{"id":2314,"date":"2024-08-02T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2024-08-02T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:31:21","slug":"bengals-swap-tee-higgins-for-another-superstar-wr-in-blockbuster-trade-proposal-with-nfc-contender-thats-a-win-win-for-both-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2314","title":{"rendered":"Bengals Swap Tee Higgins For Another Superstar WR In Blockbuster Trade Proposal With NFC Contender That\u2019s A Win-Win For Both Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/cincinnati-bengals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u00a0unlikely to retain superstar wide receiver\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tee-higgins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tee Higgins<\/a>\u00a0beyond this year, the wise decision would be to trade him in the coming weeks rather than watch him leave for nothing in 2024 free agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<p>Tee Higgins initially requested a trade from the Bengals, but he walked back on it and agreed to play 2024 under the franchise tag. But if owner Mike Brown wants to set his team up nicely both short-term and long-term, he should explore trading Higgins for another player who could help Joe Burrow out immediately.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rare to see a superstar-for-superstar swap in today\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>, but there is one potential trade partner that makes perfect sense here for Cincinnati: The reigning NFC South champion\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Bengals with Tee Higgins, Tampa\u2019s No. 2 wide receiver, Chris Godwin, is a pending free agent. The Super Bowl 55 champion has one year remaining on the three-year, $60 million pact he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/21826\/chris-godwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thursday\u2019s opening play of 11 on 11: Burrow deep down the sideline to Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>Burrow\u2019s longest completion of camp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vkx5EzNmOb\">pic.twitter.com\/vkx5EzNmOb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/char_cliff\/status\/1819087843605860565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Having committed so much money to Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans and Tristan Wirfs this offseason, Buccaneers GM Jason Licht might be reluctant to pay Godwin (29 next year) top dollar<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Considering their respective contract situations and ages, along with both teams\u2019 win-now approaches, a one-for-one trade swap between Higgins and Godwin makes perfect sense here.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-tee-higgins-for-chris-godwin-would-work\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Tee Higgins For Chris Godwin Would Work<\/h2>\n<p>Godwin has been more productive than Higgins since the latter\u2019s 2020 rookie year, but the former is also three years older. So if you\u2019re the Bengals, why not roll the dice on a more productive receiver in Godwin and see if he\u2019ll sign an extension as opposed to losing Higgins for nothing?<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re the Bucs, you can take that money you would\u2019ve paid Godwin for a younger receiver in Higgins. The aforementioned Mike Evans is 31 and will slow down sooner rather than later, so extending Higgins would ensure that Tampa has a WR1 to build the offense around long-term.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0unlikely to retain superstar wide receiver\u00a0Tee Higgins\u00a0beyond this year, the wise decision would be to trade him in the coming weeks rather than watch him leave for nothing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions\/2316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}