WEBVTT - Ep. 48: Bengals Insider on Monday Night's Matchup | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:23.520 There's a snap that's low the placement, the kick is blocked. 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:25.880 Block I the Blaguars have wanted. 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.040 The Jaguars have picked the ball up, racing down the sideline. 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:35.320 They're gonnare he goes there, gonna score touchdown Jacksonville. Chris 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.839 Hudson picks up the block in races downfield and the 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.640 Jaguars have beat the Steelers. 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:43.800 Welcome into Jags Am. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:47.120 This morning, we're going over some special moments in Jaguars 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.680 Monday Night football history to celebrate the return to Monday 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.080 Night Football, our first return there since twenty eleven. That 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.160 was nineteen ninety seven when they blocked the Steelers field 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.760 goal attempt to win the game. Jaguars got that twenty 0:00:56.840 --> 0:01:00.240 nine to twenty one win over Pittsburgh. Let's go over 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.440 some of the big things for us this week as 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.440 we prepare for the Monday Night football game against the Bengals. 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.080 And Monster is our first big thing, and that's a 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.280 three headed monster in the wide receiving court for the Bengals. No, 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.360 they don't have Joe Burrow, but they have so much 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:17.200 talent on the wide receiver group that pretty much anybody 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:18.840 that can get them the ball is going to make 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.240 them dangerous. Brian, this is something we talked a little 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.560 bit about yesterday. But this has got to be a 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.880 point that the Jaguars have been focusing on this week. 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:27.280 Is shutting down these wide receivers. 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:28.640 Well, it is, and I have a strong thought them 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:30.960 that before I do that, Happy anniversary to all the 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.200 Jaguars and fans who were called it. Today is the 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:36.800 thirtieth anniversary of the National Football League announcement that the 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.920 Jaguars would be the thirtieth franchise in NFL history, and 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.600 is a great reminder John, who was here covering it, 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.240 that thirty years can pass in the blink of an eye. 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:45.640 Yeah. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.120 I actually didn't cover that event. I was covering the 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:50.880 University of Florida at the time, but I certainly remember 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.440 the call. I remember talking to Pete Prisco, who is 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:57.600 the Times Union main writer breaking the story. He had 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.400 a good feel three or four days that it was 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.400 going to be the Jack Wars, and nobody believed it. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.120 Our editors the paper didn't believe it. He had to 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.600 fight to get the stories written. That's how unlikely it was. 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.520 And for somebody who grew up here who remembers ersay 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.000 and the Colts and all the teams at Florida with Jacksonville. 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.720 For years, he didn't think this could happen. The day 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:21.560 that had happened. It's still a surreal feeling. I still 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.560 get chills thinking about it, and to think that's thirty 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:24.040 years ago. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.400 I'm an old man, right, Yeah, well I'm an old man. 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:28.080 That's the goal. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.440 It beats the alternative, John, And they say, hey, remember 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:34.920 John Osher Yeah, so they would say no, yeah, so 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:36.960 a guy to answer your original question. Sorry to get 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.040 off track, but it's a very memorable day for those 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.680 of us who who were around and who have seen 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.480 all of this, and hopefully for new Jaguars fans and 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.760 there are many of them in recent years to appreciate 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.280 what November thirtieth means. And here we are thirty years 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:54.120 later talking about a big Monday night game against three receivers. John, 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.760 I think this is probably if you're going to look 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.079 at the most difficult group of receivers to match up 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.639 with in the league. I think Jamar Chase is clearly 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.600 well maybe he's not clearly, but he's right there at 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.520 the very top of the league, and he is so 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:08.560 hard to cover. And then you've got t Higgins, who 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.720 is six foot five. I think they expect him to 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.080 play again this week after missing a couple of weeks 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.880 with a hamstring. And then you've got Tyler Boyd. All 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.600 of these guys are thousand yard receivers in their career, 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.320 and in fact, Jamar Chase and t Higgins in the 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.000 last two years have posted thousand yard seasons. This is 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.000 a formidable challenge even if Joe Burrow is not on 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:27.400 the field. 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.720 Yeah, it's really hard to cover him. 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:34.080 When Burrow is playing the key with this offense, I 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:35.760 think you need to stop Joe. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.600 Mix and it's what the Steelers did last week. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.400 Completely take away the run and then focus on getting 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:45.000 after I'm even forgetting his name, and I've written. 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.680 It the Frowning Jack Browns week. 