1 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau with Health Plants. 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau with Health Plants is like 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: an extra set of heads. Would you need them? The most? 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 5 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: htt Bran and Aby Wells, I am like Keith, five 6 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: games in the books, one more to go tonight Tonight, 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Rams and Cardinals. Super Wildcard Weekend? Reet, Brian, did you 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: enjoy Super Wildcard Weekend? From a couple of different perspectives, 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: from just being able to sit back, watch and see 10 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: the other teams scrap it out hundred percent? Yes, really 11 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: enjoyed that, and just to kind of see it unfold 12 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: for whatever's going to happen with the Titans, which we 13 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: now know. Aby Wells, did you watch all five games 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: to this point? I did watch all five games. I 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: really enjoyed just kind of posting up on the couch 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: and watching all the football unfold and knowing that none 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: of it could hurt me because the Titans didn't play 18 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: until the next week. It was great. Well, here's what 19 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: we know. The Titans will play on Saturday Saturday at 20 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: three thirty Central against the Cincinnati Bengals. As the seeds 21 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: all hold in the AFC one, the Titans have a bye. 22 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: The four seed is Cincinnati. That game again three thirty Saturday, 23 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: Nissan Stadium. We're on the air with Titans countdown at 24 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: two Central. Retinamy will have that for you. So let's 25 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: take a look at Saturday's opponent, the Cincinnati Bengals. After 26 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: going two and fourteen and twenty nineteen and then four 27 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: eleven and one in twenty twenty, Cincinnati is eleven and 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: seven this season under third year coach Sack Taylor. They are, 29 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: as mentioned, the number four seed. They get here by 30 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: beating the Raiders twenty six to nineteen in the first 31 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: AFC Wildcard game. Joe Burrow through for two hundred and 32 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: forty four yards two touchdowns, Jamar Chase nine catches for 33 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixteen yards. Joe Mixon seventeen rushes for 34 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: forty eight yards. On defense, Jermaine Pratt had the interception 35 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: that sealed the game. On Las Vegas final offensive play, 36 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson forced to fumble as he sacked Derek Carr 37 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: that set up a Cincinnati's scoring opportunity. Overall, the Bengals 38 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: sat car three times. Evan McPherson made four field goals, 39 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: the longest coming from forty three yards. Cincinnati the AFC 40 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: North champion for the first time since twenty fifteen. They 41 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: won the division in week seventeen with a thirty four 42 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: to thirty one victory over Kansas City, and then in 43 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: week eighteen they rested twenty of twenty two starters in 44 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: the season finale at Cleveland. The Bengals lost that game 45 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: twenty one to sixteen, and that snapped a three game 46 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: winning stream. Over the course of the season, Cincinnati has 47 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: been really good to be Kansas City, they beat Pittsburgh 48 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: and Baltimore twice, but they also lost to Chicago and 49 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: the New York Jet. So Andy Wells, I start with you. 50 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: You hear the background the resume overall of the Cincinnati Bengals. 51 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: Are they a big surprise? I think on paper when 52 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: you go through their resume, the success that they've had 53 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: this year has been surprising. It's not very often you 54 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: see teams go from two and fourteen, four and eleven 55 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: and one to all of a sudden being eleven and seven. 56 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: That's a pretty substantial jump, and I think a lot 57 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: of that is the Joe Burrow effect. I think that 58 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: as this twenty twenty one season has gone on, we've 59 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: seen a team kind of find their idea entity behind 60 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: this quarterback Joe Burrow. We've seen them really find how 61 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: their offense clicks and what pieces parts fit in the 62 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: right spot to really make them the most effective. And 63 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: I think we all started to realize that this team 64 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: was picking up smoke when they were they were beating 65 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: the Ravens, and then they beat the Steelers, and then 66 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: they beat them again, and then you know, they start 67 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: to get these wins and all of a sudden you're thinking, oh, well, 68 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: this might be an actual team. And they just kept 69 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: going and kept going and kept grinding, and all along 70 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: the way we've seen Joe Burrow get better and better 71 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: and more consistent and make more plays. And so I 72 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: think on paper, yes, it's surprising, but if you've watched 73 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: them all season long, you're not surprised that they're in 74 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: the position that they're in right now. Right, Mike, I 75 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: agree with Amy. This team throughout the season, you've noticed 76 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: the kind of done them growing up together, including their 77 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: head coach Zach who, in there his postgame victory speech 78 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: thanked owner Mike Brown for being patient with them, and 79 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: they have kind of acquiesced and learned how to do 80 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: all this together. And