{"id":30693,"date":"2025-08-17T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=30693"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:35:49","slug":"breaking-nfc-tandem-draws-striking-comparison-to-bengals-chase-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=30693","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NFC Tandem Draws Striking Comparison to Bengals\u2019 Chase-Higgins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2179830376.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2179830376.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2179830376.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2179830376.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"NFC Tandem Draws Striking Comparison to Bengals\u2019 Chase-Higgins\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty CLEVELAND, OHIO &#8211; OCTOBER 20: Tee Higgins #5 of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates with Ja&#8217;Marr Chase #1 after Higgins scored a touchdown in the third quarter of a game against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field on October 20, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 wide receiver pairing of Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are the gold standard for what a modern NFL passing attack should look like.<\/p>\n<p>Chase is coming off a historic 127-catch, 1,700-plus yard, 17-touchdown season \u2014 production that has him openly expressing his realistic desire to become the NFL\u2019s first 2,000-yard receiver.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Higgins continues to remind the NFL that he\u2019s far more than a \u201cWR2\u201d label. Despite missing five games last year, he still stacked 911 yards and 10 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The simple idea that one offense can now house two dominant wideouts isn\u2019t new \u2014 but Cincinnati has taken it to another level. Those weapons in a Joe Burrow-led Bengals scheme has provided a model that nearly every contender has studied, and tried to emulate in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, the Dallas Cowboys made it a serious point to catch up to their rivals in the NFC \u2014 adding an elite complementary target in George Pickens next to CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/photo\/2025\/0522\/r1496705_1296x729_16-9.jpg\" alt=\"How George Pickens, CeeDee Lamb are meshing for Cowboys - ESPN\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cowboys Are Not Far Away From Bengals\u2019 Blueprint<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dak Prescott enters his 10th NFL campaign after a year marred by injuries that limited him to just seven starts. He made it to November 2024 before he was shut down for the season with a torn hamstring.<\/p>\n<p>But when he\u2019s healthy, there\u2019s very little doubt in his ability to put up big numbers for the Cowboys offense.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb is right up there with Chase as one of the best route-runners and all-around wideouts in football. His dominance on routes, contested catches and YAC (537) has made him the most valuable option for Dallas. And so far in camp, he\u2019s been nearly flawless, as the four-time Pro Bowler believes it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my plan,\u201d he said on July 31, per The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota. \u201cCatch everything and we\u2019ll see what happens after that. I\u2019ve always been thinking it, but it\u2019s like moving with intent. It\u2019s a little different than it just being a thought (when) you have it on paper, you see it every day. And then when you go to practice you switch that mindset. You turn it on. You remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can someone explain to me why George Pickens can\u2019t have Tee Higgins upside with a healthy Dak Prescott?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m expecting 400+ completions from Dak this year.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb puts up 130+ rec &amp; Pickens at 90+?<\/p>\n<p>I could see 7+ TDs from George. Will be fun to watch \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udcc8<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noz0xqVChV\">pic.twitter.com\/noz0xqVChV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PPRFantasyTips (@PPRFantasyTips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPRFantasyTips\/status\/1955386737863315606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pickens can relate. With the Pittsburgh Steelers, he often shouldered a high-pressure role as the primary downfield threat, drawing the toughest coverage each week of the regular season with inconsistent QB play for over three years.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Schottenheimer Sees Something \u2018Special\u2019 in new WR Duo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What Pickens\u2019 Pittsburgh tenure did give him: a polished knack for winning contested opportunities and thrive in harsh conditions \u2014 traits that Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer calls \u201cspecial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talk about it all the time, but the relationship that [Pickens] and CeeDee have is special,\u201d Schottenheimer said, per Garrett Podell of CBS Sports.\u201d(Wide receivers coach) Junior Adams has done an amazing job of building the culture of his room, and that\u2019s something to be talked about. \u2026 Superstars sometimes don\u2019t get along. \u2026 Junior has built an amazing culture in that room where guys just want to win and have success, and they don\u2019t really care who gets the credit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys have two star wide receivers who have embraced each other, embraced putting the work in throughout camp, and are now ready to take the NFL by storm.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Chase and Higgins have done with the Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 wide receiver pairing of Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are the gold standard for what a modern NFL passing attack should look like.Chase is coming off a historic 127-catch, 1,700-plus yard, 17-touchdown season \u2014 production that has him openly expressing his realistic desire to become the NFL\u2019s first 2,000-yard receiver.On the other [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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