WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: End Game 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.519 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:10.200 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The I Want to Be your 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:14.160 end game addition, as the Bengals end the season on 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.000 a positive note and with a winning record by beating 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:21.880 Cleveland thirty one to fourteen. Coming up radio replays, locker 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.159 room comments and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then in 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.400 this week's fun Facts Conversation, you'll get to know the 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:33.400 newest player on the Bengals roster, Travis Bell. 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It's the greatest 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:09.080 thing since Tony to Tiger the Ruler of the Jungle. 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.480 Before the Bengals final home game of the year, is 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:14.960 Traditionally they're Fan of the Year, and this year that's 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:19.680 Anthony Brooks, better known among Bengals fans as Tony the Tiger. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.080 You know who I'm talking about, the guy who uses 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.920 face paint and an orange wig to turn himself into 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:31.959 a ferocious tiger at Bengals games and events. Tony is 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.440 not just a loyal fan, he's a generous one, using 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:39.480 his platform to help charities and providing tickets for children 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.800 who have never attended an NFL game. It was sixty 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.640 eight kids this year. So thanks Tony for being a 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.720 great ambassador for the Bengals and enjoy that all expenses 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.600 paid trip to the Super Bowl for being the Bengals 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:55.640 twenty twenty. 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:56.920 Three Fan of the Year. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:01.720 Now time for the radio replays from Sunday's season finale 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.760 at fay Corse Stadium. It's the final day of the 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.560 regular season. While the Cincinnati Bengals will now go to 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.919 the playoffs in twenty twenty three, they do have two 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:15.840 very specific goals today. To finish the season with a 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:20.239 winning record and to beat a rival that has dominated 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:24.560 their head to head meetings in recent years, the Cleveland Browns. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.200 It is the one hundred. 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.840 And first Battle of Ohio, and it's time for the 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:30.799 big skin to fly. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.040 Here in the jungles. 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:35.000 Third down and four for the Browns from their own 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.000 twenty nine Driscoll to throw, floating it deep down the 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.600 left side, thin and it is intercepted at the forty 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.280 five of Cleveland n short in battle. 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.880 The rookie from Alabama. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.040 Has his first NFL interception. The Bengals bring in a 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.280 sixth offensive lineman, Cody Ford. They will toss it right 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.200 to Joe Mixon. He woe waltz into the end zone 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:00.480 for a Bengals touchdown. He sought out contact at the 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.440 very end it looked like he could have gone in untouched, 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.760 and at the last instant he lowered the boom and 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.480 plowed into a Cleveland Brown. Browning hands it off. Mixing 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.240 to the forty makes a man miss. He's for the 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.760 fifty down the sideline, cuts back at the thirty, gets 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.320 grabbed by the jersey, but he's still on his feet 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:24.040 and finally gets tackled at the Cleveland twenty two yard line. 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:28.440 A forty four yard run by Joe Mixon twice as 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:32.720 long as his longest previous run this year, and with 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.520 that forty four yard run. Joe Mixon goes up and 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:40.800 over one thousand rushing yards for the season. Running back 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.240 at the twelve, ready for the snap, catches, looks left, 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:45.440 goes to Mixon. 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.080 Catches at the six, and he's into the end zone. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:54.200 Touchdown Bengals. Joe Mixon with a touchdown run and a 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:55.840 touchdown catch and. 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.000 The Bengals are up by two dds. 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.960 Tyler Boyd goes in orbit Mo Browning fakes to Mixon 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.640 looking to throw passes into the end zone. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:05.400 Caught. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.920 Now it's dropped in the end zone. Is it a 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:12.360 touchdown first? Yes, they're holding up the touchdown signal. This 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:17.359 will be reviewed. Yo see Vosh haded briefly before Ronnie 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:21.720 Hickman sharred it free and at least one official says 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.440 that Andre Yo Si Vosh had it long enough. Here's 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.920 a play action fake and a deep drop. Driscoll gets 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.359 hit as he throws, intercepted by Logan Wilson at the 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.000 forty yard line, runs to the forty five, makes a 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.599 man miss at the forty seven, still running down the 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.200 sideline and Logan Wilson makes it all the way down 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:43.120 to the thirty three. Joseph O Sai put the hit 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:48.080 on Driscoll that led to the fluttering wounded duck intercepted 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.040 by Logan Wilson. The Bengals have a first down at 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.760 their own twelve. Browning hands to Mixing. This time he's 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.960 got big running room, so the twenty five and Joe 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.599 gets tackled at the twenty the eight yard line. A 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.680 sixteen yard run that puts Joe up and over one 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.480 hundred rushing yards today. Crowning drops back to throw. Jake 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:14.040 now scans the field throws caught andre Yosi Bosh for 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.880 his second touchdown catch of the game, right in the 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:21.520 middle of the end zone. He beat Halossie and hauled 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.479 it in. Shotgun snap to Driscoll drops back. It's a 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:26.120 deep drop. He's gonna fire for. 