Ramsey ‘of course’ lobbying for Chase assignment

Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey isn’t positive — or at the very least isn’t saying — how he’ll be deployed towards the Cincinnati Bengals in Tremendous Bowl LVI on Sunday.

However, talking Monday by way of Zoom convention, Ramsey didn’t go away a lot doubt about what he’d like his function to be: protecting star Bengals rookie receiver Ja’Marr Chase.

Requested by Corridor of Fame receiver Michael Irvin whether or not he’s lobbied to attract Chase as his main project, Ramsey mentioned “after all” however added it’s not fairly so simple as that.

“It’s me now, it’s me, hold it actual,” Ramsey mentioned. “In fact, that’s what I’m asking for. That’s what I would like. Whoever you assume their greatest man is, put me on him. Let me assist the workforce win this recreation. That’s what it’s all about.

“There are totally different areas the place we would need to do one thing totally different as a result of it would put the workforce in a greater place to win. So, wherever the sport could take us, it’s going to take us and we’re going to do what we’ve received to do from there. However you’re going to get to see that matchup, you’re going to have the chance to see it and I’m going to be prepared for it.”

Earlier within the day, Chase famous Ramsey’s measurement and velocity as his best strengths, and fellow Bengals wideout Tyler Boyd praised Ramsey, who has earned 5 Professional Bowl and three All Professional honors since 2017, for these traits and extra.

“I feel he’s positively most likely the perfect cornerback within the NFL,” Boyd mentioned. “He’s an ideal participant and he understands his assignments, he understands play soccer and he does an ideal job of doing that. So, we’ve received to be at our greatest — any certainly one of us — once we go on the market and line up in entrance of him to determine methods to win our matchup.”

In line with NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, Ramsey’s highest shadow charges this season have come since Week 12 and towards conventional No. 1 receivers. That features a season-high 69% towards Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans within the NFC Divisional Playoffs and 58% towards Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson in Week 16.

It stays to be seen if Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris will ask Ramsey to shadow Chase or, if he does, how lengthy it’s going to final.

“Jalen is certainly one of one and I might put Jalen on anyone within the historical past of our recreation,” Morris mentioned. “That’s simply how I really feel about Jalen. That has nothing to do with Ja’Marr Chase. That has nothing to do with Tee Higgins. That has nothing to do with Tyler Boyd. They need to really feel the identical means … It simply so occurs we’re going to dictate the phrases that day as a result of we’re going to resolve inside these subsequent couple of weeks of observe and let’s get to the sport and determine it out and let the perfect man win.”

No matter how the matchups play out, Sunday’s perimeter battles shall be power towards power. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow led the NFL in QBR on passes outdoors the numbers and Chase led the league in landing catches on such throws. The Rams, in the meantime, allowed the second lowest QBR and fewest landing passes on makes an attempt outdoors the numbers this season.

Ramsey, who frolicked Monday discussing how far he’s come because the Jacksonville Jaguars traded him to the Rams on Oct. 15, 2019, mentioned he’s doing his greatest to deal with this week as another as he seems in his first Tremendous Bowl. It’s a second Ramsey says he’ll cherish and one he believes Chase will as nicely, no matter how typically they line up throughout from one another.

“That is regular,” Ramsey mentioned. “I’ve been the perfect within the recreation for years now, persistently displaying greatness week in and week out. So, it’s one other workday on the workplace for me on Sunday. I don’t actually take into consideration what anyone says about what I ought to do or how I ought to play, I’ve persistently been nice over time. So, I’ve proven that I’ll present up once I want to indicate up and that’s what I plan to do once more on Sunday.”