WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: How Do You Like Me Now 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.439 Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:10.799 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The How Do You Like Me Now? 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:16.079 Navam Ama Wie addition, as the Bengals wrap up the 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:18.920 regular season and get ready for a home playoff game 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:22.320 as they face the Browns in Cleveland. Coming up, I'll 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.760 talk to one of the stars of Good Morning Football 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.560 on the NFL Network, Kyle Brandt, who recently said that 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.760 the Bengals could be the next big thing in the NFL. 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.880 Dave Lapham joins me to discuss the decision to rest 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.920 Joe Burrow this week, and lap shares his thoughts on 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.839 resting as many starters as possible. My one on one 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.839 player interview this week is with Isaiah Prince, who will 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.879 be the Bengals right tackle in the playoffs now that 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.600 Riley Reef is officially out for the rest of the year, 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.279 and did Our Know the Faux segment, we'll take an 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:57.320 in depth look at what's gone wrong for the Browns 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:02.240 with long time Cleveland sportswriter Tony Grossi. The Bengals Booth 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.520 Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the free to play 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.319 next level fantasy football game downloaded now from the app 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.280 Store and Google Play. And here's a quick reminder that 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.240 you can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.360 right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing wherever 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.840 you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since a 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:28.880 victory cigar. Former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach is credited 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:32.600 with starting the tradition. During the Celtics dynasty years when 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.640 they won nine out of ten championships, he would light 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.480 up a cigar on the bench. Imagine that once the 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.080 Celtics had a game locked up. I enjoyed taking a 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.680 few puffs of a victory cigar in front of touchdown 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.320 Jesus when you see one at Notre Dame this year. 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.080 And I loved seeing the footage of Joe Burrow and 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.800 his teammates enjoying victory cigars in the locker room last 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:59.360 week after wrapping up the AFC North. Joe famously enjoyed 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.840 one after eating LSU to the national championship. And here's 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.440 hoping that there's a Super Bowl victory cigar in Joey 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:10.840 franchise is future. Now let's get to my guests, beginning 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.520 with one of the hosts of what I consider to 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:18.840 be the best NFL studio show on TV. If you 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.560 want to be the richest person in the world, there 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.000 are two ways to pull it off. Number one, discover 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:26.680 the cure for baldness or number two bottle the chemistry 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.200 of the crew on Good Morning Football. And one of 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:33.320 the stars of the show joins us now, Kyle Brandt. Kyle, 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.800 it is great to have you on. What did the 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.720 Bengals show you with their win over the Chiefs last week? Dan, 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:41.880 I'm thrilled to be on, And first of all, I 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:43.880 wish I could have provided that other means to be 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.079 in the richest man in the world to you. I'm sorry, 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.480 all due respect, I wish I could be there for you. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.359 I really do. All I can do is the Good 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.840 Morning Football alleged chemistry that you hype. So thank you 0:02:55.240 --> 0:03:00.639 and listen to join you right now. It's a credible time. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.760 It's like going to the Santa Claus's house and Christmas Eve. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:05.560 This is like as good as it gets right now. 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.200 It's unbelievable. I remember when I was in I was 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.880 in my early twenties. It was a younger man in California, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.720 and man, the Chiefs were all that. The Chiefs were 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.519 so cool, and they were dominating everybody and they were perfect. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.920 And this Bengals wide receiver not a lot of people 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.959 knew yet, came out and said, I guarantee we're gonna 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.679 beat the Chiefs. Oh you're crazy, You're crazy. Sure enough, 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.480 Chad was right. They did beat the Chiefs that day. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.440 And here we are in the wake of yet another 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:37.120 Bengals win over a really good, almost omnipotent seeming Chiefs team, 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.920 and it's absolutely pure electricity. My thoughts were for that 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.240 game where there was a time the Bengals had a 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.000 nice little run this year where they were the most 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.200 fun to watch team in the league or the most 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:52.240 exciting team in the league, which is fine, those are 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.080 cool titles to be helped for sure. They went from 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.200 that to being, oh, my gosh, never mind the watchability 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.800 or the excitement. They are actually a really, really good team. 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.080 I never mind watching them. I don't think you want 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.120 to play the Bengals. And we saw that happen right 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.520 in front of us. It was exhilarating, it was really cool. 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.320 I wrote down something you said earlier this week that 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.320 was similar to that, and here's the quote. There is 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:20.320 an intoxication with Cincinnati, there's a feeling of oh my gosh, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:24.440 this is the next big thing. Describe why you think 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:28.719 the Bengals might be the next big thing. Well, I 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.039 could point out the obvious things. I could point out 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.320 the young talents and the quarterback and the way that 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.400 they improved this defense so much, and the players they added. 