Speaker 1: So, uh, Jim Trusby, Wall Street Journal, Um So, I
Speaker 1: guess talk about the challenges and preparing for the Jets. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they you know, the Jets are versus the team they
Speaker 1: do a lot with their different blitz packages and different fronts.
Speaker 1: Um So, I mean there's a lot that you've got
Speaker 1: to look at. And you know, being the first game,
Speaker 1: you've got a whole season to watch, and so you
Speaker 1: see all the different things that that they did last year,
Speaker 1: You watch the preseason, You try to get as prepared
Speaker 1: as you can for the stuff that they do. But
Speaker 1: I mean they are versatile, They do a lot of
Speaker 1: different things. Um, up front, end, in the back end.
Speaker 1: Is it tough because it's the first game to play
Speaker 1: a team that's a little bit tricky on defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't say it's tough. It's just you
Speaker 1: just got a you got a lot to look at,
Speaker 1: You've got a lot to prepare for, and um, you
Speaker 1: don't know what their personality is gonna be. I think
Speaker 1: that's if there's gonna be something that's tough about it,
Speaker 1: that's that's the big thing is, Um you know, you
Speaker 1: don't know what they're gonna be this year and so
Speaker 1: you can only you can you only see so much
Speaker 1: during the preseason. Um. So, I mean I think that's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is you've got a lot that a
Speaker 1: lot to watch, a lot to prepare for, and you
Speaker 1: don't know what you're gonna get and and what's your
Speaker 1: experience in terms of the games you've played against the Jets?
Speaker 1: Like what what if? What have you seen? Um? Well,
Speaker 1: when I played against him, it was you know, a
Speaker 1: different head coach, different coordinator and so um no, uh
Speaker 1: it was obviously a little bit different. But you know,
Speaker 1: they're a really good team up front, They've got guys
Speaker 1: in the back end that can play really well. They
Speaker 1: have one of the you know, the top corners with
Speaker 1: Revis and so, um, you know, he's gotta be prepared
Speaker 1: for the different stuff that through about you now is
Speaker 1: that you know with Revus Obviously a few years ago
Speaker 1: a lot was made of you know, the Revus Island thing.
Speaker 1: As a quarterback, do you not go in with the
Speaker 1: mindset I am going to avoid this side of the field.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately for we've got you know, a j Green and
Speaker 1: we um, you know, we we feel like, uh, we
Speaker 1: gotta trust our guys to win and so, um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's one of those things you go in obviously depending
Speaker 1: on certain plays and different reads and different things. But
Speaker 1: um president, when we we gotta we trust our guys
Speaker 1: to win again against you know, whoever's out there. And
Speaker 1: so how so, how has the Bengals offense looked this
Speaker 1: so far in preseason? Yeah? We feel confident with what
Speaker 1: we have. You know, I think that's the um something
Speaker 1: big for us is, you know, we've got to get
Speaker 1: into a rhythm and umho, I think we've we've shown
Speaker 1: that through the preseason. Now it's time to do it
Speaker 1: when it when it counts. So you know, obviously the
Speaker 1: last season didn't end so great when you got hurt.
Speaker 1: How's that? How's the thumb rehabing all that is? Are
Speaker 1: you completely undercent? Yeah, I'm I've got no set back
Speaker 1: from the phone. And um so what what is your
Speaker 1: what is your expectation for the season. Yeah, we like
Speaker 1: to have a good year. I think you know everybody's
Speaker 1: saying that right now, but I think with you know,
Speaker 1: with a team that we have, we've got high expectations
Speaker 1: for ourselves. So we expect to play well. And um
Speaker 1: it starts on Sunday. Um the final thing for me.
Speaker 1: I guess, um, you know, you guys are one of
Speaker 1: the few teams that have made the playoffs five consecutive years,
Speaker 1: I believe, M. Do you feel sometimes that you guys
Speaker 1: are a little underrated in that in that respect where
Speaker 1: you know, people talk about the New England's and the Denver's,
Speaker 1: but sometimes, you know, don't really talk about the Cincinnatis.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's one thing that we're not we're not
Speaker 1: worried about. I mean for us, it's especially right now,
Speaker 1: our focuses, you know, the first game of the year,
Speaker 1: and um, that's all you can worry about is what
Speaker 1: you're doing right now, and so um, you know we're
Speaker 1: not We're not worried about any of that other stuff.
Speaker 1: We're trying to do whatever we can to win this week.