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.080 He focus on getting after a young quarterback. Obviously, the 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.120 receivers could hurt you. I mean, the key for the 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.640 Jaguars is making a young quarterback make a few mistakes 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.160 that really cost them. I expect them to be able 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.120 to do that. But sait all week, I think this 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.560 is a little bit of a trap game. Don't assume 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.839 just because Burrow is not playing that these receivers can't 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:06.160 hurt you. 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.400 They certainly can, and that's something I'm sure that the 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.760 team has been focusing on this week. Another interesting thing, 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:13.880 Our second big thing is going to be matchups, because 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.479 this is a little bit of a different offensive line 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.760 than we've seen so far the season. Obviously, Cam Robinson 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.880 headed to the injured list, so John, we've seen azrare 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.880 Cleveland a little bit, and now he's going to be 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.880 starting at left guard. Walker Little moves over to left tackle. 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.080 And what does this mean for the offensive line? 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.720 Well, it shouldn't and it sounds silly, It shouldn't mean 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.200 a lot. And when I say that, the Jedward have 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.800 dide a nice job in the last two years of 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:41.839 making sure they have seven eight guys that they trust 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.000 that they can all play and play at a high level. 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:46.400 They proved that last year. 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.160 I don't think they get to the playoffs last year 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.480 if they don't have seven linemen who can play. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.600 Shatley and Walker Little both came in. 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:56.960 If they've done it right, and I think they have, 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.200 there shouldn't be a drop off when they go to 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.680 six or six. Now the danger becomes if you lose 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.480 one more than your margin. Ferrera is gone, but Ezra Cleveland. 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.839 I thought run blocked very well last week. He's a 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.080 capable guy. He started four or five years or four 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:16.680 years in this league. To me, I wasn't surprised when 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.359 it looked the same last week when these guys went out. 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:20.640 It's what it's designed to do. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.039 It's now there's really no depth, or not as much 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:23.840 depth that should said. 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:25.920 And Phil Roscher deserves a lot of credit for the 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.239 mix and match that he's had to do with times 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.560 on the left side of that line where they've had 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.120 injuries and suspensions that have caused all sorts of those issues. 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.640 The last two weeks, only one sack allowed for this 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.039 offensive line, and that was when Trevor Lawrence ran out 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:40.480 of bounds with the ball in. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:41.719 His hands against the Titans. 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:42.000 Kid. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:43.440 Here's what I want to point out. 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.760 They faced Trey Hendrickson, who has ten and a half sacks, 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.359 so just shy of one per game. He's an impact 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.120 pass rusher. And then a guy I think is underrated 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.320 as DJ Reeder, the former Texan who signed in Cincinnati 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:56.039 a few years. 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.360 Ago as a free agent. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.960 He plays the nose or the zero technique right over 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:01.440 the center. 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:02.920 They'll slide him into the gaps. 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.440 He's a big, wide body with surprisingly quick feet. 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.039 And he can blow up plays. 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:11.440 And when you talk about defensive line and especially the interior, guys, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:13.200 they don't have to do much. They don't have a 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.320 lot of tackles or a lot of sacks in most cases, 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.440 Aaron Donald being the exception to that rule in most cases, 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.960 but they blow plays up and force you to do 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.040 things to the outside and take away part of what 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.800 you want to do with your game plan. The Bengals 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.760 have guys up front who can do that. So this 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:30.840 offensive line is going to be tested on Monday Night. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.720 As we move into our final big thing, we're going 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.400 to go over some of our favorite Monday Night moments. 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:37.919 We saw one off the top of the show and 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.479 just talking about Monday Night football, Brian, because if you 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.920 have a big game on Monday Night football in primetime, 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.320 that can change your career trajectory. I mean, we talk 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.440 a lot about Jacksonville getting that exposure, and we know 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.200 Trevor Lawrence is great, but if he has a big 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.600 game on Monday Night, or any player does, that can 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.359 really stick in someone's mind for the rest of their career. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.599 Really well, it's the only game on and there are 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.800 a lot of people who have heard of Trevor Lawrence, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.760 maybe who saw him play at Clemson, but haven't seen 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.120 the Jaguars because we're in a smaller market or in 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.880 the AFC, or choose your reason. So it's a chance 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.120 now for the Jaguars as a football team and the 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:18.320 franchise to show what they're all about on Monday Night football. 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.080 And John and I talked about this yesterday Sunday Night 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.280 versus Monday Night and Monday Night in our you know, 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.520 years growing up, because I think he said, we're old men. 