"Inching closer" to getting the JaMarr Chase deal done

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(03-15-2025, 11:52 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It would be great to get them both signed.

That said, they'll be paying massively more to wr room than any team. There's going to be a premium on drafting performers at other positions. Just an absolute premium.

A great one once said, there is nothing to fear, but fear itself.

I see fans trashing the team for spending money (because they either do not agree with on who or those who insist the Bengals are cheap).

If Bengals sign Chase to this huge contract fans will still claim Bengals are cheap when in reality, it will be the second time in afew years they have given a player the most in the NFL at the time (Burrow most in the entire league) and then Chase most for a non QB.

I don't think they are cheap. I think they were before the CBA determined the minimum and maximum they could spend each year.

Bengals need to play by te same rules other teams are using to circumvent the cap. Team like the Ravens look like they have no cap every year, then add void years and other methods to push the cap to later years. The good news is Bengals have not done it a lot so they can do it a lt more to create cap space. 

Bengals could create antother 40 to 50 million easily if they choose, so te argument we dont have the money (don't need bonus money) is simply not true. Void years push cap down the road 2, 3, 4 or 5 years if they choose making it easy to sign FA's. Bengals just have chosen not to do so. Maybe they knew this day would come with Trey, Jamar and Tee and were saving it for now. 

Hopefully the Bengals are very creative assigning cap space for these guys for 2025. If so, the team can still sign the guards and even a 10 milllion a year one year rental on a great pass rusher.