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Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast. The come on up for the rise.

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Speaker 1: In addition, as the AFC North champion Bengals look to

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Speaker 1: end their thirty one year drought without a playoff win

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Speaker 1: as they host the Las Vegas Raiders. Coming up, I'll

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Speaker 1: talk to the delightful k Adams from Good Morning Football

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Speaker 1: on the NFL Network. She'll tell us why she predicted

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Speaker 1: that the Bengals would be a playoff team back in July.

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Speaker 1: My one on one player interview is with c j Uzama,

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Speaker 1: who reveals who came up with the nickname Joey Franchise

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Speaker 1: for Joe Burrow. Dave Lapham joins me to look at

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Speaker 1: some of the key matchups on Saturday and did our

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Speaker 1: know the faux segment, we'll hear from Charles Davis from

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Speaker 1: CBS Sports, who called five Raiders games on TV this year,

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Speaker 1: including the Bengals Raiders game in Week eleven. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the free to

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning breaking down video of Joe Burrow, the former

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Speaker 1: Colton Broncos quarterback, host a show for ESPN Plus called

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Speaker 1: Detail where he does a deep dive into quarterback play,

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Speaker 1: and Manning recently did a twenty five minute segment looking

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Speaker 1: at Joe Burrow's performance against San Francisco. It's tremendous, not

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Speaker 1: only explaining many of the traits that make Burrow great,

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Speaker 1: but also highlighting the play design and play calling expertise

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Speaker 1: of Zach Taylor and Brian Callahan. You need an ESPN

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Speaker 1: Plus subscription to watch it, but between that show and

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Speaker 1: NFL Turning Point and Tom Brady's Man in the Arena,

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Speaker 1: I think the cost is well worth it. Now let's

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Speaker 1: get to my guests, beginning with a TV host who

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Speaker 1: has become very popular among Bengals fans. She is one

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Speaker 1: of the hosts of my favorite football show on TV,

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Speaker 1: and she made an exceptional ruler of the Jungle at

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Speaker 1: Paul Brown Stadium several weeks ago. The NFL networks k

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Speaker 1: Adams k way back in July, you called it, you

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Speaker 1: predicted that the Bengals would be a playoff team this year.

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Speaker 1: What did you see that so many others missed? I

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Speaker 1: think what I saw two album. I'm just gonna be

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Speaker 1: and for no reason. It was very strange that they

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, they're bringing chemistry in Trey Hendrickson was assigning

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Speaker 1: that I loved because I've studied the Saints very closely

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Speaker 1: last year and loved when he did there. And just

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Speaker 1: fact that he is cool under pressure. I didn't follow

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Speaker 1: his career at LSU college football. I don't have a

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Speaker 1: room in my heart for it as much as most

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Speaker 1: fans do. So really just through the draft process, we

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Speaker 1: Greater's ice cream was delicious. I tried at the Blackburn's tailgate.

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Speaker 1: tough guy and not surprised that he's he's going to

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Speaker 1: give it a go. And the thing is, though, with

427
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Speaker 1: those ankle injuries, you just never know, I mean, you

428
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,320
Speaker 1: just turn wrong, you're in a pile the wrong way,

429
00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 1: and sometimes they can they can exascerbate themselves pretty quickly.

430
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Speaker 1: So Jackson Carman still better be ready. And the fact

431
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: that he's gotten the snaps that he's gotten and performed

432
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,800
Speaker 1: well for the most part with a lot of those snaps,

433
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Speaker 1: I think he's an encouraging thing. They've already got two

434
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: inexperienced guys in the starting line up the offensive line

435
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Speaker 1: in Isaiah Prince and acam Identagy. Not having three to me,

436
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 1: it seems like a pretty big deal. I agree. And

437
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,440
Speaker 1: I'll tell you another guy that I thought looked pretty

438
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,679
Speaker 1: darn good out there at left tackling. I'm wondering if

439
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 1: you can play right tackle. Deante Smith played well. I

440
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: mean that guy, he's got really good feat he's got length,

441
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: he's got good hands. I mean he got hurt at

442
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 1: the wrong time, unfortunately for him, because he was making

