WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: The Rising 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.480 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:11.799 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The come on up for the rise. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:17.119 In addition, as the AFC North champion Bengals look to 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.239 end their thirty one year drought without a playoff win 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.880 as they host the Las Vegas Raiders. Coming up, I'll 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:27.080 talk to the delightful k Adams from Good Morning Football 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.680 on the NFL Network. She'll tell us why she predicted 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:34.000 that the Bengals would be a playoff team back in July. 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.920 My one on one player interview is with c j Uzama, 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:41.640 who reveals who came up with the nickname Joey Franchise 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:45.040 for Joe Burrow. Dave Lapham joins me to look at 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.760 some of the key matchups on Saturday and did our 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.760 know the faux segment, we'll hear from Charles Davis from 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:55.160 CBS Sports, who called five Raiders games on TV this year, 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.560 including the Bengals Raiders game in Week eleven. The Bengals 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.920 Booth Podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals, the free to 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:06.840 play Next Level Fantasy Football game downloaded now from the 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.800 App Store and Google Play. And here's a quick reminder 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.319 that you can have the latest edition of this podcast 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:16.160 delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:20.040 wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:25.360 Peyton Manning breaking down video of Joe Burrow, the former 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:29.360 Colton Broncos quarterback, host a show for ESPN Plus called 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:33.240 Detail where he does a deep dive into quarterback play, 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.480 and Manning recently did a twenty five minute segment looking 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:42.240 at Joe Burrow's performance against San Francisco. It's tremendous, not 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.240 only explaining many of the traits that make Burrow great, 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.800 but also highlighting the play design and play calling expertise 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.840 of Zach Taylor and Brian Callahan. You need an ESPN 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:57.400 Plus subscription to watch it, but between that show and 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.240 NFL Turning Point and Tom Brady's Man in the Arena, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:05.240 I think the cost is well worth it. Now let's 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.320 get to my guests, beginning with a TV host who 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:13.520 has become very popular among Bengals fans. She is one 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.799 of the hosts of my favorite football show on TV, 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.840 and she made an exceptional ruler of the Jungle at 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.760 Paul Brown Stadium several weeks ago. The NFL networks k 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:28.840 Adams k way back in July, you called it, you 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.360 predicted that the Bengals would be a playoff team this year. 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.400 What did you see that so many others missed? I 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.800 think what I saw two album. I'm just gonna be 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.760 completely honest with you. It was people not picking the Bengals, 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:46.480 and for no reason. It was very strange that they 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.800 were getting Nola. They have the quarterback, they have the 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.560 wide receiver, they're bringing chemistry in Trey Hendrickson was assigning 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.799 that I loved because I've studied the Saints very closely 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.720 last year and loved when he did there. And just 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.280 about Joe Burrow just sort of won me over the 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.840 fact that he is cool under pressure. I didn't follow 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.239 his career at LSU college football. I don't have a 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:09.760 room in my heart for it as much as most 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.720 fans do. So really just through the draft process, we 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.160 handled himself. Post game, they had what it takes in 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:20.240 the recipes. It was definitely the cj Uzama Why not them? 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:24.120 And then I really loved the fan base because I 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.760 think the fan base is smart. They're hungry, but they're 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.320 not whiny, and I think this is a fan base 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.639 that is really riveted and enthusiastic and enjoying the moment, 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.120 and I hope it works out. So Joe Burrow and 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.720 Jamar Chase are getting a lot of the credit, and 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.800 deservedly so. They've been fantastic. But what about this team 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:44.960 do you think might be flying under the radar a 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.840 little bit? I mean, I'm just gonna go back to 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.600 Trey Hendrickson because this was someone who had double digit 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.880 sacks with the Saints, and there is a lot the 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:56.800 narrative nationally was, Oh, that's because he's with Cam Jordan, 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.520 that's because he's you know, it's the Jajavian Clowney to 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.320 TJ wat effect or whatever it is, or a one 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.160 year one theer stack numbers can be misleading all of that, 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.360 and then you look at what he did. What a streak, 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:12.360 what pressure, what disruption he's putting on the opposing offenses. 