Bengals injury updates: Tracking injury reports for Week 1 vs. Bucs

The Cincinnati Bengals entered Week 1 prep with Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins as small attendance footnotes over the prior week. More notably, there were some questions about the status of defensive end Shemar Stewart before kickoff against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Here’s a quick live-updating look

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The Cincinnati Bengals entered Week 1 prep with Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins as small attendance footnotes over the prior week.

More notably, there were some questions about the status of defensive end Shemar Stewart before kickoff against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Here’s a quick live-updating look at Bengals injury updates.

Buccaneers vs. Bengals Week 1 injury updates

Wednesday

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor noted before practice that both Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins seemed good to go for the game.

Overall, the Bengals injury report listed Chase and Higgins as full participants.

The Bengals also listed Shemar Stewart as a full participant, signaling he’s all the way back from a scary-looking injury at the start of training camp.

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