WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Ready To Start 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.160 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:13.320 the Bengals Booth Podcast the now I'm ready to start. Addition, 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:16.680 as Joe Burrow returns to the starting lineup this Sunday 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:20.360 and the Bengals final preseason game coming up, you'll hear 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.560 Burrow explain why it's so important for him to get 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.480 a few snaps before the regular season opener. Then Tyler 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:31.200 Boyd and t Higgins explain why we shouldn't panic about 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.160 Jamar Chase's drops. In my fun Facts conversation. This week, 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.400 you'll get to know one of the most pleasant surprises 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.400 of training camp, defensive back Jayalen Davis. And finally, I'll 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:44.760 discuss Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, the offensive line, and much 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:49.040 more with NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger. The Bengals Booth 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.800 Podcast is presented by bug Light Seltzer Refreshed the Game 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:54.760 and here's a quick reminder that you can have the 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.320 latest edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:02.760 or computer by subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:07.399 or pod Bean. It's the greatest thing since the Bengals 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:11.960 New Ruler of the Jungle ceremony This Sunday, fifteen minutes 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.120 before kickoff against the Dolphins, the Bengals will debut a 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.920 new pregame ritual from a jungle themed throne at Paul 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.880 Brown's Stadium, as a so called Ruler of the Jungle 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.640 will lead the crowd in the Hoo Day chant to 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.319 get everybody fired up for game time. The first Ruler 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:32.160 of the Jungle will be super fan James J. B. Brown, 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.240 who has led the players out of the tunnel and 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.560 onto the field at home games for many years. In 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.280 games to come, the Ruler of the Jungle could be 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:44.040 a former Bengal, a celebrity, a prominent Cincinnati athlete from 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.840 another sport. There are all sorts of possibilities. It's all 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.680 part of the Bengals concerted effort to make game day 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:55.160 memorable at Paul Brown Stadium. Now, let's get to Joe Burrow. 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.600 On Wednesday, head coach Zach Taylor announced that Joe Burrow 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:03.120 will start in Sunday's final preseason game against Miami. He 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:05.280 won't be in there for very long, and you can 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.320 bet there will be no deep passes where Joe stands 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.560 in the pocket and could take a shot to the 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:14.119 left knee. I've been joking that the Bengal should introduce 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:18.200 a new shotgun formation where the quarterback stands twenty seven 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.480 yards behind the center, just to be safe. At least 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.640 I think that's a joke. In any case, here's Burrow 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.120 on the decision to let him play in a preseason game. 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:31.720 This is the plan the whole time. We just didn't 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.880 want to tell you, guys. So I'm excited to get 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.480 out there and have a game game type feel. I 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:41.200 think it's important to going into this last preseason game 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.640 to be as close as you can to having a 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.160 game like feel. I'm going to be in the huddle 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.200 during Game one, so I need to be out there 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.120 for the first play of this game. So I'm excited 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.040 if you want to make Game three of the preseason 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.639 feel like Game one of the regular season. And they 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.880 need to hear how I'm going to call plays during 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:59.600 a game. You know they hear it in practice, but 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:04.320 they need to hear it in a game like situation. Okay, 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.440 I'll admit that I have been saying for months that 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.400 Joe shouldn't play in the preseason. I exaggerated and said 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.520 I wouldn't even let him come to the stadium. But 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.000 in case you missed it, on a previous edition of 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:19.760 this podcast, former Bengals quarterback Boomer Assiasin made the case 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.440 that Burrow should play. I would think like him. I'd 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.680 want to play. I wanted to play in the preseason. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.160 I wanted to get hit. I wanted to feel the 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.600 rush of the game, even though the game didn't mean anything. 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.400 You're still out there with your teammates. You're calling your plays, 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:35.520 even though they may be the most basic of place, 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.160 but you still want to feel like you can go 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.040 out there and do it. And I hope they let 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.440 him play at some point. Boomer and Joe will get 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.240 their wish. On Sunday, another player returning from a torn 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.680 acl center Trey Hopkins, will also see his first preseason action. 