WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Every Little Step 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.440 Higain everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading The 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:11.960 Bengals Booth Podcast, the Every Little Step Pot Take edition. 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:14.800 As the two and two Bengals look to continue to 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.079 climb in the AFC North as they face the Baltimore 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.520 Ravens on Sunday Night Football coming up, I'll talk to 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.439 Chris Collinsworth, who will call the game on NBC with 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:28.200 Mike Tariko. Tyler Boyd joins me before returning to the 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.560 scene of his most famous NFL highlight. I'll discuss the 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.920 Bengals running game woes with Dave Lapham and finally, it's 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:37.600 our no the Faux segment as we visit with the 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.920 voice of the Baltimore Ravens, Jerry Sandusky. 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I take one elevator 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.920 from the parking garage to the main floor, and then 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.600 another elevator to get to the Bally Sports studio, and 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.080 when you hit the button, there's never a wait. So 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:39.400 kudos to whoever designed the elevator system at six hundred Vine. 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:44.320 It's like the elevators are clairvoyant. Now time for us 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.160 to appear into the future and look ahead to Sunday's 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:51.040 game in Baltimore, beginning with a former Bengals wide receiver 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:56.280 and current Bengals season ticket holder. It's Sunday Night Football 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.560 this week, meaning that Chris Collinsworth will be in the 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.440 booth for NBC instead of in his seat at pay 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.000 Course Stadium. What did you think of the atmosphere last 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.200 Thursday night for the white out and the record crowd 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:12.400 against the Dolphins. I told the commissioner, actually because I 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.880 was in the box with him, that I thought other 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:23.679 than the Pittsburgh Steelers game way back when Carson Palmer 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.320 and the whole Chris Henry injury. And I thought, other 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.840 than that game, that was the most electric I had 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:36.200 ever seen that stadium. It was a it was I 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:40.320 loved the unis rights so cool. I just loved it. 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.519 It was like when I was studying the film of 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.480 it getting ready for this game, I was like, it's white. 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.679 It's like watching him run around in an X ray 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.120 or something, just black and white. You just don't see 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.320 that in the NFL, maybe other than Penn State kind 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.880 of thing. But it was fantastic. That was a big 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.400 win too. You know for them that they needed every 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.280 ounce of that crowd and they got it. Chris. When 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.480 the Bengals opened and two, did you figure, no big deal, 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.120 they would get this thing back on the tracks. You 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.560 knew they had a better team than what they were showing. 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.160 But I hate it when you lose Opening Day. There's 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:18.919 something about especially how they lost Opening Day with they 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.000 got dude making an extra point at the end of 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.280 the game, and you know, now you're three and one, 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:27.200 you're in first place by yourself. But to jump out 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:31.639 oh and two and start that way, I was definitely concerned, 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.000 But you also had to figure that there had to 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.920 be a little bit of time Joe getting back after 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.960 the appen deck to me, the offensive line getting themselves 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.880 in gear, and now you just hope to see him 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.480 get a little uptick on with the running game. That 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.400 would be sort of the last piece of it. You 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.680 caught passes from the Bengals two previous Super Bowl quarterbacks, 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.600 Kenny Anderson and Boomer Assias, and compare and contrast Joe 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:01.280 Burrow to those two Bengals qbs. Yeah, I think he's 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.480 a lot more like Kenny Anderson. He's a lot more 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:09.119 of sit in the pocket, understand exactly what's happening to him. 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.560 One of the most impressive drives I thought that he 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.720 had all year was that opening drive last week. That 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.240 the quarterback can do the best job of anybody of 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:24.599 protecting himself with some quick throws, quick releases, get the 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.240 ball out of his hands. And that was Kenny Anderson. 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:31.000 You know, he understood all that Boomer was going to 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.840 be in the wild West fish fight every week and 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.520 we never knew what he was going to do. But 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:41.760 Kenny really manipulated the defense, manipulated the pass rush, and 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.440 that's what I always thought Joe Burrow was, but I 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.920 really saw it in that opening drive last week or 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.960 visiting with Chris Collinsworth you mentioned the Bengals running game. 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.440 Joe Mixon convened a meeting with his offensive line last 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.279 week to try to get it untracked. What do you 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.880 see when you watch the Bengals running game right now? 