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Zac Taylor confirms Cam Taylor-Britt was benched for his play vs. Broncos

Cam Taylor-Britt has had an up-and-down season so far. Mostly down.

And now we know why his head coach decided to bench him for his poor play in Week 4 against the Denver Broncos.

While Taylor-Britt had injured his hamstring on September 17, this demotion was not related to that injury.

Bengals CB Cam Taylor-Britt was effectively benched against the Broncos, coach Zac Taylor said. CTB’s limited snaps were not injury-related.

— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) October 1, 2025

CTB was outmatched on a lot of plays, as Denver’s offense looked as good as it has all year. Bo Nix, who had been one of the worst QBs in the league, made a number of big plays at the corner’s expense.

Courtland Sutton cooked Cam Taylor-Britt so badly he made him switch to OL mid-play pic.twitter.com/j8HLWcN1zi

— GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) September 30, 2025

As a result, Taylor-Britt only saw five snaps. DJ Turner played every defensive snap, while Josh Newton and Dax Hill played 64 of 81 snaps.

#Bengals snap count thoughts:

Was an 11P game. Chase/Higgins/Iosivas nearly all game with Gesicki top TE.

Big uptick for Myles Murphy, most snaps at DE.

Just 5 (rough) snaps for CTB. Newton takes over. pic.twitter.com/0sYBjmAI3Z

— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) September 30, 2025

We’ll see if Newton can help limit more big plays than CTB. But the main problem for the Bengals is on offense.

For the team to have any chance against the Detroit Lions, they will need Ja’Marr Chase to take over against a Detroit secondary with some missing pieces.

We previewed the Week 5 matchup with Ash Soden of the Roar of the Lions UK podcast. You can watch below.

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Source: https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinn...lor-britt-was-benched-for-his-play-vs-broncos