CeeDee Lamb’s New NFL Contract: Impact on Other Players

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00:00It is a very natural cause in the National Football League to look at a contract extension

00:08in one place for one individual and forecast what it might mean elsewhere around the National

00:14Football League.

00:16That's of course what we did yesterday, CeeDee Lamb signing a four-year $136 million extension

00:22with the Dallas Cowboys, $34 million per year, the second highest paid non-quarterback in

00:29the history of the NFL, and as Donny Rightside often does, his first thought when wideout

00:35X gets paid, what about wideout Y?

00:38That's Jamar Chase in Cincinnati.

00:41The difference, however, though, is Chase is entering year number four, two more years

00:46left on his rookie deal, CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson were entering the final year of

00:51their contract in 2024.

00:54But whether it's Jamar Chase, DRS, or maybe Brandon Ayuk in San Francisco, who is also

00:59entering the fifth and final year of his rookie deal, what do you think Lamb's deal means

01:05for those two wide receivers?

01:07It should mean more money.

01:08Now let's just focus on Cincinnati, and again, I think Brandon Ayuk's deal is going to get

01:12done here.

01:13It's interesting that he never got traded, even though the deals were in place, so you

01:15knew he wanted to stay a 49er.

01:17Let's set him aside for just a moment.

01:19CeeDee Lamb got paid yesterday.

01:20Look at the rest of the wide receivers who wanted to get paid this year.

01:23They all got paid.

01:24So if you are the Philadelphia Eagles, or the Miami Dolphins, or the Minnesota Vikings,

01:28you said to yourself, you players, talking about the wide receivers, we love you.

01:33You're integral parts of our offense right now and into the future.

01:36We want to pay you accordingly so you're happy, so you know you're worth it, and you're going

01:41to perform at the highest level with nothing in the back of your mind that goes, oh my

01:44goodness, I just had a game that had four catches for 42 yards.

01:48That's going to impact me in free agency.

01:50Go out there and play as hard as you can and give it your best effort.

01:52The reason I bring that up is the Cincinnati Bengals told their two young wide receivers

01:57in their prime right now, they told Tee Higgins, you're not part of our plans.

02:01We are not securing a long-term deal.

02:02I'll pay you this year.

02:04You'll get decent money, but next year, we're just going to cut you loose because you're

02:07not in our plans.

02:08That doesn't make Tee Higgins feel at this point.

02:10And then if you're Jamara Chase going, the organization telling you right now, hey, we

02:14really like you here.

02:15We're just not going to pay you, which, hear me out on this once again, Cincinnati, you

02:20wait on Jamara Chase, the price of the brick goes higher, higher, and higher every week,

02:27every month, every year, and all you do is piss off your high-end talent.

02:31What are we doing here?

02:32If Cincinnati, for me then, settled Tee Higgins on a long-term contract, settled Jamara Chase

02:37on a long-term contract, they signed Joe Burrow to a long-term deal.

02:41That's three players that every time you take the field, you have a legitimate chance to

02:45win now and in the future.

02:47It's a clown organization doing things backwards, and that's why I'm down on the Cincinnati

02:52Bengals in 2024.

02:54Any company you work for, take care of your assets.

02:57You will get better performance on the field, and also, they can tell their friends, you

03:01want to come to Cincinnati.

03:03My owner is awesome.

03:04He takes care of you.

03:05What's the next free agent going to look like or guy that gets drafted in the top 10, the

03:09Bengals go, man, hopefully in five years, I get out of here and I can get paid by somebody else.

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