This is encouraging...

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(02-09-2023, 06:05 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I do think it will be in the Bengals' best interest to not allow Higgins to get to FA if they want to retain him.
My worry is something similar could happen like with Uzomah - he finds out what other teams are really willing to pay and the Bengals offer is just (way) too low compared to some other teams.
It's one thing to say you want to be somewhere, but it's unlikely you're willing to take too much of a discount for that to happen.
Money talks.

You can never take free agency personally or truly eliminate the risk of losing a player to it.  If some team out there with a GM who is a lame duck decides brining Tee in as a #1 WR for massive money is going to save the season and his job, there isn't much you can do about it.

If we can get Tee to go down the "stay here and win" route, that's great.  Otherwise, it's hard to keep the band together when promotions and big raises are being waved in front of people.  It's just bidness.