WEBVTT - 12-5-25 Scott Sloan Show 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:01.840 Do you want to be an American? 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.880 Friday morning? It slowly here on seven hundred w WELW 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:09.920 Joe Jamar t All in action for the first time, 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:13.720 and it feels like forever of this Sunday at Buffalo 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:16.560 and Orchard Park against the Bills, Ravens dominated the Bengals. 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:18.960 I'm sorry, the Bengals dominated the Ravens. I should say 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.520 thirty two to fourteen Thanksgiving Night, which seems like a 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:24.279 while ago. And then Pittsburgh crushed by the Bills twenty 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.479 six to seven on Sunday, and the Bengals thrust it 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:31.280 into the conversation of possibly winning the division. And I mean, 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:33.400 the odds makers don't give it much of a shot, 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.680 but man, it's not gonna take much. Dan Horne is here, 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.680 of course, voice of the Bengals on seven hundred WLW Daniel, 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:40.560 good morning. How are you bother? 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.680 Sony? I'm good. It's not going to take much. That 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:46.080 might be a slight No, I don't know. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:47.879 It's the division. 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:52.959 No one wants. Cleveland would love it, trust me. 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:58.080 Well, Cleveland's mathematically eliminated from twenty twenty six postseason play. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:00:58.360 Dan. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:02.880 At this point, before we get to that, the shootouts 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.880 tonight the last time you see one at Sinta Center. 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:08.240 What were you doing? 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.000 I was broadcasting the game. That was twenty four years ago. 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.280 Oh yeah, oh yeah, I go back a long way. 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.080 I know now that you mention it. That was early 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.600 in my really early Bearcats ten year Yeah, that might 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.199 have been second or third year, but in any case, 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.720 remember it. Well, Steve Logan had twenty two points. David 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.080 West got injured in that game. That obviously helped the Bearcats. Yep, 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.720 Cincinnati won by twenty. It was the first time they 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.639 ever played at the Sintas Center. They haven't won again since, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.000 so they're desperate to try to end that streak tonight. 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:40.520 We'll see. 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:42.880 I think I had just started at the station when 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:44.920 you know, learn about the crossown shoot all that stuff 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.160 goes that far. That's a long long time not to 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.000 win in one picture, good Billy, when you play every. 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:52.440 Year, I had nafro back then, I had so much hair. 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:56.880 It was a long long time ago, So. 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.360 Long ago Dan had hair. Yeah, and that he hair 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:03.240 left has been great at this point. So all right, 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.960 Well what changes it hasn't since two thousand and one. 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.200 Well, everything has changed. I mean it's amazing that we 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.480 get to this incredible rivalry, the best intracity rivalry in 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:18.240 college basketball, and there's one guy on both teams combined 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.640 that's played in it before Dade Thomas. Yeah, he's the 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.680 only Cincinnati player. Xavier doesn't have any. 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.880 So that is one aspect of the current state of 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.520 college athletics that sucks. You know, we used to love 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.160 the fact that guys would play in this rivalry three times, 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.560 four times, and you'd have those memories of how they 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.280 did against UC or how they did against Xavier. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.760 Those days are pretty much gone. I mean, there will occasionally. 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.360 Be a player probably that sticks with a team for 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.000 three or four years, but it's. 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:49.200 Going to be a rarity going forward. 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:49.560 Yeah. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.119 Yeah, And I bring that up because, yeah, the players changed, 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.400 the coaches have changed, all the thesiers yet and the 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.760 one true thing is that you see cannot win at 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:01.400 Cinta Center for four years. It's like, yeah, participants have changed, 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.520 and yet it's still I don't know what it is, 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.840 a curse, call it what it is, but is this 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:08.799 the year that you see overcomes Dan. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:12.000 Two weeks ago, I would have said yes. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:17.600 Now, I let's say maybe Cincinnati looked like the much 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.040 better team. In the first few weeks of the season, 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.120 Xavier was kind of sputtering. The Bearcats are rolling now. 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:27.440 Cincinnati has not played particularly well in it's last three 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.000 or four games, and Xavier is coming on. Xavier's playing 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.519 really well. They made a slight tweak in the lineup, 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:37.080 and they've been really emphasizing their three point shooting from 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.440 all five positions or at least four, depending on who's 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.480 on the floor, and they are among the national leaders 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:43.800 and three pointers made. 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.400 I will say this about U. See when they've had 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.920 Boba Miller available for all forty minutes of a game, 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.240 they haven't lost. They lost to Louisville when he missed 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:55.920 the last ten and a half minutes. Now, they were 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.960 losing by five points at the time, so they might 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.720 have lost that game anyway. And then they lost the 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.280 Eastern Michigan when Baba did not play. He's their best player. