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(04-12-2022, 01:22 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't think we should trade anyone until we win a championship.

Higgins is an elite talent still getting paid on his rookie deal. We need to take full advantage of that while we can instead of trading him for a pick that might be a bust.

After this season, Tee will have one year remaining on his rookie deal (and to be clear, I wasn't suggesting trading him BEFORE this season, but before that final year), at which point the Bengals will get nothing for him other than a potential compensatory pick.

Drafting a guy and developing him (and determining if he is a capable replacement) this year in, say, round 2 and taking what could be a first round pick from some NFC team after this season for Higgins before he hits FA the following year would be a legitimate business decision.

Maybe there is no NFC team that offers a first rounder.  Maybe the Bengals can afford to "kick the can down the street" another year and use the franchise tag on him.  At least with the scenario I described they are better prepared for life without Higgins and they don't need to also be prepared for life without Jonah Williams, Logan Wilson, and Vonn Bell because they have too much tied up in the WR position group.