Zac Taylor on Bengals' Matchup With Bills, Injury Updates and More

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00:00He's working through it, making progress, limited today, yep, same with Taj Brooks,

00:09same category, both making good progress. A lot of this group has been around for a while. I know

00:23some of them have left and come back, but they've had a lot of continuity over there. I know they've

00:27added a couple new pieces, but they've done a good job. Sean's been a part of that defense

00:32obviously for nine years now. Bobby Babish has been there I think the entirety of the time

00:37as well. So a lot of continuity over there, a lot of veterans that know how to do it, a

00:41lot of young guys that they're working in the mix as well. So just a really, really solid

00:45group that makes things difficult for you.

00:49Why do you think yourself, Dan Pitcher, and Joe Burrow work so well as a group?

00:55Well, I think like anything, we've been together a long time. You know, Pitch has been here

01:00since before I got here. We made him the quarterback coach right when Joe walked in the door. So

01:06that relationship has just continued to grow over Joe's tenure here. I like to think it's

01:15it's guys that, you know, we can adapt to each other and work well with each other and put

01:20Brad Craig Thorpe in that mix. You put Jake Browning in that mix. You put Joe Flacco in that mix as

01:24well. So I just think that it's, it's, you know, people that like working together, see

01:29things the same way. Everyone's got input. Everybody I just mentioned has input on how

01:34we do it. I don't think there's any egos involved there with how it needs to be done. And we're

01:38able to try to problem solve during the week and during the game as well and try to get the

01:42best result. I think we just, we keep things fluid during games and always want his feedback. That's

01:59one thing I learned early in my career as a quarterback coach is if you got a quarterback

02:03that's earned the respect to give his voice, then you listen to it. He's the guy that's out there.

02:08He's got to do it and problem solve and get it done. And so we've, we've always made it a point

02:12to give Joe that voice and he learned it really from day one when he got here. And so you're able

02:17to, to, I thought he played well, but to work through any issues, sometimes there's going to

02:22be some holes in the action, you know, or maybe you have a three and out or two and you need to

02:25find a rhythm and you might have this plan you set in place to go do it, but Hey Joe, what do you

02:30need to, to get us going here? And he's always really good with the feedback on that.

02:34With concussion protocol, does T or any player, do they have to clear it before they can be a full

02:40participant in practice? Is that how that works? Correct.

02:46Zach, now that we're into the week and, uh, the weather here has presented some conditions that

02:53are, I don't want to say equivalent to what it will be like in Buffalo, but closer, maybe. Um,

03:00how much thought do you give to taking advantage of that in the sense of exposing your guys to it?

03:06I think it's like, I think it's supposed to snow again this week. Would you ever consider taking

03:10them out? We're, we're always very mindful. Um, I like to be outside every week, not every day

03:16necessarily, but, but you like to get out there at some point. I think it's, I told our players,

03:20great news. It's going to be cold in Buffalo and it's going to be cold here the next couple

03:23days. And so they were excited to hear that. Um, so we get a chance to get out there and work in

03:28the elements and, and so we're always very mindful of where we're going to play and how we need to

03:34practice and like to get outside. The players like being outside, um, at least for part of the week.

03:39And I don't like to be inside every day if we can avoid it. Sometimes you can't avoid it.