The Cincinnati Bengals have one of the NFL’s best receivers in Ja’Marr Chase. But the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t plan on using CB Joey Porter Jr. as a magnet against him. Per the PPG’s Gerry Dulac, Porter won’t shadow Chase during today’s game. That is, assuming Chase doesn’t start taking over the game.
“The plan is not to have him just follow Ja’Marr Chase,” Dulac said on Steelers’ Nation Radio Sunday morning. “Unless, of course, he becomes too big of a factor.”
It’s a bold strategy for the Steelers’ defense. Their calculation appears to be knowing the Bengals have two stud wide receivers in Chase and WR Tee Higgins, healthy for this game after missing mid-season with an injury.