WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: August Is Over 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.519 Hi again, everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:11.880 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The your Good as Gone August 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:16.320 is over. Addition, as the Bengals wrap up the preseason 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.840 with a sixteen to seven win over the La Rams. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.880 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:28.640 and coaches, and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.560 in this week's fun fact segment, you'll hear from a 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.760 Bengals rookie who grew up forty minutes from pay Course 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:41.839 stadium rooting for the Seattle Seahawks. Hey, nobody's perfect. The 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:46.600 Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals. Download Ultimate 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.680 Bengals ahead of the twenty twenty two season. It's free 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:54.080 to play next level fantasy football with fantastic Bengals prizes. 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.320 Get it now on the App Store and Google Play. 0:00:57.600 --> 0:00:59.400 And here's a quick reminder that you can have the 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:03.320 latest to do of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:08.039 or computer by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:14.080 the greatest thing since Ken Riley's almost certain enshrinement in 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.839 the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Approximately ten days ago, 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.440 the Hall of Fame in Canton announced the three players 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:24.000 in the seniors category that are finalists for the twenty 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:29.160 twenty three class, including Bengals legend Ken Riley. The Rattler 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.160 will get into the Hall of Fame if he is 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.600 supported by at least eighty percent of the voters in January, 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:39.920 and that is considered a formality. Riley sixty five interceptions 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:44.560 ranked fifth highest in NFL history, and while he obviously 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.880 earned this, he got some help in recent years from 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:52.400 fans like Bengal Jim Foster, who helped organize rallies to 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.480 raise awareness that there should be more Bengals in the 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.840 Hall of Fame. Bengals dot Com editor Jeff Hobson also 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.640 deserves a shout out for making Riley's case with his 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.200 fellow Hall of Fame voters. It's great news for Bengals 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:11.600 fans and especially meaningful for the Riley family. Here's hoping 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.760 that a couple of Anderson's, Ken and Willie, are up next. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.880 Now time to look back at Saturday's preseason finale against 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.440 the Rams. The Bengals got on the scoreboard first in 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.920 the first a thirty two yard pass from Brandon Allen 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.280 to Stanley Morgan led to an Evan McPherson field goal 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:32.960 in a three nothing lead at the end of the 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.520 first quarter. It looked like the Rams might pull ahead 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.600 early in the second when they drove deep into Bengals territory. 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.840 Third down in three at the Cincinnati ten to hand 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:47.040 off to Funk. He's got the first down inside the five, 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.200 Tackled at the fours, ball comes out and the Bengals recover. 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:56.320 Trey Von Henderson punched it away from Jake Fuck. Dominique 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.799 Davis recovered the fumble, and moments later Brandon Allen de 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.760 for the Bengals longest play of the preseason. He waits 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.160 at the goal line for a shotgun snap on second 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.959 and nine, Pump fakes throws it down the guideline. It 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:14.120 is caught on the run at the forty. Kendrick Pryor 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.840 with the catch and he gets taken down at the 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.440 forty two yard line. A thirty eight yard game. It 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:23.400 led to another McPherson field goal to make it six nothing. 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:27.800 But Kendrick Pryor winced when I asked him about that play. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.480 Not just wish I would have scored. That's all been 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:32.920 cool to have, Like an on a two yard line 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.840 ninety eight yard teschdown, that would have been cool. But 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.440 still happy though grateful, made a big play, But definitely 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.480 always want more than what I can get, So definitely 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:42.760 wish I would have got It would have been much 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.560 cooler with a ninety eight toesdown versus a thirty eight 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.280 yard game. So but it was, like I said, grateful though, 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:50.960 trusted me, gave me a good ball, let me run 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.000 underneath it, just made a play. It was another good 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.040 night for Pryor, who finished with five catches for sixty 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.320 five yards. He led the Bengals in receiving yards this 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:04.320 preseason with one hundred eighty two in three games. Felt 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:07.000 like I did pretty pretty decent throughing the preseason games. 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.160 You know, went out there throughout camp, those preseason games. 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.440 Just got a chance to show people I can make 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.760 plays and when my numbers called, I'll be there too, 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.280 you know, make a play for something. So like, I 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.320 feel like I did pretty good. Do you feel like 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.719 you've put yourself in a good position to still be 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.039 part of this team going forward? Oh yeah, definitely. You 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.200 know at this point inside of my control now, you know, 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.479 if we got but we don't have any more practices 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:32.719 our games left, So at this point it's just hoping. 