Locked On Bengals - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Bengals
Oct 19, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
The Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive explosiveness may hinge on Ja'Marr Chase’s alignment, as shifting him out of the slot could be the key to unlocking Joe Burrow and the entire passing attack. Jake…
Jake LiscowHost
Joe GoodberryHost
So if we're filtering the stats, we're going to exclude the games where Joe Burrow wasn't on the field and the snaps of Joe Burrow wasn't on the field in the last couple two years going back to 2025 and 2026, because we've talked in the post Tyler Boyd era in Cincinnati, Joe about, this is a good thing that they can move to our chase around more.

They can manufacture some plays for him, get them some yards after catch opportunities.

And this has never been something we thought of as a net negative for the offense.

We had conversations in the offseason about the type of receiver, the shifty slot guy that we kind of thought, well, they want to put Jamar in that role.

So do you really want a slot only wide receiver if you're spending a draft pick, for example, on a wide receiver, the Bengals? said no we don't want that we're gonna go colby young instead but then we dig in a little bit joe and the results haven't actually been all that good in the last couple years when jamar's been in the slot

and this conversation was sparked so we're not just nitpicking on a great player in an offense that overall works right this is this was sparked because we went back to 2023 to watch the Bengals versus Niners game.

We had some thoughts and takes as, as the game's going, we do this for every day or everyone's that's every day or club and subscribers on Twitter and things like that.

So as we're doing it, one of the takeaways we did this because that came off a bi-weeks, one of the most complete games in Zach Taylor era, you know, all the things, all the things you're feeling as, as I'm saying that we're, we're largely true, but some of the takes we came away with while watching was Man, Tyler Boyd was instrumental to that offense.

It's hard to have that level of caliber of play for three receivers on your team.

It really wasn't Jamar in the slot until 2024, right? That's what Dan Pitcher, the new offense, Boyd's gone.

This is a guy that led the league in every category, was extremely productive, and we're like, yeah, that's what you should be doing.

So if we're filtering the stats, we're going to exclude the games where Joe Burrow wasn't on the field and the snaps of Joe Burrow wasn't on the field in the last couple two years going back to 2025 and 2026, because we've talked in the post Tyler Boyd era in Cincinnati, Joe about, this is a good thing that they can move to our chase around more.

They can manufacture some plays for him, get them some yards after catch opportunities.

And this has never been something we thought of as a net negative for the offense.

We had conversations in the offseason about the type of receiver, the shifty slot guy that we kind of thought, well, they want to put Jamar in that role.

So do you really want a slot only wide receiver if you're spending a draft pick, for example, on a wide receiver, the Bengals? said no we don't want that we're gonna go colby young instead but then we dig in a little bit joe and the results haven't actually been all that good in the last couple years when jamar's been in the slot

and this conversation was sparked so we're not just nitpicking on a great player in an offense that overall works right this is this was sparked because we went back to 2023 to watch the Bengals versus Niners game.

We had some thoughts and takes as, as the game's going, we do this for every day or everyone's that's every day or club and subscribers on Twitter and things like that.

So as we're doing it, one of the takeaways we did this because that came off a bi-weeks, one of the most complete games in Zach Taylor era, you know, all the things, all the things you're feeling as, as I'm saying that we're, we're largely true, but some of the takes we came away with while watching was Man, Tyler Boyd was instrumental to that offense.

It's hard to have that level of caliber of play for three receivers on your team.

It really wasn't Jamar in the slot until 2024, right? That's what Dan Pitcher, the new offense, Boyd's gone.

This is a guy that led the league in every category, was extremely productive, and we're like, yeah, that's what you should be doing.
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