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Bengals Place Franchise Tag on Tee Higgins for 2nd Straight Year
Higgins was the only skill position player to receive the tag this season and was just one of two players overall in 2025 to get it. The...
Upper Hand Staff
Mar 51 min read


Bengals Expected to Place Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag on WR Tee Higgins
It’s the second straight year that the Bengals will be using the tag on the star wide receiver, and comes on the heels of a season that...
Upper Hand Staff
Feb 191 min read


Bengals Acquire RB Khalil Herbert via Trade
Well, the Chase Brown bell-cow usage era was fun while it lasted – all three days of it. On the heels of Brown’s 32-touch, 157-yard...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 5, 20241 min read


Zack Moss to Miss Indefinite Amount of Time with Neck Injury
Chase Brown’s massive day against the Raiders on Sunday may have given the Bengals the assurance they needed to admit that Moss’ injury...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Tee Higgins 'Day-to-Day' with Quad Injury Suffered Late Last Week
Higgins was a surprise addition to the injury report on Friday of last week before being ultimately ruled out of Sunday’s loss to the...
Upper Hand Staff
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Tee Higgins Returns to Practice, Has Best Shot of 2024 Debut vs Commanders
Talk about perfect timing for a return as a fantasy wide receiver. The Commanders have continued to nothing short of kindling for NFL...
Upper Hand Staff
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Ja'Marr Chase Continues Hold-In Just Days After Participating in Practice
In what has been one of the more active off-seasons involving wide receiver holdouts in some time, Ja’Marr Chase’s on-and-off hold-in at...
Tyler Alexander
Aug 29, 20241 min read


Chase Brown Seemingly Has Edge Over Zack Moss for Starting Role in Cincy
The Bengals signed Moss to a two-year, $14M deal in free agency, but the current reports indicate that the more lucrative fantasy role...
Upper Hand Staff
Jul 31, 20241 min read


Ja'Marr Chase Attends Bengals' Training Camp, Doesn't Participate
Add the Bengals star WR to the list of playmakers with drama surrounding their immediate availability in 2024. Chase still has two years...
Upper Hand Staff
Jul 26, 20241 min read


Mike Gesicki to be Featured in 'Big Slot' Role for Bengals in 2024
Gesicki was one of the more under-the-radar signings this past free agency cycle, but landing in a Bengals offense that just vacated its...
Upper Hand Staff
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Tee Higgins Ofifically Signs Franchise Tag, To Play 2024 Without Long-Term Deal
After spending months on the schneid in search of a new contract extension, Higgins throws in the white towel and signs his $21.8M...
Upper Hand Staff
Jun 18, 20241 min read


Bengals WR Tee Higgins Franchise Tagged
This was the expectation after reports surfaced over the weekend that the Bengals had informed Higgins that they intended to franchise...
Upper Hand Staff
Feb 27, 20241 min read


Ja'Marr Chase (Shoulder) Exits Game vs Vikings, Does Not Return
Not only was Tee Higgins the one that Jake Browning was looking for this week in the end zone – Ja’Marr Chase didn’t get the chance to...
Upper Hand Staff
Dec 17, 20231 min read


Tee Higgins Expected to Return in Week 13
Higgins returns after missing three weeks of game action to a lineup sans Joe Burrow, which will prevent him from being startable as...
Upper Hand Staff
Dec 3, 20231 min read


Tee Higgins Sidelined Wednesday, Status in Question for Week 12
The hamstring injury continues to linger for the Bengals No. 2 option, who after an injury to Joe Burrow becomes all the more obsolete...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 23, 20231 min read


Tee Higgins Misses Practice Tuesday, Expected Out for TNF vs Ravens
Higgins was labeled ‘week-to-week’ last Wednesday after suffering a hamstring injury in practice, and with a short turnaround for...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 15, 20231 min read


Tee Higgins (Hamstring) Expected to Miss Week 10 vs Texans
The dreaded hamstring claims yet another victim, and it’s yet another top-flight wide receiver. Higgins reportedly suffered the injury...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 10, 20231 min read


Ja'Marr Chase Misses Practice with Back Injury on Wednesday
The WR4 in fantasy points per game since Week 3, Chase missing practice on Wednesday casts a dark shadow over his availability for the...
Upper Hand Staff
Nov 9, 20231 min read


Go and Get Tee Higgins Today!
Tee Higgins is someone I’d be inquiring about if I have a need at wide receiver going into Week 8. This has really been a lost first half...
Faraz Siddiqi
Oct 26, 20232 min read


Tee Higgins (Ribs) to be Game-Time Decision vs Seahawks
Game-time decisions don’t usually imply that someone will play, but Higgins was able to log a full practice on Friday - which suggests...
Upper Hand Staff
Oct 14, 20231 min read
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