Ja'Marr Chase on Bengals' Week 12 Loss to Steelers, State of Offense Without Joe Burrow
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00:00 - I think a lot of us were curious to see
00:01 how Jake would perform in his first game.
00:04 Obviously a tough one, considering who you're playing.
00:07 How do you think he performed today?
00:09 - He did well.
00:12 He'll do better always, but always room to grow.
00:14 - What do you think kind of enabled the offense
00:17 not to be as effective as y'all would have liked today?
00:19 - I don't know.
00:22 We had pressures, a lot of pressures today.
00:23 So I'd probably say that's the most part.
00:27 - What did you see on the interception
00:28 from your vantage point?
00:30 - DB just jumped it, man.
00:32 Made a good play.
00:33 - Was it a good disguise on there
00:35 and to kind of get in front of you there?
00:36 - It wasn't a real good disguise for real.
00:38 I mean, I seen him.
00:40 He had flat.
00:41 I mean, who knows?
00:42 - Tomorrow when you're 0-4 in the division,
00:46 then 5-6 now, does it feel like things
00:48 are slipping away for this team?
00:49 Do you get a sense of that?
00:50 - I don't know.
00:53 It's my first time feeling like this.
00:54 I really don't know how this is gonna go.
00:56 - What's going through your mind right now?
00:59 - Nothing.
01:00 Nothing.
01:00 - The way the offense is looking today,
01:05 have you seen any similarities between games
01:07 where the offense has struggled earlier in there
01:09 or even with Burrow in there?
01:10 - Not really.
01:14 I mean, it just bring a lot of pressures.
01:15 That's what kept us going.
01:16 We knew what kind of game was gonna be a possession game.
01:19 Just had to make some opportunities
01:21 when we got to the red zone.
01:22 Didn't make those opportunities last.
01:24 I think that's how the game slipped away from us.
01:27 - How are you able to convert those two tip balls
01:28 that you ended up reeling in for big catches?
01:31 - I don't know.
01:32 It's just meant to be, I guess.
01:33 - Jamari, you've talked about so many times
01:35 you're not used to losing.
01:36 This is not what you've been a part of before,
01:38 but how do you stay focused?
01:39 What do you focus on when you're going through it like this?
01:43 - Just keep working, man.
01:43 That's the only thing I can do.
01:44 Take advantage of the opportunity in the reps
01:46 that we're getting right now with Jake.
01:48 Just keep moving forward, man.
01:49 That's all I can do right now.
01:50 Keep the guys inside of me pushing forward, too.
01:53 - What'd you see on the interception?
01:56 - He just jumped and made a good play.
01:58 - Can you take us through the 31 yarder, up the sideline?
02:01 - Another tip pass?
02:03 - Yeah, the one where you had your mouthpiece, the go ball.
02:06 - I'm just good on my part, just stacking them
02:13 until I get the ball.
02:14 That's all it was.
02:16 - What can y'all do, maybe, moving forward
02:17 to help the offense get rolling
02:19 and kind of get more points and more runs?
02:22 - I swear, y'all ask the same question, bro.
02:24 I don't know, man.
02:27 Gotta find out, get back in the film room,
02:29 work for practice, and keep going, bro.
02:30 I don't know.
02:31 - You tell Jake what, or can you tell Jake you're better?
02:38 Is there something you can do to lift him up
02:41 a little bit or not?
02:42 - I mean, throughout the whole game I was on,
02:46 letting Jake know he was doing a good job, honestly.
02:49 Making plays, stay active, keeping the drive alive.
02:51 You know, he's doing a good job out there, man.
02:53 Can't ask for much, you know what I'm saying?
02:54 He's making a replacement like Joe Burrow,
02:55 so you can't really ask for much.
02:57 I just let him play his game and be the dog that he is.
03:00 - Jamar, do you think it's just a matter
03:02 of a lot of little things not going your way,
03:04 the execution as an offensive team,
03:08 or are there bigger things at play, do you think?
03:11 - It could be both.
03:15 Majority, if it's the offense, I think it's on our part.
03:18 I'd be more disciplined.
03:21 Seeing the right coverages, communicating,
03:24 you know, just small things, small details.
03:26 - You guys had a little bit of halftime.
03:27 What was the mood like?
03:29 Did you anticipate it being that kind of game,
03:31 or offensive type of game?
03:34 - Oh yeah, I'm sure we came into this game
03:35 knowing it wasn't gonna be a high scoring game.
03:39 But at the end of the day,
03:40 we knew what we was capable of doing,
03:42 knowing how to get the ball down the field.
03:44 We just executed the best way we could.
03:46 - When's the last time you caught
03:47 two deflected balls like that,
03:49 and were able to track them and make plays like that?
03:51 - Can't say when, but it was just meant to be at that point.
03:54 - You guys still had the lead.
03:57 Did the interception feel devastating,
04:00 or like it was gonna be a big point?
04:02 - I mean, it's devastating to throw a pick, yeah,
04:05 but next play, man.
04:08 That's all I can do right now,
04:09 and the next play, I can't be pissed right now.
04:11 I can't do anything, so I just gotta keep playing forward
04:12 and play for the team.
04:13 - Did you play in more zones?
04:17 - Uh, more third down.
04:20 Go three, three buzz, three weak,
04:24 cover two,
04:26 invert one time.
04:30 They played a different,
04:33 a couple different downs on third down,
04:35 for the most part, every other down was man.
04:37 - You played in the beginning of the game,
04:38 they played a lot of man with pressure
04:40 to kind of test, you know what?
04:42 - We knew that was gonna happen.
04:44 We already knew that was gonna happen.
04:45 I mean, that's the type of team they give us
04:46 when we play them, so.
04:47 - How much did they know how to make a effect
04:49 kind of what they do schematically?
04:50 - I mean, shit, Minka was in a safety seat,
04:52 or tell him, fly down the hills early,
04:54 so I mean, Minka must be telling them something.
04:57 - Byron, this is different territory for you.
05:00 You haven't been on a team with a sub 500 record.
05:03 How difficult is it for you?
05:04 - It's not fun losing, so.
05:07 - What do you tell guys?
05:12 - Just keep going, man.
05:14 End of the day, we gotta keep fighting,
05:15 you know what I'm saying?
05:17 Still got our opportunity,
05:18 hopefully we make the most of it.
05:20 Get our chance in that door.
05:21 - You like the idea of the next game
05:23 being on Monday Night Football to show people,
05:25 hey, this is not who we are these last few weeks?
05:28 - I don't care.
05:30 Honestly, I really could care less.
05:32 It's not a game to me, it doesn't matter what day it is.
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