WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Hell Yeah 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.439 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:13.119 the Bengals Booth Podcast, the Hell Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Yeah Edition, 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:15.760 as we take an in depth look at the Bengals 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:19.440 preseason opener in nineteen fourteen win over the defending Super 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:23.680 Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The song hell Yeah, by 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:27.560 the way, is by the band Lake Street Dive by 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:32.160 request alas I can't sing like the Great Rachel Price. 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.159 Coming up radio replays from Saturday's win, my one on 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:40.040 one conversations with two Bengals rookies who had impressive debuts, 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:44.680 and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. The Bengals Booth Podcast 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.120 is presented by bud Light. 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Seven time Super 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.360 Bowl champ Tom Brady, on the other hand, did play 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.240 the opening series for Tampa Bay and took a hit 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.720 the third time he dropped back to pass. Rookies Joseph 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.720 Osai and Cam Sample are both in to rush. Tom 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.560 Brady On third down and ten, Giovanni Bernhardt packet and 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.000 running back lines up to the right of Brady, catches 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:42.000 a high shotgun snap, looking scrambling and sacked. Brady brought 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.400 down at the thirteen yard line, and as the Bengals 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.919 sack them on third and ten, rookie Joseph Osai got 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.600 there first and shared the sack with the Bengal's biggest 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:55.760 free agent acquisition, Trey Hendrickson. It was an impressive debut 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.000 for Osai, who had two other quarterback hits and to 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.880 tackle for loss in the running game. You'll hear from 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.560 him in just a bit, and he wasn't the only 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.800 Bengals rookie who made an impressive play right off the bat. 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.720 Fakes a toss to the right. Rosy receiver screen set 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.239 up for Jamar Chase, runs for the first down and 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.000 gets tackled inside the twenty five at the twenty three 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:20.760 sixteen yards on the receiver screen. First NFL touch for 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.520 Jamar Chase that helped the Bengals reach the red zone 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.400 on their opening drives. No score, first quarter, eight thirty 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:28.519 eight left. Here's a stretch run to the left. P 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.560 Ryan slices through a small hole makes it down to 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.120 the eighteen for a two yard rid. I'm setting up 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.680 third down in five. Tampa Bay says that that's a fumble, 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:39.960 and they feel like they've got possession of the football. 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.880 They're trying to walk off the field defensively and they're 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:46.000 saying it's Tampa Bay's ball. Following the p Rhyan fumble, 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.320 the Buccaneers drove seventy nine yards to score still a 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.080 two tight end formation for the Buccaneers. Here's a run 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.960 play for bon running left. He gets a push from 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.520 behind and he takes it into the end zone for 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:01.440 the game's first score. He saw Vaughan made it six nothing. 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.520 But the Bucks followed that with a comical mistake on 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.360 the extra point. They lined up in a trick formation 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.000 at the two yard line as if they were going 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.560 to attempt a two point conversion, then shifted into a 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:17.520 kicking formation and booted the pat But since twenty fifteen, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:22.640 extra point kicks have started from the fifteen yard line. Therefore, 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.920 the Bucks were too close and Ryan suck Ups kick 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:30.000 didn't count. It was a preseason game for the coaches too. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.599 On the Bengal second drive, quarterback Brandon Allen once again 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.240 drove the offense into the red zone a trail six 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.200 nothing shotgun snap Allan throws a little cut on the 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.599 run by Mike TLAs Hey bubbles the football inside the 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:47.080 twenty and the fucketeers recover at the twelve yard line. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:52.599 Two drives, two red zone fumbles. Not good. On the 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.400 Bengals third drive, they turned it over again sort of 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.240 shotgun snap to Alan sets up a pass. His row 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.599 is the intercepted picked off at the fourth wall. Now 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.240 the ball is battered away by Mike Thomas and he 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:10.200 plucks it out of the air unreal. Javon Hagen intercepted 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.080 the pass and as he started to return following the interception, 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.760 the ruling on the field is a double change of possession. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.800 First half. Boy, he just slipped out of his hand. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.520 I mean as he's returning it. I don't know if 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.120 he's trying to change hands with the football or what. 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:31.320 But Hagan just lost possession of the football man and Thomas, 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.280 like you said, Dan, hustle right there pluck it out 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.440 of the air. Man. That that was one crazy play. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:41.680 Two turnovers on the same snap, and the Bengals took advantage. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.360 Closing out the half with their best drive of the night. 