Postgame Press Conference: Jake Browning & Zac Taylor React After Bengals Lose to Lions in Week 5

Jake Browning (0:00)

I need to find a way to take care of the football better and start faster, make better decisions because we're putting our team in these brutal situations due to bad decision making and so I gotta figure it out.

SPEAKER_2 (0:15)

Are you trying to maybe force plays or are you misreading that based on, I know it's right after the game, but how would you?

Jake Browning (0:22)

I think most of mine are trying to force plays. Frustration, wanting to push the ball on the field and I gotta pick my spots better. I threw three picks that were just bad and there's no hiding from that. It's just, it was bad football for me.

SPEAKER_3 (0:43)

Can you take us through the first one?

Jake Browning (0:45)

Yeah, first one, he was, felt like Jamar had the guy outside leverage on him. So I tried to throw it inside to where his leverage would be and then Jamar beat his leverage, guy undercut it and got the pick. Bad decision, bad ball placement.

SPEAKER_3 (1:05)

Jake, is there a specific theme when it comes to the turnovers? Like is there a similar mistake that you're seeing that's happening?

Jake Browning (1:12)

I think I'm just being trying to force stuff and it's you know I think that's just yeah, trying to force things that aren't there and as a result just completely screwing over you know the team and it hurts. There's no way to hide from it, it hurts and you know I did not play well enough to give our chance, a team to win and it's just brutal.

SPEAKER_4 (1:41)

Jake, when Zac came in here, he took a lot of them, says it all. He had to put Jake in a better position, us in a better position. That's just what, he was taking the pressure off of you or what is it?

Jake Browning (1:54)

I don't, I'm not sure, I haven't spoke with him but you know, there's, no, that's on me and you know, I appreciate him saying that and, but I need to play better and there's literally no hiding from that. And I don't care if every person on the team says they need to play better, like it starts with me playing better at the quarterback position and not putting our team in difficult situations and there's no hiding from that. And so that's, that is what it is. I mean, I appreciate him saying that, but it's not on him, it's on me, I need to stop throwing interceptions.

SPEAKER_5 (2:34)

With where you're at, do you feel like you need to get back and prove again that this is your job, starting quarterback job?

Jake Browning (2:41)

That's a that's a ZAC question. I mean, for me, all I can do is respond and try to just work as hard as I can during the week to put myself in a position to help this team win games and avoid these disastrous plays. And so, you know, that's that's my focus is just how much time can I spend on task this week to just double down and try and improve and help, you know, help the team by not, or just making better decisions and not putting the team in a difficult situation.

SPEAKER_2 (3:16)

Were you seeing the field any differently in the fourth quarter?

Jake Browning (3:20)

I mean, I think I got into a rhythm.

Um, and played better in the after, I mean, really after the third pick. But I mean, you took three picks in the NFL, you're going to lose, like, there's no, I'm sure there's some outliers and we've had an outlier this year, but I need, I need to take care of the ball better. And, um, yeah, I mean, gotten to a rhythm later in the game that, you know, kind of made it seem like it was closer than it was. But I played, I played awful today. I did not play well. And I need to, and I need to play better.

SPEAKER_6 (3:52)

The throw edge in that, the first touchdown, what, a throw, what, can you break that down how that happened?

Jake Browning (4:02)

Yeah, I just went to extend, saw him running across the field and, uh, I gave him a chance on the sideline.

Um, tried to just put it somewhere where only he could get to it. And, uh, yeah, I mean, I haven't seen the throw, but it was good to score points. I mean, I would need to stop throwing turnovers.

SPEAKER_6 (4:21)

I mean, that was a throw from a guy. I mean, there was about three guys there and it looked like, you know, four guys back down from it.