Ja’Marr Chase issued a public apology for spitting on Steelers security Jalen Ramsey throughout the Bengals‘ Week 11 loss to Pittsburgh. Chase, who initially denied spitting on Ramsey, will play in Cincinnati’s Thanksgiving Day recreation in opposition to the Ravens after he serverd his suspension for a Week 12 loss to the New England Patriots.
“What I did was fallacious,” Chase mentioned in a press release he posted on Instagram. “The circumstances do not matter. My ardour for the sport isn’t any excuse. There’s zero place in our sport — or life — for that degree of disrespect.”
Chase apologized “to everybody inside the Pittsburgh Steelers group.” He additionally prolonged an apology to his coaches, teammates, the Bengals’ group and his followers whereas vowing that he “will not let it occur once more.”
“I don’t take anybody who wears my jersey without any consideration,” he mentioned. “I don’t take my place as a job mannequin calmly. As somebody who strives to steer with character and authenticity, I ought to have taken rapid accountability for what occurred. I’m dedicated to incomes again your respect — not simply with phrases, however with my actions, day after day, on and off the sphere.”
Along with his suspension behind him, Chase will now resume the duty of serving to the 3-8 Bengals get again on observe, staring with Thursday night time’s street recreation in opposition to the Ravens. Serving to his trigger might be the return of Joe Burrow, who’s slated to play for the primary time since he suffered turf toe again in Week 2.
The Bengals is not going to, nonetheless, have fellow wideout Tee Higgins in opposition to the Ravens after he sustained a concussion throughout this previous Sunday’s loss to the Patriots.
