Brown Just Short Of The Chase<\/p>\n
Running back Chase Brown<\/a> caught a personal-best 11 balls on all of his 11 targets for 71 yards. But he sure wishes it was 72. On fourth-and-and-10, Brown does what he does and beat the linebacker, Oluokun, on a slant. But safety Rayuan Lane III upended Brown just before the line-to-gain.<\/p>\n “I just tried to pick a shoulder to run through and kind of felt like I had people around me, so I knew the scenario,” Brown said. “I can just run to a shoulder and get that extra yard. But unfortunately, we were short.”<\/p>\n Slants and Screens<\/p>\n The Bengals were also down in the secondary, where safety Bryan Cook<\/a> (ankle), backup safety Kyle Dugger<\/a> (quad) and slot cornerback Jalen Davis<\/a> (hamstring) were out. PJ Jules<\/a>, a special teams ace who played eight snaps last year, got his first NFL start at safety. Practice squad safety Russ Yeast<\/a>, who didn’t play last season, rotated with him. And except for wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr.’s wide-open seven-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence for the first touchdown of the game, cornerback Dax Hill<\/a> thought the communication held up.<\/p>\n “You never know when your number is going to be called. I was proud of them,” Hill said. “There are certain things we have to talk about, but for most of the game I think we were good. I felt like we were \u00a0cohesive.” \u2026<\/p>\n Hill, DJ Turner II<\/a> and DJ Ivey<\/a> held big Jags gun Parker Washington, their slot receiver, to one catch for seven yards on three targets \u2026<\/p>\n