The Cincinnati Bengals are working on finalizing a new contract for Tee Higgins this weekend. Ideally, the end result is the same as the one Mike Gesicki just experienced. Gesicki is locked in with the Bengals thanks to a three-year,

While the public reason for the Bengals’ lack of interest in a deal is that they are still looking to work out a long-term agreement with Higgins, as Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk notes, the optics may be as important to the Bengals as their actual plans for Higgins.

By most reporting so far, the Bengals continue to have some problems juggling the contract sagas of Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Trey Hendrickson. Most notable might be Higgins right now, since it's assumed that Chase will wind up getting his $40 million annually no matter what.