The Ja'Marr Chase Thread

[Stewy]

(11-29-2021, 02:35 PM)Whatever Wrote: Yup.  The TD to Higgins was a big example of this.  The Steelers were in single high and despite the fact that Tee was lined up against James Pierre, a 2nd year UDFA, Fitzpatrick cheated to Chase's side presnap.  That's a huge mismatch and Tee and Burrow made them pay.  

Yep and this isn't new either.  This is what teams do.  It happened with AJ, Andy and the crew during their good years.  AJ would blow up for 100+ yards, and go crazy for a few weeks, then teams would compensate and it would open it up for the other receivers and AJ would have pedestrian numbers for a few games.  Then teams would compensate back to cover the new favorite target and AJ would go off again.  Chase will go off again, when teams realize they can't cheat that way because Tee keeps killing them.  Also as the team has shown, they're going to continue to try creative ways to get the ball in Chase's hands because he's dynamic after the catch.  We'll scheme him into more touches.