WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Heavy Action 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.600 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:14.320 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The dang addition as the Bengals 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.920 host the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night at Paycore Stadium. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:21.599 And by the way, this podcast is named Heavy Action 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.600 because that is the actual name of the Monday Night 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:29.560 football theme song. You're welcome for the trivia question. Coming up, 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:33.240 I'll talk to Boomers Siasin about Joe Burrow, Zach Taylor 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.600 and what it's going to take to beat the Bills. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.800 You'll hear from Logan Wilson about facing his former teammate 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.599 Josh Allen, Chimadenage on moving into the starting lineup at 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:47.160 right tackle, and Cam Sample on his increased role after 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:50.960 injuries to Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard. And finally, in 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.360 this week's No The Faux segment, we'll spend a few 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.560 minutes with the voice of the Buffalo Bills, John Murphy. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.000 The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you by Bengals 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.600 Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with tickets 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.280 and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both inside the 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:10.440 Bengals app. Now here's a quick reminder that you can 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.600 have the latest edition of this podcast delivered right to 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:17.040 your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing wherever you get 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:22.360 your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since pilots. As you 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.520 may have read, the Bengals had a little trouble getting 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.560 home from New England after beating the Patriots on Christmas Eve. 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.120 About fifteen minutes into the flight home, one of the 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.600 flight attendants notified us that due to a mechanical issue, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.039 we were going to have to divert to New York 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:40.600 and land at JFK Airport. That was a little unsettling, 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.760 but didn't seem like a major issue. A few minutes later, 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.360 the pilot got on the intercommon said, folks, this is 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.520 your Captain Skooking. Were having a mechanical issue at one 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.680 of the engines, so we're going to land at JFK 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.720 and have it checked out. We should touchdown at about 0:01:55.760 --> 0:02:00.560 fifteen minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience. Okay, so now 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.640 we know it's engine related and that made me a 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:04.880 little nervous, but the players were happy about the win 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.600 and barely seemed to notice. The landing in New York 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.919 was pretty bumpy, but still felt like normal turbulence, as 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.120 one of my colleagues put it, about a three on 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.000 a scale to ten. But when we hit the runway, 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.440 we were greeted with about ten fire trucks with their 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.680 lights flashing. It was only after landing that we learned 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.840 exactly what happened, when the pilot got back on the 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:30.600 intercom and said, okay, folks. While we were in the air, 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.720 a warning indicated that there was an issue with the 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:37.840 left engine. So after checking the proper procedure, I shut 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.960 it down and we landed with one engine at the 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.320 nearest airport. We should have another plane ready to go shortly. 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:49.360 Thank you for your patients. Amazing He shut off an 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:53.440 engine and landed with one like it was nothing. We 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.440 got home several hours late, but we got home safely. 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:01.400 All I can say is thank God for islets. Now 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.800 let's look ahead to Monday's game between the eleven and 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.680 four Bengals and the number one playoff seed in the 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.440 AFC at the moment, the twelve and three Buffalo Bills. 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.040 It's no coincidence that when the schedule came out in May, 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:17.320 the NFL picked this matchup to be the final Monday 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.880 Night football game of the year. It figured to be 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.000 a critical game, and that is exactly how it's played out. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.440 A huge game warrants a big time guest, and that's 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.960 exactly what we have on this podcast. We are joined 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.480 this week by one of the greatest Bengals of all time, 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:38.200 Boomer Asiasin and Boomer, let's start with an obvious topic 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.080 and you know what's coming. Joe Burrow. You had a 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.400 great career fourteen years MVP, took the Bengals to the 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.880 Super Bowl. Is there anything about Joe Burrow at age 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.320 twenty six in his third season that you wish you 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.240 had had your playing days? Oh? Boy, I'll tell you 0:03:55.280 --> 0:04:00.200 what I wish I were playing during during this time 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.600 in the NFL. It's a completely different game than when 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.880 we played back in the you know, in the eighties, 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.320 and I don't want to always go back to that, 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.280 but it's a different game. It's more wide open. Uh. 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.640 These kids are more prepared coming out of college than 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.000 we were when we were coming out of college. So, 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.800 you know, I think he has lived up to every 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.560 single expectation that I certainly had for him coming out 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.359 of LSU. I remember talking to Jeff Hopson before the draft, 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.600 and he asked me, why are you so sure Joe 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:27.520 Burrow is going to be the first overall pick. I said, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.400 if you watched him play, and you watched the boys 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.880 that he that he possessed on the field for LSU. 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.440 Did you watch that national championship game? I mean the 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.599 kids and can't miss players, So you know you combine that, 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.120 and I've said this, you know many years now watching 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.680 him play, you combine that with his whole aspect of 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.800 being a point guard in the high school and being 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:52.200 an All state point guard. You understand that he understands distribution, leadership, 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.960 and how to run a football team. So I'm not 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.240 surprised by any of this. And this a matter of fact, 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.839 I think he's going to go to even greater heights 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.240 and he'll get his Super Bowl. If it's not this year, 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.880 it will be in the next comming years. Boomer. He 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.000 might not have the armed talent of Patrick Mahomes, he 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.560 doesn't have the legs of Lamar Jackson, but I say 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:14.400 he's the perfect quarterback for this franchise. And I wouldn't 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.839 trade him for anybody. You know the city, you know 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.839 the fan base, you know ownership. Do you agree with that. Yeah, 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.720 but you know he's an Ohio kid too. I mean, 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.479 so he gets the whole thing, and he's a local kid, 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.680 and he's done well and he's exceeded every single expectation. 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.920 There's no question about that. You know, he could run, 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.360 believe me, he's an athlete. He just wants to play 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.760 quarterback like Tom Brady plays quarterback. You know, I would, 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.800 I would basically compare him to a young Tom Brady. 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.640 This is what Brady looked like when he finally took 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:48.120 over and he really, you know, basically ran the offense 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.839 for the New England Patriots. So what we're watching to 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.000 me in terms of the way that he plays is 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.120 the way that Tom Brady plays the game. You know, 0:05:55.320 --> 0:06:00.640 Josh Allen plays fearlessly. He can be chaotic times, but 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.880 his game has been refined to now, you know, whether 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.960 it be him justin Herbert, Patrick Mahomes or Joe Burrow. 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.560 You know, we're looking at the four best quarterbacks in 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.640 the league right now, and I guess in another year 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.320 or so, Trevor Lawrence will probably join that group. But 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:17.600 the Big four, as I'd like to put them in 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.320 the AFC, you know, all bring something special to their 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.560 own franchise, And I think all these teams pick the 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.320 right guys and when you think about marrying them to 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.080 the coaching staff, to the city, and to everything that 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.839 they're bringing to their football teams, all four of those 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:36.800 players are perfect fits for their respective organizations. Let's talk 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.360 about some news of the week and that involves right 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.360 tackle Al Collins and the eighty eight Super Bowl season. 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.200 You lost your great right tackle Joe Walter final game 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.120 of the regular season when he's playing at a Pro 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.960 Bowl level. Now the Bengals have lost the Al Collins 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.560 for the rest of this season. What problems does that 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:56.800 present this late in the year. You know, for us, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:00.839 we had Brian Blados that substant for Joe Walter. Everybody says, 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.520 why did I have a number sixty three in my 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.000 helmet that year? Well that was Joe's number. And Joe 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.600 is a big part of our success, much like Stanley 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.120 Wilson was. You know, it's got to be the next 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.600 man up mentality. You know, when Jamar Chase went down, 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.040 who do they bring in Trenton Irwin? Like everybody's like, 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.400 who is Trenton Irwin? Well, Trenton Irwin turned out to 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.800 be a pretty damn big player. So you never know 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.720 when that opportunity is going to present your present itself 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:25.720 to the next player, that is, the next man up 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.400 in a DNA. Jay has played in big games before. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:29.960 He knows what's going on. You know, he's not going 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.720 to be overwhelmed. He's not a rookie. Let's see how 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.200 he does first, and this is going to be a 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.760 really good test for him because the Buffalo Bills have 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.840 a good pass rush, not a great pass rush. It's 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.360 not basing von Miller out there, I can tell you that. 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.720 So luckily for Joe Barrow, you know, von Miller is 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.440 out for the rest of the season for the Bills. 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.120 So you know, it's like you got to think about 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.480 the locker room itself and how guys look at each 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.239 other and how long they've been, you know, working together 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.120 and playing together. And he's there for a reason. He's 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.560 there for depth. And the one good thing about the Bengals, 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.920 I've had a lot of good depth all throughout their 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.320 roster this year. When guys have gone down, other guys 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.160 have stepped up. So Haydon Hurst smissed a couple of games. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.440 Now all of a sudden, Trent Irwin is one of 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.760 those down the middle patterns. You know, at six foot two, 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:14.840 it's like you're throwing it to a tight end. He 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:16.440 may not be as heavy as one, but he's as 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.840 tall as one, and he's got the aththeticism of a 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:22.240 wide receiver. So that's the mentality that every team in 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.320 the league has to have, and that's the mentality that 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.040 Zach Taylor has definitely brought to the Bengals. So I 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.119 know that there's people out there saying that they should 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:31.880 go out and sign you know, will it Worth and 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:33.640 bring him back and all that other stuff. Number One, 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.520 I don't know if he wants to plan anymore. And 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.200 number two, that would wreak at desperation. To me, that's 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.559 not who the Bengals are. That's not what this organization 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.160 is all about. This organization is all about, next man up. 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.600 Put him out there. He's experienced, and we can win 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.600 with him, because hell, they won with him last year, 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.719 or why couldn't they do it again this year? We're 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.960 chatting the boomer Assias and three coaches of Arvin already 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.520 been fired this year, including Nathaniel Hackett, who is in 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.000 his first year on the job in Denver. The Bengals 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.760 stuck with Zach Taylor through two tough seasons and now 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:06.240 they're reaping the benefits. What do you admire and respect 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:10.160 about Zach Taylor and the job he's done in Cincinnati. Well, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.880 Zach was lucky he was able to draft Joe Burrow. 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.040 And that's the most important position in all of sports. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:17.640 You've got to have the quarterback. You've got to have 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.560 the unquestioned leader of the guy that inspires everybody else. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.520 And that includes the defense, the special teams, the front office, 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.280 the fan base. You know, you have somebody to sell. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.559 And it's one of the reasons why the Bengals are 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.200 so popular, why they're on national television as much as 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.160 they are, and why this game was selected to be 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:37.120 on Monday night before the season even started, because whoever 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.320 put the schedule together knew that this was going to 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.360 be a meaningful game. So I think Zach Taylor has 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.920 done a magnificent job. But it's really more the patience 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.040 of the Bengals, Like we used to make fun of it. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.800 You know, Marvin Lewis was there for fifteen years, and 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.120 you know, Mike Brown has never won to react to 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:56.640 finn pressure. He's never got to react to national pressure 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.520 from people like me that may say, hey, this guy's 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.800 got to be fired, that guy should be fired. He's 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.600 always going to do it his way, and that's been 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.920 the Bengal way for as long as I can ever remember. 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.200 So I never thought in my wild the streams that 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.520 Mike would have gotten rid of Zach early on in 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.040 his career. You know, he's a young coach. He was 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.080 learning on the fly. And now when you see he 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.240 and Joe come together and you see what it can 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.160 really turn into, you realize that it's pretty special. This 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.080 thing that happened in Indianapolis with my buddy Frank Wright, 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.640 what happened in Denver. You know, it's obvious to see 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:28.959 what happened. You know, they had older quarterbacks, so the 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.559 older quarterbacks were not playing well. The team looks listless. 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.400 You know, Russell Wilson has been awful this year. Matt 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.920 Ryan has been you know, I would say partly awful 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:39.959 when it came to turnovers and things like that. In Nature, 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.960 you saw his replacement, Nick Falls throw interceptions. Those are 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.559 the things that older quarterbacks do that get them in trouble, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.880 get their coaches in trouble. So that's not the case 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.000 with the Bills or the Bengals, because they have young, 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.760 vibrant quarterbacks. They got really solid head coaches, won an 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.600 offensive coach, Sean McDermot as a defensive coach for the Bills. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.400 And that's why, you know, these coaches end up lasting 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:03.920 a long time. Like Andy Reid. You know he had 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.160 Donovan McNabb for all those years and then all of 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.240 a sudden has Alex Smith and then drafts of Patrick Moms. 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.200 It doesn't get much better than that for Big Red. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.520 So all I can tell you right now, Dan is 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.120 we got four great quarterbacks in the AFC, and it 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.079 is going to be one wild playoff fund And I 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.719 would tell you Monday Night's game is going to be 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.000 a playoff atmosphere, much like it wasn't Week thirteen when 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.319 we played the Bills when they came to Cincinnati back 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.400 in nineteen eighty eight as well. But when people talk 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.800 about great defensive minds in the NFL, they'll start with Belichick. 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:37.560 They might mention Dan Quinn or Link Martindale, whatever, should 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:42.120 lou Anna Rumo be included on that list? So lou 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.599 Anna Rumo came to the forefront last year. You know 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.120 we had their AFC Championship game out there in Kansas City. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:50.920 I don't know if you were doing the game, so 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.240 you didn't see halftime when we had the speakers behind us, 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:55.880 you know, just absolutely drowning everything out that we were saying. 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.520 But I would We were all talking about lou Anna 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.160 Rumo and his ability to change up, you know, in 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.000 the second half of games, and he never gives the 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.160 quarterback a comfort zone of seeing the same thing over 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.120 and over and over again. The number one, you gotta 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.200 have really smart players on your defense to be able 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.200 to pull stuff off like that. So the Bengals, you know, 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.079 when you see their players and you see like Bondell 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:17.600 make this put at the end of the game last 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.160 week and bj Hill fall on the ball, you know 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.520 that they understand what's going on, where they are in 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.280 the game, how important their plays are to be made, 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.480 and what they did in the second half last year 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.560 against Patrick Mahomes and what they did to Patrick Mahomes 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.319 again this year. You know, speaks volumes to who lu 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.600 and A Rumo is. But really the players that he 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.800 has the ability to adjust them the fly, have a 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.439 plan and be patient with that plan. So if you know, 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.640 if the Bill score seventeen points of the first half 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:45.920 on Monday Night. You know he's not going to panic. 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.280 He'll come back and he'll have something for the second 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.080 half that Josh hasn't seen yet. So I think he's 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.360 definitely a guy that is on everybody's radar now because 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.200 of their success. This has been one of the best 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.040 defenses in football. You know, they're not San Francisco. You 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.120 know that's that's a deep it's on a different level. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.480 But I will say that the defense has come up 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.400 with a huge plays throughout the year and he's a 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.840 big reason for that. But the players have to buy 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.600 into what he's selling, and I think that's the combination 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.880 that makes them work so well together. I did see 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.880 the video of halftime last year in Kansas City. I'm 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:21.160 glad you didn't suffer permanent hearing damage, or at least 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.959 it doesn't appear that you did. Last thing for Boomerassias 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:28.280 and Bills and Bengals Monday Night. You've talked about the 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.520 importance of this game. What do you see as a 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.880 couple of keys to victory on Monday. Well, you know, 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.760 number one, the Bills have a hard time with wide receivers, 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.360 A lot of wide receivers have had big games against them. 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.080 You know, they put against Miami, They've struggled against Miami's 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.360 wide receivers, and I wouldn't say that Cincinnati is right 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.240 there with the Miami wide receivers, especially with the emergence 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.960 of Trenton Irwin. And maybe they get Hayden Hurst back too, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.200 So that creates a lot of problems down the field. 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.760 They're not a blitzing team. They're a team that likes 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:56.880 to play seven men in coverage. One of the reasons 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.280 that went out and got Bond Miller was to create 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.520 that pressure so they can they can have more guys 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.400 in the secondary, and they're going to meet every guy 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.440 they possibly can get in the secondary this week against 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.320 this bingle wide receiver crews. So to me, if I 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.000 was Jack Daylor, i walk in. Everybody knows the quarterbacks 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:13.680 are important, so you don't have to talk to them. 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:15.880 They know what they got to do. But you say, hey, 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.840 if we're going to win this game on offense, the 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.560 wide receivers got to win the game. Because in my eyes, 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.240 even with Trey Davias White back with the Buffalo Bills, 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.920 that's where they're susceptible because they don't have the pass 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.760 rush that they had prior to Bond Miller's injury. So 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.280 you know, to me that the wide receivers, you know, 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.520 the big, the big guys. This week, they got to 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.960 have the mammoth game, and I would like to think 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.040 that they can. And then on the other side, you know, 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.800 the Bills are running the ball a lot more. There's 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.720 no question that. You know, last week they had a 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.960 lot of subtests running the ball. But you know, to me, 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.520 you know it's always Josh Allen. Josh Allen is the 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.800 wild card because by Patrick Mames, you know, he's not 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.360 overly concerned about running with the ball. And you know 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.000 they actually have bets in their quarterback room in Buffalo. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:00.960 I don't know if you guys knew this that if 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.560 he slides, then one of their guys that's got to 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.080 show up just with a jock on the walk through 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:10.160 on Wednesdays, because he never slides. He very rarely ever slides. 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:13.000 So he's the wild card, you know. So you've always 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.480 got to have somebody aware of where he is going 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.600 to be. And I'm sure that lou Anerom will come 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.360 up with a plan to try to deal with the 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.640 plays that just happened naturally for Josh, and that's a big, 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.240 big problem for everybody who plays the Bills. I think 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:28.920 it's going to be a great game. I think it's 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.080 gonna be a high scoring game, and I think it's 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.160 just going to be kind of a glimpse into what 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.120 I think is going to be another great playoff run. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:39.920 You know, for all of us on the AFC side, 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:43.040 because we have the best quarterbacks in the league. Boomer, 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.520 you're the best. Hope he had a wonderful Christmas with 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.760 your kids and grandkids, and we really appreciate your time. 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.280 Thank you, my pleasure. Then, thank you very much. No 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:56.200 Bengals Podcast is brought to you by Alta Fiber, future 0:15:56.240 --> 0:16:00.760 proof fiber Internet capable of delivering multi gigabits speeds designed 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.680 to take your home, business, and community to a new level. 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:08.080 Elevate your connection with all to Fiber. As I mentioned 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.480 in that conversation with Boomer, the Bengals will have a 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.400 change in the starting line up at right tackle. L 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.080 Collins suffered a season ending knee injury in New England, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.360 meaning that third year pro hakimad Energy will take his place. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.720 You are the next man up. As they say, it 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.320 looked like things went pretty well for you in New England. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.720 How did you think you did? You know, there's there's 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.560 definitely things to fix, but ultimately was able to go 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.360 out there and produce enough to get the job done. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.760 We could get a win Washton, and you know, there's 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.120 plenty of things to clean up and we have a 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.240 lot of time to clean things up before the game 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.080 Winday night. What are your emotions now taking over a 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.680 right tackle in the hunt with two games left in 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.120 the regular season? Business as usual? I mean, we've been 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:54.440 through this situation last year and you know, just we 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.360 know what our goals are and you know, got great 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.440 guys with experience across the old line, got great coach 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.880 and so I mean it's just going out there and executing. 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.679 Just another week. Really, honestly, do you feel happy to 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:10.040 be playing tackle in this situation as opposed to being 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.720 in there at guard last year? Uh, no doubt. You know, 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:15.960 it was kind of new playing guard last year, and 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.880 it's kind of you know, more natural here playing tackling, 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:23.840 and you know, having that full full camp and early 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.720 season as opposed to you know, last year. Definitely feel 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:31.400 a lot better energy, started the last thirteen games last year, 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.800 including the postseason, at right guard, but he was a 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:38.200 tackle in college and appears more comfortable on the outside. 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.000 According to Pro Football Focus, he was in for forty 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.399 five pass blocking snaps last week and did not allow 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.240 a sack or a quarterback hit. The Bengals Booth podcast 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:50.600 is brought to you by Kettering Health, the official healthcare 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.480 provider of the Bengals. With more than one hundred twenty 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:57.159 care facilities and fifteen hundred care providers, Kettering Health is 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:00.840 committed to guiding you to your best health. Visit Kettering 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:04.800 health dot org to learn more. Monday's game will feature 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.600 the first ever meeting between two of the NFL's best 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:11.600 young quarterbacks, twenty six year old Joe Burrow and twenty 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.000 six year old Josh Allen. Yes, even though Allen has 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.840 been in the NFL two years longer than Burrow, he's 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:22.440 only six months and nineteen days older. Logan Wilson was 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:27.679 Josh Allen's teammate at the University of Wyoming. It's like 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:32.320 the Wyoming Showdown, you know. I mean, Wyoming loves loves 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.880 Joston rightfully, so I mean he's he's the highest draft 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:38.399 pick we've had in school history, and he's represented you know, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:40.680 the state very well, and so guys, the whole state 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:43.240 loves him back home. You know, I'm proud to be 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.960 his former teammate. Obviously, will be on the opposing sidelines 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:49.000 on Sunday, so it'll be it'll be a cool opportunity 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.760 for us. He's become so much more accurate. He's worked 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.800 hard at that. Obviously, Are you at all surprised the 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.320 way that he's developed that aspect of his game? No, 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.399 I knew the talent was there. He's always used just 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.080 call as you was just very raw and those those 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.880 skills weren't as developed and sometimes those things just take time. 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.560 You know. They had a good coaching staff that obviously 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.160 brought out the best in him. And you know what 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:15.160 he is today is didn't happen by chance. Josh Allen 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.600 his throne for more than four thousand yards and rushed 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.240 for more than seven hundred. I discussed tackling him and 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:27.520 other topics this week with defensive lineman cam sample Can. 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:31.120 The NFL made Bengals Bills the final Monday night game 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.240 of the year for a reason. I think they realized 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.159 there was a good chance that a lot would be 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:37.600 at stake in this game. When the schedule came out 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.680