WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Sweet Nectar 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.000 Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.600 Bengals Booth Podcast, the Sweet Nectar Edition, as we look 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:14.240 back at the bengals first win in forty nine days, 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:18.239 a thirty to sixteen victory over John Gruden's Oakland Raiders. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.120 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the win, locker room, 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.120 comments from key players, and Dave Lapp them will join 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:29.680 me for postgame analysis. Plus, in this week's fun Facts interview, 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.680 you'll get to know a Ringo who was a star 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:38.320 in his college days, Bengals defensive tackle Christian Ringo. 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A very handy instrument that dates back 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:31.160 to the eighteenth century, the mechanical pencil. Now, let's get 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.840 to football. The most famous poem in the history of 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:39.039 NFL films is called The Autumn Wind, written in nineteen 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:44.200 seventy four to describe Al Davis's Oakland Raiders. Here's how 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:49.960 that poem ended in my best John Facinda voice, The 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:56.320 Autumn Wind is a radar pillaging just for fun. He'll 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:01.840 knock you round end upside down and laugh when he's 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:07.120 conquered and won. That described the Raiders from the mid 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.080 seventies to the mid eighties, when they won three Super 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:15.400 Bowls in eight years, but not so much anymore. Oakland 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.040 entered Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium with a three 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.560 and ten record, and the Bengals were the team doing 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.440 the pillaging. Derek Carr is ready for the shotgun, snap 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:29.079 catches retreats five steps from behind, football goes out a 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.560 scramble for the football after the sacks by Sam Hubbard, 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.079 and it is recovered by the Bengals after their own 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:40.520 forty nine yard line. Sam Hubbard, with a blind side sack. 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:45.160 Derek Carr never saw him coming, and the Bengals recover 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.920 at their own forty nine yard line. That was the 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.200 first of two sacks for Hubbard and five for the Bengals, 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:55.040 who held the Raiders to two hundred ninety seven yards 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.920 the second week in a row that Cincinnati held the 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.600 opponent to fewer than three hundred. Here's Hubbard. I think 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.600 we weren't doing anything different. You know, We've been working 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.640 so hard throughout the season, you know, covering him on 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:08.520 the back end and trying to get to the passers 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:11.640 as the rushers, and I think today we kind only 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.000 just played a complete game, covering up in the back end, 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.680 allowing us to get home, working our pass rous games 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.240 and sticking to the game plan, everyone having faith and 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.920 staying together throughout. Hubbard's first career forced fumble was recovered 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.600 by Carlos Dunlap and the Bengals look to capitalize on 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.679 the very next play. First and ten from the forty nine, 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.680 Driscoll fakes to mixing drops back guns it deep down 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.240 the middle of the field. It is underthrown and it's 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.320 picked up at the five yard line by Eric Harris 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.280 and he is down at the six. John Ross was 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.240 behind the Raiders secondary on that play, but Jeff Driscoll 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.880 didn't put quite enough on the throw through the interception, 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.040 and you know, I just had to had to tell 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.240 myself that those things happen, you know, don't be gun 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.120 shy and keep playing within the offense and was able 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.920 to come back and respond. He responded with three bag 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.280 throws to Tyler Boyd on the Bengals next drive, a 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.720 seven yard game when the Bengals went for it on 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.800 fourth and two, a twenty one yard strike down to 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.320 the six yard line, and a touchdown that gave Cincinnati 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.720 the lead, third down and goal from the seven at 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:18.760 the Bengals try to score first shotgun snap Bock Bye 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:25.560 Boyd touchdown Bengals an emphatic spike by Tyler Boyd, followed 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:30.560 by some Chad Johnson like Irish dancing as the Bengals 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:33.719 are on the scoreboard. Boyd had four catches for thirty 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.120 eight yards before missing the second half with a knee injury. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:41.640 He's up to seventy six receptions for one thou twenty 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.359 eight yards and seven touchdowns this season. I spoke to 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.880 Tyler after the game about the three key catches he 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.920 made on the Bengals first scoring drive. You know, I 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.159 just will him do anything I can, you know, to 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.240 continue to draft, you know, to continue to allow Jeff 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.359 to trust me times like that, you know when we 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:05.039 gotta go for it all. So I mean, I'll just 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.120 continue to do my job and just I'm gonna be 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.839 ready for next week. You weren't able to play in 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.200 the second half. What can you tell us? This is 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.680 banged up a little bit? You know, nothing, nothing, nothing 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.960 too serious, nobody should worry about. But um, I think 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.480 actual bread to go next week for sure, Let's hope. 