Tee Higgins…. Steelers have Interest

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(04-12-2024, 09:48 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I don't agree with top-20, but even then sorry to break it to you but there's not 32 true #1 WRs in the NFL. Just like there's not 32 starting caliber QBs in the NFL. That doesn't change just because there's 32 teams. 

Chase was hurt for the first time in 5 years in 2022 after playing 17 games in 2021 and played 16 games in 2023. Higgins hasn't made more than 14 starts in a season and he's been in the NFL 4 years. 

Ja'Marr Chase snap count % in his career...
85.44%
71.64%
81.80%
Average: 79.63%

Tee Higgins snap count % in his career...
74.81%
64.60%
68.38%
52.67%
Average: 65.11%

So I will start worrying about Chase too when he starts playing ~15% less snaps per year than he currently is and becomes a guy who plays less than 2/3rd of the snaps in his career like Tee.

We are already starting to talk about Burrow, but he's a QB (and when healthy a top-5 QB) and has already been paid before last year so we're already committed regardless if Burrow is injury prone or not. That doesn't mean we have to then follow that up with giving Tee money knowing he will get hurt because he always gets hurt and we don't even have top-5 upside if he does stay healthy. He's ultimately our #2 WR, that's a high risk relatively-low return bet.

So are you looking at starts (Higgins) or games played (Chase).

Honestly this conversation and topic is exhausting. Moving goalposts, etc.

No one can seriously think that we have a better chance of winning in 2024 by getting rid of Tee Higgins, not for draft picks anyway. The bengals should do everything possible to put themselves in a position to win NOW, but also set themselves up For the future. Tagging and keeping Tee gives them the best chance to win in 24, cap flexibility in 25, and a comp pick in 26. Trading tee, at this point in the offseason, makes it harder to win in 24, with burrow still on his rookie deal.