Bengals Players React to Week 3 LOSS to Commanders

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Cincinnati Bengals Players React to Week 3 LOSS to Commanders

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00:00How good was it to have T back out there?

00:02It looked like it certainly benefited you a little bit, too.

00:05Yeah, it was great having T out there, man.

00:06It was like old times again, just having fun, you know?

00:10When you look at what you, Joe, and T did,

00:12do you see that as kind of a path forward

00:14for you guys to take place

00:15that you shouldn't have shown you can make today?

00:18That's more the standard, you know, that we do.

00:20It's not really something that we have to show.

00:21It's really the standard that we do.

00:25Jaden Daniels was extremely impressive.

00:27I don't know how closely you can watch his performance,

00:29but one of the more incredible rookie quarterback performances

00:33I think many of us have seen.

00:34What did you think?

00:36He's a great half-inch player, not going to lie.

00:40That was my first time sitting down

00:42and watching him besides the spring game,

00:44so he's a very outstanding player.

00:50Do you think you have confidence

00:52the defense can bounce back with one half of the night?

00:55That's not you, but...

00:57Yeah, 100%, you know, the defense usually

00:58is our leading pack when we're playing football games,

01:03but usually tonight it was the opposite,

01:04so defense still going to be good.

01:07We got their back, they got ours,

01:08so we just got to keep on moving forward.

01:15Jamar, have you ever been 0-3 before?

01:18No, it's the first time.

01:21Is it hard to digest being 0-3,

01:24especially when you had such a wonderful game today?

01:27It's hard losing, I can say that, you know what I'm saying?

01:30I don't want to be 0-1, 0-2, or 0-3, so...

01:35What was...

01:37Did Joe have any kind of message for the offense

01:39following a game like this,

01:40especially with so much more football left to play

01:42for the rest of the season?

01:47He didn't really give us a message.

01:48It's just we got to play football, man.

01:49We got to win those games.

01:50We got to take opportunities that we have in the red zone

01:55and execute them and win.

01:58How does Jamar Chase respond with his back against the wall?

02:04All I can do is come in and be myself every day,

02:07you know what I'm saying, be a leader, give team effort,

02:10and hopefully my guys do the same to me.

02:12Headlines with your comments

02:14about the commander's offense this week.

02:16Do you regret what you said, and can you talk us through

02:20what happened from a defensive standpoint tonight?

02:22No, ma'am, I do not regret it,

02:25and I didn't mean anything malicious out of the comment.

02:27It was just made bigger than what it was.

02:30Yes, I can eat my words, most definitely.

02:33We did take a L today, but as a team,

02:36it was sort of a call that was offered very quick,

02:38quick throws.

02:40He's very athletic in his sneak plays,

02:43and that's how the game went, man.

02:44They stuck to their plan, and, yeah, that's how it went.

02:47Zach indicated that he might talk to you about the comments.

02:50Have y'all had any conversations over the last couple weeks,

02:52even after Xavier's stuff, after this?

02:53Did he talk to you at all?

02:55Yeah, he only just said it was like,

02:57you know, how, like, where interviews go,

02:59just don't speak on the other team and stuff like that,

03:01but even with my comments,

03:02I didn't feel like I said anything crazy.

03:04I just took it and ran with it.

03:06So, what happened tonight? Can you put your finger on

03:09what was so tough to stop, how to stop in their offense?

03:12Running downhill,

03:14basically, we just got to tackle better.

03:16It was sort of like the first game,

03:18they were running downhill with Robinson.

03:20On the outside, we can say that we can't have the deep balls.

03:23When I had one, and I believe one of my teammates had one,

03:26but that was the only very explosive

03:29who kept them very, you know, cool during the game, though.

03:32It just seemed like they were methodical

03:33throughout the game in getting the third and short,

03:35fourth and short. Yeah, most definitely, man.

03:37And with the quarterback that they have,

03:38can they spin plays, third and two,

03:40if the back doesn't get it, he'll go get it.

03:42So, yeah, it's a two-way punch back there.

03:44How frustrating is it that you go out and kind of say,

03:46hey, this is what the offense is going to look like,

03:47and then they come out and they score on every single drive?

03:49How frustrating is that for you?

03:51Very frustrating.

03:52We went on long drives the whole game.

03:55Like he said, going third and two.

03:57We wanted to get them in third and long

03:58so they could pass the ball to the outside,

04:00make him use his arm.

04:02It didn't turn out that way.

04:03There were a lot of third and shorts,

04:04fourth and shorts, very manageable.

04:06So, you know, they got through the game.

04:09Orlando, I guess my first question for you

04:11is obviously we all saw Trent Brown

04:14come out with a knee brace on.

04:16What were your words to him?

04:18Obviously, that's super disappointing

04:19for the entire O-line.

04:21Yeah, man, you know, he's such a big part of us, man,

04:23just a veteran, been a leader since he's gotten here

04:27and been given a ton of insight.

04:30So it's sad to see him go down, man.

04:31I really don't know the extent of his injury,

04:33when he'll be back, if he'll be back,

04:36but hopefully he heals up soon and will.

04:39What were you, your words to Amarius Mims?

04:41He made his first start tonight.

04:44And I felt like the offense

04:45looked really good out there today.

04:46It seemed like you guys were clicking.

04:49What did you think of the offensive line's performance

04:51overall, in your opinion?

04:52Yeah, I feel like we played well.

04:54That's a really, really good front seven.

04:55That's the heart of their team.

04:57Man, I feel like we did a really good job overall.

