Cincinnati Bengals could be thin in secondary against Browns

Cincinnati Bengals cornerbacks Adam Jones and William Jackson will be back Sunday against Cleveland, but the team still could be thin in the secondary.

Safety Shawn Williams has been ruled out with a hamstring injury that also forced him to miss the Tennessee game two weeks ago, and cornerback Darqueze Dennard is listed as questionable with a knee.

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Dennard played 100 percent of the snaps last week at Denver with Jones (concussion) and Jackson (toe) inactive. Dennard missed practice Wednesday and Thursday and was limited Friday.

The only other play on the injury report is linebacker Vinny Rey, who is out with a hamstring. Rey started the last four games with Kevin Minter inactive with an elbow injury.

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But Minter was a full participant in every practice this week and is expected to return to his starting role at middle linebacker Sunday.

Clayton Fejedelem is expected to start for Williams. Fejedelem started the Titans game when Williams was out with the hamstring, and he started the season opener against Baltimore when Williams was out with an elbow injury.

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