1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booths Podcast. The Hold On for One More 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Day addition, as the Bengals fail to hold on to 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: the football against the Dallas Cowboys, coughing up fumbles on 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: their first three possessions in a disheartening thirty to seven loss. 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: and coaches, and in depth analysis from Dave Lapham. And 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: in this week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: the person under the pads as I go one on 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: one with linebacker Logan Wilson. The Bengals Booth Podcast is 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: presented by bud Light Seltzer. Refresh the game, and here's 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: a quick reminder that you can have the latest edition 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: pod Bean. It's the greatest thing since travel. I love 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: to travel. In fact, seeing the world is my favorite 17 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: thing in the world, and between work and vacations, I've 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: been very lucky to see a bunch of it, but 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: not in twenty twenty. Like many of you, I haven't 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: ventured very far from home during this pandemic, and that's 21 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: one of the things I miss the most. Here's hoping 22 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: we can all satisfy our wander lust again in the 23 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: months to come. Now, let's get to Sunday's game. Andy 24 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: Dalton started the day one for one against his former 25 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: team by correctly calling the coin toss. The Cowboys elected 26 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: to defer, meaning the Bengals got the ball first. They 27 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: kept it for all of two plays. Now, Tyler Boyd 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: goes in motion as they handed off up the middle 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: of Giovanni Bernard bounced off at tackles the ball our 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: rarity for Giovanni Bernard. We'll see who has it. At 31 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: the thirty two yard line, DeMarcus Lawrence forced the fumble. 32 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard had carried eight hundred twenty nine consecutive times 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: without a fall. Dallas recovers, so the Cowboys first drive 34 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: started at the Cincinnati thirty two, but the Bengals defense 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: kept Dallas out of the end zone. Dalton ready for 36 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: the shotgun snap. He has the ball three step drop 37 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: bouncing in the pocket and Dalton will be pulled down. 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 1: He's gonna be sacked. Marcus Hunt polishes him off Sam 39 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard got to Andy Dalton first he did. The 40 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: Cowboys settled for a field goal in a three nothing lead. 41 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: After fumbling on the Bengals first drive, Giovanni Bernard was 42 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: replaced on their second by Trey Theon Williams. He had 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: three carries in one catch to help Cincinnati drive to 44 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: the edge of the red zone. Second down and fourth 45 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: at the twenty one of Dallas Alan and the gun 46 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: turns left, hands it off to Williams, goes Low loses 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: the ball scooped up by Dallas and the Cowboys are 48 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: racing it back the other way the thirty the twenty 49 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: the ten touchdown Dallas wow Alden Smith with a seventy 50 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: eight yards scooping score to give the Cowboys at ten 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: nothing lead without having to do anything on offense. How 52 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: did Zach Taylor feel about it? Stunned? I rate. I mean, 53 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: that's you give to team ten points right out the gate, 54 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: thought didn't even really have to take the field. Is 55 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: a disappointing start to the game. I couldn't feel better 56 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: at going into this game, and you know, to give 57 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: them ten points before they even have to do anything 58 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: is a disappointing way to start. On their third possession, 59 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: the Bengals tried a third running back, Samaj p Ryan, 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: but Taylor says that wasn't a response to the two fumbles. No, 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: we were pointing on rotating the running backs before the game, 62 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: so that that wasn't necessarily a product. Obviously, like you said, 63 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: Geo is very, very great with this ball security over 64 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: the course of his career. But our plan was to 65 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: rotate all three of those backs and with p Ryan in. 66 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: On drive number three, the Bengals drove to the Dallas 67 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: fifteen before deciding to go for it. On fourth down 68 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: and one, Alex Ericson, motioning toward the formation, lines up 69 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: as a wing to the left. Now he goes in 70 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: jet motion. They give it to Alex Rickson. He has 71 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: the first he fumbles the ball. Third fumble already for Cincinnati. 72 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: There's a pile at the thirteen yard line. The Cowboys 73 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: are celebrating. No signal from the officials, yet there it is. 74 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: Dallas recovers three drives, three lost fumbles. Here's linebacker Josh 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: Bynes on the Bengals error prone ways. It just sucks 76 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: because we're such We know for a fact we're a 77 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: better team than we played and put on film and 78 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: it just I mean it really it really no. You 79 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: put the work in. You got great guys in locker room. 80 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: I mean everybody's working, working so hard to just win, 81 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: and it's frustrating. You know, it's really really really really 82 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: really really frustrating. I counted seven reelis in front of 83 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: the word frustrated. After Alex Rickson's fumble, Dallas put together 84 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: an eight the eight yard drive that included four third 85 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: down conversions. The Cowboys habit at the Cincinnati eleven. Dalton 86 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: drops back to throw fires a pass toward the end zone. 87 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper comes up with a football for a Cowboys 88 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: touchdown that made it seventeen nothing. Midway through the second quarter, 89 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: on their fourth drive of the day, the Bengals finally 90 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: didn't fumble. In fact, they held down to the ball 91 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: for sixteen plays and found the end zone. Brandon Allen 92 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: drops back to throw fires a pass spot by j Green. 