WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: You Learn 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.320 Hi and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:13.080 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The You Live, You Learn addition, 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:16.079 as the Bengals tried to erase the taste of last 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:18.919 week's frustrating loss to the Steelers as they head to 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:22.160 Dallas to take on the Cowboys. Coming up, I'll go 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.840 one on one with former Cowboy Lael Collins and talked 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:30.680 to the Bengals new long snapper cal Adamitas. Andrew Ceciliano 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.800 from the NFL Network and the broadcast partner Dave Lapham 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.480 shared their thoughts on the Bengals performance in week one, 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.600 and finally, it's our No the Faux segment as we 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:43.519 chat with Todd Archer, who covers the Cowboys for ESPN. 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:48.279 The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:53.239 Proof Fiber Internet Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber, by 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:57.360 Kettering Health, the official healthcare provider of the Bengals, by 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.120 Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:05.520 tickets and side merchandise up for grabs and by pay Corps, 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:10.000 the official HR software provider of the Bengals. 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There are two former Cowboys on the 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:56.640 Bengals roster, chitubeya Woogie and Lael Collins. Collins was released 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.520 by the Cowboys for salary cap purposes in March with 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.120 three years and roughly thirty million dollars left on his deal. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.120 He promptly signed a three year contract with the Bengals, 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.480 where he's been reunited with his first offensive line coach 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:13.200 in Dallas, Frank Pollock. I spoke to Collins on Wednesday 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:17.800 about facing his former team. I'll see he's spent seven 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.280 years with the Dallas Cowboys, the team that probably has 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.720 the largest following of any in professional sports. What was 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.679 it like for you to play for quote unquote America's team? No, 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.639 it was great. Um, you know, I'm I'm extremely thankful 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:35.720 to this day, you know for everything that the Jones 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.960 family has done for me up until this point. Um, 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.679 you know, every everything that everybody's over there in that 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.160 organization has done for me. Um. You know, I started 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.520 off with Frank there, you know, my rookie year and 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.240 you know, you know, he grew him in to be 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.000 a pro and and and it's it's good to have 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.160 him here. So you know, I'm just extremely thankful to 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.160 being Dallas the last seven years. What was Jerry Jones 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.640 like as a boss? He was great, Um, you know, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:06.800 a football guy. You know, he loves he loves his players, Um, 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.880 and you know, just always was excited about football and 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.600 you know, just try to do everything that he could 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:17.160 to put the team in position to to go out 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.360 and be their best. You were a cornerstone player on 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.080 some great teams, but they ultimately did let you go. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.680 Does that add any fuel to the fire this week? Now? 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:30.160 I think, you know, as far as letting me go, 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:34.280 I think it was a mutual agreement. Thing more so 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:37.280 than just you know, let me, let me go out 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.000 and win. But um, you know, like I said, you know, 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:43.040 I'm just still just extremely thankful for everything that they've 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:47.400 done for me, and and uh, you know, you know, 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.920 for me, you know, it's os Ford and you know, 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.000 focused on helping his team, you know, win and be 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.320 the best team that we can be. We're chatting with 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.720 LC L Collins. A couple of years ago, you were 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.680 hurt and Dak Scott got hurt early in the year 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.520 and missed most of the season. Now he's injured again. 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.080 What kind of an emotional blow do you think that 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.080 is for your former teammates? You know, for him, you know, 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:14.120 I know that's you know, it's got to be heartbreaking 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.000 because I know how hard that guy works, I know 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.280 how committed and dedicated he is to his craft, and 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.799 such a tremendous leader and the leader of that team. 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:29.440 You know, for me, I think as that team went, 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.800 you know, he was always the guy that kind of 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.039 helped that team stay together and really lead that team 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.239 by example. So, um, you know, I'm sure those guys 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.880 are sad to see him. I mean I'm sad to 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:42.960 see him, you know, go down you know this early 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:44.599 in the season, because I know he's putting in a 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.200 lot of work. Let's discuss the old line in week one. 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.080 Experts that know more about old line play than I 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.359 do say that despite the seven sacks, it was a 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:56.279 pretty encouraging performance overall. How did you see it and 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.039 how did you feel about your own performance? You know, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:02.920 I felt like uh as a as a as a unit. Um, 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.760 I think we did some great things, obviously, you know, 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:10.400 as our first time playing together. But we just got 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:12.239 to go out and continue to build on the things 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.360 that you know, we started, and you know that's just 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:21.440 better communicating, just learning to play faster with each other 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.280 and making sure that we're always on the same page. 