The Browns are expected to re-sign wide receiver Rashard Higgins, per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. It will be a one-year, $910K deal for the 25-year-old.
We heard back in March that Cleveland was likely to let Higgins test the open market but was interested in re-signing him if the price was right. Cabot says the Colorado State product received more lucrative offers from other clubs, but he elected to re-up with the Browns because he loves playing with quarterback Baker Mayfield.
The Browns selected Higgins in the fifth round of the 2016 draft, and after setting career highs in 2018 with 39 receptions for 572 yards and four touchdowns, he appeared primed for a key role in 2019 behind star wideouts Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham. Unfortunately, he battled knee injuries early in the 2019 campaign and fell out of favor with prior head coach Freddie Kitchens upon his return. He ultimately caught just four passes for 55 yards and a score.
But with a new regime in place, Higgins will presumably have a good chance to rebuild his value. He will compete with sixth-round rookie Donovan Peoples-Jones and returning pieces like Damion Ratley for playing time.
HOLLYWOOD!!!
‘Bout time.
Cheap as chips.
That’s a good deal for the browns… hopefully comes w incentives for Higgins. He’s not a bad WR.
I loved Higgins I thought two years ago he was the best receiver they had and had a good synch with mayfield
The on field chemistry that Higgins and Mayfield has in 2018 was non-existent in 2019 bc of Kitchens refusal to play him. I don’t think he was injured, Higgins said as much during the season.
Me too! Kitchens was just a doofus
He’ll be the #3 receiver behind Landry and head case Beckham on an fantastic offense on paper, but it didn’t seem that way last year with mayfield turning the ball over all the time, so we’ll see this year with a better o line
He never played because of Kitchens. Also, 8 of Bakers interceptions came on tipped passes, but nobody cares to think about that.
I thought about it, he still threw the ball.
They need to run the ball with one of the two best young running backs in the league today, and cut back on mayfield throwing the ball, because he can’t read a defense