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.120 The other big story at Bengals camp has involved Jamar 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:01.280 Chase overcoming the butter fingers that plagued him Washington last week, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.320 where he dropped all three passes thrown his way in 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.960 his first practice. After that game, Chase continue to have 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.920 a case of the drops, but since then he's put 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.960 together three strong practices in a row. Jamara is hardly 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.239 the first receiver to have this problem. Earlier this week, 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.160 I asked Tyler Boyd and t Higgins if they could 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.719 ever remember a time, whether it was in high school, college, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.120 or the NFL, where they simply could not catch the 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:31.520 ball absolutely. You know, a few times in my legacy, 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.120 you know, I felt felt that way. I look out 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:34.800 my hands, like, yoh, what is wrong with me? Like 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.279 what is what is it? You know, because it never 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.520 happens usually, you know. So I'll just try to try 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.720 to block everything out once once I know we call 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.400 a play and I know I'm gonna get the ball, 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.599 you know, I try to just stay relaxed and just 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.760 just go back on on a little thing, go back 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:50.720 on what I just need to do to figure out 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:51.960 a way to get a catch, you know. And once 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.799 I get that catch and I feel the ball stick 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.240 to my hands, then that's when I started feeling like okay, yeah, 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:57.920 I'm back and back in normal, you know. So it's 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.479 it's mental, man. It just plays with you lot, you know, 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.200 because they don't make you feel like you're not good enough, 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.680 or it can take you deep into the into your thoughts. 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.400 So I mean, I try to not let it bury myself. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:09.680 You know. I think I did a good good job, 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.000 but just like I said, just continued to try to 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:13.680 move on to the next play. I was in college. 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:17.480 I'n'na say. It's my sophomore year. I was. I was 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.960 fall camp. I was like three days in a row 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.360 where I was going just dropping it, and I had 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.680 to sit down and talk to myself. It's like, man, 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.680 this is not you. You know, you're here to catch 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.040 the ball and you'll be playing on a college level. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.719 And so I mean, I just told myself, man, just 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.400 to go out there and just be you and just relax. 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.120 See I was I was doing too much. I wasn't relaxing. 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.320 And that's ever since then. I'd like to talk to 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.720 myself when I you know, I start having drops. There 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.719 are two reasons why I'm not worried about Jamar Chase. 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.680 Number One, drops weren't an issue with LSU. In fact, 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.560 vice grip hands were one of the big reasons why 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.000 Chase was considered the best wide receiver in this year's draft. 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.000 Number two two, I don't think I have ever seen 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.200 a player catch more passes off of a jugsmachine after 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:09.680 practice than Jamaar Chase. His work ethic is phenomenal and 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.440 he will put this in the rear view mirror. The 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.120 Bengals Booth podcast is presented by Bud Light Seltzer. It's 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.479 light and refreshing with a hint of fruit flavor. Now 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.520 time for this week's fantastic fun Facts segment, where you 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:26.919 get to know the person under the pads. Time for 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.280 some fun facts with defensive back Jalen Davis from La Mesa, California, 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.800 not too far from San Diego. That's your home now, 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.920 But you were born in Honolulu. How much time did 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.200 you spend in Hawaii. I spent the long time now. 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:43.760 I spent the good two weeks two weeks over there 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.320 in Honoluluaii. Yeah, my dad was in a military in 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.240 Dnahem when I was out there, and then we moved 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.600 out right after I was born, so not too long. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.640 So we always assume that when your parent is in 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.120 the military that you had a strict upbringing. Was that 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.240 the case for you? No, that was that was not 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.520 the case for me. I had amazing parents to just 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.600 let me go out there and just do whatever I 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.719 wanted to do and just be me. We're doing fun 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:11.640 facts with Jayalen Davis. Tell me about the nickname Little 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:18.880 train y'all. You know that you can find anything on 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:23.960 the internet. Yeah, that was my nickname in pop Warner. 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.840 You know what I mean. First, like my first Taggle 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.360 football year, I always wanted to run people over. Like 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:31.840 whenever I got the ball in my hand, I was 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.840 wanted to run you over. Ya. I wasn't trying to shake, 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.240 I wan't trying to do nothing else, was trying to 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.040 run you over. Said they was. Let you know what, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.480 even call you a little train because you just always 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.760 want to run people over. And I was like always 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.440 the smallest on the team, and I was always wanted 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.640 to run people over. So when was the last time 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.600 somebody called you little train? Well, everybody from that era 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.560 of me growing up right there still calling me a 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.120 little train, but not too many people know that. Now. 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.080 We're doing fun facts with Jayalen Davis. She attended he 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.880 Looks High School, the ala mater of Reggie Bush, NFL 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.840 quarterback Alex Smith, and Bill Walton, among others. Is there 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.120 an explanation for why so many great athletes have come 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.560 out of Helix High School? I don't know. It's just 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.520 a it's just a good program over there. There's a 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.240 good program. Who there's less football and then got good 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.480 coaches who want you to just to be the best football. 