Postgame Press Conference: Joe Burrow, Zac Taylor React to Dominant Win Over Cardinals, Cody Ford's Catch and more

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SPEAKER_4 (0:49)

What did you think of Cody with the ball in his hands?

Joe Burrow (0:52)

I couldn't believe what I was watching, but it was sick.

SPEAKER_6 (0:56)

Have you ever seen him play basketball or anything?

Joe Burrow (1:00)

Nope, have not.

SPEAKER_7 (1:02)

What did you think of the offenses all of the day?

Joe Burrow (1:04)

I thought we were pretty productive, pretty efficient. I thought we were, I thought Chase Brown was great. He's been great all year.

Made plays when we had to, but stayed on schedule, converted third downs. I thought it was a fissure performance.

SPEAKER_8 (1:22)

Cody just told us he was a tight end in middle school and freshman year. You see the roots of that on that?

Joe Burrow (1:27)

I do, I do, I do. Long, long time ago, many moons ago, but I do.

SPEAKER_7 (1:33)

With Chase Brown, he was phenomenal to close last season. But how have you even seen him take the next step this year?

Joe Burrow (1:39)

He just keeps getting better. Last year, he had a level that, once you hit that level, then you're just continuous improvement in all areas of your game. There was, he didn't have any weaknesses last year. And he just stepped up a notch this year. It's been fun to watch.

SPEAKER_9 (1:56)

On top of the pick-up chain. He played, the third and 20th, given Zac twice. And when he gave it to him on the third and 20th, I think, hey, take it and get it as close to through-ball range as you can. What was going through?

Joe Burrow (2:08)

Yeah, we just called the screen there. Just trying to get it out of our hands. And, you know, he made a play, got us in field range, got us points. That was a big play in the game.

SPEAKER_10 (2:17)

Over the last two weeks in the third quarter, Chase Brown now has a combined five touchdowns. Is there any rhyme or reason to that, you think?

Joe Burrow (2:23)

No, that's just how it plays out.

SPEAKER_11 (2:25)

Joe, there's always a lot of talk of meaningless football. Does this, what meaning does this kind of game have when you have this kind of performance, you know, and do what y'all did today?

Joe Burrow (2:33)

Yeah, that's, you know, every time we go out there, we're putting our bodies on the line and going out and trying to prove ourselves in front of the world. Playoffs are out of the question, obviously, but anytime you step foot out there, you're playing for pride, playing for your guys and trying to execute and trying to put good stuff on tape.

SPEAKER_11 (2:55)

Is there a part of y'all that wants to send a message that, hey, we might be out of it this year, but next year we feel like we can do something? Is that?

Joe Burrow (3:01)

I mean, every year is so new, new players, new teams, new schemes. We're just trying to go out and play well right now.

SPEAKER_6 (3:10)

I know you're not watching every snap of the defense you're looking at, and all of those things, but for them to perform the way they did against the good offense today, what does that mean?

Joe Burrow (3:18)

Yeah, we tackled well, we stopped the run. When you do those two things, then you get to third down, and anything can happen on third down. So the key is stopping the run, and we've done that for several weeks in a row now. It's been fun to watch.

SPEAKER_6 (3:35)

You see Miles develop, change, have you in practice? Obviously, he's been far more productive over the past few months.

Joe Burrow (3:42)

Yeah, he's always been a good practice player, practices hard, just impacting the game. And like I said earlier this week, I don't know anything about his specific gap responsibilities on any specific plays. I just see him around the football, around the quarterback, making plays, hitting people, impacting the game in a lot of different ways. It's been fun to watch.