Ja'Marr Chase on Joe Burrow's Injury, Bengals Practice and MORE
Ja'Marr Chase on Joe Burrow's Injury, Bengals Practice and MORE
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00:00 I'm a lot more confident than I was.
00:03 The coaches are letting me be free out there, try anything.
00:05 I feel a lot more confident than I did when I first came in.
00:12 >> Do you feel like the team overall, I mean,
00:15 operating at a pretty high level of intensity?
00:18 You think, I mean, everybody's already ready to play a football game?
00:22 >> Yeah, the intensity is high.
00:23 I feel like the first day we had so much energy, we were tired ourselves.
00:26 And I think that's why people, Zack may have said, people was probably sore.
00:32 You know what I'm saying?
00:33 The first day, everybody's super hyped to be back at practice.
00:35 We don't know how to contain our energies.
00:37 We're like little kids again.
00:38 And I think that's what happens with us.
00:40 >> How hard would it be to go out there and say business as usual tomorrow?
00:44 >> Next man up.
00:46 Same thing we say at LSU, we can't dwell on the situation.
00:50 We just gotta make sure next quarterback's ready for
00:53 the situation that's gonna happen.
00:54 [MUSIC]
00:56 >> Thanks, Shemar.
00:57 >> Thank you all.
00:57 >> You just wore gloves after the first punt return, and
00:59 then you didn't get another one.
01:01 Were you expecting one?
01:01 >> Well, I was trying to get another one, but
01:03 my hands get super wet during practice, and it's hot outside.
01:07 But the drill ended, so I could have worked on something after practice, but
01:12 I'll just be doing stuff before I end that practice now, you know what I'm saying?
01:15 >> I'm sure you got asked this, but how good did that deep ball feel?
01:18 >> It was cool.
01:19 I mean, shit, it's what I'm supposed to do.
01:21 So it's not like, it's nothing new for me.
01:23 That's what they expect for me to do.
01:24 >> Did you set any weight room records for yourself in this offseason?
01:30 Did you break any, cuz I know you're a big weight room guy.
01:34 >> Yeah, I just like lifting.
01:35 I gotta keep my muscle, that's how a lot of times I get open.
01:39 Not a lot of DBs, as strong as I am.
01:42 They always think I'm pushing up, but it's just my regular strength of my elbows.
01:46 >> What's your career high for squatting?
01:48 >> I ain't gonna lie, I haven't squatted for real since high school.
01:51 That's a no-go.
01:53 I need my legs.
01:55 I'll probably say, I'll probably do a max of hand cleans,
02:00 power cleans, probably like 390.
02:04 >> 390?
02:06 >> Almost.
02:07 >> Pretty good, man.
02:08 >> Say it again?
02:08 >> Just a straight clean.
02:09 >> 290, that's fucking heavy.
02:12 That's fucking heavy.
02:13 >> That's still real good.
02:14 >> Sorry, I put a three on there.
02:15 >> No question.
02:15 >> Two, 290.
02:16 >> 290.
02:17 Just a straight clean.
02:18 >> Power clean from the ground.
02:20 >> That's serious.
02:21 >> Yeah.
02:24 >> Did you do that this summer?
02:25 >> Probably like 280.
02:27 I didn't get that heavy.
02:28 I tried it, but it slipped.
02:30 So I tried to do it again, but I was tired.
02:34 >> Yeah, I saw something on the Internet where they were hedging the gym, and
02:37 you looked like you were working it pretty good.
02:39 >> OVAC Collective, that's where I work out in the off season in Austin, Texas.
02:44 They got a lot of resources for me, and I like that part.
02:47 >> Where was that field that you were running on, that you were kicking up dirt
02:50 on?
02:51 >> That's in Austin, in Collective, actually, in the backyard of it.
02:55 >> It's the backyard of it?
02:56 >> It's like a grass field, yeah.
02:59 >> Some fans were concerned that you might contract Lyme disease out there.
03:01 It looks a little shady back there.
03:03 >> [LAUGH] >> It's all right,
03:06 as long as I ain't hurt myself, we good.
03:07 >> Maybe that's just how you run.
03:08 Like when you run on a field that's not ready for it, just the dirt comes flying
03:11 up. >> Yeah, I mean,
03:12 if we had dirt on this field, you'd probably say the same thing.
03:14 >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
03:15 >> Yeah.
03:16 >> When you guys were fielding punts, Troy was out there with you guys.
03:19 Was he kinda coaching Charlie up after the previous drills?
03:23 I mean, why was he out there with you guys on punt runs?
03:25 >> I actually went out with those guys.
03:28 I'm never out there.
03:28 I just went over there, catch a little punt, have a little fun with Troy.
03:31 You know what I'm saying?
03:33 I just try new things.
03:34 At practice, I don't really do too much.
03:36 They don't let me wanna do a lot of stuff.
03:37 So I just have a little fun.
03:39 I got so much energy.
03:40 I feel like I'm in so much shape this year.
03:42 I just like, why not catch a few punts and just do a little bit.
03:46 >> But did you hear what Troy was talking to him about?
03:47 Was he trying to get every minute to- >> No,
03:49 I didn't really hear what he was saying.
03:51 I don't think I got over there in time for it, though.
03:54 But if it was, it probably was about punts, though.
03:55 >> When's the last time you caught a punt?
04:00 >> College.
04:01 Last time in the game was high school.
04:02 >> And like today, you were just screwing around.
04:05 >> My last point I took back in high school, and in college I was trying it.
04:09 I did it in practice.
04:10 They told Derrick Stingley to go out there, and that was my last time doing punt.
04:13 >> [LAUGH] >> So.
04:15 >> So you were out there today, just kind of-
04:16 >> Yeah, I was just trying to get back.
04:17 >> Having a good time.
04:19 >> Get a feel for it again.
04:20 So I was always doing punt, I just never really did it in the game in college and
04:24 then, so.
04:26 >> I'm sure they don't want you to do that here.
04:27 >> Bro, you can look at my high school tape.
04:30 I took one, I think I took two back on the film.
04:33 So I mean, I did it when I was younger.
04:35 You know what I'm saying? It wasn't hard.
04:36 I just gotta get back into it again if I wanna do it.
04:38 >> The more you can do, right?
04:40 >> The more you can do, yeah.
04:41 >> We haven't gotten Joe or T to say anything about the contract stuff.
04:45 Do you have anything to add about this?
04:48 >> I wish I did.
04:49 I wish I did.
04:51 If I knew, y'all knew.
04:52 I'd spill the beans.
04:53 >> [LAUGH] >> Do you talk to Jefferson about that
04:56 too? Cuz he's obviously sitting there wanting to get his too.
05:00 >> I don't know.
05:01 I don't talk to him about nothing.
05:02 >> No? >> Not about no money.
05:04 >> [LAUGH] >> I can tell y'all that right now.
05:06 We ain't talking about no money.
05:07 >> [LAUGH] >> But I'm gonna be in his pockets when
05:10 he get it, so.
05:10 >> [LAUGH] >> And his brother over here to the left.
05:13 >> Yeah. >> So.
05:14 >> Nice to be around those guys.
05:15 >> Hell yeah, hell yeah.
05:16 >> I know you answered this.
05:17 I'm sure I was late getting here, so I apologize.
05:19 But what went through your mind when you saw Joe go down?
05:22 >> Nothing, just went over there to talk to him, see how he was feeling.
05:26 You know what I'm saying?
05:27 We always give each other that look, that nod.
05:28 And he told me he's gonna be all right, so he's a strong dude.
05:32 He be good.
05:33 >> You gave him a nod.
05:34 >> Yeah, he just gave me a nod.
05:35 He's all right, so Joe's a strong dude.
05:37 >> Have you checked on him yet?
05:38 I know a lot of teammates have went in there.
05:40 >> No, not yet.
05:41 I was waiting for y'all to get through with this first so I could go do my thing.
05:43 >> So you didn't have info for us?
05:45 >> Damn, there you go.
05:47 I was smart as y'all today.
05:48 >> Yeah.
05:48 >> [LAUGH] >> Do you feel better that you saw the nod?
05:51 >> I wasn't really worried.
05:54 I wasn't really worried.
05:55 I was, I wasn't really worried.
05:57 I believe he's all right.
05:58 You know what I'm saying?
05:58 He a strong, strong dude.
06:00 You know, he's hard headed sometimes, but he a strong dude, so we'll be all right.
06:03 >> You guys have that in common?
06:05 Either one, strong dude or hard headed, either one?
06:07 >> [LAUGH] >> You could say I'm hard headed, but
06:10 I know how to listen though.
06:11 I'm hard headed to an extent, yeah.
06:13 >> You ever nod off?
06:15 >> Yeah, sometimes, yeah.
06:17 When Troy does it, yeah.
06:18 Oh