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.080 They're still getting there. There's a lot being thrown at 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.440 Bolson at the left guard position. It seems like every 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.480 stunt that anybody wants to ever run is always sort 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.479 of run at him just to try and make him 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:19.800 make a rookie mistake. Carris is the right person to 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:21.920 be next to him, you know, to try and coach 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.559 him along, and because I think he really gets the game. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:29.360 Lyle Collins is not close to what Lyle Collins has 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.680 been in the past. I assume that back injury is 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:35.040 still a bit of an issue, and hopefully he's ramping up, 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.080 you know, as they go along for the season, because 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.919 he can be such a dominating presence in the run 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:46.000 game and just overpowering. I really I think that most 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.159 people hope that Kappa and Collins would be sort of 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.039 that that run force on that side while they were 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:57.640 getting Bolson up and running at the guard position, so yeah, 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.880 there's reason for hope. I thought, that is the first 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.600 time I've really seen Hayden Hurst at the tight end 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:07.680 in this offense. I thought, I think he's impressive. I 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:11.000 just think he's really impressive that you know, former first 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.400 round draft pick. He's some of the catch and run 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.760 things he did. I thought he was an effective blocker. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.760 So there's a lot of upside left in this offense. 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:24.240 The Bengals defense has given up four touchdowns in four games. 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.000 Does Cincinnati belong in the discussion as one of the 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.920 best defensive teams in the NFL? And what impresses you 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.680 about lou Ana Rumo's crew. First, I like lou I 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.800 think lou Is he's the lifetime defensive back coach. And 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.760 it shows. I mean, they do a lot of stuff 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.440 on the back end, and you want to know, why 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.359 is this rookie or that rookie not getting a chance 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:49.000 to play? And I guess in this case Taxton Hill, 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.479 there is a lot for them to know. And so 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.279 when they have veteran players back there, they can do 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.200 a lot of different things and a lot of different looks. 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.240 But yeah, when you have two players on the edge 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.880 and We all talk about Trey Hendrickson and what he's 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.640 done as a pass rusher since he's come here, and 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.760 I agree with that, and Sam Hubbard's not quite the 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:14.920 pass rusher that he is. But Sam Hubbard is one 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.560 of the best football players that I've seen on tape. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:23.520 The game he had against the run against Miami was 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.080 second to none. I'm telling you, a second to none. 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:30.200 It was fantastic. And now he will have a huge 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:34.200 role in trying to shut down Lamar because this is 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.680 a challenge and this guy can do things. And I 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.480 know everybody wants to say he's not this, and he's 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.480 not that. I say, boloney, he can throw it from 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.000 the pocket. No matter what you try and do in 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.720 the run game, You've got to sign two guys to him. 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.800 He is one of the most dangerous threats in all 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.080 of football, and I think very much in the discussion 0:07:56.120 --> 0:08:00.520 for the MVP, despite them blowing to seventeen point leads 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.000 in the second half, they could easily be the four 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.040 node team that we're all talking about. They're two and two, 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.480 the Bengals are two and two. You've got Borrow, You've 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.240 got Lamar. It's going to be a great show. On 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.840 NBC on Sunday Night. What are some of your keys 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.920 to the matchup? You know, I really think it's going 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:19.720 to come down to for the Bengal side, can they 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:25.360 get him into passing situations where Lamar has to get 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.560 out of that? You know, three ring circus offense where 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:32.760 they've got people running in seventeen different directions, and it's 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:36.360 really hard to figure out because and who knows what 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.400 they're going to do with their left tackle position. They've 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.240 got a rookie over there. I'm not sure how to 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:43.040 say his name for Lela or something like that. Another 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:48.280 rookie had center. So your preference would be the Bengals 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.360 edge passed rushers going against two tackles that art as 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:56.360 athletic as those guys that can be. And then on 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:01.160 the offensive side, I just think it's simply can they 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:06.880 balance out this offense because their three receivers can play 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:11.040 with anybody, I'm telling you, with anybody in But the 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:15.240 Ravens will have better poorners this time around. Marcus Peters 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.559 to be back after he was out all year. Marlon Humphrey, 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.480 I think is one of the better players in the 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:23.840 entire league. So I love the matchups It may come 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.959 down a little bit and Tyler Boyd take off Brandon 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.920 Stevens in the slot, but who passed for tex who 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:35.600 gets their running game going is probably the winner here. Chris, 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.920 I want to end with last Sunday's game against the 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:42.319 