The Cincinnati Bengals are planning on using the franchise tag on star wideout, Tee Higgins, for a second-straight season. The tag window ends on March 4th and teams can start using their franchise tags starting today (February 18th, 2025). The Bengals are desperate to retain weapons for quarterback, Joe Burrow. Higgins would arguably be the top wide receiver in free agency. However, he will be unavailable if he is tagged as the Bengals do have plans to sign him to a long-term deal eventually. Under the tag, Higgins would make $26.18 million in one year. Still, the star wide receiver has longed for a new contract for a long time now, but there is more traction to this than there was last season. As alluded to already, Cincinnati knows the importance of keeping as many stars as they can going into next year.
