WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Old Man Rivers 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.400 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:15.079 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Woman Rivers addition, As We 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.160 Die set to tough loss in Indianapolis as the Bengals 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.160 jumped out to a twenty one nothing second quarter lead 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.000 before thirty eight year old Philip Rivers rallied the Colts 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:28.400 to a thirty one twenty seven win. Coming up, you'll 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:32.040 hear radio replays, postgame comments from players and coaches, and 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:35.760 in depth analysis from Dave Lappo. And this week's fun 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.839 Fact segment is with defensive tackle Christian Covington as he 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.159 discusses growing up in Vancouver as the son of a 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:47.839 Canadian Football League legend. 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It's an espresso milkshake made 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:26.279 with locally roasted espresso and vanilla soft serve ice cream. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:30.400 I'm here to tell you that if God enjoys milkshakes, 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:34.080 then this is the one that he or she orders. 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.520 Needless to say, it's not low calorie, but it's well 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:43.040 worth the occasional splurge. Get yourself a Java Whip at 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:47.840 the Old Milford Parlor. Now, let's get to Sunday's game, 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.800 a battle between the kid Joe Burrow and a quarterback 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:56.360 with nine kids, Philip Rivers. He's fifteen years older than 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:01.040 Burrow and seventeen months older than Bengal's head coach Zach Taylor. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.279 But the day didn't start well for Rivers. His second 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:07.960 pass of the game was fumbled without contact by veteran 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.240 tight end Jack Doyle and Bengals newcomer Xavier Williams recovered 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.079 at the colts forty three yard line. Seven plays later, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.000 the Bengals found the end zone. It is third down 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.679 in goal from the two yard line. Burrow and the shotgun. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.760 Giovanni Bernard is checked in at running back. Higgins motions 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.760 toward the formation. Burrow catches the shotgun snap, gives it 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.519 to Giovanni. Bernard Gio goes into the end zone standing up, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:35.280 and the Bengals have scored on their opening drive. Nice 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:40.200 push inside Trey Hopkins Michael Jordan take a foul. That 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.000 was the first opening drive touchdown allowed by the Colts 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.320 in their last eighteen games, ending the longest active streak 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.799 in the NFL. But the Bengals were just getting started 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.840 as they rolled the dice to score again on their 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.400 second drive. Looks like the Bengals are going to go 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:57.560 for it, so they're going to pass up the chip 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.360 shot field goal and go for it on fourth and 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:05.239 one from the Indianapolis two yard line. Samaj p Ryan 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.839 checks in and lines up like a fullback. Burrow, We'll 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.520 run a quarterback sneak and he's got the first down 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.320 and he might make it into the end zone. He's 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:18.240 gonna be mad. Yes, they giving them touchdown signals. So 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.720 the Bengals go for it on fourth and one from 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:25.440 the two and Joe Burrow, quarterback sneaks into the end zone. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.239 Michael Jordan keep coming off the football, my man, Trey Hopkins, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.840 Michael Jordan control that line of scrimmage. Nothing fancy, just 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:35.840 snuggle up behind your center and your left guard and 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:39.800 just hammered up in there. Two drives, two touchdowns. Why 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.760 stop there? Nicolts send a blitz from the edge. Burrow 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:47.160 throws deep down field. It is Higgins streaking down the 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:52.120 sideline twenty ten five and tackled at the two yard line. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:56.760 On third and nine, Burrow throws a perfect spiral down 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.240 the sideline to fellow rookie t Higgins. The throw went 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.920 twenty nine yards down the field, and Higgins ran for 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.320 thirty eight yards after the catch for a sixty seven 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:10.240 yard game on the final play of an impeccable first quarter. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.480 On the first play of the second quarter, the Bengals 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.480 took a twenty one point lead first and goal from 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.280 the seven. After the five yard penalty, Burrow catches the 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.760 shotgun staff sticks it in the gut of Joe Mixon 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.800 charging down toward the goal line, waiting for the signal, 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:30.240 and he is stopped just short. No, that's the touchdown 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.960 sign The far side official did not give it to him. 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.200 The near side official eventually did. It's a seven yard 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.960 touchdown run by Joe Mixon. It obviously will be reviewed. 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:46.560 This is dominant in every possible way. At that point, 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.920 Burrow had one hundred and fifty three passing yards to 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.359 only thirty three for Rivers, and the Bengals had nine 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:56.400 first downs to the Colts one. Here's t Higgins. You know, 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.320 we came in with the mentality we gotta go out 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.640 here and you know, dominant, and you know, you guys 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:05.440 saw that at the first quarter. We just I don't 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.039 know what happened in the second, you know, I guess 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:08.680 we just let off the gas and we can't do that. 