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Texans Acquire Joe Mixon From Bengals

Mar 12, 2024 11:42 AM

The Houston Texans have acquired Joe Mixon from the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bengals had planned to release Mixon as they signed Zack Moss to replace him at running back.

The Texans entered the offseason with a need at running back.

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Bengals Sign Zach Moss, Release Joe Mixon

Mar 11, 2024 10:11 PM

The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to sign running back Zach Moss to a two-year, $8 million deal.

In a related move, the Bengals have released Joe Mixon.

In 14 games last season, Moss had 794 yards on 183 carries and five touchdowns. 

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Source: Tee Higgins Requests Trade From Bengals

Mar 11, 2024 10:36 AM

Tee Higgins has requested a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals, according to a source.

The Bengals placed the franchise tag on the wide receiver earlier this offseason.

Higgins said he hoped to be with the team long term, but he is disappointed that the team has not had any talks about a long-term contract extension since March 2023, per sources.

He was a second round pick in 2020.

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Joe Burrow Expects To Be Cleared By May

Mar 3, 2024 4:10 PM

Joe Burrow is still sketching out his recovery timeline for surgery to repair a torn wrist ligament in his throwing hand.

But if things continue to go according to plan, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has a date set on when he should be fully cleared this offseason.

"I think middle of May is when I am expecting to kind of be cleared for full contact and everything," Burrow told ESPN on Sunday. "Over the next month (to) month and a half, we'll kind of decide all those things."

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Bengals Leave Door Ajar On Tee Higgins' Future

Feb 28, 2024 8:07 AM

Cincinnati Bengals executive Duke Tobin says the team is much better with Tee Higgins on the roster.

However, unlike last offseason when he emphatically shot down the notion that Higgins could be traded, the Bengals director of player personnel left the door somewhat ajar on Tuesday.

"In terms of our intentions going forward and answering hypotheticals of what could and couldn't come about, I won't get into that, but we feel like we're a better team with him," Tobin said. "The reason we franchised him is because we would like to have him. He's not under contract and it's hard for me to predict all the different scenarios that could happen."

The Bengals officially placed the franchise tag on Higgins on Monday. That guarantees Cincinnati the right to sign Higgins to a one-year deal worth $21.8 million for the upcoming season.

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Tee Higgins Receives Franchise Tag From Bengals

Feb 23, 2024 10:27 PM

The Cincinnati Bengals have informed Tee Higgins they will use the franchise tag on him.

The tag will be worth approximately $21.8 million.

During the 2023 season, Higgins caught 76 balls for 656 yards and five touchdowns over 12 games.

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Bengals Switching To FieldTurf For Playing Surface

Feb 23, 2024 9:10 AM

The Cincinnati Bengals are replacing the playing surface at Paycor Stadium this offseason, completing the elimination of slit-film turf from NFL facilities.

Data compiled jointly by the NFL and the NFL Players Association has shown a higher rate of noncontact lower-extremity injuries on slit-film turf than on other synthetic surfaces. 

The Bengals and Hamilton County will install a FieldTurf Core system in its place. That surface is also used in stadiums in Atlanta, Carolina, Detroit, New England, New York and Seattle.

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Bengals Likely To Use Franchise Tag On Tee Higgins

Feb 14, 2024 8:10 AM

The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to place the franchise tag on Tee Higgins ahead of free agency if the two sides are unable to agree on a long-term extension, according to a report.

The Bengals have until March 5 to tag Higgins, who would make $20.7 million for the upcoming season under the tag.

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Duke Tobin: Bengals 'Want Tee Higgins Back'

Jan 31, 2024 8:29 AM

The Cincinnati Bengals are making it clear that they want Tee Higgins back in the fold next season.

The 33rd overall pick in 2020, Higgins will be a free agent this offseason.

The Bengals have some options to retain the wide receiver -- extend him on a long-term deal, franchise tag him for roughly $22 million in 2024, tag and trade him, or simply let him walk in free agency to create cap space.

"We'll see what happens this year," executive Duke Tobin said. "I want Tee Higgins back. Everyone on our team would like to have Tee Higgins back. Again, there's one pie and how big of a slice that takes and what else we can't do because of it, we'll have to determine and we'll see."

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Bengals Hire Dan Pitcher As Offensive Coordinator

Jan 25, 2024 8:29 AM

The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted quarterbacks coach Dan Pitcher to offensive coordinator, according to a report.

Pitcher replaces Brian Callahan, who recently took the head coaching position with the Tennessee Titans.

The 37-year-old has been with the Bengals dating back to 2016 when he broke into the NFL as an offensive assistant.

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Joe Burrow Pushes For Tee Higgins To Return To Bengals

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Ja'Marr Chase Adds 'Fire To The Fuel' With Shots At Chiefs

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Ja'Marr Chase Expected To Miss Week 16

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Bengals Didn't Break Rules With Joe Burrow Injury

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Joe Burrow Undergoes Successful Wrist Surgery

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Bengals' Zac Taylor Defends Joe Mixon After Loss

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Bengals Place Joe Burrow On IR; Jake Browning To Start At QB

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Joe Burrow Out For Season With Torn Ligament In Wrist

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Joe Burrow Leaves Game With Sprained Wrist

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Record 5 NFL Games End On FGs As Time Expires

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Bengals' Tee Higgins Will Not Play Sunday

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Tee Higgins Expected To Miss Week 10

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Bengals Unsure If Ja'Marr Chase Can Play In Week 10

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Christian McCaffrey Ties NFL Mark For Consecutive Games Scoring TD

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Brock Purdy Clears Concussion Protocol, Will Start Against Bengals

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49ers' Brock Purdy Could Clear Concussion Protocol, Play Sunday

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Joe Burrow Using Aaron Rodgers As 'Resource' On Calf Injury

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Joe Burrow: Risk Of 0-3 Outweighed Risk Of Reinjury

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'Hard To Say' If Joe Burrow Will Play In Week 3

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Joe Burrow Aggravates Calf Injury As Bengals Drop To 0-2

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