Quote:They were relentless.

And rough around the edges.

“I got really lucky,” Lieberman said. “It was mostly them. It was their coachability, their willingness to commit to this. They are the most on-point, dedicated, nice, incredible kids. Not to mention, neither of them knew a goddamn thing, so I had no bad habits to break.”

Lieberman laughs at the side-by-side video now. The differences in speed, stride length, hands and breaks looked almost comical.

“The main thing is the technique of it, just running full stride,” Brown said. “Route running is an art. You see a lot of guys, the top-tier guys make it look easy, but there is a lot that goes into it, full stride, break points, hip shifts. There’s a ton of things that break down a good route runner.”

Quote:“The whole first month of February all we did was work on being ball stoppers,” Lieberman said. “Chase became confident catching the ball. When he first came to me, every time he would catch the ball, his head would snap back first, he would flinch away from the ball. There’s no consistency with the way you shoot your hands, you are just praying you catch it.”

What followed were days upon days of catching through lunges, squats, on one leg, laying down and constantly simulating every contortion, break type and adverse condition for a catch. They rebuilt the basics.

Spending hours on the field with a receiver coach repeating these specific motions isn’t possible with the limited practice time allowed in the NFL. Every rep is valuable for learning scheme and functionality with the offense. You can talk it and emphasize it, but development can often fall by the wayside in the NFL churn.

Truly dedicating to the repetition of catching for somebody who never really did so is the gap in the market Lieberman preys upon.

“Make him fearless, make him confident, keep his head steady,” Lieberman said. “Then create consistent catching mechanics once you stabilize everything. As soon as the ball started slowing down, the game started slowing down. Chase looked like a running back when I started with him, like an uncoordinated route runner. Now this guy looks like a starting slot receiver in the NFL.”

(06-26-2024, 12:21 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: our new WR coach going to make Yoshi and Chase Brown nuts, if Tee doesn't stay, Burrow will have a lot of weapons regardless.

(06-26-2024, 12:37 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Troy Walters is still the Bengals WR coach. The guy mentioned in the article doesn’t work for the team.

(06-26-2024, 12:23 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Yoshi was a record-setting, All-American Heptathlete from an Ivy League school. Working hard is not going to be "new" to him.

(06-26-2024, 12:09 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Chase Brown catching the ball in space, and past the LOS would be an incredible boost to the offense.

(06-26-2024, 12:24 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Many on here have mentioned from time to time how this team really needs to hit on some of these late-round guys.
The Bengals may end up doing just that with Iosivas and/or Brown.

Either of these guys could really help take the Bengals offense to the elite level.

Quote:“I would say Andrei and Chase made the fastest improvement of any players I’ve ever had in the program of 15 years doing this, this is year seven at the NFL level,” Lieberman said. “I’ve never had two players improve faster.”

(06-26-2024, 12:58 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I've been saying it all off-season, but Yoshi is going to blow the **** up this year. Many of you are high on Burton, and his time will come...but Yoshi is going to be the guy this year that many of you are thinking Burton will be.

Looks like Yoshi has improved as a receiver and also transformed his body this off-season I really think the depth of our WR room will make Higgins expendable.

(06-26-2024, 01:32 PM)Synric Wrote: Mentioning Jermaine Burton reminded me of the interview he and Housh did last week figured I'd throw it in here too.

(06-26-2024, 02:21 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Brown looks scary good!

His foot work on those cuts is incredible and is going to have defenders tripping all over themselves!

As a DB, we were always taught to watch the hips because they don't lie, but he moves his hips so quick with his moves that it will be tough for any DB or backer to get any clues at where he's going!