Mike Tomlin reacts to the Pittsburgh Steelers big win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
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00:00 Man, really exciting win.
00:02 I'm appreciative of the effort and focus of the group.
00:05 It was a total team effort in all three phases.
00:08 Made the necessary plays, splash plays, played together and hard.
00:14 Just happy for the guys in the locker room.
00:16 Going to have a Merry Christmas.
00:18 Unfortunately, man, we just --
00:21 we snake-bitted a little bit at inside linebacker.
00:23 Landon Roberts went down with a pec injury, wasn't able to return.
00:28 We'll have more information, I'm sure, on Tuesday when I get back with you guys.
00:33 Questions?
00:34 Mike, what did you like about what Mason did?
00:36 He was Mason.
00:37 We talked about it early in the week.
00:39 He's got a belief in himself.
00:41 He's aggressive in his play style.
00:44 And I thought he did a really good job not displaying a lot of rust for a guy
00:48 who hadn't played, obviously, a lot.
00:50 Did you become more aggressive as the game went along because of seeing how he was performing?
00:54 We came in with that mentality.
00:56 All week we talked about scared money, not making money.
01:00 And so that's kind of a mentality as we went into the week.
01:04 Mike, you weren't going to sit on your lead there at the end of the first half,
01:07 even though you're pinned down, you came out and you just kept throwing.
01:09 Is that part of the mentality that you wanted to have?
01:11 Yeah, we had a certain anticipation of what they might do.
01:14 And when you're comfortable with that, then you play aggressively.
01:18 And not anything earth-shattering there is intimacy and divisional play.
01:22 I'm sure they know us as well.
01:25 Mike, that scared money, don't make money mentality,
01:28 why was that the emphasis going into this week?
01:31 It was appropriate.
01:33 You guys said you kind of had an idea what they were going to do.
01:35 Was part of that the way you were able to pick them apart in the middle with Fryer,
01:38 Mouth, last game, didn't even go to him this one.
01:40 You went, it seemed like, pickings right away.
01:42 They had a lot to do about that.
01:44 I think some of the schematics that they deployed was in reaction to some of the
01:48 things that Mouth did last time.
01:49 Again, it's chest, not checkers, man, when you're in divisional play.
01:53 I guess this isn't early to ask, but would you be sticking with Mason SEL?
01:56 You're right, it is early to ask.
01:59 Mike, can you just comment on George's performance here today?
02:02 Man, he made some splash plays that was needed.
02:05 His pedigree showed, no doubt.
02:07 Do you like the way he responded after the things that happened?
02:10 It was appropriate.
02:12 Mike, a couple weeks ago you said after a loss that we'll be back.
02:15 Is this the kind of performance you envisioned when you made that statement?
02:18 We're not painting with a broad brush.
02:20 We won a game today.
02:21 I'm thankful for it.
02:22 I appreciate the efforts of the guys.