WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Feels Like The First Time 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.600 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:12.200 the Bengals Booth podcast. The feels like the first time 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:15.600 addition as we take an in depth look at the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.320 bengals first ever win, albeit in a game that doesn't count, 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:23.080 under new head coach Zach Taylor. Coming up, you'll hear 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:26.680 radio replays from the game, locker room comments from players 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.639 and coaches, and Dave Lapp them will join me for 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:34.240 postgame analysis, plus in this week's fun Facts conversation. It's 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.960 one of the greatest and most popular Bengals of all time, 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.960 wide receiver Chad Johnson. All of that is straight ahead, 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.199 but first, here's a quick reminder that you can have 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.239 the latest edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:53.200 or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:59.360 or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention since blackout curtains. 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.640 I have something in common with Dracula. I have a 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.440 hard time sleeping if there's light in the room. It 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.320 could be a bright alarm clock or a street lamp 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:13.080 position just so outside the window. But I like a 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.480 room that's as dark as the bottom of a well. 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.320 So when I get home really late from a road 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.120 trip with the intention of sleeping in, only to be 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:27.399 foiled by sunlight streaming into my bedroom. It's time to 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:32.840 purchase blackout curtains. Now, let's get to football. The start 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.480 of Thursday's game in Washington was like a three Stooges comedy. 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:40.040 There were seven penalties called on the first seven plays. 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:44.720 It was uglier than my ninth grade class photo, which 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:48.000 I will not be sharing on a throwback Thursday. But 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.960 it looked like the flagfest was going to help the Bengals. 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:56.000 Two fifteen yard penalties on the man who jumps over 0:01:56.080 --> 0:02:00.280 bulls Josh Norman look it up, gave the Bengal the 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.040 ball in the red zone. But it was the Red 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:07.000 Skins that scored. From the eleven. Dalton's back to throw 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.880 his pass batted at the line of scrimmage and intercepted 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.640 at the five yard line. Running it back down the 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:17.160 near sideline and headed toward the house is Monte Nicholson. 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:22.880 He's going to score a pick six that goes ninety 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:27.600 six yards. Wow. Dustin Hopkins missed the extra point and 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.720 later missed a fifty yard field goal. At the end 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.200 of the first quarter, it was six nothing Washington. After 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.880 Andy Dalton was in for the first three drives, rookie 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.040 Ryan Finley took over at quarterback and promptly drove the 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.400 Bengals right down the field. He went eight for eight 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:47.960 on a twelve play ninety three yard touchdown drive. Audent 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.320 Tate and Drew Sample out to the left. Wouldn't be 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.280 surprised to see the Bengals trying to get it to 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.280 Auden Tate in the red zone from the five yard line. 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.520 Cuddly throws for Sample, makes the catch and takes it 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:02.480 into the end zone for his first NFL touched out. 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:07.760 Beat Craig Reynolds a little bunch formation and the Washington Redskins. 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.959 As the bunch formation unfolded, they forgot all about Sample. 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:16.040 Drew Sample struggled in his preseason debut last week, but 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.760 found the end zone in week two. You know, it 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.359 was just surreal. You know, it's kind of just a 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.880 you know, they called the playing a huddle, and you know, 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:24.520 I know there was a chance that was coming to me. 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.320 So you know, just ran my rout Ryan through a 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.840 perfect ball and in the end zone and it was 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.240 just everything you know that I hoped it would be. 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.040 And then you know it was over just like that 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.760 back on the sideline back in the game. So, um, no, 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.320 it was. It was. It was awesome. Um it was 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.560 exciting to kind of get the first one. Um, but no, 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.440 it was. It was really fun. We're talking to Drew Sample, 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.520 a couple of tight ends we're out tonight and concussion protocol. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.200 Tyler Reifer was out there for one snap, So you 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.000 were one of the tight ends that got a ton 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.600 of reps tonight. In your position as a rookie trying 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.920 to adjust to the NFL, is that a good thing? Definitely? 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.839 You know, you know, being able to I mean play 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.240 every special team's play on offense as much as they can. 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.200 You know, it's definitely just you know, getting used to it, 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.920 getting used to, you know, different plays, just the rhythm 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:12.200 of the game. I think it was. I think it's 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.560 definitely in viable and I was glad I was able 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.440 to do it because you know, I need as many 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.120 you know, reps I can get, So I think it 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.919 was good. Brandy Bullocks extra point was wide right and 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:24.200 the game was tied at six. In the second quarter, 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.800 the Redskins turned to their rookie quarterback to Wayne Haskins 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:32.159 who threw fifty touchdown passes last year at Ohio State. 