07-22-2024, 07:05 PM
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/why-cincinnati-bengals-could-not-get-deal-done-with-tee-higgins-where-negotiations-stand-with-jamarr-chase-nfl-2024/
“We are saddled with the cap,” Brown said. “The pie is not going to grow. When you reach a point with your quarterback that you have to pay him a big contract, that takes a disproportionate piece out of the pie, which means you have less left to pay the others. Sometimes that impacts whether you can get the others signed. You can’t just pay people willy-nilly.”
“We really like Tee Higgins,” Brown added. “We would wish to sign him, but it has to be at a certain level to fit within the cap or it can’t be done.”
“I don’t want to say why, it just didn’t come together,” director of player personnel Duke Tobin said of the Higgins extension. “I don’t fault anybody on that. It’s gotta work for us, and it has to work for them, and sometimes that collides with each other, and sometimes it misses. We accept that, and he accepts that.”
“We are saddled with the cap,” Brown said. “The pie is not going to grow. When you reach a point with your quarterback that you have to pay him a big contract, that takes a disproportionate piece out of the pie, which means you have less left to pay the others. Sometimes that impacts whether you can get the others signed. You can’t just pay people willy-nilly.”
“We really like Tee Higgins,” Brown added. “We would wish to sign him, but it has to be at a certain level to fit within the cap or it can’t be done.”
“I don’t want to say why, it just didn’t come together,” director of player personnel Duke Tobin said of the Higgins extension. “I don’t fault anybody on that. It’s gotta work for us, and it has to work for them, and sometimes that collides with each other, and sometimes it misses. We accept that, and he accepts that.”
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