WEBVTT - 10-22-25 - Bengals Game Plan 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.800 Bud Light, Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy, paycoorps Paincore 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:08.000 is proud to be the official hr software provider of 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:12.680 the Cincinnati Bengals. Kettering Health Best Care for the Best Fans. 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:17.400 Kettering Health, Official healthcare provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:23.520 is ESPN fifteen thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:26.920 And away we go. A very pleasant, good evening, everybody, 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.360 and welcome to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:34.199 bud Light, Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy Here on 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.479 ESPN fifteen thirty. I'm Dan Hord with Dave Lapham. We 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.880 are live tonight at Champions Grill on the West side 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:46.040 of Cincinnati. The address is thirty six seventy Work Road. 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.760 That is w E RK Work Road, and we're going 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.080 to be here until eight o'clock tonight. We've got a 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.240 very special guest joining us in one hour. He'll be 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.440 with us for the final hour of the show tonight. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.160 A favorite of ours lap and a Bengals fan favorite, 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.080 center Ted Carris. 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:09.319 And understandably so. Ted Carris is a very very fine 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:16.720 football player, high achiever. Ted Carris has worked his body 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:22.040 to an efficient level of production. I mean, this guy 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.640 hits the weight room hard. He's serious about it. He 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.160 knows what he has to do to be ready to 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:31.360 play in the National Football League against these massive nose 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:35.280 guards that everybody's playing in the NFL now. And you know, 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.839 Ted is a football savant in terms of football knowledge. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:42.360 He understands the game at such a high level. Quarterbacks 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:45.520 love playing with him at the center position. Tom Brady, 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.360 did you know other quarterbacks at New England did as well, 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:53.280 And Joe Burrow with the Cincinnati Bengals felt the same way. 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.240 Feels the same way about Ted Carris playing the center 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.280 position for him, and he will be again when Joe 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:04.240 Borrow returned. Joe Flacco right away realized, you know, the 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.160 influence and impact that Ted Carriss has on this offensive 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:12.160 football team for the Cincinnati Bengals. So I'm sure he'll 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.799 have a lot of good things to talk about what 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.760 the New York Jets is put in a few days 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:23.240 of research and study and trying to determine tendencies and 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.160 things they like to do, things they do well, things 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:29.560 they might not do quite as well. And I think 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.000 that he's probably pretty excited about the game plan that 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.800 has been installed, and they were out there in the 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.680 practice field today repping that getting used to that game plan, 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.840 so it becomes second nature by the time kickoff occurs. 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.600 The Bengals and Jets coming up this Sunday at one 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.480 o'clock at pay Course Stadium, Cincinnati, looking to even its 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.040 record at four and four. That, of course, is not 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.240 the only thing going on at the stadium this week. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.239 At halftime of the game, the two newest members of 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.400 the Bengals Ring of Honor will be inducted, Leap and 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.320 Lamar Parrish. And who's the other guy that's going in? 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:07.200 Oh yes, my dear friend and broadcast partner, Dave Lapham. 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.680 It's going to be awesome. That's right. Let's give that 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:11.600 a round of applause. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:13.160 Thank you very much. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.560 And from what I've been told, all of the living 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.200 members of the Ring of Honor are expected to be 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:23.240 back in town this weekend. So we're talking Corey Dylan, Boomer, 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:29.280 Assias and Chad Johnson, Willie Anderson, Isaac Curtis, Tim Crumrae, 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.519 Anthony Munoz, Kenny Anderson. It's a who's who of Bengals 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.280 history and it'll be great for you to see. So 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.640 many guys that you played with, obviously, and then guys 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.200 that you've watched from the broadcast boot. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:47.760 You're right, Dan, I mean it's it's unbelievably humbling. I 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:53.880 think is the word this week is just man, it's 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:58.800 like an unbelievably beautiful dream that you never want to 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:04.200 wake up from, you know, because you're getting congratulations from 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:09.760 former teammates, former coaches, even players that played against. Some 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.600 guys have reached out and and uh, you know, fans 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.719 like the fans here showing up these these shows and 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.560 these events that are going to be going on all 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.640 during the course of this week. Tried to get as 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.279 much sleep as I could in the last couple of days, 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:30.720 but put my head on the pillow and mine would wander, 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.640 you know, it just would not doze off. It just 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.600 would not shut down. It's just an active mind. So 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.159 Lin's been very patient with me. That probably kept her awake, 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:44.480 probably cost her a few hours sleep. Yeah, sorry about that, Lena. 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.040 I really do appreciate and love everything you're doing. Love you. 