08-24-2022, 04:36 PM
(08-24-2022, 01:25 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious how that philosophy changes if an injury happens to Chase or Higgins.
No other receiver on the roster is a deep threat.
Not necessarily. If both are out then, yes, but you still have the other deep established WR which almost all teams would love to have 2 of. More importantly, with a better and more efficient run game, JB and ZT can make far better use of the passing game as opponents may have to creep up a S to the LOS more with a far better threat of successfully running the ball. Play-action,imo, will be a much better weapon this season than in any other year. Opponents having to play another defender in the box takes a defender away from doubling either WR and from being able to play a deep centerfield.
My favorite attribute when they drafted Chase was the opponents would finally have to defend the entire secondary when playing the Bengals. AJ Green was just a shell of himself his last couple years with injuries, etc. and Cinci literally had ZERO deep threats.
