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For 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.399 much of this year, NFL experts have warned us that 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.400 the second half of the season was going to be 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.600 tough for the Bengals because of their difficult schedule. So 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.360 a few weeks ago, at a team meeting the night 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.560 before a road game at Tennessee, Zach Taylor told his 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:29.160 players that it was their opponents that should be worried 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:33.360 because they have to play Cincinnati. After the Bengals beat 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.720 the Titans, that came up in the locker room celebration 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:44.720 ule a guy with a high pitched boys who yelled, 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.120 they've got to play us was sixty nine year old 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.880 assistant coach Mark Duffner, who's in his forty eighth year 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:55.640 in coaching. So last week, after the Bengals beat the Chiefs, 0:01:56.040 --> 0:02:00.960 Zach Taylor requested a repeat performance by the coach universally 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.920 known as duff A heavyway battle right there. Okay, you 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.160 guys went toe to toe, he came out on top. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:11.200 It took everybody in this locker room. What do we say, Dolf? 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.120 It has become the slogan for this year's team, and 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.239 it was the first thing brought up in the locker 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:25.600 room after Sunday's win over Cleveland. Dufner began his coaching 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:30.000 career as a graduate assistant at Ohio State under Woody Hayes. 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.240 On Thursday, I talked to him about becoming a social 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:39.280 media sensation all the credit ghost of the head coach, 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.520 Zach Taylor. Zach had that as a theme, uh the 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:47.320 night before we played Tennessee and uh so, uh, you know, 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.400 of course, after we won that ball game, everybody was 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.920 excited in the locker room and we you know, we 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.000 just carried that theme on a little bit. So it's 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.600 the the originator and the inventor, if you will, is 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.640 Zach Taylor. I just had to be a you know, 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.799 a small piece of it. The first time it sounded 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.320 like you just kind of blurted it out naturally. The 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:11.240 second time it was a pond request. Yeah, that's exactly right, 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.000 he did, you know, he just said Duff And I 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:15.920 kind of thought that was a cute maybe, and so 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.480 I've fired it out again. But no, he's uh, yeah, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.640 I've blurted it out just to kind of keep well. 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.560 Everybody was excited, and so I was trying to add 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.840 to the excitement. The players seem to love it, Are 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.760 you aware? I'm not aware of that, but that's if 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.160 they do, then that's awesome. We appreciate that. Do you 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:37.800 think that this theme is appropriate for kind of what 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.280 this team has gone through in terms of everybody's worried 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.920 about how hard the schedule is going to be and 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.120 forgetting that this team was minutes away from winning a 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.560 Super Bowl? Yeah, I think, well, I think this. I think, 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.480 you know, the focus for sure is that we're playing, 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:52.560 you know, one game at a time, and you've got 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.200 to be ready for that. But this is a confident team. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.360 This is a team that cares a lot about itself, 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.080 about each other, and about about the team, and so 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.960 that they're all, you know, I think, dialed into that, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.040 and they're anxious to prove that we are a good 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.360 football team and we're trying to get better each and 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.520 every week. Do you want to give me one, not 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.120 at the top of your lungs, but at a regular volume. 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.719 They've got to play us. Now, let's get to the 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.039 highlights from Sunday's thirteen point win in the Battle of 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:24.120 Ohio first and ten. At the fifteen of Cleveland nine 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.359 fifty left in the second quarter, Burrow extends the hands, 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:29.880 catches a high snap from the pocket throws for the 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:37.159 end Chase hasn't touchdown Bengals has Chase does the gritty. 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.000 I'm the back line of the end zone. M the 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.760 Bengals score first. When I was a dark between two 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:49.279 defensive backs. Joe Burrow just threw a scene right between 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:53.640 Denzel Ward and the safety John Johnson. First and goal 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.440 at the six shotgun snap, Burrow hands it to p 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:00.960 Rhyan Samante Price to tackle head runs into the end zone. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:05.120 Want to run by some much a p Ryan. He 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:09.320 was completely stacked up at the line of scrimmage. Somehow 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.440 escaped like he got out of a straight jacket and 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.479 read it into the end zone for the Bengals touchdown. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.080 The reason why this guy stayed on their blocks nobody 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:23.080 could grab them. The offensive lineman sustained contact and that 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.239 smaj A p Rhyan is not gonna stop the engine. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.039 First and ten at the Cleveland forty five yard line, 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.000 Burrow catches a high snap. Now it's a flea flicker. 