Asked about Ja’Marr Chase performance vs AZ, DK Metcalf noted how effortless the long TD catch looked

“He’s just a great receiver. Tip my hat off to him with what he’s done the first 3 years in the league. It’ll be fun to watch Sunday but I think Spoon will get the best of him.”

— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) October 11, 2023

The SEA secondary has faced Puka Nakua & Tutu Atwell who BOTH went for 10 catches & 120+ YDS, but wait it gets better…

Josh Reynolds & Khalid Raymond in W2

DJ Chark & Terrance Marshall in W3

Darius Slayton & Isaiah Hodgins in W4

oh, and they’ve allowed 100+ yds from the slot…

— BThangs (@bengalsthangs) October 12, 2023

(10-12-2023, 09:09 AM)pally Wrote:

Asked about Ja’Marr Chase performance vs AZ, DK Metcalf noted how effortless the long TD catch looked

“He’s just a great receiver. Tip my hat off to him with what he’s done the first 3 years in the league. It’ll be fun to watch Sunday but I think Spoon will get the best of him.”

— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) October 11, 2023

The SEA secondary has faced Puka Nakua & Tutu Atwell who BOTH went for 10 catches & 120+ YDS, but wait it gets better…

Josh Reynolds & Khalid Raymond in W2

DJ Chark & Terrance Marshall in W3

Darius Slayton & Isaiah Hodgins in W4

oh, and they’ve allowed 100+ yds from the slot…

— BThangs (@bengalsthangs) October 12, 2023

Not sure this qualifies as trash talk . He is defending his guy. What is he supposed to say? “Chase is gonna eat him up.”

This is a guy trying to build up his teammates confidence, unless I am missing something.

(10-12-2023, 09:25 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: Not sure this qualifies as trash talk . He is defending his guy.  What is he supposed to say?  “Chase is gonna eat him up.”

This is a guy trying to build up his teammates confidence, unless I am missing something.

I think you don't name-drop specific teammates.  He could have stopped after saying Chase was great...or simply added that he had confidence in their defense

I tend to agree with 'Bug, not much in the realm of trash talk.

(10-12-2023, 09:30 AM)pally Wrote: I think you don't name-drop specific teammates.  He could have stopped after saying Chase was great...or simply added that he had confidence in their defense

Devon Witherspoon is a rookie, with a huge test coming up. Gotta build up that confidence. He has started moving inside and outside and is really playing pretty well. I imagine the plan, based on DK, is for Witherspoon to match up on chase as much as possible.

Anyway, if namedropping Witherspoon is trash talking by DK, it’s likely negated with his praise as well “ He’s just a great receiver. Tip my hat off to him with what he’s done the first 3 years in the league.”

Dude needs to put his pacifier in his mouth and hush up.

About to get smacked on Sunday.

(10-12-2023, 09:41 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Dude needs to put his pacifier in his mouth and hush up.

About to get smacked on Sunday.

^#trashtalk

Tuna in a can

(10-12-2023, 09:25 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: Not sure this qualifies as trash talk . He is defending his guy.  What is he supposed to say?  “Chase is gonna eat him up.”

This is a guy trying to build up his teammates confidence, unless I am missing something.

Agreed, if this is trash talk I dont know where ive been last 50 yrs
and hes right "Spoon" is a beast...should be fun to watch

If this is trash talk then everyone on this board should have their first amendment rights revoked and thrown in prison. All he said was "I think Spoon will get the best of him." Lol

(10-12-2023, 10:30 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: If this is trash talk then everyone on this board should have their first amendment rights revoked and thrown in prison. All he said was "I think Spoon will get the best of him." Lol

Right on. He didn't trash talk.

(10-12-2023, 10:25 AM)kalibengal Wrote: Agreed, if this is trash talk I dont know where ive been last 50 yrs
and hes right "Spoon" is a beast...should be fun to watch

To be fair, this probably IS trash talk to all the snowflakes out there who can't handle anything but nice words and soft voices. 

Now when Chase gives your secondary 100 and 2 touchdowns you better buy them an apology gift

Witherspoon was a great prospect in the draft. He and Gonzalez were probably my favorite out of the group.
Witherspoon has been playing well already to start his career, but he gets to go against a Top 5 WR in Chase.
I do think there will be some give and take.
Chase will get a few good catches I think, but I don't think it will be dominance the entire game.

Not trash talk at all lol

More like class talk from DK here.

Spoon is a good player, but he is a rookie, we will see if he can handle Chase Sunday, doubt it honestly.

Ja'Marr noticed the comment...he retweeted it

Weak for some trash talk! But athletes will hold onto anything so hopefully this gives the wideouts a boost.

(10-12-2023, 01:41 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Not trash talk at all lol

More like class talk from DK here.

Spoon is a good player, but he is a rookie, we will see if he can handle Chase Sunday, doubt it honestly.

I know it happens a lot in the NFL, but I always find it kind of funny when a player like DK speaks for someone like Spoon on a topic like this. I'm sure that publicly Spoon would say the exact same thing.

But I wonder if internally he's perhaps a bit unhappy that they are giving Chase even more motivational fuel to play his behind off this week. 

No way after this Chase gets handled by a rookie 

(10-12-2023, 04:14 PM)chrisball96 Wrote: I know it happens a lot in the NFL, but I always find it kind of funny when a player like DK speaks for someone like Spoon on a topic like this. I'm sure that publicly Spoon would say the exact same thing.

But I wonder if internally he's perhaps a bit unhappy that they are giving Chase even more motivational fuel to play his behind off this week. 

No way after this Chase gets handled by a rookie 

Completely agree, better just give Chase as much praise as possible and not say anything else. Chase will use anything, even this
as Pally just said he retweeted it. Put some pressure on Spoon here is all DK did. The only Corner I think that can say anything in 
the league right now is probably Denzel Ward and he doesn't talk. Wish he did.

Like I said… earlier and chase just said now.

“He ain’t doing nothing but praising his teammate,” Chase said, via Kelsey Conway of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “That’s what he’s supposed to do. At the end of the day, it’s about game-time reps and game-time decisions. He’s gonna get the opportunity to get his matchup and we’ll see who wins that matchup.”