JoeyBs contract comes first

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(05-23-2023, 12:25 PM)mhbsavant Wrote: I don't know how long y'all have been Bengals fans, but they ALWAYS offer for their 1 and 2 receiver and this may be the best combo ever so we know they want both. Not sure if y'all were paying attention to the draft but Hendrickson, Mixon, and Boyd will come off the books here soon and that is more than enough to sign Tee, Higgins, and Burrow...and their replacements are already on the team!

Tyler Boyd was the first WR they've signed to a veteran deal worth $10+ mill APY who wasn't their WR1.
Every other WR2 was getting around $7 mill APY or less.

Going back to when they lost Housh to $8 mill APY to SEA...
Coles - 4 year, $28 mill ($7 mill APY)
Bryant - 4 year, $28 mill ($7 mill APY)
Owens - 1 year, $4 mill
LaFell - 2 years, $10 mill ($5 mill APY)

Back then, the salary cap was about 53% what it is now, so you could realistically say the Bengals would have spent around the equivalent of $13-14 mill today for a WR2 if going off the same salary cap percentage.

I can see Bengals willing to pay around $15-17 mill APY for Higgins with the first 1-2 years maybe in the $18-20 mill range so that the cap hit is lower when Chase's new contract hits, but I can't see them paying $20+ mill APY for Higgins, which I think he could get on the open market from a team looking to really have him be the majority target share as a true WR1.