WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: I Like It, I Love It 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.559 Hi and everybody on dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:11.200 the Bengals Booth podcast. The I like it, I love it. 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:15.520 I'll want some more of it. Addition, as we look 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.800 back at the Bengals first win in nearly a full 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:23.280 calendar year, twenty two to six over the New York Jets. 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.560 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, one on one, locker 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.360 room interviews, and Dave Lapham will join me for postgame analysis. 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.680 Plus in this week's fun Facts Conversation, I'll throw a 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:39.160 wide variety of questions at Andy Dalton, ranging from how 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.640 he felt about having bright red hair as a kid 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.280 to what kind of swag he received for playing in 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.120 the Rose Bowl as a college senior. All of that 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.839 is straight ahead. 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The New York Jets 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.840 entered Paul Brown Stadium on a roll, with a three 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.040 game winning streak in which the Jets had scored thirty 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:52.280 four points in every game. Sure enough, they drove right 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:54.760 down the field to start the game and took an 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:58.200 early lead. Out of the hold of the punter Lochlin Edwards, 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.000 Thomas Hennessy snaps it back. Here comes the kick, a 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:05.120 high spinning end over end kick. It is good, and 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.440 the Jets score on their opening drive for the sixth 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.840 consecutive game. But with Andy Dalton back in the starting 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.040 lineup for the Bengals, that three nothing lead didn't last. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.680 Dalton under center now. He takes the snap, fakes a 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.040 handoff to mix and he's looking left. He loads up 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.680 and throws. What a catch by Haddon Tate as he 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.880 extends those gigantic arms and reels it in for a 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:32.240 first down at the eighteen yard line. Marcus mayon coverage 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.640 and the Bengals have entered the GoldStar red zone, and 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.520 on the very next play, the Bengals took the lead 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:42.440 as Dalton made history first and ten at the seventeen 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.080 of the Jets. Dalton fakes a handoff from the pocket, 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:48.119 throws over the middle of it is caught for a 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:53.800 touchdowne by Tyler boyd Andy Dalton threading the needle between 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:58.720 two New York Jets defenders and with that touchdown pass, 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:04.560 the red rifle full stands alone career touchdown passed number 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:09.359 one ninety eight in his NFL career, more than any 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:14.080 other quarterback in Bengals history. They both wear number fourteen, 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.120 Kenny Anderson, Andy Dalton, and I'll tell you what this 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:21.680 throw is unbelievable. A few completions later, Dalton also passed 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.720 Ken Anderson for most completions in Bengals history, and Dave 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.520 Lapham talked to him about it after the game. My 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.000 roommate was a hell of a quarterback, Kenny Anderson. You 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.560 broke his record for touchdown passes today with one hundred 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.160 and ninety eight, and you broke his completion record during 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.440 the course of today's game. Number four team has been 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.680 good to this franchise. You and Kenny have both wanted 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.960 with dignity for sure. How big is it to break 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:48.200 those records you now? It feels good. I mean it's 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.320 you never go into it, you know, with the mindset 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.040 of breaking records and all that kind of stuff. I 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.960 think the whole thing is been fortunate to be here 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.360 for a long time and been a part of some 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:02.880 really good teams, and with that comes records and touchdowns 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:04.520 and all this all this stuff that comes with it. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.680 It's been fun getting to know Kenny throughout the years. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.360 Just feel very thankful that he let me wear fourteen, 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.120 first of all, and I think it's just been cool 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.080 to just kind of follow him his footsteps, what he 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.680 established here in Cincinnati with number fourteen, and then trying 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.320 to carry that on. Andy's touchdown pass to Boyd gave 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.440 the Bengals a seven three lead at the end of 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.760 the first quarter. It should have been fourteen to three 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.320 early in the second, but c j Uzama dropped a 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.320 nobody near him TD pass from the six yard line 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.240 and that forced the Bengals to settle for a field goal, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:40.440 a twenty four yard try out of the hold of 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.640 Kevin Hubery catches the ball, puts it down, spins the laces, 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.920 and bullocks kick is good as the Bengals take a 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:51.480 seven point lead. Believe it or not, that equaled the Bengals' 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:55.239 biggest lead all season. The next time they got the ball, 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.200 they went up by two scores for the first time. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.640 Second and goal from the five, two receivers go out 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.280 to the left. Dalton catches a shotgun snap. He hands 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.479 it off to Mixon and Joe Mixon charges straight ahead 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:13.240 and takes it into the end zone. Touchdown. Bengals. Nice 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:20.240 shop inside. I'll tell you what, Jordan Trey Hopkins, John Miller, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.760 nice shop inside. A Sam ficken field goal with four 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.839 seconds left and a half made the score seventeen six 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.640 in favor of the Bengals. Here's Andy Dalton. We've played 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.240 good halves before this year, but we couldn't let it 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.960 just be one half. We had to play a complete game. 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.919 And I think we understood that and guys responded and 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.159 we got that done today. The key in the second 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.920 half was the Bengals pass rush. Donald blowing on his hands, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.280 he is ready for the shotgun snap. He drops back 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.599 to throw from the middle of the end zone short pass. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.880 It is caught, Lady on Bell tackled. There's a penalty 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.760 flag in the end zone. Could that be holding in 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.719 the end zone for a safety? It is, that's a safety. Yeah, 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.960 if there's if that's a whole, that's two points. B 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:08.440 W Web made the tackle holding offs number sixty eight 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.680 in the end zone. Andrew Brown drew the penalty that 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.479 gave the Bengals in nineteen six lead. You scored two 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:21.560 points today. You drew a holding penalty in the end zone. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.720 You're responsible for two of the points, Yes, sir, A man. 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.520 That's the first one I ever had in my life. Man, 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:30.960 So thank god? How quickly did it sink in that 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.320 that just happened. As soon as I looked at the 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.440 refereef and as soon as they say hold it on 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:40.160 the number sixty and then he put the safety. So 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:46.080 I ran to the silo, let's go point man. Following 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.039 the safety, the Jets had to kick it back to 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:50.920 Cincinnati from the twenty yard line, giving the Bengals good 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.080 field position that led to a forty seven yard Bullock 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.920 field goal that made the score twenty two to six 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:01.040 going to the fourth quarter. Carlos Duneline lap took over 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.039 from there. Darnald ready on third down and seven from 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.719 his own twelve, single high safety Cincinnati showing blitz, they 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:12.640 send five. Darnald in bubble sacked at the five yard line. 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.920 Carlos Dunlap got there first second and ten at the 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.120 Cincinnati thirty eight. Donald back to throw, looking left, Here 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.280 comes Dunlap. It's got him again. Third sack of the 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:26.880 day for Carlos Dunlap back at the forty three for 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.080 a five yard loss, and Brandon Shell got beaten again 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.280 once again. He's a shell of himself. With three sacks, 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.880 Dunlap is up to seventy eight in his career, only 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.680 five and a half from Eddie Edwards all time franchise record, 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.560 and with the Bengals up by sixteen points with less 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.040 than two minutes to go, one more dunlap pass rush 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.120 helped put the game away. Darnald back to throw, He's 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.840 being chased by Carlos Dunlap. He will fling it out 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:59.720 of bounds, and that is coffin nail Bam bam. After 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:03.080 oring one hundred two points in their previous three games, 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.880 the Jets managed just two field goals against the Bengals. 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:11.800 Sam Darnold was sacked four times and hit nine times. 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:16.720 Here's Dunlap on Cincinnati's relentless pass rush. We all were 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:22.280 swarming after the quarterback, you know, big shoutouts, our secondary, 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.920 everybody was on covers, a lot of cover sex today. 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.200 But Dlon, you know, we finally got to do we 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.240 all are blessed to do, you know, get after the 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.280 quarterback stopped and running, you get a chance to get 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.560 out to the quarterback. In that game against the Patriots, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.720 Sam Darnold said he saw ghosts. He saw Dunlap today 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.160 in his face. Six quarterback hits, right. I hope he 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:43.040 saw ghosts today. I think Sean told me that he 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:47.120 heard him say it again. The final score Cincinnati twenty two, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.480 the Jets six. It was the Bengals first win of 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:54.800 the season, ending a thirteen game losing streak that dated 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:59.280 back to December sixteenth of last year, a span of 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:04.160 three hundred fifty days. Here are Dalton and dune Lap. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.480 This one's big. I just think, you know, we've been 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.040 working hard all year for this, and you know we 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:14.119 were hoping it wasn't gonna come week thirteen. But anytime 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.720 you win, it's huge, and so this one means a lot. 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:21.120 Dad getting his first win as a head coach. You 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.120 know a couple of the records that were broken today, 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.920 this one's this one feels really good, So a big 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.440 burden lifted off of our shoulders. We've been working for 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.320 this for so long, and we came up short so 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.040 many times. But one thing about this team, when we 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.480 kept coming in, kept going to work, whatever it takes, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.880 focusing in on that week, focusing on that week, what 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.400 we got this week, what we got Boom. We're not 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.880 looking back, We're not looking forward. We're just focusing weekend, 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.760 week out, and now we get to celebrate. One of 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:51.800 the bengals most articulate players is tight End cju Zama. 