARY:

Carrington Valentine now with two PBUs in red zone. He’s outside corner. Jaire practicing but not in team.  2)  Jonathan Owens getting work at personal protector on punts, alternating with Leavitt. Competition within the safety competition.  [Now that's a direct threat to Leavitt as STs is his only ticket to the 53.  TGR]  3) LaFleur on Cincy's receivers: "Three dudes (Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd) who can start on any offense. ... It’s going to be a great challenge (for the Packers' secondary) and see how they respond." Hodkiewicz

I'm not sure sure Anthony Johnson will make the 53-man roster.  Wendell Ferreira  2) Of note - AJJ and Benny Sapp are the only safeties on the roster under contract for next season.  Ken Ingalls

Matt LaFleur on Packers CBs facing the Bengals WRs: “I wish Joe Burrow was gonna be out there throwing them the ball to get a really good indication of where we are.”  Schneidman [The backup QBs for the Bengals either stink or had bad days, per the Bengals' press corps tweets I read.  TGR]

For the third consecutive practice, the No. 1 safeties were Darnell Savage and Jonathan Owens. Rudy Ford, not Owens, is listed as a starter.  [But see Paul Bretl's take on the safety position.  TGR] Huber

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Anders Carlson about 2 yards short on an approximately 58-yard field goal following Jordan Love’s 2-minute still vs. Bengals defense. Kick was true…just very far.  2) Anders Carlson’s first 3 field goals: PAT wide right 37L good 39R good.  Wood

Anders Carlson made seven straight FGs before missing from 56 & 60.  Schneidman

Carlson goes 7 for 10 on kicks today. Long make was from 51. Also missed from 56.  Demovsky included the PAT miss, 56 and 60 misses on Field Goals.  TGR]

Bill Huber wrote a nice article on today's joint practrice.  You can read it by clicking here.