Ja'Marr Chase

Ja’Marr Chase was present at Bengals practice on Monday.

Chase was not present at practice last week, which was a change from the hold-in approach he had taken up to that point. Head coach Zac Taylor declined to comment on whether Chase’s absence last week was excused or unexcused, as he remains relatively mum on the star receiver’s current situation. Speaking with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, former Bengals receiver Chad Johnson said he believes Chase will sign a long-term extension with the Bengals later this week, but it’s hard to know how much stock we should put in that comment at this time. We won’t rule out a deal getting done in the coming days, but we also know the Bengals aren’t a team known for caving in to contract requests from their stars.