Ja'Marr Chase

Bengals team president Mike Brown said, “It’s not so likely that this is the good time to negotiate” a contract extension with Ja’Marr Chase.

Brown said he’s “not going to rule anything out” but “that the die has probably been cast” regarding Chase and any possibility of an extension before the start of the season. Chase and fellow receiver Tee Higgins are both in search of long-term extensions from the Bengals. Higgins, who is set to play out this season on the franchise tag, has been seeking a new contract for the last two years and has seen little development in the way of landing one. At one point, Higgins said the two sides hadn’t discussed a deal in over a year. Chase caught a career-high 100 passes in 2023 while going for 1,216 yards and seven touchdowns. The Bengals have already picked up his fifth-year option for the 2025 season, meaning he wouldn’t be officially due for a new contract until 2026. The Bengals have historically moved slowly when it comes to securing their players for long-term deals. We’ll see if things are any different with Chase.