Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor React to Bengals Week 11 LOSS to Chargers
The Cincinnati Bengals rallied from a 21-point third-quarter deficit on Sunday, but they came up short, falling to the Chargers 34-27.
This was a must-win and things looked bleak for most of the first half. The Chargers built a 24-6 halftime lead. Cincinnati rallied, but it wasn’t enough.
Evan McPherson missed two field goal attempts that would’ve given the Bengals the lead in the fourth quarter and J.K. Dobbins ran for a 29-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left to seal the victory. Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor share their thoughts on the AFC matchup, what remains of the 2024 regular season and more.
The Bengals have a bye in Week 12. They play the Steelers on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. ET at Paycor Stadium.
00:00 Joe Burrow
04:27 Zac Taylor
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47 comments
Zac has to go, we need a big coaching overhaul change.
At this point, fire All teh coaching staff and tank for a pick. Even if they win every singel last game i bet they still dont make it wildcard
Bengals have the talent to be a Super Bowl contender but for some reason its not translating into wins. Maybe is coaching, maybe its execution according to Joe Burrow as he said they just need to make plays at the end of games.
Joe takes it on himself. Defense and special teams, save our punter, are lacking desperately. What questions…
Zac and Lou have to go now. Not the right fit for us. Bad play calling. ZT so predictable…first down is 90 % expectation to be run play that does not work most of the time. We don't use Tight Ends enough to overcome double coverage on WRs. Defense … can't win if you only have one consistently effective pass rusher. Sad for our Bengals this year
Chargers have gone through that pain for years
Zac Taylor still HC?
Zac Taylor is horrible please quit
this dude is just defending his job, he's ass
Offensive line and a running game is the answer to all your same questions. You can't throw 50-60 times per game and expect to win
Momentum isn't a real thing in football
Just beat the Steelers twice, thanks in advance
There is a reason the word “inept” exists and it can be Googled.
Except it doesn't come down to just one play in every single game? Get a clue Zac…
Zac says every game seems to come down to one play. Was he awake for the first half?
MISS-Pherson huh
Joe is fed up answering the same questions. Major changes need to be made AsAp and its not all on Joe.
They just arent good on the insode of the line and the whole defense. Its time to play the young guys and see what we have. Karas and cappa volson are not good. Its time to move on. Discount secondary players are obvious and bad picks. Defense beeds gutted. Wilson has lost two steps and pratt is just awful. 10 mill for hubbard is Ludacris
Time to aim for 4-13 for better pick
Joe seemed like his hand was hurting in the game
1st down run into the line 90%of the time. Play calling s soooo predictable. You can’t trust a kicker when you have the best QB in the league
#protestbengalsownership ….stop spending a dime on jerseys etc and tickets for rest of season. Send a message and if no changes made then do it again next year. Only thing Mike Brown cares about is money. Worse owner in football
These questions are one Captain obvious would ask.
Wtf
Taylor needs to go. Stop the bleeding PLEASE. We still have a lot of holes to fill, but he isnt the leader we need.
Okay the Defense isn't great, we all have heard that. But here is something I, not bragging, predicted. "Watch for FGs the length or less than an extra point." That is a four point loss. Next, when you are not turning to your strengths at the end or towards the end of games, meaning you have ignorance under headsets STILL thinking they can call running plays in key situations, when your kickers confidence is down, even Tucker in Baltimore misses FGs, and then keep putting your defense in near midfield after two 50 yarders go wide left WTF do you expect? The NFL is a tough violent business. It's painful EVERY DAMN WEEK Zac and Company. What you did vs. Baltimore at home in OT is pretty much what you coaches did to your team last night. Wrong calls lead to stagnation. They kill momentum and it is this same lack of commitment we see from these coaches now. It has been inherited from the organization who lacks commitment. McPherson got this team past Tennessee and KC into a Super Bowl making rather long FGs in 2021 and this team, this crummy organization, needed ALL those FGs then. Bullock, BS, he would have missed half those kicks. The point is, with zero depth on defense, no threats from anywhere to challenge for their jobs, why not quit when the play calling fails and thus the offense fails? Those defenders often play hurt and banged up. Yes, many of those defenders might not make another teams practice squad but you play for FGs, run for no gains, keep putting yourself in 3rd and long or longer due to stupid penalties and can you blame the defense for everything? If this were politics and a democracy they would have voted the Brown Stain Family out back in Pauley's day. Instead they name a stadium after him and his son sells those rights to Paycor. Its more blind and more stupid that keeping following the blind and stupid that simply just got older, never wiser. Richer but never smarter. It isn't just that it is years and years of complete embarrassment.
