Joe Burrow Reacts to Bengals' Win Over Cowboys

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00:00That's what y'all are able to do when y'all are playing at the highest level you possibly can.

00:04I think we can continue to improve. I think we can be better than we were tonight after the interception.

00:10We missed on a goal ball down the left sideline on that two-minute dribble.

00:15So there's always more to be done.

00:17Does that feel like a sliver of silver lining given how the season goes even as well as y'all play?

00:22Do you feel like there's still another level for both y'all to do?

00:25Yeah, I think as we continue to grow and play together, we're going to keep continuing to find new levels to our game.

00:35We're going to continue to talk through all these reps that we're getting.

00:38We're going to learn from those and grow from those and get better.

00:41That's playing football.

00:42The guy's the best receiver in the league. He gets 15 targets.

00:46How does that happen? Do they take something else away? Do they let him be available like that?

00:52When you have T out there, it makes teams play a little honest.

00:57Teams are going to mix up the coverages against us. They always do.

01:01I think our coaches are some of the best in the league at identifying what teams are trying to do to us and adjusting on the fly.

01:08And I'm always really confident in my ability to read and react to what I'm seeing.

01:13So the way teams play us is they're going to mix up a lot of different defenses.

01:17They're going to blitz. They're going to drop. They're going to play double.

01:20They're going to do a lot of different things.

01:22And coming into this game, I was going to feed Jamar.

01:26I felt him last week. He had some opportunities last week that we didn't quite take advantage of.

01:35So I was just going to make sure if I got an opportunity with him, I was going to give it to him.

01:40Is there any extra meaning walking out as captains with T and Jamar tonight?

01:46I don't know. It was fun. That was the first time we had done that.

01:49I like that trio right there.

01:52We've played a lot of football together, made a lot of plays, scored a lot of touchdowns, won a lot of games.

01:57That was three years. Some of the best at what we do.

02:05And we're great friends and continue to love playing with each other.

02:09So I realized that in a moment. That was kind of a cool moment.

02:14That's something, Zach, that's why he doesn't usually do that.

02:17Usually it's most of the captains out there. That's the first time.

02:19Was that any kind of a message to you right there?

02:21I don't know. I don't know. But I liked it.

02:24Do you come out of a game like this and just say, give Jamar Chase however much money he wants?

02:30I've been saying that for a long time.

02:33He's a special player. He continues to make plays after the catch, before the catch.

02:41Any way that you get him the ball, he makes plays. He deserves all he's going to get in the world.

02:48Could you ever imagine a world not playing with Jamar Chase? You haven't really had that.

02:53I haven't had that. I don't want to have that.

02:56We feed off of each other. We make each other better.

03:04We're both really smart players.

03:07It's tough to take that away when you have a really smart receiver like that,

03:13that you can move around and do a lot of different things with.

03:17Hopefully we can play together for as long as we're in this league together.

03:23Obviously we all know the contract situation with Tee and what's going forward.

03:27How much do you think about cherishing all those moments, not knowing what the future might hold?

03:33How long that dream is going to be?

03:35We don't know.

03:39Those discussions are ongoing.

03:43I'm confident that we're going to be able to do what it takes to bring Tee back.

03:52I know that I'm going to do what it takes to get him back.

03:55As he had those talks, those are going to be discussions.

04:00I think we're excited about that.

04:02What gives you that confidence that you'd be able to get Tee back based on what's gone on so far?

04:08We'll see.

04:10How pivotal is that to what all of y'all feel is out of him,

04:14whatever it's going to take to keep him in the building for as long as possible?

04:18You feel his presence when he's out there.

04:21You feel his presence. You feel how it affects the defense.

04:24You feel how it affects the defensive coordinator's calls.

04:28Even if he's not super productive on a night, teams have to worry about him.

04:36You feel his presence. The defense is worried about him.

04:39How do you feel about that?

04:41His first touchdown looked simple, too.

04:45That was basically he beat the guy and said, hey, you can get out of the tight end.

04:49Yeah, it looked simple.

04:50That was tough to execute.

04:51That's a timing route that we worked on a lot that is not easy.

05:00He made a great catch and fizzled off the top of his route,

05:04but that's one that you have to throw on time and to the right spot.

05:09That's something that we worked a lot, so it's nice to see that executed.

05:13Thanks, guys.

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