The Bengals have decisions to make in regard to the long-term futures of Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, and Week 18's matchup could potentially be the last time Joe Burrow will have the stellar WR duo at his disposal.

Sixteen NFL regular-season games left. Twenty-nine games total. Let’s dig in … • Joe Burrow said it a couple weeks back. And now his head coach is echoing him.

In this case, it came on New Year’s Eve at his weekly news conference, offering a resolution for an ownership group that has allowed stars Jessie Bates, DJ Reader and others to leave in recent seasons while facing another round of negotiations with star receivers Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase this offseason.

While Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow's MVP's cases are picking up serious steam, the NFL's top individual award might still be Josh Allen's to lose following Allen's record-setting

Have Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson done enough to win NFL MVP? Or can Joe Burrow snag the award away in the final week of the regular season?