WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast - Erase The Taste 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.120 Hi, Get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:10.680 Bengals Booth podcast, the Erase the Taste Edition, as the 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.200 four and three Bengals look to rid themselves of the 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:17.319 bitter aftertaste from a dismal performance of Kansas City and 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:19.720 get back on the winning track this Sunday at home 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:23.400 against the three and three Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coming up 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:26.960 an in depth conversation with my broadcast partner Dave Lapham, 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.960 including his thoughts on what's happened to the Bengals offense 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.360 since Tyler Eifford went down and if the Bengals problems 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:40.040 on defense are fixable. I'll chat with Carl Lawson about 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.560 only having one sack so far this season after leading 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:47.440 NFL rookies in that category last year. And this week's 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.840 Know the Faux segment, we'll talk to Rick Stroud, who 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.280 covers the Bucks for the Tampa Bay Times. All of 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:57.000 that is straight ahead, but first, here's a quick reminder 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.560 that you can have the latest edition of this podcast 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.960 delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:08.560 on iTunes, Stitcher, or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:14.679 since the previous button on your TV remote. When watching TV, 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.360 especially live sporting events, I like to check out an 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:22.520 alternate channel during the commercial breaks, and the previous button 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.640 makes it very easy to go back and forth between 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:30.040 two different channels. Sure, it's not that hard to punch 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.160 in the channel numbers, but the previous button makes it 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:38.240 as easy as well the touch of a button. Now, 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.080 let's get to this week's game. When the Bengals hit 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.200 the practice field on Wednesday, nearly one fourth of the 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:49.040 roster made the injury list. Twelve out of fifty three players, 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:54.160 ten didn't practice at all, including Vontes Perfect with a 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:58.520 hip injury, Bobby Hart with a bad back, Drake Kirkpatrick 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:02.440 with an achilles issue, and John Ross who continues to 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.559 deal with a groin injury. The Bengals have a bye 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:09.000 coming up after this week's game against Tampa Bay, and 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.680 it can't get here soon enough. Now time to bring 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:16.240 in my broadcast partner, Dave Lapham to review last week's 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.640 to baccle at Kansas City and look ahead to Sunday's 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.600 home game against the Bucks. Lap I'm going to turn 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.880 the clock back to twenty fourteen in prime time on 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.560 Monday Night Football, The New England Patriots got embarrassed at 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.520 Kansas City forty one to fourteen, not quite as bad 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.720 as forty five ten, but awfully close. The next week, 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.080 Bill Belichick famously said, we're on to Cincinnati, and the 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.000 Patriots ended that season by winning the Super Bowl. I'm 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.240 not saying the Bengals are going to win the Super Bowl, 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.320 but how do they flush that Kansas City disaster down 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.280 the drain? Marvin Lewis channels inner Bill Belichick and Andy 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:56.000 Dalton channels his inner Tom Brady. I think that's two 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.359 big reasons why they were able to move on to 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.560 Cincinnati and be so successful. But you do have to compartmentalize. 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.960 I think, as I recall, Andy Dalton had his first 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:09.400 three game losing streak ever in any sports endeavor youth, 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.119 all the way up to the NFL when he lost 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.079 three in a row here as the Cincinnati Bengal. He'd 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.200 never had never happened to him before. So Andy Dalton 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.880 historically has been able to put a bad performance aside 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.919 and bounce back. And uh, you know, if it happens 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.079 they lose two in a row, it doesn't happen more 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.800 than that in a normal timeframe. So I think that 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.960 they are at home. It's an important football game. I 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:34.920 think that they have to look at this football game 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.560 as a crucial moment of the season. You know, you 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.640 do you crumble or do you get up off the ground, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.000 dust yourself off and get back at it and beat 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:46.680 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's a winnable football game. Obviously, 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:48.920 they could go into the bye week at five and three, 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.640 lick their wounds, get healed up for the stretch, and 