Cincinnati Bengals: The best Ja'Marr Chase moment from his rookie season
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase had an incredible rookie season in 2021. The former LSU star took the league by storm, catching 81 passes for 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns. Chase's 1,455 yards are the most ever by a rookie wide receiver (coincidentally, Chase broke the record set in 2020 by Minnesota Vikings wide […]
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase had an incredible rookie season in 2021.
The former LSU star took the league by storm, catching 81 passes for 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Chase's 1,455 yards are the most ever by a rookie wide receiver (coincidentally, Chase broke the record set in 2020 by Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, his former teammate at LSU). It's also the most receiving yards in Bengals history, breaking the record set by Chad Johnson in 2007 (1,440 yards).
Additionally, Chase also set the record for most receiving yards in a game by a rookie (266 yards in a win against the Kansas City Chiefs in week 17).
As you can imagine, there were plenty of great moments from Chase in 2021.
But his best moment — or at least his most fun moment — came in that week 17 matchup against the Chiefs.
Kansas City cornerback Charvarius Ward defended a pass to Chase in the end zone on a first-down play and celebrated by doing the "Griddy" — a dance made popular by LSU players during their 2019 national championship run.
Two plays later, Chase got his revenge by making an impressive back-shoulder catch for the touchdown
Appropriately, Chase celebrated by doing the Griddy.
Chase has the potential to be the best wide receiver in the NFL. And his chemistry with quarterback Joe Burrow, his teammate on that 2019 team at LSU, is only going to help that potential become a reality.
The Bengals have something special with those two. If they can bolster the roster this offseason — specifically the offensive line — a return trip to the Super Bowl should be more than possible.
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