Joe Burrow will have to make due without one of his favorite targets when the Cincinnati Bengals meet a fierce AFC North rival on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.

The Bengals listed wide receiver Tee Higgins as inactive for their Week 3 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Joining the second-year wide receiver on the sidelines for Cincinnati will be offensive linemen Fred Johnson and Xavier Su’a-Filo, cornerbacks Trae Waynes and Nick McCloud, and defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin.

Tee Higgins was listed as doubtful for the game on Friday's injury report due to a shoulder injury that caused him to miss practice on both Wednesday and Thursday. The Clemson product has a team-high 10 catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 18 targets this season, building on an impressive rookie campaign that established him as a fixture of Cincinnati's present and future. A second-round pick in the 2020 draft, Higgins had 67 catches for 908 yards and six touchdowns in his debut NFL season.

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Expect rookie Jamarr Chase and veteran Tyler Boyd to see more attention from Burrow against the Steelers as a result of Higgins' absence. Tight end C.J. Uzomah and running back Joe Mixon figure to play a bigger part in the Bengals' passing game with Tee Higgins out, too.

The Bengals enter Sunday's action at 1-1, in lockstep with the Steelers, Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in a division that could be anyone's for the taking.