443
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,920
Speaker 1: a move he was. He was the guy. I think

444
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 1: that Frank Pollock, he was on a fast track to

445
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,440
Speaker 1: get some snaps and get some playing time. But injuries

446
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 1: can curtail those kind of things, and it did unfortunately

447
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 1: for Deante. But I think he's he's back physically and

448
00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 1: now can he catch up with everything. You know, you

449
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 1: missed so many reps. You missed the mental part of

450
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 1: it as well as the physical part of it. You

451
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 1: can keep up with the mental part of it obviously easier,

452
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 1: but there's nothing like being out in the field from

453
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: a mental standpoint. You know, you think you have it

454
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: figured out. When you're out there and it's full, full

455
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: tilt and live bullets, sometimes it looks a lot different.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's stick with Bengals offensive line versus Raiders

457
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Speaker 1: defensive line. In this playoff game, Max Crosby has eight

458
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 1: sacks and more than one hundred quarterback pressures. He leads

459
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Speaker 1: the NFL unique and Ghakway has ten sacks. They are

460
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Speaker 1: going to be missing an excellent defensive tackle. Darius Filon

461
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,239
Speaker 1: suffered an injury in that finale against the Chargers, so

462
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,879
Speaker 1: he is definitely out. Do you look at Bengals offensive

463
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,720
Speaker 1: line versus Raiders defensive line as the biggest matchup question

464
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 1: in this game. I look at it as a huge one,

465
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. I think honestly both lines

466
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Speaker 1: of scrimmage. I think that the Raiders, in my opinion,

467
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,359
Speaker 1: have one really good player in Colton Miller. Everybody else

468
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: just guys. And I'm sure that's what the Raiders think

469
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 1: about the Cincinnati Bengals offensive line, just guys. So will

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Speaker 1: there respective defensive fronts to be able to take advantage?

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Speaker 1: And I'm looking at the matchup of the interior pass

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Speaker 1: rushers that the Bengals have, the Ogan Jovies, J Hill,

473
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,880
Speaker 1: DJ Reader too getting pushed. I'm looking at them against

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Speaker 1: those guards. I think the guards of the weak links

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Speaker 1: of the offensive line, and I would think Lou and

476
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,720
Speaker 1: Rumo and company would have some pressure packages that would

477
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 1: test and put those guards in conflict a little bit,

478
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: walking linebackers up in gaps and twisting and studying and

479
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,200
Speaker 1: things of that nature. So I'm looking at that, and

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Speaker 1: I'm also looking at, like you said, Dan, the flip

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Speaker 1: side of it, the Bengals offensive line. Will they be

482
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Speaker 1: able to handle those bookends, I mean Crosby and Gookway.

483
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: That's a duel. I mean, that's a very very that's

484
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: eighteen sacks combined from the two of those guys. In

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00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: my mind, there's a million things you can do. You know,

486
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: you can keep a tight end in, you can chip,

487
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: you can slide the line. But quarterbacks has got to

488
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 1: get the ball out of his hand quickly. I think

489
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 1: that's another thing that you incorporate in the game plan

490
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 1: and don't forget about draws and screens. That's that It's

491
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: forever tested. Paul Brown, he would he would patrol the

492
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Speaker 1: sideline and he'd be like, time for the draw. He'd say,

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00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: he'd say to the play called time for the draw,

494
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 1: because he could tell the pass rushers are just team

495
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,679
Speaker 1: and the draw would break bust for big yards. You know,

496
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 1: he invented it. He invented the draw play with Marion

497
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 1: Motley up there with the Cleveland Browns by accident. So

498
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: I think draws and screens are gonna be a big,

499
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: big factor. The Kansas City Chiefs hurt him badly with

500
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: the screen game, throwing that screen game behind the pass rush.

501
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: So there's a myriad of ways that you can slow

502
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 1: that pass rush down, and the other way to do

503
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: it get Joe Mixon going. I mean they finished that game.

