IRVINE, Calif. — Chase Young has long resisted The Narrative.

The Narrative — the dreaded narrative — is a label that carries a perception, and Young tends to dislike perceptions.

When he signed with the New Orleans Saints last year, the pass rusher brushed off the idea that his one-year, $13 million contract was a prove-it deal. In Washington, the 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year dismissed the notion that a slow start to his second season could be attributed to his choice to film commercials instead of attending his team’s offseason workouts. And even coming out of the draft, when he was perceived as a generational prospect, he was bothered by those who thought he wasn’t still disruptive in his final three games at Ohio State when he was held without a sack.

But this year, his si

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