Tee Higgins on Bengals Win Over Colts
Tee Higgins on Bengals Win Over Colts
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00:00 T, first of all, congratulations.
00:01 How does it feel for your team to earn this win?
00:04 First win in paycore since November.
00:07 - Yeah, man, it feels good, you know,
00:08 just to get the W for our fans.
00:10 That's most important.
00:11 Gotta, you know, you gotta make sure, you know,
00:13 the jungle fans is happy, you know what I'm saying?
00:16 So, but it felt good.
00:17 You know, it was good for the team.
00:19 You know, we just gotta keep stacking.
00:21 - It seems like everything is going so well
00:23 as far as the run game, like the offense is seeming to flow.
00:27 How much fun is it when you guys are executing
00:29 at the level you are at the moment?
00:30 - Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
00:32 Obviously, especially when we got the run game going,
00:34 you know, it's good to see, you know,
00:36 our running backs with a big smile on their face
00:38 the whole game.
00:38 So, man, it's just, you know,
00:40 as long as we compliment each other, we'll be all right.
00:43 - You catch the touchdown pass from AJ McCarron
00:45 and then you get called for offensive pass interference.
00:48 Did you think that that was accurate, an accurate call?
00:50 - I thought it was a touchdown.
00:53 He was a basketball player right there,
00:55 flopped a little bit.
00:57 He sold it, but,
00:59 I mean, can't take it back now, but, you know,
01:01 it is what it is.
01:02 - How do you think Browning's playing?
01:04 - Playing his butt off, man.
01:05 Playing like a true number one QB.
01:07 And that's all you can ask for in a guy like him,
01:10 is to come in, you know,
01:11 after he'd been in this offense for, you know, two years.
01:14 And man, he's just coming in and it's showing that,
01:17 you know, that he's been in this offense
01:19 and he's been ready, so.
01:21 - You guys got a sense that he can make this run
01:23 all the way through?
01:24 - Man, that's the plan, that's the goal, so.
01:26 - What was going through your head
01:27 when you saw the guy that we just killed?
01:29 - I mean, obviously you don't want none of your guys
01:35 to get hurt, you know, obviously,
01:36 especially at the quarterback position, but, you know,
01:39 our QBs are so well prepared,
01:40 so I knew once AJ came in,
01:42 it was not gonna be no slouch or no, you know,
01:45 no stepping back, you know.
01:47 So, I mean, when AJ came in,
01:49 everybody had, you know, good confidence in him.
01:51 And I know he came in with great confidence.
01:52 I mean, he's been here before, so, I mean,
01:55 and he's been there and done it, so.
01:58 - What's it say about this team
01:59 to be almost counted out at one point?
02:01 Now you guys are fighting back,
02:02 you're in the hunt, seven and six.
02:03 - I mean, they've been doing this to us
02:06 for the past three years, so, I mean,
02:09 it just shows the kind of grit that we have,
02:12 the kind of confidence that we have in us as a whole.
02:15 We feel like the only person that can beat us is ourselves,
02:19 so we just gotta come out and just play Bengals football
02:21 and just keep grinding, keep getting second Ws.
02:27 - I just say, I don't know.
02:28 I came in this morning, you know,
02:30 I saw him, I was like, "Happy birthday, Joe."
02:31 He was just like, "Appreciate it."
02:35 No smile, no nothing.
02:36 And I was like, "Ah, okay, I guess, well, happy birthday."
02:39 - What was your reaction like on the sideline
02:41 when you saw Jake having to come back?
02:42 Did y'all know it was just cramps, or?
02:44 - Nah, he came back, he was like, "Nah, it's cramping."
02:46 I was like, "He's cramping."
02:48 I was like, "Bro, you need to drink some more water."
02:50 But the good thing, it was just a cramp, you know,
02:52 nothing serious, so it was good to see him
02:55 come back out there.
02:56 - What did they do to roll him off and come back out?
02:58 Did they tie it up for you?
02:59 Did you see him going to the top?
03:00 Come out and respond to layoffs,
03:01 or did you hear him corner?
03:02 How was that?
03:03 - It was, obviously, you know,
03:05 they shifted the momentum right there
03:06 at the end of the half with that pick six,
03:08 but we came in at halftime, adjusted,
03:10 and wanted to come out swinging,
03:12 and that's what we was able to do.
03:13 - The last couple of weeks,
03:14 the running backs have really stepped up.
03:16 How has that helped in the past games?
03:17 - I mean, it's helping a lot.
03:18 You know, they can't just, you know,
03:21 they gotta play the run, you know what I'm saying?
03:24 You know, the way the guys have been running lately,
03:26 past two weeks, has been amazing, you know?
03:29 But it all starts out with the guys up front,
03:31 and, you know, them guys have been doing a major job
03:33 blocking and protecting the QB and pass plays,
03:36 so hats off to those guys as well.
03:38 - Chase Brown hit 22 miles per hour on that run.
03:41 That's the second fastest in the NFL this season.
03:43 Did you know he had that kind of speed?
03:44 - Oh yeah, Ben knew it.
03:46 You know, we knew it when he first got here.
03:47 We knew, we drafted him before, you know,
03:49 he's a guy with speed, so I mean,
03:51 when he caught the screen,
03:53 if y'all go back and look at the film,
03:55 I was on the sideline with my hand up like this,
03:56 I knew it was touchdown.
03:57 He had too much room in front of him,
03:58 but man, I'm so happy for him, you know,
04:00 to get his first touchdown in the league.
04:02 He's gonna do nothing but grow
04:03 and become one of the best backs in the league, so.
04:05 - There are a lot of people who thought you guys were done
04:08 when Joe got hurt.
04:09 How much pride do you take in proving people wrong?
04:12 - Man, it's not even about proving people wrong,
04:13 it's just about gaining confidence in the locker room
04:16 and putting all our trust in Jake, you know?
04:19 You know, as long as he come out here with confidence
04:21 and keep playing the way he's been playing,
04:23 I feel like we'll be all right.
04:24 I feel like this is a team that...
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