WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Keep On Pushing 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.319 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:13.240 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The Deep Bone Push addition, as 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.080 the Bengals take a huge step forward in Week two 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:20.159 at Kansas City, but wind up losing a heartbreaker on 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:23.440 the final play of the game twenty six to twenty five. 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:28.080 Coming up radio replays, locker room comments, and postgame analysis 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.800 from Dave Lapham. 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The UC Bearcats and 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.080 Miami RedHawks have been playing football since eighteen eighty eight, 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:24.759 and when Cincinnati beat Miami this past Saturday, the Bearcats 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:30.200 gained possession of the victory bell. I love those traveling trophies. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.080 Michigan State and Indiana compete for the Old Brass Spatoon. 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.480 TCU and SMU battle for the Iron Skillet, and when 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:43.440 Wisconsin faces Minnesota, the winner gets Paul Bunyan's Acts. The 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.840 Bengals in Chiefs don't compete for a traveling trophy, but 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.120 I wouldn't be surprised if they meet again in late 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.960 January for the Lamar Hunt Trophy that goes to the 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:57.480 winner of the AFC Championship Game. They certainly looked like 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.480 two of the NFL's best teams on Sunday, and let's 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:05.880 get to the radio replays from their latest thriller. Today, 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.880 the Cincinnati Bengals in the Kansas City Chiefs play their 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:13.000 sixth game in less than two years and nine months. 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:17.080 The first five meetings were nail biers, as every game 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.320 featured a lead change in the fourth quarter. Will we 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:25.600 get another instant classic today? It is time for the 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:29.880 pigskin to fly here at Arrowhead Stadium, and on fourth 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.880 down and a long three, the Bengals will go for 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:34.919 it at the Kansas City forty four. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.600 Drop Chris Jones off sides, get him to jump. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.519 Two receivers on each side of the formation. Shotgun snap 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.960 Burrow from the pocket, good protection. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:44.640 Hey Thine. It's caught looking to. 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.840 The twenty five, twenty fifteen ten and down to the six, 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.440 goes tight end Mike Gesicki. It's going to be first 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.600 in goal, trying to give Cincinnati the early lead. The snap, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.919 the placement, the swing of the right leg. The kick 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.160 is on its way and it is good. And the 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.000 Bengals go down the field and score on their opening 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.959 drive to take a three to nothing lead. Mahomes back 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:11.040 to throw, good protection, fires down the middle. It the 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.920 Bengals have the ball. A Keem Davis gather with the 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.520 pick and he gets brought down at the thirty two 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.400 yard line. That is the second career interception for the 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.600 Bengals linebacker. He's got one off Lamar Jackson and one 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.000 off Patrick Mahomet. 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:28.839 That's a pretty good role call right there. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.560 Third down and goal from the four, shotgun snap, Burrow 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.960 cocks the arm, throws a dive toward the pylon. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.000 Yeah it is call it they're talking about. 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:44.480 It's a conference no signal yet, touchdown andre Yoci Bosh 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:48.640 Noah Gray motions as Mahomes drops back to throw from 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.640 the pocket, slings it deep as a man open deep. 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.120 It's going to be a touchdown to Rashi Rice. He 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:59.280 went streaking down the left sideline. Mahomes dropped it right 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.680 in the bread basket for a forty four yard td 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.480 Second and ten Kansas City. The Chiefs at their own 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.800 forty two yard line. Here's a handoff to steal. The 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.760 rookie runs up the gun. The ball comes out. He 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.440 got a pile at the forty seven yard line. They 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:19.280 got it there it is. There's the signal. Pratt as 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.800 the football. The Bengals will go post for a picture. 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.320 They've got their second takeaway here in the first half, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.160 and assuming it stands up, they're gonna have the ball 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.200 at the Kansas City forty seven yard line. The snap, 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:36.360 the placement, McPherson's kick high enough, long enough and good. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:36.880 Yeah. 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:40.440 Mahomes in the gun, second and goal inside the one. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:46.000 Mahomes fakes a handoff, throws a pass caught jan Ye Morris. 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:47.960 They go with a trick play. They throw it to 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.080 an offensive lineman and jan Ye Morris catches the TD. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.280 The ball's in the middle of the field at the thirty. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.080 Burrow back to throw after faking de Boss, he guns 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.880 it deep Tremaine Burton over his shoulder catch at the 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:04.080 Kansas City twenty five. He gets tackled at the twenty 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.320 two by Jalen Watson. 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.120 I'll tell you Dan what to throw. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.360 Fourth down and goal from the three, the Bengals elect 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.640 to go for it, even though a field goal would 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.560 give them the lead. Burrow looking to throw, bouncing backward, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.039 he throws into the end zone and is caught for 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:25.880 the touchdown. Andre Yo Sivosh with his second touchdown catch 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.520 of the game, and the Bengals, with a gutsy call, 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.239 go for it on fourth and goal from the three 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:36.520 and score. Mahomes from the pocket, throws toward the left sideline, 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.159 tipped and picked up. The Bengals are on their feet 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.080 and running it back. They're saying Cam Taylor Britt might 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.840 have been down. He's still running toward the end zone, 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.479 but I think he was touched after going down with 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:49.240 the pick. 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.440 And he catches it with one hand, the right hand. 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.600 He's back to throw. He's under pressure Joe takes off 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.680 and gets dragged down. The ball comes out, Kansas City 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:00.880 scoops it up one The Chiefs are running it back 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:05.279 at the ten five Chamari Cotter goes into the end zone. 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:10.440 What he wasn't down and Joe's not disputing it. 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:14.640 A fifty three yard attempt from the right. Hash rookie 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.920 punter Ryan Rico is the holder. McPherson is set, Adam 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.360 Mighte is ready to snap it back to snap the placement. 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:27.000 Money Max swings the moneymaker and his kick is good 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:31.320 and the Bengals are back in front with nine twenty 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:32.320 eight to go. 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.280 Here we go forty. 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.360 Eight seconds to go, Cincinnati up by two points. Fourth 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:41.279 down and sixteen for the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes catches 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.600 a shotgun snap, drops back, bouncing at the twenty three 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:49.560 scrambling left, stays behind the line, throws down field, broken 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:54.120 up by days on ay, there's a penalty flag on 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:55.760 the Bengals rookie Wow. 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.800 He's gonna call pass interference on that. 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.760 Rashi Rice was the intended Reconcei Wow at the thirty 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.440 five yard line of Cincinnati, fifty one yards away for 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:10.400 the win. Three seconds left in the game. Winchester ready 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.680 to snap it back. The snap, the placement, the right 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:19.760 footed kick by Bucker is good. Kansas City wins twenty 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:24.440 six twenty five. You know what, I hope in the 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.840 very near future that Dejon Anthony makes a great play 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.800 that helps the Bengals win a game. I've talked to 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.400 him several times since the Bengals drafted him in the 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.480 seventh round this year, and he is a great kid. 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:40.760 Here's hoping that kind hearted Bengals fans lift his spirits 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.600 in the days to come. Now, let's get to some stats. 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.080 Joe Burrow was twenty three for thirty six for two 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.000 hundred and fifty eight yards, with two touchdowns, no picks, 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.880 and a passer rating of one ozh three point seven. 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:59.000 Hopefully that will silence the amateur hand and risk specialists 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:03.600 analyze his every move. Joe said it was as frustrating 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.360 as any loss he's ever had, but if he keeps 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:10.240 playing like that, the Bengals won't lose very often. Mike 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.600 Kasicki was his leading target with seven catches for ninety 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:17.320 one yards, and both of Joe's touchdown passes went to 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:22.600 Andrea Yosi. Vash I spoke to Andre after the game, Andrea, 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.840 I feel like this is one of these games where 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.320 you did everything but win. 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:28.840 Is that how it feels. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.760 Yeah, I mean the only point of the game is 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.319 to win, so like it feels like that. But also 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.360 you lost, so it's a tough one of Smoller for sure. 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.520 But we'll be back, and you know, we did some 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.400 good things tonight, so that's promising for sure. 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.760 Do you feel like the Bengals showed that you're the 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.200 team that everybody. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.320 Thought you were? Yeah, I mean we knew it. I 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.800 think the public more was doubting it, but we knew 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.120 our identity and we came out here and we fought 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:56.240 and we're just gonna keep building. 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.560 Let's just discuss your two touchdown catches. The first one 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.360 I think think I saw that play in training camp. Yeah, 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.559 where you just made a great move to get open 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.360 up the pilon and then kept your feet in bolence. 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.840 Yeah, I mean I just waited for Joe's eyes and 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.120 then I sprinted back to the pilon and he made 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.160 a really good throw, like only where I could get it, 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:15.920 and you know, I kind of just let my legs 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.480 go dead and just dragged him. 