WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Monday Morning 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.359 I get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:13.600 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Monday morning you should look fine. Addition, 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:16.360 as we get your work week started with an in 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.120 depth look at last night's preseason lost to the New 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:23.480 York Giants. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:27.560 and analysis form my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:30.720 this week's fun Facts segment, you'll hear from a Bengals 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:35.360 defensive lineman who has already played in twelve professional football 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.879 games this year. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.680 Ultimate Bengals. Download Ultimate Bengals ahead of the twenty twenty 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:47.280 two season. It's free to play next level fantasy football 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.280 with fantastic Bengals prizes. Get it now on the App 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.520 Store and Google Play. And here's a quick reminder that 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.360 you can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:01.080 right to your phone, tablet, or computer by scribing wherever 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:05.679 you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since the 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.800 Statue of Liberty. The Bengals team hotel this weekend in 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:13.000 Jersey City, New Jersey, provided a beautiful view of the 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.560 New York City skyline and if you stood in the 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.800 right spot, you could see the Statue of Liberty in 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.679 the New York Harbor. It's not only a magnificent structure 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.240 and a symbol of freedom to people all over the world, 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.520 but it has personal meaning for me. As a young boy. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:33.520 My grandfather arrived in the US on a boat from Sweden, 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.800 and it was among the millions of immigrants whose first 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:40.679 stop in the US was Ellis Island, just a short 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:45.480 distance from the Statue of Liberty. Now time to recap 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.760 Sunday night's game at MetLife Stadium. Here's a stat for you. 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.480 On the bengals first four possessions. Their average drive start 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.760 was the Giant's thirty five yard line. They stopped the 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.320 Giants on fourth and one near midfield. New York's first possession, 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.240 then came up with a takeaway on the second, second, 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.000 and fourth. The Bengals forty three play action fake. Here's 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.639 a throw and it is intercepted by a diving Dax Hill. 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.120 He's back on his feet running toward midfield and he 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.680 gets tackled at the fifty. It was a high pass 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.960 intended for tight end Daniel Bellinger. It glanced off his 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:27.120 fingertips and Dax Hill laid out to make a diving 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.800 interception after nearly having an end zone interception in his 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.880 debut last week. The Bengals first round draft pick came 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:38.240 away with that spectacular I NT on Sunday night. Here's 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.679 fellow safety Michael Thomas Scott limifer kid, I mean, athletic, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.000 very fast, So it's great a celebration even every day 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.919 at practice. But to be able to go make those 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.480 splash plays coming away with that diving interception today, I mean, 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.919 that's game change. And that's why you know, I told him, 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.520 you play in these preseason games, go show him what 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.760 he gots, Go prove like why you're here. And for 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.240 him to go make a play like that, I mean 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.400 in the showcases talents, even in the preseason game. I 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.040 mean especially you almost had won the first preseason game 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.080 we played, which would have been phenomenal for him to 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.680 come away with the interception today. Um, and he's just 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.360 taking a nixt step to improve his game and so 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.280 he'd be, you know, a game changing player in his NFL. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:19.360 Cincinnati turned hills pick into points as a fifty yard 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.560 field goal by Evan McPherson made it three nothing at 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:26.079 the end of the first quarter. Most of the Giant starters, 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:30.200 including quarterback Daniel Jones, played into the second quarter, and 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.520 a short touchdown run gave New York a seven three lead. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.720 But for the third straight possession, the Bengals got the 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.400 ball in tremendous field position to no kicks off, it's 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.200 returnable for Evans. Catches at the three, running slowly now, 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.400 he accelerates to the twenty twenty five thirty, up the 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:50.400 sideline to the forty, being chased by gun. The kicker 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.040 came come out of eyes Evans all the way down 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:57.160 to the twenty two yard line. A tremendous return by 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:01.920 Chris Evans. No flagdown, so unlike last week where he 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.520 had a couple of big plays called back due to penalties. 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.920 Chris Evans flips the field with a great kickoff return. 