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.280 So Helix is a good, good program over there in 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:26.720 San Diego. In your senior year, four puck return touchdowns, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.720 two kick return touchdowns. Do you miss returning kicks? He 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:33.920 sometimes I do. I wish I can go back. Hey, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.720 I wish I can get that ball back in my 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.360 hands to go back there and do a little bit 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.160 because I was that guy back there. How tell you that? 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:42.280 But yeah, I do miss it. I do miss it 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:46.040 here and there visiting with Jalen Davis from Helix High 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:50.080 It was onto Utah State located in Logan, Utah. I'm 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.000 guessing the very few listeners to this segment I've ever 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.880 been to Logan, Utah, describe what that's like. It is 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:02.319 a very small, very small town who loves Utah State. 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.720 Good Little Logan is a very small town that loves 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.280 just the history around the college and just it's a 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.560 beautiful place. If you've never been, I advised you to 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.679 go over there and see Logan, Utah mountains are unbelievable. 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:18.480 Would you recommend Aggie ice cream? Yes, I would recommend 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.760 Aggie ice Creams a good ice cream. You go to logan. 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.800 Make sure you go to Aggie ice Cream. We're doing 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.040 fun facts with Jayalen Davis. You became the first true 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:32.480 freshman to start a season opener at cornerback in school history. 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.520 Your first game is at Tennessee, one hundred thousand people 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.400 in attendance. Was it overwhelming at all? No, it wasn't. 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.200 You know. I feel like that was just like my 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:45.000 moment I just realizing like I made for football, Like 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:46.880 this is what this is what I can do, Because 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.640 normally you think you'd be nervous, Like it was so loud. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.000 It was a loud of stateium I've ever been in 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.000 my life, and I was just so ready once I 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.600 heard all the fans screaming, fans booing, I would have 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:58.439 so ready to go out there and showcase my ability. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:02.880 So it was amazing experience. You had a tremendous college 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.560 career forty nine starts, eleven interceptions, forty eight pass deflections. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.840 That's a school record. Despite all of that, you did 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:14.920 not get drafted apparently because of your height. How disappointing 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.440 was that? It was very disappointing, But you know that 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.000 just adds fuel to the fire, you know what I mean? 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.880 It just gives me more and more to motivate myself 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:24.800 and just go out there and just show everybody what 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.959 they missed, not own. You wound up signing with the 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.160 Miami Dolphins. Initially your first game with the Dolphins December 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:36.440 of twenty eighteen. Final score Miami thirty four, New England 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:41.120 thirty three. That's the game that ended with the Miami miracle, 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:44.800 a seventy yard touchdown pass with a couple of laterals 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.240 on the final play of the game. What was it 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.480 like to be on the field or on the sideline, 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.640 I suppose for that man that was that was amazing. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.800 That was an amazing experience that you would never you 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.160 would never really see that ever happened in the NFL 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.440 game and is happening to happen my first time ever 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.520 playing on an NFL team, NFL sport. It was just 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.000 an electricity and the just the shock of everything going on, 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.280 everybody going wild, everybody's screaming, jumping around. It was an 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.240 amazing time. And we learned that Gronk is not a 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.280 great tackler because the Patriots had him as the last 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.079 line of defense and that didn't work out so well. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.000 It did not work out so good. If you get Ken, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.760 Drake and Gronk, I'm gonna take Ken and Drake every 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:28.240 single time. A few more fun facts with a Jayalen Davis. 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.480 She joined the Bengals last year, initially on the practice squad. 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.400 He got elevated to the game day roster at Pittsburgh 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.920 under difficult circumstances. Four cornerbacks were out, four coaches were 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.720 out due to COVID nineteen. Mackenzie Alexander suffered a concussion 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.360 early in the game. You wanted up basically playing the 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:50.000 entire way. Was that one of the craziest experiences you've 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.080 had in sports? It was definitely crazy. But you know, 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.920 I'm here to play football and I can't play football, 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.200 so whenever my name is called, I'm gonna be ready 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.559 every single time. That just makes me want to keep 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:02.520 on preparing more because you never know when your opportunity 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:03.760 is going to come, and when it comes, you better 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.720 meet the best of it. You've had an excellent training camp, 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:10.240 and in the preseason opener against Tampa Bay, you deflected 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:14.360 two passes that teammates intercepted. Do you feel like you're 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.280 kind of opening some eyes with your play? Hey, that's 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:18.640 what I'm trying to do here. That's what I'm trying 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.599 to do right now. It's just open the eyes of 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.440 everybody watching and just get everybody to trust me and 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.320 trust that I can do my job and perform to 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.840 my abilities. And that's what I'm gonna do. It's coming 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:29.880 out every day, that's giving my best, doing my job 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:34.199 and go from there. All right, a few wildcard categories 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.440 to wrap things up. Do you have a hidden talent? 