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:49.800 It. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.680 The thing that is going to be the most exciting 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.839 for me, though, is is how the grandkids are taking 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.000 it all in. You know, they're old enough where they 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:06.080 understand what's happening. And you know, they're like fourth grade 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:10.839 to sixth grade. And two boys, two girls, My son 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.479 Dave and daughter Sarah both have a boy and a girl, 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.640 Cam and Lucy and Casey and Gabby, and they are 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.840 over the moon. I mean, they are so excited and 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:23.920 what is the buddy that you're going into the Ring 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:28.839 of Honor? So awesome. Yeah, it's very cool. 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.080 So part of being in the Ring of Honor, of course, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.320 is the Ring of Honor itself. The names that are 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.600 posted on the stadium wall. And they don't just put 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.840 those up on Sunday morning. They've got to get it, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.719 you know, up there nicely and in the right position 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.760 and so forth. So they're up. They'll be covered up 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.200 on game day until halftime, and then they'll pull down, 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:53.039 you know, the curtain and everybody will react accordingly. But 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.960 Zach Taylor was asked about it earlier today, and here's 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.800 what the Bengals head coach had to say about two 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.640 new names being up on the Ring of Honor this Sunday. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:05.920 I love that kind of stuff, and so I think 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.080 it's really cool to recognize our players to see those 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.960 names up there, forever. Those those men, to those that 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.520 are around to get a chance for their their kids 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.200 and grandkids to see them up there. I think that's 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.279 spectacular just for lapp them over here. 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:19.839 You know, it'll be. 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.599 Really neat, you know, for his whole family, Sarah, everybody 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.680 to get up here and see see it up there 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.480 and never goes away. It's like when you win a 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.640 conference championship in college. I always tell those guys that 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:31.880 number stays up there forever. Whatever year you wanted, that 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.520 stays up there forever, and every time you go back 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:34.239 you get to see. 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.440 It and hear in the Ring of honor. 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.120 It's the same for these guys that get a chance 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.039 to see their names up there and never goes away. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.720 And pretty pretty special, pretty rare. 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:42.440 You know. 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:43.880 You think of all the players that play in this 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.280 league and have impacted every different city. To have your 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.080 name up there is the best of the best. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:50.960 That's the It's not the. 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.160 Point one percentage, the point one percent you know, all 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.440 the guys that have come through this building, so pretty neat. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.920 Congressaive the point. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.880 Oh oh uh, I like that. 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.919 And that's exactly right, Yeah, it is. It's it's a 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.880 it's a small number. So uh as Zach was doing 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.720 some uh some cipher in there, I guess trying to 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.000 figure out a way to put it out, put it, 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:18.400 I guess, describe it, Describe how small the number is. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:23.000 I do know that, you know, it's rare. It's such 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.360 a such a humbling experience. Like I said earlier, I 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.560 just there's no way on God's green earth that I 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.720 ever expected that I would be one of the guys 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:33.960 to go into the Ring of Honor. Now playing with 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.760 Lamar Parrish, It's about time Lamar Parish is in the 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.560 Ring of Honor. That dude was unbelievable. He was special. 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:47.200 He had a nose to the football, he could diagnose. 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:51.880 He was a good tackler. They didn't throw in his direction. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:56.760 Kenny Riley is Bengals all time leader in interceptions amongst 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.880 the league leaders. He had a lot of opportunity. He capitalized, 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.720 capitalized big time. But Lamar Parrish a lot of times, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.840 he felt like the Maytag repairman out there. Nobody was 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:11.920 calling on him, you know, but he he is. He's special. 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.920 He's a special player, a great human being, tremendous teammate. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.560 He played back in the era of you know, Bob Trumpy, 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:23.520 Kenny Anderson, Mike Reid, defensive tackle lot of Penn State. 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.880 And that's the guy that I had to learn how 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.000 to block in the National Football League as a rookie. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:35.120 Mike Reid was instrumental in helping me advance quickly my 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.760 skill set that I brought from Syracuse alma mater to 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.760 the to the NFL. He was he was great. God 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:45.160 was he quick? Turning fifty five turn and sixty pounders 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.080 out of Penn State. That sixty three? It just I mean, 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.800 did I close my eyes? How did he get from 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.280 there to there so quickly? How did that happen? I 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.920 know I didn't close my eyes. He was. He was 0:08:55.960 --> 0:09:00.400 stupendous with his short space quickness. So there's so many 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.800 guys that couldn't should be in the ring and the 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:05.640 Bengals will catch up. 