The Cincinnati Bengals got a year to hold off contract talks with their wide receiver Tee Higgins, who in a surprise move opted to accept the franchise tag being levied on him and the $21 million that comes with it.
One way or another, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins will receive a massive contract extension in the next 12 months. There’s just a strong chance it won’t come from the Bengals themselves.
Former Clemson Tiger Tee Higgins requested a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals, and the reason is now evident. The franchise tag was placed on the four-year wide receiver and contract negotiations never progr4essed to keep him a Bengal.
No news about Tee Higgins-Bengals extension talks has surfaced this year, leading to a trade request — as seven of the other nine 2024 tag recipients agreed to deals.
Higgins has now requested a trade twice, most recently a week ago at the same time as teammate Trey Hendrickson
Kelsey Conway of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Bengals franchise WR Tee Higgins was initially looking for a similar contract to the three-year, $70 million deal the Colts gave WR Michael Pittman this offseason.
Brian Thomas Jr. has a very intriguing NFL comparison, according to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. The former LSU wide receiver looks most like Tee Higgins. The former Clemson standout and current Cincinnati Bengals pass catcher has been productive since coming into the league.
With 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk potentially available in trade tonight, another receiver who is looking for a new contract might also be available. Bengals receiver Tee Higgins, the first pick in round two of the 2020 draft, is restricted by the franchise tag.
On the day before the 2024 NFL draft, Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Tee Higgins informed his team he wanted a trade. The Bengals placed the franchise tag on the 2020 second-round pick and haven’t had contract negotiations with Higgins in over a year.
Will the Bengals trade Tee Higgins? Will the Cardinals trade back?
The AFC North could get more interesting if Tee Higgins or Trey Hendrickson get their wishes For every team in the NFL, the path to the playoffs starts with their division.
Tee Higgins’ tumultuous offseason continued on April 24, as the star wide receiver who is set to play on the franchise tag this season requested a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals.
While Tee Higgins has been the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason, fellow Bengal Trey Hendrickson has now entered those discussions. The
Reports surfaced late Wednesday after that two stars on the Cincinnati Bengals team requested a trade. The request comes as the Bengals plan how they want to attack the 2024 NFL Draft, which begins on Thursday night.
Tee Higgins has been everything the Cincinnati Bengals organization could have hoped for when they selected him with the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.
As minicamps begin across the league, there are still a couple of players stuck on franchise tag deals who would prefer to sign long-term deals before the start of the new season.
Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins remains in something of a limbo with the franchise, but looks like he'll probably be in tiger stripes this fall barring a change in the winds.
Bengals franchise WR Tee Higgins said in a recent interview that he expects to be in Cincinnati for the 2024 season, despite his offseason trade request. “I do anticipate it,” Higgins said, via WXIX-TV.
Higgins asked the Bengals for a trade earlier in the offseason after the two sides failed to reach a long-term contract.
Wide receiver Tee Higgins and the Cincinnati Bengals have not had any talks on a contract extension since March of 2023. At this point, Higgins is ready to move on, especially after the franchise tag was placed on him last month.
The Cincinnati Bengals may be faced with a decision on whether to trade wide receiver Tee Higgins to a division rival.
The Jaguars’ Josh Allen extension thinned the NFL’s 2024 pool of tagged players to two (down from nine in early March), the situations involving the remaining two will be magnified.
After shipping Stefon Diggs to the Texans for a 2025 second-round pick, it’s no secret that wide receiver is the Bills’ biggest area of need heading into the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have an obvious need at wide receiver, and while they can help to fix it a bit in 2024, they might not fix it all the way until next offseason.
The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves lacking depth at the wide receiver position, with limited options available in NFL free agency. This scarcity may lead the Steelers to delay any significant signings until possibly the following year.
Tee Higgins is at odds with the Cincinnati Bengals, and a former NFL executive tells the NFL Analysis Network that he thinks the Bengals are botching this whole thing.
As more franchise-tagged players receive long term deals, the situation in Cincy gets a bit more dicey.
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