Has Chase peaked

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(09-17-2024, 07:43 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Starting to wonder has Chase peaked as a player or has defenses adjusted to him and his style?  Since a monster game 10/8 last 12 games ( I ignored last game of year stats) he is avg 68 yards and scored just 4 TDs. This is not top 5 WR numbers and he has looked pedestrian in route running our first 2 games.

Chase was great out of the gate.
But Chase, like about any other receiver, needs to have some other weapons to go along with him.
Teams will naturally try to double and triple him always if they don't feel the others are a threat.
You only start getting him single covered more often again as teams start going, "Oh, we also need to worry about that guy."

Game 1 there was no one else to worry about.
Game 2 started showing maybe there's something to these TEs. They stepped up and may need more focus on coverage.

A lot of this is also because Higgins is out. Higgins will help draw coverage away from Chase just as Chase has helped draw coverage away from Higgins in years past.