The Cincinnati Bengals are prepared to repair a lot of money this low season with the open receptor Tee Higgins, the open receiver J’Mar Chase and the Trey Hendrickson edge corridor looking for new contracts.
Higgins, the The best pending receptor agent of the low season of the low seasonIt was labeled by the franchise last year, but that is something Cincinnati is looking to avoid this low season.
“I think Tee Higgins is a fantastic soccer player, and I want him in my team,” said Personnel Director of the Bengals players, Duke Tobin. “Every time I am in charge of a football team, I want Tee Higgins, so I’m going to do what I can to get Tee Higgins. Our preference with Tee Higgins is to make an agreement in the long term. It has always been, it has always been, And it has been, and it is still.
“We want to sign these types again, reward them for their skill level and add to the football team. It is a high task, we believe we are up to it and [executive vice president] Katie [Blackburn] He has us in a position to attack him well. “
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Tobin reiterated that the team’s preference is “a long -term agreement” when asked about the use of the franchise label again in Higgins. As for Chase, who led the NFL in captures (127), received yards (1,708) and received touchdowns (17) in 2024, Tobin feels comfortable doing the fifth player from the fusion of the 1970 AFL/NFL to win The league crown received. No quarter of the best paid. That would mean giving Chase a contract with a larger average salary per year than the open receiver of the Minnesota Vikings, Justin Jefferson, his former LSU teammate who is in a four -year agreement of four years and $ 140 million (average of $ 35 million per year).
Chase, 25, is ready to play the last year of his rookie agreement in his fifth year option.
“It will end up being a quarter of number 1 in the League. We are there, let’s do it,” Tobin said. … let’s reward Ja’mar. ”
Hendrickson, an All-Pro of the first 2024 team after leading the NFL with 17.5 captures, became the fifth player since the individual bags became a metric officially tracked in 1982 with consecutive seasons of 17 or more captures. He is the first since JJ Watt achieved the feat in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, and since Hendrickson is now entering the last year of his four -year contract and $ 60 million in 2025 after that performance, he is looking to be Well compensated now, too. That is also something that the Bengals are looking to achieve this low season, but the two parts have a way to go in the negotiation process.
“It has been a great signature for us. We have been a great option for Him. It has been a great option for us. We would like to extend that. We would like to keep it, not only happy but for us in a long time. -Basses of term” Tobin said about Hendrickson. … “I wish we will reach an agreement that all are acceptable, but are we there? No, we are not there yet.”
