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This is ESPN 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:27.480 fifteen to thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:31.960 Good afternoon, Welcome to the Bengals PEP probably so, presented 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:35.839 by Just Bear Chicken Live on ESPN and presented by 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.760 the Bengals Radio Network and Just Bear Chicken, Waynebox Miller 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.040 Dave Lapboy live at the on the Rhyine Eatery, one 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:45.960 hundred East Court Street, Downtown. It is the Halloween edition. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:51.200 No tricks, right treats, just good football talk. Getting ready 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:56.360 for another big game, a must win game, Dave Lapham, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.720 I tell you this is one I told you earlier 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:00.600 before we come on there. I like these kind of 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.400 games because you get to see who wants it and 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:05.520 who really wants it. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:08.280 Yeah, you're right, Box, I mean, I think I think 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.959 you know that's one thing that the coaching staff that 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:16.160 I've talked to Vegans head coach Zach Taylor, coordinator, offensive 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.880 coordinator Dan Pitcher, defensive coordinator Al Gold, and all the 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:23.440 other position coaches. The players are all in still. I 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.479 mean they they want it, they don't. They don't want 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.880 to be known as you know somebody that cast their 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.680 chips in you know, yeah and said, no, Moss, I'm 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.240 not interested. You know, let's just get this season over 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:37.160 with and want to get into the offseason as quickly 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:40.800 as possible and get this in the back of my mind, 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.520 you know, in the rearview mirror. None of that is 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.119 going on. I mean, they they want to win football games, 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.200 and with a three and five record, you know, they're 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.800 still in the hunt. I mean, they still got possibilities. 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:54.720 It's the league's not running away from them. 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:55.120 There's not. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.520 Every single football team has lost at least one game, 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.080 you know, and you're only eight games into it, so 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:06.920 that you know it's competitive and there's probably not gonna 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.480 be a team that pulls away and has a dominant 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:14.040 season like dub Bears, the eighty five Chicago Bears. I 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.360 don't think there's gonna be a team like that. Yes year. 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.600 So if the Bengals can you know, hang in there. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.920 Get everybody healthy. They need to get healthy, and you know, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.000 win some football games and stay in the hunt. They 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:26.760 should be fine. 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.280 Yeah, I mean because Pittsburgh hasn't helped themselves. They lose 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.880 on Sunday night at home to the Packers. They're four 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:34.880 and three, the Bengals three and five. It's only two 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.320 games separating you right there, and you know Pittsburgh got 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:40.520 a tough game coming up this week. I want to 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.959 digress just for a second from football. We're going to 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.720 dive into all this and and kind of ask you 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.720 about the Ring of Honor. I mean, we I from 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.560 my vantage point, so I get to sit up in 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.560 the booth and I'm looking down and seeing everything happening, 0:02:54.600 --> 0:03:00.920 and obviously like everybody to see that that unfurling that banner, 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.679 and there's that name. Man, it just for you when 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.600 it all became a reality in that moment, talk about. 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:11.320 That, man, it was surreal. You know, it was something 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:14.919 I never ever dreamed would happen. You know, back when 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.000 I was a little rug rat running around trying to 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.520 play the game of football and learn as much as 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.560 I could about football, and you know, just fell in 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.800 love with the game totally. Everything about football was made 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:31.080 sense to me. You know, the team concept of it 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:35.080 was big, twenty two moving parts, twenty two moving pieces 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.800 that you don't have to all be in concert, you know, 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:42.320 to achieve and have success. I was intrigued by that. 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.320 I like that a lot. I liked that concept. I 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:48.360 like that idea. Nobody's too big for the game. For 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:52.320 the team, everybody needs everybody. I mean, you might have 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:56.320 an unbelievable quarterback or phenomenal player, he still needs people 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:57.880 around him to show what he can do. 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.400 You know, he can't do it all by right. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.440 He's got to have you know, ten other people on 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.360 his side of the football working in concert, getting getting 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.400 things done for him. So that's what I really liked 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.880 about the game of football early on, and you know, 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.240 wanted to be as good as I could possibly be 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.159 and had great coaches along the way, great teammates and 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.960 great coaches along the way to help me get there. 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.000 You Know what was most fitting for me was at 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:28.040 the event on Saturday and Kenny Anderson and Max Montoya 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.680 and Anthony Munio talked about the things that people don't 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.680 know about Dave Lapham and I'm gonna talk about Anthony specifically, 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:38.080 saying his first two years here, you were his north star. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.160 You know, you guided him through that playbook and all 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.520 those kinds of things, and there's room for people to 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.440 be selfish. Number one pick comes in, gets all the 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.040 pubs heralded. No, no, you're coming over here to me. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.320 I'm not helping you. But the selflessness and nature that 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:57.200 you have that we know now you were about team 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.719 and about getting better. And then Kenny Anderson talked about 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.200 just the liability and just knowing he could count on 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.720 you in Max. I mean, for me, that's what made 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.000 this even more special is that those guys stars in 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.240 their own right, were quick to say Dave Lappa was 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.320 an integral part of this team. 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.559 And that was very much appreciated. I mean, those guys 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.839 went above me on the call of duty. I think, 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.680 you know, to be as complimentary as kind and kind 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.320 as they could be. But I have such a great 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:30.000 relationship with all of them. And that's the thing about sports. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.080 You know, box you played sports, the bond that you 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.400 make yes with your teammates is so unique. I mean 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:38.080 it's like nothing else in life. You know, It's it's 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.640 almost impossible to break it. Those guys are gonna have 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:43.160 my back to the rest of my life. I'm going 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.719 to have their back the rest of their lives that 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.359 there's nothing they can do to change that. And I 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.880 feel the same way about them. And when you achieve 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.920 a high level of success together, the feeling of that, 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:58.080 the unity, the unifying force of all that is rare. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.320 It's so special, so unique. So I mean, I just, uh, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.279 everything about the game of football intrigued me, the physical, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:12.159 the mental part of it. You know, it just became 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:13.039 the love of my life. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.600 Yeah, And I tell you what, when we were setting 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.839 up here, people were coming by. Everybody came by literally 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:20.960 knew what happened last week, and they were saying, right, 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.080 he congratulates that, they happy for you. It's just one 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.680 after another after another, which to me spoke about why 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.880 we thought you deserved to be in there for football 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.159 for broadcasts, but because of how you are for the 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.240 team and and the other thing that I kind of 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.920 laughed about. I said, well, your grandkids could have got 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.440 a nice geography lesson because you had people coming in 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.360 from California, Maine and I think Vermont and other places. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.000 Yeah, yeah, you're right, Box, I mean, it was uh, 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:50.440 you know, national geographic from my family coming in with 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:57.720 this football game, California, Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:02.279 Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or I mean friends and family from 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.680 from all over and it's it just it's humbling, you know, 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.920 when everybody's coming in because they want to be there 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.840 for you. And generations of family, you know, not just 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:20.440 my siblings, but their kids and their kids, grandkids, their grandkids. Yeah. 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.440 So uh, you know, it's it's such a you know, 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:28.640 a family affair something like that. And the best part 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.960 of it was when they did unveil the plaque out 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.280 there in the middle of you know, the middle of 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.480 the of the stadium or the sideline, the middle of 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.840 the sideline in the stadium up there and on the 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:41.480 higher portion of of the stadium. And man, I mean 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.080 when when sixty two and that that number show name 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.400 it showed up with that number, I was like, wow, man, 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.480 it really is Look pinch me, man, it's not a dream, 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:54.800 you know. I'm I'm awake. I'm awake, and I'm kicking. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:08:01.200 That was a It was was totally humbling blowing experience. 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.080 Yeah. Man, you deserved every piece of it. Appreciate a 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.760 little bit of it man, I couldn't be happier. Dave Lapham, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.240 thanks Ring of Honor and Dan Horror from any that 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.640 don't know, broke out the sixty two jersey, which was 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.760 great as well. We're gonna get into some football on 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.440 the field now we talked about football off the field. 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:20.880 We'll be talking to members of the Bears media when 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.040 we come back on the other side as far as 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.520 what the Bears are looking at this week. But let's 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.160 do that. We'll take a break, we'll come back and more. 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.960 You listening to the Bengals pep Rally Show, broadcasting live 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:36.480 from on the Ryan Eatery right here on ESPN. Welcome 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.640 back to the Bengals pep Rally Show, presented by Just 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.560 Bear Chicking on the Bengals Radio Network. Wayne box Filler, 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.959 Dave lap I'm glad to have you a board and 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.760 a big game coming up this weekend, the four and 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.760 three Bears against the three and five Cincinnati Bengals. Don't 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.000 forget shop the Bengals Pro Shop find the best selection 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.640 on Bengal merchandise anywhere. Yes, visit the Pro Shops seven 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.560 days a week, located on the north side of pay 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:01.000 Course Stadium, or shop online and being people talking about 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.880 my flannel shirt. This is a Bengal shirt. It's got 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:04.720 the little Bengal logo right there on the pocket. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:05.280 There you go. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.000 It's good to go there. And I think to Tea, 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.280 tell me we're ready to go. Team all right, we're good. 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.719 Let's jump on the hot line man and the man 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.920 who's down on the sideline when the games are going 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.280 on for the Chicago Bears, giving that eyewitness report, our 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.520 pleasure to welcome to the Bengals peparalley. So, Jason McKee, Jason, 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:24.240 how are you, brother? 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:25.480 Good? 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.600 How you guys doing good? 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.760 We're doing fantastic, man. This is obviously a big game 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:35.160 for both teams. Not a good outcome in Baltimore for you, 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.600 certainly not good for us here. What do you look 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.800 at as the number one focus for the Bears coming 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:41.640 into this game? 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:43.120 Yeah? 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.320 I think for the Bears, I think the message all 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.960 week has been cleaning up self inflicted mistakes pre snat 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:54.920 penalties that really plagued the Bears offense, which has, you know, 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.760 hindered them for putting up touchdowns. They've relied on stield 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.720 goals the past few weeks, and I know that's been 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.000 a real point of emphasis throughout this week of practice, 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.280 trying to get that cleaned up so that way they 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.640 can put touchdowns on the board. And defensively, it's the 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.520 same thing though, they've been trying to stop the pass. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.240 The Bears have been down some corners. Jalen Johnson has 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.600 been out all year, Kyler Gordon just went an IR 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.600 so they're down some corners. Have just signed Chauncey Gardner 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.160 Johnson to come help alleviate some of that boyd that 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.559 was left by those guys. So defensively, they've been trying 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.920 to shore up that defense on the back end, and 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.400 they're gonna need it with what you guys have over there. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.520 Yeah, there's definitely some quality receivers over here on this 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:41.920 side of At this end of it, Joe Flacco can 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.000 can rally and get himself ready to go and play 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:46.760 in this football game, and I think he will start. 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:48.680 I think he will play, and I think he'll be 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.559 delivering the football pretty well. The injury factor, like we're 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.480 talking about with football teams, Both teams have been nicked 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.520 up and have have had their share of injury struggles 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.240 when healthy, How good are the Chicago Bears? 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:06.640 Yeah, I think they can be really good. It's it's 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.040 you know, they have talent at the receiver positions. Obviously 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.840 Caleb the young quarterback with a lot of ability that's 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.680 still you know, growing and developing. You've got a guy 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.280 that's in his second year, his second system on another 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.520 head coach. So, uh, there's been growing pains, but there 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.400 also has been you know development as well. And when 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.559 you look at the defensive side of the running backs, 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.320 I'm sorry, I'll stay there. At the running backs, you 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.440 have a young guy and kym an young guy who 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:36.160 had drafted in the seventh round out of Rutgers Deandres 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.800 that had some really good games. Uh, they got they're 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.280 good at the tight end position with with Cole Comet 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.240 Coast and Lovelin, and you know, we flip flipped the 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:45.720 script going to the defensive. 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:45.920 Side of the ball. 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.320 They've got a ton of guys on a defensive line 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.600 that can make plays. Obviously Montese sweating the focal point 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.640 of that group, but Javon Exter has played well. Dale 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.840 with Dingo is a guy they brought over in fregency 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.679 from the Indianapolis coach who they've been you know, relying on. Uh, 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.720 they've Also they also signed Grady Jarrett. So that linebacker position, 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.840 you've got good linebackers veterans and t. J. Everards and 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.760 Tremaine Edmonds, and like I said, in the back end 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.800 has been you know, we thought of it was going 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.000 to be a position of strength, but due to injuries, 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.240 it's been, you know, a position of weakness that they've 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.880 been trying to bolster. So the Bears can be as 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.560 good as they want to be, but they've got to 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.640 you know, correct some of the things I talked about 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:29.400 in terms of offensively self inflicting mistakes. Defensively, they got 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.000 to be you know, get to the quarterback and be 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.400 more adept at stopping the run and being able to 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.120 limit the amount of yard of giving up in the bass. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:38.079 Right. 