The Cincinnati Bengal Franchise Tag used for one of their star receivers last year. Tea Higgins announced on Monday that the NFL team’s procedure is repeated via the social networks. But this time probably with other signs.
As early as mid -February, “Sports Illustrated” had reported that the Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver Tea Higgins wanted to keep the day in the previous year. The passport recipient officially made this decision on Monday about his social media channels, also “ESPN” journalist Adam Schefter reports on the step.
Since Higgins would be occupied with the day for the second time, this means a guaranteed content of around $ 26.18 million. This corresponds to 120 percent of the previous year’s content (21,616 million).
In the previous year, however, the day only led to Higgins had to play another year for the Bengal after the end of its previous contract. As Higgins said several times last summer, there had been no serious negotiations with the team about a long -term contract. This will change this year.
Cincinnati Bengals have clear plans with highgins
On the sidelines of the combine, HR Duke Tobin emphasized that one wanted to extend with the 26-year-old: “He is a fantastic football player and I would like to have him on in our team. Our preference with tea highgins is to have a long-term contract signed. We will work hard to achieve this.”
In this case, the franchise day should only lead to no other team in negotiations with Higgins – a player who is kept by franchise can continue to negotiate with others in the event of the usual non -exclusive franchise and even sign an offer, but the new team would then have to go to two round picks with a successful transfer.
And this appears almost excluded in the case of the 26-year-old.