504
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,639
Speaker 1: Grind and Joe Mixon in the second half nineteen carries

505
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: for over one hundred yards in a touch. Get big

506
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,119
Speaker 1: twenty eight running inside outside, Get him just hammering that

507
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: defensive football team and anchor them a little bit. Following

508
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 1: up on that, thirty carries for one hundred and twenty

509
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: three yards total in the first meeting, and Joe Burrow

510
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 1: only threw for one hundred and forty eight yards. That's

511
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: the fewest he's ever had in his twenty six NFL starts.

512
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,679
Speaker 1: So do you expect a similar formula on Saturday. I do,

513
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 1: because you know, I think Gus Bradley is going to

514
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,280
Speaker 1: do the same thing. Gus Bradley, he does not load

515
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,679
Speaker 1: the box. He plays coverage. He has four guys and

516
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 1: he can rely on to rush the passer in his mind.

517
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: Now with injury, he might not have all four of

518
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: those guys with the interior injury at defensive tackle, but

519
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: I think he's still he's gonna he's gonna make sure

520
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,160
Speaker 1: that Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase don't throw it over

521
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 1: their heads. You know that te Higgins doesn't throw it

522
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,160
Speaker 1: over the heads with Joe Burrow. I think they're gonna

523
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 1: do play a lot of that cover three. And you

524
00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:01,159
Speaker 1: know what he does. I think his biggest act is

525
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 1: he gets guys to just really play hard for him,

526
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: high energy, high enthusiasm, you know. I mean, they're they're

527
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: just effort guys defensively, and he doesn't overload their minds.

528
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he keeps it real simple and they can

529
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: play fast and they know his system cold. I think

530
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: now though, at this stage in the playoffs, another thing

531
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: another Paul Brown is that applies and I remember he

532
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,159
Speaker 1: said it when we were in the playoffs for the

533
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 1: first time in nineteen thirty five. I can vividly see

534
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,640
Speaker 1: him up there in the front of the classroom saying, gentlemen,

535
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,160
Speaker 1: sometimes we have to make the same things look different

536
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: and different things look the same. And that's exactly what

537
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 1: you do. Now. You don't overhaul your systems. You tweak them.

538
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: And it might be it's the same throw to the quarterback,

539
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 1: but it might be instead of a slot receiver on

540
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 1: a safety a by formation and window dressing him, might

541
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 1: be a running back on a linebacker. Because you're, you know,

542
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: you're you're putting your base people in there and you

543
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: don't want sub packages in there. So the offense you

544
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: can control it with personnel, with formations, with motion, with

545
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: window dressing. So Paul Brown would be like, if we've

546
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: got some concepts that have worked for us, worked for

547
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 1: us in the first matchup. Sometimes you have to make

548
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: the same things look different and different things look the same.

549
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: And I think the game, the team that game plans

550
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 1: that way, and then most importantly, the players that go

551
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 1: out and execute best going to win the football game.

552
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: By the way, as I mentioned, Burrow through four hundred

553
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: and forty eight yards in Game one, the fewest he's

554
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,360
Speaker 1: ever thrown four in an NFL game. His three lowest

555
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: yardage figures ever all wins at Vegas, at Denver, at

556
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh this year. Let's talk about the other quarterback, Derek Carr.

557
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 1: He was decent in Game one, two and fifteen yards,

558
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: one touchdown, one pick. For the season fourteenth in the

559
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: NFL and passer rating fifth in passing yards, one spot

560
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: ahead of Joe Burrow. What do you consider to be

561
00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: his strengths and his weaknesses. I think he has immense

562
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: arm talent. I think he can make every throw there

563
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: is to make. It's interesting, though, I heard Jack del

564
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: Rio come out and say that he does not play

565
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: well in cold weather, and that's his former head coach,

566
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 1: so he has experience with it. So that would that

567
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: kind of pert my ears a little bit when I

568
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: when I heard that, But I think, I think what

569
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: he does is sometimes tries to force the issue. We

570
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 1: have so much confidence in that arm talent. I mean,

571
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: he'll take a chance here and there so that he'll

572
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: he'll put it up there for the defensive backs to intercept.

