Cincinnati Bengals re-sign defensive tackle Pat Sims

The Bengals remain on the mission of winning one game at a time and reshaping their roster accordingly to do so.

The day before the team left for Denver, it waived veteran defensive tackle Pat Sims — which was the third consecutive Saturday roster move the club had made — and on Tuesday, The Enquirer learned through multiple league sources that the team is set to bring Sims back. UPDATE: The move became official at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Sims, 31, was not claimed by any team Monday.

He was ruled out for the game in Denver with a calf injury but was not waived-injured. The expectation is he will be ready to play against Cleveland. He has started seven of the eight games he's played in this season.

Second-year defensive tackle Andrew Billings played 52 percent of the defensive snaps against the Broncos, making one tackle and recording one quarterback hit. Rookie defensive tackle Josh Tupuo was inactive for the game.

The Enquirer learned Tupuo, an undrafted rookie free agent out of Colorado, will likely be the player moved off the 53-man roster to make room for Sims. Tupuo was, indeed, released.

The week before in Tennessee, with Sims out due to the injury, Billings played 40 percent of the snaps while Tupuo appeared in 19.