WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: It Was A Good Day 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:04.560 Hi, get everybody. 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:08.400 I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading The Bengals Booth Podcast. 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:12.200 The I gotta say it was a good day. Addition, 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.680 sorry bad cold strained voice you know singing this week, 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:20.119 as we look back at a memorable day in the Jungles, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:25.640 Saturday's dramatic overtime win over the Vikings coming up, radio replays, 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.960 locker room comments and postgame analysis from Dave Lappum. Then 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.800 in this week's fun Facts Conversation, the incredible life story 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.760 of Bengals tight ends coach James Casey. 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On Saturday, 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.280 fans in the end zone unfurled a banner right between 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.959 the uprights that said coffin nails a nod to what 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.240 Dave Lapham and I usually say after the play that 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:31.280 clinches of Bengals win. It was much appreciated and more 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.320 proof that Bengals fans are the best and have made 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.959 the Jungle one of the loudest and toughest environments for 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:44.080 visiting teams in the NFL. Now time for radio replays 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:49.360 from an incredible come from behind win over Minnesota. With 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:53.000 four games left in the regular season, nearly forty percent 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.960 of the AFC has a record of seven and six 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:02.040 six out of sixteen teams, the Bengals are one of them, 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.760 and chances are only two of those six will make 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:07.680 the playoffs. 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:09.400 That makes today's. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:13.840 Home game against the Minnesota Vikings critical and it is 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:18.519 time for the pig skin to fly. Here in the Jungle. 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:22.040 Browning throwing it deep for Jamar Chase. He's got it 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:26.000 as he makes an arms extended catch before going out 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.280 of bounds at the twenty yard line. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.119 I'll tell you what that's an unbelievable throw because Jake 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:33.920 Browning got blown up. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.280 Robbins with his right knee on the field turf. He 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.240 catches the long snap, puts the ball down. The kick 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:43.920 is knocked through by Evan McPherson, and the Bengals score 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.000 on their opening possession. 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.519 To take a three to nothing lead. 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.160 Trips out to the left, Hockinson out to the right, 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:55.000 Mullins looking throwing, intercepted at the goal line. 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:56.640 Mike Hilton running it back. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.880 He stumbles and goes down at the seventy yard line. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.880 Have the Bengals get a red zone takeaway? Three receivers left, 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:07.959 one out to the right. Mullins has the ball, He's 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:13.160 looking left. Here comes the rush. Mullets sacked by beaj Hill. 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:15.600 The ball comes out. 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:20.720 Have the Bengals recover with twenty seconds left in the half. 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:21.960 He came up with the ball. 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.840 They were all about two takeaways in the red zone 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:27.000 in the second quarter. 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:28.519 Unreal. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.480 Everybody's standing up here in the jungle. Third down and 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:36.600 nine from the Cincinnati thirty eight. Nick Mullens clapping his hands. 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:41.600 Cincinnati sends five Bullins in trouble pros caught by Annison. 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.120 Nobody left to tackle him. He will streak down the 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.320 field and go into the end zone for a thirty 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.080 eight yard touchdown. 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.600 DJ Turner went for the deflection. He left his feet. 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.080 He went to make a play on the football, and 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.280 when he could not make a play on the football, 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:01.040 it was over. 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.360 Browning back to throw his pass for Higgins in the 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:12.040 end zone. Touchdown Bengals. A perfect throw from Jake Browning 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.680 and an over the shoulder catch for t Higgins for 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.040 the Bengals touchdown. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.760 Don't mess around. First down in the red zone, go 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:21.640 for the gusto. 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.280 Browning drops back to throw four come after him. Browning 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.960 fires down the fields, caught by Chase. He's got a 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:35.960 first down at the nineteen a Minnesota shake. Browning putting 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:40.279 it right on the money for Jamar Chase. Browning's going 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.560 to be in the shotgun. Joe Mixon to his right. 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.080 Everybody bunched in tight. They handed to Mixon. He gets hit, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.200 tries to go in a double effort and does. The 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:54.800 second effort gets the Bengals a touchdown as Joe Mixon 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:59.719 spikes the ball triumphantly after taking it in. He got 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.640 hit by Ivan Pace in between the one and the 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.240 two bounced off him, kept fighting and got in. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.160 He was not gonna be denied. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:12.960 Mullins sends another receiver in motion he will look to throw. Mullins, 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.719 standing now rolling to the right, being chased toward the sideline, 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.719 throws it into the end zone, caught by Addison for 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:25.240 the touchdown, and the Vikings have the lead with three 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:26.160 forty eight to go. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.640 Forty eight seconds left in regulation. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.520 On second and ten, Browning, scrambling right in trouble, throws 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.120 it off his back foot toward the end zone. T 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:40.360 Higgins wins a jump ball for the football, hits a touchdown, 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:45.520 an incredible catch by T. Higgins, and the Bengals have 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.279 scored with thirty nine seconds to go. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.800 I can't believe what T Higgins just did. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.599 Unreal. I mean Jake Browning to put it in the 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.560 area and then Higgins catches it at the one and 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.000 just throws it back without losing control of it. He 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.200 just swoops his arm over his head and the ball 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:08.280 crosses the goal line and the Bengals get a tying touchdown. 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.760 Can the Bengals stop Minnesota on fourth down in about 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.040 two inches in over time, which at the forty one 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:15.719 yard line. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.839 Wouldn't you love to have DJ Reader in there for this. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:22.599 Now Mullins will be under center, Chandler lined up behind him. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.800 The Vikings try the bush. The Bengals appear to have 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.960 stopped in Cincinnati. Got a great search up front. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:29.440 Head. 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:34.479 Looks like the Vikings lost yardage going for the touch push. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.279 Let's see about the spot. It all comes down to 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:37.840 the spot. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.560 Man, I'll tell you they got off the ball faster 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.920 than the offensive lineman did. I mean they get off 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.960 That defensive charge was unbelievable, I thought, man, is that 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:49.719 on side? 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:50.920 And it was? 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.800 The Bengals will take over at their own forty two 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.200 yard line on incredible job by the defense. 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.839 That's the first time all year Minnesota has been stopped 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.040 on fourth and one, and it was fourth in a 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:06.760 nature two. 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:08.640 The Vikings showing pressure. 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.960 Here comes the Blants, Browning looking scrambling to the right, 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:16.720 Browning throwing down field. It is Cod Tyler Boyd still 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.200 on his feet. He's at the twenty. He will be 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.760 brought down inside the fifteen. He's tackled at the thirteen. 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:28.880 An incredible throw in a narrow window by Jake Browning. 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.360 Tyler Boyd made the catch. Stayed on his feet. The 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:37.440 Bengals convert on third down and nine, and now they 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:41.640 are well within the field goal range of Evan McPherson. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.960 This will be from twenty nine yards away from straightaway, 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:49.200 shorter than an extra point. Looking for the seventh walk 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.440 off field goal of his NFL career and his second 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:56.119 in a span of three weeks. Robbin's ready to hold 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.200 the snap, the placement, the right footed kick. Oh, it 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:05.080 is good, and the Bengals are still alive in the 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:10.240 playoff hut as they rally from a fourteen point deficit 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:14.400 in the fourth corner and beat them Minnesota Vikings in 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:20.720 over time twenty seven to twenty four. Now let's hear 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.960 from head coach Zach Taylor, who spent a few minutes 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.480 with Lap after the game. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.880 Man, I've been saying it in the locker room the 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.920 whole time here, as the legendary Jim Volvano said, don't 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.280 give up, don't ever give up. I mean, that's this 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:36.520 football team. Yeah. 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.319 I love these guys. You know, they just find a 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.840 way to overcome the adversity. There's a lot of diversity 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.199 in that game. I never panicked down fourteen points. Things 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.920 weren't going great. We weren't in great rhythm on offense 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.280 at first, and then on defense eventually, and then everybody 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:52.960 just came together and found a way to get it done. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.319 Just to tick off, you know, I mean, just to 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.080 you know, there were plays to be made and take 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.640 advantage of and just couldn't quite make them in the 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.360 first half. But to come from behind twenty one points 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.800 scored in the fourth quarter against that defensive football team, 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:07.960 that's pretty remarkable. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.160 I'm just proud of our guys, proud of the coaches 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.480 for the play that they prepare. That starts with Brian Callahan. 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.360 I thought he did a great job this week steering 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:17.920 that ship and guys believing in it. And again, just 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.920 sometimes it takes some time. You're playing a good defense. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:20.320 It's tough. 