WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Let's Get It Started 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.439 Hi, can everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:12.600 the Bengals Boot podcast. Let's get it started, ha audition. 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:15.319 As we get you set for Sunday's home opener at 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.360 Paul Brown Stadium as the Bengals host the San Francisco 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:22.480 forty nine Ers. Coming up, you'll hear three conversations. First, 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:25.280 I'll talk to my broadcast partner, Dave Lapham, as we 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:29.680 look back at last week's encouraging yet ultimately disappointing one 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:33.360 point loss at Seattle and look ahead to Sunday's game 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.560 against the Niners. I'll also sit down with a number 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.880 one graded center in the NFL after the opening week 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.680 of the season according to Pro Football Focus, Trey Hopkins 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.360 will discuss his play who deserves the credit for dealing 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:51.040 with the crowd noise in Seattle, and I'll offer him 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:54.960 the opportunity to make a few extra bucks. And in 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.480 this week's Know the Faux segment, we'll get the lowdown 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:00.720 on the San Francisco forty nine ers from somebody who 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.559 knew me when I had a full head of red hair. 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.440 It was glorious, but that will not come up in 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.720 our conversation. All of that is straight ahead. But first, 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.120 here's a quick reminder that you can have the latest 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.080 edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:23.279 or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:30.240 or Podbean. It's the greatest invention since the Rewatchables podcast. 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:35.399 I love movies and I love podcasts. As a result, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.559 I have sampled a bunch of movie podcasts, including some 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.880 that have been highly recommended. I have found them all 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:50.720 disappointing until I tried the Rewatchables. It's a simple concept. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.320 The hosts go back and rewatch a movie that they 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:58.000 all liked, then discuss it. That's pretty much it. The 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:02.480 hosts are interesting, they have some great nuggets, and most importantly, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.640 they're really funny. So if you love movies, look up 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.679 three Watchables podcast. Just pick out a movie that you 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.520 like from the list of available episodes and give it 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:16.799 a try. You will not be disappointed. Now let's get 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.880 to football. So how big is Sunday's home game against 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.680 the San Francisco forty nine Ers. Well, let's put it 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.800 this way. NFL teams that open the season oh and 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:31.640 two only make the playoffs twelve point six percent of 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.880 the time. That's it. Nearly nine out of ten teams 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.040 that start the season oh and two don't make it. 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.480 One and one teams, on the other hand, make it 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.480 forty one percent of the time. And even if you 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.520 think it's way too early to even think about the playoffs, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:53.320 then consider this. All the enthusiasm and optimism generated by 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:57.880 last week's showing at Seattle will be seriously dampened if 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.000 the Bengals lose it home to a team that has 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:03.920 finished with a winning record in the last five years. 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.080 Time to discuss all things Bengals with my broadcast partner 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.840 Dave lappam Lap. Through one week, Andy Dalton leads the 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.560 NFL in passing yards with four eighteen, but he's also 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.320 tied for first in batted passes with four Is that 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.280 a relative lack of height? Is that too much push 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.640 allowed by the offensive line or is it just bad luck? 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.760 I think it's a combination. You know, in certain cases, 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.600 Andy isn't the tallest quarterback in the world, so the 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.680 push becomes more of an issue. If you can, you know, 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.240 see over guys and throw over guys with that height, 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.360 it's it's a little bit easier. Sometimes you have to 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.280 change your arm angle as a quarterback too. You have 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.920 to change your arm slot try to throw around guys, 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:46.840 but like Jejevian Clowney, if he gets close to you, 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.080 it's like trying to throw around an octopus. I mean, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.119 the guy's got such a huge wingspan, it's really hard 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:53.440 to get the ball around him. And the one that 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.200 Clowne he got early in the game was set up 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.400 nicely for big, big play who knows, maybe even a 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.360 scoring play. So you know, those are ones that are 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.080 that are tough to take because it's like, man, it 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.160 was perfectly set up and a guy makes a makes 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:09.400 a play like that, But a lot of times the 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.080 defenders so close it's hard to change your arm angle 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.080 and change the slot to get it around him, and 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.719 you just have to You just have to hope. And 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.240 then throwing in amongst these you know trees in the 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.479 defensive line, when you're not throwing screen pass, it's just 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.479 throwing the football. He's had a couple of those, you 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.839 know batted down with the line of scrimmage. That's um 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.000 you know, timing by a defensive lineman just getting his 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.080 hand up in a throwing lane. It's just the absolute 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.080 right time. The quarterbacks already in a thrown most and 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.640 you can't change it, you know, and he just happens to, 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.120 you know, stick his big paw in the right spot 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.120 at the right time. So I think it is a 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:43.040 combination of all things lap. The NFL's highest rated center 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.560 according to Pro Football Focus after one week of the 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:50.640 NFL season is Trey Hopkins. He gave up one pressure 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.640 in forty nine pass blocking snaps, and he also had 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:58.400 their highest run blocking grade. How about Trey, You know, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:01.960 I I don't know where to begin with Trey Hopkins. 