1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody on dan Hord and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The should be all night long addition, 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: as the Bengals extend their winning streak to four straight 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: by beating the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football twenty 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: four to eighteen. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, locker 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: room comments from players and coaches, and postgame analysis from 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation, you'll 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: get to know offensive lineman Cody Ford. 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It's the greatest thing 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: since sinking your clocks. We all got an extra hour 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: of sleep on Sunday morning, but that's not my favorite 20 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: part of daylight savings time. It's getting up first thing 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: in the morning after the time change and sinking all 22 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,279 Speaker 1: of the clocks in our house. In our kitchen alone, 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,279 Speaker 1: there's a clock on the stove, the microwave, the coffee maker, 24 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: the toaster, oven, and a clock on the wall. Maybe 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: it's just me, but I love it when they are 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: all matched up almost to the second. Now, let's get 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: to football and the radio replays from a primetime win 28 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: over the Buffalo Bills tonight, the eyes of the football 29 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: world are on downtown Cincinnati is Two of the NFL's 30 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: best teams, led by superstar quarterbacks, go head to head 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: in a prime time showdown. It's Joe Burrow and the 32 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: Bengals versus Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, and it 33 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: is time for the pigskin to fly here in the jungle. 34 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: The Bengals go empty on first and goal from the seven. Burrow, 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: back at the twelve, catches the snap short drop throws 36 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: it into the back left corner of. 37 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: The end zone pot by IRV Smith Junior. 38 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 3: His first touchdown has a Cincinnati Bengal and the Bengals 39 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 3: are on the scoreboard first. 40 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 2: Jordan Poyer was in coverage. You beat a good one. 41 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: Joe Burrow put it up. What a drive. 42 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: Latavious Murray, a bigger running back, checks into the game. 43 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: On first and goal, Alan fakes to him. Pump Fakes, 44 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: runs toward the pylon and does a little taunting of 45 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: Nick Scott as he cruises into the end zone. There 46 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: are two penalty flags thrown late on the play. Now 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: it's third down in goal from the two. Chase Alone 48 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: out to the left, Boyden Higgins out to the right. 49 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: Burrow hands it to. 50 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 2: Mixon and he will go flow into the end zone 51 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: for a touchdown. 52 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 3: And here comes the jungle jump as the Bengals have 53 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 3: gone back in front. 54 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: Shotgun snap Allen to throw. Pump Fakes fires a strike, 55 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: intercepting Cam Taylor. 56 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: Brett picks it off at the thirty two yard line. 57 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: Big third down and seven play coming up. Trayon Williams 58 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: in the game. He lines up to the left of 59 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. Joe has the ball under pressure, dumps it 60 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: off short caught. Drue Sample has a first down to 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the ten, the face to the pie line. He's in touchdown. 62 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 3: Beautiful Bengals Drew Sample catching a short pass from Joe 63 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: Burrow and doing the rest on a twenty two yard TD. 64 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: Well he released late. He stayed in the block and 65 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: then he released late, and as a result, the Buffalo 66 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: Bills lost track of him. 67 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: First and ten at the twenty two percent Alan catches 68 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: looking left, throw us over the middle. 69 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: Caught by kick Aid loses the football scooped up by 70 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 3: the Bengals. 71 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: At the thirteen yard line. Hit the takeaway. 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: Nick Scott knocked it out and recovered it. 73 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 2: Bengals ball Now did the did the ground cause the fumble? 74 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 4: No? 75 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: The ball is out long before King Kaid comes to 76 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: the ground. 77 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: Three forty two to go, third down and one in 78 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: the red zone at the seventeen yard line. Alan has 79 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: the ball looking over the middle, fires toward the end zone. 80 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: Caught Stefan Diggs got behind DJ Turner and it's a 81 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: Buffalo touchdown with three thirty two to go. Joe Burrow 82 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: hands on hips, eyeballing the defense. Buffalo's showing pressure up 83 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: the middle. The Bengals handed to Mixon gets away from 84 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: an ankle tackle running toward the first down marker. 85 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 3: He's got it, wow and that his coffin. 86 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: Nails Bam Bam bam. And what he did was he 87 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 2: made von Miller miss one on one von Miller Joe Mixon, 88 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 2: he makes von Miller missed. What a play by Joe Mixon. 89 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: One more snap will do it. Once the clock is 90 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: inside of forty seconds to go, the Bengals can snap 91 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: the ball. They snap it with thirty eight seconds to go. 92 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: Burrow takes a knee and the coaches begin walking toward 93 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: the fifty yard line. Let the record show that in 94 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: the head to head competition between Joe Burrow and Josh Allen, 95 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: it is Burrow two, Allen nothing. 96 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: At the Bengals win. 97 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: They're fourth in a row, beating the Bills tonight by 98 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: the final score of twenty four to eighteen. Here are 99 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: some key stats from the win. Joe Burrow threw for 100 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: a season high three hundred and forty eight yards with 101 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: two touchdowns, no picks, and a passer rating of one 102 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: oh eight point nine. T Higgins was his favorite target 103 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: with eight catches for one hundred and ten yards unless 104 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: you consider the tight ends as a grit tanner. Hudson 105 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: Drew Sample and earth Smith Junior combined for ten catches 106 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: for one hundred and one yards and a pair of touchdowns. 107 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: The Bengals didn't get much out of the running game, 108 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: as Joe Mixon finished with thirty seven yards on fourteen carries. 