93 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: He ran a slant. It was a bullet a frozen 94 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: rope by Brandon Allen, and aj Green hauls in his 95 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: second touchdown catch up the season. It comes with eight 96 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: seconds left in the half that made it seventeen seven. 97 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: At the half as aj Green caught passes for the 98 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: first time in three weeks. He finished with six grabs 99 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: for sixty two yards, including his sixty fifth career touchdown 100 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: that leaves AJJ one behind Chad Johnson's franchise record. AJ 101 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: what means more to records or wins? Man winnings? You know, 102 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: I already had the records. I had big years and 103 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: you know, I think twenty fifteen when we were winning, 104 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: it wasn't my best year, Stat's wife, But we're winning. Um, 105 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: I think that makes everything much easier. Um when you win, 106 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: and I'm at a point in my career where you know, 107 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: it's not about the money, it's not about you know, 108 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: with all the stats, and it's just about having fun again, 109 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, playing football and that's the only thing you 110 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: can do for that is to win. And it's stuff. 111 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: But like I said, man, I'm the guy that stays 112 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: level and keep working each week. What it's going to 113 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: be the number one factor when it comes down to 114 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: deciding if you want to stay in Cincinnati moving forward. 115 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I, like I said, I got 116 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: a small circle. Um, so you know, my wife, my family, UM, 117 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: my boys, we don't sit down and make the best decision. 118 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: That's school, you know, best for my career, and right 119 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: now we don't know what that looked like right now, 120 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: but we prepared for anything. The Bengals hadn't scored in 121 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: the third quarter in their previous five games, and that 122 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: street continued against Dallas. A Cowboys field goal made it 123 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: twenty to seven going to the fourth quarter. A thirteen 124 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,679 Speaker 1: point deaf is it obviously isn't insurmountable, and the Bengals 125 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: scored a touchdown on a thirteen yard run by p 126 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: Rhyme with eight forty six to go. Unfortunately, it was 127 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: wiped out by a holding penalty on Quentin Spain, a 128 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: penalty the Bengals were not able to overcome. So this 129 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: could be the game right here. Fourth down in seven 130 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: at the Dallas ten, with the Bengals trailing by thirteen 131 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: points seven twenty nine on the clock. Three receivers left 132 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: aj Green alone out to the right. Brandon Allen extends 133 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: the hands, catches the shotgun, snap throws it into the 134 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: back left corner of the end zone and almost threw 135 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: it into the stands. That's how badly he overthrew Tyler 136 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Boyd in the act left corner of the end zone 137 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys will take over on downs. Brandon Allen 138 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: played well, throwing for two hundred and seventeen yards with 139 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: a passer rating of ninety nine, but on that drive 140 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: he bruised his knee on a scramble and was limping 141 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: pretty badly on the final ten plays of the drive. 142 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: Alan did not finish the game. You know, just one 143 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: of those sames. Things just got hit right in the 144 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: right spot, and you know a lot of times you 145 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: just walk it off. It gets better, it gets better, 146 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: and so I tried to stay out there and walk 147 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: it off and kind of just kept getting tighter and 148 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: tighter instead. So now it's obviously affecting me a little 149 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: bit on some of the throws. It's hard to really 150 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: get any weight into the throws. And you know, we 151 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: checked it out. Didn't want to. I don't want to 152 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: hinder our offense. Um if I wasn't able to perform 153 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: the lagging perform. So was that part of the situation 154 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: on the fourth down play when when the ball sailed 155 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: on you a little bit, was it you just couldn't 156 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: transfer your weight. Right now, I'm not gonna blame it 157 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: on that obviously, you know, just a poor, poor decision, 158 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: poor throw. You know, I knew it was fourth down, 159 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,599 Speaker 1: trying to give TV a chance