Bengals DE Cam Sample (Achilles) out for season

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Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Cam Sample will miss the 2024 season with a torn Achilles, head coach Zac Taylor said.

Sample, 24, went down during 11-on-11 drills Thursday and was carted off the field.

A fourth-round draft pick by the Bengals in 2021 out of Tulane, Sample started two of his 17 games played last season, with 29 tackles, 1 1/2 sacks and eight