1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Hike and everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth podcast. The It's All About It's All 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: About the Climb addition, as the Bengals look to wrap 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: up the AFC North and earn at least one home 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: playoff game as they host the eleven and four Kansas 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Coming up, I'll talk to NFL insider Field 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: Yates from ESPN. He's a former scout and will share 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: some thoughts and how the Bengals have gone from first 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: pick in the draft to playoff contender in two years. 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: One on one player interview is with Mike Hilton, who 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: has first hand experience in trying to slow down Patrick 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: Mahomes and Travis Kelsey, and then Dave Lapham joins me 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: to discuss the injury and COVID impacted situation at linebacker 14 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: and what it's going to take to beat the Chiefs. 15 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: free to play next level fantasy football game. It now 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: from the App Store and Google Play. And here's a 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: this podcast delivered rite to your phone, tablet, or computer 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: thing since the Sixth Floor Museum at Daly Plaza. I'm 22 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: recording this podcast from Dallas, where I'll be broadcasting the 23 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: Cotton Bowl on Friday, and if you're ever here, I 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: highly recommend visiting the Sixth Floor Museum, which chronicles the life, assassination, 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. It's located in 26 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: the former Texas school Book Depository building where Lee Harvey 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: Oswald shot and killed the president. The museum covers that 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: as well as the various conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination. 29 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: As I said, if you're ever in Dallas and haven't 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: been there, it is well worth your time. Now, let's 31 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: get to Sunday's game between the team that's currently the 32 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: number one playoff seat in the AFC Kansas City and 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: the team that's currently number three, Cincinnati Bengals. Win would 34 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: clinch the AFC North, and I discussed that and more 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: with a former NFL scout now working for ESPN. Our 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: guest is ESPN NFL insider Field Yates Field. What did 37 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: you think of the Bengals going into the season and 38 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: what do you think of them now? Well, I had 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: some optimism, but I would be lying if I thought 40 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: they would be nine and six entering Week seventeen of 41 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: the NFL season, And I'm glad to be wrong in 42 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: this case. I thought that Joe burrows leap was predictable, 43 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure that anybody saw well. I should 44 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: say not anybody, but there were I think there were 45 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: more people that would have expected a smaller leap than 46 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: the one that we have seen from Joe. But I'm 47 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: so thrilled that not only is the offense playing well, 48 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: I think perhaps the most surprising part, I think too 49 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: many has been just how sturdy this defense has been 50 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: all season long for the most part, and I think 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: with the Bengals offseason will be characterized by in twenty 52 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty one is that base. Basically every major investment that 53 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: they made has worked out and worked out at an 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: extremely high level. And I think part of the reason 55 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: why they played so well defensively is because somebody like 56 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson or Chidobia Woozy has played as well as 57 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: each of them has to see that and to see 58 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: it manifest itself over not just the early portion of 59 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: the season, when they were a nice story, but to 60 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: sustain all the way to a likely playoff spot, I 61 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: think as Bengals fans justifiably extremely excited. Well, I'm glad 62 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: you mentioned Hendrickson and Woggier because you're from a scouting background, 63 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: you worked with the Chiefs and the Patriots in the past. 64 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: Evaluate what the Bengals have done between free agency and 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the draft over the last couple of years in building 66 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: this roster. Yeah, so I understand that it's frustrating when 67 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: you're a team that's picking in the back to back 68 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: years in the top five, and that was obviously the 69 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: case with Cincinnati. But the reality is that there is 70 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: a sliver of hope, and the sliver of hope is 71 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: that you can turn those premium picks into foundational pieces. 72 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: We know the NFL draft is much more art than 73 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: we understand. That they're going to be players taken first 74 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: or second or third overall that won't work out every 75 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: single year, but they're also going to be years when 76 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: you draft a quarterback first and then you follow that 77 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: up by taking a wide receiver for fifth, and they 78 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: end up being the kind of pieces that you could 79 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: vision and vision turning into ten or twelve or fifteen 80 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: years superstars for your organization and then expands beyond just 81 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,119 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and also Jamar Chase te Higgins has been unbelievable. 