WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: I'm Ready 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:06.640 Hi again everybody. I'm Dan Board and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:14.319 the Bengals Booth Podcast the I'mready, I'mredy audition. As the 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.400 Bengals wrap up the preseason against the Colts and can 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.720 turn their attention to the regular season opener against New 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:26.400 England coming up, radio replays, locker room comments and postgame 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:30.800 analysis from Dave Lappham. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation, 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.240 you'll get to know of Bengals rookie who can play 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:38.120 the violin. 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I was a 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.760 minor league baseball announcer from two thousand and six to 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:20.280 twenty eleven, and there were a handful of comedies that 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.759 I saw many times on late night bus rides, including 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:28.039 Happy Gilmore. To this day, it remains one of those 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.320 movies that if I'm flipping around on my TV remote 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.640 and it's on, I'm probably going to watch for at 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.479 least thirty minutes. Well nearly thirty years after the original 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.720 came out, a sequel is in the works, and it 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:44.400 even has an NFL tie, as Adam Sandler shared this 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:49.320 week that Travis Kelcey will make a cameo. I doubt 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.320 he'll have one of his hands bitten off by an 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:55.200 alligator like Chubbs in the original, but I suppose that 0:01:55.440 --> 0:02:00.520 NFL defensive coordinators can hope. Now, let's get the football 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:05.760 and the radio replays from Thursday nights preseason finale against 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:09.720 the Colts. In seventeen days, the twenty twenty four season 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.200 gets underway here at pay Corpse Stadium as the Bengals 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.800 host the New England Patriots. But first, it's the final 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:21.400 game of the preseason between the Bengals and the Indianapolis Colts, 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.320 and it is time for the big skin to fly 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.400 here in the jungle. Three receivers out to the right. 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.320 Now Pittman motions to the left, second in goal from 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.600 the nine, shotgun snap, Richardson, looking left, looks over the middle, 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:38.520 throws caught at the six. Aden I Mitchell accelerates into 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:42.160 the end zone for an Indianapolis touchdown, and Richardson's in 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.520 the shotgun. On second down and ten from his own 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.720 nine catches a low snap, quick. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:53.680 Popping touchdownn Bengals. A beautiful read by Jordan Battle. 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.440 He caught it on the run and took it into 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.919 the endzone for the Bengals touchdown. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.400 I'll tell you that that ball was thrown behind the 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:07.079 receiver by Richardson, just not a herry accurate throw whatsoever. 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.320 And boy did did Battle make him pay. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:14.960 Richardson catches the shotgun snap, short drop, pump fakes begins, scrambling, 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:19.200 gets hit the side, loses the ball and it looks 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.239 like the Colts have it justin blaze it coming from 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:27.320 the blind side, stripped it away from Anthony Richardson, but 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:32.600 offensive lineman recovered. I think it was bouncing pigskin for Indianapolis. 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.200 Might have been Nelson that recovered it. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.400 Fourth and goal from the three. The Colts could run 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.760 it now since it's fourth down. Ellinger back to throw 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:43.240 from the ten, forced to scramble to the left in trouble, 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.600 throws off his back foot in completing the end zone, 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.320 and the Bengals get a stop on fourth and goal 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:54.960 from the three, Cedric Johnson and Devin Harper putting the 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:59.200 heat on Ellinger and forcing the incompletion lake lock at four, 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.440 Logan would say, ready blitz coming woodside, gonna lob it 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.880 deep for Burton up the goal line. 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:05.800 He's got it. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:12.520 Touchdown Bengals Jermaine Burton with his second touchdown catch of 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.960 the preseason. He beat clay Fields and the Bengals score. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.760 There's no question that this guy has got some physical 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:26.200 talent that is not being disputed. What he has to 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:31.279 do is to get himself totally with the mindset of 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.960 being a pro every single day, doing everything he possibly 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:38.359 can to get himself mentally ready to play, because physically, 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.680 this guy has got it. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.400 One forty nine left, Indy up by six. The Bengals 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.719 have one time out remaining, third down and four for 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.320 the Colts. Slovis hands it off and it's a first 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.640 down run and much more, it's going to be a 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:59.320 touchdown for Indianapolis as Dimitric Felton takes it forty yards 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.440 to the house against the team that employed him on 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.920 the practice squad a year ago. Rocky Lombardi takes a 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.279 knee for the final time and the remaining thirty one 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.560 seconds will run off the clock. Zach Taylor on his 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.039 way out to the fifty to shake hands with Shane Steichen, 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.599 and that'll do it tonight here at pay Court Stadium. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:23.360 The final score the Indianapolis Colts twenty seven the Cincinnati 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:27.480 Bengals fourteen. Now time for a few postgame stats. Stopping 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.039 the run with the biggest problem, as the Bengals allowed 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:34.200 one hundred and eighty three rushing yards on thirty seven carries. 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.400 That's four point nine per attempt. But the starting defense 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:42.120 didn't play at all, and the second team defensive line 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:46.719 didn't play either. Miles Murphy is hurt and Chris Jenkins, 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.640 Zach Carter, and Joseph Osai had the night off. Offensively, 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:54.200 Logan Woodside basically went the distance at quarterback, except for 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.960 a few kneel downs by Rocky Lombardi at the end 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.240 of the game, and Woodside went sixteen for twenty twenty 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.880 one with a touchdown, no picks, and a passer rating 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.920 of one hundred point nine. That all sounds good, but 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.800 the passes were mostly dinks and dunks. His woodside only 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.159 threw for ninety eight yards in the game. He also 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.640 coughed up a fumble. Linebacker Devin Harper led the team 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.119 in tackles with eleven, and Muma Jong Medow was close 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:27.240 behind with nine. Ryan Rico punted six times and it 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.360 was a mixed bag as they ranged in distance from 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.880 twenty nine yards to fifty seven. He could win the 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.560 job by default, though, if Brad robbins Hip doesn't heal 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:41.520 quickly enough. The bengals only offensive touchdown came on a 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.800 twenty one yard catch by Jermaine Burton, who scored two 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.919 of the three touchdowns that the offense put on the 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:52.279 board in three preseason games. The third round pick finished 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.280 the preseason with eight catches for one hundred and fifty 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.960 seven yards. That's nineteen point six per catch, which is 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.680 about a yard life that what he averaged at Alabama 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.799 last year. I went one on one with Jermaine after 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:12.280 the game. Another touchdown catch two in three preseason games. 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.280 How did you feel the preseason went for you? 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.280 Overall it was smooth. 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.040 Still a lot of things to get better on, regardless 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:20.360 of what it is or what it looks like. I 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:20.760 still have. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.040 I still made a lot. 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.640 Of mistakes throughout preseason even practice, and that needs to 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.960 be fixed. So, you know, more than blissed to make 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:29.680 the players that I did. But at the end of 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.920 the day, it's still about the details. So I'm trying 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:33.320 to focus on what I did wrong. 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.320 Describe the touchdown pass. It looked similar to the one 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:40.000 that you had in the first preseason game, except on 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.120 the opposite side of the field, running down the right 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:43.760 sideline this time instead of the left. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.200 Yeah. 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.520 Yeah, it was pretty much just uh he was press covered, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:49.800 so converted to a go. 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:52.320 Yeah. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.960 And when the ball is in the air and it's 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.640 you versus one guy, I think if you're on the 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.400 ability to win that battle. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.160 Yeah for sure. Uh you know, I kind of I 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.720 praised myself to that, and uh, you know, I just 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.240 want to make the best of you know, my NFL career. 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.360 So any opportunity I get, you know, I just hope 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:14.000 to make a memory out of it, you know, and 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:15.760 and if it's if it doesn't go my way, then 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:19.000 learn from it. So you know, yeah, more than blessed 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.360 to make the place that I did. I'm just trying 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:22.880 to just trying to keep working a getting better. 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.520 We're chatting to Jermaine Burton, as you said, trying to 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.679 clean things up, try to eliminate some of the mistakes 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.560 that rookies make. Is that just kind of par for 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.559 the course when you're making the jump from college football 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:34.200 to the NFL. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.760 Oh, it can be you know, it depends on how 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.240 some guys handled it. You know I could have been 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:40.960 with I could have been better on how I've been 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.480 handling my business and uh in my preseason, you know 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.120 I could have you know, I could lock in more 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:47.640 on my details and like I said, the things that 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:48.280 I did wrong. 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.440 But you know, it's all about how you handle it. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:51.920 You know, it's all about what it means to you. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:53.719 And you know, I feel like I need to do 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.679 a better job of showing how much this means to 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.360 me because I know my potential as a player, and 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:01.640 you know, it's about that time. You know, it's about 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.200 to get real, it's about to be regular season. So 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.440 I'm just trying to you know, prove to my coaches 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.000 and still gain trust to my quarterbacks and my teammates 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.040 that I can you know, continue to make those kind 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:10.440 of plays. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.880 That's pretty candid. I mean, it sounds like there's some 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.600 good self awareness on your part that you can take 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:16.400 it up a notch. 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.520 Ye one hundred percent. Uh, you know, nobody's perfect, but 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:21.959 at the end of the day, you don't want to 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:23.480 get caught up in, you know, even the plays that 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.319 I made and stuff like that, like yeah, like you know, 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:27.960 that's why they that's why they got me, and that's 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.360 you know, that's what they drafted me for. So I 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.400 just want to keep doing what they drafted me to do. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.680 And you know, regardless, I still got to watch for 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.920 my mistakes I make and still worry about those more 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.160 than the set like the touchdowns and stuff and catches. 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.480 Well, the touchdowns are fun to call, and you have 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.200 averaged more than twenty yards I think on your preseason catches, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.520 So congratulations on that. Keep grinding and look forward to 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.319 the regular season starting in two and a half weeks. 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:52.240 Yes, sir, thank you. 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.320 I need to do a better job of showing how 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.719 much this means to me. That's quite a statement by 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.640 your Maane Burton. If his actions match his words, going forward, 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:08.080 the Bengals could have a special player. Now, let's hear 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.360 what head coach Zach Taylor had to say. Is he 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.880 spent a few minutes with Dave Lapham after the game. 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:15.960 Trade Yon Williams of pros Pro. I mean the guy 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.400 goes out there eleven carries sixty six yards. I mean, 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.760 he does exactly what he's supposed to do, doesn't he. 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.440 Yeah, he hasn't gotten a lot of carries in season obviously, 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:24.840 so I think it's important for him to get his 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.800 work now and kind of feel that rhythm that you 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.360 can get into if we need to call upon him 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:29.760 in a game. 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.120 Jordan battle with a big pick six, huge, huge play. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.200 But he also he's been playing very consistently on special 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.640 teams this preseason in last year as well, didn't he. 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.600 Yeah, he's taking the next step there in that area. 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.760 Obviously put a lot of defense at Alabama, So again 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.080 he's been a solid player for us that continues to improve. 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:48.800 What else do you did you see that you liked 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:49.160 out there? 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:50.880 I thought the defense played with a lot of energy. 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.800 You know, in the first half. Offensively score some points, 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:55.920 take the pressure off of them. But they got seven points. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.160 They got some big stops that were playing against starters. 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.000 I thought that was good to see. I thought pass 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.040 protection wise on offense, our guys did a good job. 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.360 Obviously gave up one against their starters early in the game, 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.280 but we're able to give Logan a. 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:08.800 Chance there half. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.880 I think it was one penalty for five yards and 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.880 didn't turn the football over. So I mean, in terms 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:14.360 of that part of the cleaning that part of the 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:15.960 game up, it was a major improvement. 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:16.400 It was good. 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:17.760 And I just got to score points, you know, that's 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.160 the name of the game. And I think we ran 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.600 forty plays maybe, so it's about as few as you 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.199 ever get to do, and so you just got to 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.600 maximize opportunities to give yourself more more more. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.520 Plays getting past the midfield. You were getting into there, 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.439 tib but you didn't have a red zone snap until 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:33.520 at some point I think in the third quarter or 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:34.120 something like that. 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.520 Yeah, I mean, some those are things going backwards on, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.240 nakeds and screens and some things that you typically are 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.400 not counting on going backwards on, and tonight was just 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:42.520 kind of one of those nights. 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.840 So I guess now the big decisions come. I mean, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.280 we talked about it in the pregame. It's it's always 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.560 a difficult time. It's celebratory for a lot of guys 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.960 that make a football team, but then other guys that 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.480 might have been with you for a while or gave 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.440 everything they had that they weren't with you for a 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:01.600 while and wasn't quite enough. That's tough, isn't it. 