the question immediately Infant Damien Harris Jersey , making it clear he won’t be talking about the latest addition to his staff — one who’s in an unusual position to influence the next game.Only last month, Hue Jackson was Cleveland’s head coach, intimately involved in the Browns‘ game planning. Now he’s on the Bengals sideline with Lewis, trying to beat the Browns — a sensitive subject that the head coach is trying to put off limits.“I think I’ve answered enough Hue questions, OK?” Lewis said Wednesday with an edge to his tone. “We’re done. We’re over.”Oh, no. The intrigue is just getting started.The Bengals (5-5) desperately need to beat the Browns (3-6-1) at Paul Brown Stadium to remain relevant in the playoff chase. They’ve lost four of five Damien Harris Jersey Draft , fired their defensive coordinator and installed Lewis as leader of a historically bad unit.As part of the shuffle, he brought back a close friend at an opportune time.Jackson was fired by the Browns on Oct. 29 after winning only three games in three seasons. Lewis brought him back to Cincinnati for the third time , creating a role of special assistant. Jackson helps develop the weekly game plan on defense and provides tips on the sideline during games.His input will be especially useful this week. Jackson knows the Browns’ tendencies and the players’ strengths and weaknesses.“That was very unique,” defensive end Carlos Dunlap said. “He knows the players, he knows the staff. They just got a new (offensive coordinator), so they’re probably calling things differently than when (Jackson) left. So you have your advantages there.”It’s not unusual for a team to pick up a player who was released by an upcoming opponent Damien Harris NFL Jersey , but it’s highly unusual to get the other team’s former head coach.One more unique feature to this intrastate matchup: Both head coaches will be calling the defensive plays. Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was elevated to interim coach after Jackson was fired. Lewis took over the defensive coordinator duties after Teryl Austin was fired on Nov. 12.“It brings a smile to my face,” Williams said Wednesday during a conference call. “It’s kind of unique.”It’s challenging to analyze what the opposing offense is doing and adjust defensively while also running the overall game. That’s where Jackson’s presence could be especially helpful on Sunday.The Browns are coming off a bye week that gave them a chance to add a few things that Jackson won’t anticipate.“He’s not there (in Cleveland) anymore, so they could have changed a lot of those things,” Dunlap said. “So you don’t want to get caught guessing. But it’s good to know what they like to do and what they’re built and set up for, so it’s great to have that understanding.”Jackson jogged off the practice field on Wednesday and declined to stop and talk about his reunion with Cleveland, referring questions to the closed-lipped Lewis.A.J. GETTING CLOSERReceiver A.J. Green could return against Cleveland. He’s missed the past two games with an injured toe on his right foot Damien Harris NFL Draft , and the offense struggled in losses to the Saints and Ravens . Green didn’t practice Wednesday, but Lewis said he will work out the rest of the week, aiming to be ready by Sunday.Left tackle Cordy Glenn (back) and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (shoulder) also missed practice. Defensive end Michael Johnson (calf) and safety Shawn Williams (hamstring) were limited.BROWN’S DISAPPOINTMENTThe Bengals figured they’d upgraded their linebacker group when they signed durable Preston Brown from Buffalo in the offseason. He was limited by a right ankle injury that he suffered the first game, and he injured his right knee during a 51-14 loss to the Saints. The Bengals put him on injured reserve Tuesday and signed defensive end/linebacker Kasim Edebali, a college free agent who has played with the Saints, Broncos Damien Harris Buffalo Bills Jersey , Lions and Rams. Lewis said Brown might have surgery on his ankle now that he can’t return this season.How the Texans are going to defend the Patriots offense The New England Patriots kickoff the 2018 NFL season by hosting the Houston Texans in what should be a pretty exciting game. There are superstars on both rosters with great pass rushers and exciting quarterbacks abound.We spoke with Luke Beggs of BattleRedBlog.com to get the inside scoop on how the other side thinks this will play out.1. The Texans battled a lot of defensive injuries last year. How have those players returned this year and what’s your expectation for their playing ability?The defense suffered mightily due to those injuries. The J.J Watt and Whitney Mercilus injuries in particular hurt due to the fact that they once again took away the Texans fans dreams of having Jadeveon Clowney and J.J Watt on the same defense but some of the more harmful injuries came to some of the other positions on the Texans defense where depth was at it’s weakest. Corner in particular springs to mind when Kevin Johnson missed the week 3 game against the Patriots and the Texans had to start Jonathan Banks (who ran a 4.66 at the combine) against Brandin Cooks (who ran a 4.34) which was less than ideal to say the least. Mercilus and Watt’s return’s are blessing but they are also painful reminders of how fragile this defense actually is. We have no idea about how good or bad J.J Watt is going to be. He’s played only 8 games in the past 2 seasons. If he plays a full season I think that’ll be a victory, as for the production during that season, one can only hope it’ll be a double digit sack number but