82 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: Logan Wilson prior to his recent injury, has been exceptional 83 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: as well. They've gotten basically excellent production in each of 84 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: the first three rounds these past two years, which I 85 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: think is critical to their success. And then looking at 86 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: the free agency side of it, we understand the perils 87 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: of free agency. We have seen many a team overspending 88 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: free agency and part of the reason why there's some 89 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: danger involved is that if a player is really good 90 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: in the NFL, a team might not be motivated to 91 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: let him reach the point of free agency because they 92 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: want to invest in that player by retaining him on 93 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: an extension or a new deal. Prior to the in 94 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: market with the Bengals found players at different levels this year. Obviously, 95 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: Trey was the biggest spending free agent pickup this year 96 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: on defense, and he was a player whose production during 97 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: his final year in New Orleans obviously was far more 98 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: significant than what it was during the previous three years, 99 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: and some people wondered is this an outlier year? Is 100 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: the contract a year blow up or is this the 101 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: sign of a guy who's just reaching his apex and 102 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: could continue from there? And I would say with at 103 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: least a half sack in eleven straight games, Tree Anderson 104 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: has provides more than just a one hit wonder. Obviously 105 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: plays with all out effort at all time, but he's powerful, 106 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: He's got great explosiveness off the edge. He's been a 107 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: foundational piece for them, and a guy that I think 108 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: as a chance to go from a high priced veteran 109 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: free agent signing to a bargain free agent signing or 110 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: a value free agent signing by the time it's all 111 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: said and done. Interesting point. Our guest is field Yates 112 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: from ESPN. Joe Burrow was incredible last week, five and 113 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: twenty five yards in four touchdown. He doesn't have the 114 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: cannon of Josh Allen, he doesn't have the legs of 115 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. What is Joe Burrow's superpower in your opinion? Well, 116 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: I think it's confidence is something that cannot be quantified, 117 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: and I'm sure you see it much more being around him, 118 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: or at least during normal times, being around him much more. 119 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: It's pretty clear to me that there's an infectious energy 120 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: that is involved with playing with Joe Burrow, and this 121 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: is a league where you can't predict it's going to 122 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: happen every single week. You might be up big, you 123 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: might be down big. But my sense is that if 124 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: the Bengals fall behind, no matter who they're playing, where 125 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: they're playing, and when they're playing, Joe Burrow's not going 126 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: to flinch. He has this moxie about him that makes 127 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: me think he's more like thirty three as opposed to 128 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: twenty three or twenty four now twenty five years old. 129 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: In the next few years, he plays certainly well above 130 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: his age. I think that part is really really clear. 131 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: And then he's got an unbelievability to distribute the right 132 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: place at the right time. He's processing things so fast 133 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: right now that it feels like Joe knows what the 134 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: defense is going to do as much as the defense 135 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: knows what it's going to do on a snap in 136 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: and snap out basis. That's why all of these wide 137 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: receivers are playing well right now as we know. And 138 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: I love the stat and I'm going to keep using 139 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: it until I don't know at least a season is over. 140 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: That you've got two one thousand yard receivers, you've got 141 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: a thousand yard runner, you've got a four thousand yard 142 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: pass or all of them are twenty five or younger. 143 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: It's never happened ever in the history of the NFL. 144 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: And Tyler Boy is a little bit above the age 145 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: of twenty five has a real shot to reach a 146 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: thousand yards as well. We're talking about and you probably 147 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: have better perspective than I would, but like I think 148 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: this has a chance to go down. Is one of 149 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: the most exciting and best offensive seasons in franchise history. 150 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: Is that the best young nucleus of skill position talent 151 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: of any team in the NFL. You've got a darn 152 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: good case for it, and I'm sure that there are 153 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: people and their fan bases that would try to make 154 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: their case for it. But this year, I don't think 155 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: it's debatable that's been the best sort of one two 156 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: three punch at wide receiver, number one running back and 157 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: then also a quarterback as well. They've just been so 158 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: good and it's kind of been each one of them 159 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: doing some heavy lifting during different portions of the season. 160 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: You know, Jamar Chase was incredible. Four of his first 161 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: sixteen catches find the end zone for a touchdown. Tee 162 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: Higgins has been on fire the past four or five weeks. 