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.600 It's a handoff to Evans, he goes low, He's into 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:52.919 the end zone, touchdown Bengals with thirteen seconds left in 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.159 the first half, rookie Chris Evans scoring from the one 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.560 to give the Bengals a seven six halftime lead despite 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.560 committee three turnovers to just one for Tampa Bay. But 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.200 that stat turned in the second half. Griffin gets ready 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.000 to throw his pass over the big bable then pick 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.560 Henderson with the interception for the Bengals. He's running it 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.800 back and Henderson makes it down to the thirty five 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.880 yard line of Tampa Bay, where the Bengals take over. 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.840 Jayalen Davis with a breakup and Trayvon Henderson with the pick. 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.080 It led to a forty yard field goal by Evan 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.240 McPherson and a ten sixth lead. More of the same 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.279 than next time. The Bucks got the ball, catches the shotgun, 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.440 snap sets up and throws in the traffic dot Deer 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.800 intercepted by Frasier running back to the thirty five, the 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:43.360 thirty and Cavan Frasier catching the ricochet who goes out 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.560 of bounds at the twenty six yard line. Again it 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.640 was Jalen Davis deflecting a pass that was picked off 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.680 by a teammate that led to an Austin Cybert field 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.960 goal in a thirteen six lead. The Bengals not only 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.000 had the two picks in the second half, they put 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.160 a ton of pressure on Tampa Bay's quarter backs, finishing 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:05.640 with four sacks and thirteen quarterback hits. Darius Hodge, an 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.679 undrafted rookie out of Marshall, led the way with five 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.520 QB hits and one and a half sacks. Another Evan 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.200 McPherson field goal gave the Bengals at ten point lead 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.000 going to the fourth quarter, but a bad pass by 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.880 third string quarterback Kyle Shermer gave the Buccaneers some hope. 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.880 Shotgun snaps Sherman Ustro intercepted at the fifteen It's going 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:31.400 to be a pick six, Joseph Jones intercepting the pass 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:35.040 and running it in untouched for the pick six, and 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.320 just like that, the Buccaneers are back in this game. 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:42.000 A two point conversion made it sixteen fourteen with eleven 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.480 minutes to go, but rookie quarterback Kyle Trask was no 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.800 match for the Bengals pass rush. The rookie quarterback has 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.400 the ball he's back to throw, being chased running toward 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.400 the right side. I sacked brought down from behind by 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.880 Darius Hodge. My man. Hodge is killing it on the 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.200 edge since an. He closed out the game with a 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.280 clock chewing drive highlighted by a twenty four yard run 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.360 on third and two by Jaques Patrick and a twenty 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:11.120 two yard screen pass to Chris Evans. Austin Cybert put 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:15.360 the finishing touch on a nineteen fourteen win play clock 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.520 at ten, game clock at twenty nine. This will be 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.440 a thirty eight yard field goal try from the right 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.320 hash for Austin Cybert. The snap back to Huber, he 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.760 puts it down. The kick is up and it is good. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:35.120 That should be coffin nails. I am Bam. Before we 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.160 go inside the locker room, we remind you that the 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.840 Bengals Booth podcast is presented by Bud Light Seltzer. It's 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.480 light and refreshing with a hint of fruit flavor. The 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.520 player who generated the most buzz was third round draft 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.520 pick Joseph Osai, who left the game in the second 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.600 half with a wrist injury. There's no update on the 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.800 severity yet, but he was in good spirits when I 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:00.200 spoke to him after the game. We're in the locker 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.960 room with rookie Joseph Oside. Part of the Bengals excellent 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.120 performance in the preseason opener and in your case, a 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:11.840 sack of Tom Brady on the Patriots opening drive. How 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.080 big of a throw was that? It was awesome? You know, 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:18.400 I grew up watching him and it was again play 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:22.400 before Robin Harcouse. He was lined up against me, So 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.400 it was definitely dope seeing those guys and living a dream. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.040 But I just know we got to get back to work, 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:32.320 so it'll be dope. We got great guys on that 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.920 line all over. You know, for him to get moved, 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:36.760 it was it was a team effort for him to 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.559 get moved to me. I just happened to be in 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.800 the right place at the right time, so you know, 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:42.559 it was a great effort. I can't wait to see 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.640 how we grow as a team throughout the season. You're 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.360 being modest. I admire that technically a combined sack between 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.400 you and Trey Hendrickson, but was it surreal to look 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:54.880 down and see the goat after your first preseasons sack? 