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.080 He makes an unbelievable difference when he's on the floor. 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.680 He's good to go tonight, So we'll see if that's 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:11.640 going to be a big factor in a bear Cat win. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.640 All Right, it is a huge basketball game here in 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:16.440 the city of Cincinnati, and it was certainly one of 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.040 the most, if not unique in town matchups. It's been 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.400 going for such a and it's always a pretty good game, 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.560 almost always the crosstown shot out tonight. Anyway, let's seguay 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:29.080 to Sunday in Orchard Park, Bills and Bengal's going to 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:33.119 be able to snow thirty one degrees and some snow showers, 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.400 just how we like it. Joe Burrow is outstanding in 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:37.279 the cold weather, by the way, if you look at 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.000 any past history. But we'll start with this. The Bills 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.720 just ran for almost two hundred fifty yards against Pittsburgh, 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.080 most since twenty twenty three, the most there in Pittsburgh 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.279 since nineteen seventy five. Bengals thirty first against the run. 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.960 How do they slow James Cook in the rushing attack? 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.520 And if they can, how big a key is that 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:57.080 to victory? 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.760 Number one key. That's the biggest key to the game. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.880 And the keyword in the sentence you just used, Sloany 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:08.080 was slow, not stop. They're not going to suddenly hold 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:12.000 Buffalo to forty eight rushing yards, but they can't give 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:13.960 up one hundred and fifty plus. And that's what the 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.360 Bills average, and that's what the Bengals defense average is allowing. 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.520 I think Buffalo averages one hundred and fifty eight rushing 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.560 yards a game, number one in the NFL, and the 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.760 Bengals give up one fifty three, So that one fifty 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.640 ish number isn't going to work for Cincinnati. If they 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.400 allow that, I think the Bengals are dead. Even though 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.280 they have Joe Burrow back. They can't allow Buffalo to 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.279 control the clock, go up and down the field on 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.880 the ground, make it easier for Josh Allen to throw 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.200 when he decides to. I think that's the number one 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:42.839 key to the game. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:47.000 And as for how the Bengals slow James Cooking that 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.359 rushing attack, well, they've been doing it for the last 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.440 few weeks. So the Bengals, as I. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.239 Said, they've given up one hundred and fifty three rushing 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.719 yards a game, but that includes like two fifty against 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.200 the Jets and two fifty against Chicago. Over the last 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.960 three weeksnumbers come way down. So the Bengals defense is 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:04.919 playing better and we'll see if they can make it 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:05.800 four games in a row. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.640 Yeah, and of course the twist is not just James 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.800 cook it's also well Josh Allen, you know, four hundred 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.480 nine rushing yards seventy six for your rushing tds just 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.520 broke Cam Newton's all time record the NFL. That is 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.159 a twist the Bengals are not used to seeing. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:23.680 It's a twist that nobody's used to seeing, especially inside 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.600 the ten. You know, the seventy six rushing touchdowns for 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.120 Josh Allen, I don't know the number, but I'm guessing 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.479 that at least sixty five of them have come inside 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:35.279 the ten yard line. When they get close to the 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:39.600 goal line, that's the great equalizer because normally, if a 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.880 quarterback hands off to the running back inside the five, 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.440 the quarterback is just standing there watching. So basically, you've 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:51.080 got nine guys to block eleven. When Josh Allen keeps, 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.760 the running back is now available to block, you've got 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:54.800 an extra guy to block. 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.480 Josh Allen is obviously a horse. It's really difficult to 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:00.320 stop when you get close to the goal line. And 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.479 the Bills also do a great job of you know, 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.520 if Josh Allen is say two or three yards away 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.240 and still on his feet, couple of those gigantic offensive 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.080 linemen we'll move behind and start pushing, and then it's 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:12.600 almost impossible to bring him down. 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:12.880 Yeah. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.960 But the problem with Josh Allen and we'll get the interceptions, 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.040 like his facts, he he just does not have the receivers. 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:19.960 He doesn't have the tools out there to throw the ball. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.760 I think that's why you're seeing maybe the interception rate 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.360 creep up and trying to do other things and forcing plays. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.040 Could be that could be good for the Bengal seconder. 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:32.720 No doubt, he's got six interceptions in the last four games. 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:35.720 He's got ten for the season. I believe he's tied 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.360 for second in the NFL for most interceptions, maybe third. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.080 In any case, You're right, they don't have great where 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.360 he's receiving weapons, and one of their best has been 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.000 out Dalton and Kaid. He's missed the last three games. 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.280 Former first gund Draft pick tight end. When he's been 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.720 on the field this year, Alan hasn't thrown any interceptions. 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.520 The passing game is much much better when he's on 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:02.040 the field for Buffalo. He's been limited at practice this week. 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.640 I don't know if he's expected to come back or not. Obviously, 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.680 from the Bengals perspective, fingers crossed and he misses at 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:09.400 least one more. 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.520 Okay, good. And before we segue and flip the script 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.920 to the other side of the ball, Trey hendrickson what 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:15.600 is the story? 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:21.960 He's hurts and other than that, I'm not sure. I 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.000 haven't seen him or talked to him in the last 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:28.280 few weeks. He's still rehabbing. It's not like he's left Cincinnati. 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:33.000 But it just feels like Trey is going to wait 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:37.800 until he's one hundred to come back. But again, I 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.440 have not talked to him about that, or talked to 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:41.800 him period for several weeks. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.400 You've heard the speculation. You know, he's just gonna say 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.520 and he's done. And but I mean, you know, people 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.240 make stuff up in the vacuum. When the story stamp 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.320 coming off your quiet and doing your work and trying 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.160 to rehab, the story takes on a life of its own. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.880 Of course, hopefully he's back sooner rather than later. But 0:08:58.040 --> 0:08:59.719 I would say, you know, there's some parallels been the 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:03.720 Bills Bengals, and players and positions are missing. Bengals are 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.719 without Trey Hendricks and the Bills are gonna look like 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:06.920 they're gonna be without Joey Bosa. 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:09.760 Yeah, big loss. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.160 He leads the Bills in sacks even though he plays 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:16.280 a somewhat specialist role coming in to rush the quarterback. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:18.960 We know how great he is from his career, so 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.679 that's a significant loss. At Oliver has been out basically, 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.439 you know, almost all of the year for Buffalo, their 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.800 best interior defensive linemen. So I don't think that's the 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.679 strength for the Bills. They're giving up a bunch of 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.800 rushing yards. We talked about how that they are running 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.160 the ball, well, they're bad at stopping the run. They're 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.560 next to last in the NFL in yards per carry allowed. 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.760 So Chase Brown has been great for the last six games, 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.120 and we'll see if the Bengals can have some balance 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.160 and what's likely to be a really cold day in Buffalo. 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:48.839 Yeah, it could just be a ball control game. Dan, 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.439 We're we're rushing, We're seeing a thousand yards rushing. It's 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.840 gonna do one of those days. Joe Burrow though, fire 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.319 in the cold, and it feels like it's been the 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.760 first time in forever since Burrow, Chase and Higgins have 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.240 all been healthy and playing together. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.960 Yeah, we too would have been the last time. And 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:08.400 we're assuming that t is back. I think that will 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.520 be the case. He's been trending. Yeah, he's been trending 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.000 in the right direction. He comes back from the concussion 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.560 he suffered two games ago. I think we'll get the 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.400 official word on whether he's back or not today, and 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.559 I do expect him to play. So yeah, it'd be 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.320 great for the Bengals passing offense to be back at 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.280 full strength. I'm finding some wood here to knock on. 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:31.600 But with five games left in the season, the Bengals 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.840 are in relatively good shape in terms of injuries. Trey 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.240 would be the most notable guy that they don't have, 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.760 but particularly in the offensive end, they're in really good shape. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.160 Yeah. Yeah, and the Bills have been. Their defense has 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.360 been pretty lead against the pass all season long, despite 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.520 all the injuries of the defense they've had. But this 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.800 is the arguably one of the best tests they're going 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.679 to have the season with all three players presumably be 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.960 back back on the field. In addition to the Bills 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.000 claimed veteran cornerback Darius Slayan went saying, Bengals fans are 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.000 going nuts because you remember him in what week seven? 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.760 It's the Steelers that Jamar lit him and the defense. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.960 Steeler defense up for a career day for him. Sixteen touches, 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.520 one hundred and sixty one yards and a touchdown. But 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.079 the Bills got screwed here because Darius Lay said, dah, 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:17.680 you know what, I'm not going to report. I'm thinking 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:19.720 about maybe retiring and what I would do in the future. 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.560 Bills released JaMarcus Ingram, who's been pretty strong for them 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.360 off the practice squad this season. Houston picked him up. 