WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Roller Coaster 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.640 Hi, get everybody on dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:12.640 the Bengals Booth podcast. The roller Coaster addition, as we 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:15.080 take an in depth look back at the first game 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:18.680 of the Zach Taylor era, a wild roller coaster ride 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.360 with extreme peaks and valleys that ultimately ended with a 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.080 one point loss in Seattle. Coming up, you'll hear radio 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:29.440 replace from the game, locker room comments from players and coaches, 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:33.519 and Dave Lapham will join me for postgame analysis. Plus 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.879 in this week's fun Facts Conversation, it's a rare one 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.920 on one chat with Bengals President Mike Brown. Mike doesn't 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.000 do many interviews, but once or twice a year he's 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.800 kind enough to sit down and share stories from his 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.839 amazing life in football. I always get great feedback from 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:54.280 listeners when we record a trip down memory Lane, and 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:57.720 I think you'll enjoy our latest conversation. All of that 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.720 is straight ahead, but first, here's equipped reminder that you 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.840 can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered right 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:09.000 to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:13.679 Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:21.680 since touch id. Touch id is the fingerprint recognition system 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:26.400 that allows users to unlock Apple devices like iPhones and 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.720 make purchases on the iTunes store. So rather than having 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.440 to type in a password, you just use your fingerprint. 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.680 So if you're paranoid about having your password stolen or 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.760 just lazy and like to turn things on with a 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:45.720 touch of your fingertip, touch ID is a great invention. 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:50.000 Let's get to football. From the day Zach Taylor was hired, 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.080 Bengals fans have been frothing at the mouth over what 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.240 his offense might mean for Joe Mixon. After all, the 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:01.560 Rams Todd Gurley averaged nearly two thousand total yards and 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:05.160 twenty touchdowns in the two seasons that Zach was on 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:09.240 the LA coaching staff. But on Sunday in Seattle, Mixon 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.320 barely got the ball before leaving the game with a 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:16.639 twisted ankle in the third quarter. Cincinnati's first seven plays 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:20.040 of the season were passes, and Andy Dalton threw the 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:24.400 ball sixteen times in the first quarter. Tyler Eifert says 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:28.200 Seattle's defense forced them to Yeah, I mean if you 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.800 look at what they were doing, they were, you know, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:36.640 doing things to take away the Ronzo. Yeah, you end 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:40.760 up passing the ball and we did it effectively. So 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:44.799 we're just playing off what they were doing. So that's 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.040 what the game dictated. By and large. It worked at 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.000 least until the red zone. The Bengals second drive of 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.120 the game lasted thirteen plays in seven and a half minutes, 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.280 but stalled after reaching the sixteen yard line. It'll be 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.760 a thirty nine yard attempt from the left hash mark 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.440 for Randy Bullock Park Harris will snap, Kevin Hubert will 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.000 holl the snap, the put down, the swing of the 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:10.679 right leg, and Bullocks kick is good. The Bengals took 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.080 a three nothing lead into the second quarter, and in 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:17.240 the first half. Their defense gave Russell Wilson fitz with 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:22.079 a variety of looks, including five defensive linemen. Shot Penny 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.799 in at running back for Seattle, Wilson fakes to him 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:28.600 being chased by Sam Hubbard. Russell Wilson nice sacked right 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.400 back at the forty one yard line. Second sack for 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:36.480 the Bengals. Carlos Dunlap had the first, Sam Hubbard with 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.680 the second for a nine yard loss. Well he was outstanding. 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.360 Cincinnati's run defense was as impressive as the pass rush 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.240 Seattle averaged an NFL best one hundred and sixty yards 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:51.080 on the ground last year, but only Mustard seventy two 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.520 in Week one. Here's Hubbard. Yeah, we wanted to stop 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.960 the run, and defensively we're really stout and stop the 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.480 run made him kind of one dimensional number one Russian 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.600 attack in the NFL. Under however, many yards we held 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.280 him too. I think it was just great execution. But 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:07.960 you know, it comes down to a few plays, and 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.640 that's how it is in the NFL. The bengals first 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.360 big mistake came on special teams, a fumbled punt by 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:18.680 Alex Ericson that gave Seattle the ball in Bengals territory. 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.160 It didn't immediately lead to a score, but it helped 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.719 flip field position and the Seahawks soon took the lead. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.720 Wilson in the shotgun at the six hands it off 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:32.800 to Carson, touchdown Seahawks. The extra point gave Seattle a 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:37.400 seven three lead. It lasted all of three plays. The 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.160 Bengals have it first and ten at the Seattle thirty 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.960 three yard line, leave a hand at tu Bernardi pitches 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.039 it back to Down, guns it down the far sideline, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.159 but by John Rouse breaks the tackle. At the five 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:54.600 and scores a Bengals touchdown, a thirty three yard Fleet 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:59.640 Flicker touchdown to John Ross. How about that? John Ross 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.240 finished with seven catches for one hundred and fifty eight yards. 