in the back the 160 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: end zone, but yeah, bald definitely just got away from me, 161 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: and the game quickly got away from the Bengals. A 162 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: fifty five yard field goal by Greg the leg zerline 163 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: made a twenty three to seven, and a five yard 164 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: touchdown pass from Andy Dalton to Tony Pollard on fourth 165 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: and one with two minutes to go made the final 166 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: score thirty to seven. It was a memorable day for 167 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: the Red Rifle. He went sixteen for twenty three for 168 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five yards, with two touchdowns, no picks, 169 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: and a passer rating of one twenty two point six. 170 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: After each touchdown, he looked toward his wife JJ in 171 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: a luxury suite and they gave each other the sign 172 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: language symbol for I love you. Here's AJ green. It 173 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: was so you're just to see him in that uniform 174 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: with those colors. You know, Andy and my relationship are 175 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: just bigger than is bigger than football. So just watching 176 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: them what they're you know, watching them have to sussiest 177 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: study having um, you know, you know, our wife set 178 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: together in the boxes the day, so, um, I was 179 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: especially it's weird, but I was happy for him that 180 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: he's he's he's getting a starting job and show people 181 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: what you can do. The Cowboys improved to four and 182 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: nine with the win. They're two games behind Washington in 183 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: the NFC East, as the football team followed up a 184 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: win over the Steelers by beating the forty nine ers 185 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Washington is one four straight. The Bengals, out 186 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: of the other hand, have lost five straight to fall 187 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: to two ten and one, their third straight season with 188 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: double digit losses. Here are Sam Hubbard and Zach Taylor 189 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: just exhausting. You know, you do, uh everything right during 190 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,319 Speaker 1: the week, practice hard, and uh you know, no reward 191 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, just weighs on you. And it's 192 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: been going on for a while now. It's just pretty pretty. 193 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: When you lose, it's frustrating, you know, and it's it's 194 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: hard to get rid of this feeling, um that we feel, 195 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 1: you know, at the end of every week. Right now, 196 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: it's frustrating because um, we feel good about the position 197 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: we're about to put ourselves in. And then you know, 198 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: it's a myriad of reasons that or why we lose 199 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: and ultimately one hundred percent falls on me, one hundred percent, 200 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: you know, and it's Um, it's just frustrating. It's really frustrating. 201 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: A lot of effort goes into this, Um, guys pulling together. Um, 202 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: it's still a very close team. I think you can 203 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: see that as you see them out there playing. We 204 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,599 Speaker 1: just haven't made the plays that that put us in 205 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: a position to win the game. And and it just 206 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: it makes you sick to start the way that we 207 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: started today. You know, as good as you feel walking 208 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: out of that locker room at pre game, UM, you're 209 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: sick to your stomach when you start with three straight 210 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: fumbles to start the game. It's just it's a it's 211 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: a very difficult way to play football. Zach. You mentioned 212 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: frustrating a lot. Um just when when you look at 213 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: your record on paper as a head coach, that did 214 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: you start to worry about job security when you get 215 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: near the end of the season. No, I just want 216 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: to win a football game. That's it. And I love 217 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: going to work with these guys every day and that's 218 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: that's all that matters to me. Is how do we 219 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: get ready in seven days to go win a game. 220 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: That is one hundred percent our focus. Don't worry about 221 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: anything else. It's this is too important for us. We 222 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: want to win so badly, and we're just going to 223 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: continue to work and find ways to great those wins. 224 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: Sunday's loss did make it more likely that the Bengals 225 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: will have a top three draft pick next year. They 226 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: would have to win two of their final three games 227 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: to fall in the draft order. Now time for postgame 228 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: analysis with my broadcast partner Dave Lapham Lap. That was 229 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: rough and it started early. Second play from scrimmage, Giovanni 230 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: Bernard fumbled on a running play for the first time 231 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: since his rookie year. Game five of his rookie year. 232 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: He had carried nearly eight hundred and thirty times on 233 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 1: running plays without fumbling. I guess when that happens, did 234 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard? You know, you know you might be in 235 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: for a long day. I'll tell you, you know. I think, 236 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: as they say, it comes in bunches. I think what 237 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: had