WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: End Is Near 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:07.200 Happy holidays everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:15.480 the Bengals Booth podcast. So the end is near. Addition, 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.919 as we look back at perhaps the most unbelievable finish 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:24.200 in the eight hundred twenty two regular season or postseason 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:29.760 games the Cincinnati Bengals have ever played. I am dead serious. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.840 They scored two touchdowns and added two two point conversions 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:37.200 in the final twenty nine seconds of regulation to four's 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:41.760 overtime before eventually losing to the Miami Dolphins thirty eight 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:45.400 thirty five, a loss that gives the Bengals the number 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:49.240 one pick in next year's draft. Coming up, you'll hear 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.880 radio replays, locker room comments from players and coaches, and 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.600 Dave Lapham will join me for postgame analysis. Finally, in 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:00.760 this week's fun Facts Conversation, we'll meet the person under 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.920 the pads is. I'll talk to a big man with 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:09.240 a big personality, rookie offensive lineman Fred Johnson. All of 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.600 that is straight ahead, But first, here's a quick reminder 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.119 that you can have the latest edition of this podcast 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:18.039 delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:22.920 on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean, it's 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:27.640 the greatest thing since loyal Fans. It's been a tough 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.920 year for Bengals fans, and I appreciate each and every 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.440 one of you who listens to this podcast, goes to 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:38.240 games at Paul Brown Stadium, attends our weekly radio shows, 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.000 and most of all, keeps the faith. We know it's 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.760 not always easy, so thank you for hanging in there, 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:49.520 and here's hoping that better days are just around the corner. Now, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.280 let's get to Sunday's game. After an o and seven start, 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.160 the Miami Dolphins have gone four and four since, led 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.760 by thirty seven year old quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and a 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:04.240 coaching staff that's not afraid to dip into its bag 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:10.320 of tricks. High formation backfield, Fitzpatrick fakes a handoff, he throws, it, 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.959 is caught and then dropped. It's a touchdown. They're saying 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.720 that the big lineman who caught the football, Christian Wilkins, 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:23.399 defensive tackle out of Clemson, first round draft pick this year, 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.320 had it long enough for the touchdown to count. So 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.040 the Dolphins first drive ended with a t d pass 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:33.520 to a defensive lineman. Their second drive featured more razzle 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:35.760 dazzle here's a run. Now, it's a pitch back to 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.240 Fitzpatrick and he flings it high and deep down the 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.520 middle of the field for Parker. He makes the catch 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.040 at the ten and he'll be brought down around the 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.760 six yard line by Will Jackson. The fleet flicker and 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.760 the flea flicker works. It certainly did. It led to 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:53.200 a seven yard touchdown pass to Davante Parker that gave 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.800 Miami a fourteen nothing lead ten minutes into the game. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.720 A Randy Bullock field goal put the Bengals on the 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.240 score board in the second quarter before the Dolphins quarterback 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.799 struck again. Fitzpatrick takes the snap, he's looking right now, 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.120 scans over the middle of the field, scrambles right, throws 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.840 it for the end zone. It is caught Gassicki for 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:17.000 the touchdown. Man. That's a broken coverage and they just 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.519 totally lose track of Gassicki. I mean, there is nobody 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.519 in the deep cardron of the football field and Ryan 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.760 Fitzpatrick hits this big tight end. Fitzpatrick passed for two 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.680 hundred and fifty two yards in the first half. Meanwhile, 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.440 the Bengals had five three and outs and went oh 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:39.320 for seven on third down conversions before ending the half 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.560 on a positive note. Harris ready to snap it back. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.080 He fires it back, Hubert puts it down. Bullock launches 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:50.400 the kid. It is straight enough, it is good, a 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:55.840 franchise record fifty seven yard field goal by Randy Bullock. 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.440 It leaves two seconds on the clock and the Bengals 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.440 trail twenty one to six. The Bengals opened the second 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.520 half with another three and out, and when the Dolphins 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.720 answered with an eighty seven yard drive, it looked like 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:12.400 the route was on empty backfield. Five wide, second and 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.119 fourth from the Bengals thirteen. Fitzpatrick, looking for his fourth 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.400 touchdown pass, scrambling around behind the line, throws into the 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.520 back of the end zone, caught by Gasicki for another 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:27.680 Miami touchdown. Dar Ques Denard was there, but Kisiki's bigger, stronger, 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.320 and on that play better watched him out. It was 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.039 twenty eight to six, and considering the fact that the 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.159 Bengals had not scored a second half touchdown in their 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:42.440 previous seven games, a comeback didn't seem likely. The first 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.320 thing the Bengals had to do was end that streak 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:50.359 of forty two second half possessions without a td going 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:54.440 back to October twentieth three receivers left, one right. Dalton 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.960 back to throw. He's going to