But waiting in the locker room was perhaps the most important one: Quarterback Joe Burrow, who showed the public who really is in charge. “I think everybody was confident we’d get Ja’Marr done,” Burrow told the Bengals’ website. “But to be able to get Tee done along with that speaks volumes about ownership, Duke, Zac.”

Robert Griffin III delivered a truth bomb about the Bengals and Joe Burrow, following Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins signings.

The Cincinnati Bengals avoided the mistake of letting Tee Higgins out of the building and, while Ja'Marr Chase helped make it happen, Joe Burrow was the first to apply the pressure that put a deal into motion.