Skipping practices as he waits for a new contract could be working for Cincinnati Bengals star Ja'Marr Chase.
Appearing on the Saturday morning SportsCenter, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler explained there is "a little bit of hope" that Chase and the Bengals could potentially get a deal done before the start of the regular season:
"The Bengals, I'm told, are trying to get this done. I'm hearing that they've tipped up their negotiations a little bit. And so they're trying to get him back on the practice field, because he's been holding in, so this has been a complicated negotiation because he's got two years left on his contract, the Bengals have a little bit of leverage there.