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.439 I caught up with him after the game. We're in 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.719 a very happy Bengals locker room with tight End c 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.880 j Uzama. Give me a couple of words for how 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:09.400 this feels right now. Absolutely relieved, UM, much deserved, uh, togetherness, camaraderie. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:13.040 I don't know, it's it's a great feeling, honestly, man. Uh, 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.400 knowing how hard we've words, how hard this team's works, Um, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.360 what we've kind of sacrificed up until this point is 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.199 just a huge relief getting this first win and getting 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.280 this just for everybody. You know, you can see how 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.280 happy we are for every single person in here. You know, 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.200 we're happy for coach Coach Taylor and this entire staff. 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:31.400 We're getting their first win. But you know, we're happy 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.480 for all the guys that I mean, I'm I'm graduating everybody, 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:39.760 tb Andy, um, GEO, I mean everybody who's who's just um, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.680 you know, as a late of desion to get this, 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:43.400 to get this chip off our shoulder and get this 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.600 first one. We're not obviously, we're not happy with with 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.880 how long it's been since since we've gotten one, but 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:49.720 we are happy to get this first one for sure. 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:51.719 What was Zach Taylor like when he came in here 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.760 after the game, I mean, you know, you can only imagine. Man, 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.760 he was happy as anything. Uh Andy presented him with 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.160 the game ball, and um, I know we had to 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:01.679 dunked him a little bit after. I don't know who 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.120 was I kind of backed out of the way. I 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.439 was trying to congratulation, congratulating when I was like, I'm 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.000 not it's cold. I can't I'm not trying to deal 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.440 with that. But um, I mean he was just happy. 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.680 He's happy for all of us obviously, you know, for 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:14.560 for all the work that we put in, all the 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.120 hours that we put in, all the hours that they 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.640 put in. Um. I think that's kind of why we 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.600 wanted to just win more than anything. Man, I wanted 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.960 to win for the staff because I really think that 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.959 we're buying into um kind of what they're selling us, 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:29.400 you know, and we think that their game plan and 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.840 everything that they've been doing four and to us is 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.360 um has been good and we just haven't, you know, 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.439 climbed out humping today we did. What did Andy Dalton's 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.040 return do for the offense? You know, it was just 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.319 that that veteran spark man. We wanted to win for him, 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:48.120 for him to excuse me, um, but yeah, he stood 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:52.440 in there. Uh dealt some dimes out there. Um, I 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.000 dropped one. We had a few drops. But UM, it 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:57.920 was just good to have have him out there and 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.600 smiling and just you know that that that veteran presence 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:02.920 of just saying, all right, this is a big down, 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.520 this is a big drive. This is you know, we 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.040 need to get here, we need to get points on 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.640 the board, We need you know, to do certain things 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.280 and It's always good to have that voice in your 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.400 head like all right, he's he's right, you know this 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.280 is this is a chance and the opportunity for us 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:16.240 to get the ball rolling and kind of put this 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.240 put this game out of reach for him. So, um, 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.680 it was awesome to happen back there. Since this is radio, 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.120 I will clarify that that was a normal cough. You 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:26.480 weren't getting choked up at the mere mention through it. 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.480 I wasn't. No no tears, No tears right now, all smiles, 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.320 all right, Since you won, I can ask this question. 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.240 Is that the easiest touchdown pass you have ever dropped 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:39.480 in your life? Probably? Um? Yeah, there's no excuse. Honestly, 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.520 there's there's I don't know exactly what was going on 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.120 and what happened, but I got off my fingertips and 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.080 I dropped in and I'm not happy about it. Um. 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.440 The boys were off. I mean, that was unbelievable. How 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.160 many people came up to me and they were just like, look, 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.520 we know you got that, we know you'll catch another one. 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.480 We know we know you got us. Um and and 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.680 it's kind of also reassuring. But the next drive, you know, 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.600 I got the opportunity to catch two more. So obviously 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.040 I'm not happy about it at all. I know I'm 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.800 gonna get you know, I'm gonna watch film and be 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.720 just disgusted with dropping it. Um, but it is what 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:12.480 it is. We got the win, and um, I got 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.040 another another opportunity. So uh yeah, that's it was a 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.080 productive day for you. Five catches, fifty one yards, Auburn 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:22.600 wins the iron Ball, the Bengals beat the New York Jets. 