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.679 It was definitely dope, man, it was awesome. I looked 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.360 before the place started. I looked back and I saw him, 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.800 and I was like, mine, that's that's Tom Brady. So 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.640 it was definitely dope. But um, yeah, i'd be just 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.080 hopefully there's many more of those to come, you know, 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.040 And that wasn't your only good play. You applied pressure 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.480 on several occasions. How did you feel you did overall 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.480 in your preseason debut. Um, I can always do better. 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.319 I always like to could take myself like that. I'm 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.280 sure we'll go back and watch the film and there'll 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.120 be multiple players I could have made and things I 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.360 could have done better. But um, coach Hobby does a 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.400 great job of analyzing things on the sideline and letting 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.679 us see it quicker so we can play faster. So 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:34.000 props to him on allowing me to be loose and 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.480 just just do what I need to do. And then, um, 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.520 a couple of I had a lot of games that 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.920 allowed me to come free with my interior alignment camp 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.880 sample and Monnie bled show. They did a good job 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:48.120 of getting vertical so I could Uh, it's again, it's 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:49.839 it's a team effort, man. I just be in the 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.760 right place at the right time, that's all. It is. Man. 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.480 We're talking to Josefo say, it's a preseason game. Ultimately 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.920 it doesn't count in the standings, but anytime you play, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.240 you want to walk off a winner. How does it feel? Sure, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.319 it feels great, you know, um, and it's uh. It 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.800 definitely builds the team's confidence up. You know, we were 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.000 able to come out here and play against h I 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.160 don't know if anybody's heart, but those guys won the 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.559 Super Bowl last year, so it's definitely. Um it it 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.440 feels great to be able to come out here and performing. 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.280 It wasn't pretty, but um, we did what we could 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.280 and to come out with a win. That's that's that's 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.400 ultimately what you want to do, no matter what if 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.040 they're if they're naming my college coach, Oller says, if 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:27.920 they're naming winners and losers, we want to win the 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.120 damn thing. So we're glad we won. Can you describe 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.600 the feeling of running out onto the field for the 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.040 first time in an NFL game? You know, it felt surreal. 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.480 It did, and I tried all day to keep my nerves, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:41.520 and as soon as I got on that field, it 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.600 was just all went away. You know. Um, I was nervous, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.640 but again, the Vets, they did a very good job 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.760 of reminding us that this is just another game. You know, 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.040 we've been playing this game a lot of us since 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.800 we were uh peewee, you know, little guys and then 0:11:55.840 --> 0:12:01.599 some of us, so a lot of guys maybe a 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:05.840 little bit later, but it's another game of football. And 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.040 the Vets, the vest did a really good job of 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:11.040 reminding in this stat and then obviously helped me calm down. 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.320 And then it's again, it's just time to play. So 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.360 I went on there did the thing. One game, one win, 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.800 a sack of Tom Brady. Not a bad start on 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:20.959 a best start at all. Hopefully we can keep going. Man, 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:25.240 it'll be awesome. Congratulations, Thank you so much. The Bengals 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.120 offensive standouts included running backs Jaquez Patrick, who finished with 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.640 seventy one yards on fifteen carries, and Chris Evans, who 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:36.840 had sixty combined yards between rushing and receiving. They got 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.720 extra work because of the absence of trey ViOn Williams, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:43.319 who missed the game with a hamstring injury. Evans has 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.240 been impressive in training camp and it carried over to 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:50.440 his preseason debut. In the locker room with rookie Chris Evans, 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:54.080 who had an excellent preseason debut, scoring the bengals only touchdown. 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.360 How do you feel about your first preseason game in 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.280 the NFL. I feel good. Played a lot of plays 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.320 on special teams, in on offense, and I'm just you 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.040 know what I'm saying, just trying to learn and get better, 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.400 and I'm saying found a role on the team. Twenty 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.920 five rushing yards, thirty three receiving yards. I mentioned the touchdown. 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.000 You and jack Quez Patrick provided a nice one two 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.520 punch when the Bengals needed to run it out, run 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.280 out the clock at the end of the game. So yeah, 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.040 we mean, we practiced every day. We practiced hard. Older 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.559 gods push us. We work on ball security, you know 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.400 what I'm saying, And you know what I'm saying, Like 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.040 our co say, We're just trying to add value to 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.160 the team and do what we can for each other. 