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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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Eagles planning RB-by-committee approach to replacing Miles Sanders

Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni says he’s “OK with having a committee of running backs”, and says the #Eagles will roll with whatever is working

The Eagles’ 2023 NFL offseason is almost complete, and as the Birds return for training camp, they’ll look entirely different on defense, while adding explosive players to the running back position.

Philadelphia signed former Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny to replace Miles Sanders, and the hope was that he could help decrease some of Hurts’ designed runs.

They added more explosiveness at the position, trading for former Lions running back D’Andre Swift.

As the team returns to the NovaCare Complex for training camp, head coach Nick Sirianni is fine with ” a committee approach”, as well as one of the three talented players become the top dawg.

“I’m OK having a committee, I’m OK with one guy getting the carries, too,” he said in a recent interview via NBC Sports Philadelphia. “I really am. Whatever’s working, whatever’s going (well).

“We’ll say at times we’re going to go here and then a guy gets hot and we’ll roll with him. For example, Kenny in the playoffs a little bit last year. He got more touches than he had gotten because he was running it really well.

“I’m content with whatever’s working and playing the best guys. I love the depth that we have to be able to rotate guys and keep guys fresh. I like when you have a guy that can do all of it, I like when you have a guy that you can segment it. There’s so many different ways to do it.”

With report day set for Tuesday morning, here’s a look at the Eagles committee of running backs and the best and worst case scenarios for the arrangement.

Bengals rookie RB Chase Brown tabbed as nonstarter to watch in 2023

Can Bengals rookie RB Chase Brown break into the rotation?

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When the Cincinnati Bengals waited until the fifth round of the draft to address running back after standing still at the position in free agency while losing Samaje Perine, it signaled to onlookers that the team was committed to Joe Mixon.

But that fifth-round pick — Chase Brown out of Illinois — arrives with heavy experience and some traits that make him worth a second look.

ESPN’s Seth Walder did just that recently within a bigger piece about team outlooks:

Nonstarter to know: RB Chase Brown. I’m keeping an eye on Brown, a fifth-round pick who forced 73 missed tackles (fourth-most in FBS) last season at Illinois, because Joe Mixon averaged between minus -0.2 and 0.2 rush yards over expectation per carry in the past four seasons. Brown is cheaper and could be Mixon’s successor. — Walder

The Bengals haven’t given off any indication that Mixon’s job is in danger by any means. But Brown certainly has an inside track to compete with Trayveon Williams as the immediate backup who takes rotational snaps.

As for Mixon, he’s improved as a receiver over the last few years, though pass-blocking remains an issue. Barring a stunning summer development though, fans can expect Brown to get some touches next year before possibly taking over in a year’s time.

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Bengals rookie Chase Brown talks his game and work ethic

Bengals rookie Chase Brown watches the likes of Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara.

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The Cincinnati Bengals’ 2023 fifth-round pick, Chase Brown, talked with Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com about how he is doing adjusting to the NFL.

Brown already has a routine, writing down what he plans to do the next day on a sheet of notebook paper so that he can stay consistent. Offensive coordinator Brian Callahan believes that as a rookie, Brown already has the habits of a pro.

Brown said he knows that the ability to catch as a running back is very valuable in the NFL. He likes to watch players like Austin Ekeler, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara, although Hobson noted he wouldn’t say who he believes his own NFL comp is.

Here’s what Brown said about his game to Hobson:

“Let’s see how the season goes, but right now I’m Chase Brown,” says Chase Brown. “That’s who I’m trying to be on game day. Be myself. Fast. Versatile. Elusive. Somebody who has speed and agility with speed to separate from people. An all-around running back who can pass block, can catch, and run the ball efficiently and is trusted on all three downs.”

Brown’s high school coach Tod Creneti compared him to former Bengal Giovani Bernard, who officially retired this offseason.

At Illinois, Brown had only 2.3 catches per game in 2022, but that number rose every year he was there, finishing with 48 receptions and 446 yards in his career with three receiving touchdowns that all came last season. He has improved his receiving game and is working hard to have that be a part of his game in the NFL.

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