Mitchell Tinsley

The 80th overall pick of the 2024 draft class has fallen behind Mitchell Tinsley in the pecking order and has not received a snap yet this season after spending most of last year as the guy the coaching staff was willing to call out for showing up late and not working hard enough. This has little fantasy impact.

Tee Higgins was out this week, freeing up some work for the Bengals' depth receivers. Despite Mitchell Tinsley seeing nine targets to Iosivas's two, Iosivas ultimately went for more yards and scored the only receiving touchdown for a Cincinnati wide receiver today. Higgins missed five games in 2024. Iosivas only caught eight passes in those games, but he found the end zone three times. Higgins missed this game with a concussion, meaning he could be back for Week 14. Iosivas won't be on the fantasy radar if that happens. He will be a touchdown-or-bust WR6 if Higgins is out again.

With Tee Higgins out because of a concussion this week, Tinsley ultimately operated as the team's No. 2 receiver, just like he did in Week 12. He earned plenty of targets, but the young wideout failed to come up with any of his difficult targets, only bringing in the layups Joe Burrow threw his way. Higgins could be back next week. Even if he isn't, the Bengals will likely try to get Andrei Iosivas more involved after this inefficient performance from Tinsley.

With Ja'Marr Chase suspended and Tee Higgins leaving early with a possible concussion, Tinsley was tied for second on the team in targets. He and Joe Flacco weren't able to connect on many of them, but Tinsley was able to haul in a clutch fourth-quarter touchdown to pull the Bengals within three points. He could be a deep league FLEX option on Thursday against the Ravens if Higgins is unable to suit up.