Are the #Patriots the front runners for Tee Higgins?! #NFL Scheim says not so fast... Should Higgins be priority #1?
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00:00A report last week from Jason Locke and Fora, um, or attributed to Jason Locke and Fora
00:05that the Patriots are going to be all in on Tee Higgins, um, and that they were going
00:09to be really kind of like the front runners to acquire Tee Higgins.
00:13Um, I've now molded over, I've sat on it, I've thought about it, and I'm here to tell
00:17you no they're not.
00:18I don't, I, I, I, I respect what Jason Locke and Fora does, he's, uh, he reports and all
00:24that stuff, and I'm here to tell you the Patriots are not going to get Tee Higgins.
00:27You can dream and hope and pray all you want, uh, but unfortunately money only goes so far
00:33when there's other better teams who also have money willing to give it to him.
00:37So, uh, I think whether he ends up staying in Cincinnati, I'm not 100% sure, but I just
00:43look at a team like the Chargers, they're just in such a much better position to acquire
00:48a guy like Tee Higgins than you are, and as much as, as much as it would be nice and as
00:52much as I would love it, uh, I just, I don't think it's a reality, um, I, I feel like you're
00:58gonna have to go through the trade market in order to acquire a receiver, uh, Debo Samuel,
01:05Cooper Kopp, sure, I'm in, that's like a third, fourth round pick, you know, maybe a second
01:11round pick of like next year if you're talking about Debo, I'm fine with that, I think he's
01:15gonna have an awesome year next year, that would be the guy I would target if I was the
01:19New England Patriots, a guy the organization wanted in the first place anyways, uh, and
01:23a guy that would be like an actual number one receiver in this room, where the current
01:27receivers you have are not even close.
01:30So, uh, I hate to spoil everyone's day, you know, I hate to be, uh, the, uh, the Grinch
01:34today, uh, in terms of, uh, Tee Higgins to the Pats, but it ain't happening.
01:39So just to nail this down with you, Sean, so if you, if you ran the Patriots, what would
01:46you do?
01:47Would you also do this trade for Debo instead of paying a hundred million for Tee Higgins?
01:51Well, look, I would try to get Tee Higgins.
01:53I just don't think that he's going to be interested in coming here regardless of what, unless
01:56you literally make him the highest paid receiver in the history of the sport, which I don't
02:01think you should.
02:02Um, that, that is just, that's where the, the line is kind of drawn.
02:06Um, and so I, I just don't think you're going to be able to acquire him.
02:10So yes, I would, if I was in charge of the Patriots, I would be attacking the trade market.
02:14I would, as much as I don't think they'll trade them.
02:16I would call the Eagles on AJ Brown.
02:18I would absolutely be calling Kyle Shanahan.