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.640 We gotta stay full throttle the whole game and you know, 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.400 finish it up. The Colts comeback started with an eighty 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:18.479 seven yard touchdown drive. Rivers hit Marcus Johnson for a 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.440 fifty five yard gain down to the one yard line, 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.640 and Indy scored two plays later. And they're going to 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:28.200 line up in a wildcat type formation and it is 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.000 a run into the end zone for the score by 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.080 Trey Burton. You remember Trey Burton, the tight end who 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.320 threw the Philly Special touchdown pass and the Super Bowl 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.080 to Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. He'll never have to pay 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.560 for a beer in Philadelphia for the rest of his life. 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.279 His one yard run made it twenty one to seven. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.440 The Bengals answered with their fourth scored as many drives 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.120 as Randy Bullocks forty seven yard field goal made it 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.400 twenty four to seven, but Rivers and Burton struck again. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:02.120 Shotgun Staff. Rivers looking throws it towards the left side 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.560 of the end zone and that is caught by Trey 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:08.080 Burton for the Colts touchdown. It was twenty four to fourteen. 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.640 The Bengals still appeared to be in good shape, but 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.360 they failed to get a first down on their next drive, 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.839 giving Rivers the ball back with two fifty eight left 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.039 in the half, plenty of time for a seventy five 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:23.320 yard drive. Rivers catches the shotgun Staff, steps up in 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:25.960 the pocket, floats it into the end zone, caught by 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:30.560 Pascal for an Indianapolis touchdown with fifteen seconds left in 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.520 the half. After a slow start, Philip Rivers passed for 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.479 two hundred and thirty four yards in the second quarter 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.200 to cut the Bengals twenty one point lead down to three. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.440 Here's Jesse Bates. Philip Rivers is the Hall of Fame quarterback. 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.599 I mean, I know he's a little odor now, but 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.000 he's a Hall of Fame quarterback and I feel like 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.200 the whole game he knew exactly what we were in. 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.560 Every ball that he threw was almost out of bounce 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.280 and only where the receivers can catch it. So props 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.040 the Philip Rivers, I think, you know, for us as 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.240 a defense, I mean, we got to take that as 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:10.520 a challenge. Our offense takes lead. Twenty one points should 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.640 be enough in this league. The only point scored in 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.200 the third quarter were scored by the Bengals, thanks in 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:18.520 large part to a seven time pro bowler who had 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.720 his best game in nearly two years. Third down play 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.800 coming up third and seven burrow catches the shotgun staff 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.360 short drop quick slamp caught by H Green for another 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.119 first down, had a ten yard games J Green starting 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:35.280 to look like J Green. AJ Green finished with eight 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.800 catches for ninety six yards, and they were big catches, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.520 giving the Bengals first downs on second and nine, second 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:46.000 and eleven, third and eight, third and six, third and ten, 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.400 and fourth and nine. But he was upset that he 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.920 failed to haul in a potential forty four yard touchdown 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.800 pass in the third quarter. Still got some plays out 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.200 there that I should have made the gobaf I should 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.320 have just went up over the top of him. We 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.280 try to get the past and the fantish shot U 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.680 instead of trying to like lay hands it. Um. Um. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.600 But I felt good. Um it's probably the best you know, 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.000 my body felt, you know, just get my confidence back 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.400 and playing like my whole solf T Higgins, who had 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.360 six catches for one hundred and twenty five yards, was 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.600 excited to see his favorite receiver go to work. You know, 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.760 Aja was Aja today, you know, I mean it looked 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.480 I was glad to see him get you know, as 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.280 many targ as he did and see him produce, you know, 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.000 you know, getting his confidence back, you know from the 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.600 past two season though he's on injury, and you know, 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.880 just seeing him go out there and just work today 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.319 it felt good. A fifty five yard field goal by 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.640 Randy Bullock gave Cincinnati a twenty seven twenty one lead 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.600 going to the fourth quarter, the fourth time in six 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.800 games that the Bengals have had a fourth quarter lead, 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.560 but in this case, it only lasted for a few seconds. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.120 First play of the fourth quarter, the Colts habit in 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.319 the red zone at the fourteen yard line, rivers back 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.160 to throw a play if time is fast into the 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.000 end zone. Doyle reaches out, extends the arms, makes the 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:08.120 catch and ties the game, with the Colts having the 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.800 opportunity to take the lead for the first time. On 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.160 the extra point, the pat made a twenty eight twenty 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:18.160 seven Indie. Here's Jesse Bates on surrendering the big lead. 