Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase secures triple crown in historic season, Burrow makes MVP bid

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Bengals 2024 campaign came to an end Sunday with a 9-8 record, marking the team’s fourth straight winning season.

Several Bengals players hit multiple milestones, headlined by wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, quarterback Joe Burrow and defensive end Trey Hendrickson.

Burrow, Chase and Hendrickson all paced their individual positions in 2024 and proved to be one of the most dominant trios in the NFL.

Chase, Burrow and Hendrickson become the first trio to lead the NFL in passing, receiving and sacks on the same team in the same season.

WR Ja’Marr Chase joined an exclusive club in 2024, becoming the sixth receiver to lead the NFL in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in a single season to win the NFL Triple Crown.

He joins Jerry Rice, Sterling Sharpe, Steve Smith Sr. and Cooper Kupp as the only receivers to accomplish the feat since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970.

Chase finished the season with 127 receptions for 1,708 yards and 17 touchdowns. Not only did those pace the league, but he also set the franchise record for receptions and yards and tied the franchise record for touchdowns. He matched Carl Pickens’ 17 touchdowns from 1995.

The LSU product had over 50 yards in 16 of 17 games and grabbed at least five receptions in 15 of 17 games.

He tallied up 21 receptions for 457 yards and five touchdowns in two games against the Baltimore Ravens and added 177 yards and two scores on 14 receptions on Monday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys.

“[Ja’Marr] deserves it all,” QB Joe Burrow said after Saturday’s 19-17 win over the Steelers. “He works really hard for it. He’s obviously a great player, great person. To etch his name in history like that is really special, and I’m excited to be a part of it. I know everybody else is, too.”

Burrow set milestones himself in 2024, leading the NFL in passing yards (4,918) and passing touchdowns (43). He became the third quarterback in league history to have at least 4,500 passing yards, 40 passing touchdowns and fewer than 10 interceptions, joining Tom Brady in 2007 and Aaron Rodgers in 2011.

Burrow was awarded AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his 412-yard, four-touchdown performance in Week 17 against the Broncos, won AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the month of November and was in the discussion for league MVP by season’s end.

The former first overall pick set an NFL record with eight straight games of at least 250 passing yards and at least three touchdown passes. He also became the second QB in league history to have multiple seasons completing at least 70% of his passes, joining Drew Brees.

He tied Cincinnati legend Ken Anderson for the franchise record with his 70.6% completion percentage, and he broke his own franchise records for yards and touchdowns.

Burrow quickly silenced any outside doubt of his recovery from his season-ending wrist injury last season.

On the defensive side of the ball, defensive end Trey Hendrickson was the 2024 NFL sack king, leading the league with 17.5 sacks. He outpaced second place, Cleveland’s Myles Garrett, by 3.5 takedowns. Hendrickson put an exclamation point on his dominant season with a 3.5-sack performance in Pittsburgh in Week 18.

The defensive end has been everything the Bengals could’ve hoped for since he signed with Cincinnati in 2021, leading the NFL in sacks during that span with 57. He now has back-to-back 17.5-sack seasons after tallying the same amount in 2023.

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