08-28-2024, 10:10 AM
(08-27-2024, 11:37 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Chase shouldn't average the same money per year as Jefferson or Lamb. What you are saying is Chase should be paid 20+ million more than Jefferson and Lamb because he has 2 years left on his rookie contract while they have just one. I'm not sure why anyone would think Chase playing just 3 seasons while Jefferson/Lamb have played 4 entitles Chase to get 20+ million more. That's the logic though. Chase playing less years than Jefferson and Lamb means he is entitled to 20+ million more than those guys. Makes sense.
Like I said before if you signed Chase to the 4 year extension this year but the money doesn't kick in until season 5 like Jefferson and Lamb would you still try to justify 160 million for Chase? If you averaged that extension over 5 years like Jefferson/Lamb this would put Chase at 36.36 million per year which is much higher than both Jefferson and Lamb.
No I wouldn't try and justify it. But that situation might be what we are looking at if we wait until next year. Atleast this way we have another year to work in the way we want with yearly cap hits.
I think Chase is worth it and we can argue alot of different points but our team success didn't go up until Chase got here. I'm not suggesting it's all him but that's a nice bargaining chip for him.
