1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The I believe, I believe, I believe, Hey, 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: I believe, I believe, I believe Hey, I believe, I believe, 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: I believe hey. Addition, as the Bengals climb into first 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: place in the AFC North with a stunningly dominant win 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: in Baltimore, coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the victory, 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: postgame comments from players and coaches, and analysis from my 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham. 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If 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: you wear glasses, you know what I'm talking about. There 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: are few things more annoying than climbing into a hotel 20 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: shower and not being able to read which bottle is 21 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: the shampoo, which one's the conditioner, and which one is 22 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: the body lotion. So kudos to the Baltimore Marriott for 23 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: big bold lettering on the various beauty products, and thanks 24 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: for respecting your four eyed guests like me. Now let's 25 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: get to Sunday's Baltimore beat down. Heading into the game, 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: there were four quarterbacks in history who had started at 27 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: least four games against the Bengals without ever losing. Listen 28 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: to this list. John Elway went seven and o. Joe 29 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: Montana six and oh, including a pair of Super Bowls. 30 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Dan Marino also went six and o, and to Sunday, 31 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson was five and zero. That list has been 32 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: whittled to three. The Bengals and Ravens traded early field 33 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: goals before Cincinnati ended a streak of two games against 34 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: Baltimore without scoring a touchdown. Burrow under center mix and 35 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: lined up seven yards behind. They fake a hand off 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: to the laft, Burrow rolls to the right guts that 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: deep down the middle of the field. Usama makes the 38 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: canoe twenty five escapes a hit running between the hand 39 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: barks touchdown. Bengals burrow deep to Uzama and Cincinnati takes 40 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: the lead on a fifty five yard touchdown strike. Man, 41 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: you talked about making the play down the football field 42 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: to catch and then making Marlin Humphrey miss in space. 43 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: Usama's long TD grab gave the Bengals a ten three 44 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: lead and came on his favorite holiday. It's national side. Indo, 45 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: you gotta make something happen right like you can't just 46 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: can't let anybody else have all the fun. And I 47 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: gotta say this too, even though I caught the touchdown, 48 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: if you look at the play, Drew had to block 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: Calias Campbell one on one and did a hell of 50 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: a job. I mean, I gotta give it to him 51 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: because that was if he didn't block him the way 52 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: he did, then Joe would have not been able to 53 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: get the ball off. So that touchdowns for Drew for sure, 54 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 1: because that one on one that he had with Clias, 55 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: that's that's what allowed me to get open and Drew, 56 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: of course, being Uzama's fellow tight end, Drew sample. The 57 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: Bengals lead didn't last, as the Ravens answered with a 58 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: t D drive of their own. Lamar Jackson will move 59 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: under center. We'll see if he keeps the ball on 60 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: a run high formation backfield behind him. Second and goal 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: from the one. Lamar hands it off and the Ravens 62 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: run it into the end zone for the touchdown. DeVante 63 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: Freeman scored tied the game at ten, but left one 64 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: fifty one on the clock, abundant time for Joe Burrow 65 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: and Jamar Chase to work their end of half magic 66 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: very very noisy here at M ANDT Bank Stadium. With 67 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: thirty two seconds left and the half, Burrow back to 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: throw from the pocket, fires line drive over little by 69 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: Chase running to the twenty five here sideline to the 70 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: twenty hurdles a defender and goes out of bounds to 71 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: stop the clock. With twenty four seconds left at the 72 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: nineteen yard line, Chase, in the final two minutes of 73 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: the half, strikes again. That twenty six yard catch led 74 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: to a field goal by Evan McPherson that gave the 75 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: Bengals a thirteen ten halftime lead. It's the fifth time 76 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: in seven games that Cincinnati has scored in the final 77 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: thirty seven seconds of the half, and Chase has either 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: caught a touchdown pass or made a big catch to 79 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: set up a field goal. Every time. Here's Joe Burrow 80 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: and we were talking about it two minute before the half. 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: Kids is going again. So we're playing all right. Up 82 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: to that point, you know, we weren't playing great, and 83 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: then you know that two minute drive really propelled us 84 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: going into the end of the half. And after that, 85 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: you know, we came into the locker room it's like, 86 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: you know, we got him now, but before Burrow in 87 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: the offense could get him. Baltimore opened the third quarter 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: with back to back passes of thirty five and thirty 89 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: nine yards to take the lead. As he's back to 90 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: throw on first and ten, he's gonna fire for the 91 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: end zone and Brown he calls it in and it 92 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: is a touchdown. He got his feet down in the 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: back of the end zone as LaVar Jackson floats won 94 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: over the Bengals defense for a thirty nine yard TV. 95 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: The Ravens were up seventeen thirteen, and while Lamar Jackson 96 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: passed for two hundred and fifty seven yards and ran 97 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: for eighty eight more, Baltimore did not score on its 98 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: final seven drives. Here's Zach Taylor. He's so dangerous. You know, 99 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: every time he extends a play, you know, he's capable 100 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: of running for an exposive player, throwing it down the 101 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: field from explosive play, and he's just such a tremendous player. 