04:59I'll have to be able to watch the film

05:00to tell you the mistakes, but man, I mean,

05:03having that many yards offensively,

05:05scoring that many points, it's always a good sign.

05:08Obviously after a loss,

05:09a lot of people have a lot of opinions.

05:12How do you guys block out that noise

05:14and keep the focus forward?

05:16Just doing our job every single day,

05:18continuing to stay committed to our team,

05:21ourselves, our plan, and look no further than that.

05:25I think in football, it's a lot of ups and downs

05:28in emotional sport.

05:29It comes with wins and losses, obviously.

05:31And so just continue to understand, man,

05:33that we gotta do a better job straining to finish

05:36and coming out with wins in these type of games.

05:39Did you guys feel like you were personally

05:41in a really good flow as far as this entire game goes?

05:45Yeah, I feel like we were in a pretty good flow.

05:48I feel like kinda once we got going with Jamar,

05:51I mean, good things start happening.

05:52Obviously the first drive with that touchdown there,

05:54I mean, it's so important and such a huge play for us.

05:58Have you ever been 0-3 before in your NFL career?

06:01I have not.

06:02No, I don't, yeah, I don't think I have.

06:04It might be the first time for me.

06:06Have you even, obviously you haven't had much time

06:08to digest it, but like even saying that out loud,

06:10does that feel strange?

06:12Yeah, yeah, it definitely feels strange,

06:13but as I said, man, it's part of the sport.

06:15You know, it's ups and downs in this,

06:17and, you know, you take your wins and losses,

06:20and it is what it is.

06:22What do you say to your guys to pull yourselves

06:24out of this, not a funk,

06:25but and pull yourselves into the next week

06:27because it's a short week and you're at Carolina.

06:29Yeah, no, I mean, it's so important

06:31to come out of this game 1-3.

06:33I know it's just crazy to say, but coming out 1-3

06:35and just continuing to press forward, move forward,

06:37being in the moment every single day

06:39and continuing to grind and strain

06:41when we get in these close games.

06:42Jermaine, there will be a lot of people

06:44that have opinions about how the defense played tonight,

06:47but in your opinion, what were you guys seeing out there?

06:50What seemed to be going wrong

06:52as far as allowing Jalen Daniels to score on you?

06:56Just a mobile quarterback.

06:57He's just standing in place with his legs,

06:58and then, like, he controlled the game,

07:02like, you know, he managed the game well.

07:03He did electric with his feet,

07:06and then he just made explosive plays when he needed to.

07:10As a leader of the defense, how difficult is it

07:11to get newer guys in line and ready to go

07:15in a Louie Annarumo-style defense

07:17when you have two of your starting defensive linemen out?

07:20I mean, we just got to be the next man up, you know.

07:22We got to just play sound football, you know.

07:24We got to make plays in critical situations.

07:26I didn't make the play in a critical situation,

07:28you know, go back to the fourth down.

07:30I didn't contain him, and he be able to be mobile,

07:33get out the pocket, and give a straight

07:36to gain the first down, so I blame me.

07:38I don't think it's on the D-line.

07:40It's on me.

07:41Well, I was thinking more of as a whole,

07:44your defense as a whole, how difficult is it

07:45to just kind of, like, get it together and gel

07:47when you have two key guys missing?

07:49I mean, you just got to just keep on battling.

07:50You know, these guys, they've been putting in the work

07:52just like everybody else.

07:54We just got to keep on working, keep on getting better.

07:56What did Louie Annarumo say to the defense

07:58as a whole after the game?

07:59What did Zach Taylor say?

08:00What were the words of encouragement, if any?

08:03I mean, we got to come together, be more tight.

08:05You know, we 0-3, but we got to find a way to get it first W.

08:08You know, we got to keep on building

08:09and keep on stacking A's.

08:10We got to have a great week of practice,

08:12prep, and get ready to get a win.

08:14Is there something where you're practicing really hard,

08:17practicing really well,

08:19but then it's not translating to the field?

08:20Like, is there something, like, a disconnect there?

08:23No, it's not a disconnect, you know.

08:24We just got to find a way to win.

08:25You know, don't get hard.

08:28Don't dwell on it.

08:30You know, we got to keep on getting better

08:31and then stacking A's, you know.

08:32It's all coming for us, man.

08:34We just got to keep on getting better,

08:35keep on stacking A's.

08:36It's all going our favor, you know.

08:37Don't get down because it's 0-3 start, you know.

08:39But we just got to find a way to get our first win.

08:42Have you ever been 0-3 before?

08:44Yes.

08:46When I first got here.

08:49I totally forgot you were part of that team.

08:52I'm sorry, J.

08:53My next question I would say is,

08:56you've obviously been in this position before

08:57when you've had your back against the wall.

08:59How do you think this team will respond

09:01in week four in Carolina?

09:02I mean, we'll respond very well.

09:04You know, we lost every game being close.

09:07You know, we just got to find a way to make a play.

09:09At the end of the game, I say that, you know.

09:12If I made that play in the fourth down,

09:14I know that Joey will go down there and score.

09:16But it's on me, you know.

09:18I got to find a way to make critical plays

09:20like I usually make.

09:21I got to find a way.

09:23Last question for you, is there anything

09:25that you can take from that first year

09:26that can kind of fuel you for the current situation?

09:29I mean, it's a different team, different mindset,

09:31different leaders on this team,

09:32different guys that love the game, you know.

09:34So I don't think we'll get down.

09:36We'll get in the right direction.

09:37We'll get back playing Bengals style of football.

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