Tee Higgins: 'This Could Be the Last Ride' with Bengals amid Contract Rumors

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Tee Higgins will play the 2024 season under the franchise tag with the Cincinnati Bengals, and he was honest about his future prospects with the organziation.

"This could be the last ride for me and the guys," he told the team's website. "You never know. Instead of holding out and waiting and just watching from afar, I'd rather be in the mix with the guys and grind it out with them. That's how I've always been."

Higgins, 25, never got the long-term extension he was seeking from the Bengals this offseason or the trade he reportedly requested. Whether such an extension will ever happen remains to be seen, but with Joe Burrow making huge money and…