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Zac Taylor heard Ja’Marr Chase’s postgame comments following Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers but didn’t take issue with his star player essentially calling out the play calls.

“He’s emotional, and when you got a guy that works as hard as he does, leaves it all on the field, I do think things — I don’t want to say ‘misconstrued’ — but can look differently than what they really are,” the Cincinnati Bengals coach said Tuesday, via Sports Illustrated. “… He’s a guy that is one of the most genuine players I’ve ever been around and honest, insightful, puts it all out there for us. I don’t have problems with guys that work as hard as they do, speaking with emotion after the game, speaking with passion.”

Following the 34-27 loss, Chase was asked about the Bengals’ inability to finish games this season. The wideout put the question on the coaches.

“Ask Zac,” he said at the time. “Ask the coaches. That’s not my job. I play football on the field. I don’t call plays for us.”

The man who does call the plays said he’s not worried about Chase’s comments in a postgame setting.

“He and I are very much on the same page and appreciate the work he puts in, and sometimes postgame, it’s emotional, and that’s the way it is,” Taylor said.