“Fair is what I deserve,” Chase said. “I can’t really say everything I want to say. It’s what I deserve, it’s what I’ve worked for, how hard I worked for. It’s a written story already. It should be fair change.”

A big offseason storyline for the Cincinnati Bengals is how they will handle Ja’Marr Chase’s upcoming second contract. As a first-round pick, he’s already had his fifth-year option picked up, which will pay him $21.