“I like to say to them:” Enjoy the show “”

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All the consternation of the preseason and training camp surrounding Ja’Marr Chase was swept away in Week 1 as the first-round WR split the Minnesota Vikings by five receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown.

The performance came after a preseason filled with falls and signaled difficulties during training camp.

Joining Good Morning Football on Wednesday, Chase was asked what he would say to critics who harassed his preseason struggles.

“I like to tell them ‘Enjoy the show.’ That’s all I can tell them, “he said. “A lot of news comes in. I’ve been hearing this since I was young, you know what I’m saying? But I don’t care. It’s my job here, and my job is to catch football and do plays. So I let them sit down and enjoy the show. “

Chase became the Bengals’ first rookie with over 100 receiving yards in Week 1 of all time – fourth rookie in the past 10 seasons with over five receptions, over 100 receiving yards and over 1 TD on reception on his NFL debut (others: Will Fuller of Houston, Terry McLaurin of Washington and TJ Hockenson of Detroit).

“I’m not going to say it was easy, but it really looked like it, you know what I’m saying,” Chase said. “But everything that we practiced, it became very easy for us. But I have to get faster and better on this playing speed of course, line up faster, know what to do more and more fast. So that ‘It’ll help me be even better on the pitch.’

Chase had more receiving yards on his NFL debut than any of his fellow LSU WR, Odell Beckham Jr. (72 yards, TD), Jarvis Landry (49 yards) or Justin Jefferson (70), in their first two games combined.

After his draft day statement that he planned to break all franchise records, the rookie catcher played him a little more conservative after his big Week 1.

“Well, I try to break all the records that I can,” added Chase. “I’m pretty sure I can’t break all the records, but all the records that are supposed to be broken. So I’m going to fight my way and break a record here, break as many as I can, as many as I can.”

No player since at least 1950 has had more than 100 receiving yards and more than 1 receiving TD in each of their first two career games – Eagles’ Fuller (2016) and DeSean Jackson (2008) are the only players since 1950 with 100-plus receiving yards in each of their first two career games.

Facing a Bears defense that was scorched for 321 yards and three mid-air touchdowns by the Rams in Week 1, the Joe Burrow-Ja’Marr Chase combo could be in for another big afternoon over the course of week 2.

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