{"id":288142,"date":"2023-09-09T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288142"},"modified":"2023-09-09T17:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T17:36:05","slug":"myles-garrett-on-jamarr-chase-calling-browns-elves-he-didnt-have-to-go-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/nfl\/myles-garrett-on-jamarr-chase-calling-browns-elves-he-didnt-have-to-go-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Garrett on Ja'Marr Chase calling Browns 'elves': 'He didn't have to go there'"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Browns and Bengals don’t need any extra motivation ahead of their battle for Ohio to open the season, but Myles Garrett and Ja\u2019Marr Chase are providing some anyway.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Chase took aim at Cleveland, a team that Cincinnati has gone 1-4 against during the Joe Burrow era.<\/p>\n
“It feels like a regular game to me,” the Bengals wideout said, via cleveland.com\u2019s Mary Kay Cabot. “It don’t feel no different. It’s just the hooping and hollering about the Cleveland Browns. I was about to call them the elves, but yeah.”<\/p>\n
Although Cleveland, which does have a mascot known as Brownie the Elf, has been a thorn in Cincinnati’s side during the Bengals’ resurgence, Chase reiterated that the upcoming game takes on no greater significance to him.<\/p>\n
“Uh, I don’t really hear it,” he said when asked if he’s tired about all the talk about the Browns. “If you ask me, I don’t really pay attention to it because Cleveland is Cleveland. I look forward to the matchups that we have when we’re facing them, but other than that, I don’t really be caring.”<\/p>\n
Garrett, however, heard Chase’s “elves” remark loud and clear.<\/p>\n
“See now that was disrespectful,” the two-time All-Pro said Friday. “He didn’t have to go there. The elves was probably \u2026 he knew better. We might have to have a discussion before or after the game, maybe during if I see him. But yeah the elves is a little bit too far.”<\/p>\n
Garrett did make his comments with a smile, but the Bengals would be wise to avoid drawing his ire.<\/p>\n
In nine games against his cross-state rival, Garrett has delivered with 11 sacks, 21 quarterback hits and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n
Chase, meanwhile, has 18 receptions, 194 yards and one score against the Browns, with those numbers fueled largely by his 10-catch performance in a Week 14 win last season, the most recent meeting between the teams.<\/p>\n
That’s the tale of the tape for Garrett and Chase as their respective squads ramp up for a run at the AFC North, which has belonged to the Bengals the past two years.<\/p>\n
Garrett can hold something else directly over Chase’s head, though — one of his 11 sacks came at the WR’s expense during a failed trick play.<\/p>\n
“I just want to play ball,” Garrett said. “So I mean, I don’t really take offense to it, but I will say I do have a sack on Ja’Marr Chase. I wouldn’t mind adding to it.”<\/p>\n
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