How SHOULD Chase be used in the offense?

[kevin]

(09-01-2021, 06:23 PM)Joelist Wrote: A better (and less antagonistic to other forum posters) question than the "regret" or "bust" stuff is how should he be used in the offense?

My understanding of why we took him was he has the tools to stretch a defense vertically, leading to more running room and less defenses sitting on the run and the short routes. So they should be playing him at X and calling the appropriate posts and other deeper routes to leverage his strong points.

For some strange reason, in preseason games they constantly sent him on shallow routes that were frequently in the middle. The only time they actually let him get into space (albeit in the backfield) he gained 16 yards - all the others were in traffic. That and pulling not only him but the first team offense way too fast in all three game means they are still rusty going into games that count.

They took him for ONE REASON ONLY, and that is Joe Burrow already has his timing down to him at LSU.  You did not see that in Preseason because Joe Burrow did not play much in preseason.  If you look at Chase highlights on YouTube you will see Burrow hitting him Deep, their timing is perfect on The Bomb and also in The Red Zone into End Zone. 

Anybody judging Chase on how he looked with back-up QB's are being foolish.  Plus, our back-ups mostly throw short dink passes. That is why they are back-ups. 

Chase should be used as planned. To give Burrow a 3rd WR that he already has his timing down with.  Burrow got some timing down with Boyd and Higgins, but Defenses can Stop 2 Receivers. Chase is a 3rd WR that Burrow has his timing down from LSU.  You use all 3 for Burrow to throw to.  Burrow at LSU was good at finding the open receiver of many receivers.  That is how you use Burrow here, and that is how you use Boyd, Higgins, Chase here.  If Bengals do not go to an LSU type offense, then they were foolish to draft Burrow and Chase if Cincinnati is too hard headed to adapt and change the Last Place offense. 

Green was slacking to go free agent and Ross was awful. So Burrow did not have enough pass catchers. Any NFL D can cover 2. The Burrow to Chase combo from LSU gives Burrow 3 WR's that he has timing to, and THAT is why they took Chase on letting Green and Ross go, and THAT is how they use Chase. As part of a stable of pass catchers for Burrow, so many that Defenses can't cover them all. If Boyd is open, hit Boyd. If Higgins, hit Higgins. If Chase, hit Chase. Now this is providing The O Line gives time to do anything. If there is Blocking, Teams can not Double Team Boyd, Higgins and Chase, or they will leave one of them WIDE OPEN. Plus RUN Mixon...Burrow, Mixon, Boyd, Higgins, Chase of Run and Pass and the idea is to force Defenses into One on One and Bengals Hard To Defend.

The past problem was always throwing to Chad or Green, That is Wrong...I got so tired of seeing throwing to Chad or Green in Double or Triple Coverage. The goal of Boyd, Higgins, Chase is to NOT throw into Double or Triple Coverage. Burrows Game is to Hit The Open Man, like in Basketball.

Don Meredith said it took him a few years to get the timing down to a WR like Bobby Hayes. By bringing in the Burrow to Chase combo from LSU, that Timing is already there. Plus Burrow got some timing down with Boyd and Higgins. In 1981 The Bengals had too many pass catchers to cover as they went Super Bowl, and THAT is the 2021 goal, Too Many To Cover....Now we need The Blocking to Step Up. The 80's Teams had Munoz and Montoya. These Blockers need to Block for any of this to work. And there must be a RUN GAME as the 1981 and 1988 Bengals had. Block Open some Run Lanes for Mixon.