Drew Sample Reacts to Bengals Win over Bills, Recaps 22-yard Touchdown
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00:00 and then I was able to get to the flat.
00:01 Joe was able to get the check down.
00:03 The defense had sunk back.
00:05 There was a lot of room underneath
00:06 and I was able to make one miss.
00:07 - Got a chance to showcase your running ability
00:08 for a change of pace?
00:09 - Yeah, trying to.
00:11 That was big, make the guy miss.
00:12 There was a lot of space.
00:13 That's tough for him, but I was able to finish the play.
00:16 - Been a while since you've been in the end zone.
00:17 That had to have been a good feeling to get a big spike.
00:19 You're right, it was a spike the whole time?
00:21 - Yeah, it was a spike the whole time.
00:23 It was gonna be any closer.
00:24 The O-line might have gotten involved,
00:25 but they were a little far out,
00:26 so I just had to go for it myself.
00:28 - Did you hear any of the absolute noise
00:30 that around the trade deadline
00:31 of whether the Bengals need to upgrade a tight end
00:32 and that group's not getting it done?
00:34 Did you hear any of that?
00:35 If so, how did you guys as a group react to that?
00:37 - I mean, for us, we know the room we have
00:40 and we know we're always ready for opportunities.
00:43 It doesn't always come.
00:44 We have really good receivers, really good backs,
00:46 so just trying to capitalize on those chances
00:47 when we get 'em, and this was one of those games
00:49 where we had opportunities, we made plays,
00:51 and we were able to go with that.
00:53 I love our room.
00:54 James has been amazing.
00:56 We do a little bit of everything,
00:57 and what this offense needs, needs,
00:59 and tonight, needed some, found some holes in the defense.
01:02 We were able to make plays.
01:03 - Was it challenging to keep track of four tight ends
01:06 in and out all night long?
01:07 Was it challenging to keep track of who was going in when?
01:10 - No, we do a great job with our personnels
01:12 and different situations.
01:13 Everyone's kind of on the same page.
01:15 That's just part of being a tight end.
01:17 You gotta pretty much know everything
01:18 and different situations,
01:20 and it's not always gonna be perfect,
01:22 but for us, just going out there,
01:23 and everyone knows everything,
01:25 so just trying to put people in the right spot
01:26 to succeed.
01:27 - Did you have a feeling tonight
01:28 was gonna be a tight end night?
01:30 - You know, we were definitely ready.
01:32 You know, just the way their defense is,
01:34 they mix in a lot of different looks.
01:36 You know, they respect our receivers a lot,
01:38 so you know, there's gonna be some space underneath,
01:39 so we were able to, you know, we were ready for,
01:41 you know, check downs, different coverages,
01:43 things like that, and Joe's always great
01:44 at finding the open guys,
01:45 so we were just trying to be an outlet for him,
01:47 and you know, we were able to make some plays off of that.
01:49 - There were a lot of questions
01:50 about how productive the tight ends were up until this point.
01:52 What did y'all kind of make of that as a room,
01:54 as y'all kind of went through?
01:55 - We really paid attention to that.
01:56 You know, we do a lot of different stuff
01:57 than just, you know, catching passes
01:58 in the run game, pass game, whatever it may be,
02:01 so you know, for us, it's just one of those things
02:03 where, you know, we stay consistent, we do our job,
02:05 and you know, when opportunities present,
02:07 we just gotta continue to take advantage of those.
02:09 - Given the context of that,
02:10 did that make kind of the performance room-wide
02:13 like that much sweeter in a game like this?
02:14 - It's always awesome when you can contribute
02:16 two touchdowns, you know, to a big win like that
02:18 against a top, you know, AFC team,
02:21 so that's always awesome, but you know, for us,
02:23 we're just gonna stay the course,
02:24 and it's week by week, and that was obviously a big one
02:26 two weeks in a row, and then we got a big one
02:27 next week, too, so.
02:28 - This kind of rotation with the quartet,
02:31 and it was a trio of you guys making plays
02:33 in the passing game, but the quartet,
02:35 is it sustainable, being able to rotate like this
02:38 and be effective?
02:39 - I mean, we're all fresh, so that's always
02:41 a good part of it.
02:42 You know, James does a good job of, you know,
02:44 just making sure, you know, A, we all know everything,
02:46 and then, you know, putting us in positions to succeed,
02:49 and you know, just being ready for opportunity,
02:50 and tonight we had a bunch,
02:52 and we were able to take advantage of those.
02:53 - And you already got a game ball.
02:54 - Yeah, all the Titans got a game ball tonight,
02:56 so that's pretty cool, and you know,
02:57 obviously you win, and then, you know,
02:59 as a group, you're recognized for having a,
03:01 you know, impact on that win.
03:02 - Who gets the ball?
03:03 You keeping it?
03:04 You gonna put it up on a man?
03:04 - Everyone gets one.
03:05 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, so everyone will get one,
03:07 so we don't have to fight over it, yeah.
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