Postgame Press Conference: Joe Burrow Reacts to Win After Bengals Dominate Ravens 35-13

Joe Burrow (0:00)

We made some nice adjustments in the second half that I think helped us. And at the end of the day, we just executed and made a lot of plays. What were some of these adjustments?

You know, we just started calling some of our base stuff, you know, O-line protected great. And really, we just got the ball in Jamar and T's hands as many times as we could.

SPEAKER_2 (0:21)

You had that drive because Rapien really went after him. Jamar for the explosive, T for the explosive. Was there a thought entering that, let's kind of go for their phones on this drive?

SPEAKER_3 (0:31)

That feeling you had there?

Joe Burrow (0:33)

Yeah, we certainly wanted to go and be aggressive. And we knew they were going to be aggressive, too, the way the first couple of drives in the second half had played out.

And, you know, they brought an overload pressure there on that first play and just got the ball to Jamar quickly and let him go and do what he does.

SPEAKER_4 (0:47)

Earlier this week, we talked about the Bengals. He's living with you guys. You have no eight-year gap, 13-humped, but you're playing at half to go out half a performance, which you did personally and offense did. What did you like most about what you were in front of in two games today knowing that this was such a big game?

Joe Burrow (1:03)

Yeah, we know who we are. We know who we have to be.

We let our big-time players go and make big-time plays. That's what the NFL is all about. You know, you can do all these different things, but at the end of the day, you just got to go and make plays, got to execute what's called, and that's what we did.

SPEAKER_5 (1:23)

The 44 you had, Tee, and we were scrambling, kind of shot-putted it to him.

Joe Burrow (1:28)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_5 (1:30)

Kind of, like, avoided it.

Joe Burrow (1:32)

Yeah, I was able to get outside the pocket and make a play. The ball slipped out of my hands a little bit, but he was open enough that it didn't really matter. You know, Tee was unbelievable all day. You know, we got to keep finding ways to get him the ball down the field.

SPEAKER_5 (1:44)

Why is it still affected this season for you?

SPEAKER_3 (1:46)

It seems like he's up against the best story he's had this morning at our assembly.

SPEAKER_5 (1:49)

Why isn't it so bad this year?

Joe Burrow (1:50)

Man, he's been so aggressive and as good as I've seen him in contested catch situations. And, you know, he understands what we're trying to do and the plays that we're calling. And he's just made some big time plays for us. That's who he is. That's who he's always been. And we just got to keep giving him more opportunities to go and do it.

SPEAKER_2 (2:11)

You guys had some ups and downs, some good streaks on offense this year, but does the second half feel like it's all coming together for you now? What you guys were kind of the offense were waiting for a little bit for five?

Joe Burrow (2:25)

Yeah, that's who we got to be. That's who we got to be. You know, let our guys go make some big time plays, be efficient in the run game. Offensive line play great.

Yeah, we just got to continue to do what we did in that second half. We got that feeling. We got to keep building on it.

SPEAKER_5 (2:45)

Do you think that third drive, the one where you went up, where you went with a big one, I mean, a lot of time to play a five and three and a quad. But is that who you guys are, that drive, that we're going to put the state, you know, where it works?

Joe Burrow (2:57)

Yeah, I think that's who we have to be.

We're too, we have too many great players on offense to be conservative in that spot. And, you know, credit to our coaching staff for letting us go and do it and giving us the freedom to go and make those plays. But I think that's who we have to be. Joe, you had success in its different iterations of the great defense.

SPEAKER_2 (3:17)

You have the staff, you coach people with your first operation.

SPEAKER_3 (3:20)

Of this group, what do you saw today?

Joe Burrow (3:22)

Yeah, they make it hard on you. They do a good job presenting you with different things and making you worry about a lot of different things, protection wise.