{"id":14511,"date":"2025-02-18T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=14511"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:42:59","slug":"report-bengals-to-pursue-new-contracts-for-tee-higgins-trey-hendrickson-and-jamarr-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=14511","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bengals to Pursue New Contracts For Tee Higgins, Trey Hendrickson, And Ja&#8217;Marr Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-mm-id=\"_fdhzp482l\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_7320,h_4117,x_0,y_586\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01jmcd582p1n3t516264.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) prepare to warm up before the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_90lky2yd2\"><strong>CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0Jeremy Fowler dropped\u00a0more breadcrumbs this week about the Bengals&#8217; plans for its trio of\u00a0stars in Tee Higgins, Ja&#8217;Marr Chase, and Trey Hendrickson.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_06nvdgty1\">Sources tell him the team wants to sign all three\u00a0to\u00a0new deals and keep them\u00a0for the long term.\u00a0Our James Rapien reported on Tuesday that the Bengals\u00a0plan to franchise tag Tee Higgins\u00a0and want to sign him to a new deal.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_eaqj8g1l0\">&#8220;The team will attempt to secure a trio of stars who need new deals &#8212; wide receivers\u00a0Ja&#8217;Marr Chase\u00a0and\u00a0Tee Higgins\u00a0and defensive end\u00a0Trey Hendrickson\u00a0&#8212; for the long term,&#8221;\u00a0Fowler wrote. &#8220;Whether Cincinnati can pull it off remains uncertain, but the team&#8217;s messaging behind the scenes is that it&#8217;s\u00a0certainly\u00a0going to try.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_bpptvof21\">&#8220;That starts with Higgins, who\u00a0is set\u00a0to hit free agency\u00a0March 12.\u00a0One team source says they believe the Bengals will use the franchise tag on Higgins if no long-term deal is reached by the March 4 tag deadline &#8216;in order to have time to get a deal done. Can&#8217;t let him walk.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_7fnz21fg8\">It makes sense to get Higgins done first to lift the tighter salary cap restrictions a franchise tag brings on NFL teams and then deal out new contracts for a deserving Hendrickson and Chase. The latter is entering the offseason set to play on the fifth-year option, while Hendrickson is wildly underpaid compared to his top edge-rushing peers (set to make $16 million this coming season) and is entering the final year of his deal\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_3ickl5r79\">The messaging is there, now\u00a0we await pens hitting paper to ink these deals.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_1n92n369k\">For more on the Bengals,\u00a0subscribe to our YouTube Channel\u00a0and watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bengals Must PAY OR TRADE Trey Hendrickson This Offseason: What SHOULD They DO?\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/istKpG5ulsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crucial financial offseason ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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