Tag: Chase Brown

Brian Callahan wants to find out what rookie Chase Brown can do

The Bengals sound ready to see more of an exciting rookie.

The Cincinnati Bengals season is not going as planned, and Joe Mixon picked up 16 yards on eight carries in their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In the fifth round of the draft earlier this year, the Bengals took Chase Brown out of Illinois so that he could be a backup for Mixon, who has been mostly reliable over his career in Cincinnati. But with his recent struggles, offensive coordinator Brian Callahan wants to get Brown more involved in the offense according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.

“Chase had some plays in the game plan that were his that we didn’t get to,” Callahan said. “We need to find out what Chase can do for us because I don’t know. That’s the answer at this point. And we do need to find out.”

Chase had been on the injured reserve with a hamstring injury, so he has only been able to get two carries for six yards so far in his rookie season, but the Bengals are looking to try some new things after the offense had so much trouble in Week 12.

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Zac Taylor talks about getting rookie RB Chase Brown more chances

Chase Brown could get more chances soon.

Cincinnati Bengals coaches came under fire last week for getting Chase Brown back off injured reserve, then not giving him a single touch during a loss.

The topic of playing the rookie running back more is something that came up again with head coach Zac Taylor before the Monday night game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“He’s a guy we continue to talk about,” Taylor said, according to Mike Petraglia of CLNS Media. “Now we have to find a way to get guys like Chase (Brown) involved. … we see how it plays out over the next couple of weeks…. we’re trying to win games, No. 1.”

Reading between the lines a bit, it’s clear there are still some new-player things the coaches want to iron out because they conflict with giving the offense the best possible chance to help win games.

Meaning, most likely, pass-blocking at the pro level. As of now, Joe Mixon and Trayveon Williams are likely more poised in this area, as they should be.

So, the Bengals have to balance that want to keep competing while technically not eliminated from the playoffs vs. getting the explosive Brown some developmental reps.

Overall, it would appear to mean Brown won’t get a big workload in the immediate future.

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Zac Taylor explains lack of chances for rookie RB Chase Brown

Zac Taylor was asked why the Bengals didn’t try something else at running back.

During Sunday’s 16-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cincinnati Bengals offense attempted just 11 rushing plays.

Eight of those went to Joe Mixon, who gained just 16 yards, while new starting quarterback Jake Browning handled the other three.

Rookie running back Chase Brown, freshly activated from injured reserve over the weekend, didn’t get a chance.

Speaking with reporters after the game, Bengals coach Zac Taylor explained the lack of attempts and chances for Brown.

“We only have 40 plays. You’re going to look at a lot of them in the two-minute and third downs. At the end of the day, you have to look at normal-down plays from the past. We tried to do our best to keep some balance there but there wasn’t a lot of opportunities in this game,” Taylor said. “This has nothing to do with Joe Mixon. This is the entirety of the unit coming together. Don’t make this about one person. It’s not like there was missed opportunities there from what I could see. He continues to run hard and he’s given us what we needed this season.”

Considering Brown seemed in line for a bigger workload before his injury earlier this year, it was a little surprising not to see him out there. Doubly so, considering the offense desperately needs a spark from younger guys, let alone getting them some developmental reps.

Still, on a day where Ja’Marr Chase perplexingly only got six targets, the lack of chances for an explosive rookie is something to throw on the pile of necessary improvements in the coming weeks.

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Bengals make roster moves, including Joe Burrow to IR

Bengals roster moves, plus Joe Burrow to IR.

The Cincinnati Bengals officially moved Joe Burrow to injured reserve on Saturday before the team’s Week 12 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

With Burrow heading to injured reserve, the Bengals made a corresponding move by elevating AJ McCarron from the practice squad to serve as backup behind Jake Browning.

Taking Burrow’s place on the 53-man roster is rookie running back Chase Brown, who had his 21-day return window opened this week after missing four games on injured reserve.

These all fall under the expected column. While the team hasn’t revealed surgery or timeline info for Burrow just yet, he was declared out for the year last week due to ligament damage in his wrist.

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Bengals announce roster moves, including adding a QB

The Bengals make roster moves, including bringing on a QB.

The Cincinnati Bengals announced a handful of roster moves on Monday in the wake of Joe Burrow’s season-ending wrist injury.

On the quarterback front, the Bengals signed Drew Plitt to the practice squad, reuniting with the former undrafted free agent from 2022.

Plitt will be the new emergency third quarterback behind new starter Jake Browning and backup AJ McCarron. He spent time with the team out of college during the preseason and also had stints with other teams and the Arlington Renegades of the XFL.

