That's hard to do." Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins Crowned as Latest in Bengals RoyaltyAfter agreeing to make them the highest-paid receiver duo in NFL history, Bengals president Mike Brown had the smile of the 13-year-old who still puts a framed photo of the 1948 Cleveland Browns in a place of prominence in his Paycor Stadium library.

The Cincinnati Bengals are one of only two teams in the NFL that don't have a general manager, but it seems like they might have one now: Joe Burrow.  Sure, he's actually the quarterback, but he might as well be the Bengals' general manager because he was the catalyst for Cincinnati's two biggest moves of the 2025 offseason and those were the new deals for Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins that came on Sunday night.