Trade Higgins To The Pats?!

[BFritz21]

I know this has been discussed before, but a website for the Patriots is saying that a Higgins trade looks possible after they lost out on the Kupp sweepstakes.

It says how they were willing to throw a blank check at him in free agency until we did the "unthinkable" and tagged him:

Quote:Before free agency began, there was a lot of hype around Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins testing the market for the first time in his career and speculation about just how much money he would yield from a new team. The Patriots were at the top of the list of potential suitors since they badly needed a high caliber wide receiver and had previously inquired about trading for Higgins.

This would be their first opportunity to throw a blank check at their next franchise star, only for the Bengals to make the unthinkable move of franchise tagging Higgins for the second year in a row despite the conflict that ensued because of it last offseason.

That took him out of contention for a trade and forced the Patriots to look elsewhere for receiver help, which led to them being a frontrunner for the recently released Cooper Kupp.

However, several teams' interest in signing the former Super Bowl MVP and his alleged high asking price might turn off New England, making the latest drama involving Cincinnati and Higgins music to the Patriots' ears.

We're either going to overpay for him, which would be stupid because we need to add other pieces to this team to make us a serious contender, or we're going to lose him after this year, which would be a kick in the balls, so we need to get this done.

Quote:With limited free agent options remaining and an equal or higher price being demanded for other potential tradeable receivers, Mike Vrabel and Co. have no reason not to make the call or even make their best offer.

If the plan really is to put Drake Maye in the best position possible this season, they need to do all that they can to ensure that happens by exploring every possible avenue to acquire the kind of talent he should be surrounded by, including potentially adding Higgins to the offense.

I highly doubt this was the plan all along from the front office, but I'll give them all the credit in the world if they can pull this off. I just hope they're not too stubborn and/or make the asking price too high.

Let's hope (PRAY) that it gets done!