Cincinnati Bengals obtained the two main objectives of Joe Burrow for the next four years after agreeing to contract extensions with the Ja’mar Chase and Tee Higgins receivers, according to reports on Monday.
For Chase, his agreement makes him the best paid non-quarter in History of the NFL.
The large receiver of the Bengals of Cincinnati Ja’mar Chase, # 1, the quarterrier Joe Burrow, # 9, and the wide receiver Tee Higgins, # 5, take the ground as captains for the draw before the first quarter of the NFL week 18 match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Imagn)
The lucrative agreements ended the uncertainty surrounding the two receivers, which Burrow has long pleaded, and put the two players at the top of the remuneration scale for their respective positions.
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Renard Sports First reported the news of transactions.
A source told the Associated Press that Chase had signed an extension of a four-year contract worth $ 161 million, including $ 112 million guaranteed, putting it above Myles Garrett Previous brand of $ 40 million per year.
The agreement is not surprising after the director of players of players, Duke Tobin, told NFL Scouting combines last month that the objective was to give Chase an agreement that would establish the standard for the widths of the NFL.
Ja’Marr Chasem, # 1, and Tee Higgins, # 5, celebrate a touchdown. (Imagn)
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“He will end up being paid non-quarter n ° 1 in the league,” said Tobin at the time. “We are there. Do it. The sooner we can do some of these things, the more it gives us more free to build the rest of the team. We have other needs that we want to build, and therefore we want to do this kind of thing early for us, but those who cannot really focus on the rest of the football team, but they are all priorities for us, but those that are not signed, are the ones.
Despite the playoffs for a second consecutive season, Chase experienced a stellar performance on the field. It only became the sixth receiver of the Super Bowl era to lead the league in receptions, yards receptor and touched in a single season.
The large receptors of Cincinnati Bengals Tee Higgins, # 5, and Ja’mar Chase, # 1, celebrate a touch in a match on November 17, 2024. (Imagn)
Higgins would also have signed an extension of the four -year contract worth $ 115 million, which makes him the most paid n ° 2 receiver of all time, Fox Sports reported.
In the second round written alongside Burrow, Higgins turned out to be a reliable n ° 2.
He had 73 receptions for the 911 yards and equally in the sixth row of last season with 10 hits.
