1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booths Podcast. The Turn the Clive to Zero Boss, 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: The Rivers Wide, We'll Swim Across started up a brand 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: new day addition as the Bengals wrap up the regular 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: season and now can look ahead to a first round 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: playoff game at home against the Las Vegas Raiders next Saturday. 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the loss in Cleveland, 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: postgame comments from players and coaches, at analysis from my 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun fact segment, 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: you'll get to know rookie running back Chris Evans. The 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the free 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: to play Next Level Fantasy Football game downloaded now from 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: the App Store and Google Play. And here's a quick 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: reminder that you can have the latest edition of this 15 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing 17 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: since the Coffin Nails Bam Bam Bam T shirt eleven 18 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: years ago. 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Now let's get the Sunday's game. 36 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: The Bengals starting lineup consisted of only three players who 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: started last week, our offensive lineman Isaiah Prince and Hikimadenagy 38 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: and wide receiver Jamar Chase. Here's Zach Taylor on the 39 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: decision to rest the starters even if it meant hurting 40 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: the Bengals chances of gaining a higher playoff seed. No 41 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: perfect decision there, but just felt like we need to 42 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: be healthy, perfectly healthy going into next week, and there 43 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: were so many things out of our control in terms 44 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: of where the seating was going to be that we 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: just fellow's best to rescue. Jamar Chase was an exception 46 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: for one reason. He entered the game needing just twelve 47 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: yards to break Chad Johnson's team record for receiving yards 48 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: in a season first and ten Bengals at their own 49 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: twenty eight. Alan throws a screen caught by Chase, gets 50 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: a block right at thirty five forty. He's got the 51 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: team record down the sideline past midfield, and he goes 52 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: out of bounds at the Cleveland forty eight. Great news, 53 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: some random out. So that catch for a twenty four 54 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: yard game gives Jamaar Chase the Bengals all times single 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: season record for receiving yards in a year. I achieved 56 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff that I wanted to do this year. 57 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: I still got a lot more to do. Hopefully I 58 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: can break some playoff records. When we drafted him, he 59 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: said he was going to break all the records, and 60 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: it was hard to know if that was gonna be 61 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: true or not. But he's put himself in a position 62 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: to do that, not just relying on his talent, but 63 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: becoming a professional really since day one, and its consistency 64 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: over the course of the season, and that's one of 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: the reasons why you want to play him in a 66 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,839 Speaker 1: game like this, for an opportunity to get a couple 67 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: more yards, to put himself in a position to do 68 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: something really special, because he's about what we want to 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: be around, you know. We want our best players to 70 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: have the best work ethic and come to work every 71 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: single day and be consistent with their demeanor in their actions, 72 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: and Jamar has been that for us, and I'm just 73 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: really proud of him in the season that he's had. 74 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: Jamar finished the regular season with one thousand, four hundred 75 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: fifty five yards. He finished eighteen yards short of the 76 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: NFL's all time rookie record, set by Houston's Bill Groman 77 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,559 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty. That catch was one of very few 78 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: offensive highlights for the Bengals in the first half, as 79 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: they punted on all six of their possessions. The Browns 80 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: punted on their first two before taking the lead late 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: in the first quarter. Keenom back to throw, looking down field, 82 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: fires Landry, makes the catch at the seven, swerves toward 83 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: the forward pilot, and takes it into the end zone 84 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: for a twenty six yard Cleveland touchdown. Case Keenom started 85 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: at quarterback in place of Baker Mayfield, but aside from that, 86 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: Cleveland played nearly all of its starters, including an offensive 87 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: line that paved the way for two hundred five rushing 88 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: yards against the Bengals backups. Browns goat tempo. They handed 89 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: off to de Ernest Johnson. He runs straight up that 90 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: gotten into the end zone for a Cleveland touchdown. So 91 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: the Browns have scored on back to back drives and 92 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: have taken a thirteen point lead pending the extra point. 