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.280 You were largely matched up against t J Watt in 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.560 Week one. Jonah Williams will largely be matched up against 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.960 Michael Parsons on Sunday. What advice can you give them, 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.720 if any? You know, just go out and players game. 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.560 Jone as a hell of a player. He's seen He's 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.039 played against a lot of great players. You know, it's 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.279 just another one, So just go out and take advantage 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.400 of this opportunity. Last week was your first experience of 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.279 playing with Joe Burrow, and it was quite an experience, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.880 a roller coaster ride. He overcame all those turnovers and 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.000 put you in position to win the game. What was 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:00.680 it like to be in the huddle with all that's 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.039 going on? It was awesome. You know, he's a guy 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.120 that that doesn't get too hot, it doesn't get too 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.760 low kind of stage, does a great job of stand neutral. Um. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.679 And you know, for for me being in a huddle 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.839 with him, I think just watching the way he's able 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.119 to direct the whole thing up, running the whole show, 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.159 be confident in what he what he's doing. Um, you know, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.600 communicate with the receivers, the bags and just get everybody 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:27.960 on the same page. Um. He's a He's a hell 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.000 of a player. He's going to be a really great player. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.279 When you've played as much NFL football as you've played, 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.720 you probably think you've seen it all. Then you have 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.520 a game like last week. Does it remind you just 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.680 how crazy the game can be? Absolutely? I mean that's 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.039 the beauty of the sport. Though. You know, you got 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.640 to continue to fight into that to that clock his 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.320 zero and there's no more opportunities, So you know you 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.880 want to strain to finish every block for guys up 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.640 friend and give the guys with the ball, you know, 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:58.880 all the opportunity that they that they need to go 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.880 out there and help us win. So um, this week 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.480 we look to improve and take the next step. Will 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.400 you accidentally step into the wrong locker room on Sunday? 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:09.880 Do you have do you need a map to get 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:11.960 to the visitor's side? Well, you know, I've never been 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.760 to this side, so but I'm looking forward to going 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.480 in there and us playing our best bars in union 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.080 as a team, and you know, you know, just looking 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.400 forward to really confident and everything that we're doing here 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.680 and you know, believe in one and gonna lay it 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.320 all on the line and leave it all on the field. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.600 Always great to visit with you. I appreciate your time. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.880 Best of luck this week. Appreciate you. Thank you man. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.640 Joe Burrow through fifty three passes in the Bengal season opener, 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:43.880 and according to Pro Football Focus, Collins did not give 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:48.640 up a sack and only allowed one quarterback pressure. Else 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.360 was obviously impressed by burrows ability to shake off four 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.480 interceptions and lead the Bengals on what should have been 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.000 a couple of game winning drives. Here's Dave Lapham on 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:04.160 Burrows result. See. I know a lot of people sour about, 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.960 you know, Joe with the turnovers, and I can understand, 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:13.520 But that game, the way he just put the first 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.160 half away and executed in the second half, shows me 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.960 his mental toughness, his resiliency, like you talk about and 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.840 this guy I'm, like I said on our podcast after 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:28.800 the game, I would get in a huddle with him 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:35.599 to play anybody, anytime, anywhere, because that game should have 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.520 been with five turnovers, should have been a three or 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.160 four score blowout. That says something about the Bengals defense, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.600 but it also says something about the way Joe turned 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.440 things around. I'd say about halfway through the second quarter 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.720 to the conclusion of the football game, I thought he 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.520 executed pretty darn well. The first quarter and a half 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.440 was tough, and I think part of it. As great 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:03.840 as he is, I think he was like anxious to 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:09.360 get anxious to show I'm back the heck would the 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.319 appendecked me, I'm back. I'm gonna I'm gonna prove to 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.000 everybody that I'm better than where I was last year. 