Zac Taylor Updates Trey Hendrickson, Tee Higgins' Injury Statuses Entering Bills Week

Cincinnati would love to get Hendrickson back from his extended absence.

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) paces behind the line in the second quarter of the NFL Week 11 game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

CINCINNATI — The Bengals are hoping to get Tee Higgins and Trey Hendrickson back this week from injury to continue their final push to make the 2025 playoffs.

Head coach Zac Taylor addressed the media on Monday afternoon and gave the latest injury update, noting Hendrickson will be doubtful this week, putting him on track to miss a full month-plus of games. He has not suited up since Oct. 26, while Higgins and Tahj Brooks are working their way through concussion protocol, with possible returns this week.

"Yeah, we'll just keep taking it week to week," Taylor said about Hendrickson coming back this season.

Joe Burrow continues to respond well to his turf toe recovery and is nearly all the way back to his early-September status after playing a full set of snaps in Thursday's win over the Ravens.

He injected new confidence into a team that's now just two games back in an AFC North with no winning teams as of this writing. Burrow came away form the Baltimore win healthy as the whole team prepares for Buffalo now.

"Just get ahead for Buffalo," Taylor said about the best aspect of the mini-bye week they just wrapped. "Got a chance to review our game. "We get them, obviously, in two weeks. So you want to make sure you put that to bed the right way, because it's a quick turnaround for them (against Baltimore), and then just steal extra time for Buffalo, which I thought we did good. Got a chance to watch some football yesterday while you're working, and it was a good weekend.

Cincinnati returns to practice on Wednesday afternoon before facing the Bills on the road this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

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