163 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: You know, Joe Mixon had that nine straight games in 164 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: which he scored at least one touchdown, plus the four 165 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: straight games in which he scored at least two touchdowns, 166 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: and then Joe has been steady for the most part 167 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: the entire season because, as we all know, ultimately no 168 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: matter how great your wide receivers and your running backs are, 169 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: if your quarterback is not playing at a high level, 170 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: it's really difficult to function offensively every single week. So 171 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: Joe has been rock solid. It's been a really fun 172 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: week to a season, team to watch all season, and 173 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: I know I keep I don't want to make Tyler 174 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: just a footnote. Tyler Boyd has been really good for 175 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: them in critical moments recently. I mean, he had the 176 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: long touchdown this past week that helped break that game open. 177 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: He nearly had a second one late then, I've got 178 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I thought that might have 179 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: been a catch in the end zone, but I understand 180 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: why the replay review has turned it over. But fun 181 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: to watch and I feel like this team is sort 182 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: of just scratching the surface right now. Our guest is 183 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: Field the Age. You can follow him on Twitter at Field. 184 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: As we've obviously touched down many of the Bengals strengths, 185 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: what question marks do you still have about this team 186 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: with two games to go? I think there's probably and 187 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: this is something that's out of their control. But until 188 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: you see a team do it in the playoffs with 189 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: the current nucleus that they have, you want to see 190 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: them do it. Joe Burrow, it's not a fault of theirs, right, 191 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not Joe Burrow's fault that he doesn't 192 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: want a playoff game before, because ever lost one either before? Right, 193 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: So you got to get there first before we can 194 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: start to judge the merits of you. That's probably the 195 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: one thing that I think any team it's got relatively 196 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: fresh blood as some of the key spots, is going 197 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: to have to answer in the playoffs. So they're one 198 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: of those teams this year in the AFC. There are 199 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: a couple of others that might be in that same 200 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: group if the Chargers wind up in the playoffs. Same 201 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: question applies to Justin Herbert, Joe's draft classmates. And then 202 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, I think this year in the AFC for 203 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: a while, it was looking like maybe it was going 204 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: to be a defensive conference, as you've got teams like 205 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 1: the chief playing really well on defense. The Patriots have 206 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: been playing really well on defense for much of this year. 207 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: Buffalo has got great strength on defense, even if I 208 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: had a couple of games that weren't quite what they 209 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: were looking for during the middle of the season. But 210 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: it feels like we're starting to see a much more 211 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: balanced group in the AFC. And I think that ultimately 212 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: one team is going to be happy at the end 213 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: of this year, and NFL is the NFL is different, 214 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: and it's NBA and MLB and NHL counterparts, and that 215 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: it's not best of seven, it's best of one and 216 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: then given Sunday. So playing your best football is going 217 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: to apply. And I know the Bengals have. They've learned 218 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: that less than this year with some difficult losses to 219 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: unexpected opponents. That's going to be the challenge once we 220 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: get to the postseason, assuming they do make it, which 221 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: I like their chances very much right now, and they're 222 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: going to be tested even these next two weeks, right 223 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Kansas City is certainly profiles this I made 224 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: this comparison. If the NFL since College Game Day, or 225 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: we had the equivalent of College game Day and they 226 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: were sending it to a game each week, it would 227 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: be in Cincinnati this weekend to watch the Chiefs and 228 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: the Bengals. I like the sound of that. Well, let's 229 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: talk about the Chiefs. This is a team that started 230 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: three and four, They had a couple of blowout losses 231 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: early this year, and now they runoff eight consecutive wins. 232 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: What are a couple of things the Bengals must do 233 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: to have a chance to beat Kansas City on Sunday. 234 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of become old news because it's 235 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: been something teams have been doing for much of this year. 236 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: But I think it's evident that what you have to 237 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: do against the Chiefs is you have to make sure 238 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: that if they're gonna beat you on offense, it's going 239 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: to be more death by a thousand paper cuts then 240 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: it will be a quick strike seventy five yard touchdown. 241 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: The Chiefs played Philly early this season, and that was 242 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: kind of a one game where Patrick Mahomes really had 243 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: his way and just threw the ball way behind the 244 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: deep safeties on too many acages. Tyreek Hill scored three 245 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: times in that game. If you fast forward to some 246 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: of the games that Patrick Mahomes played more recently, he's 247 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: been good. He was good against the Raiders twice. He 248 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: was good against the Steelers this past week. But he 249 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: had a couple of games where he was a little 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: bit more, a little bit more mortal, and that felt 251 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: like what teams were doing were basically, no matter what happens, 252 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: nothing gets getting behind us. We talked about the two 253 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: deep safety alignment that so many defenses are relying upon 254 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: this year to make sure that quarterbacks don't beat them 255 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: down the field. I think part of what the Chiefs 256 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: have done really well for a long time as those 257 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: explosive plays. Bengals can't do that. And then on offense. 