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Speaker 1: sincywth Y dot com, host of the Jungle Roar podcast
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Speaker 1: Mike Petralia, How you doing.
Speaker 2: I'm doing well, Lance, How are you?
Speaker 1: I am well? Give us, give us a Joe Flacco
Speaker 1: update and your read on the situation as it relates
Speaker 1: to playing on Sunday.
Speaker 2: He didn't practice today, he was limited officially on the
Speaker 2: injury report. He threw the ball based on what the
Speaker 2: media was able to witness in the open portion of
Speaker 2: practice this afternoon inside the structure down the street from
Speaker 2: pecor And I think that's a good sign. I mean,
Speaker 2: he's in uniform. He went through one of the more
Speaker 2: important days, of course, that's Thursday install and I think
Speaker 2: he's probably going to be able to give it a
Speaker 2: go on Sunday against the Bear. I think a telling
Speaker 2: sign will be if he speaks before the media tomorrow.
Speaker 2: The Bengals postponed any media availability with the starting quarterback
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, meaning they didn't want to commit to Flaco
Speaker 2: or Jake Browning on Wednesday, postponing it to Friday. So
Speaker 2: if it's Flaco tomorrow, that's pretty good indication that he
Speaker 2: will start.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 2: Also, Zach Taylor acknowledged to us on Wednesday that Blacko
Speaker 2: told him he has every intention of doing everything he
Speaker 2: needs to do to get his shoulder ready. It's a
Speaker 2: sprained ac joint, and from what I'm told, that can
Speaker 2: be a very painful injury. But certainly he was able
Speaker 2: to get some quick treatment before the last series of
Speaker 2: the game on Sunday, return to the game and do
Speaker 2: what he did. I think it probably did impact his
Speaker 2: ability to throw then, but he's had, you know, five
Speaker 2: days now to work that shoulder over, and I think
Speaker 2: he'll probably probably give it a go on Sunday. The
Speaker 2: Bengals certainly could use them.
Speaker 3: I tried. Have you gotten any more information does come
Speaker 3: out about the feared and dreaded defensive players only meeting.
Speaker 2: Well. Jamar Chase was the latest to chime in today
Speaker 2: and I thought it was interesting he, as a captain
Speaker 2: of the offense and a team captain himself, met with
Speaker 2: Geno Stone, who was not a King team captain but
Speaker 2: certainly a leader in the secondary, and Jamar told us
Speaker 2: that he told Geno Stone to not worry about it
Speaker 2: too much. You can only control what you can control,
Speaker 2: meaning the players shouldn't try to worry about doing too
Speaker 2: much on defense to account for the lack of plays.
Speaker 1: In the past.
Speaker 2: Do what you can do, control what you can control,
Speaker 2: and let the chips fall where they may. But what
Speaker 2: he also said toward the end of it is make
Speaker 2: sure you guys stay together as a unit. And I
Speaker 2: thought that was interesting from Jamar acknowledging the fact that
Speaker 2: they're going through, you know, the grinder right now.
Speaker 1: They are, no.
Speaker 2: Question in the crosshairs of everybody, media, fans, privately, certainly,
Speaker 2: I think inside the building they're in the crosshairs of
Speaker 2: talent evaluators, and I think some people want major changes
Speaker 2: and right now those changes, while perhaps warranted, are not
Speaker 2: realistic because there's no options to go to. They've already
Speaker 2: tried to bench Cam Taylor Britt, They've benched Logan Wilson.
Speaker 2: There are not a lot of other chips to push
Speaker 2: to the middle of the table at this point. And
Speaker 2: I think that's Jamar Chase's point today that it is
Speaker 2: what it is, play to your best ability, We got your.
Speaker 1: Back, trag's in and around all that's gotten sideways with
Speaker 1: this team. The offensive line, much criticized early, seems to
Speaker 1: have settled in to open up the running game and
Speaker 1: provide a little bit more protection for the quarterback and Lance.
