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CeeDee Lamb’s New NFL Contract: Impact on Other Players
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8/27/2024
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It is a very natural cause in the National Football League to look at a contract extension
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in one place for one individual and forecast what it might mean elsewhere around the National
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Football League.
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That's of course what we did yesterday, CeeDee Lamb signing a four-year $136 million extension
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with the Dallas Cowboys, $34 million per year, the second highest paid non-quarterback in
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the history of the NFL, and as Donny Rightside often does, his first thought when wideout
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X gets paid, what about wideout Y?
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That's Jamar Chase in Cincinnati.
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The difference, however, though, is Chase is entering year number four, two more years
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left on his rookie deal, CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson were entering the final year of
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their contract in 2024.
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But whether it's Jamar Chase, DRS, or maybe Brandon Ayuk in San Francisco, who is also
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entering the fifth and final year of his rookie deal, what do you think Lamb's deal means
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for those two wide receivers?
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It should mean more money.
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Now let's just focus on Cincinnati, and again, I think Brandon Ayuk's deal is going to get
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done here.
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It's interesting that he never got traded, even though the deals were in place, so you
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knew he wanted to stay a 49er.
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Let's set him aside for just a moment.
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CeeDee Lamb got paid yesterday.
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Look at the rest of the wide receivers who wanted to get paid this year.
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They all got paid.
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So if you are the Philadelphia Eagles, or the Miami Dolphins, or the Minnesota Vikings,
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you said to yourself, you players, talking about the wide receivers, we love you.
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You're integral parts of our offense right now and into the future.
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We want to pay you accordingly so you're happy, so you know you're worth it, and you're going
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to perform at the highest level with nothing in the back of your mind that goes, oh my
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goodness, I just had a game that had four catches for 42 yards.
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That's going to impact me in free agency.
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Go out there and play as hard as you can and give it your best effort.
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The reason I bring that up is the Cincinnati Bengals told their two young wide receivers
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in their prime right now, they told Tee Higgins, you're not part of our plans.
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We are not securing a long-term deal.
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I'll pay you this year.
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You'll get decent money, but next year, we're just going to cut you loose because you're
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not in our plans.
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That doesn't make Tee Higgins feel at this point.
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And then if you're Jamara Chase going, the organization telling you right now, hey, we
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really like you here.
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We're just not going to pay you, which, hear me out on this once again, Cincinnati, you
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wait on Jamara Chase, the price of the brick goes higher, higher, and higher every week,
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every month, every year, and all you do is piss off your high-end talent.
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What are we doing here?
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If Cincinnati, for me then, settled Tee Higgins on a long-term contract, settled Jamara Chase
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on a long-term contract, they signed Joe Burrow to a long-term deal.
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That's three players that every time you take the field, you have a legitimate chance to
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win now and in the future.
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It's a clown organization doing things backwards, and that's why I'm down on the Cincinnati
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Bengals in 2024.
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Any company you work for, take care of your assets.
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You will get better performance on the field, and also, they can tell their friends, you
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want to come to Cincinnati.
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My owner is awesome.
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He takes care of you.
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What's the next free agent going to look like or guy that gets drafted in the top 10, the
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Bengals go, man, hopefully in five years, I get out of here and I can get paid by somebody else.
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