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.960 His previous career highs had been three catches and fifty 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:11.000 two yards. Tyler Eifford says, it was only a matter 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.719 of time. It wasn't surprising, you know, to the guy's 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:17.760 locker room, because we watch him every day. Just the 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.520 way he runs. He's extremely talented, Like I mean, you 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.320 can't even really describe it. So it was just a 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.880 matter of time before he put it all together. And 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:27.840 he did today and he used to continue to do 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.920 that for us to play well. The Bengals had a 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.120 ten seven lead and their defense was dominating. With one 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.160 forty four left and a half, Seattle had not had 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.279 a twenty yard play, but that changed when Russell Wilson 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:45.120 hit rookie DK Metcalf for forty two yards down to 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:49.400 the bengals thirteen yard line. Metcalf is the genetic freak 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.960 whose shirtless photo before the draft went viral. As somebody 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.919 put it, his abs have abs. A few plays after 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.640 his catch, Seattle was back in front fifty nine seconds 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:03.719 left and a half, third down and seven at the 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.839 Bengals ten yard line for the Seahawks, looking for a 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.880 go ahead score. Two receivers to each side of the formation. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.560 Wilson drops back to throw, checks it down to a 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.839 running back Carson, and he breaks several tackles and runs 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:22.880 it to the pylon. It's a Seattle touchdown. Dray Kirkpatrick 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.039 and Jesse Bates were in position to stop Carson short 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.320 of a first down, but they failed in Seattle led 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.760 fourteen ten. With fifty two seconds left in the half, 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.480 the Bengals elected to be aggressive on offense and at 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.440 least try to get a field goal, not exactly a 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:43.440 Marvin Esque approach. With twenty seconds left and a half, 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.600 John Ross dropped a pass that easily would have put 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.400 them in field goal range. In fact, it might have 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.960 gone for a long score since two defenders ran into 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.440 each other and toppled like bowling pins. But on the 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.240 very next play, Ross made up for his drop. Seen 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.400 seconds left and a half, the Bengals still need at 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.680 least twenty yards. Dalton back to throw under pressure. He's 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.400 gonna fling it deep down. Feel ball. It is caught. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:14.600 I half. The Tens touchdown Bengals as John Roy reached up, 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.560 made a two handed grab and ran it in for 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:22.120 a fifty five yard touchdown with seven seconds left in 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.040 the half. And he said, here's how I'm gonna answer. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.000 I'm gonna drop the easy one, and I'm gonna make 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.120 a great play on the ball where the defenders in 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:34.480 pretty good shape. I'm gonna make a nice leaping catch 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:36.880 and then make the last guy miss. It gave the 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:40.560 Bengals a seventeen fourteen halftime lead, and it gave Ross 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:44.960 the breakout performance that he and we have been waiting 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:48.640 for because his coaching staff having confidence in you, given 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.600 you more confidence in yourself without a doubt, without a doubt. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.000 I think that's what a lot of players lack sometimes, 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.400 you know, And I didn't. I think they like me. 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.640 I can honestly say it now. I lost confidence in 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.000 myself last few years, and you know, now I come 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.360 in with a different mentality, and you know, I just 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:08.120 kind of go out there and continue to believe in myself. 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.760 It's been last year and you dropped that pass. Would 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:13.480 you have found the bench instead of being in there 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.480 to catch a touchdown pass? The next play most definitely, honestly, 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.880 I mean I can honestly say that now. Um, you 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.400 know without a doubt. You guys seen it, you know, 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.960 I could you just tell I can run my ROLESE 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.400 is different when I lose confidence myself, you know, it's 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:28.880 just it was just it's completely different now it might fee. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.600 After a big play on offense to end the first half, 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.240 the Bengals made a big play on defense to begin 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.480 the second. Seattle begins first and ten, ball on the 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.679 left hash at the twenty five yard line. Russell Wilson 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.680 with a fake handoff, now passes to the running back 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:48.240 that he faked two that's Carson, and Carson draft bodies forward. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.640 The ball comes out. The Bengals appear to have it. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.640 Trey Kirkpatrick has the football and yes it's a cencinive 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.560 recovery at the twenty eight yard line. Huge play right there. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:00.840 It was the Bengals only take away of the day 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.240 and they quickly drove to the Seattle twelve. We got 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:07.240 some light rain falling now here in Seattle. With thirteen 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.079 thirty five left in the third quarter, second down in 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:14.040 twelve as samaj p Rhine checks in, oh Dalton had 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.600 the ball slip out of his hand trying to throw 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:21.960 a screen and it's intercepted by defensive tackle Al Woods. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.960 I don't know if this light rains had anything to 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.640 do with it, but the Bengals turn it over in 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:32.079 the red zone. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. That was ruled a fumble, 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.280 not an interception. And it was the first of three 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.200 straight drives in the third quarter where the Bengals could 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:42.360 have scored and didn't. On their next drive, Randy Bullock 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.840 missed a forty five yard field goal, and on the 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.200 drive after that, the Bengals went for it on fourth 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.520 and one in Seattle territory and got stuffed on a 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.960 running play. They were piling up yards but not points. 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.760 Here's Tyler Eiffort throughout the game. You know, I felt 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.720 like we were we were doing a lot of really 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.160 good things. But you know, when the game's over, it's 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.720 not how many yards you gained, it's how many points 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.480 are on the board. The Bengals led seventeen fourteen going 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.640 to the final quarter. To that point, Russell Wilson had 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.200 not thrown a single pass to his top target, Tyler Lockett. 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.360 That changed on the first play of the fourth quarter, 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.960 tight end Bannett goes in motion four Seattle shotgun snap 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.360 in a high one caught by Wilson, rolls out to 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.480 the right, looks back to the left. Was it deep 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:32.080 down the middle of the field that has caught at 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.920 the seven? No one, I'm running it in for the score? 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:40.120 Is Tyler Lockett? How many times have we seen now? 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:46.040 Tyler Lockett? First in twenty That forty four yard grab 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.760 was Lockett's only catch and gave Seattle at twenty one 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:54.120 seventeen lead. The Bengals answered with a thirteen play drive 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.640 that chewed up nearly eight minutes, but after having first 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.960 in goal at the four yard line, holding penalty in 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.960 a sack forced the Bengals to settle for a Bullock 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.600 field goal that pulled Cincinnati within one. It was the 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.200 third time in three tries that the Bengals drove into 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.720 the red zone and failed to score a touchdown. Here's 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.720 Andy Dalton, A couple opportunities we were down there and 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.320 we weren't able to get done on the unfortunate fumble 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.280 on them, ball slipping out of my hand. You know, 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.680 we had an opportunity there. And then you know in 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.360 the fourth quarter when we were down there, we had 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.559 to settle for the field goal. So you can look 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.400 at those things right there and say, man, if we 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.560 can just get one touchdown, that changes the game. The 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.480 Bengals defense forced to three and out. There's sixth of 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.120 the game to get the offense the ball back, and 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.560 with three and a half minutes to go, Zach Taylor 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:47.400 faced a tough decision go for it on fourth and 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.720 seven at his own forty four or punt pin the 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.640 Seahawks deep in their own territory and try to get 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:57.760 one more three and out on defense. Zach chose to punt, 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.360 and Seattle was able to pick up a fir down 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:04.479 with three straight running plays to basically put the game away. 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:10.440 The final score twenty one twenty Seattle. Here are Tyler Eiffert, 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:15.640 Sam Hubbard, and Andy Dalton on dominating the stats but 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.080 losing on the scoreboard. I thought we went out there 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:22.920 and executed the game, playing pretty well, and we, you know, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:27.160 both sides of the ball played extremely hard. U defense 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.840 came up with a lot of big plays, and you know, 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:31.320 just down there in the in the red zone, we 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.760 just got to find a way to to punch it in. 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.200 But um, you know, there's a lot of good things 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.959 to take away from the game. Obviously disappointed that we 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:41.800 didn't find a way to get it done. That's that's 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:45.120 what good teams need to do, is find a way 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.880 in the end to find a way to win. Yeah, 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.120 I was really proud of the way we fought on 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.160 both sides of the ball. And that's just life in 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.319 the NFL, you know, comes down to one or two 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.600 big plays, one or two points, one or two stops, 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.920 and uh, I just think this is a right, you know, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.440 place to build from. You know, you know, if we 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.599 fight like that for sixteen games, we're gonna win a 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:10.440 lot of football games. And uh, all I could say 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.000 it's probably way we fought, but that's obviously disappointed loss. 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:15.880 You know, there's a lot of things that we that 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:17.440 we did well to day. You know, it's one of 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.120 those it's unfortunate to leave this game with a loss 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.400 because we you know, we fought till the very end. 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.280 We you know, we played really hard on um, you know, 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.200 in all phases of the game. But um definitely something 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.800 to build on this close one and uh you know, 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.920 for us, we weren't able to make the one play 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:34.440 that was going to get us over the tough for today. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:38.080 Zach Taylor's team is Zoe and One. The Bengals new 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.840 head coach spend three minutes with Dave Lapham in the 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.679 locker room after the game. I'm disappointed that we lost. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.280 I'm not disappointed with where guys played. They fought their 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.840 tails off and really in all three phases, probably the 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.640 way they fought on the road, that kind of environment, adversity, 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.640 it's raining, it's filed, and really thought they responded well. 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.120 But you're right in the red zone. We didn't come 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.280 in there. We have enough points and um, when you're 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:59.920 on the road against a great team like this, who's 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.840 been one of the premier organizations over the last decade, 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:04.640 you gotta score the points that you got a chance 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.240 with and didn't get it done. The handling of the noise, 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.679 your silent count unbelievable. The poison you got them to 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.800 jump one time, never did it ever affect you, guys 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.640 in terms of lost yards and penalty. It was incredible 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.600 to watch that whole thing unfold. Proud of those guys. 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.440 I really thought both sides up front, offensive defensive lines 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.080 play their tails off. That was a good front we 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.240 played against on offense, dave Ard Connie is a maniac, 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.000 and our guys just fought their tails off in defensive 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.360 We put pressure on the quarterback all night, came up 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:38.040 before sacks, secondaries, covering their tails off. Linebackers are playing great. 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.240 It's one of the games you expect. It's gonna be 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:41.600 a dirty game. You just gotta make a play to 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.640 win it. Unfortunately, we didn't get it done. I think 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.240 Tyler Lockett only made one play. It was a big play, 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.080 but I mean did a good job of minimizing him 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.200 other than that one big long ball. Yeah, when you 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:53.600 faced Russell Wilson and Tyler Lockett, they're gonna make a 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.520 big play at some point. I haven't seen many teams 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.440 shut that out yet, and so you just gonna be 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.000 able to weather that storm. And our guys did we 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.240 know there's gonna be diverseiting this game. They give up 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.680 a play, we were still in a position to win 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:04.480 the game at the end, and proud of the way 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.760 that our guys responded. In the second quarter, they scored twice. 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.560 You come back and you scored two touchdowns in les 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:10.960 than two minutes. I mean, you score one time with 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.040 forty seven seconds another time, like a minute and a half. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.600 I mean, boom boom the answer, and then when you 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.480 had to struggle, the defense would shut him down. No 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.800 points a lot, I'm thinking, man, both sides have each 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.800 other's back here. Yeah, I mean it was it was 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:25.320 just a well fought game and our guys never got down. 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.800 They would score and we'd go make a big play offense, 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.560 we get stopped, and our defense we go out there 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:32.960 and respond with a great play. And again that's just 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.640 that's what we expect all year from these guys. So 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.720 something to obviously a lot of things to build on here. 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.720 I mean, what was what was your message to the 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.000 team in the locker room? Obviously you probably had some 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.480 despondent guys laying it on the line like they did. 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.200 We're gonna win a lot of games if we fight 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.240 like that every week and to come on the road 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.480 and overcome adversity like we did. Couldn't be prouder of them, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.880 and we're gonna win a lot of games playing football 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.760 like this. Honestly, I haven't seen Russell Wilson be as 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.680 kind of I'm not I'm not saying he was gunjab 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:02.760 but I'm saying disconcerted you know what I mean, he 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.280 was a little bit on his heels and you don't 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.560 usually see Russell Wilson like that. I you know, it's 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.720 I just thought our defensive a great job applying pressure. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:14.520 And that's all we can ask of him. Five down lineman, coach, 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.680 that had him a little bit buffalo for a while. 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.520 You guys, game plan wise, you put it together big time. 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.320 I thought the five down lineman, I thought your screen 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:24.000 package offensive it was a big time. I'm really proud 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.760 of our coaching staff. They got these guys ready to 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:27.520 play and and we knew it was going to come 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:29.440 down to the last drive. Like I said, we didn't 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.600 get it done, but couldn't be prouder of the coaches 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.160 in all three phases of the plans they put together. 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.600 Coach came literally within one play of you know, shutting 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.480 some people up and shocking a lot of people. And 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:42.800 I know that, and that's not the reason you play 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:44.640 the football games. You play the football games to win 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:48.200 football game. But man, like you said, the effort can't 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:52.040 be questioned. That's a great sign. That is, that's that's Unfortunately, 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:53.280 we wanted to be one of no and said I 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.120 win one, but we got a chance to come back 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.840 next we can redeem ourselves. The Bengals finished with four 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.080 hundred and twenty nine yards of offense only two thirty 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:04.960 three four Seattle. That means they outgained the Seahawks by 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:10.280 one hundred ninety six yards and lost. The stat doctor 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.040 Doctor Richard Winer tells me there have only been two 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:17.360 games in Bengals history where they outgained the opponent by 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:20.639 more than one hundred ninety six yards and lost. In 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.879 eighty seven, they outgained Houston by two seventy seven and lost, 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.520 and in seventy eight they outgained Oakland by two forty 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:32.159 seven and dropped one to the Raiders. Now time for 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:36.200 postgame analysis, and I started by conversation with lap by 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:40.480 talking about the statistical dominance in an l the NFL 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:42.879 can be heartbreaking, and this one was exactly that. You know, 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.120 if the games are decided by yards, it's a bloog, 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:49.119 but it's sided by points unfortunately, and the Bengals just 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:50.800 didn't make enough plays in the red zone. I mean, 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:52.919 they got there a few times and get stopped on 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.200 Down's no points fumble ball because out of Andy Dalton's hands, 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.320 no points. You know, mister forty five yard field goal. 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.480 Those those are the kind of things that in a 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.360 one point game you just can't give opportunities away like that. 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:08.160 And you know, Wilson and Lockett, they're big play wall 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.560 Over them only made one play, but it was a 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.479 huge play. I mean it's a touchdown pass to put 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.560 them in the lead for good. And you know, unfortunately 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.680 a mistakes made and they capitalize. So there are a 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.480 lot of things to build on though. You know, I 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:24.760 like the way that the resiliency has showed. Offense defense 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.560 had each other's back. You know, the offense defense would 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:29.840 would allow Seattle score. Offense come right back in the 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.280 second sport and score twice, once in forty five seconds, 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:34.800 once in a little over a minute. I mean, it 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.680 was crazy, come right down the field with big plays 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.880 and score. And even when they scored the Locket's test 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:41.679 and they went right down the field again and settled 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:43.280 for field goal in the red zone, but they did 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.560 score points. So they would always respond. I liked that response. 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:50.080 When the offense had problems or special teams had problems 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:51.760 in the defense on a short field, they held it 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.920 to nothing. So you know, each unit's kind of supporting 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:58.920 each other and you can build something from that. But obviously, 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.080 you know, bitterly just pointing they had a really good 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:05.040 game plan. The five defensive lineman package cost some issues 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.840 to the Seattle Seahawks, There's no question about it, and 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:11.359 you know, you just wish that could have held on 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.159 and when a game would have shocked the NFL, that 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.160 would have shocked the NFL world for sure. Andy Dalton 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:19.240 completed thirty five passes. That's a career high. He threw 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.240 for more than four hundred yards for the first time 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:24.200 in his NFL career. But the running game wasn't there, 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:28.560 averaging about two yards per carry. Was that strictly Seattle's 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.360 defensive approach, I think, I think that's a big part 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:33.240 of it. And as a result of that, they really 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.600 took advantage from the screen game. You know, of the 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:38.399 four hundred yards, I'd say one hundred plus was probably 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.080 in the screen game, somewhere in that range. I'd say 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:43.800 at least one hundred. No GEO had thirty five or 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:46.119 whatever was on one screen, and I know there were 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:48.679 tight end screens or other screens. I feel pretty confidently 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.280 at least one hundred yards, so to me, you know, 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:53.840 it's a short pass, you get offensive lineman out in 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.920 front blocking. It's kind of a hybrid, you know, run 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.800 slash pass kind of thing. And I think it was 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:02.439 what they were doing to stop the run. They were 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.919 vulnerable the screen in the Bengals took big advantage of 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:08.760 him in that screen pass package. So that's something that 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.600 other teams are going to look at and Seattle's gonna 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.919 have to make adjustments on. But Seattle's gonna do what 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:14.960 they do. I don't think they're gonna worry about it. 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:16.800 They're still gonna play defense the way they play it. 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:19.240 But I was really impressed with Zach's game plan. I 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.399 was really impressed with a loose game plan on the 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:25.359 defensive side of things. And you know, guys played so hard. 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:29.040 Carlos played hard. Sam Hubbard was a meniac out there. 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:30.720 His hair was on fire, he was all over the 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.720 football field. A lot of guys played tremendous effort. And 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:36.639 I think that's the thing as you look forward, the 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:39.720 effort that they gave today is gonna lead to a 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:40.800