Higgins signs new deal?

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(04-10-2023, 01:56 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Wonder if it is really 4/85 as an extension. But for obvious marketing purposes the last year of his rookie deal adds that extra 1 year to become 5/85


But don't get me wrong 5/85 is a huge extension. $85mil would be the 6th biggest contract value for a WR. $17mil base salary would be 4th highest base salary for a WR.

If Tee plays with Burrow for 6 more years he is going into the HoF.

6 more years at his current rate and he's still outside the top-60 receiving yards and outside of the top-100 in receiving TDs of all time, in an era of passing. He will still be well behind Chad and AJ (and Chase).

He's probably never going to make it to the HoF as a #2 WR. 

-Reggie Wayne hasn't made the HoF yet because he spent his first 6 years as Marvin Harrison's #2, and he's 9th all time in receiving yards and 28th in receiving TDs.
-Anquan Boldin isn't going to make the HoF despite being 14th in receiving yards and 28th in receiving TDs, he was shadowed by Larry Fitzgerald in Arizona.

Hard to make Stats, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, and All-Decade Teams when there's a better guy on your own team, all of which HoF voters look at.