Joe Burrow SHOVES furious Ja’Marr Chase away from official as wide receiver’s attitude proves costly for Bengals in Chiefs loss
Joe Burrow shoved an irate Ja’Marr Chase away on Sunday after the wide receiver called a costly unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in a loss to the Chiefs.
With the Bengals driving into Kansas City territory in the fourth quarter, Chase caught a four-yard pass from Burrow, but he felt a penalty should have been called on the Chiefs’ Trent McDuffie for a tackle with a hip lurch.
The wide receiver then got into an argument with an official to protest the no-call, resulting in a 15-yard penalty and a heated confrontation with Burrow.
The quarterback, who also played with Chase at LSU, pushed his top target away from the referee and yelled in his face after his big mental blunder.
Chase was then spotted having a passionate conversation with head coach Zac Taylor on the sideline, with the coach attempting to calm his player down after he threw his helmet to the ground.
Joe Burrow shoved Ja’Marr Chase away from a referee after the receiver committed a costly unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
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The receiver’s penalty turned a 3rd and 7 into 3rd and 22, and the Bengals were forced to kick a field goal after Mike Gesicki returned it 10 yards on the next play.
Evan McPherson’s 53-yard pass gave the Bengals a 25-23 lead with 9:28 left, but Kansas City would ultimately win.
Harrison Butker made a 51-yard field goal just before time expired, giving the two-time reigning champions a 2-0 record for the season. The Bengals were off to an 0-2 start.
After the match referee Alex Kemp said swimming pool reporter Ben Baby that the decision to mark Chase was “pretty clear.”
Chase had a passionate conversation with Bengals coach Zac Taylor on the sideline
“It’s just insulting language towards a match official. That’s all. And there really was no interpretation. I’m not going to repeat what he said.”
When asked how a referee would decide in such a situation whether a player had overstepped the mark, he replied that Chase’s comments were more like “personally abusive language” than “grown man swearing.”
“That’s the line,” he said. “If that line is crossed, we simply cannot allow it to happen in professional football.”
As if the loss wasn’t bad enough, Chase is also likely to face a fine from the NFL.