While the Pittsburgh Steelers are still wondering if they are landing Brandon Aiyuk, the Cincinnati Bengals are wondering where Ja’Marr Chase is. The fourth-year wide receiver evidently turned his hold-in into a holdout, not reporting to training camp yesterday. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor had little to add to the matter, not even commenting on his absence. All he offered, as he has for weeks now, is that Chase is in a “day-to-day” situation.
The Bengals have not, in fact, even acknowledged that Chase has been holding in, skirting around that verbiage. But that is exactly what Chase has done since training camp started, despite being “visible and involved” while others practiced.