Top 10 highest graded Bengals for the season

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(01-12-2022, 09:22 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Why did Higgins grade out higher than Chase?

1. People underestimate the season Tee just had. He finished 8th in yards/game and 11th in YPC among those with 50+ catches.

2. Chase had more production, but more drops, more games where he disappeared, etc.

(01-12-2022, 10:06 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I think your second point might be a very important one. If I remember correctly, PFF values consistency fairly heavily and their final grade formula. Chase had higher highs than Higgins did, but Higgins seem to remain more consistent over the course of the season.

Not sure I agree with the bolded part of point #2. Tee did have a pretty slow start (granted some of it might have been injury but when can only go off what we saw).

Here are his early season numbers:

4 rec 58 yds 1 TD
6 rec 60 yds 1TD
5 rec 32 yds 0 TD
3 rec 44 yds 0 TD
7 rec 62 yds 0 TD
4 rec 97 yds 0 TD
6 rec 78 yds 0 TD
2 rec 15 yds 0 TD

It wasn’t until the 2nd Steelers game that he really broke out and started putting up monster numbers.

This is the great thing about having 2 guys capable of being #1’s though. Chase carried us early on and then got hot again at the end, and Tee stepped up during the stretch where Chase cooled off.