
Quarterback John Skelton
unleashes a pass during Thursday's minicamp session.
Observations from Thursday's third and final Bengals practice of mandatory minicamp:
Head coach Marvin Lewis set up the 1:30 drill, needing a field goal at the end of the half or game.
» Quarterback Andy Dalton
’s series: 3-for-5, INT. Two completions to wide receiver A.J. Green
, one to wide receiver Marvin Jones
. Incompletion to running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis
. Interception over the middle, off the hands of reaching wide receiver Mohamed Sanu
, deflected up in the air and picked off by safety Taylor Mays
.
» Backup quarterback Josh Johnson
’s series: 2-for-5. Wide receiver Brandon Tate
, off a big day Wednesday, had another nice toe-tapper on the sideline to start it off, then followed with another catch on the next play. Then an incompletion to wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher
, WILL linebacker Emmanuel Lamur
batted down a pass, a Johnson scramble, and a drop by Sanzenbacher over the middle.
» Backup quarterback John Skelton’s series: 2-for-4. First play was a swing pass to running back Daniel Herron
. Next was a nice completion deep right to wide receiver Cobi Hamilton
well into field-goal range. Running back Giovani Bernard
got stopped on the next play for a loss, then consecutive drops by wide receivers Tyrone Goard
and Roy Roundtree
, although linebacker J.K. Schaffer
had nice coverage on the latter.
RED ZONE DRILLS
» Bernard got in with all three QBs and made a nice catch to about the one-yard line with Skelton as the QB.
» Incomplete pass in the end zone from Johnson to Hamilton. Cornerback Adam Jones
had good coverage, and the ball sailed just a little high.
OTHER LOOKS
» Dalton had a nice completion to about the one-yard line to tight end Alex Smith
and maybe a 20-yard pass for a touchdown to tight end Jermaine Gresham
in the back of the end zone, where he had beaten safety Tony Dye
.
» Dalton had a nice completion early in practice of probably 25-30 yards, to tight end Tyler Eifert
over the middle.