02-01-2025, 08:15 PM
(02-01-2025, 07:55 PM)samhain Wrote: I have no idea what held up the Chase deal. Mulagheta probably had a hand in stalling the Higgins negotiations.
You have no idea what held up the Chase deal? The same thing that always the reason when there's a hold-up for Bengals players deals. The Bengals FO. They wanted to give him "guaranteed" money that didn't actually become guaranteed until 2027... aka, not actually guaranteed at all if it took 4 years.
It's funny you blame Mulugheta for stalling the Higgins negotiations, but Higgins has openly said that in the '22-'23 offseason the Bengals offer never even reached $20m/yr despite that being when he was coming off back-to-back 1k seasons, so they stopped negotiating for over a year because it was such a lowball.
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