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Ja'Marr Chase on Bengals' Matchup With Steelers, Mindset Moving Forward
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11/27/2024
Ja'Marr Chase on Bengals' Matchup With Steelers, Mindset Moving Forward
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00:00
During the bye, do you like really kind of tone it down or do you stay after it, you know, cardiovascularly and strength-wise?
00:08
And have you changed anything this year that you've done in the past or is it pretty much the same?
00:13
I didn't really – I just relaxed this whole bye week, spent time with my family.
00:18
I had Thanksgiving on Thursday last week, so that was pretty much all I did.
00:22
And I got the same routine. I don't really try to change nothing I do.
00:28
Did you have any of the Louisiana food that you always talk about?
00:31
Yeah. Moms and cousins and auntie threw down for me.
00:35
What did you have?
00:38
Bell peppers, stuffing, sweet potatoes, macaroni, pasta, spinach, roast beef.
00:49
So you already had it. You're not having it tomorrow?
00:51
Oh, no. I'm getting some food sent here to me. Yeah. I need that.
00:55
Joe said that the – you know, the best thing you all can do at this point is kind of focus on every day,
00:59
small picture and not really worry about the big picture, knowing kind of where it looks.
01:03
Do you kind of maintain that same philosophy?
01:05
Like, we can't at this point, we just got to focus on the small stuff and just hope we can put ourselves in positions we never were in?
01:11
Yeah. At the end of the day, we just got to control the things that we can control.
01:13
And, you know, that's trying to finish the game and win a game.
01:17
But we got to take that one play at a time.
01:19
And we know it's always come down to one play in every single game that we've lost a season.
01:23
So that's what it's going to come down to.
01:24
Have you had to take on more of a bigger leadership role than you maybe anticipated?
01:30
I mean, I know, like, you said your leadership style is more like how do we play, not some big talker,
01:35
robber out guy, given kind of how the season's gone and the level that you're playing at.
01:40
Like, have you had to elevate your leadership?
01:44
Not really. You know, I might say a few things.
01:48
The most I say is just really getting the guys lined up in the right spot, for real,
01:51
kind of since we do a lot of moving.
01:53
But I don't really, you know, I try not to do nothing that I don't normally do, you know.
01:58
The Pittsburgh secondary seems to be pretty solid, one of the best in the league.
02:02
What makes them so good this year?
02:05
They up front killing it right now.
02:08
They secondary pretty smooth, too, but, you know, they up front is really the biggest key right now.
02:12
And they got good linebacks, too, that's moving around.
02:15
They don't give up the big one, right?
02:17
Big play, you mean?
02:18
Yeah.
02:19
Not too many big plays.
02:20
You know, a lot of the interceptions was pretty much thrown to them, too.
02:24
Does that change how you approach things, knowing how they are up front
02:28
when you go against a team like that?
02:30
Not really.
02:32
I mean, a little bit, yeah.
02:35
You know what I'm saying?
02:36
At the same time, I got to beat the D's and D tackles from trying to make a play,
02:42
so I got to speed my route up.
02:43
But at the same time, I still got to try to be in sync with Joe, you know.
02:46
You mentioned a picture of DB rivals from the league.
02:49
Where does Minkah stack up to that?
02:52
How much do you enjoy that?
02:53
Minkah not even ranked on, like, my most hated list.
02:56
I don't got a problem with Minkah.
02:57
He just caught me at a heated moment that one year, you know.
03:01
Are you willing to share your most hated list?
03:03
No.
03:05
Of course not.
03:06
We're not doing that one.
03:08
Are any of us on the schedule coming up?
03:11
No comment.
03:13
Is this one of the best tackling secondaries that you play against?
03:20
I don't really see them like that, no.
03:23
You know what I'm saying?
03:24
I don't really see them like that.
03:25
I feel like L.A. did a real good job on tackling.
03:29
They're linebackers and stuff.
03:31
Not really a secondary, but, you know, they're linebackers.
03:33
Do you enjoy the beefs?
03:35
Do I enjoy what?
03:36
The beefs.
03:37
The beef?
03:38
Yeah.
03:39
Why?
03:40
It's fun.
03:41
I love the thrill.
03:42
I love the excitement that comes with it.
03:44
The trash talking.
03:46
You know, everybody's not really down for that, you know.
03:48
Do you like the ones that talk back?
03:52
Sometimes.
03:53
Sometimes.
03:54
Sometimes I ignore it.
03:55
Sometimes I'm ready for it.
03:56
Is there, like, a game-respect-game aspect of it, too, at some point?
04:00
Maybe not now, but at some point.
04:01
Maybe in the back of your mind, is there just, like,
04:02
even if you all hate each other,
04:04
there's a lot of respect for the way y'all go about things or no?
04:06
Do you allow that?
04:09
That's probably – what's the guy's name, player in Tennessee?
04:14
That's probably why we got most beef.
04:17
But I don't, you know, I'm not going to keep going.
04:20
But I think that's why, like, that's why the beef is like that, though.
04:24
Because there's so much respect.
04:25
Right.
04:26
I think that's why, yeah.
04:27
Samar, how many in a row do you think you guys have to rattle off here
04:30
to really get back in it?
04:33
I don't know, man.
04:34
I've never been in this spot.
