1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast, the Best Laid Plans Edition, as we 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: look back at a five point loss to the Chargers 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: that saw the Bengals follow their game plan to a t. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: They ran the ball, effectively, controlled the clock, did not 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: commit a turnover, stop Philip Rivers and the Chargers on 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: third down, and still found a way to lose. Coming up, 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: you'll hear radio replays, locker room interviews with key players, 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: and Dave Lappom will join me for postgame analysis plus 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: and this week's fund Fag's interview. You'll get to know 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: safety Brandon Wilson. Among other things. We'll discuss the former 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: head football coach for four years at his high school. 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: You might have heard of the guy Doug Peterson, the 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 1: current head coach of the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: All of that is straight ahead, but first, here's a 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 17 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: this podcast delivered to your phone, tablet, or computer by 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: subscribing an itune, Stitcher, or pod Bean. It's the greatest 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: invention since the search engine. In choosing a name for 20 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: this edition of the podcast. I thought of the expression 21 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: the best laid plans of mice and men, saying used 22 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: to suggest that no matter how carefully something is planned, 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: things may still go wrong. Then I realized, I don't 24 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: know where that expression comes from, so I google searched it. 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: It's from the poem to a Mouse, written by Robert 26 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: Burns in the seventeen hundreds, and it includes the line 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: the best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew. 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: Now you know that, Let's get to football. The LA 29 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: Chargers entered Sunday's game with a fifteen and four record 30 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: in their last nineteen games. Nobody has a better mark 31 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: during that stretch, so it was no surprise that the 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: Chargers were favored by more than two touchdowns at home 33 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: against the injury ravaged Bengals. It was also no surprise 34 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: when LA opened the game with a sixth play, seventy 35 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: five yard touchdown drive first and ten at the Bengals 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: fourteen yard line. Rivers, with a glove on his left hand, 37 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: catches the shotgun, snap throws it toward the end zone 38 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: as a man open, and it's a touchdown for the Chargers. 39 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: A beautiful throw lofted over the shoulder Keenan Allen with 40 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: the catch. Sheen and Allen made the catch. Star Quest 41 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: narting coverage of Keenan Allen reren a great route. It's 42 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: the twenty sixth straight game with a touchdown pass for Rivers, 43 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: but it turned out to be his only one of 44 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: the day, ending Philip's streak of thirteen straight games with 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: two or more touchdown passes, two short of Peyton Manning's 46 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: NFL record. The Bengals answered with a field goal, but 47 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: quickly fell behind fourteen to three as the Chargers also 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: went seventy five yards to score on their second session. 49 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: Eckler lines up seven yards behind the line at the 50 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: twelve yard line. Hands on these second and goal from 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: the five for the Chargers. A receiver goes in motion. 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: That's Benjamin. Here's a handoff to Eckler and he will 53 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: run it into the end zone for a Charger's touchdown, 54 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: a five yard run for Austin Eckler and the Chargers 55 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: have scored touchdowns on their first two possessions. Two possessions, 56 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: two touchdowns and one hundred and fifty yards of offense. 57 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: It looked like it could be another butt kicking similar 58 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: to the Chiefs or Saints games. As it turned out, 59 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: far from it. For the rest of the game, the 60 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: Bengals defense was spectacular, allowing one hundred thirty eight yards 61 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: and no touchdowns on the Chargers' final eight drives. Here's 62 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: safety Jesse Bates on slowing down Philip Rivers. Once we 63 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: start to move around a little bit, disguising a lot, 64 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: we gotta get fill of what he was looking at 65 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: and how deep in the play clot he was going. 66 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: I think that kind of flustered him a little bit. 67 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: The Bengals appeared to or their first touchdown with five 68 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: and a half minutes left in the half when quarterback 69 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll scrambled to the right and dove toward the 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: end zone, extending the ball over the goal line for 71 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: a one yard score, But after a replay review, the 72 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: officials ruled that Driscoll had given himself up and was 73 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: down inches from the goal line. Here's the Bengals quarterback. 