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    Cam Taylor-Britt’s ‘college offense’ joke backfires in Bengals loss

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    Cam Taylor-Britt said he has no regrets about calling the Washington Commanders’ offensive scheme a “college offense.” Whether the Cincinnati Bengals cornerback had similar reservations when rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels threw a 55-yard pass over his head to Washington wideout Terry McLaurin in the second quarter of a 38-33 loss on Monday is another question.

    “I don’t regret it,” he told reporters after the game. “But I didn’t mean anything bad. It was made bigger than it was. Yeah, I can eat my words. But we definitely took an ‘L’ today, as a team.”

    Daniels was 21-of-23 passing for 254 yards and two touchdowns, the second of which was a 27-yard rainbow to McLaurin in what Next Gen Stats called the most improbable touchdown of the young season. For the second straight game, the Commanders did not punt. Washington also rushed for 108 yards and gained 6.2 yards per play.

    “Not bad for a college offense,” the team’s official X account reported after the game.

    Last week, Taylor-Britt told reporters that “they’re not letting him do much,” referring to Daniels, who was selected second overall in the 2024 draft.

    “Nice college offense,” Taylor-Britt said. “(Kliff) Kingsbury is their (offensive coordinator) … (Daniels) just throws short routes, some intermediate stuff.”

    Kingsbury said last week that he had not seen Taylor-Britt’s comments.

    “He’s entitled to his opinion,” said the former Texas Tech and Arizona Cardinals head coach.

    Taylor-Britt talking negatively about an upcoming opponent for the Bengals has been a theme to start the season. Before the Bengals’ Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor-Britt noted that rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy was fast, but “that was about it.” (Against the Chiefs, Taylor-Britt backed up the smack talk with a one-handed interception of Patrick Mahomes.)

    Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said “that’s not what we do” when asked about Taylor-Britt’s comments in his postgame press conference. He did not indicate whether he spoke directly with the third player who played collegiately at Nebraska.

    “We praise our own team. We praise the other team. We don’t have to take shots like that,” Taylor said.

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