Breaking News: Giants Post-Draft Trade Proposal Gets 1,000-Yard Partner for Malik Nabers Worth $27.8MM

Taking Malik Nabers with the sixth pick in the 2024 NFL draft doesn’t mean the New York Giants should be finished boosting their talent at wide receiver. Not if there’s a chance they could acquire two-time 1,000-yard Cincinnati Bengals’ receiver Tee Higgins for a modest trade price.

It’s a scenario outlined during an edition of “The Rico Report” for Bleacher Report. Host Rico believes the Giants could snag Higgins for as little as a fourth-round pick in the 2025 draft.

Rico acknowledges the value looks low: “Most folks would say ‘whoa, whoa! Just a fourth?’ I’m thinking just a fourth at this point, it can obviously move up to a third, but to me, right now the fourth, everybody is trying to hold onto draft picks here, but he’s worth it.”

Higgins would be “worth it” as a playmaker who tallied back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2021 and ’22. The 6-foot-4, 219-pounder is the kind of big-bodied wideout the Giants lack, even after adding Nabers.

As Rico pointed out, Nabers’ presence would be a key factor in making this trade work for the Giants: “Having a young player come on alongside Tee Higgins, I think that could be a big-time duo in the NFC East.”

Pairing Nabers with a proven commodity like Higgins would instantly transform a stale passing game. It would also increase the pressure on quarterback Daniel Jones to deliver.

Tee Higgins Trade Would Give Daniel Jones No Excuses

Jones could hardly cite a lack of weapons if he still struggled after Higgins’ arrival. Higgins would be the established deep threat on the perimeter Jones has lacked for too long.

Getting behind the last line of coverage has long been a speciality for Higgins. He showed off the talent with this deep grab against the San Francisco 49ers last season, highlighted by Mike of All Bengals.