74 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: I've never seen that before. But you know, if that's 75 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: the rule, that's the rule, and you know you can't 76 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: you can't argue with an official. If that's the rule, 77 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: that's the rule. Maybe it's a you know, maybe they 78 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: need to relok at the rule, but I obviously was 79 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: not giving myself out. But if that's how the rules interpreted, 80 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: it is what it is, and you know, unfortunately not hurt. 81 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: The call was the result of a rule change in 82 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: the offseason. For years, in an attempt to protect quarterbacks, 83 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: defenders have had to ease up when a QB goes 84 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: into a feat first slide. Head first dives were treated differently. 85 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: Not anymore. Now, a diving quarterback is treated just like 86 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: a lighting one. The play is dead when anybody part 87 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: hits the ground. That's why Driscoll's touchdown was taken off 88 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: the board. But you know what, it shouldn't have mattered. 89 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: The Bengals were about a nostril hair from the goal 90 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: line and should have been able to score easily on 91 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: fourth down, but offensive lineman Alex Redman moved before the snap, 92 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: and his five yard penalty forced the Bengals to kick 93 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: a field goal, reducing the deficit to fourteen to six. 94 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: Here's Redman, I mean, that's that's that's some rookie. Can't 95 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: be letting happened. So, yeah, it is frustrating. In the 96 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: second quarter, the Bengals defense actually began to dominate, driving 97 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers backward on three straight three and outs, but 98 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: his third down and one Chargers stick with the empty 99 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: backfield in five wides. Rivers scanning the Bengals defense catches 100 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: a high shotgun snap being chased by Dunlap. He's got him, 101 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: They'll sack him back at the six yard line. Dunlap's 102 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: eight sack of the season forced the Chargers to punt 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: in the back of the end zone, allowing the Bengals 104 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: to start a drive at the LA thirty five yard 105 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: line with one thirty five left in the half. Five 106 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: plays later, they were in the end zone. Three receivers 107 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: out to the right, one to the left. Nobody why 108 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: to the Numerals. Driscoll catches a shotgun snap. He's back 109 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: to throw, good protection. His throw taught by John Ross 110 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: right over the medal for a Bengals touchdown, and he 111 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: was wide open across the Dan Cross. Has it been good? 112 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: That's the six touchdown reception for John Ross and he's 113 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: not even close to twenty catches yet. It's crazy. Ross 114 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: is from nearby Long Beach, California, and had about twenty 115 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: five friends and relatives in attendance. I one of the 116 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: best feelings I've had, you know, in a very long time. 117 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: Definitely in the best moment I've had playing in a 118 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: in a stadium since I've been you know, and colleger 119 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: in NFL. So it's just nothing can beat playing in 120 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: front of your family and your friends and your son. 121 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: How do you think you're doing yourself personally this season? 122 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: I think I'm doing okay, which is not good enough. 123 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: I think it's always room for improvement no matter who 124 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: you are, especially me, you know, hold myself to a 125 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: high standard. And you know, I think I'm still you know, 126 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: figuring it out, you know, find an identity on him. 127 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: I will say this those It's much more smooth than 128 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: it was last year. Ross's touchdown made it fourteen to 129 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: twelve with twenty seconds left in the half. They're gonna 130 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: go for two and try to tie it with twenty 131 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: seconds left in the half, so chasing points early not 132 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: necessarily recommended, but we'll see if it works. Two receivers 133 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: to each side of the formation, Driscoll back to throw. 134 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: He swings it out to the right to Bernard and 135 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: he has tackled at the five yard line. As if 136 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: that wasn't bad enough. The final twenty seconds of the 137 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: half were a comical disaster. The Chargers used ten seconds 138 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,119 Speaker 1: to return the kickoff to the thirty two yard line, 139 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: leaving ten seconds in the half. Back to back eleven 140 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: yard completions used up nine of those seconds and moved 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: la to the Bengals forty six yard line, not close 142 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: enough for a field goal attempt, so Rivers dropped back 143 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: to throw a hail Merry pass and got sacked by 144 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: Dunlap and Sam Hubbard, but inexplicably, Jordan Willis was offside 145 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: that moved the ball to the forty one yard line, 146 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: allowing the Chargers to bring out rookie kicker Michael Badgeley 147 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 1: badually made the game winner at the gun last Sunday 148 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: night in Pittsburgh on his third try. The Bengals do 149 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: have a returner waiting in the back of the end zone. 150 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: Nine yard attempt. It looks like it is long enough 151 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: and it is good. Wo wow. How about that. Here's 152 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: Jesse Bates on the two critical first half penalties. I 153 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: think that's losing football. I mean, we got a chance 154 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: to score on not even the one yard line, and 155 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: we jump offside in the sulfield goal it's four points. 