Joe Mixon on Bengals Win Over Colts
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00:00 Joe, obviously celebrating well for good reason.
00:03 How did it feel to get your first win in Paycore Stadium
00:05 since November 5th against the Bills?
00:08 - Since who?
00:09 - Since you beat the Bills.
00:10 - Uh, uh, uh.
00:10 (laughs)
00:11 It's a great feeling, man.
00:13 I mean, the vibes is up over here.
00:15 You know, everybody doing whatever they can
00:17 to contribute to the team.
00:19 And I feel like everybody playing complimentary football,
00:21 taking care of the football, getting takeaways,
00:24 and doing all the right things.
00:25 So we just gotta keep it up.
00:27 - What has changed the last couple of weeks
00:29 with the run game and the amount of touches
00:31 that you're getting?
00:32 What kind of conversations have there been had?
00:35 - It's all about will and won't to.
00:36 You know what I'm saying?
00:37 Will and won't to and everybody doing the right things.
00:40 You know, linemen making the big blocks.
00:42 Running backs, we all hitting the holes
00:44 and doing whatever we can to make the right cuts
00:46 and get, you know, positive yardage.
00:48 And we just been, you know, keeping our foot on the gas.
00:51 - I remember last year you said that you were having
00:53 meetings with the offensive linemen.
00:54 Have those continued this season?
00:56 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:56 They definitely have.
00:57 And everybody's just doing everything that we need to do
01:01 to, you know, stay successful,
01:03 keep building and getting better.
01:04 I mean, we just gotta keep stacking them.
01:06 We talk about, you know, everything is in front of us
01:08 and, you know, as you see, it definitely is.
01:11 So we will be all right.
01:13 We're gonna be in great position to make a play.
01:15 - You and Chase Brown seem to compliment each other so well.
01:18 How fun is it to kind of go back and forth
01:20 and trade the runs like you're doing right now?
01:22 - Yeah, I think he's stepping in and doing his thing.
01:24 I mean, he bringing a spark
01:26 and I feel like he's doing a great job.
01:28 I mean, especially as a rookie, you know,
01:30 he's learned the playbook.
01:32 He's, you know, doing all the right things right
01:35 and he's gotta keep it up.
01:36 I mean, everybody, you know, we feeding off of each other.
01:38 So, you know, one play gonna make,
01:41 or once you make one play, that leads to another.
01:43 So we just, everybody gonna need it.
01:45 - Do you ever think about the fact
01:46 that you've actually helped him
01:47 because you were a guy that he looked up to so much
01:49 coming into the league initially?
01:51 - Yeah, I mean, obviously as a back that's been in the league
01:55 and I think that's pretty cool, you know,
01:58 for him to be looking up to me and things like that.
02:00 But I mean, I could tell that boy been taking notes.
02:03 So I like to see that.
02:04 So, you know, it's all good.
02:06 Everybody, you know, doing well.
02:07 And like I said, he's doing well
02:09 and it's a great thing to see.
02:11 I mean, you know, he doing all the little things right.
02:16 And that's what we preach in our running back room.
02:19 You know, the little things take care of the big things.
02:20 So we just gotta, you know, stay in good spots
02:23 and, you know, stay ahead of the chains
02:25 and all the opportunities to come.
02:27 - Do you sense that they're kind of lacking games?
02:30 They're kind of relying on you guys anyway?
02:32 - I mean, I think, you know,
02:34 the thing is we've been very balanced.
02:37 We stand ahead of the chains.
02:39 We stand ahead of the chains and, you know,
02:41 everybody, you know, doing all the right things
02:43 when they need a play to be caught on.
02:47 And, you know, whoever it is it's going to,
02:49 you know, they making the big, big plays.
02:51 And like Tanner, you got Chase, you got T,
02:55 you got Chase over there, TB,
02:56 everybody doing all the little things right, man.
02:58 So we just gotta keep building and getting better.
03:01 - When Jake went out, what went through your mind?
03:05 - I didn't even know Jake went out.
03:06 I didn't even know he went out
03:08 to like the fourth quarter maybe.
03:10 - Okay, so you didn't really...
03:12 Did you think he was hurt?
03:14 Did you think he was done?
03:16 - I didn't know.
03:16 So I don't know.
03:18 - You didn't know until he was back?
03:19 - Yeah, I didn't know exactly until he was back.
03:21 Cause I wasn't in on that drive.
03:22 And I think we only played like what, three plays?
03:25 So I didn't, I wasn't really paying attention.
03:27 - Joe, what does it say about this team?
03:29 You have nationally been almost counted out
03:32 when Joe Burrow got home.
03:33 And you guys just continue to ride your way
03:35 up to the second and 11th in the playoffs.
03:37 - Yeah, I think, you know, everybody just sticking together.
03:42 We keeping the vibes here.
03:44 Everybody just building and trying to do whatever we can
03:47 to, you know, keep our foot on the gas, you know,
03:49 stay motivated and know that we can still make a play in here
03:53 so that's, you know, that's what it all come down to.
03:56 - I mean, you guys are right back in it, right?
03:57 I mean, right now, I mean, is that what that win meant?
04:00 That you're in the same spot?
04:02 - I mean, we just taking it one week at a time.
04:04 We don't really care about, you know,
04:06 where we are in the standings.
04:07 As long as we do what we supposed to do, you know,
04:10 taking it one game at a time and just checking the, you know,
04:12 the dub box every week,
04:14 everything else is going to take care of itself.
04:15 So we just got to stick to the script.
04:19 - So when's the last time you took a snap as a fullback?
04:22 - I can't remember.
04:23 I think I did here maybe one or two times.
04:26 I can't remember who was the back.
04:27 Maybe, maybe Gio or something.
04:30 I can't remember.
04:31 I did it though before.
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