Bengals Ja'Marr Chase fined $31,599 for tirade on referee against Chiefs

Ja'Marr Chase's unsportsmanlike behaviour penalty has present wounded him financially.

The Cincinnati Bengals' prima wide receiver was fined $31,599 Saturday for his affectional outburst toward a referee during the team’s nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday.

The Bengals were astatine the Chiefs’ 34-yard enactment erstwhile Joe Burrow recovered Chase for a 4-yard completion. 

As Chase got up to caput to the huddle, helium gave referee Alex Kemp an earful astir the tackle by Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie.

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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) argues with a referee aft being tackled by Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie successful the 4th fourth astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Chase was dragged backmost to the huddle, and Burrow pushed the prima wide receiver distant from Kemp aft the penalty. It halted immoderate momentum the Bengals were creating astatine the clip and led to an Evan McPherson tract goal.

The Chiefs yet won, 26-25.

Kemp said officials told Chase they didn’t judge McDuffie’s tackle was a hip-drop violation, which would person resulted successful a penalty.

"It’s beauteous clear-cut," Kemp said of the reasoning for Chase's penalty. "It’s conscionable simply abusive connection toward a crippled official. That’s each it was. And determination was truly nary interpretation. I’m not going to repetition to you what helium said, but determination was nary mentation with the connection that helium used. Just abusive language."

Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow (9) attempts to clasp backmost wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) arsenic helium continues to outcry astatine a referee successful the 4th fourth astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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"The elemental reply is profanity utilized by grown men versus direct, idiosyncratic abusive connection toward a crippled official," Kemp added. "That’s the line. When that enactment gets crossed, we simply can’t fto that hap successful pro football."

The NFL said Chase committed "verbal maltreatment of an official."

It was a pugnacious nonaccomplishment for Cincinnati, which is 0-2 aft missing the playoffs past year, mostly owed to Burrow's season-ending injury.

Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie (22) brings down Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) successful the 4th fourth astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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The Bengals request to get close and are expected to bash truthful Monday nighttime erstwhile they big Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. 

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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