Chase was always going to go up over $40 million per year after the team missed a chance to get him around the $35 million per-year mark last summer. Higgins could've generated around $30 million in free agency, while the tag gave him a lump sum of $26 million, so around $28 million would be an interesting compromise.

Now that the team has placed the franchise tag on wide receiver Tee Higgins, keeping him in Cincinnati for 2025, more focus can be on locking down fellow wide receiver Ja'Marr Cha

If and when the Cincinnati Bengals sign star wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to new contracts, it will reportedly cost them a significant chunk of change. During an appearance Saturday on SportsCenter (beginning at the 1:08 mark of the video),