156 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: And then right before the half, we you know we're 157 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: about going inside halftime our offense getting the ball back 158 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,599 Speaker 1: on on saw and give them three more points. So 159 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: that's a seven point you know swing right there. The 160 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: Bengals got the ball down by five points to begin 161 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: the third quarter, and on their opening drive, faced fourth 162 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: and less than a yard at their own thirty five 163 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: yard line, Marvin Lewis elected to go for it. Driscoll 164 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: under center, He's got to hand it off. Mixon trying 165 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: to fight for the yardage he won't get there, doesn't 166 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: come close. That's a great wall of China right there, 167 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: I thought, hammered up inside where those young guys had 168 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: been operating so efficiently and effectively, and the Los Angeles 169 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: Chargers said, nah, baby nah. That led to an easy 170 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: Chargers field goal in a twenty to twelve lead. Here's 171 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: coach Lewis who got less than four inches to go, 172 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: five inches to go. We don't make it. I mean, 173 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: you know those things we got to make those man 174 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: we're counting long in the make it. On their next possession, 175 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: the Bengals drove to the LA thirty four, but rather 176 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: than attempt to fifty two yard field goal. They lined 177 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: up to go for it on fourth and seven before 178 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: a penalty on Billy Price forced the Bengals to punt. 179 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: Lap asked Marvin about passing up the field goal try. 180 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: Was it a tough decision not to go for that 181 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: fifty two yard field goal? Was right on the border 182 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: of what you thought might be his range might be? Well, 183 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: I felt with the wind today and just the way 184 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 1: it was, the wind was cross wind and it was 185 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: you know, and warm ups, and didn't so comfortable with it. 186 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: On the Bengals next drive, Bullock was given the opportunity 187 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: to attempt a forty six yard field goal, and he 188 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: drilled it with room to spare to pull the Bengals 189 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: back within five. LA answered with a field goal to 190 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: push the lead back to eight, but Cincinnati was still 191 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: within a touchdown. In a two point conversion with seven 192 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: forty five to go, Matt Lengal goes in motion. Driscoll 193 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: takes the direct staff It's a run to the right 194 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: for Mixon charging up the middle. Filt first down, still 195 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: going all the way down to the eleven yard line. 196 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: Want a run for Joe Mixon and the Bengals are 197 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: eleven yards away after that nineteen yard run. Again between 198 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: the tackles, those young guys up front in the middle, 199 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 1: they're operating very, very efficiently. Mixon finished with twenty six 200 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: carries for one hundred eleven yards. Here's Jeff Driscoll on 201 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: Joe's performance. We've been saying we got to be able 202 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: to run the football. That's gonna set everything else up. 203 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: And I thought Joe did a great job today, you know, 204 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: hitting the holes when the holes were there, and in 205 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: creating when maybe there wasn't as much, you know, free 206 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: room to run. So I mean, I thought he competed 207 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: and ran really hard, and you know, I'm just you know, 208 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: it was fun to watch him play well today. Mixon 209 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 1: gave the Bengals a chance to tie the game with 210 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: less than two minutes to go. Sam Hubbard in at fullback, 211 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: first in goal from the one, Driscoll hands it to 212 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 1: Mix and he is in a touchdown from the one 213 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: yard line for Joe Mixon, and now the Bengals will 214 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: try for a two point conversion in hopes of tying 215 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: the game with one fifty to go. The Bengals have 216 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: not had a two point conversion in fifty six games, 217 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: longest streak of any team in the NFL. They will 218 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: try for one here to tie the game. Drist go 219 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: back to throw looking still looking sacked back at the 220 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 1: fifteen yard