Postgame Press Conference: Joe Burrow, Zac Taylor React to Bengals Overtime Win vs. Titans

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Good prayer to see you have three interceptions. Can you walk us through those three interceptions today?

Joe Burrow (0:05)

Yeah, the first one, you know, I have to see, on film, I just tried to put it up.

And, you know, we weren't able to be on the same page there. The second one, I got hit as I was throwing, and the third one, just a terrible throw. You know, obviously, I can't do that, so, gotta get that fixed.

SPEAKER_3 (0:29)

What it opened up for you guys, after those picks, you guys are obviously going up and down the field pretty easily. Did something particularly start to open up for you on that stretch there in an overtime?

Joe Burrow (0:38)

I thought we moved it pretty well all game. We just, you know, we had the turnovers, we had four turnovers. It's hard to win that way.

Today we did, but you can't make a living like that.

SPEAKER_4 (0:50)

What did you see when you scored the third game?

SPEAKER_5 (0:53)

Somewhere, you know, what was it?

Joe Burrow (0:55)

Yeah, I was just, you know, I just felt the left side kind of open up and started moving that way and just saw space. When took it, I had tea there too, could have thrown it, but just decided to run.

SPEAKER_1 (1:10)

Knowing the expectations you've put on the team and what you want for this season, we will get last week the slower start and then again today. What do you think needs to change for you guys to finally be able to play that complete game and be the team that you want to be to try and contend this year?

Joe Burrow (1:26)

You just execute game in and game out or play in and play out. But we were able to win both these games, so it's hard to win in this league and a lot of good teams and a lot of good players, a lot of good coaches, so it's certainly not easy. You don't take winning for granted, but you live and you learn from every win and loss.

SPEAKER_6 (1:50)

How frustrating is it, Joe, to not have the execution there? Is it energy? Is it urgency? What do you not see from the team at the start of these last two games that need to be there if you're going to be a championship team?

Joe Burrow (2:06)

Yeah. Well, I missed a throw on the first third down, and then I think the second drive was interception.

After those two, we really moved it well all game. I think we had 500-some yards of offense.

But yeah, we'd love to go out and score two touchdowns on the first two drives and play ahead, but that's not how it went today, and we were able to fight through some adversity and make it happen.

SPEAKER_5 (2:36)

You threw the third pick when you had Jamar down the sideline and get the fumble after that, and then you get the ball, you guys are down five, three straight touchdowns. What's going through your mind then when you're down five and you get the pick one out there? Because obviously whatever it was worked.

Joe Burrow (2:51)

There's no other choice than to go try to make it happen.

What happened before that happened. You can't change that. All you can do is try to go execute, play in and play out and go make it happen.

SPEAKER_7 (3:05)

Are there things that y'all did in this game that made this maybe a little bit closer than y'all anticipated?

Joe Burrow (3:10)

Turn the ball over.

SPEAKER_7 (3:11)

Is it just that simple?

Joe Burrow (3:13)

Yeah. I mean, there are some plays that we didn't quite execute and didn't turn into turnovers, but there's plays like that every game.

And you have four turnovers, and that made the day feel really bad. But every game has plays like that that I'm talking about, where you don't execute and it just turns into a stop on third and short, or a sack. But today we made bad plays worse, and you can't do that going forward.

SPEAKER_9 (3:48)

The two throws did you see at the end of regulation? I had third and 10, then the next thing.

I mean, what was going on in the middle of the field?

SPEAKER_10 (3:57)

Yeah.

Joe Burrow (4:00)

Safety's were starting to cheat to number one side a little bit. And I had Tia on two great routes. He really stepped up today. You know, credit to our coaches for calling those two plays in those spots.

You know, the touchdown was a great idea. I'm not sure whose idea it was, but it was really the perfect call.