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:38.040 Describe the touchdown run I could have the play before 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:40.560 was close that I thought I was. I was gonna 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.160 reach it out, but I didn't want to because I 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.080 ain't want to know what I'm saying, risk of fumble. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.520 So we came back to next play and we were 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.240 saying punch it in. The old line was punch it in, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:51.800 punch it in, run the same play, and we did 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.440 it and I got in. I thought the short pass 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:55.840 to you at the end of the game was a 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:59.680 great call. I'm sure Tampa Bay expected a run. You 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.880 did a great job of scooting down the sideline and 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.480 staying in bounds to keep the clock running. Yeah. On 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.960 one of my plays, one of my inside zone plays, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.440 I had run out of bounce I think the series before, 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.160 and it was on the sideline telling me to stay 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:13.800 and bound, so I'll try to cut it back in 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.680 so I have to stand bounce, so keep the clock running. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:20.440 It's preseason game, doesn't count in the standings, but anytime 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.640 you take the field, it's fun to walk off a winner, right, 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:24.680 it feels good. I was talking to one of the 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.480 Shrimp coaches on the sideline and a winners a wind 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.880 no matter who you play. And you know what I'm saying, 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.480 Michael's talents before the game, you know what I'm saying. 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.440 And we're using this motivation playing the Super Bowl chance 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.560 before when we just moved through it and got a bunk. 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:40.640 Thank you. That an excellent camp so far. Congratulations on 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.680 a great first game tonight. Yes, I appreciate it. Here 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.520 are a few eye opening stats. The Bengals held Tampa 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:50.440 Bay at twenty nine rushing yards on seventeen carries. That's 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:54.000 one point seven yards per rush, and while the Bengals 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.160 weren't super efficient in the run game, they did finish 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.560 with one hundred and eighteen yards out on the ground. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.920 The Buccaneers four quarterbacks had a combined passer rating of 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:07.080 thirty three point six and got sacked four times. The 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:11.720 Bengals did not allow a sack. Cincinnati's highest graded players 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.000 according to Pro Football Focus, where Trenton Irwin on offense, 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.240 he had three catches for thirty five yards, plus a 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.760 thirteen yard punt return and a tackle on kick coverage. 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:26.720 On defense, DJ Reader, Darius Hodge, and Joseph Osai all 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:30.560 had exceptional grades in short If not for the two 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.360 red zone fumbles in the first half, it likely would 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.520 have been a lopsided Bengals win. Now a time for 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:41.560 postgame analysis with Dave Lapham Lap It's preseason game. It 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:43.800 doesn't count in the standings, but being in the locker 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.720 room after the victory, it's obvious it meant something to 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.320 these guys to take on the defending Super Bowl champs 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.480 and beat them on their home field. Yeah, and I think, 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.600 you know their home field. Tom Brady came out there 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.120 and the fans started roaring. I mean, the environment was 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.200 pretty good and they had to respond to that and 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.040 they did. They did in a big way. And defensively, 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.720 I thought the biggest story was no explosives that was allowed. 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:09.080 You know, they just I think it was one play 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.040 of twenty two yards was the only thing over twenty 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.200 yards that I think occurred during the game. And then 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.840 they had you know, they had the three takeaways. Unfortunately 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.120 the four gives offensively, that has to be cleaned up. 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.960 But a lot of good things happened in the football game, 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.600 and when you had to make plays to finish the game, 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.080 they made plays to finish the game, particularly running the football. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:29.960 And let's face it, Tampa new they're going to run 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:31.920 the football, and the guy still came off the ball 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.320 and Patrick got his pads down and just ran some 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.760 people over. A good night for several members of this 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:43.080 rookie class. Jamar Chase touched the ball once, had nice 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.680 gain on a screen passed early Jackson, Carmen played a 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.120 ton of snaps. Chris Evans was impressive at running back. 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.640 Joseph Ossai sacked the goat. Tom Brady cam Sample had 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:54.920 a sack at the end of the game to put 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:58.320 it away. Evan McPherson was perfect on his kicks. That's 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.840 good production for these guys in the first time it is, 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:02.520 and you know, it wasn't too big for him, as 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.320 Paul Brown used to say, you know, and uh that 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:09.479 to to get something like that um under their belts 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.080 to work from and improve upon, you know, I mean, 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.879 it's a good starting point and their miles to go 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:20.679 before they rest. But it's and it's always better to 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:25.240 do it after a victory. And again, the Buccaneers, they 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.760 may not have had their Super Bowl team out on 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.920 the football field all that much, but it was the Bengals, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.200 you know, had guys that weren't necessarily going to be 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:36.800 counted upon to play a ton of snaps either. And 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.800 the fact is Tampa Bay's got a culture now, you know, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:43.320 and and and everybody is involved with that culture. I mean, 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.160 they have sixty one guys on that roster that were 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:49.679 Super Bowl members last year, so that kind of permeates everything. 