WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Oh What A Night 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.439 Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:12.799 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Oh What Tonight addition, as 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:16.239 the Bengals rally from a fourteen point halftime deficit to 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.600 beat the Jacksonville Jaguars twenty seven, twenty four on Thursday 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.079 Night Football, coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the win, 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.040 postgame comments from players and coaches, and analysis form my 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:32.320 broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun Facts segment, 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.120 you'll get to know the man who brought the loaf 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:39.239 chart to the Bengals defensive backs room, Mike Hilton. The 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:43.240 Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Bud Light. Seltzer Refreshed 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:45.960 the game, and here's a quick reminder that you can 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.680 have the latest edition of this podcast delivered right to 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:53.040 your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.920 Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. It's the greatest thing 0:00:57.000 --> 0:01:02.120 since Thursday's celebration of the nineteen eighty one Super Bowl team. 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:06.200 In addition to inducting Paul Brown, Anthony Munio's, Ken Anderson, 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.000 and Ken Riley into the Bengals Ring of Honor at halftime, 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.640 the team welcome back nearly forty players from the Bengals 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.880 first Super Bowl team, and they gathered for a pregame 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:19.679 storytelling event at the new Icon Music Center next to 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.160 Paul Brown Stadium. It was awesome and it was the 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.080 result of a ton of planning and hard work by 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:30.040 the Bengals Director of Community Engagement Alex Simons and many 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.800 other members of the Bengals front office staff. And kudos 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.800 to the Brown and Blackburn families for making it all possible. 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:41.840 It was truly a night to remember. Now let's get 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:46.640 to Thursday's game. The first half was a disaster. The 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.560 Bengals first drive ended with a missed field goal by 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:53.800 Evan McPherson, his first in the NFL, and things quickly 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.640 went from bad to worse as a pair of rushing 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.880 touchdowns gave Jacksonville a fourteen nothing lead the second quarter, 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.200 and it looked like it might be twenty one nothing 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:08.040 at the half before Cincinnati made the key defensive play 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.960 of the game, fourth and goal from the Cincinnati one 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.600 fifty nine seconds left and a half. Lawrence, moving to 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.160 his right, runs up the middle. It's and he did 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:21.880 not get in. The Bengals stopped Trevor Lawrence. That is big, 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.799 right there, boy Master. Here's Tyler Boyd on the critical 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.480 goal line stand. You know, I think that was a 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.160 difference in the game for sure. You know, doest stop 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.480 really uh got us going, you know, because the game 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.240 probably could have would have won a whole different way 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.040 if they would have pushed it in, you know, so 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.760 off to our defense. So even after having just four 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.560 first downs in the first half to Jacksonville's fifteen, the 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:49.480 Bengals felt confident that they could rally. Here's c j Uzama. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.160 We came out unbelievably slow. And that's not a knock 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.520 on Jacksonville. I mean, they're a good team. Their record 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.400 isn't indicative of who they are as a team. But 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:58.519 we knew that we were shooting ourselves on the front. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.240 We weren't performing the way that we should have formed, 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.160 and we came in at halftime. First of all, the 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.680 defense had an incredible stop at the end of the 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.320 half going into that going in twenty or twenty one 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.280 to zero is huge in comparison to fourteen to zero. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.040 And you know, the leader stepped up, said some things 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.880 in the locker room at halftime, and we came out 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.920 and executed. The Bengals second play of the second half. 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.280 Got the ball rolling shotgun snapped to Burrow, four man rush, 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.600 good pocket, flings it deep Dungell Chase over the shoulder 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.639 catch at the Jacksonville forty and he runs it down 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:33.200 to the Jaguars twenty five yard line. Safety Andrew wingered 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:37.280 with a stop half forty four yard catch for Jamar Chase. 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.520 It's the fourth grade game that Numero Uno has had 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.560 a catch for thirty or more yards and it's set 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.600 up the Bengals first score. Second down and seven at 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.440 the twenty two of Jacksonville c j Uzama goes in 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.560 motion left to right Burrow under center. Now Mike Thomas 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:54.480 goes in jet motion. They fake a hand off to 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.000 the right Burrow at the short throw to the left 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.080 phot at the eighteen Usama to the ten come back, 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:04.960 moving a stick to the pylon, touchdown Bengals. You see 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:09.960 jay U Sama with great yak yards after catch and 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.120 the Bengals score on their first drive of the third quarter. 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.920 That's exactly what they needed. Once again, it's a little 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:19.039 play action. You get that running game going and the 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:22.040 play action is gonna be there. That made it fourteen seven, 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.000 and after the defense got a three and out, the 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.600 offense struck again. A one yard touchdown run by Burrow 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.760 was overturned by replay, but ultimately didn't keep the Bengals 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:33.560 out of the end zone. All right, here we go. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.640 The Bengals line up third down and goal inside the one, 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.799 trailing by seven. Midway through the third quarter. Burrow ready 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:43.000 and the shotgun catches the snap, hands to Mixing fights 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:47.320 his way into the end zone. Touchdown. Bengals, no need 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.599 to review. Chow Mixing gets in with ease, and the 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.960 Bengals make it a one point game. McPherson's extra point 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.760 tied the score at fourteen. Heading to the fourth quarter, 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:00.560 Jacksonville went back in front on a four yard touchdown 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.760 run by James Robinson. He finished the game with seventy 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:07.359 eight yards and two tds. But the Bengals responded again 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:11.320 with a ten play seventy five yard drive. Burrow catches 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:15.839 the shotgun snap, good protection, pump fakes, gestures, scrambles left, 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:20.000 penalty flag down. Burrow throws caught by Usama streaking toward 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.359 the end zone. He's in. We'll see what the penalty 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:27.080 flag is about. At the twenty eight. If it's on Jacksonville, 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.200 it's a tie game. I think Jacksonville held initially. Then 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.159 the Bengals went down the field and started blocking after 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.200 he was held, but Jacksonville held initially. Let's see what 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.760 the college Ill' goal used to the hands, hands to 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:44.320 the face hold of the plays a touchdown c j 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:49.560 U Sama with two touchdown catches. Burrow was magnificent, going 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.200 twenty five for thirty two. That's seventy eight percent for 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:56.320 three hundred forty eight yards, with two touchdowns, no picks, 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.240 and a career high passer rating of one thirty two 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.480 point eight. That's the third time in four games this 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.680 year that Joe's topped one twenty. I think I've got 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.240 better and better each week. You know, last week, you know, 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.240 the defense played so well that I didn't have to 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.320 do a lot, and then tonight, you know, there's gonna 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.280 be games like that where you have stuff up and 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:20.640 make plays, and so I'm really happy with my performance tonight. 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:22.719 I'm just gonna keep building on this and keep getting 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.760 better and better. With the score tied at twenty one, 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:28.080 Jacksonville drove to the fifty before having to punt and 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.520 the Bengals got the ball at their own ten with 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.320 five thirty three remaining. On their final drive, the Bengals 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.400 had a false start and a holding penalty and lost 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.840 Joe Mixon for the final few minutes when he appeared 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.920 to twist his ankle on second and thirteen near midfield 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.120 with roughly a minute to go, Burrow recognized that the 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.279 Jags were going to an all out blitz with cover 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:55.800 zero in other words, zero deep defenders, so he switched 0:06:55.800 --> 0:07:00.160 the play to a jailbreak screen to see Juzama. Row 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.120 lines up in the gun, extends the hands, catches the snap, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.599 throws to beat a blitz caught by c jas Zambi 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.080 gets to the thirty five new meals at the thirty 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.360 down to the twenty five, he gets tackled at the 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:15.520 twenty one miles Jack making the stop. The Bengals beat 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.640 the all out blitz and now they are within easy 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:22.360 field goal range for Evan McPherson with a clock running 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.560 in forty eight seconds to go. You guys have heard 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:26.920 me talking about just having the playbook in the back 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.440 of my head seeing looks that you know, I can 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.080 take advantage of, and that just comes with experience. And 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.600 you know, they gave me a zero look, and so 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.120 you know a week I knew defensive coordinator had a 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.960 Baltimore background. You know, they've showed some zero on film. 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:41.600 I knew they'd have to be ready for it in 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.880 a big spot. And you know, I had CJ out there. 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.560 That's not exactly the personnel that we usually put through 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.120 those jailbreak screens too. But you know, he really took 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.080 advantage of the opportunity. And I had those plays in 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.040 the back of my head expecting zero, and I just 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.760 got to it and didn't really think about it. Burrows 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.600 ability to read defense and switched to the right play 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.080 is not the only sign of his brain power. According 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.400 to Usama, he's the smartest person on the field at 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:12.440 all times. The I was fortunate enough to get brought 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.320 into their jeopardy game, the quarterbacks that they have a 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:20.040 little jeopardy game and the questions. I was like, what 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.560 what the hell is this? Like I don't know any 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.720 of this stuff. Why am I here? And he's just like, 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.440 can I steal this one? Can I steal this one? 