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.520 God's gonna throw it too. He's got a man open 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:39.320 over the shoulder catch Trenton Irwin half the six touchdown 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:45.920 down eight Bengals to flee. Flicker executed to perfection. As 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.760 Burrow gave it to Mix and he flipped it back 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:53.359 to Joe and Joey Franchise launched it perfectly down the 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:57.200 middle of the field for the touchdown strike to Trenton Irwin. 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.720 Watson fakes to Chubb screen pass caught by the Joku. 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.760 He's at the ten the five times for the pylon, 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.800 extends the ball in his right, huts and specks the 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.520 pylon for a TD Burrows under center. Irwin goes in 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:14.279 jet motion. They pitch in the opposite direction. Mixon running 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:18.320 to the thirty jobs forty down the sideline fifty the 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:22.400 Browns forty. Hen he gets toppled around the Cleveland thirty 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:27.960 five by safety John Johnson. A forty yard run for 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:34.279 Joe Mixon. Watson fakes looking to throw fires down field, intercepted, 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.279 it's picked off by Jesse Backs hen he goes out 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.280 of bounds at the forty two yard line. He will 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.440 run down to the opposite end zone for the pose 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:48.880 with his defensive teammates. It is fourth and four. This 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:52.520 could be their last chance. Down by thirteen. Nick Chubb 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.880 checks back in and running back Watson catches the shotgun 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:59.800 snap Pump fakes throws in the late hen that should 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:07.839 be coffin now Bam bam. Six fourth down opportunities the 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.720 Bengals stopped on three. Each team has a takeaway, but 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:17.560 those are equivalent to turnovers. They have three fourth down stops, 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.880 which is a big reason they're up two scores. The 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:24.360 twenty three to ten win means that Joe Burrow can 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:28.000 cross another thing off of his checklist. When the AFC 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:33.000 North check go to the super Bowl check and finally 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:38.960 beat the Cleveland Browns check. Well, we're still wanting four 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:40.840 against him, so we still got some work to do. 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.240 But today was a good start. The win ended a 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.320 five game losing streak against Cleveland, and it came despite 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:50.320 the absence of three key offensive weapons. Hayden Hurst has 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.440 ruled out early in the week with a calf injury, 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:57.160 and Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd were sidelined early on Sunday, 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:00.400 in Tea's case with a sore hamstring in boyd case 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.960 with a dislocated finger. Here's Zach Taylor, you know we 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.960 really lost Tea and warm ups. We lost TB on 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.200 the second play of the game offensively, and and guys 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:11.800 just stepped up, knew what to do. There had to 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:13.960 be a lot of modifications, but but we settled in 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.200 and found a way to move the ball. And that's 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.000 really because our defense allowed us to. You know, they 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.520 gave us the time by lemonton to points off the 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.640 board to let our offense find a way, you know, 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.880 to take that lead there. So really just good team 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.680 effort finding a way to win. In December in a 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.600 Visional game, even though Higgins and Boyd were out, the 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:36.960 Browns couldn't cover Jamar Chase. Joe Burrow only completed eighteen passes, 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.920 and Chase caught more than half of them. He finished 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.960 with ten catches for one hundred nineteen yards and did 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.200 it by lining up all over the place. You gotta 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.960 have a smart player, first of all, because if he's 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:54.720 able to handle he really played all three positions, really, X, 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.719 F and Z. Maybe he wasn't always called that, that's 0:08:57.720 --> 0:08:59.720 where we'd put him. He's got all sorts of motions, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.680 he's got a lot of things. He's going to remember 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.320 which side he's on, to remember what part of the 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:07.080 concept he's involved in. But that allows us to just 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.200 have so much freedom to move him around and find 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.040 ways to get him the ball. Because because of his 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.720 understanding of what we're trying to accomplish in his communication 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.680 with Joe. More from Zach Taylor in a bit. The 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.680 Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you by Bengals Picks 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.640 and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with tickets and 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:28.920 signed merchandise up for grabs find both inside the Bengals 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.560 app and by pay Corps. More than twenty nine thousand 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:36.920 customers trust paycre to help them recruit, pay, engage, and 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:42.400 retain employees. Learn more at paycorps dot com. With an 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.880 injury ravaged receiving cords, the Bengals leaned heavily on the 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.520 running game and finished with one hundred thirty six yards 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.920 on the ground After missing two games due to a concussion. 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:54.560 Joe Mixon led the way and he talked to Dave 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:59.640 Lapham after the game. Joe fourteen carries ninety six yards 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.640 rushing on the day. One more carry to get that century, 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.160 Mark Man, I mean that was a hell of a performance, yeah, man, 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.000 just really locking in and dialing into the game plan. 