Ja’Marr Chase had a superlative rookie season for the Cincinnati Bengals last year, recording 81 catches for 1455 yards and 13 touchdowns, earning Pro Bowl, All-Pro, and Offensive Rookie of the Year recognition in the process. It was one of the all-time great rookie performances by a wide receiver in NFL history, and he’s looking for the appropriate encore.
It starts with challenging his former teammate, the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, who upped his stat line from 88-1400-7 to 108-1616-10 from his first to his second season last year. “Now that I know, I’m making it a competition”, he told Jay Morrison of The Athletic, about a friendly rivalry with his former college teammate.