Andy Dalton believes he's the face of the Cincinnati Bengals and expects to agree to an extension before his rookie deal expires next March.

"Everything that [coach] Marvin [Lewis] has said, [offensive coordinator] Hue [Jackson] has said, and what everybody here has told me is that, and they've told everybody that," Dalton said. "So I'm confident with that. I hope to spend a lot of my career here."

Dalton is slated to make nearly $1.7 million in 2014 as he closes out a four-year, $5.2 million deal that was signed after he was drafted in the second round of the 2011 draft. 

Some believe Dalton could command $15 million per season on his next deal.

"It's a quarterback-driven league, so quarterbacks get rewarded a lot of money," Dalton said. "For a lot of these quarterbacks, if you're the quarterback of the team, you're the face of the franchise. So these teams obviously believe in their guy and they're going to pay him that way."