It’s a bye week for the Cincinnati Bengals so there’s a little time to dive into rather interesting items not related to preview or recap coverage as the team makes another playoff push.
Buy Bengals TicketsAnd it turns out ping pong is one of those subjects.
We have Fox 19’s Jeremy Rauch to thank, as he snapped a photo in the locker room of the team’s current ping pong standings.
The first name on the list? Tight end Mitchell Wilcox, followed by none other than quarterback Joe Burrow himself. Trent Taylor is right behind him, followed by Skunk and Tee Higgins.
The photo:
It's a long season and this is just week nine.
But, we got a peek at the #Bengals locker room Ping Pong championship standings today.
Current rankings?
1. Mitch Wilcox
2. Joe Burrow
3. Trent Taylor
4. Skunk (?)
5. Tee HigginsCan you confirm @teehiggins5 @wilcox_mitchell? pic.twitter.com/UH3jiDs3ip
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) November 7, 2022
And for those curious, Higgins himself threw out an assist in decoding who owns the Skunk nickname:
— Tee Higgins⁵ (@teehiggins5) November 7, 2022
Mystery solved, though the question of who ends up winning by season’s end is far from over.