102 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: But I'm really proud of the way that our whole 103 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: defense responded, and you know, that was that was a big, big, 104 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: big deal for them to play like that today. After 105 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: Baltimore pulled ahead, Joe Burrow threw a seventeen yard passed 106 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: to Chase, handed off to Joe Mixon for five yards, 107 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: found Chase again for twenty one, and then gave the 108 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: Bengals the lead for good. Three receivers right Chase out 109 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: to the left. Burrow catches the shotgun snap, fires bound field, 110 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: caught at the fifteen to tackle. Yeah, runs it into 111 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: the end zone. Second touchdown of the game. U Zama 112 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: fires the football against the wall in the end zone 113 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: and the Bengals take the lead on a thirty two 114 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: yards strike up the seam to cj Uzama. He said, 115 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: you know what, you didn't stop it the first time, 116 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: You're not gonna stop it the second time. The Bengals 117 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: were up twenty to seventeen. The Ravens quickly drove into 118 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: field goal range before Trey Hendrickson knocked them out of it. 119 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: Jackson and the shotgun bell off his right hip. Lamar 120 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: looking left now looks back toward the middle. He's running. 121 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: He gets sacked from behind by Trey Hendrickson. The Bengals 122 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: sacked Lamar Jackson five times. Burrow was only sacked once, 123 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: and Hendrickson is up to six and a half sacks 124 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: in his first seven games with Cincinnati. That's one thing, 125 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: like you see five sacks, But I mean, I can't 126 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: say enough about the guys in the back end. Mike Vaughan, 127 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: Jesse cheeto elis stepping up. I mean, those guys are 128 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: making opportunities for us to rush. And that's what complete 129 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: defense is. It's we're one of these games, it's going 130 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: to be we're hitting the quarterback and they're picking the 131 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: ball off. So that's what you that's what you strive 132 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: for as a defense. We're playing like a unit. Like 133 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: I said for weeks now, this is special. We're building 134 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: something that's special and h like I said, this is 135 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: a stepping stone to where we want to go as 136 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: a defense, and a team. The Bengals got the ball 137 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: back and only needed three plays to score again. Bengals 138 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: have three receivers left and went out to the right, 139 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: burrowing the gun on third and two. He'll look to 140 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: pass quick thrown slant caught by Chase, runs to the 141 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: third breaks out the power jam, spreading down the middle 142 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: of the filling away at the thirty twenty ten touchdown. 143 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: Wow great his jamar Chase eighty two yards two fuh pous. 144 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: Chase finished with eight catches for two hundred one yards, 145 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: both career highs. His seven hundred and fifty four receiving 146 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: yards after his first seven NFL FELL games are the 147 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: most by any player in history. I can say today 148 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: I surprise myself, you know, putting up those stats two 149 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: hundred and one yards something you dream of, but you 150 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: don't go into the game actually telling yourself you're about 151 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: to do it, you know what I'm saying. So I 152 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: just came out of hand, played the best bot I 153 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: can today and try to make plays. Burrow finished with 154 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: a career high four hundred and sixteen passing yards and 155 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: didn't have any in the fourth quarter. His timing in 156 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: chemistry with Chase is simply ridiculous. We've been together for 157 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: a long time. I've been thrown with him on Saturday 158 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: since I was twenty one years old. So that's that's 159 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: what happens. When you get all those reps accumulated, you 160 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: understand the kinds of throws against leverage. You know, they 161 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: were playing on top and press, and so that's what 162 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: opened up the back shoulder balls today. And we've we've 163 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: thrown back shoulders for three years and throwing them over 164 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: and over and over again. And that's what it takes 165 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: to feel confident in those kind of throws is just 166 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: reps and reps and reps. The Bengals turned the game 167 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: into a route and send Baltimore fans streaming toward the 168 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: exits with more than seven minutes to go with a 169 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: pair of long touchdown runs. Second down in three on 170 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: the verge of the red zone at the twenty one 171 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: of Baltimore mixing back in a running back, Burrow hands 172 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: it to Joe Starts left joy to hold up the 173 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: middle of five full line hand touchdown, Chow Mixing racing 174 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: up the middle of the field for a twenty one 175 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: yard t D and the Bengals are on the verge 176 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: of a seventeen point fourth quarter lead in Baltimore. Burrow 177 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: hands it off, pe Ryan finds a hold off the middle, 178 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: Smaa streaking into the forget about it, coffin nailam bam. 179 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: And I'm telling you what, Dan, that was the most 180 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: unbelievable double team I've ever seen. Trey Hopkins in Quentin, 181 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: Spain took a defensive line in ten yards down the 182 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: field and planted on. I mean, the cutback lane was 183 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: humongous for samaj p Ryan. They dominated the interior the 184 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens defensive line, which I did not think was 185 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: going to happen on any snap today. And holy Macarlandy, 186 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: who what do you like more? Raven route or Baltimore 187 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: butt kicking? They both apply. It is forty to seventeen unbelievable. 188 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: Cincinnati ended his street because five straight losses to Lamar 189 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: Jackson and the Ravens by the final score of forty 190 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: one to seventeen. Let that sink in forty one to seventeen. 