Chase not Practicing

[Nicomo Cosca]

(08-15-2024, 09:20 AM)Nepa Wrote: The Bengals took a risk when they gave Ja'Marr Chase a nearly $20 million dollar signing bonus and nearly 20 million guaranteed and $30 million overall contract, before he ever played a game at the NFL level. There were a other first-round signings where the Bengals got very little for their signings. John Ross, David Pollock, Ki-Jana Carter, to name a few.

Sure, it would be nice if the two sides came to an equitable agreement on a new contract. But this hold-in by Chase with two years to go on his contract is a bad look imho and something I never expected of Chase. (If anyone could be complaining about needing a new contract it would be Patrick Mahomes and there is zero complaint from him.)

Pretty sure all rookie contracts and signing bonuses are predetermined under the current CBA these days. I don’t think the team did anything with Ja’Marr’s deal that they didn’t have to.

And Mahomes literally just restructured his deal last season.