Duke Tobin Discusses Contract Extension Chances For Ja'Marr Chase, Evan McPherson

Tobin has a tougher job slicing the pie moving forward.

Cincinnati Bengals director of player personnel, Duke Tobin, speaks during the team s annual season kickoff media luncheon at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Monday, July 24, 2023. Key topics entering the 2023 season included Joe Burrow s impending contract extension, Joe Mixon s recent contract restructuring and the future stadium deal with the county. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY

CINCINNATI — Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin addressed the contract extension timelines for Ja'Marr Chase and Evan McPherson this week as both are due new contracts if they want to negotiate throughout the rest of the summer.

It makes a ton of sense for Cincinnati to get Chase extended as soon as possible.

"I don't view people as receivers. I view them as individuals, and I think there's a lot of pros to having a Ja’Marr Chase. I don't call him, ‘Receiver.’ I call him, ‘Ja’Marr Chase.’ And Ja’Marr Chase is a rare football player," Tobin said. "We'll see what we can get done. But I view them as individuals. And they all have individual traits and they've all had production levels that mirror or don't mirror some of the other contracts. We've got to kind of marry that up with what makes sense financially to still keep the rest of the team going as best we can."

Chase has earned a top-of-the-market deal and Cincinnati should throw as much money as they can at him to make sure another player like CeeDee Lamb doesn't reset the market again after Justin Jefferson.

Tobin confirmed they have had conversations with Chase's representation and he clearly wants to get something done if they can.

Meanwhile, the kicker market could also keep going up this offseason as McPherson enters the final year of his contract. Tobin gave one of his patented coy answers on that front.

"It’s a possibility that could come together," Tobin said about McPherson's extension. "It could come together as we’re talking here. It could come together next week, it could come together never. Is that a good enough timeline for you?"

More slices of pie are ready to get munched on by Cincinnati's best players.

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