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QUARTERBACKS
| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow | 557.8 | 381 | 4183.5 | 31.79 | 12.27 | 64.3 | 212.2 | 4.18 | 316.26 |
| Jake Browning | 38.8 | 24.6 | 273.5 | 1.36 | 0.87 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 0.06 | 15.64 |
Joe Burrow: Does any team have as talented of a trio as the Bengals do with Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd? Burrow's rookie season (2020) ended prematurely after sustaining a torn ACL, but he has a 69.3% completion rate, 69 touchdowns (6.1 TD%) and 8.1 yards per attempt average over the past two years. Returning to practice after missing roughly a month, Burrow (calf strain) is on track to play Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns.
RUNNING BACKS
| Player | Att. | Yards | TD | Rec. | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mixon | 219.1 | 898.3 | 6.57 | 44.8 | 320.9 | 1.6 | 193.34 |
| Trayveon Williams | 64.8 | 285.1 | 1.78 | 10.7 | 78 | 0.6 | 55.94 |
| Chris Evans | 36.7 | 157.8 | 0.83 | 13.2 | 102.5 | 0.8 | 42.41 |
| Chase Brown | 34.5 | 146.6 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 64.6 | 0.5 | 34.17 |
Joe Mixon: Missing multiple games in all but two seasons (2019 and 2021), Mixon has been an inefficient (career 4.1 YPC) workhorse (16.4 carries per game). In addition, he set career highs as a receiver in targets (75), receptions (60) and yards (441) in 2022.
WIDE RECEIVERS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase | 100 | 1328.2 | 9.8 | 6 | 29.1 | 0.27 | 246.15 |
| Tee Higgins | 86 | 1058.5 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195.65 |
| Tyler Boyd | 58.4 | 632.9 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 0.05 | 122.22 |
| Charlie Jones | 13 | 135.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 0.05 | 27.71 |
| Trenton Irwin | 9.7 | 115.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.05 | 22.59 |
| Andrei Iosivas | 2.4 | 29 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
Ja'Marr Chase: Chase missed five games in 2022, but in some ways, his numbers were even better in his second season. Chase averaged a 7.3/87.2/0.75 line and fell short of 50 receiving yards in only one of 12 games last season. As a rookie, he averaged 4.8/85.6/0.77 per game, but he failed to reach 50 receiving yards in six games in his debut season. Assuming that Chase stays healthy, bigger and better things should be expected in his age-23 season.
Tee Higgins: Other than perhaps the Dolphins with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle or the Eagles with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, no team has a better WR duo than the Bengals have with Chase and Higgins. As he enters his age-24 season, the former Clemson Tiger already has three years of consistent production with a total of 215 catches for 3,028 yards and 19 touchdowns. Higgins has a minimum of three catches in 38 of the 41 games in which he played at least 50% of the offensive snaps.
Tyler Boyd: Boyd set five-year lows in targets (82), receptions (58) and yards (762) in 2022. Even so, he has extended his streak of top-36 seasons (half-PPR scoring) to five. He's a relatively low-upside flex option, other than weeks where either Chase or Higgins is sidelined.
TIGHT ENDS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Smith Jr. | 44.6 | 454.6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.16 |
| Drew Sample | 9.1 | 91.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.49 |
| Mitchell Wilcox | 4.3 | 44.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.01 |
Irv Smith Jr.: Smith has appeared in only eight (23.5%) of 34 games over the past two seasons. With Hayden Hurst now in Carolina, Smith slots in atop Cincinnati's depth chart. Hurst had 52/414/2 receiving in 13 games last season, and Jets tight end C.J. Uzomah had 49/493/5 for Cincinnati in 2021. Provided his health cooperates, Smith has a chance to at least post similar numbers to Hurst and Ozumah over the past two seasons.
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- Cincinnati Bengals Draft History
- Cincinnati Bengals NFL Power Rankings Roundup
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