93 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: De Ernest Johnson carried twenty five times for one hundred 94 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: twenty three yards. But even though the Browns dominated statistically, 95 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: the Bengals were able to stay in the game thanks 96 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: to two big plays on defense. Now Keenom in trouble 97 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: loses the ball, Cincinnati scoops and the Bengals are running 98 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: it back. Henderson to the ten five touchdown. Bengals why 99 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: and Ray knocking the ball away from Case Keenom and 100 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: safety Travie On Henderson with the scooping score. Here's Trayvon 101 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: Henderson on the first touchdown of his NFL career. Honestly, 102 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: Mount really didn't know if it was a fumble than not. 103 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: You always taught these defensive players to just scoop the 104 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: ball just in case. And when I crossed the line, honestly, 105 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: I thought there was he can be passed. He had 106 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: his arm going forward, and they said it was. It 107 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: was a diffil sure. It was fourteen seven with three 108 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: and a half minutes left in the half. The Browns 109 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: answered by driving to the Bengals eleven with nine seconds remaining. 110 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: Case Keenom drops back to throw. He fires over the 111 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: middle ter two yards deep in the end zone. The 112 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: Bengals are running it back. This is Hilton to the 113 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: twenty five. The thirty gets tripped up and goes down 114 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: at the thirty two yard line. The ball appears to 115 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: have come out, but the clock is at zero. We've 116 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: got the penalty flags down. As players are trying to 117 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: pull players off the pile. That's a penalty, but the 118 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 1: end zone interception by Mike Hilton keeps the Cleveland Browns 119 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: from adding to their lead, and it was fitting that 120 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: Mike Hilton got the pick. He only played because two 121 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: members of the secondary, Ricardo Allen and Vernon Hargrave, suffered injuries, 122 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: meaning Hilton was the only defensive starter who was pressed 123 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: into service. Oh, it was one, but you know, being 124 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: a profession, you gotta be ready at all times. And 125 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: the coaches threw me in there knowing, you know, they 126 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: fell comfortable with me being out there with whoever. But no, 127 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: this is just always being ready for your moment. It 128 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: was fourteen seven Cleveland at the half. After only having 129 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: three first downs in the first half, the Bengals put 130 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: together a long drive on their first possession of the 131 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: third quarter, a fourteen play march down to the Cleveland 132 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: ten before having to settle for a field goal try. 133 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: This will be a thirty six yard field goal attempt 134 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: for Elliott Frye and his Bengals debut supping today for 135 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: Evan McPherson. The snap to put down the right Foote 136 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: kick and it is good. It hits the crossbar and 137 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: bounds forward Elliot Fry makes it from thirty six yards out. 138 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: It was closed, but he got it to bounce over 139 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: and the Bengals have pulled within four. That made it 140 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: fourteen ten. Going to the fourth quarter and with roughly 141 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: thirteen and a half minutes to go, the Browns fumbled 142 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: on a punt return near midfield. Unfortunately for the Bengals, 143 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: Cleveland managed to recover and soon capitalize. Bird down in 144 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: nine from the ten, Keenom throws a screen to Felton 145 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: running down to the five to the goal line, touchdown Cleveland. 146 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: Good call. That made a twenty one ten With about 147 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: seven and a half minutes to go. To have any 148 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: chance to win, the Bengals needed to answer, and they 149 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: did with a seventy five yard touchdown drive. Game on 150 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: the line right here, fourth down and one at the 151 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: Cleveland four yard line. The Bengals need a yard to 152 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: stay alive. Alan is under center. He takes the snap, 153 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: rolls out to the right, throws forever it's caught us 154 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: to two, then he runs into the end zone. Touchdown. 155 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: Bengals with two twenty six to go. Now the line 156 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: up and go for two to try to make it 157 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: a three point game. A little naked bootleg there. The 158 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns get good pressure, but not good enough. Chris 159 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: Evans caught the touchdown pass, but a two point conversion 160 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: throw for Trent Taylor fell incomplete. The Bengals were down 161 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: by five as they lined up for an on side 162 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: kick with two and a half minutes to go. He 163 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: kicks the top of the ball. It bounces up if 164 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: I cleaned on it. The ball is loose at the 165 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: forty nine yard line. There's a giant pile at the 166 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: forty nine of Cleveland. The Bengals have started celebrating thing 167 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: from the officials. Yet Bryant was the guy that failed 168 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: to field the ball that was kicked right to him. 169 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: It's short hopped in front of Bryant and he couldn't 170 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: handle that short hop fry immediately. I'm telling you, Dan, 171 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: I've been in these pile ups as the tug of 172 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: war gone on now, and the guy that originally has 173 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: the football sometimes doesn't end up with it. It took 174 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: about a minute and a half for the refs to 175 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: rule that Cleveland recovered it. The Browns ran out the 176 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: clock to win the game twenty one sixteen. You know, 177 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: the season's always full of its ups and downs, and 178 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: it really comes down to which teams you can handle 179 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: diversity the