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.320 But I put on film, you know, it's good enough 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.560 to make their roster. But I got got good confidence, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.040 you know, I felt like things should go should go 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:41.520 good for me. But at this point, like I said, 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.600 it's out of my hand. So you're just gonna sit back, wait, 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.320 wait till Tuesday, four o'clock. Tuesday at four is the 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.960 deadline for cutting the roster from eighty to fifty three. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.039 If Prior doesn't make the cut, there's a strong chance 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.719 he'll be part of the sixteen man practice squad. The 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.320 bat Goals scored once more before halftime, as another McPherson 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.159 field goal made it nine nothing at the break. The 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.760 Rams managed just seventy five yards of offense in the 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.960 first half. LA didn't do much better in the third 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.920 quarter as the Bengals forced a pair of fumbles. Zach 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.080 Carter caused the first on a strip sack. T Gray 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.240 Scales forced the second by ripping the ball away from 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.520 running back Trey Regas. For the second straight week. The 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.240 Bengals took a nine point lead to the fourth quarter. 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.680 They weren't able to hold the lead. Last Sunday, against 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.640 the Giants, and they allowed the Rams to score in 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:38.720 the fourth quarter on Saturday night, Hell send three receivers 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.400 out to the right, one out to the left, shotgun 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.719 Snap Perkins looking around. He's back at the twelve. Under pressure, 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.840 gets away from Gunter running toward the left side. He's 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.560 down to the five and he gets close to the 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.760 pylon and he's in for a Rams touchdown when he 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.960 is an athlete. That made it nine seven Bengals with 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.040 roughly eleven and a half minutes to go. How did 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.960 the offense respond with a thirteen play drive that took 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.480 nearly seven minutes off the clock and ultimately put the 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.160 game away. Browning drops back to pass fires in the 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:17.880 end zone, bought by Justin Rigg for the touchdown. The 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:22.240 young man from Springboro, Ohio, by way of the University 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:26.400 of Kentucky with the touchdown catch and the Bengals lead 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.960 at fifteen to seven. It was Jake Browning's first touchdown 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:34.840 pass in eight NFL preseason games between the Vikings and Bengals. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.760 And here's the guy on the receiving end, undrafted rookie 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.719 tight end Justin Rigg, going through my head. I heard 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:43.360 the play call and I knew that I had a 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.880 chance to get that ball, and I saw the the 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.040 outside leverage on the guy to break out, and right 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:49.760 when I broke out, I knew the ball was coming 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.599 and then obviously ended up in the end zone. And 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.520 I was in shock at first, because you know, especially 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.800 as a blocking tight end, you never expect that type 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:01.240 of thing to happen. But you just gotta be ready 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.240 for when your numbers called. And it happened, and just 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.200 through the roof excited. I gotta work on my celebration 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.120 a little bit. I didn't. I didn't know what to do, 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.040 but I'll get it next time, all right. Forgive me. 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.600 I didn't keep watching to see how you celebrated. What 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.560 did you do? Oh? I just I just threw up 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.680 my arms. I didn't know what to do. Celebrated with 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.400 my teammates. But next time, next time, I'll have something else. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.560 Who got the ball? You were, Jake? I have it 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.720 right here in my locker, right here. So I appreciate 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:31.679 them getting me that ball, and I'll cherish that moment forever. 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.800 We'll get to know just and much better later in 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:39.880 the podcast, the final score the Bengal sixteen the Rams seven. 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.000 Now let's hear from head coach Zach Taylor, who spent 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.760 about three minutes with Dave Lapham after the game. Coach 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.560 pitched shut up for three quarters against uh, you know, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.720 a damn good football team. Hard to do. I thought 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.400 it was really good performance by our defense. A lot 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.640 of guys put a lot of snaps. It's a good 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.280 way to finish the offseason here. So the the two 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:03.400 days that you that you had working together and the 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.840 carry over to today's football game, it looked like guys 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.280 were pretty familiar with assignment, alignement and adjustment and all 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:10.960 the sort of things that needed to get done tonight. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.200 I didn't notice a lot of mental awers. That's something 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.720 we'll see more tomorrow. But I thought the guys played fast, 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.640 they played with confidence and allowed us to get a win. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.720 So Jake Browning on the one touchdown drive, he was 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.360 basically accounted for all the yards made, all the How 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.880 good was he tonight? He managed the situation really well, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.000 you know. And they had a zile leverage in the 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.439 run game playing base to eleven, so sometimes you just 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.719 gotta throw it and and I thought we did a 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.080 really nice job operating that situation. Yeah, I think you 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.120 threw at eleven straight times, didn't you know something like that? 