WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Home For Christmas 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:07.080 Merry Christmas everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:14.040 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The oh be Home for Christmas 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.720 audition as the Bengals win their seventh straight game in 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.720 memorable fashion, holding on by their fingernails to beat the 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.880 Patriots twenty two to eighteen on Christmas Eve and Foxborough. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.160 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, one on one, locker 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:33.680 room interviews and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.159 in this week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.479 a former Patriot now in his first year with the Bengals, 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:44.000 tight end Devin Asias. 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It's the greatest thing since toewarmers. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.000 On the morning of the game, as we discussed the 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.120 frigid weather conditions, Bengals president Mike Brown asked me the 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:23.640 following question, do you leave the window open and the 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:29.319 radio booth? The answer is always as a broadcaster, I 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.720 like to hear the crowd and feel what it's like 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:35.280 for the players and coaches will sometimes leave the window 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:39.400 closed until the last possible moment, but once the game begins, 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.520 it has to be open. As a result, I came 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.880 prepared in Foxborough and for the first time ever, put 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:51.440 toewarmers in my shoes. It was quite possibly the smartest 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:56.040 decision since the Bengals drafted Jamar Chase instead of Pinney Sewell. 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.600 If you plan to attend the Bengals final regular season 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:05.160 games or any home playoff games, I highly recommend toewarmers. 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:10.000 Your toasty toes will thank you after the game. Now, 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.160 let's get to the highlights from Sunday's Hold On for 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:17.560 Dear Life win over the Patriots. It is Christmas Eve 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.639 here in New England and it is a bitterly cold 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.919 day for football. The temperature is twenty degrees, the wind 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:30.440 chill is eight degrees. As the song says, Jack Frost, 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.839 is nipping at our nose as the ten and four 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:38.160 Bengals take on the seven and seven New England Patriots, 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.360 and it is time for the big skin to fly 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:44.440 here in Foxborough. Second down in two Bengals from their 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.679 own thirty Burrow back to throw, flings it deep for 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:52.919 t Higgins bnet taking advantage of a huge height advantage 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.680 over five foot eight inch Marcus Jones. He makes the 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.399 catch and gets tackled at the New England thirty one. 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.959 Boyden eggins out to the left, chase out to the right. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.560 Burrow wants to throw throws, the Higgins catches it. Ethel 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:11.919 Low fights for the goal line touchdown. Bengals has Cincinnati 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:16.720 marches right down the field and scores a touchdown against 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.720 Bill Belichick's Patriots defense. Boy did they ever just carve 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.280 him up? Hot knife through butter shotgun snap to Burrow. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.040 He has time, got throws for the end zone. Trenton 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:33.240 Irwin with the catch. Touchdowns Bengals a twenty three yard 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.800 throw right on the money to Trenton Irwin, who has 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:41.000 his third NFL touchdown catch, and Ted Carris joints Irwin 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.440 in the end zone for the Irish jig money mac 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.520 missed wide right on his first pat and wide left 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.280 on his second. Fans are trying to get in his 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.640 head to snap the put down by Crispin to kick 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.960 his up. It is good. There you go. So the 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:01.560 Bengals have scored on their first three possession and nine 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:05.920 seconds into the second quarter, it's fifteen nothing Cincinnati. Third 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:08.480 down and goal from the four. P Ryan in a 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.040 running back, three receivers right, one left, Burrow looking throws 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:19.719 it right. It is Irwin. He's got it. Touchdown Bengals. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:24.159 Trenton Irwin with his second touchdown catch here in the 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:28.760 first half, and the Bengals have taken a twenty one 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.240 to nothing lead. Burrow in the gun p Rhan to 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.839 his right, Plitts coming from the Patriots. Burrow throws off 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.360 his bow foot intercepted and charging down the field is 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:42.479 Marcus Jones to the sideline the thirty, the twenty, the 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:48.360 ten touchdown, a pit six for Marcus Jones has the 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:54.040 Patriots score another defensive touchdown, their sixth of the year. 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:58.120 And Jamar Chase and Joe Burrow aren't opposite pages and 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.600 you're not gonna see that very often whatsoever. Third down 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.960 in goal from the five. Mac Jones catches at the ten, 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:09.000 dropped back a couple of yards, looking looking throws for 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.000 the back right corner of the end zone, caught by 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:17.560 Kendrick Bourne Cam Taylor. Brett never turned around. The ball 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:21.120 floated right over him into the waiting arms of Burn 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.719 for a touchdown. Mac Jones waiting for the shotgun snap 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.960 back at his own forty six, He catches. It's a 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:32.000 three man rush aid in coverage. Jones in trouble running backwards. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.919 Now he's gonna launch it toward the end zone. It 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:41.839 isn't caught by Jacobe Myers. It was intended for Bourn. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.680 It got deflected to Myers and he made the catch 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:50.200 for the Patriots. Miraculous touchdown. I'm third down in three. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.359 Burrow will look to pass his throw, caught by Chase 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:59.520 The Patriots three come home forty four yard line. Wow. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:04.360 Now that's three takeaways for the New England Patriots, no 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:09.520 takeaways for the Cincinnati Bengals. Matthew Judon forced it and 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:13.160 the Patriots are forty three yards away from a go 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:17.200 ahead touchdown. Mac Jones waiting for the shotgun snap hands 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:21.719 it off. Stevenson stacked up going backward ball tackle ball, 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.680 ball is out out the Bengals. They're celebrating. Turnover. They've 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.920 got it, Turnongals. He recovered the turnover. The Patriots need 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.680 fifteen yards to keep the game alive, fifteen seconds to go. 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.720 Mac Jones back to throw. He's gonna gun it deep 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:43.280 down field balls baby and complete no penalty flaw. And 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:49.920 that is coffin nails. Bam, bam, bam. Merry Christmas to 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.840 all and to all a good night. Time to go 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.600 inside the locker room. And we start with Von Bell. 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:01.000 He forced the Romandre Stevenson fumble with fifty nine seconds 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.119 to go that was recovered at the eight yard line. 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.320 A lot of big plays in this game. I don't 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.640 think anyone was bigger than forcing that fumble with a 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.680 minute to go. Describe what you saw and how it happened. 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:14.760 Just really going out to land it all out for 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.200 the guys, and we knew, we knew, we know, takeaway 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.560 a spart play for the to finish out the game, 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.520 but uh, just aw the just just really just attacking 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.880 the ball like we've been practicing the strip, attempts at 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:26.760 the ball, just punching at it and it just came 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.160 out on now. So giving for my guys out there 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.480 fighting and just made the play. Was it getting a 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.360 little frustrating. I mean they got a lucky touchdown pass. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.360 You guys had dominated and yet you found yourself on 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.520 the brink of possibly letting it get away. Yeah, but 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.200 you just gotta keep on fighting, uh, because they make plays. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.240 You know, they get paid like we do. So we 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:48.880 just gonna go out there and finish. And that's the 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.480 biggest thing. Don't let u like like we've been saying, 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.080 don't look down, just keep on going, just keep on 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.120 chipping away and just keep on laying a brick. So 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.200 we never gave up this guy. It shows that we 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.600 could win a tough situation. So that's that's good and 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:02.600 it's growth. But it's also a thing. But we just 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.320 gotta finish and um and step on guys, uh and 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.240 kill them early throughout the game when we have a chance. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:09.920 Don't let them get back in the in the game. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.400 So but it's two things to learn from. But uh, 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.520 it's a it's a great it's a great win. It's 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:16.680 hard to win this league, and uh, we just gotta 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.160 finish seven in a row. It's really hard to win 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.800 seven in a row. It is indeed, especially when we 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.760 get in High Street at the right time, everybody clicking 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:27.840 on all cylinders. Complimentary football, special teams, offense and defense. 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.480 So uh, it's a great team win. Find What was 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.680 it like to be out there in that call. It's 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.199 pretty chilly, m but it's December football and U you know, 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.559 we gotta We always say we do our best work 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.839 in the code, so we're going out there just making 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.439 place for one to a huge play. Congratulations on the 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.360 play in the win. Thank you so much. It was 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.520 Vine's second forced fumble of the year to go with 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.240 four interceptions. Joe Burrows said after the game that Dell 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.679 deserves to be a pro bowler for all of the 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:58.800 big plays he's made this year. Von forced to fumble. 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:03.920 B J. Hill recovered it, PJ. Congratulations on a great win. 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:07.240 Number seven in a row. Came down to a defensive stop. 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.560 Von force the fumble. You recovered it. I described that play, 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.640 m vall me the big play. Um, I've seen the 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.080 ball out and I'll try to get as fast as 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.800 I can't get. Let's see hands reaching at it. But 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.720 we came. We battle. Um, you just gotta fix himself 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.199 in the second half. But Like I said, Vall made 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.000 a huge play right then I was right there to 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.360 pick it up. What kinds of things were you guys 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:32.760 saying on that final defensive you know, possession where basically, hey, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.880 we've dominated, but we're in danger if we don't make 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:37.679 a play. Oh, we had to do our job, and 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.240 that's what we did. When at the end of the game, 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.480 we just had a lock in real quick, do our 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.480 job and get off the field, and that's what we did. 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.520 You've had a knack for recovering fumbles this year. Is 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.600 there anything to it? Fond the ball and get it. Um, 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.080 you know, right place at the right time, plays making 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.360 big plays. I'm right there to help you get the ball. 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.319 It was a crazy finish. Can you describe the emotions 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.839 of being so dominant form my to the game and 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.640 then suddenly finding yourselves in a position where you needed 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.160 to make a stop. Um, it's hard to win NFL 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.240 each and every week is as hard as stuff. We 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.839 found a way to win us all the matters we 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.319 won and it's something we want to the next game. 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.520 Seven straight wins, still in contention for the number one seed. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.760 Describe the role this team is on right now. Just 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.599 take each day, one of the time, focus on the 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.920 little things that we need to fix. It's coming up week, 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:28.640 and then we got a big game ahead of us. 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.319 We're excited for some challenge and we're ready for it. 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.319 Grat's How to Win, Thank You, Thanks Both. Podcast is 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.679 brought to you by pay Corps. More than twenty nine 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:43.840 thousand customers trust pay Corps to help them recruit, pay, engage, 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:49.360 and retain employees. Learn more at paycorps dot com. Only 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.280 one Cincinnati player went out for the coin toss before 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.719 the game, Center Ted Carriss, who spent five of his 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:59.480 previous six seasons in the NFL playing for Bill Belichick 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.880 and the Patriots. Dave Lapham caught up with him in 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:07.560 front of his locker. If anybody knows there's no quitting 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.679 the Patriots, it's you. I mean, no matter what this 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.640 football team over there, that New England, they're gonna go 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.360 down swinging, aren't they. Yeah? But you know what, Dave, 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.440 and win is a win is a win is a win. Um. 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.959 We let him hang around and made it hard on 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.760 ourselves a little bit there, but got a little scary, 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.960 got a little dicey. Ultimately pulled it out though, Baby 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.880 my first win at Gilette is a visitor, so very excited. 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.240 That's that's awesome. Turnovers always always a big story in 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.280 the National Football League. Had three, they had to pick six. 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.319 But that turnover at the end of the football game, 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.439 Von Bell punches out of there, Josh Tupo falls on 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:47.400 top of it. Massive humongus. I mean, just a championship 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.080 level play to play here Christmas Eve in Gillette Stadium, 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.520 which with a you know, against a team that's very 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.880 dangerous and you know has had over two decades of 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.840 coming out with wins like that, Dave, So it's very 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.880 scary for me at times. There. Really glad we got 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.040 it done. I'll tell you three touchdown passes for Joe. 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.360 He had over three hundred yards passing against this defensive 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.280 football team. That's a quart of performance. I mean, the 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.839 guy's unflappable, isn't he He is. He's one of the best. Man. 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:18.800 I'm excited to watch a film with him on the 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.959 plane day. You're one of the best as well. You 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.320 had some finishes today, brother thrown him over the pile 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.079 big time. Well, I wanted to play my best against 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.160 my former friends. Were not former friends, they are my 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.120 friends have a lot of love and respect and admiration 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:33.640 for a lot of men in that locker room. So 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.800 I'm glad I bested him today, but you know we 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.080 might see him again here here to that, my man, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.920 Thanks Ted, thank you. Ludos to Carris and the other 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.319 members of the old line. The Patriots ended the game 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.480 number three in the NFL and sacks, but only added 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:52.120 two to their total against the Bengals. Throughout this seven 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.679 game winning streak, the Bengals have not allowed more than 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.440 two sacks in any game. Here are the final numbers 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.720 for Joe Burrow. Going with no gloves in the bitter cold, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.559 he went forty for fifty two. That's seventy seven percent 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.960 for three hundred and seventy five yards, with three touchdowns, 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.880 two interceptions, and a passer rating of ninety nine point four. 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.720 He's now thrown a touchdown pass in twenty two straight games. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.160 That's a new franchise record, and with thirty four touchdown 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.520 passes this year, Joe has tied the team record that 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.400 he set last year. His favorite target was Tee Higgins 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.360 with eight catches for one hundred and twenty eight yards. 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:34.280 And I talked to Tea after the game. See can 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.959 you describe the emotions today? It felt at times like 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.040 the team could have been up by thirty five points, 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:44.320 but it ultimately came down to that big stop defensively, 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.400 who came out strong, you know, first half, second half. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.240 I'm not gonna say we'd relaxed because we didn't. We 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.280 just wasn't executing and you know, they was able to 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:56.040 you know, capital azo us not executing and um. But 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:57.600 you know, at the end of the day, our defenses 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.320 came up big with the turnover and they it off 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.079 for us one hundred and twenty eight receiving yards. For you, 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.320 it looked like they're smaller defensive backs really had trouble 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.959 with your height, your reach, and your physicality. Yeah. Man, 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.000 we knew, you know, there was a little small coming 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.120 into the game. We knew I was gonna have, you know, 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:19.320 some advantages, and we took those advantages and we kept 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.360 the lizes on them. So it's kind of I thought, normally, 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.920 when the weather's really cold, it's gonna rely on the 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.760 running game. You guys were winging at around. I think 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.520 Joe threw up more than fifty times. It didn't seem 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.560 like it really bothered you much. I mean, at the 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:33.920 end of the day, it's our job to come out 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.280 here and you know, win games and go out here 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.640 and run routes well for as a receiver, guire run 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.640 routs and no matter the conditions. And yeah, it was 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.440 it was real cold tonight today it was real cold, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.120 but we was able to still come out here and 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:49.440 get a W. As a Tennessee kid, have you ever 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.600 been in anything like that in a game. This it's 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.760 crazy because you know it's about five degrees right now 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.160 back home, But this is the coda's game I played 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.080 in my entire since I've been playing football, so and 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.600 I'm glad I got a W. Seven straight wins still 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.120 in the hunt for the number one playoff seed. How 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.640 critical was this victory and the way that you pulled 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.960 it out? Very critical? Obviously you want to win, you 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.760 know they in AFC, so you know, we want to 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.640 get that w and give us another chance, you know, 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:18.760 to get the number one seed. And you just got 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.640 to keep going, to keep fighting. Where'd you think of 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.680 Trent to norwe coming through a couple of TV catches. Yeah, man, proudly, 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.960 I wish you'd caught that third one, but it is 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.400 what it is man. You know his hard work is 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:32.520 paying officier. Thanks Teve, Thank you. Baltimore beat the Falcons 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.480 on Saturday meeting. The Bengals remain one game ahead of 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.520 the Ravens with two to go, including a head to 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.320 head meeting in the final game of the regular season. 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:46.160 The Ravens host the Steelers next week. Buffalo and Kansas 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:48.960 City both won, so the Bengals are still one game 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.240 behind the Bills and Chiefs in the battle to be 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.840 the number one playoff seed in the AFC. The Bengals 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:59.440 host Buffalo next Monday night. The Chiefs host Denver next 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.960 week and play a road game at Vegas to finish 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.880 the regular season. The Bengals need Kansas City to lose 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.360 one of those games to have any chance of being 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.680 the number one seed. The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.600 to you by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.680 to play, with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.640 Find both inside the Bengals app. Now time to hear 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:24.840 from head coach Zach Taylor, who spent a couple of 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:29.000 minutes with Lap after the game. Joe Burrow now has 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:33.040 won ten straight games in the month of December in January, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.040 it's unbelievable. It's pretty impressive, you know, and Joe's in 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.000 a great job because Royn I'm done a tremendous show 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.680 as well. Again, we've got a lot of confidence as 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.800 a team. Obviously this week we didn't play a full 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:46.840 four quarter game on either side of the ball, but 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.960 we did enough to win m Trent and two touchdown receptions, 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:55.160 almost had a third. Did the New Ringland Patriots they 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.680 show you or anything, coach that you hadn't anticipated on. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.000 Bill Belichick's obviously noted for that. They did a good 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.000 job mixing everything up, you know. That's that's one thing 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.040 that they do well is keep your under toes and 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.040 not letting you get a beat on what coverages and 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.919 pressures you're going to get. Um. So again, they executed 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.399 very well and you know, put some pressure on us. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.439 Three turnovers, uh, and then got one huge one at 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:18.480 the end of the football game. I mean, Von Bell 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.840 punches it out there, Josh Tupo recovers it. Anything um 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.480 that comes to mind. With the three turnovers, the you experience, 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:27.960 we just got to do a better job, you know, 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.600 making sure all eleven are on the same page, and um, 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.359 you know that's not something that's that's been an issue 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.760 with us in the past, so we'll get it corrected quickly. 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.160 So now you've you've clinched it, You've clinched the playoff spot, 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.159 and you you're now have won eleven football games, and 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.119 uh now you've got a couple of a couple of 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.440 big ones with with Buffalo and Baltimore and Baltimore I 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.920 think one today as well. So just a matter of 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.359 one and over again, right, yeah, I mean it's we 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:55.879 had to win this one for the next one to 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.240 be a big one. And and so again we know 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.080 that we're gonna need all hands on deck, and you 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:01.760 guys are going to be healthy and rested and ready 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:03.720 to go for money night. I expect that they will 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:07.000 and works out for the opportunity. Well, I appreciate your time. 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.920 That was a gutty performance. I mean it just shows 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:13.359 you in this league gonna play every minute of it, right, 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.359 I mean, there's no quit in any team in this 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.119 National Football League? Is there now? There's not, especially at 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:19.800 this point with so many games under the team spells 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:22.240 everyone's capable of my employees and getting back in it 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:24.080 in today New England did a great job of doing 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.000 that and fortunately we're able to finish it off. Congratulations, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:31.240 Thank you. There was one significant injury as offensive tackle 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.560 Lael Collins was taken to the locker room on a 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.720 cart near the end of the first quarter with a 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.639 left knee injury. Akim Identity went the rest of the 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.320 way at right tackle. Ian Rappaport from the NFL Network 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:47.440 reports that initial tests on Else's knee found the ACL 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:51.040 to be intact. Ian went on to write that Lael's 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:56.480 kneecap shifted, causing significant pain, but then shifted back into place. 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.920 If Collins can't play against Buffalo, it will be the 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.080 first time this year that the Bengals will be missing 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:06.240 one of their starting offensive linemen going into a game. 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.600 The Bengals Booth podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:15.119 proof fiber Internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:18.000 to take your home, business, and community to a new level. 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:22.520 Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber. Now, time for the 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:26.880 radio guys recap lap of wins. A win, but man, 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:28.840 it felt like the Bengals could have been up by 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.600 thirty five points. Ultimately, they had to hold on in 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.239 the final minute. But I mean, at this time of year, 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:36.159 who cares? They got the job done? Yeah, I mean 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.800 you got You're playing against a team of a lot 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:40.480 of pride, you know, a coach that has had a 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.399 lot of success, and you're you're minus two in the 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.920 turnover battle on the road and fighting for your life. 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:48.800 You know, they're fighting for their playoff lives and you're 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:51.919 fighting to win another football game and uh to get 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.520 as good as seat as you possibly can. That's that's 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.480 what that's what it's it's about in the National Football League. 0:19:57.480 --> 0:19:59.720 And like you said, a win is a win. Beggars 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:03.119 can't he chooses just take the w Are you at 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:06.240 all surprised by how they came out throwing it around 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:09.200 fifty two pass attempts into these conditions for Joe Burrow, 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.080 and you know, other than the pick six, he was phenomenal, 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:15.879 he was phenomenal. I mean that that the numbers, the 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:20.240 numbers are crazy, the pick six and then the interception 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.120 they had when when Joe and Jamar Chase were basically 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:27.480 on different pages, and then Tyler just I mean, Joe 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.159 thinks that the router is going to be run a 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:32.040 little bit differently, than what Tyler ends up running the route, 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.520 and so you have, you know, miscommunication things which run 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:37.800 crack characteristic, I think, particularly at this time of the season. 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:40.440 But I mean forty for fifty two, three hundred and 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:45.560 seventy five yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions. But yeah, it was. 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:48.880 It was a crazy football game. Gotta run the ball 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:51.800 more effective than twenty four times to seventy three yards, though, 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:54.800 I mean, you just gotta Joe had the nineteen yard run. 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:56.920 I mean, you take that nineteen yard run out of 0:20:56.960 --> 0:20:59.440 the mix, and on twenty three carries, I mean you're 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:02.640 you know, you're you're looking at uh just just over 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:05.399 fifty yards. I mean, that's that's just not gonna not 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:07.399 gonna cut it two and a half less than two 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:09.560 and a half yards to carry. I think to get 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:12.159 where they want to go and and uh, you know, 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:13.800 be as high as the seat as they can in 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:16.080 the playoffs, and to advance in the playoffs, gonna have 0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:19.520 to be more balanced offensive than that, for sure. What 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:21.480 did you think of a game at den g forced 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:25.200 into action at right tackle? Yeah, I thought, uh, I 0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:27.720 gave him my alignment of the game basically on the 0:21:27.800 --> 0:21:31.080 postgame show because I thought that he was, you know, 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:35.240