WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Doctor Doctor 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.519 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:11.039 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The Doc to Doc do give 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.960 it the news edition as we all wait to see 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.400 if Joe Burrow will be able to play on Monday 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.520 Night against the Rams. Coming up, we'll hear from Burrow, 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.000 Zach Taylor, and t Higgins on the topic, and also 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.440 here from the guy who will start in Burrow's place 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:31.000 if he can't play on Monday, Jake Browning. Plus I'll 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:33.360 go one on one with Nick Scott, who played for 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.040 the Rams for the last four years and shares his 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:41.199 thoughts on Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and others. 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You've got about 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:08.680 a week left. The final performance is on Sunday, October First, now, 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.200 let's get to Joe Burrow. For the final two and 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.919 a half quarters of last Sunday's loss to the Ravens, 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:19.200 he looked like Joe Burrow empty backfield for Burrow. The 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:24.079 Ravens showing pressure. Burrow ready catches the shotgun snap he's 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:25.800 in trouble, throws off his back foot. 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:33.880 Higgins makes the catch touchdown Bengals. Burrow retreating to avoid 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.520 the rush and he made a great throw off his 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.119 back foot to T Higgins for the touchdown. 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.160 On Cincinnati's final five drives, Joe threw for two hundred 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.040 nine yards and two touchdowns. If not for a red 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.360 zone interception, the Bengals would have scored on four of 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.840 their last five possessions. How did Joe look, to his 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:54.720 head coach. 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.679 Really good in that last game. Aside from the interception, 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.560 me one bad ball placement, you're not going to so 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:05.600 he I thought he performed really well. 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.960 Unfortunately, on his next to last snap against the Ravens, 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.120 Joe tweaked his calf injury, making him questionable for Monday 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.079 night's game against the Rams. When the team held its 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:19.480 first practice of the week on Thursday, Burrow was present 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.320 but did not take part in any drills. 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:26.040 Soreness is an issue right now, and so giving him 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.919 some time his best and so this week we're forward 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.640 to nextra day, which is a positive and we'll just 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:33.679 we'll see how the practice go. 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.200 So does Joe need to practice this week to be 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:38.840 able to play on Monday. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.440 You gotta practice one day, maybe not full, but you 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.520 got to be out there running around throwing the ball. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.640 You just got to feel confident in your ability to 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:47.520 go out and do the job. 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:49.160 I don't. 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:49.760 I don't know yet. 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.960 We'll see, We'll see how we feel the next couple 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:53.680 of days. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:56.119 I don't really have an answer for you there. 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.920 Last week, Burrow was only sacked once and rarely pressured. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.720 But Aaron Donald is coming to town on Monday. In 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.760 the second half of Super Bowl fifty six, the Rams 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:11.640 had six sacks and eleven pressures. The quarterback will need 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:13.120 the ability to move. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.360 You need it in every game. You're not gonna be 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:17.000 able to just stand back there. And that's part of 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:21.440 my game is moving around and making plays. And you know, 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.000 I think for the most part last Sunday I was 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.240 I was doing a really good job of that. Like 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:29.479 you said, the offensive line played great, the pocket was firm, 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:30.560 but when I had to move. 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:31.440 I felt good about it. 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.120 The Bengals have tried to adjust the offense to limit 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:38.239 burrows movement, with mixed results. I discussed that this week 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:39.480 with Dave Lapham. 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.039 All I know is you get in a game and 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.440 Joe being competitive, jumping over guys. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.279 You know, it's like, oh my gosh. 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:52.480 It's like, you know, you can't you can't say if 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.960 I'm out there playing, I'm gonna play. I'm not gonna 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:56.919 be out there and say, oh I can't do this, 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:59.280 I can't do that. You can't play that way in 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.520 the Nashville foot these guys are too good, they're too fast. 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:06.600 Last week, the offensive line did an incredible job. He 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.400 didn't have to move that much. Last week. They're facing 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:13.000 Aaron Donald on Monday night and he might not get sacked, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.320 but you are not going to go through a game 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.200 without having to move away from Aaron Donald. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.920 And this rookie, Byron Young has a sack and a half. 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.599 And Aaron Donald is a disruptor. Young Young is on 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:30.840 the on the edge. He's an edge guy. There's there's 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.640 a lot to digest, a lot to think about. You know, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:38.239 do you have them out there at practice and limit 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.360 yourself physically. That's not a good way to practice. That's 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.760 not a good way for the receivers to practice with them. 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.120 It's like, you know, we're not gonna throw this run. 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.360 We're not gonna do this. We're not gonna we're gonna 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.360 take it easy here. We're gonna that. You're not you're 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.240 not getting get you're not getting reps. You're not getting 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.039 full speed reps. You're not right now. There a problem 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.640 is they're not in any kind of rhythm. They're on 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:02.359 a sink, you know. And if you are practicing and 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:07.920 then game planning to medically protect your guy, it's tough. 