The Bengals also cleared rookie running back Chase Brown to return from IR, opening his 21-day window to practice. He can be activated to the 53-man roster at any time during that span. The fourth-rounder suffered a hamstring injury before Week 8 and has missed the mandatory four games being being eligible to return.

Cincinnati also shifted rookie guard Jaxson Kirkland to the Practice Squad/Injured list due to a wrist injury.

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Bengals rookie RB Chase Brown sent to injured reserve

A promising Bengals rookie heads to IR.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Chase Brown went from potentially getting a bigger role out of the bye week to going to injured reserve.

Saturday, the Bengals announced Brown’s shift to injured reserve due to a hamstring injury he suffered in practice on Thursday that required a cart to leave the field.

That means Brown will miss at least four games before he’s eligible to return. This, on the heels of Bengals coaches saying he was likely in line for a bigger workload as the team attempts to find an answer behind starter Joe Mixon.

With the fifth-rounder sidelined and a roster spot open, we’ve outlined nine running backs the Bengals want to target before the NFL trade deadline.

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Bengals provide bad news on Chase Brown injury

Bengals fans will have to wait to see the rookie get more usage.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Chase Brown won’t be able to go in Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers because of a new hamstring injury.

On the same day coaches suggested Brown and others could be in line for more work behind Joe Mixon coming out of the bye, the rookie fifth-rounder pulled his hamstring in practice.

The next day, Brown was just one of two Bengals listed as out against the 49ers.

According to The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr., Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said that Brown had looked great in practice this week before the mishap.

Brown had appeared in five games before the injury, carrying the ball just twice and catching all three of his targets for seven yards.

While the Bengals could turn to Trayveon Williams and Chris Evans behind Mixon, it also raises the question of whether this might encourage the team to make a move before the upcoming trade deadline, too, given how cheap it usually is to acquire productive rotational runners.

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Bengals rookie Chase Brown added to Thursday injury report

A new addition to the injury report before Bengals vs. 49ers.

It doesn’t get much better than the second injury report of the week for the Cincinnati Bengals coming out of a bye week.

There, the Bengals listed three players:

  • LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (DNP)
  • OT Orlando Brown Jr. (LP)
  • RB Chase Brown (LP)

Orlando Brown was limited for the second day in a row but, based on comments from him and Zac Taylor, remains on track to start against the San Franciso 49ers.

The rookie Chase Brown is a new addition after being seen fielding kicks earlier in the day. Before the list went out, a Bengals coach had talked about someone like Brown stepping up behind Joe Mixon.

Cincinnati’s final injury report of the week will go live on Friday, revealing official game statuses before Sunday’s late-afternoon kickoff.

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Bengals rookie Chase Brown projected as a breakout

One expert sees big things for Bengals rookie Chase Brown.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Chase Brown was one of the players praised by coaches coming out of the preseason.

And now the fifth-round pick has caught the eye of national outsiders, too.

ESPN’s Dan Graziano, for example, projected a possible breakout for all 32 teams and came up with Brown for the Bengals:

What I’m hearing: The fifth-round pick from Illinois has been impressive throughout camp and the preseason, particularly surprising the Bengals with his abilities in the passing game — a place where he didn’t get used a ton in college (28 catches last year). Could he leapfrog Chris Evans and Trayveon Williams for the No. 2 running back spot behind Joe Mixon? Maybe as the year goes on, if not right away.

Considering Trayveon Williams had his camp derailed by injury, Chris Evans is still inexperienced and the team didn’t do much to replace Samaje Perine, Brown could easily earn his way into a notable rotational role quickly.

Given Brown’s extensive workload at the collegiate level that played a role in the Bengals drafting him to begin with, his slowly morphing into a breakout wouldn’t be a stunner, even if he wasn’t one of the two rookies to win a starting job at final cuts.

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Bengals rookie RB Chase Brown praised by coaches after preseason

Bengals rookie RB Chase Brown gained some nice momentum this summer.

Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Chase Brown has the attention of coaches.

Brown was always going to get a notable chance, but with Trayveon Williams out due to an injury, the fifth-rounder has proven to be the experienced first-year player coaches hoped he would be.

And Brown followed a strong summer with a nice showing in the preseason finale against the Washington Commanders.

“He got his hands on the ball in the run game. I thought he provided value there,” Bengals head coach Taylor said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “He did a good job with yards after contact. He gave us some ugly yards today. I liked what I saw from Chase.”

Brown figures to be in the mix on the final roster behind Joe Mixon alongside Chris Evans and potentially Williams, depending on what the team does during final 53-man cuts.

Notably experienced due to a heavy workload before the NFL, Brown looks like a guy who could have a  bigger role than expected as a rotational piece despite being a mid-round pick.

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