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.

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