Tag: Ja’Marr Chase

Ja’Marr Chase contract extension projection is massive number for Bengals

Experts have outlined what a Ja’Marr Chase contract extension might cost the Bengals.

What might a contract extension for Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase look like this offseason?

Other than resetting the wideout market, of course?

For Spotrac’s Michael Ginnitti, the contract projects to come in at four years and $120 million with a $30 million-per-year average, with $70 million effectively guaranteed:

Injuries to himself & to QB Joe Burrow over the past two seasons have limited Chase’s ability to reach his max ceiling. Cincinnati likely pays a king’s ransom to see that happen within their offense soon. The 24-year-old has 2 years, $26.6M left on his rookie deal through 2025, so there’s not an immediate rush to get something done here, but it’s certainly worth discussing. Spotrac projects a $70M guarantee over the next 3 seasons, including back to back $20M bonuses to keep cap hits at bay while this contending team continues to get more and more expensive across the board.

At face value, that looks like something the Bengals should be willing to rush to sign, should Chase and his reps be willing to accept. By Spotrac’s own projections, that’s in line with what CeeDee Lamb will get in Dallas and actually under what Justin Jefferson will get in Minnesota.

Of course, Chase has been very open about the fact he wants to wait to do an extension until Jefferson and others have signed their own, which will need to happen sooner.

As such, Chase is bound to reset the market and be the highest-paid receiver in football by pretty much every metric. But these projections, at least, provide a baseline — and further explain why an extension with Tee Higgins is so tricky.

As with Joe Burrow before him, even an extension signed this offseason wouldn’t kick in on the cap space until after the 2025 fifth-year option, though for the Bengals, sooner is probably better for peace of mind and a full understanding of what they’re working with on the balance sheet.

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Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase helping another LSU QB-WR duo before draft

Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase are helping other LSU stars before the NFL draft.

The Cincinnati Bengals have a famous LSU duo in quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and they still haven’t lost their connection to the school after winning a national championship together in 2019.

With the NFL draft coming up and another talented LSU duo who will almost definitely be off the board by the time the Bengals choose at pick No. 18, the two former Tigers are helping Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers out according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.

Burrow and Chase have both given the young Tigers the advice to just be who they are as they talk to NFL teams looking to draft them.

“The process, at the end of the day, is just the game of football,” Nabers said. “All that stuff is going to happen. Don’t worry about the cameras and stuff. Just do what I know and play football.”

Nabers also said he tries to model his game after Chase, who was the No. 5 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Even though Burrow and Chase will be playing against Daniels and Nabers someday, they are all still loyal to their LSU ties.

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Look: Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase meet with LeBron James after Lakers vs. Suns

Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase met with LeBron.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and wideout Ja’Marr Chase were a few of the team’s players attending Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.

Before the game, Burrow and Co. met up with the likes of Devin Booker.

And after? The quarterback-wideout duo made even bigger waves by exchanging on-court words with LeBron James.

Social media went wild trying to pull off some lip-reading to see what was said, though conventional wisdom says LeBron asked Chase if the Fruity Pebbles cleats he sent the star receiver fit well — Chase wore them during a primetime game last season.

Here’s some media of the duo at the game and the postgame interaction, courtesy of All Bengals’ James Rapien:

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Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Bengals show up at Lakers vs. Suns

Bengals stars showed up at the Suns game.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been making the rounds over the weekend.

Burrow first popped up at a Fanatics Collectibles’ Topps Hobby Rip Night and went viral for his interactions with fans and names like Kevin Durant.

He followed that up by brushing shoulders with more of the NBA space by showing up courtside at a Phoenix Suns game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

There, alongside Ja’Marr Chase and Bengals teammates, he chatted with Devin Booker and others (using his left hand for greetings, of course).

Here’s a quick look at some of these interactions that — as expected — went viral pretty quickly on social media platforms:

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Bengals learn franchise tag, fifth-year option cap hits for key names

Here’s what it will officially cost the Bengals to use franchise tags and fifth-year options.

The Cincinnati Bengals wound up as big winners on Friday after the NFL announced the massive spike to the salary cap for the 2024 season.

That reveal means the Bengals get more free cap space to use than projected by quite a bit.

And alongside the announcement, the NFL also cemented specific numbers, such as the cost of a franchise tag for each positional group.

