Ja’Marr Chase regrets not pointing out the Bengals’ failed two-point play

Ja’Marr Chase wanted the ball again.

The Bengals receiver complained that quarterback Joe Burrow wasn’t looking at his side during the failed two-point conversion that nearly sealed the 35-34 loss to the Ravens on “Thursday Night Football.”

Chase’s third touchdown of his 11-catch, 264-yard night had Cincinnati within one point before Burrow threw an incomplete pass to tight end Tanner Hudson on the two-point call.

“Yeah, I always feel like as a receiver you’re supposed to want the ball, yeah, but sometimes Joe doesn’t see it, you know?” Chase said after the Bengals fell to 4-6.

Going with Chase seemed like a smart plan given the game, as the Ravens couldn’t stop him during the thrilling AFC North showdown.

He consistently found open spaces in the Ravens’ porous defense and scored from 67, 70 and five yards in one of the best wide receiver fantasy football performances in NFL history.

Chase’s 457 yards against the Ravens in two games this season – both wins for Baltimore – were the most against a team in NFL history, according to Pro Football Talk.

For the two-point conversion, the Bengals lined up Chase to the far left and the Ravens took advantage of their chance, providing just one coverage.

Baltimore scored five on the play while double-doubling tight ends Hudson and Mike Gesicki and covering Chase and Andrei Iosivas for a single.

Chase started to the outside before moving to the middle, but Burrow seemingly never looked his way before firing at Hudson. The high pass hit Hudson’s fingertips before falling to the ground.

Burrow explained that the play did not specify that the ball should go to Chase.

“I just sailed it a little bit,” Burrow said of his throw. “(Chase) was at the back, I couldn’t get to him. I did my first reading.”

Chase definitely said he was open to the play.

“I’m always open,” he noted.

The Bengals are now in a tough spot as they are two games under .500 and have now lost the tiebreaker to the Ravens.

Cincinnati still has six games left against teams with playoff hopes – should Dallas still be there – including two against the division-leading Steelers.

What makes it even more frustrating for the Bengals is that they may be wasting the great performance of their LSU quarterback-receiver duo, as was seen on Thursday night.

“It’s crazy to say that,” Chase said. “I would never in a million years expect me to play this well and him play this well and we still have a record like this.”