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Various rumors. I think a lot of people really reacting to the most recent report as of the time of recording that has drawn a big reaction, the Diana Rossini report, where she summarized where things are for many of the Bengals' ongoing contract negotiations. Yeah, I think that's first and foremost where you start. And whether it's Tee Higgins or Jamar Chase, I think on Saturday when she released this report, it made Bengals fans go,

made their eyebrows go up a little bit, good, bad, indifferent. Look, the Bengals are the most interesting team in the NFL. It's where they're at right now because they have the top free agent. They have arguably the best quarterback who wants them to pay the top free agent, who wants them to pay the league leader in sacks, and the best receiver in football also needs to get paid, by the way. That's a hell of a quartet of things that they're trying to figure out. And so when Rossini drops the...

the Bengals plan, pay everyone. And then she goes into detail. And let's start with T because I do think, I don't know about you, T is the first domino that has to fall because of the tag deadline on Tuesday. And they're going to use the tag on T, book it.

If they don't get a long-term deal done, but she said, quote, with the possibility of the franchise tag being placed on T, I was told the Bengals, Bengals decision makers are stressing the need to get a long-term deal done with a 26 year old. The organization has not informed Higgins's side about whether he will be tagged before Tuesday's deadline. All right. I'll inform Higgins's side, even though I think they do know. Not that I'm arguing with her report. I just think,

Everyone should know by now. The Bengals are going to tag T by that 4 p.m. deadline on Tuesday if they don't get a long-term deal done. He will not become a free agent. But...

The fact that there is at least some urgency in this report, I would say, to get something done before that tag deadline, I think that would be the best case scenario for all involved, just to get it done, not have to go the tag route, not have to extend the negotiations. Plus, getting it done before free agency, I think, is a huge, huge domino. That would be nice. Whether or not it gets done by Tuesday, I don't know.

That really isn't a huge deal for me. Might annoy T if he gets tagged. But if you get it done before free agency, it's certainly beneficial. We've talked about all of the reasons that it would make sense from T's side, from the agent's side, to force the tag to happen and then agree to an extension perhaps afterwards. Getting to the point where there's a franchise tag means you can technically talk with other teams if the teams want to put...

offers in writing and try to put the Bengals in a situation where they match or get two first round picks technically that becomes possible if your franchise tag but from the agent's perspective and we've talked about this David Malagueta is going to be out there after T signs whatever deal he signs unless he goes and makes 35 million dollars on the franchise tag and a tag and trade or something like that saying I would have done better for T

And Rocky Arsenal, who is representing these guys, wants to at least make it look like he put up a fight, right? He wants to get future clients. That's part of his angle. So I do think there's incentive for the agent. I think there's incentive for T to wait as long as possible until you know exactly what your options are and then assess.

I think that he is still motivated to remain in Cincinnati. The agent change certainly tells you that. I don't know if I even buy that the Bengals haven't told his representation whether or not they plan to use a tag. Maybe they haven't been explicit about it, but I think everyone with common sense expects it at this point. I also agree, James. I don't know if this gets done by that franchise tag deadline, which is now imminent, but I do still think that there is

some fire under their butts to get this done before free agency opens because they as well as us are aware that that franchise tag number is immovable in terms of the cap hit that puts $20 million of a cap hit and

on your books and doesn't give you that free wiggle room to negotiate around or move that money around as you will with the normal contract extension or contract agreement and have that flexibility in this year's free agency period. So I would still be surprised if it's done before the tag deadline. I'm not ruling it out. I think it's possible, but

Then it's can they get it done before free agency and that's really the important deadline here for the Bengals in terms of all that cap flexibility I think they'll still be able to operate in free agency if they do still have the tag on the books It just makes it a little bit harder a little bit more uncomfortable and there's more projection involved with figuring out where that deal may eventually fall if if they eventually do get it done and Let's be honest here from a T Higgins standpoint and you hit on this you absolutely want

to make them tag you. It's hard to, whether it's your agent or not, like you're this close to free agency. If you can get there, then you know you're going to be one of the highest paid receivers in the league and you still very well could be, but make them tag you. Make them go through that formality if it is that. Once that happens, there is no reason why the Bengals and T shouldn't have all of the

the motivation to get something done. Until then, you could argue if you're T, you're the number one free agent, make them do it, or try to get the free agency. But once that happens, why wait if you're T? Why wait if you're the Bengals? You want him, he wants you, all of the above, get it done. And so it should, let's say they tag T Tuesday because it doesn't get done. And who knows, maybe it does before then, but just get it done this week.

