Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins was one of the big players to suffer an injury during Saturday night’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Higgins entered that game with an ankle injury and ultimately didn’t finish it, exiting early, being declared questionable by the team and never taking the field again.
After the game, Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz reported that Higgins revealed he has been paying through a high-ankle sprain. But the star wideout said he had “no choice” but to play through it if the Bengals make the playoffs.
So, good and bad updates on the Higgins front. He’s dealing with a tricky injury of unknown severity, especially after being forced from a game in which he had already caught four passes for 53 yards.
Still, if Higgins thinks he will be able to play through it during a possible playoff matchup with Buffalo a week from now, that can only be viewed as good news.
To his credit, there was never any doubt about Higgins going out there and giving the team everything he’s got despite it risking a possibly market-resetting contract in free agency this upcoming offseason.
Unfortunately for Higgins and the Bengals, whether they make the playoffs is now out of their hands — they need the Jets and Chiefs to win on Sunday to sneak into the playoff bracket.
