Ja'Marr Chase on Bengals' Loss to Chiefs
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00:00 >> How emotional was the game, was that for you today?
00:07 >> I mean, we lost at the end of the day, I don't like losing, so.
00:09 I'm not saying it wasn't a good win at the end.
00:11 >> What percentage would you put yourself at health wise going in?
00:14 >> You're saying going in today?
00:15 >> Yeah, how'd you feel, what percentage was that?
00:17 >> I thought it was like 70 today.
00:19 >> What led you to want to be out there and cut it out?
00:22 >> Game on the line, season on the line, just providing.
00:26 >> Was that what made you want to go, and when did you decide you could go?
00:31 >> Yeah, that was the whole reason behind me playing today,
00:35 just supporting my guys.
00:36 And putting my body on the line just to help the team.
00:40 And I told Zach right before we got on the plane.
00:44 >> Was there a fan going after you there walking off the field?
00:47 >> I don't know.
00:48 >> It sounded like there was an interaction with the fan.
00:50 >> I ain't worried about that.
00:52 >> Do you think if the season wasn't on the line, would you have played today?
00:55 >> If it wasn't on the line, if we was already in the playoffs?
00:57 >> Or earlier in the year maybe?
00:58 >> Probably not.
00:59 >> You were pretty vocal about your thoughts about the Chiefs secondary
01:04 going into the game.
01:06 Was that part of what was needed and you kind of shared back and forth?
01:10 >> I don't know what he was doing.
01:12 I just be under people's skin sometimes, I guess, you know what I'm saying?
01:15 So, MF won't fight me, so it's all right.
01:19 >> Mark, can you take us through your perspective on what happened to the
01:23 Chiefs, the pushing and the flags?
01:25 >> Just trash talking, can't handle it.
01:26 >> [LAUGH]
01:30 >> Chill, bro.
01:34 >> Do you remember the trash talk, do you remember it?
01:37 >> No, I started off, the whole defense was mad at me, you know what I'm saying?
01:41 Started at the beginning of the game, you've seen it.
01:42 I mean, everybody's seen it, you know what I'm saying?
01:44 That's just what I like to do.
01:45 >> How do you think it came from what you said this week,
01:48 that they heard it?
01:50 >> Yeah, they heard it.
01:51 You don't think they heard that?
01:52 All right, bro.
01:53 >> How frustrating is it that y'all didn't score?
01:56 >> Yeah, I wish we probably took that field goal, put us up by 20.
02:00 Would have been 19, 20, I think.
02:04 Then probably had a chance to get back down there and probably make another play,
02:07 who knows?
02:09 >> How good is their defense after you've played it?
02:12 >> They gotta get up front, that's it.
02:14 >> Kind of goes without saying, but how tough was it this season to lose for
02:18 him?
02:19 >> Yeah, it was tough, man, just knowing what he brings to the table.
02:23 He's so versatile, you know what I'm saying?
02:25 It's just something that we need to help us out too.
02:28 >> Jomar, I know you have one more game to play, but
02:30 when you look at just how close you guys were to making it through the season,
02:34 even without Joe, do you feel like you guys need to have a greater sense of
02:37 urgency to start the season next year?
02:39 >> I mean, it's too early to tell.
02:42 We're still taking one game at a time,
02:44 just trying to finish the season off and win a record.
02:46 >> I know you said Jomar, you hate losing, of course, but just this season,
02:50 this entire, did it feel off?
02:52 Did it feel like a weird season to you?
02:53 >> Just a lot of adversity, for real, you know what I'm saying?
02:56 Everybody's getting hurt, but that's football.
02:58 You gotta adjust and make plays and next person up.
03:00 >> Does it feel like maybe the whole season was cursed once Joe went down?
03:04 >> I wouldn't say cursed.
03:05 It's part of football and injury, so it's not cursed.
03:08 >> When your postseason hopes are over, are you planning on playing the final game?
03:13 >> I probably will, who knows?
03:15 >> Is it extra frustrating that your future for
03:17 the playoffs ends here twice in the same calendar year?
03:21 >> Yeah, when you put it like that, yeah.
03:22 >> Did they go double, double?
03:25 Did they play you the way they thought you were playing?
03:27 >> Like I said, they were, yeah.
03:29 I mean, that's all they do, you know what I'm saying?
03:31 Play outside leverage.
03:32 And the only thing I seen Sneed do is just keep looking at the safety to check and
03:39 cloud or double.
03:41 But that's just what they do, you know what I'm saying?
03:43 They just do that, that's just how they run, too high, a little rotation.
03:48 >> What do you think was the biggest?
03:50 >> I was gonna say you had a couple of shots, you had the 20, 40 yard,
03:53 you had the 14 yard, was that a community consistency goal?
03:58 >> I mean, I wasn't really in the offense to all the way be in it,
04:03 you know what I'm saying?
04:06 I wasn't in the offense to make 100% every play like this game cuz I was a little
04:10 injured, so they took a little bit off me.
04:12 Once T went down, that's when they started to move me around a little bit,
04:16 and I just had to suck it up.
04:17 >> Do you think the team did a lot of that this season, sucking it up?
04:23 >> Who, us?
04:23 >> Yeah, you guys.
04:24 >> I mean, yeah, we have to, it's adversity.
04:26 Losing Joe, losing T, losing me, losing DJ, you know what I'm saying?
04:31 We lost a lot of people this year.
04:33 >> How hard is it, Jabari, to gain any kind of consistency when you have that much
04:39 loss in terms of personnel in the middle of the season?
04:43 >> I don't know, man, it's the lead though.
04:45 It's not gonna be easy.
04:47 Even the best teams have tough times, so I mean, that's just how it's gonna go.
04:50 >> You guys aren't used to late December being out in playoffs like this.
04:55 What's kind of the feeling?
04:56 This is different for you or for this group?
04:58 >> I don't know, it's my first time, man, I'm just-
05:00 >> Looking forward?
05:01 >> Living in the moment, I guess, I don't know.
05:03 >> How do you feel about the team's future?
05:05 >> The future?
05:06 I'm not looking that far yet.
05:07 Thanks so much.