The Ja'Marr Chase Thread

[BengalsRocker]

(09-01-2021, 03:15 PM)jj22 Wrote: I agree. He seemed unbothered and jovial on the sidelines which was not reading the room very well given I'm sure he's heard the criticism. I've been hard on him, so maybe this is unrealistic but it would have been nice if he would have wanted to stay in, and work through it. Maybe he did and we don't know (and didn't see him upset he was taken out).

Chad would have thrown a fit getting pulled knowing his struggles. And he probably would have gotten some bad press. But a little of that passion is good. Especially if you are driven and know you are under a microscope with a dark cloud hanging over your head.

Usually I'm not one of these fans that gets too hyped about pre-season players' good or bad performances.

Same with coaching because it's pretty vanilla in schemes and more about evaluating players.

This Chase situation is something out of the ordinary for me.

The way it's been handled only amplified it more.

It was more like "we're pulling the 1s so Chase come out". 

Which would normally make sense.  It's not like he's going to get cut and we don't want to risk injury.

For Chase it seemed different in my opinion.  Like a "coffee is for closers" type situation.

You haven't proven anything pal.  Get your ass back out there.

I kind of understand if Taylor didn't want to take from other lower tier players play time for cut evaluations.

It still seemed very weak to me regardless.