1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast, the Scalped edition, as we'll look back 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: at a sobering Sunday night in Kansas City as the 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: Bengals went to Arrowhead Stadium and got taken to the 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: woodshed by Patrick Showtime, Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the game, locker 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: room interviews with several players, and Dave Lapp them will 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: join me for postgame analysis. Plus, in this week's fun 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: Facts interview, I'll talk to Bengals tight end Mason Shrek, 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: who will tell us what it was like to arrive 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: at the University of Buffalo right out of high school 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: and have to try to block Khalil Mack. All of 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: that is straight ahead, But first, here's a quick reminder 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: that you can have the latest edition of this podcast 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: on iTunes, Stitcher, or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: since the backspace key. If you are roughly as old 18 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: as I am or older, you remember typewriters and white 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: out yes kids back in the day. If you are 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: typing something on an actual piece of paper and made 21 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: a mistake. You either rip the paper out of the 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: typewriter and started over, or you opened a little bottle 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: with this white paint like liquid, took out a tiny 24 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: brush and covered up your mistake, then waited for the 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: liquid to dry before starting to type again. Now you 26 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: simply hit the backspace key and continue. It's glorious. Now 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: let's get to the game. According to the guy who 28 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: owns skin Quest Tattoos in Kansas City, people requesting to 29 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: have Patrick Mahomes's face tattooed unto their body is becoming 30 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,919 Speaker 1: increasingly popular in Kansas City. He estimates he's had twelve 31 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: to fifteen requests so far and that number is likely 32 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: to grow after the clinic the twenty three year old 33 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: quarterback put on against the Bengals. Of course, it helps 34 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: to have weapons like running back Kareem Hunt, who led 35 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: the NFL and rushing as a rookie last year and 36 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: had one hundred forty one combined rushing and receiving yards. 37 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: On Sunday night, on second and ten, he hands it 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: off to Kareem Hunt, trying to run wide to the 39 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: right Drake Kirkpatrick. She slowed him down but didn't tackle him. Now, 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: Hunt hurdles a Bengal, runs inside to ten and finally 41 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: gets brought down at the six yard line. I'll tell 42 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: you that's vision and balanced for Kareem Hunt and Drake 43 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: Kirkpatrick has him and they pulled both guards. Kirkpatrick kind 44 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: of gets around the outside and just basically it was 45 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: almost like square dancing dozie dove, just ring him around 46 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: and let him go. Here's Bengals linebacker Preston Brown on 47 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: the challenge of tackling Kareem Hunt. You gotta really want 48 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: to tackle that guy. He's not gonna just except that 49 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: he's gonna tackle. He's gonna keep fighting, jump over you 50 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: try to get as many yards as you can. I mean, 51 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: he wants to square. Every time he gets the ball, 52 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: he can tone away. He runs and he can catch 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: the ball too. Mahomes is under center, he'll drop back 54 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: to throw, rolling right, cocks the arm, throws caught near 55 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: the two yard line, Hunt extends the ball toward the pylon, 56 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: touchdown Kansas City. That was the final play of a 57 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: ninety five yard touchdown drive by the Chiefs on their 58 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: opening possession, and Kansas City led seven nothing all right, 59 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: We knew the Chiefs were going to score. But last 60 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: week the Patriots beat the Chiefs forty three to forty 61 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: because New England didn't make mistakes. The Patriots never punted 62 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: in the game and didn't have a single penalty enforced 63 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: against them. The Bengals were not quite that sharp. They 64 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: had eight penalties, they punted five times, and early in 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: the second quarter they botched a punt when it was 66 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: hard to tell what happened. On fourth and nine at 67 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: their own forty four, Clark Harris appeared to snap the 68 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: ball directly to the personal protector, Clayton Fedgelum, who didn't 69 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: seem to be affecting a fake punt. The disaster gave 70 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs the ball the Bengals thirty two. So what 71 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: happened Coach Lewis and miscommunication and it shouldn't happen, especially 72 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs, who took advantage of the short field 73 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,559 Speaker 1: to make it fourteen nothing. Mahomes under center, drop straight 74 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: back to throw a pocket closes, throws off his back foot, 75 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: caught at the thirteen yard line. The receiver escapes it's hut, 76 