Some within the NFL may feel the Cincinnati Bengals have zero chance of figuring out contracts for wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins and defensive end Trey Hendrickson.

But others, such as Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter, believe otherwise.

Chatting with Kay Adams this week, Carter stressed that the thinks the Bengals will break precedent again in order to make it all work.

“I believe Tee Higgins, they’re going to try to bring them back to Cincinnati,” Carter said.”Cincinnati is trying to do things they’ve never done before. They don’t guarantee money in the second year. Joe Burrow’s the only player. So you have to throw away that model because you can’t sign Chase and you can’t sign Higgins without guaranteeing money into the second year. So their business model, they’re gonna have to tear it up for them to be functional because that division is not getting any easier.

The Bengals have shied away from breaking precedent on their preferred guarantees structure, with Joe Burrow the lone exception.

That will have to change with Chase and Higgins—and one has to think it will, as they’re extensions of Burrow, in a way. Doing it for them won’t necessarily mean any of the other players expect the same moving forward.

Chase will reportedly command in the $40 million per year range on his extension. Meanwhile, another report said the Bengals will do everything they can to meet Burrow’s expectations.

All of the above still seems to suggest that the Bengals will find a way to make it all work, proving Carter’s point.