Trey Hendrickson remains with the Bengals, but another record-setting contract — for Myles Garrett — has affected the edge rusher market. With T.J. Watt and Micah Parsons in contract years, the cost of deploying an elite player on the edge is rising.

The Cincinnati Bengals have made "significant progress" on contract extensions for wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, per Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Adam Schefter of ESPN added that Chase's new deal is expected to average "somewhere in the range of $40.