Ja’Marr Chase really wanted to live near Joe Burrow.
The wide receiver and quarterback are best friends, college teammates, and are now set to play in Super Bowl 2022 together with the Bengals. So after Cincinnati drafted Chase last spring, it was only logical for the LSU product to do everything he could to live on the same street as Burrow.
So he started knocking on doors and offering to buy houses.
“He went down to the street that Joe Burrow lives on and went door to door, knocking on every door offering to buy their house,” The Athletic’s Bengals writer, Paul Dehner Jr. said on “Hear that Podcast Growlin’” this week.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and quarterback Joe Burrow Icon Sportswire via Getty Images“And guess what? He bought one. Somebody sold him their house, so he lives next to Joe Burrow now on their little street and they’re like one happy family.
“He basically went around and was like, ‘Hi, I’m Ja’Marr Chase. I have lots of money and I want to buy the house.’ Eventually he found somebody that he bought it from and now they’re neighbors.”
It’s certainly an extravagant approach, but we won’t knock Chase for wanting to live near his best friend.
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On the field, the arrangement has worked quite well. Chase had 1,455 receiving yards in the regular season, winning AP and PFWA Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Despite spending a year apart, it didn’t seem like he and Burrow missed a beat from their days at LSU, when they romped to a national title behind a historically explosive offense.
Whether their chemistry has anything to do with the living situation, who’s to say. Obviously, though, it hasn’t hurt.
