1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The the Winner Takes It All addition, 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: as the thirty one year weight is over and the 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: weight of eight straight playoff losses has been lifted as 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals advanced to the second round of the playoffs 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: with a twenty six nineteen win over the Raiders. Coming up, 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments and analysis from my 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun Fact segment, 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: you'll get to know wide receiver slash return specialist Trent Taylor. 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: free to play Next Level Fantasy Football game downloaded now 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: from the App Store and Google Play. And here's a 13 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer 15 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest 16 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: thing since delivering game balls to fans following the games. 17 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor announced the start of a new tradition. Following 18 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: playoff wins, the Bengals will drop off game balls at 19 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: bars around the city. So that fans can hold them, 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: take pictures with them, etc. On Saturday night, balls were 21 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: dropped off at Pontiac and over the Rhine, while titching 22 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: post in Northern Kentucky and Mount Lookout Tavern. You can 23 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: find footage of Zach and Kevin Huber dropping off a 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: ball at MLTS on Twitter. It was the perfect way 25 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: to say thank you to the record crowd that filled 26 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: the Jungle on Saturday. It was loud enough at times 27 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: to wake the dead. Now let's get to the game. 28 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: The Raiders got the ball first and immediately scored, as 29 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: a forty seven yard field goal by Daniel Carlson made 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: it three nothing, but the Bengals answered with a ten 31 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: play seventy five yard drive. Greens into mix charging to 32 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: the thirty new roles to the twenty fifteen down to 33 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: the ten Joe Mixon twenty one yards on the screen 34 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: and its first in goal. Three plays later. The Bengals 35 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: took a lead they never relinquished. Burrow catches a shotgun 36 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 1: snap drops back guns in Indian zone into a thick 37 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: years for the touchdown. See jay U Sama in the 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: middle of defenders palling in that line. Drive throw from 39 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and c j Uzama basically acting like a 40 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: power forward. He's boxing people out. Uzama followed his touchdown 41 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: by combining the Ikey shuffle with Jamar Chase's gritty dance. Well, 42 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: I knew that Ikey woods would be the rule of 43 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: the jungle. And I was like, oh nice, I'll just 44 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: I'll just do the key shuffle. Um, And I was talking. 45 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: I was talking to one of my boys, and I 46 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: was like, yo, if I score, I'm gonna do the 47 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: Ikey into They're gritty And he said not if win. 48 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: And I was like, all right, bet Um. I probably 49 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: should have practiced for sure, because that was that was 50 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: not that was not well done. But come the end zone, 51 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: screw it. The Bengals had a seven three lead, and 52 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: roughly two minutes later, the defense got the ball back. 53 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: Car stomps the right foot, catches a chest high snap, 54 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: drops back seven steps hit from it comes out scooped 55 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: up bygon Joe Bas Hendricksons with a striped sack. Hen 56 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: the Bengals will take over half the fifteen half Las Vegas, 57 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: the Bengals drove to the eight before settling for a 58 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: field goal in a ten three lead. Hendrickson sack led 59 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: to three points, and on the first play of the 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: second quarter, Sam Hubbard almost added two more car back 61 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: to throw from the golden Yeah he's put down, you're 62 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: gonna say he was just outside of the end zone 63 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: by a half a yard. Car was eventually down in 64 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: the end zone by Hill and Hubbard, but when contact 65 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: was made he was just past the goal line. The 66 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: Raiders had to punt from the back of the end zone, 67 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: giving the Bengals a great drive start at the Las 68 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: Vegas forty five. A twenty eight yard pass to Jamar 69 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: Chase helped them drive to the four, but the Bengals 70 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: stalled in the red zone again. Burrow waits at the nine, 71 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: catches the shotgun snap pump fakes in trouble. Burrow spun 72 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: to the ground and then two Raiders jump on top 73 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: of them. After that, the sack goes back to the 74 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: twelve yard line. Burrow hops up trots toward the sideline. 75 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: Max Crosby got to him first. Well one for three. 76 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: Now in the red zone. Evan McPherson's field goal made 77 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: it thirteen three. The Raiders answered with a field goal 78 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: to pull back within seven, and the Bengals came back 79 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: with their best drive of the day, an eighty two 80 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: yard march that included a great call on fourth and one. 81 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: Cabals on the left hash Now Burrow moves under center, 82 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: Chase motions into the backfield. They toss it to Jamar 83 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: Chase twenty to the twenty five, the twenty the fifteen 84 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: he's taken out of bounds. A creative play design has 85 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: Chase motions into the backfield and carries like a running 86 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: back to convert on fourth and one. Why not, He's 87 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: spectacular in space. It was another brilliant performance by Numero Uno. 88 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: Nine catches for one hundred and sixteen yards and three 89 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: runs for twenty three more. I haven't played running back 90 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: in a long time, but you know they've given me 91 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: those tosses. AGIN must be the outside getting hit by linebackers. 