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.120 It's an orthodox defense, and so it's not gonna be 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:24.600 perfect the whole game, and just got to hang in 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.280 there and find your moments, and our guys did. 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.200 What does it take to go against defense like that? 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.320 I mean, obviously, patients, you know it's not going to 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.360 always go the way you think, But I mean, what's 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.800 the biggest thing to attack in the defense like that? 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:37.800 That's so unorthodox? 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:41.240 I think just patients and try to stay one step ahead. 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:42.960 They throw a lot at you, so it can be 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:46.840 difficult to do. It starts with the quarterback not being 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.000 overwhelmed by all the different looks you can get, and 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.040 Jake did not. He was not overwhelmed. He did a 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.280 great job managing it. The guys around him did a 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.880 great job managing it. And I'll us to be successful. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.800 Through for over three hundred yards, I think hit at 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.240 least eleven different receivers. I mean, he's he's tripping the 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.520 ball very very well, isn't he. He's done a great job. 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:05.720 You know, he blongs in this league and he's proven 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.000 that every week and he's proven it to this locker 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:09.600 room for a long time now. That's why he's gotten 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.720 the opportunity he has, and I'm really proud of him. 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:15.160 The touchdown run that Joe Mixon had was jaw dropping 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.040 to me. I'm like, dude, that's I mean, you talk 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:19.840 about second third effort. 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.320 Huge fourth down, got to get in. You know, that's 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.760 a game changing play right there. And he did it 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:26.959 very similar last week and he did again this week. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.680 So they were five for five on fourth and one 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.199 coming into the football game. Fourth and one. You score 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:35.040 a touchdown fourth and two inches, they lose three inches. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.160 I mean that ended up being a big deciding factor 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.640 in the football game. Fourth down in a scoch Yeah. 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.520 I saw our guys get a tremendous push on that 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:43.959 fourth down, you know, at the end of the game 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.600 to get him stopped, and it looked like he bobbled 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.200 a snap because of it. And so again, it was 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:49.800 very similar to when we beat Minnesota a couple of 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:51.760 years ago. Got a defensive stop at the same field 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.320 in overtime, gave the offense the ball, hit one big play, 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:55.480 and then Evan seals it for us. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:11:00.200 Same score. Okay, I think it was yeah score. I'm 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.560 pretty sure, man, I'll tell you so. I know. I know. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.319 It's one week at a time. Can you celebrate for 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:07.959 a while. Can you go home and celebrate this game 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:09.280 for a while. You're going right to Pittsburgh. 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:10.240 I can go home and relax. 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:10.840 Yeah, I'm not. 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.240 We're done with football for today. We'll pick up tomorrow morning, 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.240 you know. And it's a normal seven day week for once. 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.600 We haven't had a seven day week and since last year. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:23.400 I think you know what you've done keeping this football 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.880 team fresh down the stretch is paying off once again. 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.960 But coach Man, what was the deal with the injury? Gods? 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.440 I mean, they took some took some shots at us today. 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:33.199 That's the way it works. 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.200 You know, sometimes it's gonna happen like that and we're 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.680 gonna have to have other guys step up, and you know, 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.400 it is tough to see, you know, a key player, 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.400 especially like DJ Reader go down and hopefully hopefully it 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:43.560 doesn't get us elsewhere. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.719 Appreciate your time, A full week of preparation for the 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.800 Pittsburgh Steelers. They're in trouble. Appreciate you. Thank you. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.840 The Bengals have leap fraud the Steelers and climb to 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:59.280 the number six playoff seed in the AFC seven teams 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.280 get in. Cincinnati is currently at two and a half 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:07.240 point favorite for Saturday's game in Pittsburgh. Now time for 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:13.079 the radio guy's recap lap. That was an amazing, memorable game. 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.840 So many key plays that the Bengals absolutely had to 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.360 make and made to get out of here with an 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:20.000 overtime win. 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:24.679 Yeah, in the first half they had things, opportunity knocked 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.600 and they didn't answer. They didn't make the plays in 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.079 the second half, particularly. 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:29.480 The fourth quarter. 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.120 They made every play they could possibly make, and some 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:37.280 of them were acrobatic, phenomenal, just crazy plays to make, 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.160 and they made every single one of them. And you 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.400 score twenty one points in the fourth quarter against Brian 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:46.199 Flor's defense the way they're playing, that's mind boggling stuff, 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:46.839 it really is. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.760 Jake Browning was incredible in the second half. He threw 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.760 for nearly three hundred yards in the second half, I believe, 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.160 and obviously made so many plays where he had to 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:01.240 extend the play, avoid the rush, find somebody open downfield, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:02.280 and deliver the ball. 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:07.280 I mean, the gold star on the forehead play of 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.880 what you're describing was the one that Tyler Boyd to 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.959 basically set the game winning field goal up. Tyler Boyd's 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.280 on the left side of the formation outside the numbers. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.559 When the play starts and Jake gets out of pocket, 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:20.760 he has to create an extent and Tyler Boyd scrambled 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:25.840 drill and Jake Browning on the run throws right between 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.719 two defenders into the arms of Tyler Boyd for a 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.960 huge play. That's hard to do. That's hard to be 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.960 that accurate with that kind of touch and timing on 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.480 the run like that, and he I think he's always 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.800 been a pretty good thrower of the football on the run. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:42.640 Do we know how T. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:47.040 Higgins held the ball, swirled it behind his back, held 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.040 onto the ball and got it over to the pylon 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.040 on that one touchdown? 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.000 When you think about it, think of all the things 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.160 that had to go through his mind in just instance, 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:01.199 you know, I mean just a milliseconds to be aware, 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.920 catch it, I'm in bounds, Stay in bounds and take 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.720 that ball and just you know, make the arc over 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:11.920 my head to break the plane inside the pylon. I mean, 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:17.559 that's that's just uh, that's football awareness, football savvy. H 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.920 And he's he's such a gifted athlete. I mean his size, 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:26.000 speed ratio, is ability to run routes, contested catch, strong hands. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.280 I mean he checks a ton of boxes. There's no question. 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.120 Do we know who deserves credit for the fourth down? 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:32.960 Stop? You o? T? 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.200 I mean BJ Hill? I think he. I think he 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.920 was low, Zach Carter was hot. They both came off 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.520 the ball like a banchie. I mean the interior that 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.560 defensive line just did a heck of a job. And 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.280 I was kidding bj Hill after the game, I said, 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.320 what about linebacker. Man, the hands you have, you got 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.560 two interceptions. There's defensive backs in the league that have 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.720 played a lot of snaps that don't have one man 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.520 they're all they're all waiting for their first interceptions of 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.880 the season, and you're racking them up. He said, what 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.280 ever takes? I mean, he said, I told you I 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.360 was an athlete. He is. I mean, he's he's a 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:05.080 good athlete. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:09.280 Eight and six, three to go. They're obviously very much 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.720 alive in the playoff race, but with lots of work 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:12.280 still to do. 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.120 No doubt, lots of work to do. They get a 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.280 chance now to sit back and watch the Pittsburgh Steelers, 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.400 you know, in their in their contest, so you can 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.760 get a jump on preparation, you know, for that football game, 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.000 but you know, not not studying it like you would 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:33.880 you know, on a normal work day. But it's never easy. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:35.920 I can tell you for a fact, going to Pittsburgh 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.240 and playing the Steelers is never an easy task, no 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.800 matter what the stakes, what the circumstances. But they've proven 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:44.880 themselves to be human. I mean, the last the last 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.360 two home games to lose. The teams that they lost 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.840 to very very Unsteeler like I mean, Mike Tomlin must 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:51.800 be beside himself. 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.240 It's kind of interesting to watch Jake Browning in this 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.640 game because he couldn't do some of the things that 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.280 have worked so well the last couple of weeks. They 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.600 didn't get a hunt plus rushing yards. They didn't get 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.600 a ton of big playsoff screen passes. He kind of 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:08.480 had to be Burrow like and find open receivers under 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.000 pressure and deliver good throws. 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.480 He did. I mean he had to. He had to 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.760 put his nose to the grindstone, you know, in terms 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:19.600 of you know, he had to create an extent when 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.360 he could throw on time. He had to throw on 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.760 time and hit spots. And he did. He hit tight spots. 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:28.160 He played an outstanding football game. This guy is legit. 