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: charging toward the forward right pilon and he is well 77 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: one official is standing at the five. The other gives 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: the touchdown signal. Now did he step out of bounce 79 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: at the five yard line? Is that official marking the ball? No, 80 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: he's not, so it's going to be a touchdown for Hunt. 81 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: That was Hunt's second touchdown, grabbed from Mahomes as he 82 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: ran right through the arms of Vantes perfect after catching 83 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: the ball. Here's Jesse Bates on the Bengals tackling woes. 84 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: That's something that we struggled with tonight. And obviously those 85 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: guys are our Pro bowlers and they're really good for 86 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: a reason, so you know, you just gotta tackle and 87 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: get better at it. Ling fourteen nothing, The Bengals finally 88 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: looked like the team that entered the game sixth in 89 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: the NFL and scoring. Aj Green had four catches for 90 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: seventy two yards on a seventy seven yard drive that 91 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: cut the Chiefs lead in half. Dalton the shotgun on 92 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: third down and goal from the four for the Bengals 93 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: down by two touchdowns. Andy catches the shotgun snap not 94 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: Buyers not at the goal line by you Zama. Touchdown Bengals. 95 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: You Zama broke out the macareina after that touchdown catch 96 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: because he figured it was game on with the Bengals 97 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: only trailing fourteen seven. I wouldn't have danced if if 98 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: I hadn't thought that, honestly, I'll just handing the ball 99 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: to the the ref and ran off on the sideline. Yeah. 100 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we drove the ball down the field and scored, 101 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: and I was like, all right, nice, here we go. 102 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: This is what this is kind of the drive we 103 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: needed to spark us and we'll come back and you know, well, 104 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: we'll continue scoring. And that just didn't happen. Instead, the 105 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs dominated the final two and a half quarters. It's 106 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: third down in six as a result of the five 107 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: yard penalty. Be homes back to three. Looking over the middle, 108 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: cocks the arm, throws it into the end zone and 109 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: it's the easiest touchdown he will throw all year. His 110 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: tight end, Demetrius Harris, former college basketball player, reels in 111 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: a seventeen yard TD. At the half. It was Kansas 112 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: City twenty four Cincinnati seven. Here's Preston Brown. They got 113 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: a great offense on that side, and Andrew Ree is 114 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: doing some stuff to confuse the defense, going to get 115 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: schemes a lot of four to the side, five on 116 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: one side. A lot of things you don't see in 117 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: America football, more Canadian type stuff. How they get everybody 118 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: on the side, but they do it well. Kansas City's 119 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: first play of the third quarter was a fifty yard 120 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: pass that helped make Kareem Hunt's fantasy owners really happy. 121 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: Hunt lines up to the right of Patrick Mahomes, who 122 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: waits for the shotgun. Snap. Now, Hunt motions to the 123 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: quarterbacks left. They give it to Kareem Hunt, looking to 124 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: add a rushing touchdown to his two receiving touchdowns, and 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: he's got it. Kansas City scores again. Man so many 126 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: weapons to choose, and the Chiefs beleaguer defense on a 127 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: pace to allow the most yards in NFL history going 128 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: into the game, even put points on the board against Cincinnati. 129 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: From the twenty five, Dalton drops back to throw his 130 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: pass over the middle, intercepted, running it back to the 131 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: twenty the ten, the five touchdown Ron Parker with a 132 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: pick six for the Kansas City Chiefs. Those last two 133 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: touchdowns came nine seconds apart and made the score thirty 134 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: eight seven in the third quarter. The Chiefs were allowing 135 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: nearly twenty nine points a game going in the Bengals 136 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: only scored ten on Sunday night. Here are c j 137 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: Uzama and offensive lineman Bobby Hart. It's tough SA BETA 138 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: team like that, any team, honestly, but I mean a 139 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: team like that playing the way that we did offensively 140 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: and hurting ourselves what we did. That's a great football team. 141 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: That's definitely, you know, the top one of the top 142 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: teams in the AFC. So you know, shoot, we got 143 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: this sea how we match up against him? So then 144 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: you gotta put at a lot of work to do. 145 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: The only question left in the fourth quarter was how 146 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: ugly the final score would be. The answer forty five 147 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: to ten. Mahomes in the shotgun with Kareem Hunt to 148 