After the Bengals positioned the franchise business tag on receiver Tee Higgins, he asked for a profession. A month later on, absolutely nothing has actually transformed.
Higgins, however, stated Sunday that he anticipates to bet the Bengals this period.
” I do expect it,” Higgins stated, using video clip from Charlie Clifford of WXIX-TV. “I have actually expanded a love for Cincinnati that I really did not believe I would certainly. [I’m] expecting it.”
Higgins and the Bengals have actually spoken for 2 years without concerning terms on a lasting bargain. They have up until 4 p.m. ET on July 15 to bargain a brand-new bargain.
The 1 year, completely assured franchise business tag will certainly pay Higgins $21.8 million.
Security Jessie Bates played 2022 on the franchise business tag prior to leaving for a four-year, $64.02 million manage the Falcons in the 2023 offseason. He made Pro Dish honors for the very first time last period.
8 groups utilized the franchise business tag this offseason, and Higgins and Bucs security Antoine Winfield Jr. are the only gamers yet to authorize an agreement expansion.
Higgins, 25, played 12 video games last period, missing out on 4 video games with a broken rib and afterwards Week 18 with a hamstring problem. He captured 42 masquerade 656 lawns and 5 goals, all job lows.
Higgins had 1,000-yard periods in 2021 and 2022 and has 257 catches for 3,684 lawns and 24 goals in his 4 periods in Cincinnati, that made him a second-round choice in 2020.
