Zac Taylor Wants to See Paul Brown Stadium Full on Sunday: 'We're Going to Give the Fans Something to Cheer About'

CINCINNATI — Bengals head coach Zac Taylor did something he rarely does on Wednesday. He ranted.

It won't make the next cut of all-time best press conference moments, but the third-year head coach made one thing clear: he thinks this year is different.

"We just want the Cincinnati Bengals to win, and I don't care who's responsible for it. It does not matter," Taylor said. "We want this city to be excited. Our team is certainly excited, and we want the stadium to match that enthusiasm that we have. That is going to be critical for us in Week 1."

Taylor is 6-25-1 since being named head coach in 2019. A lot of the personnel is different and there are plenty of young players to be excited about. From Joe Burrow to Ja'Marr Chase and Trey Hendrickson, the Bengals believe they're poised to make a run.

Taylor talked for over a minute about why the team needed fans in the stands in Sunday's season opener against the Vikings.

"We have to give this city and this stadium something to cheer about, but we need that to come from them Week 1," Taylor said. "Pack this stadium. Be as loud as possible. There was very limited fans in the stands last year. So teams going on silent cadence was not a thing last year. Nobody had to do it. So you're practicing it for the first time this year in a lot of ways. So for us to get a home opener Week 1, with hopefully a fully packed stadium being as loud as they can possibly be on the first third-and-7 of the game, that means something that we were missing last year. Probably missing at the later part of the first year because we didn't win enough games. But it's 2021. It's a new year. We've got a new team. Our guys are fired up. We're going to be ready to play. We're going to give the fans something to cheer about. We need them to show up and be loud right from the get-go and match our enthusiasm because we're going to be excited."

Taylor sounds confident in himself and this team. If they do get off to a quick start this season, then maybe, just maybe, they can get back to the postseason for the first time since 2015.

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