WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: It's A New Day 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:06.279 Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:11.680 the Bengals Booth podcast. The It's a New Day. It's 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:16.360 a New Day addition, as the Bengals beat the Steelers 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.040 in Pittsburgh for the first time in six years, giving 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.120 them two straight wins against the Steelers for the first 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:26.279 time in eight years. Coming up, you'll hear radio replace 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.600 from the win, postgame comments from players and coaches, and 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:33.800 analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.840 week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know newcomer Trey Hendrickson, 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.000 who is obviously a great athlete, but he might just 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:45.959 pale in comparison to his wife. 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They're only open from 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.120 ten to two, so try one for lunch. You just 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:38.800 might see me there. Now, let's get to Sunday's win. 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.920 Last week in Chicago, Joe Burrow had three straight passes 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:47.280 intercepted by the Bears. On Sunday in Pittsburgh, it happened 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.440 again on the Bengals second dry Burrow ready for the 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:54.000 gun snap, clapping his hands furiously, Hopkins fires it back. 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.400 Burrow with time whistles a fastball over the middle and 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.960 it is deflected at intercepted at the money nine yard line. 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.520 The Steelers are running it back to the forty to 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:08.600 the forty four the tackle made there, Terrell Edmonds coming 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.519 up with the ricochet for the interception for the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:16.240 That is the Pittsburgh Steelers first interception of the season. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.640 But less than a minute later, the Bengals took the 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:23.280 ball right back. Rothlisberger hit ball is it accepted at 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.359 the forty yard line. The Bengals will take over at 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.000 the Steelers forty one. Sam Hubbard put the hit on 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:34.760 Ben Roethlisberger, and Logan Wilson made a one handed juggling 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.560 interception before going to the ground. He'll give the ball 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.799 to the Bengals in Steelers territory officially at the forty 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.679 two yard line, and six plays later, the Bengals were 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.000 in the end zone, browing the gun on third down 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.600 and two. He catches the snap, he's looking. He throws 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.960 pits caught Tyler Boyd at the ten for the first 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.519 TI faits a tangle to the five to the goal line, 0:02:56.040 --> 0:03:02.640 touchdown Bengals, Tyler Boyd pinballing off tacklers and taking it 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:07.160 in for the seventeen yard score. Perfect description. Boyd, of course, 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.280 grew up in the Pittsburgh area before starring at pitt 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:15.200 Here's Joe Burrow on t b's TD. He catches something 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.079 underneath and he goes and tries to run somebody over. 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.800 That's kind of guy he is. I think that's part 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.160 of being from Lapaltia, you know, being in that area 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.320 of Pittsburgh tough. You know, it's TV's a really, really 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.840 good player that I'm excited to play with the Bengals 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.000 took a seven nothing lead to the second quarter, but 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.079 with nine and a half minutes left and a half, 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.560 Ben Roethlisberger went to work, leading the Steelers on a 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.640 fifteen play eighty six yard drive that took more than 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.600 eight minutes off the clock. Three receivers right, one out 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.800 to the left. Ben has the ball, rolls right, passes 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:51.640 into traffic. Friar Mouth extends the ball touchdown. Pittsburgh. Well, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.920 that's a gut punch to score with a little over 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.320 a minute to go in the first half. The shovel 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.240 pass touchdown to tight end Pat friar Mouth made it 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.840 seven seven with one oh four to go. According to 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.440 the athletics Jay Morrison, that's the twenty fifth time in 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.400 the last thirty meetings that the Steelers have scored in 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.600 the final two minutes of the first half against Cincinnati. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.560 But it took just three plays for Burrow to answer. 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:17.920 Joe and the Gun catches the snap, fakes the p 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.680 Rhyan throws it high and deep down the left side. 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:25.480 Chase has it in the end zone, touched down. Mangals. 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.720 What a throw by Joe Burrow to Jamar Chase, who 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.760 extended his arms and reeled it in for the thirty 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:37.840 four yards score. Unbelievable. More specifically, the catch was unbelievable. 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.720 His chase hauled it in by the back half of 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.359 the ball and get this, Jamar became the first player 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.239 in the Super Bowl era to have a touchdown catch 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.200 of thirty or more yards in each of his first 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.800 three NFL games. It was a hell of a throw 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.240 by Joe. You know what I'm saying. He laid me 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:59.080 out forward. I'm not behind, not a jumbob, but no 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:02.200 in front of me. Us Really what receiver wants and 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.640 to make extend to catch like I did, perfect time. 