{"podcast":{"title":"Front Office Sports Today","slug":"front-office-sports-today-4120147","podcast_index_feed_id":4120147,"rss_url":"https://api.spokenlayer.com/feed/channel/the-leadoff-podcasts-ext/3c9929b72538c12bd92ac6762f8d798b9d4e8cdca7692ea74f466061d01816cb","website_url":"https://frontofficesports.com/podcasts/fos-today/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0eccb792-8223-11ed-8ea9-4b4b76c4d47c/image/0a1f57c256c28bf8c6e03884f3409a4d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Front Office Sports","episode_count":857,"summary":"Sports is big business. Here's your daily brief.Front Office Sports Today is your morning briefing on the deals, decisions and cultural moments shaping the industry. Hosted by Baker Machado, with reporting from the Front Office Sports newsroom.Weekdays in under 12 minutes, ready at 6 a.m. ET. Plus longform conversations throughout the week with athletes, analysts, and executives shaping the game.Subscribe now and turn on notifications.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T22:21:03.214161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147"},"episode":{"title":"A Conversation with Bengals Star Tee Higgins on Contract Negotiations, Turf & More","slug":"a-conversation-with-bengals-star-tee-higgins-on-contract-negotiations-turf-more","published_at":"2026-08-29T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/a-conversation-with-bengals-star-tee-higgins-on-contract-negotiations-turf-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS4962642273.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS4962642273.mp3","summary":"Tee Higgins joins Baker Machado of Front Office Sports to discuss: • What it was like playing a full season on the franchise tag before his four year, $150 million extension with the Bengals • Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase and the Bengals 2026 playoff chances • His new Express fall campaign alongside Tinashe • College football and NIL • Debate around grass vs. Turf and 18th NFL game Chapters 00:37 Inside the Express \"Too Easy to Look Good\" campaign with Tinashe 01:16 Why tunnel fits matter in the NFL 01:31 Bengals 2026 season expectations and playoff outlook 01:54 Playing on the franchise tag before his $150M extension 02:33 Looking back on the negotiation process 03:21 What the new deals mean with Ja'Marr Chase and Joe Burrow 03:51 Advice for young players entering contract negotiations 04:18 Clemson NIL involvement and the transfer portal debate 07:31 18th NFL game and the turf versus grass debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Tee Higgins joins Baker Machado of Front Office Sports to discuss: • What it was like playing a full season on the franchise tag before his four year, $15…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":605,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-office-sports-today-4120147/episodes/a-conversation-with-bengals-star-tee-higgins-on-contract-negotiations-turf-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/a-conversation-with-bengals-star-tee-higgins-on-contract-negotiations-turf-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}