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00:03 Are you kidding me that Brown's going to pay
00:05 both of them that kind of money?
00:07 I just don't see it.
00:08 It's going to be Chase.
00:09 And they're going to--
00:09 how are they going to deal with Higgins other than to deal him?
00:12 No, in fact, I've been on record saying
00:15 that for the whole off season.
00:16 Chase should get done by training camp.
00:17 Now, see, this is the way agents look at it.
00:21 Everyone in the agent business who's got receivers
00:23 knew that Justin Jefferson was at the top of the market.
00:25 They wanted to see where that number went.
00:27 Now he's got $35 million.
00:29 If you're Jamar Chase, that's what you're looking for.
00:31 You're looking for $35 million.
00:33 He's been an absolutely phenomenal football player.
00:35 He's a franchise building wide receiver.
00:38 Higgins is a number two, is known for months.
00:41 He's not getting the kind of deal that he wants.
00:43 Plus, he's coming off a season where he's hurt a lot.
00:45 He doesn't have a lot of leverage here.
00:47 Look, he asked for a trade.
00:48 The Bengals have made it clear they don't want to trade him.
00:50 They did draft Jermaine Burt in a third round,
00:52 a receiver out of Alabama.
00:54 But he's not going to be ready to start right now.
00:57 Listen, they want to make another playoff.
00:59 They want to make a deep playoff run.
00:59 And to do it, they want Higgins there.
01:01 And then they can let him walk and then
01:02 get a compensatory pick.
01:03 They're big on doing that, by the way.
01:05 I mentioned this last week.
01:05 They let Jesse Bates walk.
01:07 They got a compensatory pick.
01:08 This is the way this team, the organization, thinks.
01:10 Now, you talk about the cash.
01:13 They know what it's going to take to get Chase done.
01:16 It wasn't a secret.
01:17 It's just a little bit more than they probably thought.
01:19 Now they have the numbers.
01:20 Now they can get that deal done.
01:22 And good for the Vikings and Jefferson's representatives
01:28 of WMA to get this deal done.
01:29 This was not an easy deal to get done.
01:31 Because again, it took over a year.
01:33 That's how tough this deal took to get done.
01:36 But it got done.
01:37 And now you know what it looks like, $35 million a year.
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