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Browns and Steelers both have quarterback dilemmas after another loss
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Browns and Steelers both have quarterback dilemmas after another loss

Cincinnati Bengals: Tee Higgins, Ja’Marr Chase question play and call overtime

After falling to 1-4, the Cincinnati Bengals’ top two wide receivers felt the overtime play was too conservative in their Week 5 loss to the Ravens. Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase wondered why the Bengals called three straight plays on their only possession of overtime.

They had excellent field position, starting at Baltimore’s 38-yard line after Germaine Pratt recovered Lamar Jackson’s fumble. However, three consecutive runs yielded three yards, leaving Evan McPherson with a 53-yard field goal attempt that he missed after a bad grab. Derrick Henry broke loose for a 51-yard run on Baltimore’s next play, then Justin Tucker kicked the game-winning 24-yard field goal that lifted the Ravens to a 41-38 win.

Higgins said the Bengals should have been more aggressive in their overtime possession in a game where Joe Burrow threw for 392 yards and five touchdown passes.

“Personally, I think we should have been a little more aggressive on the first or second down, just to try to get Evan into better field goal range,” Higgins said, via Ben Baby of ESPN.com. “He’ll make it from so deep, I’m not putting it on him at all. It’s a team effort, we lost as a team. But we could have done better by putting him within field goal range. It’s an easier stairs.”

Chase, who caught 10 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns, agreed with Higgins.

“I felt like we should have tried at least one play to give it to one of our playmakers, try to get a first down, because we did it all game,” Chase said.