WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Phew! 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.280 Hi, Get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:10.719 Bengals Booth podcast The few Editions. We look back at 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.119 a game that was exhilarating for Bengals fans in the 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:17.280 first half, agonizing in the second half. It ultimately can 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.239 be summed up with a huge sigh of relief as 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.959 the Bengals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Thirty seven thirty four. 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.120 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the game, locker 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.440 room interviews with several key players, and Dave Lapham will 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.720 join me for postgame analysis. Plus in this week's Fun 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:38.760 Facts interview. It's a great conversation with Cincinnati native Adolphus Washington, 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.919 covering a wide variety of topics, including the joy of 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.080 being the father of two young kids. All of that 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.120 is straight ahead. But first, here's a quick reminder that 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.760 you can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.680 right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, 0:00:56.840 --> 0:01:03.600 or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention since the thesaurus. Yes, 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:08.040 the thesaurus defined as a reference tool that lists words 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:12.800 together according to similarity of meaning. So, if for example, 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.959 you're writing about a football game, that was agonizing in 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.680 the final minutes, and don't want to use the word 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.520 agonizing more than once. You can go to the thesaurus 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:26.920 and have similar words ready to go. So let's get 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:33.280 to Sunday's game, which was harrowing, excruciating, and distressing down 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.600 the stretch, but it started out great. Tampa Bay quarterback 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:41.240 Jamis Winston entered the game with more interceptions than touchdown 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:44.520 passes and added to his i NT total in the 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.320 red zone. On the Bucks opening drive, Winston catches a 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:51.160 shotgun snap three step drop guns it over the middle 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.880 in a separate in the end zone by Sean Williams. 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.480 He decides to run it out. He's coming toward the 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:59.360 near sideline of the un the twenty and he'll be 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.360 shoved out of bounds by Chris Godwin at the twenty 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.720 five yard line. Neither team scored on their first two drives, 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:07.760 but when the Bengals got the ball for the third time, 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.880 a rookie tight end made a huge play the first 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.600 time he stepped on the field. On first and ten 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.040 from the thirty seven yard line, Andy Dalton fakes a 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.799 hand off to Joe Mixon, fires down the sideline by 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.800 Jordan Franks and his NFL debut, and he has shoved 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:28.320 out a bounds at the Tampa Bay thirty one yard line, 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:32.480 a thirty two yard catch for Franks, an undrafted player 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.640 out of UCF who is just promoted from the practice 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.880 squad this week. I can run a little bit, so honestly, 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.480 I just put my head down and looked up. The 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.160 balls came my waist. Seaball, get ball. Guess you say? 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.120 His catch started a four play, sixty three yard touchdown drive. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.399 The nose of the football close to the goal line. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.400 The Bengals do not challenge. Instead, they hand it to Mixon. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.880 He charges up the gut and into the promised land 0:02:56.280 --> 0:03:01.120 touchdown Bengals as Joe Mixon begins to se delabratory dance 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:04.680 after giving the Bengals a six nothing lead. When Tampa 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:08.160 Bay got the ball back, Jamis did what Jamis does. 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.320 Winston rolls right, being chased by Sam Hubbard. His pass 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.640 deflected it and accepted by Preston Brown. Running back to 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.280 the thirty, the thirty five, the forty, and he has 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.679 shoved out of bounds. Sam Hubbard deflected it and it 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.320 floated right into the hands of linebacker Preston Brown. Absolutely, Dan, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.440 the guy that did all the work is ninety four. 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.120 Sam Hubbard contained them, controlled them, deflected the football in 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.560 a ricochet to Preston Brown, and he's gonna get all 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.120 the glory. He's gonna get the interception. But a star 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.520 on the forehead of Sam Hubbard. And this time the 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:42.560 Bengals turned the pick into points. Shot gun snapped. Dalton 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.600 guns it into the end zone, caught for a touchdown 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:50.480 by Tyler Boyd. A great throw away from the defender 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:55.280 by Andy Dalton. Boyd spun backward, caught his hands up, 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.920 hauled in the football, and the Bengals have a two 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.240 touchdown lead. After a Tampa Bay hunt, the Bengals made 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.960 it a three touchdown lead. First in goal from the 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.040 eight yard line for the Bengals, Dalton hands it off 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.840 to Mixon with a head of steam. He woll waltz 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:13.320 into the end zone, an easy touchdown for Joe Mixon. 