Higgins comments

[Bengalbug]

(04-30-2024, 12:07 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Higgins wants top 10 to 15 WR money, yet he does not have the 3-year results of a top WR. It is not close.

I like Tee, but he is not better than Pittman. In reality Pittman got closer to 20 million per year guaranteed.

3 yr(s) / $70,000,000
AVERAGE SALARY:$23,333,333 - Included non-guaranteed 29 million in 2026
SIGNING BONUS:$15,000,000
GTD AT SIGN:$41,000,000
TOTAL GTD:$46,000,000
FREE AGENT:
2027 / UFA

He has a cap hit of 18 million in 2024, 23 million in 2025.

It goes to 29 million in 2026, but that portion is not guaranteed.

In contrast, Bengals are paying Tee more money in 2024 - almost 22 million.

Who earned the better contract? Tee or Pittman? It is obvious, Pittman has been the more durable and better WR, yet Higgins demands Pittman money. The Bengals are mt low balling Tee, they are making him a fair offer based on his results.

Well, if Tee isn’t better than Pittman, is he more efficient, or just a product of a better QB? You mentioned durable, which is true (62 games played vs 58 games played), but as far as production goes, it really leans to Tee IMO.

24 career TDS to 15
63.5 YPG to 59 YPG
14.3 YPC to 10.9 YPC

At any rate, if Tee wanted MPJ contract, I would have had to imagined the bengals would have had that done a while ago.

The two players are good comps about as close as you’ll find with one being slightly better in an area or two over the other.