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.520 I know this one. I'm like, if you want to, 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.400 I don't. I don't know the answer, Like so I 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:35.760 don't know, he's He's just he's Joey franchise. Uzama finished 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.720 with a career high ninety five receiving yards and after 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:42.080 a run by Sama JP Ryan, the Bengals left four 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.880 seconds on the clock and called on Evan McK fearless 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.600 to win it. So here we go, a thirty five 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.720 yard field goal attempt to win the game from the 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:54.240 right hash Clark Harris will snap, Kevin Huber will hold 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.720 Evan McPherson looking for his second game winner in four 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.320 NFL games. This snap to put down the swing of 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.520 the right leg. The kick is on its way. Coffin 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:10.240 Wills Sam Bam Bam hop out that Thursday Night Football 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:15.360 national audience, Cincinnati Bengals three and one day in how 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:21.480 about that Bengals Jackson Carmen lifting Evan McPherson into the air, 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:25.079 just as he did back in Week one in overtime 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.600 when he beat the Minnesota Vikings, and now on the 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:33.760 final playoff regulation in primetime on Thursday Night Football, Evan 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:38.960 McPherson delivers from thirty five yards away and the Cincinnati 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:43.560 Bengals rally from a fourteen nothing halftime deficit to beat 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.959 Jacksonville twenty four to twenty one. Wow. Now we're threeing one. 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.680 We're in a good we're in a good spot. Obviously, 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.840 we had the one setback that we didn't play very 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.160 well in Chicago, but you know, we've played pretty well 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.160 the last the other three games. So we're just gonna 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.480 keep building on. And I'm excited to have a bye weekend. No, 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.280 it's gonna fun to watch some football, kind of relax, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.040 you know, get a head start on Green Day. Dave 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.760 Lapham spoke to head coach Zach Taylor in the locker 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:13.760 room after the game. Congratulations, huge win. So many things 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.600 to talk about it. I mean, you get down fourteen nothing, 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.840 your defense, that goal, that fourth down stop was monumental. 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.840 You guys again when the coin toss and defer, it's 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.320 worked out for you where you score at the end 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.600 of the half to then score first possession, you make 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.360 that stop at the end of the half to stay 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:31.440 in the game, and then you come out and you 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:33.560 kick their tail in about a minute and a half 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.640 to score and then come back and score again. Yeah, 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:36.959 in a lot of ways, that is scoring at the 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.800 end of a half kept seven points off the board 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:40.920 that would have been that would have been difficult to 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.719 overcome in this league, and so tremendous effort of our 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.240 defense just just kind of bowing up there on the 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.200 goal line. They had to do it a lot because 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.160 we got the holding call in the end zone, you know, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.640 that gave him a first down, and so just just 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.600 really critical there and a great job by them. You 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.360 overcame a few tough penalties. I mean, you had a 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.679 holding call offensively on that last drive to set you 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.199 back and CJ. I was talking to CJ and Tyler 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.640 Boyd and CJ said, I'm not I don't get that 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.800 screen this first time I've ever gotten that screen. Take 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.560 us through that call, that play that went to CJ Zarman, 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.360 that set everything up for that field goal. There was 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.280 zero blitz. That was a check from Burrow. You know, 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.040 that wasn't a called play, That wasn't two plays in 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:17.640 the huddle. We called a play and he checked to 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:19.080 a zero blitz beater. What you got to do in 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.320 this league and everyone has to be ready. And that's 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.520 just a great example of CJ understanding the offense, taking 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.680 mental reps because I promise you's never taking a physical 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.040 rep of that, and executing when we needed the most. 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:33.000 That's awesome. Joe Cullen, the defensive coordinator, five years as 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.880 d line coach with Baltimore. They go zero blitz when 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.480 you approached the red zone. You guys obviously had prepared 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.040 for that. You had your team prepared for that, and bam. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.760 When something like that happens, when it's like, yeah, this 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:45.520 is what we were talking about, what are we gonna do? 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.760 And then you execute it like that? How rewarding a 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.240 feeling is that it's the best. You know, your players 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.360 are just confident and what we asked them to do, 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.640 the positions we put them in, and then they execute. 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:57.959 And you know, sometimes you're stressed as a coach going 0:11:57.960 --> 0:11:59.280 into a game, and then I just take a deep 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.199 breath and say, we got good players. We got really 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.240 good players. They're gonna go out there and play well 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.240 and we're gonna win. What did you say at halftime, coach, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.480 I mean to come into football game and stagnated a 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.360 little bit, never really got in a rhythm. You come 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.960 out in the second half, I mean on fire. What 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:14.840 was talked about was it like they're really not doing anything, 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:16.840 We're kind of hurting ourselves. Yeah, we got their best 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.160 shot all three phases, and we were not playing well 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.160 in any phase at that point. And we were only 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.679 down fourteen to nothing, and we scored what fourteen points 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.160 and three minutes at Chicago, and so we knew how 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.840 quickly we can score quickly we can get some stops. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.920 There was no need to panic, and that's exactly what 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.840 our team did. So no turnovers for either football team. 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:35.800 It just turned into who's going to execute, who gets 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.480 the ball last kind of thing, and you guys do 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.680 that and you give them the knockout punch in a 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.560 game like that. There are a lot of lessons to 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.040 be learned in a game like that too. I mean, 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:45.560 what do you talk to your team about after the 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.920 game or even tomorrow. I think situationally, the hinted everything, Well, 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.600 you know, it's it's the defense got to stop. And 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.320 in the middle of the fourth quarter, offense bled six 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.319 minutes off to be able to finish with four seconds left, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.600 and a kicking team was able to kick it through 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.360 the upright and finish it. So all three phases were connected. 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.120 All three phases stepped up and made plays when you 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.400 did him. So you come off an emotional win in 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.120 Pittsburgh Division win on the road, and then it's like, 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.280 all right, well are we going to be able to 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.800 you know, handle success. We're gonna be able to compartmentalize 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:16.840 and the team did. What does that say about this 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.280 football team that we're ready, you know, for the next 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.240 phase of the season. This is just the first quarter. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.360 We're up seven and nothing right now, we got three 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.960 quarters left to play. So again, we got to come 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.439 out focus for a game against the two time NFC 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.679 champion contenders, you know, Green Bay Packers. We're gonna have 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:34.320 a work cut out for us. It's good that we 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.000 have a long week to get healthy because we can 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.200 get some guys back, but we've got to be focused 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:39.760 and ready and ready to play on the Sex game. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:41.800 It's a huge one. I know you haven't looked at 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.959 tape yet. Trey Wayne's first first action. How how do 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:46.400 you think it went for him out there? You know, 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.120 it's hard for me to say, but I saw him 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:49.640 involved in a lot of plays. It's good to have 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.839 Trey back, I'm sure for him. He hasn't played and 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.280 almost a year and a half, so it's good for 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:55.600 him just to get back out there, to get back 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:56.960 in the phase of things. I know he's only going 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.840 to improve with each game going forward. In your second 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.640 he was beaten up. Who can you say stepped up 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:06.000 for you in absence of key players. Von Bell as 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.400 a leader in that secondary, you know, and he stepped up. 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.480 And you know, with Jesse out and Cheeto out, Vaughan 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:14.559 Von is always the guy who's consistent, reliable, and so 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:18.640 we knew that he keeped that secondary connected. Everybody, including myself, 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:22.000 was stunned when McPherson missed and it's like, all right, well, 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.920 he's kicked three extra points. He's in a rhythm. You 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:25.520 knew he was going to kick that game or two 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.760 game winners in his first four at NFL games. Kids, 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.120 Pretty cool. Yeah, No, no kicker in INFLO history has 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.680 made all their kicks, and so you know at some 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.920 point he was gonna face him of adversity for the 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.160 first time in his young NFL career. But I didn't 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:38.840 think everybody knew he was gonna put that last one 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:40.480 through the uprights, and we trusted him and he did 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.560 a great job. Three and one. Great start. A little 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:48.080 mini bye week, go see the family R and R 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.640 a little bit. But I know you guys, you guys 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.960 you're coaching staff. You guys work man, you guys grind it. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:54.760 You're gonna be able to get any time though. Yeah, 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.760 I'm gonna go watch my kids play flag football on 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.720 Sunday and spend some time with my family. And these 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.080 coaches will too. They they deserve it, they put in 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.000 the work. It's good for them to have this opportunity. 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.880 Congratulations on a big night National's TV. The nation saw 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.280 Bengal's face adversity and overcome it. Love it. That was 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.880 great to see. Thanks, Thanks it. So the Green Bay 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.640 Packers come to town a week from Sunday. After getting 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:20.320 embarrassed by the Saints in Week one thirty eight to three, 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.320 the Packers have posted back to back wins over Detroit 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:28.680 and San Francisco, Green Bay host Pittsburgh on Sunday. Now 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:33.240 time for postgame analysis with Lap. What a performance by 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.360 Joe Burrow Lap career high passer rating of one thirty 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:38.760 two point eight. He often talks about how he wants 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.800 the ball in his hands with a game on the line. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:44.240 Can see why after the performance he had on Thursday 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.120 Night Football. Down fourteen nothing at the half, they got 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.040 the ball four times in the second half. He led 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.360 them down the field to square every time. He said that. 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.440 He talked to Zach Taylor at halftime and said, let's 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:58.400 go empty. Got matchups I can take advantage of. We 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.560 can do this right down the field a minute and 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:05.320 a half. Score, get the ball back, score again. I mean, 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.880 he understands his football, there's no question about it. So 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:12.720 doing that, making that adjustment, going empty and throwing it 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.960 all over the place in the second half and then 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.560 the screen passed that went to CJ. He audibilized too, 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.760 and CJ had never gotten it. And I can see why. 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:25.400 I mean, defensive linemen aren't. I mean, when the rush 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.560 was so strong, I'm like, oh man, they're gonna back 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.920 this down or something. He just dropped downside of him. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.000 Get the ball around it, and CJ was mad at 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.480 he didn't score. He goes, man, I got a score 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.160 on that. So he wanted the hat trick. He didn't 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.160 quite get there. But that was an unbelievable play as well. 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.640 So in the defense when they had to make a stop. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:44.640 There weren't he turnovers in the game, but that fourth 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.480 down stop, when that possession didn't end in a kick, 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.080 that was a huge possession in that football game to 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.240 keep him in it. That was bigger than it turned 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.720 over because it's fourteen nothing. You've got less than a 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.640 minute to go in the second quarter. It's fourth and 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:01.520 goal at the one. Trevor Lawrence is six six. I mean, 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.040 if he jumps up and does the Drew Breeze play 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.120 where you just jump up and extend the ball forward 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.240 with two arms, yeah, I think it's a touchdown. He 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.760 elected to run instead. Larry jug and Joby and Logan 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.640 Wilson get him to the ground. That saves the day. 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.720 It does. And um, like urban Meyer said to Vic 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:23.040 Fangioe NFL, it's like playing Alabama every week. You gotta 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.560 get you gotta take the points. I mean, I think 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.400 I think that's at that point. You go up three scores, 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:32.520 you go up seventeen nothing, that's you know, that's a statement. 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:36.000 He tried to get really greedy and you know, roll 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.359 Michigan or something, you know, get up on him big, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.480 and it came back to bite him a little bit. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:45.000 But that obviously was big. The field goal missed by 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.800 McPherson McPherson was big. But for him to come back 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.560 and do what he does, I mean, he's let's face it, 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.560 every kicker is gonna miss kicks. Justin Tucker's miss kicks. 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:57.720 You just can't, you know, you can't lose your mind 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.680 over it. And he moved on and moved on quickly 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:02.720 and got the game winner two and four weeks. Two 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:06.000 game winners in four NFL games. That's crazy, both with 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:12.040 the clock hitting zero. Unbelievable, unbelievable at the gun. McPherson, Bengo, 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:16.400 Bango Longo, Justin Tucker might be better, but every McPherson 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.439 is pretty darn good, no question about it. Let's talk 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.200 about Tyler Boyd. Nine catches for one hundred and eighteen yards. 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.000 I'm still trying to figure out how he caught that 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.760 pass on third down in six when he wasn't open, 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.040 he was being interfered with. I don't know how Joe 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:33.480 Burrow saw any sort of opening to get the ball 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:37.320 to him and they connected. I really believe Dan that 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.639 he's been the victim of a football team that hasn't 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:45.320 played well enough. He is a Pole Bowl slot receiver. 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:49.320 Since he's coming to the league, nobody, very few, I 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:52.239 think maybe one, has put up better numbers than him 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.719 in the slot. He is a Pro Bowl caliber slot receiver. 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.840 And I think now as the team starts to improve, 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.600 people around the league will recognize this guy's talents and abilities. 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:08.280 And he's incredibly intelligent. We were talking about in the 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.159 post game. He and CJ both played quarterback, and he 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.600 played in high school. CJ even played at Auburn obviously, 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:18.199 and they just say that they can be on the 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.400 same page as the quarterback. They'll pre read a defense, 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.119 you know, before the snap of the football in their 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.840 routes and everything. And I almost get on the same page, 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:29.600 you know, very very quickly. He's a very very intelligent 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:35.240 football player, very very tough physical football players. He's a 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:39.080 he's a special one. Thursday night games are hard to play. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.760 I mean, those guys are just starting to feel better 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.320 by Thursday when they're back on the field and playing 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.720 in a game. Did that show tonight did they look 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:48.920 like they were a little bit gas to you? You know? 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.359 I asked h I asked, guys, what are they going 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.880 to do? And they were all saying, you know, take 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.440 some time and get my body right and all that. 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:01.479