Joe Burrow-Ja'Marr Chase a dynamic duo, despite early doubts about both

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It all makes sense now because Joe Burrow throwing the football to Ja’Marr Chase has become a staple of the national highlight shows after each week’s games, not to mention the principal ingredient of the Cincinnati Bengals’ success in their breakthrough season.

But this dynamic and seemingly unstoppable combination, you must recall, has come together despite significant hurdles. And doubts. And even rejections.

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Burrow is an NFL star of tomorrow, but not many yesterdays ago, he was in the transfer portal trying to find a college team that would take him because the Ohio State football program didn’t think he could be a starter for them.

Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the first quarter in the game against the Baltimore Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium on December 26, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Chase, meanwhile, will very likely win the league’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award, but it was only a few months ago that the Bengals seemed unwise for picking him No. 3 overall in the first round because his preseason infamously consisted of five drops.

And it goes further back with Chase. Before he became a one-year wonder at LSU, one of the most successful and respected coaches in that program’s history told Chase he wouldn’t play receiver at all.

"I can tell you honestly — one of my best stories ever," Chase told reporters Wednesday. "Les Miles told me I couldn’t play receiver when I was coming out of high school. So, you know, that was something I had on my shoulders coming up."

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