Cincinnati Bengals: Tee Higgins, Ja’Marr Chase Question the Play Calling in Overtime
After falling to 1-4, the Cincinnati Bengals’ prime two large receivers felt the play calling in additional time was too conservative throughout their Week 5 loss to the Ravens.
Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase questioned why the Bengals referred to as three straight operating performs on their solely possession of additional time.
They had wonderful discipline place, beginning at Baltimore’s 38-yard line after Germaine Pratt recovered Lamar Jackson’s fumble. However, three straight runs produced a web complete of three yards, leaving Evan McPherson with a 53-yard discipline aim try that he missed after a nasty maintain. Derrick Henry busted free for a 51-yard run on Baltimore’s subsequent play, then Justin Tucker kicked the game-winning 24-yard discipline aim that lifted the Ravens to an exciting 41-38 win.
Higgins stated the Bengals ought to’ve been extra aggressive on their additional time possession in a recreation the place Joe Burrow threw for 392 yards and 5 landing passes.
“Personally, I feel we must always’ve gone a bit of extra aggressive on the primary or second down, simply to try to get Evan in higher discipline aim vary,” Higgins stated by way of Ben Baby of ESPN.com. “He’ll make these from that deep, I’m not placing it on him in any respect. It’s a staff effort, we misplaced as a staff. But we may’ve achieved a greater job of placing him in discipline aim vary to make it a neater kick.”
Chase, who caught 10 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns, agreed with Higgins.
“I felt like we must always’ve tried no less than one play to provide it to one in all our playmakers, attempt to get a primary down, trigger we have been doing it the entire recreation,” Chase stated.
