Analyzing Chase Brown's Role in Cincinnati's Game Plan

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00:00Let's talk about Chase Brown, maybe the more explosive running back between he and Zach

00:10Moss in the Cincinnati backfield, but a game script against Baltimore that probably is

00:14favoring the passing game just a tad. Now, maybe some mild touchdown equity there for

00:19Brown and Moss, but regardless, Rico Dowdle seems like the guy trending in that better

00:24direction because you see that he is getting more work. Finally, you have a little extra

00:30rest coming off the earlier game last week, and now it just appears that Zekiel Elliott

00:36is completely dust. So it should be Rico Dowdle's backfield. I know you have some concerns about

00:40maybe getting a little wet on that field and whatnot, but I don't know. For me, I'm investing

00:45in Rico Dowdle. I think Dowdle's the way to go here. I don't like split backfields or

00:49negative game scripts here for running back. So to me, it's Dowdle, but I know that's a

00:54tough one because you are a self-loathing, proclaimed cowboy fan. So how do you see this

00:59one? Brown or Dowdle?

01:02I don't, boy. Dowdle's done nothing this year. Everything you said is true. He is trending

01:07in as the star there.

01:08Well, Zekiel Elliott's done nothing this year. Dowdle has shown you at least some yardage

01:13in catching the football. He's done a little bit more, certainly more than Zeke. I think

01:16we can agree on that, right?

01:18Sure. Zeke wasn't even in this conversation. All right. I don't even know why he's on the

01:23team. Oh, I do know why. Just Jerry, whatever. That's a rabbit hole. You don't want to go

01:28down with me. Anyway, Dowdle's done very little. I know he had the screen pass for a touchdown

01:32last week. It was probably holding on the plate. Thank you, refs. But he's done nothing

01:38else. He's averaging 3.9 yards a carry. The Cowboys can't run the ball. They were the

01:41lowest-ranked rushing team in the NFL. That's not going to change now because they're a

01:45tough Pittsburgh team. That's not going to respect the Cowboys passing game whatsoever

01:49here. I agree with you about Brown. My thing is this. Dowdle's probably not getting in

01:55the end zone. We may not like Zeke, but if the Cowboys get the goal line, guess who's

01:59running the ball? That's Zeke. That's the only thing he does well. So he's going to

02:01get those shots there. I think Brown has a better chance at scoring. So I'm going to

02:06lean towards Brown here, not Dowdle, even though I sort of agree with what you're talking

02:10about here, that more touches could be coming Dowdle's way. If Cincinnati is going to win

02:14the game, it is going to be through the air, not on the ground. And that's what it does

02:19here. Burrow does have a good history of passing against the Ravens, and that is how

02:22you attack Baltimore, through the air.