Will the 49ers Sign Bengals Wide Receiver Tee Higgins this Offseason?

The No. 1 free agent on the market this offseason will be Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Could the 49ers try to sign him?

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00:00This is highly intriguing according to reports the 49ers are seen as sleepers in the sweepstakes for

00:08impending free agent wide receiver T Higgins of the Cincinnati Bengals

00:13He's gonna be a free agent in a couple of months and he's supposed he's seen as the number one free agent on the market

00:19He's six foot four. He's sort of a 1a 1b type wide receiver and

00:25He's gonna be really freaking expensive and the Niners just gave Brandon Iuke 30 million dollars a year and they still have

00:31Deebo Samuel who's making almost 24 million dollars a year and you're thinking there's no way they'd be interested, right?

00:35Well, it's Kyle Sanahan and we know he's looking to have an elite

00:42X-receiver he coached Julio Jones in his prime. He wants that kind of a player. He settled for Brandon Iuke who

00:50Maybe could have developed into an elite X receiver. He had one excellent season, but now torn ACL MCL meniscus

00:57It's highly questionable if they'll ever have that type of explosiveness again to make him special

01:02Jawan Jennings is a good receiver, but he's not an elite X receiver. He's a slot guy. Can't run deep and

01:10Ricky Pearsall's more of a slot guy as well or a flanker someone you want

01:14In motion not being pressed at the line of scrimmage T Higgins is an elite X receiver

01:19I could see Kyle Sanahan wanting him. I could see Kyle Shanahan offering him 30 million dollars a year because

01:25That's the kind of wide receiver. He's been looking for for years and he's not gonna settle for anything less

01:32Even though he spent so much money and he has bigger needs at defensive line and offensive line

01:38So, I don't know. Is this good news for you?

01:40I think it's kind of exciting and if they don't get him think about this

01:44He easily T Higgins could go to the Rams or the Cardinals the vision rival

01:50Someone the Niners have to face twice a year. Those teams have cap space to

01:54Cardinals in a tax-free state

01:55So if the Niners don't show interest that he could just waltz on over to a team they have to face twice a year

02:02So even if they just get in the negotiation to drive up the price that could be good news for them

02:06But knowing Kyle Shanahan, I just can't see him

02:10Standing pat and letting the Rams get T Higgins

02:12He's gonna want T Higgins Higgins would be the best wide receiver on the floor D Niners

02:16He'd make them a lot better. Would he be a responsible use of cap space?

02:22Absolutely not

02:23So sign them up