DJ Reader on New Belief Following Bengals' Offensive Surge Without Joe Burrow
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00:00 But how do you stack up, you think, schematically,
00:01 with how they are probably going to handle you,
00:04 if that makes sense?
00:05 - Good.
00:06 I think we stack up with anybody in the league
00:08 really well, man.
00:09 We got all the pieces and players that we need.
00:12 We just gotta go out there and do it.
00:13 So I think, you know, we got a young team,
00:16 young defense who's energized.
00:18 They're coming off a win on Monday night and excited.
00:21 See what they can do.
00:22 The guy's confident in what they got going on.
00:24 So I'm excited, honestly.
00:26 This Sunday, I'm excited to see what we got going
00:28 in the rest of these games.
00:28 We just gotta take the play of the time
00:30 and the game of the time
00:31 and go out there and come out on top.
00:33 - Did the game that Jake and the offense had
00:36 breathe a little bit of new life of belief
00:38 into you guys as a whole team?
00:40 Or is that over?
00:41 - Yeah, I think you build up this pressure
00:44 of what you gotta do, what you gotta do.
00:45 And for them to come out there and be on fire,
00:47 that pressure starts to relieve a little bit.
00:49 And you're not that, A, we can't go make plays,
00:52 but you're playing more free.
00:53 You're excited.
00:54 Like, you're not, feel like your back's against the wall
00:56 the whole time.
00:57 You're like, all right, we'll bet.
00:58 We'll get in this ring and take punches
00:59 and go do our thing and really be able to fight.
01:01 So that felt really good, man.
01:03 It's not surprising.
01:04 We always knew we could do it.
01:05 It just always takes time for somebody to do it.
01:07 And shit, he went out there and lit it up.
01:09 The offense did their thing.
01:10 They ran the ball well up front.
01:12 Joe ran the ball well up front.
01:13 They blocked it up great.
01:15 Chase Brown got some great carries
01:17 and the offense did their thing.
01:18 So it was exciting to see and encouraging.