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This thread went pretty silent, but it's official now that the Bengals (surprisingly) signed both Chase & Higgins.

Details & numbers on both deals:

Chase: 4 years, $161 million w/ $112 guaranteed, making him the highest paid non-QB in NFL history, which was previously held by Myles Garrett for about a week.

Higgins: 4 years, $115 million, after being franchise tagged for the second year in a row, there was optimism that Higgins would look elsewhere for a huge payday, definitely glad Cincinnati was able to keep him. In terms of WR2, he is by far the highest paid now.

With these signings alongside Mike Gesicki, very doubtful now that they can re-sign Hendrickson, just don't see how they could now that you've invested close to $300 million in those 3 players. From what I've seen & read, the trade market for Hendrickson hasn't been what they thought it would be apparently, or non that have moved the needle. If there is any hope of re-signing him, I'd say he will be demanding close to $30 million a year. I'd love to see it happen to keep this core together, but if not, hopefully a good enough trade package comes along that may return us some solid players and several draft picks.