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:23.079 It is frustrating, man. We play very well, I mean 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.360 that first quarter and I don't think they got a 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.920 first down, and then you know, we kind of fall apart, 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.520 you know when the game matters. So it's the same 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.080 thing I've been saying all years. We got to be consistent. 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.360 We got to be consistent and everything we do. The 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:40.480 Bengals still had chances to win. After an interception by Bates, 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.959 the Bengals drove to the Colts thirty, where Sama JP 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.360 Ryan was stopped on third and one on his first 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:51.120 carry of the season, in fact, his first carry in 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.920 twelve games in a Bengals uniform. Down by one with 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.800 eight minutes to go, the Bengals chose not to go 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.160 for it on fourth and one and call Randy Bullock 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.120 a pressure kick for Randy Bullock a forty eight yard 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.280 attempt to try to give Cincinnati the lead. Harris ready 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.240 to snap it back. Huber catches puts it down. Bullocks 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:14.200 kick is up and it is no good. It hit 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:17.800 the right, upright and bounced to the right. So, with 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.640 a chance to give Cincinnati a fourth quarter lead, Randy 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:24.760 Bullock misses for just the second time all year. His 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:29.280 forty eight yard attempt is no good. Bullock is fifteen 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:32.520 for seventeen this season. But man, have the two misses 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.079 been costly. A forty yard field goal by Colts rookie 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.520 Rodrigo Blankenship gave into a four point lead with four 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.640 minutes to go, meaning the Bengals needed a touchdown on 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:46.320 their final drive to win. Joe Burrow drove them into 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:50.280 Colts territory with forty nine seconds to go. Third down 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:54.000 in five at the thirty five of Indie. Burrow ready 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.160 for the shotgun snap, Joe has the ball, throws over 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.959 the middle. It is intercepted, picked off at twenty yard 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.599 line by Julian Blackman, and that'll wrap it up for Indianapolis. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:09.880 Yes it will. Here's Burrow on the pick and his performance. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.320 So can you take us through that last play? What 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.240 did you see on that interception? Oh, they're blitzen and 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:25.360 you know they're playing palms, which is basically quarters, and 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:29.800 we saw something I just gotta make make a better play, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.720 make a better decision. Tough one. Did you see Blackman 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.680 Joe on the interception at the end, No, I did not. 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.040 I knew he was over there somewhere. I didn't know 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.920 he was that type. The first thing you said after 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.720 last week's game in Baltimore was you weren't very good 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.439 with your eyes today. Do you feel like you're a 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.560 lot better with your eyes today? Yeah? I mean I 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:52.000 played really well for three quarters and fourteen minutes and 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.120 then one bad play and I wasn't named to convert. 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.840 Burrow finished with three hundred thirteen passing yards his four 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.319 three hundred yard game, but Rivers finished with three hundred 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.440 and seventy one yards and three touchdown passes and a 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.360 thirty one, twenty seven come from behind win. Here are 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.920 Zach Taylor and AJ Green on a twenty one point 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.640 lead that didn't last. It's a tough one to swall 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:16.840 for sure, you know, and again we didn't earn it, 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.160 and just you got to challenge the team. It's it's 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.200 everybody could have done one more thing to help us 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.000 get this win, and that's all of us. That's the coaches, 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.760 the players, and everyone's got to be accountable to that. Um, 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.280 we put ourselves in a tough position here, you know, 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.080 with just one win, and it doesn't matter if you 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.240 feel like you've done better than that, that that doesn't matter. 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:35.839 Your record is what you say, it is what it 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.439 says that you are. And uh, we got to going 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.600 these wins, man, And it's tough to beat good teams 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.640 on the road. Felt like we certainly had some opportunities 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.080 and we just didn't do enough to make it happen. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:47.840 They didn't mess the bottom line and get their hats 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.240 off to them. What is the difference between teams that 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.840 win a lot and teams that don't beyond the obvious? 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:57.720 And I think the teams that want a lot to 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.960 do the little things right. And you know, we still 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.880 got to clean up some stuff. You know, Like I said, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:04.959 I had to play that. You know, I should have 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.000 made good teams try to make that play. So for me, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.200 I just gotta continue to get trying to make every play. 