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.280 It is so fun to watch and tremendous, and that's necessary, 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:19.200 especially this battle this weekend. I'm you know, if I 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:20.920 had to worry about the Bengals, it would of course 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.240 be protecting Joe, which we'll get into. But I just 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.599 think he's been such a force and he's been so great, 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.240 and he needs to get more national love. We're visiting 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.360 with Kay Adams from Good Morning Football. So a few 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.200 weeks ago you did a one on one interview with 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:39.120 Jamar Chase whenever you're Q and K interviews. What stood 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:44.400 out in that conversation, what really caught your ear? I appreciated, 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:49.240 you know, I love interviewing rookies because they're still honest, right, 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:53.240 they're not as they haven't gone through the media training 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.240 as much as veteran players have, so they say a 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.120 little bit more. And I really I thought he was 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.840 very genuine. I really they appreciated that he is honest 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.880 about wanting things for himself and for his team, and 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.000 that's okay. Players are usually I don't want the records. 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.600 I just want team wins. That's the company line. But 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.799 I think he wants it all and I could feel 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.359 the confidence he has that he can have it. We 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:19.720 talked a lot about his, of course development with his quarterback, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.440 that chemistry, how much they add lib out there, and 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.479 he said that Joe Burrow holds him accountable. If they're 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.720 not communicating, he'll run to him and he'll say Joe, 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:29.320 what am I doing? And Joe will let him have 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.640 it and let him go and I liked it that 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.239 he said that communication is still something that they're working 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.120 on week in, week out. I thought that was impressive. 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.680 They're not complacent. They're not you know, we've been here, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.080 we've done this, We've won a national championship where you know, 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.120 we're just skating and getting paid here in the NFL. 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.800 It means something to him, which I love. And the 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.320 craziest thing he told me, which I stopped the interview, 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.080 he told me that I haven't seen a good catch. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.760 He basically said, I said, what have it? I've said, 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.080 you're doing all this crazy stuff yards after catch, You're 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.880 speedy're amazing. And this is before, of course his monster performance. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:04.680 But he said, he's like, I just I got to 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.200 get to that like Tyler Boyd level. I need to 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.240 get to these like you know Odell kind of catches. 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.320 And I'm like, there's more, there's more to the show. 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:14.920 Sign me up. I can't wait. He is setting the 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.839 bar really, really high, that's for sure. Was there a 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.920 point this year where the Bengals went from fun, exciting, 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:26.000 entertaining team to being a legitimate contender In your opinion, 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.359 that went over the Chiefs absolutely sealed the deal. You know, 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.400 I always take the temperature on before games. What is 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.560 this game going to do to change how I feel? 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.719 That was a big whopping win that said, hey, we're 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.479 not here, We're not a one hit wonder. The problem 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.920 with sports media in the NFL and covering it, it's 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:49.200 a lazy take that the narrative can't change. The narrative changes. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:53.120 The Rams get rid of Fisher, they bring in Sean McVay, 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:55.880 they get their quarterback in Jared Goff now Matthew Stafford, 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.320 and the entire complexion of the franchise changes. There's ups 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.680 and there's down downs, and the Bengals are just they're 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:06.599 on their way up. So the Bengals are AFC North champs. 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.400 The next hurdle is to win a playoff game. What 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.280 are a couple of keys in your opinion, to knocking 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.000 off the Raiders on Saturday. So the way I look 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:20.520 at this is that they're both inexperienced teams, both quarterbacks, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.560 Both teams have equal pressure to deliver wins to their 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.080 respective fan bases who are expecting them, excited for them, 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.400 riveted by them. I'm sure it's what you guys have 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.400 been talking about week in, week out. Me, these two 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.160 teams faced each other, Joe mix in the huge part 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:37.240 of that game plan. Max Crosby is terrifying. And I 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:38.920 know if you look at the staff numbers, they weren't 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.200 there against Joe Burrowing company. But he was everywhere. I 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.480 went back when we were watching the game a couple 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.720 of days ago, because I'm a sick pup who's watching 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:50.400 the game time and he but his pressure was everywhere. 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.280 He's incredible. I mean eight sacks this season, Yannick and Goquay. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.440 He was a monster and a problem for Burrow because 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.560 of Max Crosby's presence. I've spoken to Yannik and Gokway 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.840 about how they work in tandem and how they're one 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.320 of the past best pass rushing duo. So it's it's 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:08.320 trite and it's the usual Bromoken record, but can you 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.440 protect your quarterback? I don't want to see that nameplate 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.560 flying if it flies where I think that, I just 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:19.200 don't want to see that. So you know, disruption is 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.160 production and those are two of the better ones to 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:25.040 do it. But and remember and Goqua has been to 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.720 this dance. Twenty seventeen, Jags went to the AFC Championship 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.320 game had a tremendous season down there with Jacksonville, so 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.240 he's been there and bring some experience to it too, 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.520 So can you protect him? And I'll say the other thing, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.520 crowd noise. You heard your coach talk about it. I 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.320 was there, I had the time of my life. And 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.120 since I think everyone in the world knows I had 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.480 the time of my life in Cincinnati, it has to 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.520 be that same energy. I can't tell you how many 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.320 NFL players I've talked to over the years and I say, 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.240 talk to it like I don't believe in home field, 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.640 like tell like why should I care? And a lot 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.160 of them say that they can feel nervousness, they can 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:03.040 feel every pension they can, if not just decibel levels 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.240 that people are that you know, players are picking up on. 