03-25-2024, 12:47 PM
(03-25-2024, 04:23 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Tee wasn't a malcontent. Then he asked for a trade and started posting "Locked Up by Akon" on his social media. Lots of guys aren't malcontents... until they find a reason to be.
https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/tee-higgins-posts-cryptic-message-as-bengals-appear-to-be-dragging-their-feet-after-his-trade-request/
It's a business and he has to do what he has to do, but very rarely does keeping a guy where he doesn't want to be turn out well for the team. Tee is going to get a ankle or hamstring tweak at some point in the season (he does every year). This time he's not going to want to test it and play through it because he will be thinking about just getting through 2024 as healthy as he can for FA.
You went right back into roughly middle 1st round pick territory.
NE's 2nd and 3rd even when offset by our 4th is still worth roughly between the 23rd and 24th overall pick. New England picks too high.
NE 2nd round pick = 560 points, NE 3rd round pick 250 points = 810 points for both picks. subtract Cincinnati's 4th round pick 64 points = 746 points
The #24 pick in the NFL draft is valued at 740 points so Tee would be valued at closer to the #24 pick. There are 32 first round picks so the 24th pick would put you in the bottom 1/3 of the first round. The #24 pick would not be a mid first round pick. We could trade Tee and our 5th round pick for NE's 2nd and 3rd which would end up being 778.2 points. That would put Tee's value at around the #22 draft pick which is still in the bottom third of the first round
I dont think Tee for a bottom third first round pick is too much. The Bengals need to get some value out of Tee or just keep him for another year or two then get a comp pick on top of the two additional years he would have played with the team
