Is Ja'Marr Chase injured? Why Bengals WR's playing is letting fantasy football owners down

Billy Heyen

Is Ja'Marr Chase injured? Why Bengals WR's playing is letting fantasy football owners down image

Ja'Marr Chase was a popular fantasy football draft pick, going as high as No. 1 overall in some drafts.

He's not playing that way in Week 1 for the Cincinnati Bengals against the Cleveland Browns.

In fact, he's been so quiet that many Internet searchers are wondering whether he's hurt or if he's even playing.

Here's what to know about the disappointment:

Is Ja'Marr Chase injured?

Ja'Marr Chase isn't injured.

He's just having a rough first day of the season.

Only two catches and 26 yards aren't going to get the job done.

MORE: Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson make personal college football coaching history

Joe Burrow had targeted him five times midway through the fourth quarter, but he had only come up with two of them.

Chase normally makes it happen with huge gainers. On this day, he didn't have any of those.

MORE NFL NEWS:

Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle