1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: How awkward was it to be having your position coach 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: and your head coach debating or arguing over what your 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: techniques should be. And then how difficult is it for 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: you guys as players to have a switch in your 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: position coach mid season? Um, Judge Alredy addressed that with 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: you guys and things like that, hours you know here 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: to focus on Cincinnati and and you know, take those 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: questions that and I mean, I know, I know you know, 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: Mark was here for all the training camp in the season. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: I'm just curious, like what's the emotion of the offensive 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: line right now because you're obviously switching for somebody, spent 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: a lot of time, went to a new coach, and 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: I'm scurious, like where everybody's heads at. You know, coming 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: off of it was obviously a strange week for you guys. 15 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: I imagine, Um, yeah, it was, you know, difficult news. 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: But you know, Judge already talked about that again, so 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, just like going forward though, like 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: how are you guys feeling about where you're at? I 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: just gotta put one in front of the other and 20 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: keep going. You know, we can't can't skip a beat. 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: So what's your first impression? Ben. If I'm not going 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: to try the last name, we'll call him Dave. Where 23 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: your first impression is Ben. He's a good guys, good coach, 24 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: so you know, I'm excited to work with him, and 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: you know, see where see where things go is do 26 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: you change anything? Like are you doing what you've been 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: doing technique wise the first eleven weeks or is there 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: some things different now? There's some things different that he 29 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: wants to change that he changed up. So yeah, we're 30 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: do anything a little bit different. Is that tough to 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: adjust on the fly? I mean it's things we've been 32 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: taught in the past. You know, multiple coaches have different techniques, 33 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: so you kind of get a little bit of here, 34 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of there. So it's not too bad. Obviously, 35 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the offensive line has been playing pretty well lately. Why 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: do you think you guys have made such big strides. 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: I think we all just kind of, you know, finally 38 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: came together and kind of figured everybody out. And you know, 39 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: it was all brand new to us, and you know, 40 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: we don't have O, T A S or things like that, 41 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: so it just you know, it takes a couple of 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: games for everybody to to you know, mesh with each 43 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: other and you know, figure everybody out. What how different 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: are the run plays that you guys are running now 45 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: with Wayne Goldman, who's obviously a very different runner than 46 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: s Quan versus what you guys thought you'd be running 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: when s Quan was there. It seems like maybe a 48 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: little bit more between the tackles with Wayne. Uh yeah, 49 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: I mean we have we tried the outside zone, you 50 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: know se Kuan and you know, because he he's the 51 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, gets there one cutting up the field, but 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: you know, with him getting hurt, we just you know, 53 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: try to stick them all up in there and you know, 54 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: get on double teams and just move guys out of there. 55 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: And you know, we were ran the same places with 56 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: Sa Kuan too, I think, and you know Sam and 57 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: stuff like that. But you know, I think it's a 58 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, I still just gotta do the same thing 59 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: and it was no matter who's back there. Nick, I 60 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about the Bengals defensive line, you know, 61 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: from the outside looking in and if you look at 62 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the numbers, which I know don't tell the whole story, 63 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: that long line, that whole defensive front is is maybe 64 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: not as m potent. I guess for a laugh of 65 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: a better turn as some of the units that you 66 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: have face with. That said, when you study and you 67 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: break them down, are the numbers deceiving? Are they still 68 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: you know a unit that's very formidable? Oh? Yeah, definitely. 69 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: I mean, Mike Daniels, do you know Atkins all those 70 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: guys are you know, veteran guys like you know, are 71 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: really good and you know they don't necessarily have the 72 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: sack numbers, but I need their QB hits are up 73 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: and you know, their pressures are up and things like that, 74 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: so you still you go still, uh, you know, get 75 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: ready for him, even though they're sack numbers and things 76 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: like that aren't up. Do they do a lot of 77 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: stunts and twists and all kinds of stuff to confuse 78 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: an offensively? Yeah, I mean I wouldn't say a whole bunch, 79 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: but they do. They do do a good amount of them, 80 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: and you know, try to get your eyes moving and 81 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: try to get guys free. How much different do you 82 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: expect the offense to look? Remember the new line coach, 83 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: and if there is a new philosophy and all I 84 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: mean moving forward, do you do you expect to see 85 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: a change? Do you expect it to be visible or 86 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: is it gonna be in your mind minimal that you know, 87 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: the outside observer probably wouldn't be able to notice. Ain't 88 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: gonna be minimal? Who the outside reserver won't you know, 89 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: really notice? I think we were still we still have 90 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: the same system, the same you know plays. You know, 91 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: we got the same you know agenda that we're gonna 92 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: you know, follow and do. So j G is still 93 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: gonna be calling the same place and you know we're 94 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 1: still gonna be running him. So and just in general, 95 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: I mean as an offensive line for what what was 96 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: sort of what's the reaction been like? How how have 97 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: you guys sort of processed everything and handled it? Uh, 98 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: you know, just gotta take it and go with it. 99 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: And you know, just I can't really do we can't 100 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: do much about it. So we just gotta you know, 101 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: go and move on. And you know, put the next 102 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: one in front of the other. And Nick, this has 103 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: been such a weird year. Um, you guys, it's free 104 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: and seven. But if you win on Sunday and Philly 105 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: loses to Seattle, which is all possible, you're in first place. 106 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: I mean you sit there and shake your head. Yeah, 107 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: I know, It's crazy. This division has been a you know, 108 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: a toss up all year and you know we've gotten 109 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: lucky in that aspect because we could still you know, 110 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: win a couple more games. We're right there in the hunt. 111 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: So we just gotta you know, take care of you know, 112 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: Cincinnati and you know, do our jobs and you know, 113 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: hopefully the Seahawks can do. And we're in first place. 114 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: So I mean, do you see yourselves as a team 115 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: on the rise, Yeah, definitely. I mean, you guys have 116 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: seen the last you know, two or three games we've 117 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: you know, have you come a long way since game one? 118 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: So I think we could you know, you know, throw 119 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: a couple of games together, well, you know, make the 120 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: playoffs hopefully. That's one I hear Pat Leonard Nick, what 121 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: do you think it said about your guys play as 122 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: a line that Judge felt the need to coach you 123 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: guys more directly himself and um as an offensive lineman, 124 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: does having a new voice in your ear I mean 125 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: a whole lot. I mean, like I've never played offensive line, 126 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: but like does it does it mean a lot more 127 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: that there's a new person with a new attitude, the 128 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: new way of doing things in your ear. What was 129 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: the first question you asked? What it said about your 130 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: guys play that Judge ought they need to get more 131 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: involved coaching you directly practice. I mean the first four, 132 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: you know, four or five weeks, we I mean, you 133 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: guys saw we didn't no offensive line was not playing well, 134 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: we couldn't run the ball, and you know, things like that, 135 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: and it's a you know, Judge said a couple of 136 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: things here and there that you know that he thought 137 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: would help, and you know we had to try to 138 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: do our best and you know, work with it. And 139 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, he's the head coach, so you know he 140 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: has a he has some saying and everything that goes 141 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: on in the building.