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We talk about elite quarterbacks in the NFL. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:23.000 Sometimes we forget to include Joe Burrow. Well, those days 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.720 are done. Patrick Mahomes is wonderful, Josh Allen has been great, 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.880 but Joe Burrow belongs in that conversation. And if you're 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:36.560 looking at top three quarterbacks, maybe top two, it's Patrick 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.920 Mahomes and Joe Burrow. They get to cross paths coming 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.240 up next weekend. And when you go back to what 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.280 Joe Burrow has done his last three healthy seasons. He 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.680 had the knee surgery when he got to the Bengals, 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.880 but his last year at LSU, that's one of the 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:54.400 greatest seasons a college quarterback has ever turned in. Then 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.360 he goes to the Bengals and what he's done the 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.400 last two years. He went to the Super Bowl last 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.920 year and was a sack away from maybe completing a 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.640 pass to Jamar Chase and they would have won the 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:09.520 Super Bowl. And here he is again on the road, 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.400 goes to Buffalo. Now he goes to Kansas City. They've 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:17.079 beaten Patrick Mahomes and now you get your opportunity again. 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.440 And you know this wasn't one of those well team 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:25.480 effort Joe Burrow. It started with Joe Burrow set the 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.480 tone as fourteen nothing quickly, and we thought maybe it's 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.280 going to be a shootout. But give credit to a 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.800 balance Cincinnati team. You have Jamar Chase and Te Higgins, 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.840 Joe Mixon, good running. I was worried about the offensive line, 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.800 said that going in that you're missing three starters on 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.120 the offensive line, and I thought that could be the 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:49.839 difference here. He was sacked one time, but a lot 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.760 of it it is of what he does when he 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.640 moves the pocket. He's very very quick at getting the 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.440 ball out. He did what he needed to do. Can 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.200 he do that against Kansas City Wall He's gonna have to. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.480 It won't be as easy because Buffalo. Buffalo is not 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.120 the better team. Uh, Cincinnati proved that that wasn't a fluke. 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.120 Cincinnati was by far better team there. But Joe Burrow, 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.520 what you see, I mean, you love his confidence. I 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.000 go back to the interview I did at the Miami 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.040 Super Bowl when he joined us on set, and I said, 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.520 you know, where's the confidence come from? And he goes 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:28.240 being prepared I mean, that's the smart answer. If you 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:32.680 are prepared, you should be confident, you know, cocky. Here's 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:38.360 Joe Burrow after the winning Buffalo so I felt it 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.840 feels like football and disturb I guess in January now 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:52.920 almost February, that was fine drive second he win. You guys, 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:57.200 you were so on so well. Snow. Snow doesn't effect 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.400 ball too much. Gets a little wet every now and then, 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.280 but it's not like or wind or anything like that. 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:06.440 So we're confident just about any whether there is. You 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.440 just get the feeling that this is just another homework assignment, 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.960 no big deal. You go to Buffalo play in the snow. 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:15.720 You feel like you should have been hosting that game. 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.599 Demarrow Hamlin is in the building. You feel like all 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:22.120 the emotion, the sentiment is on their side. The story 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.640 is not the Bengals, it's the Buffalo Bills. From the beginning, 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:27.320 they were the team going to win the Super Bowl. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.719 Bengals start out oh and two. Offensive line doesn't look good, 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.640 even though they concentrated on making the offensive line better. 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.719 Nobody had the Bengals going back to the Super Bowl, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.719 and here they are on the doorstep of going back 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.480 to the Super Bowl. You've got Patrick Mahomes with the 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.800 high ankle spring, and that is a big deal because 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.720 he did come back in. But you know, as you 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:56.039 move forward the next couple of days, That's what I'm 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.320 curious about, because this is something that stays with you. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.480 It can act actually get worse when you play in 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:06.640 the moment before the swelling adrenaline takes over, get it 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.000 shot up, all of those things. You can play in 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.640 the moment, but anybody who's had a high ankle spring 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.080 will tell you it's sometimes after the fact where it 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.560 gets worse. And I don't know what kind of condition 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.760 he'll be in by next Sunday, but the Bengals will 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.880 definitely be testing Patrick Mahomes. But if you said Mahomes 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.200 has to be a pocket passer, he's still a great 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:30.239 pocket passers. He has an ability to extend a play, 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.960 use his legs like Burrow does. You know, they're not 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.440 known as runners, but they can and they can extend 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.400 to play, and that makes Mahomes so much more valuable. 