anything past that is being extremely optimistic. CB Kevin Johnson’s injury history is also something which has reared it’s head over the past 2 seasons and last year it took a visible toll on Johnson’s play which is particularly concerning for the Texans as Johnson was supposed to be the bridge between a Jonathan Joseph led secondary and a Johnson led one.2. How can anyone stop DeAndre Hopkins? Or even just slow him a little bit?I believe that being the Texans top WR is like some sort of cosmic joke. You get to be one of the best players at your position with no horrific injuries except you have to catch passes from T.J Yates & B.J Daniels for the rest of your career. What Hopkins has done with the revolving door of QB’s over the past few years is truly his greatest feat. He turns those horribly inaccurate passes into completions with a form of wizardry that would make Gary Gygax blush. Technically speaking, Hopkins is one of if not the best contested catch receiver in the league and when you have QB’s who struggle to make throws into tight windows having a receiver who opens those windows a little bit wider is truly a blessing. The best way to stop him is to get really dangerous with your defensive play calling and start having your safety sell out in something like a Cover 4 scheme where the safety just keeps cheating and attempting to undercut any Hopkins route in order to dissuade any QB from even attempting a throw to him. However that can often lead to zero help over the top for the poor corner who has to match up against Hopkins 1 on 1. Aside from that your only hope is praying Watson get’s injured and Brock Osweiler get’s re-signed.3. Are there any weaknesses in the Texans secondary that Tom Brady and the Patriots might exploit?The Texans secondary is the real question in regards to the Texans defense this season with Tyrann Mathieu, Aaron Colvin and rookie Justin Reid all coming in to replace the assembly of garbage cans that often seemed to be strewn across the Texans secondary last season. What this is going to mean is that there is going to be some communication issues straight away due to the fact that most of these players have never played with each other and Romeo Crennel typically prefers more zone from his corners and safeties which requires good communication to know when a safety needs to attack the underneath route and when the corner should let the receiver pass towards the safety. All of this is subtle but if it’s not tightened up by Sunday then the Patriots will look to put stress on those aspects of the Texans secondary.4. Bill O’Brien and the Texans are 0-4 against the Patriots with an average score of 31-13.75. Why is this year going to be different?A fully healthy Texans team is actually a scary prospect. Having a full assortment of offensive tools and what we hope is a generational QB leading the charge gives the Texans a real bite on offense that was just straight up lacking in the Texans last few meetings with the Patriots. If I can channel my inner Phil Sims for a moment the game is won by the team that scores the most points and the Texans have been really really bad at that in the past against the Patriots. Heck, we lost to Jacoby Brissett after he had a weeks worth of practice. The problem has often been that the Texans defense has held for one or two of the first Patriots drives before it eventually starts leaking points because there isn’t a defense alive that can stop Tom Brady from scoring. It’s just about matching him or even using those early opportunities to put points on the board and start to build up a lead and with Watson at the helm of the Texans offense the Texans have a legitimate chance of doing that this Sunday.5. Who is one unheralded Texans player on both sides of the football that Patriots fans should know about?So on the defensive side of the ball I’m going to wax lyrical about LB Dylan Cole for a few sentences. Cole is a UDFA who camp on during training camp last year and managed to carve out a place in the Texans LB core due to his phenomenal ability to not get punked or juked out of their cleats by any RB or TE they were matched up against. I can’t stress this enough. A couple of years ago when the Pats met the Texans in the playoffs the Patriots just spent the entire game abusing the fact that all of the Texans LB’s were big meat heads who couldn’t stick with smaller shiftier backs. Dylan Cole has come in and provided the Texans with an actual answer to the question ‘’How are we going to cover James White’’? He may be returning from a injury but he’s looked excellent in the pre-season and I hope the Texans utilize him to his fullest come Sunday.On offense I’m going to say slot receiver Bruce Ellington is a under rated part of what the Texans do on offense. After Tom Savage got injured and Bill O’Brien discovered Deshaun Watson was actually pretty damn good. The offense started to change quite drastically to suit Watson. One of these changes was the introduction of various RPO concepts with Ellington being a key pivot point in this as Ellington was often times used as a motion man Youth Drew Bledsoe Jerseys , fake screener and potential blocker from the backfield in order to allow Watson to be able to diagnose schemes pre-snap and allow for quick and easy outlet passes for simple completions. Ellington functioned as a jack of all trades for the Texans offense(he even took one or two carries out of the backfield) and his versatility was a great asset for Watson’s first few weeks as a Texan. This alongside the fact he developed a rapport with Watson as a receiver just adds to his value further.