In so many ways, that chart — and this season for Pitcher and everyone remotely connected to the Bengals offense — symbolized what they’d been growing since the moment Chase rejoined Joe Burrow as the fifth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

The Cincinnati Bengals have been on the receiving end of massive criticism for the failure to get a contract extension done with star wideout Ja’Marr Chase this past offseason. And now a San Francisco 49es star has some thoughts about it, too.

We're 10 weeks into the NFL season, and no wide receiver has been better than Ja'Marr Chase, who is putting together the best campaign of his career to date. Chase leads the NFL with 66 receptions. He leads the NFL with 981 receiving yards.

Joe Burrow has played with Ja'Marr Chase since their college days at LSU, so he knows how to read the wide receiver. And he knows when the Cincinnati

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Ja'Marr Chase on Bengals Wide Receiver Isaiah Williams