WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Hallelujah 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.359 Hi, gain everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:19.000 the Bengals Booth Podcast The Alley Lujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Addition, 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.680 as the Bengals rejoice on Opening Day after a thrilling 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:26.520 overtime win over the Minnesota Vikings. Coming up, you'll hear 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.760 radio replay from Sunday's game, postgame comments from players and coaches, 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:35.120 and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. The Bengals 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:38.880 Booth Podcast is presented by bud Light. Seltzer refreshed the game, 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.080 and here's a quick reminder that you can have the 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.920 latest edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:49.160 or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitch, your Google Play, Spotify, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.680 or pod Bean. It's the greatest thing since having a 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:58.080 large loud crowd back at Paul Brown Stadium. After playing 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:01.000 their home games at limited capacity last year, the Bengals 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.200 welcome more than fifty six thousand fans into the Jungle 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:08.200 on Sunday, and they made a huge difference. The Vikings 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:12.280 committed three false start penalties on their first seven attempted 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.760 plays and were guilty of five false starts. In all, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:21.080 here's Joe Burrow strictly because of the fans. You know, 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.520 that's why they give us such a big advantage. And 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:25.840 you know we're gonna keep winning, and they're gonna keep coming, 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.640 and it's gonna get louder and louder and louders. The 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:33.000 Jungle truly lived up to the nickname. Now let's recap 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.240 the game. Neither team moved the ball in the first quarter. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.559 The Vikings had two first downs, the Bengals only had one. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.480 But Minnesota started rolling in the second quarter. Third down 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.240 and twenty four for the Vikings, Shotgun snap Cousins with 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:50.440 a quick pass caught and Osbourne breaks out of a dongal, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.040 streaks down the sideline and picks up the first down. 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.640 The Bengals could not stop the Vikings on third and 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:03.000 twenty four simply because they good not tackle kJ Osborne. Man, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.840 that's just that's a sad state of affairs right there. 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.520 You gotta finalize that play. Eli Apple not only missed 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.400 the tackle, he was later called for defensive holding in 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.120 the end zone, negating a sack by Larry Ogenjobi and 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.480 setting up the game's first score. Vikings started at their 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.120 own nine. They have it at the Bengals five first 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:26.200 in goal. Cousins looking to pass fires wide open his Feeling. 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.080 He caught fourteen red zone touchdowns a year ago, and 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:32.880 he has his first one in twenty twenty one. Eli 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.520 Apple unable to stay with Adam Feeling. That was a 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.040 fourteen play drive that took nearly eight and a half 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:42.280 minutes off the clock. To that point, the Bengals had 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.840 punted on their first three possessions, but things were about 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.760 to change. Two deep safeties for the Vikings, Burrow back 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:52.280 to throw from the pocket, his pass cock by Jamar 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:56.120 Chase half the Vikings forty five, a first down pick 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.960 up on third and nine, and career catch number one 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:04.680 fort numero Uno Chabar Chase. Chase finished with five catches 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:08.840 for one hundred one yards and no drops. Zach Taylor 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.959 and Joe Burrows say they weren't worried about Jamar. I 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.160 would have been concerned if his approach wasn't the right way, 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.320 if he was sleeping in meetings and showing up late 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.519 and not doing that, then I would have been concerned. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.480 But it was the exact opposite. Had a couple of 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.440 guys come up to me, and so you know, I 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.800 hope jam comes to play to day. I said, don't worry, 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.959 Sunday's game day. He's gonna come ready to play. Chase 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.480 added a thirteen yard catch on third and seven to 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.440 help set up the tying td empty backfield, Burrow looking 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.240 to pass, throws it into the end zone, caught by 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:43.240 t Higgins, touchdown Bengals. Burrows first touchdown pass of the 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:47.200 year and a Bengal store with one forty seven left 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.360 in the half that tied the score at seven, and 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.760 the Bengals defense got a three and out to give 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.560 the ball right back to Joe Burrow. Mix into the 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.080 quarterbacks left. Burrow drops straight back to throw again. He's 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.000 gonna fire it long for Chase. Out of his shoulder 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.320 catch at the fifty eight, he runs it hit into 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:09.360 the end zone. Touchdown Bengals. Tobar Chase doing the gritty 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.600 hit the end zone had Cincinnati gets up fifty yard 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:17.520 touchdown pass with thirty five seconds left in the half. 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.599 And for Shark Griland, he's not gritty, he's on his backside. 