Myles Garrett Mega Extension Has Major Impact on Bengals' Extension Talks With Ja'Marr Chase

The Browns are signing star edge rusher Myles Garrett to a record-breaking contract that includes $123.5 million guaranteed and $40 million per season in average annual value.

The former Defensive Player of the Year is the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. That was a title that the Bengals planned on giving Ja'Marr Chase.

"He [Chase] is going to end up being the number one paid non-quarterback in the league," Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin said last month at the NFL Combine. "We're there. Let's get it done. The earlier we can do some of this stuff, the freer it gives us to build the rest of the team. We have other needs that we want to build, and so we want to get these kind of things done early enough to where we can really focus on building out the rest of the football team, but they're all priorities to us but the ones that aren't signed, are the ones that are on the table first."

That certainly means Chase is going to want a four-year extension worth at least $40.5 million per year to beat out Garrett as the NFL's highest-paid non-quarterback.

Chase became the fifth player since the merger to win the NFL's triple crown. He led the league in receptions (127), receiving yards (1,708) and receiving touchdowns (17). He's set to make $21.8 million this season on the fifth-year option and is destined to sign an extension this offseason.