Tennessee defensive coordinator Shane Bowen met with the media on Thursday and talked about Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and the challenges he presents. He also praised the Bengals' receiving corps, and the versatility they bring to the game plan.
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00:00 He showed that even with a sore calf that he could maneuver and get some balls completed.
00:06 Does that make him more dangerous or do you prepare for a fully healthy Joe Burrow?
00:11 Yeah it's unique.
00:12 I mean he's different than what he's been obviously just because there is some limitations
00:17 with his mobility.
00:18 In the past he's always been a threat to take a scrambling when he's there to extend plays,
00:24 to make plays down the field late in the down.
00:28 So you see a little bit of a difference.
00:30 We got to be able to rush and affect them just the same.
00:33 We'll kind of see as he progresses here.
00:36 He said it himself, he felt like he's getting stronger week by week.
00:39 So we'll kind of see where he's at here this week.
00:42 But we got to be ready to cover and rush just like any other quarterback.
00:46 How much do you take from what they've done against you the last couple times?
00:49 I think you go back and look.
00:50 You always do.
00:51 Kind of see what shows up, how they're trying to attack us, different things.
00:57 There's things that kind of show throughout the different games we've played against them.
01:01 There's always going to be some new things, some wrinkles that show up.
01:05 Last year Chase didn't play against us, so that was a little bit different.
01:09 He's going to be out there here Sunday obviously.
01:12 So you need to take some things from it, but you're always prepared for something new.
01:17 How do you grade the…
01:19 Chase does obviously, but how tough is he against a difficult matchup?
01:25 I think this is probably the most dynamic skill group we've faced so far between Chase,
01:33 Higgins, Boyd, Nixon.
01:36 They're all pretty dynamic players when they get the ball in their hands.
01:39 They all have a little bit different skill set.
01:42 I talked about a few weeks ago, we've got to know who we're going against.
01:45 Chase is different than Higgins, Higgins is different than Boyd, Boyd is different than
01:49 Chase.
01:50 They're all different types of receivers who really play at a high level.
01:53 So we've got to make sure we understand who we're on, who we're covering, what
01:56 their skill set is and what they're going to try to do.