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.400 And I think he got impatient because of that. I 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.160 think he took chances he shouldn't have taken the first 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.880 snap of the game. Looking at that again, I didn't 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.440 get the I didn't watch the first series because I 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.760 was working my way back to the to the booth 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:33.839 from the pregame stuff. But they called a play where 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.520 every there are a bunch of short routes. They just 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.760 wanted him to complete the ball, get the butterflies out, 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.280 you know, see the ball completed, and get it, get 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.800 in the rhythm, get going, and he just held the football, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.319 just held out of the football. He had multiple places 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.400 to go with the ball and just held it. Get sacked. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:55.560 And then the second play he tries to put it 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:59.600 in a spot where, wow, you got other options. You're 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.760 you're trying, You're trying too hard, You're trying to do 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.679 too much. Looking at that, it's like they're they're giving you. 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:10.679 They're giving you routes and options to make completions. Get confidence. 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:12.840 And then when he threw it a spot where he 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.640 shouldn't have and makeup Fitzpatrick jumped it. Then all of 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.600 a sudden, now oh you start, even as great as 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.520 you use, you start to question yourself a little bit. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.240 And it kinds of kind of snowballs. But when you 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:27.160 get in that kind of situation, it's hard to put 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.319 a stop to it and reverse it. And he did it. 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:33.040 He did it. That's not easy to do. And Joe 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.120 Burrow did it and gave his chance, his team a 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:39.000 chance to win win a football game. And with this 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.120 guy at the helm, they're gonna win a lot of 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.320 football games. I get no doubt in my mind. As 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.280 I mentioned in my conversation with Collins, despite giving up 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:51.720 seven sacks and eleven quarterback hits, the Bengals offensive line 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.160 did not get terrible grades in Week one from PF 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.720 and ESPN. Here's lap with his thoughts and how the 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:03.160 old line measured up. If you're room for improvement, hell yeah. 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.480 But I was talking to Brian Callahan a little bit 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.120 today and I asked him, I said, you know, seven sacks, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.040 eleven hits, everybody's going to blow up the offensive line, 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.480 and as you know, it's always the case. Initially it's like, 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.560 oh my god, they had to have sucked. You know, well, 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.280 they probably gave up four of them, and that's not 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.000 good enough. But you have the quarterback holding the ball. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:25.600 Like I said, in the first play of the game, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.160 they had plenty of place to go held it. You 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.360 have backs not solid enough and there blitz pick up 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:35.120 responsibility or helping or whatever. You have receivers not getting 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.920 open and now having to hold the football. So it's 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.560 always a collective thing. But sack totals and quarterback hits 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.320 are always going to fall on the offensive line. Can 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.120 they play better, yes, But I'll tell you a guy 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:51.360 who I thought was pretty damn salty, Kappa. If I 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.480 bade a Kappa brought it a little bit, I thought, 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.120 I thought he uh. I thought he showed something of 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.520 the line of Scrimmons, and I thought he showed a 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.920 little edginess. And and you can see LC Collins too. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:08.560 I mean sustainability, consistency and sustainability of it. But he 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.640 does some things that it's like, oh man, that's an athletic, 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.640 powerful dude. Boy. You know. So I think they're gonna 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.560 be okay. I remember and when we talked on podcasts 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.720 and things we've done that the offensive line having not 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.720 played together at all in the preseason, and I thought 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.040 Mike Tomlin had the quote of the week if you're 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.959 gonna if you're gonna box, you have to spar. They 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.400 didn't spar They didn't hit in practice, They didn't play 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.800 in any preseason games Pittsburgh did they when they put 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.959 shoulder pads on, they took people to the ground, they hit, 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:42.680 and they played their starters some in preseason games, so 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.679 they were sparring, so they were more ready to hit. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:49.280 So my thing was, Okay, the offensive line, you have 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.679 to see it live to get on the same level 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.160 to pick up stunts and downhill blitzing and all that. 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.920 And I said, I remember saying a couple of times 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.680 two different people that we talked to, they'll be better 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.360 in the second half than they were in the first half. 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.080 They'll be better at the end of September than they 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.360 are at the beginning of September. And I thought they 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.960 were light years better in the second half than they 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.560 were in the first half. And Joe Burrow played better 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.000 in the second half than the first half. Not a 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.959 coincidence that the offensive line played better. Joe felt a 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.319 little more comfortable, the offensive line felt more comfortable with him. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:28.520 It's a reciprocal thing. So hopefully they played ninety four 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.360 snaps counting penalty's one hundred snaps. Damn. They got up 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.800 to speed quickly and how about Jamar Chase Dan played 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.320 every one of them as a receiver. Are you kidding me? 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.040 Ninety four snaps? You're running route, You're doing all that. 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.280 And this kid he worked with a track coach in 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:48.120 the off season to work on his stamina and his conditioning. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:52.680 He lost five pounds unintentionally, but he worked his tail up. Man. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.640 He is a machine, and the Bengals had a couple 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.480 of guys cramp up. This guy played every single snap 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.000 and never even showed a sign of a Yeah, he 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:05.319 is a martian. Maybe not a martian, but he's certainly 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.679 one of the best players in the NFL. Chase had 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:11.480 ten catches for one hundred twenty nine yards despite not 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.920 having t Higgins on the other side of the field 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:18.079 for most of the game. Speaking of Chase, you've probably 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.080 seen the photo by now that chose Jamar holding up 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:25.000 one finger on each hand and directing that gesture towards 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:29.760 Steelers safety Manka Fitzpatrick. I'm not condoning the gesture, but 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.520 I will admit to being amused by Jamar's response when 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.440 I asked him about the picture. This is a cool photo, 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:38.920 actually is. I'll come back again later. We'll be planning. 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.160 So that's cool. I hope they don't make none too 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.440 big of it, but it's fun to see. Thought you 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:48.040 were done that to an aponent. Nah. Nah, they just 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:52.400 the first time they caught me doing it, and I 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.000 just I just keep scrolling and seeing a picture and 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.800 I just keep laughing. So it's pretty funny to see. 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.880 So what did the national media think of the Bengals 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.120 Week one performance where they lost the turnover battle five 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:06.280 zip and still would have almost certainly won the game 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.880 if not for an injury to long snapper Clark Harris. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.680 I caught up with the NFL Networks Andrew Ceciliano, who 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:16.800 hosts The Red Zone Chattel on Direct TV. Andrew, you 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.240 were in Cincinnati for a few days when the Bengals 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.080 held their joint practices against the Rams, you called that 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:26.280 preseason game. What takeaways did you come away with from 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.000 seeing the Bengals up close and personal? Dan, It was 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.520 great to see you there as well, and it was 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.560 great to be in Cincinnati. I hadn't been there in 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.960 a while. I came away from that, and obviously we 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.720 could talk about the Steeler game at a second. I 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.960 came away from that very much believing that the Bengals 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.120 were still an AFC contender, and as much as we 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.280 talked about Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, and they 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.000 did look great, I was there for that last Thursday. 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:53.600 The Bengals are still very much a force to be 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.760 reckoned with. Now. I know we didn't see those guys 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.520 on the field against the Rams that day, but the 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.040 two days to joint practice, it was great to be 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.920 able to stand there and watch Matthew Stafford in one field, 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.640 and then after that snap, then you turn and you 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.360 see Joe Burrow on the other field. I thought some 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.320 of the deep shots they hit, you know, whether it's 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.240 burrowed in Jamar Chase or just the work those two 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.440 teams got in. You came away saying, these two teams 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:22.960 both have a legitimate shot at making into Glendale the 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:27.880 Monday after the first NFL Sunday as the ultimate overreaction Monday. 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.560 Half of the fan bases in the NFL right now 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.000 are in panic mode. What was your reaction to the 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.080 Bengals lost to the Steelers in Week one. I was 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:41.160 stunned and how poorly they started. But but, but but 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.120 if you look around the league, there were a lot 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.560 of teams in the same boat. The Colts were down 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:51.160 two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to the Texans. The 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.880 Saints were down two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.640 the Falcons. Joe Burrow and the Bengals were not the 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.320 only team that came out of the gate slow. A 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.800 lot of teams look like they had a lot of 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:07.199 rust to shake off. I still think they're fine. But 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.960 as Mike McDaniels said last week before Week one, the 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.280 Dolphins coach, he said about the Week one over reactions, 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.440 he said, half the league or fans are going to 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:20.080 either want to crown you or say that you suck. 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.679 Either way, you have Week two, and the Bengals have 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.680 a Week two against Cooper Rush and the Cowboys, which 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.040 makes things a heck of a lot different. So you've 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.080 been hosting Direct TV's Red Zone channel for eighteen years. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:38.639 I believe the end of the one o'clock games last 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:43.040 week was total mayhem. What was that like for you? 