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Time 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.760 for the radio replays from Thursday Night's game in Baltimore. 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.920 It is prime time in Baltimore, and tonight the national 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:55.080 spotlight shines on two bitter rivals led by brilliant quarterbacks 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:59.160 who were born just twenty eight days apart. It's Joe 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:03.639 Burrow and the Bengal versus Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.600 and it is time for the pig skin to fly 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.040 here at M and T Bank Stadium. The Ravens have 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.760 the most rushing touchdowns of any team in the league, 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.200 and again, Gus Edwards has them in four straight games. 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.960 They toss it to him and he has touchdowns in 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.880 five straight games as he follows the left side of 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:27.120 his line into the end zone for Baltimore's twentieth rushing 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:31.120 touchdown of the season. The Bengals will attempt a fifty 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.920 yard field goal from the right hash to snap the placement. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.120 Here comes the kick. It has plenty of distance and 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:43.240 it is good. So the Bengals answer Baltimore's touchdown drive 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.080 with a field goal drive. Second in goal from the fours, 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.480 the Bengals try to take the lead for the first time. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.800 We've got five point fifty five left in the half. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.040 Burrow to pass quick throw mix and catches at the 0:03:55.080 --> 0:04:00.760 four touchdown Bengals as he got to the pilot before 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.600 Roe Kwan Smith could bring him down. A four yard 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.480 touchdown pass from Burrow to mix in, who's doing a 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.000 choreographed dance in the end zone. Joe Burrow is walking 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.640 into the locker room. They're just showing a picture on 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.839 the TV screen of Joe Burrow heading toward the locker room. 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.679 And he tried on the sideline as he was throwing. 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.120 He is throwing motion. He couldn't finish extending his right 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.400 arms the motion. So I don't know what it is. 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.719 I don't know if it's an elbow, a shoulder, what 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.360 the problem is. But he's struggling for sure. 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.159 He was really upset as he had the football in 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.760 his hand, started to do the throwing motion and grimaced 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.719 in pain without releasing the ball. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:43.040 Browning's warming up. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.039 Third dout in six the Ravens at the thirty seven 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.040 of Cincinnati. Lamar Jackson drops back to pass guns went 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:52.480 over the middle, deflected and then caught by a galore 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.719 of the Ravens, and he's going to run it into 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:58.880 the end zone before doing a forward somersault into the 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.000 end zone for this score. Two receivers out wide to 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:04.479 the left, two out wide to the right. Lamar back 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.800 at the sixteen waiting for the shotgun snap. He has 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.760 the ball Lamar begins moving left, throws into the end zone, 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:15.320 caught Patement touchdown as he beat cam Taylor britt first 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.159 and goal from the three. The Ravens in no hurry. 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.279 They break the huddle with six on the playclock. Lamar 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.440 sprinting up to his center. Two on the play clock. One. 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.760 He's got the ball. It's a handoff Gus Edwards touchdown. 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:34.280 Spikes the ball triumphantly in the middle of the end zone, 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.080 and the lead grows for the Ravens. With four minutes 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.560 and forty nine seconds to go, Jake Browning in the 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.480 shotgun back at the seven, Joe Mixon right next to him. 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:46.440 To his right. Browning catches the shotgun snap he's looking 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.960 to throw. He passes for Chase. He makes the catch. 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:50.719 Did he get his feet down in bounds? 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:52.120 Yes, yes he did. 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:57.560 Touchdown Bengals. As Jake Browning throws the first touchdown pass 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:02.000 of his NFL career, a two yard back shoulder throw 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.680 to Jamar Chase. Lamar takes the snap. It's a handoff 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.560 Edwards trying to turn the right corner. He will not. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.720 Sample is there and Jordan Battle is there and that 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.760 will do it. The coaches are marching toward the fifty 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:21.960 as the Baltimore Ravens have taken a big step toward 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:27.400 ending Cincinnati's reign as the AFC North champs in back 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.800 to back years. No team has ever won it three 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.720 times in a row, and the Bengals chances of winning 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:36.320 it three times straight take a major hit tonight. The 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:41.840 final score the Ravens thirty four, the Bengals twenty. At 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.120 this point, there's not much to report on Joe Burrow. 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.800 His wrist was taped up in the locker room after 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:51.159 the game, and Zach Taylor referred to it as a sprain. 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.440 Jeremy Fowler from ESPN reported that Burrow is expected to 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.600 get an MRI on Friday. The Bengals led the game 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.320 tens seven when Burrow exited, and that's where my conversation 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.120 with Joe Mixing begins. 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.720 Yeah, man, I felt like, you know, pretty much we was, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.120 you know, hitting on all cylinders in that situation, man. 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.440 So you know, we. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.480 Pretty much just got to figure out and try to 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.480 keep clicking as best as we can and find a 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.520 way to be successful with where we're working with. 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.520 Caught the touchdown, Joe, everything was you know, you guys 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.440 felt great, you had to lead. How quickly did you 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.960 even realize that Joe was hurt? 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.160 Well, like I said, I didn't know to. 