Sunday’s second half had almost a surreal pre-season feel to it with back-up quarterback Jeff Driskel running things in the 35-20 loss to the Browns at Paul Brown Stadium, but make no mistake. The Bengals receivers have no qualms being in a huddle with him.
“Any time Jeff comes in he does phenomenally well,” said wide receiver John Ross after it was done.” “Jeff comes in and fills that void when he needs to and can do things with his arm and his legs. Jeff fits right in when he comes in.”
“He’s an athlete. He’s a stud,” said wide receiver Tyler Boyd.
Both caught touchdowns Sunday, Ross from Andy Dalton and Boyd had to laugh about the 28-yarder in the third quarter that was Driskel’s first NFL touchdown pass. After Boyd shook off a tackle at the 10 to make it 35-13, he fired the ball at the end-zone wall in frustration. Except …
“It slipped and it went into the stands. Crazy,” Boyd said. “I had to tell him my bad.”