Ja'Marr Chase

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said, “My sense is the Bengals have intensified efforts in recent days to place Ja’Marr Chase among the NFL’s highest-paid receivers on an extension.”

Speaking on Sports Center, Fowler said the Bengals are hopeful they can get Chase under contract and on the practice field early this week. Chase remains the last big-name wide receiver to sign an extension after CeeDee Lamb and Brandon Aiyuk signed extensions with their respective teams last week. Chase has practiced once since the team opened training camp in July but hasn’t taken a practice snap since. If he does sign a new deal and play in Week 1, it’s possible the Bengals will limit his snaps out of caution before giving him a full complement of snaps in the coming weeks.