NFL Rumors: Trent Brown Out for Season After Knee Injury in Bengals' Week 3 Loss

The Cincinnati Bengals' 2024 campaign is already off to a disastrous start after they fell to 0-3 on Monday night against the Washington Commanders, and they sustained another major blow on Tuesday.

Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Bengals offensive tackle Trent Brown, who was carted off the field in Monday night's game with a knee injury, will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon. Rapoport added that Brown "is expected to make a full recovery."

Brown suffered the injury in the second quarter of the matchup against the Commanders. After losing their starting right tackle, the Bengals went on to fall 38-33 against a Washington team that is led by a rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels.

When asked about Brown's status after the game, Cincinnati head coach Zac Taylor said, "It doesn't look good," per ESPN's Ben Baby.

A 10-year veteran, Brown signed a one-year contract with the Bengals this past offseason after spending the previous three years with the New England Patriots. He was a part of New England's Super Bowl LIII-winning team and he earned his lone Pro Bowl selection in 2019 while playing for the Las Vegas Raiders.

After Brown exited Monday's game, the Bengals replaced him by inserting 2024 No. 18 pick Amarius Mims. It was the Georgia product's NFL debut after he missed the first two games of the season while nursing a pectoral injury suffered in Cincinnati's preseason opener. Baby noted that Mims was in line to be the team's starting right tackle before his injury.

The Bengals are hoping their recent run of bad luck comes to an end soon. Cincinnati entered the year with aspirations of representing the AFC in the Super Bowl, so the team will need to get back on track quickly to avoid another lost year.

The Bengals will try to earn their first win of the season when they visit the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.