The Minnesota Vikings continue to move toward 2024 first-round pick J.J. McCarthy starting at quarterback in 2025. Part of the Vikings’ faith in McCarthy, who missed his rookie season with a torn meniscus, is his supporting cast, including Justin Jefferson.
Jefferson, a four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro, is an avid gamer and hosts live streams of his sessions on popular social media platform Twitch.
He fittingly responded to a light-hearted recruiting attempt during a recent stream.
“Hey, chat. I can get Justin to come to the Bengals, ya’ll,” Cincinnati star Ja’Marr Chase – Jefferson’s college teammate – said during their joint Twitch live stream on March 30, drawing the relieving response from the Vikings star.
“Ya can’t,” Jefferson said without changing expressions. “They just gave Uno [Chase] the keys to the crib. I can’t have the keys to the crib too.”
The Bengals signed Chase to a four-year, $161 million contract this offseason.
That bests the four-year, $140 million pact Jefferson signed in 2024 that made him the highest-paid offensive skill player at the time in terms of total value. Jefferson still holds that title in terms of total guaranteed money, with $88.7 million to $73.9 million for Chase.