WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Big Time 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.359 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:12.399 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The big time addition is Joe Burrow, 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.560 Tyler Boyd and Jamar Chase put up huge numbers in 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.440 a thirty five seventeen win over the Falcons. Coming up, 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.400 you'll hear radio replays, one on one interviews and analysis 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:26.640 for my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:31.000 fun Fact segment, you'll enjoy getting to know Cam Taylor Brett. 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:33.720 The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you in part 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:36.840 by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:40.640 with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:44.680 inside the Bengals app. As you can tell, I'm battling 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.920 a cold and am vocally challenged this week, so let's 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.480 get right to the radio replays from the bengals most 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.960 dominant performance of the year. Burrowing the gun Mixon to 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.240 his right thanks to Joe Mixon. Burrow throwing deep Donald 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.000 of the field, the boy over the shoulder catch at 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:06.400 the sixty and he streaks into the end zone. Touchdown 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.240 Bengals as Joe Burrow floats a perfect ball down the 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.960 middle of the field sixty yards for a touchdown to 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:19.200 Tyler Boy. Broken coverage by the Atlanta Falcons, the Bengals 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:23.760 bring in a sixth offensive lineman Hakimadnagy. Third down and 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:28.000 goal balls between the one and the two. Burrows under center. 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.399 Joe takes the snap, hands it to Mixon, fings to 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:35.960 the left, lowers the shoulder, pads hand. He's in touchdown. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:41.080 Bengals nice fourteen nothing Cincinnati, forty nine seconds left in 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.600 the first quarter. Play action Pike Burrow throws a one 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:48.680 handed catch by Tyler Boy. He spikes the ball after 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:53.120 making the catch at the forty four of Atlanta Tyler 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.920 Boy show time. Burrow catches the shotgun snap. He's back 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.520 to throw. He's gonna throw it high and deep for 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:03.120 Chase Tomah has the ball. It is a touchdown. He 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.279 knocks over the python and holds down to the ball. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:11.080 Three drives, three touchdowns for Joe Burrow and the Bengals. 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:15.640 Oh my gosh. Joe Burrow is now fourteen for sixteen 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.600 for getting close to two undred and fifty yards and 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:22.920 two touchdowns. Mariota one for three for two yards. Oh 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.799 my goodness. Now Burrow throws toward the left side back 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:30.760 shoulder throw. Chase makes the cuts. The feet me Chase up. 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:36.080 Chase is unsuccessful up forty one yard touchdown. The Bengals 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:41.440 four td in four first half drives. Two touchdowns have too. 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.480 Joe Burrow has thrown one for sixty. He's throw one 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:49.200 for forty one. I mean Jamar Chase gets to top 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.519 speed in two steps. He is so explosive. The veteran 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.799 quarterback catches the shotgun snap under pressure, Hendrickson with a 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.760 sack at the twenty two yard line. Second and goal 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:05.680 quarterback sneak Joe Burrow. The officials come marching up the 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.919 goal line. No signal yet, Sure, look he is in. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:14.120 There's the signal. Touchdown on the quarterback sneak, and the 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.880 Bengals have gone up and over thirty for the second 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.040 week in a row. Mariota back to pass on third Pham, 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:25.799 he is sacked Sam Hubbard at the thirty five yard line. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.560 Marriotas set catches the shotgun snap, retreats in the pocket, 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:34.960 gets hit, and Joseph Osi has his first NFL sacked. 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.760 Nice Burrow catches a high snap quarterback draw. It works. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:43.720 He's to the forty five and tackled from behind at 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:47.840 the forty eight, a twenty yard run for Joe Burrow, 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.800 and he says, why not, I mean, there's no been 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.839 a linebacker once he gets past the defensive mind, there's 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.520 no been a linebacker. He's gonna lead blocker. And Ted Carriss, 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:00.920 who's taken him to the safety level. I mean, just unbelievable. 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.760 And Bean pas in the in the Atlanta Falcon defense 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.520 scratching their heads now saying whatever we do is wrong. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.600 Number nine proves us wrong. He has the answers to 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:17.120 the test before the plan folds. The final score Cincinnati 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:21.599 thirty five, Atlanta seventeen. For the second straight week, Joe 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:26.880 Burrow had three touchdown passes, one touchdown run, and no interceptions. 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:31.559 His passer rating was one thirty eight point two. After 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.760 the game, Dave Lapham talked to Burrow and Boyd together. 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.720 Joe thirty four forty two, four hundred and eighty one yards, 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:46.120 three touchdowns passing, You rush for one, Tyler Boyd, you 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.039 had a personal high eight catches, one hundred and fifty 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.640 five yards and a touchdown. What did you guys see? 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.400 I mean, you spread them out? Was it just take completions? 