Then the Bengals opted not to put Chase on injured reserve signaling they thought he could potentially come back sooner. If the Bengals were to have placed Chase on IR, he then would have had to miss a minimum of four games. Looking at the schedule, that meant he would miss Cincinnati’s games against: Cleveland, Carolina, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
The bye was a factor in the decision to not place him on injured reserve because the rule states a player on injured reserve must miss four games, the bye week coming after the Bengals’ win over Carolina gave Chase an additional week of recovery.And that’s where the Bengals sit with Chase currently. Taylor said the direction to Chase was to stay off his hip for four weeks and use his crutches to get around. He was successful in doing so.
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