The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be out of answers. After dropping their seventh game of the season in a 34-27 shootout against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night Football, the Bengals sit third in their division and face a long and treacherous road to the playoffs.
Cincinnati’s ugly 4-7 record doesn’t reflect how quarterback Joe Burrow and star receiver Ja’Marr Chase have been playing some of the best football in their careers of late, as they connected for 75 yards and two touchdowns against the Chargers.
Chase, who’s currently leading the league in catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, didn’t know what to say when asked why the Bengals couldn’t close out Sunday’s game.
The Pro Bowl wideout strongly suggested the reporters should be asking coach Zac Taylor that question instead.
“I don't know. Ask Zac, ask the coaches. Don't ask me,” Chase told reporters. “That's not my job. I play football on the field. I don’t call plays for us, you know? So I can’t really do nothing.”
Ja’Marr Chase didn’t have an answer for why the Bengals can’t finish games.
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He did have a potential starting point for that question: Ask Zac Taylor.
Chase: “I play football on the field. I don’t call plays for us, you know?” pic.twitter.com/Bts17VsE2e
The Bengals aren’t dropping games for a lack of trying—Burrow nearly tied the game with a game-ending Hail Mary heave to Tee Higgins, but the ball got knocked out of Higgins's hands at the one-yard line. Seems like the motto of Cincinnati’s disappointing season so far: Coming up short.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Ja’Marr Chase Had Blunt Answer on Bengals’ Play-Calling After Loss to Chargers.