best, and and to never get too high 180 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: and never get too low. And I thought our team 181 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: did a great job of that, responding in the face 182 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: of some tough adversity and handling success some moments well. 183 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: And we finished the season, you know, aside from the 184 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: lost day, on a really good note with a lot 185 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: of confidence. And that really does matter in this league 186 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,479 Speaker 1: to finish going into January and been January and the playoffs, 187 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: you know, feeling like we're playing our best football and 188 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: playing with a lot of confidence. Our guys really feel 189 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: that right now, and so you know, it is the 190 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: biggest game that any of these players have ever had. 191 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,359 Speaker 1: We're in the Bengals Jersey next week at our home stadium. 192 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: You know, we had tremendous crowds these last couple of 193 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: weeks when we're at home, and we're expecting our best 194 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: one yet whenever we find out when we're playing and 195 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,719 Speaker 1: who we're playing, and our guys are excited for that opportunity. 196 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: So now it's onto the playoffs. After having the first 197 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: pick in the draft prior to last year and the 198 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: fifth pick in the draft prior to this year. The 199 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: Bengals will host the Raiders on Saturday. Here are Mike 200 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: Hilton and Zach Taylor. We know we were one of 201 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: the most talents teams in the league, and we have 202 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 1: opportunity to do that against the other most talented team 203 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: in the league. I feel like when when the playoffs come, 204 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: it's scheme can only take you far so far. So 205 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 1: we know with players you have to win those one 206 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: on one matchups. We have to make those big plays 207 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. So we feel confident 208 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: in the guys we have in this locker room, and 209 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: we're all excited about the opportunity because a lot of 210 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: them haven't been as far, so I know they'll be 211 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: looking forward to it and they know it's a lot 212 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: on the line. This is what we've been struggling for 213 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: all long, to be quite honest with you, and we've 214 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: we've been our guys, been on our guys to be 215 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: consistent with how they practice every day and raise the 216 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: standard so that when you get to this moment, we 217 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: don't have to change what we're doing. And I think 218 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: that that's that's why I've got a lot of confidence 219 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: in the group of men that are in that locker room, 220 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 1: because I don't need them to raise their standard of 221 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: play and how they practice and how they may They've 222 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: been doing that all year, and that's why we're in 223 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: the physicians. We're ending, and that's going to service wall, 224 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 1: you know, and we'll just we'll see how plays out. 225 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: But our guys are gonna be ready. As you may 226 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: have heard, the Bengals haven't in a playoff game since 227 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: the nineteen ninety season, dropping their last eight postseason games. 228 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: That's thirty seasons without a playoff win, the longest such 229 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: streak of any team in the NFL. But most of 230 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: the Bengals players weren't even born when that streak started. 231 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes they don't know what they don't know, and that 232 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: can be a really good thing, you know. You certainly 233 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: can't avoid some of the narrative that surrounds us sometimes 234 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: with their playoff experience. But again, these guys don't have 235 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: that playoff experience, you know. So there's a lot of 236 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: things they've done this year to change some of those things, 237 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: and this week will be no different. You know. They 238 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: don't feel that pressure, they don't think about that stuff 239 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: at all. That there's more just stories and people maybe 240 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: who have been here longer than we have talked about it. 241 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: But I can promise you that it doesn't have one 242 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: effect on this football team and in our approach going 243 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: forward this week or how they'll feel on game day. 244 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: I'll take it a step further. If anybody thinks Joe 245 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: Burrow is going to feel burden because of the Bengals 246 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: playoff droute, they haven't been paying attention to Joey franchise. 247 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the 248 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: free to play fantasy football game. Ultimate Bengals awarded a 249 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: weekly winner during the course of the season with tickets, 250 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: autograph merchandise, and money can't buy experiences all up for grabs. 