Ja'Marr Chase confirms what Bengals fans suspected during playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals superstar wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase confirmed something on Thursday during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show that Cincy fans suspected. Chase was in Arizona on Thursday at Super Bowl LVII and he sat down with Eisen to discuss a number of topics. One of those topics, unsurprisingly, was the Bengals' loss to […]
Cincinnati Bengals superstar wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase confirmed something on Thursday during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show that Cincy fans suspected.
Chase was in Arizona on Thursday at Super Bowl LVII and he sat down with Eisen to discuss a number of topics.
One of those topics, unsurprisingly, was the Bengals' loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.
Eisen specifically asked Chase if he thought the "Burrowhead" comments gave the Chiefs motivation.
"Yeah, 100 percent," said Chase when asked about KC using "Burrowhead" as motivation. "You could see it with them coming out during warmups pumped up, ready for the Burrowhead statements. They definitely took that and rolled with it. It gave them a little juice and they rolled with it like they're supposed to."
Chase added that while he didn't use "Burrowhead" before the game, he was ready to use it after the game if the Bengals won.
The former LSU standout also mentioned that Cincinnati's mayor probably did "a little too much" with his comments about Patrick Mahomes.
I don't think there's any doubt that the trash talk gave the Chiefs some added motivation. And that was the last thing Kansas City needed.
There was nothing wrong with the Bengals feeling slighted or disrespected before the playoffs or before they played the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs. I think they play better with a chip on their shoulder.
The problem in the AFC Championship game is that Cincy was the one providing the motivation instead of reacting to it.
In the future, the Bengals need to let the trash talk come to them. There's no reason to give opponents added motivation. It's a lesson they learned the hard way.
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