Bengals News (10/2): More 50-50 balls for Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase

Bengals News (10/2): More 50-50 balls for Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase
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Quick Hits | Jake Browning Looking To Add Up 50-50 Balls; How P.J. Jules Almost Had a Gem
“I didn’t give Tee a chance,” Browning said after the Wednesday walkthrough. “No deep ball has ever been completed that a receiver couldn’t get to. Especially with a guy like Tee. I felt like I had two that stood out as not giving him a chance. I can see what I was trying to do, but I need to adjust how I’m throwing some of my 50-50 balls to him just to give him a shot at it. And so I would say that was the main takeaway.”

Quick Hits | Zac Taylor Endorses Jake Browning, Gives Rookie RG Jalen Rivers Another Start
“In his first start on the road to Denver against that front, I was pleased with what Jalen did and I think he continued to build off of that,” Taylor said. “And I really liked his demeanor throughout the game.”

Bengals might’ve sniffed around a Russell Wilson trade, after all
“Last week, there was stray chatter of Wilson to the Bengals for a fifth-round pick. And while a deal for Wilson or Winston is possible, the current dynamic could be that neither side wants to make the first move.”

Bengals Betting Line Continues to Swell to Rare Heights for Home Game as Public Heavily Backs Lions
The Lions are favorites of at least 10.5 points on the road for the first time since 1973, when they were exactly 10.5-point favorites and lost to the Saints 20-13.

Ja’Marr Chase ‘frustrated’ by Bengals’ blowout loss to Broncos: ‘It didn’t look like we wanted it’
“It’s not good ever losing, so gotta learn from it,” Chase said after the loss, via The Cincinnati Enquirer. “Trying to overcome adversity. Get some wins, man. … Just gotta get better at getting first downs. … I’m always frustrated if I’m losing, you know what I’m saying. But it’s part of the game, man. Sometimes emotions take over. Sometimes it looks like what it’s not supposed to. But, yeah, it happens. … We go out there and we lay eggs sometimes. … We’re not capitalizing on opportunities. … Urgency is there. We’ve gotta want it. At the end of the day, we’ve gotta want it. Today it didn’t look like we wanted it.”