1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,519 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast. The There's gonna be a heartache tonight, 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: A heartache tonight, I know. Addition, as we look back 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: at Sunday's Burrow versus Baker shootout at Paul Brown Stadium 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: ultimately won by the Cleveland Browns thirty seven to thirty four. 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and coaches, and in depth analysis for my broadcast partner 8 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: Dave Lapham. And this week's fun facts segment is with 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: wide receiver Mike Thomas. If you're still grumpy from Sunday's 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: final score, I promise you my conversation with Mike Thomas 11 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: will put a smile on your face. The Bengals Booth 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: Podcast is presented by bud Light. Seltzer refreshed the game 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: and here's a quick reminder that you can have the 14 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: latest edition of this podcast deliver write to your phone, tablet, 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitch, your Google Play, Spotify, 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: or pod Bean. It's the greatest thing since the Bengals 17 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: media relations staff before the pandemic. I was pretty self 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: sufficient when it came to doing my job. The Bengals 19 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: locker room was opened several days a week so I 20 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: would get to know the players, set up my interviews, 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: and gather the material I need for broadcasting the games 22 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: and hosting our weekly radio shows. Well that's not possible 23 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: this year. Reporters are not allowed inside of NFL locker 24 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: rooms because of COVID nineteen. So everybody that covers the 25 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: Bengals has been relying on the team's media relations staff 26 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: of Emily Parker, PJ Combs, Pete Shram, and Laura top 27 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: and they have been doing an amazing job of helping 28 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: us as we try to inform you. So Emily, PJ, Pete, 29 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: and Laura, thanks a million from everybody on the Bengals beat. 30 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: Your hard work is truly appreciated. Now let's get to 31 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: Sunday's game. It certainly started well for the Bengals as 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: they opened the game with a seventy yard drive that's 33 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: set up first and goal at the two yard line. 34 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: Burrowing the shotgun Bernard to his left, Burrow fakes a 35 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: handoff throws into the end zone. It's patted in the 36 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: year and intercepted in the end zone. That's the second 37 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: time this year that Burrow has been intercepted in the 38 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: end zone. It happened from the one yard line against 39 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: Jacksonville when Miles jack ripped the ball away from Drew Sample, 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: But two plays after the Brown's interception, Baker Mayfield returned 41 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: the favor. Now he takes the snap, drops back five steps. 42 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: He's gonna throw it down field for Odell back two. 43 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: It's intercepted by Darius Phillips, running it back to the thirty, 44 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: the twenty five, and he'll be drigged down at the 45 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: twenty four yard line. So Baker Mayfield, who has picked 46 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: off twice in the regular season finale last year by 47 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: Darius Phillips, is picked off on his first throw today 48 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: by the Bengals on her back, and that led to 49 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: the game's first score. Second and goal inside the one. 50 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: Burrow is under center again, takes the snap, runs another 51 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: quarterback ban Joe Burrow should be in here. Come the 52 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: officials to check it out, and there's the touchdown signal. 53 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: The Bengals had an early lead, but the Browns have 54 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett Burrow back to pass being chased by Miles 55 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: gard who pokes the ball away Cleveland and Cincinnati scrambling 56 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: after the loose ball, it goes out of bounds. Miles 57 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: Garrett with a strip sack and the Browns recovered before 58 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: it went out of bounds, apparently one of two sacks 59 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: for Miles Garrett, who is up to nine for the season. 60 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: The forced fumble was his fourth. It led to a 61 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: field goal that made it seven to three. The Bengals 62 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: answered with a Randy bullockfield goal four minutes into the 63 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: second quarter that made it ten to three. At that point, 64 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: Burrow had one hundred and fifty two passing yards and 65 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield had zero. He was over five with an interception, 66 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: but the Browns quarterback would not throw another incomplete pass 67 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: until there were sixteen seconds left in the game. Cincinnati 68 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: creeping up on the defensive line, Mayfield with time his 69 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: pass caught for a touchdown by Bryants. That three yard 70 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: grabbed by rookie tight end Harrison Bryant tied the game 71 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 1: at ten with three forty two left in the half, 72 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: and Burrow went to work, orchestrating a seventy five yard 73 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: drive that not only ended with a touchdown but showed 74 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: up the clock. Second and goal from the eleven twenty 75 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: two seconds left. The Bengals are out of timeouts. Burrow 76 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: back to pass, good pocket throws into the end zone. Yeah, 77 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: it's intended for touchdown Bengals as Tyler Boy caught it 78 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: right on the white stripe. The ball passed the white stripe, 79 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: Betty was driven back out onto the playing field, but 80 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: the touchdown signal was given with fifteen seconds left in 81 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: the half seventeen ten. Bengals. His Burrow through for two 82 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: hundred thirty four yards in the first half. Here's Aj 83 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: Green being out there with him and then watching his 84 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: demeter in the huddle that he never flinches. He never 85 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: had any doubt in his mind that we wasn't going 86 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: out down there and score. And he's special man. That 87 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: guy gonna be a great one. So I'm glad we 88 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: got him here. Aj by the way, had another solid game, 89 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: finishing with seven catches for eighty two yards. The second 90 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: half became a Burrow versus Baker shootout. There were no 91 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: punts and no turnovers, just a bunch of points. After 92 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: Mayfield threw his second touchdown pass to Harrison Bryant to 93 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: tie the score at seventeen, the Bengals drove to the 94 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: Cleveland four before settling for a Randy Bullock field goal. 95 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: It gave Cincinnati a twenty to seventeen league going to 96 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, but getting three instead of seven proved 97 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: costly because the Bengals could not stop Baker Mayfield. Second 98 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: and seven, Mayfield drops back to throw into the end zone. 99 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: It is caught for the Cleveland Browns touchdown. David Najoku 100 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: with the catch, and the Browns have taken the lead 101 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,679 Speaker 1: in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. Good throw. 102 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: The coverage by Von Bell was good, but it was 103 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: a perfect throw by Baker Mayfield, and former first round 104 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: draft pick David Njoku hauled it in. After starting the 105 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: game over five, Baker Mayfield set a Brown's record by 106 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: completing twenty one consecutive passes. The NFL record is twenty five. 107 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Here's Zach Taylor. He was hot. He was hot, you know, 108 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: and you gotta give credit to him. And we gotta 109 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: make some plays. There was a bunch of snaps a 110 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: man covers there where they made the plays and we 111 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: did not. And yet Joe Burrow kept bringing the Bengals 112 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: bad second and ten at the Cleveland sixteen yard line, 113 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: empty backfield for Joe Burrow. He catches the shotgun snap 114 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: Burrow bouncing in the pocket. His throw, caught at the 115 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: ten yard line, breaks it the five yeah and runs 116 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: in straight into the end zone. Touchdown Bengals. It's a 117 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: tee him. The Bengals have the lead in the fourth 118 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: quarter with eight forty five to go. That lead lasted 119 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: for roughly four minutes. Mayfield swings it out to the left, 120 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: caught by Kareem Hunt, and he will cruise into the 121 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: end zone with nobody within five yards. The Browns have 122 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: the lead again with four minutes and fifty three seconds left. 123 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: Touchdown past number four for Mayfield. The Browns up by four. 124 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: In the fourth quarter. Once again, Burrow calmly marched the 125 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: Bengals down the field like a ten year veteran, twelve 126 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: yards to t Higgins, fifteen to Tyler Boyd, twenty five 127 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: to Mike Thomas, and a twelve yard quarterback draw for 128 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: a first down on third and eleven. After nine plays, 129 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,119 Speaker 1: the Bengals faced a critical decision with time winding down 130 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: one o nine left in regulation. The Bengals trailed by 131 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: four points. They have it fourth and inches near the 132 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns two yard line. Burrow is under center, the 133 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: running back is p Rhine. Burrow with a long count, 134 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: stops the right foot. Te Higgins goes in motion notes 135 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: actually Giovanni Bernard gotta. Burrow throws for Bernard, he catches 136 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: the touchdown. Bengals gutsie call and the Bengals capitalized as 137 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: they throw it on fourth and inches and Burrow throws 138 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: that touchdown pass to Giovanni Bernard. I'll tell you what, 139 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, you talk about, Joe cool, here's Giovanni Bernard 140 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: on the go ahead score. It was just a good call, Um, 141 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: And I think one of the things that I appreciate 142 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: is a coach, Hay, They're giving me that opportunity to 143 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: be able to, you know, to do the play you know, um, 144 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: and to have called it. You know, it's just one 145 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: of those situations and UM and a play that you know, 146 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: you work on for a while and you know you 147 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: bring it out when you need it most, and it worked. 148 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: Burrow finished with a career high four hundred six passing 149 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: yards with three touchdown throws and one touchdown run. Most impressively, 150 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: he directed too long to drives in the fourth quarter 151 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: that turned deficits into leads. You know, it is exciting, 152 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: but you know, I expect myself to do that every week. 153 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: On my hand, at the end of the game, I'm 154 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: comfortable and confident that I'm going to go down and 155 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: make the play to win. Unfortunately, Baker was playing, playing 156 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: out of his mind and led that that two minute 157 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: drive after us. The Bengals left sixty six seconds on 158 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: the clock after their go ahead touchdown, and that was 159 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: more than enough time for Mayfield. He's going to throw 160 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: it for the end zone, and Donovan People's jones, he 161 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: comes down with a ball for a touchdown. Are you kidding? 162 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: With eleven seconds to go? Are you kidding me? Unbelievable 163 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: touchdown pass number five, a new career high for Baker Mayfield, 164 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: topping his previous mark of four, also against Cincinnati. The 165 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: Bengals returned the subsequent kickoff to the forty two, giving 166 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: Burrow a chance for a last play miracle. The Browns 167 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: have four defenders about forty yards down field, four seconds 168 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: on the cl the Bengals at their own forty two. 169 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: No pass rush at all from the Cleveland Browns, so 170 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: Burrow waits for the receivers to get down There here 171 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: comes the high hail Mary down toward the goal line 172 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: at the end zone and didn't complete man. The final 173 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: score Cleveland thirty seven, Cincinnati thirty four, another heartbreaker in 174 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: a seven week stretch filled with them. What did Zach 175 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: Taylor say to his team stick together? It's obviously in 176 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: an emotional locker room and for the right reasons. And 177 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: it is guys that in that moment after locker room 178 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: that that's tough to find those words because you felt 179 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: in control, you felt like you're gonna win, and then 180 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: you don't. And that's happened to us a couple of times. 