happened to Geo? It was the fumble virus instead 238 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: of the coronavirus. I mean it infected the team, and uh, 239 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: you know then then guys, Alex Rickson's a sure handed guy. 240 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: But I give Dallas credit. Put the helmet right on 241 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: the football. That's a tough deal. A guy made a 242 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: good play. He made a good play. Alex Rickson fumbles 243 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: the football. I feel sorry for Williams. I mean, I 244 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: don't know what Hakima Denergy was thinking. Pulls around and 245 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: he stops, stops in the hole. I mean, if you're 246 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: you don't block air, if there's nothing there, get through 247 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: the hole and get up to the next level and 248 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: block something. And Williams, basically a Dentergy forced that fumble, 249 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: and a dnergy never played the rest of the game, 250 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: and Williams was running hard. It's unfortunate that that took place. 251 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: So that just tells you the football gods today we're saying, 252 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: not happening. You're gonna You're gonna fumble three times on 253 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: your first three possessions. I do not recall ever seeing 254 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: that happen before. I think that's the first and I've 255 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: seen a lot of games, high school, college and pro games, 256 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: and I can't remember it. Three straight possessions. Basically, they 257 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: went a whole quarter and ten seconds into another quarter 258 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: and said we don't really want to keep the football, 259 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: you know, the other team can have it. And with 260 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: a team like this that's struggling offensively, that has little 261 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: or no margin for error, are you kidding me to 262 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: do that? That's self destruction and its utmost I know, 263 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: I've seen turnovers on the first three possessions, but it's 264 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: a mix, an interception of fumble, maybe you know, two 265 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: of one one or the other. I've never seen three 266 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: fumbles in a row on the first three possessions. That 267 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: was awful. My gut instinct is, you know, when I 268 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: see that happen, I think, well, like fumbles, that's a 269 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: discipline thing, it's bad coaching. And then I look up 270 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: the numbers. The Rams have fumbled ten times this year, 271 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: the Saints have fumbled nine times, or the eight times 272 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: the Bills have fumbled nine times this year. Three of 273 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: the best teams in the NFL they've fumbled. So I 274 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: don't blame it on the coaching staff. It's impossible to 275 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: do that with Giovanni Bernard. Unfortunately. That's the kind of 276 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: stuff that happens when you are struggling and have no 277 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: margin of error. That's the big thing. No margin fair 278 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: and you can't score, you know, I mean, you you 279 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: just can't give teams opportunities like that, and it falls 280 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: into that fine line before of playing not to lose 281 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: or plan to win, you know, and it's like do 282 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: I do I overprotect? And sometimes when you overprotect, it 283 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: can be a problem with the football. But I mean 284 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: that that ball security issue, I thought I thought it 285 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: was going to be a factor in the bengals favor. 286 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: Coming into the game, Dallas had lost lost thirteen fumbles, 287 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: had fumbled it nineteen times, and it lost thirteen of them. 288 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: Thirteen lost fumbles led the league. Now the Cincinnati Bengals 289 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: have thirteen. They're right there with them, and they've only 290 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: gotten three. That minus ten funnel ratio worse than the 291 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: National Football League. They've thrown interceptions and they've gotten nine interceptions. 292 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: They're even in interceptions, minus ten in fumbles. I mean, 293 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: that's that speaks volumes. I'm looking at that and then 294 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: the other stat that is, you know significant, they're at 295 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: least minus eleven. They came into the game minus ten 296 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: and touchdowns in the red zone and I think Dallas 297 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: scored two when they scored one. So now I think 298 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: they're minus eleven in touchdowns in the red zone. That's 299 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: at the bottom of the league, when you have fumble 300 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: ratio differential at the bottom of the league, touchdowns in 301 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: the red zone, when the field compresses near the bottom 302 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: of the league, and now you're starting to get trends 303 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: of they're just not good enough, they're just not getting 304 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: it done. Andy Dalton had to feel like it was 305 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: twenty and fifteen all over again. He played well, but 306 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: didn't have to do that much through for one hundred 307 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: and eighty five yards, two touchdowns, no picks, one of 308 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: the touchdown passes with a terrific throw pass, the rating 309 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: of one twenty two point six. But this was like 310 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: that twenty fifteen season he broke his thumb when the 311 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: Bengals had at ten and two record. At that point, 312 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: the Bengals led the NFL in scoring defense. They