258 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: This is gonna sound so boring and so simple, but 259 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: as much as I watch the NFL this year, and 260 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: the more and more I watch it, the more and 261 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: more that I see games where teams that we don't 262 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: expect to lose do lose, it becomes clear to me 263 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: you have to win the turnover battle and you have 264 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: to be good on third down. I think about a 265 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: game last week, the Texans hosting the Chargers, The Texans 266 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: are a team that we know they got a lot 267 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: of roster reparations they need to make at some point, 268 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: but ultimately they were the better team in the turnover 269 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: department than the Chargers, and they were the better team 270 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: on third down as well. That's the difference between winning 271 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: and losing in the NFL. The Chiefs, if they have 272 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: a third and twelve situation, not only is a conversion 273 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 1: on third and twelve, not only is it a fresh 274 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: set of downs, that's just demoralizing to a defense. Right 275 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: third and twelve, you're thinking to yourself, eight or nine 276 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: in the ten times we're forcing a punt or a 277 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: field goal that when the defense it allows a big 278 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,119 Speaker 1: conversion that to me, I think can change the confidence 279 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: level that they're playing with. So I know it sounds 280 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: like the least spicy analysis that I could ever give. 281 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: But you've got to be good in the turnover department, 282 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: you've got to be really good on third down. If 283 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: you're not, then the Chiefs they are just too talented 284 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: against most opponents that they're just going to end up 285 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: finding a way to win. That might be simple. It 286 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: certainly didn't sound boring to me. Field. Yeah, it's great stuff. 287 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: We appreciate your time, keep up the great work, and 288 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: thanks for joining us now. Thank you, Dan, and happy 289 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: for all the Bengals fans out there that should really 290 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: be soaking up all this excitement right now. It's a 291 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: good time to be a Cincinnati fan. And no matter 292 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: how much fun we're having this year, I think there's 293 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: even more good stuff ahead as well. So field Yates says, 294 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: the Bengals secondary can't give up the deep ball. They've 295 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: got to try to force Patrick Mahomes to methodically march 296 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: up the field and hope he makes a couple of mistakes. 297 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: One member the Bengal secondary who has faced Mahomes before 298 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: is Mike Hilton, and he joined me this week for 299 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: my one on one player conversation. Like, you signed a 300 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: four year contract with the Bengals, and I know you 301 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: expected Cincinnati to become a contender, but did you expect 302 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: it to happen this fast? I had an idea, um, 303 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: you know, the one just playing these guys. I always 304 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: knew the type of talent that they had over here, 305 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: and well, once I signed and see who we drafted 306 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: and other free agents we brought in, I was just like, yeah, 307 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: we have all the ingredients to be a Super Bowl contender. 308 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: You know, we've been playing well this year and you 309 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: know we got a big one Sunday, so we're all 310 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: excited for for what this opportunity. This team appears to 311 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: have great chemistry and camaraderie. Is that true? And this 312 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: isn't a big reason why you're in the first place? Absolutely? 313 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: Number one, you got to be a tight group. These 314 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: are guys that you're with twenty four seven. You know, 315 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: guys that you're with more than your family sometimes. So 316 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: you know, you got to be able to connect owning 317 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: off the field, and you know it does nothing but 318 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: just bring you together and just build that confidence and 319 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: that chemistry that can lead to wins. And we've been 320 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: doing that well this year. We're chatting with Mike Hilton. 321 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: This might be hard for you to answer, but in 322 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: addition to your play on the field, what impact do 323 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: you think you've had on the secondary as a group, 324 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: just being a bit of a presence, being being that 325 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: calmon effect. You can't ask any of the guys, you know, 326 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: I just try to be the one in the ear 327 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: that's keeping us calm even if we give up big 328 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: play or give up a penalty or something like that. 329 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: You know, I'm always the guy to all right, guys, 330 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: you know, let's focus in, let's lock in, let's do 331 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: our job and get off the field. So I just 332 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: feel like just being that voice in the room and 333 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: keeping keeping guys calm and ready to play. You've got 334 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: a one game lead with two games to go. But 335 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride of 336 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: a season. You've got four wins over the Steelers and 337 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: the Ravens, and all of those games are by two 338 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: touchdowns or more. But there were losses to the Jets 339 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: and the Pairs. There was a lopsided loss to the Browns. 