With the Bengals in field goal range, while pushing the Chiefs to their limits in Week 2, Chase got tackled on a basic curl route. However, he took great exception to how Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie brought him to the ground, thinking it was a much-maligned hip-drop tackle.

Ja'Marr Chase was heated over a tackle the NFL emphasized at the owners meetings this offseason, one that hasn't been enforced during a game in the first two weeks of the year. The NFL banned the hip-drop tackle this offseason,