Los Angeles Rams CB Jalen Ramsey lobbies to shadow star Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase in Super Bowl LVI

Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey isn't sure — or at least isn't saying — how he'll be deployed against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday.

But, speaking Monday via Zoom conference, Ramsey didn't leave much doubt about what he'd like his role to be: covering star Bengals rookie receiver Ja'Marr Chase.

Asked by Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin whether he's lobbied to draw Chase as his primary assignment, Ramsey said «of course» but added it's not quite as simple as that.

«It's me now, it's me, keep it real,» Ramsey said. «Of course, that's what I'm asking for. That's what I want. Whoever you think their best man is, put me on him. Let me help the team win this game. That's what it's all about.

»There are different areas where we might have to do something different because it might put the team in a better position to win. So, wherever the game may take us, it will take us and we are going to do what we've got to do from there. But you're going to get to see that matchup, you're going to have the opportunity to see it and I'm going to be ready for it."

Earlier in the day, Chase noted Ramsey's size and speed as his greatest strengths, and fellow Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd praised Ramsey, who has earned five Pro Bowl and three All Pro honors since 2017, for those traits and more.

«I think he's definitely probably the best cornerback in the NFL,» Boyd said. «He's a great player and he understands his assignments, he understands how to play football and he does a great job of doing that. So, we've got to be at our best — any one of us — when we go out there and line up in front of him to figure out ways to win our matchup.»

According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Ramsey's highest shadow rates this season