Levi Jones Will Play Today Against Denver

The Bengals offensive line has struggled all season long, mostly due to injury. Monday's game against the Colts featured three backups playing on the line after Willie Anderson went down in the first quarter, and the Bengals have played most of the season with two out of the five O-line spots being held by backups.

That's going to change today. Willie Anderson will play hurt, and Levi Jones will finally return to left tackle. I personally think Rich Braham's career is over (when's the last time you heard his name mentioned?), so I think we have to consider Eric Ghiaciuc the starter at center. That last point might be reaching a little, but I'm personally considering today's starting five a healthy Bengals offensive line.

The Bengals would almost certainly have another win or two if Carson Palmer was getting the same kind of protection he got in 2005, so it's hard to underestimate how big Levi's return is to this team.

Levi hasn't played since October 15th, and Marvin wouldn't say if he would start, only that he'd play. He was in uniform on Monday night but didn't play, so this'll actually kind of be his second week back.

The Bengals are otherwise pretty healthy for this afternoon, which is nice. If nothing else they'll be able to give the Broncos their best, healthiest shot.

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