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: his left, fumbled the snap. Mahomes scoops it up Scramble's left, 149 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: throws touchdown right at the forward left pylon, and Tyreek Hill, 150 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: who dropped the touchdown pass a few plays ago, gets 151 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: his touchdown catch. After all, just like Andy Reid drew 152 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: it up fumble the ball. You know, it looked like 153 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: he was his zone read. It looked like he wanted 154 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: to hand it off to the running back and he 155 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: couldn't because he fumbled the football. And then he came 156 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: out to his left. It's like, okay, well, I'm not 157 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: even going to do the zone read part of it 158 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: to Kareem Hunt. I have to throw it Patrick. Mahomes 159 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: finished with three hundred and fifty eight passing yards, four touchdowns, 160 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: and a passer rating of one twenty three point seven. 161 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: And here's a final nugget about him. Last year, the 162 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: Saints had the eleventh pick in the draft, and head 163 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: coach Sean Payton called Drew Brees to tell him him 164 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: there was a good chance they were going to draft 165 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: Mahomes to be his successor. They didn't want Breeze to 166 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: be blindsided by the news. But then the Chiefs sent 167 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: two first round picks and a third round pick to 168 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: Buffalo to move up from the twenty seventh pick to 169 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: the tenth pick in order to take Mahomes. He could 170 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: be sitting the bench in New Orleans right now. Instead, 171 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: he's good for business at skin Quest Tattoos. Here are 172 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: final thoughts from the locker room on a thirty five 173 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: point l from Marvin Lewis, Jesse Bates, and Preston Brown. 174 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: You got to commit ourselves to being in will first off, 175 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: move the football by running the football, and you know, 176 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: we didn't want to get into a throwing type game 177 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: like that. And you know we didn't play well enough 178 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: the next two well enough, we had to sustain make 179 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: first downs today. That was the key element. This one 180 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: is gonna be hard to swallow. Just because is in 181 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: front of everyone, everyone was watching him. I think we're 182 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: excited to show people what we can do, and we 183 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: didn't do that tonight. So you know, like I said, 184 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: lat mean this week, we got another opportunity next week 185 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: to go in to the bye week with a win, 186 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: and you get this thing back roll in the right way. 187 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: Everybody in the world is watching the Sunday night game. 188 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: You want to go out and have a great showing. 189 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: But we just didn't do it enough on defense. I mean, 190 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: we know what an offense like that, you got to 191 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: hold them to at least twenty one points to have 192 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: a shot to win, and their defense is playing out 193 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: standing the night. So we had to be better in 194 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: their defense, and that's how every game goes, and we 195 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: just weren't the better defense. Now, time to bring in 196 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: my broadcast partner Dave Lapham for postgame analysis. Lap coming 197 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: into this game, we knew the Bengals were going to 198 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: need to play extremely well to knock off the Chiefs 199 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: at home, particularly on defense. When you play poorly, it 200 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: becomes a blowout. And that's what happened tonight. Yeah. I 201 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: think that the Kansas City Chiefs are the fastest offense 202 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: in the National Football League, and you can't simulate it 203 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: when you're getting ready for him in practice. If you 204 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: could simulate it, all those guys as simulators be playing, 205 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: so you get a look at where they our, informations, 206 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: how they're lined up, window addressing all those kind of 207 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 1: things that Andy Reid might do. But you get in 208 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: the game and it's happening on twenty five miles an 209 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 1: hour as opposed to thirty miles an hour when you 210 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: were working against it in practice, in terms of the 211 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: comparison and the speed of the players, and I mean, 212 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: they were not ready for what attacked them tonight's football game, 213 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: and they tackled accordingly. They were never in position to 214 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: make tackles. They missed more tackles, and I think you 215 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: can count you run out of fingers, and you know 216 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: it was just you have to tip your cap to 217 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 1: greatness in the in the Kansa City Chiefs played great 218 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: tonight and the Bengals were far from it. And you 219 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: know it wasn't their best performance defensively nor offensively. I 220 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: mean the Kansa City Chiefs people were like, oh, it'll 221 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: be you know who has the ball last, It's going 222 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: to be trade and touchdown after touchdown. Everybody was looking 223 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: forward to that on a big national stage of Sunday 224 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: night football. In the in the offense, you know, they 225 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: laid an egg as well. I mean they were dinosaur 226 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: eggs laid by every phase. That's the mystery because going 227 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: into the game that are giving up an average of 228 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: four hundred and sixty eight yards a game, dead last 229 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL by twenty eight yards. So it wasn't close. 