340 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: Is that just the sign of a young team that's 341 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: learning to can end? Absolutely. You can point to a 342 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: couple of plays here and there throughout those losses that 343 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: if we make that play, you know, it's it's pretty 344 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: much a win. You know, Green Bay, we make one 345 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: the field goals, Jets, you know, if they don't call 346 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: it the penalty on me, you know who who knows 347 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: where where we could be now. But it's just a 348 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: part of the learning and growing process of it. And 349 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's good that we're getting that experience. This year. 350 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about Sunday's game against the Chiefs. You faced 351 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes before in your years with the Steelers. It 352 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: was actually one of his signature games in his MVP season. 353 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: He threw six touchdown passes. Shoot out forty two to 354 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: thirty seven was the final score. It's one thing for us, 355 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: but watching that guy on TV, it's another thing to 356 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: compete against him. What stood out to you, man is 357 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: what everybody sees. His arm strength and the way he 358 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: can get outside the pocket and just make make throws 359 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: that not many quarterbacks can mate. He's confidence guys, of course, 360 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: starting with Kelsey and Hill. You know those are go 361 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: to guys and they're they're supposed to playmakers. So we 362 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: know as a defense we got to do our best 363 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: to contain them. And what we've been saying is contained 364 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: the second half of the play because he's gonna extend 365 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: plays and get outside the pocket and look for those 366 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: shots down field. So we know defensively and especially as 367 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: the second day, we got to be smart and play 368 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: top down. Let's talk specifically about Kelsey. In their last game, 369 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 1: he had ten catches for one hundred and ninety one yards. 370 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: This is the sixth consecutive year he's had more than 371 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: a thousand yards, a record for a tight end. Of 372 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: the many great tight ends in the league that you face, 373 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: what makes Kelsey unique. He's probably the best run after 374 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: catch tight end that I personally played against. Um. He's 375 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: obviously a big dude six four six five two fifty, 376 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: but he can run like a receiver. He makes cuts 377 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: like a receiver. He's he's just real athletic, and it 378 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: presents problem the defenses because he could be a mismatch. 379 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: Too athletic for linebackers, too big for safety. So he's 380 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: the guy that definitely gonna key on on on Sunday, 381 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: and you know, do do our best to contain them. 382 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: What's a week like this like for you to build 383 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: up to a huge game at the end of the 384 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: year with so much at stake. Oh, it's everything. UM. 385 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: A lot of guys have actually asked me, like, just 386 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: how does this feel. I'm just like, guys, this's what 387 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,959 Speaker 1: we've been fighting for, you know. I be I told 388 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: him I've been down this road before, playing meaningful games 389 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: in late December, and I just told him, like, don't 390 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: change up anything, Just treat us another week, you know. 391 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: We of course, we know a lot more as a state. 392 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: But if we if we do everything that we did 393 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: to get us here, you know, the outcome could be 394 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: the same for us on Sunday. So guys are excited 395 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: about the challenge and we were ready ready to play. 396 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: You can clinch the division with a win over the Chiefs, 397 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: but beyond that, people are wondering now if Cincinnati is 398 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: a legitimate contender to advance in the postseason. Make the 399 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: case for why you think the Bengals are. I believe 400 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: we got all the ingredients. Um it starts. We have 401 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: a honestly, I think a top five quarterback already. H 402 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: he's a guy that he's a general. He keeps the 403 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: offense calm and no just gets them moving. And we 404 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: feel like on the defensive man, we're able to go 405 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: on and get after the quarterback up front, you know, 406 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: and on the back end where we get our get 407 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: takeaways and find ways to put our offense on a 408 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: short field. So we know if we do those things 409 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 1: consistently and just just play our game, you know, we'll 410 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: have a real good shot of making a deep run. 411 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: It's been a great season so far, and you've been 412 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: a huge part of it. I appreciate your time. Best 413 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: of luck against the Chiefs. Thanks there. 