The Insane Ja’Marr Chase Stats Are Piling Up
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Tired: If the Cincinnati Bengals weren’t 4-6, Joe Burrow would be the league MVP.
Wired: If the Cincinnati Bengals weren’t 4-6, Ja’Marr Chase would be the league MVP.
It’s hard to believe that Chase entered 2024 as the No. 45 player in the NFL Top 100. Think about that for a few moments. He was ranked as the 10th-best wide receiver in the NFL, behind, like, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Deebo Samuel, and Puka Nacua. Heck, Davante Adams was ahead of him, and last Sunday Chase (264 yards) out-gained Adams’ totals as both a Raider (209 yards in three games) and Jet (206 yards in four games).
Chase is making the NFL look like dummies for sleeping on him, as he now sits atop the NFL leaderboard in catches (66), receiving yards (981), and touchdowns (10). And while Garrett Wilson trails Chase by one catch, the other two categories aren’t even close now. Justin Jefferson is 150 yards back of Chase, while the Bengals’ star has a three-touchdown lead on George Kittle and St. Brown.
Yeah, this is all insane. And then, of course, there are his two insane games against the Baltimore Ravens, which are simply on another level.
Ja'Marr Chase now has 238 yards receiving and 2 TDs 😱 @Real10jayy__ pic.twitter.com/oN0Ha90IT3
— NFL (@NFL) November 8, 2024
Chase had two receiving touchdowns of 60-plus yards in the same game, a feat that has only happened 33 times in the Super Bowl Era. The only one to do it twice? Come on, you know the answer to this. Chase duplicated his feat from January 2, 2022, when he caught 72- and 69-yard touchdowns against the Kansas City Chiefs.
But when re-watching these long touchdowns, you simply have to marvel at Chase’s ability to rack up yards after the catch. Having a Burrow find him is a big help, but look how much work Chase does to find space when surrounded by Ravens.
JA'MARR CHASE 67-YARD TD!#CINvsBAL on Prime Video
Also streaming on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/WSWDdsiGZP— NFL (@NFL) November 8, 2024
This should come as zero surprise to any Bengals fan, of course, because Chase has been doing this for the entire season… and career. Next Gen Stats credits him as leading the NFL in both YAC this season (462) and his YAC on his 39 career TDs totals 629. Among all players since 2021, that’s almost 250 more than second-place Samuel (384).
But looping back to something we glossed over a bit: Chase is currently the leader in each of the Receiver Triple Crown categories. That almost never happens. In the Super Bowl Era, it’s only been done five times — Lance Alworth in 1966, Jerry Rice in 1990, Sterling Sharpe in 1992, Steve Smith in 2005, and Cooper Kupp in 2021.
Absent from that list, of course, is Tyreek Hill, CeeDee Lamb, Jefferson, A.J. Brown, Mike Evans, St. Brown, Samuel, Nacua, or Adams. Just sayin’!
Heck, Chase nearly has the Receiver Triple Crown through 55 career games. He’s eighth in receptions (334), fourth in yards (4,698), and fifth in touchdowns (39). The only player who bests Chase in all three categories is Odell Beckham, Jr., and the only other player to be ahead of him in multiple categories is Jefferson (receptions, yards).
The chances of Chase surpassing top quarterbacks on top teams like Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, or Patrick Mahomes for MVP consideration aren’t realistic. Wide receivers don’t win MVP — Burrow (deservedly) is on the board for betting favorites, but Chase (undeservedly) is nowhere to be found. But as an AP Offensive Player of the Year candidate? Chase needs to be in that conversation because 2024 is quickly becoming the Year of Ja’Marr Chase.
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