WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: It Don't Come Easy 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.559 Hig and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:11.000 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The and you know it don't 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:14.720 come ease. Addition, as the Bengals fall to one in 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.079 three with a twenty seven to three loss at Tennessee. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.000 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, locker room comments from 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:26.439 players and coaches, and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then, 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:29.520 in this week's fun Facts conversation, we'll hear from a 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:32.600 Bengals tight end who is on the boat in Tampa 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.919 Bay when an ineviated Tom Brady tossed the Lombardi Trophy 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.560 to the guy right next to him. The Bengals Booth 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.800 Podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, proud to 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:47.040 be the Bengals official HR software provider, by Alta Fiber 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.640 future proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, business, 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.080 and community to a new level, and by Kettering Health 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.400 the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health is 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.000 the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Now here's a 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.720 quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.959 this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:11.440 by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:17.760 thing since overly dramatic Ryder Cup commentary. The Ryder Cup 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.319 is one of my favorite sporting events, and I can 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:24.720 only imagine how much pressure the golfers are under shoot. 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.560 I get jittery standing over a two foot putt with 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.720 a beer on the line with my buddies. Still, the 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.080 overly dramatic commentary during the Ryder Cup cracks me up. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:39.319 The announcers use terms like courage and fortitude so often 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.120 that you would think the golfers were rushing into burning 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.640 buildings to save babies instead of trying to hit fairways 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.000 and greens. So congrats to Europe on this year's win. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.080 Based on the broadcast, the golfers were roughly as heroic 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:58.160 as the Apollo eleven astronauts. Now let's get the football 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:02.000 and the radio replays from Sunday's loss at Tennessee. It 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:06.680 is a sweltering Sunday afternoon here in Nashville, Tennessee. The 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.480 temperature is expected to climb into the mid to upper 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.960 eighties today. It's going to be much hotter than that 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.560 on the field turf as the Bengals try to beat 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.720 the heat and the Tennessee Titans, and it is time 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:23.040 for the pigskin to fly here at Nissan Stadium. Second 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.640 down and one for Cincinnati at the thirty seven yard 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.640 line of Tennessee. Burrow stomps the right foot, catches a 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.160 chest high snap, swings it out into the flat, caught 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.720 by Chick great downfield blocking as he tight ropes the 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.880 sideline and goes out of bounds at the twenty one 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:41.839 of Tennessee. Here's money mack Evan McPherson looking to give 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.000 Cincinnati an early lead. This will be a twenty one 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:49.160 yard try. He hit from fifty seven in the pregame warmups. 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:53.400 Brad Robbins, the rookie punter, will hold the placement the 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.560 right footed kick and the line drive boot is good, 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.320 giving Cincinnati a three to nothing lead, which is the 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.880 shotgun snap. Five man rush and Burrow gets smashed to 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.600 the ground. Oh, all five guys were getting close as 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.920 Burrow gets sacked at the thirty nine yard line. 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.800 Yeah, that was just you talk about shrinking the pocket, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.280 I mean they just collapsed that pocket on Joe Burrow. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:21.000 Tannehill back to throw, flings it deep for DeAndre Hawkins 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:25.160 catches at the Bengals forty five and Cam Taylor Britt 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.920 makes the stop at the Cincinnati thirty seven. He beat 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.840 Cam Taylor Britt and beat him badly. First down and 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.120 ten at the Bengals thirteen. After back to back big 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:39.360 passing plays, here's a short pass Westbrook at Keene toward 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:43.960 the pylon touchdown Tennessee on second and ten. It's a toss. 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:46.480 Sweepy bubbles the ball. It's on the ground. He picks 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.680 it up while he's running and it's going to be 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.520 a big play for the Titans. Tannehill running to block 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:55.760 for him, and Cincinnati has to chase down Taja Spears 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.880 from behind. Dax Hill able to tackle him at the 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.040 forty nine yard line. And that was a lucky play 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.480 for the Titans. No other way to describe. 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.600 It, no question. Was like he was dribbling the football, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.160 dribbling the oblong ball. 