rabidfireweasel
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Completely disagree. Two years ago, in the Super Bowl, where the Bengals were ahead with 2 minutes left, Higgins was their best receiver with 100 and 2 TDS. In the last second AFC championship playoff loss to the chiefs, who was their best receiver? Yes, it was Higgins again.If they were smart they would move him now, they have basically three wrs that would be ones on many teams including Chase who is arguably the best in the league now.
They are as close to being a championship winning franchise as they have been. When Diggs got dealt, he was disgruntled. When Hill got dealt, he wanted a new contract. Higgins, so far, is content to play on his super cheap deal. He is a proven playoff producer. It would be really, really dumb to trade him.
Smart teams do not trade high performing players on a rookie second round contract. It rarely if ever happens. That is why the Bengals have been able to spend money on OLine, because they don’t yet have money tied up in QB and WR.
When they do extend Burrow and Chase, those cap hits likely won’t be significant until 2025 or 2026. That is how those deals work: they stay team friendly in year 1 and sometimes in year 2. Don’t be surprised if Higgins gets franchised next year. I think that is far, far more likely than him getting traded this year.
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