WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Ties That Bind 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.560 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hoard and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:15.960 the Bengals Booth Podcast. That tis that Bye and audition. 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:20.120 As the bengals second preseason game ends in a thirteen 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:25.400 all tie in Atlanta, Cincinnati's first preseason tie in fifty 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:29.160 two years. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, locker room 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.279 comments from players and coaches, and Dave Lappham will join 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:36.360 me for postgame analysis. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation, 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:41.479 rookie Shaka Hayward discusses his family legacy in the NFL. 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:46.120 You've undoubtedly heard of his cousin, Steeler's Pro Bowl defensive 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:50.000 lineman Cam Hayward. 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That means a 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.320 huge plane that cannot only carry that many passengers, but 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.440 can also handle roughly ten thousand pounds of football equipment. 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.360 You need four buses in Cincinnati and in Atlanta with 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.160 police escorts to get them where they need to go 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.360 on time. You need hotel rooms that are ready for 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.720 everybody as soon as the team arrives, plus a large 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.840 dining area, plus meeting rooms for the various position groups. 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.320 You need several meals for men with very large appetites, 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.920 and you need security for the players and coaches. In short, 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.800 every road trip is a major undertaking, and the guy 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.840 that handles all of those travel logistics for the Bengals 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:13.360 is Director of Operations, Jeff Brickner. This is my thirteenth 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.280 year as the team's radio announcer, and I can count 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.320 on one hand the number of times that all of 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:23.560 that didn't go smoothly. So, brick if you listen to 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.040 this podcast, your hard work and attention to detail is 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:32.600 truly appreciated. Now let's get to Friday Night's tie in Atlanta. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.639 I have the pleasure of calling all fifty of Desmond 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.679 Ritters games at the University of Cincinnati. He led the 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:43.639 Bearcats to wins in forty four of them. Only two 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:48.000 quarterbacks in FBS history, Kellen Moore and Colt McCoy led 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.280 their teams to more ws. Ritter has taken over as 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.840 Atlanta's starting quarterback this year, and in his first action 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.320 of the preseason, des was sharp as he led the 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.040 Falcons on a fifteen played dru to begin the game. 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.960 Atlanta actually gained one hundred and six yards, but gave 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:09.040 twenty eight back on penalties, and yet after holding the 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.200 ball for nearly ten minutes, the Falcons didn't even score 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.400 third down in goal from the six. Cincinnati shifting up front, 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.760 Ridder already catches a shotgun snap looking left, throws toward 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.359 the end zone, pick pat it up in the air, 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:26.320 intercepted by all said, runs back to the fifteen and 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:31.000 gets tackled at the eighteen yard line by quarterback Desmond Ridder. 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.920 Mike Hilton tipped it. Mike Hilton made a great play 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.000 on it and tipped it goes airborne and once it's 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.920 tipped interceptions happened. 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.640 The Bengals starting defense was on the field for that drive, 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.760 and while it bent, it didn't break. I talked to 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:53.560 Osai after the game, a red zone pick. Defensive ends 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:54.920 don't have a lot of red zone pick. 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.960 Don't shout out to have pupped that boor in the air. Still, 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.440 I haven't got in a sence to look at it. 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:06.800 Man. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.000 Let me pause that interview for a moment to explain 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.880 what's going on. When Osi said shout out to whoever 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.880 popped the ball in the air, his teammates went nuts 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:21.320 because the person responsible, Mike Hilton, was about two lockers away. 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:23.640 Now let's go back. 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:26.880 Shout out to whoever popped that bow in the air. 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.760 I still have. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.120 I haven't got in a chance to look. 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.120 At it, man, I can help. Who is Mike Hilton? 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.520 Dig shout out to Mike Hilton the biggest, big shout out, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:51.520 Big shout out to Mike Hilson. Dig dig shout out 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.120 to Mike Hilson. I didn't know he popped it up 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.640 in the air, but big shot out to him. You know, 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.479 that's his great team ball and I'm happy he was 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:01.480 able to put it in the area. And I was 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:02.640 able to keep hunting. 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.000 And go get Yeah, you saw a lot of snacks tonight, 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.000 more than your team every season. How do you feel 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.080 like you're coming along this preason and pre season in 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.279 terms of your comfort and where you're at in terms 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:13.640 of how. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.080 You're playing, You're still on it. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:21.080 Shout out to Mike Hilton, shout shout out to Big Mike. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.960 But it's good to get a lot of reps. It's 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:24.480 good to get. 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.400 Zach Taylor, coach Zach Taylor was just saying, we got 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.320 a lot of game speed, and we got a lot 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:31.000 of situations. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.080 You got to see a lot of different situations. So 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:33.719 that's all it is. 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.919 Getting reps gives you, puts you in those situations and 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:38.840 get you prepared for the season, that's all. 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.719 So it's great to get all those reps. So I 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:47.000 remember correctly that you had an interception out burrow in college. 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:48.880 Shout out to Mike Hilton. 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:54.039 But yeah, that that did happen kind of like that again, 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.480 it was a tip in college. 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:56.800 It was a tip and I was able to go 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.720 get it. So yeah, with at your last interception before tonight, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.839 go yeah, yeah, pretty rare defensive they are. 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:06.320 They are. 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.920 It's hard but you know, we got great coaches, let 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.640 us catch the ball every day, got great hands. And again, 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:17.960 shout out to Mikeilson. You know he doesn't hear me, 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:19.599 but it's okay, shout out to him. But yeah, that 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.080 was that was the last one before tonight, so I'm 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.120 pretty excited about that. 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.120 How tiring was the opening drive? That was a ton 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:26.720 of plays? 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:27.359 Yeah it was. 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.160 It was, Uh, you know, you you can do all 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.000 you can to get in shape, but nothing. 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:36.400 Really prepares you for a twenty play drive. So, like 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:37.800 we were just saying, we were talking to each other 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:39.360 on the field, they don't get in and that was 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.080 kind of the mindset of our defense. You know, they 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:42.880 can get all the yards they want to, but they 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:44.200 don't let him get get points. 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.839 So that's what we did. Great teamwork with Mike Hilton 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:48.440 on that pack. 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:50.919 Shout out to Mike Elton. Shout out to Mike Hilson. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.240 I appreciate him. 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.760 So after out size interception, the Bengals offense finally got 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.760 on the field with Trevor Simmy and getting the started quarterback. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.720 He drove the team to the Atlanta twenty three, but 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.720 rather than kicking a field goal, Cincinnati decided to go 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.159 for it. On fourth and two. Simmey and is ready 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.680 sharping snaps it back. Simeon with good protection, throws for 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:15.800 the end zone incomplete for Trenton Irwin right at the 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:19.040 goal line, and the Bengals failed to convert. On fourth 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.080 down and two. The Falcons got on the board with 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.040 four and a half minutes left in the second quarter 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.480 on a young Way coup field goal, and with less 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.360 than thirty seconds to go in the half, Atlanta still 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.400 had a three to nothing lead. That's when Falcons coach 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.960 Arthur Smith did something he probably wouldn't do in the 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:39.040 regular season. On fourth and five at the Bengals forty seven, 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.000 he elected not to punt when that almost surely would 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.480 have guaranteed a three point halftime lead. Fourth and five 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.360 at the Cincinnati forty seven, the Bengals have one time 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.560 out left twenty nine seconds remaining in the half, the 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.280 Falcons leading by a field goal three to nothing. Two 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.160 receivers left, two out to the right. Heineck is ready 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:03.280 low snap, he catches under pressure, throws incomplete. The Bengals 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:07.040 will get the ball near midfield with twenty five seconds 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.960 left in the half and one time out to work 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:14.040 with needing to gain about fifteen yards to give Evan 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.760 McPherson a shot, and McPherson got that shot after Simeon 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.320 completed back to back passes to rookies Charlie Jones and 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:25.080 Andre Josi vash. Evan McPherson will attempt a fifty yard 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.520 field goal. He was four for four last week with 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:31.320 a long of fifty one, five for five from fifty 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.080 plus during the regular season last year. Robbins is the holder. 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.920 He places the ball down, the kick has plenty of 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:43.040 distance and it is good money. Mack ties the game 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.560 at three as the first half comes to an end. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.720 Simeon was seven for fourteen in the half with a 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.440 passer rating of sixty two point two. Jake Browning took 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.280 over in the second half and promptly drove the Bengals 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.600 all the way to the Atlanta thirteen before settling for 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.640 a field goal that gave Cincinnati a six to three lead. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.520 That lead lasted for less than four minutes. On first 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.240 and goal inside the one, the Falcons line up in 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.640 a pistol. Heinek catches a low snap, hands it off 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:14.840 to Washington, and he goes over the right side of 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.600 the offensive line for the Atlanta touchdown. The Falcons took 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.640 a ten to six lead to the fourth quarter, but 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:24.640 that was the only touchdown Atlanta scored. The Bengals defense 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:29.320 had four sacks, nine quarterback hits, and four pass breakups. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.480 But after failing to score an offensive touchdown last week 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.800 against Green Bay, it looked like that might be the 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:40.240 case again. Third and nine, nine defenders right up on 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.199 the line for Atlanta Browning back to throw. The pocket 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.760 closes gets away from a sack. Browning stays behind the 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.280 line side on the throw, intercepted at the forty two 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.880 yard line. The pick happened with five and a half 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:56.360 minutes left in the game. Fortunately for Browning in the Bengals, 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.880 the defense not only got a three and out, but 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:03.480 not the Falcons, forcing Atlanta to punt with roughly three 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.559 minutes to go. On their twenty second possession of the preseason, 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.960 the Bengals finally put together a touchdown drive clock running 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:15.720 with two to oh seven left in regulation. Browning catches 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.400 the shotgun snap, steps up in the pocket. Now he 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.600 will take off and run. He's at the fifty middle 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.280 of the field, forty down to the thirty seven, where 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.400 he goes into a feed first slide, a nice scramble 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.200 by Jake Browning. He ran for nineteen yards on that 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.920 play and fourteen yards on the next play. An eighteen 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.160 yard pass to Yosi vash moved the ball to the 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.240 five yard line, and back to back runs by Chase 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.760 Brown gave the Bengals the lead. Snap two, Browning hands 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.800 it off to Chase Brown running right up the middle. 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:49.679 It's a touchdown go. The Bengals score their first touchdown 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:54.280 of the preseason. With fifty seconds left in regulation. They've 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.960 taken a two point lead, with Evan mcpheerson coming out 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:58.880 for the extra point. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.520 And I'll tell you Chase Brown he got He definitely 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.640 crossed the goal line with the football, his shoulder, pads, 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.560 his whole upper body cross that goal line. And this 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.319 guy's got some thump now, he's got a low center 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.520 of gravity. He gets under people's pads. That was a very, 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:16.240 very explosive run up the gut. 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.839 Brown finished with eighteen yards on nine carries and lap. 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:21.080 Talk to him after the game. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.800 From preseason game number one to preseason game number two, 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:27.720 what's the difference mentally and physically? 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.520 Yeah, mentally, it was a huge jump specifically in protections. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.160 That was my goal this week to be you know, 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.080 and all my checks on my routes, just making sure 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:38.800 that we're keeping the quarterback clean. And that was something 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.120 that I did today and you know that was That's 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:42.719 what I was most happy about. Is just keep the 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.720 quarterback up, you know, turn the chains over and just 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:47.200 keep the offense on the field. Just give us more 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:48.520 opportunities to put points on board. 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:50.840 Another thing that is going to be a big factor 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:52.679 for you of special teams. How'd that go today? 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:53.240 No doubt. 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:54.559 Definitely room for growth. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:59.040 But you know, had a kick off, a couple opportunities 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.000 to return the ball, but only had that that squid 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:03.920 at the end that I got to bring out. So 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.439 definitely grow room to grow in that area. And uh, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.800 you know, I love teams. It's uh, you know a 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.720 big part of the game, and you know, to to 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.880 be a force in that phase, it's something I want 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:16.360 to do this year. 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.200 I mean, you've shown your ability to catch the football 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.240 obviously great running back. There's you made people miss. I 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.280 mean the thing that jumped out to me right away 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.320 the first time I saw you on the field was 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.400 your change of direction. I mean, your change of direction 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:29.400 is unbelievable. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.240 I appreciate that something I work on a lot during 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.320 the offseason, something that I got to use to my 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.040 advantage in college, and I'm just trying to do that 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:38.880 at the the NFL level. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.240 So what do you think, uh, in terms of as 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.439 you look forward to preseason game number three, any early 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:46.120 goals in mind? 