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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 08: Ja'Marr Chase #1 of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals during the first quarter at State Farm Stadium on October 08, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. We’re back to our normally scheduled programming here on The Overhang. The five Ps are back!, and also away from our smoldering fantasy lineups. The season is taking shape, but there is still plenty of football to be played. So, let's get to it.
Compare the first five weeks of Chase’s rookie season in 2021, often aligning near the sideline and ripping off explosive gain after explosive gain ... Cincinnati is also having Chase work from the slot at a more frequent clip through five weeks. And the results have been promising. Chase has aligned in the slot on 27.6% of his snaps this season and has been targeted 22 times on those plays, the latter number already bettering his rookie-year mark of 19. Bengals coaches experimented with using Chase more in the slot as their offense evolved in 2022.
Chase has run 21 routes for nine catches and six first downs from the No. 3 spot this season, including three first downs on five routes from there in Week 5. Over Chase’s first two seasons, he ran just 13 routes from that formation location with just five catches.The Bengals are going to keep adding new pitches to keep defenses uneasy until they regain their fastball . And using No. 1 at the No. 3 spot seems to be a good one to lean into.
So when Williams moves back with Etienne to join his fellow linebacker in a double-mug look before the snap, it seems like an easy bet that the Bills are going to be in Cover 1, right? Again, easy enough if you know what’s coming. But not so much when you have to figure out and confirm that it is indeed Cover 2 in under two seconds, and then still make a throw from the far hash to the sideline with Ed Oliver a couple feet away from potentially knocking the air out of your lungs.
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