Ja’Marr Chase apologized for spitting at Steelers defensive again Jalen Ramsey through the Bengals’ Nov. 16 loss in Pittsburgh, although he by no means talked about Ramsey by identify within the prolonged assertion.
Chase penned the prolonged apology letter and posted it to his social media Monday, the day after he served his one-game suspension for the incident.
He apologized to “my workforce, followers, the Bengals group, the Steelers group, and the NFL group” in a publish to his Instagram.
“Please know I’m talking from my coronary heart after I say I take full accountability for my actions throughout final Sunday’s sport at Pittsburgh,” Chase began off the message. “What I did was fallacious. The circumstances don’t matter. My ardour for the sport isn’t any excuse. There’s zero place in our sport — or in life — for that stage of disrespect.
“I need to personally apologize to everybody inside the Pittsburgh Steelers group. I let my feelings within the second get the higher of me. I can solely hope and belief you realize none of it represents who I’m — not as a competitor, teammate or particular person.”
Chase, 25, went on to apologize to his coaches, teammates and the group “for not assembly my very own requirements as a frontrunner of this workforce.”
Chase was caught on video spitting within the face of Ramsey throughout an trade between the 2 gamers late within the sport earlier this month.
The Bengals receiver and the Steelers’ nook confronted each other. It was finally seen that Chase spat at Ramsey, inflicting him to hit Chase and resulting in different gamers operating in to intervene.
Initially, Ramsey was the one one penalized from the trade, however the league opened an investigation after the video emerged of Chase spitting.
Chase talked about his frustration with how the Bengals’ season has gone — they’re at the moment 3-8 after dropping to the Patriots 26-20 on Sunday — having impacted him.
“As an alternative of stepping up with calm, class and management, I allow you to down. My having to take a seat out yesterday’s sport makes my actions much more inexcusable. I received’t let it occur once more,” he wrote.
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Chase misplaced $507,156 due to the suspension.
He has began 10 video games this season for the Bengals and made 79 catches for 861 yards and 43 touchdowns.
