Over the past five years, the Cincinnati Bengals have used a substantial amount of draft capital to ensure that they had one of the best groups of wide receivers in the NFL Unfortunately for the organization, that appears to be crashing down this offseason as talented slot receiver Tyler Boyd has already left the organization for greener pastures and talented number two receiver Tee Higgins remains with one foot out the door. If the organization wants to capitalize on the talent that they have, they’re going to have to work fast.
After all of the noise that the past offseason has brought, the most realistic trade opportunity that this organization may get for Higgins is with the Arizona Cardinals. With the current draft order and top-end talent, it is almost a guarantee at this point that Arizona will take prodigal wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. That means that the NFC West team will still have the 27th overall pick that they traded from the Miami Dolphins during the NFL Draft last season.
On top of the basic LSU argument, Thomas possessed similar gifts as Higgins with elite athleticism that would work well with the way that the Cincinnati offensive scheme. While fans may not enjoy losing Higgins after how dramatic the past few weeks have been, trading away a player that would likely cost over $25 million per season and getting a replacement with arguably more raw talent seems like a gigantic win for Cincinnati.
