Chad Johnson congratulates Ja’Marr Chase on record-breaking day

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It’s been a rookie season for the ages for Ja’Marr Chase. On Sunday, the Bengals rookie made history — surpassing the Cincinnati record for receiving yards in a season.

The man Chase surpassed was none other than Bengals legend Chad Johnson. After the special moment, Johnson took to Twitter to congratulate the Bengals star.

“Congrats young boul,” tweeted Johnson, mentioning Chase on Twitter.

It didn’t take Chase much time to surpass Johnson’s record, as he did so on the team’s first drive of the game.

“Didn’t take long: Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase has just surpassed Chad Ochocinco for the most receiving yards in a single season in Bengals history,” tweeted ESPN’s Field Yates, after the moment. “1,455 yards for the unstoppable rookie.”

Chase hopes to be a fixture in Cincinnati for the foreseeable future. If he can have the longevity Johnson had during his career, perhaps more of his receiving records are in doubt.

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Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase are turning heads throughout the football world. In their first season reunited as teammates, the duo has taken the NFL world by storm.

Many believed their immense chemistry from LSU would carry over to Cincinnati, but nobody could’ve thought Burrow and Chase would have this much success so early. On SiriusXM NFL Radio, Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre praised the young Bengals stars.

“A guy like Joe Burrow is certainly in a different class,” stated Favre. “He’s basically picking up where he left off his last year at LSU. So is [Ja’Marr] Chase.

“That being said, very impressive against an extremely good football team in Kansas City. One that they needed to beat. Kansas City jumps out and looks great. I’m thinking this is over before it even started. But Joe — he got on a hot streak. The rest was history.”

As you can see, Favre is extraordinarily impressed with Burrow and Chase. While the Bengals locked up the AFC North last Sunday, Favre wondered if Cincinnati even expected to turn things around so quick.

“That’s why they drafted Joe. Because of what he did at LSU. They expected the same thing,” stated Favre. “They’ll probably say — the front office will say we expected this right away. But the fact that this happened as quickly as it has – and really the collapse of the rest of the division – has got to be somewhat of a surprise to even the AFC North faithful. I didn’t see it coming.

“But I saw success coming for Joe. I felt like he and Chase would have a good rapport in the pro game. Much like they did in the college game.”