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:08.880 It's tough. 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:15.040 It's very tough. If they were played, I don't think 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.960 so too, and oh two division wins agree. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:19.000 I don't think so. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:20.800 But I don't know that they can If if the 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.680 doctor says he can play without risk of seriously injuring this, 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:26.400 I don't know that they can set them. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.920 That's that's the thing with these casts. It's like, all right, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:35.400 every injury is different. Every body is different that gets injured. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.760 Every recovery is different because everybody and every injury is different. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.840 There's no like cookie Cutter. This is exactly like so 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.840 and so is. You know, everything is a little bit different. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.680 Now you can put him in categories. This is like 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:52.080 this guy had this, like that guy had or whatever. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.960 But you just you just don't know. And the worst 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.960 thing in the world, God forbid, I don't even want 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.960 to say it, but it's like, you don't want it 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:05.039 to be a right now we're talking strained. You don't 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:08.599 want it to be anything more than that because you 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.679 try to do too much too soon. Or and again 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.800 because Joe so damn tough. You know, he's not gonna 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:20.760 say I can't go, I can't He's not gonna. He 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.840 is competitive, he thinks the world of his teammates. He 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.560 wants to do everything he can to be successful for 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:31.760 his teammates. It's a it's a tough dynamic, it really is, man, 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.000 you know. And then if you do sit him, how 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.400 long will that be? Will it be until the bye week? 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.840 I mean at that point in time, who the hell knows. 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.640 Where they are? And that that that's drastic. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.600 But you know, because I don't think the they're tweaking 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:52.960 of the calf, you know, merits that kind of time off. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:57.440 But if he tweaks it again or again, and and 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.760 I've talked to guys are like, man, I felt like, Okay, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.160 my calf feels better than it did before I had 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.920 the problem. And I go out there and halfway through 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.800 the game, you know I'm really feeling good and I'm 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:09.520 doing my thing. 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.480 It just reaches right up and grabs me, and it's 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:13.920 like son of a gunman. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.840 I'm set back to to where I was, or even 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.200 worse than before. And that's the scary part of these 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.000 calf injuries. Man, they are tricky. 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.360 The Bengals are zero and two and Joe desperately wants 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:27.840 to play. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:31.880 It's in my head, for sure, I'm thinking about it. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.199 But how does he balance getting that first win versus 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.400 giving his calf the time to heal. No matter how 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:39.320 long it takes. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.880 That may not be my decision to make. My job 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.640 is to go out and play. That's that's what I'm 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:46.280 preparing to do. 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.720 The Bengals are not going to jeopardize his long term health, 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.800 so if Burrow can't play on Monday, Jake Browning will 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:56.200 start in his place. The former University of Washington star 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.199 made his NFL debut at the end of the Cleveland 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.960 game in Week one after spending the last four years 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.920 on NFL practice squads. 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:06.640 I take a lot of pride in I came in 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.040 this league as an undrafted guy, and you know, there's 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.520 not very many handouts that are given there. It took 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:16.079 me four years and damn your life sentence on practice 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:20.200 squad to really take four years of doubling down on hey, 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.400 at some point we get an opportunity. 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:23.720 Whether that's a year or whatever. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.480 Actually, the best advice I got year one is an 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:29.880 undrafted rookie was Kirk Cousins said, Hey, you gotta have 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:34.000 a ten year time horizon and keep whenever that time comes, like, 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.040 at some point you're gonna get your opportunity. And so 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.240 I kind of took that as every off season really 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.520 doubling down and make investing, you know, whether it's money 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.000 or time or whatever into becoming a better player and 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.000 trying to get access to the best information, the best 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.040 you know, off seasons I can have to try and 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.240 put myself in a position to play well, and so 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.960 you know, whether that opportunity is Monday or or next 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.679 year or whenever, you know, I'm ready. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.680 When Burrow hurt his calf on the second day of 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:06.120 training camp, Browning spent the next five weeks competing for 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.480 the backup job with Trevor Simeon. They alternated with a 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.520 first string offense, meaning that Browning was working with the 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:16.720 starting offensive line and throwing to Chase Higgins and Boyd. 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:18.480 I don't think there's many quarterbacks in the NFL. It 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.360 took more reps in the month of August than I did, 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.800 and so you know, I'm at this point the season. 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:24.760 I've probably played as much. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:28.280 Football as everybody else has this year. So obviously there's 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:29.360 a little the. 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.560 Higher stakes for a regular season game. But I feel 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.000 like I've taken a lot of reps and I'm ready. 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.880 Browning led the Bengals on an eight play eighty yard 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:40.880 touchdown drive to end their second preseason game, then opened 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.160 their final preseason game with a ten play sixty one 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.120 yard drive that he finished with a touchdown pass to 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.920 andre Yosi Vash. He impressed t Higgins. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:55.079 Got Riisling. You know, he's he made good reads. He's 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:56.640 just he's a baller, you know what I'm saying. So 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.920 just got that that goes out there and doesn't. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.400 Job to He developed some trust with you guys over 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.320 that period, or if he was called, I doesn't feel 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.000 like he did, you know what I'm saying. He's way 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.160 more confident in offense. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.719 You know, you could tell that he's during that time 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:14.679 he was out there, He's been a vocal leader as 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.280 he should be as he should you know what I'm saying. 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:20.320 So you know, definitely Bills built built some confidence. 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.040 And you know just the last time the Bengals played 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.720 a Monday night game without their starting quarterback was in 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.360 Burrows rookie year, when Ryan Finley led the team to 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.479 a ten point win over the eleven and two Steelers. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.959 He only completed seven passes in that game, but he 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:39.359 ran for forty seven yards, including a twenty three yard touchdown. 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.199 Browning showed he can move in the preseason and if 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.040 he has to start, Zach Taylor will adjust the game 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:47.680 plan to fit his skill set. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:52.480 You need to have great conversation with all quarterbacks. Anytime 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.320 a quarterbacks plan, you got to make sure you connect 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.960 with them and they understand the intent of the plan 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.840 and why we're doing things and what they feel comfortable 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:03.320 with backup quarterback you've ever had, whether it's the full 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.280 game plan or a scale down plan, you want to 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:09.559 make sure they're comfortable. So those conversations always take place. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.760 We always ask Jake his opinions the night before games 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.560 on these situations, what plays would you want? We're always 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.480 connected that way. And it's on the call sheet, and 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:19.320 this week is no different. 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:22.959 But it could turn out to be very different. For Browning, it's. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.960 My job to be prepared if Joe goes down. And 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.480 so really for me, of the week is no different. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.320 Even when I was on Pea squad, I knew there 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.440 was zero chance to be playing, but I was fully prepared, 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.679 and you know, I would go through the whole game 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.160 plan like I was gonna be the backup and like 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.920 I had a chance of playing. And so it's kind 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.640 of my job to be ready if Joe goes down. 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:47.200 And so that's going into my third week of doing that. 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:50.040 There was an additional twist to the quarterback quandary after 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:54.080 practice on Thursday, as the Patriots grabbed Will Grier off 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:56.640 the Bengals practice squad and added him to their fifty 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.920 three man roster. The Pats have been cycling through candidates 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.760 back up Mac Jones over the past several weeks. That 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.720 temporarily leaves the Bengals without a third string quarterback, although 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.480 I'm guessing they'll have one by the time you listen 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:15.000 to this podcast. Bringing back Simeon or Reed Sinnet, who 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.440 were with the team during training camp, seem like the 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.880 most likely options. The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.800 you by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:27.160 play with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:31.200 both inside the Bengals app. Monday's game is a rematch 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.560 of Super Bowl fifty six, and there's a player with 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.200 a Rams Super Bowl ring in the Bengals locker room, 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.440 safety Neck Scott, who signed with the Bengals in the 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:43.880 off season after spending his first four NFL seasons in LA. 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:48.679 I talked to Nick on Thursday. Nick, you played for 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:50.800 the Rams as recently as last year, but they've got 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.559 fifteen rookies on the roster. There are four veterans who 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:55.920 weren't there last year. When you put on the tape, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:57.680 do you even recognize these guys? 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.920 Yeah, it looks like a totally new team from you know, 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:01.600 when I was there. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.360 Obviously I spent the last four years there. 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.679 There's a lot of turnover in this league, but yeah, 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.040 see some familiar faces of those guys that have been 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.120 doing good. Thanks for him for a while, and they 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.000 got some new guys that've been showing up on him. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.520 One of the familiar faces is the quarterback Matt Stafford. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:19.120 He looks rejuvenated. He looks younger than me. I think 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.360 he's lost some weight or something like that. Does he 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.440 look as good as ever when you watch him? 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.360 Yeah, I mean anytime he's on the field, you gotta 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.280 respect him and what he's done in this league. And 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.960 he's still got a rocket of an arm and very 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.240 confident in his throat. So that makes it a tremendous 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.080 challenge for any defender. You know, I'm blessed. I've had 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.640 the opportunity to go against him for a couple of 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.400 years now, so it's gonna be a good challenge and 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:42.600 I'm excited about the matchup. 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:44.800 We're chatting with Nick Scott. Their offense is off to 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.360 a great start. I think they're first in the league 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.160 in first downs per game, second in yards per game. 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.960 Watching a little of their game last week, there's motion 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.400 on every snap, and it's mass motion, jet motion. What 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.520 are some of the challenges that their offense presents. 