230 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: The Bengals got two hundred and thirty nine yards of 231 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: offense and scored ten points. They get behind, they couldn't 232 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: run the football even when they weren't behind, They couldn't 233 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: run the football as effectively and efficiently as they wanted 234 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: to do it. And then you get behind to this 235 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: football team, you have to throw a little bit more 236 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: than you want to, and then you get behind by 237 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: more and now you're all disjointed, and you know, special 238 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: teams coach Lewis when I asked him about him the 239 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: post game. Instead of miscommunication, you know, it shouldn't happen. 240 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: So I think a fake was on, or Clark Harris 241 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: heard something that he thought a fake was on and 242 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: he snapped the football to Clayton Federalum and the fake 243 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: wasn't on and it got obliterated. And short field, so 244 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: you can't, you know, give the Kansas City Chiefs a 245 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: short field. Mahomes is drooling over that kind of stuff. 246 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: So instead of complimentary football, it was non complimentary football. 247 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: Every phase didn't support the other one. So I mean 248 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: it was a stinker, you know, And unfortunately it happened 249 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday night football in front of the world, you know, 250 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: at least the nation and probably the world. And as 251 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: a form of player, that sticks with you because your friends, 252 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: your family, You're embarrassed. You're embarrassed. I remember losing nationally 253 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: televised games, not like this, just losing the game. You 254 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: just have a hard time getting over losing like this. 255 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: It's brutal. That's a brutal, brutal night for sure. The 256 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: Bengals have Pro Bowlers on defense, Carlos Dunlap Geno Atkins. 257 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: Will Jackson looked like a future pro bowler last year. 258 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: Preston Brown tied for the NFL lead in tackles last year, 259 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: and yet seven games into the season, the defense really 260 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: hasn't played that well. Vantes Burfett has been a pro bowler, 261 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: and it's disjointed. It's just not cohesive. It's not being 262 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: it's not put together. They've had substitution issues in some games. 263 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: They've had assignment mistake issues and games you know, quarterbacks 264 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: are going on double snapcounts to make the tip blitzes 265 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: and then there's no check if the quarterback I mean 266 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger fourteen blitzes, he recognized twelve of them, and 267 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: you got to check out of it. If he's got 268 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: it cold, they don't check out of it. I mean, 269 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: it's just it's tough to watch sometimes. They're just they're 270 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: not playing cohesively. They're not playing as one unit, you know, offense, 271 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: I mean defensive line, linebackers and secondary. You know, it's uh, 272 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: they're being there are multiple mistakes being made at every level. 273 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: And the miss tackles against the Kansas City Chiefs tackling's effort, 274 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: you know, and uh, I mean, at least getting yourself 275 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: in position to make tackles. You're gonna have a few. 276 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: You're not gonna tackle these guys every time, but you 277 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: can't miss them every damn time either, And give them 278 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: so many yards after catch, so many yards after contact, 279 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: spin moves, you know, after contact, so much separation, they 280 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: can't close the space. And like we talked about before 281 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: the game, they have so many guys that can make 282 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: you miss in space and then run away from you, 283 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: and they did a lot of it. That's what they did. 284 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: They not only made a miss and look silly. Some 285 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: guys can do that and don't at breakaway speed, and 286 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: other guys are breakaway speed but can't make you miss. 287 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: These suckers have both, and they showed it, and they 288 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: showcased it. Man, they're a bunch of show dogs. It's 289 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: hard not to conclude after a game like this that 290 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are a much better team than the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, 291 