{"id":91552,"date":"2025-12-21T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/91552\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:55:08","slug":"bengals-higgins-to-return-from-concussion-protocol-suit-up-against-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/91552\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals&#8217; Higgins to return from concussion protocol, suit up against Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins will suit up against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, according to ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler.Higgins, who sustained a second concussion in three weeks against the Buffalo Bills in Week 14, missed last week against Baltimore due to being in concussion protocol. He was a full participant in practice on Friday, but the team list listed his as questionable.According to Fowler, the Bengals were &#8220;hopeful,&#8221; that Higgins could go this week but wanted to make sure he felt good Sunday morning.Through 12 games in 2025, Higgins has hauled in 46 catches for 667 yards and a team-leading nine touchdowns.While the Bengals will have Higgins back, there are still some key contributors who will miss Sunday&#8217;s game. Defensive end Joseph Ossai, tight end Noah Fant and wide receiver Charlie Jones have been ruled out with ankle injuries.Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins Jr. didn\u2019t practice this week due to an ankle injury and was placed on injured reserve Friday.But, the Bengals could get some defensive reinforcements, as rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart was activated from injured reserve, paving the way for the former first round pick to return to the field on Sunday.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins will suit up against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, according to ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>Higgins, who sustained a second concussion in three weeks against the Buffalo Bills in Week 14, missed last week against Baltimore due to being in concussion protocol. He was a full participant in practice on Friday, but the team list listed his as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fowler, the Bengals were &#8220;hopeful,&#8221; that Higgins could go this week but wanted to make sure he felt good Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bengals WR Tee Higgins (questionable, concussion) is good to go for today vs Dolphins, per source. Team was hopeful this weekend but wanted to make sure he felt good this AM.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2002762474207236539?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through 12 games in 2025, Higgins has hauled in 46 catches for 667 yards and a team-leading nine touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>While the Bengals will have Higgins back, there are still some key contributors who will miss Sunday&#8217;s game. Defensive end Joseph Ossai, tight end Noah Fant and wide receiver Charlie Jones have been ruled out with ankle injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins Jr. didn\u2019t practice this week due to an ankle injury and was placed on injured reserve Friday.<\/p>\n<p>But, the Bengals could get some defensive reinforcements, as rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart was activated from injured reserve, paving the way for the former first round pick to return to the field on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins will suit up against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, according to ESPN&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49240,20485,9786,49238,49241,8597,916,33779,49239,123,125,124,4176,28630,5125,49242,1456],"class_list":{"0":"post-91552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-ankle-injury","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-concussion-protocol","12":"tag-defensive-end-joseph-ossai","13":"tag-friday","14":"tag-game","15":"tag-higgins","16":"tag-jeremy-fowler","17":"tag-miami","18":"tag-miami-headlines","19":"tag-miami-news","20":"tag-report","21":"tag-suit","22":"tag-sunday","23":"tag-tight-end-noah-fant","24":"tag-week"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}