Cincinnati Bengals superstar wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is seeking a new contract from the team and he declined to participate in OTAs while he sought that new contract. But it sounds like that holdout will not extend to the mandatory portion of the offseason.
According to a report from NFL insider Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Ja’Marr Chase decided to attend the mandatory portion of the team’s offseason workouts.
“[Bengals] star WR Ja’Marr Chase, who has skipped OTAs and wants a new contract, is present for mandatory minicamp, sources say. He was there for media day yesterday and is in the building today,” Rapoport said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Obviously, this is a pretty significant decision from Chase as it means he will be with the team as they prepare for the upcoming 2024 NFL season. It also seems to suggest that there is no bad blood between him and the team and that contract negotiations are going well.
If Chase is willing to attend mandatory minicamp, it seems likely that he would also attend the team’s spring training even if a contract is not done yet.
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