Tee Higgins Cooper Kupp and Myles Garrett

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(02-04-2025, 01:12 PM)Boomer Anderson Wrote: I have a plan.  It stinks because Tee Higgins is probably my favorite Bengal.  Tag Tee and trade him to Cleveland for Garrett, with maybe a draft pick or two.  
We can get Cooper Kupp for a bag of donuts, because Rams want to trade him as a cap casualty.  He would be great patrolling the middle of the field and moving the chains and would be a great WR2 to Chase.

Kupp is older but cheaper than Tee ($20 million per year), but is not as good.  I realize that.  However, knowing Mike and Katie, I just don't think that it is feasible financially to keep Tee and Jamar.  We can use the money we save on Tee's extension, $30 million per year at least and apply toward Garrett's salary.  Plus, we have ample cap space available.  Draft another WR and DT and hopefully sign a couple guards in free agency.  

Just like that, the pass rush is fixed.  Super Bowl bound.  

I haven't been taking Meth today I promise. Lol.  But with all the trades going around, why not us?  We have to stop thinking 10 years down the road and think about our Super Bowl window or Joe will become another Carson.

Thoughts?

I can't see the Browns trading Garrett to a division rival, not can I see the Bengals moving Tee to a division rival.  I also don't think a tag and trade is really all that viable, especially for a guy coming of back to back sub 1k yard seasons.

That said, Kupp is an interesting option.  While giving up a draft pick sucks, the good news is the vast bulk of his guaranteed money has been paid already, meaning relatively little needs to go to escrow.