109 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: That's just two point six per attempt, but he did 110 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 1: put the game away with a great five yard run 111 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: on third down and three with two minutes to go. 112 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: He spoke to Dave Lapham in the locker room. 113 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 2: Big run. Basically under the ballgame at that point with 114 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: that rush that you had, talk about it. 115 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, man, they played pretty much double A gaps. They 116 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 5: tried us, you know, pretty much zero blitzies. It was literally, uh, 117 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 5: basically just me and Vaughn at that point. 118 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: I thought that. 119 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 5: Jonah sil you know, the edge well, you know, came 120 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 5: crashing down on a h I don't know. 121 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: I think it was a seventh I don't know. 122 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 5: I think there was a linebacker maybe, but you know, 123 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 5: I bounced out. It was me and Vaughn, you know, 124 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 5: cho give him a joke, made a miss and got 125 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 5: the first down. Wish I can go back and you know, 126 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 5: get out of bound or fall instead of going out 127 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 5: of bounds. But you know, we was able to get 128 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 5: it done, man, and that's how that mattered. 129 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: So you mentioned that they were running double a gap 130 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: on that snap. They did that a lot. Man. It 131 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 2: was like they felt like they had to crowd the 132 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 2: line of scrimmage and pressure you guys. And I thought 133 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 2: a big part of your game tonight was blitz pick up. 134 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: Man. 135 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: You were outstanding in blitz pick up. 136 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, man, I thought that. You know, me and Trey 137 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 5: did a hell of a job. You know, I wish 138 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 5: I could go back on one and you know, technique wise 139 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 5: and you know, clean some things up. But for the 140 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 5: most part, I definitely felt like, you know, we honed 141 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 5: in and handle business and you know, got a few 142 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 5: pancakes and you know, pretty much was holding up firm 143 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 5: in the pocket. 144 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: Man. 145 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 5: So Joe was delivering dimes and everything was coming together. 146 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 5: So he's gotta keep building on that and keep going 147 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 5: getting better. 148 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: Joe, You're on a four game winning streak and you've 149 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,679 Speaker 2: scored not only in the first drive in every single game, 150 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: but the second drive, your first two drives and all 151 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: four wins. You guys just score touchdowns. What what does 152 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 2: it mean to get off to a fast start like that? 153 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean pretty much over here, that's what we preach, 154 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 5: you know, start fast and finish faster when it comes 155 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 5: down to it, Man, I thought that the guys that 156 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 5: the hell of a job honing in on the game plan, crowd. 157 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 5: They played a great part of it, you know, with 158 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 5: the momentum and things like that. 159 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: But when it come down to. 160 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 5: It, we just got to keep building and keep capitalizing 161 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 5: on you know what teams give us. Like I said, 162 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 5: I feel like, you know what, the potential that we 163 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 5: got in this here locker room. We got the potential 164 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 5: to be the best and literally every stat you know 165 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 5: in football, from from offensive defense, and when it comes 166 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 5: down to it, we just got to keep on getting better, 167 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,599 Speaker 5: honing in on a game plan and doing what we 168 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 5: gotta do. Keep stacking these wins, and they are, every 169 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 5: single one of them, getting bigger and bigger. We can 170 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 5: try our own destiny and we's got to come out 171 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 5: here and finish, you know, one week at a time 172 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 5: and hopefully, you know, see us come down the road. 173 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: And finally everybody said, oh, you know the tight ends. 174 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 2: I don't know the Bengals tight ends. Are they good enough? 175 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 2: Tight Ends played their asses off tonight. The tight end 176 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,119 Speaker 2: position stepped up running backs, receivers, a bunch of receivers 177 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: made plays, you know, not just Jamar who made plays 178 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 2: himself as well, but that that passed to Tyler Boyd 179 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 2: on on your final drive. How big was that? Yeah? 180 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 5: I thought TV came a huge on that hell of 181 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 5: a play? Uh, how's the hell of a play? Paul Bozak. 182 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 5: You know, we pretty much executed, you know, all the way. 183 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: Around, all eleven of us. 184 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 5: And uh, when it comes down to it, when you're executing, 185 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 5: great things is gonna happen. And that's just what it is. Man. 186 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 5: But I'm excited. 187 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: About you know this, big dug. 188 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 5: We're going to celebrate today tonight and come tomorrow, you know, Uh, 189 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 5: get the kinks out, learn from the drawing boards, go 190 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 5: back to the drawing boards, and get ready for Houston. Man. 191 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: Defensively, Mike Hilton had ten solo tackles and the Bengals 192 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: won the turnover battle to nothing. Jermaine Pratt forced to 193 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: fumble that was recovered by Nick Scott and Cam Taylor. 194 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: Britt came away with his third interception in the last 195 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: four games. I caught up with Cam in front of 196 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: his locker. Two games for you against the Buffalo Bills. 197 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: Two picks off Josh Allen describe the one you had tonight. 198 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 3: It's so crazy. 