Bengals Cost Themselves Cap Space With Questionable Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins Contract Structure. The Bengals could've maximized their cap space with a few simple tweaks to Chase and Higgins' contracts.

But waiting in the locker room was perhaps the most important one: Quarterback Joe Burrow, who showed the public who really is in charge. “I think everybody was confident we’d get Ja’Marr done,” Burrow told the Bengals’ website. “But to be able to get Tee done along with that speaks volumes about ownership, Duke, Zac.”

TJ Houshmandzadeh: "These dudes have earned it. When you draft a QB No. 1 and give him $55 million/year, you've to give him WRs that can get it done."