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.800 I think in that drive, yeah, they know, based to eleven, 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:44.840 you know, I think they were down personnel gave us 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.360 the excuse to throw the ball a little bit more, 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.439 and so we took advantage of it. I mean, your 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.080 defense though in the second half went base. I mean 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.400 three linebackers, A lot of the linebackers and they were 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.080 eleven and they were a kid and felt like high 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.599 school again going out there with four down linement and 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:00.800 three linebackers played pretty well with it. Yeah, traditional old 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.840 school linement there to a true four three. I thought 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:05.680 that they handled it really well. You know, KeAndre had 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.360 to play a different role for us. Michael Thomas had 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.160 to play a different role. He played some nickel there 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.120 in the second quarter. So I just thought our guys 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:12.880 did a really good job adjusting to some of the 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.800 things that we had to do to help ourselves in 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.920 this game. Turnovers, you guys really protect the ball well. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.000 They had some difficulty and a lot of it was 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.640 due to the excellency your defensive football team. Again, they 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.800 did a great job creating the turnovers. Win the turnover 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:26.240 a battle. You got a great chance to win the game. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.640 I wish we could have capitalized a little bit more 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.800 on the red zone there and offense, but I thought 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.600 our guys did a really good job wining the turnover 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.280 battle early in the game. I think their first four 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.360 possessions three three and outs and then they had the 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.440 fumble at the two yard line and the low red zone. 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.640 Pretty good. Yeah, it was really good. You know, it's 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.280 anytime you can hold him to zero at halftime, then 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.079 we feel like we're in a pretty good shape. Yeah, 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.200 no question. So as far as I know, knock on wood, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.240 if I can find some nothing at all that looked 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:54.760 like it was any kind of a problem from an 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:56.880 injury standpoint, that was the biggest goal tonight, wasn't it. 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:58.200 Yeah we'll find out. You know, some of those things 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.760 pop up the next day, and so we'll to make 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.439 sure that everybody's healthy as we come out of this thing. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.280 And then now you're in a in a scenario where 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.840 you're gonna have to evaluate things from a personnel standpoint, 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:13.040 makes some tough decisions. I know, like everybody that I 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.120 talked to in the locker room that is trying to 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.160 fight for a job, man, I hope I stay here. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.560 I love this place. I love it here. Kudos to 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.720 you for creating that kind of culture. I mean, guys 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:23.760 want to be here a big time. I think guys 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.920 have really bought it and they enjoy being around each other. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.200 And that's important if you're gonna have a winning football team. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.000 Guys got to enjoy the process and be willing to 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.800 do some hard work and like doing it with the 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.440 people that they're doing it with. And I think that 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:38.520 we've got that here. So now, just what's the process, coach? 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.120 You got you gotta get down to the fifty three. 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.920 But the roster is still in flux, probably for a 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.400 couple of days or so. You have Labor Day weekend off. 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:49.400 But the Pittsburgh Steelers coming to town to open the season. 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.400 How much time have you given to the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.320 during the course of training camp? Has there been some 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.679 time to vote it to them. We're always keeping an 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.120 eye on everybody, you know, and so it'll be nice 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.280 to get through the Snell part and just dive into 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:05.040 the Steelers. Congratulations, got the dub. He got out of 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.600 it in real good shape. It looks like physically it's 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.920 a pretty good night. Good night, Yeah, I appreciate it. 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.680 So now players on the bubble have to go through 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.320 the agony of waiting to find out if they made 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:20.280 the roster or the practice squad. One of the players 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:24.400 who seems likely to stick around is undrafted rookie cornerback 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:28.840 Alan George. He played every defensive snap against the Rams, 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.440 and I talked to him about his performance and the 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.280 upcoming roster cuts. I think for the most part, it 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:40.079 was good. Um, I kind of got I did the 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:41.960 same thing in the first game. I took all eighty 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.520 one snaps on defense, so or are not all anyone 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.760 snaps on defense, But I took all the snaps on defense, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.000 So I kind of got my my lungs ready for 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.319 that at that at that point when he played the Cardinals. 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.360 So when we came out here today, I actually felt better. 