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.320 Pilot was, you know, dialing up the runs and Zach 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.640 and them guys on the perimeter, tight ends and even 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.319 a lineman running out there. Man, they did a hell 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.120 of a job blocking the day, and me and p 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.440 Ryan was personate enough to make plays behind him, so 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.319 you know, me and him was breaking tackles and that 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.240 second uh, you know, the second contact, you know, it 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.120 was leading us to getting autumn yards. So he just 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.559 gotta keep on doing that, Joe, I thought, Okay, which 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.400 tandem is gonna gonna have the better day? Chubb and 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:42.360 Hunt and they had forty yards on a combined eighteen 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.320 carries a little over two yards to carry and you 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.640 and p Ryan had a combined one hundred and eighteen 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.640 on eighteen carriages. Case closed. You know, man, p Ryan, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.280 they got a great tandem over there. But man, p Ryan, 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.120 we've been doing this for eight years now, bro, so 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:59.800 we know what we bring to the table. We know 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:01.720 we could be elite, the one two punch, of course. 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.120 So we just gonna keep on coming, coming to work, 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.680 you know, getting better, keep on pushing each other to 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:10.160 be the best, uh, to be the best player that 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.800 we know we could be. And we just gonna keep 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.280 on trying to get better. Man, keep on stacking these 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.480 wins because that's all that matter. And you know, made 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:22.920 the best come so without cursed without boy, without Higgins. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.000 Did you know that the running game even had to 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.600 take on the bigger burden of responsibility a little bit um? 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.120 You know, we know that other guys, receivers and tight 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.040 ends can fill in as well, though. We got it. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.600 That's what That's one thing about our deep our offense. Really, 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.760 we got a lot of depth. And you know, fortunately, 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.880 fortunately enough, man, we got guys I could just fill 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:45.400 in and come in and actually contribute. And you know, 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.320 that's one thing We've been fortunate enough, and we just 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.080 gotta keep on having people step up. We don't know 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.040 where had happened, you know what I'm saying. So he's 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.640 gotta keep on having them guys come in ready and 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.360 stepping up. And everybody's been able to do that. Joe. 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.800 Five in a row, seven out of Bate football teams 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.720 playing their best football the most opportunity time again. Yeah, yeah, 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.440 most definitely, man. I mean, we started that streak and 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:08.760 we gotta keep on building. I mean, it's a long 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.520 season and we know we know what the task at 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.840 hand is. We just gotta keep on getting better, keep 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.439 on building, keep on showing up to work optimistic on well, 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.400 you know what the task is at him, Man, and 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.960 just keep keep on dialing into the game plan and 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.960 keep on moving forward, keep on stocking the wins, keep 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.480 going one and all. That's what it's all about. For sure. 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:33.480 Definitely appreciate you. That's a lot. Defensively, the Bengals held 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.000 Nick Chubb to thirty four yards two weeks after they 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.880 held Derrick Henry to thirty eight. Teams simply can't run 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.120 against the Bengals when a healthy DJ Reader is on 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.240 the field. Man, we had a good job on defense. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.080 We gave him that big runner early and guys kind 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:51.720 of looked in the mirror check themself, knew what we 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.240 need to do and settle down. And that's just what 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.160 team defense is. Man. We knew they were gonna run 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.959 the bar at least try and they weren't gonna stop 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:00.760 until we got some points on offense. So we had 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.880 to really go in there and really stop it. So 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.920 the guys they bought in. Man, just is gonna be 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:08.600 so proud of the guys and the group of guys 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:10.800 I worked with every days. Happy to be a part 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.520 of this group. Logan Wilson had seventeen tackles in the game. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.000 I think fourteen Solos. What you think of his performance? Man, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.000 he was out there playing good ball, just running around, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.720 flying around. It's a great game. You know. I trusted 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.200 him and Jermaine so much back there behind me. I 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:26.840 know if I could clean up some pitchers for him, 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.120 they gonna go in there like he's seeking missus Moga tackle. 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.720 So they did a great job with it. And Man, seventeen, 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.440 you're out there moving. It's a lot of tackles. When 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.160 you've played this year, opponents or averaging about three point 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.480 six yards to carry. I believe in the games that 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:45.040 you've missed, it's like a one yard difference. Obviously, your 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:49.679 impact in defending the run is huge for this team up. 