Tee Higgins…. Steelers have Interest

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(04-12-2024, 10:06 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: So are you looking at starts (Higgins) or games played (Chase).

Honestly this conversation and topic is exhausting.  Moving goalposts, etc.

No one can seriously think that we have a better chance of winning in 2024 by getting rid of Tee Higgins, not for draft picks anyway.   The bengals should do everything possible to put themselves in a position to win NOW, but also set themselves up For the future.  Tagging and keeping Tee gives them the best chance to win in 24, cap flexibility in 25, and a comp pick in 26.  Trading tee, at this point in the offseason, makes it harder to win in 24, with burrow still on his rookie deal.

They're the same number for Chase replace games with starts for Chase then and the exact same thing is true. So that's you just looking for a real fine thread to try to pick apart because the goal posts aren't moving at all. They're the exact same they have always been. Chase plays a lot, Tee does not. Tee is hurt every year, Tee misses a ton of snaps every year. Chase is a proven #1 WR and difference maker 2nd Team All-Pro, Tee is our #2 WR who MAY be able to be a #1 WR somewhere and isn't a true difference maker. They are not even slightly in the same situation.

I think an unhappy Tee playing to not get hurt does very little to help the Bengals win in 2024. Just like Bates didn't help in 2022 and AJ Green didn't help in 2020. I think we get that exact same cap flexibility in 2025 regardless of if he's here or not, and a 2026 comp pick is absolutely worthless in 2024 (and 2025 for that matter, and likely every year after).

We have to get a new WR this year or next year regardless and I would prefer to have an extra draft pick this year to make that happen so we have a guy young and hungry and fully bought in who wants to be here and isn't thinking about his 2025 free agency, and then use that freed up $22m to improve the team further for now.

Connor Williams + either Tyler Boyd or Stephon Gilmore on a 1 year deal + 2nd round WR in 2024 absolutely gives us a better chance at winning in 2024 than Tee Higgins for $22m who doesn't want to be here playing under the tag.