In the aftermath of a heated game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chase was suspended one game without pay by the National Football League after video footage showed him spitting in the direction of opponent Jalen Ramsey during the loss. The incident took place during Cincinnati\u2019s 34-12 defeat and followed a scuffle in which Ramsey threw a punch and was ejected, though officials did not initially flag the spitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspension carries significant financial consequences: Chase would forfeit his weekly paycheck of $448,333<\/strong> plus a per-game active bonus of $58,823<\/strong> if the decision stands. He is appealing the punishment through designated hearing officers jointly appointed by the league and the players\u2019 association. His coach, Zac Taylor, acknowledged Chase\u2019s leadership role and past maturity but emphasized that the spitting incident \u201ccrossed the line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This marks the first suspension of Chase\u2019s career and comes amid a rough season for the Bengals, who have lost seven of their past eight games. Ramsey, meanwhile, expressed his belief the spitting could not be tolerated, asserting that it changed his focus in the moment: \u201cI don\u2019t care about football after that, respectfully.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the aftermath of a heated game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chase was suspended one game without pay by the National Football League after video footage showed him spitting in the direction of opponent Jalen Ramsey during the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"digital-newspaper-featured":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1.webp",640,427,false],"digital-newspaper-list":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-600x400.webp",600,400,true],"digital-newspaper-thumb":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"digital-newspaper-small":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-150x95.webp",150,95,true],"digital-newspaper-grid":["https:\/\/theamshift.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jalenramsey-1-400x250.webp",400,250,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/?author=1"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Sports<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"In the aftermath of a heated game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chase was suspended one game without pay by the National Football League after video footage showed him spitting in the direction of opponent Jalen Ramsey during the loss.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3731,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions\/3731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamshift.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}