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.680 I mean, there is no doubt, you know, Zach started laughing. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.800 He goes, you know, honestly, he goes, Jake Brownie did 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.760 a phenomenal job. He said, you know, really, you can't 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.480 ask for much more when we were talking after the game. So, 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:46.280 I mean, he is. He's basically turned his career down 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.240 a totally different path. There is no question about it. 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.880 And couldn't couldn't happen to a better guy and a 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.040 guy that's you know, works his tail off to get 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:55.880 that opportunity. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.360 The win came with a hefty price. We saw DJ 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:00.360 Reader leave the locker room on crush, which is with 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.760 a big bulky brace on his right knee, the heart 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:05.880 and soul of the defensive line, one of the team 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:10.160 leaders on this team. And that's a very significant loss. 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.840 No question it is. I mean, ask when he's asking 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.800 Zach about that, he said, we don't have any final 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.520 determinations yet, but that one does not look good. I mean, 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:20.800 you know, he's realistic about it. I mean, he realizes 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:24.320 that the DJ season is probably over. Dj Ivy he's 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.240 not optimistic about either with his knee injury. And then, 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.239 of course the reaction that dj Ivy had. Whenever I 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:34.360 see grown men, tough guys, you know, in tears, it's 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:38.119 telling you that something bad happened that's jeopardizing their opportunity 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:42.399 ability to play. So those two injuries were you know, 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:43.520 obviously massive. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.440 Saturday Number one was successful. Bring on the Steelers next 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:48.560 Saturday in Pittsburgh. 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.600 Bring on the Steelers and Joe Mixon that touchdown run 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:56.680 my man. Talk about inspirational. That was a gutsy run 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.159 run like that in Pittsburgh, Joe. 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.200 This Booth podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.000 proud to be the Bengals official HR software provider, by 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.479 All to Fiber future Proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:12.640 your home, business and community to a new level, and 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.040 by Kettering Health the best care for the best fans. 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:20.840 Kettering Health is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Finally, 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:25.320 it's time for this week's fun facts conversation. Normally this 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:29.440 segment is no more than fifteen minutes long. This week 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:33.879 I spent thirty eight minutes with a Bengals coach with 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:38.440 a remarkable story to tell. Time for some fun facts 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.760 with Tight Ends coach James Casey. Born and raised in Texas, 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.600 not far from fort Worth. Were you a city kid 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:45.600 or a country kid? 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:46.520 Country kid? 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.760 I'm from Azle, Texas outside of Fort Worth, and like 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.560 you know, being from Texas and everybody thinks DFW Dallas 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:54.160 Footworth area. 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:57.000 But for it's way different than use It's not. It's 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.399 more rural. It was a decent sized city. But I'm 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:01.280 definitely a country guy. 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:03.240 I got I bought some land in Texas, so when 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.240 I got opportunities my a little bit of free time. 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:06.520 Like I like getting out in the country. 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:09.160 What do you miss when you're away the. 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.760 I miss just the people, the hospitality, Like it is different, 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.639 Like you know, you know, everybody knows people from Texas 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.159 and how prideful they are of their state and and 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.240 it's it's it's valid. I mean, there's it's you grow 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:23.720 up there and you have pride in your state and 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.560 and just used to that southern hospitality. And I mean 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.920 Cincinnati has been awesome, Like Cincinnati's kind of it reminds 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:30.600 me of a little bit of Texas. So I'm really 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.120 glad I get the coach here in a great city 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:36.199 like this, Like the people here are are similar, like 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.879 just you know, down to earth people that are you know, 0:19:39.040 --> 0:19:42.280 I'm used to, like, you know, the old school like 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.440 opening doors for people, saying, you know, please, thank you, 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:48.000 you're welcome, yes, ma'am, no, ma'am, yes, sir. 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:50.320 I guess that's kind of like the Texas stuff. 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:52.520 And I'm trying to raise my kids like that too, 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:54.560 and they I mean, it's it's strange, but sometimes that 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:56.840 you know, people are not used to that, and you know, 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.480 they almost feel like they're mocking them or something. It's like, no, 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:01.000 I'm just I'm just trying to be polite and I'm 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:03.159 trying to be There's the reason why they're called the 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:06.080 magic words, because it you know, you treat people nice, 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:08.679 treat respect, you're not mocking them. Like over time, I 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:10.840