NFL free agency, franchise tag tracker: Bengals are in fact tagging WR Tee Higgins

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2025 NFL franchise tag tracker: Bengals' Tee Higgins tagged second straight year ahead of free agency

Keeping tabs on all the players to be tagged this offseason
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Bengals place 'franchise tag' on Tee Higgins to keep star WR in Cincinnati next season

The Cincinnati Bengals on Monday used the league’s “franchise tag” to retain star wideout Tee Higgins for next season, the second consecutive year the team has held onto Higgins that way.
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Bengals' Tee Higgins gets franchise tag again: What move means for WR, team as sides still seek long-term deal

Higgins will make a fully guaranteed $26.2 million in 2025 if no deal is reached
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Tee Higgins was tagged ... again? Six questions on Higgins, Ja'Marr Chase and the Bengals

For the second year in a row, the Bengals tagged Higgins. Is it a placeholder for an extension or his path out of Cincinnati?
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2025 NFL free agency: League releases numbers for franchise and transition tags this offseason

The NFL released its numbers for tagging players
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2025 NFL key offseason dates: When franchise tag deadline, free agency, draft, trades, other events take place

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Bengals franchise WR Higgins for 2nd year in row

The Bengals have placed the franchise tag on wide receiver Tee Higgins for the second straight year.
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Teams are allowed to apply franchise tags to players from Feb. 18 through March 4.
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Dallas is motivated to keep Osa Odighizuwa under contract for years to come
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