line. That's a coverage sack right there, man, 221 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: because he had nowhere to go at the football, and 222 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: you can't throw it away. You have to try to 223 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: create a play and he couldn't find anybody to throw 224 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: it too. That's and he takes the sack. The failed 225 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: two point try forced the Bengals to attempt an on 226 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: side kick, and that failed as well. The Bengals have 227 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: not had a successful on side kick since two thy ten. 228 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: They are over six since the Chargers added three points 229 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: on Badgeley's fourth field goal of the game to win 230 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: it twenty six to twenty one. Here are John Ross 231 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: and Clayton Federlum. It was a wake up call, like, 232 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: you know, we are better than what people think, you know, um, 233 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: And you know we actually we were playing we're playing 234 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: really good. It is this. We gotta put everything together, 235 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, and it'll come. I never never feel good 236 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: after loss. Doesn't matter if you lose by one hundred, 237 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: by one point losses, you know, you know, I hate 238 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: losing more than I like winning, so you know it 239 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: hurts um. You know where there's some positive out there, absolutely, 240 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: most notably the play of the defense. The Bengals held 241 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers to two hundred eighty eight yards, the fewest 242 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 1: the Bengals have allowed in a game all season, and 243 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: one hundred forty five yards below the whopping four thirty 244 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: three the teams have been averaging against Cincinnati this season. 245 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: The Chargers were also just five for thirteen on third down. 246 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: That's thirty eight percent, well below the Bengals league worst 247 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: average of fifty four percent. Going in. Now time to 248 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: bring in my broadcast partner Dave Lapham for postgame analysis, 249 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: and we start with the critical mistakes that cost the 250 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: Bengals an upset win. You know, you can't put yourself 251 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: from your schedule, and you only have six penalties for 252 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: thirty four yards or whatever it is, but four of 253 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: those six penalties were crucial. I mean, you know, one 254 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: at the one inch line that makes you settle for 255 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: a field goal. There's four points off the board potentially 256 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: because they were going for it on fourth down and 257 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: literally less than a foot. And then at the conclusion 258 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: of the half, they have a sack and there's a 259 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: penalty because Jordan Willis jumps, uh, and you know now 260 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: it's it's line up for a fifty nine yard field goal. 261 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: Makes it so there are seven points right there worst 262 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: case scenario, and a five point lost, and it's it's 263 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: just it's just unfortunate. I mean, you do a lot 264 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: of a lot of things right, but when the chips 265 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: are on the line, you know, there's not that margin 266 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: for error, and I think guys maybe start, you know, realizing, 267 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: oh man, I you know, I can't make a mistake, 268 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: and then that's when you might make mistakes. You just 269 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: have to play kind of free and easy. And it's 270 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: unfortunate because very there's only two teams in the NFL 271 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: at this stage of the season that have run the 272 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: football more than theyve thrown it, and both of them 273 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: have winning records. And the Bengals did that today. They 274 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: ran the ball more than they threw it. And I thought, 275 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: you know, I still didn't really think that they had 276 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: a big attack throwing the ball down the field. A 277 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: lot of it was horizontal throwing, but I thought the 278 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: game plan was sound. And I will never understand how 279 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: they apply a rule a quarterback giving himself up at 280 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: the one inch line. I mean, I understand the rule. 281 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: I understand the application rule, but there when you're you're 282 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: going to score and you're you're stretching the ball out, 283 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: I don't understand how you can apply it there. I 284 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: don't know, but unfortunately was called and and that's you know, 285 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: that's just another another thing you have to deal with 286 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: when it when it rains, it pours. Hindsight's always twenty twenty. 