Bengals’ Zac Taylor stands up for Logan Wilson, calls criticism of linebacker’s play ‘completely reckless’

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming off a bodily loss to the Baltimore Ravens on “Thursday Night Football,” through which a number of notable gamers had been injured. Ravens tight finish Mark Andrews and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow each and every suffered season-ending accidents, whilst others suffered less-serious diseases throughout the route of the divisional bout.

One participant considering a number of performs that led to accidents used to be Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson, main some fanatics to invest that he is a “dirty player.” On Friday, Bengals head trainer Zac Taylor stood up for his man, and stated it is “completely reckless” to additional the narrative that he is out to injure opposing gamers.

“I do have one more thing I want to say, because one thing that’s frustrating was the narrative that’s been brought up about Logan Wilson,” Taylor stated, via Pro Football Talk. “Logan is everything we want to be about, in the way he plays the game. He plays with a toughness and a physicality that is important to that position. It’s kind of been brought to my attention the narrative that’s out there right now, which I think is completely reckless. He plays the game the right way, and I think people have gotten ahead of themselves, labeling him a certain way, and it’s frustrating to see that because I know what he’s about and he plays the game the right way. It’s unfortunate when a player gets injured. But he’s a guy I’m very proud to coach, I’m proud to have as part of this team, but frustrating and a little bit maddening when you see the narrative that started running loose on him because that’s not the case at all.”

In the primary quarter Thursday night time, Wilson took down Andrews on a “hip drop tackle,” which some consider is a grimy play and will have to be penalized. The superstar tight finish reportedly suffered a cracked fibula and an ankle ligament damage that may most probably price him the remaining of the 2023 season. 

Later within the opening quarter, Wilson tackled Lamar Jackson alongside the sideline, and the quarterback used to be sluggish to get up. Jackson even took a go back and forth to the blue scientific tent, however did go back to the sport. In the 3rd quarter, Wilson used to be considering every other damage when Odell Beckham Jr. went down after an extended catch. Wilson got here flying in from in the back of the play, and delivered an enormous hit. OBJ used to be indexed as questionable to go back to the sport with a shoulder damage, however didn’t reenter the matchup. 

There’s indubitably Wilson is a bodily participant, however Taylor thinks it is irresponsible to say he is out to harm others.