191 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: Did that make a statement? Here are Joe Burrow, c 192 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: j Uzama and Sam Hubbard. I think it was a 193 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: big statement and we're two and owned the division. For 194 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: the first time that I can remember, and you know, 195 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: I was, you know, the most exciting thing were two 196 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: of the last three drives were you know, they knew 197 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: we were going to run the ball and the old 198 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: Line really you know, took it to him. I was 199 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: exciting to see. I know, those guys were fired up 200 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: about that. So that's that's how you should finish a game. 201 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: You start out throwing the ball, getting out up on top, 202 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: and then the old Line finishes it off. On the 203 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: side that I was, I was honestly a little emotional 204 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: with how with how I connected we were. You know, 205 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: you see everyone just I mean everyone's juiced for every 206 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: single person out there, and I mean that's what it's 207 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: all about, having fun, being with the boys and playing ball. 208 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: So I think it's the start of something new, something good. 209 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: We had a long period of time where we couldn't 210 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: figure out how to win on the road, and we 211 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: kind of got over that hump, and um, you know, 212 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: these divisional games they're huge. You know. To to finish 213 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 1: the way we did and not allow them to come 214 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: back into it and have that killer instinct is just 215 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: so huge for us as a team of what we've 216 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: come from how we've progressed and you know where we've 217 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: always envisioned ourselves getting and finally seeing it happened today. 218 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: After the game, Dave Lapham spent five minutes with Zach 219 00:11:55,600 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: Taylor coach forty one. It's twenty eight unanswered. I mean, 220 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: your football team came to Baltimore and just made a 221 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: huge statement, didn't you. They believe in each other, They 222 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: believe that they can go on the road and beat 223 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: really good football teams, and now this is just more 224 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: evidence of that. And uh so again, I'm really proud 225 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: of the collective effort of our entire team today because 226 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: we were gonna need it and we got it from them. 227 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: So your your LSU connection. Your quarterback throws for four 228 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen and his receiver catches the ball for 229 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: two hundred and one yards. Eight catches for two oh one. 230 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: Joe's twenty three for thirty eight after starting like two 231 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: for seven, He's twenty three for thirty eight. Unbelievable. What 232 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: do you think about their their performance out there? Yeah, 233 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: I'm glad we have them, you know, because they are 234 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: They're one of the best connections in the in this 235 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: league and they're just getting started. You know, and so 236 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: again to be able to rely on that receiving corps 237 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: in that running game and our quarterback who's who's as 238 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: accurate as they call him, as really fun for a 239 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: play caller to be able to enjoy those weapons. CJ. 240 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,119 Speaker 1: Yzama three catches for ninety one yards and two touchdowns. 241 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: I know it wasn't the same play, but he did 242 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: the same thing, you know, choke and a guy and 243 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: taking it to the house. How well is he playing 244 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: right now? You know, he's just misfreliable. His number is 245 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: not always called. He doesn't have ten catches in the 246 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: game or any of that. But he just does all 247 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: the dirty work and then when his name's called, he 248 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: makes the play. That's awesome to see. So they start 249 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: the game with seven and eight guys in the box 250 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: and they're bringing every you don't know which ones they're bringing, 251 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: how many they're bringing, and all that stuff. But you 252 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: over time got him out of that and then you 253 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: somehow got the middle of the field wide open. You 254 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: guys started abusing the middle of the football field. Take 255 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: me through that progression. Well, we just had some miscommunication early. 256 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: You know, some things that we know we're gonna be challenging, 257 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: and they got us on the first drive there. But 258 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, we got a lot of weapons and so 259 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: we can stay in attack mode and forced teams to 260 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: have to respond to what we're doing. And that's what 261 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: our guys just allow us to do. And we kind 262 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: of stayed in that mode and our guys responded. Well. 263 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: How about in a huge game, a division rival on 264 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: the road, who's five and one and in first place. 265 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: Your first penalty occurs in the fourth quarter, one penalty 266 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: for five yards. Your first sack occurs in the fourth quarter, 267 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: The first turnover occurs in the fourth quarter. You guys 268 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: are playing like ever free football. That's what it takes, 269 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: isn't it It is? You know, I get we get 270 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: a smart, disciplined football team, and that's the kind of 271 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: men we want in this locker room. And they've they've 272 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: played that way and it helps you win games because 273 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: there's those little moments during the course of the game 274 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: when a penalty kills you or turnover, a sack kills you, 275 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: and our guys stay away from that stuff and it's awesome. 276 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: Twenty eight unanswered points. You know, when when you started 277 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: getting on that role as a play caller, does your 278 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: your sheet get huge. I mean it's like you can 279 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: almost close your eyes and pick one out. Our guys 280 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: were just playing with such confidence that it gets that way. 281 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: We don't have to call some things we haven't called. 