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Andrew Joseph

D.K. Metcalf clearly got Ja’Marr Chase’s attention when he predicted Devon Witherspoon would shut him down

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If you believe in the power of bulletin-board material, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase could be in for a big game come Sunday. And he’ll have Seahawks receiver D.K. Metcalf to thank for that.

During Thursday’s media availability, Metcalf was asked about Chase. And to give Metcalf credit here, he started his remarks by offering tons of praise for the Bengals receiver. He mentioned all the things that Chase does well and added that he came away impressed with his touchdown against the Cardinals. But you just know that Metcalf couldn’t stop there — he had to play up his own teammate.

That was when he predicted that rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon would get the better of Chase on Sunday.

But in today’s NFL, world travels fast. And it doesn’t matter if you spend 20 seconds praising an opponent, the four seconds of predicting a bad game for Chase was all that Chase needed to hear.

He let everyone know about it too because shortly after the remarks, Chase retweeted the video.

Again, Metcalf didn’t say anything wrong here, but players will find anything they can for some extra motivation (just look at the Phillies-Braves series). Fans still had plenty of thoughts on Chase’s retweet. If anything, Metcalf put extra pressure on Witherspoon to perform with those comments.

This was how Twitter reacted

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