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.400 I think we went right back out there right before halftime, 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.840 and then you know, everybody was like where Joe and 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:47.480 then sure enough, uh, he went in there. So you know, 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.720 that's pretty much when we found out. And then after 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:50.280 that it was. 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:50.760 What it was. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.560 Injury wise, things had been pretty good until the last 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.840 couple of weeks and now Sam t Joe Cam. I mean, 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.440 it seems like it one after the other. How do 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:02.320 you guys deal with that? 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:08.320 Yeah, man, it's definitely tough, especially the the caliber of players, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.000 you know, the caliber of player of those guys, and uh, 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.040 you know, we just gotta figure out a way to 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.040 you know, pretty much pick up where everybody's leaving off. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.560 And I know we have the guys in this here 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.520 locker room. They all made of the right things. I mean, 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:22.320 that's why they hear. 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.840 And I feel like, you know, just gotta figure out 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.640 a way to get everybody on the same schedule and 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.320 the same the same wave, and you know, pick up 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.839 where they left off. You just gotta I guess at 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.480 this point, next man up. And I know you know, 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.520 coaches and our players got nothing but confidence in whoever's 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.960 gonna step in in whatever role. I mean, like I said, 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:44.720 I mean, I'm a leader in this here locker room, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.560 captain and captain for a reason, and I'm here to 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.000 do whatever I can to keep this here shifts going 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.760 and uh, you know, basically keep everybody together, and I'm 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:56.600 gonna do my best, and I know i'll, you know, 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:58.960 do whatever I can to make that happen. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.160 It's gonna fall on your shoulders a little bit more 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:02.480 now with a backup quarterback. 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:03.760 So how do you build on that? 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.840 Well, I don't know where what direction that we're going, 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:10.959 but when it comes down to it, I mean when 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.520 everybody we did some good things today. Obviously there was 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.040 negatives of uh, you know, in terms of the outcome, 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.559 but when it come down to it, man, there was 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.680 some positives out there and we're basically gonna figure out 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.960 watch the tape, learn from everything that you know went 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:29.400 down and everything that went positive. Just keep building on 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:33.319 it and just keeping everybody together. And you know, we 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.360 have I believe seven or eight seven games. We got 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.200 seven games left and we five and five. We put 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.319 ourselves in this here situation and we got to fight 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.760 our way out of it. So I know for a 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:47.040 fact that you know, come what is it tomorrow, We're 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.520 gonna watch the tape, learn from it, and turn the 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.000 page and get ready for Monday, you know, big divisional game, 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.840 and got to do whatever we can to bring everybody. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.760 Everybody plays a huge part in this here in locker room, 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.360 and we felt like for this team, you know, we 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:06.160 got the players, we got the coaches, and also the fans. 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.360 You know, they play a major part as well, and 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.720 we know they're gonna come to pay Course Stadium and 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.440 you know, basically we got to make a push as 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:15.120 best as we can. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:16.760 So let's just get ready for that. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:21.560 And yeah, that's pretty much about it, all things consider. 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.120 Jake Browning did reasonably well. He completed eight out of 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.760 fourteen passes for sixty eight yards with a touchdown, no 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.960 picks at a passer rating of ninety three point eight. 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.880 He also ran for forty yards on four carries. His 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.400 touchdown pass to Jamar Chase was the first of his 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.600 NFL career, and that's where his post game chat with 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:43.160 Dave Lapham begins. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:46.480 Just trying to put together drive at the end of 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:50.240 the game, score some points and now we're down. Came 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.840 games kind of over. But yeah, Jamar ran a good 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.200 route verse one on one and did what Jamar does 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.400 and got open and just tried to put it front 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.679 piling for him. He's a good job catching it. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:03.880 I know. 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.120 It's a it's a tough dynamic. Not only you know 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.880 is uh you and Joe have a working relationship. You 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.720 guys are good friends as well, and when something like 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:14.640 that happens to a friend, that's gonna be a tough 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:15.120 thing for you. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.719 Yeah, definitely bummed to see him go down. But I'm 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.080 kind of the one guy in the locker room that's 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:21.760 kind of prepare as if he's going to go down, 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:25.800 so uh, you know, throughout the week, just getting ready 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.840 in case he does. And I feel like I didn't 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:33.160 really miss a beat. Hopping in bush would have gotten 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:37.079 some oilar drives together. But yeah, anytime, anytime anybody goes 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.080 down and socks. And obviously Joe's a big part of 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.319 the team, so him going down socks. But that's kind 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.400 of why I'm there, still going when he goes down. 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.400 You u you extended a lot of plays. I mean, 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:52.760 you got some rushing yards extended plays, got a bot 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:54.839 time for your receivers to make plays for you. 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:55.440 Overall. 