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:17.760 Twenty nothing Cincinnati. Randy Bullocks extra point made it twenty 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.240 one nothing, and it looked like the route was on. 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.000 But here's the point where we remind you that Tampa 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.599 Bay was number one in the NFL in passing yards 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:30.240 entering the game, and the Bengals defense hasn't exactly been 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.040 dominant this year. First in ten from the forty, Winston 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.200 with another deep drop, He's going to air it out 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.760 wide open down the middle of the field is DeShawn Jackson. 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:43.160 Touchdown for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A sixty yard touchdown 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:48.800 strike to DeShawn Jackson. Career touchdown catch number fifty three, 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.800 and of those fifty three touchdown grabs, twenty four have 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.840 been sixty yards or longer. That's a new NFL record. 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:01.200 Jackson now has one more than Jerry Right. Tampa Bay 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.960 missed the extra point and the Bengals wasted no time 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.239 in getting the six points back. Dalton under center, turns 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.880 left hands into Mixon again, following two blockers around the 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.760 left Edge's to the forty five fifty great timp cut 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.520 to the forty down to the thirty escape to tackle 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.440 at the twenty five and gets pulled down at the 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:23.719 seventeen yard line by Isaiah Johnson forty three yards for 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.480 Joe Mixon to go up and over one hundred yards 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.120 in the first half, Joe finished with a career high 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.960 one hundred twenty three yards and that Jaunt set up 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.640 this first and ten. At the seventeen, Dalton floats a 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.839 fade gray J. Green. He comes down with the football, 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:45.640 touchdown Bengals. A J. Green going up and over rookie 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:50.520 cornerback Carlton Davis to haul in the touchdown pass from 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:54.920 Andy Dalton for Adrial Jeremiah Green. That is touchdown catch 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.880 number six this year. Bullock missed the extra point, and 0:05:58.000 --> 0:05:59.960 although Tampa Bay kicked a field goal at the end 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:03.320 of the half, the Bengals had a seemingly comfortable twenty 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:09.159 seven to nine lead. Emphasis unseemingly the two teams traded 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.040 touchdowns in the third quarter. A one yard run by 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.400 Peyton Barber pulled the Bucks within eleven, but then Winston 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.880 threw two more interceptions. Jordan Evans came up with the 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.200 Bengals third of the game, and Jesse Bates came up 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:24.719 with a four. Bengals fans are getting into it, trying 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.839 to make it hard for the offensive line to hear 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.600 shotgun snap. Winston back to throw his pass, get accepted, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:38.080 running it back, touchdown Bengals. A pick six for rookie 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:42.520 Jesse Bates, the first of his NFL career, as Jamis 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:48.279 Winston's fourth interception results in a Bengal score. Bates stumbled 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.520 a bit after the pick, but maintained his balance for 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:54.800 a twenty one yard touchdown. Return count threw it right 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.640 to me, honestly, just had to catch it and you score. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.559 That's pretty much what it was. Are you thinking, please 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.040 keep your feet because you had to have seen it 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.480 was wide open in front of you. Yeah, I saw 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.360 the whole crowd. I'm like, oh, please don't fall, please 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.480 don't fall. But now I kept my feet and score. 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.480 It was thirty four sixteen Bengals with two minutes left 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.120 in the third quarter, and the Bucks decided to change quarterbacks, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.000 calling on thirty five year old Harvard grad and former 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.440 Bengal Ryan Fitzpatrick. He was the toast of the NFL 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.680 at the start of the season. Remember fitz Magic, when 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.520 he passed for more than four hundred yards in each 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.840 of the first three weeks, the first quarterback in NFL 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:39.200 history to top four hundred passing yards in three straight games. Well, 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:43.320 Fitzpatrick through for one ninety four in a little more 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.920 than a quarter against the Bengals. After a field goal 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.440 cut the Bengals lead to fifteen, Fitzpatrick made it a 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.360 one score game. Now, the thirty five year old quarterback 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.920 takes the shotgun snap, drop straight back to throw. He's 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.560 gonna float one deep down field for Evans's wide open 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.040 catches at the thirty, and he will trot into the 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.440 end zone man a seventy two yard touchdown for Tampa Bay. 