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:42.120 You know, it's interesting to excuse me, certain teams just 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.920 have an identity. They draft that identity. Uh, they're known 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.800 by that identity. And the Bears defense is one of 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.000 those examples. I mean, there are the takeaway machine right 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:55.000 now with a plus ten differential. Uh, what makes these 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:56.640 guys so good at ball hawking? 0:12:58.400 --> 0:12:58.640 Yeah? 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.720 And coach Al Harrison, who runs that secondary, he talked 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.760 about this a few weeks ago in which you know, 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.000 taking away the football, he said, as a mindset. So 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.959 he said, if you don't have that mindset and mentality 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.440 every single day that you're out there on the practice field, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.280 and you're not going to get those takeaways in the game. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.200 And he says, his secondary teaches those guys that, hey, 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.360 when that ball is in the air, you're the receiver, 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.840 you're going to attack that ball like the quarterbacks throwing 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.440 it to you. So they had that type of mentality 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.800 and that ball hawking mindset, and that's what's led to 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.240 a lot of takeaways for this Bears defense. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:37.080 The Bears defense, you know, looking at the Chicago Bears 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.920 defensively and as an organization, as a football team, historically, 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.920 things they've done well played, but kicking defense, you know, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:51.520 they destroy you. Defensively, They basically take your soul away 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:56.079 from you. Offensively and say, okay, well maybe better luck 0:13:56.120 --> 0:14:01.040 another day. It's not happening today. And then offensively, you know, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.400 they want to run the football, they can throw it. 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.400 They got Caleb Williams, a very talented young quarterback, but 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:09.040 I think he would be the first to tell you 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.960 that once the running game is going, his play action 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.320 pass game and things of that nature are much easier 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:21.240 to execute. What is it about the Chicago Bears. They've 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:25.280 had a history for a long time, uh successful history 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:30.160 of playing great defense, shutting down the running game, making 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.680 it difficult to pass, and then shutting down your running 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.160 game on when you're on offense and making it difficult 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.880 for you to throw the football. Is that still their mindset? 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:41.400 You owe that a doubt. 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.480 It's It's been a formula that has worked with this 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:49.720 organization for years. Despite what type of personnel that you 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.400 have on your roster, that formula has been proven. I 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:55.840 was a part of that formula for seven years. And 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.640 you know with the Bears, they want they want to 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.920 get off the bus running obviously, they want to play 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.480 great defense and get takeaways, put the offense on short 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:09.000 fields and advantageous field position, and then play solid special team. 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.240 So it's something when you look at the Bears wins 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.360 this year, they did those things. They ran the ball well, 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:19.040 defense was sound, and you know we had not necessarily 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.200 you know, returning kicks back in the day like Devin 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.480 Hester did. But your special teams did not do anything 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.200 to make you lose a game. And when you have 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:31.520 that formula here in Chicago that usually generates wins. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.240 You know. One of the things I've always felt for 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.520 and had some compassion for Caleb Williams because he's gone 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:43.200 through a series of coordinators, but it seemed like he's 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:47.440 finally kind of settling man. And then with Rome Adouze, 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.960 I hope I'm saying his name correctly, got thirty one 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.280 catches already this year, that they're they're maybe developing some chemistry. 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.760 Is it fair to say that now he's probably finally 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:57.640 getting comfortable? 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.600 Yeah, I think with I think it's I think it's 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.720 a continual process. And he says that, you know, each 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.440 and every game he's still learning, you know, still learning 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.440 the offense. And I think that's something that's going to be, 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:15.000 you know, week to week. Like like I talked about earlier, Uh, 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.800 you know on radio, you're gonna see there's gonna be growth, 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:20.920 which you're going to see Caleb make some big plays, 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.800 make splash plays, look great at times, but the growing 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.720 pains are going to come with what we saw last week. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.440 We saw a turnover at interception UH that led to 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:31.840 you know, in a critical situation that led to a 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:36.200 Ravens you know scoring uh, a scoring drive and those 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:37.520 are the thing that's going to happen with a young 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.880 quarterback that's in the second system with the new head coach. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:43.840 So yeah, he's He's done a lot of great things. 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.920 You talked about the chemistry has with Roun, with Dunes 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.640 that you talked about, the weapons he has at his disposal. 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.760 But there's gonna be a lot of growing pains with 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.880 Caleb just because he is a young, talented quarterback. And 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.680 we see a lot of quarterbacks in this league who 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.560 who actually mature and develop at different times. We see 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.360 Sam Dar finally starting to get it. We see Baker 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.120 Mayfield on another team finally starting to play the way 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:08.520 that they envision and playing. So these quarterbacks, their careers 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.280 will take off at different times, and these quarterbacks pick 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.919 up the game at different times, and they see the 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:15.680 game differently at different times in their career. 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.240 So the Chicago Bears have been around the National Football 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:22.879 League for a long time, There's no question about it. 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:30.240 They're a historic organization and their DNA is physicality and 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.479 they have a mental toughness as well. And when you 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.520 go to Chicago to play the Chicago Bears, you better 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.880 bring it because they are and they're gonna it's gonna 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.600 be a long day for you if you're not playing 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:44.840 at a high level of intensity. And the same thing 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.040 when they're on the road, and really they're not traveling 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.760 very far coming down to Cincinnati, And I'm wondering how 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:54.640 many fans from Chicago be traveling down with the Chicago 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.080 Bears trying to come to Cincinnati to go to this 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.399 football game. I wonder what kind of tickets are, what 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.159 kind of prices they're they're charging for those tickets. But 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.520 I hope the Bengals fans show up in full throw 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.679 because the Bengals are gonna need it. They're gonna need 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.720 it at home. They're gonna need that support from the 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:16.080 fan base. They're gonna need that uh uh, those vocal cords, 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:18.760 you know, to be to be challenged and stressed a 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:23.600 little bit, because, man, I'm telling you this Bears football team. 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:27.000 You know, the record doesn't show it right now, but 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:30.439 this team can run it. Their offensive line gets after it. 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.160 Their offensive line can come off the football and knock 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.399 you back. They can double team and rub to the 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:38.720 next level. They're athletically that at gifted, you know, to 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:42.800 do that kind of thing. Defensively, they're aggressive and they 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:46.280 get after you. Uh, they're physical and mentally physically and 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:50.680 mentally tough as well. I'm telling you, playing the Chicago Bears, Uh, 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.680 you might win the football game, but you might might 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.480 lose the physical battle. And so doing, you're gonna be 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.880 in the in the training room the next the next 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:01.240 day or the next week with a lot of icebags, 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:03.560 you know, and and uh and and taking care of 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:04.520 some bumps and bruises. 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:06.920 It's not the way. 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:09.800 Is that what the Bears were? 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.200 Yeah, the way you just described it, you know, you 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.680 gave me flashbacks in which I almost ran in and try 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:17.880 to try to find a helmet, you know, to get 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:21.520 out there and get a mouth piece, and you described 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.320 it so well. It's but that's exactly I mean, that's 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.760 exactly what you know. This organization is built upon it. Right, 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:30.680 you look at the Monsters of the Midway, and it's 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:32.800 not just a name. It's not cliche when you look 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.240 at the players that have warned you know, the Bears uniform, 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.840 they've been that type of player, right. And and the 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.080 Bears draft players based upon traits, They draft players based 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:45.040 upon personality, and they draft players in which they feel 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:48.040 like you could perform. Well, you know in this type 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:49.600 of climate that they're going to be in half of 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.920 the year and they got to have that physical trait 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.439 and that's just pretty much being a bear. And you 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:55.440 describe it to a tee. 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.280 Well, you know, last question before we let you go 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:00.960 in the man, thank you you again, man for making 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:03.000 time for it. Is Kevin byern Man. I remember when 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.760 he was at Tennessee and you know, he moved from 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:08.159 there and I think went on the Philadelphia Knights there. 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.440 But man, he's having a really really pro Bowl type year. 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:14.159 Yeah, he is. 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:17.080 He's just been a guy who's just finds the football, 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:18.679 or it seems like football finds him. 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:19.800 He's like a magnet. 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:24.080 Stuck in because I mean every time you look up, 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:27.200 he's either getting his hands on a football or he's 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.919 intercepting the football, and those are really good things. You know. 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:33.480 He just has a knack for being able to disguise coverages. 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.439 He has an understanding through his film study and in 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:39.359 terms of what type of route concepts that offense is 0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:42.960 trying to present to the defense, and through that study, 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.399 he puts himself a position to get those takeaways. So 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:47.600 he's he's been you know one of the captains on 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.320 this team, but not only just a captain. He's actually 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:52.840 going out there and playing, uh, you know, like one 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:55.720 of the elite leaders on this team, especially when they 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.320 need him. When you're when you're down a Jalen Johnson, 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.320 when you're down a College Gordon, you need a guy 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:03.560 like Kevin Byr to step up and get these takeaways. 0:21:03.600 --> 0:21:05.920 So that's what he's been doing and it's been pretty good. 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:09.399 It's been awesome to see hey, brother, Thank you so 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:10.320 much for joining us. 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:10.520 Man. 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:12.880 We look forward to seeing you this weekend and all 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:13.560 the best to you. 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:15.440 That sounds good. 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:17.080 You guys, take care and thanks for having me. 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:18.959 Thanks Rich trout Right. 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:21.920 Jason McKee from the Chicago Bears. He's a sideline reporter, 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:24.280 former fall back as well. We'll take a break. We'll 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:26.800 be back with Tom Thayer on the offensive line, former 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:30.680 offensive lineman. As the Bengals Pet Rowley Show continues, presented 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:35.960 by Just Bear Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. Welcome 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:38.119 back to the Bengals pep Rowley Show presented by Just 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:40.920 Bear Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. Wayne box Filler, 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:42.920 Dave Lapping with you. Glad to have you a board. 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:45.439 Don't forget the Ulti Fiber, the official Wi Fi and 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:49.479 Internet provider of the Bengals and Greater Cincinnati's fastest internet 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:52.760 with up the two gigs of symmetrical speed. I don't 0:21:52.760 --> 0:21:56.160 know what symmetrical it is, or asymmetric or across symmetrical, 0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:57.920 but I do know how to go to the hot 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:01.040 line and get one of your colleagues form offensive lineman 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:04.919 now analyst for the Chicago Bears. Our pleasure. Welcome to 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:08.280 the show, Tom theyer. Tom. How you doing, brother, I'm 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:08.760 doing well. 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:10.520 I appreciate you guys having me on. 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:14.080 Well, we appreciate it. I'll turn it over to my 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.000 colleague and offensive lineman Dave Lapham. 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:20.480 Much appreciated box. Tom, you were a hell of a player. 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:25.320 Congratulations on a magnificent a career with the Chicago Bears, 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:30.040 and it was full of successes and awards for your 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:36.000 team individually. You probably had a probably dreams as a 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:39.600 youngster about playing in the National Football League, and your 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:41.320 dream couldn't have come sure any better, could it? 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:43.080 Yeah? 0:22:43.119 --> 0:22:45.160 You know, Dave, I grew up a Chicago Bears sad 0:22:45.240 --> 0:22:48.280 my whole life being from Joey at Illinois and before 0:22:48.320 --> 0:22:51.320 they had all the channels and the satellites where you 0:22:51.320 --> 0:22:55.080 could go and gravitate or watch any seam that you 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:56.280 like the players from. 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:57.679 You had to grow. 0:22:57.480 --> 0:22:59.680 Up born in nineteen sixty one. You had to grow 0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:01.639 up in say a Bears fan. So I've been a 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.400 Bears fan my whole life, and now it's a little 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:07.440 different because I'm an alumni, a season ticket holder. I'm 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:11.080 an a Bears fan and the broadcaster. So it seems 0:23:11.119 --> 0:23:13.440 like every time you ask me a question, you got 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:15.919 to tell me what guy are you asking that question to? 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:17.200 And I'll give you that answer. 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:23.159 You know, Tom, one of the things I wanted to 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:26.960 ask you about is, you know, the Bears probably would 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:29.400 like to be better than they are on third down conversion, 0:23:29.440 --> 0:23:32.280 but that defense is really holding their end. I mean 0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:35.600 probably under thirty percent or so. I'm looking at that. 0:23:36.480 --> 0:23:38.000 What do you think they need to do to get 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.840 better on third down? As far as the Bears offense concern, 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:42.840 you know. 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:45.959 I still think it's a process of Caleb Williams learning 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:49.800 the Ben Johnson's system so perfectly. He knows where all 0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:52.919 the openings and opportunities are going to be when he 0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:55.960 looks across the line, of scrimmage and see what defense 0:23:55.960 --> 0:23:58.560 they're offering him. And then if he does have to 0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:02.720 go to the alternate flight the huddle, exactly what that 0:24:02.880 --> 0:24:04.800 meant to the other ten guys in the huddle. 0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:08.280 And I'm not I think I'm more realistic. 0:24:07.800 --> 0:24:12.840 About the difficulty of a quarterback mastering the terminology. And 0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:16.480 I think the longer that Caleb is fortunate to be 0:24:16.520 --> 0:24:19.000 in the system, the better he gets. And we may 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:22.800 not see the best of Caleb Williams until next year. However, 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:26.560 he is making those incremental improvements. But when you look 0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:30.520 at a specific down in distance and you know third down, 0:24:30.600 --> 0:24:33.600 or even look at the red zone, that's where the 0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:36.560 Bears are having the most difficulty. And last week the 0:24:36.720 --> 0:24:40.240 two field goals came back to haunt them. And you know, 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:43.720 like you said, the third down is needs to definitely 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:44.240 get better. 0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:49.240 You mentioned red zone, third down, couple of areas of 0:24:49.359 --> 0:24:52.879 concern and very important obviously to have success, you have 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:55.199 to you have to be able to execute well in 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:58.919 those those two areas for sure. Where else? What is 0:24:59.200 --> 0:25:02.240 where is theiggest problem in your mind? Why are the 0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:06.639 Chicago Bears kind of middle of the road? I guess 0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:09.280 as such in terms of how it's gone so far 0:25:09.760 --> 0:25:12.399 this season. Is there any one area or are there 0:25:12.480 --> 0:25:14.840 multiple areas where they're need draft improvement. 