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:04.080 You got to tip your cap to this guy because 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.640 think how he got into the league undrafted free agent 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.000 out of Texas m Paul Alexander gabim an opportunity. He 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.560 showed well at training camp, had injuries, you know, he 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.440 had broken ankle, had other things to deal with, and 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:22.120 he just showed enough to we got to develop this guy. 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.040 We put him on the practice squad, you know, and 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.359 he's got long arms, he's got some some potential. And 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.960 the thing that you can't measure. You can't measure brains, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.160 you can't measure intellect, and he's off the charts in 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.520 those categories, both in general and football wise. But you 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.240 can't measure a guy's heart and in his desire and 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:43.520 want to. And Trey Hopkins plays a very low key 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.400 you know, he's very cerebral, and he's um. You know, 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:50.600 he's not a raw, raw guy. He's but the dude 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:55.279 wants to be the best. He competes and he does 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:59.080 it very quietly within his own realm. You know, Trey 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:03.400 Hopkins wants to be better than anybody at his craft, 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.800 whatever it is, whether it's playing a musical instrument, what 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:09.840 you can do, he can play multiple musical instruments. Teaching kids, um, 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.039 you know that that says something about him for his 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:16.120 offseason job being a substitute teacher, you know. And he's 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.640 he's just a very very special guy. When you're when 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.680 you're two line coaches that you work with on a 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.400 daily basis immediately are impressed with you to the point 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.880 where they call you a football savant. That's that's high 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.640 high cotton right there. That's big time praise. So and 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:37.480 I think the way that Trey Hopkins presents himself personality wise, 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:42.719 his teammates love him, you know, they he just he's 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.480 one of those guys that can can fit into any situation, 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:50.239 can fit into any kind of environment because he's very uh, 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:55.000 you know, adaptable, amenable in his personality, his approach. The 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.280 guy has a lot going for him. And I couldn't 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.360 be happier for any player on the Cincinnati Bengals for 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.919 Trey Hopkins. So that was the good news as far 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.159 as the offensive line was concerned. In Week one, on 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.680 the other hand, Pro Football Focus said Bobby Hart gave 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.720 up six pressures in a sack, Andrey Smith five pressures 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.640 and a sack. Michael Jordan and John Miller did not 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.800 get great PFF grades. Now, just pointing out one thing 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:19.960 in the system that does not take into account the 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.320 quality of the opponent. And the Seattle Seahawks have an 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.160 excellent defense, But what did you think overall of the 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.920 line play? Well, I think two things. Quality of the 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.800 opponent is a factor, and the fact that they threw 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.880 it over fifty times, I think it's a factor. You 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.280 look at percentages, they were looking at just raw numbers, 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:45.120 you know, I like sack ratio per pass attempt, And 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.720 I'm not saying that they were great, but I'm saying 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:52.040 that basically, Seattle lined up in a defense that said 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.840 you're not going to run the football. So I said, 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.360 you're gonna have to throw it to beat us, and 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.440 Zach said, okay, we'll throw it to beat you. And 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.000 they almost did. But with that said, when they know 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.720 they're throwing fifty over fifty times, pass rush becomes a big, 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.640 big deal, a much bigger deal. Now, Zack tried to 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.480 still on first and second down, incorporate you know, play 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.960 action stuff screens which you know, take the pressure off 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.760 and just sitting there and dropping back and pass protecting. 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.800 But every time you face third and five or more, 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.800 third and seven or more, you're in a bind. I mean, 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:28.800 they're coming after you. And they do have some talented 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:33.160 pass rushers, But did they have you know, outstanding games. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.199 You're not going to say that, but were they pretty solid? 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.360 The other thing the pro football doesn't focus doesn't take 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.800 into account as the venue you're playing in. They're on 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.199 the road in one of the loudest venues. That is 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.400 another factor, and it's much much tougher to pass protect. 