04:35
I don't really know if it's in our hands, if other teams got one.
04:40
Like, I don't really know how that works, for real.
04:43
But, you know, we just got to worry about one game at a time right now
04:47
and just focus on, you know, when we get those one-play opportunities,
04:50
that's what's going to change the game.
04:52
Obviously you closed in big numbers this season personally,
04:54
but how hard has this season been
04:56
since you've never been a part of something like this
04:58
with so many games coming down at the end?
05:02
I mean, it's adversity.
05:03
You know what I'm saying?
05:04
I mean, you've been through it.
05:05
I've been through a lot since I got here.
05:08
You know what I'm saying?
05:09
There's just another part of adversity we face
05:11
and we just got to get through it, learn from it.
05:14
And, you know, it's just going to get us greater in the end.
05:17
Is there anything that you do differently
05:20
when you're playing in a really cold weather game
05:23
to make sure that your hands stay warm?
05:27
Besides a hand warmer, I put on some warm skin.
05:30
I try not to put too much on because Joe's going to scream at me.
05:34
Warm skin?
05:35
It's like cream or like lotion we put on to keep us warm.
05:39
Joe screams at you why?
05:40
Because he gets on the ball?
05:42
Yeah, get on the ball.
05:43
You said Joe does what?
05:44
I just said he screams at you why.
05:45
He screamed at me in college for doing it.
05:47
Maybe he told me he's not throwing me the ball
05:49
unless I take it off.
05:51
How many times are you warm?
05:56
Anytime it was mad cold.
05:58
Anytime it's cold, like mad, mad cold.
06:00
Like KC?
06:01
Yeah.
06:03
The Buffalo game, that was the only game I didn't wear it for some reason.
06:07
When it was snowing, I didn't wear that game.
06:09
But usually I do put it on.
06:11
When was the last time you were warm?
06:13
We've been having no cold games lately.
06:14
Right.
06:15
So, I mean, I'm thinking the coldest game you were playing,
06:17
was that in the weight room?
06:20
KC?
06:21
Yeah, run the ball, let's get out of here.
06:24
Run the ball, let's get out of here, man.
06:27
What was the game at LSU?
06:28
Do you all remember?
06:30
Ole Miss game at Ole Miss.
06:33
So you threw it to him since you were warm?
06:35
Oh, he threw it to me.
06:36
I took it off, that's why.
06:37
Wait, so what did he say?
06:39
We got in the huddle.
06:40
Well, I think this was like, I don't even think the game started.
06:43
And I was walking like towards going on the field,
06:48
and I think I bumped him or like he must have seen me like shiny, shiny.
06:52
And like he touched me and was like, what's that?
06:54
I was like, that's some stuff.
06:55
He's like, bro, take it off.
06:56
I was like, what?
06:57
He's like, bro, I'm not throwing you the ball if you got it on.
06:59
I was like, okay.
07:00
I just took it off right there.
07:01
So, it was cool.
07:03
Define cold.
07:04
How cold does it have to be before you put something like that on?
07:07
If I can see my breath when I'm breathing.
07:09
Why didn't you wear your buckle?
07:11
Well, I don't know, man.
07:12
I was just, I think I was excited that it was snowing.
07:14
So I think I just wanted to feel the snow.
07:16
I don't know.
07:17
The first time you ever saw the famous picture of you and Minka, did you laugh?
07:21
Yeah.
07:22
Yeah.
07:23
I was going to use it, but it's not the right time to use it yet, you know.
07:30
When are you going to use it?
07:31
I'm going to post it one day.
07:33
Why not?
07:34
Yeah, make her laugh and stuff like that, you know.
07:36
It's just memories, man.
07:37
Do you have it up anywhere?
07:38
No, no, no.
07:39
I don't have it like on my poster or nothing like that.
07:41
No.
07:42
How did you come up with the idea to like wipe the football as your touchdown celebration?
07:47
Steve Smith.
07:50
One of them, if you know, you know, Steve Smith celebrations, you know.
07:53
Was it worth it?
07:54
Was it fun?
07:56
I didn't get fined.
07:57
Who said that?
07:59
Thank God I didn't get fined because it would have been in my –
08:02
you all realize I was gone the whole week and I didn't have no paper in my locker, right?
08:05
We didn't know.
08:06
Okay.
08:07
I just want to make sure.
08:08
I just want to make sure.
08:09
Because I don't want no more fines.
08:10
Can you pay for it, though?
08:12
We're not paying.
08:13
Oh, okay.
08:14
All right.
08:15
Well, I'm pretty sure you can.
08:17
With Thanksgiving tomorrow, when you sit back and think this year,
08:20
what are you thankful for?
08:26
I'm thankful to be alive every day.
08:30
I'm thankful to have my friends and family around.
08:34
I'm just thankful to just, you know, be in a position I'm in right now.
08:38
When you reflect back on the bye week to your performance for 11 games,
08:42
I mean, you were crowned guy at the 11-week mark.
08:46
Are you satisfied?
08:47
Or do you still feel like there was meat on the bone?
08:49
What's your feeling?
08:51
That's a lot more to achieve right now.
08:54
There's a lot more I can still go for.
08:56
But, you know, I'm just playing as I go, making plays as I go.
09:02
I'm just trying to be a playmaker for the guys.
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