The Cincinnati Bengals are currently gearing up for their upcoming home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday evening, with first place in the AFC North on the line. The Bengals are coming off a dominant victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid over the weekend, one in which Ja'Marr Chase continued to stake his claim as the best wide receiver in the game today.
Now, Chase has gotten one hundred percent real on the matchup with the rival Steelers this weekend and how it compares to other rivalries that the Bengals have.
“It's up there. I wouldn't put it number one. I don't have nobody number one, but it's pretty up there, I would say,” said Chase, per Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team on X, formerly Twitter.
Chase then said that the Bengals' former rivalry with the Kansas City Chiefs, however, was “way higher than that.”
The Bengals and Chiefs squared off in the playoffs on multiple occasions earlier in the decade, although it's been a few years since Cincinnati has had a chance to renew that matchup, as they've been on the outside of the playoffs looking in.
However, that seems poised to change this year, as the Bengals currently sit at 6-2 and can take full control of the AFC North if they win against the Steelers on Sunday and avenge their loss from earlier this year in Pittsburgh.
The Bengals will be counting on another big game from Chase against a stout Steelers defense on Sunday in order to get the big win.
Kickoff between the two divisional rivals is set for Sunday at 8:20 pm ET from Cincinnati.