287 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: But when it comes to a couple of decisions during 288 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: the course of the game, the decision to go for 289 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: two at twenty seconds left in the second quarter and 290 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: actually your question chasing points that early in the game. 291 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: The decision to run the ball on fourth and short 292 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: early third quarter when you got a quarterback, try to 293 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: quarterback sneak and possibly picked it up that way. Obviously, 294 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: when it doesn't work, it's easy to second guess. But 295 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: those are some decisions that I'm sure a lot of 296 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: people were first guessing as well. Yeah, I'm sure. And 297 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: if you decide to go for two and you don't 298 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: make it, then you have to, you know, at the 299 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: end of the game to go for two. And the 300 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: other thing is if you're going to chase points and 301 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: go for two. Why don't you chase points and kick 302 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: a fifty two yard field goal? At least try to. 303 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: It's not congruous, you know, it's in incongruous there. It's 304 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: like they don't they don't. The pattern doesn't doesn't follow. 305 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: So you know, a fifty two yard field goal in 306 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: these weather conditions. He hit that fifty nine yard room 307 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: to spare, and I think a fifty two yard or 308 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: is makable. I didn't really detect a whole lot of 309 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: wind or any kind of problems, but maybe they did. 310 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: Maybe they didn't like what they saw in pregame warm 311 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: ups or whatever. There has to be a reason for it. 312 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: But you know that, I'm sure people are thinking, what 313 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: if you're going for two, why aren't you trying that 314 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: fifty two yard field goal? I guess in hindsight, that's 315 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: that's my thought on that too. Biggest positive on the 316 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: defensive end for me is this. The Chargers scored touchdowns 317 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: on their first two possessions, did not score another touchdown 318 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: then their last eight possessions of the game. Now, they 319 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: did kick four field goals, including a couple of short 320 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: fields where they got the balling Bengals territory. But it's 321 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: hard to imagine, or it's been hard to imagine this 322 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: defensa as badly as it struggled, holding a potent offense 323 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: like that to eight possessions without a touchdown, and to 324 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: play the way they did after the start, you know, 325 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: and to h to put your finger in the hole 326 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: in the dike, you know, that's hard to do on 327 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: the road against a really good quarterback. That's that's a 328 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: really good football team. I mean they're ten and three now, 329 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: they might be playing the AIRC Championship game here at 330 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: stub Hub. Boy, the league would love that, wouldn't they. 331 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: But I mean, that's a really really good football team. 332 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: And defensively, I thought the Corners played hard. I thought 333 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon played hard, Tyler Boyd played hard. The Corners 334 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: player so many guys played hard, played really really hard. 335 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: Defensive guys were you know, getting after it in the 336 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: front front line, you know, after the first couple of drives, 337 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: so the encouraging signers, they didn't spit the bit, you know, 338 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: it didn't become an ugly situation. They made it a 339 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: really really good football game. And I thought the physicality 340 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: of the three young guys inside was a plus. I thought. 341 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: I thought Westerman and Billy Price and Redman. Redman had that. 342 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: You know that tough penalty obviously, but those guys were 343 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: getting course. Now Joe Mixon was. He wasn't making his 344 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: first cutting his own back for he was making his 345 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: first cut three four yards down the football field. That's 346 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: what you want to see with him back like that. 347 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: Thanks Lap. Up next the home finale against the three 348 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: and ten Oakland Raiders, who stunned Pittsburgh on Sunday twenty 349 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: four to twenty one. The Steelers are seven to five 350 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: and one with a home game against the Patriots this 351 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: week followed by a road game against the Saints. So 352 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: much for resting starters against the Bengals in week seventeen. 353 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: The Steelers might have to beat Cincinnati just to qualify 354 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: for the playoffs. The Bengals knocked the Ravens out of 355 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs in the final game of the year on 356 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: the road last year. With so many players on injured reserve, 357 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: they couldn't do it in Pittsburgh, could they? Could they? 358 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: It would be fun to find out. Now Time for 359 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: this week's fun fact segment, where you get to know 360 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: the person under the pads, in this case a second 361 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: year safety and special team stand out from the University 362 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: of Houston. Time for some fun facts with Bengal safety 363 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: Brandon Wilson from Shreveport, Louisiana and the northwest tip of Louisiana, 364 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: not far from the Texas and Mississippi borders. Tell us 365 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: a little bit about growing up in Shreveport and what 366 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: you like to do as a kid growing up. I mean, 367 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: I like to do what every kid does, go outside, 368 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: I play play video games, but most of the time 369 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: I really played football, I mean like everybody else, So 370 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean just playing football that was that was really 371 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: my main thing. And running track. I feel like that's 372 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: what kind of got me. You know where I am today. 