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.640 But I'll tell you why because here I sit in 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:42.320 and I'm in you know, suburban New York, outside of Manhattan. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.600 I have an eight year old son, My son, Calvin, 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.640 has spent almost all his life here in New York. 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.120 And you know, we just had Christmas and Calvin has 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.800 suddenly realized that there's some boys at school, maybe the 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.360 older boys, who wear jerseys to school, and he wants 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.320 to get some jerseys. So I said, all right, listen, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.640 we got lots of options, son, this is an important choice. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.840 You know, it's a long commitment, just a reflection of 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.880 you and like who And he says, who should I get? 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.520 Who should I get? So you know, we talked about, well, listen, 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.679 you can't go wrong with Tom Brady. But you're a 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.080 wildly different generation. There's a lot of you know, there's 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.320 Josh Allen and there's my homes and there's there's Lamar 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.120 Jackson and everything. Well, I'm thrilled to tell you damn 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.360 that on Christmas Eve at our home, Santa Claus came 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.320 to the Brant House and he brought this night and 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.240 it was waiting at the bottom of the stairs on 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.800 Christmas morning for my eight year old. So you want 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.279 to talk about the next big thing? A kid born 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:42.479 in twenty thirteen living in outside in the suburbs of 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:46.040 New York wants a Bengals jersey with his pick from 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.280 the whole NFL. This is the one he wants. This 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.400 is the one Santa Claus brought. If that doesn't say 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.839 next big thing, I don't know what does. That is awesome. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.920 Calvin is the sharpest dress kid at his school, There's 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.640 no question about it. We're talking to Kyle brand from 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.400 Goodmore Football. You do a podcast Ten Questions with Kyle Brandt. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.880 I am looking forward to the point where Joe Burrow 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.200 is your guest. I'm sure that's coming at some point 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.599 down the road. What has Joe Burrow done aside from 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:18.039 inspire your son for the Bengals franchise? Oh man so much. 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:19.880 And bear in mind that my son is wearing that 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.560 jersey at a school which is mostly New York Giants fans. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.599 Those poor kids shown up in say Quan and Daniel 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.600 Jones jerseys. Calvin's walking on the hallway with his orange 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:32.880 tiger stripe thing. So he certainly inspired them. But you 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.839 know some of the comparisons now from Burrow, they're getting 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:40.080 to the stratosphere. I'm starting to see, you know, the 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:44.760 word Rogers, the word Brady thrown around. Here's what he's done. 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.520 We have a NonStop stream now and this golden age 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.240 of offense and quarterbacks of this is the next great one, 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:52.760 this is the next dist, this is the next dist 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:54.640 and there's all of them, and they are really some 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:58.440 great young talents. Burrows seems to have transcended them. And 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.760 I really mean that now. Listen. He hasn't accomplished the 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.080 playoff wins, doesn't done anything. But what he's done, in 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.280 my mind is he has come off in this way 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.480 of like, Wow, that guy's cool. Wow, that guy's gonna 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.720 be a future. It's not just all the throws down 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.480 fields to the receivers to useam or any of them. 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:18.600 The way this dude conducts himself after the game, after 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.880 the loss or after the win. His pulse does not bounce. 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:27.360 He can easily stunt on someone or brag, or he 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:31.040 can get angry afterwards. I have been so impressed with 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.480 the way he speaks to the media, the way he 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.800 talks about the media, even more so than the throw 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.520 for five hundred yards and first person's story. I'll tell 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.160 you one right here. This is when I knew Joe 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.400 Burrow was gonna work, back in the early stages of 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.520 Quarantine and now how we're all used to people doing 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.640 shows at home and having the home camps like I'm 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.040 on now, It was a totally foreign concept. When we 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.080 first talked to Joe Burrow. He was coming out of 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.480 the draft, he was out of LSU. We thought he 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.200 wasn't even ever want to pick. He's supposed to come 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.000 on Good Morning Football that and we have him, you know, 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.080 let's say we have him at the ten thirties mark, 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.480 and he shows up at ten twenty nine, and he's ready, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.240 and he's ready to talk about everything he wants to accomplish. We, 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.000 for the life of us, could not make this work. Technically, 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.280 the audio wouldn't connect, the visual was wrong. He could 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.040 hear us. We couldn't hear him, then vice versa. This 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.680 one on for what seemed like an hour, and Burrow 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:21.280 just sat there and just said, sure, I'll try this. 