Higgins signs new deal?

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(04-17-2023, 05:32 PM)Nepa Wrote: Except Mike Brown never had to deal with the challenges of a team that went to a Super Bowl and two straight AFCCCs. I do hope your right: I would love for the Bengals to keep Higgins, Chase, and Burrow. But this is a challenge the Bengals never had to deal with. Heck, until the last two years, the Bengals never even won a single playoff game in Mike Brown's tenure. And these escalating salaries for QBs and WRs is coming at an inopportune time for the Bengals.

I have had my issues (many issues) with Mike Brown in the past. What he’s always done, sometimes to his detriment, is hold onto players the team has drafted who have played well…sometimes they were nothing but a cancer on the team. Mike Brown stuck with them. The only time they’ve been traded was when the deal was overwhelmingly good (e.g. Carson Palmer to the Raiders) or the player had moved to the downside of their career (Cory Dillon).

HIggins said he wants to stay. The Bengals say they want him to stay. Katy and Tobin are two of the smartest people in the NFL. They know who to cut and who to keep. They’ve told us all this all season. If I can figure it out, I’m certain they can.

The cap is going to keep going up in the future. There are cuts that are easy to make that give them the space to maneuver with JB, TH and Chase. I think Collins is all but gone. MIxon…big pay cut or just cut. As much as I like Tyler Boyd, he’ll just play out his contract. We can find a cheap slot guy in next year’s draft. Put the rest in rookie contracts for TE and RB.

It’s all there. They just have to piece it together.