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:07.760 I thought that was so interesting, and a lot of 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.079 guys have said this. So I need the Bengals fan 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.360 base to show up. Don't give your tickets to the 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.440 Raiders because they travel and they will come in there 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.480 and try to invade and make it not cute, and 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.240 I don't want to see that. But I think that 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.880 there's a level of when things cross out like inexperience 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.040 and you know, across the board, firepower or whatever momentum. 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.640 They both have it on both sides. Things like that 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.600 really matter. It's going from playing indoors in Vegas to 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.840 playing outside in Cincinnati where I have to like have 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.320 electric can ormers and forty degree weather. I don't even 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.160 know if the conditions will be I notall be cold, 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.520 crowd noise is going to be huge, but also maintaining 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.200 just the support the supportive vibe I would say to 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:46.840 put out there. It sounds kind of cheesy, but I 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.480 think there's something to it. All right, Bengals fans, you 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.560 heard it from K. Bring the noise, be supportive for 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.840 all sixteen minutes. That's important in a playoff game final 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.360 follow up for k Adams from Good Morning Football, you 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.720 mentioned you had the time of your life you came here. 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.680 What were the highlights of your ruler of the jungle 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:07.760 visit and how can we persuade you to come back? Oh? 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.880 I'll come back, And I mean I bother Seth Tanner 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.720 like every other day, like I miss Blackburn, I would 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:16.640 gladly come back and hang out with you. Elizabeth Is, 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.439 She'll have her time on Good Morning Football where I 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.120 explain from my vantage point, what she has meant to 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.840 that organization and what she has done to improve the 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:31.600 fan experience and just to open things up a little bit. 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.880 I loved meeting her. One of the people I probably 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.480 loved meeting in the past year the most. Meeting Marissa 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.840 was incredible as well, and for just very passionate fans. 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:47.079 Greater's ice cream was delicious. I tried at the Blackburn's tailgate. 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.520 I tried some chili. I thought I ate it all. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.959 I thought it was great. I think it's just the enter. 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.720 It's just excitement. But it's not like entitled excitement. It's 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.480 it's not shoved in your face. We have this. It's 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.439 not me. It's just excited. And I just felt at 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:05.080 home there and I was so welcome. You fit right in. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.679 It was great having you in town. We look forward 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.600 to your return and we appreciate your time today. Thank you, Kay, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:15.200 Thank you so much. Good luck Up next this week's 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.800 one on one player conversation. There are only four current 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:20.760 players who were on the team the last time the 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.600 Bengals were in the playoffs in twenty fifteen. Kevin Hubert, Clark, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.720 Harris Trey Hopkins, who was on the practice squad at 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.160 bad time and tight end c J Uzama, who was 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.320 a fifth round draft pick that year. I spoke to 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:38.559 CJ this week. CJ and your rookie year. The Bengals 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.800 started eight no and went to the playoffs, and it's 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:45.080 taken you six years to get back. What does this 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:49.840 playoff trip mean to you? Personally means everything? You know. 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.880 After the game against Kansas City, I got briefly got 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:59.600 pretty emotional just thinking about how tough it's been. You know, 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.160 that's what you fight for, that's why you play, That's 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.160 why you go through what you go through during seasons, 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.120 and you know, just for an opportunity. You know, you 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:08.480 want to get into the playoffs. You want to have 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.240 an opportunity um in January and February to win a 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.440 Super Bowl. So man, it it means the world. It 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:16.640 means the world to me. It means the world to 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.040 this team to be able to m have that opportunity 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:21.719 to go out there, put our best foot forward and 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:24.800 you know, achieve everything that we wanted to achieve since 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.440 the side of the season. Back in August, at the 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:32.040 beginning of training camp, you famously said why not us 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.600 A Senate could have responded with because you guys only 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:39.120 won four games last year. But what did you see 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.520 at that early stage that made you think this team 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.559 was legit? I mean, just the talent we have. And 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.920 and like you said, when when I say that, a 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:49.680 senate can look and say, Okay, well yeah, but you 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.440 guys are young, you have this, you have this, but 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.520 but and just say a bunch of different things. But 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:55.319 you know, the way that I saw it, the way 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.720 that I saw the pieces that we added, the way 0:12:57.760 --> 0:12:59.160 that I saw you know, the new guys come in, 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.520 the way that I saw us just vibing and clicking 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.040 as a team. Um, and the potential that we had. 