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.960 The end zone. It is caught for the touchdown. 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.640 David Bell in the back left corner of the end 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.640 zone hauls it in and the Browns fans and attendance 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.760 here at pay Corpse Stadium are raising their arms triumphantly 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:45.480 as their team has avoided his shutout today. Driscoll catches 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:49.679 the shotgun snap, fires a pass deep downfield, a leap 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:54.520 and catch, and a touchdown for David Bell, Driscoll takes 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.520 a knee and the remaining twenty three seconds will run 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:03.840 off the clock. Zach Taylor and Kevin Stefanski hugging at 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:07.520 the fifty yard line as the Bengals finished the season 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.919 with a winning record at nine to eight and avoid 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:14.640 going winless in the AFC North as they defeat the Cleveland. 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.720 Browns thirty one to fourteen. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.800 It was quite a day for Joe Mixon. He ran 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:23.480 for one hundred eleven yards on fourteen carries, his first 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:27.159 one hundred yard rushing performance in the regular season since 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.200 game nine of last year. Joe finished the season with 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.839 one thousand and thirty four rushing yards and three hundred 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.279 and seventy six receiving yards, a total of one thy 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:42.120 four hundred and ten overall. It was also a lucrative 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.600 day for the twenty seven year old running back, as 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.240 Joe's two touchdowns gave him twelve this season, and that 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:52.480 was worth a three hundred and fifty thousand dollars bonus. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.719 I talked to Joe after the game. 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:58.120 Joe, the season ended on a great note for you, 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.680 a one hundred yard rushing performance a way one thousand 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.880 yard season. How did you feel about the way the 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:03.840 season came to an end. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.839 I felt like we went out in a great fashion. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.680 Obviously it's not the outcome that we wanted, but at 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.280 the end of the day, we ended the season with 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.240 a bang, and that's all we wanted to do coming 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:14.920 into this week. 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.280 Late in the game, they showed on the video board 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.240 that you topped one hundred yards rushing, and the fans 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.360 went bananas. I think your relationship with them has been 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.200 awesome for the last seven years and they showed you 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:26.600 that luck. 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:27.360 Yeah. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.640 Man, that's one thing about them fans that's been in 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.680 there in that stadium, whether you know it was my 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.480 first year to this last year, they always been very 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:40.280 supportive of me. And you know, I can't I can't 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.160 thank them enough for all the love and support that 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.480 they showed me and give me. I mean, it's one 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.480 of the best feelings ever, you know what I'm saying. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.720 And I'll never take that for granted. And I just 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.400 you know, I appreciate, you know, the love and support 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.080 that they showed me, honestly, and you know, words really 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.440 can described, you know, the feeling how they make me 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.320 feel as a as a person and player. 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:04.600 Man. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:06.760 So I'll try to just try to do whatever I 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.160 can to you know, connect with them in any way, shape, 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.560 form or fashion in general, man, like you know, playing 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.480 like throwing the ball with them before the game, or 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.080 you know, trying to make a little kid's day by 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.520 giving them a high five, or you know, throw them 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.640 the ball or give them some gloves or a hat 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.440 or whatever. And it's it's been a it's been a 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:27.680 great feeling and great thing. 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:27.960 Man. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.800 So I'm gonna just you know, do whatever I can 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:36.160 to you know, keep embracing it and just keep you know, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:40.000 giving them the love and support that they also give me. 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:40.280 Man. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.240 So this is a great thing. Joe. 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.120 You are climbing a lot of the Bengals all time list. 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.440 You're now number two in rushing touchdowns. You're about I 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:52.800 think thirty yards away from James Brooks in career rushing yards. 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.839 You're closing in on Pete Johnson's record for combining touchdowns 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.960 rushing and receiving. You had two of those today. How 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.679 how much does that stuff matter to you? If at all? 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.640 I mean, obviously it's definitely a great achievement. I never 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:11.600 really looked at I never looked playing this game about 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.960 like stats. I always just wanted to be the best 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:19.480 player you know possible that I can be. And you know, 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:23.040 really reflecting over these seven years, man, and you know, 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:28.120 knowing where I stand in history books, it's definitely a blessing. 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.240 And that's something that you can never take for granted. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.960 And you know, it's always been the best feeling, you know, 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.080 knowing that you know, one day you obviously have to 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.280 walk away from this game, but your name will forever 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.080 be left to hand. So I just hope, you know, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:47.439 I could do whatever I can and keep climbing if possible, 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.640 and just keep taking the blessings, man, And that's all 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:51.559 I can do, and. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.559 Keep thinking the football guys for allowing. 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:55.840 Me to play this game nine and eight and a 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.280 winning record? Was that what you were striving for at 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.480 the beginning of the year, obviously, but it is an achievement. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.640 I mean, to get through an NFL season when your 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.480 quarterback misses seven games and finish up with a winning record, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:07.560 how do you feel about that? 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:10.720 Obviously, Like I said, it's not the season that we wanted. 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.120 But at the end of the day, I mean, it's 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.240 definitely a blessing to be able to say that we 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.240 walked out with a winning record, and we finished the 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:18.720 season on the right note. 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:18.920 Man. 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.240 So we're just gonna keep on doing whatever we gotta 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.240 do to stay connected as one and try to do 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.640 whatever we can, you know, and let our presence be 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.560 felt with each other through these next twenty four hours 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.480 and do whatever we can and enjoy my teammates. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.599 Awesome finish for you. Congratulations on a great day and 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.200 another one thousand yard season. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.520 Yes, sir, I appreciate it. 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:41.640 Man. 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.840 There's Jake Browning, who tied his career high with three 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:48.680 touchdown passes before leaving the game late in the third quarter. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.240 For the season, Jake completed seventy percent of his throws 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.079 and had a passer rating of ninety eight point four, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.120 that's seventh best in the NFL. He discussed the win 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.520 over Cleveland with Dave Lapham. 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.079 It's good to finish with the win. 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.640 Uh, you know, I think it's mixed feelings because, yeah, 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.679 we beat them, but I'd rather be in the playoffs 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.360 and so, uh, yeah, it's good to finish with the win, 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.560 but wish we're still playing. Kind of sucks. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.960 What about your stretch, I mean, going into this football 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.920 game in the last six weeks, you have the best 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.000 completion percentage in the NFL, thrown for the most yards 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.960 in the NFL. I mean you haven't just played good, 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.400 you played great football, man. 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:31.959 Yeah, I think it's a good thing to build off 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.800 of for the offseason. Anytime you play as much as 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.920 I got to and got the opportunity, you know, I'll 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:40.920 be able to critique. 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.000 Myself and what did I do well? 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:43.520 What do I need to do better? And I'll be 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.400 a better quarterback next next year because of it. And 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.880 so yeah, it feels good to play well and get 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.000 an opportunity after a long time of not really playing 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.520 a ton of football. So, like I said, it's still 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.679 just I think at some point I'll be happy about that, 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.640 But right now I'm just pissing on in the playoffs four. 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.120 And three record in those seven games, it gives the 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.600 Bengals a nine and eight record, finished the season with 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.720 a winning record three years in a row. Now have 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.079 a winning record the entire AFC, NORD. There's a winning 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.880 record that hasn't happened in the NFL since nineteen thirty five. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.240 I mean, you guys playing a hell of a tough division. 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.760 Yeah, I mean every division game is tough, but we 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.040 need to find a way to win more. And I 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.240 think I just keep going back to it's mixed feelings 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:31.000 where you finished strong and it's good to go into 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:32.640 a game that you know, we know where to be 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.000 done after and then everybody you know, worked really hard 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.600 and all that, but it's still just that feeling of 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.680 like we were so close to the playoffs and. 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.320 It just it sucks. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.439 Boy, I'll tell you. Also, you had Joe Mixon to 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.880 rush fourteen times from one hundred and eleven yards in 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.920 a touchdown. How big was it getting that ground game 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:49.920 going huge? 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:50.520 Huge? 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.840 I think, you know, I think when you come into 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:55.079 a game like this, you want to be able to 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.200 establish the run and have everything off of that. And 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.719 you know we were able to establish the run. We're 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.800 a pretty efficient offense, and so I think that's just 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:09.200 in general for offenses is when you can be two dimensional. 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:10.960 It's a big part of the success. 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.400 I know your offensive lineman love you. As a former 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:14.959 offense with Liman, I get in the huddle with you 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:15.679 any dame, I'm in. 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:17.160 I appreciate it. 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:17.560 Thank you. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.960 As for the Bengals defense, they weren't facing Joe Flacco 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.360 or Amari Cooper or David Najoku, but when the Bengals 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:30.960 defensive starters were on the field, they thoroughly dominated. Cleveland 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:35.240 had one first down on its first six drives and 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:39.520 did not score until the fourth quarter. Trey Hendrickson had 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.200 half a sack to finish with seventeen and a half, 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.520 tied for second best in the NFL behind TJ. Watt 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.680 and Cincinnati had a pair of interceptions, Logan Wilson with 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.040 his fourth of the year and rookie Jordan battle with 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:58.640 the first of his NFL career. I am crouching in 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:02.040 front of Jordan Battles locker where there was a football 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.800 on the ground, and that football is the one that 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.720 you intercepted in the first quarter for your first NFL 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.560 I n t described that play and how it felt. Uh. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.160 It felt great just seeing in the ball, seeing the 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.040 ball in the air or seeing a single receiver by 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:20.080 uh spit out and seeing the quarterback eyes take his 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.320 see the quarterback take his eyes to the single receiver. 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.760 UH all the way through the progression of the the catch. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:27.280 UH from the from. 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:28.360 The start of the play, I knew where he was 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.200 going to the ball, and then when I broke I 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:31.840 just knew I had to catch the catch the ball 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.320 and keep my feet and bound, and it was a 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:34.800 great fielding. 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.240 After I called the ball getting my first career. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.880 Interception, I sat on the radio at the end of 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.360 that interception, you looked like a wide receiver right foot down, 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:44.920 left foot, toad drag. 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:46.240 That was impressive. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:46.680 Yeah. 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.320 Yeah, I worked on that practice, so I had to 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:50.280 get it down in the game. 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.440 Jordan, that wasn't the only highlight. You also had a 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.280 sack today. A great way to finish your rookie season. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.680 Yeah. Yeah, a great way to finish the rookie season. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.680 But you know light said, not the way, not the 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.280 way we wanted, not the way we wanted it to be. 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:05.960 But the outcome of the game was what we wanted, 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.280 you know, to end with a positive record, go nine 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.120 and eight on the year. Obviously we know that that 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.280 was in the standards. But just to come out here 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.240 and put in the hard way throughout the week, to 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.120 come out here on Sunday and dominate and have that 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:19.320 positive record by it at the end. 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.320 Of the season is a great feeling for us. 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.200 How far do you feel you came during the course 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:25.080 of your rookie year. 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.040 Uh, yeah, I came I came a long way just 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.120 from you know, having my first start after the Ravens, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:35.360 after the second Ravens game, from even before and then 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.760 before then just coming in, you know, when I came in, 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.120 and you know, just trying to make impact as soon 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.160 as possible, and you know, just from what I've got 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.400 from when I started getting on the field, just the guys, 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.000 you know, rallying me, rallying me in, welcome me in, 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:52.280 and uh, guys like GP, guys like Logan, guys like Mike, 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.840 guys like Cam, you know, and just bringing us rookies 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.680 in who played early, and. 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.800 You know, just just building that chemistry. 0:15:59.360 --> 0:15:59.920 Throughout the year. 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.240 Obviously there were some ups and downs, giving up exposive 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.960 plays and everything in a in a deepense, but we 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.960 know that's something we have to work on and we're 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:10.440 going to continue to get better at that. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.160 Nobody is going to complain about a thirty one to 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.440 fourteen win, But you had to shut out going in 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.600 the fourth quarter where you're a little bit bombed when 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.160 you gave up a couple of late tds. 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.240 Yeah, yeah, yeah, obviously you know, we don't we didn't 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:23.600 want to give up any touchdowns. We wanted to do 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.440 in the in the game with a with a on 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.800 the on the on the scoreboard. But the biggest thing 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:30.960 is we got a dub and we couldn't be any 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.400 any more excited than for going positive. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.280 In the season, you played on great teams at Alabama 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:42.360 SEC championship games, college football fourteen playoff games, et cetera. 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.480 But this season, your rookie year in the NFL is 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.840 really long in comparison today probably anything you've ever done 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.440 in your life. Uh, how does it feel to to 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.480 make it through and now you know, get ready to 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.160 train in the offseason and then come back for year two. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:58.760 Yeah, it's just it feels great. 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.000 You know, from the end of the my last from 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.000 the last college football game, Uh, you know all of that, 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:08.159 and now I didn't really have a break. Uh you know, 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.800 you got pre draft teams. You gotta you gotta work 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.960 out after after the draft. So this really it's gonna 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:17.639 be my my first time really being off since since 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.560 like I don't even know, since last summer, and uh, 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.880 it's it's gonna be It's gonna be fun. You know, obviously, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.000 don train, try to chain with some of the guys 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.959 in the off season, you know, be a professional and 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.840 come back ready to you know, get that footballs in 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:31.280 a year. 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:31.520 Two. 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.480 Congratulations to a great finish on a very good first year. 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:36.560 Thank you, sir, Thank you. 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.200 Now let's hear from head coach Zach Taylor. We spent 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.040 about four minutes with lap. 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.360 Coach that couple football game, I mean got stepped up. 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:47.919 Yeah, I'm proud of the way that they finished it, 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:49.720 you know, and closed out the right way, and and 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.080 the key today was getting on them early. And so 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.119 I felt like going into halftime twenty four nothing, our 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.040 guys did a great job controlling with the control of 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.080 the first half, coming out playing a real good third quarter, 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:01.080 you know, hold them score and having a ninety nine 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.800 yer touchdown drive and then gave it gave a lot 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:05.240 of guys an opportunity to get in there and be 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.680 rewarded for their efforts this season. Ninety nine yard touchdown drive. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.760 I think in my whole career, I've only been on 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.800 one of those, and it was like fourteen to fifteen plays. 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.080 It took like, you know, eight or nine minutes, kind 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.520 of just like this one. And the feeling that you 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.679 have is just unbelievable. You feel like you're on top. 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:20.960 Of the world. 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:24.040 Yeah, I wish I could say it feels easy. It 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.640 didn't feel easy, I know, I jink said earlier this week, 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.439 I said the callahan. We haven't had hardly any backup 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:30.920 drives this year, and of course we get the ball 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.480 on the inchart line, but the guy's managed the situation 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.440 the right way, drew him off side several times around 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.000 the drive. Things that we worked really hard on that 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:38.959 only come up once a year. That happened to come 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:40.640 up in the last game of the year. Our guys 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.040 executed him well and we're able to get us a 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:44.080 bunch of first downs to get the ball in the 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:44.440 end zone. 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.600 What about Joe Mixon fourteen rushes one hundred and eleven yards. 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.719 He had five carries of ten yards and more. Brown 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:57.760 had two, Browning had one. I mean, that's you're talking 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:00.200 about eight carries of ten yards and more in the 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:01.600 running game. That's pretty explosive. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.359 It was a good job by those guys up front, 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.479 those guys at the back position, good job on the perimeter. 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:08.880