"Chase was standing six or eight inches from Ramsey, and facing him, and then he loaded up a loogie and hocked it directly onto Ramsey's shirt. They don't tell you this in school, but the dry-mouthed intentional spit, just compositionally, stands out for being particularly slimy and vile, consolidated as it is from the stagnating goo under the spitter's tongue and from between their teeth."
"The spitting happened during a break in the action. The Bengals-awful, inept, going nowhere-had just run the ball on third down and picked up zero yards; Chase had attempted a crack-back block on Ramsey, and the two scuffled briefly, and had been handed offsetting unsportsmanlike penalties. They continued to yap back and forth while a field attendant approached with a bottle of water. Chase suddenly spit, without otherwise flinching and without any evident warning, seeming to catch even Ramsey entirely by surprise."
Ja'Marr Chase intentionally spat onto Jalen Ramsey's shirt from close range during a break in play. The spit was described as dry-mouthed and particularly slimy and vile. The exchange followed a brief scuffle and offsetting unsportsmanlike penalties after a crack-back block attempt. Referees missed the spitting, so Ramsey's grabbing and subsequent punch appeared as unprovoked violence, resulting in a second flag and Ramsey's ejection. Chase remained in the game and seemed to interpret the lack of immediate penalty as getting away with the act amid on-field frustration over a failed third-down play.
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