On how the Browns pulled away:
“Defense gets two turnovers there at the end of the first quarter, early second quarter, around the midfield mark and we do not really do anything with it. First drive, we drive right down there, (DE) Myles (Garrett) makes a great play on an RPO, gets his hands up and knocks it down, ends up falling right into him. That was really the start of a long day for us.”
On the difficult match-up between the Browns:
“You have to give credit to them. They always play well against us. It is tough to answer that one. They have really good players on defense. They are good on the outside. They are really well-coached. They are sound in their leverages and their coverages. Obviously, they have Myles Garrett and (DE Jadeveon) Clowney that can get after the passer. They have had our number the past couple of years.”
On if he is still encouraged with progress of the Bengals’ offensive line:
“Yeah, we will have to watch the tape. I have all the faith in the world in those guys to go out there and I thought they played well enough to win.”
On if the Browns’ defense did anything to take away the explosive plays:
“They did a great job in their leverages and playing soft and making us check it down. They tackled really well. The last couple of weeks, we got teams out of that because we were able to break some tackles, and we got yards after the catch. You have to give them credit. They were great tacklers today.”
On if the Browns ran a lot of Cover 2:
“A lot of Quarters and they were playing Cover 1 and real high.”
On how much he missed WR Ja’Marr Chase tonight:
“Any time that guy goes down, it is going to have an effect, but we are a better offense than what we put out there tonight, even without him. There are no excuses for that.”
On if the Browns were doing anything differently without Chase in the lineup:
“It is tough to say right now. I will have to go back and watch the film. Like I said, they were playing their Quarters and mixing up Cloud to Cover 3 or…
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