Tee Higgins came so close to catching Joe Burrows’ Hail Mary in the last game

The Cincinnati Bengals battled back from down 27–6 and nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback win against the Los Angeles Chargers. On the last play of the game, Joe Burrow aired a Hail Mary to his receivers and Tee Higgins had it in his hands before the ball was snapped away.

After the Bengals’ defense surrendered a late touchdown to JK Dobbins with 18 seconds left in the game, the offense tried to pull off a miracle of their own, and they came incredibly close to doing just that.

Burrow caught a lot of wind during his Hail Mary attempt, but was forced to throw it before Higgins had entered the end zone. In a sea of ​​bodies in the end zone, Higgins could be seen leaping from around the one-yard line and getting both hands on the ball before Chargers DB Derwin James came in from behind and poked the ball loose.

It was an incredibly dramatic end to what was an incredibly dramatic second half, but in the end, Burrow and the Bengals find themselves on the wrong side of a one-score loss for the sixth time this year. All but one of their seven losses in 2024 have come by a margin of seven or fewer points.

James made the big play for the Chargers defense to signal the end of Sunday’s game, but Higgins will surely be kicking himself for not hanging onto that catch, no matter the difficulty.