well, let's do the Bengals signed T Higgins to a three or four year contract extension this week, get that done and, and move forward. And that's where I think a lot of fans are. They understand that the Bengals want to keep these guys, but until you see it, it's, it's much different in their skepticism, especially because of Jesse Bates, because of the sour taste of very clearly, uh,

make creating a hole by letting DJ reader leave, even though he had the injury issues and there's age and all those things. Guess what? T Higgins is someone that you clearly want and he wants to be here. Will they get it done this week would make a ton of sense. And I really think that there is Duke. We're going to talk about Jamar in a second. Duke Tobin talked about a blueprint for Jamar. I think there's a pretty good blueprint for T.

There are teams that paid the Jalen Waddles and the Devante Smiths of the world. Guess what? Give him a bit more. Get to that $27, $28 million range, and then he's going to feel really good. If you have to get to $30, it doesn't really matter as long as he was willing to structure it a certain way. You've done this. It's not going to hurt them much if they go from $28 to $30 on an average annual value basis, and it makes T feel good because it's a three instead of a two-eight.

So they can certainly make it happen. We'll see if they do. But yeah, this is the you want to see some urgency when the tag gets done from both sides to get something done. Yeah, I think there is some incentive to get it done sooner than later, unless the the options presented to T after the franchise tag when it is legal for him to talk to other teams are very compelling and

I still think that that's trending toward resolution. I think that it will still take a little bit of time, but negotiations, as I understand it, are ongoing. I think they've been trying to get something done. They've been talking. The parallel paths Duke Tobin talked about for Jamar Chase and for T. Higgins.

are, I believe, certainly in progress. And you mentioned Jamar Chase, James. We can discuss this next because Diana Rossini's report there is that the Bengals and Jamar Chase are not close, which I don't think matters at all. And we can talk about why that might be coming up next.

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According to Diana Rossini's reporting, I think this is an embellishment. I don't think it matters. What do you think? I think that if I'm Jamar, I would ask for $45 million per year initially. And if I'm the Bengals, I would offer him $35.5 million per year, slightly more than Justin Jefferson.

Right. And so it could really easily be something like that where, you know, it's going to be between 38 and 40. And I think that's your point. And that's my point. And pretty sure that's why Duke Tobin mentioned the blueprint. It's pretty clear where they're going to end up. And to me, that's why you want to get T done, because then you can focus on Jamar. I think in a perfect world, Jake, and the world isn't perfect. Spoiler, shocker, hot take, whatever you want to say.

You have both star receivers done before free agency. I don't know how realistic that is. I think T is the one at this point that feels the most likely to get done first. But Jamar is right there behind him, and there's a blueprint. There is. Whether it's 38 or 40, that's the range, the guaranteed money. You have it. You understand it. And we've seen, whether it's Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, these top receivers after their fourth season,

They're going into that fifth year option season, sign a four-year contract extension. So the blueprint is there. And I don't think these things aren't as complicated as they may sound. It shouldn't take that long to get something done if both sides are motivated to do so. Yeah, I think this idea that they're far apart is...

probably an allusion to the number that we've seen reported over and over in the last month or so. The $40 million number, right? We've seen numerous outlets talk about Jamar Chase, $40 million. Sure. And where do you think that's coming from? I think that there is a push that is certainly not coming from the team, but

that Jamar Chase would like to see that he's the first non-quarterback in the NFL to eclipse or touch $40 million. And there will be some other deals this year that could go crazy.

