{"id":18027,"date":"2025-03-20T03:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18027"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:24:28","slug":"bengals-troll-media-critics-who-said-team-wouldnt-pay-jamarr-chase-tee-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18027","title":{"rendered":"Bengals troll media critics who said team wouldn&#8217;t pay Ja&#8217;Marr Chase, Tee Higgins"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"main\"><main role=\"main\">&#8220;Actions speak louder.&#8221;<\/main><main role=\"main\"><\/main><main role=\"main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thecomeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-832x447.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-832x447.jpg 832w, https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-1536x827.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/Jamarr-Chase-Tee-Higgins-scaled-e1742434626239-2048x1102.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Bengals troll media critics who said team wouldn't pay Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins\" width=\"832\" height=\"447\" \/> Ja\u2019marr Chase reacts to Tee Higgins saying he plans to send his new money on an aquarium built into the wall of his home during a press conference to announce the signing of new contracts for Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Chase becomes the new highest-paid non-quarterback player in the NFL.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 decision to sign stars Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to long-term deals this week not only recharged their potent passing attack, it also gave the team plenty of ammo to troll media critics.<\/p>\n<p>Chase and Higgins met the media Tuesday at Paycor Stadium to talk about their new deals. Chase is now signed through 2029 and his $161 million deal is the highest average annual salary for a non-quarterback in NFL history. Higgins\u2019s deal, worth $115 million, runs through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Many NFL insiders and sports commentators had been saying for months that one or both deals wouldn\u2019t happen. So on Wednesday, a day after that happy media conference, the Bengals decided to share some of those receipts.<\/p>\n<p>The team posted a video on X, with a simple message (\u201cActions speak louder\u201d) and video clips of Stephen A. Smith, Mike Florio, Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharpe claiming the team either could not, or would not, sign the pair of wide receivers to extensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bengals wanted to create the impression they tried,\u201d Florio said. \u201cYou didn\u2019t try, you failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team also mixed in plenty of nasty comments from fans calling them out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actions speak louder. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meEGChNqci\">pic.twitter.com\/meEGChNqci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bengals\/status\/1902525496836931847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team had taken a lot of heat in recent weeks after franchise tagging Higgins. Former Bengals star Chad Johnson called the team\u2019s decision to tag him \u201cdisrespectful.\u201d So this chance at redemption had to feel good for everyone associated with the Bengals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"author-box\">McAfee quickly responded to the video, posting on X, \u201cBengals Social just dunked on me and a few others.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The social media team felt as good as anyone posting this video<\/p>\n<p>Great work to all involved!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ohio Divided (@BuckeyeNatty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuckeyeNatty\/status\/1902526309244211551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals trolled media critics Wednesday who said the team would not pay stars Ja&#8217;Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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