Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins anticipates playing for Cincinnati in 2024, he told reporters at his youth football camp Sunday. Higgins, who is entering his fifth year in the league, had requested a trade earlier in the offseason after Cincinnati placed the franchise tag on him.

"I do anticipate it," Higgins said, according to video posted by WXIX-TV. "I've grown a love for Cincinnati that I didn't think I would. [I'm] looking forward to it."

Jason Kelce tried to recruit Joe Burrow to his alma mater, the University of Cincinnati, prior to the quarterback transferring to LSU from Ohio State in 2018. 

"When Joe was transferring out of Ohio State, I sent him a text on behalf of Cincinnati, trying to lure him to the university," Kelce said. "Who knows what could have been. He could have been such a great player had he just come here, but unfortunately he went to LSU."

Burrow went on to have a record-setting run at LSU that included a Heisman Trophy and a national championship win in 2020. 

The Cincinnati Bengals are signing offensive tackle Trent Brown to a one-year contract, according to a report.

Brown, 30, spent the past three seasons with the New England Patriots.

He has experience playing on both the left and right side of the offensive line.

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.

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. 

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.