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:42.400 I am very good at games, very good at video game. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.880 That's my hidden talent. And what's your game of choice? 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.720 Two K in May two K Madden? Anybody ever want 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:50.120 to play me? Let me know I will beat you. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.680 My fifteen year old son might want a piece of 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:56.520 that challenge. Is is there anything that you're absolutely terrible at? 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:02.319 I'm sorry, I cannot say I'm absolutely anything Like I'm 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.319 very good at everything. Nothing wrong with that. If he 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.920 can back it up. Last thing, If you could meet 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:13.600 anybody in history, athlete, statesman, politician, actor, whatever it might be, 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:21.400 who would it be? Ah? Michael Vick athlete? Growing up 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.920 quarterback left the ill thought out that quarterback. So that 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.360 was my favorite athlete. All right, you were off the 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.559 hot seat. I appreciate your time continued success. Thank you. 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:37.160 Jalen has had an outstanding camp and depth is always 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:41.079 crucial at cornerback. Earlier this week, Trey Wayne's injured a 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.000 hamstring at practice and at this point there's no word 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.120 on if he'll be back in time for the regular 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:51.439 season opener against Minnesota. Last week, due to NFL COVID protocols, 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:54.640 we needed depth in the Bengals radio and TV booths. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.240 Dave Lapham had to miss the game, so I called 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.880 it on radio with a voice of the Ohio State Buckeyes, 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.640 Paul Keels on the TV side. Hall of Famer Anthony 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.160 Munio's was sidelined, so the Bengals reached out to NFL 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.960 network analyst Brian Baldinger, who did a terrific job working 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.439 with Mike Watts. I spoke to Brian about the Bengals 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.319 this week. All right, let's start with a position you 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:21.360 played for eleven NFL seasons, offensive line. The Bengals brought 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:24.400 back Frank Pollock, they signed Riley Reef, they drafted three 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:28.240 offensive lineman. Do you think it's significantly improved or does 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.160 that remain a big question mark in your mind? Well? 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.840 I think it's a question mark. You're gonna see what 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:34.840 you know. Trey Hopkins, you know, health is gonna be 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.680 like if he's gonna be ready to go. He's a 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:41.600 big part of this. But I I like the depths Dan. 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.440 I like Riley Reef at right tackle. He's looked good 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.600 to me so far, but he's been a quality starter. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.920 Joe has got to hold down that left tackle position. 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.760 You up against Cleveland, you're gonna see Miles Garrett. I mean, 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.080 both guys are gonna see Miles and you gotta you know, 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.120 you gotta keep them off your quarterback. I mean it's 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.160 a that's a hard assigned for anybody. But I believe, 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:04.040 like Fred Johnson coming back and just looking at the 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.360 depth that they have. I like what I solved Deontay 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.120 Smith in the first preseason game. I got to see 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.800 more now he missed the second one, but I believe, 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.080 you know, he's got a chance with his long arms 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.080 and his frame, you know, to be able to you know, 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.360 fill in that. I don't know if he can start yet, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.760 but I know that, you know, he's a guy that 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:24.880 can add depth to your offense life. I think for 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.560 the first time they've got real depth and I think 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.520 that's going to be important as they go through the season. 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.560 Those guys that you mentioned have all been raving about 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.960 Frank Pollock. How much does an old line coach matter? Well, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.160 I'll make a comparison. You look at what Cleveland was 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.520 the two nineteen and you look at Cleveland with Bill 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.320 Callahan in twenty twenty. I mean it was the best. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.280 It was the best hire that Kevin Sapansk he had. 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:52.920 I think it's it's hugely important to be able to 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.560 mold the group, to be able to work on the techniques, 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.000 to teach the offense, to teach the scheme. But then 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:04.240 more importantly, when things aren't going well on Sundays, do 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:08.960 you have the ability to fix or adjust or tinker 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.200 with your line to be able to take you Dan 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.040 in trouble? For example, if you can't get to the 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.600 middle linebacker for whatever reason the way that he's stacked like, 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.400 you got to figure out the block and scheme to 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.880 get to him if you're gonna run the ball. Those 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.680 are just in game adjustments that you have to be 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.760 able to make, and I think Frank's experience allows them 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.840 to be able to do that. That is a really 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.920 good point we're talking to Brian Baldinger from the NFL Network. 