In his first session back since hurting his hamstring in preseason a month ago, Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins was labelled as limited on Thursday. Nevertheless, he cautiously states he feels 100% and that Monday night’s (8:15; Cincinnati’s Channel 9 and ESPN) game in Jacksonville is the plan.

No. 1 cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt is also limited but showing hopeful signs after missing last Sunday’s game due to a quad injury.

“I feel like I’m there, but I definitely don’t want to push myself too soon where I go out there and have a setback,” Higgins said following his practice. “Even though I feel like I’m at my best, I’m still taking my time. All I’m doing is attempting to resume my normal routine.”

Higgins stated that during the Wednesday practice before to the Houston game on November 12, he hurt his hamstring while running a deep ball. Quarterback Joe Burrow had the second-best passer rating in the NFL at that point, and the Bengals had won four games in a row.

As of right now, they have lost three in a row, and Burrow (throwing wrist) is gone for the season. Jake Browning is the quarterback.

Jake is acting confidently while playing. Higgins, anticipating his first reception with Browning, remarked, “You can see the confidence he’s been building since he came in for Joe in the Ravens game.” The way he’s leading the offence doesn’t seem all that different from Joe. I’m excited to catch balls off of him.”

The sentiment is shared by both parties.

“Tee is among the NFL’s best receivers. “I think it’s hard to express how crucial he is to this offence,” Browning stated at his weekly press conference on Thursday following practice. We have an excellent receiver room, and I don’t want to detract from that. Andrei’s (Iosivas) playing, in my opinion, kept becoming better. Trenton Irwin has demonstrated his ability. Nonetheless, Tee offers something special because of his size, speed, and level of experience. Having him and Ja’Marr (Chase) outside is always pleasant.”

GETTING SETTLED: As he gets ready for his first road start this week, Browning, who made his NFL debut last week at Paycor Stadium, stated he feels more in rhythm.

“I see it as a chance to enter a game where I’ve already spent a week as the starter; even the Wednesday practice went so much more smoothly this time around than it did the previous week. What will all of this look like (last week was)?” stated Browning. Now that I’ve had a full week of that, I think I also just keep coming back to the fact that, whatever week this is (13), this is like week 2 or week 3 for me, so you know that everyone improves a lot early in the season and then kind of reaches a plateau. Since I’m not at a plateau, those practice reps are actually

SLANTS AND SCREENS: True to his word, Burrow turned up on Monday following surgery to repair the ruptured ligament in his throwing wrist. He practiced while wearing a cast on his hand and a sling across his arm. “Hello reporter people,” he said amiably as a group of reporters left the practice pitch. has time to connect with his guys at all times. In order to start a game, Burrow went seeking for the card table in the locker room’s practice squad annexe and hauled it out with his left hand. That’s all there is to it when it comes to his meaning here.