Tee Higgins and the Bengals don’t seem close to reaching a long-term deal. Higgins, who requested a trade in March after being franchise-tagged, shared an interesting message Thursday on Instagram amid the standoff, writing, “I tell em no, they can’t wait to call me selfish..
.” The post featured an array of photos, including snaps of the wide receiver working out. A post shared by Tee Higgins (@teehiggins) Higgins’ message comes days after it was reported that he and fellow wideout Ja’Marr Chase were not present for the team’s OTAs.
Head coach Zac Taylor, who is entering his sixth season at the helm, was asked about their absences Tuesday. “[They] are still working hard elsewhere, and they’ll be back at the right times,” Taylor said, according to ESPN . “And the beauty is we know those guys, we know what they’re about and that they’ll be ready and focused when it’s time to come back.
” Cincinnati designated Higgins as a franchise player just before the NFL Combine in late February — when the Bengals’ top football operations executive, Duke Tobin, explained why the team didn’t wait to tag him. “It’s really simple: He’s a good player, we want to keep him, and we have resources to do that, so we decided early to do it,” Tobin, the team’s director of player personnel, said at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. “And that’s where we are.
We like Tee. We’re a better team with Tee. With the way we managed our cap, we had the ability to.
