{"id":21027,"date":"2025-04-21T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=21027"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:29:31","slug":"sports-illustrated-names-jamarr-chase-as-part-of-bengals-biggest-nfl-draft-what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=21027","title":{"rendered":"Sports Illustrated Names Ja&#8217;Marr Chase As Part Of Bengals Biggest NFL Draft &#8216;What If?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-mm-id=\"_u1tlm1qhv\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4071,h_2289,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01js4apec8he2s5dxyn6.jpg\" alt=\"C\u1ea7u th\u1ee7 ch\u1ea1y c\u00e1nh c\u1ee7a Cincinnati Bengals, Ja'Marr Chase (1) ra s\u00e2n tr\u01b0\u1edbc tr\u1eadn \u0111\u1ea5u b\u00f3ng b\u1ea7u d\u1ee5c NFL Tu\u1ea7n 2 gi\u1eefa Baltimore Ravens v\u00e0 Cincinnati Bengals v\u00e0o Ch\u1ee7 Nh\u1eadt, ng\u00e0y 17 th\u00e1ng 9 n\u0103m 2023, t\u1ea1i S\u00e2n v\u1eadn \u0111\u1ed9ng Paycor \u1edf Cincinnati.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_ch3mcaerd\"><strong>CINCINNATI \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Sports\u00a0Illustrated&#8217;s\u00a0Gilberto Manzano ran through the draft history for every NFL team to see their top hypothetical throughout the years. He landed on Cincinnati\u00a0taking\u00a0Penei Sewell over\u00a0Ja&#8217;Marr\u00a0Chase as his\u00a0top\u00a0&#8220;What if?&#8221;\u00a0for the Bengals.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_qgoqlwedk\">Cincinnati selected Chase with the fifth overall pick in 2021. Sewell, a two-time All-Pro at left tackle, went seventh overall.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_9pdm0spa1\">&#8220;The football public screamed at the Bengals to draft Sewell after Joe\u00a0Burrow\u2019s\u00a0stellar rookie season was cut short due to a torn ACL,&#8221;\u00a0Manzano wrote.\u00a0&#8220;But Burrow wanted his LSU teammate, Chase, and the Bengals obliged by drafting him with the No. 5 pick.\u00a0Cincinnati\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0exactly\u00a0had stout offensive lines since this draft, but it\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0stop them from\u00a0annually\u00a0having one of the best offenses in the league\u00a0with\u00a0Burrow and Chase leading the charge.\u00a0As for Sewell, the No. 7 pick, he landed in Detroit and has flourished as one of the best tackles in the league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_axdt5srop\">It&#8217;s\u00a0safe to say both sides are happy with their top-10 decisions that year.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_m1cedb4nh\">The two\u00a0are now locked in\u00a0on long-term rookie extensions following stellar play across their first deals.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_v9icxu5wp\">For more on the Bengals,\u00a0subscribe to our YouTube Channel\u00a0and watch the video below as part of our in-depth coverage of the team:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cincinnati Bengals Should DOUBLE DOWN on Strength in 2025 NFL Draft\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gF05ivfvWqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati made the right call in a no-lose situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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