PHILADELPHIA _ Captain Orlando Brown Jr., the Bengals left tackle, wanted to see the film before he said anything definitive about the preseason opener here at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday night against the defending Super Bowl champ Eagles.

Well, he could say one thing. Pro Bowl quarterback Joe Burrow and All-Pro wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase are pretty good.

Brown beamed as he recalled the 36-yard touchdown pass to Chase. He’d seen it before. A quick throw to Chase against an all-out blitz. A spin move on the sideline. Tear-away jersey speed. A foot race where the only feet belonged to Chase.

“I think he caught a five-yard out and that was it,” Brown said. “I’ve seen him do it on air. I’ve seen him do it in practice. In a real game. In a preseason game. It’s a standard they set.”

Brown also felt like he had a feel for the run game, where running back Chase Brown averaged 4.6 yards per his five carries. He also had two catches out of the backfield that were basically extensions of the run game for 19 yards. Plus, he caught a six-yard check-down pass, wonderfully efficient in itself.

And on one of those run-passes for nine yards on the perimeter, he delivered a hellacious stiff-arm to linebacker Smael Mondon.

On the first two touchdown drives that Burrow delivered, the Bengals converted their two third downs. Short-yardage has haunted the Burrow Era, but on Thursday, Chase Brown followed center Ted Karras and right guard Lucas Patrick for two yards on third-and-one. They never had longer than second-and-six.

“Our offense is efficient when we’re able to run the ball and execute in those situations,” Brown said. “Great things are going to happen. It seemed efficient. Everybody was in the right spot on their double teams. We were working well together.”

No one threw more passes than Burrow last season, but he doesn’t mind giving the ball to Brown any which way.

“He’s playing a huge role for us. He caught some out of the backfield today,” Burrow said. “If we get four, five, six yards every time we hand it to him, it’s going to pay dividends.”

The first team has already played two more snaps than all last preseason with two drives totaling 15 plays, and Orlando Brown is looking forward to next week’s game in Washington, where Taylor has indicated they’ll play even more.

“It’s a good way to get the kinks out before September,” Brown said.