Ja'Marr Chase's early NFL success is no fluke ... so says Michael Irvin, who tells TMZ Sports he believes the new Bengals star is a "more talented" wideout than The Playmaker ever was.
"Ja'Marr Chase is off the chain, man," Irvin said of the Cincinnati rookie.
Michael told us out in NYC on Monday that he's been particularly impressed by Chase's ability to respond from a terrible preseason, one in which he dropped so many passes that people wondered if he'd be a 2021 bust.
"To make the switch to playing like one of the best receivers in the NFL right now, it's incredible," Irvin said.