Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Illnesses, tooth ailment dot Bengals' injury report

CINCINNATI -- Two Cincinnati Bengals were feeling ill Wednesday and another had a tooth ailment, according to the injury report issued by the team.

Each of the three missed the practice, the Bengals' first of the week ahead of Sunday's road game at Tampa Bay.

Receiver Mohamed Sanu and long snapper Clark Harris were the ill players, and cornerback Adam Jones was sidelined with a tooth problem. All three were listed on the injury report with non-injury related issues.

In addition to their absences, the Bengals also were without Margus Hunt, Tyler Eifert and Andre Smith. Hunt has an ankle injury that ran him from the Bengals' win at New Orleans two weeks ago. He isn't expected back all that soon. Eifert still hasn't been cleared to practice from a dislocated elbow, despite having practice eligibility all this month following a stint on the short-term injured reserve. Smith was added to the season-ending IR on Tuesday, following a triceps tear suffered in Sunday's win at Houston.

Linebacker Vontaze Burfict also missed the workout, although coach Marvin Lewis indicated he might be back to work later in the week.

"He continues to get closer to being able to practice, and we'll see if we can get some practice out of him at some point later in this week," Lewis said.

If Burfict misses this week's game, it'll be the fourth he's been out since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Nov. 3. It can be common for athletes to return fully from that type of knee surgery within three weeks of the procedure being done. In Burfict's case, the Bengals have been taking his recovery slowly. Since last Wednesday, he has spent the practice sessions working out on the side rehabbing and trying to maintain conditioning.

OUT

OT Andre Smith (triceps)

DID NOT PRACTICE

DE Robert Geathers

OL Mike Pollak (knee)

LB Vontaze Burfict (knee)

CB Adam Jones

LIMITED PRACTICE PARTICIPATION

George Iloka (groin)

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