From the banks of the Ohio, the Cincinnati Bengals (4-8) take a long trip up north to visit Buffalo in a cold-weather AFC tussle with Josh Allen and the Bills (8-4).

There is no love lost between the AFC’s two perennial bridesmaids as Joe Burrow and Allen are always “must-see TV.” The Bengals are currently trying to win every game in front of them to make a mad dash for the playoffs, just as they did a year ago. They rattled off five straight victories (three versus playoff teams) but fell a half-game short when Kansas City rested their starters against Denver.

Fast forward to now, and Cincinnati has an identical 4-8 record, but is coming off a sound beatdown of division-foe Baltimore. The Buffalo Bills are currently 5-1 playing at home, so it stands to reason that Cincinnati’s skill positions need to be in prime shape. Good news in that form came mid-week, when it was announced that Tee Higgins had cleared concussion protocol after sitting out Week 13. The Bengals will need all the help they can get against the Bills, who are still chasing first in the AFC East. Higgins is invaluable across from Ja’Marr Chase and is the last missing piece since Burrow and Samaje Perine returned.

Fantasy lowdown: Don’t expect any hitch in Tee’s “giddy-up.” The wide receiver carries with him a 40/575/7 line this season, and he’ll need to come up big against a strong Buffalo secondary. His return affects nothing else fantasy-wise aside from a bump for both Burrow and Chase and a return to fantasy irrelevance for Andre Iosivas.

Author: Samwise (@BuyAndSellYou)