181 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: And this is a team that well leaves that we 182 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: can put together a winning streak, a one game, winning, 183 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: two game, three game, four, game, five game like we 184 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: believe in it, and we just we just haven't done it. 185 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: We haven't proven it to the outside world. But we're 186 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,599 Speaker 1: gonna stick together. I can promise you that it's a 187 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a group of men on proud 188 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: to coach, and we're gonna stick together. We're gonna get 189 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: through this and the uh, there's much better days ahead. 190 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: The Bengals are one five and one, including two losses 191 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: by three points one by four, another by five, and 192 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: a tie where they gave up a seven point lead 193 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: with twenty one seconds left in regulation. Excruciating. Here are 194 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and Giovanni Bernard, and we got a bunch 195 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: of great guys in this locker room and great Collagy staff. 196 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: You know, Zach's gonna get us to where we want 197 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: to go. Um. You know, I know everyone is down 198 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: in the dumps right now. The fan base is is 199 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: frustrated just as we are. We're one five, but you 200 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: know we got we got a great guy at the 201 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: helm and Zach who who called a great game today, 202 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: he really did. And you know he's he's gonna keep 203 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: us together. He's the leader of our team, the leader 204 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: of our own organization. UM, and he's gonna keep us together. 205 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: We freaking want to win, Mike, We just want to win. 206 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: In that's it. Obviously, we've come up short. We know it. 207 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: It sucks, we hate the feeling. But all we can 208 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: do is just continue to keep working. Unfortunately the same 209 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: cannot be said of Carlos Dunlap. After another Instagram post 210 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 1: on Saturday complaining about his role on defense, Dunlap appeared 211 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: to argue with coaches on the sideline after the game, 212 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: and then chose Twitter to Ariis Grievance's moments later with 213 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: a snarky post about putting his house up for sale 214 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: that put Boyd and Bernard in the uncomfortable position of 215 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: having to answer numerous questions about their long time teammates 216 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,719 Speaker 1: behavior after a difficult loss. We're a team and we 217 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: hold each other accountable, no matter what coach it is, 218 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: no matter what fan it is, we are in it 219 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: together as players. So for him to do down the 220 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: style and I don't agree with it, but I mean 221 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: I ain't trying to get into it. So I'm gonna 222 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: just continue to practice and trying to get one. It's 223 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: tough to talk about. You know, it's a situation that 224 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: he's going to have to handle. But you know, I've 225 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: always been the type of person then you know a 226 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: lot of the guys in the locker room have been 227 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: this way. Is you know, we can only worry about, 228 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, the guys that want to be here, the 229 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: guys that want to take care of business and do 230 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: it the right way. Um. We know what coach Taylor, 231 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: you know, has preached since day one is protecting the team, 232 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: and um, you know It's just one of those things 233 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: that we got to continue to do that. UM. We 234 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: can't worry about the guys that you know that don't 235 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: follow that. You know that that idea, UM. But you know, 236 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: I've always been a firm believer and you know everything 237 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: that Coach Taylor has really been doing around this UM, 238 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: this organization. UM, you know, it's it's just it breaks 239 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: my heart, man, to just to know that, you know, 240 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: he's had to deal with a lot of different things. 241 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: A lot of people don't see, you know, these things 242 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: that have happened, but he not only deals with you know, 243 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: the offense and you know, being the head coach, but 244 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: there's so much other crap that he has to deal with. 245 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: And UM, you know it's one of those things that 246 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: Rich shoot, man, I just want to win for him. 247 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: You know. It's it's just a difficult situation, and UM, 248 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: it's obviously frustrating. We all know it's frustrating, but we 249 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: know the type of team that we have, and we 250 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: just have to worry about the guys that better here 251 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: day in and day out put in the work. We 252 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: can't focus on things that we don't have control over. 253 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: We just go in and just do our jobs period. 