Micah Parsons, Miles Garrett, edge rushers, non-receivers. And Duke Tobin has said that they're ready to make Jamar Chase the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL. So in terms of incentive to get things done sooner than later, if you're really worried about those edge markets, the edge market really going crazy, well, that's also an argument for Trey Hendrickson, which we'll talk about here in a few minutes. But it also applies to Jamar Chase with Duke Tobin

committing to making Jamar Chase the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL. So I think that when you're talking far apart, that might mean it might be in something as crazy as 35 and 45. It's probably more like, you know, maybe 41 and 37 and talking about guarantees and cash flow and where certain money falls and what money is guaranteed. And I don't really think it matters right now. I think

Honestly, while I agree that it would be certainly better than not to get this done before free agency, I don't think that their far-apart reports matter until after the draft. It would be very uncomfortable if it gets there, but I don't think it really tangibly matters. And maybe even in the summer. As long as you get Jamar Chase done and happy before training camp, this isn't a Thursday before the first regular season game situation again.

But that's far from ideal at that point. It's just, to me, not the biggest deal. Yeah, I get that. I also think knowing their history, that you want them to spend and add and then spend some more and just having Jamar done without them in the back of their mind being like, yeah, we still got to get Jamar done. Having the clarity of the financial situation. Yeah, I think that that is huge for how they will operate in free agency.

And so again, perfect world to your point. I don't think it's panic button time. I mean, I'll look it up right now as we're Jefferson extension. When did, so Justin Jefferson agreed to an extension in early June last year. So it's, it's not like it was done in March.

And so to your point, it can happen and it can be fine. And as long as it's done before training camp and you have full on Jamar Chase from the moment they report in late July for training camp, great. But it would be nice and it would be nice to have some clarity because then they could be much more, I think, aggressive players.

And who they're targeting with a clearer mind. Just because I know, you know that they'll be like, yeah, we still got to pay Jamar. Yeah, we're calling this guy, but we still got to pay Jamar. Which is crazy because they know what that contract is going to look like. Regardless, they know within a million, a million and a half dollars, what the cap impact will be, what the cash flow will be. Like they know those things, even if they're not there on the details. So it shouldn't matter. And the cap should go down. His cap should go down when that happens too.

At least a little bit, yeah. Because he's on the books right now for 21 and change for 2025 in terms of a cap hit. That's a fifth year option. They can increase his cash flow. They can get him $40 million in cash and have that cap hit go down because of the way cap accounting works. And so...

If they need that cap flexibility early in free agency, that's another reason to get it done. If they need another few million dollars in cap space in 2025 to fit in some more players that they want to bring in an unrestricted free agency, that that would be another reason to get it done for sure. But as I understand it all along, until something really goes off the rails, this is essentially a when not if situation with Jamar Chase. And that doesn't mean that the when doesn't matter.

But I think that hearing that they're far apart, if that is triggering alarm bells for you, I'm just not there yet. Personally, I think that there's plenty of time for them to close that gap and get this done comfortably. But where the when starts to matter is if Jamar is holding it again in any way, shape, or form. Don't want to deal with that at any point this offseason. No, not at all. I mean, that's a huge...

huge thing that impacted the early part of last year. Then it does matter for sure. They know it, no doubt. And so can't happen. Got to get it done. If it's June, fine. Just don't let it impact you in free agency. That's what it comes down to, really. Don't let it impact you in free agency. If you get T done, then that would be great because...

That will impact you some in free agency if you don't. If you're just tagging T and that's it, I do think that that will matter a little bit for them. So hopefully, hopefully they can get both of these done. And then obviously you have the lingering Trey Hendrickson one. But you've said this a few times, Jake, the big four. And in the back of my mind, I've always dismissed it.

Because there's a very clear gap between the big three and Mike Gesicki. And the big three is obviously T. Higgins, Jamar Chase, and Trey Hendrickson. But Joe Burrow wants Mike Gesicki. We will discuss the latest with Mike and much, much more coming up next. The road is calling.