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.000 That's what they brought me here for. Man, you know, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.160 I take pride in it, and the guys around me 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.959 stay proud in it. So that's what I'm here for. Man. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:58.520 I enjoy it. I didn't go there inside of the games, 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.680 no matter what kind of run game it is, tone gap, 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.240 if you didn't get out the ball, run stretch, whatever 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.640 it is, I'm into. I just love those type of players. 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.280 Do whatever I can do healthy team game Balls went 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.280 to reader and fellow defensive tackle bj Hill for stuffing 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:17.600 to run, Logan Wilson for his seventeen tackles, Jesse Bates 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:21.760 for his interception, and rookie Cam Taylor Brett, who came 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.560 up with some key pass breakups in the fourth quarter. 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.560 Cam made his first NFL start in that loss to 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:33.360 Cleveland on Halloween Night. You described earlier in the week 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.200 how facing Amari Cooper the first time around it's a 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.240 bit of an eye opener. In the NFL second time around, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.640 it obviously went considerably better. Yes, sir, Like I said, 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.080 man that first time, you know, I was getting my 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.320 feet with They had Cam early. I've played you know, 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.720 numerous of games. Now they're just staying a lot. It's 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.480 a copycat league, so you're gonna see a lot of 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.520 the same stuff. And I knew, you know, what they 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.440 got me on the first game, So just wanted to 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.160 hold in on that and make sure, you know, while 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.160 I'm pressing other trying to get hands on uh, you know, 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.400 just play top down really, so in the zones they 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.800 were catching little hitches and curls and stuff. You know, 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.520 I just wanted to play top down, no deep shots. 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.280 Well I'm a fourth down fade. That kind of clenched it. 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.200 Did you figure I'm the rookie, I'm lined up against Cooper. 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.320 It's coming my way. Look at the time on the club, 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.000 looked at the outside. You see a Mark Cooper, savvy 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.800 vet versus a rookie corner, and who wouldn't come to me? 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.480 So I wanted it, you know, I wanted to. I 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:26.800 wanted to get the pick. You know, I see it 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.000 really but you know I got the PVU and then 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.520 you know, uh, he just turned into the defender at 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.560 that point and just you know, trying to help come 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.680 and help my arm. I trying to catch it. But yeah, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:37.600 that's how I went. You guys should wear the tea 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.560 and then the tea and Tyler weren't playing, Yes, sir, 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:41.680 we found out out early man, so we knew it 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.560 was on this to you know, win this game. It 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.840 was a defensive game. We know that for sure, so 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.400 we had to be the better defense. You tackle Chubb 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.560 in space a couple of times. The team held him 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.400 to thirty four rushing yards in the game. How'd you 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.280 do it? You gotta put a hat on them. You're 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.080 not gonna go down if you don't. We had the 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.600 game tacle, and you know, just tackle our way, Man 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.680 heavy hard with that running back, you have to finish 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:05.480 Man and Rapp and role. You got to bring a 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:06.840 lot of people to the party to get him. The 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:11.040 DJ readers pressing in the middle. It seems like anytime 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:12.960 he's out in the field, the opponent is not gonna 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.680 run the ball. Most definitely, who you can't stop him. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.040 I don't see anybody stopping him. Man, Well, I'm so 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:19.840 glad that we got him back. He just look at 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.200 our d line, man, They're they're very physical and fast, 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.600 you know, especially on our outside, but in that middle, 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:26.520 I don't see anybody to get through those gaps. Man. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.160 DJ just moves him around, and you know it just 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.880 made plays. Man. We can't ask anything else for him. Man, 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.400 there's something too beating a team that had beaten you 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.080 a couple of times in the last couple of years. 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.880 I know you weren't here they beating you earlier in 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:39.800 the season. Is there a lifting factor to that when 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.080 you guys do eventually beat that team. Oh yeah, most 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.120 definitely was. And then how I look at it, You know, 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:47.040 from my perspective, I wasn't here the years before, but 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:48.880 I was here when we lost, you know, on Halloween, 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.080 and it feels great to me to get this win. Man, 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.960 that was my first start, you know, I finally got 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:55.760 to beat these guys, you know, and I'm playing to 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:57.400 do that, you know, while I'm here at this old time. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.120 You know, once we play our ball, we allow him 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:00.960 feel we could be stopped. You mentioned that was your 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.120 first start. How much different do you feel from then 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.879 to now? A lot different? You can see it in 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:08.240 my game. I live just very comfortable out there, not 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.080 you know, a real jittery man, play on loose man, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.160 having fun with the guys. Did you get the sense 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.000 from the guys who have been for three and four 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.160 years how nice it felt to beat a team that's 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.159 given them so much trouble? Yes? You can see it 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.120 in their eyes, man, you know, just a glisten when 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.480 they seen the cloud going down. It has been a minute, 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:26.280 I see, and I'm just glad out. I'm here to 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.280 be a part of it to help out. Congrats on 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.880 the win. Thank you. That's Cam Taylor Brett. The Bengals 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.959 Booth Podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future proof fiber 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:40.080 Internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed to take 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.400 your home business and community to a new level. Elevate 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:47.720 your connection with ALTA fiber. Zach Taylor's Bengals are nine 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:50.399 and four and tied for first in the AFC North. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.080 He spent a few minutes with Lap after the game. 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.480 It was easy to be flustered in pregame and early 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:00.360 in the game losing two starting receivers. But the sense 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.560 of calm because you know you've got great coaching staff 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.159 that's going to get those players right. And we have 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.040 really smart players and that's why they're here on the roster, 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.679 and they're able to adjust and adapt, and you know, 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.320 they made the most of their opportunities. Hurst was down 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.800 obviously before the game started. But te Higgins had a 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.880 hamstring that was bothering him during the week and obviously 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.399 it flared up very early in that football game, and 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:22.879 Tyler Boyd looked like it was a finger injury. Is 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.440 there any further information to give us on Tyler's injury. 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:27.520 We thought he dislocated his finger, and we'll find out 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:30.760 more information. Yeah, So sometimes with dislocations that can be 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:32.159 breaks and all that kind of stuff. You got to 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:35.440 make sure about about all that. But you're down all 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.199 those weapons, what were you thinking. I mean, when you 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.680 guys were talking about how to proceed, you know, when 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:45.119 you're communicating with all your coaches on the sideline offensively, 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.199 what were those conversations like problem solving them? You know? 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:50.720 And it is you know, in the past game started 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.960 with with Brian Pitch and Troy Walters making sure we 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.160 had the right pieces in place. James Casey had dealt 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:57.920 with that all week, with dealing with two tight ends. 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.120 Justin Hill has done a great job three four running 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.520 backs at a time, you know, and obviously Frank and 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.680 Derek Fraser getting those guys up front going. So again, 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.560 we just got such a great coaching staff that puts 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:10.760 these guys in the right spot. That brings a sense 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.240 of calm for me to be able to call the plays. 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:13.479 No one that guys are going to know what to do. 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:17.639 So your defense has to step up in that situation, 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:20.680 and they did obviously. Joe Mixon rushed for ninety six 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.080 yards on fourteen carries during the course of the football game, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:28.400 the exact same number of carries for Chubb fourteen carries, 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.920 thirty four yards. You really controlled Chubb and Hunt. Hunt 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:37.000 had six yards on four carries, so eighteen carries forty 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.760 yards out of those running backs to help a job 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.160 by your defense. Yeah, that's that's a recipe for success 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:43.720 right there. And again it allowed us to get our 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:46.040 feet under eight tests on offense because the defense was 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.280 keeping points off the board, making them go the length 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:50.919 of the field, not giving up the supposed to plays, 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:53.119 and that was a key reason why we won the 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.199 game today. You were very persistent staying with that running game. 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:00.239 Joe busted one for forty that looked like it might 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:02.439 have a chance to chance to go. How did your 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:04.720 offensive line handle things up front today? Have another pretty 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:07.720 good day overall first glance, they did a nice job. Again, 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:09.639 they're putting more hats in there than sometimes you can 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.280 account for. And we knew losing two receivers. We were 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.040 just gonna have to live with that and find ways 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.879 to find the explosives on flee flickers and such and 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.719 also grind out some runs, knowing that if you can 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:22.119 just stick with it and have the lead, that at 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:23.840