Later that year, Chase, when told in an interview that his teammate Joe Burrow had named Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes the best signal-caller in the NFL, replied, "Pat who?" Days later at the Chiefs' Super Bowl LVII ring ceremony, Mahomes responded to Chase's dig with a post on X.

The Cincinnati Bengals have backed themselves into a corner this offseason after a disappointing season, with Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins needing massive contract extensions and inevitable Trey Hendrickson drama on the way, too.