Keeping Tee Will Have Some Consequences

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(09-08-2023, 02:09 PM)Synric Wrote: While Kelsey Conway isn't the most reliable insider her tweet with the one pally posted makes me believe it. I can see the Bengals offering 18-20 mil and Tee wanting 22-25 mil.

Tee Higgins and the Bengals are not close/ never got close on a contract extension, per a source with knowledge of the situation

Unless something “shocking” happens in next 24 hours, a long-term extension is not expected to happen before Sunday
@Enquirer

— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) September 8, 2023

This isn't surprising if true.

If Higgins really wants to be paid in the $22-25 mill range, that would put him in the Top 5-10.
He's not going to be a Top 5-10 WR on a team with JaMarr Chase.
And because he's not the top guy and getting fed like a bona fide WR1, he's not going to get enough targets to be.

If we're being honest, Higgins is currently in the 15-20 range as long as he's a Bengal.
That puts his value in the $15-18 mill range.

If he really wants to justify getting paid like a top-end WR1, he needs to go to a team that needs a true WR1 and will feed him that many targets.
Honestly, with OBJ likely gone after this year and already 31 years old, Higgins might get be a great fit with Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.
Or the Cardinals, Giants, Texans, or Patriots.