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ANALYSIS: While Higgins fell one pick short of becoming a first-round draftee this past draft, the Bengals spent the 33rd-overall selection on the Clemson product. You don't waste such a high pick on someone you don't trust, so what we saw on Week 1 (no targets on Cincy's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers) had the looks of a mirage. In fact, that is what that game was for Higgins compared to what went down this past Thursday.
In QB Joe Burrow's and WR Tee Higgins second professional games both raised the bar a notch. Burrow went nuts and passed the rock 61 times, of which six of them went Higgins way. Higgins was able to haul in three receptions for 35 yards in Week 2, and it looks like his presence will only grow as the season gets riper. A.J. Green will keep his no. 1 role, and Tyler Boyd is the clear second-banana to Green. Other than that, though, Higgins should lock into WR3 duties from now on in terms of target shares.
On top of Higgins' own abilities, we have to take Burrow's insane passing volume (although on a negative game script this past week) with his 61 attempts. Oh, and Cincinnati will be playing Philly on Week 3, which means Cincinnati will be playing a team that allowed the putrid Washington offense to hang 27 points on them in a second-half comeback for the ages. Higgins is not going to become a surefire WR2 or even FLEX option right now, but this is the moment to acquire/stash him before he gets too expensive and fantasy GMs realize what they're missing on.
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