251 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: Find Ultimate Bengals in the app Store and Google Play. 252 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: Now time for postgame analysis with my broadcast partner Dave 253 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: Lapham So lap The regular season ends with a twenty 254 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: one to sixteen loss in Cleveland. The one thing the 255 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: Bengals could guarantee today was that if they didn't play guys, 256 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: those guys would not get hurt. That was the route 257 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 1: that Zach Taylor chose, and I think it's a wise one. 258 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: You know, I think there's a lesson to be learned 259 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: by what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, could 260 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: they potentially have a buy maybe, But if they don't, 261 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: I mean, what if Kelsey's limpen and gimp and you 262 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: know in their playoff game, what if Hill would that 263 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: heal injury and bruced heal those things those things link. 264 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: That's a cautionary tale right there. And I think I 265 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: think that they made the right moving particularly both teams, 266 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: I mean Cleveland Browns and Bengals both had guys going 267 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: down in weather conditions like this, playing this type of 268 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: football game. So in the Bengals situation, I can see 269 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: why they made the decision that they made and we'll 270 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: see if it pays dividends when they take on whoever 271 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: it is next week. There were a few solid performances 272 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: in the loss defensively, Mike Hilton with an end zone interception, 273 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: Trevion Henderson with the scoop and score after Wyatt forced 274 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: the fumble. Marcus Bailey had eleven tackles, Clay Johnston had ten. Offensively, 275 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: Chris Evans thirty five rushing yards, twenty four receiving yards 276 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Mike Daniels was active when he was 277 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: in the game. Yeah, I mean, I think at the 278 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, Cleveland Browns had three hundred and seventy 279 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: seven yards on sixty six snaps. The Bengals had one 280 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two yards on fifty one snaps. Three 281 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: point six yards her play. The Cleveland Browns averaged over 282 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: five yards to carry running the football. The reason the 283 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: Bengals were in the football game is they wanted to 284 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: turnover ratio by two and they had a fourth down 285 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: stop in the red zone. So they had three possessions 286 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: that ended with no form of a kick, and the 287 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns had no takeaways and no fourth down stops. 288 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: So I think, you know, the Bengals went for it 289 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: once on fourth down and converted, and Cleveland didn't when 290 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: they tried it on fourth down in the red zone. 291 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: So I think that's why the football game stayed close 292 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: and got to give the Bengals credit. I mean, one 293 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: of those takeaways, as you mentioned, you know that I 294 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: thought that was one of the big things I talked 295 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: about before the game, and the keys to the game 296 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: was that they could get some kind of unconventional unscripted 297 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: score like Cleveland got in the first matchup with the 298 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: Bengals early in the game. That would that would make 299 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: things a lot more palatable. And they got it done, 300 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: and because they were down fourteen at that point and 301 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: it was looking a little bleak, but they cut the 302 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: lead in half. And you know, it's just like in 303 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: the first matchup. I mean, the Bengals going to twelve place, 304 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: seventy five yard drive, throw a pick six, then they 305 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: going to nine place, seventy five yard drive, twenty one snaps, 306 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty yards and the scores seven to seven, 307 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: and Cleveland has run a snap, So those unconventional scores 308 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: can be big, and the Bengals got themselves on. Nearly 309 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: all of the Bengals starters sat out the regular season 310 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: finale in Cleveland, but there were exceptions on the offensive line. 311 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: Isaiah Prince played right tackle, I came I Dentogy played 312 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: right guard. And then there's the situation with Jackson Carmen. 313 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: If Quenton Spain does not recover quickly enough from his 314 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: ankle injury, chances are Jackson Carmen will be playing left guard. Yeah, 315 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: there's there's a good strong chance of that. And it 316 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: was good early for Isaiah Prince and Identogy to you know, 317 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: get more snaps together. They're both young guys and they're 318 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: going to be going, say, say it's Noringham Patriots for example, 319 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: They're going to be tested both mentally and physically. So 320 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: the more snaps that they can get under their belt, 321 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: the better off they'll be. Um And we'll just have 322 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: to just have to have to see. I mean, it's 323 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: a Trey Hopkins has been limping and gimping a good 324 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: part of the season. He's being held together I think 325 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: by Scotch tape right now, and so will he be 326 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: able to you know, bounce back and have a strong performance. 327 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: I highly doubt Quentin Spain's going to be able to 328 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: play in the Patriots game or whoever it is, that 329 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs if he. If he does, 330 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: it would be a mild upset, I think, not a 331 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: major upset. Not impossible, but he's He's got a pretty 332 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: good acts spring. So the Bengals have gone thirty years, 333 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: thirty seasons without winning a playoff game. The last time 334 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: they did January sixth, nineteen ninety one. It hasn't been 335 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: a topic of conversation all year, which is kind of good. 336 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Back in the early part of the twenty ten decade, 337 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: that was storyline from the first day of training camp 338 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: during that stretcher where they went went to the playoffs 339 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: five years in a row and did not win. In 340 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: this case, it's gonna come up this week. It's not 341 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: been this big albatross hanging over them all year long. 342 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: And Zach Taylor made the point during his postgame news 343 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: conference after the game in Cleveland to say, this team 344 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: is the twenty twenty one Bengals. It has nothing to 345 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: do with any Bengals team that's failed in the playoffs before. 