573
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: And when he does, you have to take full advantage

574
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: of it. You can't let one slip through your hands. Literally,

575
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: you have to catch the football when he gives you

576
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: that kind of an opportunity. The other thing with him

577
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 1: is if you hit him, he gets deeply affected. Every

578
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: quarterback is affected by pressure and by his but his

579
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: is significant. I mean you can see him, you know,

580
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: reacting in a much different way as a quarter back

581
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: after he's been smacked a couple of times. So that's

582
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 1: going to be a big factor. If they can get

583
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,959
Speaker 1: him off his spot and get hit him some and

584
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: make him think about you have him see ghosts a

585
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 1: little bit. Ghosts in the pocket, goes down the football field,

586
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: have him see some of that stuff. I do think

587
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: that in this football game here lately he has done

588
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: a great job of creating an extending plays and throwing

589
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: up fifty fifty balls and they've either caught him or

590
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: get pass interference penalties. So he's made some big plays

591
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 1: that way. Joe Burrow can do the same thing. I

592
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: think this game a big factor might hinge on which

593
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: quarterback is the most intelligent when they're creating and extending

594
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: and not forcing but making, you know, making big plays

595
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: down the football field and avoiding big mistakes down the

596
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: football field. Let me follow up on the weather. The

597
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: forecast for four to thirty on Saturday is in the

598
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: high twenties. The current temperature in Las Vegas is in

599
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: the mid sixties. So how big of an advantage do

600
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: you think that is? I think it's I think it is.

601
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: I think it's signific can um, I'm not sure that

602
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: in the twenties for for linemen, that's not you know,

603
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: that's not cruel and unusual punishment. I mean, you can

604
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: handle that, um, But but I think for skill guys

605
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: that that aren't used to that, that ball gets harder,

606
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,959
Speaker 1: it gets slicker. Like everybody talks about Um. You know,

607
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: your hands or you know, can can get cold and

608
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: get numb a little bit, and you have a hard

609
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: ball hitting those those cold hands, it's a it's a

610
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: totally different feeling. And then in the in the ball,

611
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: it feels like it's coated with resin, you know, when

612
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: it's when it's cold like that. It's weird how how

613
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: the resin And I don't know why it migrates, but

614
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: the resident seems to migrate to the surface of the football.

615
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: It's crazy, Um, but I do think I think that's

616
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: going to be a factor. And when you look at it,

617
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: that influences ball security, you know, I mean, and you

618
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: got to go high and tight big time when it's

619
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: cold like that, because if you get hit in cold

620
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 1: weather sometimes, you know, if you're hitting sixty degree weather,

621
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to grip that football a little

622
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: bit better than you will when it's in the twenties

623
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: and get hit like that, Like we talked about, the

624
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: ball's harder, it's slicker, Your hands are cold, your arms

625
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: are cold. It's a it's a much different dynamic that

626
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: you've got to get used to that and you have

627
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 1: to get a get a feel for that, and if

628
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: you practice in it all week, you have a little

629
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: bit better feeling then if you haven't. So I think

630
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: all those things are going to be a factor. The

631
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: one thing when I was researching the Raiders that stunned

632
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: me six interceptions was dead last in the NFL six

633
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: interceptions in seventeen games. And they have a really good

634
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: front four you know, it's like, you know, they're getting

635
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: more than a couple of sacks a game. Why isn't

636
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: that transferring into more interceptions? They just haven't taken the

637
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: football away very much. And it's because they haven't, you

638
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: intercepted the ball very much. So Joe Burrows on a

639
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: stretch where he hasn't thrown an interception for a long time,

640
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty six passes. I think it is

641
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: something like that. So hopefully that continues. And so far

642
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: they haven't shown much for a pensity to pick quarterbacks off.

643
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: So a big storyline this week has obviously been the

644
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: playoff drought, and I think people have kind of looked

645
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: at it and said, these guys have nothing to do

646
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: with that long stretch of futility and shouldn't be affected

647
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: by it. But when the Bengals take the field on

648
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: Saturday and every Bengals fan in attendance is yearning to

649
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: end that streak. Do you think they'll feel it? Then

650
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I hope the fan base. I

651
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: hope they have a sense of virgin urgency to get

652
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: as loud as they possibly can. Because let's go back

653
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: to the opener Dan the Minnesota game that the Bengals

654
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: won an overtime. Minnesota had multiple false starts because of

655
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: crowd noise playing a simple it was just flat out

656
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: crowd noise. And we remember how loud it was we

657
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: were in Vegas playing the Raiders. That place was that

658
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: was off the hook. It was loud, man in that dome.

