Joe Burrow Praises Eagles' Salary Cap Spending amid Push for Chase, Higgins Contracts

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow praised the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles' handling of the salary cap amid his ongoing drive to keep some of his contract-seeking teammates aboard, including wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

"The Eagles are paying everybody," Burrow said on the Pardon My Take podcast (h/t ESPN's Ben Baby). "That seems like the way. Whatever they're doing."

The Eagles locked up an offensive core of quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, guard Landon Dickerson and tackle Jordan Mailata through 2028, per Spotrac. Brown's deal is through 2029.

Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, Chase is entering the final year of his rookie deal, and Higgins is an impending free agent. Trey Hendrickson, the NFL's 2024 sack leader, is entering the final season of his deal. And tight end Mike Gesicki, who excelled on a one-year deal in town (65 catches, 665 yards), is a free agent too.

Burrow said on FS1's Breakfast Ball (h/t Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic) on Feb. 6 that he would be willing to restructure his deal to give Cincinnati more cap space to get something done.

"I do. I do," Burrow said when asked if he had confidence in the front office to keep a core together.

"We have the cap space to get it done. I want to make it happen. Everybody involved: Trey, Tee, Ja'Marr, Mike G, we all want to stay together. When you have guys that are motivated like that, I think you can get those things done."

Burrow has been taken care of with a five-year, $275 million contract set to kick in next year. Now he's hoping his team can take a page out of the Eagles' book to get something done.