The Cincinnati Bengals are making sure their premiere wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase stays a Bengal.
Ja’Marr Chase gets his fifth-year option exercised which will pay him $21.8 million in 2025. Chase, coming off his first 100 reception season, comes into 2024 knowing he will be part of the Bengals plan in 2025 and possibly beyond. The Bengals are making sure Joe Burrow will have his college teammate and Pro Bowl receiver for years to come.
Chase has made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons with the Bengals, including an NFL All-Pro season in 2021, when he was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He will look to continue his dominance at the position where he currently has 268 receptions, 3,717 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns. Ja’Marr Chase has cemented himself as a top 5 wide receiver in the NFL and you can click with confidence when drafting the star wide receiver in the first round of fantasy drafts.
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Cincinnati Bengals head coach announced that wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is out for Week 16’s divisional matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has been ruled OUT for Week 16 with a shoulder injury. Chase left the game vs. Minnesota with the injury after recording 4 catches for 64 yards.
Many analysts advised drafting Chase over consensus PPR WR1 based on ADP value, and while that may have turned out to be the case based on seasonal points, it won’t help in the fantasy playoffs.
Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd should see more action in Chase’s absence.
