Tee’s market price

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(02-21-2025, 12:39 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: and has never missed 3 consecutive games.

He literally missed 3 consecutive games just last year with Week 8, 9, and 10.
He also missed 3 consecutive games in 2023 with Week 10, 11, and 12.

Tee has played less than 2/3rds of the offensive snaps in 3 of the last 4 years. He has failed to be the #2 WR in snap count on the Bengals for 4 straight years and every snap he isn't on the field is a snap that someone like Irwin/Burton/C Jones IS on the field. Last year both Iosivas and Sample were on the field more than him.

[wanga]

(02-19-2025, 04:40 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Most definitely, when Tee DOES play, he is just reaching his prime as far as a player. He will miss a lot of games though as we have seen.

It is a tricky situation, I wish what I said earlier could be in the cards with somewhat of an incentive laden contract for Tee if we do extend him
where he would get paid much more for staying healthy. That way he would be worth the 26+ mil or whatever he will command.

Tee is about as good as it gets snatching the ball out of the air above DB's and Ja'Marr and him are the best duo in the NFL when both are 
healthy with Joe Burrow. Tee is also proven when he does play which is why I understand the ones wanting Tee back.

I also understand the other side wanting to upgrade the Defense the most and honestly this is where I lean, but I cannot doubt Tee as far as 
the player when he is on the field.

My thoughts as well. Becoming a major factor is that Joe wants him. 
Interesting times coming up re Tee. 

[Frank Booth]

Joe wanting tee here is unfortunately more about joe wanting his friends here. Hate to break it you guys

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 05:16 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: No it is not. Tee misses some games every year, but he is also not as injured as you make him out to be either. There is a reason if he tested
the market that he is the consensus #1 FA this year. Tee is extremely talented and is still young. Like I said, if we Tag him and maybe even 
extend him I sure hope he talks to Housh about what he did to help him stay healthy after an early career with hammy issues that cleared up.

On regular season games in his career, Tee is able to start 72% of the time. If the team wants to give him a big paycheck, that's fine. I just hope that some of that contract is availability based.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(Yesterday, 07:19 PM)wanga Wrote: My thoughts as well. Becoming a major factor is that Joe wants him. 
Interesting times coming up re Tee. 

Have to keep Joe happy and Tee is one heck of a weapon when he is on the field.

I have been going back and forth on keeping Tee for a while. Before last season I was against paying 2 WR's so much and Tee didn't look 
near as good to me in the 2023 season. Last year Tee made some great catches though and looked much better as far as a player, he is 
clearly in his prime and we don't have a WR on the roster that can replace him.

(Yesterday, 07:29 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Joe wanting tee here is unfortunately more about joe wanting his friends here. Hate to break it you guys

Well his friend is a damn good WR, hate to break that one to you Frank...

(Yesterday, 07:54 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: On regular season games in his career, Tee is able to start 72% of the time. If the team wants to give him a big paycheck, that's fine. I just hope that some of that contract is availability based.

Exactly, Tee's contract will have to be incentive based on how much he plays to be fair to both sides honestly.

[*jason*]

(Yesterday, 05:21 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Nice post Ell Prez. We all saw how Mahomes game fell off once he had WR's that couldn't catch the ball.

Doesn't matter how good of a QB you have if the Receivers have bad hands. Tee has reliable hands and is a big target for Burrow
and gives us another dimension that not many teams have. Like I said, I would be all for tagging and trading Tee, but we know what
we have in Tee as a player and we wouldn't know what we had in a Draft pick.


All for bringing back Gesicki and adding a TE especially if Tee leaves. But Ell Prez is right about our current WR's, we don't have an answer
for #2 if Tee is not here. We would have to use an early pick on a WR or a TE and I don't like being forced to pick a position early in any 
Draft, let alone one with a weak WR class like this one.

Yep... And drafting for need like that is part of the reason we're in this situation.

[Bilbo Saggins]

Let's say that they pay Tee Higgins ~$30 million per year while assuming that he's going to be available ~70% of the snaps like he has been so far.

That's about the same as paying a WR $42.857 million per year who you were assuming would be playing 100% of the snaps.  So if his availability remains as it has been, the prorated value of his contract would be beyond the top paid WR in the league.  

I'm a huge fan of Tee Higgins.  It's not lost on me how good this team can be when the core is healthy.  $30 million per year is too expensive.  The opportunity cost would be signing one of the very best guards and a 2nd tier defender.  Or signing one of the elite run stoppers and a second tier FA at IOL or elsewhere.  At that price, tagging him and trading him would make more sense.  It sucks, but the alternative is to try to win with some of the worst guards and no run defense.  Those shiny receivers can only do so much if the rest of your team is falling apart. 

[wanga]

(Yesterday, 07:29 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Joe wanting tee here is unfortunately more about joe wanting his friends here. Hate to break it you guys

You’re not even trying now Frank.