The Cincinnati Bengals season is not going as planned, and Joe Mixon picked up 16 yards on eight carries in their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In the fifth round of the draft earlier this year, the Bengals took Chase Brown out of Illinois so that he could be a backup for Mixon, who has been mostly reliable over his career in Cincinnati. But with his recent struggles, offensive coordinator Brian Callahan wants to get Brown more involved in the offense according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.
“Chase had some plays in the game plan that were his that we didn’t get to,” Callahan said. “We need to find out what Chase can do for us because I don’t know. That’s the answer at this point. And we do need to find out.”
Chase had been on the injured reserve with a hamstring injury, so he has only been able to get two carries for six yards so far in his rookie season, but the Bengals are looking to try some new things after the offense had so much trouble in Week 12.
