3 hours ago
(Yesterday, 04:44 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Who knows what the Bengals F.O. is thinking/planning? I just kinda doubt Tee returning is anything even remotely close to a slam dunk. There's always a team out there ready and willing to pay big bucks for a Tee caliber free agent, and it scares me.
I think realist expectation with Tee since we can franchise him and stop him from testing market in 2025
1. We sign him to a long-term deal and keep him.
2. We sign him to a long-term deal and trade him for multiple picks.
3. We tag him and keep him for 1 more year.
4. We do nothing, and he signs elsewhere.
It would be stupid for the FO to go to #4 and only get a compensatory pick in 2026, when at a minimum, they can get multiples like at least a 2nd and 4th rounder if we don't want to pay 2 WR's top bucks.
The key to it all is the Bengals have the hammer for one more year 2025.
![[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4CV0TeR.png)
2024 may go on record as one of most underperforming teams in Bengal history. Bengal's FO has major work to do on defensive side of the ball. I say tag and trade Tee Higgins in 2025 to start with the rebuild.
