Ja’Marr Chase keeps collecting praise like it’s routine, and the latest voices to jump in are two Super Bowl champions who know a thing or two about elite receivers.
On Julian Edelman’s podcast, Games With Names, Edelman and Aqib Talib broke down the Cincinnati Bengals star in the kind of terms usually reserved for the very top of the sport. Talib didn’t hesitate when asked which current NFL receiver he’d most want to cover.
"Ja'Marr Chase. He's the best receiver in the league to me" Talib said.
"I would love to get a chance to match up with Ja'Marr Chase. He's the realest one doing it.
He's the coldest one out there. I wanna go against the coldest for sure."
Edelman backed that up, pointing to the full package Chase brings every week. Both former players highlighted his ability on 50-50 balls, back shoulder catches, route running and what he can do after the catch. They also mentioned the way Chase can shrug off contact with pure strength.
"I think he's elite because he's got everything," Edelman said. "Then you've gotta tackle him, and he's [expletive] strong."
"He's six-feet, he's got the size, he's the total package man," Talib said.
That kind of talk fits the résumé Chase has built since entering the league in 2021. He has not finished a season with fewer than 1,000 receiving yards or fewer than seven touchdowns across his first five years. His biggest year came in 2024, when he won the receiving triple crown with 127 catches, 1,708 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns.
Chase also made an immediate impact as a rookie, setting the Bengals’ single-season receiving yards record with 1,455 yards. That mark later fell in 2024, but not before Chase had already passed Cincinnati names like Chad Johnson and A.J. Green on the way up.
Now entering his sixth season, Chase is still being talked about as maybe the best receiver in the NFL. Based on the production and the praise, that conversation is not going away anytime soon.
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