Of note, two official numbers for the Bengals, should they decide to use a tag on Tee Higgins or Jonah Williams:

  • WR: $21.8 million
  • OL: $20.9 million

Also of note for the Bengals, fifth-year option numbers, meaning Ja’Marr Chase:

  • WR: $21.8 million

Tender numbers for restricted free agents are also set:

Given the important key offseason dates, it won’t be long before the Bengals make decisions when it comes to tags and similar matters. As of now, Higgins getting the tag seems a given, barring a long-term contract extension, with Chase’s fifth-year option a given, too.

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Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase name-dropped by Chiefs CB after Super Bowl

L’Jarius Sneed had some comments for Ja’Marr Chase after the Super Bowl.

In early January, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase fired a shot at the Kansas City Chiefs with the funny “anybody but the Chiefs” response to who he wanted to see win the Super Bowl.

Unfortunately for Chase, the Chiefs ended up winning it all again and at least one of his direct on-field rivals made sure to bring him up in the aftermath.

Appearing on the “Up & Adams” show with Kay Adams, cornerback L’Jarius Sneed highlighted Chase as the wideout he dislikes the most.

“He don’t like the Chiefs, period,” Sneed said. “Me and him get very chippy. He got a mouth on him.”

Chase hasn’t been shy about messing around with the media, fans and opponents when there’s a microphone around, so it’s not a surprise to see he’s come up in conversations like this — especially around one of the best new rivalries in the NFL.

As for Sneed, he’s a pending free agent, so we’ll see if Chase lines up against him next year (potentially in the NFL season opener) in this rivalry again.

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Ja’Marr Chase crowns his top 5 WRs during Super Bowl week

Here’s Ja’Marr Chase’s top five.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase was one of the team’s players making the rounds during Super Bowl week ahead of the collision between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.

One of the usual talking points when star players make the circuit is their peers.

And asked about the top five wideouts in the NFL on CBS, Chase came up with the following list:

1. Tyreek Hill
2. Justin Jefferson
3. Davante Adams
4. Mike Evans
5. Ja’Marr Chase

Always fun to hear these takes from current players, Chase’s list is pretty ironclad without many complaints fans would be able to raise.

Granted, that won’t stop analysis of it anyway, especially with names like Keenan Allen and Stefon Diggs missing the cut, to name a few.

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Bengals WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins on why the Bears should trade the No. 1 NFL Draft pick

Chicago has the No. 1 NFL Draft pick for 2024, but should they keep or trade it?

While the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs were preparing to face off in the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas, For The Win caught up with Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. And we covered a wide variety of topics with the two stars.

After Chase made a light pitch for Higgins to stay with the Bengals in free agency, the pair discussed Cincinnati’s coaching staff, how they strategize against defensive backs and sell moves to fake them out, rookie running back Chase Brown’s development and more.

The pair also shared their thoughts on the most unfairly hated NFL quarterback, and they agreed it was Tampa Bay Buccaneers passer Baker Mayfield.

“He had a lot of haters the past two seasons, and he came out this year and did his thing, so I would definitely say Baker,” Higgins said.

“That was it right there,” Chase said in agreement.

They also agreed that the Chicago Bears should trade away the 2024 No. 1 NFL Draft pick and try to build a team around quarterback Justin Fields.

“Justin Fields — he’s a really good quarterback,” Higgins said. “Not saying they would go quarterback with the first pick, but I think they could trade it away and get more picks and go about it that way.”

“That’s probably smart too,” Chase agreed.

“I feel like they should build around him,” Higgins said.

“Yeah, give him some weapons,” Chase added.

Here’s our full interview with Chase and Higgins:

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Ja’Marr Chase drops telling quote about his future with the Bengals

Ja’Marr Chase said a lot in quite a few words recently.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is eligible for an extension this offseason, but he’s yet to come across as overly concerned or thinking about it.

Case in point, Chase and Tee Higgins appeared on Kay Adams’ show during Super Bowl week and the topic of the future came up.

Chase had an almost throwaway line that said quite a lot: “I don’t plan on leaving Joe and all of that is going to take care of itself.”

While Chase has openly said that he wants to wait on others such as Justin Jefferson to reset the market first, both team and player have made intentions about the future clear.

In a funny side note, Chase actually tried to call Joe Burrow during the interview and while he picked up, the star quarterback quickly said hello and left his receivers to it.

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Every NFL team’s receiving leader from the 2023 regular season

Each team’s leader in receiving yards from 2023

Look, we know the Carolina Panthers had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year—particularly on offense. But fair is fair, and we already gave you passing and rushing leaders.

So, let’s finish it out and run through each team’s leader in receiving yards from the 2023 regular season.