were 313 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: averaging nearly twenty eight points a game. He had a 314 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: passer rating of one oh six. This was just like 315 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, except he is standing on the opposite sideline. Yeah, 316 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: it was. I admit it was odd to see him 317 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: in Dallas colors, you know, it really was. I think 318 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: it accentuated the red hair even more because with the 319 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: orange uniform and the Bengals unity kind of like mutes it. 320 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: But man, when you're you're wearing blue and silver and 321 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: all of a sudden there's that big old swats of 322 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: orange red hair as such, and even accentuates more. But 323 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: I think obviously he's got a receiving core that's pretty 324 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: darn good. He really does. And I do think that, 325 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,479 Speaker 1: like we're talking about earlier in the day, AJ and 326 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: Andy made each other better, and I think AJ appreciates 327 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: Andy for that, and I think Andy appreciates AJ for that. 328 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: That was like, you know, the old peanut butter and jelly. 329 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: They're good apart, they're better together. And that's what those 330 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: two guys were like. And I hope, you know, Joe 331 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: Burrow and t Higgins start to form the same type 332 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: of thing. I mean, they're good at part, they're better together. 333 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: And hopefully they're going to have big seasons like Andy 334 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: Dalton AJ Green did. Obviously they're not going to go 335 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: to the playoffs in their rookie years like those two 336 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: guys did, but might as well start in year two, 337 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, and start to build on something and see 338 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: if it works out that way. But you know, and 339 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is a guy that that you can win 340 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: football games with you really can win a lot of 341 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: football games with Andy Dalton. You mentioned it more than once, 342 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: you know, during during the broadcast, and that, you know, 343 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: fifty and twenty five, fifty twenty five and one, he 344 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: had won two games for every loss before breaking his 345 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: thumb before breaking stumb, seventy six games played before breaking stump, 346 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: fifty wins, twenty five losses in the tie with today's loss, 347 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: the Bengals now since that period, they're almost two losses 348 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: for every win. It's exactly that. Fifty four losses, twenty 349 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: seven wins and a couple of times just turns it around. 350 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you just turn the whole scenario around. 351 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: So they're a five hundred football team in that span, 352 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: and it's like before fracture after fracture. And that tells 353 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: you that when you have a healthy Andy Dalton who 354 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: can execute your offense, you can win football games if 355 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: you have any kind of a defensive football team and 356 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: special teams that aren't killing you. But the Bengals right 357 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: now offensively, with with you know, Brandon at quarterback, it's like, 358 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: just don't screw it up. What he didn't screw it up? 359 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,239 Speaker 1: Three straight fumbles three straight possessions. I mean, you know, 360 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: you give up short field sixteen yards. Field goal defense 361 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: is a good job, you know, they minimize the damage. 362 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: Then you're going you're approaching the red zone fumbling and 363 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: they take it back seventy plus for a touchdown. Are 364 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: you kidding me? I mean, down down ten, nothing and 365 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: they've got sixteen yards and you've got over one hundred 366 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: yards offense. You have no points and they've got sixteen. 367 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: They got ten on the board. That that kind of 368 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: stuff is just you just it makes you. It makes 369 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: you queasy, makes you football sick. Really, it's a dream 370 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: come true kind of day for Andy Dalton, and at 371 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: least statistically, it was a pretty good day for aj Green. 372 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: He can't be happy with a thirty to seven loss, 373 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: but targeted seven times, six catches, sixty two yards and 374 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: a touchdown, his second touchdown catch of the year. He's 375 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: now one shy of Chad Johnson's all time franchise record. 376 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: But it was interesting listening to aj Green after the game. 377 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: Asked numerous questions about his future, and while he didn't 378 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: come right out and say this is the end of 379 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: my time in Cincinnati, it's certainly felt like that's what 380 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: he was implying. Yeah, I mean I think that that 381 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: he's thinking, Okay, they'll give me eighteen million dollars almost 382 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: this year, you know, and or maybe you've sent a 383 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: little more on camera. It's seventeen point whatever or eighteen 384 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: point whatever. But it's a lot as a franchise tagged receiver. 385 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: So at that point, unless the Bengals tag him again, 386 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: which I don't think they're going to do, no question, 387 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: they're not going to do that, I think at that 388 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: point in time, he'll be testing the market and it 389 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: might be back here in Cincinnati, it might be elsewhere. 