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.440 And then you have the Cowboys who had a chance. 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.960 They had a chance and it was a slugfest. They 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.039 had a chance to go up. They lose Pollard which 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:55.080 was a huge loss. Dak Prescott did not look good 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.280 through two picks. Should have thrown a pick six at 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.360 the end of the game there as well. And here's 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:06.240 Jerry Jones back where he started. You would know how 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.600 proud I am of these guys in here. That's a 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:17.400 good team and we frankly turnovers, do settles of scores 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:22.600 with games like that, And I'm so disappointed for our fans. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:28.320 And we've got a locker room full of sick players 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:32.320 and coaches to go along with literally one hundred thousand 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:36.240 of Cowboy fans I don't know that are sick. Wow. 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.159 You can hear it in his voice that he is 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:43.479 so desperate for this. And he's eighty years of age. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:47.919 It's been thirty years since they've done something. And he 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.159 thought he had his team, he had his defense. You 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:53.640 paid Dak all that money, got one great running back, 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.239 you got another good running back, Cede Lamb. You're facing 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:01.599 a third string quarterback there, but on the road, and 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:06.080 the Niners did what they needed to do. It wasn't pretty, 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.360 but that defense did a great job on Dak Prescott. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.320 And as you move forward with the Cowboys, Jerry Jones says, 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:18.680 Mike McCarthy's safe, okay, and he's been loyal to his coaches, 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.200 sometimes to a fault. But watching that with you know, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.600 the Cowboys, they had their opportunities there because the Niners 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.480 didn't play great. Rock Purtty didn't play great, but Dallas 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.400 couldn't come up with a big play when they needed to. 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.320 All Right, we'll get to phone calls best and worst 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.280 of the weekend. Got a pull question there, Seaton, you're 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.600 gonna unveil. Yeah, Yeah, this is something we like to 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:43.960 do on Mondays, but we're gonna do it. Dude, pull question, dud, Dude. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.600 Dak Prescott's game versus the forty nine ers, you were 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:51.160 just talking about him, Dude. We'll hopp him. Yeah, we'll 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.160 hop him. The Niners, by the way, two and a 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:59.120 half point underdogs against the Eagles, the Bengals, they're getting one, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.480 getting one point against the Chiefs pretty good. Started his 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:07.320 three betted down to one. Who else is on the poll? Giants? 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:12.440 They know showed that's unfortunate. Yeah, I kind of feel 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.560 like I got duped. Yeah you know what I mean, 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:16.720 Like I kind of like, damn it, I fell for it. Yeah. 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.679 I really thought Danny Dimes was gonna show up, and yeah, 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.160 why did I believe that counterfeit? Dang? Yeah. Now I'm 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.560 I'm watching and I'm going, okay, this, this is gonna 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:31.160 be interesting. And I thought, okay, I mean they played 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.600 him twice, they know who they are there, there's momentum here, 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.280 they can run the ball. Danny Dimes gonna go out 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.640 in space. The line will put some pressure there, and 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.280 then all of a sudden it was like that's over. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.840 That didn't take long. Who else is on their seaton? Uh? Well, 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.679 let's see the Bills didn't show up at home. Really, 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.640 that was unfortunate end to that story. You're Super Bowl favorites. 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.920 They gifted you a home game. Here is josh Alan 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.440 and after the loss, he played a win. Our goals 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.280 to a Super Bowl World championship, and we didn't accomplish that. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.240 So everything that happened the season is kind of non 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.400 void in our minds, and it sucks. He was choppy 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.400 last week against the Dolphins, but we'd sort of brushed 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.880 that aside because they got the win. He did not 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:22.600 look good at all yesterday in comparison with the Joe Burrow. 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.319 What else I'm not trying to pick on the Cowboys, 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.760 but it's possible we have to add another option there 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:34.480 because that formation at the end of the game was hilarious. Okay, 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.280 I didn't know what happened. I see Zeke Elliott and 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.560 I go, wait, he's going to be the center, he's 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:45.360 the long snapper. And then the Niners whoever took a 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.720 run at him and just blew him up. And I went, well, 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.960 you know that when they practiced that whoever was on 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.400 the other side on the Dallas defense didn't blow up 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.040 his teammate. All of a sudden, Zeke snaps the ball 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.920 and boom tru he exploded right in front of us. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.560 And then they completed the past Jimmy Ward, you know, 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.080 blew him up. And then that was the ball game. 