Bengаlѕ ѕound fаted to pаy up һuge on Jа'Mаrr Cһаѕe'ѕ contrаct extenѕіon

The Cincinnati Bengals couldn’t get a deal done with star wide rececieer Ja’Marr Chase before last season and will pay for it this summer.

Pay for it, meaning somewhere possibly in the neighborhood of $40 million per year.

According to Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz, the near-miss then means the Bengals pay up big now:

Ultimately, Chase chose to play and now Cincinnati is staring at the league’s first $40 million wide receiver. That’s right: Chase will command at least $40 million per season.

Luckily for the Bengals, they just got some good news with the latest reports on the surging NFL salary cap.

It will be interesting to see whether Chase and the Bengals actually agree to a $40 million APY or not, or whether this is just standard posturing during talks.

Chase will undoubtedly leapfrog Justin Jefferson to reset the market, but going so far over Jefferson’s $35 million APY would be a mild surprise.

While the big buzz continues to look at APY, the reports at the time suggested that guarantees and structure of payouts were the big issues between the Bengals and Chase last time they did this dance.

Even if the Bengals hit the $40 million mark, it remains to be seen whether they will guarantee past Year 1 and offer up the fine details to Chase’s liking.