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:23.120 So Boyd was the star and the Bengals first scoring drive. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.599 The next one belonged to Joe Mixon. Second and two 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:28.560 for the Bengals at their own thirty three, they will 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.520 give it to Mixon. He will run up the middle 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.120 for the first down, chokes, the safety runs to the 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.120 fifty down, the first sideline to the Raiders forty the 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.719 thirty Yeah, twenty, he has shoved out a bounds by 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:44.440 Nicholas Morrow at the twenty yard line of Oakland, a 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.599 forty seven yard run for Joe Mixon, his longest of 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.760 the season. That was the key play on a ninety 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:56.960 yard touchdown drive I formation backfield. Driscoll takes the snap, 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:00.800 gives it to Mixon nice toward the goal line, waiting 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.760 for a signal done Yet it's there. It is a 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:09.080 touchdown for Joe Mixon and the Bengal score on fourth 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:12.200 and goal from the one. Mixon finished with twenty seven 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.200 carries for one hundred twenty nine yards after going for 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.960 one eleven on twenty six lugs last week. And I'm 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.240 just very happy, you know that we're on his path. 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.159 You know, I'm just gonna try to continue to keep 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.840 you know, plugging on the train man, and you know, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.000 whatever happens at the end of the season, it happened. 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.479 But you know, it feels great to go out there, 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.240 put on the show for the fans and come out 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.839 with the way man. Feels great. It was fourteen nothing 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.919 at that point, and two plays later the Bengals defense 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.799 got the ball back, hands it off to re Shard 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.400 and he will pick up the first down. As he 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.520 lost the football, the Bengals appear to have it at 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.479 the thirty four yard nine, yes, and they do. It's 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:58.719 recovered at the thirty four by dark Quees Deinard. Reeshard 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.480 had the first down but did not go down. Hardy 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:05.400 Nickerson forced the fumble, his second forced fumble of the year, 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.320 and dark Quest Denard recovers at the Oakland thirty four 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.640 that led to a Randy Bullock field goal that made 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:16.000 it seventeen nothing Cincinnati. The Raiders first five drives went 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:21.920 punt fumble, punt, punt fumble. I talked to linebacker Vinny Ray. 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.120 We did a good job stopping the run and that 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.400 led to more third and seven and third and eight 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:31.040 instead of thirty one third and twos, and you know, yeah, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:32.920 it was it was a great job with the run game. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.760 I've really credit twenty two and twenty seven our corners 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.520 of twenty one. These guys are coming down and setting 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.720 the edge and doing a great job for us in 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.600 the run game. He is there any part of you 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:47.120 that kind of says, why hasn't the defense played like 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.800 this all year? A part of me think thought that, 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.920 you know, I came in here him like, man, I wish, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.000 you know, we would have finished off some games, uh 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.560 you know here you know after the buye, you know, 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:02.720 like thinking Baltimore, you know, games like that. But hey, 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.920 we are we are right now and the best thing 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:07.720 we could do is keep getting better as a team. 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.200 The Raiders got on the scoreboard with three forty eight 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.880 left and a half on Derek Carr's one yard touchdown 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.320 passed the tight end Lee Smith, but the Bengals immediately 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.480 answered with a Randy Bullock field goal to lead twenty 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:23.240 to seven at the half. Oakland chipped away at that 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:27.200 lead in the second half. The NFL's tallest kicker, six 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.000 foot five inch, Daniel Carlson, drilled three field goals while 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:35.120 Bullock added one. A Bengals lead that had been seventeen 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.880 points was down to seven when Carlson kicked off to 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.280 Alex Erickson with about five minutes left in the game. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.199 He sprints to the ten cuts toward the near sideline. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:49.080 After twenty the twenty five chump cut pass the kicker. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.600 He's in Two Oakland Raiders here enjoying his sprinting down 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:57.600 the near sideline. Eric Harris saves the touchdown water return 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:02.360 for Alex Erikson, and thankfully there is no laundry on 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.719 the playing fred exactly. I was just celebrating and his 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:07.760 praying that there's no flags. I didn't know if there 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.440 was or wasn't um, but you know, I know, I 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.080 know how hard these guys are working for me to 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.599 give me space, and so we gotta live with a 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.040 few of the flags because I know they're working their 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.000 butts off to you know, give me opportunities to get 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:20.800 bigger returns. So I appreciate all their effort. That seventy 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.680 eight yard returned by Ericson was his longest of the 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.520 year and set up a score that gave the Bengals 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.640 some breathing room. Bengals up by seven four ten left. 