ESPN.com · Dec 12, 2025
Joe Burrow sour on Bengals? Ja'Marr Chase hasn't seen a change
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CINCINNATI -- When Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase saw the clip, he didn't know whether it was real.
It was a snippet of his longtime teammate and starting quarterback Joe Burrow delivering an introspective point about how he feels about football at the moment. The quote, and sentiment, made the rounds as soon as it left Burrow's mouth: If he's not having fun playing football, then what exactly is the point?
"Did this really happen, though?" Chase asked reporters, sitting in the same seat Burrow was in 24 hours earlier, in front of the same prop mic.
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