Bengals Head Coach Zac Taylor on Orlando Brown Jr and Geno Stone Injuries
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00:00Yeah, I think he'll be obviously sore this week.
00:03He's got a pretty good contusion, but I like his chances.
00:07And Orlando, Orlando will be questionable this week,
00:10you know, as we work through that one.
00:11But, again, both those guys having to come out
00:14and miss the game to see that it's going to be
00:16certainly more short-term is positive.
00:18Back to Orlando, there's a report out that he has,
00:22it's a calf strain.
00:24Is it a calf strain that he can play through
00:27or one that he would need some time off to?
00:29Yeah, we'll just take it day-to-day.
00:35How do you think Zach Moss did in pass protection yesterday,
00:37and how's he done overall this year?
00:40I think he's done a great job this year.
00:41And yesterday, he had a tough matchup on some double-A stuff,
00:45you know, with some quickness there at linebacker.
00:48I'm not sure if that's why you're asking that one.
00:50No, I mean, he helped out with Cody some, too.
00:52Yeah, he does a really good job.
00:55Okay, now I know what direction you're going there.
00:58Helping on those edges, you know,
00:59because we faced some tough rushers.
01:02He's got great awareness of, you know,
01:05we tagged some calls and some protections
01:06to get those guys, and Zach and Chase
01:09both do a really good job of making sure
01:11they can lend the presence where we need it.
01:13But he's got great awareness on just how the protection works
01:17and how quickly he can get out.
01:20You know, you look at, he had two huge checkdowns
01:23for us yesterday in the pass game.
01:24One of them was, you know, we completed it to him
01:27short of the sticks because that's really
01:29where the ball's got to go,
01:30and he fought for extra yardage, got us a big first down,
01:32and then the one that spit out led to the scoring drive.
01:34So, overall, he's got tremendous awareness in the pass game
01:38and the protection part of things,
01:39and that's what we thought when we signed him,
01:41and so he's been a big piece of that.
01:42I know you were asked this yesterday,
01:44but after watching the film,
01:46what did you think of Cody Ford's performance?
01:48Yeah, I thought he did what we needed him to do.
01:50It's one of the toughest matchups
01:52you can have in all of football,
01:54and he gave us what we needed to win,
01:57and so, again, really pleased with it.
01:59He's got a composure about himself.
02:01He's a veteran.
02:02He's played a lot of games in this league,
02:03and so it's not too big for him.
02:04He goes in there and does his job,
02:06and it's good to know that we can count on him.
02:09Would you say Orlando is questionable,
02:10I mean, day-to-day or week-to-week, what do you think?
02:12I'd say day-to-day.
02:14I'd just say we'll see where it gets through
02:15every single day this week and go from there.
02:20How well has he played this year?
02:21The numbers suggest he's been really good
02:23among the best athletes in the league.
02:24How do you feel he's been this year?
02:26Yeah, I would agree with that.
02:27I think he's done a really good job.
02:29I think our line has done a really good job.
02:30You know, you really...
02:32I walked out yesterday, and you have the sequencing,
02:35the second-to-last drive before the half.
02:37We had two sacks, and, you know, you're on the sidelines.
02:39You're calling plays, and you can't exactly see what happens,
02:42and then you watch the tape, and overall, you know,
02:44we had that two-play stretch,
02:46but I thought those guys did a really good job.
02:49Some of the times, the coverages was pretty tight,
02:51and so there was nowhere for Joe to go with the ball
02:53on two of those sacks, and so we held it,
02:55trying to create something, and then eventually,
02:56the guy got free, but I was really pleased
02:59all together with the protection that they're giving Joe
03:02and faced some really good defense lines and pressure looks,
03:05and those guys do a great job communicating,
03:08and just going back to Orlando, we've been really pleased
03:11with what we've gotten from him this year.