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.000 In second one, fourth and goal gots he call to 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.440 go for it. You got wide open on that one. Yeah. 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.280 Oh, I was supposed to run across the field, and 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.160 then I saw Joe look at me, but I felt 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.439 the defender undercut me, so I knew that wouldn't be 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.040 a good throw. So I kind of just did my 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.680 own thing and just went back to the right. 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.800 Final drive of the game, Joe throws a pass that 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.240 looked like it got on you a little bit fast, 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.680 a little bit high. Described that play. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.640 Yeah, it's a bang bang throw. You kind of want 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.240 to clear that linebacker level and get your eyes around. 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:52.800 They were watched it on the film, but I wish 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.080 I could have came down with that one, for sure. 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.440 Bengals Chiefs. I mean, every time you guys play, the 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.199 lead changes hands in the fourth quarter. I guess we've 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.520 come to expect these classic games, and unfortunately classic game 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.400 but with a bad ending for Cincinnati. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.120 Yeah, I mean, you know, I think we both respect 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.960 each other, man. You know, we both know what's on 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.080 the line whenever you play each other. So we'll be 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:14.120 seeing them later, for sure. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.040 And there's six meetings over the last three seasons. Each 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.520 team has won three, and the overall score is Kansas 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:27.280 City one fifty three and Cincinnati one fifty. It is 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:32.840 a tremendous rivalry. Defensively, Jermaine Pratt had a career high 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:37.240 sixteen tackles, and Trey Hendrickson was a pass rushing menace. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:41.800 He had two sacks, three quarterback hits, and drew three 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.360 ten yard penalties. Here's Trey in front of his locker 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:46.320 after the game. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.240 You know, you don't get sacks if there's no good coverage, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.480 and you don't get good sacks is not good rush. 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:54.640 So you know, credit to the rest of the defense 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.880 and you know, we we we'll get back in the 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:58.280 wing calm. 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.520 How much did you take even as much pride over 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.240 the penalties too? I mean it wasn't just when you 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.640 got there, but drawing those those penalties are being massive. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:06.960 Was that as much, you know, as effective as the 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:07.800 sacks in your mind? 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.320 Well, you know that's one of the things. 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.280 You know, the integrity of the game needs to be there, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.200 you know, no matter what on rushing, you know it's 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:16.640 it's keeping your hands out of the. 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:17.280 Other guy's face. 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.640 It's that way for the defense too, So you know, 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.520 when those things happen, you know, credit to the ref 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.640 But I mean, you know, it's it's whatever way you 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.160 want to look at it. Sometimes you get the call, 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:27.800 sometimes you don't. You just gotta keep rushing. 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.280 How tough is it when you outplay them in many 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:33.040 ways and don't get the win. 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.000 Well, this is a win loss league, you know. Unfortunately 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:38.800 that's the way it is. And we have a lot 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.520 to build on, a lot to get better about, and 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.160 we look forward to doing that next week. Big step 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.320 forward for the defense today, in your opinion, A lot 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.560 of guys stepped up. You know, we had we had 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.000 a lot of guys played at a high level. I 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.680 mean Sam was rushing great. On the other side, Joseph 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.280 stepped up, and you know the guys interiorly, when guys 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.640 went down, they stepped to the play too. So I'm 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.200 proud of this defensive line and defense in general. 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:00.439 A lot to look forward to. 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.199 But right now, tough loss. 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:04.440 How much does. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.200 Change for you when the guys on the inside go down? 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.800 Well, you know it's it's those are your brothers in battle, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.800 you know, those are those are my guys. We've been 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.600 through a camp, We've been through a lot of adversity 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:16.679 in the short period of time. But we're building that 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.000 culture and identity as a defensive line that's unique every year. 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.319 So when you see one of your friends and brothers 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.640 go down, especially guys playing at an extremely high level 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.959 like Sheldon and BJ, it gives opportunity for the younger guys. 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:32.280 But man, you know, those guys are talented interior players, 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.920 and anytime a guy like that or guys like that 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.360 go down, that's a blove for the defense. 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.200 When you guys are able to force turnovers this week, 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.000 what does that do for the confidence and momentum of 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:41.600 this defense? 