There’s no other way to describe the way the Cincinnati Bengals’ season ended other than as a gut punch. Of course, Zac Taylor’s club did their part in what the team needed in order to sneak into the NFL Playoffs as the final wild card team in the AFC with a Saturday night win over the rival Steelers. However, one could argue that made it sting worse when the Broncos came out and dismantled the Chiefs backups to eliminate the Bengals from the postseason.
Unfortunately, Cincinnati might need to brace itself for another gut punch coming this offseason.
Wide receiver Tee Higgins has been a star that Bengals fans have fallen in love with for good reason since the organization selected him as a second-round pick in the 2020 draft. Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase have been electric as a duo with Joe Burrow. But Higgins, who played out this season on the franchise tag, is now set to hit free agency.
While Burrow and many fans have urged Cincinnati to simply find a way to re-sign Higgins while also locking up Chase to an extension this offseason, that seems improbable at best and impossible at worst, especially for a Bengals team with a plethora of defensive holes. So it’s not surprising that ESPN’s Ben Solak
What is surprising and perhaps frustrating for Bengals fans is what the team could do to help replace Higgins, as Solak predicted for another NFL team this offseason.
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