Bengals to ‘reward’ Ja’Marr Chase as NFL’s highest-paid non-QB, give update on Tee Higgins contract situation

The Cincinnati Bengals are poised to the pain of a lot of money this offseason with wide receptor tee Jerome, wide receptor Ja’marr Chase and Edge Rusher Trey Hendrickshon all seeking new contracts.

Higgins in 2025 Offseason’s top pending wide recipient free agentThere was a freedom-tagged last year, but it’s something to cincinnati is looking to avoid this offseason.

“I think tee higgins is a fantastic football player and I am up to my team,” Bengals Director of Player Personas leader tobin Said Tuesday at NFL scouting mix. “When I am in the case of football team, I want tee Higgins, that I am going to do that I can go to tee Higgins. Our preference with tee higgins is to make a long term consent. It always remains. We’ll work hard to get what happened.

“We want to re-sign these guys, the ability to add the ability to add a football team. It’s a tall task, we think we’re at it and [executive vice president] Katie [Blackburn] We are in a place to attack well. “

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Tobin reiterated the team’s preference to the “long-term deal” when asked about using the freedom tag again in Jerome. To pursue who brought to NFL In arrested (127), receiving yards (1,708) and receiving Touchdowns (17) in 2024, Tobin is comfortable with the fifth player with axle triple crown of the top-paid non-quarterback. That would not be to chase the contract with a major average-per-year salary than Minnesota Vikings wide recipient Justin Jefferson, former LSU teammate in four years, $ 140 million).

The 25-year-old chase is currently set to play the last year its rookie a lot in the fifth year.

“He’s going to the highest thing that No. 1-paid non-quarterback in a league. We’re there, let’s get it” Tobin said. … We’re going to reward Ja’marr. ”

Hendricksson, from 2024 first-team all-for after leading NFL with 17.5 bags, became a fifth player with each sackcloth made publicly carried out in the Metric in 1982 with the continuous time of 17 or more sacks of 17 or more sackcloth. He’s the first since JJ watt accomplished the feat in the 2014 and 2015 Seasons, and since Hendrickson is now entering the final year of his four-year, $ 60 million deal in 2025 on the heels of that performance, he’s looking to get well compensated now Yes. That is what is something that bengals look to accomplish this offseason, but both sides have ways to go into business processing.

“He’s been a great sign for us. We’ve been a great fit for him. He’s been a great fit for us. We would like to extend that. We would like to keep him, not only happy but with us on a long -Tm basis “Tobin said about Hendrickson. … “I hope you have to be acceptable to the agreement, but we are still? We are not, it is still.”