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.400 Cam Brown saved the touchdown that was a seventy three 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:17.000 yard return. Unfortunately, the offense promptly went backwards, losing two 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.760 yards before kicking another field goal. The Bengals were down 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:25.120 seven to six before getting the ball right back. McPherson 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.479 kicks it short board, charging forward, catches at the five, 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.760 up the near side numerals to the twenty boss knocked 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.559 out hits loose at the fifteen. We've got a pile 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.240 near the fifteen yard line. Who's got the strongest hands 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.480 and risks Bengals were saying they got it at the 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:44.320 bottom of that pile. That would be massive. Michael Thomas 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:48.560 forced the fumble and was thrilled that KeAndre Jones recovered 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.400 it for the Bengals at the fifteen yard line. We're here, 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:52.840 Darren talking about it all the time, and you get 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.039 underneath that pile. He's just like, I don't want to know, 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:56.960 I don't want to hear anybody, but you do whatever 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.320 you gotta do to me. So you come out of 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.520 the pile of that boss. I mean, I'm glad our 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:02.200 guys were able to get on it. If I could 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.360 be completely honest, I had no idea the ball came out. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:05.960 I just wanted to make the tackler and put a 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.000 good hit on him. Then, but that's a theme. Then 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:09.760 we all want to go get the ball. Year's main 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.200 pritt say it every day, pray, it's all about the ball. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.560 Got to get the ball game. Tang that plays on 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.480 special teams like we want to take the next step 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.960 with this unit. But once again, the offense didn't fully capitalize, 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.000 gaining just two yards in three plays. Evan McPherson kicked 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.320 his third field goal and the Bengals led nine to 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.719 seven at the half after managing just two first downs 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:34.000 in the first two quarters. The Bengals left starting quarterback 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.800 Brandon Allen in the game to start the second half, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:41.120 and the offense finally clicked, putting together a seventy five 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.440 yard touchdown drive. Three receivers right, one out, wide, to 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:47.280 the left. They give it to Tray Williams and he 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:51.160 busted into the end zone, standing up for the Bengals touchdown. 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.799 That two yard run by Trevion Williams gave the Bengals 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:58.719 a sixteen seven lead going to the fourth quarter, but 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:03.000 the Giants scored on three straight possessions, a field goal 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.039 made at sixteen to ten before New York took the 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:10.000 lead with nine minutes to go. Webb catches the shotgun 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:14.440 snap looking left, throws crossing route, caught by Bockman. He's 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:18.200 at the ten. The five dives for the pylon. Did 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:22.160 he step out first? No, it's a touchdown for the Giants. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.320 Webb added a two point conversion run to give the 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:29.160 Giants an eighteen sixteen lead, but with Jake Browning in 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.400 a quarterback, the Bengals answered with an eighty three yard 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.320 drive to go back in front with roughly three minutes 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.039 to go. It's a hand off the jack Quz Patrick 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.719 lowers the shoulder pads and takes it into the end zone. 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:46.280 Touchdown Bengals with three h five to go. I'm telling 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:48.960 you he scores in touch football. With a twenty two 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:52.240 to eighteen lead, the Bengals went for two. Browning back 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:55.200 to throw. Now, he takes off, scrambling right, floats into 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.919 the end zone and it's dropped by Quamie Lassitor. A 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.840 perfect throw for a two point conversion, and Lasseter flat 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.160 out dropped what should have been a two point score. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.320 Oh man, he took his eyes off. It was unfortunate 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.840 for Lasseter, who otherwise had a terrific game with seven 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.520 catches for ninety one yards. Now it was up to 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.840 the defense to protect the lead. From the fifteen yard line, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.840 the Bengals up by four. Here comes a blitz Web 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:28.960 throws caught at the ten Bachman gets away from Delante 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.040 Hood and runs it into the end zone for the 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:35.720 go ahead touchdown. That TD with thirty five seconds to go, 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.600 gave the Giants at twenty five twenty two win. Here's 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:43.800 rookie Cordell Volson, who played the entire game, had left guard. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.000 We just got to close the game out. We had 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.840 an opportunity there in the third quarter to go up 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.680 two scores, and you know, we didn't do it. We 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.400 gotta take advantage of the opportunities that we have, and 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.200 when we have the opportunity to put a game out 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:56.320 of reach, we have to go and do it. The 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.440 star for the Giants was wide receiver Alex Bachman, who 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:03.440 did a pretty convincing Cooper Cup imitation with eleven catches 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.960 for one hundred twenty two yards and two touchdowns. But 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.920 the best individual performance on either roster was turned in 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:16.800 by Bengals linebacker Clay Johnston, who had twenty tackles twenty 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:21.040 including a quarterback sack. When I approached his locker after 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.000 the game, two nearby teammates looked at me and said 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:29.600 twenty with on their voices. Johnston was hunched over on 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.080 his chair. There was a purplish welt on the back 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.480 of his right shoulder and two deep cuts above his 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.400 right knee where it looked like he had been stabbed. 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.000 It had to be painful. But what hurt Clay the 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.839 most was the final score twenty tackles. I'm not sure 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.840 I've ever seen that before in a preseason game. You 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.400 are clearly exhausted, But how do you feel about the performance. 