Former NFL Quarterback Weighs in on the Bengals' Sewell vs Chase Debate

Another former NFL player weighs in on the great debate

CINCINNATI — The debate about the Bengals' fifth pick in the 2021 NFL Draft has gone on for months. 

Cincinnati legends like Anthony Munoz, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Tim McGee believe they should take Oregon offensive lineman Penei Sewell. 

Other former players, including Cris Collinsworth and Brian Baldinger would go with Chase. 

Add former NFL quarterback Chris Simms to "Team Chase." He explained his thought process to Dave Lapham earlier this week.

"I have been on TV for the most part for the last month kinda been that guy like 'Penei Sewell, Penei Sewell. Draft the tackle. Let's protect Burrow. Open up holes for Joe Mixon and you play in the AFC North where we know there's lots of big bad dudes on the edges of defenses," Simms said. "But as I started to get closer and I had to do my mock draft and I started to figure out and play GM for both teams, I kinda flipped my thought a little bit and thought, 'If I'm the Bengals, I'm gonna go Ja'Marr Chase at No. 5.' You could go Penei Sewell and get a pretty good receiver at the top of the second if you wanted, right? Or you could go with Ja'Marr Chase—a superstar receiver, who to me is one of the safest picks in the whole draft and now get a pretty good offensive lineman in the top of the second. If you want to have an elite, explosive offense, you need on superstar at the wide receiver position. If you want to have an elite wide receiving core, I really believe you gotta have at least one superstar that does that. To be an elite offensive line, you don't have to have a superstar offensive lineman."

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Simms has the Bengals taking Chase in his latest mock draft. It certainly feels like that's the way they're leaning, but we won't get the answer until tonight. 

Listen to Lapham's entire conversation with Simms below.

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