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Better what? That's the best compliment you ever gave, Trey. All right. No, I'm just kidding. All right. Let's go with Trey. He's part of the big three. The Mike Kosicki stuff is the most recent element. So I at least wanted to tease that since apparently it is a big four. But let's get to Trey. So Trey Hendrickson, as I understand it, still actively working on that extension. That's what we were told last week. I think that that is true.

I do not think that there is a great incentive for the Bengals to trade Trey Hendrickson. I think they understand that his value would be depressed at this point because any team that acquires him would have to get an extension done. I think that we didn't mention this with T the Debo Samuel trade probably pretends that I know there are different players in different situations and all those things, but T would need a new contract too. That would probably be similar to Debo's. And I,

I think that that is not necessarily a good sign for what the Bengals will be able to get in terms of a return for T that would actually cause them to be willing to make that trade, knowing how the Bengals are when it comes to their own players. But specifically on Trey, I don't think that they want to trade Trey Hendrickson. But Duke Tobin's rhetoric that he's under contract that he mentioned multiple times last week,

is the one big difference between Trey and Jamar and T. Like, Jamar technically under contract too, but they're not messing with that again. Trey, that one year under contract, is something that they'll have to work through. That being said, Trey has agreed to the Bengals structure twice, and I think that they are comfortable working together. Trey's agent and the Cincinnati Bengals last year's blip notwithstanding, the fact that they've been able to get a deal done twice, including an extension at one point,

suggest that they should be able to come to a resolution, but I'm less certain that they will get something done there. I think that one is a little bit lower probability, but I do think things are progressing or at least they're negotiating, I guess I should say, and working towards something there. Yeah, I agree. I think Trey has zero leverage, to be quite honest. Already went with the trade route.

rescinded that thing so quickly. It was like he was running the 40 yard dash. It was so quick. And so, yeah, he deserves a raise. Yes. The Bengals agree to that. And I think they want to give him a bump in years. I would be surprised if they go past 28 ish million in base. Maybe you get him some incentives. If he's really worried about that three mark, give him some incentives that he could potentially hit. But I think it's that two year.

It's going to be a two-year extension, $28-ish million, and incentives that might get it closer to $30. If I had to predict today, that would be what I think it is. And that's educated speculation, I would say. And I'll just reiterate. Well, I agree. I'll reiterate that the Bengals should not be afraid to put that third year on there because of the way NFL contracts work.

No money is ever guaranteed outside of the first two years. So you're not worried about guarantees. The Bengals are obviously worried about dead money. Duke Tobin just told you how proud they are and how little dead money they have. And spoiler, there's more coming. There are more cuts coming. I think most of the expected cuts that we've talked about will be arriving and they might not happen until free agency, until some replacements are lined up. But again,

The Bengals have this dead money aversion, but again, we're talking in four years from now. So you've got 25, 26, 27, 28 if you do a three-year extension for Trey Hendrickson. You're worried about a little bit of a dead cap hit in 2028, and that's what's stopping you from getting the deal done if he wants a third year on the extension. He's never asked for a third year. I don't think it's that. I think they wonder if Trey will be good in 2027. 2027 is forever from now. Oh, yeah, for sure. And by the way, I don't blame him.

i think he'll be really good this year that's and then he's 31 and then he could be really good again and then he's still got a year you if you give him three you're talking about a whole another year after that that third year if you give a two-year extension that third year he might be a an eight sack guy where he's my my only point here is from a cat perspective from a cash perspective there's no concern right if they need to cut him

going into that third year if they were to do a third year on the extension that would be the same cap impact as using an extra void year that's it it would be the same cap impact like that that year is such a fake year at the back end of these sorts of deals that they should be focused on that year he may suck in 2027 is what i'm trying to say and that's probably how the bangles view it yeah i know that sounds crazy 28

But then you have to deal with the... Sure. But then he sucks in 2027. Yeah. So the reason you do two is because you get this year, probably another prime year close to it. You have 26 where maybe he's showing signs and you can make a call and then...

There you go. I think that would be their logic, just knowing them. So I don't think that they're... I would be really surprised if they gave him three. I think I would also be surprised. But from a financial perspective, there's almost no downside to doing three. Except having a highly paid player in 2027. Yeah, but they can cut him before 27 if they need to, too. Sure. Even if they have an extra year. Sure. You could, but...

