The decision to sign him to a multi-year deal was fairly recent.Agent Rocky Arceneaux, who represents both Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase, told Kelsey Conway of the Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday that, before the Scouting Combine,

Just a week before Chase and the Bengals agreed to the extension that is set to pay Chase $40.25 million per year, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett agreed to his own record extension with the Browns that will pay him $40 million per year.