Bengals already have NFL teams scrambling to copy them, says former OL

Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishThe Cincinnati Bengals have been a controversial topic over the last few weeks in the wake of those big contract extensions for Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.Some, including NFL coaches, have loved it. Others, as fans are surely aware of by now, question whether it was the right move.Either way, there’s an interesting angle where the Begnals end up looking amazing in the long-term if it pays off with lots of success.That’s something brought up by former NFL pro and radio guy Max Starks, who has suggested other teams are already trying to copy and/or keep up with the Bengals via this two-wideout strategy.”I thought it was a signal flare when you see Tee and Ja’Marr do what they did,” Starks said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “Hey, ‘We’ve got to get our own Twin Towers as well.’ That’s why you’re going to get D.K. Metcalf to combat that. The bigger issue is going to be, do you have enough corners to block those types of guys.”Starks went on to say that Baltimore did the same thing:”The fact they made it work let’s you know anything is possible. That’s where you see a DeAndre (Hopkins) going to Baltimore as another clear sign … It’s a positive sign for the Bengals and kind of gave a signal flare to the rest of the division, ‘You need to come up to our level.'”Maybe this is getting a little ahead of things, but it’s not totally unfounded, either. It wasn’t too long ago after Chase and Joe Burrow got started as pros that teams like those Ravens needed to revamp defensive coaching staffs and spend big assets on secondaries in response, too.The Bengals setting off a little arms race in the AFC North, then doubling down on it for the long-term in ways that some never thought would happen is certainly something interesting to consider, at least.RELATED: Bengals get county response after stadium lease saga intensifies