CINCINNATI -- With the outcome feeling inevitable, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins said there wasn't a need for him to wait to sign his franchise tag.
Speaking for the first time since he accepted a one-year deal in June, Higgins said he knocked it out well before the first training camp practice Wednesday because he didn't want speculation about the upcoming season to linger.
"Obviously there wasn't no moves being made upstairs," said Higgins, who participated in his first team practice since last season. "So I pretty much knew this [is] what it was and I was just like, 'I'm going to go ahead and just sign it and just kill all the noise and just get everybody off my back.