Ja'Marr Chase Remains Absent from Camp Amid Contract Dispute
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00:00But sometimes it's not about who's at practice, it's who's absent from practice.
00:08For the fourth consecutive day, yesterday, no Jamar Chase at Bengals practice in Cincinnati.
00:15VRS, is there anything you are reading into when it comes to Jamar Chase's absence, whether
00:22it be injury or money?
00:24Yeah, his agent is probably getting in his ear saying, hey, look, man, I'm going to try
00:29my best, but you just saw the way they handled another wide receiver is supposed to get
00:33paid.
00:34And I know they're going to say to you, we want to pay you.
00:36But when is that in three to four years at this point?
00:39We used to say it wasn't long ago, and I guess technically it is now 20 years ago.
00:43Let's call it the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, right?
00:47In practice, you know, going forward.
00:49But what was the key ingredient here?
00:51Shaq wanted to get paid.
00:52Dr. Jerry Buss would show up to practice, Shaq would run up and down the court, embarrass
00:56everybody and scream at Dr. Jerry Buss, pay me after every dunk worked out in his favor.
01:02Not because he got paid there.
01:03He was shipped out to the Miami Heat.
01:05So you're taking a look at Jamar Chase where players want to play.
01:09They don't like to sit on the sidelines as a wide receiver and watch everybody else run
01:12around making plays.
01:14They want their money and they want to make plays.
01:16So he's showing up, I guess, being the good soldier now.
01:18But sooner than later, there's going to be a stalemate where the Brown family goes, we're
01:23not paying you.
01:24So you might as well just get on the football field.
01:25And I want to see where that goes.
01:26Does that mean I leave camp and just stay home, that I get angry or I only show up to
01:31half of the meetings here, put in half the time and say, until you pay me, you're not
01:35getting my full, honest effort.
01:38Put it this way, Ben.
01:40Put this out to the public here.
01:41Should Jamar Chase be getting paid?
01:4399.9% of people, even Cleveland Browns fans are like, you know what?
01:47He should be getting paid at this point right now.
01:49The fact that he hasn't been paid is comedy at its best.
01:52But also, when you talk about the good vibes that we talk about, Ben, is it the end all
01:56be all?
01:57No, it's not.
01:58Coaches, players can hate each other and still have successful seasons, but you don't want
02:01to have the animosity from your best players entering in a season you feel you can make
02:06a run and do big things at.
02:08Look, what is going to take place at the end of this, Ben?
02:10Is Jamar Chase going to play this season, not getting a new contract and be happy?
02:15Absolutely not.
02:16It never should have come to this point here with Jamar Chase.
02:19I can't wait.
02:20Get my popcorn ready because I feel like we might have a T.O. on our hands where he's
02:24going to be doing push-ups and sit-ups in his driveway at home instead of being at training
02:28camp.