254 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: Up next the home game against the Tennessee Titans, who 255 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: are five and one after a three point lass to 256 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: the six and o Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bengals Booth Podcast 257 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: is presented by Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing 258 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: with a hint of fruit flavor. Now, let's get some 259 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: postgame analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham Lap Joe 260 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: Burrow summed it up pretty well at the end of 261 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: a four hundred and six yard passing performance. Quote. Football 262 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: is not a game of numbers. It is a game 263 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: of letters, W and L. Well done, rookie QB. Well 264 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: he's got one W, five l's and one T for 265 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: a tie. This team has had the lead in the 266 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: fourth quarter five times in seven games and has one win, 267 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: three losses In the tie. It's almost it's almost incredible 268 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: the last two weeks for them to lose games the 269 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: way they did, have a twenty one point lead, give 270 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: it all back and lose. To have a fourth quarter lead, 271 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: take it to lead back, lose the lead, take it 272 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: back again, lose the game is just I mean, it's 273 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: gut wrenching. It's a gut punch It's like they're, you know, 274 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: manufacturing ways to lose football games, and losing teams figure 275 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: out ways to lose football games, and winning teams figure 276 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: out ways to win football games. And Cleveland's now five 277 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: and two and the Bengals are won five and one. 278 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: Baker mayfield first pass of the game was intercepted oh 279 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: for five in the first quarter, and then he completed 280 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: twenty one in a row before a spike, and then 281 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: through the game winning touchdown pass, five touchdown passes in 282 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: the game five and one and six starts against the Bengals. 283 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: They have no answers for the guy. It's amazing. Seventeen touchdowns, 284 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: seven interceptions now in his career against the Bengals. If 285 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: he played against the Bengals every week, he'd be a 286 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: consensus All Pro and a unanimous Hall of Fame electoral vote. 287 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: I mean, it is, it's ludicrous. And the thing is 288 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: when he got hot, I'm telling you, he put the 289 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: ball in spots that they were they were as tight 290 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: a window. When he gets going, he throws the ball 291 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: as well as anybody. And if you need to have 292 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: your career resurrected in media and fans to get off 293 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: your back, like Philip Rivers and Baker Mayfield did come 294 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati schedule the Bengals, I mean, all is forgiven, 295 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: all is healed because you have almost perfect quarterback rating 296 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: games when you play against his football team. To think 297 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: where they were as a past defense a month into 298 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: the season and to think where they are now, it's frightening. 299 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: Receivers aren't just open. They're open by country Miles. I mean, 300 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: they're not supposed to be as open as they're open 301 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. It's just not supposed to 302 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: have And it's happening too many times in football games. 303 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: It's happening with too much, too much regularity. It's it's 304 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: mind boggling, it really is, you know. And once players 305 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: get their confidence, you know, Baker Mayfield thinks I can 306 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: make any thrown, as receivers think I can make any catch. 307 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it gets to be a contagious thing. And 308 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: when they had to make plays, when they at crucial moments, 309 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: when they had to make plays, they made plays. And 310 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: a lot of times the Bengals did too, but they 311 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: made mistakes again, you know, at pivotal crucial times too. 312 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: You know, it kills me that people are saying Zach, 313 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: what are the four plays that could have been the 314 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: four plays that there's more than four plays in every game. 315 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: Zach didn't mean he couldn't think of a play. He couldn't. 316 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: He couldn't put his finger on which one of multiple 317 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: plays in every single game that they've lost, when they've 318 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,479 Speaker 1: gone into the fourth quarter with the lead. It's not 319 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: just one play every game. It's a myriad of plays 320 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: every game that if one of them went the other way, 321 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: it's a different outcome. That's what people are talking about 322 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: when you're losing all these football games by one scoreless. 323 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: Now they're what one, twelve and one in games to 324 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: side a by eight points or less. Unbelievable. Here's what 325 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: I find staggering. Odell Beckham Junior left the game early 326 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: with a knee injury. It's feared to be serious. I 327 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: hope that's not the case for his sake. Jarvis Landry 328 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: is playing with a broken rib. But he played okay. 329 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: But he's not, you know, the Pro Bowl type wide receiver. 330 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: He would normally be Austin Hooper, their best receiving tight end, 331 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: had an emergency appen decked to me on Friday, he 332 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: wasn't available Rashad Higgins, Harrison Bryant, rookie tight end Donovan 333 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: People's Jones, who normally wouldn't even get on the field 334 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: had the game winning touchdown catch. You've got to get 335 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: some pressure on Baker Mayfield or guys like that become 336 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: good players. Yeah, there's no doubt it's a compounding effect. Negatively, 337 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: they're playing complimentary football the worst way you can no 338 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: pass rush, horsepucky coverage. That's going to lead to guys 339 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: that who guys that didn't have any NFL catches. They've 340 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: had guys this year with no NFL catches and statute 341 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: have career games. They've had guys that you know are 342 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: just basically the last receiver actor for the game, don't 343 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: really have a big role because of injury. Their role increases, 344 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: have big games. But if you're not rushing the passer 345 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: and you're have an assignment are on the back end 346 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: and technique problems on the back end. I mean, they 347 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: can pull guys off the street and line up and 348 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: beat the Bengals. I mean, it is unbelievably gruesome to 349 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: watch at this stage. It really is. One of the 350 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: reasons why Baker Mayfield was so effective was the absence 351 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: of Will Jackson. He's played great at corner this year. 352 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus has him as the eighteenth highest rated 353 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: cornerback in the NFL. They dearly missed him when Baker 354 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 1: Mayfield was carving people up. I remember Dan when we 355 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: did our Friday show talking about Joe Mixon's a huge blow, 356 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: but you have a true professional in Givn't even hard 357 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: and other running backs that might be able to kind 358 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: of lessen that load, and that Jackson was probably a 359 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: bigger loss as the game unfolded. That's exactly how it 360 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: played out. Not having Will Jackson as a guy that 361 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: could run with the best receiver or covered his half 362 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: of the football field. The ripple effected, that the trickle 363 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: down effected. That was enormous, enormous, and guys were out there, 364 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: you know, doing the best they could, but not good 365 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: enough to make the plays that Will Jackson would have 366 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: made during the course of this football game. And you 367 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: got a quarterback that goes twenty two out of twenty 368 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: three with five touchdown passes in the final three quarters 369 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: of the game. Tell me having number twenty two out 370 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: there to line up at corner on the wide side 371 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: of the field wouldn't have been helpful, absolutely would have. 372 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: And the other sad thing is this would have been 373 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: quite a feel good story for the offensive line, the 374 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: much maligned offensive line. Jonah Williams exit in the first 375 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: half with a neck injury. Trey Hopkins exits in the 376 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: first half with a concussion. Billy Price plays the entire 377 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: second half at center. Fred Johnson plays the entire second 378 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 1: half at tackle. With three plays to go, Bobby Hart 379 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: apparently hurt his knee. Hacam identage is thrown in there 380 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: the rookie out of Kansas, and those three guys are 381 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 1: on the field when they score the go ahead touchdown 382 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: with the one oh six to go. I'm telling you, 383 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: in the second half the shuffle me offensive line. Eight 384 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: offensive line were active for the football game. All eight 385 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: saw snaps, not as the extra lineman in a you know, 386 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: big tight end formation. I'm talking about snaps. Like you 387 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: said in the in the offensive schematic at tackle or center. 388 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: Everybody had to step up and make plays, you know, 389 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: in the football game. And it is said, it's sad 390 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: to see they overcame it. I mean the entire second half, 391 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, Billy Price and Fred were you know, they're 392 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: going there, they have no option. So it's sad when 393 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: you a performance like that is wasted. I thought that 394 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: Zach had probably the best game plan and the best 395 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: play calling execution of that game plan in terms of 396 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: play caller he had all season long. They still couldn't 397 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: run the ball. But he went to the screen game 398 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: as an extension of the running game. It's like a 399 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: long ladderal out there. It's like a long pitch. And 400 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: he screened every way you can screen. I mean, you know, 401 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: he had more screens today than a door has in 402 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: their warehouse screen doors. I mean, he went to running backs, 403 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: he went to wide receivers, he went to tight ends, 404 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: he went to a gadget gimmick Tyler Boyd throws a 405 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: screen to Giovanni Bernard. He screened every way you can screen, 406 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: and those are literally, you know, like a wide run 407 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: in the running game. So I thought that he was 408 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: very very creative with his game plan and very very 409 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: creative with his play calling. And unfortunately this is the 410 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: most non complimentary or uncomplimentary football team in the National 411 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: Football League. Now, when the offense plays well, the defense sucked. 412 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: When the defense plays well, the offense sucks. When the 413 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: run defense plays well, the past defense sucks. When the 414 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: Bengals can't run the football, the passing game is good. 415 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's like, you know, what am I 416 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: going to have this week? Which phase is going to 417 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: show up for me this week? Position groups? Defensive line 418 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: plays well, secondary doesn't. Defensive line doesn't play well, secondary 419 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: plays better, I mean, and then when they don't don't 420 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 1: both don't play well, you get smoked like Baker Meadfield 421 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: smoked you. So it's a very frustrating football team to watch. 422 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: And they, again, like I said before, continue to find 423 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: ways to lose football games. All right. Last thing, I 424 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: hate to second guess a play on fourth down that 425 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: gives you the lead with sixty six seconds to go, 426 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: But as badly as the defense was struggling, should they 427 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: have tried to run on fourth and inches to keep 428 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: that clock winding down? You can't second guess it. But 429 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: well that's what you are doing. That's what I am doing. 430 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: I'm second guessing it because it didn't work, I know. 431 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: But we were talking about it first guessing, you know, 432 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 1: really during the course of the game, and it was 433 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: it was, you know, unfolding as man two hot quarterbacks, 434 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: two first pick of the drafts that are living up 435 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: to expectations, that are hot as the firecrackers, that are 436 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: both doing unbelievable things leading their football team. The one 437 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: that has the football last, no fault to the other, 438 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: it's probably gonna win the football game. And that's the 439 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: way it worked out. Like you said, Dan, Hindsight's twenty twenty. 