199 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: It was the same defense and I baited him. 200 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 5: Man, I just gave him two steps downhill thinking I 201 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 5: was gonna go for the outing. We knew he's He's 202 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 5: a guy who trustes on more than you know, any 203 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 5: dB to ever touch the ball. So you know, I 204 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 5: just you know, use my athletic ability most definitely to 205 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 5: track the ball and go back and you know, play 206 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 5: the play enough bade ball. 207 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: You know he was gonna try to get. 208 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 5: The whole shot in which he always does. And you know, 209 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 5: we see no film film Gona Lie. 210 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: Gabe Davis didn't have a catch, Stefan Diggs didn't get 211 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: to one hundred yards. They've got some great weapons, and 212 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: by and large he shut them down pretty well. 213 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 5: To him, I'm supposed to have, you know, Just like that, 214 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 5: I feel like anybody would play, you know, and I'm 215 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 5: line up on them or DJ or Mike or Cheatah, 216 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 5: anybody on the back of him. I just feel like, 217 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 5: you know, we we we're so close and tight knit 218 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 5: right now. I don't feel a lot of people, you know, 219 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 5: running by us, you know, getting by us. 220 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: That was a huge play and obviously the force fumble 221 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: by Germain and the recovery by next Scot was huge 222 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: insight the ten. How significant did you feel that play was? 223 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 5: I think that was one of the mainsor you know, 224 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 5: turning points. I feel like we always are turning points 225 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 5: in our games, and you know, you could just you know, 226 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 5: pinpoint them. And I believe that was the one right there, 227 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 5: you know, going down to score and you know we 228 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 5: had to nut up to shut up basically, and you 229 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 5: know when it we always say yards are ecle points. 230 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 5: It's gonna come back to that always, you know. 231 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: And we hit a four straight wins, including back to 232 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: back wins over the forty nine Ers and Bills, two 233 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: of the best teams in the NFL. How do you 234 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: feel about the state of the Bengals right now? 235 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 5: It should be lit right now. We got a lot 236 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 5: of football to play though, so yeah, you know, you 237 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 5: could be lit right now. But Monday we back here. 238 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: What'd you think of the atmosphere tonight with the striping, 239 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: the jungle and the whole deal. 240 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 5: I think I can say it was lit now. It 241 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 5: was crazy, man. We and got some of the guys 242 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 5: are talking about it, you know, just MS Maris, But 243 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 5: you know the words in black, I color coordinated. It 244 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 5: would they read to take the time to do that, man, 245 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 5: and it so man, I think it was, you know, 246 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 5: intimidation thing. You know. 247 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 4: The game A great show. 248 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 5: Congrats, thank you so much. 249 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: So the Bengals have won four in a row. The 250 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: only team in the NFL with a longer current winning 251 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: streak is Jacksonville at five in a row. Now time 252 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: to hear from head coach Zach Taylor, who spent about 253 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: three and a half minutes with Lap after the game. 254 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: So, I gotta ask you about this four wins in 255 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: a row. You haven't scored on your first drive on 256 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 2: you just scored in your first two drives and all 257 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 2: four of those victories. I mean, how big is that? 258 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 6: It's big to get that momentum early in the game, 259 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 6: put pressure on the other team where they can feel 260 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 6: what type of game it's going to be. Oser, defensive, 261 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 6: tee off you know, when they've got that type of lead, 262 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 6: and it makes the game easier to call for our 263 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 6: guys and freeze it up, let us and be a 264 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 6: little more aggressive on offense. 265 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 2: So when you work so hard on your first few plays, 266 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: you know you have an idea what you might want 267 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: to call for your first two drives. When it works 268 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: out like that, how rewarding is that? 269 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 6: For rewarding, you know, and our guys they understand what's 270 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 6: coming at him. Those are things that we walked through 271 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 6: and talk about great, great detail, so they can preview 272 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 6: it really the night before and they come out and 273 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 6: they do a great job executing it. 274 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 2: You much maligned tight end position was large today. 275 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 6: They were awesome, you know, and all those guys contributed. 276 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 6: James Casey does a great job getting that room ready 277 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 6: and answering the bell when their numbers called, and then 278 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 6: they all did that today. 279 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: Joe didn't even target Jamar Chase until this thirteenth pass 280 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 2: attempt of the day. Was that my design? Or was 281 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 2: it they were just taking Jamarrow away? Or did you 282 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: really want to get others involved because you knew what 283 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: Jamar was going to do. 284 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 6: No, there were things where he was the primary, you know, 285 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 6: and the type of coverage dictated the ball had to 286 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 6: go away from him. And so the credit to them. 287 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 6: They did the good job. They keep you all balanced. 288 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 6: They throw a lot of different things at you. They'll 289 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 6: pressure you, and they're not afraid to contest you. So 290 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 6: it was difficult to predict where the ball was going 291 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 6: to go. You just kept calling it and jo just 292 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 6: finding the open receiver. 293 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: They blitzed a ton. I mean that double A gap. 294 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: Seemed like every snap they were lining up in the 295 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 2: double A gap and sometimes coming with everybody and sometimes 296 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 2: not put Was it a higher percentage than normal or 297 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: is that the way they played it all year? 298 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 6: They pressure you, you know, they're not afraid to do it. 299 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 6: And so again our guys were ready for a lot 300 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 6: of the different looks that we were going to get. 301 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 6: They do a great job changing it up, and so 302 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 6: you just got to stay in your toes. 303 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: The whole game. Joe Mixon talk about how big a 304 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: factor he was today. 305 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 6: That was the way he finished that out was big time, 306 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 6: you know, and he had some harder and run. It 307 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 6: was never easy. So in four minute drill, you know, 308 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 6: you can't block them all. It's cover zero, it's the 309 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 6: last play of the game. And for him to find 310 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 6: a way to make that last guy miss get that 311 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 6: first down was enormous. 