The most prominent example right now is ESPN’s Aaron Schatz, whose set of bold offseason projections has the Buffalo Bills blowing the Bengals “out of the water” with a Higgins trade offer:

In many ways the 2024 season was horrendous for the Bengals, wasting a year of Joe Burrow's prime, and the offseason won't be easy.

All indications are the Bengals and Higgins want to avoid a tag. But that second tag number would check in below the likely $30 million or more in average annual salary he could earn on the open market from another team.

The Cincinnati Bengals enter the offseason with some huge question marks. A new report surfaced that the Bengals are trying to work out long-term deals for each of wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins and defensive end Trey Hendrickson.

We are quickly approaching NFL free agency. That means there are plenty of mock signings and other offseason moves being projected, but Frank Schwab from Yahoo Sports recently wrote about the Top 10 storyline going into this phase of the offseason.