440 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: But you know, we're hopeful that you go on that 441 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: uh what three minute and fifty some odd second drive 442 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: and take every single three of them fifty three seconds 443 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: or whatever, take every single one of them off the 444 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: clock and score. And we said it during the course 445 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: of the game, so it wasn't second guess, it was 446 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: first guests and it just didn't unfold that way. But 447 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: I'll tell you a hell of an offensive performance wasted, 448 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,239 Speaker 1: and there have been good defensive performances wasted. And like 449 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: I said, it's the it's the most bizarre, uncomplimentary, non 450 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: complimentary season a date that I've seen in the National 451 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: Football League by the Bengals. It's unbelievable to watch unfold 452 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: on a weekly basis. It really is. You know, you 453 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: think what next. It's amazing. Now, as promised, I am 454 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: going to put a smile on your face with the 455 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: help of Bengals wide receiver Mike Thomas. It's an all 456 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: time classic edition of fantastic fun Facts where you get 457 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 1: to know the person under the pads. Time for some 458 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: fun facts with wide Receiver Mike Thomas from the Windy City, Chicago, Illinois, 459 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: more specifically the South Side of Chicago. Mike tell us 460 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: a little bit about growing up in Chicago and what 461 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: you like to do as a kid. Growing up in 462 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: Chicago Southside, I'd pretty much like to hang around friends, 463 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: be outside, just hanging out, having fun, doing what kids do. 464 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: Pretty much. It was cool. It was always cold winters 465 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: four seasons, so when it was cold outside in the house, 466 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: cancel school, just trying to stay bungled up. Cozy weather. 467 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: So it was cool, you know what I'm saying. Just 468 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: growing up in the Windy City. Do you see yourself 469 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: winding up back in Chicago someday? Yeah, just because I 470 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: have most of my family back there, So yeah, I 471 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: do find myself back there, you know, planning on being 472 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: back there Austin we're visiting with Mike Thomas. Speaking of family, 473 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: your Instagram page includes several tributes to your mom. What 474 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: do you appreciate and respect about her? The most I 475 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: appreciate is that she was a single parent and that 476 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: she got the job done no matter what whenever it 477 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: came to us. I have an older brother. She made 478 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: sure that we was on top of everything and made 479 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: sure that we were straight as far as dealing with 480 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: school financial wise, is making sure that we didn't need 481 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: for anything. So that's that's what I mostly appreciate about 482 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: my mom. She made it happening regardless of the situation, 483 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: and she's still gonna make it happen. She still tell 484 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: them to this day, Mike, I don't care. I care 485 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: about your mentor I care about your health. So she's 486 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: gonna be with me when through it all. You attended 487 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: DuSable High School, alma mater of Nat King Cole and 488 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: Red Fox for older folks. But it's not exactly a 489 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: football powerhouse, is it. Nah, not at all? Pretty much 490 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: at basketball school, a lot of a lot of guys 491 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: that that hooped out of Chicago went there or played 492 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: against DuSable, Like Anthony Davis was one of the guys 493 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 1: that played against our high school. And I've actually seen 494 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: him play against us and didn't know he was gonna 495 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: grow that tall and now you see where yet now? 496 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: So it's best. Chicago's just a basketball city, just a 497 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: powerhouse on basketball. So yeah, that was kind of like 498 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: tough trying to make it out of there playing football. 499 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: You told reporters recently that you would not be playing 500 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: football if not for former Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson. 501 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: Who was Chad Ochocinco when you were a kid. How 502 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: did Chad inspire you? Honestly, it started with the hard knocks, 503 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: the fact that he was making people look bad at 504 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: the corner and the fact that he was like bringing 505 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: comedy out of it, like making people laugh and two. 506 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: And I was like, yo, whoever that is, I'm going 507 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: to try to impersonate him to the tea from top 508 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: to bottom. And that's how it all started. Man, just 509 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: watching him on hard Knocks and wearing eighty five and 510 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: that just that just inspired me to play this game period, 511 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 1: just watching him to I mean, it was a couple 512 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: more guys, but he was the main person that I 513 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: wanted to be, like rocking eighty five, calling my name 514 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: Ocho Sinko, Just trying to impersonate him, his footwork, all 515 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: his YouTube videos, workouts. It's just so much. I can 516 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: just go on and on about. But he was the 517 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: main guy as far as character playing football. Did you 518 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: actually call yourself Mike Ocho Senko, Yes, I did. I 519 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: actually I had my name on There's Mike Ocho Sinko 520 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: eighty five on Facebook. I was just eighty five crazy 521 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: back then, Like I just thought I was him. Describe 522 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: the time you approach Chad