fire toward the left 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.640 side line. If he makes the catch, sprinting down the 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:05.760 side line, lunches toward the pylon. Yes, touchdown Bengals. The 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:10.560 drought ends on a fourth down touchdown pass to Tyler Boyd, 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:16.440 and that is two hundred a d Andy Dalton has 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.440 just become the first quarterback in history to throw two 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:24.640 hundred touchdown passes in a Bengals uniform. A two point 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.200 conversion attempt failed, and the Bengals went to the fourth 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:31.599 quarter trailing twenty eight to twelve with eleven minutes left 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.919 in regulation. A touchdown run by Miles Gaskin put the 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.560 Dolphins up by twenty three in the fourth quarter. The 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.760 Bengals have never won a game after trailing by more 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:46.120 than twenty one, but in this game, they kept battling back. 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.720 Dalton drops back to throw throws over the middle. It 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:53.599 is caught for a touchdown c Juzama running the skinny post. 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.240 The ball thrown with perfect timing by Andy Dalton, and 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.240 c ju Zama hauls in his first touchdown catch of 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.440 the year. Yeah. He dropped one that could have been 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:07.200 a touchdown. Catch that one he snagged. The deficit was 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.920 sixteen with six eleven to go. The Dolphins answered with 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.200 a ten play drive that took three minutes off the 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.400 clock and ended it with a forty seven yard field 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:20.960 goal attempt that could have just about sealed the victory. However, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.520 Jason Sanders kick was wide left and the Bengals still 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.720 had a chance. Right C. J Uzama, what we need 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:30.320 to do is go down, score, get a two point version, 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.039 get all inside kick, and score again. We had to 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.280 score as fast as possible in this drive because I mean, 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.400 obviously we have plays in certain situations to to you know, 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.320 push the ball down the field. But I knew that 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.080 the first drive was the most important when they missed 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.560 the field goal, because we wanted to get and keep 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.560 as much time on the clock as possible. The Bengals 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.479 were out of timeouts and while they did score, they 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.599 weren't able to leave much time on the clock. Two 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.159 receivers right, one left, Uzamin a three point stance to 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:58.800 the right. He's going to go into the end zone 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.120 for a pass. Here's a slam. It is caught by 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.440 Boyd and he's into the end zone for a Bengals touchdown. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.640 He got the ball across the plane. You only need 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.120 the tiniest portion of the football to go over the 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.240 front edge of the white stripe. That's all it takes, 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.280 and I think that's all Tyler Boyd did for the 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.720 Bengals touchdown. The Bengals were down by ten with only 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:25.280 twenty nine seconds to go. Dalton catches the shotgun snap 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.920 looking for Eyffornios. It is caught for a two point conversion, 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.760 and the Bengals have a slim hope, just a glimmer 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:37.120 of hope. Their hope depended on recovering an on side kick. 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.800 The Bengals hadn't done that in their previous eight attempts 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.360 over a span of one hundred forty nine games. Here 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.280 comes the on side kick. It bounces way up in 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:53.239 the battles have it. The Bengals recover at the forty 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:57.680 six as Jordan Evans comes away with the ricochet. It 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.600 is the first successful on side kick that the Bengals 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:05.200 have pulled off in nine years, and they have a 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:10.040 puncher's chance with twenty nine seconds to go. Stanley Morgan 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.920 knocked it backward to Jordan Evans, who discussed his recovery. Yeah, 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:15.880 just Bob popped out right to me and I'll secured it. 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.760 And you know, you have the team opportunity to go 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.240 down there, and as I did, they score first onside 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.800 kick the Bengals have pulled off since twenty ten. On 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.920 that play, are you specifically looking for a bounce back? 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:27.920 Are you trying to be a few yards kind of 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.800 behind where the ball is? I mean it's just onside kick, 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.120 so everyone's looking for the ball. The Bengals had it 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.080 at their own forty six with twenty eight seconds left. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.640 A twenty nine yard passed to Tyler Boyd put them 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.680 at the Dolphins twenty five before a spike stopped the clock. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:48.080 With four seconds to go, enough time for a hail Mary. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.320 Four seconds to go, the Bengals are twenty five yards away. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.760 The Dolphins put eight defenders in the end zone. Dalton, 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.360 back to throw, has time, looking throws towards the end 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.199 zone into a clock is caught on it by Tyler Eiffert. 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:06.559 I can't believe what I have just seen. The Bengals 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:11.880 are a two point conversion away from potentially forcing overtime. 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.959 As Dalton's twenty five yard touchdown pass is caught by 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:23.000 a leaping Tyler Eiffert. Bengals fans heads are about to explode. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.640 They still got to convert on the two point conversion. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.920 The ball was placed at the two yard line with 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:32.120 no time on the clock. Dalton looking to throw, looking 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.800 scrambling to the right. He could run for two. He's 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.840 charging toward the down. He's in. He has tied the 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:44.280 game at thirty five, and this game is going to overtime. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.360 Here's c j Uzama. We were just riding a wave 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.600 and it felt incredible. Um. You know, obviously it's to 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.400 be able to pull something like that off. But at 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.400 the same time, you know you gotta quick flip a 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.560 quick switch. Said okay, well we still have over time. Um, 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.760 but no doubt. I mean when that happened, it was 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:08.440 it was electric on the sideline and UM, in my 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.000 mind and I'm sure a lot of the people's minds, 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.520 we were, um, we we're gonna go down to win. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.480 But fittingly this season, that's not how it turned out. 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:21.000 The Bengals had two possessions in overtime and we're not 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:24.520 able to get a single first down on the Dolphins 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.400 third drive inot A twenty eight yard pass from Fitzpatrick 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:32.760 to Isaiah Ford put Miami in field goal range from 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.160 the left hash a thirty seven yard try to win 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:40.520 the game in overtime for Miami. Sanders is ready. The snap, 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.760 the put down, the swing of the leg, the kick 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:46.720 is up. It's good. It is good. The Dolphins win 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:51.640 and the Bengals have the first pick in next year's draft. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:56.199 And as the season has gone mentioned it earlier, the Bengals, 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.080 instead of doing just enough to win, do just enough 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.679 to lose. The impact of this week's loss next year's 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:07.160 draft was impossible to ignore. The Bengals can now try 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.440 to beat the Browns next week without anybody having to 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.959 worry that it could cost them the number one pick. 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:18.120 As a result, many Bengals fans weren't exactly heartbroken after 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.360 the loss in Miami, but for players like u Zamba, 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.319 it wasn't cause for celebration. I love our fans, I 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.720 respect them, but respectfully, like, I don't really care about 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.679 any of that. I'm here to win, and we're here 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.280 to win, and we want to win for these coaches 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:33.960 who want to win, for the for the brothers that 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.480 have put the you know, their blood sweat and tears 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.880 into um being in this position. And and you know, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.040 we're giving um God given abilities for a reason, and 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:44.480 we have to use them. We're not just gonna go 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.480 out there and lay an egg or lay down or 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.360 any of that. You know, We're here to compete, and 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.080 that's what we're trying to show UM. And so yeah, 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.960 all that outside noise is outside noise. And UM, I 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:55.840 respect the heck out of every single person and here 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.360 who play their hearts up. The final score thirty eight 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.679 thirty five is the Bengal fell to one and fourteen. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:06.280 Here's effort. I had an incredible comeback that came up short. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.520 We scored six points in the first half, and it 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:12.920 just felt like we couldn't do anything. And uh, you know, guys, 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.199 just keep fighting. You know, that's all you can really 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.640 ask for. No One, no one gave up and laid down. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.360 And obviously we'd rather win the game than say we 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:25.400 tried hard. But um, you know, at least at least 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:26.920 we got to fight. We got that, We got that 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.120 part down. How about you with that hill? Mary Man 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:35.400 went up over everybody. Yeah, I mean it just it's 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.160 one of those plays that you you practice all the time, 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:42.880 but very rarely does it actually play out just because 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.600 the odds are against you, but it never happens. Like 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:48.200 you go out there and you do your best and 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.440 you're gonna try to make it happen, but so many 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:53.720 things have to go right, and just it just sucks 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.000 for us not to come all the way back and 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:58.880 you know, not get it done in the end. Dalton 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:03.079 through a career high fifty six passes, completing thirty three 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:07.319 for three hundred ninety six yards, four touchdowns and no picks. 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.600 After the game, I spoke to the guy who snapped 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.320 him the football in the locker room with Bengal center 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:17.840 Trey Hopkins. Was an unbelievable finish down by twenty three 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.080 in the fourth quarter. You foight back and got it 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:23.520 to ot what was going through your mind? Um? You know, really, 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.280 I gotta give a big shout out to Andy. Um. 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:30.800 Andy's since, I mean since I've been the part of 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.000 this offense, and he's always been the heart. I feel 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.600 like when when Tom's a going tough and today was 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:40.200 no exception, that he never stopped believing, always encourage and 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.439 always letting us know as long as we have Tom, 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:44.439 we have we have a shot. You know what I mean? 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.439 He told us at half time, still wasn't going right, 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.720 told us in the third quarters, things still ring going right. 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.439 Even to the fourth quarter, he's still saying the same things. 