{"id":796082,"date":"2026-03-06T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796082\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:15:25","slug":"rams-re-signing-tyler-higbee-to-2-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796082\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams re-signing Tyler Higbee to 2-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2026, 5:47 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tyler Higbee has decided to put off retirement for at least one more year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to multiple reports, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> and Higbee have agreed to a two-year extension. The deal is worth up to $8 million, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Higbee was a pending free agent and was considering retirement, but <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/03\/03\/rams-tyler-higbee-free-agency-retire-sean-mcvay\/88961426007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean McVay said this week<\/a> that if the veteran tight end wanted to continue playing, the Rams would be open to bringing him back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A fourth-round pick in 2016, Higbee has spent all 10 years of his career in Los Angeles. He\u2019s the franchise\u2019s all-time leading tight end in receiving yards with 3,949, also ranking first among tight ends in Rams history with 27 touchdown catches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Higbee just turned 33 years old and will now enter his 11th season in the NFL, making him the longest-tenured player on the Rams\u2019 roster. Last season, he caught 25 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns, missing seven games due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It&#8217;s the second straight year he&#8217;s missed time with an injury, after sitting out the first 14 games of 2024 following a torn ACL in the Rams&#8217; playoff loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" data-autotag=\"a9d615a6-a025-4346-9c29-28956ed45852\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Lions<\/a> the season prior.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772799325_637_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 5, 2026, 5:47 p.m. PT Tyler Higbee has decided to put off retirement for at least one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,95922,95923,95882,95946,96242,95892,95924,95896,95888,95895,95906,95925,96177,95883,95926,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-796082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","17":"tag-sstsnrams","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-tagdetroit-lions","21":"tag-tagespn-inc","22":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsean-mcvay","28":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-tagtyler-higbee","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116182183554054838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}