With star receiver Tee Higgins out with a quad injury, the Cincinnati Bengals were prepared to center rookie third-round receiver Jermaine Burton in their game plan for the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Instead, he may have severed all of their trust in a tight spot.

The Cincinnati Bengals ambushed fans on Sunday by making rookie wide receiver Jermaine Burton inactive ... Joe Burrow had called for Burton to get more playing time in Week 9 against the Las Vegas Raiders, too. Since Burton hadn’t been on the injury ...

"We have the guys that can kind of move around," Andrei Iosivas said. "Ja'Marr's been in the offense for a long time, I understand the offense, the tight ends are really smart. Of course you'd want to go through the week without having that little speed bump, but it doesn't really affect us."