346 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: That's true. And the football team that went out on 347 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: the football field against the Cleveland Browns this afternoon, all 348 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: the stats that had been generated by the Bengals offense 349 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: had nothing to do with the team that went out 350 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: on the field this afternoon. I mean, it's just it's 351 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: it's not even it's not even close to the same 352 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: guys out there working the way they worked all season long. 353 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: So that's it's there's no question about it. These guys 354 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: are going to carve a history of their own. Other 355 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: guys that played on those football teams carve that history 356 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: these guys have nothing to do with that history, and 357 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: you can't. What you can't do is fall in the 358 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: negativity of oh man, you know, you haven't won in 359 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: thirty one. You know the last time on a playoff 360 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: game January of nineteen ninety one. Are you kidding me? 361 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: You can't fall in that negativity. That can that can 362 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: be a rabbit hole you don't want to fall through, 363 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,239 Speaker 1: you know, fall into mentally, There's no question about it. 364 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: And I don't think this group will. I think Zach 365 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: made another good point. A young football team sometimes it's 366 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: good that they don't know what they don't know. Just 367 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: just continue to play. They're confident, continue to play with 368 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: confidence and let the chips fall where they may. Speaking 369 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: of history, even though Joe Burrow did not play, he 370 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: finishes the year with four thousand and six hundred eleven 371 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: passing yards. That's a Bengals single season record, thirty four 372 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: touchdown passes, also a Bengals single season record, pass a 373 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: rating of one h eight point three that's a single 374 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: season Bengals record. Also the first Bengals corp back ever 375 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: to be sacked fifty times in a year. Fifty one 376 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 1: turned out to be the final number. And then there 377 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: is Jamar Chase with his two catches in Cleveland eighty 378 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: one catches, one thousand, four hundred and fifty five yards 379 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: in thirteen touchdown passes, all records for a Bengals rookie. 380 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: The fourteen fifty five a single season record period for 381 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: a Bengals wide receiver. He was everything the Bengals dreamed 382 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: he would be and more. There's no doubt. I mean, 383 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase, you made a decision, all right. Our offensive 384 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: line needs some fortification. Pinney Sell could have provided that 385 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: he had a good year. This guy is a playmaker, 386 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: a touchdown maker extraordinaire. He is amongst the most explosive 387 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: players in the National Football League immediately right now in 388 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: his first year, and I think opposing defensive coordinators and 389 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: opposing defensive players would would say the same thing. I mean, 390 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: this guy's gonna draw a lot of attention. And the chemistry, 391 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: the magic, the intangibles that exist between Joe Burrow and 392 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,239 Speaker 1: Jamar Chaser a site to behold. They really are. And 393 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna get worst in They're only 394 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: going to get better. If anything. Next week we get 395 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: the opportunity to call a Bengals playoff win. It's been 396 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: too long. With Joe Burrow it in charge. It's gonna 397 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: happen sometime soon, and hopefully it happens in his first 398 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: crack at it next week. I think they have a 399 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: really good shot. I mean, I think he's playing at 400 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: his high a level as any quarterback in the National 401 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: Football League right now. I really do mentally, physically everywhere 402 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: you can. And I think he's as important. I mean, 403 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: quarterbacks are all important to a football team, but he 404 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: is as important as any quarterback is to his football team. 405 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see him play. I think it's 406 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: going to be a show. More on Sunday's game and 407 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: the play off game to come join Lap and Lance 408 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: McAlister for Bengals Line Monday night from six to nine 409 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: on seven hundred WLW. Now time for this week's fun 410 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: Facts segment, where you get to know the person under 411 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 1: the pads hand. In this case, it's the player who 412 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: scored the Bengals only offensive touchdown on Sunday. Time for 413 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: some fun facts with Bengals running back Chris Evans from 414 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: the so called racing capital of the World, Indianapolis, Indiana. 