CINCINNATI – Bengals running back Zack Moss was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and will likely be out for the rest of the season, coach Zac Taylor said.

Moss missed the team’s most recent game, a 41-24 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, due to a neck injury reported late last week. Upon further evaluation, the problem was deemed serious enough to keep him out longer.

“I’m still gathering more information, but it doesn’t look like he’s going to be back,” Taylor said Tuesday night before practice.

Taylor said early indications show Moss’ injury will not be career-ending, but more tests are being done. It is also unclear when exactly the problem occurred.

“I didn’t know until late in the week that he wasn’t feeling well,” Taylor said. “So that’s where it ended up.”

This offseason, the former Colts running back signed a two-year deal worth $8 million. When Cincinnati landed Moss, the decision was made to move on from Joe Mixon, who had been with the team from 2017 to 2023 and reached the Pro Bowl in 2021. Mixon was eventually traded to the Houston Texans.

Early in the season, Moss and second-year running back Chase Brown split duties in the backfield. But in recent weeks, Brown has been the more productive back. With Moss injured against the Raiders, Brown posted career highs in carries (27) and rushing yards (120).

With Moss injured, the Bengals completed a trade with the Chicago Bears for running back Khalil Herbert on Tuesday. The move, completed just hours before the 4 p.m. deadline, sent a 2025 seventh-round draft pick to the Bears for Herbert, who was buried on Chicago’s depth chart and had just eight carries in six games this season.

Herbert arrived in Cincinnati around 2 p.m. Tuesday and wore his new number, 34, during the team’s practice ahead of Thursday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Taylor did not rule out the possibility that Herbert could be available to play in a crucial AFC North road match.

“We’ll see where it goes,” Taylor said. “I wouldn’t want to take it off the table.”

One of the other storylines surrounding the Bengals has been the future of wide receiver Tee Higgins, who plays on the franchise tag and will become a free agent after this season. Taylor rejected the idea that Higgins could have been moved up before Tuesday’s deadline.

“Those are conversations you all had,” Taylor said. “Not us.”

Higgins did not practice on Tuesday evening as he is recovering from a quadriceps injury. He has missed the past two games and has been shut out a total of four times this season.