The Cincinnati Bengals’ two star vast receivers — Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins — are each on the lookout for a profitable contract extension as the beginning of the 2024 NFL common season approaches, and it’s a state of affairs that threatens to torpedo one other season for them.
However there’s a bit of excellent information, a minimum of in regard to Chase.
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor mentioned he expects Chase to play in Week 1 in opposition to the New England Patriots.
“He’s looked great,” Taylor mentioned, by way of podcast host Mike Petraglia. “Same Ja’Marr I’m used to. Plan will be to continue to practice with him.”
Key takeaways from Zac Taylor on the lower downs:
* Selections to maintain 5 tight ends “A lot of competition… way roster fit we could keep 5 right now.”
* “There’s six guys in there that can help us.” Determination to maintain 6 inside D lineman made probably the most sense for now.
* “This… pic.twitter.com/CMKSLRpwVt— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) August 27, 2024
Chase is Cincinnati’s high weapon on offense and in a brief period of time has emerged into one of many NFL’s higher wideouts.
Final season, he had a career-high 100 receptions for 1,216 yards and 7 touchdowns, regardless that quarterback Joe Burrow performed poorly to start out the 12 months as a result of a strained calf and suffered a season-ending wrist damage in Week 11.
Chase has made the Professional Bowl in every of his three NFL seasons and at age 24 may very well be on a continued upward trajectory.
It won’t be simple for the Bengals to pay each Chase and Higgins after they gave Burrow a five-year, $275 million contract extension nearly a 12 months in the past.
However even when they will’t work out how to do this over the long run, they may very well be again in rivalry for an look within the Tremendous Bowl this 12 months.
The Bengals have gotten to the Tremendous Bowl 3 times, solely to lose on every event. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers of their first two journeys there within the Eighties, and within the 2021 season misplaced to the Los Angeles Rams in Tremendous Bowl LVI.
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