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:54.640 they're you know, they're tracking the ten and sixth season 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.400 right where they want to be. If not, now there 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.800 are more questions then probably can be answered during a 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.960 short time of a bye week. Lap Oar colleague Jeff 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.760 Butch Hobson from Bengals dot Com had a great stat 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.120 In fourteen quarters with Tyler Eiffort this year, the Bengals 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.760 have scored one hundred and seventeen points without him, sixty 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.400 seven points, a drop off of fifty points. I did 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.640 some research before the Kansas City game. In thirty six 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:24.280 possessions with Tyler Eiffort healthy, not including Neil downs or 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.800 possessions where the Bengals were not trying to score, they 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.960 scored touchdowns on fourteen of thirty six drives. That's thirty 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:34.839 nine percent of the time without him six touchdowns on 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:40.440 thirty two drives nineteen percent. What has the Effort injury 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.520 done to the Bengals offense? You know, I think you 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:45.800 can look at it and say, what kind of defenses 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:49.440 were they playing against when Effort was playing. Baltimore's pretty 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:55.080 darn good Carolina historically, pretty darn good. Atlanta you know, 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.320 has been not this year. But I mean it's not 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:01.000 like they were playing against you know, ge the football teams. 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.240 They were playing against good defensive football teams. I think 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.359 it's it's exactly what we saw with Kansas City. You 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:10.080 have two speeders because because the other factor is the 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:15.720 John Ross factor in that Kansas City Sammy Watkins, you know, 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.599 he can fly, he can stretch the football field, There's 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.080 no doubt about it. They have speed on the perimeter. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.839 Hill was ridiculous. He's a joystick, you know, a video game. 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.760 Those guys stretch it, and then you have Kelsey abusing it. 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.560 With the aj Green John Ross, they could have stretched it, 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.200 Effort abusing it, and that's what they were doing. So 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.840 now you lose Effort abusing it, and you lose John 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.359 ross stretching it the threat of the deep ball. On 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:45.480 the other side, it tilts coverages differently. You know, Tyler 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.560 Boyd was starting to get double teamed as well as 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:51.760 AJ Green. So I mean the whole dynamic changed when 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.119 Tyler Eiffort was in the football game. Every snap he played, 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.760 they went nickel defense. They went to a sub package. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.159 They did not stay based defense. That tells you the 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.960 defense's respect for Tyler Eifert was doing for them offensively 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.279 and without him um and then Tyler Boyd down as well. 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.360 I mean, CJ. Zami, you better put him in a bubble. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.520 I can't afford to lose that guy. You better make 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.680 sure that he is protected. I would not put him 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.120 in any contact drills in practice. I mean, you have 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:22.039 to be very careful not to lose CJ. Zami. He's 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.920 and CJ is capable. I mean, he's a big body 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.839 guy that can run. He's a threat. But when when 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:31.400 they had all hands on deck, very healthy and making 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.440 the defense defend the entire football field, they were they 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.040 were dynamic. They were getting a lot of deep balls. 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.799 Now they're playing in a closet. Now the defense is compressed, 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.880 The defense is tighter, to the line of scrimmage. They're 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.160 not they're not feeling threatened with the downfield ball as much. 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.719 And uh, and then they can tilt the coverage to 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.680 AJ because a couple of weapons down. So I think 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:58.080 it's Tyler Eiffert for sure. John Ross is another part 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.080 of that equation. He may not be as big a 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.000 catalyst or as big a part of the formulation, but 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.719 he's a factor as well. And it's it's incredible. I mean, 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.880 you know, you look at the Miami game. The offense 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.360 scored thirteen points. The defense had two defensive touchdowns. So 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.520 offensive you put thirteen on the board. You put twenty 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.920 one on the board against Pittsburgh and ten on the 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.600 board against the Chiefs. That's the surprising one. Two hundred 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.800 thirty nine yards, fifteen first downs and ten points against 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:28.080 that defense. That's that's stunning. But the last three games 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.360 they scored forty four points against Atlanta, they scored thirty 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:35.000 seven to beat him, thirty seven thirty six. So it's 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.920 not a lull. It's it's a lot longer than the lull. 