Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins called his chances of playing against Seattle “promising” on Thursday.
On Friday, head coach Zac Taylor used the word “positive.”
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Taylor said Higgins will be listed as questionable on the injury report, and they will monitor his situation for the next 24 hours. But barring a setback, it sounds as though Higgins will play.
The 2020 second-round pick missed last week’s win in Arizona with a fractured rib suffered Oct. 1 at Tennessee. Higgins said Thursday that it’s a pain tolerance issue he’s going to have to deal with all year, and he’s eager to get back on the field.
Higgins was a full participant today for the first time since suffering the injury.
Taylor said cornerback Chidobe Awuzie will be listed as questionable as well with his back injury and will be a game-time decision. Awuzie injured his back Oct. 5 in practice and did not play against the Cardinals.
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He sat out Wednesday’s practice and went limited Thursday and today.
DJ Turner II made his first career start with Awuzie inactive Sunday, and the rookie second-round continues to impress. He’s been rotating with Awuzie since the start of the season as the team has taken a slow approach to returning Awuzie to a full workload after he tore his ACL last Halloween.
Myles Murphy missed his second practice in a row due to the death of his grandmother, but Taylor said the rookie first-round pick will be returning to the facility later today and will be good to go Sunday.
Defensive tackle Josh Tupou did not practice Friday due to a toe injury and is listed as questionable for Sunday. Tupou, who previously had not been on the injury report, was a healthy scratch last week at Arizona, with the team opting to play Jay Tufele ahead of him.
Linebacker Devin Harper (hamstring) also is questionable.
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