Joe Burrow on Cincinnati Bengals' Run Game

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00:00think we've been really good in spots. I think we were good on Sunday. You know, I

00:05think we've been in some games that you can't commit to the run because of how

00:09the game is playing out, and you have to drop back and throw it. You know, first

00:14half of the year we were really good. We fell off there for a little bit. Who did we

00:19play two weeks ago? Chargers? Chargers. I don't think we were great in that game,

00:27but I think we were really good on Sunday in the run game. We hit some

00:30explosives. Chase was running hard. We were finding gaps. You know, just the way

00:35the game played out, we weren't able to commit to it. And so we've been

00:39good in spots, and we haven't been good enough in spots. So I think you'd like to

00:43see more consistency, but you know, you can see where the production could be.

00:48And so, you know, it's about finding the consistency in what we did on

00:56Sunday and just translating that over from game to game, play to play.

00:59Why do you think it hasn't been consistent enough this year?

01:05I don't know. I think, you know, when we lost Eric, that was tough because he was

01:12our second tight end. You know, we're using him like a fullback, and that, you

01:16know, created some mismatches for us in the scheme. And, you know, we lost

01:23him, and so we weren't doing as much of that. And, you know, a lot of our

01:29really good run plays were coming off of those sets. And so I think it

01:35took us a second. And, you know, we're back to 11 personnel run game, and then

01:41Cam Grandy is filling that Eric Aul role. And, you know, we hit some really good 12

01:46personnel runs on Sunday, and so it's nice to see Cam fill that role. So I

01:51think you'll see his role start to evolve a little bit this year. And I

01:56think, again, we've found ourselves in games where you can't, you know,

02:02there's no time to run the ball, and you got to drop back and throw it based on

02:06how the opposing offense is playing.