As much attention as the Chargers defense has on Burrow, the same is needed for his favorite target in Chase.
The fourth-year wideout put together one of the best games of his career last week with 11 receptions for 264 yards and three touchdowns.
On the season, he’s been just as impressive leading the league in receptions (66), receiving yards (981) and touchdowns (10).
“A great player that gets open and makes plays, huge plays,” Harbaugh said about Chase. “Run after the catch, catching ability, all those things. One of the very best in the game.”
As Harbaugh mentioned, what he’s able to do after the catch is just as threatening to a defense.
According to Next Gen Stats, Chase leads the NFL in yards after the catch (462) this season and since entering the NFL, the LSU product has produced the second-most yards after catch (2,107).
“He’s elite at all three [levels],” Minter said. “He has the ability to take the bubble and go 70 [yards]. He has the ability to catch the dig over the middle, split the defense, go 70. Then he has the ability to take the top off the defense and go 70.
Cornerback Tarheeb Still added: “He definitely has the ability to make you miss. You have to play tight coverage, contest every catch and if he does catch it, you have to tackle because he has the ability to break away after the catch and make a big play.”
Perhaps few, if any, in the Chargers facility knows the Bengals star receiver more than cornerback Kristian Fulton.
Fulton, who was on LSU’s National Championship team alongside Burrow and Chase in 2019, goes way back with the receiver as the two attended Archbishop Rummel High School in Louisiana prior to their college days.
The Bolts cornerback is well aware of what he can do on the field.
“He can make plays anywhere on the field – short, medium, deep,” Fulton said about Chase. “It’s on us pre snap to know where his alignments are and…
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