282 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: We can just stick with what's working. But our guys 283 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: at that point just have confidence that everything's gonna work 284 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: and they know how to execute it and they have 285 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: that confidence. And uh so that's a scary thing when 286 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: you've got that. The one red zone drive, Joe took 287 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: a sack and then he had the turnover. But the 288 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: defense said, Joe, you've carried us the whole game. I 289 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: got your back. And the fourth down stops they had 290 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: like three of them down the stretch. I think they 291 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: want one for four and fourth down and like three 292 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,239 Speaker 1: three turnovers. You actually lose the turnover battle minus one. 293 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: But those three fourth down stops more than negate that. 294 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: But how about your defense. The way they responded tremendous 295 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: hold them in the seventeen points five sacks, I think 296 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: that's the most tied for the most of themar has 297 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: ever been sacked. So again, they just and that's top down, 298 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: that's coverage all the way down to the front. That's coaching, 299 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: putting those guys in a great plan and uh really 300 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: going over the details all week, and our guys believe 301 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: in it. And it's a special thing to watch when 302 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: that happens, you know, it's interesting to watch watch the 303 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: guys on the plane, on the buses, in the hotel, 304 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: honestly going to take care of business. We're gonna go 305 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: take care of this football game, every single guy just 306 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: and I'm not I'm not saying it was like, you know, 307 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: arrogance or anything. That's just we believe. Yeah, they believe, 308 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, and there's enough evidence that they should believe, 309 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: you know, because they put in the work. They keep 310 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: raising the standard each week on what it should have 311 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: looked like and and we got much bigger days ahead. 312 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: This is not We're gonna reflect back on this, and 313 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: this is something we needed to do beat Baltimore on 314 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: the road, but we know that we got to continue 315 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: to win and put ourselves in position to do some 316 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: really big things later on. If the playoffs were to 317 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: start tomorrow and they're not going to, you have seven 318 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: games in though, you guys, first place in NFC North, 319 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: the number one seed in the AFC for the playoffs, 320 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: tracking in the right direction, Coach, we put ourselves in 321 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: a really good position through eight whatever how many games 322 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: we've played. Seven games. We have to keep this up 323 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: because plenty of teams have not handled this position the 324 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: right way. We've seen them over the past couple of years, 325 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,359 Speaker 1: and we just got to make sure that we respond appropriately. 326 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, Appreciate what you're doing. I know the 327 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: fans of Cincinnati are jacked up, to say the least. 328 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: That's awesome. We're happy for him, and again, we just 329 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: got to keep it up. Thanks. Thanks. Up next the 330 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: road game against the struggling New York Jets, who fell 331 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: to one in five on Sunday with a fifty four 332 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: to thirteen loss to the Patriots. The Bengals are an 333 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: early nine and a half point favorite next weekend. 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Boy, if they haven't, they're 343 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: well into the journey. They're on the way to arrival. 344 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: I mean, they shook up a fifty five gallon drum, 345 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: a butt whipping spring over the Baltimore Ravens. It was unbelievable. 346 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: It was entertaining to watch them take a part to Ravens. 347 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: The way they did offensively and defensively. I mean, they 348 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 1: played complimentary football. They supported each other's efforts to the 349 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: end degree. They played smart football. They didn't make mistakes. 350 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: One penalty for five yards. The penalty occurs in the 351 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, first sack and the first they only turnover 352 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: the game occurs in the fourth quarter when the games 353 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: in hand. I mean they played they played really, really 354 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: sound football. I think the date was December twenty second, 355 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, destined to go down as one of the 356 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: most important days in franchise history. The Bengals losing overtime 357 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: in Miami, they wrap up the number one pick in 358 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft, and they secure Joe Burrow. He is 359 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 1: special in so many ways he is. I mean it's 360 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: almost like it's almost impossible to say how important he 361 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: is to what's going on here. I mean, his tentacles 362 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: reach everything, everything. The ripple effect that he has on 363 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: everybody in the organization, not just on his teammates, but 364 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: everybody in the organization is astounding. I mean he's I've heard, 365 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: you know, many times Mike Brown referred to Kenny Emerson 366 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: is the most important player in franchise history, which is 367 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: a very, very worthy designation. But this dude, after where 368 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: they were, is most most important player Part two. I mean, 369 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: he is the guy and he means everything to everything 370 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: they're doing. He really does. They hold the Ravens to 371 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: seventeen points. They were fifth in the NFL and scoring 372 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: defense going in. They'll probably climb a spot or two 373 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: after doing that. They haven't given up more than twenty 374 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: five in a game this year. I think at this point, 375 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: even though they haven't faced a bunch of prolific offenses, 376 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: that we can safely say this is one of the 377 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: better defenses in the NFL. Right, Yeah, I mean they 378 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,239 Speaker 1: even when they there was that little stretch where they 379 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: gave up back to back thirty plus yard passes and 380 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: a twenty five yard play a boot in there. You know, 381 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: they recover from that. It's not like they don't collapse, 382 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,239 Speaker 1: they don't fall apart, they don't panic, you know, they 383 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: stay they stay patient. I mean, I think it's, uh, 384 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: there's so much trust and belief that's going on that 385 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: that the players know what they're supposed to do. They 386 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: know that, they feel like they know their teammates know 387 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do. They feel like they know 388 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: their coaches are going to give them a game plan 389 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: that's going to put them in the best possible situation 390 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: to win football games. I mean, the trust and belief 391 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: is going at all levels back and forth, and