WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: I'm Winning 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.279 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:13.360 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The I'm Wining I'm Wining addition, 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:16.120 as the Bengals get their first win of the year 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:19.960 beating the Panthers in Carolina thirty four to twenty four. 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:24.040 Coming up radio replays, locker room comments and postgame analysis 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.040 from Dave Lappham. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation, 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:31.760 you'll meet Bengals tight end Mike Kasiki. 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This week, it was 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:11.440 great to say coffin nails and here lap say Bam 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:14.760 Bam bam for the first time in eight months. In 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:20.320 twenty two days now time for the radio replays. When 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.039 Marv Levy was the coach of the Buffalo Bills, reporter 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.800 asked him if an upcoming game was a must win. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:32.160 Coach Levy said, no, World War Two was a must win, 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:34.919 so maybe must win isn't the proper phrase. 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:35.880 Today, we will. 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.680 Go with badly needed as the Bengals look for their 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.000 first win of the season against the Carolina Panthers. And 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.920 it is time for the pig skin to fly here 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:46.160 at Bank of. 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.400 America Stadium in Charlotte. 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.280 Chris Jenkins checks in is an extra defensive lineman at 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.640 his fourth and inches. It's a handoff to Hubber. He's 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:59.440 sworn down. The Bengals stop the Panthers on fourth and 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.920 goal in side the one Dalton in the gun, two 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.680 receivers to each side. The ball's on the right hash 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.320 On third down and eight from the thirty four yard line, 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:11.120 Dalton catches all out blitz coming Andy gets rid of it. 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.160 It's fluttering up in the air and accepted by Von 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.440 Bell running back to the forty thirty five thirty hit 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:21.240 from behind and knock Doun the bounds inside the twenty. 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:25.480 The pass rush led to a wounded duck of a throw, 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.720 and Von Bell picked it off and ran it. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.919 Back inside the red zone. 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.560 Chase Brown is the running back as Burrow waits for 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:37.240 a shotgun snap. It's a hand on Chase Brown flies 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.200 into the end zone and spikes in with the right hand. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.440 Touchdown Bengals. 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.280 Dalton's in the shotgun are running back on either side, 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.040 gives it to Hubbard and Chuba. Hubbard down to the 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:53.040 goal line is in touchdown. Carolina Burrow in the gun. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.280 On third down and three, the Bengals hit their own 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.880 thirty eight. Joe Looking has lots of time, has pass 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:02.240 caught at the fifty by Jamar. Chase breaks a tackle 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.359 streaking down the far sideline. He's got two teammates to 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.600 walk and he will take it to the house for 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.320 a sixty three yard Bengals touchdown. 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:14.160 To pistol formation. 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.519 On first and goal from the eighth, Dalton catches, extends 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:21.560 the ball, fakes, rolls left, throws caught by Lee gets 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.120 in the end zone for the Panthers touchdown third and 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.320 goal from the one six seconds left. 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:27.560 In the half. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.000 Fourteen to fourteen is the score. Burrow waiting back at 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.079 the six for the snap from Ted Carris. 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.720 Joe catches throws a swing pass. 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.560 Moss slipped but dies for the end zone and gets 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:45.840 in touchdown Bengals with one second left in the half. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:50.200 A risky call. They passed it into the flat short 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:54.040 of the end zone. Zach Moss actually slipped but got 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.400 back on his feet and scored first and goal from 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.360 the two, and the Bengals are going to go hurry up. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.360 Burrow's under center, Chase Brown in at running back. They 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.000 give it to the second year running back and Chase 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:09.560 Brown lowers the shoulder pads and goes into the end 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.000 zone for the Bengals touchdown. Chuba Hubbard back in at 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.360 running back that he lines up as a slot receiver. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.920 Dalton throwing down the middle of the field, touchdown in 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.280 the middle of the end zone too. 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.480 Deontay Johnson. 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:27.120 Burrow repositions Zack Moss, Joe clapping his hands. He catches 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:32.440 a chest high snap, looking in trouble, running left, spins around, 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.520 running backward, turns downfield, caught by Zack Moss runs to 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.400 the forty, stutters step at the forty five, and auto 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:43.120 bounds at the fifty A miraculous extension of the play. 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.520 Moneymack trying to deliver in the clutch from forty six 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:47.239 yards away. 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.200 Adam I is ready to snap it. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:54.120 The snap, the placement, the right footed gick on its way. 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:59.360 It is good and that should be coffin nails. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:06.400 Sam bam, bam. It's about time. Eight seconds to go. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:08.760 Gets snapped back to Dalton. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.240 Andy forced to scramble, gets away from Logan Wilson. Dalton 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.440 running down field, he gets out of bounds, but the clock. 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:20.320 Is at zero and that will do it. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:25.280 Yes, the sky is not falling as the Bengals get 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.920 a badly needed road victory, their first win of the year. 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:33.120 They beat the Carolina Panthers thirty four to twenty four. 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.719 All right, let's start with the offense. Joe Burrow through 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:38.919 his first interception of the year. But I think we 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.719 can all live with won every four games for the season. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.640 He's completing seventy one percent of his passes, with seven touchdowns, 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.280 one pick, and a passer rating of one oh five 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.000 point nine. And no questions about lifting water bottles for 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.400 three straight weeks. And how about running back Chase Brown? 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.880 He carried fifteen times for eighty yards both career highs 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.240 and scored a pair of touchdowns. For the season, he's 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:07.880 averaging a robust six point three yards per attempt. I 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:12.240 talked to him after the game, Chase Brown, how's that 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.000 w feel amazing? 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.800 I mean, we needed to bring some energy to the 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.359 locker room the team. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:19.320 You know, just. 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.520 Important to social role into our first divisional game next week. 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:23.120 In the Ravens. 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:25.680 I just want to carry this momentum in the next 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:26.840 week and the. 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:27.400 Rest of the season. 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:32.799 Is there a weight off your shoulders. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:32.159 In a way? 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.240 Like we wanted that win really bad. We needed that 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.520 win really bad. But I mean we knew what we 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.320 were capable of. We know we need to do to 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.000 take this team where we want to go, and we're 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:43.960 just gonna keep on working hard on our heads down 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.760 and going out there and playing good, complimentary football. 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:47.120 And that's all we can do. 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.120 Eighty rushing yards for you, that's a new career high. 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:53.960 Two touchdown runs, your first two rushing touchdowns. 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.160 In the NFL. How about your personal performance? 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:56.600 How did that? 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.560 I mean, Hu Street, Who's are the whole line? They 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.719 were open? Know stuff like crazy? 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:02.039 Today? 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.120 We probably should have had another fifty. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:06.720 I mean, there was a huge home run. 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.560 Uper to me there that I gotta caught trip up 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:12.720 on that. So, I mean, you know, personal staff one thing, 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:13.880 but this is a good team win. 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.040 It took all of us. So that's what we're focused 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:17.400 on right now. That's what I'm focused on. 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.240 You scored two on the ground and Zach Moss had 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:23.800 the huge touchdown with one second left in the second quarter. Yeah, 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.480 great job to maintain his balance when it looked like 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.400 he might slip. People were getting it. 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:28.840 No, no doubt. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.800 I mean that that dude, that dude's different is builded. 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.440 The brave tackles is when. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:34.560 You guys see it every single game. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:35.840 I see it that. 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.240 Practice on time, So I would I would expect nothing less. 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.600 Final driving the game, no passes. They counted on the 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.200 O line, and you guys can drain the clock and 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:46.640 set up Moneymack. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:47.400 For the game plinch raft. 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:49.920 That's a big deal when you can do that, when 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:50.880 the other team knows. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.080 It's tone, no doubt, no doubt. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.720 I mean they were, they were stacking up the box, 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.600 they were gapped out. But we know, you know, we 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.920 know what's coming. We've been praying for those moments. It's 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.240 a minute. We know we just want to put up 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.080 points up at the end. And the same thing is 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.280 just keep the rock on our side and you don't 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.560 check that that field going to really. 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.080 Push the dagger in congrandsender badly needed winning, thank you. 