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.960 Yeah, just getting more comfortable. You know, this is my 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.640 I'll be going to my third game with this team 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.840 and honestly just being better than I was last week 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.319 or you know, hence this game. So just go out 0:12:58.320 --> 0:12:59.600 there next week at the w. 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.000 And and just compete. 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.920 Just put put good, good tape out there, because that's 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.680 a resume for everybody out here, and you know, be 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:08.840 the last time we get to really play together before 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:09.600 the regular season. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.199 You're a quality guy. This is this football team has 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.960 got a unique chemistry to it. Did you sense that 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:16.520 right away? 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.720 Yeah, it seems like stepped in the locker room, you know, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:23.360 when I got to meet everybody, and then even spending 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.000 time with the guys outside of the building, you know, 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:29.520 you just realize that everybody's so close. The relationships not 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:33.160 only on offense but on defense. You know, they're They're 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.840 connected everywhere. You know, everybody's close, everybody spends time with 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.319 each other. So I think that's a big part in 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.720 team success on the field and just chemistry overall rounds. 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.640 Touchdown run gave Cincinnati a thirteen to ten lead with 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:49.120 fifty seconds to go, but with former Bengals draft pick 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.440 Logan woodside and at quarterback, the Falcons were able to 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:56.240 gain fifty three yards on three passes and play for 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:00.360 the tie. Since there's no overtime in the preseason. Six 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:04.640 seconds left in regulation, the Bengals up by three pinion. 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.760 The punter is the holder to snap the placement. The 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.760 kick is on its way, and it is good good. 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:16.120 The final score thirteen to thirteen. It was the third 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:20.000 preseason tie in Bengals history, and their first since nineteen 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:24.280 seventy one. Here are Joseph Osai and Charlie Jones. 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:26.960 How does it type feel? 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:29.040 It's kind of weird. 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.040 It feels kind of weird, but you know, it is 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:35.160 what it is. Like Costillis was saying, we took a 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.320 lot of positives from this game, and. 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.120 These words are just going to take that and roll 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:40.320 with it. 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:42.440 I guess it's better than a loss. 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:43.760 What was that about the feeling. 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.360 I guess so obviously would like to get to win, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.840 but you know, ty, I guess it's better than the lost, 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.360 and next week we're looking for that win for sure. 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:58.240 Jake Browning went sixteen for twenty two that's seventy two 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.520 percent for one hundred and forty yards, with no touchdowns, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.320 one pick, and a passer rating of seventy point three. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.760 He was also the Bengals leading rusher with four carries 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.680 for fifty yards. Here's what he had to say after 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:14.880 the game. Jake, it through full one for you ran 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.120 for fifty. How'd you feel about your performance? 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:18.600 Felt good? 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.480 I felt like we were able to move the ball 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.000 up and down, kind of stalled out a little bit 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.960 in the red zone. The one really, the one pick 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.720 is the throw out one back, but we're able to 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.080 bounce back and have a good two minute drive at 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:36.280 the end and extend some plays, and yeah, I feel pretty. 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:36.680 Good about it. 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:41.160 The touchdown drive came immediately after the interception. How important, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:44.360 Wizard for you to bounce back after that and play 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.080 some of your best football. I mean it was important 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.200 because we were losing two. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.960 But yeah, I think it's good to show like Obviously 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:51.920 the pick was about decision. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:52.880 He just got too aggressive. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.920 But I think it's good to put on tape that 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:58.400 I'll bounce back and you know, have a short memory 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.960 on it. It's always good for quarterbacks. So I would 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:04.320 say more importantly, we were losing, so under the score. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.600 We're talking to Jake Browning back to back runs on 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:10.000 that final drive nineteen yards and fourteen yards. You showed 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.600 that your legs can be an important part of your game. 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:13.280 Yeah. 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:15.600 I mean they're just playing a lot of man and 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:19.000 so when you break the pocket, there's no one really there, 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:25.200 and so yeah, some of the reids, I mean I 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:26.800 thought it was good protection and all. That was just 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:29.680 some of the reids weren't there, maybe have a plan 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.320 to do a bad look and just try to extend 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:32.640 the offense. 