415 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: What do you love about your hometown and what were 416 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: some of the things you enjoyed doing as a kid. 417 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: A couple of things that I loaded about my hometown 418 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: is just basketball is just a big thing, you know 419 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Everybody who played basketball, and from if 420 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: you know all your friends to the person that you 421 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: don't know to the person that you know the best. 422 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: Everybody knows how to play basketball some some capacity. So 423 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: I love that. And um, I also just love just 424 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Um like being around the coats. 425 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, the coat Um during that 426 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: time when Peyton Manning was there, he like was the 427 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: mayor the city, you know what I'm saying. And we 428 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: always loaded to see him and watch him play. And 429 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: they went through them won the Super Bowl and I 430 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: was just exciting to see as a kid. We're doing 431 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: fun facts with running back Chris Savans. You started a 432 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: youth football program for kids when you were still a kid, 433 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: and it's really taken off. What were the orange origins 434 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: of Ceast Stars and what is it grown into? Um? 435 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: The origins was I'm pretty much I got one of 436 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: my little brothers and his friends. I was a janitor. 437 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: Um at an elementary school and in my city. Um, 438 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: Like before I went to college, I wanted to get 439 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: some money. So I get some shoes and some clothes 440 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: and stuff, um, and have my own money so my 441 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: little brother and his friends can't. We'll come up to 442 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: my job after I'm done cleaning our classrooms and we'll 443 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: do some football drives. I don't like, Okay, we got 444 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: enough kids, we might as well just see what we 445 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: can get into. So we started playing in the league. 446 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: I'm about seventeen eighteen at the time, and were just playing. 447 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: We was winning, and I was like, dang, like I'm 448 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: about to go to college, so we're gonna have to 449 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: like put this on whole. So I started started a 450 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: team in college. I got sponsorships and stuff like that, 451 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: and I I called my friend, I'm back at home, 452 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: best friend I grew up. Was like, we got to 453 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: keep those same kids going. So as soon as we 454 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: opened up a trial, we had like forty kids come out. 455 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: And now we just expanded to three states. We have 456 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: a Kentucky team, We're starting to Cincinnati team this year, Indianapolis, 457 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: and still up in Michigan. UM, so we have over 458 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 1: about three hundred kids in the program now, and um, 459 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: it just gives them the opportunity and a platform to 460 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: be able to continue to get better in football over 461 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: the offseason and mainly focus. You know what I'm saying. 462 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: We have tutors and stuff to help them with their 463 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 1: grades and stuff. So, UM, just the whole picture of 464 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: a student athlete and raising like a young man pretty 465 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: remarkable considering how young you are. And the name is 466 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: interesting because you outfoxed the NCIA. Yeah, I now seeing 467 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: that with the NIL and seeing all these guys making 468 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: all this all this money is I'm happy for him, 469 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: but I wish I could you know, we had an opportunity, 470 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: but um it was named ce Stars. Um. I was 471 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: talking to one of my mentors and it's like, I 472 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 1: should be aild it, use my aim to get this, 473 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But then they that came 474 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: at me and then um, on the spot, UM, I 475 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: told him, hey, it's not Chris Evans is collectively evolving 476 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: and they were like, well, I guess that, you know, 477 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess you're not in trouble anymore. So 478 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, and as of right now, UM, it's 479 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: still collectively evolving. But you know, what I'm saying to 480 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: see is my initials, So I kind of some people know, 481 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: some people don't know. So that's good stuff. We're visiting 482 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: with Chris Evans. He loved the Ohio State as a kid, 483 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: but wound up going to Michigan. So you said yes 484 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: to Jim Harbaugh and know to Urban Meyer. Explain yourself 485 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: to the Buckeyes fans listening. I was a Hog State fan, 486 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: was um, but just I just when I went to Michigan, 487 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: I gave my commitment to coach Hardball and I just 488 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: I just knew. I just knew it was good energy. 489 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying With Coach Hardball and Michigan. 