It seems on this one explicit case, deadlines don’t make offers.
NFL groups have till 4:00 p.m. Eastern on July 15 to achieve a long-term contract with gamers beneath the franchise tag. If such a deal will not be reached by that deadline, the participant will play the upcoming season beneath the tag, and attain free company within the subsequent offseason.
It appears that’s going to be the case with the Cincinnati Bengals and vast receiver Tee Higgins.
According to new reporting from NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, Monday’s deadline will come and go along with the group and the receiver reaching an settlement on a brand new deal:
It has appeared evident for a while, however for readability:
The #Bengals and star WR Tee Higgins is not going to do an extension by Monday’s deadline. He’s signed his franchise tag, he’ll play on it, then be one of many prime free brokers within the 2025 offseason. pic.twitter.com/kO8omw8Gol
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2024
As famous by Rapoport Higgins has already signed his franchise tag, so he’ll play on the tag for one season earlier than reaching free company in 2025. Under the present phrases of the franchise tag Higgins’ one-year cope with the group is value $21.8 million.
Whether this information opens the door for a long-term deal between Higgins and the Bengals to be reached subsequent spring, or the receiver will discover a new dwelling within the 2025 free company cycle, stays to be seen. There are some intriguing free agents at the WR spot in subsequent season’s free company cycle, together with Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins, Robert Woods, and Chris Goodwin.
There are additionally some intriguing names within the anticipated rookie draft class, together with Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan, Missouri’s Lurther Burden, and two-way standout Travis Hunter from Colorado.
