Chase Brown reaches Bengals historical past vs. Ravens

Not solely did the Bengals’ win over the Ravens enhance their slim playoff probabilities, nevertheless it additionally set some historical past on the person accolade stage for Cincinnati gamers. As we talked about, Ja’Marr Chase is formally a Ravens-killer, however Cincinnati’s operating again can be in elite echelons.

Together with his 113 yards from scrimmage on Thursday Evening, Chase Brown cemented himself amongst a few of the finest operating backs in Bengals historical past. He’s the primary Cincinnati operating again to have six-straight video games with no less than 100 complete yards from scrimmage.

As seen above, the Bengals have had a lot of productive and versatile backs of their historical past. Most notable is James Brooks, who was a multi-Professional Bowl participant, recognized for his potential to thrash defenses in a number of methods.

Giovani Bernard was a bit extra of a “No. 1B” again in his day, however his versatility was an important weapon within the Bengals’ playoff streak from 2011-2015 (Bernard joined the group in 2013). And, whereas Corey Dillon wasn’t recognized for his receiving prowess, per se, with so many points at quarterback throughout his profession, he was a continuing passing outlet.

Brown got here up simply in need of 1,000 speeding yards final 12 months, however had 1,350 complete yards from scrimmage and 11 complete touchdowns. Via a Bengals quarterback carousel this 12 months, Brown has 991 complete yards from scrimmage and three complete touchdowns.

With Joe Burrow again within the lineup and seemingly not lacking a lot of a beat in his first recreation again, Brown’s numbers ought to proceed to indicate productiveness on this closing stretch of video games.