312 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: I thought, well, you know, maybe the alongside kick. I 313 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: don't know. I mean, because Joe Burrow the way he's playing, 314 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe if they kick it to the Bengals, 315 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 2: just take a knee and the in the game. That's 316 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 2: the way it turned out. That throw to Tyler Boyd 317 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 2: though unbelievable call by you, Tyler Boyd executed it. Talk 318 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 2: about that play. 319 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a player guys believe in, you know, and 320 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 6: you really don't want to start with the first and 321 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 6: ten run that gets, you know, yards, because that's what 322 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 6: they're anticipating. So you wanted to put yourself ahead of 323 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 6: the sticks and let our guys you know, finished off 324 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 6: from there. And so again great protection, great throw, great 325 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 6: route by TV. 326 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 2: And so it's good to see you played a clean 327 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: game last week. No penalties on the offense, clean game 328 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 2: this week, no gifts, no giveaways, two takeaways plus two. 329 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: It's big. 330 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 6: The turnover battle is huge in games versus really good 331 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 6: opponents like this. You got to find a way to 332 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 6: win it, you know, and plus two usually guarantees your victory. 333 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 6: And so that was good to see that our guys 334 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 6: been just that way. 335 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: Today uncharacteristically, and it had to be frustrating to you. 336 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: The stretch of penalties and down this the end of 337 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: the second quarter had to be frustrating for you. 338 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 6: It was tough. You know, there was two of them, 339 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 6: one of one of them. Will have to watch and 340 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 6: see again, you know, on the scramble. But you know 341 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 6: there's some things that we got to I got to 342 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 6: get the call on better so that we can have 343 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 6: some urgency, get into the line at the ball snapped 344 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 6: and help our guys out. 345 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: Coach, appreciate it. You got your team playing really hard. 346 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: Joe Burrow's back. There's no doubt about that. I mean, 347 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: everybody around the league is looking to say, uh oh, 348 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 2: Bengals are back. Bengals are back, no question about it. 349 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: Thanks Coach, Thank you. 350 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, 351 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: proud to be the Bengals official HR software provider, by 352 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: Alta Fiber future proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, 353 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: business and community to a new level, and by Kettering 354 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: Health the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health 355 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Now time 356 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: for the radio guys recap that before the trade deadline, 357 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: a lot of folks were speculating that the Bengals would 358 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: try to add a tight end to the room. They didn't. 359 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: They did promote Tanner Hudson from the practice squad to 360 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster. Well, at least tonight they 361 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: didn't need any other tight ends. Drew Sample had a touchdown. 362 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: IRV Smith had a touchdown. Tanner Hudson had four catches 363 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: for forty five yards. They got great production out of 364 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: that position. 365 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, they really did. It was good to see on 366 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 2: a national stage to boot you know. I mean, I 367 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 2: think it takes a lot of pressure off off of 368 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 2: the players that position group, and they work hard. Their 369 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 2: coach works hard. He gets them ready. They're absolutely on 370 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: point with respect to assignments, not making mistakes, not doing 371 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 2: anything to hurt, you know, the football team from a 372 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 2: negative standpoint. And today they stepped up and made plays. 373 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 2: And I thought it was interesting that Jamar Chase was 374 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 2: not targeted by Joe Burrow until the thirteenth pass attempt 375 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: of the day. And I asked Zach about it and 376 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: he said, well, he was the primary in some cases, 377 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 2: you know, wasn't there. They were bracketing him and doing 378 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 2: different things to him, rolling coverage, clouding and all that, 379 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 2: so they went elsewhere. But other times it was designed 380 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 2: to go to other people, and t Higgins as a result, 381 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 2: stepped up and had a game nine targets, eight catch, 382 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 2: one hundred and ten yards. I mean it was big Hudson, 383 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 2: like you said, four catches for forty five yards. He 384 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: was targeted five times. Tyler Boyd had that huge catch. 385 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 2: That thirty two yard catch basically stealed the game. Made 386 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 2: that four minute drill or three minute and whatever second 387 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 2: drill heck of a lot easier when they picked up 388 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: three first downs on that on that one drive. It 389 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 2: was a great call by Zach and a great road 390 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 2: run by Tyler Boyd. 391 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the beginning of the game. They 392 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: score on their opening drive. Four straight games of the 393 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,239 Speaker 1: touchdown on the opening drive, and then they followed up 394 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: with another touchdown. Third straight game that they've done that, 395 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: and going back four games, they had a field goal 396 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: on their second drive. So four straight games where they 397 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: score points on their first two drives. I don't ever 398 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: remember that happening before. 399 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: That's that's unbelievably impressive, and it just takes such a 400 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 2: load off the defense. I mean, you know, when when 401 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: the offense is playing like that, it it makes uh, 402 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: doctor Lou's scheme addicts even even more difficult. I think 403 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 2: it gives him so much freedom. He can do a 404 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 2: lot of different things. And it's it's, it's, it is, 405 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 2: it's it's extremely impressive the start that they get off to, 406 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 2: and it's going to be unbelievably rewarding for Zach that 407 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: you work all week on, you know, on a script 408 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 2: and things you might like to put it in there 409 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 2: in the first couple of drives of the football game, 410 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 2: and then for them to come to Fortion that well, 411 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 2: there's nothing better than that when you're put in all 412 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 2: that work, all those hours, and it pays off, and 413 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: it pays off big time. 414 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: Defensively, the Bengals get a couple of huge takeaways. The 415 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: first one was Cam Taylor Britt with the interception off 416 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: Josh Allen three picks in his last four games. Also 417 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: had one in the playoff game last year in Buffalo. 