WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Thriller 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.640 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:14.680 The Bengals Booth Podcast. Uh because this is Thriller Thriller night. Addition, 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:18.680 as the Bengals survived their first round playoff matchup against Baltimore, 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:22.680 winning twenty four to seventeen on what will go down 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.200 as one of the most memorable plays in franchise history. 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:30.160 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, one on one locker 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:34.480 room interviews and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.280 in this week's fun Facts segment, I'll talk to team 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.440 president Mike Brown about Zach Taylor's leadership, his first ever 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:46.040 meeting with Joe Burrow, and swapping books with Ted Carriss. 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.680 The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you by Bengals 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.720 Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with tickets 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.640 and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both inside the 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.000 Bengals app. Now here's a quick reminder that you can 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.160 have the latest edition of this podcast delivered right to 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.800 your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing wherever you get 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:11.800 your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since a Biscoff cookie 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.440 dipped in coffee. 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Now, let's get to the highlights of 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.160 a Sunday night thriller in the Jungle. This will be 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.840 a thirty nine field goal attempt from the left hash 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.600 for Evan McPherson out of the hold of Drew Chrisman 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.520 cal Adamitas ready to snap it back. McPherson is set 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.200 to snap the placement the right footed kick, a high 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:17.840 spinning end over end get right down the middle. Evan 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.840 McPherson picks up where he left off in the playoffs 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.200 last year when he was a perfect fourteen for fourteen. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.280 The Bengals take more than six and a half minutes 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:31.080 off the clock and taken early three nothing lead. Hutley 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.160 in the gun, He'll to his right, four down lineman 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.959 for Cincinnati. He'll goes in motion out to the right. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:41.079 Hutley throws in the traffic, intercepted Hogan. Wilson on his 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.520 feet blunting it back. Make that a Keem Davis Caither 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.640 with the pick and he gets tackled at the forty 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.040 five yard line of Baltimore. About that Burrow in the gun, 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.120 mixing back on the field, Burrow extends the hands he 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:56.880 has the ball, drops back from the fourteen throws get 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:02.120 hot by Chaff touchdown goal. He caught it at the one, 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.720 spun around and charged into the end zone for the 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.880 Bengals first touchdown of the night. And I'll tell you 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.240 the Bengals are saying, Mr Chase, instead of working on 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.400 the edges, We're gonna put you between the hash marks 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.160 from the numbers. You're gonna do damage in the middle 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.040 of the football field. You're too big and strong for 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:24.480 the Baltimore Ravens third and goal from the two. Huntly 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.120 to throw swing the gold to the right. Tobbins extending 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.440 the ball and he gets the edge over the goal 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.720 line for a Baltimore touchdown. Man. That was a good 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.760 play by him, just to get that ball extended before 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.440 his knee hit the ground. Three receivers right, two to 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.800 the left, shotgun snap to Joe Burrow. It's a four 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.880 man rush deep drop. Burrows scrambling to the right, his 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.200 throw caught by hers running to the forty forty five. 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.800 Oh ball comes out ball. The Ravens have started celebrating. 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.160 They think they have it at the Cincinnati forty four 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.160 yard line, twenty two yards from the right hash. His 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.960 kick is on the way and it is good to 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.440 give the Ravens a one point lead with seven seconds 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.680 left in the half. So the Ravens are going to 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.520 stack the defense right over the ball to try to 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.920 take away the quarterback sneak. Joe Burrow with five touchdown 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.400 runs this year, including one against Baltimore. He tries to 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:21.080 quarterback sneaks, he gets pushed in behind. There's a penalty 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.479 flag down. It is a touchdown for Burrow. We'll see 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.159 if it stands. Let's see if the Ravens crowded the 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.440 line of scrimmage too much and lined up off sides 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.119 because the flag came up after the snap of the ball. 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.840 If it was a movement on the offense, would have 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.200 blown it. Deaf Yeah, defense up in the neutral zone. 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.000 Then vote for the plays. There's a touchdown. Yeah, So 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.440 one yard touchdown for Joe Burrow and the Bengals have 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.040 the lead with five or two left here in the 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.520 third quarter. The ball is on the left hash a 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.599 lot of room to roll to the right for Burrow 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.560 if he wanted to try that p ride in the backfield. 