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.520 Or what. Yeah, they got into base defense, put initial 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.600 deal lineman in the game, and so we started going 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.080 empty and there was a lot of space out there 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.719 to complete to the guys, and they made the rest 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.559 happen after the catch. So, Tyler, what you were working 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:10.000 the middle of the football field like a magician like 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.560 you always do. What were you seeing? Ah Man, just 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.560 the same thing again. We got that we get you know, 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.000 and and we're so comfortable, uh known and now and 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.040 seeing it. We made our adjustment weekend we got during 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.480 during a weekend, they finally thrown a hit and work 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:26.520 for us. So you had you had Chase had eight 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.119 catches one hundred and thirty, Tyler had eight one hundred 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.839 and fifty five, Tea Higgins five for ninety three. You 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:35.120 almost had three receivers with one hundred yards receiver. And 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.039 that's being like a point guard distributing the ball. Man. Yeah, 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:39.440 we were trying to get t to one hundred. It 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.080 couldn't quite make it happen, but I mean that's that's 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.520 how you wanted to be distributing the ball defense telling 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.360 me but not predetermining. So that's what I tried to 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.680 strive for. It. Let me ask both of you guys, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.520 third down, your lead the NFL coming into the game 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.360 on third down quarterback rating today it was first down 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.240 though all three of your touchdowns thirty two yard or 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.440 forty one yard, sixty yard or to Tyler or on 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:05.240 first down you had three other receptions for over twenty 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.880 yards on first down. You guys were killing them on 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.840 first down? What was it? We had a great plan 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.039 coming in coach and did a great job. And that's 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:15.480 that's why you'd want to be You don't want to 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.719 be in third downs. That's when defenses, you know, try 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.599 to make their money. So you try to make it 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.599 happen on first and second down. That's what we did today. 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:23.840 What did you see, Tyler? Did you see a lot 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.200 of opportunity when you lined up on first down? It's like, oh, yeah, 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.560 he's coming to me. Yeah. A lot of the times, 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.560 you know, based off the look that they give us 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:31.800 and then they run a lot of a lot of 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.120 base to our eleven. So that's where we take advantage 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.200 of our opportunity. That's why we you know, stayed in 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.040 and kept continue to throw the ball because we had 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.000 to Mitch mess look every single time. You guys both 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.320 said that this team offensively is finding an identity, and 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.440 it seems to be the case. Two weeks in a row, 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:50.119 thirty points from war. I mean, now, if if you guys, 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.040 since two thousand and then you guys scored twenty five 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:55.680 points from where you're sixty two six sixty two wins, 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.080 six losses and two ties, I mean twenty five points 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.280 the magic number. Man, Yeah, I mean, it's always been 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.400 thirty for me. Usually if we get usually if we 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:08.359 get thirty, you're not losing, and then throw for four hundred, 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.760 you're not losing. It's always good. Appreciate it, guys. Thanks. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.520 By the way, the Bengals have had three one hundred 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.520 yard receivers in the same game once in their history 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:23.440 October seventh, nineteen ninety, when James Brooks, Rodney Holman, and 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.160 Tim McGee top the century mark in an overtime win 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.640 over the Rams. The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.840 you by pay Corps. More than twenty nine thousand customers 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:38.080 trust pay Corps to help them recruit, pay engage, and 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:44.400 retain employees. Learn more at paycorps dot com. Defensively, the 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.840 Bengals dominated most of the game. The Falcons had a 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.960 long touchdown drive in the second quarter, followed by a 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.720 seventy five yard touchdown pass, But on their other six 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.320 possessions that began in their own territory, the Falcons punted 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:02.160 on all six. Joseph Osa, who missed his rookie year 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.400 due to injuries, had his first NFL sack, and I 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.880 talked to him about it after the game. I did 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.080 it feels uh. First of all, I want to say, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.480 I want to say thank God. Without him, nothing is 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.680 Without him, nothing is possible. I want to say, uh, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.920 thanking to my teammates, my family, my coaches with trusting 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.400 and believing in me. It's awesome. UF, it feels amazing. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.000 It feels great. I feel like I'm find I was 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.480 finally able to contribute to the team. And that's all 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.280 I've ever wanted to, just prove myself to these guys 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:38.120 that I can play. Your teammates went nuts after that sack. 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.280 It's fun to see. I appreciate them. I got a 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.120 lot of support from them. I had a lot of 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:44.520 love from them, and I got a lot of love 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.040 for them. So it was It's awesome. It was great. 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.160 I've leared than the seventy five yard touchdown pass that 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.320 the Falcons got with less than a minute ago in 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:56.320 the second quarter. I thought the defense overall played extremely well. 