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: a lot can change over the course of the rest 292 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: of the season. The good news for the Bengals is 293 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs are now under their division. The Ravens, 294 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: Steelers and Browns are Baltimore loss, Cleveland loss the Steelers 295 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: had to buy. The Bengals at four and three are 296 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: still obviously in decent shape, but they've got to go 297 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: home and take care of business. Yeah, in the Kansas 298 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: City Chiefs still have the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens 299 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: to play. They've beaten the Steelers, beating the Bengals, you 300 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: have to hope that they sweep the AFC North and 301 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: they're very capable of doing that because the Bengals lost 302 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: one to them. So now they've lost the division game. 303 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: They lost another conference game today. They lost two games 304 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: in a row that you know are tough pills to swallow. 305 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: You know, you lose a division game at home, that's 306 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: like losing two games. Then you go on the road 307 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: and you get blown out. So you lose a heartbreaker 308 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: at home to a division rival, and then you get 309 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: your doors blown off on Sunday Night football. You get 310 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: a regroup and regroup fast. Because Dirt Cutter and Marvin 311 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: Lewis were college roommates, but there ain't no sympathy there. 312 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: Dirt Cutter will try to do everything you can to 313 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: beat Marvin Lewis, and Marvin knows that. And Cincinnati Bengals 314 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: better realize it as a football team, Tampa Bay is 315 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: not going to be at field the least bit sorry 316 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: for him, and they gotta get back on the winning track. 317 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: If they can go into the bye week with a 318 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: five and three record, you know they're worst case scenari 319 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: They're gonna be tied for the division lead at the 320 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: halfway mark and they're tracking for a ten and six 321 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: season if they duplicate that, and they need the time 322 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: to heal up and watching on pregame, Billy Price moving well, 323 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: Gievanni Bernard moving well. They're gonna start to get bodies 324 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: back and that that's going to be helpful. You know, 325 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: if you can be five and three at the bye, 326 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: heal up, start getting some bodies back that can make contributions, 327 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: not just guys, but guys that are starting football players 328 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: or major contributors in sub packages, you know it's going 329 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: to help you. And right now they're limping and creeping 330 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 1: to the bye week for sure. Thanks Lap. Now time 331 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: for this week's fun facts segment, as you get to 332 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: know the person under the pads. Time for some fun 333 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: facts with Bengals tight end Mason Shrek from Madina, Ohio, 334 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: about a half hour south of Cleveland. How do you 335 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: describe your hometown. It's a small hometown, but it was 336 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: a great place to grow up. What do your folks 337 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: do for a living. My dad is a insurance salesman, 338 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: risk management and insurance. My mom is just to stay 339 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: at home on aside from football, what were you into 340 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: as a kid? A lot of golf, Just a lot 341 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: of different sports. But my dad and my brother are 342 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: a big golfer, so whenever I get the chance, I 343 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: go out and play a lot of golf. I saw 344 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: an interview somewhere where you said that you dreamed of 345 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: being a professional football player, basketball player, or golfer. So 346 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: you must be at the final of the three. Yeah. 347 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 1: I didn't know what it was going to be growing up. 348 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: I just know that I love playing sports, and you 349 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: know that I want to be a professional athlete. Doing 350 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: fun facts with Mason Shrek. You were a high school quarterback. 351 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,239 Speaker 1: Did you get to throw it much or did your 352 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: team mostly run? I had four head coaches in four years, 353 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,239 Speaker 1: so I did a little bit of everything. My senior year, 354 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: I threw it a lot. My junior year, I threw 355 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: it about seven times a game, but we were pretty 356 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: good that year. So it didn't matter. Was it beneficial 357 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: and in terms of learning a lot of football to 358 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: have that many head coaches, Yeah, it made the transition 359 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: to tight end that much easier just knowing, you know, 360 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: the whole scheme of the game. It really helped out. 361 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: For college. You went to the University of Buffalo. Why, 362 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: they originally had offered me as a quarterback, and I 363 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 1: want to play Division one football. And I got there. 