Malik Nabers of LSU was chosen by the New York Giants with the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, giving them a potentially great burner on the perimeter. However, they may have a chance to add one of the best players in the league at that position.

Malik Nabers, a wide receiver for the LSU Tigers (Required Credit: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

Given Daniel Jones’ attempt to recover from an ACL tear and his mediocre play for the majority of the 2023 season, the Giants, under general manager Joe Schoen, have assembled a receiving corps that can extend the field for whoever ends up behind enter in New York, even in the face of QB uncertainty.

Wan’Dale Robinson, Jaylin Hyatt, and Nabers all have big-play potential, but they don’t have the experience or consistency to rank among the league’s most productive receivers.

Schoen has the chance to significantly improve the Giants’ vertical passing game at that point. Bengals standout Tee Higgins is the only receiver available who is both a greater name and more productive.

Could Tee Higgins, a great wide receiver for the Bengals, be acquired by the New York Giants through trade?
Higgins Tee. Courtney Culbreath/Getty Images is credited.

Since the Bengals placed the franchise tag on him for the 2024 season, Tee Higgins’ name has been the subject of intense trade rumors during the offseason. He has also filed a formal request for a trade.

Rico Gathers of Bleacher Report believes the Giants would be a great fit for Higgins and assembles the following trade proposal:

Tee Higgins Traded by Cincinnati

Giants Trade: Bengals return the 2025 fourth-round pick.

If the Giants are able to reach an agreement with Higgins over a long-term contract, this kind of trade would be an absolute steal.

Higgins, 25, has averaged an incredible 14.3 yards per reception while catching 257 passes for 3,684 yards and 24 touchdowns.

Unless Cincinnati feels the Giants’ selection would be superior to any compensatory pick Cincinnati would obtain should Higgins become a free agent at the end of the season, the price seems a little too low.

Higgins would be lining up opposite Nabers, basically mirroring the dynamic tandem he now plays with in Cincinnati, opposite Ja’Marr Chase, but he would also create a soft landing for whichever quarterback Schoen and the Giants decide to select in 2025.