Cincinnati Bengals He couldn’t handle the bad news on the injury report heading into Week 9 against the Las Vegas Raiders.

But the 3-5 team still did it twice.

Accordingly Kelsey Conway Bengals head coach Zac Taylor of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports Orlando Brown Jr. on offense. and out there announced Tee Higgins would be questionable on the latest injury report.

Brown struggled to recover from his injury last week and appeared to re-aggravate the injury or suffer a new setback; That means it will be Cody Ford in front of Joe Burrow at left tackle against the Raiders’ front seven with an elite name like Maxx Crosby.

Higgins suffered the injury late in practice a week ago and missed the loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. latest updates There was a trend for him not to play against the Raiders, which meant rookie Jermaine Burton can run more — Burrow himself has called for this.

At least for now, neither player has gone to injured reserve, meaning they should be back before four more games have been played. But both will miss a crucial contest in which the Bengals will be at risk of falling to 3-6.