364 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: I saw a lot of potential in the guys and 365 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: there's no better than going up against Khalil Mackie first day, 366 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: So describe that it was a rude awakening for me. 367 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: I didn't really know who he was at the time, 368 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: so my first day, it was a long day. Actually 369 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,479 Speaker 1: went in the locker room after called my mom and said, Mom, 370 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm gonna make it here. But once 371 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: I kind of found out who he was, you know, 372 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: it made it that much better for me. So, Khalil 373 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: mack almost ended your career as it started. What did 374 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: you study there and what interest might you have after 375 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: football is finished? Um? I studied communications. You know, I 376 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: don't really know what I want to do yet. I'm 377 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: trying to, you know, ride this thing out as long 378 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: as possible and then cross that bridge when it gets here. 379 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: Hopefully that is many many years to come. We're doing 380 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: fun facts with Mason Shrek. You got drafted late in 381 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: the draft by the Bengals last year, and you almost 382 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: or I guess you had agreed to sign with another 383 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: team when you got the phone call from the Bengals. Yeah, 384 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: my agent had a contract in place, and you know, 385 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: we had it set up that I was going to 386 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: go to Philly if it wasn't here, And you know, 387 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: I'm just so happy that I was drafted. I was 388 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: a dream come true for me. So you know, I 389 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: love to be in Cincinnati. When the phone rang, did 390 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: you think it was Philly or did you know the 391 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: Bengals or the Cincinnati area code? Yeah? I saw the 392 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: five one three area code and actually talked through the 393 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: scout Andrew Andrew Johnson before, so I kind of I 394 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 1: kind of had a feeling that it was going to 395 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: be Cincinnati. But when I saw the five one three number, 396 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: my heart dropped. And you know, as obviously coach Lewis, 397 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: So that was it was a dream come to you 398 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: in a day. I'll never forget, you said an interview interview. 399 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 1: You cried, Yeah I did. Uh yeah, I'm pretty emotional guy. 400 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: So when that happened, it was pretty pretty special. And 401 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: you know, having my whole family there was pretty special. 402 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: So we're doing fun facts with Mason Shrek. You got 403 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: injured last year in the preseason and spent your rookie 404 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,239 Speaker 1: year on injured reserve. What did you do? I? Uh, 405 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: you know, I made the most of every day and 406 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: I went in and worked out every day. Um. I 407 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: went into all the meetings, took a bunch of notes, 408 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, just as if I had been playing. So um, 409 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, the only thing I missed out on is 410 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: obviously practice and playing. So you know, it's kind of 411 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: a learning year, learning experience for me, and I got 412 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: to kind of see where, you know, what I need 413 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: to be doing just preparing for a normal game week, 414 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, in the years years to come. Him. So, 415 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: do you fully feel like a member of the team 416 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: under those circumstances? Um? Yes and no. Um. You know, 417 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: obviously it's hard not being out of practice, and you 418 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: know kind of you have to kind of stay the 419 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: way in meetings and stuff like that. So um, but 420 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's good to be finally back in 421 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: the swing of things here now, So it's pretty it's 422 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: a it's a lot better this year. So you show 423 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: up at training camp this year fully healthy, with eight 424 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: tight ends on the roster. Did you go into camp 425 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: thinking I'm trying to make the practice squad or did 426 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,479 Speaker 1: you think if I play well, I can make the 427 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: fifty three man roster, which obviously you did. You know, 428 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't really think about that a whole 429 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: lot um. You know, I just kind of just made 430 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: the most of every opportunity. I keep you know, I 431 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: keep saying that, but you know, that's that's kind of 432 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: what I went into every day mentally saying, and just 433 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: make the most of every every opportunity, every chance I got. 434 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: You had a big game in the third preseason game 435 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,239 Speaker 1: at Buffalo, which, as we mentioned earlier, is where you 436 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: played college football. Talk about great timing with a lot 437 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: of friends and family looking