390 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: He realizes that. So I don't think he's gonna, you know, 391 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: no skin is gonna come off his nose about it 392 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: until he has to start to go through that process. 393 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: But I do think that part part if you can't 394 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: help but start to reflect back because it could be 395 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: coming close to the very end of his career here 396 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. And I do think, you know, watching him 397 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: in the early stages of some football games here when 398 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: he was shut out no targets or one target, no catch, 399 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: he would win early, and then when he didn't get 400 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: the football, he get really frustrated about it. You could 401 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: see it in his body language. Did he get very 402 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: frustrated that he wasn't getting it when he was winning? 403 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: And the fact that he won early in this football 404 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: game and he got the football early, I think helped him. 405 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: And then you know, when they lined up in the 406 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: way they lined up in the red zone, you thought 407 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: there might be a touchdown possibility for aj Green and 408 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: Brandon Allen saw the same thing and delivered it up. 409 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 1: Next a Monday night home game against the Steelers as 410 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: the Bengals try to end a streak of eleven consecutive 411 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: losses to Pittsburgh. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by 412 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with a hint 413 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,479 Speaker 1: of fruit flavor. Now time for this week's fun Facts segment, 414 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: where you get to know the person under the pads. 415 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: Time for some fun facts with linebacker Logan Wilson from 416 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: the Cowboy State, Wyoming, more specifically Casper, Wyoming. Logan, I'm 417 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: guessing that most of the people in our audience have 418 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: never been to Casper. Described your hometown. It will be 419 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: what we would call the windy city of Wyoming. Although 420 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: Wyoming is very windy, as a state. Caspers one of 421 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: the windier cities in Wyoming. We are the second biggest 422 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: city in wo behind Cheyenne, of about sixty thousand people, 423 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: So not very big by any means, but definitely big 424 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: for a wyomingtown. So sixty thousand is not exactly tiny. Obviously. 425 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: Did you grow up in a neighborhood with quite a 426 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: few other families or did you have a lot of property. 427 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: We grew up in a neighborhood, you know. I lived 428 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: about I think it was like two or three blocks 429 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: from my elementary school, so I used to walk to 430 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: elementary school, and then I went to Junior High on 431 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: the west side. I lived on the west side of 432 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: Casper and kind of grew up with all those people 433 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: and then went to high school sports with those guys 434 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: as well. And then I was lucky enough to play 435 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: college football with one of my high school friends that 436 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,239 Speaker 1: I grew up with. Since I moved to Casper, I 437 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: wasn't born in Casper. I was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, 438 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: and then I lived in Cody for a little bit 439 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: prior to moving to Casper. We're doing fun facts with 440 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: Logan Wilson. I understand that your dad was an accomplished 441 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: college wrestler. He is in the Dickinson State University Hall 442 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: of Fame. Is that where your love of sports came? Yeah, 443 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: my dad was. He pushed me to be not only 444 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: a good athlete, but also a great student. Um. And 445 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: I think that the thing that my dad always did 446 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: was he never let me settle for anything I ever 447 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: achieved or anything I ever underachieved. You know, whatever, if 448 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: I got any awards or any successes, is his mottel 449 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: was always that's great, now keep working hard. But he 450 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: would always reiterate that keep working hard mentality. And I 451 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: think that that's probably, you know, something that he learned 452 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: along his athletic career, and um, he definitely instilled that 453 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: in me. When did you begin dreaming of a career 454 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: in pro football? What's funny is a lot of people 455 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: don't know, is I never even wanted to play tackle 456 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: football when I was little. I enjoyed playing flag football 457 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: better than I did worrying about contact stuff. And then 458 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: you know, the more I played it, the more my 459 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: love for the game grew. And I think really once 460 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: I got to college into my second or third year, 461 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: is when I realized I might have an opportunity to 462 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: play into the in the NFL, and I just kind 463 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: of let it take care of itself. You know, I 464 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: never really worried about it. UM, never really stressed about it. 465 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: Just kind of focused on what was in front of 466 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: me at the time. And here I am. We're chatting 467 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: with Logan Wilson. Your high school is the alma mater 468 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: a former US Vice President Dick Cheney. Is there a 469 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: big Dick Cheney display at your alma mater? And is 470 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: that a big point of pride for students that went there. 