Big play Chase?

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(01-12-2024, 06:14 AM)ClarkHarris4Prez Wrote: What happened to big play Chase? In 2021 the guy was electric. Big plays everywhere and really the lightning rod of our offense. While he’s still been really good the last two years his big plays are way down. Does anyone know why? In my view it seems like we use him way too much on shorter stuff. I don’t have a clue why we don’t take deep go routes to him atleast 4 times a game. 75 percent of the time he’s either going to bring it down or draw a penalty. Just wondering if the film junkies have a legitimate answer for this. Hoping this staff wakes up and uses him like the Ferrari he is and stops trying to make him a possession reciever. We can’t pay the guy 30 mil a year to catch 7 yard passes all day. Trenton Irwin can handle that.

As another alluded to, he is.

This year he was

Tied for 9th in 40+
Number 7 in catches that went for first down

The first 4 weeks was abysmal, if you recall.
Then chase also played with a backup QB, the back 3rd of the season.

It just wasn’t our year.

Teams are also still running a shell against our passing game. I don’t think anyone is going to let 1 on 1 deep happen against Chase going forward.