CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Jake Browning and the Bengals suffered the worst loss in team history when they were blown out on Sunday by the Vikings, 48-10, in Minneapolis.
In his first start of the season, Browning threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Isaiah Rodgers, and one touchdown.
He completed 19 of 27 passes for 140 yards in the loss.
Here is what Browning told reporters in his postgame press conference on Sunday.
On not just moving onto the next game:
"I mean, I think you got to sit in it. We got worked today and. And you got to sit in it, and you got to go through those emotions of, just being miserable," Browning told reporters. "And then you got to watch the tape and find your key things that you need to focus on for me to do my part."
While he talked about sitting in the emotions of the blowout loss, Browning also acknowledged that the team can't let its mistakes affect them going forward.
"Finding the balance of sitting in that feeling, knowing how that feels, going through, watching the film and addressing the issues, but not letting this emotion of how you feel after a game like that turn it into a bad locker room," he elaborated.
On taking blame for the loss:
The Bengals offense committed five turnovers in the loss. Browning threw two picks, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
When pressed about the struggling run game, Browning shut that door immediately: "I'm not gonna sit here and talk about the run game when I don't feel like I played very well. And I played my part in us not being able to sustain drives, finish drives throughout the game. And so that's my focus."
Browning also knew there was something he could learn from his early interception.
"Takeaway from the pick-six is just know when to throw the ball away," he said. "I think for me, it's just finding ways to survive those plays with incompletions and throwing the ball away."
On moving forward from the loss:
"I just need to focus on what do I need to do to give us the best chance to win. And obviously, there's a lot of people on the team that also has to play a role with that. But I'm really focused on, I think for this week, really focused on what I need to do in order to give us the best chance to win."
On how the game got away from the Bengals:
Despite the issues the Bengals had in the game, they were still within 14 points with less than two minutes to go in the half. The Bengals then turned the ball over three more times, leading to 17 more Vikings points as Minnesota broke the game open.
Browning admitted that was when it felt like the game snowballed away from Cincinnati.
"I think when you have that many turnovers in the first half, you know you're gonna play from behind the whole game," he said. "You know, I felt like we kind of got into a rhythm a little bit, crossed the 50 (yard line), and, you know, ended up having another turnover."
"I think just in general, anytime you turn the ball over that much, you're gonna get blown out. And that's exactly what happened."
Another area of emphasis that Browning pointed out was how Cincinnati struggled on early downs and what those led to.
"The first thing would just be ending up in third-and-long," he noted. "You know, we went into the game knowing that we got to be efficient on first and second down to avoid third-and-longs. And we weren't."