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.760 Then go from there. The Bengals are one four and one, 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.280 including two losses in a tie that could have been 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:22.280 probably should have been wins. Up next a home game 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.440 against the Browns, who got blown out in Pittsburgh thirty 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.560 eight to seven. Baker Mayfield left that game in the 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.760 third quarter with sore ribs. The Bengals Booth Podcast is 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.440 presented by Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:40.199 a hint of fruit flavor. Now, let's get some postgame 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:44.880 analysis from my broadcast partner, Dave Lapham lap I am 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:49.040 going to start with a bad memory. September of nineteen 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:55.720 seventy nine, second quarter Bengals twenty four Houston Nothing Oilers 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.880 came back to win thirty to twenty seven inot That's 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.240 the only time in Bengals history that they've squandered a 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.400 bigger lead than twenty one points. Twenty One's happened a 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.280 few times. That game was twenty four. Do you remember 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:11.480 how sickening you felt after that game? That was like, yeah, 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:15.400 that was like a gut punch, a kick below the gut, kick, 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.840 a kick anywhere that you know it would hurt the most. 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.720 It was. It was a disgusting feeling, you know, and 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.040 you know it is like like you say, when it 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.840 happens to you, that's the NFL. I mean, that's what 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.760 can happen in the National Football League. I thought the 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.080 Colts came out thinking that they could just roll their 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.320 helmets out in the football field. I think that they 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.120 felt like this was going to be an easy day. 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.800 And the Bengals came out energized, I mean, ready to play, 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.360 and took advantage of an early turnover score right away, 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.880 and then boom, all of a sudden, it's twenty one nothing, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.760 and the Colts are like they're they're getting pushed around. 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.200 I mean, their defensive front is getting man handled and 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.760 they can't run the football at all and get down 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.640 twenty one nothing. It's probably the worst thing to happen 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.720 because then Reich looks at Philip River and says, hey, 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:06.320 it's time. And I was stunned because my feeling watching 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.680 him in prior games, I thought they him throw the 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.880 ball outside. He threw dimes outside, He threw outside roust 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.920 that were in such a like Jesse Bates was talking 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.240 about in the postgame show. He threw it, it was 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.360 out of bounds. The only guy that could make a 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.600 play on the ball, the Anglity threw it and the 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.720 feathery touched me through. It was his receiver. Defensive backs 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.240 had no opportunity. I mean he threw the ball with 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.080 the anticipation and accuracy and aggressiveness. He was like Philip Rivers, 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:36.960 you know, rewind a few a few years. He was unbelievable. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.320 And that's him in a competitive situation. Man, that dude 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.840 steps up and he single handedly picked up his football team, 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.480 put him on his collective shoulders and said, let's wake up, 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.360 let's start playing football. This isn't good enough for me. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.840 Let's go. I'm ready, let's go. And I mean Philip 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.360 Rivers basically said we're not going to lose this football game. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.920 And they didn't. There have been six games in Bengals 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:05.920 history where they led by twenty one or more and lost. 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.360 Five times the deficit was twenty one. That other game 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.360 that I mentioned nineteen seventy nine, the deficit was twenty four. 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.360 So of those six games, Philip Rivers is responsible for 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.160 two of the comebacks. Two thousand and six, down by 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.120 twenty one at halftime, leads the Chargers, the team he 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.080 was playing for, then to forty two second half points 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.840 and they come back and win. And if you don't 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.280 get more pressure on that guy than the Bengals were 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.200 able to get today, he is eventually going to carve 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.280 you up. He is. I mean, you have to get 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.760 him off his spot. You can't let him get comfortable. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.520 And comfortable wasn't the word. I mean. He was seeing 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.720 the field. He knew exactly what coverages the Bengals were in, 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.000 he knew exactly what route was going to beat that coverage, 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.960 and he had time to sit there and put it 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.040 in a perfect spot and never got him off his spot. 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.920 And the thing that I've always admired about him for 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:00.360 a lot of years, and he did out of it 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.240 today when he climbs the pocket and he's running forward, 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:07.560 he'll throw off the most awkward footwork and still feather 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:09.960 it and put it in a perfect spot. Touch Wise, 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.160 I will say, though, there were a myriad of times 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:16.040 where receivers were so open. It's like, what, how can 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.399 they be that open? How can they be five yards 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:22.560 open in any one direction? And it's remarkable when you're 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.880 all eleven and one in games that were decided by 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.720 eight points or less, something lets you down that you 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.920 may not have anticipated. Bengals pass defense was rated in 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:33.960 the top ten and a bunch of categories going into 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:37.320 this football game, and it got diced up. I mean, 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.399 the Colts just said we can't run the football, and 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:42.920 we don't know. If we run the football, we're our 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.880 own worst enemy because we're eating clock. We're down three 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.680 scores so quickly. We have to try to get back 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.080 in this