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:42.000 I mean, right now, it's hibernation. Offensively, it's not a lull. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.320 They have to come out of it. Let's talk about 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.920 the Bengals defense next to last in the NFL and 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.760 yards allowed twenty eight and points allowed twenty sixth versus 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:54.400 the run twenty nine versus the pass. Is it fixable 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.440 after seven games? You know, as all coaches will tell you, Dan, 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:03.600 everything's fixable, you know, But I mean, is an injury 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.240 related you know you're down some people? Well yeah, but 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.160 everybody in the league. The Kents City Chiefs shut the 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:14.280 Bengals offense down without Houston, their Pro Bowl uh linebacker 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.160 and without Burry, their Pro Bowl safety. They're two best 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.640 defensive players. The two Pro Bowl players that they lean 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:24.360 on didn't play, didn't play a snap. So yeah, it's 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.040 it's fixable, And it's it's you really have to focus 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.480 on doing the little things, the minor details. You know. 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.120 Sometimes when when it's going well, you have a Tennessee like, 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.720 oh man, yeah we're good. You know, everything's you start 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:44.000 to handling success is difficult. You know, it's sometimes even 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.920 more difficult than handling failure. And that's that's the reason, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.920 because it's like, man, yeah, I get some swagger, I 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:52.520 feel good about myself right now. They can't. They can't 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.880 feel good about anything. They have to just have laser focus, 0:08:56.000 --> 0:09:00.840 razor sharp focus and every little minute, minute shut detail. 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.760 They have to be all over because it seems like 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.960 anytime anybody stumbles on any phase of it on any level. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.360 Up front, hitting the wrong gap, staying out, getting washed 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.360 out of a pass rush lane, hitting the wrong gap 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.360 in the run game, whatever it is. Same thing at 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.280 the linebacker position, you're not in exactly where you should 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.120 be on your drop. You know you're off a little bit, 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.920 and there's a whole the quarterback finds it. In the secondary, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:24.840 you know you have some kind of a mistake or 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:29.120 miscommunication issue. Any time any of it happens, they're getting 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.480 they're getting beaten, and it's happening at different levels of 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.600 the of the defense at different times. And if we're 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.480 the same guy, we're making the mistake over and over. 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.760 You could replace them. It's an easy solution, but it's not. 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.040 They're doing it collectively. There's I don't think there's anybody 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.800 on that defensive football team who suits clean, who can 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.400 look in the mirror and say, have I had, you know, 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:50.679 a perfect gear so far? Have I not screwed up? Now? 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.560 Every single one of them, and you know this started 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.120 on the offensive starting the Miami game. The two defensive 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:02.440 scores were make up to hide imperfections, and it hid 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:06.440 defensive imperfections as well. And now all of a sudden 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.720 reality has hit them in the face with two really 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:11.800 good opponents Pittsburgh Steelers in the Kansas City Chiefs. They 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.240 got they gotta tighten it up. They gotta adopt the eyes, 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:18.120 cross the t's in every single detail. No detail is 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.880 too small. Every single one of them is magnificently large. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.000 You mentioned injuries. Two weeks ago, with one eighteen left 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.400 in the Pittsburgh game, the Bengals had a one point 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:31.440 lead over the Steelers. They're on the verge of being 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.000 five and one and the toast of the town. Now 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.079 they're four and three and being ridiculed after getting embarrassed 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:41.160 on primetime. How much of this decline is injury related? 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.560 I think I think a lot of it is. You know, 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:48.640 but in this league, everybody has to adjust and adapt. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.920 You know, you watched the New England Patriots win a 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:57.679 football game without Gronkowski. You know he's not available, then 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.440 is They're outstanding rookie running back Michelle gets dinged up 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.520 and he's out in the game, they go to White, 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.319 they go to whoever, they go to Edelman, they find ways. 