"Cincinnati Bengals assistant quarterbacks coach Fredi Knighten keeps the same routine every Monday morning. First, he'll drop off his dog, a German shepherd named Vera, at day care. Then he'll arrive at the team's headquarters at Paycor Stadium around 6:30 a.m. and start accumulating game tape for the upcoming week. He'll look at the opposing team's cornerbacks and study the intricacies of their craft -- which hand they use to jam receivers, how they play releases off the line of scrimmage."
"The process is the same each week. But all the information will be especially valuable on Monday night. When the Bengals face the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High ( 8:15 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN), it will feature one of the best matchups in the sport -- Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase against Denver Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II."
Fredi Knighten, the Cincinnati Bengals assistant quarterbacks coach, follows a consistent Monday routine: dropping his German shepherd, Vera, at day care and arriving at Paycor Stadium around 6:30 a.m. He spends the morning accumulating game tape and studying opposing cornerbacks' techniques, including which hand they use to jam receivers and how they play releases off the line of scrimmage. He seeks any small detail that can tip a matchup in Cincinnati's favor. The process repeats each week, and the gathered information becomes especially valuable for Monday night games. Monday night's matchup at Empower Field at Mile High pairs Ja'Marr Chase against Pat Surtain II.
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