that's 392 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: that's what it That's really what it takes. Um And 393 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: you know, when when teammates care about each other, that's 394 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: when you can have special seasons, you know, and it 395 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: seems like that's the case these guys. You know, if 396 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: when a big play is given up, they're they're not Matt, 397 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: They're just communicating to each other, you know, what do 398 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: I need to do. Nobody's like, you know, chewing on 399 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: anybody or anything like that. It's like, how do we 400 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: prevent this from happening again, you know, And it's like, 401 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: and I do. I've said this before, but I vividly 402 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: remember it. It's like, Okay, on this play, if I 403 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: don't do my job, you know, I'm going to let 404 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: so and so down. I got to make sure that 405 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: I get it done. And you know I'm at the 406 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: point of attack. I got to get it done. I 407 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: got to do it, not just for me, but for 408 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: you know, this guy owned this side. I mean, this 409 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 1: guy and this side, even this guy behind me. I mean, 410 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: it's that's that's when you know that. You know, when 411 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: guys are caring about each other like that, that's when 412 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: you know you have a special group. Since the NFL 413 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: went to eight divisions of four teams, if you start 414 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: five and two, you make the playoffs seventy four percent 415 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: of the time. Now that might change a little bit 416 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: now that you've got a seventeen game schedule instead of sixteen. 417 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: But the fact of the matter is teams that this 418 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: position generally make it. And they've got road wins in 419 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: the bank at Pittsburgh and at Baltimore. Are you shocked 420 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: by where things stand after seven games? Like you were 421 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: talking about Dan, they're double digit wins, you know. I 422 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: mean it's not just eating them out. It's like got you, 423 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: you know, and got you good. I'm really impressed. I 424 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: thought I felt good about today's game, but I thought 425 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: it was going to come down to, you know, somebody's 426 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: going to make a player or two in the fourth 427 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: quarter here. You know, it's going to be one of 428 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: those kind of games. It was worse than Detroit in 429 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: terms of guys coming out and guys finishing up and 430 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 1: you know, garbage time, and it's like, I can't believe them. 431 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 1: I'm witnessing this in Baltimore against the five and one 432 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: football team that was leading the division going in, just 433 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: took them apart, I mean, disassembled them. It was as 434 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: good an effort as I've seen from this organization in 435 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: a long time. So about two series into the game, 436 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: I think it was in a commercial break, he kind 437 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: of turned to me and said, I don't know if 438 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: this is going to work out. They're getting a lot 439 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: of pressure on Joe Burrow and that rapidly got better 440 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: with the offensive line do today, Yeah, I mean it 441 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: was it was interesting. It was like they made they 442 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: made a couple of plays. The offensive line progressively get 443 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: better with the twists and the stunts and recognition and 444 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: who who to pick up and why and all that 445 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: sort of stuff. And then Joe started making some throws 446 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: and one on ones to the outside. And at that point, 447 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: you know, Wink blinked, you know, Wink changed a little bit. 448 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: He changed what he was doing, and I was hoping 449 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: he might see that again, you know. And I'm not 450 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: saying that he took all his cards off the table, 451 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: but he was much less aggressive. And then and then 452 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: they started just attacking the middle of the football field. 453 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: They made a bunch of plays in the middle of 454 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: the football field once they started winning there, one on 455 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: ones on the outside, because now it's like, oh, I 456 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: got to help with the safety. They're not winning, you know, 457 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: they're beating us over there. So now in the the middle 458 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: of the field comes wide open and CJ starts making 459 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: plays and Lloyd makes everybody's making plays in the middle 460 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: of the football field. It's like they got a lot 461 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: of weapons. I got a lot of weapons to the disposal, 462 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: and you know, that's that's that's one thing. If you 463 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: don't know how to use them, it doesn't matter. And 464 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: they're starting to really figure out what the quarterback and 465 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, Zach communication with the quarterback all on the 466 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: same page of how to use those guys. Now it's 467 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: gonna get scary. Eight catches two hundred and one yards 468 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: for Jamar Chase, including an eighty two yard touchdown. I 469 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 1: can't believe how good he is. I mean, chased by 470 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey today, one of the best defensive backs in 471 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: the NFL. It was no contest. I know. I talk 472 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: to him a little bit in the locker room afterwards, Dan, 473 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: and I'm like, you know, you know, are you surprised 474 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: at this stage that you're putting up the numbers that 475 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: you are And he goes, I'm surprised. I guess it's, 476 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, as easy as it seems to be. He goes, 477 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: I know it's not that easy, but he said I'd 478 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: heard Humphrey saying an interview this week that you know, 479 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: it looks easy to him, you know, and it's it 480 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: shouldn't be that way for a young guy like that. 481 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: But he is so fluid and so smooth, and when 482 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: he talks about stuff like he was talking about his 483 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: match up with Humphrey and how he was getting him 484 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: just to slightly flip his hips and doing this and 485 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: setting him up with that. I'm thinking, man, this guy 486 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 1: is thinking, you know, just a handful of games into 487 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: his career and he's already at that level in terms 488 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: of not only physically going out in next but understanding 489 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: why he's doing the things he's doing, you know what 490 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 1: I mean. Barrow was right. Barrow said, look, you know, 491 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: you got to take this guy as special. I mean, 492 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: he's he's like, he's the guy. And he was right 493 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: on the money with this dude. He's he's incredible and 494 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: they don't take him down one on one after the catch. 