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.160 They'll get it done, no doubt about it. So that's 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.160 coming up on Sunday at halftime home game against the 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.160 New York Jets. Jets coming to town winless. They are 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.000 zero to seven, the only team without a victory so 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.640 far this year in the NFL. But they've got some 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.360 good players up, particularly on their defensive line. We don't 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.280 know who's going to start a quarterback yet, their first 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.959 year head coach Aaron Glenn, leaving that up in the 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.760 air at the moment. I don't know if it really 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.840 matters all that much. Justin Fields and or Tyrod Taylor, 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:40.040 neither one has performed particularly well. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.480 Yeah, I think that's probably one of the biggest reasons, 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.160 if not the biggest reason they're own seven is the 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.079 quarterback play just has not been efficient and proficient enough. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:55.559 Haven't got enough winning play, winning snaps out of the 0:09:55.640 --> 0:10:00.520 quarterback spot. You know, inconsistent would be I guess the 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.720 best description for the play at the quarterback position. And 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:07.800 you just when your quarterback players are inconsistent, if it's 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:11.040 tough on the entire football team. Aaron Glenn, the head coach, 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.720 is a more of a defensive oriented guy, but he 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.160 knows haven't played defense and haven't played in the NFL 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.160 that you have to have a quarterback that is playing 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.160 at a high level for your football team to operate smoothly, cleanly, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:25.880 and efficiently. 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:30.320 We are at Champions Grill tonight, thirty six seventy Work 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.280 Road is the address. We're on the west side of Cincinnati, 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:34.560 and we're here until eight o'clock. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:35.000 Tonight. 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.240 Ted Carriss will be our special guest from seven to eight. 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.640 This looks looks like it'd be a great place to 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.400 watch a sporting event. Their fat screen TVs all over 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:47.439 the place, many taps cold beer up at the bar. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.160 See folks that are putting down some good looking food tonight. Yes, 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:56.120 lots of seating here and a mammoth parking lot. So 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.680 if there's ever a place where you're like, geez, I'd 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:00.600 like to go watch the game there, but it's gonna 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:02.800 be a tough to find a spot to park. Not 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:03.880 a problem here. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.800 No issues, grilled, no no issue whatsoever. I mean I 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.640 almost had the thumb a ride, you know, after I 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.880 get out of my car we parked, it's like, oh, 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:18.240 there it is, it's over there. This is a great place, though, 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.600 I mean it's it's a Once you're in here, it's 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.160 very intimate. It's a it's a perfect sports bar setting. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.800 And I mean there's like three five say about I 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:33.480 don't know ten twelve flat screen TVs here that you 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.440 can Uh, there's if you if you can't watch a game, 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:43.000 it's your fault. They've got TV set up everywhere and everybody. Uh. 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.679 Everybody's gonna be taken care of in that regard, as 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.120 well as the food, adult beverage, and uh and cocktails 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:49.959 that you described, Dan. 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.760 No doubt. The Bengals are here tonight, Taylor and Grace. 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.400 They're handing out us raffle tickets. We've got some things 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.920 to give away. The butt Light girls are here, Carrie 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.840 and Misty and Ted Terrris is going to be here 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.320 at seven o'clock, so come out and join us here 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.880 at Champions Grill. We're going to take a time out 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.319 coming up next. As we mentioned, we don't know who 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.920 the Jets starting quarterback is going to be on Sunday, 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:13.920 but we'll try to find out. We'll head to New 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.959 York and talk to Rich Samini, who covers the Jets 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.800 for ESPN. This is the Bengals Game Plan Show presented 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:26.319 by bud Light on ESPN fifteen thirty Jesus Man Ordon 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.280 Ring of Honor inductee Dave Lapham with you tonight from 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.079 Champions Grill here on the West side of Cincinnati. It's 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.360 the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by bud Light. Easy 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.800 to drink, easy to enjoy. It's the Bengals and Jets 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.840 this Sunday at one o'clock at Pei Corpse Stadium. Time 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.160 for this week's Know the Faux segment. To learn more 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.840 about the New York Jets, we welcome in the greatest 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.959 sports editor in the history of the Daily Orange. There 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.800 Go That is the student newspaper at our alma mater, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.520 Syracuse University, a college classmate of mine who has been 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.120 covering the Jets for ESPN and other outlets for many years. 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.839 We welcome in Rich Somini. How you doing, my friend. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.319 Dan, good to be with you. That's quite an introduction. 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:08.640 Man. 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.760 We've had some really good sports editors at the Daily Arts, 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.960 so thank you for the kind I'm not worthy of 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:16.600 that kind of praise, but thank you. 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.400 Hey, I think it's totally deserved, at least for the 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.480 four years that I was there. You know, I can't 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:27.280 completely talk about Daily Orange history, but let's talk about 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.480 the New York Jets. Who do you expect to start 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:35.320 a quarterback? Maybe for a couple of minutes. Who do 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.360 you expect to start a quarterback on Sunday? 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.160 I think it'll be Tyrod Taylor. You know, that was 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.640 the indications I was getting yesterday. I think I'm sure 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.240 you guys know Eron Glenn did not announce that today. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:52.360 He's playing the coach game. You know, he's doing the 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.559 old competitive advantage, trying to keep the Bengals in the 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:59.400 dark as long as possible. They split the practice reps 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.679 today for what I've been told, But I'd be shocked 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.600 if on Sunday Tyrod Taylor is not the quarterback. I 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.160 think they're trending in that direction. 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:14.440 So is it all quarterback play? I mean, the reason 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:16.760 that Jets have not won a football game yet and 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.680 staring at an oh and seven record, has it been 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:24.400 the quarterback play has been that ineffective? Or is it 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:29.040 a combination of man we have not supported the quarterback either. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.520 I mean, there's no position group on the football team 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.400 that can raise their hand and say we're doing our job. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.280 We're playing as effectively and efficiently as as we could 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.520 and should. Is it a group effort in terms of 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.880 do you own seven markt or is it more on 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:45.880 the quarterback play? 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.920 Well, if you ask the owner, Woody Johnson, he would 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.000 say it's the quarterback play. He basically threw justin Field 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.640 under the bus yesterday when we approached him at the 0:14:56.680 --> 0:15:01.360 League meetings. He you know, he just really dumped on Fields, 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:04.000 which I mean what he said was not untrue. I mean, 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.040 Fields is not having a good year. This team has 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:11.040 gone They've only scored six touchdowns in the last six games, 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.320 and so they are really really struggling offensively. So yeah, 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.520 I would say quarterback plays a big part of it. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.680 But early in the year, for the first five games, 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:22.800 the defense was horrible. I mean they were given up 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:26.160 over thirty points a game. So they've been taking turns, 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.720 which I think bad teams usually do. And now the 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.680 defense has settled down. The defense has actually played two 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.080 good games in a row against Carolina and Denver, but 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.400 now the offense can't get it out of its own way, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.680 two streat games without a touchdown. But I would say 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.800 quarterback play is a big part of the issue, which 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.040 is why I believe Justin Fields is probably going to 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:47.520 the bench. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.000 Rich Simini covers the Jets for ESPN. Talking to some 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.560 of the Bengals offensive linemen this week, they all rave 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:59.160 about the Jets defensive front featuring three first round draft 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:04.320 picks and Quinn Williams, Well McDonald and Jermaine Johnson. How 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.440 well have those free guys been playing. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:09.200 Well. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.880 They don't really have the stats dan to back it up. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.200 Quinnin Williams is their best defensive player, and I think 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.960 he's only had one back so far. He gets double 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.080 teamed a lot, but he's still a good player, even 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.440 though it's not going to jump off the stat sheet. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:27.200 The other guys and Jermaine Johnson's really helped them the 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.320 last two games he missed, I think it was three 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.800 games with a high ankle spring he comes back two 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.240 weeks ago, and it's not a coincidence that the defense 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.080 started playing better when he came back two weeks ago. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.600 And will McDonald's purely like a pass rushing guy, an 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.440 edge player, an undersized guy who can definitely be exploited 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.640 against the run, but can bring pressure off the edge. 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.080 I would say as a group they're probably underachieving so far. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.920 The talent is certainly there, but I just think they 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.040 have not been able to generate consistent pressure on the quarterback. 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:06.040 Watching tape and talking to people in the Cincinnati Bengals organizations, 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.040 they've watched a hell of a lot more tape than 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:13.960 I have watching games. They say that defensively, the stud 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:19.960 is Quentin Williams Offensively, it's Garrett Wilson. Do you agree 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:20.800 with that assessment. 