92 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: I'll know how it hits filled again. But you know, 93 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: as cool as long as I can make a play 94 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,119 Speaker 1: with the bottom minds. That fifteen yard run on fourth 95 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: down led to the bengals second touchdown. Joe Burrow is ready, 96 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: Hopkins snaps it back. Burrow drops back to throw, looking 97 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: rolling out to the right. Still looking downfield, Burrow throws 98 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: it towards the back ten zone, boy leaps, he makes 99 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: the gatrill. Did Burrow stay in bounds? Money through it? 100 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: The officials are talking about it on the Bengals sideline. 101 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow holding up his arms signaling touchdown, and the 102 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: officials are going to have a lengthy discussion to see 103 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: if Joe got the ball out of his hands before 104 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: stepping out a bout. They should call it a touchdown. 105 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: That the touchdown, then it's automatically reviewed. Call it a touchdown, 106 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: then they automatically review it. Nope, dope. I don't understand 107 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: why the delay. Here's why. The real issue wasn't whether 108 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: Burrow was still in bounds, It was whether the play 109 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: should have been blown dead by an inadvertent whistle. NFL 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: Senior VP of Officiating Walt Anderson told Pool reporter Paul 111 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: Dayner Junior after the game that the officials on the 112 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: field determined that the whistle came after Boyd's touchdown catch. 113 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: That wasn't the case. If you listen closely to replays, 114 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: you can hear the whistle just before Boyd caught it. 115 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: Fortunately for the Bengals, that decision cannot be reversed on replay. 116 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: Having said that the whistle had nothing to do with 117 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: a fantastic play by Burrow. Yeah, that's what you expect 118 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: from the numb one picking the draft is up plays 119 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: like that. Plays you can't explain making a play when 120 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: there's no play to be made. That's a phrase I've 121 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: heard often to my career, and Joe Burrows a kind 122 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: of guy that can make those touches of plays, and 123 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: it's pretty impressive. The Bengals were up by two touchdowns, 124 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: but as the Raiders demonstrated by winning four straight half 125 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: to have at games at the end of the year, 126 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: they're hard to kill. Car dropping back to pass fires 127 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: into the end zone. Say Jones pulls it down for 128 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: a touchdown with thirteen seconds left and the half. The 129 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: Bengals took a knee to end the half. They're only 130 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: drive in the first two quarters where they didn't score, 131 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: and yet they were only up by seven. Cincinnati got 132 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: the ball to begin the third and drove far enough 133 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: to add three points and another McPherson field goal. Those 134 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: are the only points of the third quarter, as the 135 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: Bengals took a twenty three to thirteen lead to the fourth. 136 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: The Raiders cut into it on Daniel Carlson's third field 137 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: goal of the game to make it twenty three to sixteen, 138 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: But after punting on their previous drive for the first 139 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: time all day, the Bengals answered with a seven and 140 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: a half minute march all the way down to the 141 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: Raiders ten. On fourth and one, they lined up to 142 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: go for it before calling time out and attempting a 143 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: field goal. Huber Catches puts it down Nick Pearson's kick 144 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: on its way and good wow. The Bengals lead by ten. 145 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: With six minutes and forty six seconds remaining. Red zone 146 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: has been the twilight zone for the Bengals. Another field goal. 147 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: They settled for two touchdowns, three field goals not good enough. 148 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: It was just tough, tough for me to find a 149 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: rhythm there, to be quite honest with you, to get 150 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: us into the best stuff. And you know, disappointing because 151 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: we scored on our first five drives of the game, 152 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: but like you said, it didn't feel like we had 153 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: enough points on the board, and I just put that 154 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: on more than me just just finding about the rhythm 155 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: there in the low red zone. With four and a 156 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: half minutes left, the Bengals defense had a chance to 157 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 1: basically put the game away. Fourth thousand and five for 158 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Car in the shotgun rechhard to his left, 159 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: three receivers left, one right, car back to throw. I'm 160 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: fourth and five, has time throws Jackson with a catch 161 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: at the Cincinnati thirty three, and he sprints out of 162 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: bounds at the thirty to stop the clock with a 163 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: fourth and five conversion that led to a field goal 164 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: that made it a seven point game. The Bengals offense 165 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: could not put the game away as they failed to 166 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: get a first down and punted it back to the 167 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: Raiders with one fifty one to go. Zach Taylor says 168 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: he was confident that his defense would come through. I 169 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: promise you my heart rate was as even as could be, 170 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: just because I trust our players. I knew that someone 171 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: was gonna step up and win that game for us, 172 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: and wasn't surprised when it happened. He was right, and 173 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: the player who stepped up was Jermaine Pratt. Fourth down 174 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: end goal from the nine seventeen seconds to go to 175 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: play clock at three shotgun snap car throws in the 176 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: traffic n interceptence. Jermaine prats the football coffin now Samamam 177 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: how about that. It ends on a turnover. Here's Pratt. 178 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: I'm making one of the biggest defensive plays in team history. 179 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: It means a lot. You know, um, I got drafted 180 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: by Zach You know we had ups and downs for 181 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: the past two years and be able to make that play, 182 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: you know, put a stamp of the first class he 183 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,119 Speaker 1: draft ever here had the best. It was a great opportunity. 184 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: I think Jermaine has made a really big step this year. 185 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: I thought last year was a good step in year 186 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: two for him. I think this year he's made a 187 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 1: tremendous jump and super reliable for us and just as 188 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: consistent as there is. If Patt had simply knocked the 189 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: ball down, the end result would have been the same. 190 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: After the game, he was asked why an interception means 191 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: more than a pass deflection? Do you mean why do 192 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: you want to turn on him, turn on his wing games? 193 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: I want a peak. I don't want to peep you. 194 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: The Bengals were one snap away from a moment the 195 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: Bengals fans have been waiting for for three decades. Choe 196 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: Burrow takes the snap, he takes a knee, and after 197 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: thirty one years, the drought is over and guess what. 198 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: The Joe Purrow era is just beginning, no doubt about it. 199 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: The final score twenty six nineteen. Here are Sam Hubbard, 200 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, and Zach Taylor. To me personally, you know, 201 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: it means the world. And never in my lifetime have 202 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: we had a playoff win. I feel like we broke 203 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: a curse. But really just looking up at the stands, 204 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: feeling the city come alive, it's hard to putting the 205 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: words what it means to everybody in the city. And 206 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: I'm just really happy to be a part of a 207 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: team that I was able to do it, and we 208 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: got a lot more in store. I mean, it's exciting, 209 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: but this is expected. This isn't like the icing on 210 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: top of the cake or anything. This is the cake, 211 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: and so we're moving on. Happy for the city. I 212 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: think the city can finally exhale. I get that we 213 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: haven't failed that pressure. I'll be quite honest me maybe 214 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: more so than the players because I'm out and about 215 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: more in the off season and talk to people who've 216 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: been here a long time, But I don't think the 217 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: players ever felt that. So I'm just really really happy 218 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: for the city of Cincinnati and that they get a 219 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: chance to enjoy this and now just exhale and enjoy 220 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: the ride here because we're not done yet. And when 221 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: it came to handing out game balls, Zach gave one 222 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: to the man who gave him the opportunity to be 223 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: an NFL head coach. Two game balls. The first one 224 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: is to Mike Brown. You know, just because there's nobody 225 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: who's who's more passionate about this team, of this organization. 226 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: There's no owner that sits at every walkthrough and every 227 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: single practice in the freezing cold, the rain, the snow. 228 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: This means the world to him and I think, you know, 229 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: some of the players know him better than others. The coaches, myself, 230 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: we just owe so much to that man for being 231 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: patient with us. I personally, if I coached at any 232 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: other organization in football, I probably wouldn't be here right 233 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: now in the third year, that's the truth. But he's 234 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: he's got the experience and the understanding. And because he's around, 235 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: and because Paul and Katie and Troy and Caroline Elizabeth, 236 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: they care so much in their around that they get 237 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: a chance to hear your vision firsthand on a daily basis. 238 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: So we're all on the same page. There's no miscommunication. 239 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: They can see where we need to go and we're 240 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: going to get there. And I think that they just 241 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: believe in these players and coaches, and so he was 242 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: very deserving that. The second one is is to the 243 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: city of Cincinnati. You know, we want to start new 244 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: traditions here with playoff wins where we give game balls 245 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: to this city and let the fans enjoy it, take 246 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: selfies with it, whatever it is. We'll figure out how 247 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: we're going to do that. Disperse these things around sound 248 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: where people are at their their greatest moments tonight and 249 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: get a chance to enjoy these balls with us. Because 250 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 1: and I told this to the players. Some of them 251 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: may not understand the significance of what happened today, but 252 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 1: I know a lot of you in the room who 253 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: are homegrown Cincinnatians certainly do. And like I said earlier, 254 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: I think this city can finally exhale and just enjoy 255 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: this team for what it is and take that pressure 256 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: off those those last thirty one years. And at the 257 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,479 Speaker 1: same time, there's just such an incredible history here at Cincinnati. 258 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: There's Super Bowl appearances, there's there's conference championships, and really, 259 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: these last even two decades, there's been so many tremendous players, 260 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: teams and coaches that have come through here that I 261 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: hope that they feel like they're a part of this 262 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: win today and they can enjoy this because they've really 263 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: allowed the foundation for us to do this, And you know, 264 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: I think that's today was significant for a lot of people. 265 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: Up next, a road game at one of two places. 