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Bengals Celebrated Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins Deals With Perfect GIFs

Bengals offense will once again be scary.

Kyle Koster

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1), quarterback Joe Burrow (9) and wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) take the field as captains for the coin toss before the first quarter of the NFL Week 18 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1), quarterback Joe Burrow (9) and wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) take the field as captains for the coin toss before the first quarter of the NFL Week 18 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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The Cincinnati Bengals are committing historic resources to a pair of wide receivers as Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins have new lucrative long-term deals. The late-Sunday night newsbreak may have been missed by some football fans who turned in early before another grueling work week, but Bengals fans are waking up to some exciting news. And the team's social media unit has mobilized to get the good vibes flowing freely, curating some GIFs of the duo and their quarterback Joe Burrow.

Throw in a clip of Cincinnati GM Duke Tobin telling other teams to go find their own receiver and it's shaping up to be the best day of the offseason.

Now, it's entirely possible that when the smoke clears and the excitement dies down there will be a realization that the Bengals, despite this incredible blessing of offensive talent, did not make the playoffs last year. And tying up this much money in wideouts plus Burrow might make it more difficult to shore up the defense in the near- and long-term. But that's a problem for a different day.

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Kyle Koster
KYLE KOSTER

Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.

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