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.680 And so that was a great throw by Joe. It 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.520 gave the Bengals of fourteen seven halftime lead, and they 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.320 started the third quarter with a ten play drive that 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.680 ended with a forty three yard field goal by Evan 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.360 McPherson to make it seventeen to seven. Here's Zach Taylor. 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.200 That's how we want to play. We want to dominate 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:21.440 the in the half and then come out strong to 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.239 sort of the third quarter. Puts in a great position 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:24.920 than to play. How we know, we got to play 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.560 on the road. The Steelers had to play catch up 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:31.839 in the second half, Pittsburgh's offense consisted of thirty seven 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:36.279 passes and only three runs. Big Ben has the ball 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.880 fakes to the right, running toward the middle of the field. 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:43.200 He intercepted because a penalty flag down. Logan Wilson tackled 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.880 at the nineteen yard line. Big Ben faced down on 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.960 the grass right now, now getting to his knees and 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:55.560 to his feet, will the interception? Yes, number fifty three. Yes, 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.559 penalties decline, so those plays a first down Cincinnati Logan 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.960 Wilson in interception. Logan Wilson will be leading the National 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:08.160 Football League an interceptions, I mean, unbelievable. Logan Wilson had 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:13.160 ten interceptions at Wyoming. He has five and nineteen NFL games. 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.040 That's incredible stuff for a linebacker. I credit a lot 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.680 of that to not really playing linebacker until I got 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.479 to the college level. Truthfully, Um, you know, I was 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.840 I was a slot receiver, I was a defensive back, 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.200 so I was always you know, I kind of um 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.320 developed my my ball skills, you know, as I was 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:32.320 growing up. And um, and then and then back to 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.080 the whole thing about running to the ball. If you're 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.039 always running to the ball, you're always gonna have a 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.400 chance to make plays on the ball, maybe, whether that's 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.120 trying to get a strip or someone else trips it 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.359 and you be able to fall in and recover it. Um, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.440 that's just one thing I've always prided myself on and 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.039 I will continue to do so. He appears to be 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.400 a great third round pick and has a fan in 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.440 last year's first round pick, and he's playing at an 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.520 elite level, and he's he's a guy that you love 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.840 to have on your team and you would hate to 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.920 play against, you know whenas in zone coverage, he reached 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.880 quarterback size better than anybody. And not only does he 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.360 do that, but then he makes plays on the ball. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.160 Wilson's second I NT put the Bengals in the red 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.520 zone and led to burrows third touchdown pass of the game, 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.240 Burrowing the gun with Nixon to his left, a two 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:19.360 by two formation for Cincinnati, Burrow back to pass standing 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:23.080 looking fires over of the man caught for the touchdown. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:27.600 Chumar Chase with his second touchdown catch of the game, 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:32.480 his fourth in three NFL games. He beat Joe Hayden 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.000 and the Bengals increased their lead. That was the best 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.360 pass protection I've seen this year out of the offensive line. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:44.240 Every single pass rusher from the Steelers was wired and 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.880 wired shut. The pass protection was so good that Chase 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.720 was actually burrows fifth read on that play. That's what 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:53.240 I said to the whole line, like I got, I 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.040 was able to get to my fifth read. And that's 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:57.560 all because of you guys in this league. When you 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.040 can get to your fifth three, your fifth three is 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.520 almost always open. And so that's that's It was twenty 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.440 four to seven Bengals midway through the third quarter. That's 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.520 the most points they've scored at Heinz Field since two 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.960 thousand and six. And if that wasn't a rarity, consider this. 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.280 This will be a forty two yard field goal for 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.880 Chris Boswell. Once in my life, I would like to 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.920 see him miss a kick against the Cincinnati Bengals. His 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:27.160 kick is and it is miss galled. It jis Boswell 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:32.080 has missed a kick. Had last against the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:36.559 He was fifty eight for fifty eight between field goals 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:41.280 and p eights and the jinks worked it did. It's 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:45.840 about time, dad, my life is complete. Boswell did make 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.040 a short field goal in the fourth quarter to cut 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.319 the lead to fourteen. But that was his clothes, his 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.280 big ben and the Steelers would get He's back to 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.000 throw against the four man rush Cox. The arm throws 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.800 dropped by nag Harris at again. Then about that and 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:06.359 that is coffin nails by Amy. The final score Cincinnati 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:11.240 twenty four, Pittsburgh ten. Here are Trey Hendrickson, Logan Wilson, 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.920 and Zach Taylor on a huge road win. You know, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.040 we bounced back with a lot of heart, I think, 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.079 fighting back from the tough loss last week. And I 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.920 know these guys are hungry, resilient, and we're a tight 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.440 knit group and that's something that's really special in this league. 