The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals are gearing up for a huge divisional showdown in Week 16 that will surely have some huge playoff repercussions. Neither team will be fully healthy in this game, but it looks like Mike Tomlin has his eye on Tee Higgins as a guy who could end up making a big impact on this game.
Browning has been holding his own for the Bengals in recent outings. Of course, Browning won’t have Ja’Marr Chase at his disposal for this game, which means that Higgins will likely get the lion’s share of Cincy’s targets. With that in mind, Tomlin took a second to explain why Higgins is so tough for opposing teams to cover.
“Combat catches. He gets down the grass in a one-on-one circumstance, and you can see it in terms of some of the plays he made last week against the Minnesota Vikings. I mean that big-time play he made in a 2-minute drill before halftime, that big-time play he made at the end of the game. He’s a ‘small forward,’ as we say in this thing. He is a one-on-one matchup guy, he’s a 50-50 ball guy. You know, we use those terms, 50-50 ball guy. Under ideal circumstances, it’s 50-50. He catches more than his share. And that’s the skill-set.” – Mike Tomlin, Steelers.com