05-09-2023, 09:13 PM
(05-09-2023, 05:39 PM)samhain Wrote: Chad had the quickest feet in the league. I'm not sure he had the field awareness that Chase does, as Ja'marr moves around a lot. See his Buffalo TD in the playoff that he basically improvised. I don't think Chad was AS scary in terms of YAC, either. He just burned corners deep a lot. Chase changed the way defenses play this team after getting past 5 and 6 guys within arms reach against KC and Baltimore.
I said this with AJ Green, and I will say this with Chase until he reaches the next level. Chad is by far the best WR the Bengals have ever had. Chad had a 3 year stretch in '05-'07 where he was the best WR in the NFL. He also remains the only Bengals WR to ever be 1st Team All-Pro (I think Chase has a pretty good chance at becoming the next).
Chad did it while people were able to absolutely murder WRs, in a division with some all-time great defenders on perennially great defenses. Can never sleep on how great he was.
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