QUOTES
“That was something (Joe Burrow) had talked about with me. Getting Ja’Marr (Chase) and Tee (Higgins) out of there, and working with some of the guys that, you never know, at some point in the season you’ve got to work with them. We’ve got different roles for all those guys and I thought those guys stepped up well and supported him. They looked pretty good on that touchdown drive there on that third drive.” – Head coach Zac Taylor, on Joe Burrow conducting a drive without his top receivers
“He just works hard, and he’s become a guy that everybody really respects in the locker room. He just goes out there and works, and we respect that. Again, he created the opportunities for himself. He’s done enough in practice to where we wanted to put him in the positions to be at the point of attack when he was in the game there. He rewarded himself with touchdowns, catches and extending drives. He’s someone that’s reliable for the quarterbacks and all of us. I’m proud of him. This (Washington) is the last team he was with, so probably a neat situation for him to come back on this field and do what he just did.” – Head coach Zac Taylor, on wide receiver Mitchell Tinsley’s performance in training camp and against the Commanders
“Some good learning experiences in the couple of drives that we’ve had. We got some fumbles out of the way, so that was good. Those are just incredibly valuable reps that usually you work out those kinks in the first couple weeks of the regular season, and we’ve worked them out the last two weeks.” – Quarterback Joe Burrow, on the first-team offense’s performance through two preseason games