In the Cincinnati Bengals Week 2 game of the 2021 season at the Chicago Bears, Ja’Marr Chase hauled in a 42-yard touchdown with 4:39 remaining in the fourth quarter. It was the Bengals' first touchdown of the day, and that was after being shut out in the first half and Joe Burrow throwing interceptions on three consecutive passes in the fourth quarter.
After the game, Chase was adamant in saying that he wished the Bengals hadn’t waited until late in the fourth quarter to take shots down the field. Playing against a Bears defense that got torched the previous week by Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, the Bears defense held the Bengals to just 248 total yards and Burrow to just 206 passing yards.