471 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: Our high school stadium is called Cheney Alumni Field, So yeah, 472 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: there's that's It's pretty cool. UM having that background, knowing 473 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: someone like that on that level of um social status, 474 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: you know, UM that has gone to our high school 475 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: is really cool and really unique. You know, not a 476 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: lot of high schools across the country. You're able to 477 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: say that. From there, it was on to the University 478 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: of Wyoming and Laramie, about one hundred and fifty miles 479 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 1: from home. Was it always your dream to play for 480 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: the Brown and Gold. Yeah, for me, it was. UM. 481 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,479 Speaker 1: I had an offer from we were State early on 482 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: in my recruiting, but ultimately I wanted to play at 483 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: the University of Wyoming. Um. You know, they had just 484 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: gotten a new coach in Craig Bowl and who's still 485 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: there right now at the time, and he just seemed 486 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: like a really good guy to play for. And as 487 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: a Wyoming kid, you you kind of grow up with 488 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: the dreaming about the opportunity of representing the Brown and Gold. 489 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: Because a lot of people don't realize that Wyoming, the 490 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,199 Speaker 1: University of Wyoming is our only in state university and 491 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: it's kind of like Wyoming's ProTeam. So the whole state 492 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: rallies behind all the athletics at University of Wyoming, and 493 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: I think that that's what makes the University of Wyoming 494 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: so unique. What was the best part of your college experience? 495 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: I mean, really all of it. You know, I wouldn't 496 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: be where I am today without anything that ever happened. 497 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: But I think that one of the best parts about 498 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: playing college football was just kind of getting to know 499 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: people from all sorts of different backgrounds. You know, we 500 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: had guys from California, Texas, Colorado, Nebraska. I mean, there's 501 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: people from pretty much everywhere Florida that come to the 502 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: University of Wyoming and don't get me wrong. The University 503 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: of Wyomings Town is not like a it's it's a 504 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: college town, is the best way to say it. Um. 505 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: You know, I think there's thirty thousand plus people. That's 506 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: including the student population, so it's not very big by 507 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: any means, and so it's not for everyone. Plus, it 508 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: gets really cold, and a lot of people don't like 509 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: to play in the cold. So it's very unique. And 510 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: I think that that's what was really cool is everyone 511 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: kind of bonded coming there for that one ultimate goal 512 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: to win some football games. So your college teammates for 513 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: three years included Josh Allen, the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. 514 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: How excited are you to see the success he's having 515 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL. I love seeing it. I love seeing 516 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: any any one of my former teammates and having the 517 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: success that they do. But him, specifically, to be the 518 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: highest draft at Wyoming University of Wyoming football player we've 519 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: ever had and to be representing not only himself but 520 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: the University of Wyoming and the way he has been 521 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: doing is very awesome for our state. You know, our 522 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: state loves him. He's represented it with class, and you know, 523 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: we just he's just one of those kids that you 524 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: would wish nothing but successful. So you were a defensive 525 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: back in high school and put out about fifty pounds 526 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: to be an outstanding linebacker in college? How did you 527 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: gain the weight? Didn't happen overnight. It was a process 528 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: for sure, you know. I got to the University of 529 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: Whiming at about one hundred and ninety five pounds and 530 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: just kind of took a day by day. And by 531 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 1: the time I was playing, after I read shirted, I 532 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: was my ret shirt. Freshman year, I think I was 533 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: about two fifteen, and then my sophomore year, I was 534 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: about two thirty. Then my junior year, I was about 535 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: two fifty, and then my senior year I was about 536 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: back down to two forty. But it was just kind 537 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: of a process. Have eaten eaten right way. You're not 538 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: trying to put on bad weight and stuff that fat 539 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 1: that's going to slow you down. It's I worked with 540 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: my nutritionists and it was just a long process. But 541 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: Coach Bull's whole programs about developing developing kids. You know, 542 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: we're not gonna recruit the We're not going to get 543 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: those five star kids who have already you know they're 544 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: ready to go in and play right away, and so 545 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: they have the tools available at the University of Wyming. 