The Bengals’ performance in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Ravens left wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase in a foul mood.
Baltimore was winning 13-0 and the Bengals had just 59 yards over their 20 offensive plays, so Chase made sure that his teammates knew that the effort was unacceptable.
“I came [in here screaming](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50281493/jamarr-chase-fiery-half-speech-inspires-bengals-win), saying, ‘Somebody’s got to make a play for us, somebody got to make a play,’” Chase said, via Ben Baby of ESPN.com. “And I told our offense \[that\] we can’t look at our defense the whole time. We’ve got to step this s—t up and make something work.”
Chase may have a future as a motivational speaker. The Bengals scored 35 points while picking up 298 yards during the second half of a 35-13 win that played out in very improbable fashion.
Chase and company will try to keep things flowing into next Sunday’s home date with the Titans.