It became pretty clear during training camp that Ja’Marr Chase wasn’t very happy with how contact negotiations were going with the Cincinnati Bengals and one reason for that is because the receiver feels that the team misled him.
According to ESPN.com , the three-time Pro Bowler felt misled because the Bengals approached him about a contract extension multiple times during the offseason, but didn’t end up giving him one. Chase, who completed the third-year of his rookie contract in 2023, never asked the team for an extension during the offseason. Instead, it was the Bengals who broached the subject and they did it twice. According to ESPN, the team first brought it up at Chase’s exit interview in January following the end of the 2023 season. The team then mentioned it again in February at the NFL combine.
Chase spoke with the media on Sept. 6 — two days before Cincinnati’s first game — and during that interview, he definitely seemed frustrated with the fact that a deal didn’t get done.