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.120 I know, I know it's a it's a whirlwind right now, 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.000 but you probably want to look at tape to evaluate performance. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:02.400 But do you feel pretty good about what you. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:02.920 Did out there? 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.880 Yeah, I think anytime you have. I don't know how 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:07.240 many three an ounce we had in a row, but 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:11.520 it was too many. But yeah, I mean, I think 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.400 it's kind of the first time everyone else see me play. 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.560 But I've felt good about how I was playing, practice 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:18.160 stuff like that, and wish you would have won. 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.200 According to the New York Times Playoffs simulator, the Bengals 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.360 five and five record leaves them with a twenty seven 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.720 percent chance of making the playoffs, and that does not 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:33.480 take into account the possibility of Burrow missing time. It's 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.880 an uphill climb, but the season is far from over. 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.000 Here's the bengals longest tenured player, Tyler Boyd. 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:44.720 We still believe because we still prepare. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.319 You know, every guy in this locker om still got 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.280 to prepare to play, you know, whether you're starting or 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.079 you're not, you know, because we count we count on 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.000 everybody in this locker room and make plays. You know, 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.880 it's always the next man up. And this is the league, 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.000 you know, guys is here for a reason. So I 0:12:58.040 --> 0:12:59.960 believe in each, each and every one of these guys. 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.640 You made it through the stretch early this year where 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.720 Joe played but wasn't healthy. Now he was playing really 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:08.160 well and that happens. How much of an emotional blow 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:08.559 is that? 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.480 I mean it hurt, you know, like I always praise, 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:11.920 you know, Joe give us our best chance to win 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.160 any football games, you know. But moving forward, Jay got 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:16.559 us and we got to rally him up, and we 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.959 got to rally around him and make even more plays 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.199 for him, and we just gotta get back in the 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.160 funeral room, figure out what we needed to get done, 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.679 and get back out there and execute. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.320 You were up ten to seven when Joe left. I 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.880 think the team had been moving the ball really well. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.240 Did you feel like, you know, things were clicking tonight 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.199 and you might be on your way to a special night? 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:36.680 Yeah? 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.600 Always, you know, every every single night, I feel like 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.199 it's our night, you know, because we're very well coached, 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.599 very very well prepared, you know, and we got we 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.240 got great players on our team, So weekend, week out, 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.560 I always feel like we're gonna be the most dominant team. 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.000 But unfortunately it didn't go out this that way this week, 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.720 but we'll we'll regroup. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.520 How does it change? How did it change you? 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:01.560 Obviously is gonna be different a young guy in his 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.240 first game, And how did it change for you, which 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:04.400 is specifically once. 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:04.719 He came in. 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.400 Yeah, for me, it kind of didn't change. I just 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:09.280 knew I had to make every single play that came 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.120 out way. You know, if my number, my numbers call, 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:12.760 I can do is go out there and do my job, 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:13.000 you know. 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:14.400 Hopefully, Uh he did. 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.559 He did a hell of a job when he came in, 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:18.600 you know, but it's it's a tough it's a tough 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.000 boll some more defense, you know, any other team, you know, 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.720 he might have made more things happen. But with with 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.120 with him come in, we knew he was gonna get 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.480 a lot more pressure, and it kind of, uh slowed 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.120 down some of our possessions. 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.760 But at the end of the day, I trust Jake. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.280 You know, he's been here, he'd been in the system, 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:38.160 and uh, he's comfortable and and yeah, I'm ready to 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:38.680 play with him. 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.200 Earlier in the year, you're Jos dealing with the calf 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.280 and the offense had it struggles with that and now 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.880 this does this feel like one of those seasons right now? 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.000 Like he just can't believe that this stuff keeps happening. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:53.320 Uh, I mean, things happen. You can't really uh I 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:55.320 can't really explain, but you you just gotta move on. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:55.520 Man. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:57.520 It hurts us a lot. You know, that's our best player, 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.040 and man, just all we can do is just keep preparing, man, 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.320 and keep moving forward, and uh just go out there 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:05.920 and making place for Jake in any way. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.960 We can just gonna say, you guys have been pretty 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:12.080 healthy this year, but now Sam was out, team was out, 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.280 Joe went down, Cam went down. It seemed like, you know, 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.680 when it when it rains, it pours. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.960 I mean, when you got some of your most talented 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.520 guys injured on both either side of the ball. I mean, 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.280 it's it's a tough loss, crucial loze, you know, but again, man, 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.520 it's it's the league, man, And you. 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:29.880 Can see around the league. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.800 You see backup guys winning games all all over the place. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:34.440 So I mean it really doesn't matter. We just gotta 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:35.880 find a way, you know, we might got to change 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:37.600 up what we do a little bit based off of 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.240 who's playing and who's not, you know, And I still 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.000 believe because I feel like we have the great coaching 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:43.880 staff that can put us in position to still keep 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:44.920 us float. 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.160 What tells you that this locker room has what it 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:49.120 takes to overcome it. 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.280 Just just just the people around it. Many everybody have 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:53.200 great characters here. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:53.480 Man. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.880 Everybody is unselfish. Everybody care for one another, and we 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:58.680 can always protect each other and. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:15:59.680 Just just raft for each other. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.280 That's that's that's I think the most dominant thing that 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.800 you need to have in the locker room. We're in 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.000 the team per se, and I think we have that. 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.800 We got a real special special team and out of 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.440 been here for a long time, it's the most special team. 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:12.040 Ever been a part of. 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.480 But again, man, we'll we'll, we'll find a way. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:15.840 Now. 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.200 Time to hear from head coach Zach Taylor as he 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.440 spent a few minutes with Lap after the game. 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.080 Boy, I'll tell you there's there's one you can't really 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:30.040 count on anything in terms of the National Football League, 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:31.880 And to lose Joe Burrow like that, I mean that 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:32.760 had to be a shock. 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.640 Yeah, it's not a fun situation. Was your starting quarterback. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.000 That's part of the way Jake went in there. That 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.680 was his first first NFL ball, you know, and uh, 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.560 you know, it was probably the way he went in there, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.680 completed his first first pass in the first play on 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.400 a tough, naked play and did a good job, you know, 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.080 round us to get some points on the board. Two 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.120 scores there, and and it's a good defense, you know, 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:52.680 it's one of the better defenses in the league. And 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:54.320 so proud of the way that the guys responded to 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:55.800 him and that he led those guys. 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.600 Had his first NFL touchdown pass. He'd thrown some in 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.240 the preseason, but for just won in a regular season 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.600 and put a good ball in the front pileon to 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:04.680 Jamar Chase. 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.879 Yeah, there's certainly positives there for Jake, and probably the 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:10.640 way that the guy has competed around him and gave 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.280 us opportunities to try to get back in the game. 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:13.320 It's just too little, too late. 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.520 I know it's very early, but I guess it's a 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.280 risk injury that Joe suffered. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:20.480 Yes, it is it. 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.840 I don't know anything beyond that just the sprain or 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:24.600 don't Yeah, I'm not sure. 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:30.120 So in that in that type of situation. How much 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.240 how much of the game plan is available to Jake. 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.000 I mean, Jake doesn't rep anywhere near as much as 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.480 as Joe does. How much do you have to kind 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.280 of melt things down or is Jake responsible for all 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:42.479 of it and able to execute it all? 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:44.399 Yeah, he's responsible for all of it, you know, especially 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.000 when you're playing a team like that. Everything you got 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:48.360 to be able to get certain checks. And I thought 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.639 Jake did a great job. We've got the confidence in 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.040 him and how he prepares, and that's what he's done. 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:54.840 He's put himself in a position to where when he 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:56.000 walks out there, that's that's a. 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:57.160 Big reason why he won the job. 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.000 His playmaking ability, his ability to take in the game 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:01.440 plan and not even get reps and be able to 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:03.280 go execute it. We've got that confidence in him and 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.800 it was all available. We called all of it, and 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:07.199 he did a good job handling that. 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.119 Joe Mixon, I thought ran hard. I thought he finished 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:11.320 a lot of runs for you tonight. 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:11.840 Yeah. 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:13.960 There was a lot of positive things, you know, and 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:15.640 I know the score was what it was, two score 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.720 game disappointing. There's some things that we can continue to 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.000 build on and be encouraged by we're going to take 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.040 this long weekend here and get a chance to get 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.320 rested and get our bodies back and make the run 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:26.840 that we're used to making here down the stretch. 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.720 That's a good offensive football team too, with a very 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:33.320 talented athletic quarterback. But I think they put up over 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.520 four hundred yards and over thirty points, and that's not, 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.000 you know, something that lou would be very pleased about it. 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:39.600 I'm sure no. 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.240 And and you know, it's when you're giving them the 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:44.680 lead and you're playing from a hide, everything's available to him, 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.200 you know. And so it's those kind of games where 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:47.920 you get to try to get the lead and limit 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:49.320 what they're able to do and make them a little 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.600 bit more uncomfortable. And we weren't able to do that today, 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.120