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.880 And for the Bengals school out there and compete with them, 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:53.920 I think means something. You know. I know, it's it's 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.480 only a preseason game, it's the first preseason game, but 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:58.159 they went out there and went toe to toe with 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.560 a pretty good football team. One of the things we've 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.840 talked about time and time again so far during training 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.200 campus how good the coverage has been on a regular 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.960 basis during practice. That certainly carried over to the game 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.960 in Tampa Bay. And it wasn't just the starters top 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.600 to bottom. The coverage was excellent, I agree. And they 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.240 had you know, they didn't have a huge number of 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.000 bodies back there. They had some guys with soft tissue injuries, 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.800 and the guys that played plaster people pretty darn well. 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:27.919 I mean it was they suffocated that passing game and again, 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.600 you know, just one play off over twenty yards in 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.840 an NFL game, that's pretty impressive. I mean, all of 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.080 these guys were out on the football field for a reason. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.880 They all played at a high level of college football 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.840 and be able to control and contain what they are 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.359 trying to do out there schematically, which is a good scheme. 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.439 You know, Byron Leftwich knows what he's doing as an 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:51.919 offensive coordinator and they you know, I'm not saying that 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:55.240 it was an unbelievable game plan. Everybody nobody's really a 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.160 game plan and all that much at this stage, but 0:18:57.560 --> 0:18:59.359 you know, you match up with guys and it's like, 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.000 you know, can I can I stay with you? You're 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:03.160 going to separate from me. For the most part, they 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:06.840 didn't allow any separation. They stayed right with him. Anybody 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:11.520 in particular really stand out to you, well, you know, 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.920 I think I think Patrick obviously, you know, took advantage 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:18.200 of a of a big opportunity. And the interesting thing 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:20.160 with me is Evans his numbers aren't going to show 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:22.240 the plays that he made. I mean, this dude was 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.399 like a whirling dervish out there. Man. He looked like 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:28.240 the Tasmanian Devil with those you know, three sixty spins 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:30.040 he was doing and going north and south. I mean, 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.960 he was pretty impressive and made some plays. And again 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:37.720 the rookie edge guys, you know, consistent, consistent pressure. There's 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:41.560 a there's a lot of guys that contributed, and honestly, 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:45.800 you know, watching McPherson kick of football, dude, that's like 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:48.080 a clean up home run hitter. That's like going to 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:52.439 batting practice when Ken Griffey Jr. Was with the Reds 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:54.560 and watching him and listening the ball come off his 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:57.280 bat man. I remember going down there the first time 0:19:57.280 --> 0:19:59.440 to watch that. Dude. That was a show. I was 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.080 seen a guy hit a baseball like he did, and 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:05.199 Evan hits a football. You know that kind of crazy 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.000 as well. He gets that quick elevation, he smokes it. So, 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:10.520 I mean, yeah, there's a lot of you know, there's 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.960 a lot of good things that you know that they 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:15.800 can certainly build on. Sometime in the last week, I 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:17.679 asked somebody from the front office, Hey, give me a 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:21.439 guy near the bottom of the roster or somebody that 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:24.320 we're not even thinking about that's been impressive when you 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:27.000 review the tape on a nightly basis, he said, number 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.080 forty four Darius Hodge. And I'm sure a lot of 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:32.520 Bengals fans have watched the game on TV tonight are going, 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:35.160 Who's who's number forty four. I can't believe I didn't 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:40.360 mention him. With the edge pressure and watching him against 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:43.640 the Bengals offensive lineman and one on one pass rostrils 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:45.960 he carried it over. I mean, he's had a share 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:48.720 of wins. There's no two ways about it. Thing about him, 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:51.720 he's got a low pad level because he's got a 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.480 low center of gravity anyway. And the dude's strong now, 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.879 I mean, and he can The thing. The thing that 0:20:57.920 --> 0:20:59.639 I like about him is there's not a whole lot 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.080