The Bengals made a roster move Thursday before practice that did not do much to ease the logjam with the numbers in the secondary. When the Bengals reached an injury settlement with cornerback Sojourn Shelton, it left them with eight cornerbacks and 15 defensive backs at a spot they want to head into the regular season with probably six and ten, respectively. Depending on rookie corner Davontae Harris' knee injury, you wonder if that spot is already spoken for with the three starters (Dre Kirkpatrick, William Jackson Darqueze Dennard), a veteran backup (KeiVarare Russell) and the two fifth-rounders (Harris and Darius Phillips). But they also like Tony McRae in the slot and C.J. Goodwin covering kicks …
Tough break for Shelton, who looks like he's got maybe more than a good month before he returns from torn wrist ligaments suffered in the first hours of training camp. There were hopes for him to make it this year after he spent 13 weeks on the practice squad last year. He arrived to the club on the practice squad after Arizona released him in the final cut. Undrafted out of Wisconsin he set a school record with 51 starts and tied another playing 54 games …
_Back-up wide receiver Cody Core and back-up center-guard T.J. Johnson, as well as rookie guard Cory Helms, didn't practice again Thursday with unknown injuries on offense. Rookie wide receiver Devonte Boyd was a new absence while veteran back-up nose tackle Chris Baker returned after missing Wednesday …
_The Bengals have an early practice Friday before leaving for Buffalo Saturday and Sunday's game (4 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 19), but rookie wide receiver Kayaune Ross is coming back to Paul Brown Stadium Friday night for the 7 o'clock high school game pitting his alma mater Lakota West against St. Xavier. His brother, Jeremiah Ross, is a West cornerback who has committed to the University of Cincinnati …