266 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: If Kansas City beats Pittsburgh on Sunday night, the Bengals 267 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: head to top seeded Tennessee. If the Steelers somehow managed 268 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: to upset the Chiefs, the Bengals head to Buffalo. The 269 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the free 270 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: to play fantasy football game. Throughout this year, Ultimate Bengals 271 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: awarded a weekly winner during the course of the season 272 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: with tickets, autograph merchandise, and money can't buy experiences all 273 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: up for grabs. Find Ultimate Bengals in the app Store 274 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: and Google Play. Now time for postgame analysis with my 275 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham Lapp. The drought is over. We've 276 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: got at least another playoff game to call next week. 277 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: Can't wait for that wherever it turns out to be. 278 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: What was your biggest takeaway today? What do you think 279 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: ultimately allowed the Bengals to win this game. I just 280 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: think the the intestinal fortitude. I thought both teams fought 281 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: their tails off, you know. I mean, I get a 282 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: lot of respect for the Raiders. They just won't quit. 283 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: They're like a virus. They won't go away. Man. It's unbelievable, 284 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: and the Bengals had their hands full with them. But 285 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: I think I think the plan at Paul Brown Stadium 286 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: was huge. It's a big advantage. The crowd really helped 287 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: the Bengals win that football game. There was no two 288 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: a's about it. Yeah, And I just I really respect 289 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: what the defense did. They were on fumes, they were gassed. 290 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: And to hold the Raiders, who are very explosive offensive 291 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: football team, to thirty five points in two football games, 292 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: sixteen points during the regular season, nineteen in the playoffs, 293 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: to hold them in two games to under twenty points, 294 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: I think it's a hell of an accomplishment. I really do. 295 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: I think defensively they should take a big bow. Agreed. 296 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: Joe Burrows vibe after the game was amazing to me. 297 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: He's got the sunglasses on, and I mean, you would 298 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: have thought that this was a week to win. I mean, 299 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: he's just like, yeah, it's exciting, but we've got bigger 300 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: fish to fry. It's incredible. His expectations are like, this 301 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: is what I thought would happen. I'm not the least 302 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: bit surprised. You know. I'm glad everybody's happy, and I'm 303 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: glad everybody's thrilled about it. But this is what I'm 304 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: This is what I've signed up to do, this is 305 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: what I'm here for. He is amazing, He really is. 306 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: You talk about a guy that never gets too high 307 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: and never gets too low. That's what every coach and 308 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: player strives for, is that consistency of personality where you 309 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: know you know exactly your teammates, your coaches know exactly 310 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: what theyre can expect out of you. It's not like 311 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: here one week, down here the other week, both emotionally, mentally, 312 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: physically with your performance. He is just straight flat flatline 313 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: at a very high level. He's not flatline at mediocrity. 314 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: He is flat line at an extremely high level. And 315 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: for him to reach that and stay at that level 316 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: for as often as he does, for as long as 317 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: he does, is unbelievably remarkable. I mean, it just shows 318 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: me the laser focused, the attention to detail. He's a 319 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 1: great example of hard work pays off. This guy takes 320 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: no show cuts. He goes the long way in terms 321 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: of preparation every single week, and it always pays dividends 322 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: for him. I hate to bang on Andy Dalton because 323 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: I respect him and I admire him. But he played 324 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: in four playoff games and never played well in any 325 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: of them. One touchdown pass, six interceptions of passer rating 326 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: in the fifties in his first playoff game, Dalton Burrow 327 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: rather two touchdown passes, no picks, passer rating of one 328 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: ten point four. That heartbeat that never rises just shows 329 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: in those clutch moments for Joe Burrow. It does. And 330 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: when there are plays that have to be made to 331 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: win the football game, like the play he made the 332 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: Tyler Boy incredible, I mean incredible, extending creating. You know, 333 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: just before he steps out of my house to throw 334 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: it the way he threw it where he puts it. 335 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: To watch he and Jumar Chase, it's like watching Fred 336 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: asteron Ginger Rogers. It's like watching an unbelievable team. You 337 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: know that just they know every move the other one's 338 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: gonna make the subtleties you know, of the whole thing, 339 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: the nuances. It's just it's just remarkable. And that comes 340 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: with a lot of hard work too. And the oppressor. 341 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: You know, after the after the game, Jamar Chase said, well, 342 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: we've thrown that at least a thousand times. I mean 343 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: there's no yeah, there's no substitute for hard work. You know, 344 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: Repetition breeds comfort level and excellence performance, and those guys 345 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: are great examples of that. Defensively, it comes down to 346 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: the final play of the game, fourth and goal from 347 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: the nine, and Jermaine Pratt steps up and makes that interception, 348 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: a play that will go down as one of the 349 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: most memorable defensive plays in franchise history. And that's why 350 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: he intercepted it instead of knock it down. I don't 351 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: want I don't want PBUs. I want interceptions. And I 352 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: mean he made such a great play, why not I mean, 353 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: why not just pick that bad boy off, you know, 354 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: and uh, he's he's he's really come on and developed. 