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.160 I was telling my wife that that I that I 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:58.559 kind of have to get my mom right. But I 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.160 actually felt pretty prepared him and I was ready to 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.680 him to handle the tempo or however fast they wanted 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:05.360 to go. So I think for the most part, I 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.839 handled the snaps pretty well. You went visited with your 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.640 wife right after the game, but she pretty excited about 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.240 how things went. Yeah, she's always excited. She's always in 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.640 my former twenty or seven. Ever since we met, she's 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:20.800 sent me a game day messes, long messes. I don't 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.640 know how she keeps formulating new ones. But and then 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.960 she has a Bible verse in there and we just 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.920 pray over it. So she's extremely supportive. She comes to 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.319 every single one of my games. She hasn't missed one, 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.640 so she's extremely support her. We're chatting with Allen George. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.600 I thought you had a good week and those joint 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.520 practices against the Rams, I thought you did extremely well. 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.440 Had the interception in one of those practices. Do you 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.720 feel like this final week goes a long way toward 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.000 you sticking around here? Yeah, I mean I hope it does. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.880 I don't think anybody wants to exit the league or 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.280 exit the team or a club. For the most part, 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.960 I feel like I put my best foot forward, and 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.640 if I did make a mistake, I was. I wasn't 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:03.439 ever losing a rep. I was kind of just learning 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.120 from it. So my brother when I was growing up, 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.280 he always just tell me you don't ever lose, you 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.000 win or you learn and uh, and that's kind of 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.400 one thing I carried down throughout my football career, so uh, 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.040 anything that that hit me and during the during the 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.240 RAMS practices or just any practice throughout camp. If it 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:21.839 hit me once, I tried to make sure I got 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:23.040 it off my tape and I didn't let it hit 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.360 me again. So for I think I put my best before. 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:29.199 Did anything in particular stand out in those joint practices 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.680 against the likes of Cooper Cup and the other great 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.120 players that they have on that team. Yeah, I didn't. 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.360 I didn't get the chance to cover Cup, but I 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.560 talked to him after one of the practices, Uh, and 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.760 it was just it was just crazy just to be 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:45.720 in the same It's I mean, it's crazy for me 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.680 to be in the same space as these people already. 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.040 I feel like I belong in the league definitely. Um, 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.280 but just me coming from the situation I came from 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.160 as an undrafted rookie from from Vandy and then I 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.520 didn't play football till I was fifteen, from a city 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.920 of eight thousand people like it. It's not common from 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.000 my type to get here to this point. So um, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.280 anytime I get the chance to meet any of those 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:12.559 people that might get a gold jackets, it's kind of nuts. 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:17.120 So Um, I think I learned. I learned some intricacies 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.600 of how they run routes. Uh, and I've been able 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.880 to kind of make that and adapt how I play 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.800 certain certain receivers when it comes to body types or 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.200 their speed or anything like that. So I always try 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.080 to use the knowledge that I get from from the greats. 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.960 If I feel like final question for Alan George, how 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.800 do you plan to spend the next day or two 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.040 hoping to get that that phone call that you're part 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:40.080 of this team going forward? UM, I'm just gonna spend 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:46.000 it happy. I have no no, nothing, nothing to hold back. 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.440 I really have no regrets of how I played this 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.560 or my interactions within the building and meetings or training 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.120 like like weightlifting or anything like that. I feel like 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.360 I put my bestsel forward and in every regard. So 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:01.120 I mean, my wife is just gonna relax or it 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:04.240 relaxed as much as I can and then just pray 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.800 and hope it was just like we did for the draft. 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.320 I mean, that didn't that didn't work in our favorite 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.560 but when he got something right after. So if it 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.000 goes our way, it goes our way, and I'll be 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.720 extremely grateful. And if it doesn't I'll have my head 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.160 up high, and I'll still be extremely grateful for the opportunity. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.200 You should have your head up high. You've done an 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.600 excellent job. Best of what going forward? Thank you. Allen 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.400 had five tackles against the Rams and shared the team 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:30.720 lead and passes defense in the preseason with three. Now 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.320 time for postgame analysis with Lap and this week's Radio 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:38.800 guys recap. All Right, Lap, The Bengals end the preseason 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.400 with a nine point victory over the Ram sixteen to 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.640 seven the final score. I know people don't remember wins 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.440 and losses in the preseason, but the players do. When 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.200 they take the field, they want to walk out of 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.160 there with a win, and obviously everybody feels a little 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:53.800 bit happier that at least they got one of these 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.200 three preseason games. I agree with you, Dan, I couldn't 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.600 agree with you more in fact, And to get the 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.440 victory against the Rams, who obviously had a bit of 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.200 defeat in Super Bowl fifty six. And then you know 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.480 the little uh, a little bit of a rub that 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.520 occurred at the end of the second day of practice. 