Jefferson to Bengals rumors

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(03-13-2024, 01:55 AM)casear2727 Wrote: There is no "Bengals Fans can think that".  I gave you facts.

The franchise tag is the 2nd most important tool to maintain parity in the NFL behind the draft.  Fans of a small market team with a broke owner would be so dumb to hate the tag.  It was made for them.

The players union just enhanced the tag requirements in the last CBA, you are not keeping up.

Higgins did not DEMAND a trade, he requested one, those are very different. 

Comparing Pickens to Tee is amateur at best.  Tee is not a malcontent like your examples.

We are not trading Tee for JJ.  That would be insane, but if we did, I doubt very seriously it would be Tee and two 1sts, that was suggested by some random on Facebook.

Agree that the tag was made to help teams like the Bengals and that JJ will not be traded for. You're right as well that Tee willl play if tagged, but does he go all in ? AJ Green and Bates did not and they are ProBowl caliber players and don't believe Tee will either. He will cash the check and count down to the days of his long term contract. If he does this there is absolutely no chance the Bengals tag him another year per he would not be worth it and would walk without compensation. 

Imho there is only two choices, trade him or sign him and make him happy. Either can work if he does not break the bank. 

Everybody knows my preferred solution, trade him and move up for Nabors or Bowers and use Tee's money on DL. Yet will not hate signing Tee per like the kid a lot, just don't think it is the right avenue to travel for the long haul.