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.599 I'm not even trying to be that guy, but I 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.160 wasn't get enough. We screwed up on the two minute 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.120 they went down and they just scored, So that wasn't 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.320 good enough. Special teams wise. It was probably my worst 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.600 game I had, But I mean I was just trying 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.240 to I was trying to just fly around do the 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.040 best I could. I was thankful they let me play, 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.280 and I just gotta keep getting better. I thought we 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:17.560 had it and we just kind of gave it up 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.240 in that two minute period. We should have helped the 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.199 offense out in that period. Just kind of it was 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.720 a dagger to the heart right there. That hurt. I 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:27.720 hurt my feelings even in a preseason game. You feel 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.880 it pretty strong. Huh yeah, because I mean I'm out 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.120 there with guys and we might not be playing together forever, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.760 and so it's like, I mean, I love playing with 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.480 those guys and just playing football. I mean, it's football 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.880 is fun, and I'm just grateful to even be out there. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.360 I'm thankful to coaches let me play, and I just 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.600 wish you could have finished it. When I have trouble 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.840 sleeping to night after that one. I'm guessing you probably 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.319 had twenty tackles in a game at the high school level, 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.720 but this doesn't happen very often in the NFL. Well, 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:58.960 I played a lot too. I think I probably played 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:06.240 sixty snaps. I mean so, but I mean, honest to god, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.280 I really, I really don't even care. Like I I 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.920 was more devastated with the two minute and my special 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.440 team's performance. From an individual standpoint, I was, I mean, 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.440 I was proud. We were fighting. We just gotta finish. 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.400 You just gotta finish. But I gotta. I gotta watch 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.800 special teams take Yeah, it was. That was not good enough, 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:28.920 but I made I was exhausted, buttons fun. I enjoy it. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.439 I'm thankful Clay had practiced the other day. You've had 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.360 a good hit on somebody, and I heard Mike Hilton 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.640 say that guy can't even help it. He just always 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.480 hits people hard, even when he doesn't want to. What 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:43.320 does that mean? To you when teammates, you know, show 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.679 you that kind of respect and love. Well, I just 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.439 I mean, we're in training camp, so I'm like, okay, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.720 it's physical, it's time to play play play ball, and 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.120 I do need to protect our teammates because there's a 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.320 lot of times I get a little excessive, Like if 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.280 I'm running to the ball across the field, I'm like 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.720 my mind, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna hit somebody ain't 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:01.680 running this far to night. But I know I shouldn't 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:07.840 do that, and this is something I gotta fix. But yeah, yeah, 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.720 as I approached your locker tonight, a couple of your 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.719 teammates looked at me and said he had twenty. Right, 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.240 he had twenty. Even if you're disappointed because of the 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:20.160 outcome and you know your own self critical oppression of 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.920 your special teams play, you gotta appreciate the respect that 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.000 you earned in this locker room with your effort tonight. 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:27.960 Oh yeah, that's that's all you want to do, is 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.240 you want to win the respect to your teammates, and 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:32.439 you want to you want to play for him. They're 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.320 your brothers on your right and left side, and so 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.040 I just I want to win like I was. I'm 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.319 pissed off we didn't come out with the even though 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.679 it's preseason, I don't care. Like we had an opportunity 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:44.640 in the two minute period and we didn't capitalize, And 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:46.840 that's not be us. I ain't trying to be that 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.480 guy that's like woe was me or this wasn't good enough. 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.920 I really like mean that, Like it's like I'm more 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.079 pissed off than anything about the special team's beforemance. Like 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.959 that affects me and I know I'm gonna have to 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.080 go watch that and get reamed, and but I mean, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.920 that is what it is. But I'm grateful to play 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.080 with all these guys, like they keep me going and 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.199 hopefully I can keep them going. I love your attitude, 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.560 appreciate your time. Thank you very much, Thank you. I 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:16.360 appreciate it. That's linebacker Clay Johnston. Now let's hear from 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.200 Zach Taylor, who spent three minutes with Dave Lapham after 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.360 the game. So just give me your initial assessment. What 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:25.520 are your thoughts. Miss opportunities. You know, we had great 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.520 field positions in the first half. We didn't capitalize on 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.440 opportunities in the second half to build a better lead 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.280 than we had and just just really one big play 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.400 away from one of the game. Yeah, I mean, I 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.600 don't think I've ever seen an average drive start differential 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:41.880 as crazy as it was in the first half of 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:47.560 the football game. But you had some individual performances. Obviously, 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.079 every week there's individual performances that you can look at 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.320 and say, you know, that's that's a job pretty well done. 