(on how the game played out) “It’s a tough game. That’s the way these AFC North games are going to be, especially on the road in these types of atmospheres. I’m really proud with the way the guys fought. I thought the defense played well from start to finish. Obviously, we’d like to get a stop on the last drive. They did a really good job against a really explosive, tough offense. The offense gave them the three points to start the second half with the turnover, and then they did a good job holding them, and they kicked the long field goal. The defense fought, and the offense found a rhythm. We had the turnover on the first play and then two possessions in the second half, which goes to show you how quickly these games can go when you’re facing a team that can eat up a clock like that. We ate up the clock, too, with long drives. So, it’s tough. We’ve lost three games now on the last play of the game, that’s what I told the guys. We just have to keep taking our shots, and these things have a way of balancing out, and we are going to get some of these wins in these situations.”
(on the thinking of the four plays at the goal line) “It’s a really tough structure of the front. So, we feel good about some of the stuff we called. Obviously, it didn’t work. We took a sack on a specialty play, and then it didn’t quite go how we wanted to on the shovel [pass] on the fourth-down play. I felt comfortable with our package going in. When it doesn’t work, you wish you did something different.”
(on if you learned something for the next time near the goal line) “That’s part of the gameplan. You’re preparing against fronts, and you’re seeing what teams have done and why they’ve had success. It wasn’t really because teams are running downhill. It was kind of getting stuff on the perimeter. We tried that, and it didn’t work for us. And it did on the one play once we got Joe [Burrow] downhill, and then we snuck it in on the next play.”
(on what he saw on the shovel pass call) “Just…
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