 Sports Flash. Yeah, we're sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Protect your home and auto. Save when you bundle. Get a quote at progressive.com. Writing was on the wall, but now official. Bengals wide out T. Higgins will play the season under the franchise tag deadline to get a long-term deal done has passed. Higgins, the only player of the eight who were franchised not to get a long-term contract, set to make $21.8 million for the coming season.