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Bengals pay Chase and Higgins (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=357506)

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Originally Posted by Red Dawg (Post 18002178)

I get paying Chase but not 40 mil per year. That's insane. Wrs don't move the needle enough. They had them both and missed the playoffs. How is paying them both different? Should have traded Higgins and got more picks for defense.

If they truly believed that Joe is HIM, they should have traded Chase and got a ****ing HAUL. Which would have gone a long way to replacing the upper tier players they’ve lost, as well as bolstering the OL to protect Joe. Why can’t he operate an offense without having a top 3 WR to throw to?

The Bengals know that Joe won’t be able to carry that team without Chase. So this is their plan. Seems that he’s not as good as quarterbacks who still compete without a stud WR1. Pat, Josh, Lamar have all seemed to do it. But those 3 teams actually have good to great defenses. Which is where part of their problem is, the other is the GM.

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 18001635)

Absolutely not. They fought hard for the cap and league parity and are the gold standard in that regard.

I asked more rhetorically than anything. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around dedicating so much cap space to so few bodies. It's almost like they are trying to be the Dodgers, but they forgot they have a hard cap to work under. Just seems odd, unless they know something nobody else does.

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Originally Posted by tatorhog (Post 18002669)

They're trying to buck the current trend. The Bills, Chiefs, and Ravens are spreading WR resources while the Bengals are consolidating.

It's a bold yet risky strategy. If it pays off, they will be way ahead of the rest of their peers. If it fails, they probably no longer have a Super Bowl window.

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Originally Posted by rfaulk34 (Post 18001784)

Huge hole at guard.
Big hole at pass rush, either LDE or DT.
Medium hole at safety.

Logan Wilson will be back this year. Jermaine Pratt is a good 2 down LB but not the 3 down LB he thought he was. They signed Oren Burks from the Eagles so they're ok at LB for this season.

There is still a chance they get one guard in FA and they're sure to draft another one early. Dax Hill and DJ Turner back in the secondary. That leaves them "ok" at CB.

I'd prefer they go safety and guard 1/2 in the draft but it wouldn't surprise me at all if they look ED to boost the pass rush. I can't see them going IDL since they drafted 2 last year and just signed Slaton from GB as a 0/1/2i tech to go with the young guys.

They could sign a guy like Scherff for 2 years and take either Booker in rd 1 or Ratledge in rd 2 and they're fine at guard for a bit, which would still allow them to get a safety in rd 2, though they'd probably have to trade up (which i don't really see).

In any event, they're not so far away that they can't fix last year...with who they get this year. There's no 2 or 3 year rebuilding plan.

Yup, that's where I'm at. Guard, Safety, DL

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 18002851)

I mean they'll be able to score, there's no denying that, but they still got to get the D right. Good luck with those two contracts plus Burrow but I'm no salary cap expert

Hey they spent money, they never do that so it's a step.

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Originally Posted by rfaulk34 (Post 18002028)

I'm not one of those 'i have a source' guys but...

I can legitimately confirm that nothing like that ever happened.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A key factor in the Ja'Marr Chase/Tee Higgins negotiations was Joe Burrow’s influence. Beyond his public comments, Burrow also applied private pressure, making it clear deals must get done for both. If Cincy failed, this could have gotten VERY interesting. <a href="https://t.co/PLJjj1E7qg">pic.twitter.com/PLJjj1E7qg</a> <a href="https://t.co/dOBTlqYZ7m">https://t.co/dOBTlqYZ7m</a></p>— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href="https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/1902170546072133866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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The hell is Joe even doing in the facility? Lol.

You’re rich, bro. It’s the offseason. Go to Ibiza and do coke off a few chicks’ asses or something.