Ja'Marr Chase Reacts to Bengals' Loss vs Packers

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00:00You can't sit here and pout, got to go back to work, got a fast week coming up against the Steelers,

00:06so you got to look at the film, do corrections, find out what we like best with Joe at quarterback, and move on.

00:12Zach keeps saying he feels like you guys are close, he feels like you guys are very much still in this,

00:16you're shaking your head, yeah, do you agree with him?

00:18Yeah, 100%, yeah.

00:19Why so?

00:21I mean, this is the most probably offensive yards and rushing yards we've had for a little minute,

00:27and it was Joe's first game, and we left a lot out there.

00:32We didn't really leave a lot out there, but we made a lot of plays,

00:35and we could have had more out there the first half, but we didn't, so still more than improvement.

00:41How important was it to come out and kind of establish his physicality at the first drive of the second half?

00:48Say that again?

00:49How important was it to establish some sort of physicality with the offense to kind of,

00:53you know, like the first drive of the season in Cleveland,

00:56when you guys seemed to execute physically?

00:58Yeah, coming out first, coming out second half,

01:02we just found out what we like best against the defense they were running,

01:05the scheme they were running.

01:07Zach, in these moments, he's always like preaching a lot of positivity,

01:10a lot of sticking together.

01:10You've been here a long time in tough stretches.

01:13How much does that resonate, you know, when y'all are going through stuff like this?

01:16How much, after hearing it for so many years,

01:17how much does that help guys kind of not get too down?

01:21We're going to be fine.

01:22I'm going to be on Zach's side, hold his back.

01:26But we're almost there, like he said.

01:27You know, we're almost there kicking a throw down.

01:31There's a lot of progress to be made,

01:33but there's a lot of progress that we have just made that was done.

01:36So we've still got a lot of work to do.

01:39Looks like y'all had an extended talk on the sideline again,

01:41like in the middle of the game, y'all were just chatting.

01:42What's that conversation like?

01:44Is it just, what are y'all kind of going over?

01:46It's us talking.

01:47We're always talking about the game plan, what we like and what we don't like.

01:49So that's always something we always do.

01:51I know there's no moral victories, but kind of what Mitch was going to say,

01:56how encouraged were you by having Joe under center today?

02:00I was, I mean, I didn't really get to practice with him.

02:03So, I mean, I was just out there just trying to make a play for him.

02:09You know what I'm saying?

02:10At the end of the day,

02:10it's throwing the ball up to one of the best receivers in the league.

02:13I just got to make a play.

02:14But at the end of the day, Joe did good with communicating with the receivers

02:18and talking to the receivers of what we like and what we see

02:21and if we want a conversion route.

02:23Did that improve during the game?

02:24Did that improve during the game or just kind of evolve during the game?

02:28I mean, we didn't really have it on too many routes,

02:29but certain routes that we had it on, I mean, me, Joe, and T,

02:32we all talked about it in the huddle before the certain play,

02:35and, you know, that's how we built the chemistry right there.

02:37How many reps would you say you did get with Joe this week

02:40before the game on Sunday?

02:41Probably about 12.

02:42Is that a lot for you?

02:45Like, you know, we've seen sometimes when Joe has been injured,

02:47you say he doesn't really – you guys don't need those reps.

02:50There's a difference between Joe Burrow and Joe Flacco.

02:52Right.

02:52You know what I'm saying?

02:53I've been playing with Joe for years.

02:54I have been playing with Joe Flacco for a week.

02:59So, I mean, those reps I had weren't good enough,

03:03but we definitely get better.

03:05There's always more room to improve.

03:06Have you ever surprised yourself, I mean,

03:08with barely being able to practice a brand-new quarterback

03:10and you go out and have a game like you did in the touchdown you did?

03:14I'm just trying to be here for my guys, man.

03:17My guys know what I went through this week.

03:18They know I was in a lot of pain.

03:20So, my guys supported me, and they held my back until game time.

03:24What happened with the illness?

03:27You know, you got sickers.

03:28Just close.

03:29I ain't talking about all that.

03:30I mean, that's kind of encouraging.

03:32You get 12 snaps with a guy and you get 94 yards.

03:38I mean, what do you think you might be able to do with a week of practice?

03:44I'll just build on chemistry, build on routes.

03:46It's the only way we're going to get better.

03:47Is there certain points in the game where you saw his –

03:49how many years he's been in the league really play a big factor?

03:52I don't know, man.

03:57He's just so poised.

03:59Like, he has a little more expression than Joe,

04:06but he's very poised in the huddle, like, the whole time.

04:11Were all 12 reps Wednesday?

04:13Did you get anything with him on Thursday?

04:15Walk-through Thursday.

04:16That was it.

04:17When he's got that kind of poised,

04:18what does that do for the whole offense?

04:19When's it Thursday?

04:20Yeah, I missed Friday was a walk-through, so.

04:22When he's got that kind of poised,

04:23what does that do for y'all as an offense?

04:25Just keep us focused.

04:26Keep the O-line focused.

04:27Keep the receivers focused and the running backs focused.

04:29Can you take us through the touchdown?

04:37We was actually calling –

04:39they was actually calling another play,

04:40but I was telling them to change it

04:42because they was jumping a lot of routes,

04:43but they ended up clouding me

04:45instead of running three buzz or three weak to my side.

04:48And I just ended up working.

04:51He just threw it up to me,

04:52and I just made a catch.

04:53What made you change the play, though?

04:55Say it again.

04:56You changed the play?

04:57Pretty much, yes.

04:58What did they play you instead of three buzz?

05:00What did they play?

05:01Cloud.

05:02They played cloud, too.

05:03How often do you do that?

05:04How often do you change a play?

05:08Every here and there, maybe.

05:09I mean, the guy had your pin, didn't he?

05:13Didn't he have your arm pin?

05:14Yeah.

05:15But it was like –

05:17he threw the pass to make it like –

05:21either I get a flag or I make the catch.

05:23Jamar, looking at the standings,

05:24Thursday's game becomes about much more important for you guys

05:28in order to stay in the hunt in the division.

05:30How much are you treating this game like a must-win at home?

05:34We need to play four quarters of football to win

05:38and potentially keep us in the race.

05:41Well, this next game's always the most important game

05:43just because it's a divisional game also.

05:45But just the rankings that we got going on,

05:48the standings where we're at right now.

05:50We know the Steelers are going to try to come in

05:52and raw dog us and kill us,

05:54but we're going to be ready for that challenge

05:56and we're going to be waiting for it.

05:57Can you ride a little bit of this momentum?

05:59I mean, you know, the fourth quarter.

06:02I mean, we're going to see how it goes.

06:04At the end of the day, we still got to capitalize on it

06:06for game time, but other than that,

06:08we're going to try to get it as far as we can.

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