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Do you view this game as a 425 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: litmus test for just how good the Bengals are? I do, 426 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: Dan in a lot of ways. I mean, I think 427 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: it's an opportunity, you know, to show that they've come 428 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: even further than people think they've come. And I think 429 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: that's that's important. You know, you look at the season, 430 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: like you say that the teams they've beaten and the 431 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: teams that they haven't you know. It's it's like, all right, well, 432 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: who are they? What are they? They've never lost more 433 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: than two in a row, They've never won more than 434 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: two in a row. This would be their first time 435 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: to have a three game winning streak all season long, 436 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: in my mind, against the best football team on their schedule. 437 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: So this is a big opportunity for them to show 438 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: the world they belong. I think as we were calling 439 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: the game in real time last week, I never really 440 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: felt like the Bengals were trying to make a statement, 441 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: for lack of a better expression, for how they were 442 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: throwing the ball in the fourth quarter. I just thought 443 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: that they were trying to keep doing what was working 444 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: against the Ravens. But clearly I am in the minority, 445 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: because most of our colleagues in the media certainly felt 446 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: like they were making a statement with a few days 447 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,719 Speaker 1: to reflect. What do you think of that whole notion? 448 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: You know, I think they were doing what they needed 449 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: to do to win a football game in that you know, 450 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: Joe Joe. Basically, the big throw, the big controversial throw 451 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 1: to Joe Mixon was just a football player reacting on 452 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: instincts to an opportunity to make a play, you know, 453 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: and he did it. He did it on his own. 454 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: I mean he said it, Zach said it that it 455 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily scripted to be that way, but he made 456 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: a play. And you've got to make a first down, 457 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: you know, I mean make a first down. And in 458 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: games like that, as a as a former player, you 459 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 1: want to end the game if you can by taking 460 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: a knee. I mean, you want to end the football 461 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,479 Speaker 1: game on your terms. So if that's a statement, I 462 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: guess it's a statement. But I mean every every football team, 463 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: every football player, every football coach wants to win football 464 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: games and end football games on their terms. So the 465 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: big news this week is your main prac going on 466 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: the COVID list. I guess there's a chance he'll be 467 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: back if he passes a couple of negative tests. But 468 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: at this point, let's say he is not back. What 469 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: do the Bengals do. Boy, that's a that's that's a 470 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: tough one. You know. Um, you got a linebacker trying 471 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: like hell to come back as quickly as he can. 472 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: Logan Wilson working this tailoff in terms of you know, 473 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: rehabilitating that shoulder and um. But as everybody knows, practice 474 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: and the way practices are these days in the National 475 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: Football League is one thing game condition. Taking a hit 476 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: taken on a block, or separate any from a block, 477 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: making a tackle. That's a lot different animal right there 478 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: than what Logan Wilson is doing right now. I guess 479 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: this week in practice will be a barometer, but he 480 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: won't know until he actually plays whenever, that is, if 481 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: that's this week or whatever it is, how that shoulder 482 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: is going to hold up um. But you know, there's 483 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: no way that the medical team is going to put 484 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: him out there if they feel like he's not able 485 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: to handle it physically. But you know, when you're talking 486 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: about injuries like that, you just never know. So let's 487 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: say that neither one of those guys is able to play, 488 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: No Pratt, no Logan Wilson. Does that mean an Austro 489 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: or a Clay Johnston or somebody like that winds up 490 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: playing a lot or do you think it's more likely 491 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: that they change the rules of the secondary and that 492 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: John Bell becomes more of a linebacker in this team. Yeah? 493 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: I mean the options, that's the thing is is that 494 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: lou and Rumo, you know, has options. And honestly, this 495 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: football team the Kansas City Chiefs or a throw first 496 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: football team. So if you were to pick, you know, 497 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: maybe an offense where you might be a little bit 498 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: thin at the linebacker position in terms of defending, this 499 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: might be, you know, one that you might choose because 500 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: you do have a safety and Von Bell that's very 501 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: physical and can play that hybrid type linebacker safety role 502 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: that the Bengals would need. But yeah, there are options there. 