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.880 Wayne Haskins, the fifteenth pick in the draft, waits for 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.640 a shotgun snap. He has the ball looking left cos 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.880 the arm throws it deep. It is caught at the 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.919 Bengals fifteen yard line. It's going to be a fifty 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:49.280 five yard touchdown to Robert Davis. He had a forty 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:53.239 five yard touchdown catch last week against the Cleveland Browns. 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.600 He's got a fifty five yarder against the Cincinnati Bengal. 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:01.000 Haskins long TD pass Gabe Washington a thirteen SA halftime lead, 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.239 but in the second half, the Bengals sacked him three 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.640 times third down and eight for the red Skins. They're 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:08.880 at their own twenty two yard line, leading by seven. 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.600 High shotgun snap caught by Hasket. He gets hit front 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:15.280 behind by Willis. The ball rolls forward. The Bengals scoop 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.680 it up As we wait to find out if it's 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:22.119 a fumble or an incompletion. The Bengals are celebrating. Carrie 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.360 Wins sprinting towards the sideline to scoop it up at 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:29.679 the twenty five yard line. Cincinnati capitalized on the takeaway. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.640 Ryan Finley catches a shotgun, snap fires a slant, It 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.760 is caught for a touchdown by Auden Tate that tied 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.880 the game at thirteen. Here's Auden Tate on his touchdown. 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.520 Just getting this side of defending, you know, just playing 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.159 your body between him and the ball and just making 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.920 a kitch, you know, like I said, just trusted a quarterback, 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.039 you know, giving me the opportunity and just making it. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.520 Is that a special moment getting it in the ends 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.960 on here? Oh yeah, definitely. You know I ain't scores 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.200 last year, preseason, first game, so you know, it's definitely 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.479 feel good to get back into. Definitely. Finley finished twenty 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.720 for twenty six for one hundred and fifty yards, two touchdowns, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.440 no picks, and a passer rating of one fifteen point nine. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.120 I felt really good. I thought, um, we just moved 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.320 the ball really well on some of the drives that 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.040 I got to be in there, and I thought we 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.679 were really balanced, and I thought Jordan ran the ball great, 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.080 and guys just made Guys just made plays. I thought. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.840 I thought Drew Sample had some awesome catches. It was 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:27.240 fun to get him his first touchdown. And then Tate 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.080 just a big body play in the ends on two, 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.360 so um, it was fun. In two preseason games, Finley 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.800 has completed seventy five percent of his throws, tossed three 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.960 touchdown passes, and has a passer rating of one h 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.200 two point four. Here's Alex ericson now. He's got a 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.800 lot of poise. He's a gamer, and he's got that 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:48.599 savvness about him. He's got that that calm, you know, 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.359 collective way about him. And it showed tonight and he 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.640 went out there and he commanded the huddle, he commanded 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.240 the drives, and we were able to drive it down 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.719 the field and score some points with him at the helm. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:03.200 So it's always good to see that, just especially a 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.760 young guy coming in and it's hard, man, it's hard. 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:07.520 It's hard to do that. And he's done a heck 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.520 of a job and it's been fun watch him grow 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.280 and develop and it's you know, it's only gonna get better. 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:15.679 With a score tide at thirteen in the fourth quarter, 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.200 the Bengals blew a chance to take the lead when 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:21.680 rookie kicker Tristan Viscano missed a forty six yard field 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:25.360 goal try, but he got a chance to redeem himself 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.600 the next time, the Bengals got the ball, so Tristan 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.960 Biscano attempting a fifty seven yard field goal in hopes 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.520 of giving the Bengals a fourth quarter lead with eight 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.480 minutes in fourteen seconds to go. Kevin Huber right me 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.400 on the ground, waits for the snap, stands the right hand, 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:45.280 puts the ball down. Biscano's kick. It has the distance 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:51.440 and it is good. Tristan Biscano from fifty seven yards 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.400 away gives the Bengals a three point lead with eight 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:59.600 minutes and nine seconds left. Did you know you would 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:04.360 be given opportunity from that range? I hoped I would, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.680 you know, after I missed the one before. I wasn't 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:08.560 sure if they were, you know, gonna have the confidence 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.680 in me to send me back out there. But I 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.920 definitely wanted the opportunity, and you know, I'm thankful that 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:15.920 they gave me a shot and let me, let me 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:20.160 go swinging and put it up. So, yeah, Dritan Viscaino 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.720 is our guest. According to your bio, your longest in 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:28.040 college was forty four. Was that accurate? I don't know, 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.160 maybe forty four somewhere around there. Yeah, what's the longest 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:36.480 one you've made in practice and in practice here practice anywhere. Um, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.360 it's hit a seventy yard or before. But I mean 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:44.920 one time anywhere in that range sixty to seventy hit 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.240 somewhere at some point in time. Well go back to 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.120 the one you missed that forty six yard or you 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.040 had plenty of distance but pushed it a little bit 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.240 to the right. As you come off the field after that, 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.439 are you thinking, man, I just hope I get another shot. Uh? Yeah, absolutely, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.960 Um just wanted a little redemption and I was hoping 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.240 that I get an opportunity and I did so. Yeah, 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.520 I worked out, but yeah, I just just wanted another chance. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.079 Leading sixteen thirteen, the Bengals defense forced to three and 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.480 out to get the ball right back and Alex Ericsson 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.320 put the game away. Here comes the punt from tress Way. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.480 He's punted a lot, very very high. Ericson will try 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.280 to return from the twenty five yard line, hearing towards 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.800 the near sideline. At the thirty thirty five forty to 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:31.040 the fifty, the Redskins territory breaks it. Town goes no 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:35.559 flags on the field as Alex Ericson goes seventy five 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:41.040 yards for a punt return touchdown. Unbelievable. Describe what you 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.040 saw after catching that ball. Well, he was booming him 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.760 all night, so I knew I was gonna get a chance, 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.280 and we had a good play called on and I 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.800 was able to get around the corner and guys obviously 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:53.720 set up a great wall. I was able to cut 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.800 back and get to the house. You had win in 0:09:56.840 --> 0:10:01.280 your first NFL preseason game, come close since, but have 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.480 not taken one to the house since. Yeah, it's a 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.280 good feeling, I'm sure. Yeah, it just just show us 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:10.120 all hard at us, you know, UM, just never take 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.920 for granted. I guess, no matter if it's in the 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:17.040 first quarter of week whatever, the fourth quarter of preseason 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.000 game two, I guess it's all it's all the same. 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:20.320 If you're gonna be out there, you might as well 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:22.480 give it your all and uh make a play. And 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:24.240 we're able to do that and it end up being 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.160 a big play in the game. Obviously where we're at 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.880 and um, I know it's just a preseason, but we're 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.800 trying to win every single game. We're trying to we're 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.560 trying to build a winning culture here, and UM, the 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:35.040 only way to do that is by winning games, So 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.600 it was good to get the w tonight, and um, 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.160 you know, sometimes it's all the phases and social teams 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.960 showed up big, big tonight, and um it helped us 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.440 win the win the game. The final score Cincinnati twenty three, 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:53.520 Washington thirteen. Dave Lapham spoke to Zach Taylor shortly after 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:57.320 his first unofficial win as a head coach. Did you 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.280 feel like there was stride? There was strides made from 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:02.440 game one to game two. I know you wanted to 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:07.480 see if guys could basically work through adjustments after week 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.319 one and show those coaching adjustments in week two. Did 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.680 you feel like that occurred for the most part, especially 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.600 on defense. You know, they held him to seven points. 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.360 It was a big third down play where they got 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.839 a big play on us, but otherwise they scored on 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:20.640 the pick six, and so I thought a defense really 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.280 stepped up and it was physical and they tended to 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.800 details better. Special teams did a good job, you know, 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:26.320 I think they affected the way a game in a 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.439 positive way. We just got to start faster on offense, 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.520 but I was proud of the way that the unit 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.720 responded in the second half. Were down, We're down seven 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.559 points when we came back and shut him out and 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:38.000 got a lot of points on the board. That's how 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.240 we want to finish. Ryan Finley ten for ten to 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.000 start the first nine for nine tonight before he had 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.240 an incompletion. He seems to have that innate feel, you know, 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.120 in the pocket, win to move and how to move, 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.120 and some guys have it, some guys don't. It's just 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.000 a knack, isn't it. Yeah. I think he's starting to 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:53.559 hit his groove a little bit. You know, he feels 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.920 confidence in the offense and things are slowing down for him, 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.719 and he's he was playing well in the games. That's 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.160 for quarterback, that supported for any position. But you know 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.000 he's played with all the conference right now. That's good 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.840 to see. What about Michael Jordan. I know you obviously 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.520 weren't watching Michael Jordan, but he seemed to have quit 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.400 himself pretty well. I mean, it doesn't seem too big 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.280 for him out there, No, it doesn't. You know, he's 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.800 played at a big school, playing some big games. It 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:20.120 has not been too big for him yet. The consistencies 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.400 improving from week to week, and so be in stod 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:25.120 to watch the tape and see how those guys played 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.920 as a whole true sample and Pratt both I thought, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.720 big jump from week one to week two shouldn't be surprising. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.079 You know, the first one, you're kind of getting the 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.320 jitters out a little bit. You get winded very quickly 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.720 because you're nervous and things are coming fast at you. 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.719 So they get a chance to rebound this week, and 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.440 I thought both of them stepped up from what I saw. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.320 Here are some final numbers. The Bengals out gained the 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:47.640 Redskins three thirty five to two twelve, had nineteen first 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:51.320 downs to only eight for Washington, and controlled the clock 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.760 for thirty six and a half minutes. Time for some 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:58.240 postgame analysis from lap and we begin with the two 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:02.079 special teams plays in the fourth quarter that gave Cincinnati 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.120 the win. Both of them are special special teams play 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.640 as special teams wasn't very special last week. This week, 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.679 they didn't start off well, miss some kicks as did 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.120 the Redskins, but when the game was on the line, 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.679 a cameo drilled one fifty seven. I mean, anytime you 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.520 hit fifty seven, I don't care what level of football, preseason, 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:23.840 regular season, postseason, high school, peewee, I mean that's that's special. 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.000 Then Alex Erickson is just a gamer. I mean he 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.080 makes plays and need to be made to win football games. 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.400 That's that's what he's all about. I thought special teams 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.880 in defense really with the big story of the night. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.000 Going into the game, Alex Rickson was going to handle 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.960 some punt returns. Darius Phillips is originally set to handle 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.680 the rest. Darius Phillips suffered an injury, so Alex Errickson 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.720 handled them all and he did not play it safe 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:52.400 lap He kept returning punt after punt he did. I mean, 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.080 he's that's just the way. That's just the way he is. 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.760 I mean, once he gets into game, those competitive juices 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.640 start flowing and he wants to do everything he can 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.280 to help his football team, you know, win a football game. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:07.280 And I think Darren Simmons is probably in a way 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.320 happy because he gets to evaluate a lot of young 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.720 guys in their ability to block and understand the concepts 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.360 of what he's trying to do with blocking patterns on 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.280 special teams. But certainly didn't want to get alex Ericson 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.320 nicked up, that's for sure. Alex Rickson said he thought 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.520 it was important to win. That's why he kept returning 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.080 those points. He wanted to give Zach Taylor victory as 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.520 an NFL head coach, and although it doesn't go in 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.560 the record books, he does get a win in his 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:33.160 second preseason game. Let's talk about the defense. They held 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:37.600 the Redskins to eight first downs. They were strong. I mean, 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.040 I thought that, you know, the defense or front even 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:43.400 without some of the frontline players, put consistent pressure on 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.480 the quarterback. I thought linebackers stepped up. I thought Pratt 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.800 played a lot better than he played in the first 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.200 preseason game. I thought sample, did you know offensively as well? 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.000 And I thought Finley, you know, put together back to 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.040 back week so you know, the rookies and they're all 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.960 stepping up and showing that they belong the league. Overall, Dan, 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:02.880 I mean, the Bengals dominated the game. They had a 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.680 more than thirteen minute time of possession advantage and more 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.920 than twenty two snap advantage. But again, you know, there 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.280 were some issues with penalties and turnovers and things of 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.080 that nature that need to be cleaned up. But I 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.040 thought it was a step forward from week one to 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.600 week two, but still miles to go before they rest. 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.880 And I just wish the officials to keep their flags 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.440 in their pockets for a while. Let's follow up on 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.160 Ryan Finley twenty for twenty six, one hundred and fifty yards, 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.360 two touchdowns, no picks, a passer rating of one fifteen 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.920 point nine, and when you talk to his teammates, the 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:39.920 thing that everybody starts with is his composure is calm. 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.800 Typically not what you expect out of a rookie in 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.240 his second preseason game. Yeah, I mean I thought we 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:49.080 talked about, you know, during training camp, balanced between being 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.120 too cool for school and being have a little sense 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.440 or urgency. Let's pick the temple up. I think he's 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.160 found that balance and I think that you know he is. 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:58.840 He nothing flusters him. He doesn't get rattled. The thing 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.520 I like about him too, he seems to have that 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:02.600 sixth sense in the pocket, the eyes and the back 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.560 of the head just just knows when to sidesteps, step up. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.440 I mean, some guys have a knack, some guys don't. 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.440 He seems to have a knack for that. And uh, 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.320 you know, he's not a stiff getting out of pocket. 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.080 I mean he showed at the end of the half 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.160 when he spun out and lots some more time than 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.400 zig zag back across the football field, and he's got 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.480 a little dipsy due to him as well. So I 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.920 thought he played well. I thought Drisco played well too. 