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John Harbaugh makes the perfect joke about Ja'Marr Chase's dominance against the Ravens

Almost everything but the final score went to Ja'Marr Chase during his dominant performance in the Cincinnati Bengals' 35-34 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Thursday Night Football.

Chase torched the Ravens' defense from start to finish, catching 11 passes on 17 targets for 264 yards and three touchdowns. The 24-year-old star receiver left Baltimore coach John Harbaugh searching for answers all night.

“I give him credit. He’s a great player,” Harbaugh said in his postgame press conference Thursday night. “I looked for him after the game and couldn’t find him. Maybe that was appropriate, you know, I couldn’t find him.” [during the game] either.”

Chase's outstanding performance marked his third career game with at least 200 receiving yards and his third career game with three touchdowns. He is the first player in NFL history to play multiple games with at least 250 receiving yards and at least two scores in his career.

During his historic night, Chase had a 67-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter and a 70-yard score in the fourth to help the Bengals' offense keep pace with Baltimore. Chase also found the end zone for a potential game-winning touchdown with 38 seconds left, but the Bengals missed the two-point conversion to take the lead and fell behind 4-6.

“It’s frustrating,” Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said after the loss. “If you look at how [me and Ja’Marr] playing and the way Trey Hendrickson plays…it's a hard pill to swallow.”

Chase, Burrow and the Bengals will look to bounce back in Week 11 against the Los Angeles Chargers before heading into their bye in Week 12.