Tee Higgins is considered unlikely to play. And will the Bengals have either of their top defensive ends vs. the Ravens?
The injury bug has hit the Cincinnati Bengals, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.
After falling to the Houston Texans without the services of Tee Higgins and Sam Hubbard, we saw Trey Hendrickson go down with a knee injury on his last snap of the game.
We now know that Hendrickson suffered only a hyperextended knee, which is good news, but it almost certainly keeps him out for Thursday’s big showdown with the Baltimore Ravens. Being down your top pass rusher against Lamar Jackson is never good news.
Beyond that, Head Coach Zac Taylor didn’t seem to instill much confidence in the fan base that Hubbard or Higgins would be back this week to help soften the blow.
The good news is it appears Ja’Marr Chase made it through Sunday’s game with no setbacks regarding his back injury, so he should be fine for this week.
There’s also this from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who reports that it’s unlikely Higgins will play this week.
While Taylor didn’t make any declarations, calling it a “tough, short week” makes it sound like the chances of either Hubbard or Higgins suiting up Thursday aren’t great.
For an offense that looked lost for most of the game Sunday and a defense that was gashed in the run game while getting almost no pressure on C.J. Stroud, this could spell trouble for the Bengals as they desperately need to pick up not only conference but division wins.
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