Bengals Secure Record Deals for Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins

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00:00How about getting paid in

00:03Cincinnati? Something that

00:04we didn't think was going

00:04to happen. How about both

00:06wide receivers, Jamar

00:07Chase and also T. Higgins

00:10record breaking contract

00:11extensions. Chase four

00:14years, one hundred and

00:15sixty one million dollars,

00:17which includes one hundred

00:17and twelve million dollars

00:19guaranteed. Higgins four

00:20years, one hundred and

00:22fifteen million dollars and

00:23guaranteed for the first

00:24two years. So now we have

00:27Joe Burrow, high paid

00:27quarterback, double wide

00:29receiver at this point.

00:30But the questions always

00:32settle in for us. Yes, we

00:33love the signings of the

00:34two wideouts. Yes, we love

00:35the quarterback being in

00:37town. No, we don't love a

00:38defense that can't stop

00:40anybody. And if there's

00:40money left over. So, Ben,

00:43we look at this deal and

00:43say, yeah, on the bet. But

00:46if we did it last year,

00:47maybe we could afford a

00:48defense in Cincinnati.

00:49The Bengals were a big

00:50time over team a season

00:51ago. That seems to be the

00:53recipe this time around.

00:54Al Golden, new defensive

00:56coordinator in Cincy, who

00:57was last year, the D.C.

00:59for a Notre Dame team that

01:00finished national runner up

01:02in collegiate football. He

01:03was probably like, so what

01:05did that Trey Hendrickson

01:05guy we traded him or we

01:06try to get him back? How

01:08about Jermaine Pratt, one

01:09of our defensive leaders as

01:12well? That is the story.

01:12DRS for the overall

01:14outlook. I'm glad the

01:15Bengals came through on

01:17their promise to at least

01:17pay two of their three guys

01:20of this young core and

01:21trio where everybody

01:24deserved to be paid. But

01:24again, we said this early

01:25in the off season. If we

01:28even take Cincinnati at

01:29that point, and for a

01:30while, that felt a little

01:32bit dicey. It does not

01:33mean we should compliment

01:34them outside of all right.

01:36You got the deal done

01:36because this could have

01:38happened a long time ago

01:39with T Higgins after the

01:40end of his rookie deal, not

01:42being tagged twice, although

01:43the extension now it could

01:44have happened last off

01:45season for Jamar Chase,

01:47resetting the market, then

01:48not having to pay catch up

01:51play catch up in terms of

01:51what he had to be paid.

01:54Justin Jefferson last off

01:54season was the highest paid

01:57non quarterback in NFL

01:58history. The Bengals had

01:58to pay a ton of headlines

02:02getting $35 million. Per

02:04year, but the Bengals then

02:05promised Jamar Chase he

02:06would be the highest paid

02:08non QB ever. Max Crosby

02:10and the Raiders outdid

02:11Justin Jefferson and

02:13Minnesota, Miles Garrett

02:14and the Browns outdid even

02:15Max Crosby at $40 million

02:18per year. The Bengals had

02:20to pay an extra $5 million

02:22per season just to be good

02:24on their word that Jamar

02:24Chase would be the highest

02:27paid non QB ever. The

02:28Bengals missed the

02:28flexibility, the foresight,

02:31not there for the Bengals,

02:32although Jamar Chase and

02:33T. Higgins happy raking in

02:35all the millions of dollars

02:36they just signed last night.

02:37Let's understand this point

02:38because here's what matters

02:39most. Look at the team last

02:42year. They had Joe Burrow,

02:43they had Jamar Chase, they

02:44had T. Higgins, they had

02:46Trey Hendrickson. They also

02:47had a record that didn't get

02:48them in the playoffs at nine

02:49and eight overall. So now

02:50what did you do this year?

02:53Record breaking extension

02:54for Higgins, record breaking

02:56extension for Trey Hendrickson.

02:57And now you're saying like,

02:58you know what? I think we

02:59might be able to sign Trey

03:00Hendrickson. Let's see if we

03:01can put it together. So all

03:02three players, massive raises,

03:04which hurts your ability to

03:05bring in other talent. And

03:07once again, this isn't the

03:08preservation mode of boy, we

03:10won a Super Bowl last year.

03:11Let's stay in this window.

03:13The window has never even

03:14opened just yet for the

03:15Cincinnati Bengals who made a

03:16Super Bowl just a few years

03:17previous on a much

03:19quarterback friendly deal

03:20because just got a rookie

03:21contract there. Same thing

03:22with the wide receivers on

03:23the team. Now you're looking

03:24at them saying, boy, I think

03:25a hill to climb is just that

03:26much harder because, again,

03:27the beating point is if all

03:29three of these were signed

03:30and last year you'd have more

03:31money in your cap to go out

03:32and get after everybody

03:33else. I know it's easy to

03:34look at the Philadelphia

03:35Eagles and say, well, they

03:36have the same wide receivers

03:37and quarterback here. A

03:38hundred million dollars

03:40cheaper by signing sooner

03:42than then later.

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