Can Bengals Remove Franchise Tag From Higgins, since he wants to leave ?

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(03-11-2024, 07:35 PM)kevin Wrote: I don't know all the details of NFL contract rules.  Can Bengals just simply remove the franchise tag and let him go free agent to another team ?

I have seen Bengals players that did not want to be here.  They became a cancer in the clubhouse and only helped the team lose.  So when a player says he wants out of Cincinnati now, as Tee Higgins, better to get the player out of here.  The Bengals have a team that wants to play and win, so why go backwards into Bengals teams that had players that did not want to be here.

If anybody knows the NFL rules on this, because I do not.  Can Bengals just simply remove the franchise tag, save 21 million, and focus on going forward without Higgins ?....or is it past a deadline on removing the tag ?

Either Way, GO BENGALS

If he has yet to sign it, yes, the Bengals can remove it. But why would they do it? Every year players ask for trades or threaten to hold out. The reality is Tee has a limited window and sitting out hurts him long term potentially.

Bell sat out years ago and lost 10's of millions of dollars as a result.


Teams can rescind the franchise or transition tag -- as we saw with Josh Norman last year -- if the offer sheet hasn't been signed. Once the sheet is signed, the player's salary is guaranteed for that season. A rescinded tag counts as a tag, meaning a team can't designate one player, rescind it and use a new tag on another player in the same year.