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.840 And the fact that they didn't have, you know, uh, 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:55.000 the illegal procedure penalties, jumping penalties and before the snap 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:56.880 and all those sort of things I think was a 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.559 big plus. Now on the raw numbers, you know Football 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.200 Focus is going to grade the way they grade, but 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:06.240 there are extraneous circumstances. I mean they're the environment, the 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.520 conditions of the game, the opponents that you're playing against, 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:11.800 the quality of the guy you're lined up against, you know, 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:16.200 I mean, just raw numbers can tell one story, but 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.439 there are subplots to the story in every game and 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.200 in the National Football League. That's why some people have 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.400 major issues with Pro Football Focus. Right over the course 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.920 of time, some of that stuff will equal out, but 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.840 in a one week sample it doesn't take it into effect. 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.920 And if you're in a division where you have butt 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.360 kicking defensive lineman, you're going to play them twice a year, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.760 so I mean, you know, six of year games are 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.679 against the best and other teams in the league won't. 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.200 It won't equal out, you know. Or if you're in 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.120 a division where there's a bunch of terrible defense and 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.800 you're germinate, yeah, exactly, you're going to dominate those Pro 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.199 Football Focus grades or like. And I don't know how 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.080 you try to make it an equalizer, you know, you 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.800 just you just try to factor in whatever the best 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.000 you can. But it's it is, I mean, it's just 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.320 strength of schedule. You know has talked about all the time, 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.600 Why not strength of opponent that you're trying to you know, 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.400 trying to work against as a factor in your performance 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.040 in a football game. At any any point, I thought 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.400 the Bengals had three clear cut stars in Week one. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:21.320 John Ross on offense, Sam Hubbard on defense, and lou 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:24.000 and A Rumo. Let's go back to when he was hired. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.960 People were killing the Bengals. They're on their eighty ninth 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:31.000 candidate to be defensive coordinator, which obviously was not the case. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:36.680 But did Zach Taylor wind up hiring a creative, great 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:41.320 teaching defensive coordinator. Well, Zach Taylor in the press conference 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.440 after the game, when he was asked about lou Anna 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:45.600 rum who said, I wasn't a bit surprised. You know 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.520 when I coached with him. You know at Miami he 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:53.079 was the interim defensive coordinator. You know, he they played 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.480 for him, They played hard, they were they knew what 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.319 they were supposed to do, they knew how to do it. 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:02.240 Lou Anna Rumo is an impressed of teacher and over 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.880 the years, offense, defense, special teams, whatever you're talking about. 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.800 I found that the best coaches the coaches with tremendous 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:15.280 success make things that look extremely complicated very simple with 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.240 their rules and what they ask you to do and 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:18.800 how they ask you to do it. And that's Loui 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.880 an Rumo. There's defensive players, I mean, there's there's a lot, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.280 you know, on their plate in terms of you know, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.720 maybe different looks and formations and window dressings and things 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.640 like that. When when all said and done, when the 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.360 snap of the ball happens, they have rules that are 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:36.280 very simple that they live by. And uh, you know, 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.880 the the adjustment that Wilson and Lockett made on a 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:44.960 route was very you know, that's the NFL. Those guys, 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.520 there wasn't any from my understanding, there wasn't any blown 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.000 assignment as such. They just took advantage of the way 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.880 they were playing a coverage and neither guy played it 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.599 maybe the best that they could have in terms of 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.920 allowing that that big play. But at some point in time, 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.480 you have to tip your cap to the opponent. They 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.679 get paid two and you know, Wilson is a guy 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.600 that is capable of making adjustments, probably as well as 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.360 a lot of coaches in the NFL, and he unlock 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.559 it made an adjustment that resulted in that forty four 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.400 yard touchdown pass. So, um, you know that's that's the way, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.280 that's life in the NFL. But you know, these numbers 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.880 are crazy, Dan, when you look at what Loui in Ruma, 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.760 what the defense did in the football game. Forty nine 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:31.520 snaps number one, when's the last time the Bengals defense 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.120 only had forty nine snaps? The last two years, they've 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.040 been on the field more than any defense in the NFL, 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.120 they led the league and snaps played two years in 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:44.920 a row. Forty nine snaps. That's a vacation on Monday 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.640 of those guys. They were they were done with the 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:48.880 tape and no time. I didn't have everything to watch. 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.920 Six three and outs, yeah, sixtright and outs, forty nine STAPs, 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.840 two hundred and thirty three yards of offense, four point 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.679 eight yards per play. Now, they did give up three 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.360 yards of three plays of twenty yards and war a 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.320 forty eight yard pass at a forty four yard touchdown pass, 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.079 and then and then that twenty one yard run that 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.719 they had on third and one at the end of 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.199 the football game that when Carson leaked out. You know 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.080 that can't happen. But you take those three plays away, 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.400 which you can't because you know Seattle did it, But 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:19.959 forty six of the forty nine snaps, they were pretty 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.160 darn good on those forty six other snaps. One hundred 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:27.040 and twenty six yards offense on forty six snaps two 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.079 point seven yards per play. I'm not talking about that 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.360 would be unbelievable per rush. But we're talking about Russell 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.760 Wilson at quarterback. Are you kidding me? Russell Wilson to 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:41.400 me Dan in this game had had the most crazy 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.800 quarterback rating of one thirty plus I've ever seen because 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.280 they bottled his butt up. But he ended up with 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.800 two big plays forty four forty eight yards, one of 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.440 them a touchdown. And you know, Russell Wilson ends up 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.240 with a quarterback rating of you know, one thirty six. 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.400 And like Russell Wilson won the game, and you look 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.880 at on a snap by snap basis, the Bengals defense 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.080 played him as well as any but he has That's 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.719 the NFL, though it is one crazy world, it's it 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.680 can be a heartbreaking business. And that was a heartbreaker 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.880 that game. I never thought I would say this. I 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.160 thought there were times in the second half where Russell 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.960 Wilson looked like he was seeing ghosts. Yeah, they had 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.280 him confused. They had him. I'm not sure if he 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:22.240 was confused maybe his too strong word, but definitely hesitant, Yes, 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.440 hesitant for sure. I mean he was not the decisive 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.440 Russell Wilson that you see. And and the thing that 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.760 they did so well I thought was we always talked, 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.400 we're talking all week about you have to defend the 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.840 second part of the play when he's off schedule and 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.120 he's you know, creating and extending and all that. They 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.680 didn't even let him hardly get to that. They had him. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:48.040 That the five men rushed when they when they utilize that, 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.920 the three inside guys, in my mind, should get as 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.400 much credit as the edge rushes who got the sacks. 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:57.000 You know, Sam Harvard got a couple and Carlos Dunlop 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.200 had one where lou Anna Rumo matched him up on 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.960 a tight end butt kicker, you know, Dray Kirkpatrick free runner, 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:07.080 unblocked sack so loose, schemed a couple. But then you 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.120 know you have Sam coming off. But the three interior 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.840 guys stayed in their lanes and gotta push where Russell 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.600 Wilson couldn't duck up underneath and you know, do the 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.320 magic that he does. So they did a great job 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.480 if everybody stayed in their rush lanes and had a 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.760 team pass rush that ended up in multiple sacks. So 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.080 I just thought that the scheme was unbelievably sound. I 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.240 thought the execution of the scheme was extremely sound. I mean, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.720 those three interior pass rushers, they're they're not going to 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:38.960 get any plotits, but they did their job as well 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.400 as Hubbard and Dunlap. Dude, that's that's the way it works. 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.160 If he has nowhere to go up between the tackles, 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.520 the defensive ends are gonna eat and they ate. We've 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.840 spent a lot of time talking about what Zach Taylor's 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.320 offense might be able to do for Joe Mixon, and 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.880 I think over the course of sixteen games and hopefully 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.080 more this year, Joe Mixon will wind up having great numbers. 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.160 Maybe we should have spent more time talking about what 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.600 Zach Taylor's offense can do for John Ross. Yeah, very true. 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.360 And when you think about it, you know, John Ross 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:11.840 did not have a whole lot of time to sync 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.800 up with Andy Dalton, obviously because of the hamstring issue. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.920 Now they had they worked together in the off season 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.600 with OTAs and mini camps and things that nature. But 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.160 when John had that that hamstring issue in a walk 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.480 through the very first day at training camp, he's thinking, 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.880 oh my god. But you know the numbers he put up, 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.960 he was he was targeted. I believe it was twelve times. 