373 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: You're from a big family. Yes, I have three brothers 374 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: and three sisters, and I'm the middle child, so you 375 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 1: know how that goes. I'm the fourth out of five, 376 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: so I do know how that goes. How excited are 377 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: they to have a brother in the NFL? Oh, my goodness, 378 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: they are very excited. I Mean they always calling me 379 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: every day, calling me after games, asking me how, you know, 380 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: just checking on me, and they they're they're all excited. 381 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: And proud for me, you know, just having a brother 382 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: that's playing in the NFL. What your parents do for 383 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: a living all My dad he works at a factory, 384 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: and my mom she works as a custodian at apartment complex. 385 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: So I mean I kind of always looked up to 386 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: them because they were always hard workers. Also one of 387 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: my brothers, I always kind of look up to him 388 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: as well, you know, because just growing up and just 389 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: saying them work hard, you know, it always just pushed 390 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: me to work hard as well. We're doing fun facts 391 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: with Brandon Wilson. Your high school was Calvary Baptist Academy, 392 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: which was in the news last year because before Doug 393 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: Peterson was the head coach of the Super Bowl winning 394 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, he was the head coach at your high 395 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: school for four years. Now that was before you got there, 396 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: But do you remember it at all? I remember it. 397 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: I remember because my brother that's older than me, Zi Kendrick, 398 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: he actually played under coach p And you know, it 399 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: was always cool just watching them. And I think, if 400 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, I think Brett Farve came went to 401 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: the school one time, but I wasn't there. That's what 402 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: somebody told me that those were the rumors. So I 403 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: mean it was always cool. You know Sam as a coach, 404 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 1: you know, transitioning to where he is now. That must 405 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: have been pretty neat for your brother when the Eagles 406 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl last year, and he could say, 407 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: by high school coaches, the coach, I mean, everybody that 408 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: played under coach Peterson at Calvary, they on social media 409 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: just going crazy, my high school coach, you know, won 410 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. You know, it was it was real 411 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: cool just saying that we're talking to Brandon Wilson. You're 412 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: a great high school running back. But not that heavily recruited. Correct, 413 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: not heavily recruited at all, if I'm not mistaken. I 414 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: had an offer from Washington, but they pulled the offer 415 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: after they lost their bowl game to Baylor. I had 416 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: an offer from Grambling as well, and I think Eastern 417 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: Michigan or something, but I mean it wasn't know where 418 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: I really wanted to go. So um, later on, like 419 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: my process with it, I end up deciding to go 420 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: to Tyler Junior College. So I end up signing Tyler 421 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: Junior College, and then like a month later or so, 422 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: Houston came and they offered me a scholarship, so I 423 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: end up, you know, signing there, and the coach at 424 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: TJC he was like, I mean, if you don't like 425 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: it at Houston, you can always just come back to 426 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: t JC. And I was like, all right, so it's 427 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: a win win either way it goes. So it was 428 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: a blessing just you know, having that on the table. 429 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: It worked out well for you, and it certainly worked 430 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: out well for the Houston Cougars. You did everything there, 431 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: defensive back, running back, return specialist. You scored two touchdowns 432 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: on offense, two touchdowns on defense, four touchdowns on special teams. 433 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: Did you love doing everything? It was fun, honestly. I 434 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: mean I always just told them whatever they need me 435 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: to do, I'll do it. So I mean they just, 436 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, end up throwing in there running back. It's 437 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: because we had some injuries that running back, like my 438 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: junior year, so I ended up coming in that week, 439 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, and they just showed me the playbook. I 440 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: learned it and I ended up playing running back. I 441 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: had like one hundred and twenty seven yards or something. 