659
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: They were going crazy. The Bengals handled it pretty well.

660
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: It's Tessa Raiders and everybody come to that game full throat,

661
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: loud and proud, and see when you can affect them

662
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: a little bit. That's that's that's going to be a

663
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: big factor in this football game. So if the fans

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Speaker 1: are wondering how they can help make sure to end

665
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: that streak that they're there, they've suffered through, do it

666
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Speaker 1: by vocal cords. So I'm feeling pretty confident going into

667
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: this game, and much of my confidence is rooted in

668
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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, his track record in big games at his

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Speaker 1: personality in general. Do you think that his teammates have

670
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Speaker 1: that same feeling because of Joe, Yeah, I think he

671
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: I think they follow his lead. I think he just

672
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: rises to the occasion. I think he's one of those

673
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 1: kind of guys that big stage time to go out

674
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Speaker 1: and do your best. You know, don't shrink, shrink up

675
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: like a shrinking violet. You know, go out there and

676
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: be a star. Go out there and play. And that's

677
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: the big thing too. Joe did a great job of that.

678
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Speaker 1: The numbers you talked about his three career low yardage games,

679
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: they won the football game. You don't have to play

680
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: hero ball. Joe Burrow knows he doesn't have to play

681
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: hero ball. He understands that totally. Jamara has to understand

682
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: enough to play hero ball. Joe Mixon has to understand.

683
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 1: Everybody has to understand. Do your job to the best

684
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 1: that you possibly can. Don't try to do anything more

685
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: than what you're supposed to do, but do what you're

686
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 1: supposed to do at the highest level you possibly can

687
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: do it, and then you're gonna win the football game,

688
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 1: and that's in the playoffs. That's that's as big a

689
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: factor as anything. Joe Burrow will be one of five

690
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: quarterbacks making his first playoffs start this weekend. The Bengals

691
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: will be facing another one in Derek Carr. Finally, it's

692
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: time for this week's No The Faux Segment. Charles Davis,

693
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: who calls NFL games on CBS with Ian Eagle, was

694
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: in the booth for five Raiders games this year. He

695
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: joined Lap in Wayne box Miller and the Bengals Game

696
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: Plan Show and started by sharing what he likes about

697
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one Bengals. I like that this team

698
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: has the air to it of we're just gonna do

699
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: what we do the past. Okay, you guys can talk

700
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: about it, but it's not going to define us. We're

701
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: gonna take care of our own business. And when they

702
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 1: had opportunities, you know, one of their breakthroughs was winning

703
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: three in a row? Right when was the last time?

704
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: Twenty fifteen? And that became a thing, didn't it. In fact,

705
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: we had it. We had the Chargers game, one of

706
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Speaker 1: the times they were going for three in a row

707
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Speaker 1: and didn't get there. And Zach Taylor really emphasized, hey,

708
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Speaker 1: let's get a breakthrough here, and it didn't happen. A

709
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: lot of teams would just go away on that, a

710
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: lot of teams would have more issues. They came back,

711
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,800
Speaker 1: battled their way and when they finally broke through and

712
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,760
Speaker 1: got three in a row Kansas City, that's a pretty

713
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: strong one to make it make your move on. So

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Speaker 1: I just like where this team is. And look, a

715
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: second year quarterback in the old days didn't really take

716
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: over a team. This young man took over the amenity

717
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: he got drafted and now they really reflect to who

718
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: he is. This is Joe Burrow kid. There's something really

719
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: special about him. And when we sit in production meetings

720
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: and all, he's not getting that. He doesn't have his

721
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: feed up on and telling us tales and all that.