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:25.040 Come on, I got the I got the I got 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.160 the Auburn. Did you wear that under your jersey? I 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.040 should have. I should have. I didn't. I didn't. It 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.120 would have been a fine or something. I don't know. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.480 They would have got me for something. But yeah, war eagle. 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:38.200 Who day, great day, great weekend for sure. Congrats You're 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.120 really happy for all you guys. Thank you very much. 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:44.079 One of the greatest coaches in NFL history, Tom Landry, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.200 who took the Cowboys to five Super Bowls, winning two, 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.439 went oh eleven and one in his first season. So 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:55.520 Zach Taylor is off to a better start. After eleven losses, 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.480 he is finally in the win column, and he talked 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.040 to lap about it after the game. It felt good. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:03.960 You know, our guys came out and we started fast 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:05.920 and a lot of different phases, and they carried that 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:07.760 over in the second half, kept putting pressure on that 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.000 team and defense got some points for us with the 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.080 safety and it just you know, it felt like everything 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:15.080 clicked today. And really proud of our guys. You know, 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.920 when you hold an offensive football team to no touchdowns, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.280 I don't care who, that's a heck of an acomplish 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.520 from the NFL. When you hold a team to six points, 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.200 I don't think they got in the red zone today. 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.120 If I recall, right, that's a heck of a defense performance. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.160 I mean, seventeen points, sixteen points, now six points. They're 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.920 stringing them together. They've been building off of each performance 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.880 each week, and the confidence keeps growing and we keep 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:38.880 stressing the turnovers. You know, that's huge. We got to 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.760 create some turnovers, so to get it that way without 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.160 getting in the turnovers was huge for us. That was 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.320 the other thing. I mean, Carlos has three sacks, you know, 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.960 Brown forces of safety when they hold in the end zone. 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.280 I mean you only gave up one sack, so the 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.600 sack ratio was in your favor and the yards. They 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.560 hidden yards with that, and then Hubert kept pinning them back. 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.560 I mean they started I think six or seven drives 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.000 inside their own ten yard. It was nuts. We in 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.320 pregame we talked about field position was gonna be huge 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.480 with the way that the elements were outside. It was 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.280 gonna be about ball security and field position. And so 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.040 you know, into the game zero zero with the turnover battle. 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.440 But Kevin did a great job, the punt team did 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.280 a great job. We felt like we won that battle. 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.000 So Andy Dalton, it looked like to me, I saw 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:20.320 him in the locker room with a big smile on 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.480 his face, smiling the whole game. I mean, it looked 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.640 like it looked like he was out there just having fun. 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.200 And that's what you want to have, right, I mean, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:27.920 that's what it's all about. It was we were playing 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.240 with a lot of confidence on offense and felt like 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.160 we were getting some good looks, some things we've worked 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.160 on and we're gonna be able to take advantage of it. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.000 So proud of the way that the guys executed. You 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:37.920 look and first have some of the catches those guys made, 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.160 and then Andy was putting into position to go get it. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:44.600 Just really proud of the effort and the preparation those 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.440 guys put into it carried over to the game and 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.120 it was a good win for us. It seemed like 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.160 there was an effort to get Tyler Boyd off, you know, 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:51.800 early in the football game. I think he had five 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:53.960 targets in the first quarter and caught like three or 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.360 four of them, and uh, that was good to see. 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.440 It was you know, again, all those guys made plays, 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:00.400 you know, I saw CJ makes some plays, Odd made 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.440 some plays. All those receivers, good job getting yards after 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.000 catching some critical situations, and that in the protection up 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.000 front did a great job, you know, and they kept 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:10.760 guys off of any and Andy was able to deliver. 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.920 Going into the football game, you had the fourth fewest 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.440 penalties in the league and the second fewest penalty yards. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.320 You guys have been disciplined, not you know, not shooting 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.120 yourself in the foot today. The first penalty wasn't until 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.040 the second half, and it was questionable on Hodd and Tate. 