Just think about how quickly Sam Hubbard kind of just hit his wall, and he's younger than Trey. So again, differences here, right? So we don't want to be drawing the comparison between Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard as a pass rush, right? That's not your intent. I would expect a gradual decline with Trey Hendrickson. Agreed. Players performing at that level for as long as he has, unless there's significant injury, you should expect to see gradual decline, not cliff coming from Trey Hendrickson. I would sign him. I'm not saying that. I just, I'm not...

I wouldn't love the idea of, oh, we have Trey Hendrickson for the next four years. Let's say May 31st. I like the idea of the next three years much better. The only point I was trying to make there is that the third year is essentially immaterial. Like two or three years. It should be essentially no difference to you if you're the Bengals. There's like a little bit of debt money difference to worry about. That's it. Yeah. And so we'll see. I do think that that has as much of a chance to be the hang up.

is any of it, whether or not it should be or not, is another story, of course. We've seen Trey agree to their structure, so hopefully guarantees aren't an issue there. But

We'll see what happens on that edge market too, right? There are a lot of good edge rushers in this draft class. There are a lot of potential edge rushers on the move in the trade market. This offseason, there's a handful of solid players in free agency as well. So a lot of moving parts there in the edge market overall. Let's get to Mike Gusecki, though. James says reports on Sunday indicate that the Bengals may try to get Gusecki done before free agency opens. And that would be a little bit of a surprise to me, James.

The way that I could see this working out is that the Bengals have realized that they would like to continue to run the Gusecki plus true 12 personnel tight end packages and are like, I don't see how we're going to get there on personnel unless we bring Gusecki back. And they've had some realization that is, oh, we actually do need to pay Mike Gusecki because otherwise we cannot do the two tight end package reliably because we

If they don't, you're talking about needing two tight ends again. And there's like four tight ends on the open market this year. It's slim picking. So that's the only way I see that happening. My understanding of what was going on with Gusecki was it could be very much like Hayden Hurst or CJ Uzama, where they get to free agency, the Bengals see what the offer is, and they're not willing to go that high. But interesting to see these reports suggesting that perhaps he's become more of a priority. What are your thoughts around that?

Yeah, I think I lean that way that they're not going to. And I have the whole time. It's not a big four. I like Mike a lot. It's not a big four. And he was really important. I also think Duke Tobin mentioned a few times as much as he likes Mike. Like, yeah, we've had some success plugging in these different guys that at tight end. And so this is a quote, though, that I'll read, because this idea we talked about T. Higgins earlier.

and why he wouldn't sign before getting tagged when he knows he's not going to get to free agency. Does this sound like a guy in Mike Gusecki? We talked to him a few days after the end of the regular season, and he said...

I came off of a career year, got franchise tag. He's talking about his last year in Miami. So I wasn't able to hit the market then. And then went to New England, wasn't utilized nearly as much as I anticipated. So then my market was super low. And he signed a one-year deal up to $3.75 million with the Bengals last offseason. He went on to say, not that the only thing on my mind is making up money, but it's definitely a motivation or it's definitely a thought process in my mind. But you have to take a lot of things into account.

praise borough during that as well loves being in cincinnati he's also thinking about his bank account as he should and so it's really hard for me to think of a scenario where he's like you know what in this weak tight end free agent class i don't even want to get there maybe maybe they they go three for 24 or something like that right to keep my kasicki around i just we haven't seen that yet

One of our combine, at least one of my combine takeaways. I mean, I think there's some good tight ends in this class. Shocker. And so if you're the Bengals, I don't know. I just I don't know if they'll be willing to to do that and give because really what you're saying is give Mike a sticky an offer that is so good that he's like, you know what? I don't need to get to free agency. I'm great.

