Orlando Brown Jr. on Health, Possible Return for Bengals vs Steelers
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00:00Last week for you?
00:02Very helpful, very helpful.
00:03Just being able to get some time off.
00:05I think everybody obviously benefited from it.
00:08Sounds like, based on what Zach said earlier,
00:11he's pretty optimistic he'll be able to go.
00:13How do you feel about it?
00:14Yeah, no, man, we'll just have to see.
00:15I'm just taking it day by day.
00:16I'm pretty optimistic, too, though.
00:18How important, obviously, for the team, it's important.
00:22But for you, how important has it
00:23been to try to do everything you can to get back with this?
00:27Oh, very important, man.
00:28It's never easy dealing with injury.
00:31My first time, I feel like, in my life and career,
00:33missing time.
00:34And so it's been hard staying on the sidelines,
00:36watching the guys, man.
00:37But they've been fighting, they've been scrapping.
00:40But it's really important to me.
00:42What do you need physically to do over the next few days
00:45to play Sunday?
00:46Yeah, man, just kind of taking it day by day.
00:50Obviously, dealing with a unique injury in a way,
00:54but just kind of taking it day by day.
00:56Not exactly.
00:56Have the captains met at all throughout the last few weeks?
01:01Have the captains met specifically?
01:03Not necessarily, yep.
01:05Not exactly easing in going against TJ Watt and the Steelers.
01:08How would you characterize your meetings with him
01:11over the years?
01:11Oh, yeah, I mean, he's one of the most dominant football
01:13players in football, man.
01:14I got a ton of respect for him.
01:16I've had a chance to be around him at a few different Pro Bowls,
01:19and he's a really good player.
01:20I mean, he works his ass off.
01:23He shows up on the stat sheet, even with batted balls
01:25and all these different plays he makes,
01:26man, I got a ton of respect for him.
01:28This is rare for linemen, but is there
01:30a scenario where maybe you could be limited on Sunday,
01:32or would you go into it thinking you're going
01:34to play the whole game?
01:35Oh, man, I would go into it thinking
01:36I'm going to play the whole game.
01:37Yep.
01:38Was it a contact injury, or when you got injured the first time?
01:43Yeah, the contact injury the first time versus Cleveland.
01:45Yep.
01:46You were getting close a few weeks ago,
01:48and then it seemed like you kind of dialed it back a little bit.
01:51Was there any kind of setback that you faced?
01:55Yeah, yeah, no, I just think that it's gotten better,
01:59obviously, throughout the time that I've been out.
02:01So I think that's really more of what was being spoke about.
02:06You were the top tackle in the league before you got hurt.
02:08How much of this is wanting to get out there and really
02:10take a crack at getting that All-Pro nod
02:12that you feel like you need?
02:12Absolutely, man.
02:13I mean, not just the personal goal that I have,
02:15but the goal we have as a team, man,
02:17to get in the dance, get in the playoffs.
02:19Joe's playing at an MVP level, man.
02:21We got a lot on the line.
02:22So we try to get back out there with the guys, hopefully.
02:25How frustrating has it been for y'all
02:26to see how well Joe and Jamar have been playing,
02:28and the results just haven't been there?
02:29Yeah, it's frustrating, man.
02:30It's frustrating, but at the end of the day,
02:32you can only control what you can control.
02:34Are you a big-picture kind of guy?
02:35Like, you look at six games left.
02:37We may have to win all six.
02:39Are you a big-picture kind of guy with that kind of thing?
02:41Definitely. I mean, you know, man,
02:42just taking it one week at a time.