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.400 I mean, for that one to be the first one, 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.080 you gotta be proud. I think it was only two 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.400 penalties on the day, so I mean that part of 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.520 it has been very clean. All season long. I think 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:36.960 that as a carryover from the discipline that we've really 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.040 tried to instill in everything the meeting is to practice 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.600 everything those guys carried over to the game. And just 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:45.280 proud of those guys. So you get the first one, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.320 you get the first notch on the belt, get that 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.600 first NFL win. Now here come to the Cleveland Browns 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.880 and uh, you know, to get a division win. I 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.360 guess the next one the docket, right, Yeah, it's it's 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.720 a great opportunity for us. They're really good football team. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.760 You know, we've we've seen him on some crossover tape, 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.640 so we're gonna have our hands full. But you're right, 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.320 we gotta go fight to get this divisional win. You know, 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.800 I really thought watching Greg Williams on tape, it looked 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.560 like you guys kept yourselves out of situations that he 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.640 tries to take advantage of your average like almost six 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:16.680 yards per plan first down in the first half, and 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.800 you only got to third down four times, converted two 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.920 of them. I thought your first down excellence really kept 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:23.840 him off balance in terms of how much he wanted 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.640 to try to heat things up. That was really carry 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:27.480 over from last week. We put ourselves in so many 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.440 third nine pluses. I think we only had three that 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:30.960 were less than that the entire of the game. So 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:32.879 we're playing in third and twelve, third and thirteen, and 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.879 it's hard to manage on offense like that. So we 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.520 stressed all week being more efficient on first and second down, 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.200 and our guys did an excellent job there. Auden Tate, 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.600 you know, I know it's been tough not having AJ Green, 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.800 having John Ross just for you know, a cup of coffee. Basically, 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.679 Hopefully John Ross is back for the Cleveland game coming up. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.000 I think you could schedule be back and AJ is 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.200 still week to week, but Audm Tate has proven that 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.760 he is an NFL caliber wide receiver headning. Yes. I 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.560 mean every time his numbers called, it seems like he 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.120 makes the play. He's a big, physical guy's got aggressive hands, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.000 does everything the way you want it done. He's exactly 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:07.720 the type of guy we like to add on this team. 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.280 It sounded like, uh, there was a it was fun 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.600 in the locker room after the game. We're outside, you know, 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.880 listening a little bit. The music was cranking. Every everybody's excited, 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:20.000 and you know, I remember those those kinds of those 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.520 those days are why you play the game of football. 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:24.680 And I know it's it's been a long stretch, you know, 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:28.639 eleven weeks of not being able to sweet taste the 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.040 sweet nectar of victory. To taste that nectar is pretty 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.560 damn good, isn't it. You took for granted what winning 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.240 felt like, you know, when you go through a stretch 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.119 like this, and again, just you couldn't be proud of 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.840 everybody involved in this operation because no one pointed fingers. 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.720 Everyone took responsibility for their actions, kept raising the standard 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.560 and it paid off today. And coach, you know, and 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.720 attribute to you, your staff, your players. I'd watch the 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.520 tape and guys around the league that I trust that 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.320 watched the tape of the Bengals play, everybody was like, man, 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:00.840 the situation they're in, they play hard. I mean, there's 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.960 there's not anybody on that football team that's not given effort. 0:19:04.200 --> 0:19:06.359 And that's a heck of a tribute because it's not 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:08.520 going to get any tougher than it's been, that's for sure. 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:11.480 And have to have the guys, you know, deliver what 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.280 they would delivering effort wise, is big time. It's something 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:15.800 that's great to build off of. You want to get 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.200 that type of character, you can build on it, and 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.359 it's gonna lead us to some great things to come 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:25.160 in the future. Now time for postgame analysis. Let's start 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:29.159 with the defensive performance. Carlos Dunlap with three sacks and 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.280 the Bengals held a team that had scored thirty four 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.400 points in each of its last three games to two 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.800 field goals. I don't care who you're playing against in 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:40.800 the NFL. You hold a team without a touchdown during 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:43.400 the course of an entire football game, sixty minutes of football, 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:45.840 it's a great defensive effort. They've never got in the 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:49.520 red zone, never sniffed scoring a touchdown, had to settle 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.800 for two field goals. That's that's a great performance. No 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:55.879 turnovers in the football game for either football team. But 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.920 the Bengals won the sack ratio plus three. They haven't 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.520 done that very often. Four quarterback sacks, three by Carlos Dunlap. 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.480 They also got two points out of a pressure when 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:08.600