418 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: Am I being way premature to think that Cam Taylor 419 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: Britt is the top corner on this team and one 420 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 1: of the better young corners in the league. 421 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 2: I think he's I think he's making a move in 422 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 2: that area. I think he feels like he is, and 423 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 2: that's what you have to have. You have to have 424 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: that kind of confidence, You have to have that kind 425 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: of belief that you can make that sort of contribution 426 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: for your football team. He's a physical guy, and he 427 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: brings the emotion, the enthusiasm, and he bothers receivers. He 428 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 2: gets in their heads. There's no question about it. He's 429 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 2: an impact player. I think that sometimes he followed Diggs, 430 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 2: you know, he was the guy and he was going 431 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 2: wherever Digs went. Other times they rolled coverage and clouded 432 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 2: toward Digs. They changed up what they did to him, 433 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 2: just like the Buffalo Bills changed up what they did 434 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: to Jamar Chase. They're both since twenty twenty two started, 435 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 2: both of those guys from the top five and receiving 436 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 2: yards in the entire league. So you're going to do 437 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 2: things like that to try to curtail their contributions. But 438 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: that's when other guys have to step up. 439 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: Second takeaway great teamwork between Nick Scott and Jermaine Pratt. 440 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: Nick makes the jarring hit to send Dalton Kincaid head 441 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: over heels, and as he's upside down and coming to 442 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: the ground, Jermaine, who's always obsessed with coming away with 443 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: the ball, punches it out and leads to the fumble recovery. 444 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think probably the biggest reason the game ended 445 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: up the way it did is they were plus two 446 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 2: and that gave them an opportunity to hold onto the football, 447 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 2: run more snaps, burn more clock. I mean, they almost 448 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 2: had the ball for a full quarter more than the 449 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills did thirty six minutes and thirty eight seconds 450 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 2: to twenty three twenty two. I mean, thirteen minutes in 451 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 2: sixteen seconds. That's pretty impressive against the team. The caliber 452 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 2: of the Bills and the turnovers had had something to 453 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 2: do with that. And they also dictated field position. The 454 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 2: Bengals won the field position battle, the average drives battle 455 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: by quite a bit in this football game as well, 456 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: So you know things like that that contribute, you know, 457 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 2: overall to the victory. Team has to go long field 458 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 2: while you're going short field. You know, you're eating clock up. 459 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: Now there's more pressure on them to try to make 460 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: bigger plays because there's less time on the clock and 461 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: you're still trailing by two scores, and that puts a 462 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,719 Speaker 2: lot of pressure on the offense and it frees up 463 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: your defense. So they're starting to do a lot of things, 464 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 2: you know, really well in that regard. Last week, the 465 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: Bengals offense was penalty free and they had got a 466 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 2: big winn in the road against the forty nine Ers. 467 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 2: Tonight they would turnover free against a really good team, 468 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 2: you know who'll probably be in the playoffs and trying 469 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 2: to make it run in the playoffs like they have 470 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 2: every year, and not turning the football over and getting 471 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: two of them being plus two, it's probably as huge 472 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: a factor in the win as anything. 473 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: I guess if there are a couple of negatives tonight, 474 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: the running game wasn't very good, and they did have 475 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: far more penalties than usual they did. 476 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 2: They had a stretch there or on into the second quarter. 477 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: Three straight penalties just took them out of a scoring opportunity. 478 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,719 Speaker 2: They left meat on the bone. There's no doubt about it. 479 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 2: They could have they could have hung thirty on them easily, 480 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: maybe into the mid thirties if they had finished everything, 481 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: every opportunity that they had. But they finished enough of 482 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 2: them to win the football game for sure. And you know, 483 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 2: here's a situation now where two straight games against the 484 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 2: forty nine Ers and the Bills, two of the better 485 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 2: teams in the NFL, and to never trail. You haven't 486 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 2: trailed in eight quarters against those two teams. That means 487 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 2: you're starting to play some pretty decent ball. 488 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: The game's kind of weird in the sense that they 489 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: won by six. There was some tension at the end, 490 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: and yet I never felt like there was a chance 491 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: they were going to lose the game, Am I not? No? 492 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 2: I don't think so. I felt the same way. You know. 493 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: It's like as if you keep that two score lead, 494 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 2: you know, until there's like eight minutes or so to 495 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 2: go in the game, you think, I just don't see 496 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 2: a team the caliber of this team, you know, blowing 497 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: this thing. And I walked by Joe, I'm like, you know, man, 498 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 2: when they gave you that gave you that opportunity to 499 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 2: close it out with three minutes and change to go, 500 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: I said, I don't know if i'd kick it to 501 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: you know, kick off and let Joe Burrow take control 502 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 2: of that football and you and Tyler Boyd stepped up 503 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 2: and he goes closed it out. Close it out, man, 504 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 2: That's what it's all about. There's nothing better than kneeling down, 505 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 2: taking the knee to win the football game. When you 506 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: can do that, a couple of snaps at the end 507 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 2: of the game. 508 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: When you get the ball back with three and a 509 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: half minutes to go and the other teams down by 510 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: six and they never get the ball back, that's got 511 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: to be a tremendously satisfying feeling. 512 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 2: No question. I mean that four minute drills in those 513 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 2: situations are hard to run. But when you make a play, 514 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 2: when you pick up over three first downs in one play, 515 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 2: now it's all of a sudden that four minute drill 516 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 2: has become much easier. I mean, you flipped field position, 517 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 2: you picked up the third of a football field on 518 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 2: one snap. That's that dog will hunt right there. 519 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,479 Speaker 1: All right, four straight, five out of six. The Houston 520 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: Texans coming up next with a rookie quarterback who put 521 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: on a show. Four hundred and seventy yards and five 522 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: touchdown passes for CJ. 523 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: Stride today. It's amazing. You know, I'm watching that game 524 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 2: a little bit, and his throwing motion is so compact, 525 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 2: it's so short, and I mean he stays in a 526 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 2: tight pocket. I mean he's a fearless kid, and he's 527 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 2: very accurate with the football obviously, and they're no joke. 528 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 2: I mean he's he's on a stretch He went into 529 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 2: the game with just one interception on the season. I 530 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 2: don't think he threw any today. I mean five touchdown passes, 531 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 2: no picks. This guy's putting together some numbers that are crazy. 532 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: You're looking at the offensive rookie of the year. It 533 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 2: looks like in the National Football. 534 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: League game winning touchdown pass with six seconds to go 535 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: after Baker Mayfield ha thrown me when to take the 536 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: lead with forty six seconds to go. That's incredible. 537 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 2: It is no timeouts. I think it was four plays, 538 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 2: four throws, the one to the sideline, the deep ball 539 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 2: of the sideline where his receiver, you know, drag, the drag, 540 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 2: the left toe, And I'm thinking, how can you give 541 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 2: up that play? They have no timeouts. How can you 542 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 2: not funnel action back to the middle. Why would you 543 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 2: give up the sideline play like that? But he threw 544 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 2: a very accurate football and took advantage of a very 545 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 2: very tight window. 546 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: It's good to be two games over five hundred, it 547 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: really is. 548 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 2: How about the asc North, everybody's two games over five hundred, 549 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 2: you said earlier, if the playoffs were to start tomorrow, 550 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 2: everybody be in right. 551 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: Yes, I believe so. I think Cincinnati vaults ahead of 552 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: Buffalo on the a totem pole, and that I'll double check, 553 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure that as of right now, of 554 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: these seven teams that would make the playoffs in the AFC, 555 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: you've got all four of the AFC North teams. 556 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 2: Everybody in the AFC North at least two games over 557 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: five hundred. That is well done by the division. Some 558 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: of a gun they swept this weekend, swept the action unbelievable. 559 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: After double checking, I was correct. The four division leaders 560 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: in the AFC right now are Kansas City, Baltimore, Jacksonville, 561 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: and Miami, and the three wild card teams are Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 562 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: and Cincinnati. There's obviously a long way to go. Cleveland 563 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: and Baltimore face each other in Baltimore next week, and 564 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh has a home game against the three and five Packers. 565 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: Now time for this week's fun fact segment, where you 566 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: get to know the person under the pads. Time for 567 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: some fun facts with offensive lineman Cody Ford from Pineville, Louisiana, 568 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: a small town in the central part of the state. 569 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: As you enter Pineville, there's a big sign that says 570 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: a great place to call home. What do you love 571 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: about your hometown. 572 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 4: The closeness of the community, the willingness to be there 573 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 4: for your neighbor that's not family, I would say, just 574 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 4: the environment alone, and then ultimately, just like I said, 575 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 4: the people in the city and in the community. And 576 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 4: I think the sign is accurate. It's a great place 577 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 4: to call home. I love being from Pineville, Louisiana. 578 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: You went home during the Bengals bye week to have 579 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: your number seventy four jersey retired at your high school. 580 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: Can you describe what that meant? 581 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 4: A dream come true? I remember I was talking to 582 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 4: my girlfriend before we went down there, and I was like, 583 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 4: there's only one jersey in the facility that I used 584 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 4: to walk in every day that was retired. And I 585 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 4: used to look at it every day and be like, 586 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 4: why not me? And then also looked at it as 587 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 4: you know, more motivation and inspiration for myself to, you know, 588 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 4: shrive to be better and take take this football the 589 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 4: sports serious and see where it can take me. 590 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Cody Ford. You're a big band, the 591 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: six three, about three hundred and thirty pounds. Were you 592 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: always the big kid in the neighborhood? 593 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 4: No, maybe one of the taller kids, But I didn't 594 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 4: surpass two hundred and forty pounds until I would say 595 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 4: junior year of high school, and then kind of hit 596 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 4: a little spark. Junior year, I gained about twenty thirty pounds, 597 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 4: got to two seventy, and then the next year I 598 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 4: was the biggest kid in school. 599 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: When it came time to go to college, you traveled 600 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: about seven hours from home to go to the University 601 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: of Oklahoma. You became an All American there. In your 602 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: two full seasons as a starter, the team went to 603 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: the College Football Playoff both times. Your quarterback won the 604 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: Heisman both times, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. What did 605 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: you enjoy most about playing at Oklahoma? 606 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 4: The locker room, The guys in the locker room, especially 607 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 4: the O line room. 608 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 2: We u. 609 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 4: I mean there's guys that don't play in the league today, 610 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: some that didn't even get a chance to play in 611 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 4: the league, and I think we talk every day. The 612 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 4: brotherhood that we built there is just bar nine. I 613 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 4: don't think. I mean a lot of guys speak highly 614 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 4: of their locker rooms, but I know me and the 615 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 4: guys in the O line room and other positions as well, 616 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 4: put great pride in the you know, being a tight 617 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 4: knit group and that's what we lived by. And then 618 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 4: ultimately going to Oklahoma, like just being a part of 619 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 4: such a prestigious program that was that was a big, 620 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 4: you know, bonus in itself. 621 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: You had a great career. You also earned your degree 622 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: in three and a half years. Where academics always important 623 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: to you. 624 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 4: I'll just be honest, I wouldn't say important. It wasn't 625 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 4: the top of my list. I know it was the 626 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 4: top of my parents and my grandparents list. But once 627 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 4: I got there, I had my career. And then when 628 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 4: it was time for my last season of football, I said, well, 629 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 4: I'm not leaving until I get my degree. So I 630 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 4: pushed myself to have my degree by the time the 631 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 4: season ended. So you know, I took I want to say, 632 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 4: six to eight extra hours of class that semester on 633 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 4: top of it being my last semester of football and 634 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 4: I had a big, busy schedule, but I took it 635 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 4: more serious probably my last two years of college. I 636 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 4: was like, I have to get my degree. I think 637 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 4: came too far not to leave with my degree. 638 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: We're chatting with Cody Ford. You were selected early in 639 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: the second round of the twenty nineteen draft by the 640 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Describe your draft experience. 641 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 4: Long, exhausting, exciting, humbling experience, But I don't know. It 642 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 4: was a great, great experience, great memory, great moment, and 643 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 4: you know, everything I had done up until that point 644 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 4: was it was all paid paid off. And the first 645 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 4: night being in the draft room expecting my name, hoping 646 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 4: my name to be called that night and then it 647 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 4: not happened was probably the most humbling piece of my 648 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 4: career up at that point. That was a long day. 649 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 4: And then the next night to have my name called 650 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 4: that early was really fun, really really enjoyable. 651 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: I grew up a little bit south of Buffalo, so 652 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: I know all about the weather. Since you're from Louisiana. 653 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: With the heat and humidity, how did you find the 654 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: snow in western New York? 655 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 4: Not friendly? I remember the first time it snowed, I 656 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 4: didn't have a shovel, I didn't have a brush for 657 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 4: my car. I didn't have a heavy coat, which I 658 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 4: should have been prepared for. But I remember I opened 659 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 4: my door and the snow was probably about three inches 660 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 4: above the base of the floor, and I was like, 661 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 4: holy you know that was That was insane id never 662 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 4: I've never seen snow before that, So yeah, it wasn't friendly. 663 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: This past offseason, you became a free agent for the 664 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: first time, and you reached out to your former Oklahoma teammate, 665 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: Orlando Brown Junior with an idea before the start of 666 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: free agency. Explain what happened. 667 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 4: I knew he was going to be up. I knew 668 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 4: there was going to be a lot of teams that 669 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 4: wanted him, and I knew that him being the guy 670 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 4: he is, he wants to go to a winning program, 671 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 4: a great program and play for you know, guys or 672 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 4: played with guys that you know have the same motivation 673 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 4: and same mindsets as him. And being on the outside 674 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 4: looking in, I've always looked at Cincinnati as that. I 675 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 4: told him early on. I was like, man, let's go 676 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 4: to Cincinnati, because I mean, at the time, it wasn't 677 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 4: a shot at anyone here. I myself wanted to be 678 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 4: a part of this organization. I wanted to be on 679 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 4: this team. And I sent him a text. I was like, 680 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 4: let's go to Cincinnati, And next thing you know, he 681 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 4: signed the day of my visit or the day before 682 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 4: my visit, and then I signed the next day. 683 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: Describe your friendship with Orlando. 684 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 4: I would consider him more than a friend. He's like 685 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 4: a big brother than me. From the first week I 686 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 4: stepped on the campus at Oklahoma, he was all the 687 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 4: little things, from two big things. He was like, this 688 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 4: is how we practice, This is what coach expects from you. 689 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 4: This is what the team expects from you. And then 690 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 4: you know, he was like, this is this is where 691 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 4: we eat at, this is do you want good food? 692 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 4: This is where you go in. And then he's like 693 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 4: this where you can get your haircut at. This is 694 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 4: like all the from little to the smallest to the biggest. 695 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 4: He from week one, you know, he kind of took 696 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 4: me under. And you know, he like portrayed itself as 697 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 4: a mentor to us younger kids, and he portrayed itself 698 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 4: as a as a leader. And then he also lived 699 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 4: through through those everything and we assumed of him. He 700 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 4: he lived up to it. 701 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: We're doing fun facts with Cody Ford. You post on 702 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: Instagram from time to time, and most of your posts 703 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:28,720 Speaker 1: include the hashtag our ip Papa, which is a tribute 704 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: to your late grandfather. Tell us about him and your relationship. 705 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 4: Me and him, we were best friends growing up until 706 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 4: literally until the day I left for college. There's a 707 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 4: point in my life where me and my mom had 708 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 4: to go live with my grandparents for some time, and 709 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 4: I think that's when we really kind of bonded together. 