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.840 I'm sure there are still guys that have feelings about that. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.200 So it's it's good to get a victory, particularly the 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.480 way the defense played. I mean, jeez, they were just 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.960 lights out. You shut out an NFL team in any 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.480 circumstance for three quarters, that's getting it done. I mean, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.880 these guys are out there on the football field for 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.240 a reason. I mean, they can form, they're they're high 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:34.040 end athletes. And I thought Louianna Rumo and his defensive team, 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.280 I mean the first four possessions thirty three and ounce 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.600 in a takeaway in a low red zone, I mean 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:42.280 it was crazy good. And you know, I thought Brownie 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.160 played well. The receiving corps or own nine catches for 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.560 ninety three yards last five forty two prior five for 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.880 sixty five. I mean nineteen catches out of three guys, 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.040 you know, for about two hundred yards. I mean, that's 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.200 that's that's pretty good. They did a great job, I thought, 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.720 finding holes and seams and the zone coverages of the 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:05.560 rams and you know, we're on the same page. Browning 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.560 did a good job finding those guys, you know, as 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.680 well as Brandon all and both quarterbacks played well. I 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.480 mean Brandon ll And eleven out of fifteen four hundred 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:16.840 and thirty yards, Browning nineteen for twenty four and seventy three, 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.720 and like you said during the broadcast, Brownie was responsible 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.520 to the touchdown drive all by himself ten for twelve 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.560 to sixty three yards in the touchdown passed and he 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.040 had the twelve yard run to keep the drive alive. 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:31.240 I mean it was the Jake Browning drive. I want 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.000 to follow up on those three wide receivers, Trent and Irwin, 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.480 Kendrick pryor Kwamie Lasseter. All of them had at least 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.680 five catches tonight. I would think the Bengals will have 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.640 a couple of wide receivers on the practice squad. Can 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:49.760 they have all three? I know, it's it's h they 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.040 all they all played like they wanted to be there tonight, 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.200 There's no question about that. Can they have three out 0:17:55.200 --> 0:18:00.800 of sixteen? I think maybe they can. Maybe they can, boy, 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.760 they all deserve it. And then you know, Trevion Williams 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.440 every opportunity he gets, this kid steps up as well, 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.280 you know. I mean he's a practice squad guy last year, 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:13.200 and he's certainly we had four catches himself for forty 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:17.000 yards and seven rushes for twenty two and I thought 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:19.720 I thought he was the best blitz pick up guy 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.800 against the Giants last week. In terms of consistency of 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.880 technique and all that. I mean, they've got some good 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:30.040 football players. This personnel department here has put together a 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.399 roster that's got some some depth and talent. There's no question. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.119 A guy that stood out to me tonight who I 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:38.840 really hadn't noticed much in the first two preseason games 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.320 as linebacker t Gray Scales. He was part of the 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.840 coin toss as one of the five Cincinnati kids that 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.159 went out there at the beginning of the game. He 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.200 had six tackles, he forced a fumble. That's a guy who's, 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.400 you know, trying to stick around on the practice squad, 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.600 and I thought he had his best performance tonight. I 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:58.800 agree with that one hundred thousand percent as well. I 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.400 mean I put him down for all right now, he's 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:03.440 going to really step up on special teams. He's gonna 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:07.000 impress Darren Simmons. Well, heck, he got his snaps defensive 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.880 lyne he stepped up in those. I mean he showed 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:13.440 you know that. Okay, I'm on the big stage. This 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:16.840 is important to me. I'm a Cincinnati guy. Great crowd again, 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:18.720 by the way, wasn't it for preseason him. I mean 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.199 written they were into us, a good crowd, and the 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:25.119 juices were flown now to him, this was his individual 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.640 Super Bowl fifty six. You know it was that important 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.720 to a lot of these guys, and they played like it. Yeah. 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:34.640 I thought, he's If he's not a practice squad guy, 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:36.840 that'd be stunning. He's got to be. You want to 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.800 develop a kid like that that responded the way he responded, 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.760 He certainly didn't. You know, the stage wasn't too big 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:45.920 and bright for him. He stepped up and he showed himself. 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:49.760 So he showed up big time. What do you think 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:53.440 becomes of the punting battle? Kevin Hubert's first punt, great 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:57.120 hang time, forty five yards fair, caught exactly what Darren 0:19:57.160 --> 0:19:59.480 Simmons is looking for. But we know about the leg 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:02.560