495 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: We've seen it, Dan. I mean, he is stick from 496 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: the waist down. This dude is a is a running 497 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: back that has world class speed, you know, but he's 498 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: a wide receiver, you know. And the thing the thing 499 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: about about him is, you know, how he can track 500 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: a football running full tilt like we talked about in 501 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: his head's not bobbing around and stuff, and I mean 502 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: he's just so fluid and so still. He really is remarkable. 503 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,120 Speaker 1: He's a very unique, one of a kind kind of guy. 504 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: This becomes a big time how you can handle success 505 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: story now because they take on a Jets team that 506 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: has one win was not competitive against the Patriots on 507 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: the road on Sunday, and he does have to go 508 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,479 Speaker 1: back on the road and show that they are not, 509 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, sniffing the roses after performance like they're winning Baltimore. 510 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: That's true, and it was interesting. A lot of guys 511 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: were like, you know, this, this is this is great, 512 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: but we're moving on. You know, we got to do 513 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: it again and again and again. You know, we have 514 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: to go one and all every week. I mean, they're 515 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 1: they're all, they're all. The first step is to verbalize it, 516 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: and then you verbalize it enough you start to understand 517 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: it and believe it and uh and they're already in 518 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: that process of like this is over with. But the 519 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: thing that I was telling a lot of the guys 520 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,719 Speaker 1: in there, seeing them on the bus, on the plane, 521 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: in the hotel lobby, they're they're not cocky, they're just 522 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 1: they believe. They just believe. I mean, it was like, 523 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: we're coming here to take care of business, get a win, 524 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: and go home. Nothing nothing more than that. Let's just 525 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: go get it done. I mean, it's like it's really 526 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: good to see it, really is. I mean, you certainly 527 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: don't see anybody, you know, whistling in the cemetery or 528 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: anything like that. You know, you see guy is out 529 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: there that know that if they play well, they can 530 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: beat anybody. I am going to give you a little 531 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: helpful advice as we wrap this up. And my advice 532 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: is you're gonna have to screen your phone calls this 533 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: week because every sports radio host in the country is 534 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: gonna want to have Dave Lapplemant his show to talk 535 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: about this five and two Bengals team. I don't know, Dan, 536 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna have to share the same screen. 537 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: You're gonna You're gonna get hammered as well. There's no 538 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 1: question about it. Them. That's a good a good thing, 539 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: a good problem to have, isn't it? No questions? And 540 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: I'll say yes, five and two is fun. Five and 541 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: two is our great time, great time for sure. The 542 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: last time the Bengals won in Baltimore and in Pittsburgh 543 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: in the same season was two thousand and fifteen, not coincidentally, 544 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: the last time that Cincinnati went to the playoffs. Now 545 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: time for this week's fun facts segment, where you get 546 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: to know the person under the pads. Time for some 547 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 1: fun facts with Bengal safety Ricardo Allen from Daytona Beach, 548 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: Florida city for the Daytona five hundred and also known 549 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: as the spring break Capital of the World. But I 550 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: don't know anybody that has lived there. What was life 551 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: like in Daytona Beach for you growing up? Oh? Life was? 552 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: It was amazing. It was It's kind of like a 553 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: you say, it's kind of like a big city, but 554 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of like small. A lot of people 555 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: coming from vacation, and like you said, a lot of 556 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: tourists coming down there all the time, so he was 557 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: able to bump into people from all different, you know, 558 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: areas of the world, all different walks of life. But 559 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: it was just really like a small town and I 560 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: was able to just walk around and kind of experimentum 561 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: within anything I want to. The beach side was always there, 562 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: so I was able to always have that to occupy 563 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: my time and stuff. And just a small town that 564 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: I really enjoy. You attended Mainland High School, the alma 565 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: mater of basketball star Vince Carter, who in two twenty 566 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: retired after a record twenty two years in the NBA. 567 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: Like Vince, you had your uniform number retired at Mainland. 568 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: What did that honor. Mean, that was a blessing because 569 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: there's been so many very talented players come through my 570 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: high school and for me to be next to, you know, 571 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: Vince Carter as one of the players to come out 572 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: of Mainland High School to you know, do something great 573 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: for the community and just to get my my jersey retired. 