and told him what he 523 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: meant to you. Yeah. I think this was pregame Cleveland 524 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: last year, the Rams versus Cleveland, and I think Chad 525 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: had the cameras around him following. I think he was 526 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: doing like a special that week, and I just basically 527 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:14,959 Speaker 1: I'm like, I was just looking at him like yo, 528 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: I gotta go say something like I'm just thinking to 529 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: my head like how I'm about the approach him, Like 530 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: all right, I don't know, I'm finna just tell him 531 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: how I feel at this point. So I just talked 532 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: went up to him and told him basically like man, 533 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: I just want to thank you for, you know, inspiring 534 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: a kid from Chicago to even play this game today. Man, 535 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: you don't even know what you have done for me. 536 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: But I just want to say thank you. I didn't 537 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: really give him too much of a rundown. I just 538 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: just kept it short and simple and just told him, 539 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: thank you, man, I appreciate you for inspiring me to 540 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: even play this game. Today. We're doing fun factored Mike Thomas, 541 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: you left Chicago to play for Dodge City Community College 542 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: and Dodge City, Kansas population twenty seven thousand. Was it 543 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: tough to adjust to growing up in Chicago? Yes, I honestly, 544 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep it real. The whole slogan when they 545 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: say get out of Dodge, that's that's what I knew, 546 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: exactly what that means. Like, it was nothing there like 547 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: Tommy weeds, tumbling everything. It would just dry, just dry weather, 548 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: open space, fields, crops, everything, just a whole bunch of nothing. Man. 549 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: They're just just that just helped me stay focused, honestly 550 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: and get the job done. And my whole goal why 551 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: why I was there? So I just had to stay 552 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: locked in and and and focus and get the job done. 553 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: And now I know the origin of get out of Dodge. 554 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: Get out of Dodge, man, it was crazy from there. 555 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: It was on the Southern miss where your career really 556 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: took off. You set the all time record for receiving 557 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: yards in a season. There, When did you start to 558 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,959 Speaker 1: think that you might have an NFL future? That's a 559 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: good question, because honestly, I never had my mind on 560 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: the NFL just playing league ball, like I never just 561 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: had I just like playing just the passion in me, 562 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: just like playing back. I mean football. I played basketball too, 563 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: but my whole mind was just playing football and just 564 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: hopefully some coming out of it. I never had in 565 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: my mind that I was gonna go to the NFL. 566 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna lie. I would say after that 567 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: Washington game, that Bowl game, when we played Washington and 568 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: I had like them, they're close to two hundred yards, 569 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: two touchdown, about ten plus catches, I knew like, oh, 570 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: and this is a powerhouse defense team too. And that's 571 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: when I knew, like, oh, I might have a real 572 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: chance that really going to you know, the league and 573 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: making it happen. And that's when I knew like I 574 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: might have a good shot. Then that's when agents was 575 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: splawing my phone up and that's when it happened. After that, 576 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: for chatting with Mike Thomas, she got drafted by the 577 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: Rams in two sixteen. Former head coach Jeff Fisher was 578 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: the guy that made the phone call. Can you describe 579 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: what that moment meant? I remember, like it was yesterday. 580 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: My family was right there, Mom was right there Dad, 581 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: And honestly, before he called me, it was a lot 582 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: of teams calling me saying, hey, if we don't drive 583 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: for you, we're gonna pick you up. This and that. 584 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: I mean, who want to hear that? Like I wasn't 585 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: trying to hear that. I'm trying to see if y'all 586 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: gonna draft me. The long story short, Jeff Fisher called 587 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: me right after and saying, hey, man, we're gonna pick 588 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: you up. And I was just on the phone and 589 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: my fam like kind of knew what was up and 590 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: they were just going crazy. So after that did the phone, 591 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: I couldn't even hear what he was saying. And I 592 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: didn't even realize it. But my cousin had on the 593 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams jacket and I didn't even realize that, Wow, 594 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: like you really spoke this into existance. When is to 595 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: the party, draft party and everything, it was just crazy, 596 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: like it didn't even hit me yet, Like fam was 597 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: still going crazy. It was just so unreal, Like damn, 598 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: I thought I wasn't gonna get drafted, honestly, it was 599 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: just it was frustrating at the same time, but it 600 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: was kind of like cool to actually hear your name 601 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: get called and see his name go on the screen 602 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: and all that. You spent four years in LA, including 603 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen Super Bowl season, but unfortunately that year 604 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: you got injured in Week one. It was a groin 605 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: injury that required three surgeries. What happened Something didn't happen 606 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: right in the the first surgery, and I had to 607 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: go back to Saint Louis and I guess they didn't 608 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: fix that. So that's when I had to get the 609 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: second opinion with my agent, and that's when we went 610 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: to Philly and got the second opinion and got everything together. 