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.640 So the last two years, your season comes down to 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.199 a final play. They don't get the playoff last year, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.400 and then they get this playoff. I would have preferred 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.960 they didn't get that playoff, as bad as it was. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.800 What the heck was that, And especially because they came 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:27.760 out in that formation and the forty nine ers call 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:29.160 a time out and they're like, hold up, let's just 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.080 look at this real quick. Yeah, And then they came 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.319 back out and the gosh was that. You're like, whoa, 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.160 what's gonna happen? This is like exotic? What are they 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:40.960 gonna do? Oh it turns out nothing. It's hilarious. Oh 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.960 my god, what a way to end the game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.080 that was funny. And then I think Mike McCarthy said, 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.840 we didn't run the play we were supposed to. I 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.640 don't know what the play was, but it had to 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:55.320 be a variation of what they ran. If Zeke is 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.440 gonna be your long snap, so they were gonna Zeke 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.240 was gonna snap it, then they were gonna throw it 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:03.200 to Zeke, and then Zeke was gonna do laterals or something. Yeah, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.120 Paul so Greg Olsen explained it real well. Zeke was 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.520 an eligible to run down field. He couldn't catch the pass, 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.840 but he would be eligible catch though hitches. Oh so 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.400 he would have been another threatening player on the field 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.800 instead of a center. M didn't work out that, we 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.480 know it did not anybody else on that list, seedon 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.080 on the negative ones. No, I mean, we could add 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:28.600 anybody that you'd like, but that's what we've got so far. Dude, Yeah, dude, dude. Um, 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.200 if we were doing a positive dude pole question though 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.640 Nick Bosa man, that dude is no joke. I would 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.640 love to know how many false start penalties he's caused 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.760 this season, because it seems like ever the start of 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.280 every single game, whoever that like left tackle is or 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.600 whoever's lined up against him, jumps early every single time. 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:51.200 And you try to simulate something like that, it's always 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.439 when you're when you're getting ready to face an opponent. 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.480 You'd be like, all right, you're gonna be that guy 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.400 and then we're gonna, you know, simulate how quick. Well, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:03.240 the only guy who can have that speed it is 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.760 probably Michael Parsons. So Micah Parsons would have to be 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:13.360 Joey Bosa in practice, and I mean or Nick Bosa. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.640 Get those guys mixed up. Yes, Michael Parsons got a rush, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.240 and I think it's Mike McGlinchey, the tackle for THEE. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.160 Now McGlinchey got the win and then nice day, but 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.959 he kind of got under his armpit and lifted him sideways. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.160 And there's this picture it looks like he's picking him 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.120 up and like delivering a package. You know, it just 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.920 doesn't look good. Last time I saw that was Reggie 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.120 White I think that was in the Super Bowl against 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:39.520 the Patriots. He lifted somebody up or truck them. But 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:44.360 the Cowboys disappointment, Bill's disappointment. If I'm a Jags fan, 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.040 I feel pretty good today. You know, you went toe 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:51.400 to toe. You know you've got a lot of momentum 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.880 going into next season, and this is what it comes 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.120 down to. You gotta have the coach and you gotta 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.560 have the quarterback. Well, they had the quarterback, they didn't 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.800 have the coach. And Doug Peterson did a wonderful job 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.280 with that team this year, you know, cleaning up the 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.920 mess what was left behind with urban Meyer and then 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.600 getting Trevor Lawrence to play like a number one overall 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.800 pick should play. And I thought that that was that 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.439 was a one of those moments that it could have 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.280 gotten out of hand. Like you didn't. I didn't want 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.559 the Jags to get blown out because they had been 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.199 a really good story and then all of a sudden 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.480 you realize that they're not going away. Mahomes gets hurt. 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:30.000 Who knew Chad Henny was still in the NFL? He 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.160 came in ninety eight yard drive And it always helps 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.440 when you go okay, if I get in trouble. Who 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:40.480 can I throw Travis Kelsey? Travis Kelsey, I think the 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.400 Jags had one of the worst defenses against tight ends 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:48.160 this year, and boy, they proved that stat was correct. 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:53.600 He had fourteen catches and you know he's getting it. Yeah, yeah, 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.559 Like there're certain guys where they're open and you go, okay, 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.480 it feels like we're still surprised. Travis Kelsey is so open. 