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:34.840 He had seven catches. He should have had two more, 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.040 should had nine catches. Were probably close to two hundred 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.480 yards or more he could have had if he if 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.080 he caught all the balls that you know, a couple 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.560 of drops to the other three really didn't have a 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:49.000 chance for. But this guy, his speed is you know, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.880 almost incomparable. And the thing about him, he does have 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.400 the quickness too. He can make guys mess. He does 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.920 have short space quickness. A lot of guys have short 0:16:56.960 --> 0:17:00.560 space quickness and then can't stride it out. Some guys 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.760 the opposite, don't, you know, have short spake quickness, you know, 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:07.240 the reverse. He has both. He has both. He can 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:09.080 make a guy missing and run away from you. Some 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:13.440 guys can't do both of those things. And he's you know, 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:18.440 he's a capable route runner. So the thing that's interesting now, 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.160 San Francisco we got we gotta do something with this guy, 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.560 Tyler Boyd. Things tilted I thought to Tyler Boyd a 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.840 little bit in Seattle and Ross took advantage. Now you 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:29.359 know what's going to happen. How are they going to 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.200 tilt it? Are they going to tilt it equally? Some 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.040 here to Boyd, some here to Ross? Wait till Aj 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.919 Green comes back. When you think about all the all 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.920 the things you do a laund your list to twelve 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.080 things in that football game, if any wont to twelve things, 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.199 maybe more had gone the other way. The Bengals win 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.680 a one point game that they lost by a point, 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.280 I should say they win that game that they lost 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.080 by a point. All they need is two more points. 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:52.960 I mean, you know. And the number one on my 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.760 list was if Aj Green got played. But you can 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:57.680 say that every team can say every week, jeez, we're 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:59.960 missing a great player, but they aren't missing their best 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.520 offensive player in that football game. What would have happened 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.760 if Aj Green, John Ross, Tyler Boyd were in that 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.400 game together against Seattle the way they decided to line 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:12.520 up and stop the run. In my mind, the biggest 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.200 reason that Pete Carroll did what he did is because 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.360 aj Green wasn't in the game. You said, your best 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.800 pass threat is on the sidelines. I'm gonna put the 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.480 load the box up and say go ahead and beat 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:26.720 us throwing the football with the guys remaining if you 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:31.720 can almost pulled it off. But I think it's sound 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.080 thought processed by Pete Carroll. You know you're missing your 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:38.720 best weapon, and man, when he comes back showing what 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.520 the other two have shown Nay can do, we'll see. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.400 Let's talk about Sam Hubbard. He was in the game 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.920 for forty three snaps, ten tackles, two sacks, two other 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:53.520 quarterback hits. Is Sam Hubbard a budding start? I think 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:59.320 he is because of I mean, he's talented physically, but 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.399 it's tenfold because of the way he goes. I mean 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.720 he plays so hard. When you watch him every snap 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.680 in practice, he's going like like his hair's on fire. 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:12.280 And that's the way he played in the football game. 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.040 I thought. One of the biggest tributes that I saw 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:20.200 in training camp to Sam Hubbard, Nick Eason said to 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:23.160 a rookie defensive lineman. He pulled the rookie defensive lineman 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.680 over to him and he said, look, if you want 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:27.600 to make it in the National Football League. Do what 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:30.440 that guy's doing. He pointed to Sam Hubbard. He said, 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:34.040 emulate him. Do everything he does. What he does in 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.000 the classroom, what he does in the locker room, what 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.360 he does in the football field. Do what that guy does. 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.120 That's that speaks volumes when you when you have your coach, 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.359 you know, buying in like that. And I think I 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.359 think it's teammates. His teammates respect it, and he's starting 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.440 to bring other guys with him. Other guys are starting 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:53.720 to move and hustle like Sam Hubbard is, And that's 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:57.120 that's a contagious thing. The Bengals host the San Francisco 0:19:57.200 --> 0:20:00.560 forty nine ers this week, lap led by quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:04.320 who is nine and two in eleven NFL starts, including 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:07.240 a win last week at Tampa Bay, but he looked 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:10.840 a little bit shaky coming back from ACL surgery. The 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:14.200 Bengals catching Jimmy Garoppolo at a good time, you know, 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.959 when you look at it, dan eleven starts, I mean 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.000 that's really virtually a first year quarterback. I mean he's, 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:22.480 you know, seven, this is seventh year. I think there's 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:24.480 a sixty or something like that. Jimmy g has been 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:26.399 around a while, but of course he was the backup 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:28.400 to Don Brady forever, so you're not gonna get any 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:32.879 snaps over there. He's just over eight hundred snaps in 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:36.200 his career as a starting quarterback, so he's just scratching 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:38.320 the service. He had that five and old run and 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:40.639 got a ton of money, you know, because of that. 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:44.040 But I think, you know, I know, they like him 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.040 in close games. They're four and three and old with 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:50.000 him in games that they've won by four points or less, 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.880 and they're one and nine without him in the same 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.880 situation games four points or less. So they believe in him, 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.080 you know, as a quarterback, and I think he is 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:01.360 a you know, an excellent quarter back. But I'll tell 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.080 you what if lou Anna Rumu comes up with something 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.639 similar to what he came up with to frustrate Russell Wilson, 0:21:08.200 --> 0:21:10.960