611 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: But that was just a long, frustrated season, just knowing 612 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: not supposed to have been back week six earlier than that, 613 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: and it was just constant, you know, barriers in a 614 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,239 Speaker 1: way of me not even coming back. So I just 615 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: wanted to be healthy at that point and fix the problem. 616 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: We're doing fun facts with Mike time as she joined 617 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,959 Speaker 1: the Bengals this year and made your first touchdown catching 618 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: Week two on Thursday Night Football versus Cleveland. Was that 619 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: a huge moment for you to get that first TV 620 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: in prime time? Yeah? That was that was real huge 621 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: because I felt like it was long overdue. Like I said, 622 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been in rooms with guys that I 623 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: felt like I wasn't even supposed to be in, just 624 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: competing with guys that have a huge household name for themselves, 625 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: and I felt like, if I can compete with them, man, 626 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: I know I'm doing something right. I know I'm just 627 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: playing some type of talent out here. Man, where's my 628 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 1: time going to come in? And it came and I 629 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: just felt good, like, man, I've finally been in the 630 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: league them in five years and got my first touchdown. 631 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: I know that's kind of like what what you doing 632 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: your whole four years? Yeah, but you know, you you 633 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: just go through things, man, and you just got to 634 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 1: stay the course and stay positive and just know things 635 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: gonna work out for you. So that was a mouthstone 636 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: for sure. All Right, A few wild card questions to 637 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: wrap things up with Mike Thomas, what do you like 638 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: to spend your money on them? I'm a huge, huge 639 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: sneaker head man just growing up in Chicago. Jordan's that 640 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: was the fashion statement back then. Man, I made sure, well, 641 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: my mom kind of made sure I had some of them. 642 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: I didn't have all of them, but the ones that 643 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: I did wanted I had, But now I had to 644 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: get them all. Man. So I'm a big, big sneaker head. Man, 645 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: I love sneakers. How big is the collection? I had 646 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: to get another closet, man, I had to use the 647 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: guests around closet for one of us shoes have them. 648 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: So it's getting big. It's getting bigger. Mike. Is a 649 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,760 Speaker 1: true that you like to play brain games on your phone? 650 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: I do Lumosity. It's called lou Monsiti's brain. Just like 651 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: to work on things every day, Like as I think 652 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: about it, Like when when I was going to school, 653 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: sometimes I feel like I wasn't paying attention enough what 654 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: I was supposed to. You know, you got classmates distracting you, 655 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: planing and all that. So sometimes I like to, you know, 656 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: go back to the app and you know, do little 657 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: mathematic games, reading games. It's all types of stuff you can, 658 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, work on your brain. You just it's just 659 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: a fun game, just to you know that you're working 660 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: on something, you ain't just playing just for fun. I'm 661 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: gonna pass that along to my fourteen year old kid. 662 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: Trust me. Hey, it's gonna work out. When you go 663 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: home to Chicago, what local delicacy must you have? That's 664 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: a good question, because I usually go back to the pizza, man. 665 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: I don't. I'm not usually a delacy guy. I usually 666 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,080 Speaker 1: do the pizza. I love Geral Donals. Yeah, deep this, 667 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: you gotta get the deepest gerald Dono's pizza. Man. That's 668 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: like the number one thing I have to get when 669 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 1: I go back, and that's every time. All right, final 670 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: fun fact for Mike Thomas. Obviously, you are not the 671 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: only wide receiver named Mike Thomas in the NFL. Michael 672 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,840 Speaker 1: Thomas from the Saints was part of the same draft class. 673 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:18,879 Speaker 1: Do you ever get mail meant for him? Autograph requests, proposals, etc. 674 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: I feel like they kind of know, like there's a 675 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,879 Speaker 1: there's a difference, man. I feel like we have two 676 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: different backgrounds who come from two different places. So they 677 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: don't get me confused him at all. I mean, you 678 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: might do it as far as like fantasy drafts, yeah, 679 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: but I see Twitter comments about that, but nothing as 680 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: far as like fan mail or signatures and nothing like that. 681 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: I was hoping you were going to tell me you 682 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: occasionally got his paycheck by mistake. I wish yeah, send 683 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: it to me. Yeah, I act like them. Four day Mike, 684 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: this has been great. You're off the hot seat. Appreciate 685 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 1: the time. Best of luck the rest of the year. 686 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: Thank you, Dan, I appreciate it. Hi. Thanks to the 687 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: charismatic Mike Thomas Head. Here's a quick reminder to join 688 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 1: Lap and Lance McAlister for Bengals Line Monday night from 689 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 1: six to nine on seven hundred WLW. Done. On Wednesday night, 690 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: I'll join Lap for the Bengals Game Plan Show from 691 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 1: six to eight on ESPN fifteen thirty. That's going to 692 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: do it. For this episode of the Bengals Booth Podcast, 693 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: brought to you by bud Light Seltzer, refresh the game. 694 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: If you haven't done so already, please subscribe, and if 695 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: you have a minute, give it a rating or share 696 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,839 Speaker 1: a comment that helps more Bengals fans find this podcast. 697 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 1: I'm Dan Horde, and thanks so much for listening to 698 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast.