LANDOVER, MARYLAND - AUGUST 20: Ja'Marr Chase #1 of the Cincinnati Bengals warms up before the NFL preseason game against the Washington Football Team at FedExField on August 20, 2021 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
Bengals rookie receiver Ja’Marr Chase is under some undeserved scrutiny for a comment he said that was taken out of context about the difference between the NFL balls and NCAA footballs. Let’s get to the bottom of that quote and see what was actually said. Here’s the quote that drew so much attention:
The ball is different because it is bigger, It doesn’t have the white stripes on the side so you can’t see the ball coming from the tip point so you actually have to look for the strings on the ball at the top, which is hard to see because whole ball is brown and you have the six strings that are white.