Bengals $4 million 1,350-yard playmaker predicted to have breakout 2025 season

The Cincinnati Bengals' discourtesy was move successful 2024, and 1 of nan main reasons for nan unit's occurrence was nan emergence of moving backmost Chase Brown.

Brown, a fifth-round prime successful nan 2023 NFL Draft, posted 990 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns connected 4.3 yards per transportation successful 16 games past year. He besides added 360 yards and 4 touchdowns connected 54 receptions successful nan walk game.

Despite bursting onto nan segment arsenic a difference-maker for nan Bengals successful 2024, Bleacher Report's Moe Moton predicts Brown will elevate to different level successful 2025 and person a existent breakout campaign.

"With a revamped violative statement and caller position coach, nan Bengals could spot betterment connected nan ground. If so, Brown, who should unfastened nan twelvemonth successful nan featured role, could apical 1,100 rushing yards. Since he's besides a cardinal contributor successful nan short passing game, he could rack up complete 1,500 scrimmage yards," Moton wrote.

With each nan attraction connected Joe Burrow and nan passing game, Brown should spot a bunch of ray boxes and a ton of opportunities for explosive plays successful nan rushing attack. The 25-year-old should besides return arsenic a coagulated contributor successful nan receiving crippled arsenic Burrow's information blanket.

If Brown takes a jump this season, nan Illinois merchandise could participate nan precocious echelon of moving backs successful nan NFL and found himself arsenic a semipermanent portion successful Cincinnati's offense. Brown still has 2 years near connected his deal, but different productive run could onshore him an hold from nan squad adjacent offseason.

The passing onslaught led by Burrow and prima wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins is nan motor of nan Bengals' offense. However, Brown is besides a pivotal portion and could gain nan prima explanation by nan extremity of nan 2025 season.

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