490 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: Just now like at the end of the day, all 491 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: the tales was perfect and it was like I feel 492 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: like there was nothing like you know what I mean 493 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: that he was hot in or anything like that. So yeah, 494 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 1: in your first college game at Michigan with the official 495 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: attendance one hundred ten thou two hundred and twenty two 496 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: in the Big House, eight carries for one hundred and 497 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: twelve yards, describe that day. Um, it was. It was 498 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: a crazy day. Um. I didn't know I was gonna 499 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: put that much over the forest and running back. Our 500 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: first ring got UM. He messed up his ribcage and 501 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: UM that game it was a blowout. So it was 502 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: just him saying, let everybody get some touches, and I 503 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: got my aid and just took advantage of him, you 504 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So it was a good day. 505 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: I read that your cell phone died from all of 506 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: the messages. Literally it was it was my phone was 507 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: kept on. When I was looking at my phone, I 508 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: was getting message after missus, call after call, and it 509 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: was just it was crazy just to see just it 510 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: was just it was the beginning of it all. Your 511 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: life could be an inspirational movie because of how you 512 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: dealt with a problem that you had at Michigan. You 513 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: got suspended for a year due to plagiarism, but the 514 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: way you dealt with it is remarkable to me. Now 515 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: this is only two years ago. Describe two thy nineteen 516 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: and what you did. Um. I went through some adversity 517 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: UM that I feel like a lot of people wouldn't 518 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: be able to come back from. UM got to spend 519 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: it for a year. Instead of going home, I stayed 520 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: in my at my house that I was in and 521 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: in Harbor and I got a couple of jobs. Um 522 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: delivery driver, special teams, coach at a high school, and 523 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: contract their assistant. You know what I'm saying, I'm just 524 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: I'll just be sitting. They'd be like, give me the 525 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: screw driver, and I just gotta find it. I give 526 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: it to him, or I'll be holding drywall up and 527 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: stuff like that and doing a little nuance stuff. But 528 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: it taught me a lot, just taught me about just 529 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: keep my head down and keep pushing. And I mean, now, 530 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: just with those skills, I can like fix things in 531 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: my own them own house, so and my mom's house. 532 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: I fixed her drywall last last year, and I was like, 533 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: I know how to do this stuff. So it was good. 534 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: And also I just used my resources too, just as 535 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: much resource as I had, Like I worked at the 536 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: delivery delivery spot, so I could eat three meals a day. 537 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, that I had to pay 538 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: for so um, I just used everything just to save money. 539 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: I was actually in the real world and I was like, 540 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay away from this as long as I can. 541 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, I gotta work real real 542 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: job or sweating and holding stuff and that's something that 543 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to do, and my dad taught me 544 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: not to, Like, that's not what you want to do. 545 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: You want to be doing what you want to do 546 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: and not you know what I'm saying, heavy lifting and 547 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So that's what I took from it. 548 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: So you overcame at you earned your scholarship back, You 549 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: earned your degree. Does that mean that much more considering 550 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: the path you had to go through to get there? Yeah, 551 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: I mainly just wanted to graduate. I mean it was 552 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: a COVID year. Seasons I canceled and uncanceled. Then it 553 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,959 Speaker 1: was just a but I just knew taking twenty one 554 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: credits this last semester, I was like, this is the 555 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: this will truly like showed it, Like I really got 556 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: through this, you know what I'm saying. Because a lot 557 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: of guys leave school and don't get the degree and 558 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: then they gotta go back or the end don't end 559 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: up going back. And I was like, not all this out, tutors, 560 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and just just get it done so 561 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: I can get up out of here. So after your 562 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: senior year at Michigan, you earned an invitation to the 563 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: Senior ball and knocked it out of the park. How 564 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: did that impact your life? It impacted crazy. Um. I 565 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: was about to go back home. Um, Jim Nagie called 566 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: me and it's like, do you want to over to 567 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: wing him one more time? And I was like definitely. 568 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: So when I went down there, I was like, literally, 569 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: I can't go wrong down here, Like you know what 570 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm not. I wasn't even supposed to be here. 571 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna take advantage of everything I can get, 572 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Coaching and stuff like that. 573 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: So UM, that's one reason that UM coach Seck Taylor 574 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: said to help me, you know what I'm saying, because 575 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: he asked me to draw up a protection and when 576 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: I was drawn, I kind of like seeing her face 577 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: I was. I was drawing because I was kind of 578 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: like that whole time. I was nervous, really, but I 579 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: didn't I didn't expect that i'd be here in Cincinnati. 