QUOTES
“The second half wasn’t good enough. We didn’t make enough plays, enough calls, lost the turnover battle. They scored on every possession in the second half. Offensively, we really walked away with essentially three turnovers. I thought we did a good job coming out with the touchdown drive to match them, and then turnover on downs, pick and fumble, and that’s not good enough for us.” – Head Coach Zac Taylor, on his team’s performance
“We’ve put ourselves in a bad spot, but it’s not a spot that we can’t get ourselves out of. I know that we believe that. We’re not even yet at the halfway point of the season. Again, there’s going to be a lot of opportunity here. We’ve just got to stick together and keep working, find some wins and string it together.” – Head Coach Zac Taylor, on the outlook of the season following today’s game
“First half, we moved the ball well. We stalled out on the other two drives, made one field goal, missed the other one. First drive of the second half, went down and scored a touchdown. Then after that, didn’t get it on fourth down, threw a pick and then we fumbled. It was those three drives really that put us behind.” – Quarterback Joe Burrow, on what caused the offense to stall in the second half
“We’ve done it before. I know the players we’ve got in there. You’ve just got to treat it week by week. Any game is winnable. You’ve just got to go and do it.” – Quarterback Joe Burrow, on why the Bengals can climb back into the AFC Playoff picture
“Just find ways to get off the field. I mean, third-and-16, we’ve got to get off the field someway, somehow. It should not be a conversion on a third-and-10-plus. We’re better than that, and we’ve got to be better than that for us to have any shot. We just didn’t play well today.” – Cornerback Mike Hilton, on where the defense needs to improve
“The long one — that was all Joe, just extending the play and letting guys get open. As a defense, you can only cover for so long, so guys were able to get uncovered and make plays. I think a lot of that’s (a credit) to the coaching staff, Brad (Kraghthorpe) and those guys, Zac Taylor and Pitch (Dan Pitcher) upstairs doing the third-down stuff, designing a lot of good concepts, understanding what the defense is going to show us and attacking it. They really deserve all the credit on that and we go out and do the easy part, make plays.” – Tight End Mike Gesicki, on his third-down conversions
“It’s a cool experience. Seeing him on the other side of the field in an opposing jersey was weird, but definitely a moment I won’t forget.” – Halfback Chase Brown, on playing against his twin brother, Eagles safety Sydney Brown
