The Cincinnati Bengals announced Friday that wide receivers coach Bob Bicknell will miss the team’s game this weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Cincinnati’s announcement writes it as due to “COVID-19-related reasons” and declares wide receivers coach Troy Walters will take over the job there while the team is in Pittsburgh.
The Bengals have had problems in this area since the bye week, adding as many as five players to the COVID-19 reserve list. At one point, they reportedly held defensive backs out of practice this week after another positive test.
Walters is in his first year with the Bengals and will step in and take over the responsiblties. Bicknell’s job includes not just coaching the position, but taking an analytical approach in helping to call the situational offense.
