Ja'Marr Chase joins top 3 in Bengals' history in single-season receiving yardage
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Cincinnati Bengals receiver Ja'Marr Chase joined elite company among top receivers throughout the franchise's history with his remarkable 266-yard, three-touchdown effort during Sunday's Week 17 34-31 win in come-from-behind fashion against the Kansas City Chiefs at Paul Brown Stadium.
Chase's 266 yards are the most in a game by a rookie in NFL history.
Chase entered Sunday with 1,163 receiving yards. After a pair of first-half touchdown receptions, he scored his third TD of the game - on a 69-yard catch and run from quarterback Joe Burrow - early in the third quarter, giving him 180 receiving yards on the day and 1,343 for the season.
Chase reached 1,429 yards for the season - third most in Bengals' history - with his 11th catch of the game, during the fourth quarter.
Only one player - Chad Johnson (1,440 in 2007, 1,432 in 2005) - has had more receiving yards in a season as a Bengal.
Chase also broke Justin Jefferson's NFL rookie record for receiving yards in a season. Jefferson had 1,400 yards in 2020. (Bill Groman had 1,473 in his rookie season for the 1960 Houston Oilers before the AFL-NFL merger.)
Chase also became just the third Bengals player - joining Carl Pickens (17 in 1995) and Tyler Eifert (13 in 2015) - with 13 receiving touchdowns in a season.
Chase scored his 11th touchdown of the season during the first quarter of Sunday's game on a 72-yard catch and run from Burrow. He added an 18-yard TD catch - his 12th - during the second quarter.
Burrow set a new Bengals' record for single-season passing yardage during the first half. He tied Andy Dalton's single-season record for passing touchdowns with his third TD pass of the game to Chase.
Social media reactions:
this how you griddy @ https://t.co/i7yHy56xc1
— Ja’MarrChase (@Real10jayy__) January 2, 2022
Ja'Marr Chase said Patrick Mahomes told him after the game: "We'll see you in the playoffs."
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 2, 2022
Ja’Marr Chase reflecting on his career-high performance against the Chiefs pic.twitter.com/6BIcVLDgIG
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 2, 2022
.@Real10jayy__ is good at football.
Watch on CBS pic.twitter.com/HipRliysTp— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) January 2, 2022
Unbelievable difference one year makes and the acquisition of Ja'Marr Chase https://t.co/cVRS65QF5J
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 2, 2022
Ja'Marr Chase... Special. https://t.co/dxXLtwNAN2
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 2, 2022
When you're out driving tonight, drive 21 mph and imagine a human being in football pads running next to you without losing ground. https://t.co/eLwyj8qn7L
— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) January 2, 2022
Combining their last season together at LSU and this season with the Bengals, Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase have 163 completions for 3,209 yards and 33 touchdowns.
That's all. #Bengals #LSU— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 3, 2022
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This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ja'Marr Chase joins Bengals' top 3 in single-season receiving yardage