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:17.560 Well, there's two areas to me. 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:21.360 Number one is the fact that they're not getting sacks 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:25.920 and getting pressure on the quarterback that results and you know, 0:25:26.119 --> 0:25:29.160 just the pressure that a good defensive line can put 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:31.919 on a quarterback and change the whole process and the 0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:35.640 thinking process of his game. And you know, they have Montesewen, 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.439 and they brought in Grady Jarrett, and they have dio 0:25:38.520 --> 0:25:42.040 O Dangbo, and they have Gervon Deck. So they drafted high. 0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.679 So they do have guys that should be able to 0:25:44.680 --> 0:25:47.360 win battles. And that was one of the challenges that 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:50.919 Ben Johnson put to the defensive line this week is 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:53.320 that if you have a one on one, you better 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:55.679 do something with it. And so I think that's a 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:58.639 sense of urgency. And then number two, maybe two A 0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:02.520 is the fact that they tried to develop and bring 0:26:02.520 --> 0:26:06.359 along an offensive line that was bought through free agency 0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:09.320 but still glaring uncertainty at. 0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:10.720 The offensive tackle position. 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:14.000 And I think when you're trying to put in a 0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:17.800 new system, you need that same offensive line to be intact. 0:26:18.160 --> 0:26:20.440 You need to have them listen to the cadence of 0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:24.320 the quarterback a thousand times or fifteen hundred times so 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:28.359 they can be you know, be able to anticipate the 0:26:28.440 --> 0:26:30.960 rhythm of account which they haven't been able to do yet. 0:26:31.320 --> 0:26:34.680 And they're having some fall start penalties or just some 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:39.120 issues on the offensive line that keeps them from you know, 0:26:40.640 --> 0:26:45.000 just rely. I mean, they're not capitalizing on good field position. 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:47.199 And what I mean by that is last week in 0:26:47.240 --> 0:26:49.840 the red zone, it was a third and one and 0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:53.760 rather than understanding the rhythm of the cadence, the tight 0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.439 end jumped off sides, put them in a third and 0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.680 six and then that which led to ultimately having you 0:26:59.720 --> 0:27:02.920 set up for the field goal. So offensive line and 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:05.439 defensive line are one in one. A. 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.239 You know, when you talk about the kicking game and 0:27:10.280 --> 0:27:12.480 neither team has had anybody take it to the house, 0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:16.119 do you feel like their special teams is on the 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:19.119 verge or cusp of a big play. 0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:21.239 You know, that's a great quing. 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:23.879 You know, I spent every single game in my professional 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:27.639 career on kickoff return and I was frustrated when they 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:30.160 were just kicking into the end zone and taking them 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:32.640 out from that point so I was excited to see 0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:35.359 what this new kickoff kickoff return was going to offer 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:39.119 the NFL. And I've been a little disappointed about the 0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:43.199 you know, big yard returns or even touchdowns for that matter. So, 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:46.320 you know, coach Hogh Tower still waiting to see. They 0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.880 had their longest return last week by Devin Duburne, which 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:52.840 was a fifty yard return. But I think the Bears 0:27:52.880 --> 0:27:57.040 are really waiting on a punter that they drafted last 0:27:57.160 --> 0:28:01.920 year out of University of by While in the fourth round, 0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:05.080 who you know, has the reputation of being a big 0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:09.359 banger in the Midwest outdoor football, perfect for the Chicago Bears. 0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:13.000 And even though he had a great punt last week 0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:16.160 that was brought back because of a penalty, they're still 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:21.240 waiting for him to be the Ray guy Er whatever, 0:28:21.400 --> 0:28:25.399 the greatest punter in the NFL history. They're still waiting 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:28.720 for Tory Taylor to become that big footed punter. 0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:34.119 You know, you know football, you know good football. You 0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:38.360 know football players. You know good football players, guys to 0:28:38.720 --> 0:28:42.400 execute and play at the highest level. To your eye, 0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:45.680 as a broadcaster who's watched the Chicago Bears for many years, 0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:48.840 this year's version of the Bears. Who are the better players. 0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:52.160 You know, TJ. 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:54.760 Edwards has been a heck of a player. Kevin Byern 0:28:54.800 --> 0:28:57.800 at the safety position has been a really good player. 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:01.400 It's Jaquanton Brisker at the safety. If he can stay 0:29:01.440 --> 0:29:03.920 healthy he missed almost the whole year last year with 0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:07.560 a concussion, he can be he can be a good player. 0:29:07.840 --> 0:29:10.240 You know, Joe Tooney who they brought here as a 0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:16.120 free agent. Fundamentally, he's still playing some of the best offensive. 0:29:15.600 --> 0:29:17.480 Guard that there is in the league. 0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:20.720 After all this time, we're still waiting for guys like 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:24.440 Cole Comett and Darnell Wright to be those players that 0:29:24.480 --> 0:29:27.800 they were drafted to be. Cole Comett has showed signs 0:29:28.040 --> 0:29:31.080 that he has the ability to be one of the 0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:34.200 top tight ends in the league. But you know, just 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:37.040 because of the installation of this new offense, he hasn't 0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:39.840 been getting targeted like he has in the past. And 0:29:39.880 --> 0:29:42.920 then Darnell Wright with the eleventh pick in the draft 0:29:42.920 --> 0:29:45.200 a couple of years ago, at the offensive tackle position 0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:49.240 out of Tennessee. We're waiting for him to turn into 0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:53.440 that physical, dominant presence at right tackle that when you 0:29:53.560 --> 0:29:55.640 need that third and one or you got to go 0:29:55.800 --> 0:29:58.000 for it on fourth and one or you need a 0:29:58.040 --> 0:30:00.840 bread and butter play. He's got a be that guy. 0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:05.120 I think they still have, excuse me, a high upside, 0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:07.880 but we're waiting for them to get there. In the 0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:11.200 ultimate prize is Caleb Williams. 0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:10.840 If he. 0:30:12.320 --> 0:30:17.160 Really grows inside this Ben Johnson offense. 0:30:17.200 --> 0:30:19.280 And you know day, which is kind of crazy. 0:30:20.000 --> 0:30:22.680 You know that a couple of weeks ago, after the 0:30:22.720 --> 0:30:25.240 game is over, Jeff Joniak and I get to interview 0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:27.640 him first, and I asked him because he often talks 0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:31.720 about pressing the repeat button at halftime or the reset 0:30:31.760 --> 0:30:35.080 button at halftime, and I said, well, if you press 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:39.000 the reset button, how often do you press the repeat button. 0:30:38.760 --> 0:30:41.640 During a game? He says he never calls the same 0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:46.160 play twice. And to me, when. 0:30:45.960 --> 0:30:51.120 You're talking about mastering terminology, every single play changes. You 0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:55.480 don't repeat one that back in our day, probably forty 0:30:55.920 --> 0:30:57.360 of our game plan you could. 0:30:57.600 --> 0:30:58.840 It's installed week. 0:30:58.720 --> 0:31:00.720 To week and you just something you go accustomed to. 0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:03.280 And so I think that does. 0:31:03.160 --> 0:31:08.160 Present the more difficult learning curve or Caleb, than if 0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:10.880 you had an offense that was consistent week to week. 0:31:12.560 --> 0:31:15.200 Hey, Tom, I tell you, man, that's great information and 0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:17.440 we appreciate you so much. Look forward to seeing you 0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:20.160 this weekend at Cincinnati, and and thank you for making 0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:21.280 some time for us today. 0:31:22.720 --> 0:31:25.120 You know Dave Lampton, he's still the king of all 0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:28.040 radio broadcasters nearly forty years. 0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:31.760 We only strive to be in the booth that long. 0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:36.040 Yeah, you got that right. And I'm so far away 0:31:36.160 --> 0:31:41.800 I'm probably California to Maine in terms of distance. Appreciates, 0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:42.840 appreciate you guys. 0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:45.400 Save travels. Tom. 0:31:45.480 --> 0:31:47.200 All right, man, we'll take a break. We'll be back 0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:49.160 with more of the Bengals. Pep Rallley Soho presented by 0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:55.760 just Bear Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network was pep 0:31:55.840 --> 0:31:58.920 Rowley Show broadcasting live right here and on the Ryan 0:31:58.960 --> 0:32:02.360 Eatery under these Court Street. Uh, you got to get 0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:06.280 out here. So many nice restaurants, so much good food, burgers, wing, 0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:10.560 solid drinks, patio. And thank you to all our fans 0:32:10.600 --> 0:32:13.720 and Bengal fans that come out, Big Dan, all of 0:32:13.720 --> 0:32:16.600 you guys coming out. Uh, it's just great to see 0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:20.440 people continue to follow this team and certain loyalty matters 0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:24.320 and Friday night stripes. There's anybody, Ohiokatz celebrating high school 0:32:24.320 --> 0:32:27.520 football across the region with games, giveaways and who they 0:32:27.600 --> 0:32:31.280 speed catch the Bengals in your community of Bengal, when 0:32:31.280 --> 0:32:34.640 you say catch is synonymous with Jamar chase it. Doue 0:32:34.680 --> 0:32:38.480 catches anything, everything comes his way and he continues to 0:32:38.520 --> 0:32:41.520 pile up the numbers and puts in the work that 0:32:42.160 --> 0:32:44.800 you start to say, why am I even surprised or 0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:47.600 amazed or anything? Seventy catches seven hundred and twenty yards 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:51.680 five touchdowns, averaging ten point twenty nine yards per Carrie 0:32:52.200 --> 0:32:57.480 met with the media this week, preparing. 0:32:57.000 --> 0:32:59.520 For both Jake and John and Frodi or are. 0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:01.560 You getting ready pretty much both? 0:33:01.640 --> 0:33:02.000 Whoever? 0:33:03.080 --> 0:33:05.000 Does it make the week any more challenging when there 0:33:05.080 --> 0:33:06.880 is a little bit of mystery surrounding who will be 0:33:06.880 --> 0:33:08.280 throwing past the Sunday? 0:33:08.640 --> 0:33:10.400 No, we still got to attack it the same way 0:33:12.960 --> 0:33:14.280 and just do us at the end of the day, 0:33:14.280 --> 0:33:15.720 we can't really worry about that situation. 0:33:16.040 --> 0:33:17.840 Does it change the way that you prepared throughout the 0:33:17.880 --> 0:33:21.800 course of the week? Now, how did Flaka look today? 0:33:22.640 --> 0:33:23.040 Regularly? 0:33:23.040 --> 0:33:25.240 Look pretty same? Didn't look I didn't even know it 0:33:25.280 --> 0:33:26.720 was injured for her? 0:33:27.440 --> 0:33:28.880 What was it like when you saw him coming back 0:33:28.880 --> 0:33:30.680 out of the tunnel on Sunday. Do you think that 0:33:31.200 --> 0:33:33.480 they're being shy to come back, but just like come 0:33:33.520 --> 0:33:34.240 back at that moment? 0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:37.200 Uh, If I'm being honest, I didn't. I didn't even 0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:39.560 see Flacker runs on the field. I just was in 0:33:39.600 --> 0:33:42.080 a huddle and I heard of play being caught and 0:33:42.120 --> 0:33:42.520 I looked up. 0:33:42.560 --> 0:33:43.959 It was Flacco, So I didn't. I didn't know what 0:33:44.040 --> 0:33:44.440 was going on. 0:33:46.120 --> 0:33:48.520 So I talked yesterday about, you know, about how much 0:33:48.560 --> 0:33:51.000 Flaka wants to play, given that he's only been here 0:33:51.040 --> 0:33:52.320 for a little bit. What's it like to see guy's 0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:54.120 been here for like a month and really wants to 0:33:54.120 --> 0:33:55.600 play through an injury like that. 0:33:58.680 --> 0:33:59.480 Mean still wants it? 0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:02.960 You know what I'm man, He loves this game, obviously, 0:34:03.040 --> 0:34:04.920 you could tell the way he plays and just the 0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:08.719 performance he gives off, the energy he gives off. But 0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:11.440 he's still attackses the same way practice throughout the week. 0:34:11.880 --> 0:34:13.560 You said you wouldn't find it practice, You didn't. You 0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:15.239 didn't see anything different about the way the ball was 0:34:15.239 --> 0:34:16.200 coming out or anything like that. 0:34:19.680 --> 0:34:22.719 How does it feel to be here at home in 0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:24.720 your own bed for such a long stretch after playing 0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:26.880 so many road games over the course. 0:34:26.719 --> 0:34:28.120 Of the first several weeks the season. 0:34:28.160 --> 0:34:29.680 Now you've been at home the last couple of weeks, 0:34:29.680 --> 0:34:30.600 then you get to bye week. 0:34:31.400 --> 0:34:32.040 How does that feel. 0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:37.160 It's good that we get a chance to play in 0:34:37.200 --> 0:34:39.640 front the crowd, front the home stap, the home field 0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:42.600 give us a better advantage just with the crowd and 0:34:42.600 --> 0:34:43.840 just getting points on the board. 0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:49.120 After a different after the difficult loss on Sunday. 0:34:49.160 --> 0:34:51.399 Actually, you're a captain now this year, it's a lot 0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:52.239 of young guys who. 0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:55.439 I'm sure were not thrilled with the way the game went. 0:34:55.520 --> 0:34:56.439 How do you now? 0:34:56.480 --> 0:34:56.640 You know? 0:34:56.680 --> 0:34:59.080 And a captain drill sort of calmed them down get 0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:00.000 ready for the next week. 0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:08.080 I wouldn't really say I calming them down anything. Uh, 0:35:10.480 --> 0:35:12.680 defense did their own thing with the meeting, how they 0:35:12.800 --> 0:35:15.000 you know, their stuff going on the offense does too, 0:35:15.080 --> 0:35:18.080 So we really can I'm really just controlling them the 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.480 things that I can control and the stuff that I 0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:22.160 can just give advice to the younger guys and just 0:35:22.200 --> 0:35:24.359 push them to be better and just getting the prep 0:35:24.400 --> 0:35:26.319 going for the week after a game like that. 0:35:26.320 --> 0:35:28.160 Tomorrow you obviously we're upset. 0:35:28.239 --> 0:35:29.880 You're professional or competitives. 0:35:30.520 --> 0:35:32.719 What of the last couple of days as you trying 0:35:32.719 --> 0:35:33.760 to process. 0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:34.279 Just move on. 0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:36.040 Uh. 0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:39.120 After the game, I was that that was my last 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.799 day thinking about the game. If I'm being honest, Once 0:35:42.840 --> 0:35:45.480 the next day happened, I got a transposition with all 0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:46.879 my focus going into the next game. 0:35:47.440 --> 0:35:50.600 How high we said for you to. 0:35:49.920 --> 0:35:50.279 Talk to. 0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:54.719 It wasn't hard for me to talk to y'all. It's 0:35:54.760 --> 0:35:56.520 just hard for me to give y'all a full answer. 0:35:57.320 --> 0:36:00.680 That's the hard part for me. Why is that because 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:03.960 I don't want to talk? 0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:04.919 Yeah, it does. 0:36:05.600 --> 0:36:07.759 Do you think if you happen you figure what it's talk? 0:36:10.200 --> 0:36:11.880 Yeah, I'm pretty sure probably. 0:36:13.360 --> 0:36:13.920 The full answer. 0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:18.640 Now, maybe it depends, I said. 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:20.920 Al Golden said that with the players meeting, the defensive 0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:24.080 players meeting that he doesn't know what was discussed or 0:36:24.160 --> 0:36:24.640 should he. 0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:26.880 Do you take the same approach or were you asking 0:36:26.920 --> 0:36:28.080 those guys what they were talking about? 0:36:28.200 --> 0:36:30.319 I would take the same approach. I mean, I talked 0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:33.279 to Gino Stone about it a little bit. Me and 0:36:33.400 --> 0:36:36.920 him had all our words about it, but I told 0:36:36.960 --> 0:36:38.400 him at the end of the day, like they can 0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:41.719 only control the things they control and don't over don't 0:36:41.719 --> 0:36:43.600 over don't overdo it with each other. At the end 0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:45.080 of the day, I still gotta have each other's backs 0:36:45.080 --> 0:36:46.799 and be a union. But that's all I can say 0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:47.120 to him. 0:36:47.239 --> 0:36:48.880 Do you think something like that can make a difference 0:36:49.080 --> 0:36:50.120 a meeting like that? 0:36:51.400 --> 0:36:51.600 Yeah? 0:36:51.600 --> 0:36:53.279 I can't. Yeah, what do. 0:36:53.239 --> 0:36:55.160 You feel like the offense probably need to do better 0:36:55.200 --> 0:36:59.840 at the end of games in order to make sure the. 0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:01.439 Uh probably closing out the game better. 0:37:03.239 --> 0:37:03.520 I don't know. 0:37:03.560 --> 0:37:04.080 It's hard to say. 0:37:04.080 --> 0:37:06.120 We wasn't in those positions like we were a lot 0:37:06.120 --> 0:37:09.800 this year, so I mean, we learned from the opportunity. 0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:11.320 Maybe we could have slowed the possesion down when we 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:12.080 scored too fast. 0:37:12.080 --> 0:37:15.359 Who knows, what what's your report like with Sack after 0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:16.000 a game like that? 0:37:16.680 --> 0:37:19.120 What's the rapport, what's the what's the dialogue. 0:37:18.680 --> 0:37:20.400 Like with Zack after a game like that? Do you 0:37:20.520 --> 0:37:22.640 guys sit down and go over things? And how is 0:37:22.680 --> 0:37:23.760 that kind of evolve Over. 0:37:23.600 --> 0:37:27.920 The years, everything still feels the same, pretty much normal. 0:37:28.600 --> 0:37:30.359 I mean, we still talk about the players that we're 0:37:30.360 --> 0:37:32.840 putting in or will put in, and you know, we 0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:36.640 go from that, but we don't really talk about stuff 0:37:36.640 --> 0:37:36.799 like that. 0:37:36.840 --> 0:37:38.520 I would assume that's a Joe Burrow thing. 0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:41.360 I know, you want to win every game and you 0:37:41.360 --> 0:37:43.040 have to win every game and or all of those things. 0:37:43.040 --> 0:37:45.280 That's your mindset, your mindset each and every week. 0:37:45.760 --> 0:37:47.640 Does it feel like your backs are against the wall 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.880 a bit after what happened Sunday going. 0:37:52.200 --> 0:37:54.600 I wouldn't say that, No, you know, I just feel 0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:58.719 like I would say we fell off a cliff of 0:37:58.760 --> 0:38:00.640 what we wanted to be at. What I'm saying, we 0:38:00.680 --> 0:38:01.480 got to climb back up. 0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:03.680 Is that possible? 0:38:04.440 --> 0:38:04.640 Yes? 0:38:05.200 --> 0:38:06.000 What's it gonna tell me? 0:38:06.120 --> 0:38:06.279 Now? 0:38:06.360 --> 0:38:08.160 At three and five? Knowing where y'all want to go? 0:38:08.600 --> 0:38:10.840 What's gonna take to make sure that y'all don't let 0:38:10.880 --> 0:38:11.600 that slip you further? 0:38:12.160 --> 0:38:13.719 You gotta close out the game a lot better. 0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:18.400 Defense, gotta adjust today the stuff that they talk about offense, 0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:21.000 Gotta close out the game better and just start fast 0:38:21.120 --> 0:38:21.560 in the game. 0:38:21.640 --> 0:38:22.960 You know, it sounds like a lot, but it's something 0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:23.480 that we can do. 0:38:27.160 --> 0:38:28.840 Thanks, Thanks, Thanks you. 0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:30.200 That was pretty dope. 0:38:36.680 --> 0:38:39.480 Does Jamar Chase? I thought somebody was coming with another question. Yo, 0:38:39.640 --> 0:38:45.320 this is a guy you don't have to worry about Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday. 0:38:45.800 --> 0:38:47.120 He's bringing it. 0:38:47.200 --> 0:38:51.600 He is Jamar Chase is a competitor, and he referenced 0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:55.640 that and Uh, it's a good thing. I mean it's 0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:59.520 Jamar Chase wants to win football games. He wants to 0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:03.360 be at his best at all times. He wants to 0:39:03.360 --> 0:39:06.680 be a big reason why the football team is winning 0:39:06.719 --> 0:39:11.480 football games. He is a football player. I mean that 0:39:11.680 --> 0:39:15.080 is the definition of the Jamar Chase. That's who he is, 0:39:15.480 --> 0:39:18.000 That's who he wants to be, and that's what he 0:39:18.040 --> 0:39:20.120 wants to be known for. He is somebody that went 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:23.600 out and gave it his all for his team, for 0:39:23.640 --> 0:39:26.560 his teammates, for the city of Cincinnati, for whatever the 0:39:26.680 --> 0:39:30.200 organization that he went out and emptied the bucket every 0:39:30.360 --> 0:39:34.960 single game, every single day, every single practice. Jamar Chase 0:39:35.080 --> 0:39:38.560 was doing everything he possibly could do to help his team, 0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:41.200 his organization win football games. 