574 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: In general, man, just to even be next to a 575 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: guy like Vince Carter is just, uh something that I 576 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: can never even you know, like dream of because I 577 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: remember when I was little and he's to having football 578 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: his basketball camp there. I never was able to go. 579 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: But just being able to like watch him and just 580 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: watch the way he moved, it was something that I 581 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: always like, uh dream of and it's kind of cool that, uh, 582 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: like I'm a professional athlete like you know, he was 583 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: at one point in time to we're doing fun factions 584 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: with Cardo Allen. Because you're five to nine, the college 585 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: football powerhouses in the state of Florida did not offer 586 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: you a scholarship per due dead In fact, current Bengals 587 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Louanna Ruma recruited you there was moving to 588 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: West Lafayette, Indiana and Io Penner. Yes, it was such 589 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: a culture shock, but I think it was one of 590 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: the best culture shocks that I think I've ever had 591 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: in my life. And um, and then all it was 592 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: there was corn Field and I'm coming from a sunny 593 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: beach and just tons of things to do and when 594 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: you go down to Purdue, it was it was. It 595 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: was great for me at the time because it made 596 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: me single in my focus. I was able to just 597 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: focus on football and myself and uh getting my grades 598 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: right because coming from a you know, Florida education, with 599 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: no disrespect, it's nothing like a Midwest education. So just 600 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: being able to you know, try to up my game 601 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: and you know, my education level, and also just you know, 602 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: being on my own for the first time in my life, 603 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,959 Speaker 1: it was it was it was so different. Um, if 604 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: I would stay for my first eighteen years of my life, 605 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: I never left a five or ten mile radius of 606 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,959 Speaker 1: Daytona Beach. So going to Purdue, going to West Lafia, Indiana, 607 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm leaving there to get on the plane with my 608 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: first time ever getting on a plane. So it was 609 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: it was, it was a change for me. And now 610 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm here and it's it's been good. You headed to 611 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: the NFL before you had finished your degree, but you 612 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: eventually went back and earned it. Why. Um, it's just 613 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: something that I want to be able to, you know, 614 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: I can't be that parent at home. That's kind of 615 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: like being tough of my babies and letting them know that, 616 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: like everything that you start, you should finish, you know, 617 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: even if you don't want to do it, even if 618 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: it's in the middle of a season and you don't 619 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: really want to finish it and you start playing sports 620 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: or anything. Just anything we start in this family, we're 621 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: gonna finish. And it was important for me to later 622 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: on if I want to be the one who's leading 623 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: my my babies and leading my family and letting them 624 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: know that they need a degree and they need to 625 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: go out and do some you know, writ in this world, 626 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: I want to be the one at least leading away. 627 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Ricardo Allen. The Atlanta Falcons drafted you 628 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: in the fifth round. At the end of training camp 629 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: your first year, they cut you and put you on 630 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: the practice squad, and that in and of itself is 631 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: not unusual, but were case. The world saw it because 632 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: it happened on hard knocks. Did that make it even tougher? Yeah, yeah, 633 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: it was it was really tough because it's not like 634 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: getting the door slammed in your face. It's not like 635 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: hard enough already, it's like getting the door slammed in 636 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: your face, and everybody in the world is like also 637 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: watching it. And um, and I happened to be like 638 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: one of those, uh, the characters in the show that 639 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: they follow until like the end. So I was one 640 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: of the ones that everybody kind of was hoping to 641 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: make the team and then it didn't happen. But it 642 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: also I've been cut on hard knocks and I've also 643 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: lost the super Bowl, you know. So, um, I've had 644 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: really tough things happened to me. And so I'm not 645 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: really afraid of, you know, being embarrassed. I'm not really 646 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: afraid of, you know, really like what my current situation 647 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: may be, because it's not always like that. It's you know, 648 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: if you just keep you know, grinding, and you just 649 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: keep your head down and you you know, keep refining 650 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: your goals and know what you stay into. You know, 651 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: it's never about what the people are saying on the outside. 652 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: The majority of the time is about like what you 653 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: truly are doing, you know, behind the closed doors and 654 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: trying to make the most of the opportunities and stuff. 655 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: So it was tough at that time, but it has 656 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: built me to kind of like be calloused in a sense, 657 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: to you know, the outside and like distractions in a sense. 658 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: Bengals fans unfortunately know all about losing Super Bowls to 659 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: greatest of all time type quarterbacks, in your case, Tom Brady, 660 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: after he had a twenty five point lead in that game. 661 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: I know that pain never goes away. But what do 662 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: you remember finally about being on a team that made it. 663 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: It was a collective effort from everyone within the organizations, 664 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: the players, the fans, just everybody was all in all 665 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: year and it was it was a kind of detailed 666 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: attention that you typically sometimes just get at the beginning 667 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: of the season until let's say, five to ten games 668 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: roll around in the records like so out that intensity 669 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: that we had no matter the wins are the losses 670 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: that kind of like kept through the whole time. Everybody 671 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: was making sure they were focusing on their diets, they 672 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: were focusing on their bodies, how much sleep they were getting, 673 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: Do they know they played? Are they playing as hard 674 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: as they can? And you know, also what I remember 675 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: about that team we called ourselves the misfits