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:28.280 It was the game. 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.160 And it feels this week, John, like this is the 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.360 game ESPN because of the money that they have poured 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.440 into the contract with the NFL is getting some big 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:39.160 games and this was supposed to be a big game 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.760 with Joe Burrow, I can't wait. We have seen some 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:45.120 immemorable moments. Some of the most memorable moments in Jaguars 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.720 history happened in the fifteen Monday Night football games that 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.080 this franchise has taken part in in they're now twenty 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:51.840 nine seasons. 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:56.560 Yeah, it's I'm surprised. And to your point, some of 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:57.680 the games. 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.200 Of the Jaguars that I remember when I wasn't year 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:02.960 was when they were playing on Monday Night. I think 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.840 the Pittsburgh game six when they I think it was 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.480 nine to nothing, shut him out. I remember that game 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.160 was I saw it and I followed the Jaguars because 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:14.720 they were in the division, but I didn't see them. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:15.280 So those. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:21.480 Those moments do resonate. I don't know that to me, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:25.200 the Chris Hudson return and the Fred Taylor for how long? 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:26.600 Ninety yards? 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.800 That was the playoff game in ninety nine, but that 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:31.840 was seventy two yards sent. 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.200 Me two yards. Those two plays to me stand out 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:36.439 from the early days on Monday Night. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.360 Let's hope there's more to come, you guys. At least 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.080 I'm hoping there's more to come. 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Visit dreamfinders' 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.040 homes dot com for all your move in ready homes 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:34.320 and step up your game. 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.360 Welcome into jagsam Field's Auto Group, Jacksonville. Step up to 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:45.160 luxury at Fieldsauto dot Com. Welcome back here. We're in 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.720 the Hundai studios for jagsam on this Thursday as we 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:51.760 prepare for that Monday night football matchup against the Bengals. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.679 And of course whenever we face off against a team 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:56.520 like this, we want to check in with the people 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.720 that know them the best. Mike Petralia are Bengals insiders 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.679 joined us this morning as we try to predict a 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.880 little bit about what we're going to see on Monday. Mike, 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.160 I know when I saw the schedule come out and 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:10.599 the Jaggers are going to face the Bengals, that was 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.199 one of the games I looked at and circled on 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.120 my calendar. I was really excited for, specifically to see 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.680 Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence. Obviously, that's not what we're 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:19.400 going to get. What's kind of the state of the 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.400 team right now? Where are things at with them? 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.480 Well, that's a great question, Kai, What is the state 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:28.240 of the Cincinnati Bengals. I think you know what certainly 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.760 Zach Taylor, head coach, has tried to impart upon and 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:36.760 impress upon his players, his fellow coaches, and media and fans, 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:42.160 is that the Bengals narrative can still be written or rewritten, 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.280 even though they are five and six after eleven games, 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.559 even though they have lost Joe Burrow for the season 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:53.000 after Monday's surgery on his right wrist. He believes that 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:57.200 this team quote can still achieve something special in the 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.760 last six games of the season. And that's what really 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.400 is at stake for the Bengals on Monday Night. Can 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.800 they show everybody that this team is capable of playing 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:10.640 competitive football on a primetime stage. Right before the break, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.920 you talked about the Jaguars in primetime. No team has 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:19.200 struggled on the road in primetime more than the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.880 They have lost Kai fifteen in a road in a 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:26.240 row on the road in primetime. Twenty six of the 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:30.760 last twenty seven dating back to the nineteen nineties. They 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.520 need to prove that they can be at least competitive 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.800 on the road and maybe steal one on the road. 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.400 In primetime, we saw a sense of desperation out of 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.120 the forty nine ers, a good team that came in 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:42.840 and had struggled, had lost three in a row, and 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.280 they came in and completely dominated the Jaguars. What you're 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.800 describing seems a little bit of a desperation point for 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.240 the Bengals as well. Is that kind of a focus 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:52.199 point of coming in improving yourself a little bit? 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.720 I think so. And they were in bass last week 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:59.280 Kai by running the ball just eight times and passing 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:04.440 it for about thirty times. In that contest, they only 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:08.280 had thirty eight offensive snaps from the line of scrimmage, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.760 not including the punts and the one field goal that 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.680 they attempted and converted. They need to be better in 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.360 the run game, There's no question about that. And I 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:22.360 also heard your fellow colleagues talking about the Jacksonville run 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.040 defense and running the ball and what the Bengals might 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.280 try to do with Joe Mixon. They've got to be 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.439 committed to First of all, they ran Joe Mixon eight 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:34.760 times last week for sixteen yards. I think one point 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.080 of emphasis coming into this game is going to be 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.320 trying to establish the run more of a balance, so 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.400 you don't put the full weight of the offense on 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.760 Jake Browning, who did a pretty respectable job last week. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.920 He was twenty six I'm sorry, nineteen of twenty six 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:55.280 for two hundred and seventy yards. Again very respectable numbers. 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.239 He threw a touchdown, but he threw a key interception 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.640 when the Bengals about seven to three driving on the 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.840 first drive of the second half, he threw an interception, 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.840 completely changed the course of the game and the Steelers 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:08.920 came back and won the game. 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:11.559 Good morning, Mike Key, thanks for joining us. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:13.400 Let me take you to the other side of the 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.720 ball and the Bengals defense in Luanna Rouma, has been 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.920 celebrated for his opportunistic unit the last couple of years, 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:24.640 but obviously they've struggled with some downfield shots. Tell me 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.600 what's got to happen on that side of the ball 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.320 for the Bengals defense to get back to that level 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.960 of play where they were earlier this year and in 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.360 their playoff runs of the last couple of seasons. 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.840 Well, their safety play has to be better. That has 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:42.280 been a point of weakness. Jesse Baits, Jesse Bates, and 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:46.000 Von Bell left last offseason. That left a big void 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.720 back there. They had second year player Dax Hill out 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.880 of the University of Michigan step up. He has essentially 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.440 done a very commendable job filling in for Jesse Bates. 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.720 Hasn't created the number of turnovers that Bates has in Atlanta, 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.040 but real weak has been a strong safety spot. Nick 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:06.320 Scott was signed away from the La Rams. He played 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.720 okay at the start of the season, but his play 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.160 really started to dip off, especially in the past coverage game. 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.680 And they've brought in a rookie, Jordan Battle out of Alabama. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.600 He's done a good job, but again he makes free 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:22.400 mistakes and they have allowed big gash plays. They allowed 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:27.840 something like twenty explosive plays against seventeen explosive plays against 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:31.360 the Houston Texans a couple of weeks ago. Last week 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.000 against the Steelers, it was really about the run game, 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.880 and the week before that against the Ravens, the run 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:42.240 game has really failed them. And your point was about 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:46.080 DJ Reader really and he and bj Hill have done 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.720 their best in the middle of the defensive line. But 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.480 when teams have gotten to the outside and run against 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.800 the Bengals, they've had a great deal of success. And 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.360 that's where I think the Jaguars will try and exploit 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:58.000 the Bengals. 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:00.480 Mike, one last thing from us. I do like to 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.360 get an outside perspective what we see from Trevor Lawrence 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.000 and what we know he's capable of. What have you 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.240 kind of seen from an outside looking in. Obviously I've 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.520 covered a young quarterback in Joe Burrow, but what have 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:10.560 you seen from Trevor Lawrence. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:17.480 Explosive, obviously, very mobile, and he can be as accurate 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.680 as there is in the game. But I think the 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:22.040 thing about Trevor Lawrence that impresses me, and we saw 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:26.160 this last year in the playoffs, when the team gets down, 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.080 Trevor Lawrence finds a way to rally the trips for 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.720 the most part, and no game is ever out of 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.120 reach with Trevor Lawrence. And those are the kind of 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.640 things that Zach Taylor brought up this week. Of course, 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.880 this is the Taylor Bowl Press Taylor against Back. I'm 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.720 sure you've brought that up already, but Zach has been 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:46.680 very impressed with the poise that Trevor Lawrence has shown, 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.240 and that is something that the Bengals are going to 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.200 have to be on the lookout for, not allow him 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.880 to get out of the pocket and do things that 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:59.080 Lamar Jacksons, for example, done against them Bengals played the Ravens. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.200 I don't know if the tailor's passed that trophy back 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.320 and forth anymore, but I'm sure bragging rights are on 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:04.080 the line either way. 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:05.440 They are on the line. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:05.720 Kai. 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.560 But Zach asked specifically about that on Monday and he said, 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.760 now that the trophy stays at home with the parents, 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.560 with his dad, but they still do have bragging rights. 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:17.879 There's no question about that. 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:18.440 Very good. 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:19.960 Should be a good one on Monday night. 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