Ja'Marr Chase's Contract Saga and Cincinnati's Strategy
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00:00We talked about IUC before, and how that situation is just bad for them.
00:08Now, I think Cincinnati is very different, Joe.
00:11Chase has also hung around, and he finally did actually practice the other day.
00:15And it seemed like Zack Taylor thought that was the end of it, and that he was back in
00:20the mix.
00:21But I guess Zack was wrong, because Mark Chase stopped practicing again the next day.
00:27So here is Zack Taylor saying, my bad, I guess we're not quite done with this.
00:32Did something change between yesterday when you said that you expected Jamar to practice
00:38and today him not showing up?
00:40Did I say that yesterday?
00:42I think every day is a new day.
00:44We'll keep working through it.
00:46Not going to make predictions on what tomorrow brings.
00:48At the end of the day, Jamar is a great dude, that means a lot to this team.
00:52And we'll just continue to take it day to day.
00:54When does this become a distraction?
00:56It's not.
00:57It's a one-off situation that you've got to deal with.
00:59No, it's not.
01:00Again, we'll just continue to take it day to day.
01:02Are you still expecting to play in the opener?
01:04This is all part of that plan that we've talked about.
01:06This is just the later stages of that plan.
01:08But I think it's wise for me just to say, we're going to take it day to day and see
01:12what tomorrow brings.
01:13I think I probably put my foot in my mouth speaking too quickly.
01:15And it's just, again, this is a day to day situation.
01:17We'll just keep seeing it as that.
01:19Day to day, Joe.
01:20It's a day to day situation, Joe.
01:23I've still believed all along that when they show up for real game week work on Monday
01:29to get ready for that opener, I believe they have New England in the first game.
01:33He will be at practice Monday and he'll be at practice all week.
01:37And he'll play against the Patriots.
01:40So the report is that he wants to be the highest paid wide receiver in history, right?
01:48So Justin Jefferson, by the way, his former teammate at LSU, got the $140 million VAT
01:57contract making him the highest paid.
01:59So apparently Chase and his people are saying, we don't want millions more.
02:04We want one cent more than the $140 million my guy Jefferson got.
02:10So he just wants it to be one cent more so he can be the highest paid wide receiver in
02:16the NFL.
02:17And of course, Chase is buddies with Jefferson.
02:20And it's the cheapest franchise in the history of the game that he's dealing with.
02:25So this should be fun here, Carver.
02:28It should be fun.
02:30I guess if that makes you feel better, you gotta have one more cent than he does.
02:34Egos?
02:35No.
02:36I guess.
02:37No.
02:38I guess that's how it goes sometimes, Joe.
02:40It's amazing.