442 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: I can't even remember. But I mean it was fun 443 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: because we end up winning our division and end up 444 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,479 Speaker 1: going to the Chick fil A Bowl. So that year 445 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: was real, real fun. You had a great college career 446 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: and you also earned your college degree. What did that 447 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: mean to your family? Being the first in my household 448 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: to graduate. I just felt like I just felt like 449 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: just getting that degree, it kind of helped push my 450 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: younger siblings because I got three siblings, that's you know. 451 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like it kind of pushed them 452 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: to you know, just see me, just knowing that they can, 453 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, reach that reach that goal as well. So 454 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: it was real big for them. My parents were really 455 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: proud of me. You didn't get invited to the combine, 456 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: but then you killed it at your pro day a 457 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: four to three six forty yard dad forty one inch 458 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: vertical leap. Could you see the NFL scouts scribbling furiously 459 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: making sure they had a lot of information about Brandon Wilson. 460 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 1: I mean I really wouldn't paying attention, but everybody was like, yeah, man, 461 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: the scouts they saw you run. Everybody was just, you know, wild, 462 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: They didn't. I was just like, oh okay, but I 463 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: mean already I already knew what I could do, and 464 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: I just went out there and did it. So where 465 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: you ticked off he didn't get invited to the combine. No, 466 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: I wasn't. I wasn't worried at all. So all ended 467 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: up working out it did you wound up getting drafted 468 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: by the Bengals. Describe your draft experience. Um draft experience. 469 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: I was at home in Freeport, had all my friends 470 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: and family there, you know, and I'm not gonna lie. 471 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 1: I was sitting there nervous. It's a real nervous process. 472 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: So I was just sitting that real nervous, you know, 473 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: people trying to come from him, but saying it's gonna 474 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: be okay, It's gonna be okay. And I ended up 475 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: getting a call from the Bengals. And it was pretty 476 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: funny because my dad had on orange and black. He 477 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: had he had on orange and black that day, or 478 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: orange shirt, some black jeans, and some orange shoes. I 479 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: was like, how did he know that I was getting 480 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: drifted to the Bengal. So everybody was like, you must 481 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: already knew that he was getting drifted to the Bengal. 482 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: So it was really it was really cool, and it 483 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: was really fun that day, and everybody was just happy 484 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: and excited for me. Your dad just has good fashion sense, 485 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: range and black or good colors. Yes it is, Yes 486 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: it is. You know the black around here, all right. 487 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: A few more fun facts for Brandon Wilson, a few 488 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: more wildcard categories. Who is your all time favorite athlete 489 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: in any sport? And why Adrian Peterson always growed up 490 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: watching him? You know, And I used to play running back, 491 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: so I mean that was why I always kind of 492 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: lived the time. Um he's a real real good um 493 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: running back, hard worker, and um that's just somebody always, 494 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, otherwise looked up to. What do you like 495 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 1: to spend your money on food? I like to eat. 496 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: I like to cook during the off season, you know, 497 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: I kind of try to cook, but you know, I 498 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: like to eat a lot. Do you have a go 499 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: to dish that you cook if you're trying to impress somebody, 500 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: I'd like to cook some steak, you know, maybe some 501 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: seafood or something like that. That's my goal to dish. 502 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: Last thing. Do you have a talent that most people 503 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: don't know about? No? I do not, but I do 504 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: wish I could like seeing or play like instrumentals some 505 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: because I always think that's kind of cool if you 506 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: can play an answerment. So I'm with you. If I 507 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 1: could do it all over again, I would either play 508 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: the guitar the piano. Yes, sir, me too, I wish 509 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: I can we have that In comment, you're off the 510 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: hot seat. I appreciate your time. Best of luck the 511 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: rest of the year, sir. Thank you, and that's going 512 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,719 Speaker 1: to do it for this episode of the podcast. 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