Round 5 (163): Chase Brown, RB, Illinois

[HoosierCat]

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[ArmyBengal]

Will Mallory

[HoosierCat]

Just went to Indy

[membengal]

They took RB Chase Brown. Nice pick. 

[membengal]

They've really done a Ravens-esque draft good job of letting the board come to them. 

[ShulaSteakhouse]

There's your RB

[Stripes]

Tiny. I'm assuming he can catch the ball, and if so sounds good to me.

[HoosierCat]

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/chase-brown/32004252-4f34-0581-a205-5f41836f80e9

[membengal]

3 minutes ago, Stripes said:

Tiny. I'm assuming he can catch the ball, and if so sounds good to me.

He can. He's really good. NFL network guys just gushed over the pick. 

[membengal]

4 minutes ago, Stripes said:

Tiny. I'm assuming he can catch the ball, and if so sounds good to me.

5'10 210 is not tiny....

[Stripes]

Google says Chase Brown is 6'2".

The NFL Network broadcast says Chase Brown is 5'9".

The Illnois profile says Chase Brown is 5'11".

The ESPN profile says Chase Brown is 5'11".

247Sports says Chase Brown is 5'10".

That's funny. To be clear I don't actually care how tall he is. He's a running back.

[membengal]

 

[membengal]

that's a REALLY friendly RAS. Mercy. 

[HoosierCat]

 

[membengal]

Quote

 

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Cincinnati selects Illinois RB Chase Brown 163rd overall

������ 83 missed tackles forced last season (only Bijan Robinson had more)

 

 

[ShulaSteakhouse]

"Most underrated RB in College Football" says the title.  Dunno about that, but 1600 yards and 10 TD's despite being fairly tiny is interesting.  More shifty than run-away speed, but he can do both.  Can push forward for yards in traffic at times which is unusual for his size.  Maybe a teams guy who has a chance to bring back the Gio role.  5th round's a good spot to get a RB and ST'er.

The Rams have like 2-3 of these types of guys on the roster it seems all the time (as far as Taylor's roster management influences are concerned), along with one big hammer back usually (i.e. Mixon, Gurley).  I do wonder how they plan to use him,  can't imagine he's much of a blocker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2NHoMv8pY

[membengal]

Hard to hate this...

 

 

[COB]

Ok at worst we can deploy his elite explosiveness on special teams.  At best he can work in as a regular back in a multi back platoon scheme.  

[Wraith]

Terrific Pick, Chase Brown is a hard working kid, team leader, 139 YPG last year in the Big Ten when EVERYONE knew he was their offense.

[Wraith]

I think Mixon is getting cut.

[Stripes]

Can this guy pass protect? I have no idea; I just know that'll determine how often he sees the field.

[Wraith]

Hard to tell because Illinois didn't pass much.

 

[HoosierCat]

From the nfl.com write up I linked to above:

“Inconsistent finding his positioning to protect QB“

[membengal]

7 minutes ago, Stripes said:

Can this guy pass protect? I have no idea; I just know that'll determine how often he sees the field.

the opinions on that are literally all over the place. Some say no, some say yes.

 

fwiw

 

[membengal]

Not sure ANY college RB comes into the NFL as a plus blocker - question is - are they willing to work on it and can they physically do it. Seems like Brown is a yes on both those counts.