"Marvin Lewis is still hurting from Saturday's wild-card playoff loss at Houston but when it comes to his hurting players the Bengals' coach has a positive outlook.

"I think we are about as healthy a group as we've been going into the offseason that I can remember," Lewis said Monday.

The Bengals had 19 players on injured reserve at the end of 2010; they have just eight this season. On top of the number of injuries last year, the league's lockout of players for more than four months kept team medical staffs and trainers from following up with players as closely as they otherwise would.

Wide receiver Jordan Shipley went on IR with torn knee ligaments suffered in Week 2. Coming off a 52-catch rookie season he was anticipating an even better season in 2011."