• WR Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals – Over 6.5 Receptions: After an outburst on the sphere in Week 2, following what Chase felt like was a harmful deal with used in opposition to him, I wouldn’t wish to be on the receiving finish of what the proficient receiver has in retailer to follow-up this week.
• WR Dyami Brown, Washington Commanders – Over 15.0 Receiving + Rushing Yards: The Commanders will certainly need to go on this one in the event that they hope to match the output we’ve seen from a tandem like Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Although Brown has seen simply three targets and solely 17 yards this season, he got here one errant Jayden Daniels go from coming away with a rating.
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Game Overview
The second sport on Monday Night options two groups coming off hotly contested video games that got here right down to the wire, one coming away with the win and the opposite struggling a crushing loss.
While ethical victories don’t exist on this sport, the Bengals made critical changes after Week 1 and, consequently, took the defending champs to the brink in Week 2, however they finally got here away quick. Cincy held a lead through the ultimate drive however its hopes have been dashed by a Kansas City area aim as time expired. After such a poor efficiency in Week 1, the changes made to comply with present some promising potential that this workforce can proper the ship.
Although this Bengals offense nonetheless has some stuff to iron out, significantly within the operating sport, the defensive aspect of the ball noticed probably the most marked enhancements week over week. After struggling a bit with a restricted New England Patriots offense in Week 1, the “Who Dey” protection jumped into the top-eight in EPA per play allowed in opposition to one of the crucial prolific play-caller/signal-caller tandems within the sport with the Chiefs, however sadly, left an excessive amount of time on the board to seize the win.
On the opposite hand, the Commanders struggled to get into the tip zone however nonetheless managed to return away with the victory off the leg of kicker Austin Seibert, who nailed seven kicks on a day their opponent needed to go with out a placekicker resulting from harm.
Despite coming away with area objectives as an alternative of touchdowns, this Commanders offense has lastly discovered some footing as soon as they began feeding operating again Brian Robinson. The third-year again erupted for over 7.8 yards per carry with over 92% of that manufacturing coming after first contact.
That ought to give this Commanders offense some much-needed confidence offensively as they proceed to work in direction of getting first-year quarterback Jayden Daniels comfy in Kliff Kingsbury’s system.
WR Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals: Over 6.5 Receptions (-104) – 14.7% PFF Greenline Edge
After an outburst on the sphere in Week 2, following what Chase felt was a harmful deal with used in opposition to him, I wouldn’t wish to be on the receiving finish of what the proficient receiver has in retailer to comply with up this week.
Tee Higgins‘ return to this lineup will undoubtedly open up the passing sport for this unit, after the earlier two weeks of defenses largely keying off of Chase and forcing this offense to search out one other strategy to win.
Shockingly, this Bengals offense has gotten away from the big-play passing sport it has turn out to be synonymous with – at the very least when Joe Burrow is on the sphere. Through two weeks, this offense has produced simply 4 receptions of 15-or-more yards. It might want to get again to that this week if it desires to regain its floor within the AFC North.
That’s not excellent news for the Commanders, as they’re coping with a wide range of illnesses to their cornerback room. Emmanuel Forbes (thumb) is questionable to go this week, whereas Benjamin St-Juste (groin) and Quan Martin (Hamstring) are slated to go after being restricted in observe this week.
WR Dyami Brown, Washington Commanders: Over 15.0 Receiving + Rushing Yards (-113) – 18.0% PFF Greenline Edge
Given what we simply established relating to the Bengals potential plans to air out the ball this week, it could lend itself properly to additionally projecting a sport script. The Commanders will certainly need to go on this one in the event that they hope to match the output we’ve seen from a tandem like Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
Although Brown has seen simply three targets and solely 17 yards this season, he got here one errant Jayden Daniels go from coming away with a rating. He ran 23 routes in opposition to the Giants this previous week, a marked leap over the 15 he noticed in Week 1.
Given how a lot he confirmed in camp, it’s a bit odd he hasn’t seen extra run to begin the 12 months. That ought to change transferring ahead as this offense continues to strive to determine the passing sport.