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Truth is this may be the best chance for the Bengals to make a deep playoff run for awhile. Burrow PLUS Chase’s assumed contract is going to make it more difficult to fill out the roster after this year.

That is true but there is no way the Bengals are giving up Higgins for nothing and I never said anything about two FIRST round picks. That is never going to happen. Again, the new team has to get a long term deal in place to Higgins liking before they approach the Bengals regardless. It’s a lot of moving parts. These things are hard when you are negotiating with two groups at the same time.

He is a legit #2 receiver that played well until the Raiders decided to be the 7th contestant in the “This time Josh McDaniels will be a great coach!” game. And getting rid of Derek Cousins err Carr for Jimmy “glass jaw” Garopollo was genius. It’s like dumping your cute, cool and frisky girlfriend in high school for the hotter always available girl only to find out why she is always available. (Yeah, she was batshit crazy)

The Browns have no choice other than to pray Watson comes back and plays close to his previous pro bowl level. You are right, keeping an old marginal backup people AND PLAYERS like is not ideal in this situation. In fact, signing Winston might cause the same issues but he has way more talent than old man Flacco.

1st round WRs have probably the lowest bust rate of any position and tend to be more plug and play than any other offensive position. The issue with Higgins it is far more complex than a single trade. The new team would need to negotiate a long term deal first before giving away draft choices on a one year deal and the hope they could resign him later.

The issue might be that A. Carolina is a terrible organization. B. They don’t want to negotiate with his agent for a new contract.

Higgins has zero power to force a trade. His rights belong exclusively to the Bengals on the tag the player’s union agreed to. He sits out he doesn’t get paid AND is fined per the Union agreed upon rules.

The Bengals are not being forced to do anything. They own his rights. Period. If he holds out he not only doesn’t get paid but is also fined. If he sits a year, he will wake up next March still a member of the Bengals.

If I ever need an agent he would be on the top of my list. He is great at getting his players paid. That is his only job.

Thinking they draft Nix and he spends time learning behind one of these guys. Pretty cheap option.

I went to high school at Polk High.

Payton made him average. What is Tomlin supposed to do with him? Tomlin has never had success developing or utilizing a new QB.

God I hope so. Wilson is crap. Two teams with great coaches decided he fucking sucks. Go for it Stealers!

That is simply not true. 75% of first round WRs end up being good players. It is the easiest position to draft.

He should. Situational football. Chiefs scored 3, you would have scored 3. Still 3 scores up and 8 minutes off clock. Not scoring opened the window wider.

Not if it is insured!!

Those 2 field goals sure would have come in handy right now.

You know there is one team the network definitely wants for all the casual lady fans who will be at Super Bowl parties. Care to take a guess?

Not to mention the travesty call against Minnesota years ago. Minn had a 4th down and their receiver was obviously held in the end zone. The refs threw a flag. The Kansas City corner took his helmet off on the field and started pleading it was tipped. Refs said ball was tipped when it obviously wasn’t and then told player to put his helmet back on. They picked up the flags, game over.

Diggs was wide open on that play. It would have resulted in a 1st down around the 15 to 10. Classic Brett Favre play.

Ross tore his ACL and labrum at the UW. The fact the Bengals chose the winner of the underwear Olympics because he could run fast is a straight line is their fault. 6 WRs were chosen before Higgins. All of them are good except Jalen Reagor. Ruggs was on his way to being a superstar until the car crash. Tee is a good #1 receiver but not as good as guys like Hill, Jefferson, Waddle, Smith, Lamb and Chase. He is NOT worth the 7th pick. No way. They can trade that pick and get multiple picks. Some of the best receivers were picked in the 20s.

That’s on Allen. The pass was never supposed to be deep. It was a beautiful play but Allen tried to be a hero.

That play was never designed to go deep. The deep receivers’ routes were designed to open the underneath route which it did perfectly. Allen just playing hero ball like Brett Favre did ALL THE TIME.

No way. Picking a good WR early in the draft is almost a can’t miss proposition. By far the easiest position to successfully draft early. I love Tee but he isn’t worth a 7 especially since he WON’T be on a rookie contract.

That seems almost impossible.