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.360 Hadn't scored a touchdown yet in the preseason until that 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.560 final drive. Was it a relief to punch one in 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:39.240 the end zone. 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.400 Yeah, kind of like earlier. I mean, we were losing, 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:44.600 so it was more so it's nice to take the 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.880 lead at the end. But yeah, I'm always trying to 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:48.880 score touchdown, So that was good. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.840 I took the lead with fifty seconds to go, game 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.440 winds up in a tie. What's the emotion after a time? 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.120 I don't know if you told me, I've never died before, 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:03.840 so yeah, I mean, I think with preseason, you're you know, 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:07.080 obviously trying to put out good tape in the situation 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.840 I'm in and play well, so I feel like I 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.040 played well. It's nice to get a lot of tape 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:13.920 and be able to kind of see yourself in game 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:17.240 situations so you can keep getting better and keep having 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.040 things to work on and have some strengths or have 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.240 some plays that went well that you can build onto. 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.200 Trying to make your case to be Joe's backup. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.240 Do you think tonight helped? I don't know, just trying 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.439 to play well. That's someone else's decision and not in 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.280 my hand. So trying to play well, and like I said, 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.240 I'm getting a lot of tape in practice and in 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.399 the game and trying to make the most out of that. 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.359 Where building all the good. 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.119 Stuff and correcting some of the stuff I can get 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.280 better at telling a solid performance. 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.320 Thank you. The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.359 by pay Corps. More than twenty nine thousand customers trust 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.840 Paycorps to help them recruit, pay, engage and retain employees. 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.320 Learn more at paycorp dot com. The only offensive starter 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.000 to play in it was Jonah Williams, who got his 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:06.359 first eleven NFL snaps at right tackle on the opening drive. 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.760 I wouldn't expect the other offensive starters to play much, 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.080 if at all, next week at Washington, as Zach Taylor 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:16.840 continues to prioritize getting them to the open or healthy 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.320 over getting them a taste of live action in the preseason. 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.800 Zach spent a few minutes with Lap after the tie. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:26.760 Well, I wish we would pull it out there at 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.400 the end. It was good to see, you know, defenses 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:31.680 on the field quite a bit, especially in the first half, 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.680 held them the three points. Offense was able to finally 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:36.080 put together drive there at the end of the game 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:39.480 to get in the end zone. And then, you know, 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.280 we had some tough personnel issues to you know, we 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.400 had to play basically a mult school four to three 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.240 with three linebackers in the field and a little challenging 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:48.840 with some of the coverages. Those guys had to play 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.640 that they don't really major in, so just needed someone 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.520 to step up and make a play. Unfortunately, they got 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:54.880 that field goal off. 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:59.400 So that that last drive was was ah almost Murphy's 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.320 live then could go wrong? Did go wrong? Personnel a lot? 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:04.359 Well, you're just out of dbs at that point, so 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:06.919 you know you're putting linebackers in there, trying to make 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.560 it work, trying to furthermore, no huddle to a minute, 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.359 you know, trying to get the calls into them. So again, 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:15.000 that's just good experience for those guys and we'll have 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:16.600 a chance to coach them off in the film Rum Nomore. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.720 So your two quarterbacks looked like they stepped up their 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:21.480 performance from last week to this week. 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.119 Would you agree there was good things, you know, situationally 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.080 at the end of both haves to lead us down 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:29.320 and have to manage and in no huddle situations, they 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:30.960 had to make some checks, they had to do a 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.480 good job redirecting the protections. I thought they both showed 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:34.320 some really good things to night. 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:36.960 What about special teams? What did you think when you 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:38.720 took a look at what was going on out there 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:40.080 from a special team standpoint? 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:41.359 Yeah, you know, we didn't get a lot of We 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:45.280 got three punts, I think one punt return, So I 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:47.840 thought there were some positives that showed up in terms 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:50.600 of covering kicks, I thought that went well. You know, 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.640 we had the one penalty on one of our returns 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:55.320 that that's maybe a little questionable. You know, it was tight, 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:57.040