Joe Burrow Full Postgame Comments After Bengals' Win Over Cowboys
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00:00What's an update on your knee?
00:02It's nothing crazy.
00:04Just landed on it a couple times.
00:06Probably just a bursa.
00:08Something we'll see.
00:10It'll be sore for a while, but I'll be alright.
00:12How uncomfortable was it to finish the game?
00:14It was all good. It was just a little swollen.
00:16Given the season you've had,
00:18maybe guys might have said,
00:20maybe take ass out of the game
00:22in a situation like that, why is it so important for you to
00:24find new stuff to get wins at this point in the year?
00:26It's like playing football.
00:30I was never
00:34about to go out.
00:36I was able to do everything that I need to do
00:38to go out and perform well.
00:40This isn't something
00:42that will keep anybody out of the game.
00:44So you're not worried at all about any long term
00:46injury with this?
00:48Zach said it was about the simplest play.
00:50It's like a day one install.
00:52Can you update us?
00:54Yeah, it was just our quick game.
00:56Quick outs
00:58on the outside.
01:00The guy was playing off to the field.
01:02Jamar.
01:04That's a
01:06pro that we grab all the time.
01:08We talked about
01:10throwing it inside shoulders so he can turn
01:12and make a play if the corner is off.
01:14He was able to
01:16do what he does. We've got that many times.
01:18What did you think when you saw the coverage?
01:20Completion.
01:22I didn't see what happened
01:24once I completed it.
01:26I had something in my face.
01:28I was streaking
01:30outside my after.
01:32That was a great game.
01:34Any time you get hit
01:36because of your history
01:38and the conversation about do you take too many hits
01:40comes up.
01:4244 attempts for you today.
01:44I know you feel like the best chance for you guys to win
01:46is with you throwing the ball.
01:48Do you feel like that's going to be able to be
01:50helpful for you to not take so many hits
01:52moving forward?
01:54I think so.
02:00That's how we play right now.
02:02That's how I like to play.
02:04When I put it in my hands I'll be able to make a play.
02:06I thought
02:08we ran it well tonight.
02:10I think Chase
02:12is really emerging as a
02:14top back.
02:16He's doing unbelievable stuff.
02:18His role
02:20is going to continue with the ball.
02:22We're going to keep giving him the ball more
02:24in a lot of different ways.
02:26I'm happy with how our offense is playing.
02:28We lost some on the field tonight
02:30but we made the plays to get it done.
02:32Is he crossing that box?
02:34Do you feel like you might be able to count on him moving forward
02:36to give you a late spike over the last few weeks?
02:38Joe, have you ever had anyone shove a donut
02:40all over your face after a win?
02:42That one wasn't on my bingo card tonight.
02:44It just speaks to
02:46the fact that you guys finally get to have someone
02:48finally get to celebrate.
02:50Is there relief in that tonight?
02:52Yeah.
02:54It's nice to win.
02:56Obviously we're still not where we want to be.
02:58It's a nice win but
03:00potentially meaningless.
03:02We talked a little bit about
03:04how in prime time
03:06that's where the perception of this team
03:08is built from other teams around the league.
03:10What do you think
03:12you showed the rest of the team tonight?
03:17We're going to be explosive on offense.
03:19That's a defensive defense
03:21that's been banged up
03:23all year.
03:25They got all their guys back now.
03:27They got Micah. They got Diggs.
03:29They got Bland.
03:31They got all their guys.
03:33You can feel it tonight.
03:35That's a good explosive front. It makes it tough.
03:39I like how we played.
03:41We got to finish.
03:43Finish a couple of those drives in the end zone
03:45and we kicked a couple of field goals.
03:47That was disappointing.
03:49We left some out there.
03:51How good does it feel, Joe,
03:53to get a break and be able to go out
03:55on the field and finish a game like that?
03:57I couldn't believe we got a break.
03:59That was crazy.
04:01The way that happened.
04:03It's nice to get one.
04:05We haven't gotten any over
04:07the last couple of years.
04:09It's nice to get one.
04:11How did you get away from 11?
04:13Zach said Zimmermates are frustrating.
04:15Parsons had you frustrated
04:17not being able to get you.
04:19How did you stay away?
04:21Mims was doing a good job on him.
04:25Keeping that pocket wide so I could
04:27step up when I needed to.
04:31Eventually moved him over to the left side.
04:33I thought Cody did a good job.
04:35It all starts
04:37being firm inside
04:39and just getting hands on him
04:41and keeping that pocket wide so I could get up and out
04:43of that B gap.
04:45I thought they did a good job of that.
04:47Two plays.
04:49Give us a breakdown.
04:51You seemed particularly bothered by the interception
04:53when the TV broadcast showed you on the bench
04:55and then the pass
04:57to Tee Higgins.
04:59Can you break down those two plays for us?
05:01The interception was just stupid.
05:03I
05:05tried to wait for Jamar to get into the second
05:07window. Kendrick's turn
05:09and ran.
05:11He just needed to progress
05:13onto Tee to chase.
05:15That one was incredibly disappointing.
05:17I was
05:19still just disappointed about that play
05:21after that
05:23red zone. Disappointed we didn't
05:25come away with seven on that drive
05:27and then I was still just disappointed in myself
05:29on the interception.
05:31I hold myself
05:33to a higher standard than that.
05:35That was just a dumb play by me.
05:37That's not
05:39something that I'm about
05:41and I was disappointed in that.
05:43I think I was actually able to ask about a couple weeks ago
05:45how much pressure you're playing with.
05:47Does that interception make you feel like maybe at that point in the game
05:49maybe you just maybe try to make sure that you can make
05:51doing what you can. Does that kind of maybe play
05:53into that a little bit? Kind of the pressure and kind of where you're at?
05:55Maybe. Maybe. It's tough to say.
05:57I know I have to make plays for us to win
05:59but that
06:01was just a dumb one.
06:03If I just move on
06:05to T on the other side of the field
06:07and he won on his route, we'd probably get a completion.
06:09That's just my fault.
06:11Do you feel like this season y'all are maybe testing
06:13the limits on how much you
06:15and Jamar, that combination, can really lift
06:17this team? I mean we've seen it since he got here
06:19and y'all really had to take off. Do you feel like y'all are starting to push
06:21those limits on what y'all are able to do
06:23when y'all are playing at the highest level you possibly can?
06:25I think we can continue to improve.
06:27I think we can be better than we were
06:29tonight after the interception
06:31and we missed
06:33on a go-ball down the left sideline
06:35on that two-minute drill.
06:37There's always more to be done.
06:39Is that going to be like a sliver of
06:41silver lining given how the season goes?
06:43Even as well as y'all play, do you feel like there's still
06:45another level for both y'all to hit?
06:47Yeah, I think
06:49as we continue to grow and play
06:51together, we're going to
06:53keep continuing to
06:55find new levels to our game.
06:57We're going to continue to talk through all these reps
06:59that we're getting and we're going to learn from those and grow
07:01and get better.
07:03That's playing football.
07:05The guy that's receiving the league gets 15
07:07targets. How does that happen?
07:09Do they take something else away?
07:11Do they let him be available like that?
07:13When you have T out
07:15there, it makes
07:17teams play a little honest.
07:19Teams are going to mix up the coverages against us.
07:21They always do.
07:23I think our coaches are some of the
07:25best in the league at identifying what
07:27teams are trying to do to us and adjusting on the fly.
07:29I'm always really confident
07:31in my ability to react
07:33to what I'm seeing.
07:35The way teams play us is they're going to mix up
07:37a lot of different defenses.
07:39They're going to blitz. They're going to drop.
07:41They're going to play double. They're going to do a lot of different things.
07:45Coming into this game,
07:47I was going to feed Jamar.
07:49I felt
07:51him last week.
07:53He had some opportunities
07:55last week that we didn't quite take advantage of.
07:57I was just going to make sure
07:59if I got an opportunity with him,
08:01I was going to give it to him.
08:03Is there any extra meaning walking out as captains
08:05with T and Jamar tonight?
08:07I don't know. It was fun.
08:09That was the first time we had done that.
08:11I like that trio right there.
08:13We've played a lot of football together,
08:15made a lot of plays, scored a lot of touchdowns,
08:17won a lot of games.
08:19That was
08:21us three here.
08:23Some of the best
08:25at what we do.
08:27We're great friends.
08:29We continue to love playing with each other.
08:33I realized that in a moment.
08:35That was kind of a cool moment.
08:37That doesn't usually mean that.
08:41Was that any kind of a message to you?
08:43I don't know.
08:45I liked it.
08:47Do you come out of a game like this and just say,
08:49give Jamar Chase however much money he wants?
08:51I've been saying that for
08:53a long time.
08:55He's a special player.
08:57He continues to make plays
08:59after the catch, before the catch.
09:01Any way that you
09:03get him the ball, he makes plays.
09:05He deserves
09:07all he's going to get in the world.
09:09Could you ever imagine a world
09:11not playing with Jamar Chase?
09:13You haven't really had that.
09:15I haven't had that. I don't want to have that.
09:19We feed off of each other.
09:21We make each other better.
09:25We're both really smart
09:27players.
09:29It's tough to
09:31take that away when you have
09:33a really smart receiver like that
09:35that you can move around and do a lot of different things with.
09:37Hopefully
09:39we can play together for
09:41as long as
09:43we're in this league together.
09:45Obviously, we all know the contract situation.
09:47What was he looking forward to?
09:49How much
09:51do you think about cherishing all those moments
09:53not knowing what the future might hold?
09:55How long that tree is going to be intact for?
09:57We don't know.
09:59Those
10:01discussions are ongoing.
10:03I'm confident
10:05that we're going to be able to do
10:07what it takes to bring T back.
10:13I know that I'm going to do
10:15what it takes to get him back.
10:17We've had those talks.
10:19Those are going to be off-season discussions.
10:21I think we're excited about that.
10:23What gives you that confidence
10:25that you'd be able to get T against
10:27back based off of what's gone on so far?
10:29We'll see.
10:31How pivotal is that
10:33to what all of y'all feel is
10:35adding him, whatever it's going to take
10:37to keep him in the building
10:39for as long as possible?
10:41You feel his presence when he's out there.
10:43You feel his presence. You feel how it affects
10:45the defense.
10:47You feel how it affects
10:49the defensive coordinator's calls.
10:51Even if he's
10:53not super productive on a night,
10:55teams have to
10:57worry about him. You feel his presence.
10:59The defense is worried about him.
11:01You feel that.
11:05His first touchdown looked simple, too.
11:07That was basically
11:09he beat the guy and said,
11:11Yeah, it looked simple. That was tough to execute.
11:13That's a timing
11:15route that we worked on a lot
11:17that
11:19is not
11:21easy.
11:23He made a great catch
11:25at the top of his route, but
11:27that's one that you have to throw on time
11:29and to the right spot.
11:31That's something that we worked a lot,
11:33so it's nice to see that executed.
11:43you