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.520 Wilcox goes in motion, Burrow drops back to throw. Now 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:04.279 he rolls right, gestures toward the end zone. Burrow throws 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:09.280 caught by te Higgins. He ran away from Marcus Peters 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.600 heavy makes the catch for the two point conversion. Second 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.000 down and ten at the Cincinnati forty one. Cobbins back 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.200 in at running back. Two receivers to each side of 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:24.560 the formation. Single high safety has Huntley pump fakes. Now 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.840 he'll throw it to Marcus Robinson wide open. He makes 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.920 the catch and runs it into the end zone. Wow, boy, 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:37.960 that time Eli Apple and Jesse Bates. Somebody blew the 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.680 coverage obviously. I mean it was a double move down 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.040 the football field, all biased, lonesome third down and goal 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.920 from the one. Huntley sticks the ball out. The Bengals 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.159 have the ball. They are running it back Sam Hubbard, 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.840 who had blockers behind him, Hobbard of the Ravens forty, 0:05:55.200 --> 0:06:02.200 the thirty, the twenty, the ten, the four touched Bengals. 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:07.799 Tyler Huntley tried to extend the ball over the goal line. 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:12.440 It got poked away. Sam Hubbard scooped it up and 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.840 ran the length of the field for a go ahead 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:20.400 Bengals touchdown. He tried to pull a Trevor Lawrence and 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.440 the Bengal said no. They slapped it out of there. 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:27.000 Logan Wilson punched the ball out of the hands of 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.440 Tyler Huntley and right into the hands of Sam Hubbard. 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:34.240 And boy the Logan Wilson, others. Everybody was swatting it 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.680 at that football and Sam Hubbard says, I'll take it 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.280 to the house. Huntley surveys the defense too deep safeties 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.920 for the Bengals. Huntley from the pocket he sacked brought 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.119 down at the thirty nine yard line. By b Jay 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.560 Hill big time, and I'll tell you Logan Wilson was 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:57.320 involved again. Logan Wilson's having a hell of a second half. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.320 Huntley in the gun, Justice Hill in the backfield with 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.119 him eight seconds to go, the Bengals up by seven, 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:07.160 shotgun snap, Hutley back to throw Hendricks and rushing. He 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:11.280 floated toward the end zone into a crowd, batted down 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:16.720 head gun player the cocket zero and the Bengals are 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:22.400 heading the Buffalo unbelievable. You know, you know these division 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:25.040 battles are gonna come down to the last play, and 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:29.760 that's exactly what happened. Came down to the final snap. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:35.680 Unbelievable football game. Again, a defensive score wins the game. 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:41.160 James pro she had a shot at that tip ball 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.800 in the end zone, but it hit the turf and 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:51.880 that is coffin nails. Bam bam on to Buffalo, and boy, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.400 you talk about a game that's gonna have a bunch 0:07:55.440 --> 0:08:00.400 of storylines. Man of hivits Bengals and Buffalo Bills. After 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.280 what happened here in Cincinnati on Monday night. Goodness gracious, 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.120 the whole world will be watching that one. There are 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.320 Cincinnati Sports fans who proudly say I was there the 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.280 night Tom Browning through his perfect game, or the night 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.320 Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's record, or I survived the 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:21.800 Freezer Bowl. Well, in this case, more than sixty six 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.760 thousand people can say I was there the night Hubbard 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.680 took it to the house. His ninety eight yard touchdown 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.840 is the longest fumble recovery score in NFL playoff history. 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:40.680 And he spoke to Dave Lapham after the game, Sam, congratulations, history. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:45.800 Ninety eight yard from will return touchdown, longest in NFL history. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.520 And you do it in a playoff game on national television. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:54.800 You're an international celebrity. Al right, place right, Tom, That's 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.199 really all it was Logan Wilson making a hell of 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.600 a play. The ball fell right in my lap, that's 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.199 all you know. Going back even before that, Jesse to 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.600 hustle and make the tackles two yard line instead of saying, 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.839 you know, I cheez, you know it's a touchdown. Just 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.920 never given up on a play, and then you guys, 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:12.920 never given up on the goal line sequence. That just 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.640 defines this football team, doesn't it. Yeah, you put it 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.920 in a nutshell, you know, that's our mentality across the front, 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:24.240 the back end, linebackers. That's why I love going to 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.240 war with these guys. Everybody just has that mentality that 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.320 we're gonna scratch, call and do whatever. We can, never 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.719 give up a yard anything free, and uh, you know 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:34.840 you can. You can go pretty far with a couple 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:38.160 of guys like that. Last year in the three game 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.720 playoff winning streak, you guys had a turnover to finish 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.800 to close out the football game every single game and 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.640 then yours wins the football game in the fourth quarter. 