Chase Brown

Chase Brown has been trending up this offseason and is a good back to target in the double-digit rounds. The Bengals let Joe Mixon walk but signed Zack Moss to a two-year deal worth $8 million. My initial thought was that Moss would simply step into Mixon’s workload since he handled a boatload of touches in Indianapolis while Jonathan Taylor was out and the Bengals gave him a sizable contract. But there has been a steady drumbeat of positive news for Brown and there is even some discussion about Brown being the RB1a to Moss as the RB1b. While he was electric as a receiver, Brown stunk as a runner last season–his PFF rush grade was 113th out of 129 backs last season, while Moss was a solid 53rd. (Brown did rush for 1,643 yards in his final season at Illinois.) Moss is also listed as the team’s RB1 on their depth chart, though Brown has been seeing more reps with the starters in recent practices.