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Ja'Marr Chase Gives Honest Answer About Cincinnati Bengals Slow 2024 Start

Cincinnati has struggled mightily in September under Zac Taylor.

Russ Heltman

Cincinnati Bengals Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins who was inactive for the Bengals sit on the sideline as their team is defeated by the New England Patriots 16-10 at Paycor Stadium Sunday, September 8, 2024.
Cincinnati Bengals Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins who was inactive for the Bengals sit on the sideline as their team is defeated by the New England Patriots 16-10 at Paycor Stadium Sunday, September 8, 2024. / Cara Owsley / USA TODAY NETWORK
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CINCINNATI — Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase gave an interesting answer about the Bengals' slow start to the 2024 season last week.

The All-Pro talent told Sirius XM that Cincinnati wasn't ready to get into the campaign before going on a late winning streak and barely missing the playoffs.

"I want to say just locking in," Chase replied honestly about why Cincinnati slogged into the season. "I don't think we were ready to really get into the season, when we got into the season, if I'm being honest. But you know we locked in when it was time to but it wasn't early enough."

Cincinnati owns a 7-14-1 September record in the Zac Taylor era. That's something that likely needs to start flipping if they want to accomplish all three main goals each season: Win the division, win the AFC, and win the Super Bowl.

The sport is too hard to keep having to climb out of these holes.

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RUSS HELTMAN

Russ Heltman is a contributor for AllBearcats and AllBengals. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH.  Russ can be found on Twitter: @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.

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