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.880 It's like, man, who's covering it? Well, nobody is, but 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.880 he looked great, you know, and that's such a weapon 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:12.480 to have. All Right, we'll get to your phone calls 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.840 and we'll check in with the Bengals coming on. Also 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.400 a little bit later. Ross Tucker worked double duty. I 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.080 think he worked the Buffalo Bills game and he worked 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.040 the Eagles game. So we'll talk to Ross Tucker, A 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.240 good buddy coming up. Eight seven seven, three d P 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.360 Show email address DPA dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.240 at DPS Show. We'll take a break. We'll check in 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.680 with the Bengals right after this Dan Patrick Show. Thanks 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.080 for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.040 to catch us live every weekday morning nine to noon 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.120 Eastern or six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:49.760 Find your local station for the Dan Patrick Show at 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.760 Fox Sports Radio dot com, or stream us live every 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:56.720 day on the iHeartRadio app by searching f s R 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.560 or stream us live on the Peacock Act. Got our 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.000 poll question, We'll get to your phone calls coming up. 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.200 We'll check in with the Bengals coming up as well. 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:09.480 If I'm a Bills fan, man, am I distraught? You 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.360 had everything? You had it all, You're gifted a home 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.520 game here against the Bengals. Mahomes with a high ankle 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.800 spring get by the Bengals. You're in the snow, You're 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.320 at home tomorrow. Hamlin is there. It's emotional, you're ready 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.400 to go, and then all of a sudden you're not, 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.960 you know, showed and you're gonna be playing Mahomes on 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:37.280 a neutral site. Right, And give credit to the Bengals, 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.800 you know when you strike early like that and then 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.760 you strike again. So it was fourteen nothing. Now I've 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.560 changed the Bills. Now the Bills feel a little bit 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.280 more desperate there, like we got a score. They did. 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.080 Josh Allen had some words with the Bengals when he 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.800 scored on his one yard run there, but it just 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:57.360 felt like the Bengals had, they were always going to 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.600 be a step ahead or two and give credit to 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.640 Joe with what he was able to do in those conditions. 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.800 Dave Lapham has been working for the Bengals Radio network 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.920 for over thirty years. Former offensive tackle with the Bengals. 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.800 Good to have him back on the show. Take me 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:18.280 back to training camp, Dave? What was what was the 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:23.440 Bengals I guess personality like after losing the Super Bowl? 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.560 You know, Dan, it was interesting at training camp because 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.240 Joe Burrow had had the appendectomy, so you know, Joe 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:36.359 was healing. I mean, Joe couldn't go, he wasn't practicing. Um, 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:40.240 the offensive lineman Collins had a back problem, Kappa had 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.640 to he had a hip flex or issue. They had 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.720 to have surgery on. They were beating up and so 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.200 it's like, man, got all these new offensive lineman. They 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:53.000 can't they can't work, they can't practice together, Quarterbacks driving 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.880 around on a golf cart. I mean, our leader is 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.400 disabled right now. It was kind of like what's going on? 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:02.720 You know? But they still thought they had the core 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.200 of a damn good football team. And then Joe Burrow 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:10.040 healed up. You know, they start off one two, they 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.439 go minus five. Joe play he's in the opener and 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:16.440 he was not in himself. They go five turnover five times, 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:18.480 they go minus five and still could have won the game. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.440 Miss an extra point, miss a field goal on overtime, 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:23.840 miss an extra point at the conclusion of the game 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.400 that would have won it. I mean, so it's like this, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.720 this is still a good football team. Since then thirteen 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.159 out of fifteen, ten in a row. I mean, they 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:36.680 just got healthy. Everybody, uh, you know, realized, hey, if 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:38.840 we do our part of what one eleventh of what 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:40.280 we're supposed to do when we're out there on the 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:44.639 football field, we're pretty good. And and they I thought 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.960 they played, from a timely standpoint, their most complete game 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.760 of the year. I thought that they played a clean game. 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:55.000 They had no turnovers, they only had two penalties, two 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:57.719 false starts for nine yards, two penalties for nine yards. 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:03.000 So they played a game, They played a complete game, 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:05.800 and they played a complimentary football game. The Three seas. 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.520 You can't beat the Three Seas. Man, what was the 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:14.640 atmosphere like in Buffalo? They were very confident, The fan 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:20.600 base was extremely confident. The Bills were very confident, and uh, meteorologically, 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:25.359 the atmosphere was funky. I mean it was. It was. 