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.360 I mean, Driscoll showed his speed on that thirteen yard 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.560 run knife from between a couple of guys. He threw 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.800 a great deep ball that didn't work out, but it 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.880 wasn't because of his you know, his lack of effort. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.480 I mean, they're very fortunate. There's there's some competitions going 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:38.680 on that are pretty stout a wide receiver position. Damian 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.680 Willis had his best game out of two. He had 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.400 a touchdown catch negated by offensive pass interference, and Autumn 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.840 Tate got into the end zone for the first time 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:51.080 since his very first preseason game last year. Yeah, and 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.840 these these young receivers, you know, it's been talked about 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.680 all training camp with AJ Green and John Ross out. 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:58.840 All these young guys are going to get a lot 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.600 of opportunity. And the thing is they're all of the 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.760 mentality that they love football, they want to get better, 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:08.399 they want to be coached, and they're improving, you know, 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.359 and the wide receiver room. I know Bob mcnell in 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.840 conversation with him, he loves it. He loves everybody's attitude. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.600 Everybody's pulling for each other, everybody's getting each other better, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.120 and there's going to be some decisions to be made 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.479 there too. I mean, there's some good competitions going on. 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:25.760 And then when Aj Green and John Ross come back, man, 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:27.639 they're gonna be, you know, that much better for it. 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.240 Up next, the first preseason home game coming up next 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:36.119 Thursday night against the New York Giants. Now time for 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.840 this week's fun Facts segment, and we're dipping into the 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.960 archives for a conversation with one of the bengals all 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:46.159 time best and most popular players. Back when I was 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:48.840 a sports anchor at Fox nineteen, I hosted a segment 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.400 every Sunday night during the football season called Chad's Corner 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.480 with the one and only Chad Johnson. We started doing 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.320 it before his career really took off and didn't pay 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.639 him all that much. Once he became a superstar, his 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:06.680 agent demanded a much higher fee that the station couldn't afford, 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.080 but Chad said, nope, these guys were with me from 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.160 the beginning and I'll keep doing it for the same amount. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.680 I loved watching him play and always enjoyed our conversations, 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.159 including this one on the sideline of Paul Brown Stadium 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.840 back in two fifteen. Time for some fun facts with 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.160 an old friend. The Bengals all time leader in receptions, 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:34.240 receiving yards, and touchdown catches number eighty five, Chad Johnson. Chad, 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.399 when you came back to town, the first thing you 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:39.560 tweeted out was it's good to be home. Do you 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:42.600 feel that way about Cincinnati? Yeah? Most definitely, always have. 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:47.000 You know, anytime you when they mean they welcome with 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.639 open arms, and that's really all I know. Cincinnati is 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.880 all I knew besides my birthplace, so I considered it home. 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:56.960 Do you think you made Cincinnati cool at the height 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:01.480 of your fame. I made it okay to be a fan. 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:03.800 I made it okay to where your Bengal stuff outside 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.480 of the city of Cincinnati, you know, at a time 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.879 when it was really bad. You know, I would like 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.760 to think I've read life back into the city. You know. 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:14.280 I don't think I helped get us to where we 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.040 are now, but I just made the game fun. I 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.320 made it okay to pay your money and sit out 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:22.879 here at one o'clock every Sunday and just make it 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.880 fun again. We're doing fun facts with Chad Johnson. This 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.720 is the tenth anniversary of the two thousand and five team, 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:32.439 one of the most entertaining teams, certainly in Bengals history, 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:34.960 if not NFL history. And that was the year of 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:38.080 the Checklist. It was the year of the end Zone celebrations. 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:42.040 When I say, oh, five to eighty five, what comes 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:47.760 to mind, Fun, consistency, entertainment. I was all of those 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:50.760 wrapped in one weekend and week out. One of the 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.119 most fun things that I've ever had the opportunity to 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:56.280 do us a broadcaster was host Chad's Corner back when 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:58.320 I was working for Fox nineteen and you were playing 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.000 with the Bengals, because I felt like I was on 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:04.560 the ground floor just as it started to take off 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:09.399 as your stardom started to grow. Back then, did you 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:14.119 worry about other guys being jealous of it? No, there 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.679 would be no reason too, because I was mean my 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:19.159 personality I was. I was a loving person mode and 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:22.000 was there to be jealous of. You know, I'm approachable. 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:26.119 I'm one who can communicate with everybody, someone can relate 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:27.840 to everybody to regardless of what leve are you on 0:20:27.920 --> 0:20:30.960