Bengals extending Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins sends message about their talents — and also a warning about this year’s NFL Draft

The Cincinnati Bengals extended receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to mega-contracts this week .

Several NFL talent evaluators are skeptical of the ceiling and depth in this year ’s wide receiver class.

The 2025 NFL Draft is not a good time to need a game-changing receiver, they say.

“There's not that many that are definitive upgrades from Day 1 .”.

The Cincinnati Bengals signed Chase Chase and Higgins in the next five years .

Chase is coming off a receiving triple crown year with a league-high 127 catches, 1,708 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns.

Higgins amassed 911 yards and 10 touchdowns in just 12 games last season .

Chase has raced to 5,425 yards and 46 touchdowns since the Bengals drafted him fifth in 2021 .

That will need to be their teams’ goals, as the Bengals project to keep their hold on the top receiver duo into next offseason. “They have met our expectations every step of the way, even exceeded them to this point,” Taylor said of Chase and Higgins . “They know there’s more for us to accomplish as a team. A lot more wins to be had.”.