{"id":87677,"date":"2025-05-29T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/87677\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:00:11","slug":"bengals-wr-charlie-jones-is-back-healthy-at-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/87677\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals WR Charlie Jones is back healthy at OTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/test-post-221407100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u00a0wideout Charlie Jones is back working with the team at OTAs.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, a fourth-round pick in 2023, only appeared in eight games last season as a sophomore while battling multiple injury woes.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But Jones is back out there now near Paycor Stadium for spring work, going through normal positional drills and otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/shemar-stewarts-contract-beef-bengals-093048463.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shemar Stewart&#039;s contract beef with Bengals revealed in report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shemar Stewart&#8217;s contract beef with Bengals revealed in report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To say Jones&#8217; absence was felt last season would be an understatement. A year removed from an 81-yard punt-return touchdown as a rookie, Jones earned the main punt returner job for the 2024 season. In Week 7, he took a kickoff back 100 yards for a score against Cleveland, winning weekly honors in the process.<\/p>\n<p>If Jones can stay healthy, he remains a critically overlooked element of a stacked <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals<\/a> wideout depth chart. His ability to swing the field positional battle is profound, while his depth ability as a slot receiver in the base offense shouldn&#8217;t go underrated, either.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/bengals-takeaways-thoughts-jermaine-burton-130924373.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals takeaways and thoughts on Jermaine Burton, contract drama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals takeaways and thoughts on Jermaine Burton, contract drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2025\/05\/29\/bengals-charlie-jones-back-healthy-otas\/83904460007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals WR Charlie Jones is back healthy at OTAs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals WR Charlie Jones is back healthy at OTAs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0wideout Charlie Jones is back working with the team at OTAs. 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