Amy's right to see some of 81 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: the winds that they've notched. And they've done a lot 82 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: of good things at home, and that's one of the 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: big reasons why I think they won the AFC North 84 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: Division for the first time since twenty fifteen. But they've 85 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: kind of grown up together. But they have a lot 86 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: of youth and a lot of important places. And Amy 87 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: is also right about one thing. Joe Burrow the catalyst 88 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: to all of it. All right, Rett, take us through 89 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati offensive breakdown, if you would please, yes, sir. 90 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: The aforementioned Joe Burrow led the NFL by completing seventy 91 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: point four percent of his passes his passer rating one 92 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: O eight point three through for thirty four touchdowns, fifteen 93 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: of those coming from thirty yards or longer. He's backed 94 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: up by journeyman Brandon Allen, who started the Week eighteen 95 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: game at Cleveland, who went fifteen of twenty nine for 96 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: one hundred thirty six yards and a touchdown while taking 97 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: four quarterback sacks. Running Back Joe Mixon made his first 98 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl coming back from an injury plague twenty twenty 99 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: season with twelve hundred five yards rushing, three hundred fourteen 100 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: receiving yards, sixteen total touchdowns, and his backup is the 101 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: two hundred and forty pound veterans and MOJ. P. Ryan, 102 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: who is used on third downs in many situations. Twenty 103 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: one year old wide receiver and rookie Jamaar Chase caught 104 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: a one passes for fourteen hundred fifty five yards thirteen touchdowns. 105 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: Chase has five one hundred yard receiving games, two games 106 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: of two hundred yards or more, including two hundred sixty 107 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: six against the Kansas City Chiefs on January second. He 108 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: was also named to the Pro Bowl. Okridge native t 109 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: Higgins will turn twenty three years old this week. He 110 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: also had over one thousand yards receiving on seventy four 111 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: catches with six touch years ago. With that, the Bengals 112 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: are the first team in NFL history with a four 113 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: thousand yard passer, a one thousand yard rusher, and two 114 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: one thousand yard receivers all under the age of twenty six. 115 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: The Bengals also have veteran tighter by wide receiver who 116 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: were posted sixty seven catches tight end cj Uzoma. He 117 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: had forty nine catches, nearly five hundred yards and five touchdowns. Overall, 118 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Cincinnati average three hundred sixty two yards per game, one 119 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: hundred three rushing on the ground, two hundred fifty nine 120 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: yards passing A good red zone team. They scored thirty 121 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: one touchdowns in fifty two trips inside opponents twenty yard line, 122 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: and the Bengals average twenty seven points per game. They're 123 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: also one of the best teams in the NFL at 124 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: scoring at the end of the first half sixty three 125 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: points there and also on the first drive of the 126 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: second half with fifty five points. They're one achilles heel. 127 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: Though on offense, Mike, they've allowed fifty five quarterback sacks. Aby, 128 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: how good is this Bengals offense? Well, I think Rhet 129 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: just gave you a lot of good numbers. And the 130 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: thing about them that's so intriguing is not only that 131 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: they're good right now, but they are set up to 132 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: be good in the future. With so much youth on 133 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: this team. This guy's really the limit for this offense. 134 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: But I mean, when you listen to Rhet go through 135 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,119 Speaker 1: kind of the thumbnail on this offense. You hear names 136 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: like Joe Mix and Jamar, Chase te Higgins, Tyler Boyd. 137 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: You're watching the game and you think, oh my gosh, 138 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: they play for the Bengals too. Oh my gosh, he 139 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: plays for the Bengals too. It's all of these names 140 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: that if you're playing on fantasy, you want all of 141 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: these guys on your team, and the Bengals have them 142 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: in real life on their offense. So I think that 143 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: there are so many different options of things that this 144 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: offense is able to do, led by Joe Burrow, who 145 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: is able to use them all just so expertly, and 146 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: he has just grown into that position of being that leader. 147 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: These guys like playing for him, they like being around him. 148 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: He's kind of a funny dude who has really kind 149 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: of race kind of the position of being the quarterback 150 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: for Cincinnati, but in his very own style, so he's 151 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: not trying to be someone that he's not. And I 152 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: think that that has worked really well with a lot 153 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: of potential star power on one offense, and they've drafted 154 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: all those guys, right, That's what the key is. They 155 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: have taken advantage of the fact that after Marvin Lewis 156 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: left they were bad after being pretty good for a 157 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: long stretch of time. As a matter of fact, the 158 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: part of Lewis's the head coach. But they have drafted 159 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: these guys and in doing so they have hit on 160 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: all these draft picks. They have taken advantage of the 161 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: fact that if you are bad, you get to pick 162 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: high in every round. And they have gone and played 163 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow at number one overall in twenty twenty, and 164 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: then t Higgins going at number thirty three and twenty 165 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: twenty Jamar Chase at number five in this year's draft. 