Zac Taylor on Bengals' Loss to Bills, Joe Burrow Interceptions and Mindset Moving Forward

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00:00Just sick for the guys.

00:01You know, I thought they made some plays.

00:04They made more than us down the stretch, and that was the difference in the game.

00:08That two really good teams.

00:11It's a hard-fought football game.

00:12We just came up short, and it's disappointing.

00:16What did you walk us through that first week, and what did you see on the last one that they had that you considered football for?

00:21Yeah, he scrambled through, and again, he found a line in the pocket, and guys were matching the coverage,

00:26and he found a way to make one miss and get a first time.

00:27The pick six, is that something that, on that play, is something that you're nervous about,

00:32a corner coming off the edge, or the dynamics of the pick six?

00:35It's kind of for the corner coming off the edge, and he made a great play.

00:38He had glitter in us.

00:40It's very rare that you see a guy have that awareness the way that we were attacking there and make a play like that.

00:46So, Benford, great play.

00:48Great play by him.

00:48What is your message back after a tough combination loss like that for the team?

00:53Just keep picking each other up.

00:54It was a hard-fought game.

00:55We had our moments.

00:56They had a couple more.

00:58Still believe in these guys, and again, we're going to have to –

01:02I know we're up against the wall here with whatever our opportunities are,

01:05but we've got a big home game this week in the division,

01:07so we've got to be able to pick ourselves up and find a way to go respond.

01:12How do you feel like you all played and did the condition?

01:14How much of your challenge was that to try to pick up this game?

01:17I think both teams.

01:18You know, both teams, it's going to be a challenge in the elements and handled it well.

01:22You know, I thought our defense came up big with the turnover on the goal line.

01:27It was kind of going to be an optimistic red zone game, we felt like.

01:30Held them to three early on, which we had talked about.

01:33It was going to be a key point in the game, keeping four points off the board.

01:36They got the turnover.

01:37Tried to get another one almost that we challenged.

01:39So, again, these were things we talked about.

01:42We knew it was explosive offense.

01:43They're capable of scoring 40 points in the game.

01:45That's what they do to people.

01:46And so, you know, it's just – they got us there in the fourth quarter.

01:50I've read before the pick six, you guys are driving to try to kind of put maybe a double-digit lead up.

01:56Did you feel like you had the game playing it the way you wanted to in that moment before those two days?

02:01Yeah, we were in a great spot, and I thought, you know, 47 just made an outstanding play.

02:07That's a big-time play in this league.

02:08He's playing with a lot of confidence.

02:10You don't see a lot of guys be able to make that, and he did it, and credit to him.

02:15Are there any coaching points on the pick six and then the tipped interception?

02:20No, if he's got awareness, both of them.

02:21I mean, if the defense has great awareness and they're great players, then they're capable of making those plays.

02:27And the pick six, I mean, the guy just tipped the ball.

02:29You have one timeout, Zach, after the touchdown, maybe 39, 34.

02:34Yeah.

02:35Your thought process and handling that situation?

02:39Talk me through that again.

02:42After the touchdown, maybe 39, 34.

02:45How do you guys handle that situation?

02:46To kick it deep?

02:47Yeah.

02:48Yeah, get a stop.

02:48And we were right there in a position to do that and get the ball.

02:52We felt much better about the position of that than getting an onside kick.

02:54And so it was going to play out like we hoped.

02:58You know, you held them to, I think, three yards on the first play, went to the two-minute warning.

03:04We got the sack on the second play, called the timeout.

03:07And then, obviously, the third play is what it is.

03:08So we got them against the chains there.

03:10We got them in a good spot.

03:11They just came through and made a play.

03:13How come you say, how hopeful were you that this team could get hot just like it did?

03:16I mean, just saw how we played.

03:17Like, there's nobody that can watch that game and say they didn't think we had a chance to win that.

03:21And that's what I believe.

03:23That's what I believe every time we walked on the field this year.

03:26I think everybody that's watched every game we've played has seen these games come down to this.

03:30And it's disappointing that this one got away from us.

03:32But we've got to find a way to respond next week with a huge home game.

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