on. Yeah, it's pretty cool. 438 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: As the first time I've been back since I left 439 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: after my pro day, So it was pretty cool to 440 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: be back there and just see, you know, seeing my 441 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: head coach at you know, at school and stuff, and 442 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: be able to go visit the campus and see some 443 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: of the guys, and it is pretty cool that that 444 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: was kind of my breakout game back in you know, 445 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: back at school. So we're talking to Mason Shrek. We 446 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 1: discussed the phone call you got from Marvin Lewis on 447 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: draft day, described the phone call you got when you 448 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: were informed that you made the team. If there was 449 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: a phone call, maybe you don't get a call under 450 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: those circumstances. Yeah. I was out to breakfast my fiance 451 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: and I got the call from coaches, and you know, 452 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: he just told me straight up, you're gonna be a 453 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, you're gonna be on our fifth three man 454 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: roster and I'll see his Sunday. I said, yes, sir, 455 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: thank you, I'll see his Sunday. So it was kind 456 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: of short and sweet. But you know, I want to 457 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: know other way. Did you add a mimosa to that 458 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: breakfast to celebrate? No, I had a morning meditation at 459 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: first watched though, So it was nice, healthy little drink. 460 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: That's good, the healthy option. All right, a few offbeat 461 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: questions from Mason Shrek as we wrap up fun facts. 462 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: Your all time favorite athlete, Oh man, I don't even 463 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: know if Tiger Woods is top three. Jerry Rice you know, 464 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: I grew up a Raiders fancy he's top three and 465 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: Lebron James because he's from Akron, Ohio. So it's interesting 466 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: a Raiders fan growing up south of Cleveland. And Jerry 467 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Rice was the guy you chose, obviously know more for 468 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: his forty nine Ers days than his Raiders days. Yeah, 469 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: just you know, we got to I got to meet 470 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: him when I was growing up, so I was pretty cool. 471 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: How did that happen? My dad had a client at 472 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: the i X Center and that's that's where the Raiders 473 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: flew their plane at. And you know, we got to 474 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: go there and kind of stand by the plane as 475 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: the guys were walking getting on. So we had our 476 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: Raiders jerseys, our Jerry Rice jerseys on and he came 477 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: up and personally signed us. It was pretty cool. Is 478 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: there a picture of the young Mason Shrek with Jerry Rice. 479 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a picture, but there is a 480 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: jersey still hanging up in the basement. That is pretty cool. 481 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: All right. How about the stupidest way you ever hurt 482 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: yourself as a kid man playing in a wagon going 483 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: off of a ramp. I fell off and I don't 484 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: remember what I actually hurt, but I just know that 485 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: I got hurt falling off the wagon, so sounds painful. 486 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: If you could have lunch with somebody famous, living or deceased, 487 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: who would it be? Either my grandpa who passed away 488 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: who I never got to meet, or one of those 489 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: three athletes. I think would be pretty cool. All right. 490 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: Final fun fact for Bengals tight end Mason Shrek. How 491 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: many Shrek jokes have you heard over the years? Honestly, 492 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: not too many crazy ones that got me upset. I 493 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: when that movie came out in two thousand and one, 494 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 1: I was pumped up. My whole family was pumped up, 495 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: and we've kind of rode with it ever since. So 496 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: my parents got the little Shrek sticker on the side 497 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: of their jerseys when they wear it to the game, 498 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: So we take full pride in it. We love it. 499 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: So it is a good movie. Yeah, yes it is, 500 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: of course. Hey, congratulations on a tremendous camp in preseason 501 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: and making the roster and best of luck this year. 502 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate it. That's fun facts with Mason Shrek. Unfortunately, 503 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: Mason Shrek was on crutches after the game with a 504 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: bulky brace on his left knee. Hopefully his injury isn't 505 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: too serious. The Bengals have already lost tight end Tyler 506 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: Iffer for the season with his ankle injury and tight 507 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: end Tyler Craft for several weeks with a foot injury. 508 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode of the podcast. 509 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 1: If you haven't done so already, don't forget to subscribe 510 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: on iTunes, Stitcher, or pod Bean and give it a 511 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,360 Speaker 1: rating or leave a comment. 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