WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Because The Night 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.559 Hi, get everybody on Dan Hoard and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:12.120 The Bengals Booth Podcast the because the ninth addition has 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:15.440 the Bengals return to prime time for the second straight week, 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:18.200 looking to knock off the six and three Chargers on 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.840 Sunday Night Football coming up, Mike Turrico will be in 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.000 the Booth for NBC and tells us how he views 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.200 the importance of this game for Cincinnati. I'll talk to 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.200 cornerbacks coach Chuck Burks about the loss of Dax Hill, 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:34.000 the play of Cam Taylor Britt and the challenge of 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.200 facing Justin Herbert. 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It's the greatest thing since Jay 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:20.120 Morrison getting the picture. On Sunday Night, Zach Taylor will 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:23.600 coach against Jim Harbaugh for the first time, but it's 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:27.880 not the first time they've met. Their initial meeting happened many, 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:29.800 many years ago. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.480 I went to my first ever NFL game, I think 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:35.000 was ninety two Bear Steelers, and I got to go 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.240 to a Saturday walkthrough and I have a picture with 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.560 Jim Harbo, me Press Taylor and Jim Harbo ninety two 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.160 ninety three. I'm not sure which year it was. It 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.960 was a Steelers at Bear's Bubby Brister versus Jim Harbo, 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:48.920 so I'm sure I think they retired Mike Singletary's jersey 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:52.120 at the game. I think very shaky memory as a 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:56.360 nine year old, ten year old freezing. I remember just 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.440 being why are we here? I think was a question 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.480 I posted a bit so Jim wouldn't know that, But 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.360 but again that's that was the first ever NFL practice 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:07.960 and game I ever went to. It had to have 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:09.640 been a Saturday walk through because I remember the fridge 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:11.840 driving around a golf cart throwing snowballs at people, and 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.360 we got a picture with Mike Didka and Jim Harball. 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.840 The two people got pictures with picture. You have it, 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:22.480 I don't know where it is. Yeah, uh, all right, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:27.080 I'll continue the story. When I was in Miami, the 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.560 picture showed up at my house autographed when I was 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.680 with the Dolphins, and I remember calling my mom saying, 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:35.240 why do I have an autographed Jim Harbaugh picture? Which 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.000 I don't know if he actually autographed it or not. 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:38.360 It might have been somebody at the forty nine ers. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:42.120 My grandfather thought that Jim Harbaugh needed to know that 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.280 the two kids in the picture are now NFL coaches, 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.760 and so he kept sending it to the forty nine 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.320 ers and was getting no response, and I'm sure a 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.960 secretary somebody eventually just signed it and sent it back. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.480 And so he shows up on my doorstep in Miami, 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.639 and I remember call my mom like what are we doing? 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.120 And she explained the whole situation, which I understoo. My 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:04.400 grandfather's very proud and felt like, you know, Jim Harball 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.320 needed to know, like he hadn't taken a million other 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.799 pictures with other kids before so the picture exists. I 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:12.320 don't know where it is. Is probably my parents' house. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:16.919 Norman like that Sunday, You'll go, that's really cool. You're 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.880 probably right. Would you like to see the picture? Of 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.720 course you would like to see the picture. Our pal, 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.520 Jay Morrison, contacted Zach's mom to get the pick and 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.160 some additional details about the meeting. Just search for Jay 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:35.480 Morrison Sports Illustrated, then scroll down to the story about 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:39.120 Zach meeting Jim Harbaugh for the first time in thirty 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:43.960 two years. It is outstanding. Now time to look ahead 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:48.720 to Sunday Night with Chris Collinsworth's broadcast partner on NBC. 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.040 For the fourth time this year, the Bengals are in primetime. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.600 It's the second time they are on the most watched 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.680 show on television, Sunday Night Football, And that means my 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.080 buddy Mike Tarico be in the booth for NBC. Mike, 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.440 the Bengals are a game out of the final playoff 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.560 spot in the AFC. How do you plan to frame 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.040 the importance of this game for Cincinnati when you sign 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:11.920 out on Sunday Night. 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:14.520 It's not a must, but it is right. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.800 It's not a must because there's no mathematical elimination, any 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.880 of that stuff. The back half of the AFC is 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.360 not who we thought they were, to quote Denny Green, 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.279 but the Bengals have let them off the hook. 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.440 A couple of times here To continue that thought. 