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.359 It was chilly, it was it was pretty cold. The 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:31.960 wind show in the twenties. Um, it was snowing big 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.440 flakes at times, pretty good sized ones. But the good 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:39.159 thing is Dan, no wind. The wind was negligible. And 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.080 I was surprised because I thought, Man, you got funky 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:44.880 weather like that normally off the lake, here comes the wind, 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.560 you know. And and it was very very still. The 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.159 flags were still, the little banners on top of the 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.719 goal posts were you know, just flaccid, just sitting there 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.159 and they weren't moving. So I thought, well, they can 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.000 still throw the ball, can still kick it pretty well. 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:01.879 So they just went out and just the held with 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:05.400 the elements. We're just gonna The thing that they did, Dan, 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.679 that they wanted to do. This football team now is 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.520 ten and all. When they score first, they liked to 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.679 land the first punch, and they landed the first punch, 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:20.000 and they staggered the Buffalo Bills. They staggered Josh Allen 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:23.160 and the Bills, and then they they chased them into 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.040 the corner and just kept throwing body shots. You know, 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.080 they just they never let up on it. So it 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:30.240 was like a heavyweight fight. You hit the big overhand 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:33.160 right or the hook or whatever you hit, stagger them 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:36.359 and then just uh, you know a t ko, you know, 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.879 just just get after them and finish them. And that's uh, 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:42.600 that's pretty much what they did all day long. I 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.400 mean they had an offensive line, Dan, they had three 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.880 new starters. I mean, three weeks in a row they 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:50.720 lose the starting offensive linemen and that group goes out 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:52.320 and runs the ball for over one hundred and seventy 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:54.760 yards on a defense, it was like number two in 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.680 the NFL and rushing yards allowed one hundred and seventy 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.800 yards and u And as a result, Joe Burrow only 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.840 gets sacked one time. He gets hit two others. Joe 0:20:03.840 --> 0:20:06.960 Burrow Now, in the last two seasons, when he sacked 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.480 three times or less, he's twenty three wins, three losses. 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:14.600 Protect Protect Joe Burrow. He's pretty good. Have you figured 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:20.600 him out personality wise? He's that's a good question, Dan. 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.040 He he is, Uh, I think he. I think he 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.880 works to make it difficult to figure him out. Uh. 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:33.119 He's he is a very very intelligent guy as a 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:38.080 very very broad base of interests. He's He's not a 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:40.840 he's not a one trick pony guy, you know. I 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:43.199 mean he's he's got a lot going on. He is. 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:45.879 He is one sharp dude, and I'll tell you he 0:20:46.000 --> 0:20:48.520 is a football savanna. I can tell you that this 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.840 this guy is the Albert Einstein of football. Man. He's 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:53.960 got he's got the answers to the test and he 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:57.000 ain't cheating. He knows it, man, and it's He's got 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.640 a confidence as a result of it. He's got an 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:04.120 earned confidence that is just, you know, borders on you know, cocky. 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.760 He's got the swagger and what his teammates respond to him, 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:10.680 I mean it is unbelievable. He is definitely the duck 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:13.879 leading the ducklings. I mean it's like everybody else's a 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:16.560 little line behind the big duck man and he's taking 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.520 the ducklings down to the pond. Fair to make the 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:25.119 comparison to Joe Montana, I think it is fair. I 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:27.880 think that's a good comparison. I really do. I think that. 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:31.199 I think they're very similar. I think Joe might have 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:35.119 a little bit stronger arm than Joe Montana, but I 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:38.000 think he hit a great one because Joe Montana had 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:40.840 that kind of football mind. He had that kind of 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:45.200 charisma where his teammates, you know, following him, followed his lead. 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:49.000 And the big thing. And Paul Brown used to say this, 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:52.480 and it's so simple, but it's so true. I remember, 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:54.600 you know, I was talking to him about quarterback planning. 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:58.040 He goes, David, the simple thing about quarterbacks is the 0:21:58.080 --> 0:21:59.960 most important thing, is the simplest thing. I got to 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:02.080 throw it straight, you know. I gotta be accurate with 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:05.439 the football. And man, Joe Burrow can put it in 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:07.960 the eye of a needle from fifty yards away. And 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:11.439 that's what Joe Montana could do. Kenny Anderson, all the 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:15.320 great quarterbacks that you know had that accuracy, pinpoint accuracy. 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:18.280 Always great to talk to. You save that voice for 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:21.960 next weekend. You're gonna need it. I know it's gonna be. 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.480 It's gonna be fun. Man. The dan have beaten the 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.480 Kansas City Chiefs three times in a calendar year. It 0:22:28.560 --> 0:22:30.520 could be a fourth in less than thirteen months. That 0:22:30.600 --> 0:22:33.080 they can do it again. How the Bengals in the 0:22:33.160 --> 0:22:36.120