355 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 1: I mean, where would they have been without your main 356 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: prop When Logan Wilson went down. I mean, Jermaine p 357 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: At stepped up and expanded his role and did it 358 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: in a very very convincing way. It wasn't too big 359 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: for him. And there's no doubt about that. He's a player, 360 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: and you know, he talks about it every week. His 361 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: teammates talk about the fact that he talks about it. 362 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: It's all about the football, and he's always trying to 363 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: rip it out and fumble drills, and he's always trying 364 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 1: to you know, intercept undercut routes and make plays and 365 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: play their proper angles. And he's trying to get his 366 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: doctorate in football geometry. I mean, I think he's he's 367 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: really smart. He really plays great angles. He understands leverage 368 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: that that was perfectly leveraged that interception that he made. 369 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: It really was how'd you feel the on line did? 370 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: I thought pretty well? I really did. I mean I 371 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: think there were, you know, a couple of sacks Joe took. 372 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: He knew he had nowhere to go at the football, 373 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: and he just you know, kind of like assumed the 374 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: fetal position almost and covered up and just took the 375 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: took the sack. Didn't want to take a chance on 376 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: putting the ball in jeopardy. And now he's almost one 377 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy or over one hundred and seventy attempts 378 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: now without an interception, And you know, that's something that 379 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: an offensive line can live vicariously through the fact that 380 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: you know he's he's a great player, and he is 381 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: the biggest reason that that's the case. But you've contributed 382 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: to it. And I thought that these guys are great, 383 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: I mean, particularly Crosby. Crosby's unbelieable to watch that guy, 384 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: Like I talked about earlier, He's Gumby, that's got you know, 385 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: inspector gadget arms. He can bench four hundred pounds. I mean, 386 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: that's he's a Everybody talks about these genetic freaks at 387 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: the skill position. He's a genetic freak at his position. 388 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: And he's he's very, very difficult to get good contact 389 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: on and sustain good contact on. He's so slipper, he's 390 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: so smooth, he's he's he's very very gifted. And you know, Prince, 391 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: he had a couple of bad snaps. Everybody's going to 392 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: against this guy, but I thought overall, I thought he 393 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: and Jonah Williams hung in there and played pretty darn well. 394 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: The Bengals have had remarkably good fortune this year. When 395 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: it comes to injuries, twenty of the twenty two guys 396 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: on offense and defense started on opening day started this 397 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: game everybody but the right guard and the right tackle, 398 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: but as is often the case, they went down. Some 399 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: really good players went down in this game. Larry Ogan 400 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: Jobi first and foremost taken off out of cart Trey 401 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: Hendrickson checked out for a concussion. Which of these injuries 402 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: concerned you the most going forward? Larry Ogan Jobi, You know, 403 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: looks like it's going to be I mean, the way 404 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: it looked his reaction was the thing that got me. 405 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: It wasn't just like, oh, I sprained my foot on 406 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: my ankle. He threw his helmet and disgust. He was 407 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: very upset to me. He knew that something bad happened, 408 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: like an achilles snapping, so that that's extremely unfortunate. So 409 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: I think he's probably obviously gone. If that's the case, 410 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: he's not gonna be able to participate anymore. That's a 411 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,479 Speaker 1: major blow because he is a force inside, you know, 412 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: pressure in the quarterback's face. He really does a good 413 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: job of pushing the interior of the pocket. Hopefully Trey 414 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: Hendrickson will get out of concussion protocol and be able 415 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: to play in the next football game, and they really 416 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: need him on the edge as well. And I admire 417 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: what the defensive line did. I mean, they were they 418 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: were down to you know, nobody. They had to take 419 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: a bunch of snaps, and Sam Hubbard and others talked 420 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: about how it was tough. You know, they were gas 421 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: down the stretch and they were just trying to keep 422 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: him in the pocket as much as anything. Just don't 423 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: let him because his car hurt him a little bit 424 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: with his feet, you know, running and creating and made 425 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: some big conversions on third down, you know, running the 426 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: football as well. So yeah, it's um, you know, once 427 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: you get in the playoffs and it's like anything. Dani's 428 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: like turnovers coming bunches. Unfortunately injuries coming bunches as well. 429 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: But in my mind, it gave total verification what Zach 430 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: and the organization decided to do in Cleveland. Don't take 431 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: a chance. I mean, you know, you look at this game. 432 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: All these guys go down in one game, and a 433 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: couple of guys went down up in the Cleveland game too, 434 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: So man, do what they did, and that's the reason 435 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,239 Speaker 1: they won this football game. A lot of guys came 436 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: into this game a lot healthier than they would have otherwise. 