Duke's thoughts of maybe Trading TEE could be PEAKING at the Combine

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(03-02-2024, 05:13 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: That’s solid thinking but…. I’m not sure they knew all that last off season. Look at QB. If I were an agent I’m waiting until closer to time relevancy to see the going rate.

If they didn't know that about Tee last offseason after the whole Jessie Bates situation they were living in denial. They have the same agent, same guy who got Watson the absurd contract. The writing was on the wall the second the top of the WR market became $30m/yr in 2022.

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

I know she's not the most trusted source, but she wasn't the only one reporting that it didn't really ever come close to a deal and I can't recall anyone reporting that they did ever get close. The only people who actually thought the Bengals were going to sign Burrow, Chase, and Higgins all to long term deals were the guys who thought they were all going to take discounts well below their market value to stick together.

(03-02-2024, 05:26 PM)J24 Wrote: His value is just as high this offseason as it was last season. He's a top 15 Wr,at 25 years old, and if the Bengals were to trade him they would get good value in return.

No, it's not. 

Last year he was under contract for 1yr/$1m and coming off a >1k season.
This year he has a franchise tag of 1yr/$22m and coming off a 650 yard season.

I honestly don't believe Tee is a top-15 WR right now. There were 27 WRs who had >1k yards last year including 18 WRs who had more yards last year than Tee's career high.