football game right away. Let's abandon the running game, 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:51.960 see if we can throw it. And I thought, man, 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:53.520 this is going to be good for the Bengals. They've 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.760 shown themselves pretty well in the past against the past, 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.520 not today. So it's it's like, you know, the guy 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.800 that's trying to put his finger in the holes in 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.600 the dike, You know you got a couple of them 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:06.920 plugged up a third one, man, you start running out 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.479 of fingers and there's too many holes too far apart 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:13.399 to plug. It's it's incredible how one phase will step 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.720 up and one that's has stepped up before regresses back 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:21.760 and vice versa. It's just unbelievable. They cannot play complimentary football, 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:25.120 even within the same side of the ball. One game 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:26.800 they rush it well, they can't throw it. One game 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:28.520 they throw it great. They can't rush it on the 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:32.280 flip side. Stop the run can't stop the pass. Stop 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.959 the pass can't stop the run. I mean, it's just 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.960 it's just unbelievable. And the pieces keep moving, you know, 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:39.959 on the chessboard, they don't stay in the same spot. 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.320 It's like, if you're a coach, you don't know what 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.840 to believe in. What what can we do well enough? 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.720 What's what's something that we do well every week that 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.119 we can rely on to game plan around. I'm not 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.240 sure what you can come up with. Joe Mixon finished 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.200 with fifty four rushing yards. I don't have a breakdown 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.159 in front of me for the quarter by quarter, but 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:01.760 I'm guess saying forty came in the first quarter and 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.719 very little after that, I would agree. I mean, the 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:08.359 offensive line, my gosh, man, they're running quarterback sneaks from 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.280 the one yard line, they're running a touchdown from the 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:12.840 eight yard line, right up the gut. It was just 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.639 like a big human wedge. They just I mean, they 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.720 were just knocking them backwards. I mean, it wasn't even 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:22.440 a contest they were. There was so much adrenaline flow 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:24.640 and they're on such a high and the Colts were 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:28.439 as flat, flat as a pancake. And then it turned. 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.080 And once it started to turn, you know, Buckinger was 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.159 getting slapped around. Then Buckner all of a sudden, here 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.600 he was rushing the pastor looking like this big long 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:37.520 freak azoid that he is, and you know he's getting 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:40.960 his sack and doing his thing, and then they're making 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.560 players in the back end defensively. It's you know, it 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:47.639 was it was. It was crazy. It wasn't a tale 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:50.040 of two halves as such. It was a tale of 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:54.000 one quarter and three quarters. I mean it was. But 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.920 still the Bengals. The Bengals didn't, you know, give away 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.880 the lead until the fourth quarter of the football game. 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.480 The fourth quarter of the football game. But when you 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.760 have a twenty one point lead and they keep creeping, creeping, creeping, 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.359 and then eventually take a lead on you, it's like 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:11.439 you feel like even worse than if you're you know, 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.440 if you're down twenty points. I mean, that's a bad 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:16.640 feeling too. It's like here they come, Oh man, here 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.080 they come, here they come. And when you're you know, now, 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.960 oh eleven and one in close football games, and they 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:24.359 take the lead on you, and then they take a 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.560 field goal. To take four point lead, you have to 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:29.800 score a touchdown. You know, the dynamic becomes so much 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.200 different because of a missfield goal by a kicker that's 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.040 had a pretty good year overall, but two critical misses. Man, 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.760 this is game six. The Bengals have had fourth quarter 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:42.160 leads in four out of six. Led thirteen to six 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:45.080 in the fourth quarter in Week one, lost to the Chargers, 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:49.679 led seventeen sixteen going to the fourth quarter. In Week three, 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:53.600 wound up an overtime tie with Philadelphia. Obviously they led 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:57.600 and one against Jacksonville, so there's nothing negative about that. 0:20:57.720 --> 0:21:01.159 But today on top twenty twenty one going to the 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:04.600 fourth couldn't hold on sad It really is. It's a 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:08.439 it's a sad commentary, you know. And that's that's what 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.639 the NFL is all about. As we say, every single 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:14.320 week the NFL, half the games are decided by a 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:16.399 touchdown or less. A quarter of the games are decided 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:18.480 by a field goal or less. So it comes down 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:21.119 to the fourth quarter. And in the fourth quarter you 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:23.760 have to make plays in critical times of the football 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:26.960 game and have to avoid mistakes in critical times of 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:30.520 the football game. And the Bengals just can't seem to 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:32.720 get over the hump there. That's what it boils down to. 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.560 That's why they're oz ten and one. In games decided 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:39.720