And that's tough to do because he's like a week away from getting back. Yeah. Well, that's where a lot of deals do get done, to be fair, is in the week before free agency. Typically, I think we don't see February deals. Maybe late February you see some, and we did see some late February last week. But this is where you typically see guys resigning. If the Bengals are going to bring them back, I think you could see some lower-end deals for the Bengals this week. You could see some linebackers back, some –

fringe fringe end of the roster linebackers back potentially you could see them uh go after some of those lower lower dollar guys in the next week uh if gaseki is among them i guess i shouldn't say i would be surprised at this point because of the reports that we saw and primarily jeremy fowler like i think you mentioned or i mentioned somebody mentioned uh the source of that information um

I shouldn't be surprised because he's reported it, but I feel like I would still be a little bit surprised if that gets done. Yeah, I would too. I would too. Because even if it's a priority, if you're Mike, why wouldn't you get to free agency?

just to see you might get three for 30. that might happen you don't know yeah the other thing is i can guarantee you that tampering's going crazy right now and he has an idea of what his value is his agent 100 has an idea of what his value would be to various teams that he's talked to in indianapolis over the last week yeah that's a good point and and we have seen some deals get done there's also uh daniel jeremiah said with this free agent class

that these teams are going to try to get deals. I get that. And by the way, if you like Cincinnati and they're offering you a really good number,

Why wouldn't you stay at the same time? Like, does that $1 million... Like, you know what it was like in New England. Does that $1 million difference make sense? Like, C.J. Uzama made the wrong choice, obviously, to go to New York. Like, it was an awful decision. And they signed Tyler Conklin as well. And apparently that Conklin deal was pretty much done when Uzama made the decision to go to New York. Like, just ridiculous. He ended up getting a ring as a member of the Eagles. But those Jets days were rough, right? If you're Gusecki,

It's probably nice catching passes from Joe Burrow and having 60-plus catches, a bunch of targets, and 600-plus yards every season. If it's close, I could see that being a tiebreaker for sure if the money is within a certain reasonable range. What's reasonable? You think like a million is reasonable? I was thinking $500,000.

But maybe it goes up to a million. Maybe it has to do with state income tax, you know, depending on where the team is located. I think that that can make a difference as well. Maybe it has to do with cash flow. Maybe it has to do with guarantees, depending on what's offered. It's going to depend on demand quite a bit as well. But like you said, in a year where the free agent class is not growing,

necessarily chock full of talent and some of the higher end players that were potentially going to be available or reportedly getting close to deals with their previous team or have been franchise tagged or going to be franchise tagged it would make sense for for teams to try to get their guys back and like i said if there's this world where the bengals have realized they need a guy like mike gasecki and they can't figure out how they're going to get a guy like mike gasecki and a guy like eric all in the same offseason given what we just talked about with the tight end class that could light a fire under their butts

And we'll see. We'll see what happens there. I think the other thing the Bengals can do is they can point to what happened with those Bengals tight ends, like you said, that left the Bengals for other teams that paid them more, but were not in good situations. And you don't see the...

You don't come close to seeing the entirety of those deals, right? But understand where Mike's coming from, too. Obviously, trying to get paid for the first significant time outside of that franchise tag and potentially the last great opportunity for a payday in his NFL career. So totally understand that incentive for him as well. Yeah, it's one of the many dominoes that are going to fall one way or the other. And...

That's why you come to Locked On Bengals. It's busy time now, Jake. It's March. March Madness is here, and I'm not talking college hoops, baby. Yeah, we get like one more week of temporary sort of relative calm before what will be an absolute storm in free agency, but the calm is very relative. I mean, we're not feeling it's not going to necessarily be that kind of calm week. We've got some cuts to talk about as well, James, what we can expect from the Bengals in terms of cuts.

And we'll have to get to what we hope and think the Bengals will do in free agency as well over the next week here before that negotiating window opens. We're just about a week away. We got a franchise tag deadline.

So some expectations. And we've also got a combine that's totally done. I have thoughts on some of the players and some of the workouts of the combine as well. We'll see if we have time for that this week too. That's going to do it, though, for this episode of the Locked On Bengals podcast. Until next time, thanks for listening. Hootay, and have a good one.

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