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.160 I was like, I mean everyone's gonna say there's gonna 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.439 be daughters for sure. Um, there's gonna be hiccups, there's 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.000 gonna be bumps in the road. But why can't we 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.760 go out there and prove all these people wrong? You know, 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:15.400 we know what we have in this locker room and 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.800 outside noises just that. So um yeah, that's kind of 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:23.080 uh what when what my thought process was? And um, 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.480 it's kind of holding true. Right now we're chatting with 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.680 c j Uzama. You've become the guy who leads the 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.240 hood date chat in the locker room after wins. How 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:36.040 did that happen? And do you consider it a position 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.480 of honor? Oh? For sure, I think it's awesome. Um, 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.079 I think it's amazing. You know, after after a win, 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:43.840 I get to go out there and lead the team. 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:48.800 And man, uh after the first win, UM coach just said, 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:50.920 I see j come on lead us in there. I 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:55.640 was like, okay, I'll been. Uh yeah. I think to me, 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.280 it's it's awesome to be able to to you know, 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:59.760 if I have a few words to say to the boys, 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.120 I can Sam and Um break it down and UM 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:04.960 see the boys kind of hype me up when I 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.040 get up there. It's it's also I think, yeah, I 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.679 think it's a position of bonafa shure. I'm elated that 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.240 I get to do that this year. So you faced 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.840 the Raiders on Saturday, a team with great edge rushers 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.400 and Max Crosby who leads the NFL with one hundred 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:22.320 quarterback pressures that's fourteen more than anybody else and unique 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.960 in gok Way who has ten sacks. Do you go 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:29.480 into the game thinking we can't let those guys wreck 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.560 the game. As as you go into a game like this, 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.680 you you know who they're who their key guys are. 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.200 You know what they're trying to do to get those 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:41.360 guys freed up and put in favorable positions and um, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:43.760 and then you got someone like Denzel Perriman in the back, 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.640 you know as a linebacker, who you're like, Okay, well 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.560 we have to account for this guy too, and and 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:49.760 you know they have they have secondary of guys that 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.840 just fly around the ball. So yeah, obviously you're you're 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.120 going into it thinking okay, nice, like we we know 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.160 what the what they present and we're gonna have to 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:02.360 handle and adjust are lee or um, you know, try 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.440 to try to be able to attack certain areas. Um. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.600 But yeah, you you definitely don't want those those guys 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.440 on the edge getting getting going early, getting there, you know, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.320 hearing their energy going and and thinking they're just kind 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.960 of a field day out there. So um, we got 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.400 to get after them and the defense very very early 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.480 and very quickly. I know, you respect guys that excel 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.400 at your position. What makes Darren Waller one of the 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:31.280 best man. Uh, the respect I have to for him 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:35.160 has grown exponentially. Um, you know, especially after hearing his 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.040 story at tight end, you and um getting just spent 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.280 some time with him and talking football with him and 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.560 then just talking life with him. I have the utmost 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.560 respect for him. Um, but him as a player, he's 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:49.720 a I mean, he's a dinosaur, you know, he's he's 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.320 one of those guys where it's like they don't they 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.200 don't really they don't make him like that too alt 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.000 and um, and it's just i mean just his speed, 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:57.480 the way that he sees the game, the way that 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.360 he can he can dissect defenses and and you know, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.240 picking his brain about how he runs routes against certain coverages. 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.720 It's it's it's unique. You know, he's able to attack 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.160 leverages and and find openings and if there's not really 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.360 that big of an opening, he's he's a dinosaur, so 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.800 he can go make a play. So, um yeah, as 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:18.920 a player, he's he's he's pretty unique. We're chatting with 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.680 cjus when you're in the huddle with Joe Burrow on Saturday, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.360 Well you be able to tell by his demeanor that 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.840 it's a playoff game. No, No, I don't think so. 