503 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: And like you said, you know Marcus Bailey, Clay Johnson, 504 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: Austin coletro KeAndre Jones, They're all on the roster for 505 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: a reason, you know, I mean, they belong in the 506 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: National Football League. So I'm sure, I'm sure Louis and 507 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: Rumo will be changing up his personnel packages, changing up 508 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: how he lines them up, changing up his coverages. I 509 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: think he's I don't I don't think he's going to 510 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: show the same thing to a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes 511 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: two time in a row very often. I think it's 512 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: going to be a lot of different looks. Let's talk 513 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: about Travis Kelsey. It's my understanding that he has purchased 514 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: a luxury box for the Cotton Bowl, so he is 515 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: going to watch his beloved Bearcats take on Alabama. Here's 516 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: hoping Cincinnati wins and Travis really parties hard. Yeah, But 517 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: in any case, when it comes to defending tight end. 518 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: In Week eleven, Darren Waller had seven catches for one 519 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen yards against Cincinnati. Three weeks ago, George 520 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: Kennel thirteen catches for one hundred and fifty one yards 521 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: against Cincinnati. Last week, Mark Andrews eight catches for one 522 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five yards against Cincinnati. How do the 523 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: Bengals or anybody in the NFL slow down Travis Kelsey? Yeah, 524 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: And Travis Kelsey has, you know, haven't played the quarterback position, 525 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: and that's what do you see out of high school 526 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: as a quarterback. They have an understanding of how to 527 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: read coverages better than anybody because they've been reading him 528 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: on the other end. So the mental telepathy beyond the 529 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: same page between Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey is unbelievable. 530 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: When he runs routes, he'll make adjustments on the way 531 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: he sees the coverage unfolding, and Mahomes is on the 532 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: exact same page as him. You know, it's they'll they'll 533 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 1: they'll change the actual route from from the snap of 534 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: the football to when they're in the in the process 535 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: of executing the play, and they'll both be right there 536 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: with each other in terms of what they're seeing. They 537 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: see it through the same eyes. So I think that's 538 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,239 Speaker 1: what makes Kelsey even tougher to defend, is that, you know, 539 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 1: he has such a feel for his route running, finding 540 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: holes in zone defenses. He's he's very slippery. Uh, He's 541 00:26:54,840 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: he's a great run after catch guy. His mentality is, honestly, 542 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: it is, every time I get my hands in the football, 543 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna score. He has that kind of mindset. So 544 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be a real, real challenge. 545 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: And you talk about not given the same look to 546 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, can't do it to Kelsey either. I think 547 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: you gotta run a myriad of people. They're gonna be 548 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: doubling him different ways, different try to give him different 549 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: things to read. Make it tougher on him. Don't make 550 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: it easier for Kelsey to come off the line of 551 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: scrimmage and see exactly what he wants to see, and 552 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: make it easier for him to see it in for 553 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: a long day. If you do that lap early this year, 554 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: it looked like the Chiefs might be vulnerable. They started 555 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: the season three and four, They lost to Buffalo by eighteen, 556 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: they lost to Tennessee by twenty four, and they haven't 557 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 1: lost since. They've won eight in a row. When you 558 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: watch this team, do you see an area at this 559 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: point where you think they're vulnerable? Boy? You know, I really, 560 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: I really don't, you know. I mean you look at 561 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: offense defense. The offense is playing at a very high level. 562 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: There's no question about the offensive line I think is 563 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: really gel. They're playing very very well. Now. The protection 564 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: that they gave Mahomes in the recent games here is unbelievable. 565 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: I mean literally, you can count to five, six, seven seconds. 566 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: Mahomes is in the pocket, you know, patting the football. 567 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: It's unbelievable how that offensive line is geled defensively in 568 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 1: the in their eight game winning streak, they're only giving 569 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: up thirteen points a game. And then special teams, uh, 570 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're great in that area. They're number 571 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: one in the NFL covering punts, fourth returning punts, sixth 572 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: returning kickoffs, and fifth covering kickoffs. So this is this 573 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: is a complete football team. Ban There is no doubt 574 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: about it. But you know, I'm I'm basically thinking that 575 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: my strength of my football team al those three wides. 576 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna try to do everything I possibly can 577 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: to uh to accentuate my strength and and and you know, 578 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: force force the Kansas City Chiefs and on the back 579 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: end to play at a very very high level. And 580 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that they're of the weak spot by 581 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: any stretch, but you know, I think, uh, I think 582 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: that that that is going to be the interesting thing 583 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: to me. And I do think that it's interesting both quarterbacks. 584 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: They will create an extend and and they cause controlled 585 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: chaos as a result of creating extending plays. I think 586 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback that handles the controlled chaos better and doesn't 587 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: make it chaotic, you know, in other words, make plays 588 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: and don't force it and make an error or make 589 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: a mistake. It's going to be big in this football 590 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: game as well. And that was the weakness of Mahomes. 