03-05-2025, 06:16 PM
(03-05-2025, 06:10 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: "If they want to keep all three players, they gotta get to $40 million per year for Ja'Marr, $30 million per year for Tee and about $32-33 million for Trey," Meirov said on the Drop the Mic podcast. "They're nowhere close on all three right now."
Meirov said that the Bengals are in the $36-37 million range for Chase. Meanwhile, the Bengals tagged Higgins for $26.179 million.
Those are the two contracts that need to come together in the near future. If the Bengals can lower Higgins cap number ($26.179 million) before free agency next week, it would be ideal. The same goes for Chase, who's set to make $21.8 million this season. Finding a way to get those contracts in place before free agency would give the Bengals more cap space to work with to sign outside talent.
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If you’re that close, just get it done, before free agency. Don’t pick pepper out of fly shi*.
Draft better.
Thanks for the insight Bengalbug. That seems way high to me for Tee and his injury history. 30 mil per year? Geez, I thought 28 mil was too high.
The Ja'Marr and Trey numbers sound about right and we should at the very least just pay Ja'Marr his 40 mil per year.
Trey could fall off for all we know and has a lot of value just leading the NFL in Sacks last season. I am for a Trey trade if he doesn't like 34 mil per
year. We could get Josh Sweat for much cheaper who isn't that much of a fall off as a pass rusher and is a better run stopper than Trey pretty sure.
Lots of good Ends to be had early in this Draft.