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.080 They had great chances to win a few of these games, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.960 and now they're out of chances pretty much. And Dan, 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.480 I think it's one of those games that all of 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.919 a sudden, if you get the Chargers to six and 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.800 four and then you're sitting at five and six. Let's 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.200 forget the imbalance of the number of games, but now 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.920 you're looking at the lost column. Go okay, now we're 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.040 two within two of these guys and have a head 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.680 to head against them. It just shortens the deck a 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:59.640 little bit so mathematically in the big scope of the 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.240 AC playoff picture, which I guess we'm starting to see 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.760 on TV now, right, that's how you know it's getting cold. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.200 If you live in the Northeast, they are living the North. 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.760 Rather, the golf courses start to put temporary greens out 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.160 and play less plentiful, and the playoff picture shows up 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.719 on TV. You're in that mix. If you get a 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.200 win in the AFC against one of those other teams 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.160 in the mix. So I think it's not a must win, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:24.279 but it is for the Bengals. 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.880 They could easily have two wins over Baltimore. They could 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.760 easily have a win over Kansas City. How would you 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:32.920 describe the Bengals season to date? 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.320 They're good enough, but they've been disappointing. I mean, the 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:44.599 difference is I'd probably say good teams play five or 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.720 six games in that neighborhood, and the really good ones 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.960 go five and one, and the okay teams go three, three, 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.120 two and four. But the teams that aren't good don't 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.200 win these games. And that's where the Bengals record is 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.960 right now. And look, Tony one's playing better, I got that, 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:06.440 But that one feels like there's one you'll never get back. 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:07.000 Right. 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.080 Sometimes you lose a game, you say, okay, you know what, 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.400 things will leaven out during the year. That one feels 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.840 like we're not going to get that game back. There's 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.560 no makeup for that loss during the season, and now 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:23.599 it's it's requiring other people on the team to match 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.760 the remarkable that have come from the quarterback of the receiver. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:32.279 Burrow and Chase have been truly remarkable. Highlight moments, big 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.280 plays gotta have it. Everybody in the ballpark knows it's 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.560 going to him, and he he still ends up opening 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.120 catching the ball. There have to be other guys, not 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.400 that everybody's been poor, but other guys have to come 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.040 up to that level for this team to go on 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.719 a run that they kind of need. At this point, 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.520 you're looking at you know, a five and two, a 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.880 six and one. You need everybody else to be great 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.359 along with them. I think that's the key to this 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.039 team right now. 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.159 Mike, you've been doing NFL games on primetime for about 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.760 twenty years. Have you seen a better combo than Burrow 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:03.279 to Chase. 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:05.480 It's a great question. 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.440 You know, the year of Brady and Moss was ridiculous 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.640 and the records show it. There are you know, there 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.240 have been guys along the way at years like this, 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.480 I mean Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson at a couple 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.160 of months like this. But this is right up there 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:26.840 and it's sustained and it's I think Dan. What maybe 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:31.440 puts it in a unique place in space is they're 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:36.280 both making spectacular plays. The hits that Burrow is taking, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.760 the ability to stand in the pocket and deliver on 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.760 past forty eight and fifty two. We've been beaten up 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.320 all night. That jumps out to you and Chase on 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.200 the business and there there is almost nobody. You start 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.400 going through how good the receiver group is right now 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.160 in the NFL. I don't think I'd rather a ball 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.840 be thrown to anybody but Jamar Chase right now. And 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:01.000 that's in the Justin Jefferson comversation. We just had him 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.040 a few weeks ago. I watched all his catches. I 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.720 watched all the Chase catches from the year earlier today, 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:12.920 and you just go, Okay, speed, yes, strong hands, hands, catch, 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:17.000 catch on the run, work his way open, physical contact, 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.960 double teams. It's like every box possible for well the 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.800 receiver catch against these circumstances, He's checking every single one. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.160 And I said it about Joe like his toughness is 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:30.720 off the chart, off the charts. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:31.560 He's been so good. 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.640 So I think it's a long way of saying probably not, 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.480 but that Brady Maushiere was pretty special. So I don't 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.280 want to dismiss being a prisoner of the moment right now. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.560 You and Chris had the Bengals Giants back in Week six, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.240 Cincinnati held New York to seven points in that win. 