Bengals extend Chase (4 yrs $161mill) AND Higgins (4 yrs $115mill)

[Big Blitz]

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Big Blitz

[NickelCity]

Wow.

[Royale with Cheese]

Bengals will score 30 a game and also give up 30 a game.

[Big Blitz]

 

[gonzo1105]

Good for them getting paid. Cincinnati better hit on a lot of draft picks coming up to be able to form a team around them 

[Rigotz]

40/yr for Chase
29/yr for Higgins

50/yr for Burrow

 

A master class in paying WR instead of your premiere trench players. Ya love to see it.

[Process]

I may be in the minority (and I am not even convinced I truly believe this) but this is bad team building, IMO. An elite QB shouldn't need a $70M/year WR duo. Should have extended Chase, traded Tee, and spent the money and draft pocks on defense/ o line. 

[Low Positive]

Just now, Process said:

I may be in the minority (and I am not even convinced I truly believe this) but this is bad team building, IMO. An elite QB shouldn't need a $70M/year WR duo. Should have extended Chase, traded Tee, and spent the money and draft pocks on defense/ o line. 

Burrow demanded it. 

[Another Fan]

Wow.  I always thought they had a prior reputation as being a cheap franchise 

[Warcodered]

Feels like this team has to be extremely top heavy. Like how do you pay that many skill players of Offense top money and not have massive holes all over the team.

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[GASabresIUFan]

Apparently their cap hits are only $1 each because of 40 void years.

[Virgil]

In an unrelated note, Bengals defense ranks 33rd in new coaches poll and will only be blocking with 3 NFL players and 2 cheerleaders. 

[Low Positive]

I hate the Bengals more than any team in professional or college sports! 

[Another Fan]

5 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

I hate the Bengals more than any team in professional or college sports! 

With all due respect why?

 

They helped break the playoff drought.

 

I thought they were pretty classy about the Hamlin situation and if they didn’t beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game a few years ago….    The Chiefs would have tied the Bills Super Bowl consecutive appearance record 

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[BillMafia716ix]

Here Josh…go take Khalil Shakir and Joshua Palmer and go win the Super Bowl. 

[Big Blitz]

1 minute ago, BillMafia716ix said:

Here Josh…go take Khalil Shakir and Joshua Palmer and go win the Super Bowl. 

 

[bills6969]

That’s a lotta cheese 

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, Another Fan said:

With all due respect why?

 

They helped break the playoff drought.

 

I thought they were pretty classy about the Hamlin situation and if they didn’t beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game a few years ago….    The Chiefs would have tied the Bills Super Bowl consecutive appearance record 

I live in Cincinnati and have to live with their smug fans. Ever since they got Burrow, they have this "us against the world" attitude. I was hoping that Mike Brown's finances would finally break that up, but instead I have to listen to Duke Tobin's "get your own" crap for years to come. Remember that "get your refunds" BS? I hate Burrow's smug baby face on every billboard in town. Did you know that he's "not just your average Joe?" Because Kroger tells you that from every highway in town. I hate that every person in town walks around in ugly orange shirts with tiger stripes. 

[BillsFanForever19]

Not surprised. The Bengals are notorious for not paying anyone. So they're always massively under the cap, even with a high priced QB.

 

So if they Draft elite talent like Chase or great players like Higgins and Hendrickson and they don't want to let them leave - they don't ever have to.

 

It wouldn't shock me if they signed Hendrickson next too. 

[Warcodered]

14 minutes ago, Virgil said:

In an unrelated note, Bengals defense ranks 33rd in new coaches poll and will only be blocking with 3 NFL players and 2 cheerleaders. 

Yeah but all their weapons are great and will get wide open, as they cart a shattered Burrow off the field.