Zac talks Burrow w/ Thom Brennaman

On his morning show, Thom Brennaman asked Zac Taylor if Joe Burrow will start Sunday.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Coach. You met with the media before the game before
practice yesterday, I should say, once you got out there
in practice, what did you see out of Joe Burrow?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
I was pleased. I thought he looked good first day,
taking eleven on eleven reps and so that was a
great starting point for him. And I hadn't done that
for two months, so I was pleased before I saw.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
You know, I did the NFL on Fox for twenty
five years, and I know that the league and the
teams take these injury reports very, very seriously. He is
listed as a full participant. Is Joe Burrow going to
play on Sunday, Well, we.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Don't know that yet. You know, it's kind of a
balance of Joe Flacco has him been practicing on Wednesdays.
So it was a great opportunity to get Joe Burrow
out there to take as many reps possible. So yeah,
he took all the reps, but but that was a
balance with Joe has not been practicing on Wednesdays last
few weeks, and so we'll just keep working through these
next couple of days.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
When do you plan on making a decision about that,
because look, it's what everybody's talking about I mean you
were born maybe at night, but not last night. You
know that. That's what everybody is talking about, is Joe
Burrow coming back. So you know, I mean, is there,
let's put it this way, is there a chance that
he plays Sunday?

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, I'm not there yet. You know, it's one day
of practice. Isn't going to lead to that decision yet,
So we're years the time we have at our disposal
and become what the best decision we can.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Are you amazed by how quickly he's recovered from this.
I have Julieusfording, who was an Olympian marathon runner. She
had the same thing to Joe Burrow said it was
the most grueling rehab that she's ever been through, and
she's been through back surgeries and knee surgeries and all
that kind of thing. Are you even amazed that he's
even on the practice field at this point in time?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Am I amazed now? Because I've watched this guy for
the last six years and I've seen him. He's obviously
wired different than everybody else. That's why he's who he is.
Why he's a national champion, heightsman trophy winning first pick
in the draft, all that kind of stuff, NFL comeback player,
the all the stuff that he's earned. And so I've
just now seen enough to where I just know that's

(02:05):
who he is. And this isn't the first rehab he's
had to go through, so he knew what that process was.
Obviously different injuries. Proud of him, not surprised, maybe surprised
the rest.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Of the world.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Is really impressive the work that he's done to get
back on the field as quickly as he did.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Coach a feedal mind. So I sort of take us
inside football here on something like this, and look, you
have to make a decision, and you'll consult with others.
But will this be a situation where Joe might come
into you, Joe Burrow, he might come to you and say, hey,
you know, coach, I feel like I'm ready to go.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Oh yeah, yeah, And then that's that's that's my job,
you know, to balance balance all the information and protect
the player and make the best decision possible. But yeah, absolutely,
he's he's certainly got his opinions when he's put in
the work and feels how he does, and and we'll
balance all that information.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
All right, come on, come on, come on, I'm going
to circle back to it one more time. I have
to do it. Come on, there are more people that
listening to this morning show than anywhere else, and they
are huge me too, Bengo fan. Come on, coach, you
can tell us right now. Burrow's playing it. He's playing it.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, No, I wish I could. I wish I had
that decision today, you know, honestly, it's I'm going to
take in all the information I can and make sure
it's the best one for Joe and our team, and
we'll go from there.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
Okay, Well, I appreciate it. I appreciate you taking my
ribbon here on this deal. But you knew I had
to ask, right, You knew I had that.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
I appreciate your effort. I appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Thank you, Thank you. I wish my wife would tell
me that every now and again. All right, coach, thanks
so much, good luck this Sunday.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Thank you,