In the hours leading up to the Cincinnati Bengals’ Week 1 loss to the New England Patriots, the team was still actively working to get a contract extension done with superstar wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.
A deal ultimately didn’t come to fruition, and we now have some details on where talks fell apart.
On his podcast, NFL Spotlight, The 33rd Team’s Ari Meirov detailed what prevented the team and Chase from committing long-term.
“They tried Friday night. They even tried on Saturday into Saturday night, and they continued into Sunday morning, actually,” said Meirov.