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.319 You have to uh. You know, if if your your 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.880 first plan of attack is eliminated, you have to have 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.280 a plan B, a plan C, a plan all the 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.080 way to Z. In the league, you really do offensively 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:21.280 and defensively. And I think that's maybe maybe the Bengals 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.560 have to work a little bit harder. I'm not saying 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.600 they didn't have a plan B and C, but maybe 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.960 a little bit more time could have, should have or whatever, 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.960 in hindsight been devoted to them because they came upon 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.720 them quickly, you know, and uh, and now they have 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.680 to adjust on the fly. I think the bye week 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:42.160 is coming at a good time for the physical part 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.120 of it because of the injuries, guys looking their wounds 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.200 and healing up, and for the coaches to really go 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.080 back and do the self evaluation and say, here's what 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.679 they did to us when when this happened, we didn't 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.000 react quickly enough with a plan B or C. And 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.560 let's do this down the stretch in the season instead 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.640 of what we did in the first half. So I 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:04.160 think it's going to be a twofold plus heal up, rest, 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.560 and heal up. For the players do their rehab, and 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.320 for the coaches sit back, take a good, long, hard 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.800 look at what they did, how they did it, and 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.480 make adjustments Accordingly. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers might have the 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.040 worst pass defense of all time. They are giving up 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.120 nearly three hundred twenty eight yards per game. Quarterbacks are 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:25.040 completing seventy five percent of their passes against the Bucks. 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.240 The passer rating against Tampa Bay is one twenty five 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:32.160 point eight. If you're the Bengals, why even run this week? 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.720 You to scratch your head and wonder. Tampa Bay has 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.360 given up eighteen touchdown passes, most in the NFL. They 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.120 only have one interception, tied for feuis in the league, 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.840 and they have no yard return on that interception, the 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:49.040 worst in the league. So why why run the football? Well, 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.000 the Bengals thought that the Kansas City Chiefs defense was 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.640 a sieve, and everybody did. The Kansas City was tracking 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.360 to give up the most yards in the history of 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.240 the National Football League. They gave up tune in thirty 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.760 nine against the Bengals and only ten points. So you 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.720 can take nothing for granted on a week to week 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.600 basis in this league. And I still maintain no matter 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.960 who you're playing against, you do have to have some 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.920 kind of modicum of balance, you know, you have to 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.199 if the defensive line doesn't have to respect the running 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.280 game at all and can tee off. And Mark Duffner 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.960 now the defensive coordinator, he's got a couple of weeks 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.320 under his belt now and he can come up with 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.319 some more creative designs with blitz packages. Put his stamp 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.600 on it. It's gonna it'll probably be different. The Kansas 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.080 City Chiefs through a coverage at AJ Green that he 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.680 hadn't seen on tape or anybody had seen on tape 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.400 from the Kansas City Chiefs all season long. You know, 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.319 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Mark Duffner in particular, Mark 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.760 Duffnin wants to beat the Bengals and he's going to 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.680 try to do it by showing a new wrinkle something 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.520 that has not been on tape yet, and not just 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.679 probably for AJ Green, but also in trying to confuse 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:56.000 Andy Dalton. So take nothing for granted. And if you 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.080 can pound the rock and anchor them, that's the best 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.040 way to beat the football team. Then you can abuse 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.520 them through the air. If you ask avid football fans 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.160 to name the number one passing attack in the NFL, 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.480 I'm guessing they would say New Orleans, maybe Kansas City, 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:15.520 possibly Pittsburgh, Atlanta. It's actually Tampa Bay. Three hundred sixty 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:20.200 four yards per game, including eight completions of forty yards 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.720 or more. They've only played six games. What do the 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.960 Bengals have to do on defense? Can't give up the 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.440 explosive play. They have four different receivers with the reception 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.600 of fifty yards or more. Evans has one for fifty one, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.680 Humphreys for fifty one, Howard has a seventy five yard 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.960 touchdown catch. Jackson has a seventy five yard touchdown catch. 