722
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: He answers the question just fine, but you can tell

723
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Speaker 1: he's all about business. You're right, Charles Manne, dude is

724
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: laser focus, there's no question. And in today's National Football League,

725
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: you have to have a quarterback. And they've got the

726
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,720
Speaker 1: youngest duo in the history of the National Football League

727
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: to have a thousand yards receiving in the same year

728
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: and his man, Jamar Chase who he worked with at LSU,

729
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: set a franchise record single season record fourteen hundred and

730
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Speaker 1: fifty five yards. It's only fourth best in the league

731
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: this year, even though it's a Bengals franchise record. That

732
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: tells you what the league's like. But you, as a

733
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Speaker 1: former defensive back and a good one, when you've got

734
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Speaker 1: guys like Chase Higgins, Boyd, what kind of conflict does

735
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: that cause you in the back end? Zama Mix? Yeah,

736
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: I mean, just going right, It causes all kinds of

737
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: conflict because if you want to kick coverage as a

738
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: certain direction, if you're doing things you're guessing, you know,

739
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,320
Speaker 1: you're you're playing odds in a sense certain third downs.

740
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: If you think that they'd like to go to a

741
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: certain place on a third down, maybe you want to

742
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: double one of those guys. But they all, every one

743
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: of those guys can make you pay. That's the thing is.

744
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: It's not like you take away certain people and guess what,

745
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: the other guys aren't going to really sting you. You

746
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: take away Chase, Okay, we send all of our coverage there.

747
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: You really think Boyd and Higgins are going to light

748
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,280
Speaker 1: you up? They are. They've proven it time and time again.

749
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Speaker 1: So with all those weapons, the plethora of things going on,

750
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: and an offensive line, it's probably playing a little bit

751
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: better than what you would you know, you would think

752
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: in terms of how they might have been rated coming

753
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: out where the talent level is all of that, you're

754
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: putting together a pretty powerful group. And I can't wait

755
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: to see them go at it on Saturday with the

756
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: Raiders because both of them have been through their stuff

757
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: this year and battled their way through the Bengals with

758
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,919
Speaker 1: a division titled the Raiders with a really unlikely playoff birth.

759
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: Considering everything that's going on in Las Vegas this year,

760
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,720
Speaker 1: no doubt, you know, Charles Davis is I guess Charles,

761
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 1: you watched a lot of football and talk about just

762
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: how impressive it is. You bring in Trey Hendrickson, you

763
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: bring in Von Bell, you know, you bring in a

764
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: lot of new guys chitabey E Woozier, and these guys

765
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: just seem to mess with the existing players. It's not

766
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 1: that easy. Although people may think that, right, Yeah, you're

767
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: exactly right. And I think what helps is that when

768
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 1: these guys come in, they weren't coming into a place

769
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Speaker 1: that it either had a ton of success or wasn't

770
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Speaker 1: ready to ascend to it. They came in because, like

771
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: Trey Henderson told us, he had a feeling about this place,

772
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: you know, spent the time he bought into Zach Taylor

773
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: was the last time you heard anyone around the league say,

774
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 1: you know what I wanted to send. I really bought

775
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: into their vision. Yeah, just don't hear that. So so

776
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: so when Trey Henderson is saying that, and as focus

777
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 1: as he is, it means something. And then you have

778
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: guys who have had success both in the lead to

779
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: in the pro level who have come over. Larry Ogan

780
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: job's out of Charlotte. Okay, so no one's thought about

781
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 1: his college success, but boys, he carved out a nice

782
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: niche in the NFL being a starter in Cleveland and

783
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: on a team that found its way into playoffs last year,

784
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: and he helped, you know, make successful. I think one

785
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: of the most underrated people on the staff is Marion Hobby.

786
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: Now there's a lot of buy ins here. Okay, Marion

787
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 1: and I played together at Tennessee, but he has won

788
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: heck of a good football coach, I mean, and what

789
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: he's done with that front. And you spend time with

790
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard, you spend time with Trey Hendrickson, you spend

791
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: time with Ogan Job, you spend time with any of

792
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: the guys there. They willingly talk about what he gives them.

