As of Saturday morning, it appears as if the Cincinnati Bengals as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers will be short-handed in the receiver core for the divisional matchup. Diontae Johnson has already been ruled out due to a knee injury suffered against the Las Vegas Raiders last week, and Tee Higgins has been listed as “Doubtful” by the Bengals injury report with a shoulder injury. This will likely mean that either Auden Tate or Mike Thomas will step up in three WR sets with Ja’Marr Chase and Tyler Boyd.
Chase has drawn a majority of the media’s attention this offseason as the 5th overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft in comparison to Boyd.