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Ja’Marr Chase regrets not focusing on the Bengals failed two-point play
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Ja’Marr Chase regrets not focusing on the Bengals failed two-point play

Ja’Marr Chase wanted the ball one more time.

The Bengals receiver complained that quarterback Joe Burrow wasn’t looking his way after the botched two-point conversion that all but sealed the Ravens’ 35-34 loss on “Thursday Night Football.”

Chase’s third touchdown in his 11-catch, 264-yard night had brought Cincinnati within one point before Burrow threw an incomplete pass to backup tight end Tanner Hudson on the two-point call.

“Yeah, I always feel like as a receiver you would want to get the ball, yeah, but sometimes Joe doesn’t see it, you know?” Chase said after the Bengals fell to 4-6.

Going to Chase seemed like a wise plan with the game on the line as the Ravens couldn’t stop him in the exciting AFC North showdown.

He consistently found open spots in the Ravens’ porous defense, having scored from 67, 70 and five yards out in one of the best wide receiver fantasy football performances in NFL history.

Chase’s 457 yards against the Ravens in two games this season — both wins in Baltimore — were the most against a single team in NFL history, according to Pro Football Talk.

Ja’Marr Chase’s third touchdown to make it a one-point game. AP

For the two-point conversion, the Bengals lined up Chase on the far left and the Ravens took a chance and provided only single coverage.

Baltimore rushed five in the game, while doubling tight ends in Hudson and Mike Gesicki and Chase and Andrei Iosivas on single-covers.

The Bengals’ formation on the final play. @NFLRT/X

Chase started to move outside before crossing to the middle, but Burrow seemingly never looked his way before shooting at Hudson. The high step hit Hudson’s fingertips before he fell to the ground.

Burrow explained that the play did not require the ball to go to Chase.

Chase (above right) said he was open to the play. @NFLRT/X
Tanner Hudson couldn’t get the pass together. AP

“I just kind of sailed with it,” Burrow said of his throw. “(Chase) was at the back, I couldn’t reach him. I did my first reading.”

Chase definitively said he was open to the play.

“I’m always open,” he noted.

Ja’Marr Chase produced an 11-264-3 line on Thursday. AP

The Bengals are now in a tough spot, two games under .500, and have now lost the tiebreaker to the Ravens.

Cincinnati has six games remaining against teams hoping to make the playoffs — should Dallas still be considered in the mix — including two against the division-leading Steelers.

What makes it all the more frustrating for the Bengals is that they may be wasting the stellar production of their LSU quarterback-receiver duo, as seen Thursday night.

“It’s crazy to say that,” Chase said. “I would never in a million years expect me to play this well and him to play this well and we still have a record like this.”