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.440 The thing is, explosive plays buy a bunch of different people. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.760 Five different receivers have twenty more catches, four different have 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.880 three or more touchdowns, and four different have three hundred 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.040 yards or more receiving the tight ends. They have two 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.040 good tight ends. Out of that tight end group, thirty catches, 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.880 four hundred and fifty two yards five touchdowns. They combine 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.480 twelve touchdowns last year. Bottom line is the Bengals have 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.520 to be on their a game. They have to be 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:11.440 on point because just like Kansas City. Tampa Bay attacks 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:16.480 the entire football field. I mean, Fitzpatrick and Winston, they 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:20.640 are both. They're not prejudicial. Wherever the reed takes them, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.960 that's where they're going with the football. They're not trying 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.800 to force things. So you have to be assignment sound, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.880 be where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.920 be there, and you can't. You can't. You have to 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:35.360 minimize your mental mistakes because they will take advantage of it. 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:39.040 And they have such athletic people at the receiver position. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.880 Evan's big and strong. You know, Jackson runs as fast 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.760 as anybody. They can. They can hit, hit you, beat, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.040 beat you deep, hit you hard, and they've done it 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.640 to a lot of people. All right, last thing, the 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.160 Bengals face the Tampa Bay Bucks, and the Buck's original coach, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.520 John McKay had some of the greatest one liners in 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.200 coaching history. He was asked about his team execution, he said, 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.840 I'm all for it. He was. He also said, after 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.640 one game, we didn't tackle well, but we made up 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.720 for it by not blocking. So here's my question for you, 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.200 who is the funniest coach you were ever around? Has 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:16.840 to be Sam White, you know, Sam, Sam could have 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.000 done stand up comedy. I think, I mean, the guy 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:23.560 he is so naturally funny, and he is so quick. 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.520 His mind is so quick. He can make a joke 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.560 out of anything. He can. He can come up with 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.040 a with a one liner or take it in a 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.520 direction where it's like, man, how how does your mind work? 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.640 How do you make that association um and come up 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.640 with what you come up with? I mean he was. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.200 He was hilarious and a real high level, you know, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.320 sophisticated level of humor. It could be you know, just 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:50.080 flat out normal funny, real sarcastic funny. He was something else. 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.560 And you talk to guys that played with him, you know, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.240 during his career, I think every one of them, you know, 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.800 Bob Johnson, Bob Trumpy, Kenny, and you go through all 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.040 the all the guys that played with Sam White, I 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.360 think every one of them would say that he might 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.640 be as funny a guy, you know, as it's ever 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:09.760 been around, the guy that people would not think about 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:14.600 with sarcastic humor. Though Paul brown Man, he was. He 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:18.800 was funny. The guy could, The guy could. His sarcasm 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:24.679 dripped with about as much real sharp needle to it 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.280 than I've ever been around he could. He could crush 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.439 you in a sentence with his sarcasm. He was a 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:33.119 funny guy. And speaking of Paul Brown, the NFL celebrates 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.479 its one hundred season next year, and the league recently 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:40.560 announced that an all time team will be selected, along 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:43.960 with a list of the ten greatest coaches, and Paul 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.360 Brown should be a lock to be on that list. 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.120 One of the mysteries of the Bengal season to date 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.920 is the lack of a dominant pass rush. Geno Atkins 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:57.359 has six sacks and Carlos Dunlap has five, so they're 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.960 on pace for double digit seasons, but as a team, 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:04.320 the Bengals are tied for twentieth in the NFL with 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:08.679 just fifteen sacks. Carl Lawson led NFL rookies with eight 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.040 and a half last year, but only has one sack 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.560 through seven games. I talked to Carl at his locker 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.320 on Wednesday. How bad did you get held on Sunday night? 