Joe Burrow on Bengals' Win Over Cardinals, Ja'Marr Chase, the Defense and More

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00:00What did you think of Cody with the ball in his hands?

00:02I couldn't believe what I was watching, but it was sick.

00:07Have you ever seen him play basketball or anything?

00:10Nope, have not.

00:12What did you think of the offense at home today?

00:15I thought we were pretty productive, pretty efficient.

00:18I thought Chase Brown was great.

00:22He's been great all year.

00:24We made plays when we had to, but stayed on schedule, converted third downs.

00:30I thought it was a efficient performance.

00:32Cody just told us he was a tight end in middle school and freshman year.

00:35Do you see the roots of that on that?

00:37I do, I do, I do.

00:39Long time ago, many moons ago, but I do.

00:43With Chase Brown, he was phenomenal to close last season,

00:47but how have you even seen him take the next step this year?

00:49He just keeps getting better.

00:50Last year he hit a level that once you hit that level,

00:55then you're just continuous improvement in all areas of your game.

00:59He didn't have any weaknesses last year,

01:02and he just stepped up a notch this year.

01:05It's been fun to watch.

01:06On top pick up, Chase.

01:07The third and 20, you've been sacked twice,

01:10and when you gave it to him on the third and 20,

01:13are you thinking, hey, take it and get it?

01:15It's close to three goal range.

01:16Kim, what was going for you?

01:18Yeah, we just called a screen there.

01:21Just trying to get it out of our hands,

01:23and he made a play, got us in the field goal range,

01:25got us points.

01:25That was a big play in the game.

01:27Over the last two weeks in the third quarter,

01:29Chase Brown has a combined five touchdowns.

01:31Is there any rhyme or reason to that, you think?

01:33No.

01:34That's just how it plays out.

01:36Joe, there's always a lot of talk of meaningless football.

01:38What meaning does this kind of game have

01:40when you have this kind of performance,

01:41and do what y'all did today?

01:44Yeah, that's, you know, every time we go out there,

01:47we're putting our bodies on the line

01:49and going out and trying to prove ourselves

01:52in front of the world.

01:54Playoffs are out of the question, obviously,

01:57but anytime you step foot out there,

02:00you're playing for pride, playing for your guys

02:02and trying to execute and trying to put good stuff on tape.

02:05Is there a part of y'all that wants to send a message that,

02:07hey, we might be out of it this year,

02:08but next year we feel like we can do something?

02:10Is that?

02:11I mean, every year is so new.

02:13New players, new teams, new schemes.

02:18We're just trying to go out and play well right now.

02:20I know you're not watching every snap of the defense.

02:23You're looking at all of those things,

02:25but for them to perform the way they did

02:27against a good offense today, what does that mean?

02:29Yeah, we tackled well.

02:30We stopped the run.

02:32And when you do those two things,

02:34then you get to third down.

02:36And anything can happen on third down.

02:38So the key is stopping the run.

02:41And we've done that for several weeks in a row now.

02:44It's been fun to watch.

02:45How have you seen Miles develop, change, have you in practice?

02:49Obviously, he's been far more productive over the past few months.

02:52Yeah, he's always been a good practice player.

02:55Practice is hard.

02:56Just impacting the game.

02:58And like I said earlier this week,

02:59I don't know anything about his specific gap responsibilities

03:03or on any specific plays.

03:06I just see him around the football, around the quarterback,

03:08making plays, hitting people, impacting the game in a lot of different ways.

03:12It's been fun to watch.

03:13When you throw the ball to Jamar, bubble screen, like the touchdown,

03:16you know, the ball's out of your hands.

03:17How fun is that to watch what he does next?

03:18Yeah, that's just icing on the cake for me.

03:23My job is to get playmakers the ability to make plays,

03:29get the ball in their hand.

03:31And you can't – you spend a lot of time throughout the week.

03:34Coaches do trying to find ways to get our guys the ball in space.

03:40You can scheme it up a lot of different ways.

03:41The easiest one there is try to figure out a way to put Jamar one-on-one

03:45with a corner.

03:46And that was a good, well-designed play.

03:49And obviously, you know, Jamar's great.

03:50When did you think on that play during it, oh, he's scoring?

03:55As soon as he made the first guy miss, I knew he was going to score.

03:58What's that dynamic?

03:59Like, obviously, you and Jamar have been talking about so much.

04:01You're so close from college, et cetera.

04:02But when he's going through a touchdown drought

04:04and he has all his belief in you and you have all the belief in him,

04:06what's that like on the week leading up to games?

04:09I didn't even realize he was in a touchdown drought.

04:14You know, he's the same guy every day for the most part.

04:18Mornings, sometimes he's a little tired.

04:21But once we get out to practice, he's the same guy every day

04:23and just goes about his business and goes and produces on Sundays

04:29and plays great and figures out a way to get open

04:34against very, very unique technique from defenses.

04:39He's seen it all now, so he knows what he's doing

04:41and all those different looks.

04:43And, you know, everybody's game plan is focused around him

04:48and not letting him beat him,

04:49and he continuously just produces at a high level.

04:51So that's not an easy thing to do,

04:54and I don't see any other receivers in the league

04:57that get the attention that he does.

04:58Joe, going off a question that Ben asked,

05:01we're talking about new schemes, new players at the start of each season.

05:05I'm wondering if there's anything about this kind of late season momentum

05:10that can carry over into the next season.

05:14It sounds like you think a lot of things start from zero,

05:18but is anything transferable?

05:19I just think individual growth is transferable.

05:24When you have young guys starting to impact the game at a high level for the first time,

05:30you have to carry that through the offseason.

05:32Because it's not just, just because you do it one year doesn't mean it's going to happen the next year.

05:39The guys that can build off of individual performances and growth from the year before

05:45are the ones that end up being great players,

05:48the ones that know how to change their body,

05:51change their techniques to improve from the year before.

05:54That's what you're looking for.

05:55How much did you miss this feeling while you were out in the season?

05:58Yeah, this is why you do it.

06:00The highs and the lows, the emotion.

06:06Performing with your guys, that's what you love about it.

06:09Is there a part of this that's painful, knowing the level that you're playing now?

06:14As a team, defense, offense, everything's come together,

06:17and there could have been a shot, but there isn't a shot at that time.

06:21We are where we're at.

06:23There's nothing we can do about it now,

06:25except put one foot in front of the other and try to get better,

06:28go and perform again next week.

06:30There have been times for your career where you've probably had an offensive lineman coming up to you,

06:34asking for the ball.

06:35I don't know how many passes you've thrown an offensive lineman in your time here in Cincinnati,

06:39but what did it feel like to finally get one of those guys the ball?

06:43Yeah, we tried one of Mims last year, had to throw it away.

06:46I think this is probably the first one that I've thrown.

06:52We've had play designs for it in the past, but any time you can get the ball in those guys' hands,

06:57they just light up like a kid on Christmas.

07:00It's pretty fun to watch.

07:01Has there been an offensive lineman you met across that didn't want the ball?

07:04No, they all want it.

07:05They all want it.

07:08Have you ever in your career completed that before to an offensive lineman?

07:11You can go back to high school?

07:12Not that I can remember.

07:13Not that I can remember.

07:15I'm more surprised at Cody after the catch or Sam's diving touchdown last year.

07:21I mean, both of those tough plays.

07:22I think Cody after the catch, for sure.

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