Chad JohnsonJa’Marr Chase Is About To Get Paaaiiiddd!!!
Revealed March 15, 2025 12:40 AM PDT
TMZSports.com
Chad Johnson says Ja’Marr Chase‘s pockets is about to be a complete lot fatter … telling TMZ Sports activities actions he’s sure Cincinnati goes to current the wideout a model new contract worth “north of” $40 million PER YEAR!!
Chase, actually, has been looking out for a redone deal from the Bengals for a while … nonetheless now that he’s formally coming into his final season sooner than free firm, Johnson tells us a fat payday is near.
Ochocinco says if the Bengals had gotten it accomplished sooner than this earlier season, they may have paid him roughly $30-$35 million a season. Nonetheless now, after he led the league in yards, catches and receiving touchdowns — he’s anticipating it’s going to be much more.
“They resolve to attend, he wins a goddamn triple crown, and now you must pay double,” he acknowledged. “Yesterday’s worth simply isn’t proper this second’s worth.”
For the Bengals’ half, they seem like resigned to giving Chase the huge decide — as director of participant personnel Duke Tobin knowledgeable media remaining month they completely anticipated making him “the No. 1 paid non-quarterback throughout the league” this 12 months.
As for Chase’s teammate, Tee Higgins, Johnson knowledgeable us he’s anticipating some additional zeroes on the youthful wideout’s paychecks rapidly — explaining he deserves a handle no “hometown reductions” from proper right here.
“I want him to get what’s truthful,” the Cincy legend acknowledged. “You don’t take hometown reductions on first contracts.”
Sadly for the Bengals, Johnson acknowledged paying the receivers probably means they’re going to ought to commerce star pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson … because of “it is perhaps unimaginable” to make the numbers work.
Cincy is shut to creating Johnson’s predictions come true — ESPN reported Friday evening the workforce is nearing provides with every Chase and Higgins — nonetheless Cincinnati brass has notoriously dragged its toes in contract negotiations … so hold tuned.