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.760 Just believably believe. And then he went out there and 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.360 made stuff happening. After they missed the field goal when 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.040 they're up by sixteen. I kind of and through what 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.760 was required gott to score two touchdowns, two two point conversions, 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.480 requiring onside kick. I listed it without even really thinking 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.000 it could happen. Are you doing the same kind of 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.200 math in your head? Yeah? Yeah, Um, I think I 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.040 think a lot of guys are. Um. But you just 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:17.920 you're looking at the time host time, you got what 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.560 could possibly happen, what we need to happen. And when 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.120 you when you list things like that, it kind of 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:23.360 looks like, I mean, you got your back up in 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.480 at the wall. It's not really doesn't look very probable, 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:29.400 but I mean you got you got extraordinary people in here, 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.880 good extraordinary things done, and I'm very proud of The 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.720 outcome is obviously not what you wanted. But do you 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.320 walk out of here feeling at least somewhat good about 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.040 the comeback? Oh yeah, feel you feel good about the combat? Um, definitely, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.320 it was exciting. Um. Like I said, Andy brought us 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:49.160 a spark that we definitely needed. But then without even 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:50.560 watching the film, then you think about, I mean you 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.880 have three quarters, you know, three quarters, Well, we just 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.640 were not very productive. We're not very good on offense. 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.040 That put us in that position. Um. So yeah, it's 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.120 good and bad, but you can't you can't be unrealistic 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.880 and get too excited about the end when you had 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:07.120 the whole game to be productive and the opportunity. You 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.360 did have the ball in overtime a couple of times 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.280 and just couldn't get it gone exactly exactly. So there's 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:13.960 there's things to clean up. Yeah, that was that was 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.160 a bright spot. It was exciting, but I mean there's 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.800 a lot of room for improvement. Got a game left, 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:23.840 it's at home, it's against AFC North Arrival. A chance 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.280 to finish on a positive note. Yeah for sure. I 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.800 mean we owe those guy us um outside our house, 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.560 and it's it's the last shot. It's the last shot 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.200 of the twenty nineteen Bengals going out and playing together. 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:36.200 We've been through a lot this season. I mean each 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:39.320 and every guy, and in this building, on this team, 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.880 on the roster as as it's moved throughout the season. 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.640 I mean, it fought through something personally and on the team, 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.200 and we owe it to each other to go out 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.160 with the bang and get it and get it up. Now, 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.480 time to hear from head coach Zach Taylor, who spent 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:56.640 about four minutes with Lap after the game. Coach, um, unbelievable. 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.720 I don't think I've seen sixteen points scored in thirty 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.440 three seconds any any level of football. This is the 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.680 first time I've seen you. Have you experienced anything like 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.360 that before, not that I can think of. It's a 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.360 resilient group, you know, And it speaks to the character 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:09.640 we have in the locker room there. Here we are 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.480 in week sixteen. There's not a lot to play for 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.120 other than pride and for each other. And to be 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:16.920 down twenty three points, there was six minutes left to 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.760 fight back, and all three phases speak speaks to what 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.400 we know, what what kind of character we got in 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.920 this locker room. When you think of the laundry list 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.840 of things that had to go right, I mean special teams, defense, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.200 I mean offense, and Andy. Andy ends up thirty three 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.840 for fifty six three hundred ninety six yards, four touchdowns, 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:36.640 no interceptions, has the two point conversion. Tyler Boyd nine catches, 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.800 one hundred and twenty yards a couple of touchdowns. Effort 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.840 makes the you know, the spectacular play on the on 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.520 the hill, Mar, I mean, everybody stepped up, they did, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.720 you know, and it shoot, we had guys dropping like flies, 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.040 you know. And so starters are having to playing on 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.080 special teams, guys are having to play more reps on offense. 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.080 And I thought they were gonna play, and um, I 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:56.920 know they were retired. I know they were. They were 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.640 hurt when died whatever it is, and and they gave 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.880 us everything in the head. You know, you're talking about 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.040 two resilient guys at the quarterback position, Ryan Fitzpatrick and 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.160 Andy Dalton. There's more similarities and differences between those guys, 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.760 isn't there. Yeah. They're competitive, they're great leaders for their team. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.919 They're like coaches out there playing a position. You know, 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:17.600 I saw him check in a million times and he 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.080 checked a bunch. So two guys that you had a 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.040 lot of confidence in at the quarterback position. So I know, 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.880 obviously a big lesson to be learned is and I've 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.520 said this to a couple of players, Yogi Barris said 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.679 it and over till it's over. I mean, is that 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:33.439 the biggest thing to take out of this football game? 