02-14-2025, 03:27 PM
(02-14-2025, 11:01 AM)ochocincos Wrote: James Rapien wrote an article on SI that was released this morning mentioning that the Bengals MUST franchise tag Higgins again.
The justification Rapien gives:
Tagging costs just $26 mill. (This is around what many fans are hoping Higgins would sign around for anyway, just want multiple year deal)
Other teams are very likely to offer $30+ mill.
Last, Rapien mentions not only is Higgins the top WR hitting FA, but the top overall FA.
This tag would accomplish three things for the Bengals - it drastically elongates the time they have to negotiate a new deal, it prevents other teams from being able to offer him anything, and it opens up the opportunity for the Bengals to try to trade him this coming Spring/Summer if the two sides cannot come to a long-term deal and he refuses to play on the tag.
Any tagged player has until July 15 to sign a multi-year deal before being forced to play on the tag.
Teams have a window of Feb 18 through March 4 to decide if and who they want to tag.
https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/gm-report/here-s-why-the-cincinnati-bengals-must-use-franchise-tag-on-tee-higgins-01jkxz63d18e
What are your thoughts? Agree with Rapien?
Completely agree with Rapien. Either way it is a win for the Bengals and Tee still has a chance to stay here with Burrow like he says he wants to
and he has a chance in a trade of making big money somewhere else. This is a must and like I said in the Katie thread should be our first move
along with the Burrow restructure before extending Ja'Marr and Trey. But, we will probably start with the small extensions first, personally really
want Gesicki back as well.