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:23.640 Does this work? Does this work? I can say it again, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.800 testing one, two three for the million time. This is 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.440 the guy who's gonna be the number one picking the draft. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.480 This is a national champion, celebrated. I know nine out 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.880 of ten other players would are like, ooh, sorry, closed 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.480 the laptop. Couldn't make it happen. He sat there in traffic. 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.160 He would still be sitting there if we asked him too. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:43.240 He was unbelievably courteous, unbelievable hospitable even as a guest, 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:47.280 and he didn't get nervous and he didn't get flustered, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.520 and we all laughed afterwards. Nate and Peter and K 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.800 and myself were like, well, this guy's gonna win the 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:53.920 AFC North. He sat there for an hour with us 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.840 having technical issues and didn't even bat an eye, and 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.120 it said something about him. And to this day I 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:00.680 will never forget it. And I think you see that 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.280 kinde of demeanor on the field. If you can handle that, 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.360 you can handle the Ravens Blitz. There's no question about it. 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.920 All right, Kyle, let's go back to this year's draft. 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.680 I was team Sewel. I thought the Bengals should have 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.640 fortified the offensive line. I'm happy to have been wrong. 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.600 You said going into the draft, you can either fix 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.240 the stairs or you can buy an eight inch TV. 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.560 They got the eight inch TV and Jamar Chase and 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.360 I really like an eight inch TV. What do you think? 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:35.960 It's beautiful, ultra high death. Oh my gosh, you can 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.719 play video games on it. If you ever watch The 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.679 Masters on it, you'll feel like you're there at Augusta. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:43.840 And that was a true story, Dan, And I'm flatter 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.880 that you dug that up. Last spring, we my wife 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.480 and had decided we have a certain amount of money 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.240 and we can do sort of like a spring cleanup. 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.280 And these steps outside our front steps front door rather, 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.840 they're kind of stone, and to have them fixed you 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.360 need to hire a mason, which is very expensive you 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.079 to pay for them. It's reels, and it's a very 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.360 practical thing. I mean, it's gonna make your house better, safer, 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.719 it's gonna make you feel more comfortable. That was the 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.439 left tackle pick, and that was the practical pick. Of course, 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.520 protect a burrow but oh my gosh, if you take 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.760 that money and what if we just live with the steps? 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.160 So what if we just trucks that they'll be okay 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.760 and we spend it on that TV? And I'm like, 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.480 I think, you know what I want the TV. My 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:26.000 head says the steps, but my heart and my eyes 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.200 say the TV. Can you imagine right now, listen, Penney 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.800 Soul may maybe may have become you know, Anthony Munos. 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.600 We don't know, We'll never know, but I know this, damn. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.720 I'm sitting on the set at GMFB today and Chris Carter, 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.439 of all people who in the bur listen seat this week, 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.400 is talking about Jamar and he said, now, listen, I 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.120 was there in Minnesota when Randy was there. I saw 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.960 Randy have three catches for three touchdowns against the cot 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.360 Dallas Cobos didn't draft him. I was there. He said, 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.600 Jamar Chase is better as a rookie than Randy Moss was. 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.280 We said, oh, hold on, we love jam Are we 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.880 all getting caught up a night? He's better than Moss was. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.679 You were in the same huddle, Chris, he says, better, 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:10.160 more diverse, more fleshed out skill sets that Randy was Randy, 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.400 he had about four routes. He could run really fast. 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:15.439 Jamar can do everything. I'm saying this right now is 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.000 the guy who was there as a Hall of Famer 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.840 that Jamaar Chase as a rookie is better than Randy 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.840 Moss was as a rookie. I think the ad TV 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.760 was the right choice. I heard Chris Carter say that, 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.160 and I had the same reaction. I'm like, wow, If 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.640 that's coming from a guy who was Randy Moss's teammate 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.880 when he had seventeen touchdowns catches as a rookie, that's 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:38.000 a pretty strong statement. Let's assess the AFC as we 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.200 get set for postseason play. Who's the top team in 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.400 your opinion? And where did the Bengals stack up close? 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:46.960 They stack up close to the Chiefs win if they 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.520 beat Kansas City in a quote unquote shootout, you think 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:51.760 they can beat anybody. To answer your question, I think 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.080 right now, I actually think the best team is the Bills, 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.240 and they don't have the best record, and I don't 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.160 know if they have the best roster. If you file 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.880 the AFC really closely, everybody remember first the night against 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:02.839 New England and when Matt Jones threw three passes and 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.200 the Bills had this weird loss. Then they follow it 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.840 up going to Tampa and they're just getting routed in 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:09.760 the first half. I think they went to the locker room. 