The Bengals may want to try to keep Tee Higgins along with extending Ja’Marr Chase with a lucrative contract, but Higgins might end up being too expensive. Burden can be a strong cheap contingency to play well off Chase as an immediate impact No. 2.

Cincinnati Bengals face plenty of big questions this offseason, but Tee Higgins' future may be at the top of that list. Will they sign him to a long-term deal with Ja'Marr Chase and Trey Hendrickson needing new contracts?

The Pittsburgh Steelers will almost certainly be looking to aggressively upgrade their wide receivers room during the 2025 offseason, but landing Cincinnati Bengals star Tee Higgins, the top free agent set to hit the market,

The Bengals are now more likely than ever to keep Tee Higgins because they keep having misfires like Burton. Sure, Joe Burrow pounding the table for Higgins to return is nice. So is the star wideout changing agents and the report that the Big 3 have all talked about making it happen.

“If the Cincinnati Bengals let wide receiver Tee Higgins walk in free agency, the Chargers should overpay for his services,” Manzano wrote. “Higgins’s skill set would complement McConkey and give Herbert a dynamic one-two punch to help avoid more postseason meltdowns in the future.”