“That just shows the leadership he has for this team,” Croskey-Merritt said.

Stephen A. Smith lays into the Bengals' defense and says the team is wasting Joe Burrow's prime years in the NFL.

"When you watch this in the preseason, you have to be sick to your stomach," he said.

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn stated that Robinson's absence was excused as the franchise works out his future.

Wide receiver Mitchell Tinsley scored two touchdowns on passes from quarterback Jake Browning in the second quarter of the NFL Week 2 preseason game against the Commanders. Tinsley signed with the Commanders as an undrafted free agent out of college and was signed by the Bengals for this preseason.