0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:42.719 No question out. We'll take a break and get back 0:39:42.719 --> 0:39:44.560 back and wrap up this first hour. You're listening to 0:39:44.600 --> 0:39:47.360 the Bengals pep Rally so broadcasting live on the Ride 0:39:47.760 --> 0:39:50.239 and one hundred. He scored straight on the Bengals Radio 0:39:50.320 --> 0:39:55.360 Network presented by Just Barticken. Welcome back to the Bengals 0:39:55.360 --> 0:39:58.040 pep Rally SOHO broadcasting live. I'm on the Rude ethery 0:39:58.080 --> 0:40:01.600 one hundred. He's scored streets US Bear, Chicken, Wayne box Millow, 0:40:01.640 --> 0:40:03.960 Dave lab I'm at now is time for the Catherine 0:40:04.000 --> 0:40:05.440 the health injury. 0:40:05.080 --> 0:40:09.839 Report lap, Yeah, Box. I think the Chicago Bears, as 0:40:09.840 --> 0:40:12.359 far as they're concerned, I don't think they have any 0:40:12.400 --> 0:40:15.360 debilitating injuries where a player is going to miss the 0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:18.680 game because of injury that took place during the course 0:40:18.719 --> 0:40:21.320 of the football game. I think they're probably still tired 0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:24.160 beating up all that. And whenever you play an NFL game, 0:40:24.600 --> 0:40:27.160 no matter who the opponent is, uh, you're going to 0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:30.320 have those kind of those kind of feelings when the 0:40:30.320 --> 0:40:33.279 football game is over because you put so much into 0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:39.120 it mentally, physically, you exhausted yourself. You emptied the empty 0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:41.680 the bucket, as they say, yeah, And I think the 0:40:41.760 --> 0:40:45.600 Chicago Bears did that. So they're recovering. They're in recovery mode. 0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:48.000 The Bengals, I think, came out of it pretty darn 0:40:48.040 --> 0:40:51.440 well too. I don't think that there's any injuries that 0:40:51.920 --> 0:40:54.680 is gonna are gonna cost the Cincinnati Bengals. Oh, he 0:40:54.800 --> 0:40:57.719 can't go, he can't start because he got nicked up, 0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:00.239 he got dinged in the football game, and it's gonna 0:41:00.280 --> 0:41:03.000 cost him some time. There may be a guy or 0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:05.880 two that missed a practice, But I don't think anything 0:41:05.920 --> 0:41:08.600 more significant than that. So I think both of these 0:41:08.600 --> 0:41:11.640 football teams are ready to roll. I think that it's 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:14.239 an important game for both teams. Both teams want to 0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:16.080 turn the war mess. I still want to get their 0:41:16.400 --> 0:41:19.440 seasons turned around. And the big question is who's gonna 0:41:19.440 --> 0:41:21.400 get it done, No question about it. 0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:23.640 We just got a recent update. DeAndre Swift has been 0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:24.680 ruled out for this game. 0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:27.320 Really, so that's a big yeah. 0:41:27.400 --> 0:41:28.480 Yeah, that just came in. 0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:29.840 And so what's his injury? 0:41:30.360 --> 0:41:34.320 They said, growing, He's got the groin, so it's gonna 0:41:34.320 --> 0:41:35.080 be tough on him. 0:41:35.160 --> 0:41:37.439 Yeah, that's loose Groun's a happy growing and this isn't 0:41:37.520 --> 0:41:38.520 very happy right now. 0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:40.360 No question about that. We got a happy group and 0:41:40.440 --> 0:41:42.520 we back with more. Is the Halloween edition of the 0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:45.000 Bengals PEP rallyes Hell Broadcasting Live. 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You got 0:42:58.239 --> 0:43:00.680 the grocery store down on the first floor, and then 0:43:00.680 --> 0:43:03.040 we're up on the second floor every week three to 0:43:03.120 --> 0:43:06.080 six and uh. We were gonna be joined by Chris 0:43:06.120 --> 0:43:10.480 Dienkins in the third hour. Some complications, he's gonna call in, 0:43:10.560 --> 0:43:13.600 he's gonna spend time with us that way, but apologize 0:43:13.600 --> 0:43:16.200 for that. But he was confirmed, double confirmed. As a 0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:18.400 guy who we used to do training, we say, don't confirm, 0:43:18.440 --> 0:43:22.120 double confirm. He was double confirmed, and things happened that way. 0:43:22.680 --> 0:43:25.120 Zach Taylor talks to the media this week, and we'll 0:43:25.120 --> 0:43:28.040 hear from him and Joe Flacco. Uh, but let's start 0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:30.239 with Zach Taylor as he gets ready for this game 0:43:30.320 --> 0:43:31.879 against dub Airs. 0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:36.560 Does he need I mean, you've seen, you've seen what 0:43:36.600 --> 0:43:38.880 he's done. Came in and played on a Thursday, you know, 0:43:38.920 --> 0:43:42.400 after three days of practice. So I think if anybody, 0:43:42.520 --> 0:43:44.440 if anybody in this league can get by with minimal 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:46.320 reps right now, it's it's tempt. 0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:48.440 So if he if he didn't practice at all, if 0:43:48.480 --> 0:43:50.200 physically he could go Sunday, you would. 0:43:49.960 --> 0:43:51.600 Still be Yeah, And we've got a plan in place 0:43:51.640 --> 0:43:53.879 to see what we can do physically during the week. 0:43:53.960 --> 0:43:56.600 So he won't be today, he won't be out there 0:43:56.640 --> 0:43:58.480 during the open portion of things will come out after that, 0:43:58.520 --> 0:44:00.560 but we got to play in place to see where 0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:08.359 he's at as the week goes. Yeah, I mean, here's 0:44:08.400 --> 0:44:09.960 the deal with him. I don't know because I've never 0:44:09.960 --> 0:44:12.879 done it. He wants to play in the game, and 0:44:12.920 --> 0:44:15.080 so kudos to him. Man, he's been here three weeks. 0:44:16.320 --> 0:44:18.359 He wants to play. I he hate speaking for him, 0:44:18.360 --> 0:44:20.279 but that's what he's told me. We'll have to work 0:44:20.280 --> 0:44:22.239 through the week to see if that's that's able to 0:44:22.280 --> 0:44:26.000 do that. It's a throwing shoulder, it's painful, but I mean, 0:44:26.680 --> 0:44:28.800 call a guy who wants to do that, wants to 0:44:28.800 --> 0:44:32.160 get out there and play with something like that. Credit 0:44:32.160 --> 0:44:34.080 to him. So we'll go through the week and see 0:44:34.080 --> 0:44:35.840 where it ends up and have Jake ready to go 0:44:35.880 --> 0:44:40.799 to and and just see how it plays out. Responded, Yeah, 0:44:40.840 --> 0:44:42.720 I've been happy with Jake's response. He's still working hard. 0:44:43.760 --> 0:44:45.320 If he's in there and he gets the opportunity, I 0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:47.600 have confidence in Jake that Jake can win us the game. 0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:49.560 So howeverd shakes out will have a great point in 0:44:49.600 --> 0:44:50.920 place to help those guys. 0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:52.560 Can you elaborate kind of what you mean kind of 0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:55.279 the whole kudos to him. Point about Flacco just getting 0:44:55.280 --> 0:44:55.799 here and wanted to. 0:44:55.800 --> 0:44:57.759 Play, Yeah, I mean he's been he wasn't hear in 0:44:57.800 --> 0:44:59.759 the off season, he wasn't invested in our training camp, 0:44:59.800 --> 0:45:01.759 you know. And so for him to come in and 0:45:02.120 --> 0:45:03.799 it would be easy to make a decision that there's 0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:05.799 no way I'm playing, you know, I just I've got 0:45:05.800 --> 0:45:07.600 a ac joint. We got a bye week next week. 0:45:07.719 --> 0:45:09.719 Let's just let this think. Heel up, and that has 0:45:09.719 --> 0:45:11.759 not been the communication he's given to me at all. Now, 0:45:12.120 --> 0:45:13.640 ultimately he may not be able to play. We may 0:45:13.680 --> 0:45:16.360 make that decision. But for him just to want to 0:45:16.400 --> 0:45:19.600 put it out there for our team himself, like he 0:45:19.640 --> 0:45:21.600 said before, He's just a football player. That's what he does. 0:45:22.800 --> 0:45:24.000 That certainly goes along with me. 0:45:24.239 --> 0:45:27.040 Understandable. He doesn't need the reps what he's done. 0:45:27.080 --> 0:45:31.360 But how comfortable do you need to feel on Sunday? 0:45:33.280 --> 0:45:35.440 No, I really don't. I mean again, I've I've seen 0:45:35.520 --> 0:45:37.359 him show up three days with no knowledge of our 0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:42.399 offense whatsoever. Jamar got minimal work that week. The next week, 0:45:42.400 --> 0:45:46.279 we got no physical reps whatsoever. And so I think 0:45:46.320 --> 0:45:49.080 that the proofs out there that you know, we we 0:45:49.080 --> 0:45:53.279 could do it if we needed to. I'm not that's 0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:57.279 not my terminology. We'll just work through the week and 0:45:57.320 --> 0:46:00.560 see rings up. He will not practice the same thing 0:46:00.560 --> 0:46:01.759 with pain Taler. 0:46:01.800 --> 0:46:04.839 It's almost and saying if he gets basically good enough 0:46:04.840 --> 0:46:08.520 for Sunday, it's probably the better question for Jacob being 0:46:08.520 --> 0:46:12.880 away for a couple of weeks, specially playing not playing. 0:46:12.920 --> 0:46:14.480 It's just kind of have to see how much that 0:46:14.480 --> 0:46:16.040 maybe helps him little bit to clear his head. 0:46:17.360 --> 0:46:19.840 Yeah, that probably better question for him. You know, he's 0:46:19.840 --> 0:46:23.160 had that experience before where he's played for us, and 0:46:23.239 --> 0:46:26.200 so again I've got confidenent them, I've seen him do it. 0:46:26.560 --> 0:46:29.120 We'll put together a great plan that that enhances everything 0:46:29.120 --> 0:46:29.520 we can do. 0:46:33.640 --> 0:46:39.600 Defense is eleven turnovers, Yeah, their first in the league 0:46:39.600 --> 0:46:41.560 and turnover margin, you know, and they've had a ton 0:46:41.600 --> 0:46:45.440 of takeaways, picks, fumbles, guy guys that have a real 0:46:45.520 --> 0:46:46.200 knack for the ball. 0:46:46.400 --> 0:46:46.560 You know. 0:46:46.560 --> 0:46:48.000 I know that the guys that are healthy right now, 0:46:48.040 --> 0:46:50.120 the backers and the safeties have done an excellent job 0:46:50.640 --> 0:46:52.920 taking the ball away from people anticipating throws, doing a 0:46:52.920 --> 0:46:54.920 great job with their covered structures of being in a 0:46:54.960 --> 0:46:56.040 position to be aggressive. 0:46:57.480 --> 0:46:57.680 You know. 0:46:57.760 --> 0:47:01.680 The unknown who they're corners are yet no with Tyreek 0:47:01.840 --> 0:47:04.600 to see how he plays out. But those guys in 0:47:04.640 --> 0:47:07.080 the in the dB room, I've had some turnovers as well, 0:47:07.120 --> 0:47:10.239 so a really good job. Again when you're number one 0:47:10.239 --> 0:47:12.719 in the league and turnover margin. That says a lot 0:47:12.719 --> 0:47:15.120 about how you're playing. And so it's a real challenge 0:47:15.120 --> 0:47:17.280 for our guys to protect the ball, protect the quarterback. 0:47:18.200 --> 0:47:19.360 I've got to get you in and over there as 0:47:19.360 --> 0:47:19.919 the world coach. 0:47:20.640 --> 0:47:23.080 What do you appreciate about what pe Ryan brings to 0:47:23.120 --> 0:47:23.560 the offense. 0:47:24.280 --> 0:47:27.480 I mean, he's just the same guy every day, you know, 0:47:27.600 --> 0:47:31.120 for years now. I always used to watch his tape 0:47:31.120 --> 0:47:32.800 when he was in Kansas City and Denver. I'd go 0:47:32.840 --> 0:47:37.000 through every week and watch his protections and just consistent 0:47:37.040 --> 0:47:40.200 throughout his entire career. Very reliable, hard to bring down, 0:47:40.320 --> 0:47:43.080 durable back understands where you're fitting the ball, does a 0:47:43.120 --> 0:47:45.759 great job in protection, has a great knack for the checkdowns. 0:47:46.600 --> 0:47:49.200 So again, just just the combination of him and Chase 0:47:49.239 --> 0:47:51.920 back there gives you a lot of confidence in your backfield. 0:47:51.960 --> 0:47:53.680 And Tas has really come along too, So it's a 0:47:53.719 --> 0:47:56.800 really good room. Justin's done a great job with those guys. Sama. 0:47:57.160 --> 0:47:59.400 Just again, he's the he's the the vet in the 0:47:59.480 --> 0:48:01.880 room that you does it exactly how you expected to do. 0:48:01.920 --> 0:48:03.319 Not that the other guys don't. They do a great 0:48:03.400 --> 0:48:05.960 job as well, but somas. He's just done it for 0:48:05.960 --> 0:48:06.439 a long time. 0:48:06.600 --> 0:48:09.359 You said you wouldn't classify it as a must winner, 0:48:09.360 --> 0:48:10.400 you wouldn't use those terms. 0:48:10.560 --> 0:48:11.920 What is your message do ye. 0:48:15.360 --> 0:48:16.880 With Flacco's situation? 0:48:17.000 --> 0:48:19.879 Do you have to do any differently with Sean Clifford 0:48:20.320 --> 0:48:21.080 just in case? 0:48:21.560 --> 0:48:23.600 Well, he'll get Scout team reps, you know, more so 0:48:23.719 --> 0:48:25.400 than he would have in the past, when when Jake's 0:48:25.400 --> 0:48:28.320 gotten most of those. So again, Brad always does a 0:48:28.360 --> 0:48:30.440 great job during the special teams period. That that's just 0:48:30.960 --> 0:48:33.520 any any quarterback room you're in, that's where you get 0:48:33.520 --> 0:48:34.799 the work for the guys that don't get a lot 0:48:34.840 --> 0:48:38.160 of reps. So certainly he'll get more with Joe being 0:48:38.200 --> 0:48:41.120 out and uh of practice today, he'll get He'll get 0:48:41.160 --> 0:48:43.400 more opportunity with Scout team reps and normally Jake takes 0:48:43.640 --> 0:48:46.319 pretty much all of them. So again that's where his 0:48:46.400 --> 0:48:46.960 work will come in. 0:48:47.600 --> 0:48:50.080 Zach, what did you learn over the three weeks that 0:48:50.200 --> 0:48:51.800 Jake was through and a half weeks that Jake was 0:48:51.800 --> 0:48:55.239 a quarterback in terms of the way you guys run things, 0:48:55.280 --> 0:48:57.480 the way he played, and then how quickly it kind 0:48:57.480 --> 0:48:59.680 of got better when Joe got your real lessons you 0:48:59.760 --> 0:49:01.040 took from that time period. 0:49:01.400 --> 0:49:05.080 I mean, it's that was a wholesale offense. We got 0:49:05.120 --> 0:49:08.319 to play better and and at times there were tough 0:49:08.360 --> 0:49:10.960 circumstances that the Minnesota game got out of control fast 0:49:11.000 --> 0:49:13.600 with just turnovers that that we've done an excellent job 0:49:13.640 --> 0:49:15.560 of preventing, you know, in terms of the fumbles and 0:49:15.600 --> 0:49:18.399 things like that. Next week we went on the road 0:49:18.440 --> 0:49:20.640 in a tough environment. I think Denver speaks for himself 0:49:20.680 --> 0:49:22.400 right now how they're playing on defense. That's that's been 0:49:22.400 --> 0:49:25.400 a tough challenge for everybody. And then Detroit obviously has 0:49:25.400 --> 0:49:27.080 been a great tam as well. They've been getting after everybody. 0:49:27.120 --> 0:49:30.080 So so it was a challenge for any quarterback that's 0:49:30.080 --> 0:49:32.480 playing those units. Obviously we didn't we didn't hold up 0:49:32.480 --> 0:49:34.400 to the challenge in any way, shape or form. That 0:49:34.560 --> 0:49:37.160 was on all of us. And we put that behind us. 0:49:37.160 --> 0:49:39.239 And now our offense is doing a great job these 0:49:39.320 --> 0:49:40.920 last couple of weeks and we got to keep doing that. 0:49:41.360 --> 0:49:42.960 And so if it's Jake that steps in, I got 0:49:42.960 --> 0:49:45.040 full confidence that that will continue to operate at a 0:49:45.120 --> 0:49:48.000 high level and be all score some points with that. 0:49:49.080 --> 0:49:50.920 So you think that the. 0:49:50.920 --> 0:49:55.120 Offense could pick up Jake's level play given the fact 0:49:55.120 --> 0:49:57.399 that they've been playing at a certain level. 0:49:57.640 --> 0:49:59.680 I think that's everybody. I think everybody picks everybody up, 0:49:59.760 --> 0:50:02.160 you know, and it's the quarterback lifting up others, others 0:50:02.200 --> 0:50:04.200 lifting up the quarterback. It's it's that's part of what 0:50:04.239 --> 0:50:07.000 a great unit does is find different ways for different 0:50:07.000 --> 0:50:10.040 guys to step up whatever position they play, maybe and 0:50:10.040 --> 0:50:11.960 and find a way to get the most out of everybody. 0:50:12.719 --> 0:50:14.920 Can you put your finger on the let's revived the 0:50:15.000 --> 0:50:18.360 running game in the last two weeks, big numbers. 0:50:18.680 --> 0:50:23.719 I mean, I think we've we've had better control is 0:50:23.760 --> 0:50:27.719 not a great word of the game, but just opportunity 0:50:27.920 --> 0:50:31.400 with with drives. I think you guys have heard me 0:50:31.640 --> 0:50:33.600 myself a million times. Getting that first first down really 0:50:33.600 --> 0:50:35.279 gives us a chance to get into a flow. And 0:50:35.320 --> 0:50:37.719 we've done a much better job of that these last 0:50:37.760 --> 0:50:39.080 couple of weeks. And so you got a chance to 0:50:39.080 --> 0:50:42.759 give the run game some opportunity there. And you know, 0:50:42.800 --> 0:50:46.279 sometimes people are so held being on on taking taking 0:50:46.320 --> 0:50:48.279 away our receivers, you know, so it opens up the 0:50:48.280 --> 0:50:50.560 great opportunity. Our guys have done a good job maximizing that, 0:50:51.320 --> 0:50:52.279 and we have to keep that up. 0:50:53.040 --> 0:50:55.560 There's something that switched to a point that you look 0:50:55.600 --> 0:50:56.840 at with the offensive. 0:50:56.400 --> 0:50:58.160 Line pitch're just saying how well he's felt like they 0:50:58.200 --> 0:50:58.880 have played. 0:50:58.600 --> 0:51:00.759 The last couple of weeks is something you feel like 0:51:00.800 --> 0:51:03.080 has been a turning point for them over the course 0:51:03.120 --> 0:51:03.600 of this year. 0:51:03.680 --> 0:51:05.920 They've worked really hard at it, you know, and even 0:51:06.000 --> 0:51:10.759 when we weren't really statistically you want the tape having 0:51:10.880 --> 0:51:13.560 having a great deal of success, we still believe that 0:51:13.640 --> 0:51:15.680 we were right there. It was just we got to 0:51:15.719 --> 0:51:20.040 fine tune some things to continue to improve. You know, 0:51:20.080 --> 0:51:22.359 We've we've had two young guards that are playing in there, 0:51:22.400 --> 0:51:23.959 and they're only going to get better with every rep 0:51:24.000 --> 0:51:27.000 they take. And so again we've been mixing in people 0:51:27.000 --> 0:51:29.400 in that room, and whoever it is, whether it's the 0:51:29.480 --> 0:51:32.440 two rookies, whether it's been Dalton or Lucas, I got 0:51:32.480 --> 0:51:35.840 confidence in that room continue to rise up. And again 0:51:35.840 --> 0:51:38.400 they have a lot of confidence right now. So sometimes 0:51:38.400 --> 0:51:40.400 you just get into a rhythm and things start to click, 0:51:40.440 --> 0:51:42.840 and you find a little bit of your identity in 0:51:42.880 --> 0:51:45.120 the run game. You start to maximize that and then 0:51:45.160 --> 0:51:47.440 you have some success and then the guys see, all right, 0:51:48.160 --> 0:51:50.520 we're working. We've got a great cohesive unit here. We're 0:51:50.560 --> 0:51:54.160 finding success in this That confidence gives you momentum, and 0:51:54.160 --> 0:51:55.799 then you continue to build off that momentum. I think 0:51:55.840 --> 0:51:57.520 that's just what these last couple weeks have been for us. 0:51:57.719 --> 0:52:00.919 There are a couple of running plays where it would 0:52:00.960 --> 0:52:03.000 be a big run and you see Orlando kind of 0:52:03.440 --> 0:52:06.080 big reaction pointing to the sidelight you, guys, is that 0:52:06.200 --> 0:52:08.759 something when you see stuff like that that. 0:52:08.840 --> 0:52:11.440 Convinces you to keep going back to it more? Does that? 0:52:11.520 --> 0:52:11.759 Is that? 0:52:12.000 --> 0:52:13.120 Can that impacting a play? 0:52:13.160 --> 0:52:13.480 Cards? Well? 0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:15.680 I think the success of the run is what impacts 0:52:15.719 --> 0:52:18.240 me as much as anything. It's great to have that emotion. 0:52:18.320 --> 0:52:19.879 It's great to have guys. Scott does a great job 0:52:19.880 --> 0:52:21.400 getting those guys to go cover down the field and 0:52:21.440 --> 0:52:23.800 pick people up, and Dalton has some great examples of 0:52:23.840 --> 0:52:26.839 that in Pittsburgh that stood out to me. Those guys 0:52:26.920 --> 0:52:29.600 all play with great energy and when you're finding success 0:52:29.719 --> 0:52:31.760 and the run war the path. When they say protect 0:52:31.760 --> 0:52:33.400 and they see Drew sample block two guys and to 0:52:33.400 --> 0:52:35.279 throw a stutter go to t Higgins for touchdown, they 0:52:35.280 --> 0:52:37.360 get as fired up about that as they do for 0:52:37.440 --> 0:52:41.440 the run game. So I think everything gets them excited 0:52:41.480 --> 0:52:43.640 when you're having success on offense and you're being efficient, 0:52:43.640 --> 0:52:47.000 you're being explosive and both run in pass and will 0:52:47.040 --> 0:52:49.319 continue to try to attack defenses as best we see 0:52:49.360 --> 0:52:53.839 fit for that week. Go ahead, Go ahead, Jeff. 0:52:54.880 --> 0:52:57.200 Ted gets a lot of pub for me, just ed, 0:52:57.960 --> 0:53:01.240 but as a player the last because he's getting older, 0:53:01.239 --> 0:53:04.400 it seems like he is getting almost better of it. 0:53:04.440 --> 0:53:07.000 As a head coach, Yeah, I mean he's he's does 0:53:07.040 --> 0:53:10.000 a great job. He is certainly a leader on the field, 0:53:10.040 --> 0:53:11.480 certainly a leader in the old line room. 0:53:12.400 --> 0:53:12.520 Uh. 0:53:13.000 --> 0:53:15.239 Probably my favorite time of day with Ted is the walkthroughs, 0:53:15.280 --> 0:53:19.160 just the commitment to excellency he's gotten the walkthroughs and 0:53:19.200 --> 0:53:20.960 the energy he plays with in the detail of trying 0:53:20.960 --> 0:53:22.440 to get it right and asking the right questions to 0:53:22.440 --> 0:53:24.240 get us going. So those are things that people wouldn't 0:53:24.239 --> 0:53:25.759 even see, you know, they see the emotion on the 0:53:25.760 --> 0:53:28.680 field and the effort he plays with. But he's consistent 0:53:28.680 --> 0:53:32.080 with that throughout the day, throughout the preparation, and it's 0:53:32.080 --> 0:53:34.440 great when you have a captain that's like that and 0:53:34.680 --> 0:53:37.200 continues to lead others the right way. That's he's pulling 0:53:37.239 --> 0:53:39.480 people up. He's trying to make everybody better. He's demanding 0:53:39.480 --> 0:53:41.360 of other people, and he's very demanding of the rookies 0:53:41.680 --> 0:53:44.719 next to him, and I think that's that's a big 0:53:44.800 --> 0:53:45.239 part of it. 0:53:45.920 --> 0:53:49.480 By week's coming up, how much do you guys weigh 0:53:49.480 --> 0:53:51.640 that into the system, you know, whether you best playing 0:53:51.760 --> 0:53:51.960 or not. 0:53:52.280 --> 0:53:54.120 We'll weigh everything in there. But we'll see how he 0:53:54.160 --> 0:53:56.440 feels as a week progresses, and we'll make a decision 0:53:56.440 --> 0:53:59.640 from that. And again there's certainly an element of protecting 0:53:59.640 --> 0:54:02.440 them from certain Now I'm got to trust him how 0:54:02.440 --> 0:54:05.440 he feels and how he communicates, and I trust eighteen 0:54:05.520 --> 0:54:07.719 years in he's probably played with injuries before on I 0:54:07.719 --> 0:54:09.799 can do this or I can't do this, And so 0:54:10.200 --> 0:54:12.239 I think we'll get good information as the next couple 0:54:12.200 --> 0:54:13.680 of days go bye and make our decision what we 0:54:13.719 --> 0:54:14.760 need to do given. 0:54:14.560 --> 0:54:17.080 The importance of his position. Could it go up to 0:54:17.120 --> 0:54:18.000 a pregame work. 0:54:17.800 --> 0:54:20.520 At like it might? You know, I've never been in 0:54:20.520 --> 0:54:22.799 this exact situation, So I hate to sit here on 0:54:22.800 --> 0:54:24.799 a Wednesday and to find exactly how the week's gonna look. 0:54:25.000 --> 0:54:28.120 We have an idea in our own heads, and Joe's 0:54:28.120 --> 0:54:29.680 on that same page, and we'll just see how it 0:54:29.680 --> 0:54:36.800 shakes out. Yeah, Yeah, he's been good I don't have 0:54:36.840 --> 0:54:38.920 any updates on there. It's gone as we had hoped. 0:54:39.760 --> 0:54:42.880 He's had a great attitude, great energy about him. You know, 0:54:42.960 --> 0:54:45.200 he's in the meetings, met with than one on one. 0:54:46.000 --> 0:54:49.359 He's been great to be around and optimistic and things 0:54:49.400 --> 0:54:51.080 have been going well. But I don't have any update 0:54:51.120 --> 0:54:51.960 on the timeline back. 0:54:52.000 --> 0:54:54.200 When when the defense needs a lift, you've talked about 0:54:54.280 --> 0:54:57.040 leaders stepping up, you spend more time during the practice 0:54:57.080 --> 0:55:00.640 week leaning that way, watching the defense, around the defense. 0:55:00.719 --> 0:55:01.040 Ord's that. 0:55:02.480 --> 0:55:04.680 It's the same as as I always do, you know, 0:55:04.719 --> 0:55:07.880 communicating with the defensive staff, interacting with the players. 