OWNERSHIP AND DUKE DONT CARE ABOUT WINNING THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY…… EVERY TEAM GO OUT TO GET PLAYERS TO WIN NOW WE NEVER DO…. STILL HAVEN'T PAID JA'MARR, TREY, TEE… WE LET MIXON GO, BATES, READER…….. GOIN FOR 3 2X IN A ROW IN REDZONE EVERYBODY ELSE GOING FOR IT………CTB KEEPS STARTING HE NEEDS BENCHING…. WE DEFINITELY NEED WHOLE SALE CHANGES HE ON SOMETHING. WE NEED CBS AND A SAFETY A PASS RUSHER, OLINE, KICKER SMH
Hearing Zach Taylor, it doesn’t sound like he knows what their record is. Like dude, how can you honestly sit up there and talk about you being confident?
The season is over because this team lacks accountability
It's not just one play Zac. The team played horrible the entire first half. If they play a consistent and complete game, it doesn't have to come down to one play every time. If you look at even the year they went to the Super Bowl, they won a lot of games where they had to come back after playing terrible in the first half. The difference was McPhereson was making kicks and the defense was making big plays, but it shouldn't always come down to that because it's not always going to go your way.
I've read enough comments mentioning defense. The Cincinnati Bengals don't have a defense this year. We are with a few on the bottom. This is not the same defense that showed up and made the AFC Championship/Superbowl. This D-squad is a dumpster fire. This isn't a team thing. Not one bit. The offense can put enough points on the board to win every single game. However, where the Hell is the D? If we had a D that allowed no more than 15 points a game on average, this team would be the number 1 or 2 team in the NFL. This is beyond disappointment. It's a disaster and that management office needs to go. No trades were made to get this defense rolling. None! This D was bad out of the gate and they did NOTHING.
– Burrow needs to stay healthy.
– Chase needs to stop crying over contracts and play football.
– The management office needs to resign Tee and shop for a WAY better D.
– Zack needs to stop praising garbage.
This makes me sick
Listen too the way ZAC Taylor talks proud of R guy's not many team's down 24-6 dig there way back fought the way they fought im proud of r guy's there going too B some opportunities it didn't go R way proud of r guy sick for R guy's how about shooting it straight we didn't do SQUATin the first half some of R players is playing up to R standards i didn't coach good enough how about some accountability from coaches & players listen too coach Mike Tomlin compared too ZAC what a joke
I've watched Joe burrow since college my home team is UK BBN I've supported burrow since going too Cin's but I'm done this organization is really missed up from top 2 bottom it's why I've never really never been a fan before but i like joe i think he's one of the best QB'S in the NFL and i REALLY FEEL FOR BURROW TOO PLAY FOR A ORGANIZATION THAT WILL DESTROY HIS CAREER unbelievably Andrew LUCK 2.0
I see Tobin's hand in this loss. He has brought in ineffective free agents and few draft choices have had an impact.
Bengals fans are going to be watching the playoffs and making excuses as usual.
Joe needs to be in charge of the play calling. Maybe that would help turn things around for the team..They need to give it a try.!!
Get good rest during the bye and hopefully we can win out🤞🏼
Slow starts to the season and slow starts in games is killing the Bengals that all comes down to coaching and bad play calling
ZTs times is up the media won't press him w the rt questions either
If u look at the past few games n particular the second half Burrow is calling the plays and it's much effective and efficient ZT isn't the answer and playing situational football isn't his strong suit
Both teams put their bodies on the line, it was hard fought. You can look at all the minor things that stacked up, but you have to also consider all the great things happening with the team too. Chase Brown and DJ Turner look great. Orlando Brown will be back on the ol. Burrow will get healthier over the bye. The opportunity at the playoffs is there still
Zac looks goofy as hell he has zero fire underneath him, let him go this season is over
STOP THE OVER THE YEARS STUFF, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS YEAR!!!
ZAC ISN'T HEAD COACH MATERIAL
That reporter asking why its his worst season as a player needs to be fired for negligence!
Marvin Lewis is that you?? You sneaky you.
Joe is wasting his career