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:34.360 I don't think. I think that's something that's Um, that's 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.040 kind of unique about the team is we don't really 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.480 let the moment get too big. We know what's at stake, 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.360 we know what we have to get done. I mean, 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.520 we knew what happened, and for the Kansas City game, 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:44.960 we knew it was on the line for that right, 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.000 and we just go out there and when we're in 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.800 the huddle, we're just I mean, we're the boys out 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.880 there just having a good time and um making place. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.680 And that's what you want. You don't want someone. You 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.480 don't want to look around and see someone who's kind 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.280 of like, oh, dear in the headlights are oh this 0:16:58.360 --> 0:16:59.600 is this is a huge moment. You don't want the 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.080 moment to be to be too big for someone. And um, 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:04.840 I don't think we have that in our in our huddle, 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:06.640 we just have a bunch of guys who are like nice, 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.000 Like when my numbers called, if Joe throws me the ball, 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:10.800 if Joe hands off the ball, if we have to 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:12.960 make this block, we're gonna make the block. That's just 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.200 that's how it is, um, And that's that's it makes 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.560 it fun, you know, it makes being him a huddle 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.959 and playing that much more fun. So yeah, I don't think, uh, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.919 I don't think there's gonna be like a nerve factor 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.560 going on. You're the first person that I remember that 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:34.600 referred to him as Joey Franchise. Did you coin the nickname? 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.080 I would be honest, Uh, it was. It was James 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:42.280 Casey but said it the first time, and I was like, franchise, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.160 that's such a that money. So I'd say the Tide 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.840 Ending Room coin that because I hadn't heard anybody say 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.919 it until then. Um, and then we just started saying it. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:52.639 It was just something that the tidden't started saying, and 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:54.760 then it started picking up. So I'm gonna I'm gonna 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:56.400 give the credit where credits to do with Coach Casey, 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.840 even though he's gonna be like I don't want the credit. Um, 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.439 but the tight ends. The tight ends for sure, and 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.560 probably me in particular afterwards, because I was just like 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.520 Joey Franchise, joe in his in in my phone, his 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:12.320 name is Joey Franchise and it's it's bad because I 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:14.119 tried to text him. I try to type in Burrow 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.920 and I was like, where is his name? I can't 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:18.800 fund it And I had to text him and be like, dude, 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.359 I got to change your name in my phone because 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.400 it's under franchise and I'm gonna forget that every time. 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:26.720 So um but yeah, that's that's where that came about. 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.359 That is the greatest nugget of all time. He is 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.119 Joey franchise in your phone. That's great, all right, the 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.720 last thing we know at this time of the year 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:39.600 that your body probably doesn't feel great. Was it like 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:43.800 an unexpected bonus to be able to get the final 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:47.000 game of the regular season off to prepare for this. 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:49.400 I mean, how great was that? Though? Kind of right 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:52.359 like that was you know, it's it's uh. I had 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.119 mixed emotions kind of as well, to be completely honest, 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:57.520 because I really wanted to play against the Browns, and 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:01.439 you know that that was, Um, it was funny to 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:05.320 me and kind of um ironic that the hotel room 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:07.040 that I had was the same hotel room that I 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:08.800 had last year. The you know, I went over to 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:10.520 the spot where I told my achilles last year, and 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.160 I was like, dang, like it would be it would 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.920 be kind of nice to be able to play and um, 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.080 kind of like self fulfilling to to be able to 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.040 play on this field again. But I'm not going to complain, 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.240 like I feel like I feel so much better taking 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.480 you know, getting some time off, getting getting a chance 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:27.600 to rest and not go through a full game. Um, 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.120 you know, talking to the other time and talking talking 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.120 to Mitch. Mitch was like, man, I'm feeling this right now, 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.440 Like that was his first time and since preseason where 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.919 he was banging the entire game. So um yeah, definitely was. 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.200 It was a nice Uh, it was a nice treat 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.480 for sure to get that one off. I hope you 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.159 are leading a who Day chant Saturday night after a 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:49.439 playoff victory over the Raiders. Congrats, had a great season 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:52.240 to date, best of luck in round one. Thank you 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.959 very much, appreciate it. How great is it that CJ 0:19:56.200 --> 0:20:00.159 has Joe Burrows phone number stored under Joey franchise on 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.840 his cell phone. The Bengals Booth podcast is presented by 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:08.160 Ultimate Bengals, the free to play fantasy football game. This year, 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:11.040 Ultimate Bengals awarded a weekly winner during the course of 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:14.800 the season with tickets, autograph merchandise, and money can't buy 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:18.720