When Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins flew to Cincinnati on Tuesday to sign their new contracts totaling nearly $300 million, they were greeted at the team facility by the Bengals’ top executives — coach Zac Taylor, director of player personnel Duke Tobin, and the team’s ownership, Mike Brown and Katie Blackburn.

Bengals Cost Themselves Cap Space With Questionable Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins Contract Structure. The Bengals could've maximized their cap space with a few simple tweaks to Chase and Higgins' contracts.

TJ Houshmandzadeh: "These dudes have earned it. When you draft a QB No. 1 and give him $55 million/year, you've to give him WRs that can get it done."