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.520 You know, like I said, there's a lot to be 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.440 excited about, a lot to fix right now. 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:47.199 We're w and too. 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.160 You know, nobody's panicking, but there's a sense of urgency 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.760 to dial in and do the fundamentals and technique that 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.080 lead to winning, you know, and things like that. 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.080 So and it's not one particular play. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.680 You know, there's there's a lot that goes into losing 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.520 and there's a lot that goes into winning. And it's 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.520 usually a one possession game and that's how it goes. 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.079 The Bengals won the turnover battle three to one, which 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:13.640 almost always means victory. But Evan McPherson missed an extra point, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.400 Jamar Chase lost control of his emotions and got a 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:21.160 fifteen yard on sportsman like conduct penalty, and Dejon Anthony 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.480 was called for pass interference on fourth and sixteen in 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.280 the final minute. Those are the type of mistakes you 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.960 simply can't make against the team like Kansas City. Now, 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.280 let's hear what head coach Zach Taylor had to say 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.320 as he spent a few minutes with Dave Lapham after 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:36.720 the game. 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:43.480 Heartbreaking, coach, I mean, gave everything that the team had 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:44.240 to give. They gave it. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:48.080 Yeah, disappointedly lost, Proud of how our team fought, you know, 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.960 and gave herself opportunities to win that game. We came 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.800 up one place short, but again, loved the energy, loved 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.600 the enthusiasm, loved the relentlessness, Loved how we played together 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.920 as a team, Loved the emotion er guys showed. 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.720 There's a lot to build all here. There's no question 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:05.440 about that, you know. It's just it's it's a play 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.400 here and there, I mean a turnover for a defensive touchdown. 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.960 Those are always tough things to overcome when you get 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.400 an unscripted, unconventional score like that and then appendently on 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.720 fourth and sixteen is a tough pill to swallow as well. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.600 It is, but you know it's it's part of the game. 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.000 And those bang bang plays, they're going to call it 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.360 like they see it. I thought a defense did a 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.520 great job rising up, giving up what two yards on 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.560 the next three plays, making it a difficult field goal. 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:30.160 Unfortunately their guy just punch it through. 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.040 So where do you I mean, obviously major improvement in 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.920 the performance today than the performance in the in the 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.280 opening weekend. Do you what's your thought on that? We 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:39.840 keep growing? 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:41.440 You know, that's what we do. You know, it's we 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.400 don't We're not a team right now that that takes 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.600 pride in our losses. You know, we expect to win. 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.880 That's that's where we're at as a team. But there's 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.520 a lot of things to continue to build off of 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:53.640 that are going to lead towards a really good season. 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:55.560 We got to come back on Monday Night football in 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:56.760 front of what I assume is going to be a 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.560 tremendous crowd, give us great energy and come back and 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:01.720 start pointing this thing in the right direction. 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.800 What did you like best about what your offense did today? 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:05.600 Kept fighting? 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.000 You know, I think, you know, we finished in the 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.320 in zone on every possession of the first half with 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.680 points at least, came out in the second half right away, 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.200 scored and and you know, just just man just missed 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:16.680 by an indshine a couple of players there in the 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.520 fourth quarter. But that's when you play good team. That's 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.400 how it's going to play out. And came down to 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.480 last second kick like it always does against these guys, 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.640 and you know, we just got to suck it up 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:27.680 and be ready to move on. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.480 I thought your your tight end group had a great game. 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:32.600 I thought your game plan with your tight ends was 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.600 pretty darn good. I thought it kind of hurt them 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.760 early on. They had to make some adjustments to what 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.640 you guys were doing. What did you think about your 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:40.960 tight ends today? All wrong, did a. 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.400 Great job, James Casey gets guys ready, had a lot 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.120 of them we can use in a lot of different ways. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:46.800 I thought the way that the run game of the 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.000 past game has built this week to help those guys 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:51.520 and take the pressure off some of the receivers at 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.400 times too. You know, with the defense they're going to 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.080 play to that. So again it's I thought the execution 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:57.760 is pretty good you know, we just needed one more 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:58.320 score there. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.760 Joe obviously I thought played a much different football game 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.360 than what the opener. You saw in the opener, What 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.040 did you think about Joe Burrow's performance today? 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.160 I had a chance to get a rhythm. We've got 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.280 a lot more points, you know, and so just again, 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.400 the first drive getting points on the board changes everything 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.560 for your team. And and they're you know, when you're 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.440 not able to score until the second half last game, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:18.720 we don't get a chance to get into a rhythm. 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.520 So this is back to the team that we know 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:21.200 we're gonna. 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:24.480 Have this uh, this rivalry and it is that I 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.640 mean between the Bengals and the Chiefs is just I 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.520 mean the games are like instant classics, every single one 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.880 of them. It's it's incredible to watch these two teams. 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.240 Yeah, we got to continue to fight. There's there's uh, 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.520 we'd love to see them again, you know, and get 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.880 our chance to win the game. You know, that's that's 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.680 got to be as we move forward, the expectation that 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:44.400 we'll see them again. 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:46.560 Appreciate your time as always, thank you. 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.400 So the Bengals are zero and two, just like the 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.880 Ravens who lost at home, to Las Vegas. The Browns 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.760 are one and one after a road win at Jacksonville, 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.960 and Pittsburgh is two and oh after winning at Denver. 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.760 The Steelers have only scored one touchdown in two games, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.800 but their defense has been outstanding. Up next for the 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:12.480 Bengals a Monday night home game against Washington that will 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:16.040 feature Rig of Honor induction ceremonies for Tim Crumrae and 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.199 Corey Dillon. The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.000 by pay Corps, proud to be the Bengals Official HR 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:26.760 software provider, by Alta Fiber future proof fiber Internet designed 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.520 to elevate your home, business, and community to a new level, 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.920 and by Kettering Health the best care for the best fans. 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.560 Kettering Health is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:41.200 Now time for the radio guys recap. 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:42.680 Lap. 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.479 You've been there, I haven't been. What's it like as 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:49.159 a professional athlete when in many ways you outplay the 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.159 opponent and a good opponent and don't come away with 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:52.440 a win. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.800 It rips your heart out. I mean it's the most devastating, 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:01.199 you know, feeling other than you know, personal tragedies like 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.000 you know, death, of a love corners and people say, ah, 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.000 come on, no, seriously. I mean it's put you put 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.320 so much into it and you feel like you got 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.359 it and then it's just ripped away from you at 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.879 the end of a football game like that. It's it's tough, 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.040 you know, it's it's a hard thing to bounce back from. 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.240 But that's what you have to do. You're a professional 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.320 and you have to you have to work through it. 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:23.160 You have to bounce back from it. You have to 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.119 see what you did right and continue to do that 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.520 and see what didn't go right and correct it and 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.000 try to be better the next time. I mean literally, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.359 we always say it comes down to you can pick 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.520 a bunch of players, where at one point game it 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.040 comes down to a play, and there's a myriad of 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.800 plays you can pick from. It was just a tooth 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.960 and nail back and forth Fox football game between two 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:51.280 good football teams. And I think this game shows what 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.080 the Cincinnati Bengals are more capable of. 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:56.359 I think let's discuss a few positive Let's start with 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.600 Joe Burrow. Nobody's going to be asking a bunch of 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:01.400 questions about how he lifts a water bottle anymore risk 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:05.280 looked fine through the ball. Well, Joe Burrows back. 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.800 He is, and you know, I think you should have 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.000 had you know, yeah, two hundred and fifty eight yards 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:13.200 on twenty three completions. I can think of four drops, 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.240 you know, would have given them probably three hundred yards 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:19.760 and twenty seven completions. You know, I thought he played well. 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:23.400 I thought he you know, he bought time in the pockets, 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:26.280 manipulate in the pocket. It looked like it looked like 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:31.280 Joe Burrow really did, you know? In the unfortunate Dana 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.880 makes great play. Dana strips the football and they pick 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.560