Football Outsiders · Oct 25, 2021
Week 7 Recap: Ja'Marr Chase has the Whole AFC Getting Moss'd
The 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year race is over. Ja'Marr Chase won the award hands-down with his eight-catch, 201-yard, one-touchdown afternoon in the 41-17 Cincinnati Bengals rout of the Baltimore Ravens in Week 7. Anyone who disagrees sleeps in a Tedy Bruschi jersey that they have not washed since Super Bowl XLII and thinks "poise" is a quarterback stat.
But Chase should set his sights on more than just the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
Chase is on pace for 85 catches, 1,821 yards, and 14.5 touchdowns in a 17-game season. To throttle back to 16 games for the sake of historical comparison, he would be on pace for an 80-1,723-13.7 statline in a typical year from 1978 through 2020.
