Cincinnati broad receiver Tee Higgins had top-of-the-line video games of his NFL profession in opposition to Denver on Saturday, totaling 11 receptions for 131 yards and three touchdowns – together with a walk-off, 3-yard rating – within the 30-24 win at supplementary.
That mentioned, it may have been Higgins’ final residence sport as a Bengal, with the receiver set to hit the open market this offseason.
“It is likely to be my final sport enjoying right here on this stadium with the stripes on,” Higgins said after the win. “I needed to exit with a bang… I hope it isn’t (the tip), however you by no means know what the longer term holds. You cannot exit any higher.”
In 11 video games this season (Higgins missed 5 video games with hamstring and quad accidents), he had 69 receptions for 858 yards and a career-high 10 touchdowns. Cincinnati averages an NFL-best 274.6 passing yards per sport.
Higgins missed 5 video games final season (2023) attributable to rib and hamstring accidents. Over the earlier two seasons (2021-22), he averaged 74 receptions for 1,060 yards and 7 touchdowns per season. The Bengals positioned the franchise tag on Higgins final offseason however agreed to a revised one-year, $21.8 million contract with him in June.
Cincinnati additionally has a nagging contract scenario with fellow famous person Ja’Marr Chase, who leads the league in receptions, yards and scores this season, as he held out over the summer season and stays extension-eligible. The Bengals are projected to have round $60 million in cap area. As a template for Chase’s subsequent contract, Justin Jefferson just lately signed a four-year, $140 million extension with Minnesota and CeeDee Lamb a four-year, $136 million extension with Dallas. Like Chase, Jefferson and Lamb are all three-time Pro Bowlers.
After going 4-8, the Bengals have gained 4 straight video games and are on their technique to the postseason. Cincinnati would make the playoffs in the event that they beat Pittsburgh on the street and the Broncos lose at residence to Kansas City – who may probably rest some of their startershaving clinched the No. 1 seed within the AFC — in Week 18. Cincinnati would additionally want each Indianapolis and Miami to lose or tie one among their last two video games. In any case, the Bengals won’t play one other residence sport this season, as at finest they’ll solely have the ability to enter the playoffs as a No. 3 wild card.
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