because it 676 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: was a bunch of people that we see, they just 677 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: picked us from all different parts of the world and 678 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: put us together, and we kind of like just made 679 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: the most of it. Like we always said that, like 680 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,960 Speaker 1: we none of us supposed to be here, but we're 681 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: gonna make the most of it every chance we get. 682 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: So it was we just kind of took like to 683 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: bring it on kind of attitude. All right, a few 684 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: wildcard categories to wrap things up with Ricardo Allen. Ten 685 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: years from now, are you an NFL head coach? Yes, 686 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: I believe that. I write that down in my notebook 687 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: actually right now. I refine it all the time, and 688 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: I write my goals down. I was listening to something 689 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 1: and they said that you should have five one year goals, 690 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: three year goals, and five ten year goals. And in 691 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: my ten year goals, it is to be an NFL 692 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: head coach and to be you know, one of the 693 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: better ones at it too. So that's something that I'm 694 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: always refining. I'm always working at it, even as a player. 695 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: Right now, I'm I'm always studying, Zach. I'm studying um 696 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: Lou and a room. I'm studying when why and where 697 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: you know they call it plays like why they like it? 698 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: You know what type of team they're trying to build. Um, 699 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: you know, just the smallest of details that I can 700 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: while being on the inside. And I'm not the one 701 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: who actually have pressured to put a team together. So 702 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: I'm just studying as much as I can while playing football. 703 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, I know for sure, I know I'm gonna 704 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: be a coach. For sure. I pray that at that 705 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 1: time i'm a head coach. I believe it's going to happen. 706 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: As long as it's not Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, I will 707 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: be rooting for your team. You are clearly good at 708 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: a lot of things. What are you terrible at a 709 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 1: lot of things. I'm not the best basketball, I'm terrible 710 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:08,239 Speaker 1: at golf. I needed for work on that. Yeah, I'm 711 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: actually not a natural at anything in life. So if 712 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: I haven't, like, I got like an assess of personality. 713 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: So whatever I really like, I go all into it. 714 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: So that's why I haven't started golfing or anything, because 715 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 1: I know if I get a set of golf clubs, 716 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in my backyard tearing up the grass 717 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,840 Speaker 1: all the time. So It's like, right now, I'm just 718 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: kind of trying to save it as as much as 719 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: I can. So I'm bad at a lot of things 720 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: right now, but I give a little better soon then later. 721 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: That golf bug is bad, trust mean, it's cost me 722 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: a lot of time. Final thing for Ricardo Allen. If 723 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: you could meet anybody in history, athlete, actor, statesman, religious figure, 724 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: whoever it might be, who would that person be? Maybe 725 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 1: jay Z? I really like jay Z just because he 726 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: comes from kind of like a background like myself. You know, 727 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: I come from the projects. Uh my mom when we 728 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,920 Speaker 1: first moved to Daytona, be Florida. I'm actually born in Louisiana, 729 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,320 Speaker 1: but when I was six months old, I moved to Daytona, 730 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: be Florida. So I always say that I'm born and 731 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 1: raising uh Daytona, be Florida, because that's like my roots 732 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: and stuff. But when we first got down in the 733 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: Daytona Beach, my mom, single parent mom, started off in 734 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 1: the projects. And during those times, it was a lot 735 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: of families in the projects that ended up, you know, 736 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 1: families maybe hooked on, like you know, bad things and um, 737 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: and they didn't make it out of there. So even 738 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: so my mom just was able to get us to 739 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: a better neighborhood and get us to a good school 740 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Was she put us in the 741 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: right direction. And you know, jay Z comes from the 742 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,839 Speaker 1: projects and now I think he's one of the most 743 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: influential people in the world. You know, he's uh, you know, 744 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 1: he kind of like as a maverick in the sense 745 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: of his own trailblazer. So you know, he he inspires 746 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 1: me because you know, he's achieved some things that a 747 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 1: lot of people don't even think it's like capable of 748 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 1: a human being to achieve. So he is one of 749 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: my guys. And probably warm Buffett two. I know those 750 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: two Warm, but I like warm Buffett a lot too. 751 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: So yeah, we'll give you two plenty of room at 752 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: the table for that dream ludge, so to speak. This 753 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,359 Speaker 1: has been great. It's awesome to have you on this team, 754 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: and I look forward to rooting for the team that 755 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: you're the head coach of as long as it's not 756 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 1: the AFC North in the years to come. Thanks your time, 757 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,200 Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate you having me on. Here's an invitation 758 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: to join lapping me on location for the Bengals Game 759 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 1: Plan show. This Wednesday night from six to eight, we'll 760 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,279 Speaker 1: be at Logos on Blue Ash Road and we'll have 761 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 1: lots of giveaways during the commercial breaks. That's going to 762 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,240 Speaker 1: do it for this episode of the Bengals Booth Podcast, 763 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,919 Speaker 1: brought to you by Ultimate Bengals, the free to play 764 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: Next Level Fantasy Football game. Download it now from the 765 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: App Store and Google Play. If you haven't done so already, 766 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: please subscribe to this podcast and if you have a minute, 767 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: give it a rating or share a comment. I'm Dan 768 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 1: Horde and thanks for listening to the Bengals Booth Podcast. 769 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: M HM.