437 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: So it's interesting watching CJ Uzama do his postgame news conference. 438 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: When it was done and the last question they had 439 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: been asked, he made a point of expressing his admiration 440 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: and respect for Zach Taylor, even though he was not 441 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: asked about it. I think that's big. Um. CJ gets it. 442 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: He gets it on so many levels. I mean, huge leader, 443 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: very intelligent, understands you know, team team philosophy, understands people. 444 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's he's a special dude. And I'm 445 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: sure Zach Taylor is going to feel, you know, very 446 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: very proud when he when he hears what CJ did, because, 447 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: like you said, totally unsolicited and um, it just goes 448 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: to show though that that this this football team. Like 449 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: I've said many times, Dick Lebau was my first really 450 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: great example of it. His players in the secondary not 451 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:00,479 Speaker 1: only respected him, they loved him, adored him, worship tim 452 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: and it just brought them everybody. I mean, the relationship 453 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 1: back and forth between coach and player raised their level 454 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: of performance. And you know, because they weren't just playing 455 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,959 Speaker 1: for themselves, they were playing for Dick Lebaux. They were 456 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: playing for their teammates, they were playing for a bunch 457 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: of things. And that's kind of what Zack's got going now. 458 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: He's got a lot of guys in his corner, for sure. 459 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm happy for Zach. I'm happy for every coach. I'm 460 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: happy for the players. I'm happy for Mike Brown and 461 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: his family. But most of all, I am happy for 462 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: Bengals fans. I think we were minded today lap of 463 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: just how great this city will support the Bengals when 464 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: they play the way they did today and play the 465 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 1: way they have this year. Absolutely. I mean, biggest crowd 466 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: ever Paul Brown Stadium, over sixty six thousand, and they 467 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: were boisterous, full throat. I mean they were into it 468 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: from Jump Street. They were into it, and it caused 469 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: false starts, penalties, it caused a communication being on the 470 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: same page. It was massive. I'd say I can think 471 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: of at least a half a dozen plays where the 472 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: crowd noise was instrumental as the twelfth man on defense 473 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 1: that caused the Raiders offense serious problems. Serious problems in 474 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: terms of being able to relay information up and down 475 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, being able to hear an audible, 476 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: being able to hear a garden to tackle, changing their 477 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: blocking call. I mean, all that stuff when you can't 478 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: when you can't hear, and it all has to be 479 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: done by signal or by not or wink or whatever. Man, 480 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: that's that's you start to feel what unfortunately, what deaf 481 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 1: people have to deal with every day. It's hard, man, 482 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: It's hard. And that was a big plus form I think. 483 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,959 Speaker 1: I think playing at Paul Brown Stadium actually won them 484 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: that football game. It's gonna be a lot of alcoholic 485 00:26:55,080 --> 00:27:01,199 Speaker 1: innsum tonight. There's there's gonna be that's gonna be. Everybody's 486 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: going to exceed their limit, and curfew is going to 487 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: be broken. There is no curfew tonight for everybody. Everybody's 488 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: gonna party hard and you know, and it's well earned. 489 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 1: I feel very very happy for this football team. What 490 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: they've done is well earned and even more well deserved. 491 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: Or on the win and to look ahead to what's next. 492 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: Join lapping me from Bengals Line Monday night from six 493 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: to nine on seven hundred WLW. Now time for this 494 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: week's fun facts segment, and my guest is the shortest 495 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: player on the Bengals roster. Time for some fun facts 496 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: with wide receiver Trent Taylor from Shreveport, Louisiana in the 497 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: upper left corner of the state. If you're looking at 498 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: Louisiana on a map, not far from the Texas and 499 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: Arkansas borders. Trent, tell us a little bit about where 500 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: you grew up and some of the things you enjoyed 501 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: doing when you were young. I grew up in Streeport. 502 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: I actually moved there when I was in second grade. 503 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: I was born in Tennessee, then moved up to move 504 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: down to Streeport when I was in second grade and 505 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: got very accointed with the Louisiana culture, fell in love 506 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: with crawfish and gumbo and all that kind of stuff. 507 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, I went to high school there. Then I 508 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: went to Louisiana Tech, which is about an hour away. 509 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, I spent most of my life in Louisiana. 510 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: And you are a football family. From what I can tell, 511 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: your dad played college football at Western Kentucky. He's an 512 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 1: author and a motivational speaker. Tell me a little bit 513 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: about him and the impact he had on you becoming 514 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: a professional athlete. He had the biggest impact on me. 515 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: He I mean, he taught me everything growing up. He 516 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: was always he was always my coach and all the 517 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: different kinds of sports growing up. And if he wasn't 518 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: my coach, I was I was still learning more from 519 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: him than I was my other coaches. So, I mean, 520 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: he just taught me everything about you know, how to work, 521 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: how to compete, how to go get what you want. 522 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, I learned a lot from just watching him 523 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: and and learning from him. So yeah, a lot of 524 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: the credit goes to him for me being where I 525 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: in today. We're doing fun facts with Trent Taylor. You 526 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: were blessed with speed, quickness, great eye, hand coordination, but 527 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: not height. Were you always one of the smaller kids 528 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: growing up? Yeah? I always was. I was always waiting 529 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: for that moment where I was going to hit my 530 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: growth spurt. Never really happened though, so still waiting for 531 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: it though. You know, you never know what it could happen. 