Tee Higgins's Impactful Season & Contract Talks with Bengals

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00:00T Higgins did play under the franchise tag for most of the offseason.

00:04Last year, we debated would T Higgins play?

00:07Would he show up in 2024 for the Bengals?

00:10He did.

00:11He was injured to start the year, started nine games, only played in 12 in total.

00:17And Joe balled out down the stretch for Cincy as they were trying to make that

00:21last second push to a playoff spot in only nine starts, 73 receptions, 911 yards,

00:2910 touchdowns.

00:30He was as good as Jamar chase down the stretch and Jamar chase had a record

00:35setting triple crown season, leading the NFL in receptions, receiving

00:40yards and receiving touchdowns.

00:42Both superstar wideouts for Cincinnati basically looked at the front office

00:47and said, you wanted to see if I was worth it.

00:50Well, here you go.

00:51Yeah.

00:52And he's a different type of wide receiver than Jamar chase, right?

00:56Jamar chase, pure route runner to could take the top off the secondary T Higgins,

01:01a bigger body catches the football at its highest point.

01:04So now you have the best of both worlds.

01:06If you're Joe Burrow and you're right, you know, 73 receptions, 900 yards.

01:11He had a three touchdown performance down the stretch to help win a game.

01:16So at the end of the day, and think about this, he's not an outspoken

01:21player in the sense of disgruntled.

01:24He hasn't shown that he won't play that he's completely invested

01:29in terms of the franchise.

01:30The kid wants to play for Cincinnati.

01:33All he's asking is give him his true value so that way he could go out there

01:38with the likes of some of the other great wide receivers in the conference.

01:42I just, again, I it's like Cincinnati has taken a wait and see approach and

01:47now their back is against the wall and without T Higgins, then they have to

01:51another number two that they're going to have to pay anyway.

01:54So I just don't understand why not just pay T Higgins.

01:58He has the same agent as Jamar chase, lock them both up and just move on.

02:03And Joe, that will be the issue for Cincinnati.

02:06And that is where the bangles have shot themselves in the foot because they did

02:10not pay either wide receiver last off season.

02:13They tagged T Higgins.

02:14They did not have the foresight to early extend Jamar chase entering his fourth

02:19year of his rookie deal and now ahead of his fifth and final year under his

02:24rookie contract, they are back at the negotiating table because they did not

02:28have the frugal foresight to understand that could have set the wide receiver

02:33market for Jamar chase and are now playing catch up after the market was set in a

02:38record setting way for Justin Jefferson in the bangles have said they are going

02:42to reset it again.

02:43They have to add money on to the 35 mil per year for Justin Jefferson with $110

02:49million guaranteed and Joe, they're going to pay Jamar chase the most money we've

02:53ever seen for a non quarterback.

02:55And then T Higgins at the same time, also in those long-term negotiations is going

03:00to be like, well, you think this guy is five, six, $7 million a year better than

03:06I am, that's not going to rub him the right way by any means, even though he is

03:11going to see a pay increase.

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