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.160 It's their best defensive performance of the year. The Giants 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.880 offense obviously has something to do with that. But did 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.679 you see anything that night that makes you think, all right, 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.560 if the Bengals can do this a little bit better defensively, 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.760 they've got a chance in the less seven that night. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.680 Yes, not as much last week. 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:09.160 Cover like the first half last week, they had Lamar Jackson. 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.640 And the Ravens kind of flummixed a little bit. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:15.920 They had them gasping and grasping for straws, and then 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.319 all of a sudden, it was like every every pass 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:21.400 was accessible and open. They need better corner play, they 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.040 just do. And I know louis shuffling the deck as 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:27.679 much as possible. No, look, the linebackers to take them 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.640 with everybody with Trey has done up front with eleven sacks. 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.400 Now that's you can't get better that, especially when there's 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.720 not an opposite number who's piling up five or six. 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.880 So Trey is doing it with all the attention on him. 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:46.200 So edge rush is there can need some help. That 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.800 interior push isn't the same as it was. That would help, 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.960 But the corner places got to be better down the 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:56.679 stretch here. And the Chargers are an interesting team because 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:01.600 Herbert contest Herbert and Burrow. If the game gets bad, 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.560 I think we're just stopping at halftime and just let 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.840 those guys just show off their arms, because it's two 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:10.480 of the greatest throwing shows you'll see in the NFL. 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.240 And there's a ball Herbert threw in a game last 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.920 year that I still can't believe he completed against Miami. 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:17.880 And we've seen Joe do it like I was talking 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:23.320 about before, But the Chargers are playing harball. It's just 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.080 like kind of rough and tumbling. Here comes a defensive 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.160 line and we've turned into a full back and we're 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.600 gonna make him into the same kind of piece that 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:35.080 Patrick Ricard is in Baltimore. Jim Harbaugh has a way 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:39.800 of kind of making a physical, tough team come together. 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.760 And that was never ever what you said about the Chargers. 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.600 But in nine games you do because of harball. But 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.720 this is to your question, your point, like, if Herbert 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.959 needs to throw, he can throw. And Quentin Johnston has 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.839 been good, Joshua Palmer was good with injuries a few 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.440 years ago. He's good, and Lad McConkie has done a 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.400 very nice job as coming in. So if they need 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.200 to sit back and throw, they've got the people to 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.080 do it, and the quarterbacks got the arm to do it, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.360 Which means the Bengals corners might not be tested as 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.040 much as they will against other people, but they better 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.800 be ready because this can morph into an explosive offense 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:16.680 if they so choose. 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.440 The Chargers are giving up thirteen points a game. Nobody 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:24.199 scored twenty on them yet now they haven't faced the 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:27.360 top ten scoring offense to this point of the season. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:32.480 Is that the big story Burrow Chase hopefully Higgins versus 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:36.520 that great Chargers d. 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.800 It is in large part, and I think one of 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.439 the big stories with that is the edge pressure that 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:45.000 the Chargers bring. We'll talk about Cincinnati needing other people 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:46.000 that come along here. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:47.120 You know the Chargers. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.920 You think of, Oh, it's Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.559 And we've seen those guys are a lot of years. 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.679 They're both very good and we know what they can 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.040 do over the years. But all of a sudden, Twoy 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.720 two Polo two who played for them last year. He's 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.800 been an effective pass are and Bud Dupree, who most 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.440 of the people listening and watching this know from the division. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.240 He's come in and given them a factor. So when 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.800 you can roll four guys in there, now you've got something. 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.800 And I think that's been the basis for a lot 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.320 of what they've done. The same defensive coordinator that we saw, 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:18.880 Jesse Minter, who the Minter family is very well known 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:23.679 to the Cincinnati folk from Rick Stays at EC. Jesse's 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.560 just a it's a solid defense. It's a solid defense 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:30.000 with a piece in Derwin James playing what's become I 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:33.000 think dan one of the coolest positions in the NFL's 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:37.160 slot corner. They are like seven or I wonder who 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.880 the best slot corner is in the AFC. I mean, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:42.400 you guys see Mike Hilton on a regular basis. We 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.200 saw Kenny Moore with the Colts. We've seen Taron Johnson 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:49.320 with the Bills, we saw Houston and Petrie last week. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.840 That position has become populated with some really good players, 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.320 and they've got one in Derwin James, who they finally 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.079 I think it found the right role for on this team. 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.280 So that's a guy who's gonna be nosing around to 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.320 try to take away any easy throws for Joe. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.120 This is a good defense. 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.080 But like you said, now you step into the deep 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.679 end against as dynamic and offense as there is in 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.400 the league throwing the ball. Can you keep them to 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.040 thirteen fourteen points? If you do that, then then you 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:19.200 probably win a football game. 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:23.319 Final thing for my buddy, Mike Tarico. You've hosted the Olympics, 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.800 the Masters, the Kentucky Derby. You're gonna get to call 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:30.040 the super Bowl following next season. So you've done it all. 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.760 But this past Sunday night, you were part of the 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:39.800 greatest timed sideline report in the history of television for 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.520 people that might not have been watching. Can you explain 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:43.199 what happened? 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:48.120 Oh, it was crazy. Usually the sideline reports. Here's coach 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.439 X after halftime. Yeah, you know, we went in there. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.120 We told them we've got to stop the running. We 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:53.840 got establish the run. If we could stop the run 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:55.800 and establish the run, I think we can win the game. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:59.320 Thanks very much. Back to you. So Dan Campbell's interview 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.560 air coming out at halftime, and here's a backstory. Nobody's 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:06.920 heard Dan the time before it. Dan Campbell's good TV. Right, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:08.440 you just put a microphone in front of his face. 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:11.040 He's good TV, but with forty five seconds, which is 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.360 long to squeeze in after a kickoff and before the 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.880 next play. So we're going back and forth with Rob Highland, 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.080 our producer, and me like how do we do this? 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:21.920 And said, hey, I'll get it to you. I'll get 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:23.640 it to it as quick as possible. Let it lead 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.440 into the first play. He's like, yeah, let's do it. 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.880 That's fun. Good idea. So he was driving that bus 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.840 and then of course Dan Campbell's answers. 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.360 We got to come up with some turnovers and five 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.120 seconds later, boom, there's a turnover. Actually, if I wasn't 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.560 fast so fast getting to the interview, it would have 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.880 timed up right to the second, but it was. It 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.040 was pretty funny, and then kind of set the tone 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.400 for the whole half. And it's interesting. 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.400 Every once in a while, I think they have value 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:50.200 because I like to. 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.520 Hear the voice that the guy we're showing for three 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:57.080 hours and more and more coaches say things Brian Dable 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.040 after the first quarter a couple of weeks ago, at 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.760 least gave him some sub since on what's bothering him 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:02.840 and what's the key? Right? 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.640 So I think they're better than other people do. But 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:07.520 that one was the al. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.800 Timer, and that's one that will gladly be a part 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:11.280 of forever. 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.960 The game was an all timer, two five picks for 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.200 the team that won. Maybe we'll see something similarly crazy 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.880 this Sunday night. Looking forward to seeing you, my friend. 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:21.160 Thanks so much for your time. 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.480 Wait a minute, Wait a minute, wait a minute, before 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:24.200 you keep going. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:25.520 You knew I was going to get you on this. 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.640 Cincinnati, your voice of the Bengals and voice of the Bearcats, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.800 Dan Hordes, being honored by our album out of Syracuse 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.600 with the Marty Glickman Award. Marty Glickman was the early 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.360 great broadcasters of all time. Look them up. He's a 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.680 great story. Marty's legacy means a lot to the people 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.920 in Syracuse. And Dan is being honored for his contributions 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.520 to this industry with that award, and I just want 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:48.880 to say congratulations. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:50.520 No one deserves it more. 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.400 You know what you mean to me in my career, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.560 and we are so thrilled that you are joining our 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:58.520 club with this award. Sinceres, congratulations, Cincinnati, you have an 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.720 all time gym on your hands, the last on a 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.200 quarter century and I hope you just appreciate him as 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.440 much as we do, so congrats, Budge. 