Chidobe Awuzie on Bengals' Loss to Steelers
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00:00 Stuff that I knew was coming, but just not reacting to it properly.
00:04 So definitely take this loss on me.
00:06 Yeah, I feel like I let my teammates down and I'm gonna try to be better next week.
00:11 >> What impressed you most about Mason Rudolph today, Cheeto?
00:14 >> He comes into a situation where he hasn't played all year.
00:17 And out there and be able to control the offense and
00:21 obviously getting a little early momentum plays helped him probably settle in.
00:25 And we wanted to disrupt him as good as best we can.
00:28 But yeah, no, he just did a good job.
00:30 >> This team's been resilient all season.
00:32 Your confidence that the next two weeks can fall your way and
00:36 you can make the playoffs here?
00:37 >> Of course, that never changes.
00:39 We're always confident.
00:40 We're always confident.
00:41 Obviously, it sucks, first 24 hours dealing with a loss.
00:44 And us not playing our best to our standard.
00:47 But we gotta look in the mirror, take accountability.
00:50 It's gonna be a hard film session tomorrow.
00:52 And yeah, just get better.
00:53 >> How tough is it to be given everything going on with the Steelers team, for
00:56 them to be champions, Mason's team, and that kind of game?
00:59 How tough is that as a defense to hear that?
01:01 >> I mean, they deserved it.
01:03 They earned it, right?
01:04 They went out there and whipped us.
01:07 And what can you say?
01:10 We came in here wanting to whip them, and they ended up doing their thing.
01:14 So yeah, good for them.
01:17 But we definitely know that we still have a lot to play for.
01:20 And we have to look forward in order for us to really settle with this loss.
01:25 >> Your defense has won this division the last two years with a really stout,
01:30 hot ass, getting down 24-0.
01:34 It looked like that was missing a little bit.
01:35 Did that surprise you?
01:36 >> Anything in football doesn't surprise you.
01:40 It's not where you wanna be, most definitely.
01:43 But the belief in the guys in the room is never questioned.
01:46 And I think we're just one of those teams that really believes in one another.
01:49 So when things like that are happening, we tend to get closer.
01:53 We tend to get closer.
01:53 We don't point fingers.
01:55 Individual players, obviously, we're looking in the mirror.
01:57 But yeah, the culture is still there.
02:00 But the playmaking, we just gotta do better on.