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.800 What did you think? I think? I think we played 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.640 a great tun Uh. You know, we're a team that's 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.880 always looking for for things to clean up and ways 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:07.280 to get better, And no matter how great we played, 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.160 there's always things to fix. And that's what we're gonna do. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.440 We're gonna enjoy this win today and then we're gonna 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:12.880 go back to the drawing board and fix the things 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.600 we need to fix. I think one of the big 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.440 storylines going into the game was could you stop that 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:21.320 running game without DJ Raider, without Josh Too, but without 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.080 Logan Wilson. They ran it well on one drive, but 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:28.079 that was it. Yeah, that's that's created those interior guys, 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:32.720 j to Fele, you know, Tyler Shelvin, Big bj Um, 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.760 bj Hill, the Zach Carter, them guys just stepping up 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.800 and um, they've been patiently watching behind those those leaders 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.520 you mentioned being out and um they did a good 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.199 job of filling in and stopping that run. And we 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.720 really we really used it, We really needed it. Were 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.240 you able to watch Joe Burrow on this video board 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.400 or while you're on the sideline at all, because it 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.560 was quite a shell. Yeah, we were, we were, we were. 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.400 We took a little glimpse here and there in between 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.840 trying to trying to make some sideline adjustments. But yeah, 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:05.240 he he's amazing. Zeza breaking start certainly is. Now. Here's 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.720 one more one on one conversation as Lap spend three 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:13.160 minutes with Zach Taylor after the win. Coach, your quarterback 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:18.000 throws for four and eighty one yards complete thirty four 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.839 out of forty two, Chase eight catchers for one hundred 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.240 and thirty boyd eight catchers for a buck fifty five. 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.480 Chase had two touchdowns, Boydows one, then Higgins five for 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:30.680 ninety three almost three hundred yard receivers there and a 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.640 lot of the damage done on first down. I mean, 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.240 Joe Burrow leads the NFL and third down quarterback rating 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.319 today on first down. Oh my god, you guys were 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:42.000 in machine. We tried out to be greedy. We knew 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.400 that they had some injuries at dB going into the game, 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.000 and they suffered even more as the game went on, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:47.480 So we wanted to make sure we didn't let him 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.520 off the hook with all the skill guys we got. 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.920 Joe did a great job operating, get down his hand quickly. 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.640 Let those guys get some yard after the catch. Five 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.800 of the six possessions against the Saint you scored, and 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.920 then the first four today you score nine out of ten. 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.400 That's a that's a run. That's hard to beat. Yeah, 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.199 and we got to keep proving ourselves. You know. It's 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:06.760 just because we did in one game doesn't mean it's 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.320 going to carry it to the next. Our guys obviously 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.800 have all confidence, but every every game brings a new challenge, 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:13.360 and our guys got to put in a great week 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.240 work to be ready for Cleveland the next next week. 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.880 Your defense shut them out in the second half, so 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.880 no touchdowns allowed obviously because they didn't allow any points, 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.520 but no touchdowns allowed in the second half after seven 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:30.000 NFL football games, that's pretty extraordinary. Allows us to get 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.160 our feet under us on offense and be efficient over 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.679 there knowing that our defense is gonna keep points off 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.559 the board. Man. Just a great job by lou and 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.360 his staff and the players believing in the system, stepping 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.600 up and making those plays. You start from your own 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.719 two yard line in that last possession, you drive all 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.960 the way down to basically their two yard line and basically, 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.120 you know, kneel on and sit on the football. How 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.360 gratifying is that to have that kind of a drive 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:53.200 to close it out. That's just how you want to finish, 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:54.960 you know, it's our defense had had done a great job. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:56.840 You don't want to put them back out there. We 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.319 kind of had the sense that that's the way it 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.160 could go. If we're on the minus two, man might 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.120 be able to eat up nine minutes here and finish 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.120 on the ball. And then and then to even finish 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.360 it the way we did with one of our our players. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:07.719 We work over and over. You never know when the 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:09.240 time is going to call for it. Hayden getting under 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:10.640 center and trying to draw them off side. He did 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:11.960 a great job of it. It was a great way 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:16.080 to finish the game. And finally, when you look at it, 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.800 how much better can this offense play? You're a you're 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:21.679 in a stretch right now, in a two game stretch, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.280 that is pretty extraordinary. I mean, what do you what 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.600 do you tell your team when they're playing this, Well, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:29.920 there's always things we can improve on, you know, it's 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:35.840 it's um, whether it's making sure we're better in short guardage, um, 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:37.760 not putting ourselves, you know, behind the eight ball and 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.520 third down. There's always things that we can clean up 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:40.960 to make sure we do a better job. We had 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.360 a couple of ements. It happened, U So there's always 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.400 things that we can point to and improve on so 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:46.880 that we can be a better offense than next week. 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.800 And your offense looks good, coach. You got a lot 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.679 of weapons, you got am all involved, you got a 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.880 quarterback that has the answers to the test, and you 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.640 called a hell of a football game. And that was 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.240 something to watch. It really was. It was a lot 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:58.800 of fun, you know, and so we just gotta keep 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:03.480 the momentum going, sir. Thanks Monday Night football in Cleveland 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:05.880 is up next. The Browns are two and five with 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.040 a four game losing streak after a three point loss 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:12.400 in Baltimore. The Bengals and Ravens share first place in 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:16.120 the AFC North at four and three. 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I guess the Baltimore 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.120 game last year was better when he threw for five 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.800 to twenty five, but not by much, not by much. 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.640 And of course all the naysayers will say, oh, Baltimore 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.319 was beaten up, Atlanta's beaten up. I don't give it, damn. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.040 I mean take advantage of it, and he did. And 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.360 you're thrown for a thousand yards basically in those two 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.920 football games. Thirty four for forty two, four hundred and 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.720 eighty one yards, that's that's Those are stupid numbers. And 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.280 then to distribute the ball like a point guard for 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.720 the second straight week, you get you know, Chase says 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.520 eight catches, one hundred and thirty two touchdowns, Boyd has 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.760 eight four one hundred and fifty five a career high 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.200 and a touchdown. Higgins five for ninety three and both 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.840 tip the Boyd and Joe Barrow like I wish we 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.720 got t the hundred, you know, and they were close. 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.640 Would have been ninety nine yards if that one had stood, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.280 but uh, you know it was. It was an extraordinary 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.640 performance and they were I asked him, you know about 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:38.600 first down. I said, you guys just shredded them on 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.520 first down. All your touchdowns, you know, from from distance 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.040 forty one sixty yard touchdown, twenty thirty two yard touchdown, 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.680 we're all in first down. And they said, you know, 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.360 playing those stoft zones like they were, we felt like 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:54.040 we could really attack. And you know, Atlanta had problems 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:58.600 obviously tackling people after the catches were made, so they 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.760 they definitely were deficient on the back end, and the 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:06.720 Bengals just spread them out instead. We're taking completions, and 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.400 you know, let's be aggressive, and let's start on first down. 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.760 Let's be as aggressive as we can on first down. 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.560 And they had three touchdowns on the board and the 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.440 only third down they faced was third and one where 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.720 they rushed it on that third down run for a touchdown. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.840 And they killed them on first down, and his second 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.160 down came about. They did a decent job on second down. 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:27.080 It was unbelievable to watch Joe Mixon wound up with 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.240 seventeen carries, so at the end of the day it 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.160 looked like he got the ball a lot, but really 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:34.120 much of that came really late. This is the second 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.080 week in a row where they basically said, you know what, 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.920 we don't really have to run that much if they 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.600 can't stop the short passing game. Agreed, you know, and 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.400 you know that short passing game in a lot of cases, 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.040 the way this offensive starts, there's almost like an extension 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.400 of the running game. And Joe had a lot of 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.400 his carries on that last drive. They started the two 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.440 yard line, they drive all the way the length of 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.120 the football field, and they take a knee inside the 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:58.200 five yard line down on the other end. That's a 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:02.200 rewarding drive, you know, and Joe's part of that, putting 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.120 them in a meat grinder, you know, running the football 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.520 when necessary to hammere it in there and keep the 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:09.640 clock moving and all those sorts of things. So, you know, 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.960 the epitome of a drive to close out a game 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.560 is start from your own two yard line. When they 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.000 got a great punt and then the penalty that moved 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.680 it back to the two yard line, half the distance 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.880 to the goal penalty, and to just move the football 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.480 and never give it back to the Atlanta Falcons is 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.120 just a hell of a deal. So in the second quarter, 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.440 the Falcons had a great long drive sixteen plays, thirteen 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.560 of them were runs. They also had a seventy five 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.000 yard touchdown pass. They got a field goal after a 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.000 fifty seven yard punt return, but that was it for 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:45.640 their offense. Didn't score first, third, or fourth another game 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.720 with the Bengals defense does not give up a second 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.320 half touchdown, haven't allowed one yet this year. That's unbelievable. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.520 And I don't care in the NFL if you pitch 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.480 a shoutout for an a half, for an entire half, 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.840 they pitched the second half shut out. That's good stuff, 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.320 it really is. You know, I think you know complimentary 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.800 football is the name of the game there. But when 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.000 the defense, you know, this football team. The Falcons coming 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.200 into today's game, they only had twelve three and outs 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.280 on the season, few us in the league. The Bengals 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.600 had at least three that I can recall. I'm not 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.199 sure if there was a fourth in there or not, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.280 but you know, that's an average of two three and 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.080 outs for getting the Bengals exceeded that and it's not 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:22.920 like there were a ton of possessions. You know, during 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:25.560 the course of the football game, Atlanta punted a ton. 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:27.280 I mean they had to punt it like six times. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.680 I think the Bengals only punted a couple of times. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.720 That tells you how effective they were. But then against 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.359 the Saints, they've scored five of their last six drives, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.080 and the first four drives in the first half today 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.600 they score touchdowns. I mean nine out of ten drives. 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:46.639 You're scoring points. That's hard to do in this league. 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.879 And it's a heck of an accomplishment. You take a 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.200 bowl of that one. The vibe I got from the 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:52.919 players I talked to in the locker room after the 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.119 game was this is what we should be doing. We 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.800 put it together, start to finish for the first time 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.680 this year. Yeah, and I think, uh, you know, after 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:03.960 the after the Saints game, you heard guys in the 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.159 locker room saying, I think we're finding our identity. And 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.159 then you know, during the course of the week, more 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.240 and more guys weren't you know, we know what we 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:15.800 are about now offensively again, and and we're finding a 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.960 good identity. They are who do you stop? I mean, 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.199 it is unbelievable, and all the receivers went off. But 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:27.160 then hayden Hurst continues to just show so much toughness 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.600 after catch. He's becoming a very quick fan favorite, you know, 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.720 because of that physicality and the you know, I'm gonna 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.360 I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get the extra inch, 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.080 to make sure that I maximize every opportunity. And the 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:43.119 fan base is already uh embracing hayden Hurst, no question. 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.320 Six sketches for hayden Hurst in the game. Defensively at 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.159 King Davis, Gaither stepped in, got most of the snaps 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.719 that Logan Wilson would have normally had a linebacker led 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:53.960 the team and tackles. Yeah, he did exactly what he 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:58.239 should do. Um. And you know against a running team, UM, 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:03.000 you know, defensive lineman, the main responsibilities keep the linebackers free, Uh, 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.879 don't let don't let guys come off on double teams 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.280 and allow the linebacker to scrape and to scrape at 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:11.960 a very tight angle and uh and make plays coming downhill. 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:14.119 And they did a great job of that. And I 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.800 thought to fell played pretty well. Second game in a row, 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.159 second game in a row. He's got he's got some 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:21.879 quickness to him. I mean he had a couple of 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.800 moves inside, like pass rush moves in a rundown distance 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:28.359 where he was penetrating and he's a handful in there. 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:31.639 I mean he's he's welcoming this opportunity to get a 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:34.000 chance to play in the National Football League and he's 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.680 maximizing it. That that's what you want out of your 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:40.160 depth players. It's like, be ready and if the starter 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:42.359 goes down, we don't want a big drop off. You know, 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:44.920 we're not saying that you. We expect you to perform 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.119 equal to the starter. He's a starter for a reason. 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:48.920 But we don't expect to fall off the face of 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:51.480 the earth with your performance either. You made the football 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:53.840 team for a reason, you're a good football player. Step 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:55.919 up and play like it. And guys are doing that. 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.080 Not quite as big as his fellow Siman don't Peco, 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:02.320 but big from the way down and hard to to 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.439 move off the point you're right, and got that big, 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.320 thick lower body, man. You know those those legs in 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.520 the in the buttocks when they hunker down, man, it's 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:15.440