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.480 Then there's the other Chase Jamar, who finished with three 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:22.640 catches for eighty five yards, including that ridiculous sixty three 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.760 yard TD. You've probably seen the video of him searching 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.880 for his dad, Jimmy in the stands and then tossing 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.000 him the football. Well, as it turns out, his father 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:35.000 was actually the middleman. 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:38.520 I was just giving it to my dask, so'd to 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.280 give it to my grandparents. I haven't seen him in 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.120 a couple of years, and they stay out here in 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.959 North Carolina, so you know, I just want to give 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.000 him a game ball. And you know I'm finna go 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:49.240 see him after this, So I just want to give 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:49.800 him a game ball. 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:50.120 Why not? 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:51.439 Especially about score today? 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.920 So with your grandparents looking on and the first time 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.160 you've seen him in a couple of years, how big 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.480 was it to make a memorable play with them in attendance? 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:01.680 It was good man? 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:03.600 No, I told t before the game, you know, if 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:04.880 my grand if I get the score. I'm trying to 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.880 get my grandparents the ball, so I actually called it, 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.840 but it was just, you know, it's just a blessed 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.880 man to have opportunities still play in front of my grandparents, 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.040 who's still alive at the moment, So you know, it's 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:17.720 nothing but but a blessing at this moment. 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.640 I think it's safe to say those are two very 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.760 proud grandparents. As for the defense, the Bengals gave up 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.280 three hundred and seventy five yards, including one fifty five rushing, 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.840 but they held the Panthers to twenty four points. That's 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.280 twelve fewer than they scored against the Raiders last week. 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.760 And the Bengals made that huge goal line stop on 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:43.640 Carolina's opening drive on fourth and goal inside the one 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.160 with defensive tackles bj Hill and Sheldon Rank and still 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:51.840 out with hamstring injuries. Sam Hubbard moved inside for quite 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.600 a few snaps and talked to Dave Lapham about it 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:55.439 after the game. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.000 How many different positions did you play today? 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:00.480 A few? 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.959 I think we're down a bunch of guys and had 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.960 to fill in a nose tackle and three technique and 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.880 get some uh, some guys on the edge. Cedric stepped 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:16.880 in great joseph Osa, Trey obviously was Trey, and uh yeah, 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.920 whatever the team needs, I'm down for it. It's it's 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.000 about win and we got that win today and man 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.640 does it feel good after those rough three weeks and 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.600 now we we got to start stacking. 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.920 Them for four games into the NFL season, so many 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.800 injuries and guys having to step up. But that's the 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:34.840 nature of the Beasts in the National Football League. When 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:38.040 your name is called, time to step up, right, Yeah. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.600 That's the sport that we play, you know, and you 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.000 never know when your opportunity is gonna come, and uh 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.520 you make the most of it. And guys that come 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.760 in and you know, provide depth. You know that those 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.120 teams are the most successful. It's a long season, a 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.480 very long season, and we're gonna need everybody in this 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.720 locker room. And I really love this this team. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.280 Sam talk about bending but not breaking. Twelve play drive, 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:58.800 they go to the one foot line. I mean, you 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:00.680 bend as much as you could, but you didn't break. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.600 I mean that was unbelievably important in this football game. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.720 Yeah, you know, especially with how we played last week defense, 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.440 we really wanted to step up and to start the 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.160 game like that and just you know, never vote on 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.360 each other, never, never give up. It really just set 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.319 the tempo for the day. And you know that was 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:18.920 that was very important to us. 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:21.599 Sam. It's a former offensive lineman. I hate to admit it, 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.160 but looking at the inside of your bicep, they're holding 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:25.719 you like the son of a gun man. You got 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.400 you got marks and digs all over you. They're grabbing 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:29.800 you like crazy out there, aren't they. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.400 Yeah, it's real on the inside, no doubt. It's been 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:33.880 a couple of years since I played in there, but 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:35.480 it's a grind, no doubt. 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.520 Here's helping. Reinforcements are on the way. In addition to 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.959 the possible return of Hill and Rankins, Miles Murphy and 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:47.880 McKinley Jackson are eligible to start practicing and potentially playing 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.240 this week. The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.240 by pay Corps, Proud to be the Bengals official HR 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:58.360 software provider, by Alta Fiber, future proof fiber Internet designed 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.360 to elevate your home business community to a new level, 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.040 and by Kettering Health the best care for the best fans. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.520 Kettering Health is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.920 Let's hear what head coach Zach Taylor had to say 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.480 as he spent a few minutes with Lap after the game. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.880 Coach gad to get one man that that first one 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:20.520 was getting a little loosive and got it. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.480 Yeah. I mean that's sometimes it's gonna be ugly. And 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.240 we found a way to finish, you know, as pleased 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:26.680 the defense be able to get it at three and 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:28.400 out at the end of the game, get the offense 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.120 the ball back, were able to burn the clock getting 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.800 a field goal range, finish it off the right way. 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.680 It's not always gonna be pretty in this league. That's 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.960 a well coached football team. They're only going to continue 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.160 to improve as the season goes. And got a lot 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:41.800 of respect for him. But now it's put that one 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:43.720 to bed and show back up at home next week 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:44.680 for a big divisional game. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.960 Coin toss win. Defer Man, did that work out? You 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:49.840 scored touchdown with a second to go in the first 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.560 half and then your score first possession in the third quarter. 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:54.160 I mean, you can't draw it up any better than that. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.080 I mean, truthfully, that's what we talked about as a 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.760 team this week, is defern the coin toss offense defense 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.840 because that's a chance the tone and then offense finish 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.880 them off to start the third quarter. And maybe some 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.200 opportunities we missed there late in the third to finish 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.920 them off, But overall, was pleased with how the guys 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:10.720 executed the plan. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.400 You rush for over one hundred and thirty yards out 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.720 of your tailback position, I think probably over one hundred 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:17.960 and fifty, you know, as a football team, and then 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.160 Joe Burrow is Joe Burrow thrown for two hundred and 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.439 twenty plus or whatever and a couple of touchdowns when 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.400 your offense is balanced like that. Scored thirty three points 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.360 last week, thirty four points this week. I mean, you 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.199 guys are in a nice role, and. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.120 It feel still like we're leaving some on the field, 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.400 you know. So again it's I don't think we've reached 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.840 our potential yet, but we're certainly playing at a place 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.800 where there's a lot of confidence and so again still 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:41.360 room to grow, and we're excited about that. 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.040 What about red zone today? A red zone execution? You 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:45.960 think you up the andy there a little bit. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.000 Yeah, we had a tough go there. You know, we're 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.439 when we lost fifteen yards on a completion somehow and 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.520 then got a penalty on a nice draw play. So 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.080 there's still some room to grow there, But I thought 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:56.520 the execution was good. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.880 And I'll tell you what, Andy Dalton, man, I mean, 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.880 there were two or three I know he'd like to 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.280 have back, but almost every other throw there was a 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.000 chance to make a play on his teammates didn't necessarily 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.040 always come up with them. But man, that guy can 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:10.679 still put it in good spots, can't he. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:12.240 I Mean, there were two guys last week to go 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.200 for over three hundred and three touchdowns as Joe Burrow 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.600 Andy Dalton, and so he's proven that he still plays 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:18.959 at a high level. We obviously think the world of 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.040 him and all that he's done for me in this organization, 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.760 and I'm not surprised that he's still effective out there, 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.000 and I'm just glad to get get that one away 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:26.400 from him. 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.240 How about Sam Hubbard, He's playing nose tackle out there 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.320 at the end of the football game. I Mean, here's 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.720 a guy that'll do anything for his football team, won't he. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:36.840 That's right, I Mean, that's what a Bengle is. He's 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.360 willing to do anything he's got to do and put 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.160 ego aside and just go out there and play ball 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:42.560 and try to help us where we can with our 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.080 detackle situation. And you know, that's why the guy's a 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.360 captain and that's why he leads us. 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.600 Both of these football teams have been hit by injury 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.560 and only four games in. I mean, you never know 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.240 when they're gonna come, and when they come, sometimes unfortunately 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:56.040 come in bunches. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:57.280 But I'll tell you what. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.160 The guys that you know, next man up, the next 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.040 guys that had to play, played pretty well for you. 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:01.640 That's how it is. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.080 Everyone goes through a lot of adversity, everyone goes through injuries, 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:05.880 and you got to rely on your depth. 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:11.479 So here we go. Next opponent, AFC North Baltimore Ravens, 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.880 and we all know what it's like playing in the 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:17.320 AFC North. Got to kind of get over this one, 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.240 lick some wounds with their orny and get ready to 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:19.680 roll right. 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.480 Yeah, awesome opportunity, get our first home win, get our 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.480 first divisional wins against a great opponent. What more could 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:25.840 you ask for? 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:30.920 Up next the home game against Ragning MVP Lamar Jackson 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:35.320 and the Baltimore Ravens. Lamar is eight and one in 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:39.560 nine career starts against the Bengals. I'm posting this podcast 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.640 before the end of the Sunday night game, so I 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.920 don't know if Baltimore beat Buffalo or vice versa, but 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.440 the other two teams in the AFC North lost. The 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.680 Steelers are three and one after losing an Indy and 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.240 the Browns are one in three after losing in Vegas. 0:15:55.600 --> 0:16:00.560 Now time for the radio guys recap. Was a pretty 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.800 palpable sense of relief in that Bengals locker room after 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:06.680 getting that badly needed first win. 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:10.880 Absolutely, I mean, life in the NFL can be tough 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.520 when you're losing close football games. When you lose in 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.480 one score football games, I mean you're so close and 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.720 just you know, you needed to make another play, any 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:23.360 phase of it, and just didn't. In this football game, 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.680 you could tell, man, there's a big xhale in that 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:29.680 locker room. I mean, guys were happy to get that 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.800 first W. So sometimes that first win can be major 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:36.160 league elusive, and it was for these guys, but they 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.320 got one on the road, and life's not easy on 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.320 the road in the National Football League. To pull out 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:43.800 of w helps A. 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:47.040 Lot of big plays in the game, including a fourth 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:51.080 and less than a yard stop on Carolina's opening possession. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.680 I think Chris Jenkins was the guy that led the 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.239 charge in the interior portion of the defensive line. Obviously 0:16:57.280 --> 0:17:02.440 that was huge, not only to keep Carolina off the scoreboard, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.040 just but just that kind of endless sense that the 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:06.960 defense couldn't get a stop exactly. 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.800 Joe asked him about that very thing in his postgame 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.840 and he said his response was that set the tone 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.919 for the game. You know, that was that was something 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.280 that both sides of the ball fed off of and 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:23.119 it ended up being a huge, huge factor in a 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.720 one score football game like it ended up being. So, 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.280 I mean, you know, talk about bending, he've been as 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.320 far as you get Ben literally there the one foot 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.960 line can't bend any further. But they didn't break twelve 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.800 play drive till the one foot line. You come away 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.760 with nothing. That's that's tough to deal with. But I 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:42.960 got to give them credit. I mean, they stayed in 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.720 the football game. They bounced back and made it a 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:45.800 heck of a football game. 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.440 Offensively, the point total keeps going up. It has increased 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.600 in all four games this season. I mean, it wasn't perfect, 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.000 but anytime you score thirty plus, you got to fel 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:56.600 pretty good about the way they're playing on that side 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:57.000 of the ball. 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.000 I agree, I think you know the fact that you 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.080 get one hundred over a hundred thirty yards rushing from 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.399 your two tailbacks one hundred and forty one yards overall 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.080 with Borrow's ten yards scramble average four and a half 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:10.239 yards per. I mean, defensively, Carolina was able to run 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.000 the football as well against the Bengals defense one hundred 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.800 and fifty five yards five point three per Hubbard had 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:20.760 one hundred yard day, so you know, I mean, the 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.280 good news is Bengals ran the football. Bad news is 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.120 Bengals didn't stop the run. And Andy Dalton fed off 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.119 of that with a decent performance. But Joe Burrows was better. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.520 Joe Burrow had a quarterback rating of over one hundred 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:35.600 andyes was just over eighty three, so two touchdown passes 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.080