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.040 I got to know Mike when I was a junior 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.280 and he was a freshman at Syracuse, and here's what 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.200 you need to know about him. Despite truly being one 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:18.000 of the best sportscasters in the history of TV and radio, 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:22.840 Mike is that guy that never forgets his friends. When 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.360 he comes to town, He'll reach out to grab breakfast 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.840 if something significant happens for one of our college buddies. 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:32.080 He is the guy that makes sure that everybody else 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:35.920 knows about it. I am blessed to have wonderful friends, 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.280 and Mike Tariko truly is one of the kindest and 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:44.000 most generous people I have ever met. Now let's get 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:47.280 to my second guest. In my conversation with Mike, he 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.160 mentioned the need for better cornerback play in order for 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.040 the Bengals defense to take a big step forward in 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.120 the final seven games of the season. I discussed that 0:16:56.200 --> 0:17:02.000 position group this week with cornerbacks coach Chuck Burt. Chuck, 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.960 let's start with the guy that unfortunately you lost back 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.280 in Week five to a torn acl Dax Hill. How 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.359 was he playing when he went down? 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.600 Yeah, I thought Dax was doing a phenomenal job, especially 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.360 for somebody making a transition. You know, within a year, 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:21.960 he was really playing extremely consistent. The game against the Ravens, 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:25.040 he was actually starting at corner and starting at nickel 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.840 because Mike Mike Hillton was gone and he was on 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:29.439 his way to have a good game that week. He was, 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.760 you know, really playing the best out of all the 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:34.159 corners to that point of the season. 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:36.840 And that was a tremendous loss. 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.000 You know, I told Lou that when we lost Dax, 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.000 we really lost three starting positions. We lost the corner, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.959 we lost the nickel, and we lost you know, a 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:48.960 tight end cover guy on third down. So that was 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:50.240 a tremendous loss for the defense. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.000 Outside cover corner is one of the most difficult positions 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.199 to play. It's why the top ones make more than 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.560 twenty million dollars a year. Did Dak show you that 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.840 he had the ability to be one of those guys? 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:06.040 And you know, I've never doubted that really since he 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.840 was drafted. You know, I always believe that that Daks 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.280 could play outside corner. And you know, when he made 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.440 that transition, you know, he didn't blink. I didn't blink. 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.000 I actually felt that we had drafted the first round 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.800 corner this year, you know, when we made the switch. 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.760 So I definitely see it from an ability standpoint, But 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:27.440 more importantly, Dax has the mental makeup of being able 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.800 to play that position and critical moment of the game. 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:31.119 And what makes these guys elite. 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.520 Me and me and Jase mccordy is actually having this conversation, 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:37.320 is what makes elite corners elite is their elite and 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:41.640 third down raider and two minute against their best. That's 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.840 what makes these guys elite. And you have to have 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:45.960 the right temperament for it. You have to have a 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.000 short memory and be able to have a tremendous belief 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:50.120 in yourself throughout the game. 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:51.240 And that's what Dax has. 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.639 We're visiting with cornerbacks coach Chuck Berks Cam Taylor. Britt 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.200 is twenty five years old. He's in his third NFL season. 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:02.000 He wants to be great. Play this year has been inconsistent. 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.200 What stands out to you, you know, it's just that, 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:08.240 you know, it's just that it's it's the inconsistency with 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.919 the with the details and the day to day things 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.760 that he knows what to do and he just has 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.240 to do what he knows on a consistent basis. And 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:20.400 me and him had a conversation the other day about 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:24.240 what makes a pro. A pro is consistency, being able 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:27.479 to go out and play at a high level on 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:29.800 a consistent basis, not just for one week, not for 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.320 two weeks, but throughout the season. Now, they are gonna 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.640 be games where, you know, those guys on the other 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.560 side get paid as well. But we just want to 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:41.320 make sure, you know, whenever those plays are made, it's 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.760 not because of us, because they're being great, you know, 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:45.840 And that's that's what we're getting to. I don't I 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:48.359 don't have a lack of confidence or lack of faith 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:49.960 and came to the Bride. I've had him since his 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:53.160 rookie year. I know that he wants to be great. 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:54.479 I know that it's important to him. 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:55.880 I know this team is important to him. 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.840 And he's fighting through it and it's it's growing pains. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.200 Know he's still a young development player in our league 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:03.239 and it is hard to do. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:04.640