The Cincinnati Bengals don’t have long to figure out what to do with Tee Higgins. Conventional wisdom says the Bengals will apply a second consecutive franchise tag on Higgins if the two sides can’t reach an agreement on a long-term contract extension by next week’s deadline to apply tags.

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Report: Cincinnati Bengals 'Stressing the Need' to Sign Tee Higgins to Long-Term Deal. The franchise tag deadline is Tuesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. ET.