For five years now, Tee Higgins has been a stalwart presence in the Cincinnati Bengals' wide-receiver room. It appears that that will not be the case in 2025. Higgins has "little to no chance" of returning to the Bengals next season,

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the expectation leaguewide is that Bengals WR Tee Higgins will depart in free agency this offseason. Fowler notes the people he’s talked to feel strongly there’s little to no chance Higgins remains in Cincinnati,

That includes Tee Higgins, who is playing on the franchise tag in 2024. Teams are calling the Bengals about Higgins, Jason La Canfora of The Washington Post writes. To little surprise, though, he adds that suitors do not expect Cincinnati to authorize a trade sending Higgins elsewhere.