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.160 At some point this is going to serve us well 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:36.679 in the future. You know that we know that we 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.320 can fight back from anything as long as we believe 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:40.840 and just do your job, you know. I think in 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:42.440 the first half, guys were really pressed and trying to 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.879 make plays. And once we settled down and guys just 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.919 did their job, let the plays come to them, the 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:49.600 game slowed down and we were able to get back 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.600 in it. But you know, we just got to learn 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.240 from those lessons. Yeah, like you said, in the first half, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.159 I know it was. It was in the first half 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.720 you had five drives that we're three and out drives. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.160 And then in the second half, particularly down the strets 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:04.919 in the fourth quarter. I mean, Ryan Fitzpatrick had one 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.080 hundred and fifty yards passing in the first quarter and 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.160 he just try he had two fifty at a half 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.119 and his numbers were just the opposite. I mean, So 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.440 you know, it's one of those dynamics where guys feed 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.639 off each other. Once somebody makes a place that I 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.560 can do the same thing. It's as simple as they were. 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:23.480 They were capitalized all the one on one opportunities they 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:24.680 had in the first half, and we were not. We 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.240 were we were losing them all on offense and defense. 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:31.080 And so you're right. They started fast, they started hot, 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:33.679 They punched us to the mouth, and we didn't respond 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:36.560 well early on, but our guys settled in and showed 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.480 who they really are. What did you say to the 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.320 guys at halftime in a situation like that, and I know, 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:42.959 you know we couldn't really hear what you you were saying. Well, 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:44.960 we could hear you were animated after the game in 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:46.679 the lockerman. I don't expect you to tell us, you know, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.560 in how stuff, what you're talking to your team about. 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.879 But overall, if you could deliver what kind of message 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:53.840 you were given it at halftime and after the game, 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.000 just as I said, you know, we were losing the 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:57.760 one on once and we just had to slow down, 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.480 be disciplined with your technique and let let the plays 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:03.040 come to you, Let the action come to you. Stop 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.679 pressing so hard trying to make plays and just use 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.400 your technique. They're playing man coverage on defense, the jam 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.359 front like, we know what they're doing. We know we 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.119 got to do to execute to win, and our guys, 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:15.000 you know, really, I think it took the bestage to 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.760 heart there in the second half on one game left, 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:21.280 and it's a division rival, the Cleveland Browns. They lose today, 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.560 um to you know they can't have a winning season. 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:26.440 You know it's going to be a couple of football 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.439 teams that are going to be I think, you know, disappointed, 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:30.720 but still want to go out in a high note. 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:32.920 You know, it's a big division rivalry. We're gonna be hungry. 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.840 We're finishing at home against a divisional team that we 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:37.520 felt like we didn't give him our best the last 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:39.440 time we played him, and so there there's plenty left 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.600 for us to play. Four here. After Lap finished talking 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.960 to Zach, he joined me for postgame analysis and we 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:50.160 discussed the craziest finished Lap has witnessed in more than 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:54.159 three decades as a Bengals broadcaster. Never seen it. You know, 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:55.760 all the guys I talked to, I asked, you know, 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:57.520 have you ever played in a game or seeing a 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:01.040 game like that? And they really couldn't calling any and 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.919 he said, maybe one close in high school, but not 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:06.840 quite like that. When you think of everything that had 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.600 to happen for them to get it done. The onside 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:14.720 kick they hail maryed by Tyler Eifert, that's answered, you know, 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:19.480 the scoring, two touchdowns, and two point conversions. The checklist 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:21.600 is long, and for them to get it done and 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.600 make plays. And everybody I talked to was so frustrated 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:26.800 because in the first half they had five three and 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:29.600 outs and they were doing that. Miami is doing the 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.320 same thing man coverage, and you know, they're saying, you know, 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:34.720 just let's just make plays. But it seemed like guys 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.320 were pressing, you know, guys were just trying to force plays, 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:40.000 make plays. And once they had just calmed down and relaxed, 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.240 and once one play was made, it kind of opened 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:45.000 the damn and everybody started making plays and everybody kind 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.360 of fed off of that, and then the whole thing, 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:49.600 you know, just turned into what it turned into down 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:53.199 the stretch. But Miami really didn't do anything differently. The 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:55.480 Bengals just didn't get it done in the first half, 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:57.760 and they got it done big time in the second half, 0:20:57.760 --> 0:20:59.960