Bengals franchise-tagged wide receiver Tee Higgins, who requested to be traded last month, anticipates playing for Cincinnati in 2024, he told reporters Sunday at his youth football camp.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase, Trenton Irwin, Andrei Iosivas

While Higgins, understandably, wants to find a lucrative contract, he will be set for a big payday in 2025 on the open market if he plays out the franchise tag in '24. The Bengals are expected to add another pass-catcher through the NFL Draft, and that could come in the first round.

Tee Higgins arrives Thursday at Bengals practice.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase, Trenton Irwin, Andrei Iosivas

This is a good sign for the Bengals offense as a whole, as they have had to incorporate more tight ends into their game plan, and none of them are especially explosive pieces. The ceiling is still obviously capped with Joe Burrow sidelined, but a Tee Higgins return would make Jake Browing a much more interesting option in Superflex leagues in a good matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Ja'Marr Chase should be considered a fringe WR1/2 regardless, while Higgins would be a WR3 with upside for much more.

The Bengals have ruled out WR Tee Higgins, DE Sam Hubbard, and WR Andrei Iosivas for TNF. Meanwhile, after hyperextending his knee on Sunday, pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson is somehow full-go and will play.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin

While Ja'Marr Chase still got his last week (5-124-1 on six targets), Tyler Boyd was the most obvious beneficiary with Higgins out, handling 12 targets for an 8-117 stat line. While Trenton Irwin did score a 32-yard touchdown, he only had one more reception on the night. Through mere coincidence or a change in the gameplan, the tight ends continued to get more involved, with nine targets, almost exclusively in the underneath areas of the field. None of them are startable in any but the deepest leagues.

Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase (back) is suited up for practice for a second straight day. WR Tee Higgins (hamstring) is out again.

Related Players: Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin

If the offense were to lose both of their top wide receivers ahead of Week 10, it would go a long way towards derailing the recent Bengals momentum. It's worth taking a gander at your waiver wire for Iosivas in deep leagues, and the truly desperate could poke at Irwin, who had a career-high eight catches on ten targets without Higgins in Week 5.

Bengals WRs Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase are not on the practice field to start to practice on Thursday.

Higgins is dealing with a hamstring injury and popped up on the injury report yesterday; Chase is dealing with a back.

Related Players: Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin

If the offense were to lose both of their top wide receivers ahead of Week 10, it would go a long way towards derailing the recent Bengals momentum. It's worth taking a gander at your waiver wire for Iosivas in deep leagues, and the truly desperate could poke at Irwin, who had a career-high eight catches on ten targets without Higgins in Week 5.

Turns out that Ja’Marr Chase is not the only injured Bengals’ wide receiver; Tee Higgins was listed as limited today during practice due to a hamstring injury.

Related Players: Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin

If the offense were to lose both of their top wide receivers ahead of Week 10, it would go a long way towards derailing the recent Bengals momentum. It's worth taking a gander at your waiver wire for Iosivas in deep leagues, and the truly desperate could poke at Irwin, who had a career-high eight catches on ten targets without Higgins in Week 5.

Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase is still sore today, coach Zac Taylor said. Will be limited if he practices today at all.

Related Players: Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas

Chase landed hard in the second half of the team's Sunday Night Football win, and it's very possible he will miss Week 10. By the end of the game, the Bengals were simply running out the clock so it's hard to peg exactly who is going to get the bump in play after Higgins and Boyd, but Iosivas could very well get a boost after showing out in the preseason. The sixth-round rookie had 27 targets on 82 preseason routes.

Wide receiver Tee Higgins is still "day-to-day," but did practice on Friday, which gives him a chance of suiting up against the Cardinals. "We'll sleep on it tonight and look at it tomorrow," head coach Zac Taylor told reporters on Friday.

Related Players: Ja'Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, Andrei Iosivas

It doesn't sound promising, but the Bengals offense could certainly use all the help they can get right now. While the 3WR-set of Higgins/Chase/Boyd is one of the best in football, the team is floundering with a non-mobile Joe Burrow and a struggling offensive line.

Bengals WR Tee Higgins has a fractured rib.

Related players: Tyler Boyd, Trenton Irwin, Andrei Iosivas, Charlie Jones

Rapoport didn't have a lot more details about the injury, nor did he have a specific timeline. But, he did point out the Bengals are at the Cardinals and home against the Seahawks the next two weeks before a Week 7 bye. It's possible Higgins isn't back until after the team's bye, which is a Week 8 game at the 49ers. Boyd should see a bigger role with any time Higgins has to miss.