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.520 Here's a toss sweep mixing with blockers in front on 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:39.000 the ten five to the pylon touchdown Bengals as Jill 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:43.360 mix In sprints fifteen yards for what could be a 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.920 clinching touchdown depending on the situation. I know it's gonna 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.680 be a time where I'm gonna have to put the 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.600 team on my back. You know, they're gonna they're gonna 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.800 dive up the run and it's up to me and 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.240 a lineman to come out there and execute and deliver 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.480 also with the tight ends and receivers. But you know, 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.280 when you get in a situation like that, man, I 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.360 gotta do whatever I can. Note a situation, note down 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.520 in distance and get them first downs to protect the 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.199 football at all costs. The game wasn't quite to the 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:14.079 coffin nails stage until Geno Atkins provided a David car 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.880 Wreck shotgun snap car in trouble fucked again. You know, 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:24.600 Geno Atkins single handedly destroying the Oakland Raiders here in 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.040 the fourth quarter. I'll tell a nice little swim move inside, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.720 and they had a back inside trying to chip and 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.959 help him. Richard had no chance. I mean, he just 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.760 absolutely tooled Chaz Green. It was like seeing later Bro, 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.360 and then the back to try to help pick him up. 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:46.040 Richard no way sack city. Atkins finished with three sacks 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.959 for the first time in his NFL career and is 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.960 up to ten this season, the third time the Geno 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.920 has reached double digits. His career high is twelve and 0:10:55.920 --> 0:11:00.280 a half. More importantly, the five game losing streak is 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:04.280 over as the Bengals win their home finale thirty to sixteen. 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.640 Here are Marvin Lewis, Joe Mixon and Jeff dress Goal. 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.360 They needed this. Our football team needed today. They needed 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.120 to go out and win today. They've been working hard. 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.800 Our fans needed today. I mean it's a great feeling. 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.040 Of course. Um it's like I said, it's been a 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.920 while since we've been able to bring good win here 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:23.160 or you know, win here, you know I should say, 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.160 but you know, it's it feels great. Man. Everybody got 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.320 smiles on their faces, and um, you know, just I'm 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:32.240 just happy for them. I'm happy for the coaches and 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.480 happy for the fans, you know most of all. But 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.400 it's blessing. It's definitely the sweet sweet Necker of victory. Um, 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:43.559 I mean, it's awesome. These guys have battled all year long, 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.440 and um, you know, we haven't had a win in 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.319 a while, and being able to come out and with 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:52.040 our last game at home this year and in getting 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.680 to win it was huge. And it's just a testament 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.520 to m everybody in this building that, uh, you know, 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.840 even though things haven't gone great for us, we've battled 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:03.440 three and we found a way to get a big one. Today. 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.240 The Bengals could still finish eight and eight, but have 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:10.000 been eliminated from playoff contention. The Steelers went over the 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:14.199 Patriots officially knocked them out. Now time to bring him 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:17.720 my broadcast partner, Dave Lapham for postgame analysis and we 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:21.640 start with one of the bengals best defensive performances of 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.160 the year, highlighted by holding the Raiders to three for 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:30.720 fourteen on third down conversions, a season best twenty one percent. 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.800 I thought that was the story of the game. There 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.880 were many storylines in the game, but three for fourteen 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.439 on third down has got to be the number one storyline. 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:40.920 Team comes in did lasting the league on third down. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.679 They've been dead last pretty much all year, allowing fifty 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.360 two fifty two point seven percent and then allow three 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.079 for fourteen, and cart knows what he's doing. He's got 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:51.760 a Pro Bowl tight end to get the football too. 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.760 He's good competent running backs. The offensive line was beaten up, granted, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.400 and that was a big factor in the football game. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.559 You know, Jordy Nelson to throw to hold him to 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.760 three for fourteen on third down, it was big. I mean, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.120 hopefully that's the sign of things to come down the 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.960 last couple of games here and holding the sixteen points. 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:08.800 You know, I remember even when we played back in 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:10.600 the old days in the seventies, it was like one 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:14.400 of the defensive goals seventeen points or less. In today's NFL, 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:18.120 it's probably twenty maybe twenty four points or less held 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.920 them sixteen held him to below what the old standard 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.560 used to be, which I think is a pretty good deal. 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:27.760 And twenty five points more is the barometer with coach Lewis, 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.800 they're forty eight one and one when they scored twenty 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.240 five points more six oh. This year all their wins 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.280 they scored twenty five points and more. So obviously that's 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:38.840 a big barometer. They did that offensively, putting thirty on 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.480 the board considering all the weapons they didn't have, and 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.480 then they lose Tyler Boyd for the second half of 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.120 the football game. They knew they had to run it. 