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Jake Browning to Chase Brown for 54-yard Bengals touchdown

Jake Browning threw a TD pass to Chase Brown for the Bengals

Jake Browning continued to have the hot passing hand for the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

Coming off a great effort against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Browning led a 4-play, 92-yard drive in the first quarter of Week 14.

The scoring play was a short pass that Chase Brown turned into a 54-yard touchdown.

After the PAT, the Bengals led. 7-0.

Bengals rookie Chase Brown scores 1st NFL TD on 54-yard Jake Browning connection

The Bengals get a huge TD from the rookie.

The Cincinnati Bengals struck first in their Week 14 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts.

Cincinnati’s offense did so via rookie running back Chase Brown’s first NFL touchdown, a short pass from Jake Browning he took 54 yards for the score.

After a slow drive to open the game, the offense exploited the lull with the short look to Brown, who sprinted down the field and made the last defender miss with style.

Brown, a fifth-rounder, has increasingly seen his snap count shoot up since returning from injured reserve a few weeks back, giving the Bengals an impressive one-two punch with starter Joe Mixon:

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Joe Mixon hyped for what rookie Chase Brown brings Bengals offense

Joe Mixon loves what he’s seeing from the rookie RB.

Veteran Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon is more than happy to see a younger member of the room stepping up big for the offense.

That honor goes to fourth-round rookie Chase Brown, who has seen a steady uptick in usage since returning from an injury.

Mixon says the addition of Brown to the mix can only help the offense — and that it’s something he wouldn’t mind seeing at other spots, too.

“It’s definitely cool. Chase is a young buck ready to get out there and show what he’s got,” Mixon said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “He’s stepped up in a major way. As long as everybody continues to do that in whatever position there is, I think we’ll be in great shape.”

Brown turned nine carries into 61 yards (6.8 average) during the Monday night win over Jacksonville last week.

While Mixon still had 19 carries during that game, it’s a pretty good sign that the rookie’s usage could only increase as the season concludes.

And as Mixon says, that could be one of the keys to still scrapping for a longshot playoff appearance with Joe Burrow out.

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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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