Tee Higgins became the latest Bengals player to publicly discuss his preference to stay with the team long-term and keep the whole group together, but acknowledged that "it's not in my hands right now" to make those decisions.

Joe Burow’s endless wave of public pressure applied to the Bengals about keeping Higgins and others has changed the vibes around the situation ahead of the key offseason. Higgins also commented on Burrow’s public support for himself and other members of the core.

Bengals WR Tee Higgins has made it clear that he wants to re-sign with the team and keep their core pieces intact, including TE Mike Gesicki. “Yeah, of course, we all want to keep the core pieces what it is,