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.920 Yeah, yeah, I think a big part of mcveigh's offense 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:04.760 is just trying to catch the defense with their pants 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.440 down right and getting getting up to the line fast 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.160 snapping it. They got all types of jets, emotions going 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.520 all over the place, So it's really to challenge the 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.880 defense's eyes and get guys reading the wrong keys. But 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.120 we got a veteran group and guys stay sound in 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.640 their keys, and that comes down to trust in one another. 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:21.720 So I think we should be good. 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.680 Rookie Pooka natuah nakua excuse me, leads the NFL and 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.680 receptions two two at wells in the top ten and 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:33.080 receiving yards. Describe those two and what you've seen on tape. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.240 Yeah, I don't know much about this Pooka kid. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.960 You know, obviously you take your hat off to him 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:39.800 coming in and being a new guy and having that 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:41.640 kind of impact already in that offense. 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:43.160 So credit to him. 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:46.000 We're going to do whatever we can to challenge him 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.920 and make sure that any ball throwing his way is contested. 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.080 And then two two at well. As a guy just 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.000 being with him, he can always tear the top off 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:53.680 of the defense. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.120 So he's a guy that you definitely want to keep 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.800 in front of you because once it becomes a race, 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.000 it can be tough. 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.240 So you know, like I. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.240 Said, I've been over there for a while, seeing a 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.000 lot of those guys, and you know, it's exciting, you 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.880 know as a friend seeing what they're doing. But it's 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.560 my job to make sure that it's a bad day 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:12.920 for him when they come here. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.400 We're talking to Nick Scott. You spent the last four 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.800 years playing with Aaron Donald on defense. He is a 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:22.120 future first ballot Hall of Famer. Do you have a 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:26.560 favorite Aaron Donald's story or memory, whether it's on the 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:27.320 field or off. 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.600 Oh Man, just probably every day in the facility. I 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.120 used to bully him and take his lunch money, stuff 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.920 him in lockers and everything like that, you know, because 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.200 that's like my little brother. Nah, he's a good dude. 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:40.840 We had a good relationship over there. 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.520 We had a lot of fun just joking around. So 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.560 I got a pleathant of memories with him. He's a 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.240 good dude, and you know, obviously he's a big part 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:50.200 of that team's success. 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.440 If you were stuffing him in lockers, you are a 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:53.680 lot stronger than here. 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.640 Yeah, he's gonna love that. I said that. He gets 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:58.480 catches winto that. 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.280 So every NFL loss hits hard. You guys put so 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.400 much into it every week physically and emotionally. 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.399 How do you process a loss? 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.800 I'm big on just you know, moving on after you 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.320 look at your mistakes and everything like that. 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:16.400 You know, win, lose, or draw. 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.119 I think you take the same approach in terms of 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:20.720 trying to get better the next week. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.040 Just focus on your individual job and everything like that. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.960 Media and outsiders will get into pointing fingers, but you know, 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:30.960 I don't think anybody in this locker room is big 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.399 on that. We focus on our mistakes and where we 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.520 can get better and try to improve that next week. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.800 I won't use the expression must win in week three, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.480 there's too much of the season left, but obviously at 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.240 zero and two you could really use a win. Yeah, 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.879 what is the player's approach where that's concerned this week? 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.880 Yeah, it's the next week, so for everybody's a must win. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.280 Like you say, you try not to get in too 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.600 deep of looking at a big picture in terms of. 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:58.320 The entire season, entire schedule. 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.480 You know, the way I was brought up being with 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.000 coach Franklin at Penn State is every weekend you try 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:05.560 to go one to oh and that's the only game 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:08.399 that matters. So we're not looking behind, we're not looking ahead. 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:10.520 We're looking at the rams and the goals. To come 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:11.160 out one of those. 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:14.000 This week. It's Monday Night Football. The jungle is going 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.200 to be rocking. You've played more than seventy NFL games, 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.440 You've played in the Super Bowl. Does your pulse pick 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:22.199 up a little bit for a prime time game at 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:23.640 this point or is it just another game? 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:30.760 I think there's definitely a little added aura like excitement 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:34.320 around the game, and there's just nothing like playing at 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:37.800 night in a full stadium. Yeah, you could say, and 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.480 some guys, including myself, it turns you up a little bit. 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.320 Being in that atmosphere is super exciting, and it just 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:46.359 before the game. 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:48.640 I just usually feel an overwhelming sense of. 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.879 Just being blessed to have this opportunity to be playing 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.920 in such a cool environment and it be something that's 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:55.600 normal for me. 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:58.080 Appreciate your time, good luck against the Rams. 0:18:58.200 --> 0:18:58.800 Appreciate you. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.720 Bengles Booth podcast is brought to you by Kettering Health, 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.719 the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 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