166 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: I mean, and on and on and on. They have 167 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 1: done a good job picking players. And then Uzamba to 168 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: tight end was with him in twenty fifteen. He was 169 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: a draft pick and has developed into a really good player. 170 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 1: So all those draft picks and not having to go 171 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: out and spend money on free agents, that enables you 172 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: to build a great nucleus, which they have. So the question, 173 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: Amy is what about the Bengals defense. Well, Mike, Cincinnati 174 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: allowed their opponents just twenty two points and three hundred 175 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: and fifty one yards per game, one hundred and three 176 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: rushing and two hundred and forty eight passing. The Bengals 177 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: gave up thirty two touchdowns on fifty three opponents red 178 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: zone trips. Opponents converted about forty two percent of their 179 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: third down conversions, but the Bengals are excellent at stopping 180 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: opponents on fourth down, allowing just seven successful conversions in 181 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: eighteen attempts. Like the Rights, the Bengals have forty two 182 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: quarterback sacks, led by Trey Hendrickson's fourteen sacks. He had 183 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: at least half a sack in eleven straight games this season. 184 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: Hendrickson was a big free agent signing from the Saints, 185 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: where he had thirteen point five sacks last season. Hendrickson 186 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: didn't just get a new contract from the Bengals, he 187 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: also made his first Pro Bowl in twenty twenty one. Now, 188 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,319 Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard might be even better at the opposite defensive end, 189 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: as he is a superior run defender with sixty two 190 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: tackles and has seven point five sacks himself. The Bengals 191 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 1: have several talented interior defensive linemen, including former Brown's Larry 192 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: Ogan job They sustained several defensive line injuries, and Saturday's 193 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: win over Las Vegas, Ogan Joby suffering a foot injury 194 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: second year. Linebacker Logan Wilson leads the team in both 195 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: tackles with ninety eight interceptions with four The men who 196 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: saved the game for Cincinnati on Sunday, Jermaine Pratt is 197 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: another versatile, high intensity linebacker, and then in the secondary, 198 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: reliable safety's Bonbbell and Jesse Bates are two of their 199 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: defensive leading tacklers. Shadobi, a woozy, came over from Dallas 200 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: and has played great at quarterback. Former Steeler Mike Hilton 201 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: is one of the best nickelbacks in the National Football League. 202 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: So let's talk ret. The defense has been put together 203 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: in a different way. They've gone and spent money there 204 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: in free agency, and it feels like it's money well 205 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: spent for Lou and Rumo's unit well. And one of 206 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: the first moves they made in the offseason, Mike was 207 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: going and plucking away the aforementioned Mike Hilton, the former 208 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: Steeler who has had a very nice gear for them, 209 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: and it's one of those veterans that you bring in 210 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: to help kind of set a tone to go with 211 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: a guy all as Sam Hubbard, who was a a 212 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: draft pick of their own back in twenty eighteen out 213 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: of Ohio State. But yeah, they found some really nice 214 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: players to put in all three levels. The thing is is, Mike, 215 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: they're little linked up going into this matchup against the Titans, 216 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: and especially at the defensive tackle spot. Larry Ogunjobi has 217 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: a foot injury, Mike Daniels has a groin injury. Trey Hendrickson, 218 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: as Amy mentioned their leading socker as in concussion protocol. 219 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 1: We'll see how that jury report looks like later this week. 220 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: But those guys have really done a nice job and 221 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: certainly is one of the reasons why they got to 222 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: eleven wins this year. All right, let's talk Cincinnati Special 223 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: Team's thirteen year punter Kevin Huber is basically Cincinnati's Brett 224 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: Curry's steady and great at penning opponents inside the twenty. 225 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: The rookie kicker Evan McPherson has blasted nine field goals 226 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: from fifty yards or longer after being drafted out of Florida. 227 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: They're long snapper Clark Harris, one of the league's best biggles, 228 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: were earned game unspectacular. They've used four different punt returners 229 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: seven different kickoff returners this season. Their coverage units average 230 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: okay A couple other notes. The Bengals were number one 231 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: in the NFL in penalty yards, and I mean that 232 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: in a good way, not the Raiders way. They average 233 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: just thirty seven penalty yards per game and they were 234 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: hit with only four penalties on average per contest. Really 235 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: really good in that area. Cincinnati's turnover ratio zero twenty 236 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: one turnovers, twenty one takeaway so that's a flat line zero. Now, 237 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: these two teams played on November first, twenty twenty, in Cincinnati, 238 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: and that weekend was not great for the Titans except 239 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: Amy Wells got engaged that week. But that's actually Friday 240 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: was good, right, Amy, But Sunday not so good. I 241 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: had a great stake on Friday, I really did. The 242 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: Titans played poorly in a thirty one to twenty loss 243 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: to the Bengals. Tennessee was especially bad on defense. Joe 244 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: Burrow through for two hundred forty nine yards and two touchdowns. 245 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: The Titans didn't sack Burn, the Bengals rushed for one 246 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen yards, and Joe Mixon didn't even play 247 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: in that game. Cincinnati converted ten to fifteen third down 248 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: attempts and their only fourth down attempt Bengals kept them 249 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: all for nearly thirty six minutes and scored touchdowns on 250 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: four of their five red zone possessions. Now, this is 251 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: really amazing. Tennessee gained four hundred forty one yards in 252 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: that game, but taking out the final kneel down. Basically 253 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: at the end, the Titans had only eight offensive possessions 254 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: in this game. That meant that every missed opportunity was problematic. 255 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,119 Speaker 1: Stephen Gaskowski missed a field goal. Ryan Tannehill was intercepted 256 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: by Jesse Bates. Titans had punt three times. It doesn't 257 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: sound so bad, but when you only have the ball 258 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: eight times, the math simply does not work. Derrick Henry 259 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: eighteen carries for one hundred and twelve yards. Titans gained 260 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: two eighteen on the ground on just twenty nine rushes. 261 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: Tannehill through for two thirty three and two touchdowns, and 262 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: yet the Titans lose the ball game. Aj Brown probably 263 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: going to be motivated for this game. In the game 264 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: last year on November first, he caught four passes for 265 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: twenty four yards. So, Amy, what do you remember about 266 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: that day in Cincinnati from fourteen and a half months ago? 267 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: As I read those numbers. Well, I remember being cold. 268 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: That's a sideline reporter thing to remember, but it was 269 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: like abnormally cold. I remember that there was a little 270 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: bit of panic. Panic seems like a lot in retrospect, 271 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: but there was a little concern because you have to 272 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: remember where the Titans were when they played the Bengals 273 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: that game. They had started that season five and oh 274 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: lost to the Steelers at home in a close game, 275 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: then went on the road thinking the Bengals are a shoeing. 276 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: The Bengals were a one win team. They had to 277 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: win and they had to tie and that was it. 278 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: And so they're thinking, oh, we'll get back on our 279 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: feet against the Bengals. Everything will be fine, this is okay, 280 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: and then the Titans get shocked and end up losing 281 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: that game. So there was a little bit of alarm 282 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: bells going off across the fan base. I remember, because 283 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: it was one of those games that Mike you, I 284 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: mean you said it. There were missed opportunities. Overall, not 285 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: a terrible game by the Tennessee Titans, but opportunities that 286 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: really mattered were not taking advantage of. And so people 287 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: started to say, well, what's happening to this Titans team. 288 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: That's what I remember about this game. But I had 289 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk to some guys, you know, just 290 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: because we knew that some of these games could be 291 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: coming up, and so you're talking about all the different 292 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: possibilities and everything. And I had mentioned to someone, you know, 293 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: do you really look at a game that happened a 294 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: year ago. I mean, there's been so much turnover on 295 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: this Titans team. And he said yes, and no, I 296 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: mean you look and see what they did. You look 297 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: and see what we did. But they've had turnover, we 298 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: had turnover. They're both different teams. So I'm interested to 299 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: see what's going to happen this week. I'm very excited. 300 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: But Rhett, it has to be advantageous to the Titans. 301 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: At A. They have played against Joe Burrow. B. They 302 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: have played against Zach Taylor and his offense, and see 303 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: they got to sit back and watch that this weekend. 304 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: All of those are very valid points, and I'm sure 305 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: they'll pull out some tape from that game in November 306 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: first of twenty twenty to reference. In terms of Joe 307 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: Burrow's passing ability, the big thing that they didn't have 308 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: back then is Jamar Chase. We talked about him fourteen 309 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five yards and all those touchdowns as 310 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: a rook and he is just throw it up and 311 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: go get it. I mean, he's something else in this thing. 312 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: The thing I remember about that game in twenty twenty 313 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: is how they had a makeshift offensive line. I don't 314 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: want to say Joe Burrow had already been sacked thirty 315 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: or forty times at that point, and how the Titans 316 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: defense was unable to get to him. No quarterback sacks 317 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: that day. And I think it's going to be a 318 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: much different story because you have Jeffrey Simmons second team 319 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: All Pro now just finishing up year three and leading 320 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: this defense up front with Denico Autry who had a 321 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: great year to go with it, Harold Landry who had 322 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: a lights out year. Bud Dupree is now back and healthy, 323 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: and that allows Kevin Byard back there to do things 324 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: the way he's been needing to do them and get 325 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: a first team All Pro selection. So I'm very much 326 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: looking forward to Shane Bowen's defense against this high powered offense. 327 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: That's one of the big big matchups going into this 328 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: I'm very much looking forward to this game. Well, if 329 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: you want an example a of what the Titans defensive 330 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: problems were in twenty that game was in off the 331 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: field on third down, not able to sack the quarterback. 332 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: That's why they did all these things in the offseason 333 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: to change it up. And so we'll see what are 334 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: the differences in terms of how they approach this going 335 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: against the Cincinnati Bengal team that's one of the youngest 336 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: teams in the league and just doesn't care. They don't care, 337 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 1: They're not scared. When do they have to be scared of? Now? 338 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: They have plenty of moxie. You're right. I mean, they've 339 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: got they've got swagger, and it starts with Joe Burrow. 340 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: I mean that guy. He's you know, you see his 341 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: pictures of him sitting in the locker room and smoking cigars, 342 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: you know, like he did at LSU after the point 343 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: of the National Championship game, and it just kind of 344 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: emanates from him. M Yeah, I don't think they're scared 345 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: of anything. All right, let's get some weekend playoff thoughts. 346 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: San Francisco twenty three, Dallas seventeen. Ret. Brian, you go first, Well, 347 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: it's this simple. San Francisco forty now just came out 348 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: like a ball of fire. I mean, Deebo Samuel did 349 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel things. I mean, that guy. It's unbelievable what 350 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: they've done with him at the running back position. And 351 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: it was really out of kind of necessity, as Elijah Mitchell, 352 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: the rookie from Louisiana Lafayette, had some injury concerns throughout 353 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: the year, and they immediately went right down through a 354 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: dagger done there, seven to nothing and then you know 355 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: here they go from there, and you know, Dak Prescott 356 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: and this Cowboys offense just never could get anything going. 357 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: I don't did ceedee lamb ever end up with a 358 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: catching that game, because I don't, at one point deep 359 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: into it, he didn't even have one. But if he did, 360 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: it wasn't much. It wasn't even as close as what 361 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: it appeared to me on the scoreboard. Did you enjoy 362 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: this one? I did enjoy this one. It was a 363 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: game that I enjoyed in the last probably three minutes, 364 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: because it got really exciting there at the end. I mean, 365 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's trying to do some of the things that 366 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: we've seen him do before, which is just throw it 367 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: up there. Let someone go get it and score some points. 368 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 1: And I mean they were moving that ball for a 369 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: while and it was getting really excited. And there was 370 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: a minute a minute where I thought, Dallas is gonna 371 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: do this. They're gonna come back and they're gonna score, 372 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: and that's gonna be the ball game, and it's gonna 373 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 1: be a walk off and Tony Romo is gonna just 374 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: fly out of the booth. I mean, this is gonna 375 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: be crazy. But I mean, ultimately, they couldn't get out 376 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: of their own way. They couldn't they couldn't get the 377 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: job done. And that's kind of the story for Dallas 378 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: as of late. Yeah, for the last twenty something years, 379 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: recent memory. Yeah, unfortunately for the Cowboys. I mean it continues. 380 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: Read how good were Jim Nanson Tony Romo on the telecast? 381 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: You know? I mean they're the number one team for 382 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: a reason on CBS, and the chemistry they've got together 383 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: is really good. Anyway, Just the thing about Tony, you 384 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: could tell he was just feeling so much for his 385 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: old team and want to get them over the top, 386 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: and it just didn't happen. But there's certainly certainly a 387 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: reason why they are the number one team for CBS 388 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: on television. Good stuff. I love listening to them together 389 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: and in those final moments. I mean, you know, I 390 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: thought their reaction to the last play was just perfect. 391 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: They were kind of like everybody else what just happened? Yeah, 392 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: why would they do that? Yeah? They bring a human 393 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: element to it, and that's a perfect example. All right. 394 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: So I want to know, Amy, how much of the 395 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay thirty one to fifteen went over Philly? Did 396 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: you watch? I'll be honest, Mike, I didn't watch the 397 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: entire game. I'm just gonna lay it out here for 398 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: the OT people. I realized what was happening pretty early, 399 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: and you know, I got some stuff done around the house. 400 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: But I think we can all agree that Tom Brady 401 00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: is still good. He's still playing, all right, And I 402 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: was surprised he was in the game as long as 403 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: he was. I kind of thought that once this one 404 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: was fully in hand, that maybe Tom Brady would sit 405 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: a couple out. But that is not the Tom Brady way. 406 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: And I mean, great game by Tampa Bay. They were 407 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: dominant from the very beginning. There was really no question 408 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: of who was in charge of that game at any 409 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 1: point in time. So yeah, I didn't watch the whole thing. 410 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: I'll be straight with the OT people. I'm not too proud. 411 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: I think he was the most predictable result of the 412 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: entire weekend. Yeah, I agree with that. I watched part 413 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: of it and I was like, this is just dull, 414 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: and Troy Aikman sounded like he felt that way, and 415 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: then he certainly said it was disappointed they weren't doing 416 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: San Francisco and Ballance Bred. He said it was three time. Yeah, 417 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: he did not hide any disinterest in that whole deal. 418 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: And sadly for anybody who's an Eagles fans, Jalen Hurts 419 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: never was able to get anything running with his legs. 420 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: They weren't able to start working in the RPO off 421 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: of any of that Tampa based defense wouldn't have any 422 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: of that. And really it's a sidebar out of this. 423 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: This will begin the conversation about the Philadelphia Eagles going forward, 424 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: because Mike, they're the team that has three number one picks, 425 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: picks fifteen, sixteen, and nineteen in the first round of 426 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two draft, and you wonder, are they 427 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 1: the ones that pull the trigger and make the trade 428 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: for Deshaun Watson to upgrade at that position. Well, it's 429 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: going to be a conversation of topic. Yeah. The only 430 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: thing about that is will Deshaun Watson be willing to 431 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: go there and wave it's no trade clause? That is correct, 432 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: because the only other part of that is if that's 433 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 1: what the Texans still want, they can get it from 434 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: those guys. Yeah, but can you imagine how the press 435 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia is going to be about Deshaun Watson after 436 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: what his situation has been. Yeah, it's the only way 437 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: it would be worse is if he went to New York. 438 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 1: That's the way I'll answer that. But yeah, that that 439 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: game was very predictable. Tom Brady and crew just keep 440 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: trucking and right along, and so here they go into 441 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: the divisional round. Here's what wasn't predictable, Buffalo forty seven, 442 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: New England's seventeen rat Can you ever remember a playoff 443 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: game that was supposed to be competitive? This just being 444 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: such a landslide. I've never seen a playoff game with 445 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: dominance the way this was. It's not just Mac Jones 446 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: throwing two interceptions and them losing that battle. Buffalo had 447 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: the equivalent of a Major League Baseball pitcher pitching a 448 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: perfect game. I mean they did everything right everything. I mean, 449 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: why don't they score the first seven possessions? They never punted, 450 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: I mean, they just had no penalties. It was amazing. 451 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 1: I've never seen another game like it, and on a 452 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: level you know of play where we have, you know, 453 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: it's the wild card weekend, and I guess it was 454 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,919 Speaker 1: just a massive, massive do over for them for what 455 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: they had. And what was that week eleven and that 456 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: snow Dome snow Globe game where you know, the Patriots 457 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: just ran all over them for two hundred and twenty 458 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: two yards on the ground and you know, Mac Jones 459 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,239 Speaker 1: complete three passes and they win it. I think they 460 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: were just so over that they wanted to blow it 461 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: out and buy George. They did it, they enjoyed it. 462 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: I was a little disappointed that it wasn't more competitive, 463 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: just because on paper, these two teams seem pretty equally 464 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: matched there, I mean division rivals, so they know everything 465 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: about each other, Like this is this could be like 466 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: a real tip for tat game. It's freezing cold, it's 467 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: like four degrees, like this is playoff football. This could 468 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: be phenomenal. And then Buffalo just came in and said, no, 469 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: thank you. We're not interested in even entertaining the fact 470 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: that New England is here. We're just gonna win this 471 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: game and let you guys go home. Like it was 472 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: really a dominant from the very beginning. They played it 473 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: like it was a homecoming game. Oh yeah, they played 474 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: it like they had like New England was like Northeastern State, 475 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: Like I don't care. Yeah, yeah, okay. So Kansas City 476 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: beats Pittsburgh forty two twenty one, and it was a 477 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: game for a while, and then Pedrick Mahomes started going crazy. 478 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: So now Kansas City will host Buffalo this coming Sunday. 479 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: So let me ask you, this ain't Is that a 480 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: best case scenario potentially for the Titans, that these two 481 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: teams and we're not putting the car ahead of the horse. 482 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: But if you're the Titans, don't you want these two 483 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: teams to have a massive slug fest on Sunday. I 484 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: want these two teams to just beat the ever loving 485 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: daylight side of each other, like I want them to 486 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: just I want it to be dirty, and I want 487 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: it to be one of those in the trenches games 488 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: where everybody's covered in mud for no reason, Like this 489 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: is the kind of game that I want to have, 490 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: like people are bleeding, but really I mean Buffalo New 491 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: England game, then having Buffalo have to go to Kansas 492 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: City and potentially just dog fight for their life. I 493 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: think that whoever is facing them after that going to 494 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,719 Speaker 1: get a pretty mangled team out of whoever wins. I 495 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: think that that's going to be a game that's gonna 496 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: be wooed. Just so much fun to watch, but just 497 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: an absolute monster to play. Wait think Rit's it should 498 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: be a really really entertaining game, and I'm everything that 499 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: Amy said about the physicality of it. Whoever comes to Nashville, 500 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: I want them to be binged up, beaten, battered. And 501 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: let me say, you know the amazing thing about that 502 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: that game with them in Pittsburgh is here's the Chiefs 503 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: did not have Clyde Edwards Hilaire. I think he was 504 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: out with a shoulder if I'm not mistaken, And so 505 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: here they have Jerick McKinnon, the former Viking and forty 506 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: nine er. They elevate from the practice squad and he 507 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: just absolutely takes over. Yes, Tyreek Hill does his things 508 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes slings it around the yard. Travis Kelsey's there, 509 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: but Jerick McKinnon was a really big difference maker in 510 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: this game, and I had well over a hundred yards 511 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: from scrimmage, and he will be an interesting asset for 512 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: them going forward. I like Buffalo's chances going into Arrowhead. 513 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: I know that's a tough place to play, but if 514 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: there's a team that can hang with them, Buffalo, I 515 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: think is one of those that can do it, provided 516 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: that Tyler Bass doesn't have a problem putting it through 517 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: the uprights if they need those kinds of things. Marik 518 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: Cardinals against the Rams to see who gets to go 519 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: to Tampa next weekend. Who you got rit I got 520 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles for Rams. I don't have a great 521 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: feeling about the Arizona Cardinals. They lost four out of 522 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: their last five, and we know that DeAndre Hopkins had 523 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: an MCL that he had to have surgically repaired back 524 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: in the middle of December. There's no word as so 525 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: whether he's coming back or not. We hear that JJ 526 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: Watt will be back for them. On defense, I think 527 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: that that Kyler Murray is really going to miss DeAndre 528 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: Hopkins as a target. I know they have other weapons, 529 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: but I just didn't like the way they literally limped 530 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: into the playoffs, and that's why I like because it's 531 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: a home game for the Rams. I think that. I 532 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: think the Rams come out and take care of business. 533 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,239 Speaker 1: Wait think am I agree with Rhett? I think the 534 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: Rams are going to get this one all the way. 535 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: I just I don't see Kyler Murray and the whole Cardinals, 536 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: especially Cardinals offense, kind of getting back to what they 537 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: were at the beginning of the regular season. They really 538 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: lost their way somewhere around the midpoint of the season 539 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: and never really found that same mojo. Again. We've seen 540 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: the Rams go up and down as well, so I'm 541 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: not saying that they are far and away the superior 542 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: team here, but I think that the Rams find a 543 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: way to get it done at home, and the Cardinals 544 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: have some recoiling or whatever people say of the roster 545 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: to do in this offseason. The OTP Daily is presented 546 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: by Farm Bureau Health Plans. You can plan on Farm 547 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans for better coverage, better rates, and better 548 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: customer service. They've been protecting Tennesseeans for almost seventy five years. 549 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: Go to FBHP dot com to learn more. Okay, so 550 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: starting today Monday, we have something that the Titans are 551 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: trying to do to sort of kick off this week 552 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: of playoff football and trying to help the American Red 553 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: Cross in the process. The nation's blood supply is that 554 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 1: its largest deficit over a decade. The American Red Cross 555 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: has declared a national blood crisis of the Titans have 556 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: decided to not only host a blood drive at Nissan 557 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: Stadium on Tuesday, but to also use our platform to 558 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: help promote blood donation by sponsoring drives across Middle Tennessee 559 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: and quite frankly, wherever you're listening to the OTP, wherever 560 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: you're listening, we want Titans fans anywhere to sign up 561 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: to donate blood at any location near you. Go to 562 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: Red Cross blood dot org, slash donate and just type 563 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: in your zip coat. Wherever you're listening to the OTP, 564 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: you can find a blood drive and go give blood. Amy. 565 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: Here's the way you can make a difference as a 566 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: Titans fan in the lead up to the divisional weekend. Absolutely, 567 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,479 Speaker 1: the Titans all season, it's not a secret, have been 568 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: putting a huge emphasis on serving their community. And the 569 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: nice thing about Titans Nation in the way that it's 570 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: growing right now. Is that that's not just Middle Tennessee 571 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: specific anymore. Titans Nation is all over the place. We 572 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 1: are all over the United States, all over the Mid South, 573 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,919 Speaker 1: all over the world. There are Titans fans and so 574 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: to be able to all do something together and get 575 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: out and make such an impact in something so easy 576 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: as donating blood, I mean you literally sit down the 577 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: whole time like this is what you do. So let's 578 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,439 Speaker 1: all get together, band together, do something awesome, help save 579 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,879 Speaker 1: people's lives by sitting in a chair. So, just like 580 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: Mike said, head over to Red Crossblood dot org flash 581 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 1: donate and you really just type in your zip clode. 582 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,439 Speaker 1: I've done it before. It's the easiest thing you could do. 583 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: You can organize them by closest to the location where 584 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: you are googling from. So I just organized it. Found 585 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: the closest spot. It was church. I went down the 586 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: road donated blood. It was very easy. So, yes, there's 587 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: going to be one Nissan Stadium on Tuesday. If you're 588 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: already signed up to do that, I know that Mike 589 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: Keith is going to be donating there. Keith is doing it. 590 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,800 Speaker 1: But even if you can't get out to the Stadium 591 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: sometime this week in honor of the Titans being in 592 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs and what an awesome time this is. Let's 593 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: all just go out and donate blood wherever we can. 594 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: It will really truly make a huge impact. And that 595 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: blood drive the particular one at Nissan Stadium for all 596 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: the OTP that's Tuesday from noon to six in the 597 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 1: club section, and there will be Titans giveaways throughout the day, 598 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: including you can sign up to win an aj Brown 599 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: autographed helmet. I know that is one of the items 600 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: they're giving away. And the important thing about going to 601 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,240 Speaker 1: the website to sign up ahead of time and register. 602 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: That's Red Cross blood dot org slash donate. It's because 603 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 1: there's not a lot of walk up availability in a 604 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: lot of cases because the Red Cross is staffing issues 605 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,479 Speaker 1: and things with pandemic and all those things in mind, 606 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: So plea please do that. Go to the website and 607 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: sign up that way you can get registered, get you 608 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: a time in an appointment there to make sure that 609 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: you get that to happen on that so you can 610 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: donate blood. That is important part of this to make 611 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 1: sure that you can make your donation of blood instead 612 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 1: of just trying to walk up and do it, and 613 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: maybe in other places throughout these next three or four days. 614 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: You can go to a place near you if you 615 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: can't make it to Nissan Stadium, but it's a fantastic effort. 616 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: Red Cross Blood dot org slash donate, type in your 617 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: zip code and give blood this week as we try 618 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 1: to help the American Red Cross as we get ready 619 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: for Divisional Football AFC Divisional Round Football the Elite eighth 620 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:48,360 Speaker 1: this weekend, three thirty Central time, kickoff Centcinnata and Tennessee 621 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium, Amy Wells and Reet Bryan The Titans 622 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: capdown on Titans Radio beginning at two Central times. So 623 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 1: for Amy and Rhett, I might key thanks for joining 624 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: us the old t Gab. Welcome to the Big Show 625 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: where the Lagends go. Everybody knows it's our house, fighting 626 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: for Tennessee, making us to read cleanness is meant to 627 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:18,919 Speaker 1: be ours now. We got tight and butter running through 628 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: our face