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.920 There's six straight games. Now you guys have had a 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.800 defensive takeaway in the fourth quarter that we're instrumental in 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.679 winning football games. What's what's the reason for that for 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.120 you think? I think we got a lot of you know, 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.320 amazing players on offense, but as a defense, we consider 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.280 ourselves a heart and soul of this team. And you know, 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.199 whenever they're we're in a bond, we put it on 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.800 us to make a play. And uh, you know whoever 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:16.040 it is, von Bell, Jesse, Logan ord lion Um, you 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.719 know that's on us. And we call ourselves a clean 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.400 up clue for a reason. Any fire that's on the field, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.440 we put it out and we don't bat a eye. 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.000 Have you been a part of a smarter football team? 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.480 You guys do so much defensively and so many position 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.599 less players that can do so many things. Have you 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.599 ever been associated with a smarter group defense? No, it 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.720 was a big challenge for us to play the Ravens 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.920 back to back. You know, they do so much schematically. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:47.640 That's schematically to give us problems and we are problems 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:52.520 solving on the field. Um talking to our coaches working together. Uh, 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:56.719 you know that's chemistry from just a million reps together. Oh. 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.520 I know my grandson Cam, he loves you. He went 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.320 to your foot fault camp and I know he's probably 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.559 in bed at this time, but he is gonna go 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.520 nuts when he sees the highlight of this hero. Sam 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:11.679 Hubbard too, I ain't seen it. It's unbelievable. I think 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.480 you're running probably a four to five US. Yeah, well 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.000 they knocked me for that four nine of the combine, 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.400 but yes, it doesn't matter now. Sure doves and congratulations man. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.280 The Bengals Booth podcast dis presented by Alta Fiber future 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:29.800 proof fiber internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.720 to take your home, business, and community to a new level. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.520 Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber. The thrilling went over 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:41.520 Baltimore came with a cost, as Cincinnati lost left tackle 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.880 Jonah Williams due to a left knee injury late in 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.520 the second quarter. No word on the severity yet, but 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.360 twenty two year old Jackson Carmen finished the game in 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.800 his place. Last week, right guard Alex Kappa went down, 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.560 and two weeks before that it was right tackle l Collins. 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.319 The only starters left on the offensive line right now, 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:07.559 our rookie Cordell Volson and center Ted carriss I. Talked 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:13.240 to Ted after the game, let's playoff football. Things are 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.199 never easy, and you guys managed to do what you 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.559 had to do to move on. Yes, we did. And 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:21.960 you know, that's a great defense, that's a great team. 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:23.920 You know we had to play. We had to beat 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:26.160 a good team twice in a row, and that's hard 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.160 to do. So a lot of guys stepped up, a 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.640 lot of guys played really well, good enough to win. 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.040 I'd love to put it out a little bit earlier 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.079 on offense, but our defense has been making plays like 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.360 that for us all years. So when it counted the 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.719 most they came through. Since the fifteenth game of the year. 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.959 You've lost three fifths of the starting offensive line, but 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:51.600 haven't lost a game. Talk about what the other guys 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:53.600 have done and how you guys have managed to pull 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.600 it out. We'll shout out to Max Sharpings first start 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.800 as a Bengal played great. A team is playing a 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:03.800 mazing and Jackson Carmen had come in and spot us 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.679 at left tackle and did a fantastic job. I think 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.920 it's a testament to how hard the guys work and 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.559 pay attention in our room and our unit, the way 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:17.480 that Frank and Derek Frazier developed guys, and you know 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:21.240 how everyone is bought in and willing to go as 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.439 hard as they can for the cause, and our cause 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:27.640 is winning. Were you watching the Sam Hubbard run back 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.240 or were you, you know, meeting with a fellow offensive 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.400 lineman and getting ready for the next series. We were 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.760 getting ready, we were talking about a specific look. I 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.319 looked up when Sam was at our own ten. What 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.760 a fantastic play, probably one of the best plays of 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:46.920 franchise history. So unbelievable, What a what a night. Get 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.920 to go to high Mark Stadium here in a week play. 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.040 The Buffalo bill is excited. What do you think of 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:57.079 the atmosphere here tonight? Electric, unbelievable, the fans here. I'm 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.319 so glad we could deliver them a win. They've been 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:05.960 an advantage all season and looking forward to potentially another 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:12.400 game here. But if not, what a fantastic season at 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.280 pay Corps. We might have to be road dogs to 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.600 make it all the way, at least for one week. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.120 You will. Congratulations on the winner, Thank you so much. 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.120 As it is possible that the Bengals could have one 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.600 more home game if they win at Buffalo next week 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.920 and Jacksonville upsets Kansas City, the Bengals would host the 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:36.160 Jags in the AFC Championship game. With their battered offensive line, 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.280 it was tough to move the ball against the Ravens 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.440 outstanding defense. Joe Burrow finished with two hundred nine passing yards, 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:47.560 including eighty four on nine catches for Jamar Chase, but 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.440 the Bengals really struggle to run the ball, finishing with 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:54.880 fifty one yards on eighteen carries. That's two point eight 0:14:55.440 --> 0:15:00.920 yards per attempt. I caught up with Joe Mixon second 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.160 straight year with a playoff win that had never done 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.840 before in this franchise's history. How does it feel tonight? 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:10.480 Feel great? Man? You gotta always enjoy the Dubs, especially 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.840 playoff wins. It's hard to come by, you know, It's 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.000 hard to win in this league, especially let alone in 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.200 the playoffs. But I thought our crowd did a hell 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.600 of a job showing up and showing out, supporting us 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:25.000 and our whole team delivering the best way we can. 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.200 So it's a blessing and on to the next round 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:30.800 we go. What's your heart jumping out of your chest? 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.040 As Sam Hubberd started running down the field, No, I 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.560 was just like, go, go, go, But I mean, hey, 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.720 you can take them how you get him, and anybody 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.160 would take him how to get it. So, like I said, 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.640 it's a it's a. It's a great feeling for Sam, 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.000 and I'm happy for him, and he's gotta keep on 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.200 pushing through. We got a big one next week. They 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.040 only get bigger, so he's gotta keep on keeping on. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.720 The offensive line has lost three of its Vibe starters 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.760 since week fifteen, But you guys haven't lost the game. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:00.840 What do you think of the job that those guys 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.320 are doing under tough circumstances? Yeah, man, the best thing, 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.160 like I said, keep saying, the best thing we have 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.600 is death. I mean, I hate to say it, but 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.720 at the same time, like, um, you know, people that's 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.160 been getting in, they've been delivering in a big way. Man. 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:19.320 So everybody got their work cut out. Everybody gotta do 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.000 what they can to study film or be able to 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:26.080 jail together. But we just gotta keep on doing our thing. 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.640 But it's gonna be tough, but we just gotta keep on. 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:32.000 That's it. Guys are heading to Buffalo next week because 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.520 it kind of feels like you got these two teams 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.480 were meant to play in the postseason. I don't know. 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:40.360 I mean, at the end of the day, we knew 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.680 at some point who was gonna have to play. You know, 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.640 some team that was tough and they're a tough, alass 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.280 team and so was the Ravens, you know what I'm saying. So, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.160 like I said, we're gonna we're gonna enjoy this one 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.960 the night and tomorrow we're gonna get on the Buffalo. 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:55.800 But I'm gonna enjoy this one the night for sure. 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.640 Congrats hating to win, Yes, I appreciate it. Bengos Booth 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.880 Podcast hast is brought to you by Kettering Health, the 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.359 official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 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Man, When Sam Hubbard first of 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.440 all three things, Jesse hustles his tail off and makes 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.400 the tackle's two yard, there's a fourteen point tackle, keeps 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:56.720 them out of the end zone, and ultimately gives you 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:58.840 a defensive score for the second week in a row. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.639 Logan will send football Aware, Sam Hubbard, Football Aware, what 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.800 was going through your mind with Sam was hucking and 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.040 bucking down to the field. Let's go, you know, get 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:08.919 someone blocked for him, because I could see. I think 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.760 it was Mark Andrews, you know, was closing ground pretty good. 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.119 But but Sam found a way to make one of 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.440 the biggest plays in Cincinnati Bengals history, you know, in 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.360 a home playoff game like that, the hometown kid, that's 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.320 a special way to do it. It really is. Ninety 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:26.520 eight yard fumble return touchdown, longest in NFL history. He'll 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:30.480 be an icon and a legend forever. About two weeks 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.800 in a row, your defense scores touchdowns. Hadn't happened for 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.639 him all year. But the one thing about him, they 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.639 never quit on a play. I mean, these guys just 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:43.159 stay after it, no matter what it may seem like, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.480 oh boy, that forget that it doesn't have They just 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.440 never quit on it. Now, they never quit, you know, 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.480 And that's that's what's made this defense so special. The 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.840 second half defense this year. I think it's a perfect 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.399 example of happening in the playoffs. It's been happening all 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.639 year and so um this is no different. They were 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.440 ready for the stage and they made some big plays 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:02.520 where you needed the Baltimore Raven defense. There's no joke. 