Watch: AFC Cornerback Christian Gonzalez Names Ja'Marr Chase NFL's Best Football Player

CINCINNATI — New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez thinks Ja'Marr Chase is the best player in football after what he's displayed throughout this decade.

Gonzalez made the comments on the Frat Rules Podcast.

“Ja’Marr [is] the best football player," Gonzalez noted. "I’d say he's the best football player because of the way they use him. He's not out there just like running routes. They don’t line him up at the X and say, ‘Oh run a dig route.’ I mean, they do occasionally.

"They move him around. They give him screens, they put him in the backfield. … They use him a lot cause he is good with the ball in his hands, so they just wanna get him the ball and let him go to work. I mean, Ja’Marr Chase is big too. Ja’Marr Chase is like a running back. So like when he gets the ball in his hands, it’s like a little Derrick Henry."

The Bengals star definitely gets moved around a lot as he tries to find the weakest points of opposing defenses. The 2024 Triple-Crown winner played in the slot, the backfield, and at both positions out wide throughout a good chunk of the 2024 season.

Check out his alignments throughout the season from Pro Football Focus and the clip of Gonzalez below:

#Patriots All-Pro CB Christian Gonzalez says Ja’Marr Chase is “the best football player” in the league:

“Ja’Marr the best football player. I’d say he the best football player because the way they use him. He not out there just like running routes. They don’t line him up at the X… pic.twitter.com/y583Od0JYy
— Carlos A. Lopez (@LosTalksPats) February 17, 2025

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