Bengals' rookie defensive end to miss at least four games

Cincinnati rookie defensive end Cashius Howell was placed on injured reserve Nov. 3 with a wrist injury, the team announced.Howell will miss at least four games as he recovers from the injury.Howell injured his right wrist during the third quarter of the team's NFL Week 8 overtime win against Tennessee at Paycor Stadium.Taylor said Nov. 2 that Howell had surgery on the wrist and would not play in the Bengals' Week 9 game against the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain.Howell has played all in seven games for the Bengals this season, totaling six tackles with two tackles for loss and one sack.Howell joined fellow defensive linemen Boye Mafe and Dexter Lawrence II for a "three-man Sexy Dexy" after Lawrence's fourth-quarter sack against Baltimore.Howell was the Bengals' second-round pick (41st overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft, from Texas A&M.The 6-foot-2, 253-pound Howell was the first player selected by the Bengals in the 2026 draft after defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence was acquired in a trade with the Giants for the 10th pick of the first round.Howell, who played two seasons for the Aggies after spending his first three college seasons at Bowling Green, was a Texas A&M teammate of Shemar Stewart, who wore No. 97 as a rookie before giving it to Lawrence.This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Bengals' rookie defensive end to miss at least four games