Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is making a habit of blaming head coach Zac Taylor after tough losses. The former Rookie of the Year made it clear he doesn’t believe he’s the one who deserves the blame after the Bengals’ loss to the Chargers in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Chase didn’t literally throw Taylor under the bus after the loss, but he certainly did so figuratively.

“How do I do it? I don’t know, ask Zac. Ask the coaches. Don’t ask me, it’s not my job,” Chase said after Cincinnati’s 34-27 win. “I play football on the field. I don’t call plays for us, you know? So I can’t really do anything.”

He was then asked a follow-up question about whether he thinks the late losses are related to play calling, and Chase responded with “I don’t know.”

The Bengals are now 1-6 on the year in games decided by seven points or less and have been left with a bad taste in their mouths from back-to-back games after losing by one to the Baltimore Ravens before the seven-point loss in Los Angeles. .

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The loss to the Chargers can be summed up with the mantra of too little, too late, as Cincinnati trailed 27-6 in the fourth quarter before storming back and making things very interesting.

When it comes to Chase sounding (incredibly) frustrated with his head coach, it’s become somewhat of a norm.

Ja’Marr Chase has had enough of head coach Zac Taylor. Cara Owsley / USA TODAY NETWORK

After the Bengals’ surreal loss to the New England Patriots in Week 1, Chase was asked if that week’s game plan was affected by his limited practice time. The wideout deferred the question to head coach Zac Taylor.

“I don’t know,” he said. “You’ll have to ask Zac, I don’t know.”

There’s certainly nothing wrong with Chase holding his head coach accountable, but taking a little accountability would likely go a long way toward establishing a fan base that is increasingly convinced that Taylor may have lost the locker room.

It’s also worth pointing out that Chase is looking for a new contract that the Bengals’ front office seems reluctant to hand over to him to sign.