591 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: But he's he's settled down in that regard. He's not 592 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: trying to hit the home run every single play. Now, 593 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: he's taking what the defense has given him more. But 594 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: in a tight football game, I think maybe you know, 595 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: I gotta go and make a play. My teammate needs 596 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: me to go make a play. Joe Burrow would probably 597 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: be thinking along those same lines. Which quarterback is going 598 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: to handle the controlled chaos better? It's going to be big. 599 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: I think Andy Reid like you as a former offensive lineman. 600 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: He didn't make it as far as the NFL like 601 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: you did, but he played at a high college level 602 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: at BYU and Jim McMahon, who's quarterback. He became an 603 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: offensive line coach, rank among the players that he coached, 604 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: then an offensive line coach in the NFL, and then 605 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: obviously a great NFL head coach. What do you think 606 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: stands out the most about Andy Reid and his teams? 607 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting. The first time I met Andy 608 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: Reid was I was doing Big twelve games and I 609 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: was doing a Missouri game. Bob Stole was the head coach, 610 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: and he had Andy Reid coming right out of by 611 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,959 Speaker 1: you um, and he didn't make it in the NFL, 612 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: so he wanted to get into coaching, and he hired 613 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,959 Speaker 1: him as a graduate assistant type deal and got to 614 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: meet him talk to him a little bits. Smart as 615 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: a whip, I mean, very very smart guy. You know, 616 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: not just football, but overall intelligence. And I think I 617 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: think he's he's so creative with what he does, and 618 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: he'll he'll, uh, he'll attack the sixth hole eight different ways, 619 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, he's he's one of those kind 620 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: of guys. I think that he is always striving to 621 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: be better, always trying to figure out another way to 622 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: you know, to to for crack you know, to crack 623 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: the code and and make life miserable for defensive coordinators. 624 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: I think that he is as as good a play 625 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: caller as there is in the history of the National 626 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: Football League. I really believe that this guy, this guy 627 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: is very, very sharp. All right, last thing, we are 628 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: not speaking face to face this week. We are speaking 629 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: via zoom. Since you are in Cincinnati and I am 630 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: in Dallas for the cotton Ball. You have called the 631 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 1: cotton Ball several times on National TV. What do you 632 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: think about you See's chances against Alabama? You know, I 633 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: think that it's all going to come down to how 634 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: you see competes in the trenches. I have full confidence 635 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: that you see can can stack up with anybody at 636 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: the skill spots. And I'm talking offense and defense, you know, 637 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: and I'm not saying that they're not good upfront offensively 638 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: and defensively, but the SEC is really good as a 639 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: conference in that area. I mean, they have multiple studs, 640 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: you know, on their offensive and defensive lines. That's the 641 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: one thing I noticed, you know, doing games college games, 642 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: when the Big twelve would go play an SEC team, 643 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: be like, wow they are They do have meat on 644 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: the Hoofman, they got some big boys in their offensive 645 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: and defensive lines. And if you see can compete, you know, 646 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying dominate, I think that'd be tough to do. 647 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: But if they can compete, they can hold their own 648 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: in the trenches. They have a hell of a chance 649 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: of winning the football game because if they if they 650 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: if the offensive line allows you see, skill players to perform, 651 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: and the defensive line doesn't make it like, you know, 652 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: too easy for Alabama scale people. I think that's what 653 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: it boils down to it. It's all about what's going 654 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: on up front. That's what I will be looking for 655 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: here in Dallas. And if you see wins and qualifies 656 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: for the National Championship Game, I promise you I will 657 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: let Travis Kelsey do the partying here in Dallas, and 658 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: I will remain in tip top shape for our game 659 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: on Sunday. There you go. I appreciate that, and I 660 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: have full confidence in that. And I'll tell you what. 661 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: I hope Kelsey's hung over like a big dog. That 662 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:08,479 Speaker 1: would be great. I hear Patrick Mahomes might be coming 663 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: with him seriously, so hopefully that's the case. They have 664 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 1: a good old time and they're a little bit slow 665 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: to answer the bell on Sunday. Yeah, really, how about that? 666 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: That would that would be awesome. Patrick Mahomes and Travis 667 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: Kelsey in the luxury suite at the Cotton Bowl. That's 668 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 1: big stuff, all right. Appreciate you time. See a Sunday 669 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 1: all right, Dan, have a great call, Good luck and 670 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: go Bearcats. Sunday's game kicks off at one o'clock and 671 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: the Bengals are a five point underdog. That's going to 672 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: do it for this episode of the Bengals Booth podcast 673 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: brought to you by Ultimate Bengals, the free to play 674 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,839 Speaker 1: Next Level Fantasy Football game downloaded now from the App 675 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: Store and Google Play. 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