This is the last open practice before the Cincinnati Bengals’ first preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Paycor Stadium.

To say it was full of highlights from quarterback Joe Burrow would be an understatement. He and Tee Higgins showed their connection all day long, and the quarterback looked as close to 100% as he has ever been all camp.

There is also a lot of crowds, so enjoy the videos

Who is in and who is out?

Having Trey Hendrickson and Sheldon Rankins back in practice is great as the positions are getting thinner with a slew of injuries piling up on that side of the trenches. Hendrickson missed almost all of training camp, so his return is great. However, missing three defensive tackles on the day doesn’t bode well for what the depth at the position might look like during Saturday’s game.

And Ja’Marr Chase is still not participating in practice. He has caught a few passes, though.

Burrow hurls arrows

Burrow cooked up a nice five-course meal on Wednesday. He shot all over the field, hitting several different targets, both from the pocket and from outside. He took what the defense gave him, and that’s just dangerous when he moves it like that.

Zac Taylor has said Burrow could participate in the preseason this year, so we could see that sooner rather than later.

Camp Scrum Season

High temperatures and pads usually lead to heated tempers. It seems the defense got a little more physical than the offense would have liked. Of course, there was trash talk too. Every team has that sort of thing at some point in camp. It’s just the natural course of things at this point in training camp.

It seems that center Ted Karras and the offense were laughing at linebacker Logan Wilson and the defense that day.

Generally good things

Burrow also threw away this dime.

What was your biggest takeaway from today’s Bengals practice? Let us know in the comments section!