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.200 I do. I think, pound for pound of Quinn Williams 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.720 is their best defensive player. You know, he's a former 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.440 first team off ro. Now Sauce Gardner gets a lot 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:35.119 of the accolades, but I do not believe Sauce Gardner 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:37.040 will play in this game on Sunday. He's in the 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:42.480 concussion protocol, and so offensively, Garrett Wilson, I do believe 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.120 is probably their best offensive player. Now there's a good 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.360 chance he may not play in this game. He did 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.600 not practice again today. He's dealing with the knee injury 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:54.680 that kept him out on Sunday. They're saying day to day. However, 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.120 I am a little skeptical about his chances. The Yets 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.840 have the bye week right after Cincinnati, so I think 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.480 there's a sense in the organization that, hey, we'll just 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.760 let him sit out this game and then have them 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.000 come out of the bye week feeling one hundred percent. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.679 So yeah, that's you know a Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson, 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:13.480 of two of their best players aren't there. It's going 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:14.720 to be tough for them on Sunday. 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.679 Yeah, Rich when Jamar Chase or t Higgins has to 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.400 miss a game, the Bengals have the other guy, plus 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:25.040 some other pretty good weapons. When Garrett Wilson is out, 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.760 how's that receiving core for the Jets? 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.760 The receiving core for the Jets looks like a maybe, 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.679 Like what does Syracuse University receiving corps look like in 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:40.400 nineteen eighty five? You know, it's just well not good Dan, 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:45.520 it's you know, it's Garrett is a sensational player. I mean, 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.480 he's clearly their their wide receiver one, but after that 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:52.320 there is a steep drop off. Josh Reynolds would be 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.679 their number two. I guess he is really more of 0:18:55.680 --> 0:19:00.360 a probably a four or five. They have Allen Lazae. 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.040 He's probably a four or five. What I'm saying is 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.359 they really do not have a perimeter threat. They have 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:10.320 a young guy, Arian Smith, a draft pick from Georgia, 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.800 who's probably the fastest guy on the team. I mean 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.080 just he's a blur out there. But they never throw 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.159 him the ball because he's never opened and you know 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:22.760 when they do, he drops it. So yeah, long, long 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.840 answer to a question is that, Yeah, with Algart Wilson, 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.680 they are probably the worst receiving core in the league. 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.960 What about the running game. I've always been a fan 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:38.320 of Breess Hall. The coaches again in talking to them 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.840 a little bit, and players as well, defensive players that 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:45.159 have studied the Jets, like we talked about earlier, they 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.159 were a fan of Breess Hall. They think he's a 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.199 pretty damn good running back. They think he can do everything. 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:52.040 They think that. You know, he can make people miss, 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:55.000 great lateral quickness, he can catch the ball out of 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:57.920 the backfield, you know, again, make you miss there, get 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:03.240 yards after catch. And then interestingly and importantly, he sticks 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.720 his nose right in there in the chest of linebackers 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:09.119 and is an excellent blitz pickup guy. Is their assessment 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:10.400 pretty accurate in your opinion? 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.879 Yeah, that actually is a pretty good scouting report on 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.959 Breeze Halt. He is having a good year. I mean, 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:20.080 if you look at his numbers, you know he's having 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:23.000 a good year. They don't use him enough in the 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:26.040 passing game. It's kind of been one of the mysteries here. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:28.480 I think he's such a good receiver. A couple of 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:30.600 years ago he had seventy five catches and he let 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:32.879 all running backs And now they don't really use him 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:36.680 that much. The Jets do not throw screen passes to 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:39.600 the running backs, which is always another mystery. It would 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:41.359 be a great way to slow down a good pass 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.399 rushing team, and yet they don't really do that. But 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.120 they do have a good running game. Their entire offense 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:51.400 is built on being a good running team. Now when 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.720 they have justin fields in there. In Week one, they 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:59.719 look dynamic against Pittsburgh with fields running some zone reads 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:03.240 and RPOs and Breeze Hall running out of the backfield 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:05.720 of brayln Allen. It's like, my gosh, this looks like 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.399 a pretty good offense. But they've never been able to 0:21:08.440 --> 0:21:11.399 recapture what they had in Week one. I think teams 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.840 adjusted to what they've been doing and stopping them on 0:21:14.920 --> 0:21:16.680 first and second down, and when you get them in 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.479 third and long, they're just not equipped to be a 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:22.240 third and long type passing team. For all the reasons 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:24.560 we discussed a moment ago. 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:27.320 Rich My final question has to do with the quarterback 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:31.920 the Jets will be facing this Sunday. Former Jet Joe Flacco, 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:33.879 who spent three years with New York when he was 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:36.720 still a youngster between the ages of thirty five and 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.760 thirty seven, having covered him for three years. What do 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:44.040 you think of this renaissance and the fact that suddenly 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:48.119 Bengals fans are have their chests out with pride and 0:21:48.160 --> 0:21:50.960 optimism that Joe Flacco is their quarterback. 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:52.320