(02-29-2024, 02:00 PM)depthchart Wrote: Duke & Zac make it clear that they want TEE back with the Bengals but I still see a possible Trade still on the table

with temptations to do so likely PEAKING right about now at the Combine.

To me, this seems like a more Fluid situation than Duke & Zac imply, especially since TEE was Tagged early and

right before the Combine.

Duke should have a Good Idea of roughly what TEE & his Agent would want in a Longer Term Deal. (Money/years)

If things seem far apart, then the Bengals may already know that he would only have TEE for one more season.

Duke will now be around people from the other NFL Teams that show up at the Combine who may strike up conversations

about what they might be willing to give for TEE.

I doubt that Duke will proclaim "Go get your own" like he said last year.

I think that Duke will listen and talk this time around.

Duke may just have his EARS open to offer ideas while also having his EYES open looking at all the Wide Receiver rookie prospects

that could help ease the thought of Trading TEE into becoming a reality.

(02-29-2024, 02:45 PM)BengalBob Wrote: Someone will have to blow away the Bengals with an offer.

With the cap going way up and probably up again next year, I see the Bengals tagging him twice if they can't work out an extension.

(02-29-2024, 02:53 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: So sick of this stuff. We are not gonna trade Higgins. It is way LESS fluid. 

We'd have to be blown away by a trade offer. Which would be stupid for anyone to make because they can just pick a WR with the pick they are giving us. 

(02-29-2024, 02:45 PM)BengalBob Wrote: Someone will have to blow away the Bengals with an offer.

With the cap going way up and probably up again next year, I see the Bengals tagging him twice if they can't work out an extension.

(02-29-2024, 02:53 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: So sick of this stuff. We are not gonna trade Higgins. It is way LESS fluid. 

We'd have to be blown away by a trade offer. Which would be stupid for anyone to make because they can just pick a WR with the pick they are giving us. 

(02-29-2024, 03:16 PM)depthchart Wrote: There are likely a number of NFL Teams that believe Tee Higgins could transition into a #1 wide receiver role.


Just how many of the Rookie receivers do you see as #1 receivers and would every NFL Team view each of those 

as being better than TEE ?


Are there enough of these #1 type rookies to go around ?


There are not many #1 types in Free Agency and just where would TEE rank among those Free Agents ?

(02-29-2024, 03:39 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: It’s ridiculously unlikely and you are absolutely right. The combination of just drafting a much more cap friendly rookie by suitors and us not getting anything close to a desirable offer makes it a moot conversation. Not happening. Nobody in the building. Nobody including the janitors are going to give up hope they make it work until it just can’t.

(02-29-2024, 03:57 PM)depthchart Wrote: Very definitive conclusion that you have reached here. At to near ZERO chance of a TEE Trade.

I see more than a near ZERO chance of TEE being Traded (say maybe up to a 25% chance)

Duke is human and chances are that he is at least listening to offers and considering a Trade as an option.

As a GM, Duke's landscape will be changing going forward with more Money headed Burrow and Chase's way.

Tougher decisions will come more often going forward and Duke is going to have to become more creative.

The Bengals may be prepared to just pay TEE (at least in 2024) but TEE brings financial pressures now that Duke

at least has to ponder. He may just juggle some Trade options in his head while he ponders (as any Human being would)

(02-29-2024, 04:09 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I mean, I'm not saying there is a zero percent chance, but it is Jim Carey/Jeff Daniels territory. 

You do not look at it from OUR side. We arextrying to win a SB. We think we are a contender. We value the established guy iver the rook who may or may not pan out. Plus, you want Burrow going into a season where WR2, WR3, AND TE are all new guys? It is bad enough having 2 newbies, you want another? 

It would need to be a WAAAY lopsided trade for us. Like Herschel Walker or Ditka/Rickey Williams level lopsided. 

Fair (low first/high second) won't get it done. We have the space atm. 

(02-29-2024, 02:45 PM)BengalBob Wrote: Someone will have to blow away the Bengals with an offer.

With the cap going way up and probably up again next year, I see the Bengals tagging him twice if they can't work out an extension.

(02-29-2024, 03:43 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Respectively all the teams picking before us will have plenty of options for a receiver at rookie prices. In order for us to trade Tee we need to get a lower pick. So we are competing against each other so to speak.

(02-29-2024, 04:09 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I mean, I'm not saying there is a zero percent chance, but it is Jim Carey/Jeff Daniels territory. 

You do not look at it from OUR side. We are trying to win a SB. We think we are a contender. We value the established guy over the rook who may or may not pan out. Plus, you want Burrow going into a season where WR2, WR3, AND TE are all new guys? It is bad enough having 2 newbies, you want another? 

It would need to be a WAAAY lopsided trade for us. Like Herschel Walker or Ditka/Rickey Williams level lopsided. 

Fair (low first/high second) won't get it done. We have the space atm. So, yeah, Duke will answer the phone. It is his job to answer the phone.

I think a tag next year is also likely. But Jefferson could be available also, so ...

(02-29-2024, 04:31 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: be interesting to see how Tee reacts to being tagged twice.. could threaten a hold out... normally double tags don;t seem to work out well

(02-29-2024, 03:57 PM)depthchart Wrote: Very definitive conclusion that you have reached here. At to near ZERO chance of a TEE Trade.

I see more than a near ZERO chance of TEE being Traded (say maybe up to a 25% chance)

Duke is human and chances are that he is at least listening to offers and considering a Trade as an option.

As a GM, Duke's landscape will be changing going forward with more Money headed Burrow and Chase's way.

Tougher decisions will come more often going forward and Duke is going to have to become more creative.

The Bengals may be prepared to just pay TEE (at least in 2024) but TEE brings financial pressures now that Duke

at least has to ponder. He may just juggle some Trade options in his head while he ponders (as any Human being would)

(02-29-2024, 04:51 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Bruh.

When it sounds like a duck and quacks like a duck...believe it's a duck.

You're basically hearing straight from the horse's mouth what some on here have been saying for a while now, yet you are choosing to not believe it.

Let the trade hopes die.