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:26.039 He got beaten. They are targeting Griland twenty one has 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.680 a target on his back and when Joe Barrow saw 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.599 a man coverage Breland on Chase, his eyes got big 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:36.640 and he threw big down the football field. Here's Burrow 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.800 on the fifty yard touchdown pass that made it fourteen 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.919 seven at the half two minute drill. And you know, 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.080 they're playing soft the first couple of plays, and we 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.080 were kind of dinking and dunking our way up the field, 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:49.520 and so I knew that they're going to be a 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.440 little more aggressive when we crossed the fifty because they 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.920 didn't want to give up a field goal. And I 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.039 knew that the Brilliant was the more aggressive corner, and 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:58.960 so I was going to take that match up. And 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:00.760 you know, I had feeling he was going to kind 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.440 of sit on a shore round this. That's what he did. 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.039 After scoring two touchdowns in the final two minutes of 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.040 the half, the Bengals got the ball to begin the 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.640 third quarter and scored again. Burst in goal at the two. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.920 Burrow in the gun, mixing to his right, he hands 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.560 it to Joe Mixon. Joe struggling, twisting trying to get 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:22.599 in touchdown Bengals as Mixon takes it into the end 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.880 zone and the Bengals have gone up by two tds. 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.719 That made it twenty one to seven, and after the 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.000 defense forced the Vikings to pun again, the Bengals got 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.080 the ball back and faced fourth down in one at 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.880 their own thirty with three and a half minutes left 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.919 in the third quarter. When Zach Taylor left the offense 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.040 on the field, many of us figured he was simply 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.960 trying to draw the Vikings offsides. Fourth in a yard 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.359 deep in their own territory. They're at their own thirty. 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.840 I'd be surprised if they actually go forward. We'll see 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.120 if the Vikings commit yet another penalty, but we'll see 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.360 Burrow under center, the Vikings crowd the line, the Bengals 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:02.120 do go for it, and Mixon spinning forward at it, 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.200 he stopped at the thirty yard line. I am stunned, 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.960 beyond belief that the Bengals went for that. Wow, it's 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.360 fourth and one. I felt like we could go steal 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.080 a victory right there. You know, we're up twenty one 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.400 seven and if we can just bang home the momentum 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.760 right there with the fourth and one. I should have 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.880 had a better play call. You know, they loaded at 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.720 that front pretty good, made some substitutions. Not our best 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:27.520 call there. That gave Minnesota Life, and the Vikings capitalized. 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:31.919 Cousins catches the shotgun snap throws slat Cock by Feeling, 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.680 running away from the Bengals defense into the end zone 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.880 for a twenty four yard touchdown. Well, you knew he 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.760 was going to feeling. I mean, that's the guy. That's 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.680 the guy who goes to on third down. That's the 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:44.840 guy who goes to in the red zone. They were 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.440 right there at the custom of the red zone, and 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:51.000 on fourth down he didn't look anywhere else. So the 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.159 Bengals took a twenty one to fourteen lead to the 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.159 fourth quarter. Last year, in the nine full games that 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.839 Joe Burrow played, the Bengals had fourth quarter leads in 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:04.960 six and only one two against the Vikings. The Bengals 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.719 added to their lead early in the fourth thanks to 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:11.120 the powerful right leg of rookie kicker Evan McPherson. His 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.160 first NFL field goal try will be from fifty three 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.880 yards away. Harris ready to snap it back to Huber. 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.000 Huber extends the right hand, catches, puts it down. Evan 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:25.200 McPherson's kick is going to be good from fifty three 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.520 yards away, and the Bengals have taken a ten point 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.800 lead in the first minute of the fourth quarter. To 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.280 that point, the Bengals defense had been pretty dominant, but 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:39.160 the Vikings have too much offensive firepower to shut down 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:43.000 all day. Cincinnati up by ten nine twenty six left, 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.760 first down in goal from the one for Minnesota. Cousins 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.880 under center. He'll take the direct snap toss sweep to 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.680 the left, Dalvin cook slicing back toward the middle, and 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.680 he goes into the end zone, standing up for the 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:57.000 Minnesota touchdown. With a three point lead, the Bengals tried 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.480 to drain the clock by running the ball, including a 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.960 run on third and four with two minutes to go 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.200 that failed, giving the Vikings the ball back at their 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.920 own five yard line with one forty eight left. Kirk 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.880 Cousins completed six out of seven passes, giving kicker Greg 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:17.160 Joseph a chance to force overtime from fifty three yards away. 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.600 Barry is the holder. He just joined the team last week. 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.280 Here comes the swing of the right leg. The kick 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:28.400 is on its way, and it is good. We're headed overtime. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.880 Tied a twenty four. In overtime, the Bengals had to 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.520 punt on their first two possessions, and it didn't look 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.840 like they were going to get a third as the 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.080 Vikings were on the verge of reaching comfortable field goal range. 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.079 Will the Vikings run it from the Bengals thirty eight 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.560 with two minutes left in overtime? The answer is yes. 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.600 Talvin Cook knocked down by the legs near the line 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.200 of scrimmage a one yard and the Bengals are celebrating. 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:56.240 Jesse Bates was the first guy there. Yes, it is 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.560 give it to him. Yes, the officials say, the Bengals 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:05.480 have the football. Jermaine Pratt with the recovery. Jermaine Pratt 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.199 ripped it out and recovered it, giving the Bengals one 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:12.080 last chance to win the game. Three offensive plays gained 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.040 nine yards, meaning it was fourth and one at the 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.520 forty eight. The Bengals not only decided to go for it, 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.920 they decided to go for Broke Burrow back to pass, 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.520 has time, throws it downfield for you, zat he has 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:30.280 it after thirty the twenty five about in the twenty 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:34.360 yard line? Who won a gutsy call by Cincinnati? And 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:38.320 what a throw by Joe the Magician as he floated 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.560 it down field to cj Uzama. The Bengals are well 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:46.160 within field goal range with thirty one seconds on the clock, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.000 and Cjayuzava lined up at the tight end position on 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.120 the right side of the formation and runs a crossing 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.000 route all the way over to the between the numbers 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.960 and that in the sideline to the left side, Joe 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:02.040 Burrow feathers a ball in their perfect touch. What a call. 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.080 Burrow walked to the line with two plays to choose 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:09.559 from and chose wisely. Here are Burrow and use Zamba 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.840 on a thirty two yard passing play on fourth and one. 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:14.719 You know we hit him with QB sneak early in 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.640 the game, so they put a guy on the center 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.760 and then two guys inside shade on the guards. You 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:21.080 know it's gonna be tough to run the ball up 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:23.800 in the middle, So you know we had the second 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.480 play call. That's what I got to And you know 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.160 we've we've run that play multiple times over the last 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:29.559 couple of years, and I don't think we've thrown into 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.360 CJ one time, but credit to him, he was ready 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.440 for it. And now now I think the last two 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.360 years we've hit everybody on that play. So that's a 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.160 that's a good play for us. I've gotten the ball 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.560 one time in three years of that play, and it 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.280 was this week in practice against the air because Joe 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:47.079 wanted to run it against the air. And so yeah, 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.400 there's a little surprising the ball is in the air. 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.560 But yeah, it honestly was the perfect look for it. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:57.040 So how would use Zamba describe that play? Call ballsy? 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.959 But I can't. That's that's that's that's the trust, you know. 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.120 I mean, I gotta say it. That's that's that's some 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:09.880 big coona's there um by him. And again, unfortunately we 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.959 practice that one because it usually goes a lot shorter 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.360 than thirty uh and we just get the sticks so um. 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.040 But again that's the trust he hasn't in us. Joe 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.280 hasn't me to loft it up and having you go 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.480 get it. The Bengals ran the clock down to five 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.440 seconds remaining and called down their twenty two year old 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.560 kicker to win the game. The Bengals field goal unit 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.439 is lined up and ready to go at thirty three 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.240 yard try to win the game for Evan McPherson, fifth 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.480 round draft pick rookie out of Florida. Clark Harris, thirteenth 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:38.880 year pro, will snap it back to Kevin Huber, thirteenth 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.120 year pro. The snap, the put down, the swing of 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:44.480 the leg, the kick on the twain. Yeah, he's good. 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:51.679 The Bengals win it. I'm the final playoff overtime Evan 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:56.480 McPherson poisted onto the shoulders of his teammates, has Cincinnati 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:00.480 pulls it out twenty seven to twenty four? Are how 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.760 many times has to have been a kick it the 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.439 gun to tie it up, to put it into overtime, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.800 then to kick it the gun to win it and overtime, 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.560 but the over team, I don't think that's been done 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.080 a whole lot. Good call, lap. It was the first 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.840 regular season game in NFL history with a game tying 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.680 score with no time left in regulation and a game 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:23.440 winning score with no time left in overtime. Here's the hero, 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.800 Evan McPherson and his head coach. That was actually my 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.679 first I guess kind of walk off field goal. Um, 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.040 it's super exciting, and uh, you know, I'm glad I 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.120 got to do it for this team. Uh, They've worked 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:39.440 so hard for this game, and I think, you know, 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.880 all of us want to succeed the season and make 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.680 the playoffs and make a run for the for the 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.760 Super Bowl, and you know this is where that started 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.880 to own. I'm super happy that I could, Um, I 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.000 guess give the team what we wanted and not to 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.760 win a rookie kicker, special team stepped up first game. 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.840 I don't care how far that field goal is. Um, 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.920 that's that's a tense situation. And uh, he was nailed 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.840 as we expect him to be. I remember that coming 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.040 up in draft night. You know, hey, somebody stood up 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.080 on the table for him, and so this guy's gonna 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.080 win his games. And here we are to want to 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:12.200 know McPherson received a game ball, but Joe Mixon could 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.560 have received one as well. Twenty nine carries for one 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:19.160 hundred and twenty seven yards plus four catches for twenty 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.400 three more. Man, it felt great. Um. I don't know 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.280 if y'all feel with it, but I thought it was 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:29.640 electric out there with the atmosphere. It was crazy. We 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.640 just just very pleased that we got to win. We 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:37.440 worked real hard. We've been working real hard offseason. We've 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.600 been working hard and trying to do whatever we can 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.480 and get the chemistry going. And we was able to 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.640 do that and made it happen. So you know, I'm 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.520 just happy that we got to do it, and so 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.120 is his head coach. After losing the opener last year 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.320 when Randy Bullock missed a chip shot that would have 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:55.320 forced ot. The Bengals beat the Vikings and Mike Zimmer's 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:58.680 formidable defense, that might be one of the best defenses 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:03.480 we're gonna play all year. Best coordinated, best talent, best experience. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.440 They make things really really hard on you. I'm glad 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:11.400 that one's over, you know, and our guys held up there. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:12.920 It's not always going to look pretty. You got to 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.080 make some plays, which our guys did. Joe hung in 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.000 there and make some big time throws. They might not 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.440 appear to be big time throws everybody in the moment. 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.280 It was based on all the looks he had to manage. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:25.040 So again that's you know, it's people ask if week 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:26.920 one is different, Week one is different. As I walked 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:28.480 up the field, I thought, well, you know, it is 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.040 different because we'd waited so long for this one opponent 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.840 and you get a chance to think and overthink and 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:35.600 what if they do that? Okay, all that stuff, and 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.000 now now it's passingers on that six day work week 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:39.680 and you gotta go get ready for the Chicago Bears, 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.320 and I'm thankful to turn the page and move on. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.720 Joe Burrow finished twenty for twenty seven for two hundred 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:49.080 and sixty one yards, with two touchdown passes, no picks, 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.160 and a passer rating of one twenty eight point eight. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:56.040 More importantly, it's the first game winning drive in the 0:14:56.080 --> 0:15:00.280 fourth quarter or overtime of his NFL career. Here's a 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:03.080 quick reminder that the Bengals Booth podcast is presented by 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.880 Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with a hint 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:10.520 of fruit flavor. Now time for postgame analysis with my 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:15.040 broadcast partner Dave Lapham White. A victory to begin the season, 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:16.680 lap as the Bengals pull it out in the final 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.120 play of overtime twenty seven to twenty four game that 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.760 I think will be remembered for two fourth down decisions. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:23.960 The third quarter decision to go for it on fourth 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.160 and one that was a disaster. It'll allowed the Vikings 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.680 to get back into the game. And then with the 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.800 end of overtime, fourth and about a centimeter, Joe Burrow 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:33.800 goes to a checks to a play where they throw 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.880 it downfield to cj Uzama a thirty two yard game 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.360 that leads to the game winning kid. Yeah, I mean, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.360 Zach said after the game, when I was doing the 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:46.040 interview with him, he said that, you know, we're not 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.200 gonna We're gonna be aggressive. We're gonna go after people. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.200 We're not going to sit back. And the reason for 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.200 those fourth down calls. One of them worked and one 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.360 of them didn't. CJ. Zama said it wasn't even supposed 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.400 to go to him for Joe to see it like 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.360 he did and to make a throw that he did 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.120 because I said, asked him, do you ever think the 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.520 ball was going to come down? It's one of those 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.320 things with the balls hanging, hanging, hanging, You just hope 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.080 it gets there. And he saw, well, in that situation, 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.480 that was the perfect thing to do because you know, 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.440 I could track it and I didn't have any problem 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:14.400 into you know, waiting for the thing to come down. 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.320 And it turned out to be a huge play obviously. 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.280 But I really can't remember, Dan, and there's got to 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:23.320 be other cases of it. But one team hits one 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.840 of the gun to put it in overtime, and the 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:26.520 opposite team hits one of the gun to win it 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.400 in overtime. At the complete you know, at the final 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:33.120 seconds of overtime. So that's a roller coaster for sure, 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.600 and a great win for the team that wins on 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.160 a bitter defeat for the team that doesn't. Well, you 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.280 said during the course of the week, your hope was 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.400 that Joe Burrow wouldn't have to throw it a million 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.800 times and an overtime game. He only attempted twenty seven passes. 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:50.160 The Bengals wanted to try to keep the game on 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.000 the ground, try to take time off the clock, try 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.360 to use Joe Mixon, and that strategy work. Twenty nine 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.800 carries for Joe one hundred and twenty eight yards. He 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.880 also had four receptions for twenty three so he accounted 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.320 for one hundred and fifty yards of offense. Yeah, thirty 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.639 three touches over one hundred and fifty yards in a touchdown. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.360 You know, you got you got a situation where Joe 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:13.880 Burrow through for two touchdown passes and Jamar Chase five 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.480 catches one hundred and one yards. He had a touchdown, 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.840 so you know there was balance there and one hundred 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.159 yard rusher, one hundred yard receiver. You like that. You 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.919 know it usually is accompanied by a three hundred yard passer. 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:30.040 But again, Joe didn't throw the football all that much 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.480 to get to that that kind of number. But the 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:35.399 disturbing thing is quite a few sacks and a limited 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:37.720 number of attempts. So that's got to that's gotta get 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:40.720 rectified a little bit. Last year was thirty two sacks 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.960 and nine and a half games, so roughly the same pace. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.560 Five sacks on opening day. That's even actually a little 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.440 bit higher than the average last year. But Mike Zimmer's 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.920 defense is going to do that to the best of him. 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.360 He h dials up those exotic looks on third down 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.400 in particular, and I think any team that doesn't play 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.760 the Vikings on a regular basis is going to struggle 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.840 with that. Yeah, I mean, I think you know, the 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.960 thing that concerns me is if I'm a lineman, five 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:11.399 sacks in less than thirty attempts and that's you know, 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:14.639 that's better than one perse six dropbacks. That's that's a number. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:16.840 You know, when he was getting sacked five times last year, 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:18.919 it was like thirty eight forty attempts, So you know, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.600 the ratio of number of attempts and number of sacks 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:23.679 and hits is even a little bit higher. Than what 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.640 Joe suffered, you know last year or so. Um, as 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.080 a group, you got to got to tighten it up. 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.959 And that's everybody offensive line, running bats and blitz pick up. 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.960 You know, same old story. It takes eleven to run 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:37.720 the ball, takes eleven to stop to run, eleven to 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.480 throw it, and eleven to stop it. So, um, everybody, 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.600 everybody has some accountability there. But it does have to 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.119 get a little bit better. The good news is, you know, 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.080 Joe said afterwards that, um, you know, he's fine. The 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.440 doctors checked the whole thing out. He's got no issues. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.000 You know, he's on that on the bicycle just to 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:56.520 make sure that he kept it warm. He said, it 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.600 wasn't that it was painful. Um, And he had, as 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:01.520 we saw, was iPad the whole time and he was, 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.359 you know, he was just ready to go. So he's 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.280 definitely a tough dude, There's no doubt about that, that's 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.120 for sure. Twelve penalties for the Vikings, three for the Bengals. 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.360 Four of those Minnesota penalties came on offense and their 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:15.560 opening drive of the season. Joe Burrow said after the 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:19.639 game it was absolutely due to crowd noise. I didn't 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.160 really think that that was the case at the time. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:23.960 I mean, it was a good crowd, they were noisy. 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.359 Maybe the fact that they played in front of empty 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.040 stands last year made it seem that much louder. I 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:30.800 know one thing, I'm glad the Bengals did enough to 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:32.840 go to Minnesota and face that crowd in that dome. 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.600 Oh my god. If they thought this was loud here 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:38.760 outside with a it wasn't quite a sell out, but 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.760 it was darn close, imagine what it would have been 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:43.240 like up there. So that's a that's a huge advantage 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:45.440 for the Bengals to be at home rather than having 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:49.440 to travel up to Minnesota. Yeah, but it does show 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:52.440 that this town is definitely hungry to have a winner, 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:55.280 there is no doubt about it. And those thirteen penalties, 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.440 I think five or six holding calls. DJ Reader drew 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.359 three holding calls himself, and you know, Hendrickson drew a 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.040 couple of holding calls on top of being involved in 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.520 pressure and sack. So the defensive line got in the 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:12.400 Minnesota Vikings offensive Lemon's heads big time. So I think 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:16.240 that physicality and the overpowering thing, plus the crowd noise, 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:18.480 it's like, I mean, they could call through legal formations 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.360 because the tax was trying to cheat, you know, get 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:22.440 back far enough to be able to change the angle 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.720 and pass rush can't do that. And I think crowd 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.880