0:55:09.560 --> 0:55:09.879 I do. 0:55:09.960 --> 0:55:11.640 I do spend time with the offense as well. As 0:55:11.640 --> 0:55:13.959 you're getting ready to call the game. That's important as well. 0:55:14.000 --> 0:55:16.319 So it's a head coach, you got to you got 0:55:16.440 --> 0:55:18.319 to manage a lot of different things. And I do 0:55:18.400 --> 0:55:19.880 everything I can to be there for the defense and 0:55:19.920 --> 0:55:23.640 help them with my feedback. And that's that's what I do. 0:55:23.840 --> 0:55:25.640 Are you seeing what you need to see out of 0:55:25.719 --> 0:55:27.520 a guy or a couple of guys in that room. 0:55:27.560 --> 0:55:29.000 I know it's still kind of early in the week. 0:55:29.120 --> 0:55:32.480 Yeah, Yeah, everything's been positive. Everything's the response has been 0:55:32.520 --> 0:55:34.000 what we have We haven't had an opportunity to do 0:55:34.040 --> 0:55:35.440 a lot yet. You know, we just had the meetings 0:55:35.480 --> 0:55:38.480 this morning, and the walkthrough that part is easy. It's 0:55:38.520 --> 0:55:40.920 easy to pass that test. And so again we'll just 0:55:40.920 --> 0:55:41.960 we'll see how the practices go. 0:55:42.360 --> 0:55:44.120 Knowing Ben Johnson for as long as you have, what 0:55:44.160 --> 0:55:45.480 do you thought of his first year as a head 0:55:45.560 --> 0:55:46.600 coach and the job he's doing. 0:55:46.960 --> 0:55:48.719 I think he's doing an excellent job. I think he's 0:55:48.760 --> 0:55:51.120 put together a really good staff. He's done a great 0:55:51.160 --> 0:55:53.080 job getting his team to where they're at right now. 0:55:53.080 --> 0:55:55.640 It's it's obviously it's challenging for every team. Everyone's trying 0:55:55.640 --> 0:55:57.560 to find a way to win, and everyone's got close games. 0:55:57.600 --> 0:55:59.920 But Ben's a very smart guy. I think he's been 0:56:00.040 --> 0:56:03.160 thorough and detailed and demanding, and I know that he's 0:56:03.160 --> 0:56:05.000 gonna be very successful during this time there. 0:56:05.280 --> 0:56:09.560 A medical staff feels like Joe Flacco is unable to go. 0:56:10.360 --> 0:56:11.960 What do you do as a backup? I mean, do 0:56:12.000 --> 0:56:13.520 you have Joel on the side. I mean, it's just 0:56:13.640 --> 0:56:15.960 the start against nicked up God forbid. 0:56:16.000 --> 0:56:17.440 And yeah, we'll see, we'll see as we get through 0:56:17.440 --> 0:56:19.719 the week exactly what our quarternight claim will be. 0:56:21.280 --> 0:56:23.760 All right as Zach Taylor talking with the media getting 0:56:23.800 --> 0:56:26.480 ready for Chicago Bears. He knows Ben Jonson Well is 0:56:26.520 --> 0:56:29.040 gonna be very interesting. We'll come back and break it 0:56:29.080 --> 0:56:31.040 all down. You're listening to the Bengals pep Prowley SO 0:56:31.160 --> 0:56:34.359 broadcasting life from on the Ryan Eatery one hundred Court Street, 0:56:34.360 --> 0:56:37.080 presented by Just Bear Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. 0:56:39.640 --> 0:56:42.359 Welcome back to the Bengals Pep Prowary SO broadcasting live 0:56:42.440 --> 0:56:45.040 from on the Ryan Eatery one underd ease Court Street, 0:56:45.480 --> 0:56:48.600 presented by just Bear Chicken on the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network. 0:56:48.680 --> 0:56:51.759 We heard from the coach. Now let's hear from the quarterback, 0:56:51.840 --> 0:56:55.640 the spinner. Not Joe Cool, but Joe calm, Joe Flacco. 0:56:57.760 --> 0:56:58.319 I feel good? 0:56:58.880 --> 0:57:00.800 Yeah, you feel good about. 0:57:02.120 --> 0:57:02.960 Yeah? I mean, I listen. 0:57:03.120 --> 0:57:05.200 I've never really talked about injuries before, so I don't 0:57:05.200 --> 0:57:05.719 know what to say, but. 0:57:05.719 --> 0:57:09.040 Yeah, I feel I feel good. Yesterday it went while 0:57:09.080 --> 0:57:10.040 I was happy without one. 0:57:10.200 --> 0:57:14.279 So what's the biggest obstacle point with that type of 0:57:14.320 --> 0:57:16.760 shoulder spring with how how does that make it's more 0:57:16.800 --> 0:57:18.040 difficult to maybe other natures? 0:57:18.960 --> 0:57:22.000 Yeah, well, I think it's I don't know I've never 0:57:22.040 --> 0:57:23.960 really dealt with it before, but I guess there's a 0:57:24.000 --> 0:57:26.200 point where it's not really up to you. It's just 0:57:26.240 --> 0:57:29.200 kind of how it's reacting and and and how you feel. 0:57:29.280 --> 0:57:35.280 So that's why I wanted to make sure, you know, 0:57:35.480 --> 0:57:36.880 I was able to test it out a little bit. 0:57:36.960 --> 0:57:39.320 So it was Wednesday, just today, We're just give it 0:57:39.360 --> 0:57:42.000 one more day and then give it the shot on Thursday. 0:57:42.560 --> 0:57:44.880 I didn't want to do anything to you know, I 0:57:44.880 --> 0:57:48.840 think the I think the idea was just treatment and 0:57:48.840 --> 0:57:52.160 and get as much as that, get as much of 0:57:52.200 --> 0:57:54.400 that as possible, get it feeling as good as possible, 0:57:56.360 --> 0:57:59.160 and then go from there, needing. 0:57:58.960 --> 0:57:59.960 To see how it reacts. 0:58:00.120 --> 0:58:02.200 Is that why even though you say you feel. 0:58:02.040 --> 0:58:04.320 Good about like you really need to need a couple. 0:58:04.200 --> 0:58:06.520 More nations to make sure on Sunday everything's good or 0:58:06.560 --> 0:58:08.840 at this point is it good? 0:58:09.120 --> 0:58:11.160 Well, I feel pretty good. I just think, yeah, I 0:58:12.360 --> 0:58:14.600 you don't want to just assume you're gonna be able 0:58:14.600 --> 0:58:17.720 to throw or not really know. So I think I 0:58:17.760 --> 0:58:20.120 wanted I definitely wanted to be able to go out 0:58:20.120 --> 0:58:22.240 there at some point this week and and and feel 0:58:22.280 --> 0:58:23.440 good about what was going on. 0:58:23.880 --> 0:58:26.720 I think that's all I was trying to say, kind. 0:58:26.640 --> 0:58:29.959 Sailer, kudos to you on wanting to try to play 0:58:30.000 --> 0:58:32.680 through this. Why is it so important to try to 0:58:32.720 --> 0:58:35.560 play through where you could have easily sent with the 0:58:35.560 --> 0:58:38.160 Bible on the other side to just this heel and 0:58:38.200 --> 0:58:39.720 come back out your side. 0:58:40.560 --> 0:58:43.360 I don't know. I didn't really give it much thought. 0:58:43.760 --> 0:58:47.040 I just always it's like, if you can, you know, 0:58:47.760 --> 0:58:50.360 just just you try to play. You're the quarterback, you know, 0:58:50.600 --> 0:58:52.640 and and then you take it from there. So I 0:58:52.640 --> 0:58:56.080 think my initial instinct is always just, you know, whatever 0:58:56.120 --> 0:58:58.560 we can do to get there and then adjust. 0:58:58.840 --> 0:59:01.880 Do you anticipate doing just normal pregame workout and all 0:59:01.880 --> 0:59:02.880 that kind of stuff on Sunday? 0:59:03.120 --> 0:59:06.520 Yeah, yeah, I don't do much, you know, going into 0:59:06.520 --> 0:59:10.800 the game anyway. And I mean, yeah, I don't necessarily 0:59:10.840 --> 0:59:13.680 anticipate trying to do anymore, just to just to just 0:59:13.720 --> 0:59:14.400 to go feel it. 0:59:14.320 --> 0:59:17.120 Out once the game starts, to you expect any limitations 0:59:17.240 --> 0:59:18.880 or you are just the same. 0:59:19.240 --> 0:59:20.880 It's gonna treat it the same, you know. 0:59:21.000 --> 0:59:23.440 If I'm out there and you know, then I'm treating 0:59:23.440 --> 0:59:24.880 it the same, just like any other game. 0:59:26.680 --> 0:59:29.040 I mean, it's the same amount of I. 0:59:28.960 --> 0:59:30.880 Think it's gotten better like there's certain things about it 0:59:30.880 --> 0:59:33.280 that is that have gotten better. I feel like I 0:59:33.480 --> 0:59:35.880 just not having dealt with it before, But I feel 0:59:35.920 --> 0:59:38.200 like it's something that definitely you can feel improvement on 0:59:38.280 --> 0:59:39.800 day to day. But at the same time, it's one 0:59:39.800 --> 0:59:42.520 of those things that you know, you can aggravate it 0:59:42.560 --> 0:59:44.680 and piss it off and and all those things. 0:59:44.720 --> 0:59:50.040 So the offense responded the Steeler game and against the 0:59:50.120 --> 0:59:52.560 Jets for the most part last week. Do you feel 0:59:52.720 --> 0:59:56.960 a sense of obligation the offense really produced with you 0:59:57.080 --> 0:59:58.439 there you want to. 0:59:58.560 --> 1:00:00.200 I think when you're the guys out there play in 1:00:00.280 --> 1:00:03.440 you always there's always a sense of obligation to to 1:00:03.560 --> 1:00:05.960 go out there and and and be there for your team. 1:00:06.160 --> 1:00:09.440 I mean I missed, you know, and sent in in 1:00:10.120 --> 1:00:11.919 kind of terms of that showing up for your team, 1:00:12.080 --> 1:00:13.200 Like I missed. 1:00:13.000 --> 1:00:14.520 My second son's birth because I wanted. 1:00:15.000 --> 1:00:16.760 I thought it was important for the quarterback to be 1:00:16.800 --> 1:00:18.760 out there, and you know, I didn't know I was 1:00:18.760 --> 1:00:20.800 gonna miss it, Like it just so happened. 1:00:20.440 --> 1:00:22.040 That he came on that day. 1:00:22.120 --> 1:00:25.280 But like, yeah, I do, I do feel a sense 1:00:25.320 --> 1:00:27.400 of obligation being out there for your for the guys 1:00:27.400 --> 1:00:31.000 that you play with, for sure. I think it's just 1:00:31.080 --> 1:00:33.560 natural to, you know, when you're when you play this 1:00:33.680 --> 1:00:36.240 game to kind of want to be out there with everybody. 1:00:36.320 --> 1:00:38.920 Did you allow yourself to I won't be able to 1:00:38.960 --> 1:00:40.360 go this week or as a bit from the job, 1:00:40.440 --> 1:00:43.200 I mean text on Wednesday you want to play. 1:00:43.280 --> 1:00:45.640 I mean it's it's been pretty clear that. 1:00:45.960 --> 1:00:46.440 Yeah. 1:00:47.000 --> 1:00:47.360 Uh. 1:00:47.440 --> 1:00:49.600 I think that was just always the mindset is getting 1:00:49.600 --> 1:00:52.320 to the point where I can and like working towards that, 1:00:52.520 --> 1:00:56.120 and then you know, I think with this specifically, it 1:00:56.160 --> 1:00:58.160 was always going to come down to like you just can't. 1:00:58.960 --> 1:01:01.920 But I think mindset wise, it was just I am 1:01:02.040 --> 1:01:04.120 until you know, I just know I can't. 1:01:05.880 --> 1:01:08.960 No, I was curious, would you be willing to share 1:01:08.960 --> 1:01:10.640 what the worst injury you've ever played through is? 1:01:13.440 --> 1:01:14.400 Uh? 1:01:15.640 --> 1:01:18.080 There was one. We ended up playing New England in 1:01:18.120 --> 1:01:23.040 the playoffs and we won. I only completed I only 1:01:23.080 --> 1:01:25.400 threw like eleven passes that game. But like it was 1:01:25.560 --> 1:01:27.840 something I was dealing with all year, like I wear 1:01:28.120 --> 1:01:29.840 I make sure I've had my hips up and stuff 1:01:29.880 --> 1:01:33.880 these days ever since then, because I had something on 1:01:33.880 --> 1:01:35.520 my hip that just kept blowing up, and by the 1:01:35.600 --> 1:01:37.240 end of the year, my whole left leg was just 1:01:37.320 --> 1:01:40.720 like destroyed, Like I was not moving well at all, 1:01:40.800 --> 1:01:43.600 and that was that was an issue. It was just 1:01:43.600 --> 1:01:45.560 because it was it was something that you felt like 1:01:45.680 --> 1:01:47.280 was gonna get was getting better, and then all of 1:01:47.280 --> 1:01:49.240 a sudden you land on it again and playing on 1:01:49.280 --> 1:01:52.520 turf or whatever. And it's just it was just the 1:01:52.600 --> 1:01:54.520 length that I had to deal with that, like the 1:01:54.640 --> 1:01:56.400 length of the year that I had to deal with that, 1:01:56.480 --> 1:01:58.360 and the fact that it was annoying because you kind 1:01:58.360 --> 1:01:59.600 of felt like it was getting better and then it 1:01:59.640 --> 1:02:00.720 would be it worse again. 1:02:00.840 --> 1:02:03.360 So you mentioned you didn't complete many passes in that game, 1:02:03.360 --> 1:02:05.680 but any good memories from maybe something you did were 1:02:05.680 --> 1:02:07.960 you kind of pushed through in that game against the Patriots. 1:02:07.720 --> 1:02:08.160 I don't know. 1:02:09.360 --> 1:02:10.920 We won the game and we didn't have to We 1:02:10.920 --> 1:02:12.840 didn't have to throw the ball that much. So anytime 1:02:12.880 --> 1:02:14.960 you go win a playoff game up in New England, 1:02:15.520 --> 1:02:20.080 it's a good memory. First the first first hand, first 1:02:20.120 --> 1:02:21.720 play the game right took for a touchdown. 1:02:21.800 --> 1:02:28.800 So do you weigh the real percussions of maybe playing 1:02:28.800 --> 1:02:31.880 now what that would mean down the road the rest 1:02:31.880 --> 1:02:33.919 of the season, look at it as this week. 1:02:34.280 --> 1:02:37.240 I think there's time to do that, and I don't. 1:02:37.240 --> 1:02:39.840 I don't think i've I don't think I've necessarily thought 1:02:39.840 --> 1:02:40.800 about that in this case. 1:02:41.200 --> 1:02:43.280 How much this is about just maximizing me, like what 1:02:43.400 --> 1:02:45.880 you got here said, maximizing all the opportunities we get care? 1:02:46.280 --> 1:02:48.480 How much of that is Listen, I don't know. 1:02:48.520 --> 1:02:51.080 I think you can try to like frame it in 1:02:51.360 --> 1:02:55.920 in that context, but I just feel like I just 1:02:55.960 --> 1:02:57.960 feel like it's always kind of in my mindset and 1:02:58.080 --> 1:02:59.520 I'm not changing it now. 1:02:59.680 --> 1:03:03.240 So what's what's a mood been like after a loss 1:03:03.440 --> 1:03:05.760 like you'll have last week as you'll get ready. 1:03:05.560 --> 1:03:07.040 For this team? 1:03:07.320 --> 1:03:14.080 Yeah, Listen, it's tough. I honestly feel like in spite 1:03:14.120 --> 1:03:15.800 of that, we've had a we've had a good week 1:03:15.880 --> 1:03:18.680 mentally and and and physically. I think guys have been 1:03:19.240 --> 1:03:22.000 you know, I think guys have been chopping at the 1:03:22.000 --> 1:03:23.920 bit to get back out there, and I think it's 1:03:23.960 --> 1:03:25.840 shown in a positive way. I think there's been a 1:03:25.840 --> 1:03:29.920 lot of energy, and practices have had some good tempo 1:03:30.000 --> 1:03:31.720 to them, and I think that's a good time. 1:03:32.000 --> 1:03:34.800 How crucial is this game, especially going into the buy 1:03:35.000 --> 1:03:35.760 So you guys. 1:03:35.520 --> 1:03:37.680 Haven't I've talked about it before. 1:03:37.720 --> 1:03:40.360 I mean, they're all so crucial every single one that 1:03:40.480 --> 1:03:43.120 you know, we only play seventeen of them, and yeah, 1:03:43.160 --> 1:03:45.280 it's more than we used to, but they're still all 1:03:45.320 --> 1:03:49.400 so important. And I've also talked about the fact that 1:03:49.440 --> 1:03:52.600 you can't really think about those things because that's just 1:03:52.640 --> 1:03:55.280 putting more pressure on you and it's making you make decision. 1:03:55.280 --> 1:03:59.040 It'll make you make decisions that you know are bad. 1:03:59.400 --> 1:04:01.560 You know they're not they're not They're not how you 1:04:01.600 --> 1:04:05.800 should be playing the game. So you know, that's always 1:04:05.800 --> 1:04:09.040 the case, that's always there looming how important the game is. 1:04:09.560 --> 1:04:11.240 But we got to keep our blinders on and just 1:04:11.280 --> 1:04:12.040 go do what we do. 1:04:12.360 --> 1:04:12.760 What was. 1:04:17.000 --> 1:04:19.480 Yeah, listen, I I hopefully those guys got something out 1:04:19.520 --> 1:04:19.960 of it, you know. 1:04:20.120 --> 1:04:25.240 And and I I feel like sometimes a's players, you 1:04:25.240 --> 1:04:26.760 feel like you have to do those things when you're 1:04:26.760 --> 1:04:28.200 not maybe playing the way you want to. 1:04:29.120 --> 1:04:31.800 And I don't know if they if they end up 1:04:31.800 --> 1:04:32.720 being positive or not. 1:04:32.880 --> 1:04:34.880 But but just from like I said a couple of 1:04:34.880 --> 1:04:36.920 minutes ago, talking about the energy that we had a 1:04:37.000 --> 1:04:38.840 practice and the tempo that we were playing with, it 1:04:39.240 --> 1:04:41.800 feels as though it feels as though those guys came 1:04:41.840 --> 1:04:45.160 together a little bit and you could tell by the 1:04:45.200 --> 1:04:46.360 way they practice this week. 1:04:47.280 --> 1:04:50.600 How little you've been a part of how many players? 1:04:51.600 --> 1:04:56.520 Not many, I mean a few throughout the years, and 1:04:56.720 --> 1:04:59.880 they're usually a little awkward and uncomfortable and and us 1:05:00.080 --> 1:05:01.880 it takes a little bit of time to kind of 1:05:02.040 --> 1:05:05.080 get to the point, but then you eventually do get 1:05:05.120 --> 1:05:08.600 there and find and find the reason for having it, 1:05:08.640 --> 1:05:10.440 and they usually end up being. 1:05:10.320 --> 1:05:11.520 Positive because of that. 1:05:13.280 --> 1:05:15.120 But as you can imagine, like when you when you 1:05:15.160 --> 1:05:17.240 call those there's probably a little bit of awkwardness and 1:05:17.280 --> 1:05:20.000 there's a little bit of a tension just because it's 1:05:20.080 --> 1:05:22.400 usually it's usually happening because of stuff that you don't 1:05:22.400 --> 1:05:25.640 want is going on on the field. So but yeah, 1:05:25.720 --> 1:05:28.160 in my experience, you probably sit in there and it's 1:05:28.200 --> 1:05:29.760 tough to kind of get going, and then as you 1:05:29.800 --> 1:05:32.080 get going, you find some reason that you that you 1:05:32.120 --> 1:05:34.920 find the reason that you did it, and hopefully. 1:05:34.600 --> 1:05:35.880 You have a good reaction to it. 1:05:35.920 --> 1:05:37.640 Is that kind of what you touched on after the 1:05:37.640 --> 1:05:40.840 game on Sunday, that everybody has to kind of focus 1:05:40.920 --> 1:05:43.640 on doing their own job to that's their ability and 1:05:43.720 --> 1:05:45.480 not have blinders on. 1:05:45.800 --> 1:05:46.600 Yeah, you can't. 1:05:48.400 --> 1:05:50.080 You can't worry about what you've done in the past, 1:05:50.080 --> 1:05:52.560 and you can't worry about what's about to happen three 1:05:52.600 --> 1:05:55.720 hours after the kickoff. You have to just go play 1:05:55.760 --> 1:05:59.760 the game, and you can't worry about, you know, what 1:05:59.760 --> 1:06:02.120 people were thinking when things happen throughout the course of 1:06:02.160 --> 1:06:02.439 a game. 1:06:02.480 --> 1:06:04.240 You just got to you gotta just go. 1:06:04.200 --> 1:06:08.400 Play and and and. 1:06:07.240 --> 1:06:09.720 You look up when it's all said and done. 1:06:09.480 --> 1:06:14.200 And you're cheering with your teammates, and it's it's such 1:06:14.200 --> 1:06:17.040 a hard thing to do. I think that's it's it's 1:06:17.120 --> 1:06:19.560 kind of like corny and cliche to talk about, but 1:06:19.840 --> 1:06:22.360 it is such a hard thing to do. Is you know, 1:06:22.480 --> 1:06:26.160 just be in the moment. Being in the moment is 1:06:27.160 --> 1:06:30.720 I mean in my experience, I mean, it's just you find. 1:06:30.560 --> 1:06:33.120 A way to do it. But maybe it's like. 1:06:33.120 --> 1:06:36.640 How can you just take this secret formula and be 1:06:36.720 --> 1:06:39.640 in the moment at all times? There's always things trying 1:06:39.640 --> 1:06:45.040 to distract you. And I think that's the biggest cause 1:06:45.080 --> 1:06:49.720 of just making decisions and playing, you know, not up 1:06:49.760 --> 1:06:52.720 to your standards, because you're worried about things other than 1:06:53.080 --> 1:06:57.080 the task at hand. And it's that's why when you 1:06:57.120 --> 1:07:01.360 talk about routines and everything like that, it's it's it's 1:07:01.400 --> 1:07:04.280 giving yourself the best percentage to be in the moment 1:07:04.360 --> 1:07:05.760 when you need to be in the moment. And I 1:07:05.800 --> 1:07:08.280 don't think it's like a full fool proof method that 1:07:08.640 --> 1:07:10.880 you have, Like you have your routine and he has 1:07:10.920 --> 1:07:14.280 his routine and it works hopefully, you know, ninety five 1:07:14.280 --> 1:07:16.120 percent of the time, and you can be in the moment. 1:07:16.760 --> 1:07:19.040 But there's all these outside distractions. 1:07:18.440 --> 1:07:21.160 That are that they are they're just distracting you from 1:07:21.160 --> 1:07:22.600 being in the moment when you need to be in 1:07:22.600 --> 1:07:26.000 the moment. And one of those things is, you know, 1:07:26.000 --> 1:07:27.320 how did we play last week? 1:07:27.880 --> 1:07:28.120 Man? 1:07:28.160 --> 1:07:30.760 We really need to win. Well, really needing to win 1:07:30.960 --> 1:07:34.120 isn't a real thing. It's it's worrying about stuff that 1:07:34.160 --> 1:07:37.360 you can't control in the moment, and you got to 1:07:37.360 --> 1:07:38.400 get out of that mindset. 1:07:39.920 --> 1:07:41.880 All right, just Joe Flacco, we'll take a break. I 1:07:41.880 --> 1:07:43.720 want to come back and break that down with you. Lab. 1:07:43.800 --> 1:07:45.640 A lot of things I heard there that come from 1:07:45.640 --> 1:07:49.120 an eighteen year veteran about how to handle a bump 1:07:49.120 --> 1:07:50.360 in a rod or a speed bump. 1:07:50.520 --> 1:07:52.320 I heard a lot about it in the moment. Yeah, 1:07:52.360 --> 1:07:53.320 I mean there was a lot of that. 1:07:53.640 --> 1:07:55.360 All right, we'll be right back. You're listening to the 1:07:55.360 --> 1:07:58.120 Bengals Routing Show right here on the Sin Siety Bengals 1:07:58.160 --> 1:08:06.160 Radio Network, presented by Just Bear Chicken. Welcome back to 1:08:06.200 --> 1:08:09.080 the Bengals Rowley Show presented by Just Bare Chicken right 1:08:09.120 --> 1:08:13.440 here on the Bengals Radio Network at on the Ryan Eatery, 1:08:13.520 --> 1:08:15.960 one of my favorite spots. Now. I'm hoo yeah, sure, 1:08:16.200 --> 1:08:19.439 but I want to get back to Joe Flacco. You bo. 1:08:20.040 --> 1:08:24.160 We both heard in the moment, but what also heard 1:08:24.320 --> 1:08:26.479 was wisdom from an eighteen year veteran. 1:08:26.600 --> 1:08:33.000 No doubt he is something special. I think he's got 1:08:33.240 --> 1:08:36.679 the right mindset, the right approach, the right attitude. He's 1:08:36.680 --> 1:08:39.360 got it all. And you know, he's physically gifted as well. 1:08:39.400 --> 1:08:41.760 I mean, the guy he's a big man six or 1:08:41.800 --> 1:08:45.839 four plus and thirty pounds and can rip the football, 1:08:45.960 --> 1:08:51.000 and he throws the ball with power and accuracy, and 1:08:51.560 --> 1:08:53.479 he can put her to any quadron into the football 1:08:53.520 --> 1:08:57.040 field with accuracy and with power. The players love him. 1:08:57.080 --> 1:08:58.760 Everybody I've talked to in the locker room. In a 1:08:58.760 --> 1:09:01.759 short period of time, he has impacted them. He's made 1:09:02.520 --> 1:09:07.559 a tremendous impact on them in terms of being a leader, 1:09:07.880 --> 1:09:09.840 in terms of stepping up, in terms of saying you 1:09:09.840 --> 1:09:12.479 know put it on me. I got broad shoulders. I 1:09:12.479 --> 1:09:14.519 can handle it. I've been in the league fifteen years. 1:09:15.240 --> 1:09:17.679 I can get this done. Let's go play some football. 1:09:17.720 --> 1:09:21.200 Let's go win some football games. And players respond to that. 1:09:21.200 --> 1:09:23.799 Players love playing with Joe Flackhaw. Yeah. 1:09:23.920 --> 1:09:26.120 I think the other thing that I heard the press 1:09:26.120 --> 1:09:28.280 conference after the game last week, and I was just 1:09:28.360 --> 1:09:31.120 banging my fist on the table because he you know, 1:09:31.439 --> 1:09:33.960 the media was trying to bait him, you know, they 1:09:33.960 --> 1:09:36.200 were trying to bait him, you know, to blame the defense, 1:09:36.240 --> 1:09:40.080 to blame somebody. And he knew, because again he's a veteran. 1:09:40.120 --> 1:09:41.760 I see where you guys are going with this. And 1:09:41.760 --> 1:09:43.960 he's like, no, sure, we are one. He said, we 1:09:44.000 --> 1:09:45.760 are one. You know, we win as a team, we 1:09:45.840 --> 1:09:48.120 lose as a team. And when you got your guy 1:09:48.160 --> 1:09:51.360 out front basically taking that head on, saying I'm not 1:09:51.400 --> 1:09:52.960 going to let this get out of hand. I'm not 1:09:53.000 --> 1:09:55.439 even giving you one minuscule of a quote that you 1:09:55.479 --> 1:09:59.599 can spend to make some salacious headlines. And he's just 1:09:59.640 --> 1:10:01.240 a ware of everything around him. 1:10:01.280 --> 1:10:04.479 Salacious, good word box, I like it. Yeah he is. 1:10:04.560 --> 1:10:07.799 I mean, he gets it. You know, he's a football lifer. 