In so many ways, that chart — and this season for Pitcher and everyone remotely connected to the Bengals offense — symbolized what they’d been growing since the moment Chase rejoined Joe Burrow as the fifth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Joe Burrow has played with Ja'Marr Chase since their college days at LSU, so he knows how to read the wide receiver. And he knows when the Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Bengals made a rather large mistake by not getting Ja’Marr Chase’s contract extension done this past summer. By not getting it done during a process in which Chase felt he was misled, the Bengals risked the asking price jumping dramatically next summer when the deal inevitably gets done.