532 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: Never hurts to dream. Did that put a chip on 533 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: your shoulder? Yeah, definitely, I mean it was. I mean 534 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: football is always the sport that I love more than anything. 535 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: You know, I played every sport going up, but football 536 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: was always what I wanted to do. And you know, 537 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: in high school, I quit playing baseball, and I got 538 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: a lot of flak for that from baseball coaches, like, 539 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're not the type of guy that 540 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: plays football, you need to be playing baseball type of thing. 541 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: I heard that from a lot of people. But I 542 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: just continue to do what I loved and what I 543 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: wanted to do, and uh, you know, I I kept 544 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: believing in myself and just kept putting in the work, 545 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: and luckily I've made it to where I wanted to be. 546 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: And I mean, I obviously want to do better than 547 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 1: where I'm at right now in the NFL, but you know, 548 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: I came a long ways though, for sure. How did 549 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: you wind up at Louisiana Tech? Yeah, Louisiana Tech was 550 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: my one offer coming out of high school. You know, 551 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: I didn't get too much attention just being five ft eight, 552 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: you know, five foot eight white guy, they don't get 553 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: too much attention. But you know, I put up a 554 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: bunch of good stats in high school. Luckily, we threw 555 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: the ball around a lot, so I had a million 556 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: catches in high school, which helped a lot. So got 557 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: me one offer, and that one offer was all I needed. 558 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: A million catches in high school and in college. As 559 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: a senior at Louisiana Tack, you led the nation in 560 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: receiving yards with one thousand, eight hundred and three. Some 561 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: of the other top receivers in college football that year 562 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: included Juju Smith, Schuster, Corey Davis, John Ross. How big 563 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: of a deal was it for you to lead all 564 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: of college football in receiving yards. It was a big deal. 565 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a big accompliment. Always something that 566 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to do. Definitely, one of my goals that 567 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: year was to do that. And you know, luckily, we 568 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,239 Speaker 1: had a great offense at Louisiana Tech that gave me 569 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: plenty of opportunities and you know, made the most of it. 570 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, that's what has given me a 571 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: good opportunity to try to have a long career in 572 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: the NFL. And so I'm still out here trying to 573 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: do that. We're doing fun facts with Trent Taylor. You 574 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: were drafted by the forty nine ers in the fifth 575 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: round back in twenty seventeen. Describe your draft experience. Oh yeah, 576 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: it was great. I remember. I mean I was sitting 577 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: there with my family all day long waiting. You know, 578 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: my mom wanted to throw a draft party, and I 579 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: was kind of hesitant on that, like, I don't want 580 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: everyone to be here broken hearted if I don't get drafted, 581 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: But sure we can throw a draft party. But then 582 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: luckily got a call from San Francisco in the fifth 583 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: round and talked to John Lange and Kyle Shanahan, and 584 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they're great. I love being there with them 585 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: for four years. Yeah, so my time in San Francisco, 586 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: I enjoyed it out there, but happy to be here 587 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: in Cincinnating with the Bengals. You had a really good 588 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: rookie year with forty three catches, including twenty seven on 589 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: third down that led all NFL rookies that year. You 590 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: had a solid second season despite back surgery before that year, 591 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: and then year three unfortunately with something of a nightmare 592 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: because of a foot injury and an infection in your foot. 593 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: Describe that ordeal. That whole road in my NFL career 594 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: has been tough just to watch, to watch me have 595 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: some success my rookie season and to think I was 596 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: gonna just I thought that was you know, that was 597 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: the bottom, you know, the platform that I was going 598 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: to build off of um and then back surgery happened, 599 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: and then, um, the foot surgery was something that was 600 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: supposed to just keep me out for like two or 601 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: three games, and then uh, you know, the screw and 602 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 1: my foot was a little messed up. We had to 603 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: go and redo it. And once we redid it, um 604 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: the infection happened at that point, and then, um so 605 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: I ended up missing the entire season that year, um 606 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: just going foot a foot surgery after foot surgery and 607 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: uh five five surgeries later, Um it was finally over with. 608 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: But then the season was over at that point. So um, yeah, 609 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: it was a lot. It was a lot to deal 610 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: with and a lot that