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.760 I mean that's you can go through every defense statistic 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:07.639 and they're in the top five and a ton of them, 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.159 top three and a ton of them. What were they 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:13.560 doing today? Were they making adjustments? Were they just executing well? 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:16.000 Was it a combination? It said, you know, that's a challenge. 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:17.800 You're not gonna give up explosive poise. They try to 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.920 do enough to keep everything underneath. Our guys made enough 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.440 poise to get us the points on the board. You know, 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.320 late in the game, we had a sack and hold 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.119 and some things that put us put us back a 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:30.480 little bit, but our guys kept fighting. You called it, 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:32.120 you said, it's gonna be one of those games. We're 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.960 gonna get very few possessions. I mean, neither team is 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.040 going to have, you know, multiple possessions during the course 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.280 of the football game. And it unfolded pretty much exactly 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:43.720 the way you anticipated, didn't it It does? You know, 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:45.080 every time you play them, you already know what the 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:46.320 script is going to be. And you gotta win the 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:48.200 turner battle, and we won it two to one, and 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.879 so you win by one possession, and there's no secret 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:52.960 sauce to this. That's just the way it goes. So 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.399 what about I know it's obviously early and probably unfair 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.840 to ask, but from an injury standpoint, how severe do 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:02.720 you think it is to Jonah? Hard to tell, you know, 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:04.879 I really don't know yet, So we'll just have to 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:08.320 see where it's at tomorrow. Football can be cruel. I mean, 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:10.560 you go through a good part of the season, your 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.160 entire offensive line plays every snap together, then bam, bam bam, 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:17.680 three of them, and I mean it's a tribute to 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:22.399 Frank and getting everybody else ready and those guys stepping 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.520 up and doing the best they possibly can. Yeah, that's 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:27.440 just the way it goes, you know. And so we 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:29.520 got to have these guys ready at all times, and 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.679 they're gonna be called upon to play against some good 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.479 players and some good defenses, and that's why they're here. 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:38.720 So final question, I appreciate you giving us this opportunity. 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.760 You're going to ball to Buffalo beat Baltimore going to 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:45.960 Buffalo obviously, I mean, it wasn't that long ago where 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:48.600 it was trauma for everybody, and the way you handled 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:52.360 yourself again was just extraordinary. What goes through your mind 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:54.960 as you start to think about preparing for the Buffalo 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:58.720 Bills in this playoff game, well, you know, it felt 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:02.240 like we started to play them obviously, and uh, there's 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.359 a lot of things. Obviously we're prepared for it. It'll 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:06.240 be interesting. We've never been in a situation like that 0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:08.520 where you only play half a quarter and then you 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:10.600 got to watch these last two games they played and 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:13.680 see what adjustments you gotta make. But it's it's a 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:15.719 very worthy opponent. You know, they've had a great year, 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:17.520 they're well coached, they've got great players. We got a 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:19.560 lot of respect for them, and we know it's going 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:21.159 to be a battle when we go out there. And 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:23.240 I guess I lied one last question. I mean the 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:26.320 crowd tonight was phenomenal. Again, I mean it was extraordinary. 0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:29.240 And to have that advantage of that twelve thirteen, fourteenth 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:31.119 man or whatever at home. Now you have to go 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:33.920 to Buffalo, where you know you got the mafia up there. 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:36.440 It's going to be crazy and you've got, you know, 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:39.680 some young offensive linemen, some inexperienced offensive lineman deal and 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:41.800 crowd noise and all that. And I'm not telling you anything, 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:43.199 you don't know it. I mean, these are these are 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:45.359 major challenges, aren't they. Yeah, we'll have to make do, 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:47.440 and but we do appreciate our fans. You know, they 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:49.240 really turned out tonight. We're glad that we were able 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:51.080 to get another playoff win in front of them, just 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:52.840 like we've against the Raiders two years in a row. 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:55.920 You know, they were a big part of why we 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:57.920