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.359 I always say, Dan that we have a good show 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:50.040 when we have good games. We had as great and 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:55.040 early September twenty thirty minutes stretch as I can remember. 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.920 We've had great stretches, always do. In December and January 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:02.520 when playoffs are on the line early. Yeah, you always 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.560 get good games, but just the way those played out, 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.760 your game and overtime with the missed kicks and you know, 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:10.680 all those shots in the red zone before they tied 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.520 the game, with the touchdown to Jamar Chase, the end 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:16.440 of that game in Indie, the end of the game 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.600 between the Saints and the Falcons. What else are we missing? 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:25.240 The Giants, Titans going for two. There was one other 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:28.640 one as well, the Browns and the Panthers came down 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:30.320 to the end and Cave you're kidding the fifty eight 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.000 yard field goal. And then plus all of those games, 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:37.359 your two overtime games bled into four twenty five kicks. 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.800 You know they made those late kicks four twenty five 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.440 so that you don't have that overlap, Well, we had 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.080 the overlap. And then you have Mahomes driving down the 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.960 field on the opening drive at Arizona to throw a 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:52.200 touchdown pass. So all of that together, I think, Look, 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:55.080 we keep my mic open when we have more than 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.399 one game on the screen, so I don't have a 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.680 chance to catch my breath because you want to go back, 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:01.439 and if they never killed my mike, I think my 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.720 mic might have been opened for thirty five straight minutes, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:08.120 which we've never had. I needed a drink after it. 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:12.720 I had to wait a couple hours though. Andrew Ceciliano 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:15.440 is our guest. So the Bengals head to Dallas this week. 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.639 Were you surprised by how poorly the Cowboys played in 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:22.680 Week one, even before Dak Prescott got hurt. Yeah, They're 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:24.680 the only team that didn't score a touchdown this week 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:26.679 of the thirty two, they were the only team that 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:29.240 did not find the end zone. If you go back 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.399 to last year, because it was Bucks Cowboys Week one 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.200 last year as well, those two teams combined for like 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:38.239 eight hundred yards and sixty points, so clearly it was 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.119 a bit different. I saw the Cowboys up close. We 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:42.919 did a joint practice when they were in LA at 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:45.200 the Cowboys and the Chargers a couple of weeks ago, 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:49.280 and the big questions were O line and wide receiver, 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:53.600 and the big questions are still O line and wide receiver. 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:56.879 Tyler Smith kind of held his own, but he's not 0:19:56.920 --> 0:20:00.680 the only issue on that line and a wide receiver. Look, 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:03.080 Michael Gallup is going to be okay. He started team 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:06.960 drills today Wednesday, this week. So I don't know that 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.640 he's going to play, but Michael Gallup will eventually get there. 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:18.879 James Washington maybe another month, who knows. Until then, Ceede 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:21.879 Lamb's got to do more. And Mike McCarthy called him 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:23.600 out a bit today and then said I don't call 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:26.200 out players, but then he called out players and said, 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:27.840 Ceedee Lamb has got to get used to being the 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:31.600 number one. They have some issues. Cooper Rush is a 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:34.320 nice backup quarterback. I'm not trying to dump too much 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:37.760 on Cooper Rush, but we said that day doing Chargers 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:41.600 Chargers Cowboys joined practice that they need to go at 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:47.200 least explore Jimmy Garoppolo long before the Niners kept decided 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:51.160 to keep them. They have as suspect a backup quarterback 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:55.080 situation as there is in the NFL, and now they 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:59.240 have to tread water. I will defend Cooper Rush with this. 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.560 He did in his only start previously last year against 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:07.880 the Vikings, played reasonably well, played reasonably well in that game. Right, 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.959 So what must the Bengals do to take care of 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:15.520 business against the Cowboys number two quarterback this week? I 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:18.040 would say, you know, the easy way is take away 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:20.879 the run and make Cooper Rush beat you. Because the 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:25.160 passing game with Dak Prescott didn't do a thing. Last week. 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:27.440 I thought Zeke when he had the Bowl look pretty good. 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:29.840 You would have to think they try to get him 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:34.119 and Tony Pollard involved even more this week. The Bengals 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:37.120 are the better football team, but let's just say that definitively, 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:40.719 they are the better football team the Cowboys. I think 0:21:40.760 --> 0:21:44.000 this is an emotional test for them. Everyone wrote off 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:47.720 their season, you know, idiotically Monday night. No one loses 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:50.400 their season in one game Week one. I think there's 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:53.880 a little more optimism there after finding out that Dak 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:56.040 could only be back, you know, could only be out 0:21:56.080 --> 0:22:00.159