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:11.520 Tannehill in the gun, Henry to his rights. Tannehill fakes it, No, 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.200 he gives it to Derrick Henry, breaks through a couple 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.800 of tackles, still running down to the ten hangling toward 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:24.440 the pylon, touchdown Tennessee. Twenty nine yards for Derrick Henry 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:28.760 as he was bouncing off Bengals like a pinball. Jeffrey 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:32.440 Simmons is an eligible receiver. For what it's worth, the 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.600 Pro Bowl defensive tackle stays out there offensively. Can't rule 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:40.719 out the jump pass for the King. Derrick Henry Tannehill 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.520 is going to be under center. I formation backfield. Now 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:46.960 they shift Tannehill goes out wide to the right. Simmons 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:48.800 moves to the right as a wing. They're going to 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.960 direct snap it to Derrick Henry. Henry looking to pass 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:59.000 throws caught touchdown Tennessee. Josh Wiley with his first NFL touchdown, 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.240 burrow back to throw against the blitz pump packs gets 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.239 stripped and then falls on the ball and then somebody 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:08.240 jumps on top of him, and the Titans say they 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:08.560 have it. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.640 They're saying, I think the official saying was down five contact. 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.120 He was down. He's down by contact. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.840 And now they're changing the call and it is a 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.240 Titans takeaway. For the second time this year, the Bengals 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.240 failed to score a touchdown. They've scored the fewest of 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.640 any team in the NFL, and they lose in Tennessee 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.200 today by the final score of twenty seven to three. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.880 The Bengals have scored three offensive touchdowns in four games. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:41.080 The forty nine ers Christian McCaffrey scored four on Sunday 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.200 after driving seventy two yards and kicking a field goal 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.720 on their opening drive. The Bengals final seven possessions, not 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.320 including a one playnel down at the end of the half, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.920 never even reached the titans thirty five yard line. Joe 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.200 Burrow completed twenty out of thirty passes, but he can't 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.400 extend plays due to his strained calf, and the bengals 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:05.839 longest passing play went for seventeen yards. Here's Zach Taylor 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:06.880 on his QB. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.760 He's playing, you know, he's playing through it, but there's 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.880 still limitations he's got, certainly, and that's probably very difficult 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.400 for him. But again, he's he's getting hit, he's having 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.719 to move, and he's doing a great job getting up 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.040 on the next point and responding. You don't feel, you know, 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.000 sometimes quarterbacks can get rattled by that stuff. You don't 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:24.840 feel that from him at all. You feel like the 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.520 next play is gonna be successful even if he does 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:30.360 take a hit. So again, I don't He's fighting through 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:31.160 it and I'm proud of him for that. 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:35.520 Burroughs passer rating after four games is sixty nine point one. 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:40.560 He's averaging fewer than five yards per attempt. Frustration is growing. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.720 Whenever you're one and three, you're gonna be frustrated, You're 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.680 gonna be angry, you're gonna be, you know, wanting to 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:53.080 win games, and we haven't been and we're not gonna 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.600 let anything like that, you know, come between us. That's 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:58.920 how you end up having a bad season. Sod bad 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.000 start about first quarter, so we got three more quarters 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.040 of the year to get through and go from there. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.200 Jabar Chase had seven catches for seventy three yards, but 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.160 t Higgins left the game early with a rib injury 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:15.320 and was primarily replaced by Trenton Irwin. I talked to 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:19.840 Trenton after the game. Tough team for the offense today, Trent, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:21.720 you guys went down the field on the opening drive, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:23.880 Dowt to the three, kicked the field goal, and they 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:28.240 just couldn't get anything going after that. Describe just how 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:29.320 you guys are feeling right now. 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:30.120 Yeah. 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.280 We got into better on offensive, we got into better 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.360 all around. We got to sell ourselves love it for 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.680 opportunities to make players, and we got a lot to improve, 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:41.920 and that's that's why we're watched him so too. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.280 It feels like the offense is kind of operating in 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:49.960 a box. Joe doesn't have his usual mobility for understandable reasons, 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.440 and opponents know it. It doesn't feel like the margin 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:54.640 of error is kind of small. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.600 We've been playing in the pocket, you know, and he 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:01.920 can he can do anything there. I think that, you know, 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.400 we just got to learn from our film there. I 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.440 don't think there's a whole lot that I know exactly 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.800 went wrong right now. We looked great in the first drive. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.000 I thought we were gonna be able to keep that 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.360 up the whole game, and we just weren't. So I 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.200 don't know exactly when went down that made so we couldn't, 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.080 But I think our one of our goals was gonna 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.080 be first down efficient. In that first drive, we were 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.000 exactly that. I don't think we got any third downs 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.920 except for that one on the three, So hopefully we 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.320 can learn from what we did there and take it 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.000 on to the next one. And it was a game 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.120 on momentum and we just never really found any of it. 