Joe Burrow LOCKED IN Ahead of Bengals AFC North Showdown vs Ravens
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00:00Getting off to a fast start in this specific game knowing the way Baltimore wants to play time of possession battle paramount, that's
00:09You have to otherwise there's gonna eat the clock up run the ball
00:12We know how well they how well they run it so we have to start fast and give ourselves as many opportunities as we can
00:18What have you learned from playing Baltimore?
00:20You say you learn how to have like teams, but it's specifically
00:24You gotta be aggressive out the gate. You can't let the game come to you because your possessions are gonna be so limited
00:31I'm gonna have to play a damn near perfect. That's how I'm preparing. So
00:35It's an exciting opportunity
00:43It's a big game it's a big game we know what our record is
00:46You know, we know the opportunities we have going forward, but it's our first divisional opponent or one and three
00:52We need to get this one and it's a it's a big game for the Bengals
01:00Yeah, it all looks the same they do their safeties are well coached you can tell that they're they're really well coached
01:05They're smart players. They know what you're trying to attack and they know what quarterbacks are looking at
01:10You actually game against the Bills on Sunday night. I did
01:14Was that just a reminder to you of you know, when they get up two scores
01:18Quickly
01:21Yeah, exactly you can't you can't get behind these guys because because of how they play on offense
01:36Think every week is a measuring stick game you you go and try to prove yourself every week no matter who your opponent is
01:42You know whenever you play a divisional opponent, that's the intensity intensity level raises a little bit
01:48We you know, those games count count more towards the standings. So
01:52big game
02:02Yeah, it's a gonna continue to play a big part of of who we are as an offense it's it's
02:09Really evolving and fun to be around fun to watch fun to play with
02:14It's gonna open up so many more things for us as long as we continue to move in the direction that we're headed
02:20But but like I said, you know possessions are gonna be limited in this game
02:24Whether we run the ball well, whether we don't so
02:28We just have to be ready to go out the gate and take advantage of all the opportunities that we can
02:34Do you think the usage of the title I mean it's almost double I guess
02:38Well, do you think that if you get it, is that a better?
02:42fit for the division
02:45Plane and division is that a
02:48It's certainly opened up
02:52Some plays and some run schemes and some play-action schemes that we haven't had in the past
02:56And so we're we'll find out
03:01I'm not I'm not quite sure if
03:04You know, I think I think it fits who we are now, you know, we have the personnel to do it
03:10We have the o-line that that feels really good about the run schemes that we have and taking ownership of it
03:17And so that's that's who we are now
03:24Yeah, they're running the same stuff, you know, they're gonna they're gonna mix it up they're gonna try to confuse the quarterback
03:28They're gonna mix in a pressure here and there
03:30They're gonna send a zero blitz, you know at an opportune time
03:34So you have to be on your P's and Q's and reading your keys as quarterbacks to understand where to best go with the football
03:50Yeah, it's uh, we found some easy completions doing it no Romans up a play-action game a little bit
03:55Whether it creates explosives or not it finds easy completions and we're still gonna
04:01You know do do we feel like we're really good at which is, you know, spread it out get it to our playmakers
04:06It's pick our pick our spots. So
04:08Teams can't just prepare for that
04:20What do you mean say that again
04:25Big scrambles and then you're doing that the rest of the year
04:31Yeah, I think
04:33You know, it kind of depends on the spot depends on the down and distance, you know
04:36You don't have a ton of opportunities to to go and do that. And you know, there was one play on
04:42Monday night where I felt like I could have done that and I didn't on third down and I ended up throwing the ball away
04:48so that was kind of an emphasis for me coming into that game this game was
04:53You know
04:55Pick my spots to to be able to extend and try to create plays and create first downs
05:03But being smart about it obviously and not getting us in in in negative situations
05:10but I think that's something that
05:12You know
05:13You're always growing and learning and figuring out when you can and when you can't do that kind of stuff
05:18Despite the record. There's a lot of confidence. It's an internal that y'all can go on
05:23If y'all play as well as you can, given how y'all have played the last couple of weeks, what gives you the most confidence to go out there and beat them?