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:49.319 Oakland knew they had to run it. Paul Gunson knew 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.040 they had to run at the defensive coordinator and do 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.760 were times where they struggled, but they made enough big plays. 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.200 Joe's forty seven yard runs set up a touchdown, Joe 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.720 had a fifteen yard touchdown run to finalize a big 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.600 turned from Alex Ericsson. So when you look at it 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.960 was complimentary football, offense, defense, special teams. They all chipped in. 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.600 They all chipped in with Penley's and mistakes, but they 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.000 all chipped in with big players as well, and that's 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.199 how you win football games in this league. It was 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.240 an extraordinary week for Geno Atkins. He and his wife 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.720 Kristen had the Atkins Week of Giving. Every day they 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:23.520 did something for families more than fifty total. They paid 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:28.120 medical bills, they contributed to tuition, they fed the homeless. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.520 They had a party at Cincinnati Children's Hospital on Friday. 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.080 And he had some good karma coming because he had 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.240 three sacks in the game dominated the fourth quarter. He's 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.840 up to double digit sacks for the season. God blessed 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.320 Gino for helping so many people, Gino and his wife, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.520 and God blessed him today with three sacks. I mean, 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:49.440 you know, good things happen to good people and Gino 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.640 is a great example of it today. And the thing 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.240 that impresses me about Gino, as we know, he's quiet 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.120 as a church mouse. He's not doing anything for publicity. 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.960 He could. He shuns a camera, doesn't want a camera. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.440 None of this happened in front of cameras. None of 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.920 this happened in front of microphones. Gino was doing it 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.000 because Gino and his wife felt like they should do it. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.560 And that's a testament to them. Attribute to them and 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.960 you know, the old saying goes, what kind of a 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:16.480 person are you when nobody's watching? Gino and his wife 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.640 showed that they're great people because, you know, not that 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.200 many people were aware of what he did, and what 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.400 he did affected many families in a very positive way. 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.040 You know, even the playing field for people that need 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:30.160 help around the holiday season. It's good stuff by the 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.720 Atkins couple. Gino Atkins and Sam Hubbard were the stars 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:35.840 on the defensive side of the ball. Hubbard had two 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.400 sacks and a forest fumble on offense. Great day for 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.800 Joe Mexon as he tops one hundred rushing yards for 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.240 the second consecutive week, twenty seven carries, one hundred twenty 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.120 nine yards and a pair of touchdowns, much of the 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.360 yardage coming on his longest run of the season, a 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.760 forty seven yard or yeah, that was the thing of beauty. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.040 And he was matting another one that didn't bust it 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.920 for seventy yards. He thought that he, you know, it 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:57.800 could make. He had to make one move on a 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.640 defensive player that got me to good play. I mean, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.800 Joe's a load out there in space and the guy 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.440 made a good tackle. I mean, they're paid to play 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.320 as well. But Sam Hubbard and Alex Erickson, I mean, 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.280 you don't put a position on these guys, because all 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.400 Sam Hubbard plays is defensive end, defensive tackle, fullback and 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:17.320 shortyardisan goal line, a bunch of special teams. Alex Erickson 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:22.720 wide receiver, outside slot, emergency running back, emergency quarterback, return guy, 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.240 all special teams. These guys are football players, you know. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.760 And when you look at it, some of the young 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.840 guys that are stepping up and assuming leadership roles, by 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.720 the way, not only the kind of people they are, 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.040 but it's easier to be a leader when you play 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.200 well and do it, you know, over and over and 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.200 over again. And they're starting to get that way. And 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.320 I mean you look at the second and third picks 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:45.680 Jesse Bates and Sam Hubbard. Jesse Baks leading the team 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:49.440 and tackles amongst the best of rookies in terms of tackles, 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.360 three interceptions to boot. Sam Hubbard now with six sacks 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.560 on the year. And I'll tell you what a second 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.080 and third round pick, boy, pretty darn good. And they're 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.600 assuming leadership positions. So some good things are happening amongst 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.120 all the turmoil, all the bad, all the injury. You know, 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.800 all the dark cloud there is a silver lining always 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.480 and these guys are two examples of that. For the 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.040 seconds drag year. There's a lot of speculation that it 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.160 could be Marvin Lewis's final home game as the Bengals 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.679 head coach. We'll see what his future holds at the 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:18.919 end of the year. If it turns out to be 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.760 his last home game, he walks off chin held high 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.040 with a victory over the Oakland Raiders. Yeah, and they've 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.720 won a seven in a row now home finales eleven 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.960 out of twelve home finales, and Coach Lewis I think 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.680 ends up something like fourteen and four, fifteen and four 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.960 something like that. No, what four twelve and four with 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:41.600 the sixteen home finales, twelve and four all good stuff. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:46.639 I mean, you know, everybody wants to finish well, finish strong, 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.959 leave a good taste in everybody's mouth, their last opportunity 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:53.520 to partake in the activity at the stadium. And they've 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.920 done that pretty consistently here down the stretch. So obviously, 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.359 you know, one and seven mark for an eight game stretch, 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:03.560 losing five rule before that, you know, how's everybody with 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:06.159 a bad taste. But this will wash a little bit 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.439 of it. Doubt we'll leave with the big thirty to 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.359 sixteen victory over that ry it is. It was career 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.920 win number one thirty one from Marvin Lewis. He moves 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:18.760 into a tie for twenty fourth all time with Hank Stram. 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.640 Or I guess I should say that Marvin matriculates into 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:27.080 a tie for twenty fourth with Hank Stram. Up next 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:30.200 a road game against the six seven and one Cleveland Browns, 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:34.159 who are four and two under interim coach Greg Williams. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.040 Now time for this week's fun Facts segment, where you 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.200 get to know the person under the pads. In this case, 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.639 it's a defensive tackle who has claimed off the Cowboys 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:47.760 practice squad the day after Thanksgiving. Time for this week's 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.119 edition of fun Facts with Bengals defensive lineman Christian Ringo 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.600 from Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital and the biggest city 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.520 in Mississippi. Did you grow up in the city or 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:02.360 in the country city Son? You say that because everybody 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:06.000 in Mississippi, I'm considered a city boar, but outside of Mississippi, 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.520 I'm considered country. Tell us a little bit about the 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.240 kinds of things you're interested in this kid. Of course, 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:14.720 football you know that was number one. I love other 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:19.720 sports like baseball and basketball. You know, I just liked 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:21.560 the sports. As kid, I didn't I didn't too much 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:23.600 like school as much, but I went. You know, I 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.520 was a good student, but I just love sports. For 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:30.359 visiting the Christian ringo. Your dad played college football. What 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.080 do you know about his career? Ever since I was 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.119 a kid, all I heard was he was a He 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:37.119 was a heck of a football player growing up, you know, 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:39.040 so I just wanted to be just like him. You know, 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:42.119 as a child, if he played, if he was a fireman, 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:43.560 I probably wanted to be a fireman, you know what 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:47.840 I'm saying. But just him being that dominant move for 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.399 me playing football today, it's big, man. He played a 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:53.280 big part of that. I read somewhere that you got 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:55.639 your start throwing a mattress down on the floor with 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.399 your brother and practice tackling on that mattress. Is that 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.280 the case? Yeah, yeah, sir, we weren't just doing it 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:02.840 like we know we had. We liked it was kids. 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.280 We liked to dress up, so he had old old 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.359 football outfite. You know. We used to put on his 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:11.000 compressive shorts, you know, take the little tissue, told us 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.000 put him a sola past man. We was, our creativity was. 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:17.040 It was amazing as kids, man, but we just me 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:18.840 and my older brother. We just loved the game, man, 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:21.840 We loved it visiting the Christian Ringo. You went to 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:25.800 Louisiana lay the Raging Cajuns and set the single season 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:28.760 record there for sacks. What were some of the highlights 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:31.200 of your college experience, both on and off the field. 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.000 I definitely had to say my last player as a 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.200 Raging Cajun. You know, I was able, it was in 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:38.040 the waters ball, was able to get the sack. You know. 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:41.639 Those definitely my highlight. You know, because the guy that 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.240 had the record, he was skired to guard for the 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:46.520 UL still to this day, so he was on the 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:48.600 sideline with us. You know, it gave him a big hug. 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:52.040 It was an amazing feeling. But off the field, I 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:55.640 have to probably say go back to May second, twenty 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:57.800 fifteen when my name was called in the sixth round 0:20:57.840 --> 0:20:59.920 to the Green Bay Packers. That's those a special moment 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.880 for me because not knowing that I was gonna even 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:04.360 you know, I know I was gonna get a chance, 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:06.119 but not knowing that my name is gonna get called, 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:08.639