Ja'Marr Chase says Joe Burrow has not missed a beat in Bengals training camp

The Bengals’ franchise quarterback finally returned to the field on Sunday with his teammates, former LSU Tiger great Joe Burrow. The gifted signal-caller made his triumphant return to practice drills after having an appendectomy more than two weeks ago. On his star quarterback’s first day back, Ja’Marr Chase said the duo’s impeccable chemistry is still there.

“It’s just funny because every pass he threw today, I was calling it out before he threw it. So, I think I still know him perfectly fine right now,” Chase said via Ben Baby of ESPN.

Both Burrow and Chase have lived up to the hype and then some in the NFL careers thus far, propelling the Bengals to their first Super Bowl appearance since 1988.

In the 2021 regular season, Burrow completed 70.4 percent of his passes for 4,611 passing yards, while tossing in 34 touchdowns and just 14 interceptions. Not only that, Burrow performed at an incredibly high level behind one of the worst offensive lines in league history. He was sacked 70 times over a span of 20 games last year – third most in league history. Luckily for the former Heisman Trophy winner, the Bengals completely revamped their offensive line heading into this season.

Chase did some historic damage of his own last year for the Cincinnati Bengals, hauling in 81 catches for 1,455 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. It was a record-setting season for the uber-talented receiver and it’s safe to say, he’s just getting warmed up. Chase is destined to be one of the greatest receivers to ever play the game.

According to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2018 cycle, Chase was ranked as the No. 7 receiver in America and the No. 49 overall prospect in the country. He played in the Under Armour All-American Game. During his prolific career for Archbishop Rummel High School (Harvey, La.), Chase hauled in 115 catches for 2,152 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns.