NFL Coach: Bengals Should Trade Tee Higgins to Avoid Contract; Select WR in NFL Draft

Sooner or later, the Cincinnati Bengals are going to have to make a tough decision on wide receiver Tee Higgins, and one NFL assistant coach made the case for ripping the bandage off now.

The assistant told The Athletic's Jeff Howe the Bengals should move on from the 2020 second-round pick and even consider dealing him now:

"Honestly, you may want to try to trade him this year while there's value and then go draft a young receiver. He's really good in that system. He's a good receiver, but I don't think he's so dynamic that you can't replace his value or production. [Ja'Marr] Chase is going to command so much more attention, that whoever is playing opposite of him is going to get favorable…