1:10:07.840 --> 1:10:10.880 He understands that it's a team game. It's team game 1:10:10.920 --> 1:10:14.160 in every sense in the world. There's nobody that's more important, 1:10:15.080 --> 1:10:19.519 more special than any other. And you know when the 1:10:19.560 --> 1:10:22.360 media does try to try to bait you and set 1:10:22.439 --> 1:10:25.720 you up and throw a hook in the water to 1:10:25.720 --> 1:10:29.960 see if you'll bite about your importance, you know how 1:10:30.000 --> 1:10:33.280 great you are. Team can't win without you. That kind 1:10:33.320 --> 1:10:38.400 of thing, that that that causes problems, that that divides 1:10:38.439 --> 1:10:40.080 the locker room. You don't need any of that, You 1:10:40.080 --> 1:10:43.600 don't need any of that happen whatsoever. So you know, 1:10:43.680 --> 1:10:47.599 hopefully Cincinnati Bengals can turn the worm turned around. There's 1:10:47.600 --> 1:10:50.280 certainly not out of it. You know, eight games in 1:10:50.760 --> 1:10:54.880 there's not an undefeated game team in the National Football League, 1:10:54.880 --> 1:10:58.320 not one. So you know, everybody's got their struggles, everybody's 1:10:58.320 --> 1:11:02.160 had their problems. The Bengals are far from out of it, man. 1:11:02.160 --> 1:11:03.920 Far from out The other thing I was going to 1:11:03.920 --> 1:11:06.320 ask you ab about what I think Joe Flacco gives 1:11:06.360 --> 1:11:10.600 this team That is not written, it's not statistic, but 1:11:10.680 --> 1:11:14.200 he gives Zach Taylor some comfort to say, I know, 1:11:14.280 --> 1:11:17.160 I got a guy, a veteran guy that's gonna help 1:11:17.200 --> 1:11:20.519 me make sure that this team stays cohesive doing this 1:11:21.880 --> 1:11:23.240 turbulent time right here. 1:11:23.320 --> 1:11:25.559 I agree Box. I think he knows he's got a 1:11:25.600 --> 1:11:29.160 guy that can deliver his message. You know, he knows 1:11:29.200 --> 1:11:32.400 he's got a veteran presence in the locker room that 1:11:32.600 --> 1:11:34.920 understands exactly what he's trying to do, how he's trying 1:11:34.920 --> 1:11:36.800 to do it, why he's trying to do it, and 1:11:36.880 --> 1:11:41.160 can convey that to the entire locker room. So I 1:11:41.200 --> 1:11:43.479 do think in a very short period of time, Joe 1:11:43.600 --> 1:11:48.040 Flacco has garnered respect from the entire locker room both 1:11:48.080 --> 1:11:50.320 sides of the football. They look at him as the 1:11:50.400 --> 1:11:53.000 unquestioned leader. They look at him as you know, this 1:11:53.040 --> 1:11:56.320 guy is somebody to come in and normally save our season, 1:11:56.800 --> 1:11:58.680 but put together a hell of a run for us 1:11:58.720 --> 1:12:01.280 and we could have a great season. So you know, 1:12:01.439 --> 1:12:04.360 we'll see. It's it's you know, talk is cheap. You 1:12:04.400 --> 1:12:06.000 can talk about it all you want. Going out and 1:12:06.040 --> 1:12:07.840 doing it quite another thing, no. 1:12:07.920 --> 1:12:09.679 Question about it. What'll take a break, come back and talk. 1:12:09.720 --> 1:12:12.200 Looking at this matchup and some key matchups, it's the 1:12:12.240 --> 1:12:14.000 Bengals and Bears coming up to this lady. But right 1:12:14.040 --> 1:12:16.800 now it's the Bengals pep Rally Show broadcasting live from 1:12:16.840 --> 1:12:19.120 on the Ryan Eatery, presented by Just Bear Chicken on 1:12:19.160 --> 1:12:25.679 the Bengals Radio Network. Welcome back to the Bengals pep 1:12:25.760 --> 1:12:29.400 Rally Show, broadcasting live from on the Ryan Eatery on 1:12:29.479 --> 1:12:32.320 the Sinsine Bengals Radio Network, presented by Just Bear Chicken. 1:12:32.360 --> 1:12:35.880 Don't get stopped by the banks happening pregame happening before 1:12:35.920 --> 1:12:39.360 all regular season home games with live music, outdoor games 1:12:39.360 --> 1:12:43.320 plenty to do for all ages. The perfect pregame stop 1:12:43.800 --> 1:12:47.559 visit Bengals dot com slash jungles on more information. Bundle up, 1:12:47.880 --> 1:12:51.040 wrap up, arrest those vocal cores. Time to get loud 1:12:51.080 --> 1:12:53.599 before this game. There you go, because lap we know 1:12:53.720 --> 1:12:56.840 that this defense is number one in the NFL and 1:12:57.000 --> 1:13:01.439 turnover differential plus ten. We talked to a key, Uh. 1:13:01.520 --> 1:13:04.240 He talked about it. They are talked about it. It 1:13:04.360 --> 1:13:08.440 is the identity, it has long been, uh, the identity 1:13:08.439 --> 1:13:09.719 of the monsters of the midway. 1:13:09.920 --> 1:13:13.120 You're right, Box, and I think turnovers are the biggest 1:13:14.520 --> 1:13:18.760 key to success or failure in any foot in any 1:13:18.760 --> 1:13:21.120 football game at any level, I think high school, college 1:13:21.200 --> 1:13:23.679 or National Football League. We do keys to the game. 1:13:24.200 --> 1:13:27.439 You know every single week, and it's almost like it's 1:13:27.439 --> 1:13:30.559 a given. Turnovers are going to be the biggest key. 1:13:30.640 --> 1:13:32.840 The first and foremost the thing that you want to 1:13:32.880 --> 1:13:36.440 do is give extra possessions for yourself and take possessions 1:13:36.479 --> 1:13:39.479 away from the opponent if possible, and that that's a 1:13:39.640 --> 1:13:43.080 that's a big, big factor in winning and losing football games, 1:13:43.600 --> 1:13:46.679 there's no question. So the fact that there are plus ten, 1:13:47.160 --> 1:13:50.639 I mean says a lot. Uh eight games in they've 1:13:50.640 --> 1:13:54.559 had ten more possessions than the opponent. That's significant. That's 1:13:54.600 --> 1:13:56.200 better than one per game extra. 1:13:56.320 --> 1:13:59.920 Yeah, and I think they're averaging seven point one points 1:14:00.080 --> 1:14:04.160 her turnover, which means they're converted in the scores. It 1:14:04.240 --> 1:14:07.720 reminds me of the player for them, Peena Tillman. I 1:14:07.760 --> 1:14:09.599 mean that guy just had a punches them out. 1:14:09.640 --> 1:14:09.840 Man. 1:14:10.280 --> 1:14:13.240 He was a professional puncher, not in the boxing says, 1:14:13.280 --> 1:14:16.639 but I mean just incredible. But they're also a lot 1:14:16.720 --> 1:14:19.280 like the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sense of they want 1:14:19.320 --> 1:14:21.320 to get a lead and then they just want to 1:14:21.360 --> 1:14:23.559 hand the ball off. They just want to pound you out. 1:14:23.680 --> 1:14:25.679 Like you said earlier when you were talking to him. 1:14:25.800 --> 1:14:29.960 Yeah, I mean the turnovers the reason I'm probably scoring 1:14:30.000 --> 1:14:35.799 at that rate seven points per turnover differential short fields. 1:14:35.800 --> 1:14:38.120 I mean they're they're turning the ball over and short 1:14:38.160 --> 1:14:40.639 fields for their offense, giving them like, you know, twenty 1:14:40.640 --> 1:14:42.400 five thirty yards they have to go to pay dirt 1:14:42.400 --> 1:14:44.720 and they're putting them in the end zone. Credit them too. 1:14:44.720 --> 1:14:47.599 They're finishing. They're not having red zone difficulties where they 1:14:47.600 --> 1:14:49.920 have to settle for field goals and all that, all 1:14:49.960 --> 1:14:53.040 that sort of thing. But it is a typical Chicago 1:14:53.160 --> 1:15:00.320 Bear football team. Sound. They basic fundamentals are very important 1:15:00.360 --> 1:15:03.560 to the Chicago Bears success that they're going to have 1:15:03.640 --> 1:15:06.400 during the course of the season. They know it, The 1:15:06.439 --> 1:15:10.400 players know it, coaches know it, organization knows it. That's 1:15:10.880 --> 1:15:14.080 that's their DNA. That that's what it's all about. Taking 1:15:14.120 --> 1:15:17.280 care of the football, running the football, stopping the run. 1:15:17.680 --> 1:15:21.519 You know, a balanced offense with a capable passing attack. 1:15:21.760 --> 1:15:25.040 Don't let the opponent hurt you with their passing attack. Simple, 1:15:25.520 --> 1:15:27.160 simple football, fundamental stuff. 1:15:27.520 --> 1:15:30.800 Well, you know, the other fundamental stuff is you got 1:15:30.840 --> 1:15:34.400 to play sound football. But the non football stuff, Kevin 1:15:35.000 --> 1:15:37.800 is a buyered. There are guys in this league that 1:15:37.880 --> 1:15:40.519 have always seemed to just be where the ball is. 1:15:40.600 --> 1:15:43.720 You can't explain it. There's no you can't chalkboard it 1:15:43.800 --> 1:15:45.840 or whatever. It's just one of those weird things that 1:15:45.920 --> 1:15:47.760 they have. One of those guys they do. 1:15:47.920 --> 1:15:50.960 And you know, whenever we would play against a great 1:15:51.080 --> 1:15:54.880 offensi or defensive player, the coaches would put that name 1:15:54.960 --> 1:15:56.840 up on the chalkboard early in the week and say, 1:15:57.040 --> 1:16:00.719 don't let this guy control and dick take the temple 1:16:00.760 --> 1:16:03.200 of the game. Can't let it happen. If he does, 1:16:03.320 --> 1:16:05.679 if we allow him to have his way, we're gonna 1:16:05.680 --> 1:16:07.840 have trouble. We're gonna have trouble winning the football game. 1:16:08.160 --> 1:16:12.400 So you know, some guys, you would you would have 1:16:12.479 --> 1:16:16.400 to try to work to neutralize their ability. They would 1:16:16.400 --> 1:16:19.320 line up like buyers. He's gonna line up on best 1:16:19.640 --> 1:16:23.280 receiver Jamar probably and try to minimize him, try to 1:16:23.360 --> 1:16:25.880 neutralize them, try to you know, take him out of 1:16:25.880 --> 1:16:29.120 the game as such. So others are gonna have to 1:16:29.160 --> 1:16:31.360 step up. You know, t Higgins is gonna have to, 1:16:32.040 --> 1:16:34.320 you know, make plays. Mike is sick, he's gonna have 1:16:34.320 --> 1:16:36.599 to make plays. Guys are gonna have to do things 1:16:37.280 --> 1:16:40.559 above and beyond probably what they've done so far this season. 1:16:40.960 --> 1:16:43.599 Because I'm sure they're gonna put two on Jamar Chase, 1:16:43.600 --> 1:16:46.519 They're gonna put corner in safety on Jamar. I'd be 1:16:46.560 --> 1:16:47.479 shocked if they don't. 1:16:47.760 --> 1:16:50.040 Well, you know. The other thing is, you know lap 1:16:50.680 --> 1:16:52.840 One of the things about these defenses when you go 1:16:52.880 --> 1:16:55.160 into Bengals that I think is advantage for us is 1:16:55.240 --> 1:16:57.720 Joe Flackle knows if you're gonna put two of my 1:16:57.800 --> 1:17:00.439 guy over here, Yeah, I'm expecting one of my other 1:17:00.439 --> 1:17:02.120 guys to beat their guy one on one. 1:17:02.160 --> 1:17:05.600 Absolutely. I mean, it's like we've got talent. We have 1:17:06.360 --> 1:17:08.840 receivers in this room that are going to win one 1:17:08.840 --> 1:17:10.960 on one battles. I have all the confidence in the world. 1:17:11.000 --> 1:17:12.920 I have all the faith in the world. My guy's 1:17:12.920 --> 1:17:16.439 gonna beat their guy one on one, and if they don't, 1:17:17.160 --> 1:17:19.320 it's not gonna go well, you know. I mean, if 1:17:19.960 --> 1:17:22.200 they don't win their share of one on one's, it's 1:17:22.640 --> 1:17:25.800 you know, the coaching staff with the opponent obviously has 1:17:27.280 --> 1:17:29.920 comfort in the fact that we feel like, Okay, the 1:17:29.960 --> 1:17:33.760 rest of our guys can cover who they need to 1:17:33.800 --> 1:17:35.400 cover and take it away. We'll mix it up and 1:17:35.439 --> 1:17:37.800 run some zone, run some man, but we're going to 1:17:37.880 --> 1:17:41.759 have the eraser, our best defensive back on your best weapon, 1:17:42.000 --> 1:17:43.840 and that's going to be a big matchup to watch 1:17:43.840 --> 1:17:45.960 and keep an eye on. But we're going to try 1:17:45.960 --> 1:17:48.360 to minimize the impact and the effect that the others 1:17:48.439 --> 1:17:49.200 have on the game. 1:17:49.240 --> 1:17:50.840 No question about it. We come back. I want to 1:17:50.840 --> 1:17:53.519 talk about special teams because it could be the turning 1:17:53.520 --> 1:17:55.760 point of this game. Both of them will overdue. It's 1:17:55.760 --> 1:17:58.080 the Bengals. Pep Rowley so broadcasts he live and on 1:17:58.160 --> 1:18:00.960 the Rhyane Eatory one hundred score Straight presented by Just 1:18:01.040 --> 1:18:06.439 Bear Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. Welcome back to 1:18:06.479 --> 1:18:08.960 the Bengals Rally. Jo Brook Cashing live from on the 1:18:09.040 --> 1:18:11.720 Ryan Eadery One under These Spurt Street presented by Just 1:18:11.800 --> 1:18:15.040 Bear Chicken on the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network. Wayne Box 1:18:15.080 --> 1:18:18.320 Biller and Ring of Honor, Honor Reed name up in 1:18:18.439 --> 1:18:22.479 the rafters Dave lapham Man. I smile when I say that, Yes, 1:18:22.560 --> 1:18:26.160 I appreciate that I smiled. The Blazer was looking good. 1:18:27.320 --> 1:18:29.599 Speaking of looking good, it would be nice to see 1:18:29.640 --> 1:18:31.200 our return team looking good. 1:18:31.360 --> 1:18:31.559 Yeah. 1:18:31.840 --> 1:18:35.240 Uh, it's just nobody's had a big run and they 1:18:35.360 --> 1:18:37.720 you know, McKee talked about that they got a couple 1:18:37.760 --> 1:18:40.879 of guys averaging over twenty twenty five yards per return. 1:18:41.520 --> 1:18:45.080 But man, you talk about changing the field, special teams 1:18:45.080 --> 1:18:46.799 can just make or break a day. 1:18:47.360 --> 1:18:51.799 Really can. And Darren Simmons understands that better than anybody. 1:18:51.800 --> 1:18:55.479 He's been around coaching special teams in the National Football League, 1:18:55.640 --> 1:18:58.640 ark than any special teams coach in the league right now. 1:18:58.680 --> 1:19:02.720 I think he understands the impact that special teams have 1:19:02.800 --> 1:19:06.400 on the game in terms of field position. Long field. 1:19:06.400 --> 1:19:08.559 Short field is what it's all about. I mean, that's 1:19:08.640 --> 1:19:13.200 their biggest goal. Their biggest objective in the football game 1:19:13.640 --> 1:19:18.160 is to give short fields to their offense by great returns, 1:19:18.320 --> 1:19:23.400 averaging a good number of yards per return and minimizing 1:19:23.439 --> 1:19:26.040 the number of plays that the offense has to run. 1:19:26.400 --> 1:19:29.200 And then on the flip side of it, long fields 1:19:29.200 --> 1:19:31.040 for the opponent, you know, and make them have to 1:19:31.520 --> 1:19:34.439 chew up a lot of plays. And the more snaps 1:19:34.479 --> 1:19:37.839 you run, the higher the percentage of making a mistake 1:19:38.040 --> 1:19:41.400 during one of those snaps occurs. It's just you know, 1:19:41.560 --> 1:19:46.640 basic math. And Darren Simmons is as good as there 1:19:46.720 --> 1:19:50.240 is in the National Football League. He has been for 1:19:50.240 --> 1:19:52.880 a while and he will be for a while longer. 1:19:52.760 --> 1:19:56.840 No question about it. You know, I'm growing to like 1:19:57.200 --> 1:19:59.320 the new kickoff. I wasn't a fan of it in 1:19:59.320 --> 1:20:02.040 the beginning. I think I'm used to it now. I 1:20:02.479 --> 1:20:05.680 still like the other way better, but yeah, I think that, 1:20:05.840 --> 1:20:08.000 you know, teams and players just have to figure out 1:20:08.040 --> 1:20:09.920 how to make it work to their advantage. 1:20:09.960 --> 1:20:13.280 I agree, And I think you know, there's a great 1:20:14.120 --> 1:20:17.400 returner for the Cincinnati Bengals in their history that's going 1:20:17.400 --> 1:20:19.000 in the Ring of honor or has gone in the 1:20:19.080 --> 1:20:23.960 Ring of Lamar Parrish. Yeah, I mean, that guy was 1:20:23.960 --> 1:20:26.160 was lightning in a bottle waiting to happen, waiting to 1:20:26.200 --> 1:20:31.559 be opened. He was spectacular, I mean, just incredible as 1:20:31.600 --> 1:20:33.919 a return guy. And what he did for his football 1:20:33.960 --> 1:20:37.320 team thirteen non offensive touchdowns. 1:20:37.320 --> 1:20:39.240 That that number still just blows my mind. 1:20:39.600 --> 1:20:42.759 It's sick, it really is. I mean, in terms of okay, 1:20:42.760 --> 1:20:46.240 interception returns, those are those are spectacular. They you know, 1:20:46.320 --> 1:20:48.840 they catch the fans fancy. There's no doubt about that 1:20:50.400 --> 1:20:54.439 fumble returns for touchdowns. But man, he made his mark 1:20:54.479 --> 1:20:59.240 also on special teams, returning kickoffs and returning punts for touchdowns. 1:20:59.640 --> 1:21:04.920 He had an unbelievable, an uncanny ability to make people 1:21:04.920 --> 1:21:07.960 miss in a short space. I mean tight quarters man. 1:21:08.479 --> 1:21:13.360 He would his lateral quickness was amazing, his explosion put 1:21:13.400 --> 1:21:16.200 the foot in the ground and go go sideways faster 1:21:16.320 --> 1:21:19.760 than anybody in the National Football League. God gave him 1:21:19.800 --> 1:21:21.880 a gift and he capitalized on it big time. 1:21:22.080 --> 1:21:27.559 Yeah, he's he's a pretty predecessor to Barry Sanders, who 1:21:27.600 --> 1:21:30.639 we all saw. Yeah, you know, Eric Thomas was talking 1:21:30.680 --> 1:21:34.640 to Lamar. He played running back in college. But to me, 1:21:34.720 --> 1:21:38.439 it speaks again to the genius of Paul Brown. You 1:21:38.520 --> 1:21:41.840 take Ken Riley a quarterback and Lamar parisps are running back, 1:21:42.040 --> 1:21:44.200 and you turn them into these two defensive backs that 1:21:44.840 --> 1:21:46.640 or basically both Hall of famers. 1:21:46.280 --> 1:21:51.160 And my yeah, amazing. I mean rattler. Ken Riley quarterback 1:21:51.160 --> 1:21:55.719 at Florida A and M was gifted as a quarterback. 1:21:55.760 --> 1:21:58.160 He threw the ball pretty damn well as well, but 1:21:58.320 --> 1:22:01.840 his feet were the big factor. I mean, he was 1:22:01.880 --> 1:22:04.680 a he was an option quarterback in high school and 1:22:04.800 --> 1:22:07.559 at the collegiate level at Florida and him very talented, 1:22:07.640 --> 1:22:10.800 very gifted player, and just a smart football player, just 1:22:10.840 --> 1:22:16.560 an unbelievably high football IQ. Understood uh principles and fundamentals 1:22:16.560 --> 1:22:18.799 of the game and techniques in the game of football. 1:22:19.800 --> 1:22:22.800 And and then he goes and pairs him up with 1:22:22.880 --> 1:22:24.880 Lamar Parris. You have a quarterback and a running back 1:22:25.200 --> 1:22:27.439 that he converts to the other side of the football, 1:22:27.840 --> 1:22:30.599 and all they do is reward him by making big 1:22:30.640 --> 1:22:32.760 play after big play. It's amazing. 1:22:33.400 --> 1:22:36.600 It just blows my mind. And again, Paul Brown. You 1:22:36.600 --> 1:22:39.760 know people will use the word genius to people throw 1:22:39.760 --> 1:22:41.960 the word genius around too much. Stop it. 1:22:42.160 --> 1:22:46.200 Paul Brown was a genius, total menza. His IQ was 1:22:46.240 --> 1:22:48.719 as high as has ever been recorded. 1:22:48.800 --> 1:22:50.519 Yeah, if you can't get up there with Paul Brown 1:22:50.600 --> 1:22:52.920 and just say that you're very good, and you're pretty 1:22:53.000 --> 1:22:55.280 damn good, but you're not a genius. It's like I 1:22:55.280 --> 1:22:57.040 heard the word great throwing around all the time, and 1:22:57.080 --> 1:22:59.400 he's just over you so much as diluted the word. 1:22:59.680 --> 1:23:02.400 We got another hour. We're scheduled to talk to Chris Jenkins. 1:23:02.880 --> 1:23:05.719 In this last hour we'll hear fantastic fun facts as well. 1:23:05.800 --> 1:23:07.880 It's our number three coming up of the Bengals pet 1:23:07.960 --> 1:23:11.160 Rally Show presented by Just Bear Chicken on the Bengals 1:23:11.240 --> 1:23:11.960 Radio Network. 1:23:12.320 --> 1:23:16.040 Well, this is Bengals pemp Rally presented by Just Bear 1:23:16.160 --> 1:23:20.519 Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. Paycore Pincor is proud 1:23:20.560 --> 1:23:24.920 to be the official HR software provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. 1:23:25.200 --> 1:23:29.479 Kettering Health Best Care for the Best Fans. Kettering Health, 1:23:29.720 --> 1:23:35.040 Official healthcare provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. This is ESPN 1:23:35.240 --> 1:23:39.560 fifteen thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 1:23:41.080 --> 1:23:43.960 Welcome back to the Bengals peart Rally Show, broadcasting live 1:23:44.080 --> 1:23:48.880 from OTR. I'll tell you this on the rhine. I 1:23:48.960 --> 1:23:51.559 love this place. I'm thinking about the wings right now 1:23:51.560 --> 1:23:54.720 because I'm looking at laps and I said, presented by 1:23:54.800 --> 1:23:57.400 just Bear Chicken, Wayne Box Miller, ring of honored nominee 1:23:57.479 --> 1:24:00.840 Dave Lapham, and the numbers up there, sixty two us 1:24:00.880 --> 1:24:03.839 up there, the name was up there, and I couldn't 1:24:03.840 --> 1:24:07.240 be happier. I, like so many other people, been lobbying 1:24:07.280 --> 1:24:09.479 for that to see. Its dream come true for you man, 1:24:09.479 --> 1:24:11.960 but trust me, for us it was just as well 1:24:12.000 --> 1:24:16.080 and another dream come true to see my Michigan Wolverines 1:24:16.080 --> 1:24:19.840 were in a national championship years ago and a young 1:24:19.880 --> 1:24:22.800 man that was a vital part of that drafted the 1:24:22.840 --> 1:24:26.320 second round by the Bengals in twenty twenty four. Father 1:24:26.439 --> 1:24:29.439 Chris Jenkins played as uncle played in the NFL. He's 1:24:29.479 --> 1:24:32.320 got a lot of pedigree. But pleasure to welcome to 1:24:32.320 --> 1:24:34.639 the show on the phone, ladies and delm with Chris Jenkins. 1:24:34.640 --> 1:24:38.040 That's giving up for Chris brother. Chris, how are you man? 1:24:39.400 --> 1:24:43.080 Appreciate having me man, Thank you so much and congratulations 1:24:43.280 --> 1:24:43.880 for you again. 1:24:45.479 --> 1:24:49.040 Appreciate that, Chris, thank you very much. Coming from a 1:24:49.160 --> 1:24:54.320 member of royalty football family, Royalty Chris Jenkins, that means 1:24:54.520 --> 1:24:57.680 it means a time you you obviously your foot your 1:24:57.960 --> 1:25:00.320 family understands the game of football and what it's all about. 1:25:00.360 --> 1:25:00.680 My man. 1:25:01.960 --> 1:25:04.679 Oh, absolutely, unfortunately a little bit too much. 1:25:04.880 --> 1:25:11.960 You know, Chris, we were talking earlier this year and 1:25:12.320 --> 1:25:14.640 you talked about your off season just working out with 1:25:14.760 --> 1:25:17.760 your uncle. Uh, just because it's new to so many, 1:25:17.880 --> 1:25:20.280 talk to talk about that again and what that experience 1:25:20.439 --> 1:25:21.479 was like for you this summer. 1:25:22.880 --> 1:25:27.479 Absolutely, it's a very surreal experience. It's a very humbling 1:25:27.560 --> 1:25:30.479 one too. You know, you get to the point you're 1:25:30.520 --> 1:25:32.759 learning from some of the best of the best talent, 1:25:33.280 --> 1:25:37.519 learning mentally, physically, technique wise, and you know, he just 1:25:37.600 --> 1:25:40.360 told me so much, so many aspects of the game 1:25:40.439 --> 1:25:43.920 that I still didn't know about and he still he 1:25:44.040 --> 1:25:46.240 still says, you got much more to teach me. So 1:25:46.400 --> 1:25:49.400 it's been a very amazing experience working with him, and 1:25:49.800 --> 1:25:52.640 he's been a vital partner on my work so far 1:25:52.720 --> 1:25:53.080 in the lead. 1:25:54.800 --> 1:25:58.400 You know, people that don't play haven't played football at 1:25:58.400 --> 1:26:02.160 a very high level don't understand, you know, the techniques 1:26:02.160 --> 1:26:04.280 and fundamentals and a lineman. You know, i'll they do 1:26:04.400 --> 1:26:07.400 is knock each other around. There's no there's nothing going 1:26:07.400 --> 1:26:10.519 on there. There's just it's survival of the fittest. It's 1:26:10.600 --> 1:26:13.599 just who's the biggest, strongest, toughest. You know, all all 1:26:13.720 --> 1:26:16.320 of those kind of things is going to win the 1:26:16.400 --> 1:26:20.479 battle of the trenches. There's all kinds of techniques and 1:26:20.560 --> 1:26:23.559 fundamentals that you know that can take you to another 1:26:23.680 --> 1:26:26.920 level in the game of football. Your uncle, your dad, 1:26:27.080 --> 1:26:29.599 those guys playing at such a high level. What if 1:26:29.640 --> 1:26:30.960 they taught you over the years. 1:26:32.640 --> 1:26:36.120 Uh, they taught me the beauty of learning technique, the 1:26:36.200 --> 1:26:38.600 proper way of technique, and then learning technique in the 1:26:38.720 --> 1:26:43.040 aspect of how it ticks you, Betty, No, talking to 1:26:43.160 --> 1:26:45.840 my uncle and my father, you know, they taught me 1:26:46.000 --> 1:26:48.640 so much about myself that I didn't know about my 1:26:49.000 --> 1:26:51.800 technique loot and it's those little things that can get 1:26:51.800 --> 1:26:52.880 you go ahead on your gag. 1:26:54.960 --> 1:26:57.320 You know, Chris, I was thinking as you were saying 1:26:57.400 --> 1:27:02.040 that when people know a crap, whether it's you know, carpentry, 1:27:02.120 --> 1:27:04.920 whether it's football, whether it's whatever, you know, even a chef, 1:27:05.280 --> 1:27:07.240 it's just things that they can see and right away 1:27:07.320 --> 1:27:10.479 they know it. Was there one thing that your uncle 1:27:10.560 --> 1:27:12.960 pointed out to you quickly that you never even thought of. 1:27:13.080 --> 1:27:15.120 That he just said, right away, one thing I noticed 1:27:15.120 --> 1:27:16.679 you're doing is this, and you're like, wow, I didn't 1:27:16.720 --> 1:27:17.479 even recognize that. 1:27:19.160 --> 1:27:22.360 Absolutely. One thing we talked about a lot is me 1:27:22.600 --> 1:27:26.040 reading on the field because I'm a person I like 1:27:26.160 --> 1:27:29.439 to dispect the play as it's happening before I start 1:27:29.479 --> 1:27:32.680 to launch. And you know, my uncle's been starting to 1:27:32.760 --> 1:27:37.360 teach me that you can go, you can launch and 1:27:37.640 --> 1:27:40.840 take yourself to them, get into play without having it 1:27:41.160 --> 1:27:42.600 while seeing the play development. 1:27:42.720 --> 1:27:43.360 That makes sense. 1:27:43.800 --> 1:27:47.800 So being able to think on the fly and being 1:27:47.840 --> 1:27:51.439 able to as you're going, you already know what type 1:27:51.439 --> 1:27:53.600 of block or what type of technique you need to 1:27:53.760 --> 1:27:57.439 use while you're launching into your home, and you know 1:27:57.760 --> 1:28:00.519 that type of high level technique is some of the 1:28:00.560 --> 1:28:01.720 stuff you've been trying to build. 1:28:03.600 --> 1:28:06.240 Yeah. That uh, that is high level. That is high 1:28:06.280 --> 1:28:09.120 level technique. Man, that's awesome to have to have that, 1:28:10.360 --> 1:28:15.599 that kind of support system in your in your back pocket. 1:28:15.640 --> 1:28:18.720 You know, your your uncle and your dad. Now you 1:28:18.880 --> 1:28:22.839 learned a lot from them. What about coaches? What coaches 1:28:22.960 --> 1:28:26.439 when you were a young player? Uh, in elementary school, 1:28:26.439 --> 1:28:29.519 at junior high school, even at the collegiate level. What 1:28:29.720 --> 1:28:33.080 coach took you to another level in terms of how 1:28:33.160 --> 1:28:35.240 you played the game of football from a fundamental and 1:28:35.320 --> 1:28:36.200 technique standpoint. 1:28:37.560 --> 1:28:41.600 Oh, my high school coach is one hundred percent my 1:28:41.760 --> 1:28:44.640 D line, my D line coach, Kevin mcdad and in 1:28:44.720 --> 1:28:45.360 my high school. 1:28:45.400 --> 1:28:46.760 So I called them to go. 1:28:48.600 --> 1:28:50.880 They they helped me a lot while I was in 1:28:51.000 --> 1:28:52.880 high school because I used to be a small kid, 1:28:53.040 --> 1:28:55.040 so they started teaching me my powers. 1:28:57.680 --> 1:29:00.519 You know you were talking about when you got Michigan. 