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.800 We always believed in each other, with the team that 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.560 we have right now, that we could do something like this. 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.640 There's just a matter of putting it together and getting 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:37.040 a win in a hostile environment in Pittsburgh against a 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.880 great team. So it's big for us. This is something 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.280 we needed, but it's just a small step in our 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:43.920 journey for the rest of the season. You know, we 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.800 expect to be on the road win divisional games, to 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:48.800 achieve all the things that we talk about internally as 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:52.600 a team. This is something that's necessary and and it's 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:54.760 it's it's a big win, but we got to turn around. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.440 We play up Thursday night, you know, so these guys 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:57.960 got to turn around and get focused right now. On 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.599 the stat sheet, Joe Mixon ran for night yards on 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.200 eighteen carries, and Burrow was fourteen for eighteen for one 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.640 hundred and seventy two yards, three touchdowns, one pick, and 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.400 a passer rating of one twenty two point nine. But 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:16.360 the most significant stat was zero in fact two zero's 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:21.640 under sacks and quarterback hits for Pittsburgh. The Bengals much 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:26.320 maligned offensive line ended the Steelers NFL record streak of 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:30.480 seventy five games with at least one sack. Dave Lapham 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:35.320 talked to offensive line coach Frank Pollock after the game. Coach, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.120 Steelers had a record NFL record seventy five straight games 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:43.920 with a quarterback sack. Today, zilch, zippo, not a squaduge 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:48.959 no sacks. How's it feel? Well, it's it's an ultimate 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.439 team game. In the line fought hard, the backs fought hard, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.560 the tight ends fought hard. The receivers are running to 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.199 get open. The corbacknos were to go with the ball. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.760 It's the ultimate team game. It's an ultimate team accomplishment there. 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.840 You know, you had such balance that Joe Burrow goes 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:07.640 fourteen for eighteen, three touchdown passes, Joe Mixon seventeen carries 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.280 ninety one yards. When you when you're balanced like that, 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.840 even even really good defensive teams, you know they're they're 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.200 on new heels, aren't they. Yeah, Zach called a great game. Um, 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.320 it was. It was fun to be on the sidelines 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.920 with him and interacting with him and called a great game. 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.960 He was into it. They were giving us some challenges, 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:29.280 having adjusts versus base, versus eleven personnel, and he was 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.199 all over it getting us to the right stuff. And 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:33.880 the players are out there next year they have the 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.280 hard job, and he did an excellent job executing and 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.560 the unfortunately even had a couple of penalties that cost 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:42.040 us some other good runs unfortunately, but the team played hard. 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.800 That's against the ultimate team game. The defense put us 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.199 in great positions and it was a lot of fun 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.400 to be a part of. You had a rookie with 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.880 his first NFL start in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, Jackson 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.240 Carman held his own in there. He held his own 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.959 and he showed me that that that he can get 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.240 a little you know what in his neck when he 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.600 needs to. Yeah, you means so that that showed his 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.640 teammates what he's all about in this environment. He stood 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:09.560 up to it and did an outstanding job. I'm really 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:13.160 proud of him. He's really hard. How about Riley Reefs, 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.040 he came back into the football game, just kind of 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.160 turned the ankle a little bit out. Did I scare 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.800 you a little bit? A little bit? But he's old 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.040 school man. You don't spit on it. Put some tape 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.240 and go out there and play right. He's from your error. Man. 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.439 That's good stuff. I hear that, coach. So two in 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.839 one record you're in. You're in a tie for first 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.880 place in the in the division. After two to three games, 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.920 it's week three. I could care less when any of 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:38.480 that stuff is. All we know is got a game 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.520 on Thursday. That's all we're looking forward to is uh, 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.600 you know, the next the next, the next challenge. So 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.040 none of that else stuff matters. We don't control that 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:47.400 our stuff. We just control what we got next. And 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:52.120 that's Jacksonville. A final question, Jacksonville short week, and that 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.719 that's gonna be hell on the coaching staff. I mean, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.960 how do you prepare for an NFL team that you 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.760 don't play all that often such a short period of time. 