580 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: So you impressed them Inmobile. They selected you in the 581 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: sixth round. Describe your draft experience. The Falcons was telling 582 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: me that they were gonna draft me for sure. So 583 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: they had two picks in the fifth, They had two 584 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: picks in the fifth back to back and I was like, oh, 585 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure gonna get down. So then, um, they didn't 586 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: get I didn't there, they didn't get the call. So 587 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: and I had two phones at the time. I got 588 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: one phone just for all the teamside a number of them. 589 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: So um, after those two picks, I was like, man, 590 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: I got all these people at my um at my house, 591 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: and I just hope I get drafted because I don't 592 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: want to go and drafted. So UM, I went outside, 593 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: I took a walk with my mom, and um, some 594 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: Cincinnati number calls my other phone. I'm like, all all 595 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: the teams got this number, but so I called it 596 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: and he's like, this is Zach Taylor and with the 597 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, and I was like, oh snap. But it 598 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: was like we was walking. It was about a hundred 599 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: yards from my house, and I told my mom like, yo, 600 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: we gotta get back, you know what I'm saying before 601 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: it come on. So we just running down the street 602 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: and I told everybody I cut the music off, like 603 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: in turn the TV up, you know what I'm saying 604 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So it was, um, it was a 605 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: crazy experience and I was one of them, the most 606 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: stressful times in my life, like that whole day, like 607 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: I couldn't it was it was crazy. A few wild 608 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: card categories to wrap things up with. Chris Evans, your 609 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: Twitter handle is kidden play Underscore ABC one two three. 610 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: I assume it's a reference to your high top fade, 611 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: similar to the kid from the Wrap two Kiddn't Play. 612 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: I made that handle when I was a little Oh well, 613 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: I'm about eighth grade, ninth grade or seven eighth grade 614 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: when I first got my haircut, and yeah, I just 615 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: I love that show. I love Fresh Prince of bel 616 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: Air and all stuff like that. So that was the 617 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: inspiration behind it. Do you have any hidden talents? Hidden talents? 618 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: I can fix it whatever you need, I got it. 619 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: I can fix a tire, I can fix a I 620 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: can do a lot of stuff, a lot of handy stuff. 621 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: And I feel like my hidden talent is h when 622 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: something goes back, Like when something goes wrong, I'm good 623 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: at um like making it work, you know what I'm saying. 624 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: So like just in an everyday situation, if something happens, 625 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: it doesn't happen, and I can just keep the keep 626 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: the group come like okay, Like this is what we're 627 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: gonna do. You know what I'm saying, just because I 628 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: like to keep one. I like that. Don't get hired, 629 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: don't get too low, you know what I'm saying, And 630 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: just keep stay steady and just just stay locked in. 631 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: You're a problem solver. Every group needs a problem solving. 632 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: Where are you terrible? App I'm terrible at getting shots. 633 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't like getting shots like the like I hate needles. 634 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: I hate hate stuff like that. And I just I 635 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: was the kid that they had to get the big 636 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: nurse to go hold me down to get to get 637 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: my shot. So I hate I hate needles. All right, 638 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: you just became my wife's favorite player because she hates 639 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: getting shots. If you could meet anybody in history, athlete, actor, politician, 640 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: religious figure, whoever it might be, who would that person 641 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: be mon Luther King owning me mon Luth the King 642 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: just because I on the and not just about just 643 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: what he did and how he did it, just but 644 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: like I love the process and I love just it's 645 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: not what you see on Sunday, it's what you see 646 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: through you know what I'm and Monday to Saturday. That's 647 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: why I like, I mean some of them, like Joe 648 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: Mix it. For example, he practice hard every day, you 649 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, So having a little Sunday is 650 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: just what he's been doing all week. So just to 651 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: see how intriguing like his process was, just being all 652 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: the adversity he had to go through and him being 653 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: a leader, and you know what I'm saying. So I 654 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: don't want to meet him. You were off the hot seat. 655 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: I appreciate your time. That's to fluck the rest of 656 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: the year, I said, appreciate it. That's going to do it. 657 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: For this episode of the Bengals Booth Podcast brought to 658 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: you by Ultimate Bengals, the free to play Next Level 659 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football game downloaded now from the App Store and 660 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: Google Play. And if you haven't done so already, please 661 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: subscribe to this podcast and if you have a minute, 662 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: give it a rating or share a comment that helps 663 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: more Bengals fans find us. I'm Dan Horde. Thanks for 664 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: listening to The Bengals Booth Podcast.