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:02.040 It's tough. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:06.520 There's tough conversations. You've invested, got relationships with them. The 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.760 blow is a little bit softened now that the practice 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.960 squad sixteen guys, so there's more guys that you get 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.439 an opportunity to keep around. But still it's a tough 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:14.520 conversation with a lot of guys. 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.120 And then once the fifty three man roster is set 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.040 for the first time, I mean there's some tweaking that 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.560 can go on. I mean there's a few days there 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.040 where you can add and delete, right, I. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.840 Mean, twenty four hours later there's a claim and then 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.480 there's another claim waiver, and so always be looking. I 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.040 think that's what Duke and his staff do a great 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.079 job of always assessing how to make our team better. 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:33.320 But at the same time, we've invested in a lot 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.040 of these guys, and so it's right to give them 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:35.719 an opportunity. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.120 You have pushed your team. I mean I thought the 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:42.120 practices were very, very competitive, and then when you had 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.680 the joint practices they were uber competitive. A lot of 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.360 energy there pre season work. I mean, there's been a 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.480 lot of snaps out there. Do you feel good about 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:50.160 where the team is. 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.640 We've gotten the right amount of work with the right physicality, 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:56.800 with the right opponent in multiple cases, and so I 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.800 think these guys are ready to start preparing for New England. 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.360 Appreciate your time as always, sir, I appreciate it. Thank you. 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.520 The Bengals finished the preseason oh to three after going 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.520 two to one a year ago, but it's hard to 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.679 put much stock in the record considering how little the 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.959 starter's played. The good news is that all of their 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.920 projected starters are healthy, unless you think that Amrius Mims 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.520 would have won the right tackle job over Trent Brown, 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.000 and who knows, perhaps in two and a half weeks 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.960 Mimes will be healthy too. The Bengals Booth Podcast is 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.800 brought to you by pay Corps, proud to be the 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:34.480 Bengals official HR software provider. 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This kid has to 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:12.120 master the playbook, where to line up, what routes to run, etc. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:16.080 Because if he can master those kinds of things, he 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.320 can be a major weapon for the Cincinnati team. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:22.880 Absolutely. I mean there is no questioning his physical attributes, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.600 his talent. But I mean he's got miles to go 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.840 before he rests in terms of learning how to prepare 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:36.040 to be a professional. And it's like you can't overdo it. 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:40.680 I mean, you can't put enough time into the playbook. 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:42.600 If you think you got it, you've got to go 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.680 over it again. You just got to make sure you 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:50.360 can't take it for granted. For him, I guess it's 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.720 almost sad to say, but Unfortunately, his talent is at 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.360 such a high level. He's just been able to not 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.280 do that part of it, you know, and be able 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:02.560 to thrive, not just exists, but thrive. And then you 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.880 see plays he's making out there. I mean, he's two 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.160 incredible touchdown catches and other plays for the Bengals during 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.080 the course of preseason. He is gifted. I mean, God 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.520 has blessed him with every physical talent that you'd want 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:18.400 to have if you're a wide receiver. And I mean, 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.480 if he would put more time and effort into the 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:23.040 other part of it, the mental part of it, I mean, 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:27.320 think how really great he could be. And honestly, it's 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:31.280 like if he doesn't and the first time in a 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.760 critical situation he's not where he's supposed to be when 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.480 he's supposed to be there and number nine is looking 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.800 for him and he's nowhere to be found, or number 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:39.880 nine puts it there and he's not there and the 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.440 other team gets it, that'll be that. I mean, there's 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:47.520 no trust at that point, and you'd hate to see that, 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:48.200 that's for sure. 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.680 Talk to him after the game, he sounded self aware. 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.120 Hopefully he will do exactly what he needs to do 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.200 to be the kind of player he can be, because again, 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.720 the talent is extraordinary. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.000 No question. I mean it's as good as you know 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.080 on so many levels, so many things that he does. 