After the game, cameras caught Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase and other Bengals players walking in the tunnel to the locker room. Burrow had his hands on his hips while looking down, and Chase was looking down at the ground as well in disbelief.

In so many ways, that chart — and this season for Pitcher and everyone remotely connected to the Bengals offense — symbolized what they’d been growing since the moment Chase rejoined Joe Burrow as the fifth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.