NOVEMBER 18: Hearing officer Jordy Nelson has upheld the Chase suspension. The All-Pro Bengals wide receiver will miss the team’s Week 12 contest against the 9-2 Patriots.
NOVEMBER 17: The NFL has investigated yesterday’s Ja’Marr Chase–Jalen Ramsey incident. To little surprise, supplemental discipline has been handed down. 
Chase has been issued a one-game suspension, per a league announcement. The news means he will be unavailable for Week 12 against the Patriots barring a successful appeal. Ramsey was ejected on Sunday for his retaliation to being spat on by Chase. The latter initially denied such actions, but video of the incident has since confirmed Chase spat on Ramsey as tensions between the two came to a head during the game.
Presuming the suspension stands, Chase will see a notable financial loss. He is due to forfeit a game check of over $448K along with a per-game roster bonus of nearly $59K. The Bengals, meanwhile, are set to be without their top wideout for one week. Chase declined to speak to the media on Monday.
Chase will appeal the ban, veteran insider Jordan Schultz reports. It would certainly come as a surprise in the event the suspension were to be overturned considering the precedent set earlier this season. Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was disqualified from the team’s Week 1 game after spitting on Dak Prescott. No suspension was handed down, because Carter’s time out of the game amounted to a one-game absence.
As Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio writes, Chase is pursuing a different route than Carter despite their similar situations. Carter did not appeal the fine he received (and therefore the punishment which was treated as a one-game suspension). Chase, on the other hand, could point to the precedent which existed in the NFL prior to the Carter decision – one which included fines, rather than suspensions, for spitting incidents.
In any event, clarity on this situation will likely emerge in the next day or two. The case will be heard by one of the three hearing officers jointly appointed by the NFL and NFLPA before a final decision is made. If Chase is out for Week 12, a Bengals offense which is still without Joe Burrow will be notably shorthanded in the passing game. Reigning NFL sack leader Trey Hendrickson is also in danger of missing Cincinnati’s next game through injury.
Efforts to work out a monster extension in time for the 2024 season were unsuccessful, and Chase played out the season without a deal in hand. This past spring, he and Tee Higgins each signed their new pacts. Chase landed a four-year, $161MM pact and he is on the books through 2029. The four-time Pro Bowler’s yards per reception average is the lowest of his career, but he has remained a focal point on offense even with Burrow unavailable for much of the season.
Chase led the NFL in receptions, yards and touchdowns in 2024. A second ‘Triple Crown’ campaign does not appear to be in store, although the LSU product’s 79 catches currently pace the league. Missed time through this suspension being upheld will hinder Chase’s chances of remaining the NFL leader in that regard; it will also deal another blow to the 3-7 Bengals’ playoff chances.
Totally deserved. Ramsey shouldn’t get fined at all imo but that won’t happen.
And after denying it post game, he won’t be man enough to own it now.
Spitters are quitters
You can’t spit on people, and after the way the season opened you can’t pretend you don’t know that.
And considering how many HD cameras there are in stadiums for replay, to act as if it wouldn’t be picked up is pretty ridiculous.
Totally. Not to mention how extremely public your stupid act will be.
Just came here to laugh at “HD cameras” like they haven’t been used for 20 years. We don’t need to say HD anymore. But yes, he is an idiot for multiple reasons.
HD has gotten a lot more HD, though. 4K cameras haven’t been in use that long, let alone with the number of cameras and angles currently used. And 6K technology is starting to creep into the league.
Intentionally spitting on an opponent should be at minimum 6 game suspension, because the money these guys make, a one game suspension will not stop this crap. After Carter got tossed, the rest of the NFL should have been on notice!
Well, well, well.
most ppl dont even see 500k in their lifetimes working their butts off
this dude lost half a mil for spitting at someone
sweet baby jesus
Thanks Chase! – Patriots fans
So will Chase be using the “got me some bad Gatorade” defense when he appeals the suspension?
He should get an extra game for blatantly lying about it.
The Patriots luck out again…
Carolina looking more and more like a quality win
So far he’s appealing it so it looks like he’ll play. Maybe he wants Thanksgiving week off.
NFL turns around appeals quick. He will be out.
Most are done in a week or 2.i don’t know many that have been decided in a few days
Appeal lost. Amazing how these decisions don’t take weeks, unless a delay could posibly help the Chiefs.
I’d say one or two. Not sure about the number, just spitballing.it could be a day, could be three. Not an exact guess, just spitballing.
It was already denied…lighting speed.
It’s not “lucking out”. It’s simply benefiting from Jamar Chase’s stupidity.
And been issued an Official Bengals emblazoned cup to use for spitting.
with how their currently constructed.. won’t get within spitting distance of another Super Bowl
Not bad.
Wild he’s even appealing it.
Spit on a player, flat out lied about it afterwards, now appealing it, likely indicating he doesn’t have remorse for his actions.
Lost a lot of respect for Jamarr in the last 24 hrs
That last sentence sums it up.
A lot of people lost a lot of respect for Jamarr.
Has he always been such a weasel?
The US loves a winner. JaMarr has always been a winner.
At least until he lost his QB and now the Bengals writhe in cap hell with a terrible defense with one good play (Hendickson) whom they can’t pay, thanks to Chases’s and Burrow’s mega contracts.
The incident looks like some Aristotelian tragedy where the downfall of JaMarr Chase started with lying about a spitting incident to the national media.
They didn’t make the playoffs last year and Burrow played the whole year. You can’t blame the Bengals lousy record on Burrow being hurt. Flacco has played great
Bengals season is over anyway haha
He’s a lying sack of shot, at least own it!
Watching the game you just kind of feel like Porter and Ramsey are just a couple guys who take cheap shots and play dirty. I get why Chase would get frustrated.
Lame. Is it Porter and Ramsey‘s fault that Chase lied about it?
Be a man/adult
Was watching the Cowboys game at a bar tonight… The guy next to me was in a close match in fantasy this week. His opponent had CeeDee on his team. After Lamb’s TD catch, the guy said, “I need for him to spit on somebody.”
Cool story, bruh.
AND he’s not permitted to use the apostrophe in his first name for the remainder of the season !!
And then he lies about it. Nice role model. What an ass!!!
Ramsey is apparently an a*****e. He got AJ Green, one of the most level headed Bengals ever, to take a swing at him, and then got Chase to spit his way. No telling what that punk was saying to Chase, but he was still wrong to spit at him. I imagine players back in the 60’s and 70’s would laugh at someone getting suspended for spitting, but in today’s NFL it’s par for the course.