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.760 On Wednesday, Zach Taylor announced that Joe Burrow he is 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:38.880 going to play a few snaps in the final preseason 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.560 game this week against Miami. Do you agree with that 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.400 decision and what impresses you most about Joe Burrow? Well, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.440 I watched him war him up last week in Washington, 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.480 Dan and he looked really good. He looked focused, He 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.880 looked leaner than I thought he was. It's a big 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:58.080 old metalic brace on that knee, you know, which is fine? 0:16:58.080 --> 0:16:59.760 Which is fine? I mean I wore a knee brace 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.080 my entire career after I tore my ACL in college. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.440 Many guys Peyton Manning was part of his uniform. So 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:08.520 I think that's the big thing, is to go out 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.600 there and look, the brace is part of the uniform. Now. 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.640 The knee is never gonna feel quite the same as 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.439 it did pre injury, but you gotta get used to it. 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.359 You gotta you gotta feel it. I know he wants 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:22.000 to play, and I think it's the right decision. It is. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.560 It is fairly quick turn around, but you know, a 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.639 lot of teams and a lot of players have you know, 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.520 injured their ACL, had it reconstructed, and came back and 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.920 played in the time frame that Joe has. But I 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.399 do think if he's gonna be your Day one starter, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.760 you know, against Minnesota, then put him out there because 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:44.879 you know two weeks are gonna make a difference. So 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.040 put him out there. Let him get more comfortable with 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:51.080 the equipment, let him get comfortable in a game situation, 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.000 and let him start getting ready for Minnesota Week one. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:56.280 What stood out to you in the nine and a 0:17:56.320 --> 0:18:00.720 half games he played last year. Well, I saw him 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.440 live against Philadelphia and he was unbelievable. I saw him 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.520 throw for four hundred against Cleveland. He was unreal. I 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:08.639 saw him Week one last year against the Chargers. They 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.879 should have won the game. I don't know about to 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:12.080 call at the end of the game. I mean he 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.600 brought the team down the field and put him in 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:16.960 a position to win it. I still believe, you know, 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:20.679 Aja caught to whatever. But I just think it's overall poise. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.840 The same accuracy we saw at LSU. We saw last year. 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.000 I think he completed seventy six percenters passes at LSU. 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.760 It is you know, the Heisman Trophy run in national Championship, 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:36.200 you know run that they had just as overall accuracy, 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:39.240 uh and no, and just how quickly he can go 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.800 to a progression and get the ball, you know, to 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.840 the right guy. I mean, that's that's the skill that 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.080 not many people have. We're talking to Brian Baldinger. He 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:51.080 called the Bengals game last week on TV. It was 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.959 obvious you did a ton of prep going into that game, Brian, 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.080 did anything catch your eye or stand out that you 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:01.199 didn't know about the Bengals going in? How good I 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:04.679 think they could be defensively this year? Dan, You know, 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.159 obviously you know William Jackson is no longer there, and 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:09.480 you know Carl Lawson has gone. But when you look 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:12.439 at Trey Hendrickson and you look at you know what 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.760 they have on the defensive front right now, DJ Reader healthy? 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:21.080 You know, I just feel like and there two linebackers 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:23.720 and then the corners of Trey Waynes and Cheeto really 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.800 play healthy, stay healthy, and really play to their abilities, 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:31.000 which I think they will. We know the sameetul position 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.760 is in good hands with Jesse Bates, who's very underrated player. 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:38.119 Bomb Bell, Like, I just think defensively they have a 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.439 chance to stay in every game with what they have 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.320 right now, their ability to get to the quarterback, the 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.800 ability to stuff to run. I think defensively, it opened 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:50.080 my eyes. I don't know what's going on with a 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:52.240 side because I thought he could be a big part 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.360 of it. So I don't know. You might know more 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.600 right now, Dan. You know, the reports weren't good, but 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:00.520 I thought he could be a guy that could really 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.200 help them this year. So in the Washington game, Jamar 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.360 Chase was targeted three times and failed to catch any 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:11.200 of those passes. How concerned should we be? I think 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:15.600 they were all third downs to uh, Dan, I would 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:19.159 be concerned. But I think a lot of these guys 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:22.960 that did not play last year are struggling to a degree. 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:26.760 You know, I'm today Sewell is struggling right now Detroit. Um. 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:29.240 You know, I think I think just some of these 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:31.120 guys that didn't play, I mean, I think it takes 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:33.480 a while to get their eyes right, to get their 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:36.159 hands right. Um, because that's what it looked like to me, 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:37.919 looked like he was late with his hands on some 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:41.639 of those throws that were made to him last week. 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