546 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of whether or not you use 547 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: them correctly. Were there are a ton of protein shakes? 548 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,239 Speaker 1: Were you eating peanut butter and jelly before you went 549 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: to bed. I've heard stories of guys that, you know, 550 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: had to do whatever it took to keep some of 551 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: that weight on. Yeah, I mean it was a lot 552 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: of protein shakes, for sure, protein shakes at night when 553 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: you're full. You had the pound one just to just 554 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: to be able to maintain that weight. It was just 555 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: kind of a sacrifice, so to say, you kind of 556 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: have to stretch your stomach so that you could hold 557 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: down that food. You were the first pick of the 558 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,479 Speaker 1: third round in the twenty twenty NFL Draft. Describe your 559 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: draft experience. Not what I expected, so to say, in 560 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: terms of COVID and you know, not being able to 561 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: go kind of be in Vegas for the draft and 562 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: celebrate with my family. So but that was something that's 563 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: out of my control and I enjoyed it every moment 564 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: of it, being with my family and Casper. It was 565 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: a very opportunity of a lifetime and very thankful it happened, 566 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: you know, it was just it's surreal and like, I think, 567 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: the best way I described it is, I was I 568 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: couldn't describe it. There's just so many emotions that went 569 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: through your head, you know, and it's just kind of 570 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: I think that's just the nature of having this opportunity, 571 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: this lifelong dream that so many kids dream about doing, 572 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: and you actually having it right in front of you 573 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: and just trying to take the take advantage of it. 574 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: A few more fun facts for Logan Wilson. Who is 575 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: your all time favorite athlete in any sport? I don't know. 576 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: Growing up, I was a because I was in Wyoming, 577 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: I was. I grew up a Broncos fan, so I 578 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: was a huge Champ Bailey fan because I also played 579 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: defensive back. I never played lineback until I got to college, 580 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: but I would probably a Jam Bailey. What do you 581 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: like to spend your money on? You know, I'm pretty 582 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: smart about my money, um, and I'm stingy so to 583 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: say in a way, UM, I usually like to spend 584 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: my money on my dogs, my girlfriend, and um, maybe 585 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: some clothes here and there that i'd like to to get. 586 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: So I like to help people around me as well 587 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: when when needed dogs plural. Yes, we just got we 588 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: just got another puppy. So we have a Golden rechiever 589 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: and a German shepherd. What is your guilty pleasure when 590 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: it comes to food? What do you have a hard 591 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: time saying? No? Too salty sweets like a salted caramel. Oh, 592 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: that's that's a tough one to pass up. How about it? 593 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: Take five? If you had to take five? I haven't 594 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 1: in a while. Have you ever had to watch McCall? Yeah? 595 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: Those things are good too. Yeah, I like the combo 596 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: of salt and sweet. I'm with you, Yes, that's why 597 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: I like to take five. It's got the pretzel hidden 598 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: in the candy bar. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm with you 599 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: on that. All right. Final fun fact for Logan Wilson. 600 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: If you could meet anybody in history, athlete, entertainer, statesman, whatever, 601 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: who would that be? I would say the Rock, the Rock, Yeah, 602 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: for the wrestling or the acting, I would say the acting. 603 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: And this is the way that he handles his business 604 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: like he's always it seems like he's always in the 605 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: weight room managing all of his acting stuff whatever, you know, 606 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: whatever he's got going on in his life, he always 607 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: seems to find a way to I don't know. That's 608 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: also from a social media perspective, of course, but he 609 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: just seems like a very down to earth dude. I 610 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: also know a guy who was on the Titan Games 611 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: and so who got to be He actually to meet 612 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: him and he said he's a very down to earth guy, 613 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: which is which is awesome. I like, I really enjoy 614 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: being around people like that. So well, the Rock was 615 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: a college football player at the University of Miami, so 616 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: a similar career could be in your future. Something I 617 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know how well I do it acting, 618 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: but you know, we never know. We'll see. All right, 619 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: you're off the hot seat. I appreciate your time. 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