BengalsThursday, November 5
Bengals receiver Tee Higgins wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the first time
The 5AM Covington team
If you watched the Bengals beat the Titans on Sunday, you saw this coming. Tee Higgins was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 8, and it's the first time in his career. He caught 10 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns in the 43-36 overtime win.
Both scores came in the second half. A 17-yard catch early in the third quarter put Cincinnati up 20-13, and an 18-yard catch with 1:17 left in the fourth quarter tied the game.
- Season pace: 103.7 receiving yards per game, second in the NFL
- Nine of his 10 catches gained at least 10 yards
- Fourth Bengal to win a weekly award this season
Higgins's big Sunday, by the numbers
- 10
- catches against the Titans
- 155
- receiving yards, most in the NFL in Week 8
- 2
- touchdown catches, both in the second half
- 726
- receiving yards this season, second in the NFL
Sources: WKRC, Cleveland.com
Quarterback Joe Burrow won the same award for Week 7, so the Bengals have held it two weeks running.
Sources: WKRC, WHIO TV, Cleveland.com, WLWT