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.280 How can you let the deepest receiver on the field 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.000 just run right by you? The safeties were nowhere to 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.160 be found. One of those safeties was Jesse Bates. You know, 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:15.560 we play so well for the three quarters and then 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.520 I think some people may have got lazy, or you know, 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.400 our eyes may have got got comfortable pretty much. And 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.360 you can't do that just because, I mean, this thing 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.360 will homble you very fast, and it did tonight. While 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.640 the Bengals defense was starting to leak oil, the offense 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:33.280 went bone dry. On the Bengals first four drives of 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.960 the second half, Cincinnati did not have a single first down, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.680 and with time winding down in the game, the Buccaneers 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.080 caught up shotgun snap Fitzpatrick looking for an open target. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.959 His throw caught for a touchdown. O Jay Howard caught 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.559 it at the five and sliced into the end zone, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.920 and now it will come down to a two point 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.640 conversion dry With one oh five left, the ball is 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.840 placed at the two yard line, a two point conversion, 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.360 tap to erase a twenty one point deficit and try 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:07.560 to force overtime. One oh five left. Fitzpatrick in the shotgun. 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.760 Three receivers right, one left. He's back to throw, he's looking, 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.360 he cocks, he escapes a hit, he throws, and it's 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:18.480 caught for a two point conversion by Godwin. We are 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:22.000 even with one oh five left in regulation. Here's head 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.960 coach Marvin Lewis, we shouldn't put ourselves in that position. 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.160 We got this game in hand. We can't got to 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.520 understand the situation in a game, what could happen and 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.760 do our jobs on defense better. The Bengals got the 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.440 ball back at their own twenty four with fifty eight 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.920 seconds on the clock and two time outs remaining, and 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:42.280 kicker Randy Bullock knew the game might come down to 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.199 his right foot. I actually started warming up. I figured out, 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.040 you know, if I did have an opportunity, I wanted 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.240 to be prepared, be loose, relaxed, and too much job. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.439 Andy Dalton went to work, hitting AJ Green for gains 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.600 of twenty three and eleven yards. Prior to those catches, 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.080 aj had been held to three grabs for forty two. 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.040 Here's Dalton. Everybody's got a plan for him, and so 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.080 um you know, for us, even with what they were 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:09.840 doing at the end, we were able to get two 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.040 plays for him. I mean, he's a big reason why 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.839 we won this game, and so um you know, for him, 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.480 he's just gotta keep going because there's gonna be opportunities 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.480 whenever he's not getting doubled. And when that was the 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.520 case today, he made the play. The Bengals drove to 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.840 the twenty six yard line and called a time out, 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.680 sending Bullock out to attempt a game winning field goal. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.560 Five seconds left on the clock. Thirty four all is 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.040 the score. Clark Harris ready to snap it back a 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:39.080 pro bowler a year ago. He's ready. He snaps it 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.560 to Huber. Huber puts it down. The kick from Randy 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:46.680 Bullock is on its way, and yeah, there are penalty 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:51.800 flags down, penalty flags on the field. Let's see what's 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.040 on Tampa Bay. Kevin Huber says, it's on the Buccaneers 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.640 and Randy Bullock has just kicked the Bengals to a 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.840 thirty seven thirty four win at the gun. And what 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.600 happened is they probably overloaded in the middle and dumped 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.880 the donut a little bit, put some pressure on Harrops 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.319 the snapper. Defense that penalt is the guy. The field 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.120 goal is good and the game was over. They tried 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.760 to get pressure up the middle, putting extra people on 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.960 Clark Harris and you can't cover them up. They covered 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.160 him up. That's a penalty. It's a personal foul, unnecessary 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.640 roughness on the snapper, and Tampa Bay could called for it. 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.200 It was good anyway. It took all sixty minutes, but 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:33.880 it's nice to say. Coffin nails, bam, bam bam. Tyler 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.439 Boyd had an excellent view of the game winning kick 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.679 front Rosy right next to Marph, right right on my knee. Man, 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.079 I was. I was so grateful when I was. It's 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:43.960 fun times when you win. It's always funny when you win. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.280 It was an extremely windy day and both kickers missed 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:51.200 extra points, but when it mattered most, Bullock delivered his 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:54.680 first game winner in a Bengals uniform. Do you look 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.800 forward to those opportunities? Absolutely? I mean more than anything, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.800 you look forward to doing your job, helping your team win. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.040 And you know, like I said, I had missed one earlier, 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:03.280 so I felt like I owed it to the guys 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.400 too to come through. And they did a great job 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.120 with the ball down the field and putting us in 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.280 with an opportunity to point points on the boarding. At 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:11.559 the end, it seemed like a very calm, even keeled sword. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:13.720 But he is your heart beating a million miles a 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.920 minute in those situations. No, I mean more than anything. 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.040 You can't make a situation bigger than it is. I 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.599 felt like I was ready find an opportunity I was 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.360 gonna make. It didn't matter the distance, So that was 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.680 decip mentality I was going into it with. And like 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.240 I said, I felt like I had missed one earlier, 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:27.880 and I owed it to the guys to put one through. 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.160 The final score thirty seven thirty four Bengals. They hit 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.800 the midway point of the season and a desperately needed 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.600 by week with a record of five and three, a 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.079 half game behind the first place Steelers in the AFC 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.920 North and a game ahead of the Ravens, who lost 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.960 did Carolina. Here are Andy Dalton and Jesse Bates I'm 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:48.960 the win to be five and three right now, going 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.240 into the buys big and hopefully we can get some 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.600 guys healthy and get some guys back. I feel really good. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.880 I'm sure everyone else in this locker room feels really good. 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.640 We knew the chances of going to the playoffs and 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.920 this was a big win for us, and we emphasized 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.760 that inside the meeting room. We just get get back 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.080 to what we do do best in um. You know, 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:10.800 we kind of did that and we kind of didn't. 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.280 So we're just gonna go to work these two days 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.280 before we go off and you know, enjoy our families 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:16.920 throughout the bye week. Now tied to bring in my 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:20.560 broadcast partner Dave Lapham for postgame analysis, and we start 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.840 with Bullocks, Clatch, Keck incredible and when you look at 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.720 that fuel goal, I mean it started to pick up 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.559 a little wind, a little swirling wind. I mean that's 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.839 not a gimme, that's not an automatic. So Randy Bullock, 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.800 you know, executed well, as did uh Clark Harris, as 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.000 did Kevin Huber and the protection unit. You can't take 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.440 any of those for granted, but my goodness, that was 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.960 you talk about a Charles Dickens tailor two halves. That was. 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.439 That was Volume one, Page one. That was That was 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.640 the highlight of it. I mean, the Bengal score twenty 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.840 seven points on thirty six snaps in the first half, 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.520 over three hundred yards offense. Then in the second half 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:56.920 they didn't get it first down till their fifth possession. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.120 It was it was incredible. It was like North and 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.200 South Pole. But when the game was on the line, 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.440 when it counted and mattered most Andy Dalton AJ Green 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.559 the two guys that have made the Pro Bowl for 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.160 this football team, and they won a lot of football games. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.920 They made plays when they had to to set the 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.360 team up for the game winning field goal. What a 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.760 bizarre day for the Bengals defense. They surrendered more yards 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.640 against Tampa Bay than they gave up against Kansas City 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.600 last Sunday night, five hundred and seventy six yards of 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.400 offense in the game against the Bucks, but they came 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:31.360 up with four interceptions, including a pick six, and really 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.440 that's what allowed the Bengals to hold out and win. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.440 In the first half, they ran one more play than 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.240 the Bengals. In the second half, they ran nineteen more 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.880 snaps than the Cincinnati Bengals did, and you know that's 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.320 where they started to have some problems. And honestly, the 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.240 worst thing that happened was to pick six because it 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.640 bench Jamis Winston. I mean, Jesse Bates, you know, picked 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.960 it and took it to the house. And that was 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:56.480 the end for Jamis Winston. Four interceptions. I mean, he 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.640 just could. He was overthrowing footballs. Never never saw Jesse 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.360 Bay And Ryan Fitzpatrick comes in there, and this guy 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.400 has got some wiggle in the pocket and he'll get 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.640 out of pocket and he'll throw the ball vertically and 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.560 he did. He did it again today. And you know, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.520 I'm not part of the Tampa Bay organization in any way, 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.960 shape or form, but man, he's not the starter against Carolina. 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.120 I'm not sure the other guys will travel to play 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.680 the football game. I mean, he's got to be their quarterback. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.960 As I pointed out during the broadcast, he came into 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.080 the game number four in the NFL and passer rating 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.600 number one in chess hair. As we learned in a 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.560 postgame interview earlier this season, Let's talk about a couple 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.840 of Bengals offensive players who had career high performances. Joe 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:35.760 Mixon rushed for one hundred and twenty three yards, a 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.200 new high for him. Tyler Boyd a one hundred and 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.920 thirty eight receiving yards, a new high for him. And 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:42.760 we thought big key to the football game was going 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.240 to be mixing because you know, bart Mark Dufferin was 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:46.960 going to play it like he played it in Cleveland, 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.560 not you know, a safety in the box. He wasn't 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:50.960 gonna put the eighth guy in the box. Were going 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.400 seven in the box and then umbrella coverage, you know, 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.760 soft coverage on the back end, two safeties deep and 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.560 figure out different ways to double aj Green And they did. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:00.440 And the Reds only found a different way to double him. 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.760 They bracketed him differently every single time. That is testament 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.680 to his greatness. But in so doing that, Tyler Boyd, 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.600 you know, wins his one on ones whenever he's got 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.280 him and he makes playoffter play. Yeah, it's it's it's 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.880 really those two guys, Joe Mixon, you gotta win. There's 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.760 only seven in the box. You gotta run them out 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:19.680 of it. And Joe was doing everything he could. He 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:21.640 busted one for forty three, He busted a couple of 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.400 big runs. You know, you get over one hundred yards 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.120 rusher and over one hundred yard receiver, and it's not 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.800 AJ Green. That's mean that there's a supporting cast and 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.120 an AJ like we talked about earlier when the game 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.560 was on the line, he and Andy Dalton, they get 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.360 a little mental telepathy going, you know. I mean, they're 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.560 gonna hook up and they're gonna make plays back shoulder, 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.320 and they've done it so many times. It's just automatic. 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.720 Teams that go five and three in the first half 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.240 of the season make the playoffs more than sixty percent 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.320 of the time. So that's good news for the Bengals. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.480 And the other good news, obviously, is that they're going 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.320 into their buy with a ton of injured players. Several 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.120 of those guys seem certain to come back after the 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.640 by Giovanni Bernard should be back, Billy Price I would 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.840 think will be back. John Ross should be in good 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.320 shape to come back. But unfortunately they've got they've got 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:05.639 a lot of guys that are not going to be 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.840 back this season as well. Right Adam Schefter tweeted out 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.880 during the game. When Adam Schefter tweets, it is pretty 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.280 much official by league standards that Carl Lawson has a 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.000 twenty ACL so he's out for the year. So what 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:21.480 happens there, I mean, Willis Hubbard, You're gonna have to 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.800 give some rushes at defensive end, not defensive tackling that Nichol. 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.080 That Nichol's going to look a little bit different. Um. 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.879 One thing that found out during the first half of 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.119 the season with all the injuries this team sustained and 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.280 they were weeezing to the bye week. I mean they 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.120 were just scrambling claw and trying to get there. They're 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.360 one to fifty three. Their roster depths pretty good, and 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:45.040 you know that's that's the positive. The negative is, man, 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.040 when is it going to ease up? I mean c J. 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.600 Zama with a right shoulder injury and he'd had it 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.600 for a while, but it exacerbated it during the course 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:53.680 of this game. I mean, they were down to nothing 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.879 and one of my favorite players, Jordan Frank's on the 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.000 wheel route. They put him in motion across the backfield 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.480 wheel brought up the sideline for over twenty yard catch 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:05.560 his first NFL snaps. So, I mean, they're getting contributions 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:08.240 from a ton of people. And the thing then that 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:13.200 also was impressive with all these roster problems. Special teams 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:17.239 is decimated, and you have, you know what, guys like 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.400 Mark Walton taking a lot more special team snaps, Sam 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.399 Hubbard taking a lot more special team snaps. So guys 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.520 are doing a lot. I mean, guys are having their 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.920 roles expand right before their very eyes because of injury concerns. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.160 So again, like you said, hopefully after the bye week, 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.480 you know, they see am Massus, they see doctors, they 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.920 see you know, sports psychologists, they see everything they need 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.199 to see to get their bodies in mind right and 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.240 start getting some guys back because they have a chance. 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:46.800 They have five wins, they're tracking for a ten and six. 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.800 If they duplicate that, that'll put you in a position 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.640 for some good things postseason. Thanks Lap. After the bye, 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.080 the Bengals host the five and one New Orleans Saints, 0:18:55.440 --> 0:19:00.119 and their three home games after that are against the Browns, Broncos, 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.560 and Raiders, three teams with a combined record of six 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:08.600 sixteen and one. Now, time for this week's fun fact segment. 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.520 As you get to know the person under the pads, 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.560 in this case, one of four Cincinnati kids, I'm the 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.960 current roster. Time for some fun facts with Cincinnati's own 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.120 Adolphus Washington, and I almost feel like I know you 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:24.160 because I've heard so much about you over the years 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:26.560 from your time at Taft High School and Ohio State. 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.680 But this is our first one on one conversation. When 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:32.119 did it all start for you? When was it clear 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:36.400 that you were going to be an elite athlete? Probably 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:42.399 around seven to eighth grade, I have started playing basketball. 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.760 I've always played football, but I started playing basketball probably 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:50.600 like fifth grade and football. I mean, basketball was just 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:52.200 one of those things that I really had to work 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:54.080 to get good at and I kind of fell in 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.080 love with it. So I actually was ready to quit 0:19:56.119 --> 0:20:01.640 football to play basketball. But probably like my ninth grade, 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.080 tenth grade year, I wasn't getting no letters for basketball. 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.920 So I'm like, oh, something's wrong, Like I was getting 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.520 all letters for football. Something like maybe I just need 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.720 to focus on football. So that's what I did. I 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:15.639 focused on football, but I still played basketball, you know, 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.400 because I have the other guys that I played with, 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:20.760 you know, we grew up together, played basketball. Guy, I'm 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:23.240 I'm gonna stick it out for them guys. But when 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.600 I went out said and done, I'm gonna play football. Well, 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:28.520 I certainly know about your basketball exploits, and we will 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:30.399 get to that, but let's talk a little bit more 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:33.080 about football because your dad, a Dolphins senior, was a 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:37.400