793
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna leave you with this. Sam Hubbard

794
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 1: compared him to Larry Johnson, the quintessential defensive line coach

795
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,479
Speaker 1: in college football Ohio State. And when an Ohio State

796
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: Buckeye compares another d line coach with Larry Johnson, who

797
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: is their godfather? Okay, the bosses go back in the

798
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 1: offseason and spend time with Larry Johnson. Okay, And that

799
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,919
Speaker 1: if you want to know what it's all about. That's

800
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: how I praise and that defensive front. They've done some

801
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: work this year. Let me ask you a question about

802
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: the Raiders. How do the Raiders have ten wins and

803
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: seven losses when they were outscored by sixty five points.

804
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: They've they're the thirty first most penalized team in the league,

805
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: thirty second most penalty yards in the league. They've only

806
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: got six interceptions on the season, last in the National

807
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: Football League. They give up a touchdown defensively in the

808
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: red zone eighty one point four percent of the time,

809
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: last in the National Football League. But how the hell

810
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: had they won ten games? What do you think, Charles,

811
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: what's up with that? I don't know. Dave and our

812
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: crew has had the Raiders five times this year, really,

813
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: so we've seen them, and we've seen there's a toughness

814
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 1: to them, there's a resilience to them. We saw them

815
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: week two. Remember that Monday nighter that they had with

816
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: Baltimore that was still two. Jo Car hit to Day

817
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: Jones for a touchdown. They had to turn around short

818
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 1: week and go to Pittsburgh the next week. Remember Pittsburgh

819
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: could just beat Buffalo in the season opener, so they

820
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: were feeling pretty good about themselves. They went up there

821
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: and beat them on the road and got off to

822
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: that great start. Our crew was in town when the

823
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: John Gruden news broke. In fact, I was at practice

824
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,320
Speaker 1: and John said, Hey, can I talk to you for

825
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,439
Speaker 1: a minute, because I've known John for thirty five years,

826
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: and told me what was about to go down. And

827
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: that was the weekend they played the Bears, and the Bears,

828
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 1: who were not very good, went in there and beat

829
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: them because they were they were discombobulated. We were also there,

830
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: I believe right after Henry Ruggs. Okay, we were there

831
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: when Cincinnati took charge in the second half and ran

832
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: them into submission, when Joe Mixon and crew beat them

833
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: down because Zach Taylor said, if we just stayed with it,

834
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 1: they will crack, and they did. How they've gotten ten wins.

835
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 1: There's a lot of toughness. And Derek Carr is one

836
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: of the most underrated guys going in terms of fortitude.

837
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: He's a good player, all right, He probably doesn't get

838
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: his due that way, but that guy really helped keep

839
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: that locker room together with everything that went on, and

840
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: that team actually does believe in him, and they've hit

841
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: the right plays at the right times. This is like

842
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 1: the old Peanuts cartoon strip but Charles Schultz where Lucy

843
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: is getting all over Charlie Brown about his baseball team. Okay,

844
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: and she's crushing him, and she's like, and you guys

845
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: are lasting the league in this, and you're lasting the

846
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: league and that blah blah blah, and your stats say this,

847
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: and finally Charlie Brown says, Lucy, tell your statistics to

848
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: shut up. That's kind of where the Raiders off. Just

849
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 1: tell the statistic to shut up. We're just gonna show

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Speaker 1: up and play. But I got a relentless pass rush.

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Speaker 1: Now Crosby, you think a gock Way. They get after

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Speaker 1: it and they create a little havoc back there. But

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Speaker 1: the numbers they don't make sense. That's why I can't

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Speaker 1: believe they only have six interceptions with that pass rush

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Speaker 1: to only have six picks because those guys, yeah, they've

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Speaker 1: got when they've got on the back end. You know

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Speaker 1: when Nathan Abram is right. Dathan Abram is a box

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Speaker 1: safety who can't cover. He's not a cover guy, I

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Speaker 1: mean coming out of college. I love the fact that he,

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Speaker 1: you know, like Burgess, Meredith said, Rocky, I'm knocking it tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: rock Yeah, right, but but but but his coverage ability

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Speaker 1: isn't very good. Trayvon Merrick is that high center field

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Speaker 1: safety who's going to get better and better as time

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Speaker 1: goes on. He's ranging Casey Hayward up there. But they

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Speaker 1: are not super ballhawks, but they do a nice job

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Speaker 1: keeping things and waiting for you to make a mistake.

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