I had to try to 611 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: build my body back from. Um So, so, I feel 612 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: good with where I'm at right now. I feel like 613 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: I'm continuing to um get faster and get back to 614 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: where I used to be. Um So now I'm just 615 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: kind of waiting on that opportunity to go out there 616 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: and improve it. Forty nine Ers made the Super Bowl 617 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: that year. I'm sure you were thrilled for your teammates 618 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: and coaches, but it did did that make your personal 619 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: situation even tougher? Yeah? Way tougher. Honestly, it was. It 620 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: was emotional day at the Super Bowl. Um, just to 621 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: like be in that atmosphere, to see how big of 622 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: a stage it was. And the fact that I couldn't 623 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: play it was because some doctors messed up my foot. Um, 624 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: it just didn't sit right with me at all. So 625 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: it was, I mean, it was. It was a time 626 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: I'll always remember, a day that I'll always remember, just 627 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,439 Speaker 1: the way that I felt being out there watching it 628 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: from the sidelines, and you know, watching our team lose 629 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, the way that we did something 630 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: that will always motivate me and always I'll always remember. 631 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: Here's hoping you get to participate healthy the next time around. 632 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 1: You joined the Bengals this year as a free agent. 633 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: You were promoted to the active roster for the Denver game, 634 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 1: and afterward you treat it about tweeted about how great 635 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: it felt to be back out there. What is it 636 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: about football that you love so much? Man? It was 637 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 1: like it was a feeling that I kind of forgot 638 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 1: about because it feels like I haven't really been on 639 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: the field and so long. But um, I mean that's 640 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: that type of feeling that you get being out there 641 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: on the football field is something that I don't think 642 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 1: you can find anywhere else on this earth. It's that 643 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: adrenaline rush that's just unmatched, and it's it's the reason 644 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 1: why when people leave the game, it's so hard for 645 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: him because to match that adrenaline rush somewhere somewhere else 646 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: is extremely hard to do. And just being in front 647 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: of so many people, and because like I was doing 648 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 1: the opening kickoff for the Denver game and that's when 649 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 1: it's like the loudest and man, that's just such a 650 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: cool experience to be out there in the middle of 651 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: the field when the crowd's born. I mean, those moments 652 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: are the reason why you do it. So it was 653 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: just it was an awesome time. A few wildcard categories 654 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,240 Speaker 1: to wrap things up. Who is your all time favorite 655 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: athlete in any sport and why? I was thinking football, 656 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: and I instantly thought of Barry Sanders, just like watching 657 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: him run and move and juwe people out. That was 658 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,760 Speaker 1: always so much fun to watch. But then I also 659 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: think of guys like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, just 660 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: the way that their mentality was going into the game, 661 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: the way that they prepared every single day. That kind 662 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: of stuff was just unmatched. And you know something that 663 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,760 Speaker 1: I strive for some some some guys that I strive 664 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: to be like because they loved the game unlike anyone else, 665 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: and they were willing to do whatever it took to 666 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: continue to play at a high level for as long 667 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: as they could. And you know, that's the kind of 668 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: mentality that I tried to take in my game as well. 669 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: What do you like to splur John? I like vacations. 670 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 1: I remember I always said, like they asked me in 671 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: an interview in the NFL draft, what's the first big 672 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: thing that I'm going to spend my money on. I 673 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: always had a boat. Um, I always like going on 674 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: like going on the lake, hanging with my hanging with 675 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: my friends on the lake. But I haven't bought a 676 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: boat yet. Um, maybe we'll get there one day. But yeah, 677 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: I would say vacations. I like taking nice vacations. All right, 678 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,359 Speaker 1: last thing and I'll let you go. This is kind 679 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 1: of deep. If you could meet anybody in history, athlete, actor, statesman, politician, 680 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: religious figure, whoever it might be, who would that person be? 681 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: I mean, Jesus comes to mind. Does Jesus count? Absolutely? 682 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: That's easy one right there. Yeah, I mean I got 683 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: plenty of plenty of questions for him. I got a 684 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: whole list of them, so beginning with why couldn't I 685 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 1: have been six? Five? Yeah, that's that's a good one. 686 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: That's that's that's number one on the list. Yeah, Trent, 687 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: you're off the hot seat. I appreciate your time. Best 688 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,720 Speaker 1: of luck the rest of the year. I appreciate you. 689 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode of The 690 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast, brought to you by Ultimate Bengals, the 691 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: free to play Next Level Fantasy Football game downloaded now 692 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,719 Speaker 1: from the App Store and Google Play. And if you 693 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: haven't done so already, please subscribe to this podcast and 694 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 1: if you have a minute, give it a rating or 695 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: share a comment that helps more Bengals fans find us. 696 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm Dan Horde, and thank you for listening to The 697 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast.