LB help: Jeanty practicing

After watching linebacker after linebacker fall to injury, the Bengals actually welcomed one back into the fold this morning. Rashad Jeanty, the projected preseason starter at strong-side linebacker, is practicing for the first time since August. He had surgery on his lower leg before the season and has not played.

But middle linebacker Ahmad Brooks (groin) is not practicing. Neither is fellow linebacker Caleb Miller (back).

Right tackle Willie Anderson (heel, knee) is on the field in uniform and practicing. He did not play Sunday at Kansas City.

Running backs Rudi Johnson (hamstring) and Chris Perry (ankle) are working on the side with strength and conditioning coaches. Johnson was limited at Kansas City but is expected to work more Sunday against the Jets. Perry has been on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list and is eligible to practice beginning this week. Coach Marvin Lewis was non-committal Monday when asked if Perry would be in uniform Sunday. Putting him on the 53-man roster would require a transaction.

Also today, the Bengals signed linebacker Kevis Coley to the practice squad. Coley, who played at Southern Mississippi, is a first-year NFL player. He entered the NFL as a college free agent with the Giants in 2006. He did not start 2006 with an NFL team but was on Jacksonville’s practice squad for the season’s last eight games. He did not begin the 2007 preseason on an NFL roster, but was signed by Jacksonville on Aug. 26 and released by the Jaguars in final cuts on Sept. 1.