Joe Burrow on Bengals Star Wide Receiver Ja'Marr Chase
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00:00Have you seen Jamar's target route chart from the Baltimore game?
00:04Sure.
00:05Yeah, what's that look like to you, all of those?
00:09We're moving around.
00:10Yeah.
00:12I think that's a credit to him, how smart he's been this year,
00:15understanding when he's in the slot, when he's in a stack, when he's outside,
00:21when he's in the backfield, and a credit to our coaching staff for
00:25coming up with all these different ways to find him, find ways to get him the ball.
00:29I think he's really taken a step this year as far as understanding zone coverage,
00:34understanding what his job is, and all these different little details on these routes.
00:42I think he's just continuing to get better, as crazy as that sounds.
00:48Is that kind of the perfect example of what a masterpiece of how Jamar can be used,
00:54should look like that maybe you guys have been building towards really maybe even
00:57since you've ever been playing with him as a game to look like that chart a little bit?
01:02Yeah, that's when teams wanna try to take him.
01:05I mean, if we're doing that and moving him around, teams can't take him away.
01:09Just finding ways to get him the ball in so many different situations.
01:13And when we're moving around like that, teams can't just focus in on him and
01:18say we're gonna cloud this side, we're gonna double him.
01:21And when we play man, you just always gotta be aware for where he's at.
01:26Our coaches and Jamar are doing a great job of doing that.
01:28How does that Jamar retro work?
01:31Zach was telling us he kind of made up in the dirt a little bit.
01:34How does that work in terms of it coming to you, you realizing what it is, and
01:37then translating it to Jamar to pull off that play in that moment?
01:42Yeah, it was a great call based on what we had been getting on that two minute drive.
01:50And Jamar, when he gets contact, he's so strong he's gonna pull out of it,
01:53whether he gets held or not.
01:55And yeah, that's a base play that we've repped,
02:02that maybe wasn't in the game plan, but you can pull out at any moment.
02:05And that's what you have to do if you wanna be a great offense or
02:11a great player, not everything you call is gonna be on the call sheet for
02:16that week or even repped that week in practice.
02:20You might see the way a team is playing you and
02:24pull from something that you guys ran three or four weeks ago.
02:27And you're like, hey, that's good, let's bring it up.
02:29So credit to our staff for that.
02:31So why do you think you guys have been able to access the intermediate deep middle
02:35with Jamar somewhat more effectively this year?
02:38It seems like that's been a big area that you guys have found and
02:40found a ton of success in that wasn't necessarily a big part of it for
02:43the last couple of years.
02:44I think the protection, number one, we've found a lot of,
02:50we're not just a six man protection drop back team right now.
02:56We're, our offensive line has given us
03:01a lot of ways to move the pocket, extend the drop a little bit to find ways to
03:06maneuver in the pocket and buy me a little more time so
03:10we can push the ball down the field in those situations.
03:15So I think that's credit to our offensive line.
03:17First time you're back in so far since Super Bowl,
03:20what do you expect that to feel like, if anything, when you go back in there?
03:24I guess I hadn't really thought about it.
03:26I don't know, I hope it doesn't feel like anything.
03:30Just get ready for this one.
03:31Is there something, is there a feeling from that game,
03:34from that stadium that kind of sticks out that you need to talk about?
03:36Yeah, that they sucked.
03:37Okay, aside from that, is there any particular feeling,
03:42is there anything that you've thought about with the minutes on that stadium,
03:48not even going to that games or something like that?
03:50I don't think so.
03:51I mean, whenever you go to these big cities to play, it's always exciting.
03:56I think it's usually in a prime time slot.
04:00And when you play in New York, LA, Miami,
04:06those are always exciting opportunities for you.
04:08Is he on your radar at all, the triple crown, Jamar, and kind of how close he is?
04:14No, I know he's first in just about everything right now, so
04:17he's probably on pace to do whatever the triple crown is.
04:21What does that mean?
04:22Receiving yards, catches, and touchdowns.
04:26I know he's got a lot of touchdowns and a lot of yards and a lot of catches too,
04:31so he's probably on pace to do it.
04:35He was saying that you are a number first, like is he in your gear about to do that?
04:39No, he's not, but when you have a guy like that,
04:45if you're not finding ways to get him the ball,
04:49then he maybe isn't gonna let you know
04:56directly, but he'll let you know in his way for sure.
04:59What's his way?
05:01Depends, sometimes it's on the sidelines,
05:07sometimes it's an individual conversation in the locker room,
05:10sometimes it's through you guys.
05:12I know there's a lot of different ways that a receiver can tell you,
05:16hey, get me the ball.
05:17He was saying you guys, he was saying Thursday that you guys didn't talk at all.
05:24There wasn't much to say, we were playing well.
05:28When we're on the same page like that, it's always fun.
05:35Have you ever said that in those words, get me the epic ball?
05:39I'm not sure he said that directly to me, no, but maybe a glance tells me that.
05:46I mean, same conversation about Jamar, he told us a couple weeks ago that
05:51he doesn't even really have to watch what he feeds.
05:55He said he takes care of his body, but he said he's one of those people that can
05:58basically eat whatever he wants and be the freak he is on the field.
06:02Of all of the really good receivers that you played with in your career,
06:06is he the biggest freak in that way where he can not have to do the things that
06:13you and probably everybody else has to do but can go be the best receiver in the NFL?
06:19Yeah, I mean, he's definitely, it's very rare what he can do.
06:25I would say there's been, I'm not sure I've been around a ton of receivers that
06:29are super dialed on their diet, I would say.
06:33That might have to change in about five years if he wants to keep playing.
06:38But when you're 23, 24, eat what you want and go out and run 22 miles an hour and
06:45have 200 and however many yards he had,
06:47he'll continue to do it until he doesn't need to anymore.
06:51So he said, how many times have you said that in this conference?
06:54That might be the first one, sorry guys.
06:55That's all right.