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

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