Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver Ja’Marr Chase Suspended 1 Game For Spitting On Jalen Ramsey
It looks like Ja’Marr Chase’s wallet is about to get a little lighter, and his Sunday a lot more open. The NFL has decided to slap the Bengals’ star receiver with a one-game suspension after he allegedly turned into a human sprinkler during Sunday’s game against the Steelers. The target of this supposed saliva-launching incident? None other than Steelers Cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
This all went down during the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ 34-12 drubbing of the Bengals. Video footage, the all-seeing eye of modern sports, caught a heated moment between the two stars. Ramsey, never one to back down from a scrap, ended up throwing a punch that got him tossed from the game. Chase, on the other hand, got to stick around. Why? The officials on the field apparently missed the opening act of this drama—the alleged spit.
Ja’Marr Chase vs. Jalen Ramsey: The Spit Take
After the game, Ramsey was fuming. He told reporters that the trash talk was just business as usual, but the moment Chase allegedly spat on him, all bets were off. “I don’t give a f— about football after that, respectfully,” Ramsey said.
For his part, Chase is pleading total innocence. “I ain’t ever opened my mouth to that guy,” he said following the game. “I didn’t spit on nobody.” It’s a classic case of he-said, he-spat. One guy is swearing he got hit with bodily fluids, and the other is swearing his mouth was drier than a popcorn fart.
NFL Drops the Hammer On Chase
The league, naturally, couldn’t just let this one slide. An NFL spokesman confirmed they’d be reviewing the incident, and it didn’t take them long to reach a verdict. On Monday, the news broke: Chase was suspended for one game for “unsportsmanlike conduct.”
This means that unless Chase pulls a legal rabbit out of a hat with a successful appeal, he’ll be watching Cincinnati’s Week 12 matchup against the New England Patriots from his couch. It’s a tough blow for a Bengals team already reeling from a beatdown by their division rivals. Losing your top receiver over something so avoidable, and let’s be honest, so disgusting, is just salt in the wound.
So, while Ramsey got the early shower on Sunday, it’s Chase who pays the bigger price. It’s a reminder that in the heat of battle, keeping your cool and your saliva to yourself is probably the best game plan.