Chiefs because you had a priceless reaction to Patrick Mahomes 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.840 spinning shot put toss touchdown. Passing that game, you said 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.600 it was like a dad playing with little kids in 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:53.000 the backyard. After all these years of playing and broadcasting 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:57.119 NFL football, you seem to genuinely still just be amazed 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.199 by some of the things that these guys do. Is 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:04.160 that accurate. I'm dazzled by them, I really am. And 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.120 you know what's kind of fun about it is that 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:12.320 the players are allowed to have fun now. The Andy 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:17.440 Reids of the world encourage personality, and so you see 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.600 a little bit of that backyard flare. You know, you 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.240 see it. You're going to see it again this week 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.360 with Lamar. I mean, they're going to be some plays 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.240 you go, oh, you know what you do and stop it, 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.160 don't do that, And then there are going to be 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.360 some plays you go, I can't believe he just did that. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:38.720 And to me, football is still a show. It's still entertainment, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:43.920 and I think those guys are have more freedom to 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.440 try to make plays, to try and create. I would 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.840 have loved to have played in today's game. I really 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:53.079 would have. We were so disciplined and how we ran 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:58.880 our routes and the way they study everything today people 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.880 would have known everything he did an advance and prestaff 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.240 But now there's this creative element to the game that 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:09.800 really has made it more fun, more entertaining, a little 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.600 NBA ish in some cases that they have a chance 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.880 to create. So yeah, I do love it. I do 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.000 really love it. It is tremendous entertainment. It's going to 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.280 be great on Sunday night. We look forward to your 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.400 call and appreciate your time today. Thanks Chris, you're met Dan, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.600 Good talk it to you. Chris spends several hours at 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.680 pay Course Stadium on Wednesday talking to people from the team. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.080 I'm sure he'll have some great insight on Sunday night. 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:39.480 The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:44.640 proof fiber internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.400 to take your home, business, and community to a new level. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.880 Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber. The Bengals have played 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.160 some memorable games in Baltimore over the years. Perhaps the 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:59.440 most memorable was on New Year's Eve twenty seventeen. The 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.200 Ravens needed a win to go to the playoffs and 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.520 led the Bengals with less than a minute to go. 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.640 Catches the football, he's back to throw, inches up in 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:13.959 the pocket, throws spot bye boy the fifteen ten touchdown 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:19.560 Tyler boy on fourth and twelve. It's a forty nine 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:24.280 yard touchdown. He and the Bengals lead with forty four 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.840 seconds to go. That was the final game of Tyler 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:32.080 Boyd's second NFL season. He's in year seven now and 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:36.080 I caught up with him this week. Tyler, it's been 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.720 nearly five years since you're famous touchdown that knocked Baltimore 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.199 out of the playoffs. When you walk out onto that 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.360 field on Sunday, will you have a brief flashback to 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.920 that moment? Yeah, you know, always, you know, because I 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.120 kind of always looked back at that play because it's 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.480 probably one of the most memorable plays of my life, 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.840 you know, So just being able to continue to walk 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.120 out on the field, I have another opportunity to create 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.360 another special play, you know, is all I'm grateful for. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:06.280 How have Ravens fans treated you since? A lot of dislikes, 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.280 you know, but at the end of the day, you know, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.959 I'm running for the Cincinnati Bengals, and we won't go 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.199 out there and and try to get this one. We're 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.679 chatting with Tyler Boyd. Let's go back to last week's 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.160 win over the Dolphins. You made two big plays in 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.960 the second half, including a twenty three yard pass to 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:26.400 Jamar Chase. Now, this wasn't a the defense was completely fooled. 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.199 You just lob it up there and the guy's wide 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.079 open type of play. You had to fire a bullet 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:34.720 for that to be complete. Describe that. Yeah, it was 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.800 um basically we should have We only kept the play 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.600 on because we thought they were given us a man look, 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:41.800 which I really could have showed my arm all because 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:43.960 it was a down the field throw. But once they 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.600 see me in motion, they kind of showed what they 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.559 were in and they went kind of two Tampa or 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.360 three buzz or whatever it was. And uh, I just 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.080 being a football player, you know, I've seen Chase open 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.400 in between high safety in the corner so I just 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:58.880 had to figure out way to just just fit it 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.920 in there for him, I drive throw good spiral. That 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.240 had to feel good, definitely. You know. You know I played, 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.640 I've played a little QB in my day, so I 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.839 knew guys gonna make it through, all right. So let 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:11.520 the record show you've completed three passes in the NFL. 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:15.040 You completed three passes in college, so this is nothing 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.280 new for you. Two receivers around the league. No, which 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:23.360 receivers can throw the ball? Well, no, not really, you know, 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.880 But for those game planning at me, I'm pretty sure 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.760 they're probably on alert because of my past history. But 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.720 going into games, I'm pretty sure other teams or other receivers, 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.840 they don't pass too much, you know, and when they do, 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.600 it's going to be out the blue, some sort of 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.760 trick plays, but you kind of don't know who's gonna 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.240 do it. We're chatting with Tyler Boyd. There are a 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.280 lot of great leaders on this team, but I think 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.240 your unselfishness has been a big key to the Bengal 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.520 success because you're the veteran among the wide receivers. You 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.160 had back to back a thousand yards seasons, but you 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.160 seem perfectly fine if the ball is going to Jamar 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:58.080 or Tea instead of you. Do you think your attitude 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.200 has filtered down to the other guys. Yeah, absolutely, you know, 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.920 because I can be a guy that's that's selfish, you know, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.120 and kind of could bring the level of playing down 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.120 to a lot of guys, especially with the guys in 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:11.840 my room, you know, because if I feel the way 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.920 towards them guys and complaining in the hudder or just 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.640 complaining about less catches and things like that, then maybe 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.280 they'll start stop having my back, you know, because they'll 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.600 look at me very selfish. And I know what I 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.120 bring to the table, and I know what I can 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:25.720 do when my numbers caught. So I mean, at the 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.280 end of the day, every game won't go my way 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.320 and I know that, and not now that they know 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.400 about Chase, you know, he's starting to, you know, feel 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.200 that the same thing I've been feeling. But now that 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.400 he knows how connected and how un selfish we are, 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:41.760 he understands the position he's in. So now that I've 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.320 been a veteran than been through this up and down 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.240 and been around in the office, you know, I kind 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:51.280 of know how how things are playoffs. Sometimes. I'm one 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.320 of five kids. All of the kids are very different, 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.960 different personalities. You three wide receivers seem like brothers, but 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:01.640 your personalities are very different. It like a family, Yeah, 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.600 it is, you know, because, like you said, all three 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.800 of us at different personalities, you know. But one thing 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.240 about us we talked before. We're all and selfish, you know, 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.720 but we all love to come into compete and we 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.560 all push each other to see who's better. Not necessarily 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.920 figure out who's the best receiver, but we push each 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.280 other to do certain things to to drive us to 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.720 make us even better, you know. So I think just 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.920 having that type of chemistry and connection, which is just 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.640 everybody in our room as a collective whole, you know, 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:30.720 I think empowers the whole unit as a whole. A 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.040 couple more questions for Tyler Boyd. You beat the Ravens 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:37.000 twice last year. Both games were lopsided at this level 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.840 with veteran pros who play seventeen games a year, is 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:44.080 there a revenge factor when you beat a team like 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.360 that twice by twenty or more points? Absolutely, you know, 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:51.520 despite how how the score was. You know, it's huge margins. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.520 But at the end of the day. Just losing to 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.760 any division team twice in a year, you know, hurt you, 0:16:57.760 --> 0:16:59.520 you know, because you gotta at least one wants to 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.120 advanced to the playoffs, you know. So I know they'll 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.679 come back with vengeance. But we're built for that, you know. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:07.720 And we're not gonna take nothing for granted. We're not 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.840 gonna sit back and reflect on how we beat them 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:12.800 last year and come out lightly and I think we're 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:15.960 gonna do again because they're talented team and the second game, 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:17.480 you know, they didn't really had a key players and 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.119 that was kind of a excuse or a reason how 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.199 we did them like that the second time. But at 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:23.560 the end of the day, that they go and get 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.480 our our full potential each and every game with gardless 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:30.520 who's out there. The offense is getting better. You've scored 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.600 twenty seven points in each of the last two games, 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:34.879 but it's been a while since you've had thirty plus. 