710 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 4: And I think that's when I really started to look 711 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 4: at him as not just a grandfather, but a friend, 712 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 4: a male a male figure in my life that I 713 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 4: want to represent and strive to be, and as a father, husband, 714 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 4: even as a neighbor. I used to tell not used to, 715 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 4: but I tell my girlfriend all the time, like, my 716 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 4: grandfather was community rich because I could walk into any 717 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 4: grocery store, any sporting of it, and they always be like, Oh, 718 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 4: you're any Rabbelaye's grandson. And that always made me feel good, 719 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 4: knowing that people knew where I came from and the 720 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 4: values that were instilled in me, and the morals and 721 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 4: things like that that I knew. I had a choice 722 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 4: to follow or not follow, and I always chose the following. 723 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: So you just referenced your girlfriend Tianna on cutdown Day, 724 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: many of us were introduced to her. She has more 725 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: than one hundred thousand followers on TikTok. She posts some 726 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: very entertaining videos and she posted one on cutdown day 727 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,919 Speaker 1: where the two of you are in a car as 728 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: the clock hits four o'clock and at that point you 729 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,360 Speaker 1: know you have officially made the Bengals roster. It was 730 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: really touching. What did you think of that? 731 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 2: That one? 732 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 4: That's That's another another humbling experience I've had with my 733 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 4: time in the league, because being that I'm going into 734 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,240 Speaker 4: my fifth year, I've seen people who you would expect 735 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 4: to make the team get cut, and I've seen people 736 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 4: that you wouldn't expect to make the team get make 737 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 4: the team. And you know, just with the late concussion 738 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 4: that I had not putting any film on the in 739 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,959 Speaker 4: the last preseason game that day, and that last hour 740 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:37,839 Speaker 4: or so was very stressful. I had never been in 741 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:43,959 Speaker 4: that position before, as eye opening as it was. I've 742 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 4: always been on the verge of, well, you never know 743 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:48,800 Speaker 4: what can happen. You can always get cut, but that 744 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 4: that was the first time where I've been like, no, 745 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 4: like I don't know if I made this team. But 746 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 4: at the same time, you know, I had enough confidence 747 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 4: in myself and enough confidence in what I had done 748 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,360 Speaker 4: so far that I knew I had a good shot, 749 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,839 Speaker 4: and I took advantage of every opportunity, and I put 750 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 4: everything out there, and as the time kept going down, 751 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 4: I'm like, I don't have anything. I don't have a call, 752 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 4: don't have a text, And she's like, well, did you 753 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 4: check your other phone? And I was like, no, I haven't. 754 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 4: I didn't want to check it, but I knew I 755 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 4: had to check it, so then I checked it and 756 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 4: nothing was there. And then the clock hit four o'clock 757 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 4: and then church bells rang and we knew we had 758 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 4: made it. 759 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: They literally rang in the background, which was amazing. After 760 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: seeing that video, I've looked at a few of her 761 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: other TikTok videos. She's bubbling with enthusiasm, while you typically 762 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: played the straight man and often looked mildly annoyed. Are 763 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: you in character or is that real? 764 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 2: Both? 765 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 4: The annoyance is just a show. And I told her 766 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 4: that and then like, we folso a positivideo about that, 767 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 4: and she knows, Like the beauty of it is that 768 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,200 Speaker 4: she knows what's real and not real as far as 769 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 4: how I act on camera. She also knows that I 770 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 4: hate the camera, so she she she expects it sometimes 771 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 4: and uh, she's aware of it. But at the same time, 772 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 4: we I started to kind of enjoy it. And then 773 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 4: there's just those true moments where like, I really don't 774 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 4: want to be on camera right now, uh, because I've 775 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 4: always just been like the nonchalant, like keep everything low 776 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 4: profile whatever. But you know, I've as much as she's 777 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 4: into into that, not saying she's like a spotlight person, 778 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,840 Speaker 4: but as much as she's like into the recording everything 779 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 4: and stuff like that, she's learned to adjust to me 780 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 4: not wanting to be on camera as much as well. 781 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 4: So when I'm annoy it on there, it's just a 782 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 4: little show. 783 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,239 Speaker 1: Well, she is a talented content creator. You play a 784 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: very good straight man. What do you like to splur. 785 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:06,760 Speaker 4: John unnecessary things? Clothes, shoes, bags, more so just because 786 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,400 Speaker 4: I didn't grow up with the finer things. Now that 787 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 4: I have the opportunity to afford it responsibly, I do 788 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 4: have my moments while I go splurged. But I was 789 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,759 Speaker 4: just those three things kind of And then House of 790 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 4: Decord is kind of my big thing too, like will 791 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 4: art comfy seatings like bean bags, chairs, and then probably 792 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 4: my gaming system is what I splurge on quite a 793 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 4: bit as well. 794 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: All Right, final fun fact for Cody Ford, and this 795 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,320 Speaker 1: one is kind of deep. If you could meet anybody 796 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:49,040 Speaker 1: in history, living or deceased, athlete, entertainer, statesman, who would 797 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 1: that person be. 798 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna have to say Michael Jackson. No, no, I'm 799 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:57,799 Speaker 4: switching at Bernie Mac. I love Bernie Mac. I think 800 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,240 Speaker 4: he's the greatest comedian of all time. And he's also 801 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 4: one of the smartest, smartest men. You know, with his 802 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 4: quotes and stuff and just the way he lived his life, 803 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 4: you could tell you he was you know, he knew 804 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 4: he was that guy, and that's the way he lived. 805 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 4: But yeah, I wish I could meet him and just 806 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,439 Speaker 4: sit in the room and laugh all day. That would 807 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 4: be my. 808 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 1: Guy, Cody. This has been fun. It's great to have 809 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 1: you in Cincinnati. I appreciate your time and best of 810 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:28,359 Speaker 1: FUFT the rest of the year. 811 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 4: Thank you. 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