Joe Burrow will have his complete toolbox at pass receiver for the very first time this season on Monday night.
Bengals WR Tee Higgins, who was eliminated of the very first 2 video games with a hamstring injury, is off the injury report and is set to play versus the Washington Commanders.
Higgins suggested today he was “prepared to go” after going back to practice for the very first time considering that suffering the injury.
“That’s my strategy,” Higgins stated Friday, by means of the group’s main site. “Practice went truly well. Got in a great deal of plays, so I felt great out there.”
Higgins hurt his hamstring throughout practice simply ahead of the season opener. Burrow and Co. continued to have a hard time in Week 1, acquiring simply 224 overall lawns of offense in a frustrating 16-10 loss in your home versus the New England Patriots. The Bengals saw much better outcomes on offense versus the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday however was up to the safeguarding champs on a walk-off basket in the closing seconds, 26-25.
Higgins has actually been an important part of Cincinnati’s increase in current seasons. The big-bodied receiver is a headache match for any protective back and Higgins has actually capitalized, publishing successive 1,000-yard plus seasons in Years 2 and 3 while likewise ending up being a significant factor throughout the Bengals’ latest postseason runs.
The Higgins-Burrow connection hasn’t been seen considering that Week 9 of last season, nevertheless, due to Burrow’s season-ending wrist injury in 2023. The fifth-year WR isn’t stressed about any rust with his quarterback after a great week of practice.
“I’ve still got that chemistry down with Joe,” Higgins stated. “Today at practice it felt great out there. It wasn’t an action back, so simply keep going.”
The existence of Higgins comes at a perfect time as the Bengals seek to make their very first win of the 2024 season. It ought to likewise permit more chance for Burrow’s No. 1 wideout, Ja’Marr Chase, who’s drawn a lot of double-team protection through the very first 2 video games.
“We’ve got to benefit from the minutes that we get (practicing as an undamaged group) in front of us today,” Chase stated on Friday. “I’m simply all set to make the huge play, that a person huge play that’s going to offer me all my self-confidence, the group’s self-confidence, coaches’ self-confidence, and everybody is going to feel excellent … It’s been great feeling in one’s bones (Higgins is) back, having him with excellent energy and simply having the young boys back out there. That’s all it is. Feels excellent once again.”
Cincinnati (0-2) hosts the Commanders (1-1) at 5:15 p.m. ET as part of a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader.