Zac Taylor on Bengals' Loss to Ravens, Being Eliminated From Playoffs

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00:00Frustrating, you know, it really starts with our offense getting shut out.

00:04That's not who we are, that's unacceptable.

00:07Never saw that coming, you know, I think we had five trips, you know, to their side of the field and came away with no points.

00:13And just, again, as a play caller, that starts with me.

00:17When you walk away with no points, there's a huge amount of accountability that I've got to take for that.

00:22But it was just an overall very frustrating day.

00:25I think we did some things that were very unorthodox on offense for us, you know,

00:29just penalties, silly penalties that were controllable on our end, you know,

00:35and some possessions where we had opportunities at points and didn't walk away with anything.

00:38It was frustrating.

00:39What are your thoughts on the team's effort?

00:42Well, I thought defensively.

00:44I saw some really good things.

00:45I mean, they pressured him.

00:47He didn't have a lot of time in the pocket with three or four sacks, got a turnover,

00:51had an opportunity at another one, I know.

00:54They got us on a zero beater, you know, where it was something we'd practiced,

00:57we were ready for it, and they still got us for a touchdown.

01:00So there was some helping three points in the second half, you know,

01:03if my memory surfaced correctly.

01:07So there was some effort, you know.

01:10I didn't see a lack of effort.

01:12I just saw a lack of attention to detail maybe on offense that really showed up that was disappointing.

01:17What do you think was a reason for so many drops today, and how big were those drops?

01:21Yeah.

01:21But it was everything, you know.

01:23It wasn't just drops.

01:24It was, I think, everybody involved in the offense has got to own up to that performance today.