‘I’m a soldier’: Tee Higgins says he is fine after more concussion scares during Bengals-Bills game
By Kurt Knue
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CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Tee Higgins has now undergone multiple different concussion scares over the course of the past few weeks.
On Sunday, Higgins was removed from the Bengals’ game against the Buffalo Bills on two separate occasions and placed into concussion protocol on the sidelines. Higgins had already been removed early from Cincinnati’s game against the New England Patriots due to a concussion two weeks ago, which caused him to miss last week’s Thanksgiving game against the Baltimore Ravens as he recovered.
Additionally, Higgins could be seen taking multiple other hard hits to his head throughout the game leading up to both of his removals from the field on Sunday.
However, the star wide receiver says that he wants people to know that he is fine, and that the contact is all part of the game.
“I’m a soldier,” Higgins told WLWT after the game. “Soldiers take hits. You know, it happens. It’s football. It’s the name of the game. But you’ve got to get up. Next play mentality.”
When asked about whether he ever thought about voluntarily taking himself out of the game after the hits, Higgins responded, “I didn’t think about that at all. I’m a team-first guy. You know what I mean? My team needed me, you know, I feel like they did. So I went out there and played. Tried to dog it out with my team.”
And play, he did. Higgins caught two separate touchdowns throughout the course of the game, which marked the first time that he had linked up with Joe Burrow since last season to put points on the board for Cincinnati.
However, it would ultimately turn out to not be enough, with the Bills emerging victorious 39-34 over the Bengals.
Higgins said that he intends to keep pushing forward into next week’s rematch with the Ravens, and that he successfully cleared concussion protocol without medical staff noticing any issues during the Bengals-Bills game.
“It’s ball, man. It’s ball,” said Higgins of his repeated injury scares.
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