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I want to put him in shotgun and let Jamar Chase and T. Higgins go against these guys in the secondary cuz they're the secondary looks bad on paper. Uh they we talked a number of times last year whenever Jamal Dean was out like they were really bad and they give up a bunch of points to wide receivers and they didn't bring anyone else in. like they they are elevating Benjamin Morrison and Jacob Parish at cornerback outside of Zion McCollum and both those guys were awful last year and I see I have Jamar Chase and I have T. Higgins. They're a lot better than your guys.
STACKED’s take
Elite receiver with weak secondary matchup; Bengals should play to strength.
Chase has a strong Week 1 matchup advantage against the Buccaneers secondary, which looks bad on paper; the Bucs are elevating Benjamin Morrison and Jacob Parish at cornerback outside of Zion McCollum, and both were awful last year. The source explicitly prefers getting Burrow in shotgun to let Chase attack this weak secondary rather than playing under center against Tampa's strong front seven. Chase is a foundational piece of the Bengals' offensive identity; the team was built around Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, and T. Higgins as core strengths, and the source argues the Bengals should lean into this strength rather than experimenting with run-heavy and under-center approaches that limit their effectiveness.
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