Bengals postgame wrap after loss to Chicago Bears
Enquirer beat reporter Kelsey Conway on the Bengals’ 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears on Nov. 2.
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said one day after the team’s gut-wrenching 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears that he thought Bengals running back Chase Brown was out of line with some of his postgame remarks, and doesn’t expect Brown to react the same way again.
“Not if you’re not doing everything you can, on your own,” Taylor said. “And I’ve pointed it out with Chase. There was two big plays that we could’ve done better that would’ve led to points. And so, I think I liked (the reaction from) Ja’Marr (Chase) a little bit better. I can tell Ja’Marr’s frustrated, but he didn’t want guys coming at him if he had a poor performance or something that he was disappointed in. I trust that that’s a one-time thing, and we’ll learn from that. That’s not how we want to react, and one of our best players, one of our highest character players I think in moments of frustration said that, and I don’t expect it to happen again.”
“We put the ball in the end zone and go up a point at the end?” Brown told reporters after the game. “Finish the f—ing game. Like, just end it. That’s it. That’s what we need to do. Just end the f—ing game.”
Taylor also defended Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden, and said the team won’t be making coaching changes.
“It’s a tough one to stomach,” Taylor said after the game. “I feel sick right now. But all we can do is pick ourselves up and keep fighting.”