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.880 Seemed like in the second quarter, when the game was 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.199 still three to three, the Titans had that one good 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.839 drive and that seemed to create the momentum you're talking about. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.760 They made some place, They had some dudes make some plays. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.280 They got after us there. They played physical. 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.280 You know that that's a physical team, and you know 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.920 we'd probably see them again later, but it's it's one 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.000 of those games. We just got to let go learn 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:57.640 from it and and just come out. 0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:58.960 Fight, appreciate your time. 0:08:59.400 --> 0:08:59.640 Thank you. 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:04.000 Defensively, after shining on Monday Night and the win over 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.040 the Rams, the Bengals allowed the Titans to score on 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:10.959 five of their first six drives. Derrick Henry finished with 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.240 one hundred and twenty two yards on twenty two carries, 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.680 and Ryan Tannehill had a passer rating of ninety eight 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.920 point eight. Here's chittabe Owuje on the play of the 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:25.160 defense really shut him down in the first quarter. In 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.319 the second quarter, they had that one good drive and 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.360 it seemed to swing the momentum. Is that how it 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:30.160 felt out there? 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:31.000 Yeah? 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.600 And then something different, you know where I think we're 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.560 still fiting on our identity. You know, we know there 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.880 were resilient bunch because we have the guys that have 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:41.480 done it before. 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.680 But every year is different. I think this year. 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.520 It's like momentums playing a big factor in how we play. 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:50.559 You know, one of the momentum swings. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.120 Obviously the direction, it's kind of hard for us to 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:52.840 capture back. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:55.839 So yeah, you know, they had that drive, had a 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.240 couple of e supposed to plays, and since that drive, 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.560 it became, you know, pretty ugly. You know, our rhythm 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.360 was all off, and you know it was embarrassment, to 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.160 be honest, and you know, we're sorry with the fans 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.280 that traveled that came and watched. But obviously, you know, 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.840 it hurts even more for us as you know, brothers 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:12.240 and teams have to go out there and play. But 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.560 you know, we we're gonna use this as a stepping 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.360 stone hopefully to get better to lock to lock more 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.079 in sc We know we're we're close, bunch. We just 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.040 gotta play this to the details, like back to the dog. 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.480 You know, the dog mentality is just football, you know, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.320 like move all the distractions and just play. 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:33.120 So yeah, got shut down Garret Kennery each of the 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.480 last two years he wound up having good numbers today. 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:37.320 So much of it in his case is if they 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.400 have the lead, they're gonna feed it to him and 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.200 feed it to him and sooner or later he's gonna 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:42.719 wear you down. 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:44.360 Yeah, I mean, he had a good game. 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.240 Obviously, It's one of the top guys in the league 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.760 at his position and also one of the guys we're 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.080 focused on the most coming into this week. 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.920 You know, unfortunate that he was able to have a 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:56.839 great game like he did. 0:10:58.280 --> 0:10:59.760 You know, we have the guys that could stop him, 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:01.000 but he and you know, we're gonna go back and 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.880 look at the film and just look at the details. 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.280 Abous I can speak for me myself, and you know, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.520 just fitting Quicker off of cracks, you know, when the 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.040 receiver cracks down on the safeties or niklas, you know, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.520 fitting Quicker and doing stuff like that, I feel like 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.120 we could do a great job because you know, a 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:17.560 lot of the team are trying to get to the perimeter. 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.640 We're trying to get to the perimeter on these runs, 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.720 so we have to have an edge to the defense. 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.600 So I think we as a cornerback group, we've been 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.160 working on that and we're gonna continue to work on 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.800 that and hopefully, you know, everybody kind of everybody plays 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.360 a part in it, and we'll figure out how to 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.000 you know, start to limit those runs. 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.360 Your disappointment is palpable. I'm guessing that after the Monday 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.760 night win, you guys probably felt, all right, we've got one. Now, 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:42.120 let's start stacking wins. 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.400 Yeah, But, like like everybody always says, the NFL is 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.439 never easy. You know, the other team has to chip 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:48.319 on my shoulder as well. 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:49.679 They came in here more hungry. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.920 They come up with a big loss last week, and 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:53.960 I was talking to some of the players over the game. 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:55.679 They said they were on their beat all week. So 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.760 they responded, now start trying to respond, you know. Moving 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.120 forward to Arizona, you know, we have to get on 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.480 each other and make sure that everybody's on details and 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.800 just feed off each other's energy. You know, this is 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.360 also an early start game, you know, twelve pm, you 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.560 know versus Monday night when it's home game. 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:12.360 All that energy. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:13.880 We have to find a way to find our own 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.320 juice and our own energy as well. So these are 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.440 things we're gonna be working on, you know, throughout the season, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.640 and hopefully now that we identified it, kind of nip 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:23.720 it in the bud and use it to our certain. 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:27.240 Joe Burr's given everything he's got, but he's not running 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:31.920 around like he normally would. It's limiting his superpowers, so 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.600 to speak. Do you sense that it's you know, difficult 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.319 for the offense right now without Joe being able to 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:39.920 do some of the things he would normally do. 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.440 Well, you know, I don't wanna talk anything really about 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:43.000 that offense. 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.480 You know, I know that, you know, you know the 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.520 dogs that we have over there, they've been together for 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.800 three four years now and have been very consistent for us. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.319 And I know the rhythm is gonna be found. You know, 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.960 there's no doubt about that. You know, that's my quarterback. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:58.880 It was with my sheivers, tight ends, running backs, a 0:12:59.000 --> 0:12:59.920 line like. I believe in all of that. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.439 So I just think that you know, the time will 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.120 things will come to how they're supposed to go, and 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.320 we know the talent we have on that side. Really 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.280 just focus on the leaf can focus on on defense. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:10.480 Appreciate your time. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:11.240 Yeah, thank you brother. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.679 On their final three drives of the second quarter, the 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:18.880 Titans had six plays of twenty or more yards and 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.199 outscored the Bengals twenty one nothing in the quarter. That's 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.040 where Dave Lapham started his postgame conversation with head coach 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:26.960 Zach Taylor. 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:29.600 Yeah, I didn't see that coming. You know, I thought 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.319 we thought we'd respond better, play better, coach better. So 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.800 really you can point the finger at each individual person. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:36.959 There's certainly plenty things I could have done better to 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:38.199 get the team ready to put us in a better 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.480 position to win. And now we just gotta suck it 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:41.719 up and go on the road in Arizona and find 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:42.120 a way to win. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.760 When it starts snowballing like that, I mean, how hard 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.640 is that to try to stop that snowball from coming 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:49.920 down the side of the mountain like that. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.960 Yeah, you still believe that you can get in this thing, 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.760 and even down seventeen at halftime, We've been in that 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.240 position before, We've overcome that before. There was a lot 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:58.679 of belief in the locker room that we could do that. 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.760 You know, he had an opportunity starting the second half. 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.120 You got him in third and seventeen and got him 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:04.559 off the field, and then they got called for we 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:05.400 got called for penalty. 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:06.440 So that's tough. 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.440 Extends it puts points on the board, took eleven minutes 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.640 off the clock, and then offense, didn't you know, we 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.800 resmonded with the turnover and so you know, just just challenging. 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.679 They really did a great job at the time of possession. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.079 They did a good job playing physical and keep enough 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.040 off balance, and we just didn't respond the right way. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.040 Three of the four first down third down conversions that 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.000 they got would do to penalty. And it's not like 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.000 it's not like there's a ton of penalties. He came 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.760 into the game, you were tied for seventh feust and penalties, 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.560 third and penalty yards. But it's just, man, there's such 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.640 a painful penalty when they happen. It takes away a turnover, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.560 takes away a sack, takes away a big play. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.400 It is it's tough, especially when they come on third down. 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:46.040 And and that's that's disappointing. You know, we had one 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:50.160 on special teams that really flipped the field. I really 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:51.680 thought the guy that got called for the penalty US 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.480 was the guy that was going to be the receptor 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:54.920 of the penalty, you know, And and all of a 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:56.200 sudden it went the other way. So instead of the 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.080 ball being on the five, the balls on the forty five. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.640 And and that's that's a challeng lenging part there in 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.520 the second half. That gave them auto momentum as well. 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.680 I couldn't figure that out because they declared that it 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.760 was an illegal block by somebody covering the punt. Now 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.840 why would he be delivering a block? I mean, I 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.920 don't understand how that whole thing unfolded. 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:17.000 If you find out, let me know. 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:21.400 So you didn't get a great explanation either. No interesting, 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.440 So you've got to, like you said, you travel to Arizona. 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:28.960 Did the short week have any bearing on it? You 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.760 feel like the guys were rested and ready to go. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:32.800 You really took care of him this week big time. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.080 We've done a good job playing on short weeks. We 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:36.880 still went pads on Thursday and knowing it was going 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.000 to be a physical game, and so again I didn't 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:41.800 see any warning signs during the week. We have to 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:42.320 coach better. 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:42.840 Number one. 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:44.480 I've got to do a better job putting us in 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:48.160 position to score points. So that's a big starting point 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.120 I think with this team, and then each guy's got 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:51.680 to fix the things that we can control. We've got 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:53.320 to be better on third down on both sides of 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.000 the ball, and we've got to be more disciplined when 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:56.720 it comes to penalties. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.920 How challenging is it you know, watching Joe in the pocket, 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.560 I mean, he's close to one hundred percent from when 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.640 I see but you know, when he has to try 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.800 to do something out of the pocket, pick a percentage. 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.480 I don't know what that percentage might be, but it's 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.920 not you know, he'll say it's not one hundred percent. 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.960 How challenging is that To try to gain plan around that. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.360 You can't look at as a challenge. You got to 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.760 find ways to put the offense in great position to 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.440 go to score points. And scoring three points in the 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.720 first half is not good enough, which we've done several times. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:26.600 Scoring three points in the game is not good enough. 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:29.560 I'm the poy caller, I'm the head coach. I've got 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.400 to do a better job of finding ways till I 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:32.280 was to find some rhythm. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.760 The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.560 proud to be the Bengals Official HR software provider, by 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:43.320 Alta Fiber future proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.680 business and community to a new level, and by Kettering 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.160 Health the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.520 is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Now time 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:58.680 for the radio guys, recapla, we have just emerged from 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:02.280 the Bengals locker room. Disappointment and frustration is palpable as 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.760 you might expect. I think coming off the Monday night 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.680 went over the Rams, they thought they had everything going 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.800 in the right direction. But if the offense continues to 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.520 be as limited as it's been, it's going to be 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:13.320 hard to win games. 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.400 It really is. Dan. You know, you get a quarterback 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:21.040 that's medically limited. He's gotten it out, but like we 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.000 talked about before the game, in the pocket he's probably 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.440 close to one hundred percent, But anytime he has to 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:28.320 move in the pocket or get out of the pocket, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:32.640 pick a percentage, he's just not there. And the other 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:36.440 factor is that defenses know that if he tries to 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.760 goose it down the football field, it's bothershlome to him. 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.919 And so their short intermediate passing game is pretty much 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.919 the extent of their offense, and teams are playing accordingly. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:52.560 I mean, it's it's tough dynamic to game plan around 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.439 a little bit, but you know, they feel like they 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.879 can do much better than they did obviously. I mean 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.359 the second quarter of this foot it was just incredible. 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.000 How you know, the domination. I mean, when you when 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:05.720 your defense is struggling, the thing you need to do 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:07.560 offensively stay on the field. They went oh for four 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.119 and third down and there was no support there. I mean, 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:13.600 the complimentary football was non existent today, There's no question 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:17.480 about it. Offense couldn't get anything done. Defense was struggling, 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.679 was trying to, you know, ask for a life preserver, 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:21.520 and the offense didn't have anything to throw them. 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:26.200 It's a dream come true for opposing defensive coordinators because 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.640 they know Joe is not going to extend plays. He's 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.400 not going to scramble left and right if what he's 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.159 looking to do out of the pocket isn't there. The 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.600 defense has a gigantic advantage. 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:43.280 Absolutely, and you know that. You know you can't get 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.520 behind by two scores, three scores, four scores. If that's 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.719 the case, you just can't do it. It's impossible. I mean, 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:52.399 the only way you're going to win football games is 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.159