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Cincinnati Bengals receiver might get traded for the right price, but it doesn't seem like any team is close to ponying up enough draft capital to do so.

Bengals fans know that the Cincinnati front office wants to win lopsided deals on the trade block. The team has Higgins locked down on a second franchise tag. And while they don't want another holdout into the summer by getting an extension done by mid-July, they also aren't going to balk and lower the price.

The Cincinnati Bengals are facing a major dilemma: how to fairly compensate their star players while managing their salary cap. One of the biggest questions for the Bengals remains: What are they going to do with Tee Higgins?

The Cincinnati Bengals have a collection of high-priced superstars. Two of them, Tee Higgins and Trey Hendrickson, are looking for

Hence, the Bengals taking some serious heat for not getting contracts done earlier. It's still great news that an insider thinks both deals will get done, but the cost of doing so continues to go up by the day, which isn't ideal with the Trey Hendrickson situation unresolved and other needs across the roster.

Trey Hendrickson remains with the Bengals, but another record-setting contract -- for Myles Garrett -- has affected the edge rusher

The Bengals have placed the franchise tag on Higgins ahead of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline, the team announced. The Bengals intend to continue to negotiate a long-term extension with the wide receiver before the NFL's July 15 deadline to sign franchise players to long-term contracts.

The growing tension between the Bengals and Tee Higgins could work in the Patriots' favor to eventually make a trade for the receiver happen this offseason.

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