Duke Tobin on Bengals Wide Receiver Tee Higgins

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00:00 We got the salary cap numbers and we knew kind of where we were heading with it.

00:05 And as soon as we got the salary cap numbers, there's no point in lingering on this.

00:09 And, you know, we made the decision. We just went with it.

00:12 So it wasn't, there wasn't any more thought to it other than this is what we're going to do.

00:17 Why don't we just go ahead and do it?

00:19 How complicated is the process of actually pulling off a tag and trade?

00:23 It's rare. You don't see it very often. Is it a complicated process?

00:27 Well, I don't know. I've never done one. So, you know, again,

00:32 we tagged him with the intent of him playing for us. He's a good player.

00:36 We want good players. He fits us perfectly. So we tagged him for that reason.

00:41 You know, I'm not, the hypotheticals of what could happen, you know, it's hard for me to comment on.

00:46 How is it that simple when you do make the decision to apply the tag is,

00:50 do you want them on the roster in 24 or not? Is it, is it that black and white?

00:53 You don't go into it saying, oh, well, we could do this.

00:56 The roster, yeah. We want them on the roster.

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