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:56.160 I'll tell you what, man, you got play Johnson is 0:12:56.240 --> 0:13:00.040 a gamer. That kid. He was exhausted out there, and 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.360 he just kept getting up off the ground and making plays. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.679 He was in on about everything you saw, you know, 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.520 and so I'm sure he'll get a good rest tonight. 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.480 That's Clay. You know. He plays with his hair on 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.840 fire and doesn't know any other way. Yeah, he really, Uh, 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.920 he really stood out to me. What about offensively anybody 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:18.960 jump out at you that I know you haven't had 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.360 a chance to digest it, even take another look at 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.959 it or anything. But anything that transpired that you thought 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.680 was pretty impressive. Kwami last or did some really good things. 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:28.640 You know. I had a lot of one on one 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.200 situations he made the most of thought the quarterbacks were accurate, 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.000 giving him some good balls he could he could go 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.360 with and made the first guy miss oftentimes and had 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.439 some big plays in the passing game. You know, when 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.600 when a team blitz is like like they do, um, 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.440 you're going to have an opportunity you and see what 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.520 kind of how your quarterback handles pressure, how your backs 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.679 handle blitz, pick up, how your receivers and run routes 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.760 against man coverage. It's going to be a pretty good 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.560 evaluation piece, isn't it for you? It was good, you 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.440 know we It wasn't a high volume of pressure. You know, 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.240 is we's all plenty of snaps his own coverage, some 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:03.360 main coverage, and so you get a chance to see 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.520 everyone how they handled the different types of looks we 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.520 got from the defense, and I thought overall they did 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.839 a decent job of it. Third down it was problematic, 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.600 I think at one point, I know it was one 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:15.400 for ten. I think at one point the only third 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:19.560 down conversion was that touchdown touchdown run that that you had. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:24.160 But started generating some third down opportunities that were successful 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:25.960 down the stretch. Yeah, we were just shooting ourselves in 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:27.960 food with the penalties early on, and we're in third 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:29.880 and real long, and so that's gonna be tough to 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.080 overcome once we we tightened the distances. I thought we 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.240 did a better job of converting there later in the game. 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.680 And you know, some of the third downs you're calling 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.760 in four down territory, and so to get to a 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.040 fourth and one, it's not a conversion on offense, but 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.040 it gave us an opportunity to go two for two 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.880 on fourth and one, you know. So you know, I 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.600 thought we put ourself in a better position there in 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.760 second half. You had us a young offensive lineman go 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.160 against the number one defense of the New York Football Giants, 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.480 which is decent. I mean, they got they got some 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.960 players there. How do you think they held up. We'll see, 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.600 you know, we'll get a chance to valuate the tape. 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.480 We obviously didn't have a ton of production in the 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.960 run of the past game in the first half. But 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.480 I'm sure that we'll see some good things and then 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.360 some some things that we gotta prove on as well. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.000 And finally, coach and most importantly, got out of it 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.360 without any kind of an injury. Knock on what it 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.400 seems like. I didn't notice anything that was out of 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.720 the ordinary. Did everything go okay in that regard I'm 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.440 sure there's always a couple of things that will pop up, 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.480 but for the most world came out cling appreciate time 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:29.000 as always, thank you. After Lap talk to Zach, he 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:34.240 spoke to me in this week's Radio Guys recap. Unfortunately, 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.480 Lap a touchdown with thirty five seconds to go gave 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.040 the Giants to win, but there were some good things 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.880 to talk about in our post game wrap up. Let's 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.120 start with Clay Johnston. I don't ever remember seeing a 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.120 guy have twenty tackles in a preseason game. Do you 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:52.560 sixteen unassisted? That's unbelievable. And he's exhausted, there's no question 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.080 about it. I mean, he played, He's a warrior man. 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.160 He played his heart out, there's no question about it. 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:02.560 He'll sleep good tonight and he'll sleep good tomorrow. You know. 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:08.480 That's what That's what professional football players are made of. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.280 That's what they're supposed to do. That's why he's going 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.080 to be playing in the National Football League for a while. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.160 I mean, not only does he have talent, but he 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:20.120 has the mindset and the desire to maximize that talent. 