{"id":5872,"date":"2024-09-06T19:59:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5872"},"modified":"2024-09-06T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:59:39","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-receive-brutal-injury-update-on-star-wide-receiver-ahead-of-their-first-game-of-the-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5872","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals Receive Brutal Injury Update On Star Wide Receiver Ahead Of Their First Game Of The New Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/cincinnati-bengals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u00a0could have a wide receiver issue in their first game of the season as\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tee-higgins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tee Higgins<\/a>\u00a0is dealing with a concerning problem ahead of their opener against the New England Patriots on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Higgins was a surprise inclusion on the Week 1 injury report on Thursday and did not come out for practice on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The wideout was listed as\u00a0 \u201climited\u201d on Thursday because of a hamstring issue. Higgins previously claimed the problem was nothing to worry about, but team beat reporter Kelsey Conway revealed he was not with the rest of the team\u2019s receivers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll of the Bengals wide receivers are on a separate field catching passes from the QBs and Tee Higgins is not out here with them,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KelseyLConway\/status\/1832078120850981123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conway tweeted.<\/a><em>\u00a0\u201cHiggins popped up on the injury report yesterday as a limited participant with a hamstring injury.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All of the Bengals wide receivers are on a separate field catching passes from the QBs and Tee Higgins is not out here with them.<\/p>\n<p>Higgins popped up on the injury report yesterday as a limited participant with a hamstring injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelseyLConway\/status\/1832078120850981123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And if that news wasn\u2019t bad enough, Higgins has since been ruled as \u201cdoubtful\u201d on the Bengals\u2019 final injury report heading into Sunday\u2019s contest vs. the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bengals WR Tee Higgins (hamstring) is doubtful for Sunday\u2019s game vs. the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btaBQVyEiA\">pic.twitter.com\/btaBQVyEiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1832127188034031630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tee-higgins-is-hardly-the-only-worry-for-the-bengals-right-now\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tee Higgins Is Hardly The Only Worry For The Bengals Right Now<\/h2>\n<p>Tee Higgins is not the only wide receiver presenting angst nearing the first game of the season. Ja\u2019Marr Chase is also a huge question mark.<\/p>\n<p>Chase was at practice on Friday, having also been listed as \u201climited\u201d over the last two days, but isn\u2019t sure of suiting up.<\/p>\n<p>Chase and the Bengals are still at a contract impasse, but there is hope that the financial issues can be sorted out before Sunday\u2019s game. His being at practice does not necessarily mean that he will play against the Patriots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> star WR JaMarr Chase will consider playing this Sunday even without a new contract, but is calling himself a \u201cgame time decision\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dCo7uI7cgC\">pic.twitter.com\/dCo7uI7cgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasrifootball\/status\/1832094076134371482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bengals owner Mike Brown previously insisted that the team would do whatever is necessary to extend the star WR.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a key player. Next to Joe, he\u2019s our next one. And he knows it, we know it,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he said in July.<em>\u00a0\u201cWe are gonna bend over backwards to get it done. I can\u2019t tell you when, though.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cincy fans will be keen on the final injury report ahead of the fixture, with both Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins possible additions heading into the opener.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0could have a wide receiver issue in their first game of the season as\u00a0Tee Higgins\u00a0is dealing with a concerning problem ahead of their opener against the New England &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5874,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872\/revisions\/5874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}