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:20.480 It was ridiculous. I mean, I think it was a 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:21.879 hold in. It was a buck in the back, so, 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:25.879 I mean, but I don't know, cause it's becoming a 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.040 water year, which you just gonna keep working. I was 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:32.080 among Benny that would have predicted a double digit sack 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.720 here for you. This year. It could still happen, But 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.320 have you been frustrated that they haven't come as rapidly 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.080 as they came last year? I mean, of course, but 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.560 I mean then again, the same snap counts last year. 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.440 It's just I feel like there's a bunch of varying factors. 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.200 But I can't and I've as I've reviewed the film. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.320 I don't think it's from a lack of just you know, winning, 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:55.040 you know, the one on ones that to take. It's 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.760 a bunch of variables applying to it. But the thing 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.280 I can't do is I can't sit there and hang 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.119 my head. I gotta even though you know the natural 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.440 thing is to want to do that, I just gotta 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:06.880 keep pushing, keep fighting, and you never know what happened. 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:08.800 So I'm just keep taking it one day at a 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:12.840 time and just gotta keep working. Sacks are very black 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:17.000 and white stat they don't necessarily measure pressure. According to 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.159 the website Pro Football Focus, you are still among the 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:24.200 defensive lineman getting the most consistent pressure in the NFL. 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.879 Do you feel that way? Honestly? I mean, that's cool 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.760 and all, but I've always lose the model of sacks 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:33.119 and you know, sacks get stacks, sacks or what you know, 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.800 change the games. And yeah, everybody, of course, people are 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:37.320 gonna see the pressure. But at the end of the day, 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:39.760 when they're talking about the conversation how good this guy is, 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:41.720 they're gonna that's what you're gonna be measured there. So 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:44.960 I'm not gonna sit there and let a stat like pressure, 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.240 you know, be like a pad on the bag. I 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:48.760 don't take it as such. And I just need to 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:52.719 continue to keep working and go out there and go 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:54.840 out there and just you know, produce when I get 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.520 my opportunity. But I know my time will come. I 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:00.840 know I'm there's no there's no short of confidence that 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:02.679 would be a great player in this league when you 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.600 know when that time time is to hit. Two weeks ago, 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.159 you guys are about a minute and twenty seconds away 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:11.320 from being five and one. And the toast of the 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:15.600 town Steelers game ended poorly. Last Sunday night was a 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:17.760 rough one, and now people are questioning how good this 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:20.800 team is. How about internally, what's the feeling in the 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:23.480 locker room internally? I think, you know, we really need 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:27.880 to just you know, regathering and regrouping and to get 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:30.320 through the Bobwiek because of lot of things. You know, 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:32.320 injury bug is a hit. It's like somebody threw a 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.280 grenade in the tight end room. But you know, it's 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.240 just you know, I've I've dealt with little stuff this 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.320 year myself, but it's just you know, get just get 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.399 this win and then going to the Bybwiek. That's so, 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:45.560 that's the main goal. Carl has been in for two 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:48.960 hundred and twenty five defensive snaps this year, forty four 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.640 percent of the Bengals total, which is slightly up from 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.720 forty two percent last year, and although he is clearly 0:20:56.800 --> 0:21:00.840 not satisfied with it, Pro Football Focus has him ranked 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:06.080 number eight in the NFL among edge rushers in generating pressure. 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.080 Now time for this week's No The Faux segment and 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:12.399 to learn more about the Buccaneers. Rick Stroud, who covers 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:15.320 the team for the Tampa Bay Times, joined Lapping Me 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:18.560 on the Bengals Game Plan Show. Rick, thanks so much 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:20.920 for coming out of the showton I greatly appreciate your time. 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.560 Let's start with a key injury for the Buccaneers. They 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:28.080 lost a bit of linebacker Kwon Alexander. Head coach Dirk 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:30.320