Speaker 2: You can look directly to the running game for as
Speaker 2: a reason for that, because how many times over the
Speaker 2: course of years in covering football have we all been told, Rocky,
Speaker 2: to you, two offensive linemen loved to run block right,
Speaker 2: They love to get their hands dirty, get physical at
Speaker 2: the point of attack, and move forward. And when you're
Speaker 2: under center as a quarterback, that is, you know, the
Speaker 2: physical mechanics of the run game are easier and more
Speaker 2: functional as opposed to running it from the shotgun. And
Speaker 2: the Bengals have been much better as a running team
Speaker 2: when they've gone more heavily with the under center run game.
Speaker 2: And that's that was the case with Joe Flacco against
Speaker 2: even Green Bay. Of course, we saw it against Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2: We saw it last Sunday against the Jets, and I
Speaker 2: think that's one reason the offensive line looks a little
Speaker 2: bit more confident, and certainly if you can play action
Speaker 2: out of the under center formation, there are plays to
Speaker 2: be made, and I think again Flacco look pretty comfortable
Speaker 2: doing that on Sunday. Certainly, offense put thirty eight points
Speaker 2: up on the board enough to win. But you do
Speaker 2: have to like the fact the way the offense looks,
Speaker 2: especially the run game with them running under center a
Speaker 2: lot more track.
Speaker 3: Of course, the problem with the defense is the tackling,
Speaker 3: the biggest problem. I've been reading a lot about tackling
Speaker 3: drills and dummies and pads and rolling donuts and stuff
Speaker 3: and practice. What can you tell us about that?
Speaker 2: Well, there's only you can't really do live tackling at
Speaker 2: this stage of the season. Rocky and one and Zach
Speaker 2: Taylor was asked about that on Wednesday, and he said,
Speaker 2: there are other things we can do. He didn't want
Speaker 2: to get into it because I don't think he wants
Speaker 2: to get, you know, into the details and take the
Speaker 2: risk of saying something that might be in violation of
Speaker 2: the CBA. I really think that's what that's about. But
Speaker 2: you know, the things that you mentioned that the big
Speaker 2: wheels that we see come out in training camp, you know,
Speaker 2: trash barrels, they're all kind of drills. I think the
Speaker 2: Bengals are probably spending more time on that. In the
Speaker 2: limited time that we got to see Jerry Montgomery work
Speaker 2: with the defensive linemen on Wednesday yesterday, he was getting
Speaker 2: very aggressive and working on timing with his defensive linemen.
Speaker 2: And I think, you know, as much as there's been
Speaker 2: emphasis on the lack of tackling going on with the Bengals,
Speaker 2: they also have to win at the point of attack defensively,
Speaker 2: and they haven't been doing that well either. So that's
Speaker 2: I think another area where the Bengals they just need
Speaker 2: to get more physical in the defensive trenches if they're
Speaker 2: going to win some of these battles and get pressure
Speaker 2: on the quarterback. They have eleven sacks. That's tied the
Speaker 2: third worst in the National Football League. So while yes,
Speaker 2: tackling is a problem, no question, they have to get
Speaker 2: after the court. They have to give some type of
Speaker 2: inkling that they are going to threaten the space of
Speaker 2: the quarterback. Otherwise, quarterbacks inherently going to drop back and
Speaker 2: figure they're not likely to get to me. So maybe
Speaker 2: I can take an extra second or so to look
Speaker 2: over the secondary and find a target.
Speaker 1: Trags tell everybody how they can and by the way,
Speaker 1: you're good, bad and ugly of how they get to
Speaker 1: a tipping point and fight for relevance is an excellent
Speaker 1: piece today. Tell everybody how they can read, watch and follow.
Speaker 2: You can follow that piece as well as my earlier
Speaker 2: piece this week about where the organization is and who's
Speaker 2: to blame at celns Sincy with a wide dot com.
Speaker 2: You can certainly follow all on my locker room interviews
Speaker 2: and the piece from Jamar Chase or the clips today
Speaker 2: from Jamar Chase that's up on the X at Trags
Speaker 2: tr Ags and as always the Jungle War Bengals postgame
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Speaker 1: Excellent as always, Thank you, Sarah. We'll talk next week.
Speaker 1: All right, gentlemen, have a good one. There you go.
Speaker 1: Mike Petralia Trags checking in when we continue. I want
Speaker 1: to ask you about and your question him about tackling
Speaker 1: sparked my curiosity of just run us through when we
Speaker 1: come back. Some things tackling drill wise you did with
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