After Week 14, Joe Burrow stunned many by proclaiming that he’s confident Higgins will be back with the team next year. It was safe to view that as him applying very public pressure on the front office (or he knows something everyone else doesn’t).

After the game, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow gave an optimistic response when asked about receiver Tee Higgins' future with the team.  Higgins is playing this season under the franchise tag after he and the Bengals were unable to come to terms on an extension this past offseason.