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:37.760 I think it goes back nine games going back to 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.200 last year if you include the playoffs. Is there anything 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.280 specific you need to do better or something you need 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.360 to eliminate in order for the offense to take off 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.320 the way that you know, it's capable of taking off. 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:50.679 It's kind of a great area to say, because at 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:52.639 the end of the day, I think if we just 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.040 execute more plays, you know, on a third and shorts 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.480 on a short yardage plays, execute it and get more 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.560 first downs, and I think we absolutely surpass thirty points. 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.960 You know. I think us as players in a unit, 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.320 we had to do better job of doing our jobs. 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.919 You know, we all have to be on Q on 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.560 each each and every play, you know, and I think 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.760 the points is just start coming because we're very very 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:17.600 fundamental offense and we all do the right thing. But 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:19.600 you know, it's always gonna be certain plays where you 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:21.200 get got. You know, you can't be perfect. It's not 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:23.280 of such thing as a perfect, perfect office or a 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.320 perfect team. So I mean, as much as we want 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.600 to score that many points to lead to keep stressed 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.440 off off our defense, then I mean we'll continue to 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.080 figure a way. I hope you have another memorable game 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.239 in Baltimore, and I always appreciate your time. Thank you. 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:41.560 I appreciate you. Tyler should have some opportunities to make 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.359 plays this week because you have to think that the 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.840 Ravens will be double teaming and or bracketing Jamar Chase 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:51.240 all night after what he did to them last year. 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:55.120 Jamar had eight catches for two hundred yards in Game 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:58.040 one and seven catches for one hundred and twenty five 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:02.200 yards in Game two. The Bengals Booth podcast is presented 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:06.680 by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play, 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.840 with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:15.320 inside the Bengals app. After allowing thirteen sacks in their 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:17.920 first two games, the Bengals gave up just two sacks 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:20.679 and their win over the Jets and only one sack 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:24.000 in their win over the Dolphins. So the offensive line 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.520 is getting better, but the running game remains a work 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.960 in progress. Of the top fifty rushers in the NFL 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:35.080 through four games, Joe Mixon ranks last in yards per 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:39.160 carry at two point seven. His career average going into 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:43.320 the season was four point one. Joe says he's confident 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:47.720 that things will soon get better behind his rebuilt offensive line. 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:51.720 Them boys, they put into work, and you know last 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:54.399 week we even had a meeting. I'll call for a 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:56.479 meeting with them to you know, just see what they 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.000 think and on certain runs or what they think. Also 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.280 do on certain runs, and I feel like that would 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.119 definitely be beneficial down the road and taking that next 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:06.800 step on you know, coming together and building that chemistry 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.120 on and off the field. And um, I think that's 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:11.680 gonna take us a long way, especially you know, doing 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.000 down the road. So I look forward to it. What 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.880 came out of meeting? Then, what'd you learn from it? Um? 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:20.200 Like I said, they're pretty much just building that chemistry 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.320 and having them see what I'm seeing on certain blocks 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:25.440 or you know, if they could just tork a guy 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:27.760 a different way, or if they can just cut somebody 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.119 off backside, or I could just hit this a little 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.240 faster or hit backside. Like It's just little things that 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.080 you know, we didn't see over over the course of time. 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:38.760 But I mean, like I said, man, I'm very optimistic. 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.720 I mean, I I an't lost like nine near confidence 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:43.919 in the run game and what I'm capable of and 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:46.639 what I know they're capable. I asked my broadcast partner 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:49.960 Dave Lapham about Joe Mixon calling for a meeting with 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.320 the old line. Yeah, they've done it before. I mean 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:56.400 they've they've watched tape as an offensive line and tight 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.520 ends with Joe that's not the first time that they've 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:02.120 done it, and I think it's a good sign. I mean, 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.360 I think it's like, look, we're not happy with where 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.840 we are. Let's let's let's do everything we possibly can 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:11.840 to improve it. Joe's a captain. Joe organized the thing 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:15.240 and uh, you know a lot of guys. I think 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:16.960 it was over at his house if I'm not mistaken. 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.160 I know Hayden Hurst was talking about being over at 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:21.479 Joe Mixon's house looking at tape. So I think the 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:23.960 tight ends were involved. And I think it's it's a 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:29.240 it's a work in progress. And like like every situation 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:36.400