1:29:00.600 --> 1:29:02.479 It was an eye opening thing for you as well, 1:29:02.560 --> 1:29:04.960 because you were you're pretty tagon good in high school 1:29:05.040 --> 1:29:07.800 and had a lot of hardware and a lot of credentials, 1:29:07.840 --> 1:29:10.400 and you got up there and realized so did everybody else. 1:29:10.479 --> 1:29:13.559 And you I'm really proud of how you were very 1:29:13.680 --> 1:29:17.320 candid about recognizing that and then putting, you know, nose 1:29:17.360 --> 1:29:19.880 to the grindstone to figuring out how to get better 1:29:19.960 --> 1:29:20.840 than everybody else. 1:29:22.600 --> 1:29:25.519 Absolutely, I mean it's a humbling experience. I mean, you know, 1:29:25.800 --> 1:29:29.880 like I'm going into Michigan with cats like Aiden Hutchinson, 1:29:30.240 --> 1:29:35.439 Quitty Bay or there. You know, all these soon all 1:29:35.600 --> 1:29:38.880 pro athletes at Michigan, and you know, I'm trying to 1:29:38.920 --> 1:29:41.599 make a name for myself. They're one or two ways 1:29:41.640 --> 1:29:44.200 you could take it. You know, you can't feel sorry 1:29:44.320 --> 1:29:47.000 for yourself, you know, you trying to learn this stuff. 1:29:47.120 --> 1:29:49.800 Or you can build on that, you know, learn from 1:29:49.880 --> 1:29:53.560 some of the you know, high level computing guys, and 1:29:53.960 --> 1:29:56.840 I was fortunate enough to have that support system from 1:29:56.960 --> 1:29:59.840 them to learn and build and have so much more 1:30:00.320 --> 1:30:02.800 the game that it just became a blast, you know. 1:30:04.880 --> 1:30:08.719 Yeah, I mean support system from a high, high caliber 1:30:08.760 --> 1:30:11.719 teammates that played the game at such a high level 1:30:11.880 --> 1:30:14.519 is an amazing thing to have in your back pocket 1:30:14.560 --> 1:30:19.080 as well. But we talked about the coaches. What about players. 1:30:19.720 --> 1:30:21.960 Is there a player that you said, I'm going to 1:30:22.000 --> 1:30:24.120 play the game of football just like this guy man 1:30:24.240 --> 1:30:27.479 watching him on tape, watching him on the football field, 1:30:27.840 --> 1:30:30.200 be it a practice of be during the course of games. 1:30:30.520 --> 1:30:33.600 He does everything right. I mean, you know, everything is 1:30:33.720 --> 1:30:37.760 so sound he is. He's a football protege. Was there 1:30:37.800 --> 1:30:41.080 anybody like that that affected you or impacted you as 1:30:41.080 --> 1:30:41.960 a young player. 1:30:43.360 --> 1:30:51.960 David o'jabo, I forgot that he was that guy. Let 1:30:52.080 --> 1:30:55.519 me do yeah, oh yeah. Watching him work, you know, 1:30:55.720 --> 1:30:59.360 he's one of those guys. He constantly competes at a 1:30:59.439 --> 1:31:03.400 high level, and you know at Michigan somehow every practice, 1:31:03.920 --> 1:31:05.960 you know, every game he was going at one hundred 1:31:06.000 --> 1:31:09.640 and ten miles an hour. And before he had the 1:31:09.760 --> 1:31:12.439 season that he had at Michigan, you know, it was 1:31:12.520 --> 1:31:15.840 just seeing his work at seeing how intentional he was 1:31:16.280 --> 1:31:19.719 with his training, with his practice, wept, you know, with everything, 1:31:19.880 --> 1:31:24.320 listening his mindset. So you know, as young guys were 1:31:24.360 --> 1:31:27.760 trying to absorb as much from him and Aiden Hutchinson 1:31:28.720 --> 1:31:29.280 as we could. 1:31:31.120 --> 1:31:32.519 Well, let me ask you. I'm gonna tell you to 1:31:32.560 --> 1:31:36.679 put on an imaginary general general manager had if somebody 1:31:36.760 --> 1:31:39.439 came here and said, give me, give me a scollary 1:31:39.439 --> 1:31:42.240 report on Aiden Hutchinson and Mason Graham, what would you 1:31:42.320 --> 1:31:44.679 what would be your scoulary report on those two guys. 1:31:46.200 --> 1:31:53.240 Too? Yeah, oh man, that one. Two high levels, high 1:31:53.320 --> 1:31:57.559 working athletes that just have a love for the game. 1:31:57.640 --> 1:32:00.280 That's rare to see in a lot of people. Uh. 1:32:01.000 --> 1:32:06.000 The amount of time they taken the game is inspiring. 1:32:06.280 --> 1:32:08.479 And you know they're had the on watching film, study 1:32:08.560 --> 1:32:11.960 to set up their opponent, and you know, they just 1:32:12.560 --> 1:32:15.960 they just really intends when it comes to the problem solving. 1:32:16.600 --> 1:32:18.760 So if they do a rep all or they see 1:32:18.840 --> 1:32:20.599 something wrong with their technique, they're going to make sure 1:32:20.600 --> 1:32:21.160 they take sally. 1:32:23.680 --> 1:32:27.479 So seasons eight games old, three and five record right now, 1:32:27.800 --> 1:32:30.120 seasons far from over. I mean there's a lot of 1:32:30.160 --> 1:32:34.040 football to be played. Uh, Cincinnati Bengals, there's not a 1:32:34.120 --> 1:32:37.400 football team in the NFL it's undefeated right now. I 1:32:37.520 --> 1:32:38.639 mean it's very balanced. 1:32:38.960 --> 1:32:39.280 It's a. 1:32:40.920 --> 1:32:44.000 Tough league, man, on a week for week basis, It's 1:32:44.280 --> 1:32:47.560 the opponents are are high caliber. There's a lot of 1:32:47.600 --> 1:32:50.639 good football players on every team in the National Football League, 1:32:50.680 --> 1:32:53.600 a lot of good coaches coaching them. There's no cakewalking, 1:32:53.640 --> 1:32:56.479 there's no week off, there's no bye week where you're 1:32:56.680 --> 1:32:59.800 actually you know, playing a football game. And uh, in 1:33:00.240 --> 1:33:02.720 your actual buy So what do you have to do 1:33:02.880 --> 1:33:06.519 to make sure that it turns around what what are 1:33:06.640 --> 1:33:10.160 maybe a couple of three things that the Bengals have 1:33:10.280 --> 1:33:12.439 to do have a much higher level and much better 1:33:12.520 --> 1:33:13.360 level at this stage. 1:33:15.240 --> 1:33:20.160 One is observing what went wrong and problem solving. You know, 1:33:20.280 --> 1:33:23.040 we can't you can't afford to feel sorry for yourself 1:33:23.120 --> 1:33:25.519 after a loss. You have to be able to problem 1:33:25.640 --> 1:33:28.400 solve and take the situation going into the next game. 1:33:29.240 --> 1:33:32.719 And you know, the second thing is just looking forwards. 1:33:33.240 --> 1:33:35.679 Like y'all said, there's a lot of football games left, 1:33:35.840 --> 1:33:39.720 a lot of opportunities, Lenning, and you know this isn't 1:33:41.479 --> 1:33:44.000 so you know, we have the opportunity to really do 1:33:44.160 --> 1:33:47.799 something special. And looking forward has really been our biggest 1:33:47.880 --> 1:33:52.040 methode this week and making the both of our opportunity. 1:33:52.120 --> 1:33:56.160 We have to Sunday, Hey, Chris, we got to take 1:33:56.200 --> 1:33:57.920 a break and we get one more segment with you. 1:33:59.439 --> 1:34:03.160 Absolutely all right, thank you, brother, We'll take a break. 1:34:03.200 --> 1:34:05.880 We'll come back with Chris from the Cincinnati Bengals. It 1:34:05.960 --> 1:34:08.640 is the Bengals pep Rally Show, broadcasting live and on 1:34:08.760 --> 1:34:10.880 the Rhine one hundred These Court three, presented by just 1:34:10.960 --> 1:34:15.720 Barre Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network. Welcome back to 1:34:15.760 --> 1:34:18.200 the Bengals Pep Rallley Show broadcasting Live. I'm on the 1:34:18.320 --> 1:34:20.640 rhine of one hundred These Courts three presented by just 1:34:20.760 --> 1:34:23.360 Barre Chicken on the Bengals Radio Network, Wayne Box Miller, 1:34:23.840 --> 1:34:27.320 Ring of Honor, The Ring of Honor, Man of the Hour, 1:34:27.920 --> 1:34:30.519 Dave lappam Our, Special guests on the line joining us 1:34:30.960 --> 1:34:33.640 from Michigan. Now he's down in the trenches for the 1:34:33.680 --> 1:34:36.599 Cincinnati Bengals. Christiinkers and Chris I'm gonna hit to something real, 1:34:36.760 --> 1:34:39.080 real quick, man. That just blew me away. They've got 1:34:39.720 --> 1:34:42.400 stats on everything, and I was looking at percentage of 1:34:42.520 --> 1:34:45.840 miss tackles and I looked at Chris Jinkins and said zero. 1:34:46.400 --> 1:34:46.880 How about it? 1:34:47.320 --> 1:34:50.840 How about that? Making that that's gotta be something that 1:34:50.960 --> 1:34:53.840 you hang your hat on. Of course, if you did 1:34:53.880 --> 1:34:56.040 miss tackles, I'm sure your uncle and dad have something 1:34:56.040 --> 1:34:56.280 to say. 1:35:00.600 --> 1:35:03.360 You know, every every football Sunday, they making sure they 1:35:03.479 --> 1:35:06.080 watched and so you know, I'm gonna get that feedback 1:35:06.200 --> 1:35:10.080 the second the game come. Yeah. 1:35:10.760 --> 1:35:16.920 You know, uh what what what player or players at 1:35:16.960 --> 1:35:19.920 the high school, collegiate, at or NFL level were the 1:35:19.960 --> 1:35:22.760 biggest challenge for you physically for you to match up 1:35:22.800 --> 1:35:25.040 with I mean everybody's I mean, I've got guys and 1:35:25.120 --> 1:35:28.000 I don't know. Man, that guy he was a beast. 1:35:28.040 --> 1:35:28.200 Man. 1:35:28.479 --> 1:35:31.280 I couldn't I couldn't solve all the problems that he 1:35:31.400 --> 1:35:33.400 was giving me. Man, this guy was too much. Is 1:35:33.439 --> 1:35:35.280 there anybody like that that you played against? 1:35:36.720 --> 1:35:36.840 Uh? 1:35:36.960 --> 1:35:41.840 You know what funny story. High school we used to 1:35:41.840 --> 1:35:45.360 play a school called Gonbaga and that's who their quarterback was. 1:35:50.080 --> 1:35:50.680 What's his name? 1:35:54.439 --> 1:35:55.760 Oh williams Cale? 1:35:56.120 --> 1:35:59.639 Do kidding? All right? So give us, give us more, 1:35:59.680 --> 1:36:00.519 give us more, man. 1:36:01.920 --> 1:36:04.200 Uh, we used to be high school rivals, so you know, 1:36:04.360 --> 1:36:07.120 going into that game every single week, there was a 1:36:07.200 --> 1:36:08.040 lot of preparation. 1:36:09.000 --> 1:36:09.120 Uh. 1:36:09.320 --> 1:36:12.000 Sometimes you get back there and his ability to scramble 1:36:12.320 --> 1:36:17.320 it really passed your ability to tackle. Yeah, honestly, now 1:36:17.360 --> 1:36:21.840 to attribute him to uh really really staying on top 1:36:21.880 --> 1:36:24.360 of myself with my faculing ability. 1:36:26.080 --> 1:36:29.200 Wow, I'm sure that you were able to share what 1:36:29.400 --> 1:36:32.360 information you have with your teammates, like, hey, he's been 1:36:32.439 --> 1:36:34.160 doing this for a while, he's not new to this. 1:36:34.920 --> 1:36:37.280 This is just a character trait that's followed him from 1:36:37.360 --> 1:36:42.759 there Gonzaga to sc to the NFL. And another Michigan 1:36:42.840 --> 1:36:45.160 guy up there Coast and Loveland man I mean he's 1:36:45.280 --> 1:36:46.799 doing well in that tight end position. 1:36:48.360 --> 1:36:51.000 Absolutely. Yeah, you know, he's the hang of a player. 1:36:51.080 --> 1:36:55.800 He played hard, and you know we're right, we're going 1:36:55.840 --> 1:36:59.120 against each other now. Always good to see my boy. 1:36:59.240 --> 1:37:02.320 But you know what time it is, right right. 1:37:02.280 --> 1:37:06.400 We'll talk about that after the game is over, you know, Yeah, Chris. 1:37:06.479 --> 1:37:08.719 One of the things I think you've come to appreciate 1:37:08.840 --> 1:37:12.000 being in Cincinnati is that the fan base here is legit, man. 1:37:12.040 --> 1:37:14.840 I mean, they really want to see you guys do well. 1:37:15.360 --> 1:37:17.439 I mean the way they are a paid course stadium 1:37:17.479 --> 1:37:20.160 even here at our PEP rally shows and and things 1:37:20.200 --> 1:37:22.720 of that nature. You come from a place where they 1:37:22.760 --> 1:37:24.960 were packing them in. I mean, you know, I got 1:37:25.040 --> 1:37:27.080 a chance to go watch a football game of Michigan. 1:37:27.240 --> 1:37:30.679 But the fans here, man, they really get after that paid. 1:37:30.520 --> 1:37:34.760 Corps absolutely, you know. And that just goes to show 1:37:34.840 --> 1:37:36.519 the love and the past that they have for the 1:37:36.600 --> 1:37:39.160 team and for the game. Man. You know, we love 1:37:39.240 --> 1:37:42.519 and appreciate that, and that encourages us and players to 1:37:42.600 --> 1:37:46.200 play harder, you know, be more successful for them, because 1:37:46.240 --> 1:37:48.280 if they're giving their heart here and for us, you know, 1:37:48.400 --> 1:37:50.800 we can't do everything in our power give them something 1:37:51.520 --> 1:37:52.200 you know what I'm saying. 1:37:53.320 --> 1:37:55.960 Yeah, yeah, let me let me ask you this as 1:37:56.160 --> 1:37:59.519 a guy that's got, you know, a second year under 1:37:59.560 --> 1:38:03.000 his belt that first year, talk about players, how veterans 1:38:03.080 --> 1:38:05.400 help you guys get acclimated to the game of football 1:38:05.520 --> 1:38:08.200 at this level because it's totally different from college. 1:38:07.960 --> 1:38:12.760 Right, absolutely, and that's huge. You know, you've got to 1:38:12.760 --> 1:38:15.320 be able to adapt quickly and it is a big 1:38:15.400 --> 1:38:18.120 difference in college. So having those better to ground and 1:38:18.160 --> 1:38:22.120 that will helps you to lead you business tech wuise, 1:38:22.200 --> 1:38:25.559 that's huge. And you know, we're blessed and fortunate enough 1:38:25.640 --> 1:38:27.840 to have a lot of great bet for Rome that 1:38:27.920 --> 1:38:30.439 have done that right, and you know, it makes that 1:38:30.600 --> 1:38:31.599 transition easier. 1:38:31.720 --> 1:38:32.200 It makes. 1:38:36.000 --> 1:38:38.880 So Chris, you've got a new defensive line coach by 1:38:38.920 --> 1:38:41.439 the name of Jerry Montgomery. Uh played the game of 1:38:41.479 --> 1:38:44.840 football at a high level himself, very good football coach. 1:38:45.360 --> 1:38:49.599 But with every change that you have in the coaching staff, UH, 1:38:49.800 --> 1:38:53.040 with your defensive line, there's going to be new techniques, 1:38:53.120 --> 1:38:56.840 new fundamentals, new expectations. What's been like with Jerry. 1:38:59.040 --> 1:39:02.200 Is you know what, it's been awesome And it's been 1:39:02.800 --> 1:39:06.160 a process learning new technique you know, uh, stuff that 1:39:06.320 --> 1:39:09.320 we haven't been used to since last year. But you know, 1:39:09.479 --> 1:39:12.519 it's really we've really been improving upon it since the 1:39:12.560 --> 1:39:15.040 beginning of the year, learning how to do more, not 1:39:15.240 --> 1:39:17.960 that playing with one hand as opposed to do at time, 1:39:18.640 --> 1:39:21.839 spend the edge and posing our will and being physical. 1:39:22.600 --> 1:39:24.880 And you know, he's a very passionate coach and a 1:39:24.960 --> 1:39:27.040 great coach when it comes to that. You know, he's 1:39:27.240 --> 1:39:30.040 really hype on the details and we try to master 1:39:30.160 --> 1:39:32.599 those details. And that's the biggest thing. 1:39:33.920 --> 1:39:36.360 Yeah, he seems like a guy that gets very hyped out. 1:39:36.439 --> 1:39:39.160 I watched a couple of you know, just sessions with him, man, 1:39:39.200 --> 1:39:42.040 and he really wants the best for you guys. And 1:39:42.160 --> 1:39:44.800 I one thing I appreciate about what he said is, 1:39:45.280 --> 1:39:47.479 you know, it doesn't matter what I want, It matters 1:39:47.560 --> 1:39:50.160 what they want, and if they want to be right, 1:39:50.240 --> 1:39:52.840 I want to help them become great. And that's really 1:39:52.960 --> 1:39:55.880 if you're a player in any sport, you want your 1:39:56.000 --> 1:39:59.800 coach to want for you, but you also want him 1:39:59.840 --> 1:40:02.120 to give you room and help to be the best 1:40:02.200 --> 1:40:05.560 version of yourself on the field exactly. 1:40:06.840 --> 1:40:09.960 And that's that's you. 1:40:11.960 --> 1:40:14.800 So I'm gonna switch gears here because you know it's 1:40:14.960 --> 1:40:17.599 it's tough being in the trenches. But there's a great 1:40:17.640 --> 1:40:20.320 group of guys that are are in the interior of 1:40:20.439 --> 1:40:23.800 the Sinai Bengals. And uh, the chemistry you guys have, man, 1:40:23.960 --> 1:40:26.600 is really I I love watching it. But if I 1:40:26.720 --> 1:40:29.400 had to ask you, you know, without you know, naming 1:40:29.520 --> 1:40:32.960 names per se unless you want to, who's the funny 1:40:33.040 --> 1:40:34.800 guy in the group? Man, who's the guy that keeps 1:40:34.840 --> 1:40:35.679 everybody loose? 1:40:35.760 --> 1:40:42.280 And and and you'll already got to answer that I question. 1:40:48.360 --> 1:40:50.080 Yeah, it could be you. 1:40:50.240 --> 1:40:54.240 Huh No, I'm kidding. I gotta I gotta give it 1:40:54.320 --> 1:40:57.600 to my man. Uh. DJ Clayton he's one of. 1:40:57.640 --> 1:41:03.200 The guess he was on this show a couple of 1:41:03.240 --> 1:41:06.479 weeks ago. And yeah, he's a funny guy. He's got 1:41:06.520 --> 1:41:08.200 a sense of humor now, he has a sense of 1:41:08.280 --> 1:41:10.439 human But I think as a veteran man, it helps 1:41:10.560 --> 1:41:12.160 keep you young guys loose. 1:41:12.320 --> 1:41:14.040 You would I be right in assuming. 1:41:13.720 --> 1:41:17.880 That, Oh absolutely, you know, to see a guy do 1:41:18.080 --> 1:41:21.000 what he does at a high level, you know, have 1:41:21.280 --> 1:41:24.400 that laid back, funny personality that he does, you know, 1:41:24.520 --> 1:41:27.559 it's definitely it's definitely bringing a huge life to the room. 1:41:28.280 --> 1:41:35.679 Add to that, talking about veteran players that bring something 1:41:35.680 --> 1:41:39.160 to the room. What about Trey Hendrickson, he is I 1:41:39.280 --> 1:41:42.519 know he's not an interior defensive lineman, but he's, uh, 1:41:42.680 --> 1:41:44.880 he's part of the brotherhood. You guys are all a 1:41:45.280 --> 1:41:49.240 big brotherhood. They're up front in the Bengals defensive line. 1:41:49.600 --> 1:41:54.320 The way he approaches football in the National Football League, 1:41:54.360 --> 1:41:56.120 it's the same way he approached in high school and 1:41:56.160 --> 1:42:00.280 college when he went to Florida. Just I mean, take 1:42:00.360 --> 1:42:03.799 no prisoners man. It's it's he's gung hole. He's bringing 1:42:03.880 --> 1:42:07.600 it every single snap. He's uh, he's gonna test the 1:42:07.680 --> 1:42:10.519 opponent and try to uh try to bring out uh 1:42:11.000 --> 1:42:15.640 the best. He's he's unique. What have you learned from him? 1:42:17.400 --> 1:42:20.439 Oh? Yeah, Like you said, his mentality to take no 1:42:20.600 --> 1:42:25.679 prisoner's mentality, and you know that's infected like from every snap, 1:42:25.920 --> 1:42:30.160 every weapon practice, every rep with your technique list in 1:42:30.280 --> 1:42:33.559 regard that he's using that mentality and you can see 1:42:33.600 --> 1:42:35.360 how it shows on the field and he plays. 1:42:37.439 --> 1:42:40.240 Yeah, he gets after it, man. I think he gets 1:42:40.680 --> 1:42:43.240 stronger in the fourth quarter. And that's what callses problem 1:42:43.360 --> 1:42:45.840 for teams because this dude, man, he just wants it. 1:42:46.680 --> 1:42:49.679 You know, sometimes people just want it and I told 1:42:49.840 --> 1:42:53.160 Lap Chris, you know in this in this league, everybody 1:42:53.280 --> 1:42:55.479 has skill, but then it becomes a matter of will, 1:42:55.600 --> 1:42:57.679 man and that dude's will to get to the quarterback. 1:42:57.960 --> 1:42:58.759 It's a rarity. 1:43:00.640 --> 1:43:03.719 Oh yeah, like his mentality. He will get to the quarterback. 1:43:03.840 --> 1:43:06.120 And they said, you're standing in my way. I take 1:43:06.200 --> 1:43:07.440 no present mentality. 1:43:08.960 --> 1:43:12.640 Go yeah, he's like that guy. Well what is it? 1:43:13.280 --> 1:43:15.360 I will hunt you down and I will find you. 1:43:15.400 --> 1:43:21.519 What is that movie I can't miss? Liam? Yea, Yeah, 1:43:21.560 --> 1:43:25.080 that's Trey Henderson. You guys should start calling him Liam Deeson. 1:43:30.560 --> 1:43:31.160 For Halloween. 1:43:32.680 --> 1:43:38.560 Yeah. Yeah, Hey, Chris Man, thank you so much for 1:43:38.680 --> 1:43:40.800 making time for us. Man, I know you wanted to 1:43:40.880 --> 1:43:42.880 be here, and we appreciate you. Getting on the phone 1:43:42.960 --> 1:43:43.200 with his. 1:43:43.280 --> 1:43:47.560 Brother No, my absolute pleasure. Man. I appreciate y'all for 1:43:47.680 --> 1:43:51.040 having me and Dave again. Congratulations, man, you deserved it. 1:43:52.439 --> 1:43:54.800 Thank you very much, Chris. Chris coming from you, uh 1:43:55.120 --> 1:43:57.320 in the football family that you're a part of that 1:43:57.479 --> 1:43:58.720 means a ton. I appreciate you. 1:43:59.400 --> 1:44:03.240 All right, Chris Jacobs from the University of Michigan defensive 1:44:03.360 --> 1:44:06.000 tackle and man, glad to have you boored. 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Here's Dan horwid Fantastic fun Facts presented by 1:45:14.200 --> 1:45:15.560 Skyline Chili. 1:45:16.720 --> 1:45:19.360 Time for some fun facts with linebacker Demetrius Night from 1:45:19.400 --> 1:45:22.520 Locust Grove, Georgia, less than an hour away from Atlanta. 1:45:23.040 --> 1:45:26.840 Your jersey was retired last week. Describe getting that news 1:45:27.200 --> 1:45:28.479 and going home for the ceremony. 1:45:29.160 --> 1:45:32.320 Yeah, it was a true blessing, just to just to 1:45:32.400 --> 1:45:35.120 be in that moment. It's not every day you get 1:45:35.160 --> 1:45:38.599 to retire in an old high school high school jersey number. 1:45:39.360 --> 1:45:42.360 You kind of think you're for your forgotten sometimes when 1:45:42.400 --> 1:45:44.680 you when yeah, you're you're often doing other things, but 1:45:45.479 --> 1:45:49.559 just having that to be recognized as is nothing but God, 1:45:49.640 --> 1:45:51.439 you know, nothing, nothing but Jesus. And that's what we 1:45:51.560 --> 1:45:55.640 stand on over there as strong Christian schools. So, uh, 1:45:55.960 --> 1:45:58.200 glad to see that they're still doing their thing in 1:45:58.320 --> 1:46:00.800 all the sports categories, but also good to see that 1:46:00.880 --> 1:46:02.400 you know, they'll they'll leave a bit, a little bit 1:46:02.439 --> 1:46:05.320 of my legacy to see around. So as my kids 1:46:05.360 --> 1:46:07.479 continue to grow, Uh, that would be something I can 1:46:07.520 --> 1:46:09.640 you know, rubbing rubbing their faces every once in a 1:46:09.680 --> 1:46:11.200 while as there as they're growing up. 1:46:12.280 --> 1:46:14.800 You're a linebacker now but you were a four year 1:46:14.840 --> 1:46:18.160 starting quarterback in high school. Give me a comp what 1:46:18.439 --> 1:46:21.120 college or NFL quarterback were you most like. 1:46:22.000 --> 1:46:24.840 I was definitely most like Cam Newton. I was trying 1:46:24.880 --> 1:46:28.439 to emulate him and everything he did. And then started 1:46:28.479 --> 1:46:31.240 to watch more college guys, started to watch Jalen Hurts, 1:46:31.360 --> 1:46:33.959 just knowing that I was a bigger type of quarterback 1:46:34.040 --> 1:46:36.720 and knowing that those are bigger quarterbacks, knowing that they 1:46:37.000 --> 1:46:39.360 they can run, but also you know, not just being 1:46:39.439 --> 1:46:42.719 the run of also being able to you know, be Leeds. 1:46:42.600 --> 1:46:43.240 In the past game. 1:46:43.320 --> 1:46:46.760 So as I continued to grow in my high school career, 1:46:47.280 --> 1:46:50.400 would you know, put the run first mentality behind it 1:46:50.439 --> 1:46:52.400 and you know, pass first and then run second. 1:46:52.760 --> 1:46:55.960 We're chatting with Demetrius Knight. Were you heavily recruited out 1:46:56.000 --> 1:46:56.559 of high school? 1:46:57.040 --> 1:46:58.639 No, sir, not not very much. 1:46:58.920 --> 1:47:01.760 Uh to Tech was pretty much the only offer I 1:47:01.840 --> 1:47:05.640 had going into my junior year and whatnot. And I 1:47:05.840 --> 1:47:09.400 would go to a camp where Paul Johnson was still 1:47:09.920 --> 1:47:12.000 the head coach at Georgia Tech and he's like, I 1:47:12.040 --> 1:47:14.200 don't I don't understand how you don't have more offers. 1:47:14.800 --> 1:47:16.160 I'm going to give you a first one, and that 1:47:16.360 --> 1:47:17.640 that pretty much sold it for us. 1:47:18.320 --> 1:47:21.479 So he made the offer, you chose Georgia Tech, and 1:47:21.560 --> 1:47:24.120 then he left before you got there. How difficult was 1:47:24.160 --> 1:47:24.519 that for you? 1:47:25.320 --> 1:47:27.400 It was pretty pretty difficult, just because I didn't know 1:47:27.760 --> 1:47:29.639 what I was going to get. I was already getting 1:47:29.640 --> 1:47:34.000 comfortable with the former coaching staff and him. Of course, 1:47:34.080 --> 1:47:36.479 that's that's just line. That's a business decision that he 1:47:36.600 --> 1:47:39.559 and his family had to make. And I didn't hate 1:47:39.640 --> 1:47:41.560 him or anything for that. That's just just just the 1:47:41.640 --> 1:47:45.280 way life goes. So of course I still wanted to 1:47:45.320 --> 1:47:48.200 be close to my mom and sister, uh not wanted 1:47:48.200 --> 1:47:49.720 to be too far away from them and the due 1:47:49.720 --> 1:47:52.760 places we were sharing. So I was like, of course, 1:47:52.800 --> 1:47:55.240 I don't know what the situation will be. I know 1:47:55.320 --> 1:47:57.880 there's there might be a possibility, and no, probably won't 1:47:57.920 --> 1:48:00.360 be quarterback, just because I know it's a new group 1:48:00.439 --> 1:48:03.400 coming in, but I at least figured it's it'd still 1:48:03.439 --> 1:48:04.519 be something on the offense. 1:48:05.280 --> 1:48:05.400 Uh. 1:48:05.880 --> 1:48:09.360 That was the complete opposite of the spectrum. But uh 1:48:10.000 --> 1:48:11.320 and ended up working out for the best. 1:48:11.640 --> 1:48:15.280 What was your reaction when they said Demetrius, you're a linebacker? 1:48:16.000 --> 1:48:16.120 Uh? 1:48:17.360 --> 1:48:17.840 Pretty much? 1:48:17.960 --> 1:48:18.040 Uh? 1:48:18.560 --> 1:48:19.639 World went upside down. 1:48:20.000 --> 1:48:20.120 Uh. 1:48:20.560 --> 1:48:21.519 I didn't know what to think. 1:48:21.680 --> 1:48:24.680 It was kind of unreal, and I just kind of 1:48:24.720 --> 1:48:26.280 went with it for a couple of weeks, thinking, oh, 1:48:26.360 --> 1:48:29.360 they're just they'll see I'm no good at this linebacker thing, 1:48:29.439 --> 1:48:31.880 and moved me back to the offense side of the 1:48:31.920 --> 1:48:36.599 ball in that quarterback And uh now, how now, how 1:48:36.640 --> 1:48:38.639 God hasn't played? God has it playing all the time. 1:48:39.200 --> 1:48:41.160 Of course, you had to go through trials and tribulation 1:48:41.320 --> 1:48:44.160 and perseverance and you end up here in the in 1:48:44.200 --> 1:48:45.400 the NFL as a linebacker. 