 And Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver T. Higgins will play under the one-year franchise tag for the Bengals this season, making just under $22 million. Jim Zoki, WBT Sports. It's that time of the year here in the southeast, and particularly Charlotte, Mecklenburg, when the forecast today says a stray shower is possible. Well, that stray shower, if you're in the right neighborhood or the wrong neighborhood, can mean like a monsoon for about 10 minutes, right? A pretty high-intensity storm. They call them those microblasts.