05:30Yeah, I mean it
05:32We're confident in our group, you know, we're we're rolling on offense right now, which is
05:38you know, we've still left some some points out there which
05:42You know when you score
05:4433-34 back-to-back and you feel like that
05:47You've left points on the board
05:49You know, it's a good spot to be as an offense
05:52So, you know, we're gonna continue to
05:57You know chase perfection trying to score on every drive and
06:02You know, it's a big opportunity we thrive in these moments we're excited about it
06:06You know in front of our fans that that we're gonna need on Sunday. I hope they're excited, too
06:11So we're putting in the work this week to go out and put our best foot forward
06:14Joe, they have a pro ball or at least one at every level and that defense is a little bit unusual from a schematic standpoint
06:20Does the personnel make it even tougher? Does the defense make the personnel better? Is it a perfect fit?
06:26It's all it's always a combination of both
06:29They obviously have really good players. That's
06:32that's obvious if you have ever watched a Baltimore Ravens football game, but
06:37You know the best teams
06:40Compliment they're really good players with really good scheme and I would I would say that's what they do
06:44I'm like your reaction when they signed Derek Henry or edit Derek Henry
06:51Obviously, he's one of the all-time greats
06:53You know, he he's gonna be able to to control the clock, you know, they're gonna give it to him a lot
06:59That's that's his game. That's the Ravens way to play football
07:03So, like I said, we got to take advantage of all the opportunities that we that we have because there's not gonna be a time
07:09Especially media much. I don't know if you saw but there were some headlines about a comment that Baker Mayfield
07:15Made about the way he's leading the Tampa Bay locker room compared to when Tom Brady was there
07:21And I know you shared that you've gotten closer to Tom Brady
07:24What are some of the things that you've learned most from him in your short time of getting to know?
07:30you know, I would say, you know, I'll keep most most of those conversations private, but
07:35You know whenever I
07:37I
07:39Talk to people that have no one say this is specific to him
07:42But whenever I talk to people that have been there and done that and and live that kind of life, you know
07:48you always try to
07:51Just understand how they, you know kept distractions at a minimum what they did to
07:58You know insulate themselves from outside noise and continue to
08:05You know be themselves and put their
08:10their work first
08:12Because that's always tough in position that we are
08:21We need to play better against everybody in general I would say we haven't played our best ball yet we we have to
08:28Continue to get better throughout the week. We have to get better week to week
08:33You know, they stay the same and
08:35You're getting worse because everybody else is getting better. So we just have to continue to get better no matter what
08:46We're just worried about getting the win, you know
08:48I'm not really worried about what what the wind says to to the outside world or what it
08:55What
08:57What it symbolizes I'm just trying to get the win
09:00Winning up front is always important at any level of football
09:03But there seems to be a major focus on that a lot of talk about that coming into these AFC North games
09:09Why is that such a talking point such a focus in these games?
09:14Because we know the the kind of pass rushers and defensive linemen that the teams in the AFC North have, you know
09:20They're they're the best in the business
09:22Ravens Steelers Browns, they all have top top-notch pass rushers as well as we do
09:28And so you have to control the line of scrimmage, otherwise those guys are gonna wreck the game
09:32How often do you go back in years against the same opponent watch film or is it relevant?
09:39Yeah, you usually go back about a year
09:42You know, I don't typically go back further than that because you know year to year you you change so much, you know
09:48personnel changes coaches change philosophy change
09:51You know, you can always think about plays here and there and take things from that but I
09:56wouldn't say I go back super far
09:58Why is perfection at the top of mind as you get ready for this week's received play?
10:04You know, it's always been my goal is to to go out and play perfect and perfect's not always
10:09100% completion percentage or five touchdowns. It's
10:14Putting yourself and your team in the best position each play playing and play out to
10:18Have the best possible result on that play, you know, sometimes that's a zero-yard game. Sometimes that's a sack
10:25It just kind of depends on the play. And so
10:28I'm always chasing that
10:30Do you feel like the locker room, for a locker room to be successful, needs to also share that same mindset in order to go where you want to go?
10:34I would say that
10:36Do you feel like they'll have that at this point?
10:38I sure hope so, yeah
10:40Do you pick Geno's brain at all?
10:42I mean, here's a guy who was in the middle of the defense last year and he was in the middle of the defense
10:46Is it a chance to spend some time with him this weekend?
10:48Yeah, I'll definitely ask Geno some questions
10:50Your last drive against Baltimore last year, not a good ending, but the drive itself to score
10:52What did you like about the things you guys did on that drive that led to you guys taking the lead in the second quarter?
10:54If I remember right, we hit some explosive plays, we ran the ball well
10:56You know, the last, you know, last year and going into the year before that, we've really run the ball really well
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