1:48:46.080 --> 1:48:48.439 While you were in college, you got married and became 1:48:48.520 --> 1:48:50.920 a dad. What's your wife's name and how did. 1:48:50.880 --> 1:48:51.360 You two meet. 1:48:52.280 --> 1:48:55.880 My wife's name is gen C gen C Knights. She 1:48:56.160 --> 1:49:00.280 is She's also from Luggas Grove and we met. We 1:49:00.320 --> 1:49:03.400 went on a mission trip together my junior year, her 1:49:03.520 --> 1:49:07.360 sophomore year. But the whole funny thing is, even though 1:49:07.360 --> 1:49:10.080 we spent a week out in Haiti doing the law's work, 1:49:10.120 --> 1:49:11.800 we did not say a word to each other the 1:49:12.040 --> 1:49:15.400 entire trip. I remember sitting at her table with her 1:49:15.400 --> 1:49:17.400 and her friends and I didn't say a word. And 1:49:17.520 --> 1:49:21.719 then COVID would happened and send send me home from campus, 1:49:21.800 --> 1:49:25.320 and she's finishing up her senior year and you know, 1:49:25.760 --> 1:49:28.360 two boy people at home that happened to remember each 1:49:28.400 --> 1:49:30.360 other and the rest of the history. 1:49:31.400 --> 1:49:34.439 After four years at Georgia Tech, you transferred to Charlotte 1:49:34.600 --> 1:49:38.080 and had a breakout season, earning first team All Conference honors. 1:49:38.720 --> 1:49:41.160 How important was that season and getting you to where. 1:49:41.040 --> 1:49:43.240 You are now? Yeah, it was a lot. 1:49:43.479 --> 1:49:46.559 It was very good for me just because it showed 1:49:46.640 --> 1:49:49.680 that I could play the lineback position. Of course, at 1:49:49.720 --> 1:49:53.559 Georgia Tech it was ups and downs, his and lows, 1:49:53.640 --> 1:49:56.599 and that made me the player who I was going 1:49:56.640 --> 1:50:00.960 into that situation not knowing who was going to be 1:50:01.000 --> 1:50:02.880 the coach because they're getting it. They ever getting a 1:50:02.880 --> 1:50:05.360 new coach, ended up getting coach Coach Posy, coach Biff 1:50:06.080 --> 1:50:08.880 and him coming in was was a great start, just 1:50:08.960 --> 1:50:12.080 because everybody got to start from ground zero. There were 1:50:12.160 --> 1:50:15.320 no politics involved. It was come in and you know, 1:50:15.479 --> 1:50:17.479 earn a spot, and that's that's all I wanted. 1:50:17.520 --> 1:50:17.840 I didn't. 1:50:17.880 --> 1:50:20.040 I wanted everybody to be on on ground zero and 1:50:20.120 --> 1:50:22.200 if someone out out, you know how it plays me 1:50:22.280 --> 1:50:24.200 for the spot, then they just outplayed me. But I 1:50:24.400 --> 1:50:26.960 wanted to have a fair shot and made sure that 1:50:27.040 --> 1:50:28.679 I made every rep count there. 1:50:29.120 --> 1:50:31.720 After great season of Charlotte, you still had one year 1:50:31.800 --> 1:50:35.840 of eligibility left. This is the ni l era. You 1:50:35.920 --> 1:50:38.200 had a wife and a baby at home. Did you 1:50:38.320 --> 1:50:40.559 look for the best financial offer you could find? 1:50:41.680 --> 1:50:43.200 I did, Uh, of. 1:50:43.240 --> 1:50:45.000 Course that was there. 1:50:45.080 --> 1:50:47.960 There were other schools that I was gonna take visits to, 1:50:48.160 --> 1:50:50.160 but you know, when you when you have a wife, 1:50:50.479 --> 1:50:53.040 it ends up being you know, happy wife, happy life. 1:50:53.080 --> 1:50:55.160 And we're already in North Carolina. 1:50:55.280 --> 1:50:58.519 South Carolina was you know, an hour and some chains away, 1:50:59.200 --> 1:51:01.919 and we've got to pack up a third floor apartment 1:51:02.040 --> 1:51:03.000 and take it somewhere. 1:51:03.040 --> 1:51:04.639 And she's like, yeah, I don't. 1:51:04.960 --> 1:51:08.639 I don't plan on going anywhere far sou South Carolina 1:51:08.720 --> 1:51:10.840 might be as far as I'm willing to go, because 1:51:11.360 --> 1:51:13.320 that's not bad of a drive. But it's also close 1:51:13.360 --> 1:51:16.439 to family, so you know, you know, that's that's perfect 1:51:16.479 --> 1:51:16.640 to me. 1:51:16.800 --> 1:51:19.599 Why not? So it ended up bringing out very well 1:51:19.680 --> 1:51:19.960 for us. 1:51:20.600 --> 1:51:22.960 We learned after the draft that you were a door 1:51:23.080 --> 1:51:25.320 dash driver in college to bring in a few extra 1:51:25.400 --> 1:51:29.559 bucks for your family even after games that you played 1:51:29.600 --> 1:51:30.080 in correct. 1:51:30.240 --> 1:51:34.240 Absolutely, yeah, that's uh not what you hear every every day. 1:51:34.439 --> 1:51:37.320 That not pretty much heard of. I'm sure there are. 1:51:37.640 --> 1:51:39.920 There are probably players at other smaller schools that do 1:51:40.000 --> 1:51:42.640 the same thing, but uh, being out of school like 1:51:42.800 --> 1:51:48.320 Charlotte h there were opportunities where got to make them count. 1:51:48.439 --> 1:51:53.200 And DoorDash delivered that opportunity to make account where you know, 1:51:53.280 --> 1:51:54.920 we didn't have to scrounge and I didn't have to 1:51:54.960 --> 1:51:57.760 go apply for different jobs at a Chick Flair or so, 1:51:57.960 --> 1:52:01.080 which I was definitely trying. I'm applying left and right 1:52:01.200 --> 1:52:06.240 to you know, deliver for Amazon. I couldn't get through. 1:52:06.160 --> 1:52:06.640 With them, but. 1:52:08.400 --> 1:52:09.720 It ended up working out for the best. 1:52:09.800 --> 1:52:12.360 DoorDash was it was quick and easy and you just 1:52:12.800 --> 1:52:15.719 get on there and right away you start making deliveries. 1:52:15.760 --> 1:52:17.880 And luckily for me where you know, you live on 1:52:17.960 --> 1:52:20.559 a college campus. You know college kids love to eat, 1:52:20.680 --> 1:52:23.000 so that makes makes it pretty quick and easy. 1:52:22.840 --> 1:52:24.560 To bring in a quick But yeah, I've got a 1:52:24.600 --> 1:52:27.040 student in college and I see those door dash bills, 1:52:27.120 --> 1:52:30.559 so you're absolutely right about that. We're visiting the Demetrius Knight. 1:52:31.040 --> 1:52:33.599 I'm a sucker for an emotional call from a team 1:52:33.640 --> 1:52:36.160 to a player during the NFL Draft, and you got 1:52:36.240 --> 1:52:39.520 choked up when the Bengals called you can you articulate 1:52:39.760 --> 1:52:41.759 the emotions that you were feeling. 1:52:42.560 --> 1:52:46.800 Yeah, just just everything that my family and I had 1:52:46.880 --> 1:52:50.559 been through, wife and I had been through and kids, 1:52:51.640 --> 1:52:56.080 just knowing where we were and how unsure we were 1:52:56.360 --> 1:52:58.920 going from from Tech to Charlotte and it's like, okay, 1:52:59.000 --> 1:53:02.479 well you don't really hear about people coming out of Charlotte, 1:53:02.560 --> 1:53:04.680 nless you you know, you're Alex high Smith, who's you know, 1:53:04.800 --> 1:53:07.880 doing his thing over in Pittsburgh and you know, I'm 1:53:08.080 --> 1:53:10.720 I can, I can make my mark here and ended 1:53:10.800 --> 1:53:13.920 up doing that and uh, situations changed, and you know, 1:53:14.120 --> 1:53:16.880 like when life gets going and it gets going, but uh, 1:53:17.240 --> 1:53:20.240 that's when again you learn how to persevere, lean on 1:53:20.320 --> 1:53:22.360 the faith, lean on the Lord, lean on Jesus and. 1:53:23.000 --> 1:53:24.320 Uh and and here we are. 1:53:24.520 --> 1:53:28.160 It's uh, it's never it's never the end. It's only 1:53:28.320 --> 1:53:31.040 just one chapter finishing and and and onto the next. 1:53:31.880 --> 1:53:34.479 All right, a few wild card topics now for Demetrius Knight. 1:53:34.520 --> 1:53:38.400 Who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport? 1:53:39.439 --> 1:53:39.559 Right? 1:53:39.640 --> 1:53:44.080 Christiano Ronaldo? Uh, soccer fan because of my wife and 1:53:44.520 --> 1:53:48.120 my kids. But that's my wife's favorite watching his game. 1:53:48.160 --> 1:53:50.960 He's pretty good. It's between him and you know Line Messi. 1:53:51.240 --> 1:53:53.080 Those guys, they can get you up on your feet, 1:53:53.080 --> 1:53:56.880 and of course it's always righty at those games, so uh, definite. 1:53:56.880 --> 1:53:59.000 Definitely those guys who you know make make a lot 1:53:59.040 --> 1:54:01.120 of money doing it, So definitely those guys. 1:54:01.280 --> 1:54:03.439 Have you checked out an FC Cincinnati match yet? 1:54:04.040 --> 1:54:07.280 We get them on TV, so we're on TV. We'll 1:54:07.280 --> 1:54:07.960 always tune in. 1:54:08.120 --> 1:54:09.960 We haven't got to go to one yet just because 1:54:10.000 --> 1:54:13.360 of the busy schedule, but if we can get around 1:54:13.360 --> 1:54:14.960 to them, we definitely plan on being there. 1:54:15.400 --> 1:54:17.080 You shared with me that you hope to be a 1:54:17.160 --> 1:54:20.960 movie producer someday. How long have you been interested in 1:54:21.080 --> 1:54:22.559 the making of movies. 1:54:23.800 --> 1:54:26.320 I've been interested in that since I was at Georgia Tech. 1:54:26.760 --> 1:54:29.439 That's that kind of supports is why I got the 1:54:29.560 --> 1:54:32.400 degree that I got there. Just so once football is done, 1:54:32.840 --> 1:54:34.480 you know, I won't be one of those guys just 1:54:34.640 --> 1:54:37.000 lingering around not knowing what I want to do. I 1:54:37.200 --> 1:54:39.360 know once football is done, that's that's exactly what I 1:54:39.440 --> 1:54:42.680 want to do, And no matter what that has to 1:54:42.760 --> 1:54:45.080 start from, I have to put together movie sets first 1:54:45.200 --> 1:54:47.760 and work my way up to that road. I'll do 1:54:47.880 --> 1:54:49.720 it just because I believe all that's fun, it all 1:54:49.800 --> 1:54:53.000 works together, just like football. All works together all guys 1:54:53.080 --> 1:54:55.320 doing there, they're one eleven. It's the same thing with 1:54:55.440 --> 1:54:58.200 movie producing, to make you know, a masterpiece essentially. 1:54:58.840 --> 1:55:01.360 All right, final fun fact for Demetrious Night, And this 1:55:01.440 --> 1:55:05.520 one's kind of deep. If you could meet anybody in history, 1:55:06.200 --> 1:55:08.560 living or deceased, who would that person be? 1:55:10.560 --> 1:55:13.480 Pro I had to be Jesus himself. Uh, I'd love 1:55:13.560 --> 1:55:17.280 to be a fly on the wall just to hear 1:55:17.400 --> 1:55:20.800 him speak, and you know, just to be in the 1:55:20.920 --> 1:55:23.280 room and be in the areas washing them do what 1:55:23.440 --> 1:55:26.360 he does, you know, washing them do the the miracles 1:55:26.360 --> 1:55:27.120 that only he can do. 1:55:27.320 --> 1:55:29.360 That that would that would have to be number one. 1:55:29.840 --> 1:55:31.680 And then if I, if I had you, number two 1:55:31.800 --> 1:55:34.080 had to be Noah when you know he told told 1:55:34.080 --> 1:55:36.560 them to build the arc because I can't imagine He's 1:55:36.600 --> 1:55:38.720 all right, I'll build a big old boat. And you know, 1:55:38.880 --> 1:55:42.320 just to ask me about how did he persevere, you know, 1:55:42.920 --> 1:55:46.040 making making a big old boat, going through adversity, being 1:55:46.120 --> 1:55:48.520 laughed at by people around saying, oh, it's never gonna 1:55:48.600 --> 1:55:50.120 rain in it until it happens. 1:55:50.200 --> 1:55:52.760 So uh, they definitely have to be Jesus and then 1:55:53.640 --> 1:55:54.280 good old Noah. 1:55:54.920 --> 1:55:57.680 Excellent answers. I appreciate your time, best of luck the 1:55:57.720 --> 1:55:58.240 rest of the year. 1:55:58.360 --> 1:56:01.080 Yes, I appreciate you, all right. 1:56:01.240 --> 1:56:04.320 That was a Demetrius night with our Dan who will 1:56:04.360 --> 1:56:05.840 take a break and come back and get into the 1:56:05.920 --> 1:56:08.560 meat of the Keys to the Game. Coming up Sunday, 1:56:08.880 --> 1:56:11.200 it is the Bengals pep Rally Show, broadcasting live from 1:56:11.240 --> 1:56:13.840 on the Rhine Eatery, presented by Bear Kicking on the 1:56:13.920 --> 1:56:21.920 Bengals Radio Network. Welcome back to the Bengals pep Rally Show, 1:56:21.960 --> 1:56:27.280 broadcasting live from ot R on the Rhine. I love 1:56:27.360 --> 1:56:30.080 this place, one hundred these Court Street and Wayne box 1:56:30.160 --> 1:56:33.960 Miller with Ring of Honor inductee Dave Lapham Lap Let's 1:56:34.040 --> 1:56:35.920 dive into it in these last few minutes we got. 1:56:36.280 --> 1:56:38.720 If we look at your keys to the Game, I 1:56:38.760 --> 1:56:41.160 would say number one. I'm just gonna take a guess 1:56:41.240 --> 1:56:43.840 ball security. When you got a ball hawking team like this. 1:56:44.080 --> 1:56:46.000 Yeah, how you write Box, I mean they're plus ten 1:56:46.520 --> 1:56:50.120 in the turnover margin, the turnover ratio. So when you 1:56:50.160 --> 1:56:52.720 have a team that can take the ball away like 1:56:53.520 --> 1:56:57.040 like this Chicago Bear team can do you know you 1:56:57.600 --> 1:57:01.200 got to you gotta ball security is probably the biggest 1:57:01.960 --> 1:57:03.800 key to the game, and I think it is I 1:57:03.880 --> 1:57:07.080 think it is on a weekly basis, high school football, 1:57:07.320 --> 1:57:10.760 National Football League, even pee wee football. I mean, it's 1:57:10.800 --> 1:57:13.160 like if you turn the football over and give your 1:57:13.200 --> 1:57:17.360 opponent extra possessions, you know they're going to take advantage. 1:57:17.360 --> 1:57:21.160 I mean, in eight games, they've got ten more possessions. 1:57:21.240 --> 1:57:23.920 That's better than one game. Yeah, where you know, And 1:57:24.120 --> 1:57:26.000 the Bengals don't want to be in that category. They 1:57:26.000 --> 1:57:28.640 don't want to be a team that's given the Chicago Bears, 1:57:29.040 --> 1:57:31.600 you know, extra possessions to do something to them. So 1:57:32.040 --> 1:57:35.600 I think that's the biggest key. I also think third 1:57:35.720 --> 1:57:39.160 down is going to be a factor in this football game. 1:57:39.520 --> 1:57:42.640 And I think who runs the football. Chicago is all 1:57:42.760 --> 1:57:46.880 about historically running the football well, Walter Payton, you know. 1:57:46.960 --> 1:57:48.920 I mean, they've had a lot of great running backs 1:57:48.920 --> 1:57:50.560 and a lot of great offensive linemen, a lot of 1:57:50.600 --> 1:57:53.560 great offensive lines. They want to control the game by 1:57:53.640 --> 1:57:56.200 running the football, do a little play action pass off 1:57:56.240 --> 1:57:58.240 of that. They have a quarterback that's got a big, 1:57:58.320 --> 1:58:00.840 powerful throwing arm. I think want to you know, stretch 1:58:00.880 --> 1:58:05.200 the field when available, catch you in uh coverages that 1:58:05.360 --> 1:58:08.760 are not favorable for the defense, and and take advantage 1:58:08.760 --> 1:58:12.160 of that. So I think I think those are those 1:58:12.200 --> 1:58:13.800 are two big things. And then also on the on 1:58:13.880 --> 1:58:15.960 the flip side of it, stop the run. You know, 1:58:16.040 --> 1:58:20.160 the Bengals defense has to stop the run for for 1:58:20.520 --> 1:58:23.720 you know, the Chicago Bears to struggle hawk hopefully a 1:58:23.800 --> 1:58:26.280 little bit offensively, and then the Bengals need to run 1:58:26.360 --> 1:58:28.560 the football. They started to run the football a little 1:58:28.560 --> 1:58:31.680 bit better since Joe Flacco has been the starting quarterback. 1:58:31.720 --> 1:58:34.000 And he'll be the first to tell you, but that's 1:58:34.200 --> 1:58:37.560 that's the key that unlocks everything. You know, if you 1:58:37.600 --> 1:58:40.680 can get that running game going, and then Joe Flacco 1:58:40.800 --> 1:58:43.480 can play action pass off of that, uh, then you're 1:58:43.520 --> 1:58:45.200 in high cotton and you get somethings believable. 1:58:45.240 --> 1:58:47.000 I'll tell you some j P run man, I think 1:58:47.360 --> 1:58:49.760 you had so much to that running game. And you know, 1:58:49.840 --> 1:58:52.360 people forget he was a prolific running back in Oklahoma 1:58:52.400 --> 1:58:54.320 when Joe Mixon was there. He was ahead of Joe 1:58:54.400 --> 1:58:57.200 Mixon on the depth chart a few times when they're 1:58:57.240 --> 1:58:59.400 out there. The other thing, for me, I think, uh, 1:58:59.640 --> 1:59:02.120 this to me from the Bengals standpoint, it's going to 1:59:02.200 --> 1:59:06.200 be one about mentality. After what happened last week, you 1:59:06.320 --> 1:59:08.840 come out this week, you can't afford to get to 1:59:08.880 --> 1:59:11.600 a place where you go woe is me or damn, 1:59:11.800 --> 1:59:14.160 you know this is not looking good and you start 1:59:14.280 --> 1:59:17.640 thinking about last week. So mentally strong, get your rest, 1:59:18.040 --> 1:59:20.360 you know, be focused, come out there. Understand if there's 1:59:20.360 --> 1:59:22.840 a hiccup here and there, it don't matter. Long game, yep, 1:59:22.880 --> 1:59:25.360 we got to play sixty minutes of football and if 1:59:25.360 --> 1:59:27.800 there's something that doesn't go our way early, shake it 1:59:27.880 --> 1:59:28.640 off and keep going. 1:59:28.760 --> 1:59:31.240 Absolutely. Box. I think that's a it's a wide statement, 1:59:31.280 --> 1:59:33.120 you know the game. I mean, I think I think 1:59:33.200 --> 1:59:35.200 they need to put last week's game in a box, 1:59:36.280 --> 1:59:38.120 you know, close it up, put a ribbon on it, 1:59:38.200 --> 1:59:40.080 and put it in the closet and forget about it. 1:59:40.200 --> 1:59:40.960 Yeah, and move on. 1:59:41.200 --> 1:59:43.200 That's that's gonna be. That's gonna be the biggest key. 1:59:44.240 --> 1:59:47.160 Coaches were talking about it. Zach Taylor was talking about it, 1:59:47.560 --> 1:59:51.840 Joe Flacco. It seems to be a pervasive mindset throughout 1:59:51.880 --> 1:59:53.040 the whole football team. 1:59:53.080 --> 1:59:54.840 No question about it. We'll take our last break and 1:59:54.920 --> 1:59:57.080 come back and wrap up. You're listening to the Bengals 1:59:57.120 --> 2:00:00.200 pet rally So Broadcasting's Live it on the Rine und 2:00:00.240 --> 2:00:03.240 These Court Street presented by just Bear Ticket on the 2:00:03.480 --> 2:00:08.840 Bengals Radio Network. Welcome back to the Bengals pep Rally Show, 2:00:08.880 --> 2:00:11.320 broadcasting live on the Rhine the one hundred These Court 2:00:11.360 --> 2:00:14.080 Street presented by Just Bear Ticket on the Bengals Radio Network, 2:00:14.120 --> 2:00:17.040 Wayne Box, Miller Ring of Honor inductee Dave Lapp and 2:00:17.080 --> 2:00:19.480 we're wrapping up. And as we wrap up, so thank 2:00:19.520 --> 2:00:22.560 you everybody that came out. Thanks Chris Jenkins, Thank you 2:00:22.720 --> 2:00:27.280 to Tom Thayer and Aaron McKee just helping us out 2:00:27.320 --> 2:00:30.520 with this show. Daz, I look at this game, and 2:00:30.800 --> 2:00:33.560 I think special teams set the tone. 2:00:33.720 --> 2:00:33.880 Yep. 2:00:34.240 --> 2:00:36.880 If they kick the ball to us, make a big play, 2:00:37.000 --> 2:00:39.520 if we kick it at them, knock somebody on there, 2:00:39.600 --> 2:00:42.760 but make a statement right out of the gate that hey, 2:00:43.360 --> 2:00:46.000 we have some unfinished business this week and we want 2:00:46.040 --> 2:00:47.520 to go into this bye week with a win. 2:00:48.000 --> 2:00:51.160 And Darren Simmons is here here a box, He's all 2:00:51.240 --> 2:00:56.120 for it. He he's been talking about the importance of 2:00:56.200 --> 2:01:00.600 special teams obviously as offense and defensive had their problems, 2:01:00.640 --> 2:01:02.840 had their struggles, you know, he wanted to be the 2:01:02.880 --> 2:01:06.880 stabilizing force of stabilizing influence in the in the three 2:01:06.960 --> 2:01:10.960 phases offense, defense, and special teams. Special teams we talked 2:01:10.960 --> 2:01:13.120 about earlier in the Keys of the game. You know, 2:01:13.160 --> 2:01:16.400 they'll help dictate field position. The Bengals want to dominate 2:01:16.480 --> 2:01:20.680 field position against the Chicago Bears and just own that 2:01:20.800 --> 2:01:23.880 real estate man and uh and and make them score 2:01:23.920 --> 2:01:28.560 them a little bit, you know. Long field, short field, 2:01:28.640 --> 2:01:30.680 that's what it's all about. I think in this football game, 2:01:30.720 --> 2:01:33.680 I think it's two things. Turnovers and they contribute and 2:01:34.080 --> 2:01:38.480 help longfield short field. Bengals have multiple short fields where 2:01:38.480 --> 2:01:40.720 they are in the red zone, a low red zone 2:01:40.760 --> 2:01:44.280 and scoring points frequently and easily. And the Chicago Bears 2:01:44.320 --> 2:01:46.440 are backed up and have to go long field and 2:01:46.520 --> 2:01:47.840 struggle to score. Yeah. 2:01:47.880 --> 2:01:53.160 I think this game could gun down to grasshopper and mensa. 2:01:53.720 --> 2:01:56.560 I think that Caleb Williams, you know, he as every 2:01:56.640 --> 2:01:58.760 now and they're still learning this offense. You heard it 2:01:58.760 --> 2:02:00.720 out there say they don't run this. I ain't played twice. 2:02:00.720 --> 2:02:01.440 I mean they're calling. 2:02:01.800 --> 2:02:03.640 He could have some struggles there and it could be 2:02:03.680 --> 2:02:07.480 opportunistic for the Bengal Bengals defense. On the other hand, 2:02:07.840 --> 2:02:10.880 because Joe Flacco is a veteran. Hey, I'm only going 2:02:10.960 --> 2:02:12.400 to take what you give me. I'm not going to 2:02:12.440 --> 2:02:14.720 try to force something to Chase force to the Higgins. 2:02:14.760 --> 2:02:18.880 If Yoci Vosh or if Tanner Hudson, or if Chris 2:02:19.800 --> 2:02:21.840 Chase Brown is doing a wheel route, whatever is there, 2:02:21.960 --> 2:02:24.280 I'm going to take it in that minsa of just 2:02:24.480 --> 2:02:27.160 I know football. It very well could come down to 2:02:27.240 --> 2:02:28.680 that for me. And that's what I'm going to be 2:02:28.760 --> 2:02:32.440 looking for potentially, is if Caleb Williams makes a mistake, 2:02:33.000 --> 2:02:35.200 can the Bengal defense make him pay for it? 2:02:35.360 --> 2:02:37.600 That's going to be a big key, maybe the biggest. 2:02:38.160 --> 2:02:41.160 And you know, I like the fact that the Bengals 2:02:41.240 --> 2:02:44.120 have the quarterback that's got the experience, he's got fifteen 2:02:44.200 --> 2:02:48.040 years in the NFL. I mean, that's that's that's a big, 2:02:48.240 --> 2:02:51.840 big deal. And the Chicago Bears have a quarterback that's 2:02:51.880 --> 2:02:54.680 in his second year and still learning what it takes 2:02:54.720 --> 2:02:58.320 to be an efficient, effective quarterback in the National Football League. 2:02:58.600 --> 2:03:01.320 That alone, in my mind, is a big enough advantage 2:03:01.360 --> 2:03:03.400 for the Cincinnati Bengals to pull this one out at home. 2:03:03.520 --> 2:03:05.720 Yeah, And as much as we talk about the running game, 2:03:05.880 --> 2:03:09.080 Chase Brown and smajp Run have been running the ball, 2:03:09.280 --> 2:03:11.560 this offensive line has been blocking, and the Bears have 2:03:11.640 --> 2:03:14.600 been given up five yards per carry on the ground. 2:03:15.120 --> 2:03:18.640 This could be a game where again, if keep the ball, 2:03:19.120 --> 2:03:21.720 keep them on the sideline, eat up the clock, get 2:03:21.760 --> 2:03:24.800 a lead, and just build on that lead and make 2:03:24.880 --> 2:03:27.240 them have to play from behind, which means Caleb Williams 2:03:27.320 --> 2:03:29.160 may have to throw more than he wants to or 2:03:29.280 --> 2:03:31.600 the coach may have to throw more. And that's when 2:03:31.640 --> 2:03:33.760 you put yourself in a position to potentially come up 2:03:33.800 --> 2:03:34.800 with a couple of big plays. 2:03:34.920 --> 2:03:35.400 Absolutely. 2:03:35.480 --> 2:03:38.640 I mean, it's the Abcson football. You know, we're talking about. 2:03:39.560 --> 2:03:42.040 You know, the things you learn about the game of 2:03:42.080 --> 2:03:44.400 football in order to win games at a very young 2:03:44.480 --> 2:03:49.440 age Peewee football, high school collegiate football, National Football League. 2:03:49.960 --> 2:03:53.600 It's not rocket science now we're talking about. Here are 2:03:53.680 --> 2:03:57.640 the things, the staples that winning teams accomplish on a 2:03:57.720 --> 2:04:00.440 week two week basis and win more football games and 2:04:00.480 --> 2:04:04.360 they lose. And you know, if you do this, you're 2:04:04.360 --> 2:04:07.360 going to win your share of football games as well. 2:04:07.600 --> 2:04:10.240 And the last thing I'll say is penalties. Yeah, but 2:04:10.280 --> 2:04:13.000 the Bengals have done better than their opponent's penalty wise, 2:04:13.040 --> 2:04:15.880 They've had less penalties than their opponents. Sometime they come 2:04:15.920 --> 2:04:17.760 at the wrong time. But if the Bengals can keep 2:04:17.840 --> 2:04:21.560 the penalties to a minimum again, and they've last three games, 2:04:21.560 --> 2:04:25.240 they've had less penalties than their opponents. Keep playing smart, 2:04:25.360 --> 2:04:28.200 sound football. Don't beat yourself, don't shoot yourself in the foot. 2:04:28.320 --> 2:04:32.600 And I think that's that's the mantra for this week's 2:04:32.680 --> 2:04:37.480 game against Chicago Bears. No self destruction, take care of 2:04:37.560 --> 2:04:40.880 the football, do not shoot yourself in the foot. You know, 2:04:42.200 --> 2:04:46.760 make sure that the Chicago Bears beat you. Make them 2:04:46.800 --> 2:04:50.320 beat you. Don't contribute to their cause. Don't make it 2:04:50.400 --> 2:04:53.160 easier for the Chicago Bears to beat you by giving 2:04:53.200 --> 2:04:56.360 them extra possessions, better field position, all the things we 2:04:56.480 --> 2:04:59.720 talked about. Take care of the ABC's and hopefully the 2:05:00.000 --> 2:05:01.200 Bengals will have a victory. 2:05:01.640 --> 2:05:03.480 Yes they will. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much 2:05:03.520 --> 2:05:05.800 for joining us live at on the Ryan Eery one 2:05:05.880 --> 2:05:08.880 hundred ees Court Street. Let's get one big HOODI before 2:05:08.920 --> 2:05:13.360 we get out of here world two three hoo waitby 2:05:13.440 --> 2:05:15.360 smelling Dave Lap I'm glad to have you bored. 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