Should Saints pursue WR Tee Higgins? (12 Viewers)

[LUX]

Bengals are going to let him test FA to focus on extending Chase. Should the Saints go after him? He is a solid WR that shouldn't break the bank and that is a need we could accomplish in the offseason. Would you rather a different WR in the draft and why?

 

[GeneHansen]

I'm curious what you consider breaking the bank?

He's playing on a 1-year $22M contract this season and will want more on a new contract.

 

[DeuceMcAllisterFan]

He's not durable enough to give him the kind of money he's demanding.

 

[guillermo]

I love Tee, and he will have enough suiters to command a good contract. Specially with the inflation at the position.

 

[Rouxble]

Would love to have Higgins, but he will get a solid contract from the team that signs him, especially since he will only be 26 next year. I don't see us pursuing him given that Loomis almost never spends big on a WR. The biggest veteran contract we signed other than Michael Thomas was Marques Colston back in 2012.\

I'll add that our biggest FA WR deal was Emanuel Sanders ($12m/year).

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

He's not going to be cheap

 

[St. Widge]

I think he's going to break the bank. WR money has gotten out of control since around 2021.

And I tend to think it's just not necessary when there are so many good WRs that come out of college that are NFL ready or close to NFL ready. I think you're better off investing that free agent money on the DL or signing a high level LG.

 

[kewee]

He will be paid a ridiculous amount, then stay injured all of the time.

 

[baarbogast]

He will be paid a ridiculous amount, then stay injured all of the time.

So the contract is ready?????

 

[meily]

He's not durable enough to give him the kind of money he's demanding.

We have Tee Higgins types already in Olave and Shaheed, we need some guys 210lbs+ who can be physical, we have our speed guys already.

 

[SWJJ]

Love Tee Higgins, but we can't afford him.

 

[LUX]

I'm curious what you consider breaking the bank?

He's playing on a 1-year $22M contract this season and will want more on a new contract.

That's because he is under Franchise Tag Salary.

 

[SWJJ]

That's because he is under Franchise Tag Salary.

He's gonna be the TOP paid free agent WR this off-season. He will command more than $22M AAV on the open market.

 

[Rouxble]

We have Tee Higgins types already in Olave and Shaheed, we need some guys 210lbs+ who can be physical, we have our speed guys already.

Higgins is listed at 219.

 

[meily]

Higgins is listed at 219.

6'4 219lbs to be exact. I guess I had him confused with one of those small speedsters.