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:11.240 It was twenty four to three at a half, and 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.400 Brady was just destroying them. From that moment on, the 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.120 Bills have been unbelievable. The second half of that game, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.240 Allan was the best player in the field, that they 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.720 were the best team. They almost they lost an overtime 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.440 come back, beat the Patriots soundly, and I just think, 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.600 like this Josh Allen thing has gone nuclear since then, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.480 and listen, so have several other quarterbacks. But I've been 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.400 watching the Bills a lot. They've been up and downs, 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.640 they've been through I think right now they're the team 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.640 I don't want to play. But I mean it is 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.720 raised within because you got these new rock stars and 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.439 the Bengals the Chiefs who are still the Chiefs, and 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.319 I think we all agree. I don't know, Dan, I 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.720 don't want to speak for you, but if the Bengals 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.680 did not punch in that touchdown, if they would have 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:50.400 played it conservatively at the end of that game, I 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.319 think the Chiefs are coming back to win. Mahomes is 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.080 still Mahomes. And it's funny about the AFC playoffs right now, 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.000 and I promise I'll finish with this is we can 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.080 have a whole talk about how good these teams are 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.400 and how good these quarterback are and not even mentioned 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.160 the team that's sitting on the one seed, which is 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.680 the Titans, who have the two thousand yard rusher coming back. 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.200 The AFC playoffs are gonna be wild. I still have 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.839 the Bills slightly number one, and I would say that 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.280 Bengals are right there in that two, three four. How 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.880 could they not be? All right? Last thing for Kyle 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.360 Brant Kay Adams was here a few weeks ago as 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.079 the ruler of the jungle. Are you jealous? And would 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.079 you like to be the ruler of the jungle? At 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:30.480 some point I wasn't jealous until I saw the I 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.880 guess it's a throne that she was sitting on. It 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:37.800 seemed to be some sort of Lord of the Rings 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:43.280 meets Game of Thrones meets the Cincinnati, Ohio type stone throne, 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.040 which looked really cool that I wish I could have 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:50.240 like in my basements. Listen the Unfortunately, I think that 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.160 I didn't. I didn't get in on the stock of 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:55.160 the Bengals when it was really low. At this point, 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.440 you could have heads of state probably lining up to 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.320 be the Bengals ruler of the Jungle because they're that 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.520 good and that hot. I have never been to a 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.640 Cincinnati Bengals game. I have never done all the champions 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.240 of the Skyline, chili and all that. Of course I 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.080 would love to, I would absolutely love to, But like 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.640 I said, it's like a long line at the deli counter. Now, 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.959 like get a number. We will happily give you a 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.200 number and look forward to having you here in Cincinnati 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.360 eventually as the ruler of the Jungle, Kyle. This has 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.600 been a lot of fun. I appreciate your time, keep 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:28.760 up the awesome work, and I'm very happy for you 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.320 and everyone in any way involved with the Bengals organization. 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.360 This is a great league when there's ups and downs, 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.040 and right now the Bengals being up is the coolest 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.560 story in football right now, and I hope the story 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.840 continues for several more weeks for you guys. Man if 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.160 and when Kyle comes to town to be the ruler 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.440 of the Jungle. Here's hoping young Calvin comes with him 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:52.200 rocking that Joe Burrow Jersey, the Bengals quarterback, isn't going 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:56.160 to play this Sunday. Zach Taylor made that announcement on Wednesday. 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.640 So Cincinnati will be trying to win in Cleveland with 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.960 and An Allen at quarterback, and Joe Burrow is hardly 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.440 the only starter who is expected to miss the game. 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:09.040 I discussed that and more with my broadcast partner Dave 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.600 Lapham lad Zach Taylor announced that Joe Burrow is going 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.360 to sit out Sunday's game in Cleveland. I'm pretty sure 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.680 that other key players probably will sit out too, although 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.480 he did not give any other names. Is this a 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:25.960 no brainer in your opinion or a tough call? It's 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.280 pretty much a no brainer. I mean, I think they're 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:32.000 gonna treat it like a buye. I think very few 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.640 guys are gonna play. I think guys may have backup roles, 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.400 emergency roles, but I think he's going to try to 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:43.440 rest every single starter he possibly can. And you know, 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.040 I feel like they feel like they earned it, earned 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.240 the opportunity to do that and get everybody healthy and 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.640 everybody rested and ready to go against whoever that first 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.440 round opponent may be, and they I think they feel 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.640 good about, you know, going up there with the players 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.520 that are going to be playing, They'll be motivated and 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.560 going up there and trying to put forth a good 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.040 performance and show that they belong in the National Football 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:09.760 League and belong with the Cincinnati Bengals. And a big 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:15.960 part of what a coach's job is from a perspective 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:20.400 of job employment is developing young players. So see how 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.600 how well these young guys have developed, See if they 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.520 can make some plays, get some things done, and win 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:29.000 a football game. Joe Burrow has been on this incredible 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.080 roll over the last couple of games. And you asked 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:36.080 him the question on Wednesday. Annie hesitation to stop playing 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.000 when you're rolling the way that you're rolling. Yeah, you know. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.400 I asked about the momentum part of it, and as 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.240 he worried at all about that, and he said, no, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.400 that he feels like he'll get all the throws that 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.200 he needs to get in during the week of practice 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.680 and maybe have a competitive too minute drill type situation 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:59.000 to stay sharp. And Zach Taylor feels the same way 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.760 that he can get it, you know, every throw that 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:03.840 he needs to get every rept that he needs yet 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.880 with his players during the week of practice, and both 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:10.160 of them feel like they've practiced so well. He's practiced 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.480 so well, and they practice so well as a team. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.720 That's the reason that they're on the role that they're on. 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:19.280 You know, it carries over into game day and they 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.080 feel like the only thing that will be missing is 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.920 that is that final game day deal where you've worked 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.240 hard all week to get ready for game day, but 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.640 now you won't actually play and be exposed to injury, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.720 and all the preparation leading up to game day will 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.960 all be the same. So they feel like, um, you know, 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.320 they're getting the best of both worlds. As such, Joe 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.919 Burrow has been incredibly impressive really from day one, but 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.840 the last two weeks have been mind boggling. Nine hundred 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:53.560 and seventy one yards, eight touchdown passes, no interceptions. This 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.520 might be the best two game stretch that any quarterback 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.639 has ever had in NFL history. Is their anything about 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.399 this stretch where you say, you know, I knew the 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.160 guy was great, but I didn't know he could do that. 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:12.679 I'll tell you he the clinic that he and Jamar 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:16.960 Chase put on, it was just amazing. I mean, Chase 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.920 goes for two sixty six and Joe goes for well 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:25.680 into the four hundreds again, but they were so on 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.880 the money in terms of Joe putting the ball exactly 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:33.280 where it had to be put and Jamar Chase fighting 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.080 for that football no matter what, was going to make 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.200 a play on it. The two of them played just 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:43.400 about a perfect game. I mean, it was incredible watched because, honestly, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.400 I mean, Jamar Chase had a couple of opportunities where 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:50.240 he got separation, but I'd say a good balance of 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.840 the eleven catches that he had were difficult. I mean, 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.960 he had to jockey for position, bump somebody, nudge, somebody, 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:01.119 uses physicality at the high point of the route, you know, 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:06.120 get a last minute body position advantage. And he's he's 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.280 capable of doing that. He's so darned strong, And particularly 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:13.520 when both te Higgins and Jamar Chase when they leave 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:17.159 the ground like a strong rebounder in the air at 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:19.879 the high point when he's rebounding a basketball is so strong. 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:22.440 That's what those guys are, you know, when they're high 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.320 point in the football. So all of that was just 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:31.080 unbelievable to watch. And well, yeah, Joe, I think Joe's 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.719 I felt like he was accurate, but the last two games, 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.960 it's it's been like ludicrously accurate, you know. I mean, 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.359 it's it's mind boggling to complete over seventy percent of 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.760 your passes in a sixteen game season, basically which he'll 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:49.480 he'll have he's not going to play against Cleveland. That's 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:52.760 that's incredible. Kenny Anderson holds a record seventy point five 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.080 five but it was in a nine game season, a 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:59.680 strike shortened season, so literally almost half the games. And 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.960 for Jodah complete the percentage that he's completed for the 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:06.560 yards that he's completed. And that's the thing too, is 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.360 his deep ball numbers are you know, so far off 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:15.040 the charts compared to everybody was concerned about that in 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:18.080 the early stages of his career. Now he's got thirteen 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.280 players of over forty yards, second best in the league, 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.840 fifty five over twenty yards, fourth best in the league. 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:29.000 That's an area where he's gone light years up a 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.040 ladder as well. It's incredible to watch. I'm glad you 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.280 brought up those numbers because the first time that Joe 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:37.480 talked to reporters this spring, coming back from his knee surgery, 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:40.280 he said one of his goals was to improve his 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:44.720