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.600 I'm and you guys, there's not enough hours in the day, 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:03.640 is there. It's it's hell on the players. Who cares 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.760 about the coaches. We got the easy job. The players 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.319 got the hard jobs. So that's so we got to 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.200 get them rested up. And Zach does always a great 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.280 job with them and takes care of them so they 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.160 can play at their best. So appreciate your coach, Appreciate you. 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:18.120 Thank you. Offensive line coach Frank Pollock. So, the Bengals 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:22.400 host Urban Meyers Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football. The 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.520 Jags areo and three after a thirty one nineteen loss 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.880 to the Cardinals on Sunday, and we'll bring an eighteen 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:33.000 game losing streak to Paul Brown Stadium. Now time for 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:37.920 postgame analysis with lab After losing eleven straight to the Steelers, 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:39.840 the Bengals have now won two in a row, going 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.040 back to their win on Monday Night Football last year. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.040 What did you think were some of the biggest keys 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:47.280 to this win. I thought the line of scrimmage. You know, 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.040 we talked about you know, which offensive line was gonna 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.440 get enough of a running game established where they could 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.480 protect the quarterback and balanced their game out a little bit. 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.800 And I thought that, you know, they really stuffed now 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.480 Harris in the running game and turn him into another 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.240 wide out basically in the short intermediate passing game that 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.640 Ben is throwing sixty times a game, it seems like 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.280 these days. And you know, Joe Mixon the rush over 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.480 ninety yards and then you know Joe Burrow kind of 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.080 compartmentalizing after the interception and being as efficient as he was, 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.960 you know, was ballgame. And I thought, you know, for 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:26.160 the offensive line to pitch a shout out against the 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.440 Pittsburgh Steelers, who had a sack in seventy five straight 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:32.200 games an NFL record, is is really good. And again 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.200 it's not just the offensive line. Joe had a lot 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.000 to do with that and everybody. It's a team sport. 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:38.920 I talked to Frank Pollock after the game, and he 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.520 was quick to point that out a lot of things, 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.160 a lot of things happen for them not to give 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.560 up a sack, that's big, though. I mean, for those 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.800 guys who have been so maligned for several years now, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.800 to be the team that ends that streak, even if 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.400 it was only eighteen attempts, who cares. That's a great 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.720 point of pride for those guys. There's no doubt. And 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.880 you know that's that's almost how you the fact that 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.360 you're able to run the ball, well, the fact that 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.200 the defense shut it down. That's what he means. There's 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.040 a lot of components to being able to pitch the 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.040 shut up, but the fact is there's no esteris there. 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.600 I mean, they stopped the streak, and uh, you know, 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.360 that's that's what it's all about in football. It's one 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:20.800 of the reasons I love it so much. It's the 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.240 ultimate team sport, and um, you know, wins like this 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.000 show that really, you know, it's probably even more telling 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.200 than the fact that they did not give up a sack. 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.480 You asked Joe Burrow a question in the postgame news 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:36.440 conference that elicited a tremendous answer. What was your read 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.280 on the touchdown pass? The second touchdown pass to Jamar 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:44.240 Chase that was read number five. He went through his options. 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.880 He's covered, he's covered, he's covered, he's covered. He gets 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.840 to the fifth read and throws a touchdown pass. That's 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.520 great blocking it is And Jamar Chase I talked to 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.520 him in the locker room and he said the same thing. 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.400 Because I was backside, I was the last guy and 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.960 uh and he said, you know, Joe, Joe came back 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.520 to me. I'm like, well, you know, this is an 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.880 opportunity here. So yeah, I think once they get locked in, 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.120 you know, and people are gonna you know, poo poo 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.000 a lot of things. Ah, there was no wat, there 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.480 was no there, no that bottom line. That's life in 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:17.160 the National Football League. And honestly, Frank Pollock made mention 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.520 of it. Zach made mention of it. The Pittsburgh Steelers 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.400 because of the injuries, they were running different personnel groupings 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.160 and things they hadn't done. They had to go back, 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.280 you know, in their memory banks, like over that ten 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.640 game period last year and in the you know, the 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:35.120 first couple of games this year to get the adjustments 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.400 that they needed to make and get them done. And 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.520 they did it well enough to win by two scores. 