{"id":1030295,"date":"2026-10-17T20:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1030295\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:43:11","slug":"bengals-legend-chad-johnson-calls-tee-higgins-grab-best-hes-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1030295\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals legend Chad Johnson calls Tee Higgins grab best he\u2019s seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Bengals Wire;\" href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Bengals Wire\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"445\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aol_bengals_wire_158.png\"\/><\/a>Sat, October 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"6903\" height=\"4605\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7694d16b-2274-4c31-b83a-72036b73ad3b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chad Johnson picked Tee Higgins\u2019 touchdown against Minnesota as the best catch he\u2019s seen while discussing the Bengals\u2019 receiving greats.<\/p>\n<p>Ja\u2019Marr Chase\u2019s latest touchdown catch brought <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> receiving royalty into the conversation. <\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s Chad Johnson, who admits his favorite catch belongs to Tee Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bengals.com\/news\/ja-marr-chase-bengals-best-catches-isaac-curtis-chad-johnson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com<\/a>, Johnson pointed to Higgins\u2019 late touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings in 2023 when discussing the franchise\u2019s greatest catches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best catch I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Johnson said<\/p>\n<p>Higgins caught Jake Browning\u2019s pass near the goal line, then twisted and reached the ball to the pylon. Johnson emphasized the awareness required to finish the play while keeping track of the end zone.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a striking endorsement from a receiver whose own career gave Bengals fans multiple candidates for that discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Chase also put forward the latest entry with his 45-yard touchdown against Miami. Additionally, the play moved him past Isaac Curtis into third place on Cincinnati\u2019s career receiving yards list, behind Johnson and A.J. Green.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson watched that catch in person as well.<\/p>\n<p>But for Johnson, Higgins\u2019 twisting touchdown in 2023 is still the one to beat.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/10\/17\/bengals-chad-johnson-tee-higgins-best-catch\/92296044007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals legend Chad Johnson calls Tee Higgins grab best he\u2019s seen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, October 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC Chad Johnson picked Tee Higgins\u2019 touchdown against Minnesota as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1030296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,6],"class_list":["post-1030295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117458200964224146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}