{"id":263166,"date":"2026-09-18T00:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jamarr-chase-gets-brutally-honest-about-frustrating-bengals-opener\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T00:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:48:20","slug":"jamarr-chase-gets-brutally-honest-about-frustrating-bengals-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jamarr-chase-gets-brutally-honest-about-frustrating-bengals-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja&#8217;Marr Chase gets brutally honest about frustrating Bengals opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/jamarr_chase\/629303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ja&#8217;Marr Chase\u00a0<\/a>isn&#8217;t going to pretend he enjoyed catching only two passes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati_bengals\/33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cincinnati Bengals&#8217;<\/a> season-opening win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/tampa_bay_buccaneers\/61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>The difference is how he&#8217;s handling it. Chase admitted Wednesday that an earlier version of himself might have allowed a game like that to get into his head. This time, he went back to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Ja&#8217;Marr Chase admits he wasn&#8217;t happy<\/h2>\n<p><span>Chase was asked Wednesday in a\u00a0<\/span>news conference<span>\u00a0how a younger version of himself would&#8217;ve reacted to finishing a game with only two catches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot happy. Not happy. I wouldn&#8217;t have been happy,\u201d Chase said.<\/p>\n<p><span>He wasn&#8217;t thrilled this time, either. Chase said the Bucs took away some opportunities, while quarterback<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/joe_burrow\/609173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>\u00a0Joe Burrow\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span>simply didn&#8217;t like what he saw on some other plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Chase wasn&#8217;t interested in turning that into an issue with his quarterback.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI&#8217;m not going to kill him and be p-ssed off at him cuz he not throwing it to me,\u201d Chase said. \u201cI just want to make a play for the team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That response says plenty about where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/jamarr_chase_is_a_frontrunner_for_opoy\/s1_17793_44287480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase is at this point in his career.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>He has never been shy about wanting the football. The Bengals don&#8217;t want him to be. Chase is one of the best receivers in football, and an offense featuring him shouldn&#8217;t be satisfied when he finishes with two catches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The reaction afterward, however, was different.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/jamarr_chase_gets_brutally_honest_about_frustrating_bengals_opener\/s1_13132_44316668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja&#8217;Marr Chase\u00a0isn&#8217;t going to pretend he enjoyed catching only two passes in the Cincinnati Bengals&#8217; season-opening win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The difference is how he&#8217;s handling it. Chase admitted Wednesday that an earlier version of himself might have allowed a game like that to get into his head. 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