Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins will likely hit the free-agent market, but that does not mean a reunion with Cleveland is out of the question, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. In fact, Cabot adds that, per a league source, the team would still like Higgins back “‘at the right price.”
Higgins fell out of the Browns rotation this past season after a falling out with the previous coaching staff. However, now that Freddie Kitchens has been replaced by Kevin Stefanski as head coach, the new regime appears to have interest in a reunion.
A fifth-round pick in 2016, Higgins progressed into larger and larger roles in Cleveland’s offense over his first three seasons and seemed poised to be the team’s third receiver behind Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham last season.
After hauling in 39 receptions for 572 yards and four touchdowns in 2018, Higgins managed just four catches for 55 yards in all of 2019. At just 25, Higgins is not far from being a solid young prospect, but his dip in production could very well dampen his market.
You can blame his 2019 entirely on Monken and Kitchens
Yup. He’s not a star or anything, but he’s much better than you’d think based on this season.
I think 95% Kitchens and 5% Monken. I can’t think of anyone who has tanked a football coaching career more than Kitchens did to Monken.
You can totally blame Kitchens for Higgins season he was Bakers number one guy and very productive when Hue was there and even though he was hurt most of the year Njoku was in Freddie’s dog house for some reason too and he was also very productive the previous year. So hopefully we can get Higgins back