08-26-2024, 04:44 PM
(08-26-2024, 04:34 PM)Synric Wrote: In the end it does not matter because rhe league views Chase at least in the top tier so his contract will be slotted in around Lamb's and Jefferson's. There won't be much quibbling now that rhe market is set same thing happened in the Joe Burrow situation.
The difference between yesterday and today is it has now it has become urgent to get Chase's deal done. The Lamb contract proved that it's a tier with Jefferson and not just an outlier so the sooner the Bengals get this done the more they can spread out the cap percentage... if they wait and Ja'Marr has 1300+ yards next year and the salary cap jumps another 20m well we could be talking 36 or 37m. It was a similar situation for Jessie Bates he wanted a 14m extention Bengals drug their feet until the next year the cap jumped and he was like it's 16m now boys.
Why is it urgent to get Chase's deal done now? He still has 2 years remaining on his current contract and the Bengals could easily tag him twice and still be well under what Lamb was just paid with nothing guaranteed but the current season. Financially, the Bengals would be in much better shape to do that. It benefits Chase to come back to the Bengals to get an extension now along the lines of what Lamb got. If he is too greedy, he can end up screwing himself out of money.