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.720 So not only out Darius Lay, you're out JaMarcus Ingram 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.920 as well. Another opportunity for Joe Burrow in company. 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:34.200 A little surprised that Buffalo would reach out and try 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.840 to get Darius Slay. He hasn't been very good this year, 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.800 he's old. It was kind of a questionable signing at 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.680 the beginning of the year by Pittsburgh. The thought was 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.440 they wanted to pick him up to kind of be 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.520 a veteran mentor to Joey Porter, who's been penalty prone 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.800 and you know, kind of prone to emotional loudbursts. When 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:53.520 he avoids that kind of stuff. He's a really good 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.600 player that didn't work out very well for Pittsburgh. So 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.480 it does kind of speak to Buffalo's I don't know, 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:04.199 maybe slight desperations to build up the depth at that position. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.240 Christian Benford's been awesome he had at corner. He'll be 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:08.520 shadowing Jamar Chase. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:09.880 How's that match up gonna look? 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:15.400 I'll say this, You know, beware any NFL team that 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.120 thinks that they've got a cornerback that's good enough to 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.840 handle Jamar Chase one on one is going to be 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:22.760 proven wrong. Ye, nobody does that. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.520 Jamar is you know, he's not only the best wide 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.840 receiver in the NFL right now, he's one of the 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:29.920 best ever. I think it's safe to say that five 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:34.640 years into his career. So Benford will follow Jamar Chase, 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:39.600 but he'll still probably get help. Having said that, Jamar 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.400 will put up numbers because he always does. 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.040 Yeah, Jamar will do what he does right exactly. It'll 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.880 be certainly a fascinating match with the other guy is 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:50.320 Bill's rookie corner Maxwell Harriston. It's about six catches on 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.319 thirteen targets since coming back there for injury in Week eight, 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.720 and he's a holdout, and you think he is he 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:56.560 the weak link there. 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.080 He's a rookie, he's a little bit underside, He's got 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.720 tremendous speed. He's a Kentucky guy he played at UK 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:05.800 first round draft pick. I think he's going to be 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:09.080 a good player, but I think is inexperience shows. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.680 Yeah, yeah, also Dan, I mean, we've got two teams 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:13.720 literally fighting here, Buffalo eight and for fighting for a 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.120 wild card. Doesn't look like they're going to win the 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.199 division as have done the last five seasons the way 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.040 that Drake May and New England's playing, And everyone hates 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.680 to hear that because no one likes New England. Cincinnati 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.760 fighting for its playoff life right now, and it's it's 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.000 such a great story because the as we mentioned, the 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.880 North is so up for grabs right now. Pittsburgh and 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.360 the Ravens are flailing right now. The Bengals are getting 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.480 one game, is certainly not a shriek, but certainly looking 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:39.800 a lot better. And some experts are saying, you know what, 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:41.800 I think they might run the table or close to 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.760 it and wind up getting that playoff spot. We'll see, 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.959 of course, and it starts on Sunday. But this matchup 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.840 with two teams fighting for something is are the Bills 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.080 experience and talent level when you when you combine it 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.959 all together, overwhelming or what we I mean? I think 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.240 the lines what like five five six, so five and 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:02.800 a half. I mean, it's not as close as you 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.400 would think it would be. But Matt, I just I'll 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:08.000 be honest with Isabell's fan and Bengals fan, the Bengals 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.480 feel like the better team right now. 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.199 Well, I'm not sure that I agree with that. 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.800 You know, it's interesting with Buffalo, as you mentioned, they're 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:20.560 eight and four, and that seems disappointing just because expectations 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:21.400 were so high. 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.480 They dominated their division. They started four and zero. It 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.800 felt like they were the best team in the AFC 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.680 certainly at that point and maybe in the NFL. And 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.760 they've been a five hundred team since. And they've got 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.760 kind of some head scratching losses. They lost to the Falcons, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.360 they lost to the Dolphins, they gave up eight facts 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.800 two weeks ago against Houston. It's still a really good team. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.120 Josh Allen is obviously one of the best quarterbacks in 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.880 the NFL. James Cook is second in the NFL and 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.200 rushing and had seven one hundred yard games. And they're 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.160 playing at home where they won sixteen out of their 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.880 last seventeen. So I'm not willing to say that Cincinnati 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.640 is the better team. But I will say this, this 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:02.560 is what they do, right, I mean, they get to 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:07.160 December and they go on a run. Dak Taylor has 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:11.840 been criticized and fairly criticized for the team's slow starts. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.840 I'm not sure he's ever gotten the same amount of 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.360 credit for their strong finishes. So let's go back to 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.360 twenty twenty one, the Super Bowl year. They were a 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.680 game over five hundred. They were seven and six, and 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.560 then they won the next six games that they were 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.480 trying to win. So I'm going to toss out the 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:31.440 regular season finale when they rested their starters, but they 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.600 finished the regular season winning their last three. Then they 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.680 won three straight in the playoffs to get the Super Bowl. 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.840 The next year they were four and four. They won 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.760 ten in a row before they lost the AFC Championship 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.080 game to Kansas City. Last year, of course, they won 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.600 their last five to at least stay in the playoff 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:49.200 hunt until the last day of the regular season. So 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.400 that's three out of the last four years. Six game 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.000 winning streak, ten game winning streak, five game winning streak. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:57.800 It's what they do, so I am not ruling out 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.640 the possibility of winning five more in a row to 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.440 stay in the hunt and then hope that Baltimore loses 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.120 too and Pittsburgh loses too, and if that happens, they're in. 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:12.760 Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's simple math right well, and 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.640 also the I mean, let's face it that Joe Burr 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.840 the Beggels have had the Bill's number for a while. 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:18.480 It's just one of those teams they can't get past. 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.880 But we'll see what happens Sunday. And I think it's 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.760 gonna be a great game either way. And Dan and 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.880 Lapp will have a call from Snowy Orchard Park on Sunday. 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:27.520 I'll see you there, buddy. Have a great game and 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.120 safe travels. We'll talk again in about a week. 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:32.680 Sounds good, Clony, have fun. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.280 Appreciate you you too, Thanks again, Voice of the Bengals 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.280 and of course Bearcats. Tonight it is the Crosstown shootout. 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.480 Dan Horde with the call courtside at Cinta Center. Can 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.560 you see do something they haven't done since Dan had 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:50.080 an afro, and that is win win at X. We'll 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:51.680 find out tonight on the Home of the Cats. Seven 0:16:51.760 --> 0:17:03.120 hundred wwbman. 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:02.400 Who has entertainment reporting, of course through his veins which 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.200 makes him a medical. 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:08.000 Offity is ABC, Will Gans from New York. 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.080 Good morning, Will Dans. How are you, sir? 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:12.840 I am good. Happy Friday, too. 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.920 Happy Friday. Cannot wait for it, cannot wait for it. 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.800 A bunch of stuff going on. Let's start in theaters 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.080 where the New Knives Out movie is on a limited basis, 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:25.080 though it's gonna be like a general release eventually with 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.159 Daniel Craig and Glenn Close and company. 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.320 That is exactly right. So what if I told you 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.439 that you only have to wait one week for this 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:35.639 thing to pop up on your Netflix? 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.640 Because yeah, it kind of started getting into a little 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:42.800 bit and then fall out, but I gotta get back in. 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.280 It's a great show. And I'm wondering, well, okay, well 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:46.840 why is this the theaters if it's gonna be on 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:47.600 Netflix a week? 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:49.320 I mean. 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:53.480 So, the big consideration for movies like this, particularly when 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.399 you do have performances from Glenn Close that could be 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:00.680 up for awards nominations, Daniel Craig writing, and stuff from 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.800 Ryan Johnson is in order for something to be considered 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.520 for oscars, they have to spend a minimum amount of 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.640 time in a minimum amount of theaters. So I think 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.240 you know, a lot of the studios will say, all right, 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.280 we'll put this thing in five hundred theaters across the 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.240 country and you know, leave it there for a couple 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:19.960 of weeks, and then we'll bring it to the people 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:24.040 on Netflix. So that's what's going on here. But I 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.359 will say this movie Wake Up Dead Man is one 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.480 of my favorite things I've seen this year. So if 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.240 you're looking for a reason to go to the theaters 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:34.720 this weekend, I can't recommend this enough, although I would 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.800 understand if anyone wanted to wait to watch it. It'll 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:39.160 be on Netflix next Friday. 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:40.840 Yeah, I just sit in So they're doing is just 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.679 to get an oscar. Now I'm as opposed to actually 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.440 anyone going to the theater and seeing it. Yeah, I 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.880 would say that that's that's correct. Yeah, because it's like, well, 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:51.520 if you don't have net fight, don't get it all right, 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.960 interesting times in which we we live, that's for sure. 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.440 Let's go to the small screen here. Peacocky has something 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:00.720 called all Your Fault just keeps showing up in my cue. 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:01.720 Is it worth hitting play? 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.800