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.880 How about Jamar Chase targeted five times, four catches, sixty 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.960 five yards, two touchdowns this week, including a thirty four 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.440 yard or third player in the history of the National 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.120 Football League to have three touchdown catches of twenty five 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.600 or more yards in his first three games. I jokingly 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.400 said on the broadcast, I apologize on behalf of all 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:01.160 members of teams. Still, we thought it would have been 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:05.080 better to take the offensive lineman. He has provided exactly 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.639 what this offense needed. He really has. I mean, when 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:11.680 there's man coverage on the outside, it's it's it's curtains, 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.120 it's coffin nails. And to make the catch he made, 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.480 I mean he made a catch that I'd only seen 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.800 Isaac Curtis. To catch the back half of the football 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.520 when you're a speed guy like that, to be able 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.640 to focus and concentrate enough these guys when they run, 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.639 their head is so still. You know their head's not 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.000 bouncing around. If they can track the ball when they're 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.879 running at such an extreme speed, it's remarkable. And to 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.440 catch the back half of the football like that, you know, 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.760 when you have a defender you're worried about you're running 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:40.800 up the field. I mean, it's it's it's remarkable to 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.359 play he made. I thought his hands weren't good. Yeah, 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.720 what happened to what happened to Stone hands man? That's 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:50.080 a that's an urban urban myth now, So I don't 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:51.960 want to make too much of a big deal out 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.280 of this. It's Week three, the Bengals are two and one, 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.960 the Steelers are one and two. But are we seeing 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.320 a change of the guard in the rivalry? The Angles 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.480 have the great young quarterback in Joe Burrow. Ben Roethlisberger 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:05.359 appears to be, you know, running out of gas at 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.160 thirty nine in his eighteenth season. What do you think 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.679 are we seeing a change of the changing of the 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.400 guard in this rivalry? I think I think it's it's 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.119 potentially the case. I mean, you know, you're right, um 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.960 Ben is uh, you know, Ben's putting out on eighteen 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:24.000 and Joe Burrows just he's finishing maybe the second hole. 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.199 I mean, he's just starting out on his and you 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.919 look at it. The Bengals defense is closing in on 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.960 what the Pittsburgh Steelers are doing in terms of you know, 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.040 I mean it's totally different structure and scheme and all 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.600 that sort of thing, but personnel, they got some playmakers, 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.600 you know, both teams do, and the Bengals are a 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:42.080 lot closer to where Pittsburgh's been at such a high 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.040 level for for so many years, and they're both trying 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.119 to get their offensive lines right. I mean, there's a 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:50.199 lot of things. These teams are very similar, and I 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.240 think right now it's it's uh, it's hit that point 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.880 where on the curve they're both there. Now one is ascending, 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.560 the other one is declining. All right, we all like 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:01.800 to be a fly on the wall of places that 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.800 we can't go. You are one of three people that's 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.640 allowed into the locker room after the game in order 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.919 to do your postgame interviews. What was the atmosphere like 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.840 after winning in Pittsburgh today? Well, by the time I 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:16.639 was letting there, it was all pretty much, you know, 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.120 calm down, it was. It was excited though we could 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.600 we could listen in and hear from the doorway, and 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:24.800 guys were obviously pumped up about it, and rightfully so. 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.199 Um when I got there, though, guys were you know, 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.560 in different places the shower or the training room, whether 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:36.160 the case may be. But everybody had that that quiet 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.160 look of satisfaction, you know, I mean for that deal 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.440 of I remember what it was like to come here 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.920 and win, and that that feeling of feeling of satisfaction. 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.479 There's nothing there's nothing like it. It's like Tiger Johnson 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:51.680 I said many times, Dude, this as long as you can, 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:55.120 you'll never find another job like it. Tiger was right 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:58.440 as usual. 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Now time for this week's fun facts 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.240 segment or you get to know the person under the pads. 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.400 Time for some fun facts of Bengal defensive Entrey Hendrickson 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:38.159 from Orlando, Florida. According to your dad, when you were 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.359 four or five, you told him you were going to 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:44.920 be a professional football player. I doubt you remember that conversation, 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.840 but was this your dream for as long as you 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:50.879 can remember? Yeah, I mean playing football and competing at 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:52.680 a high level has always been a dream of mine 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:56.800