Week 10 injury updates

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(11-10-2023, 01:16 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I don't think it is that at all. 

I think Tee just isn't going to play through the pain and risk an injury for a team that extended everyone but him. He's looking at a huge contract at the end of the season, would you personally risk making $20 million dollars a year for a group that hasn't extended you and drafted a guy to replace you the year after they took you?

It sucks as a fan, but can you really blame him? If I knew I just had to stay in one piece for a season to get my big $$$ contract, I'm not playing through much pain either.

Hamstrings tend to linger and keep guys out for a couple weeks.  I don't think Tee is faking or being overly conservative.  He's likely legitimately hurt and it wouldn't be something the coaches would want him to play through for fear of it affecting him down the stretch and into the playoffs.

Chase was drafted to replace AJ, not Tee.  Everyone knows that.

Tee has probably played himself out of a huge contract next year.  He's currently 67th in receiving yards, 79th in catches, and 177th out of qualifying players in catch %.  He isn't on pace to even sniff 1000 yards and that's not even taking into account he's likely going to miss more games.  At this point, his best case scenario is probably balling out on the FT to get a big deal in '25, but with as little as the Bengals have gotten out of Higgins this year, you have to wonder if Reader or Williams will jump him for the tag.  If the young guys ball out in his absence, that seems more and more likely.