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:10.280 He runs really good routes, he's long arms, I mean, 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:14.000 he's fast, he's short spaced, quickness. There's not one thing 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.640 that he doesn't have physically. It's amazing, it really is. 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:21.520 On the flip side, Travion Williams not blessed with unbelievable 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.040 speed or size or anything like that, but the solid 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.200 pro that's the reason why he's lasted as long as 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.480 he has as a member of this team. Eleven carries 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:34.240 sixty six yards, five catches for eleven more and played 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.960 a lot for a guy who's certainly going to be 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.400 on this team. In the final preseason game. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.160 Yeah, and Zach looked at it like he hasn't had 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.640 a whole lot of carries, you know, in the last 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.560 few years. So he's going to get his carries in 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.160 the preseason. He's going to fine tune his craft in 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.880 the preseason. And Travion has no problem with that. You know, 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.880 check the ego at the door. Don't care who I'm 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.720 playing with, I don't care when I'm playing what stage 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.080 of the game. I'm playing football. I'm a football player, 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:05.960 I'm a professional football player. I'm going to give every 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.080 ounce of effort to every single snap that I possibly can. 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:13.200 A great example for a Burton, tremendous example. I mean, 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:18.560 Trevion Williams will do anything he's asked to do to 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.040 help his football team get better and win games. And 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.040 I mean he had fun talking to him after the 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:28.840 game to look on his face and the satisfaction a 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.800 job well done. And he enjoys football, enjoys everything about it. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.480 And you can't have enough guys like that on your roster. 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.800 The Bengals first touchdown was scored on defense Jordan Battle 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:40.879 of the fourteen yard pick six. It's going to be 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.400 interesting to see how he develops this year because he's 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.440 probably not going to get a ton of playing time 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.800 with Genostone and Von Bell set to start at safety, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.360 but he'll get in there in certain situations. And furthermore, 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.240 he needs to be a sponge around Von Bell because 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.600 Von's not going to play forever and when he's finished, 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.600 Jordan Battle has the ability to be Von Bell like. 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:08.240 Oh absolutely, I mean, Jordan Battle has got football IQ 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:12.160 there's no question. Now it doesn't have you know, as 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.480 many repetitions and the experience that that Von Bell has 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.840 under his belt. But the thing that impressed me about him, 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.119 he took another step in terms of special teams playing 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.679 the preseason from what he was doing last year. And 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.080 that tells me that this guy is serious about, you know, 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:33.159 about his career and playing the game of professional football. Yeah, 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.320 they're gonna run plenty of three safety packages in this 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.680 division the way they run the football, so he'll be 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.320 on the field, you know, in those three safety package things. 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:45.280 But it'll be interesting to see how how creative lou 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:47.600 gets and how much how much time he will get, 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.560 how many snaps he will get, and you know, God 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:53.199 forbid one of those guys get snicked up. You have 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.480 a guy like him, that's a that's a good feeling 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.679 for lou Anirumo and the coaches to have. On the 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.399 defensive side of the football. You can't have another froster 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.400 depth at any position really in this league. But yeah, 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:08.200 he's I think he's I think he's got what it takes. 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.360 You know, he's he's in a situation where he's naturally 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:16.560 a pretty big body guy and he's always trying to 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.679 make sure that you know, he's at the weight that 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.320 they want him to be at and all the things 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:22.399 to go along with it from a conditioning standpoint. And 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.040 he's there, and he's he's worked hard to get there, 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.080 and I think he's going to have a big year. 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:32.160 I think that you know, he's he's not gonna plateau. 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:34.200 I think he's going to continue to as send Let's 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:34.840 put it that way. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.280 The Bengals have to make roster cuts between now and 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:42.280 next Tuesday. The lineback position is going to be really interesting. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:47.160 That fifth linebacker spot. Muma John Meta has had an 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:50.520 excellent preseason, will lead the team in tackles at the 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:54.000 end of three preseason games. Devin Harper gives you more 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:57.560 special teams value, and he played well in the final 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.159 preseason game. The Bengals obviously owe it to themselves to 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:04.800 see who's out there on the waiver wire. Maybe linebacker 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:07.280 is a spot that they will target, But that's one 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.320