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.120 And I took my cap to him. That was not 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.760 an easy thing. He did tonight binding stretch of the imagination, 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.120 Giants moved the ball in the fourth quarter and that 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.160 allowed them to win the game. I thought the Bengals 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.560 pass rush was kind of absent during that stretch and 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.480 that gave Devis Davis Webb the time he needed to 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.760 scan the field and make plays. Yeah, I agree, and 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:43.479 I do think that the every Giant's quarterback had had mobility, 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:47.000 you know, and an ability to get out of pocket 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.520 and escape the pocket extend created plays. I mean, that's 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.480 an athletic group. There's there's no question about it. Bottom 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.960 line is that the Bengals missed opportunities early in the 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.680 football game. I mean they put themselves, you know, behind 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.240 the eight ball with the great field position that they had, 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.080 just didn't didn't take advantage of things in the early 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.399 stages of third down conversions. It was like, I remember 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.240 one for ten at one point. The only third down 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.560 that they converted as a touchdown run by Williams. So 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.000 they really struggled in that area staying on the field, 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:19.640 and they found themselves in too many third and eight, nine, ten, twelve, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.399 fourteen type situations, and that was that Those are tough conversions. 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:27.400 I don't think defensive coordinator coordinator Don winked Martindale blitz 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:31.080 twenty one times like he did last week against the Patriots, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.760 but that's always part of what he does. How'd you 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.280 think the offensive line handled that tonight? Yeah? I thought 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.399 I thought at times it was it was it was okay, 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.600 And I agree, I don't think he went nuts in 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.280 terms of the blitz. I mean they did run when 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.240 he did blitz. They did run quite had been a 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.159 man coverage. Will be interesting to evaluate the tape and 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.040 see how the receivers um, you know, got separation and 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.320 beat man coverage, how the backs picked up blitz pick 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.600 up responsibilities and all the things that go along with it, 0:17:56.720 --> 0:18:00.159 how the quarterbacks handled the pressure. But he probably ran 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:01.800 a little bit more zone than I thought he might. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.359 You know, I thought he didn't. He didn't bliss quite 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.560 as much as uh as I anticipated, and uh and 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.040 he mixed it up a little bit. Um. Yeah, so 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:15.960 credit credit to Wink. How about Dax Hill played a half? 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:21.480 I believe interception six tackles the interception with spectacular He 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:23.240 is certainly a guy that's living up to the first 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.880 round hype. There's no question. I mean, he's a he's 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.159 a playmaker. I mean, he he gets football, he sees it, 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:33.040 he understands it. You know, he's a I think he's 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.040 going to be a guy that is going to be 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.040 a defensive leader for sure. Guy's going to look to 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.680 him to make plays. He's gonna he's gonna change the 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.240 complexion of games. He can do a lot of things, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.399 very versatile. They can use them in so many ways. 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.000 I mean, that's a heck of a tool for Loui 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.120 er Room of having his tool belt. There's no doubt. 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.200 I know he spoke with Zach Taylor after the game. 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:57.399 Anything stand out from that conversation, he was pretty disappointed. Um, 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:00.960 you know, the only good news that that came out 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.879 of it. There's no real significant injury to speak of 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.000 in that regardless, all there's always going to be bumps 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.560 and bruises that you know, you don't even realize until 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:10.639 the next morning when you wake up from something like that. 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:14.080 I'm not sure that Clay Johnson is gonna Johnson's gonna realize. 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.040 I think if he's he's just he's totally fatigued and 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:19.800 exhausted or injured or both. He's gonna have to rust 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:21.760 that body though a little bit, and there's gonna be 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:23.400 quite a few guys. A lot of guys took took 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:25.520 a bunch of snaps tonight. The left side of the 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:29.760 offensive line took every every offensive snap there was out there. So, um, 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.760 a lot of guys are gonna sleep well. I'm sure 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.159 on a plane ride home they're going to be sleeping well. 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:36.959 He said in the pregame show, you wanted Cordell Volsen 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.320 to go the distance at left guard, that's the way 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.280 they elected to go. Yeah, so they and they kept 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.760 him working with the same guy identity, and you know, 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:48.040 he worked with Hill at center, and you know, so 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:50.600 he got some reps that he could feel comfortable with 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.880 guys on on either side of him a little bit. 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.199 And uh, you know, I talked to him after the 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.040 game too, and it's you know, it's awful early to 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:00.679 try to make an evaluation on how you played. But 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.639 he was very thankful of the opportunity to play against uh, 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:07.439 you know, the caliber player that the New York Giants 0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:10.080 have in that first defensive unit. You know, so that's 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.560 a that's a good experience, that's a learning experience for him, 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:14.480 for sure. Do you look at it as a positive 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.080 that the Bengals did not play starters. The Giants did 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.560 for at least a quarter and at the end of 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:23.480 that quarter, the Bengals had the lead. Yeah, they did. 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.680