WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Turn Up The Lights 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.559 Hi again, everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:10.600 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Turn Up the Lights and 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:15.960 here Babe. Addition, as the Bengals shine under the national 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:20.000 Thursday night spotlight as they knock off the undefeated Dolphins 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:24.160 twenty seven to fifteen. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.400 postgame comments from players and coaches, and analysis from my 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.720 broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun Facts segment, 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:37.199 you'll get to know Bengals defensive back Trey Flowers. The 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:41.239 Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Kettering Health, the official 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.560 healthcare provider of the Bengals. With more than one hundred 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:49.400 twenty care facilities and fifteen hundred care providers, Kettering Health 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:53.160 is committed to guiding you to your best health. Visit 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:57.000 Kettering health dot org to learn more. Now, here's a 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.560 quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.880 this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:07.320 by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:12.440 thing since a Visit from the Commissioner. NFL Commissioner Roger 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:15.680 Goodell was in Cincinnati for the game and dropped by 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:19.240 the broadcast booth for a pregame show interview. He said 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.919 great things about the city and about Katie and Elizabeth Blackburn, 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.280 and took the time to pose for a picture with 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.720 Dave Lapham and me. As far as I'm concerned, the 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:32.560 man uttered the most beautiful words in the English language 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.120 from his basement a few years ago when he said, 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.600 with the first pick in the twenty twenty NFL Draft, 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:44.360 the Cincinnati Bengals select Joe Burrow. Now, let's get to 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:48.080 the radio replays from Thursday's white out win in front 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.559 of a record crowd of sixty seven thousand, two hundred 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.240 and sixty at pay Horse Stadium. Burrow takes the staff 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.560 add it to mix Night's inside for the first down 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:05.880 the end zone. Get the touchdown. Joe Nixon takes it 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:10.720 in from five yards out, his first touchdown of the 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:15.000 year and for the second consecutive week. But Bengals take 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.160 the ball to begin the game and go seventy five 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.200 yards to take the lead to a wants to throw. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.320 He's gonna fire high and deep down field for Tyreek 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:28.480 Hill intercept dead picked up by the Bengals at the 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:32.120 twenty eight yard line by von bell a fake a 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.360 run to the right, two of bootlegs to the left. 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:38.239 Wants to throw deep. Nobody open. He'll be sacked Josh 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.320 Tupo with his sack. Who is hurt. He threw him down. 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.040 He hit his head on the turf. This will be 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.080 a fifty two yard field goal try for Jason Sanders. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.240 Trying to give Miami the lead to snap the put down. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:51.919 The swing of the legg it's blocked. That is blocked, 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.680 and it will bounce into the end zone and roll 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.560 through the back and the Bengals will have the ball 0:02:57.600 --> 0:02:59.799 at their own forty two yard line as a result. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.440 Brow on third and eleven, we'll look to pass. He 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.040 throws it deep down the sideline and he's caught. Tee 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:12.560 Higgins puts the tackle. He's at the ten. The five touchdowns. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:18.760 Xavian Howard in coverage. Te Higgins made the catch, broke 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.440 out of an ankle tackle, and took it in for 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:25.799 the long touchdown. Pass. On third down and eleven, Tyreek 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.799 Hill goes in motion. Teddy Bridge with the shovel pass 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.880 Edmonds spinning toward the goal line. He is in from 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:37.000 Miami touchdown with nine seconds left in the half. What 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.480 a design on that play. Miami trying to take the lead. 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.600 Here comes the short field goal try. It is good 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:49.560 and the sixty five yard pass from Teddy Bridgewater to 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.960 Tyreek Hill helps Miami pull in front for the first 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:58.320 time all night. It's fifteen fourteen Miami, late third quarter 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.760 with two forty to go. Second out in six to 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.680 begin the fourth quarter at the Dolphins forty nine burrowing 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.040 the shotgun, catches the ball, fakes a handoff to Mix 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.400 and rolls out to the right. Burrow's gonna fire deep 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.200 down field for Boyd over the shoulder catches the fifteen 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.920 Tackled inside the ten, He's brought down at the sixth 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.440 at a Midas snaps it to Huber. Here comes the 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.640 kick and the Bengals have the lead with twelve minutes left. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:27.800 As Money Mac makes it seventeen fifteen Cincinnati. Huber ready 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.839 to hold at a Midas will snap. The rookie is ready, 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.400 fires it back. The ball is down. Here comes the kick. 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:40.279 It has the distance. It is yeah, yeah money Mac 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:45.920 Money indeed a fifty seven yard field goal to give 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.600 Cincinnati a five point lead. Second and ten. Bridgewater fires 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.640 a quick pass and a second at the nine yard line, 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.680 holding the ball back now to the twenty twenty five 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.359 thirty bond Bell to the forty five, the fifty and 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:05.360 the Dolphins forty five yard line. Bon Bells second interception 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:08.400 of the game gives the Bengals the ball back in 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:12.480 Miami territory with three minutes and five seconds to go, 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:14.560 third down and goal from the two. They still have 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.960 a sixth offensive lineman in Burrow wants to throw. He's passed, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:24.600 taught by hers, easy touchdown n sangals and that should 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:30.400 be coffin nails, damn bam bam. Joe Burrow through for 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.560 two hundred eighty seven yards with two touchdowns, no picks, 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:37.159 and a passer rating of one fifteen point nine. His 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.039 top target was t Higgins, who spoke to Dave Lapham 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:44.159 after the game. Seven catches one hundred and twenty four yards, 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.040 including a fifty nine yard touchdown catch. You've got in 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.640 one on one coverage against the pro bowler. Joe saw you, Joseph, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.600 I'm going there. Yeah, man, you know we knew he 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:56.520 was gonna get that, you know, coming and set his game, 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.680 and you know it was my job to you know, 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.159 that win. He wants something, but you know, that's that's 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.520 that's the that's the good of this this game. You know, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.440 you win something, loose something, and you know I was 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:11.040 able to win. Everybody talked about their two receivers and 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:13.520 the explosives to their two receivers. You had a fifty 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.000 nine yard touchdown catch, Jamar Chase had a thirty six 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.440 yard reception and a twenty three yard reception. Tyler Boyd 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.000 had a forty three yard reception. You guys had plenty 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.280 of explosives yourself. I mean, so the trio out did 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.400 the duo look like? To me? You gotta defense contained Waddle, 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:31.279 But all three of you guys at some point in 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:33.160 time during the course of the game made big plays. 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.840 I mean yeah, I mean that's that's what we're here 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:39.440 to do. You know. Um, you know we got that firepower. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.279 You know, we got Joe Mix in the back backfield, 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:43.320 so you know, I mean, um, we just you know, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.440 we just play off each other. You know, when one 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.080 is not doing when one's getting double, you know, we 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.320 got another. When the others getting double, we got another. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.520 So um, you know, we just you got to continue 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.160 to play off each other and keep building each other 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.440 up and hopefully we can keep it going. And then 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.599 Hayden Hurst has three catches, uh, and he has a 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.320 touchdown reception as well. A big touchdown reception is a 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.000 nineteen yard catch his first catch of the game. So, 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.200 I mean, when they're paying all attention to you guys, 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.840 tinam is gonna eat a little bit too right for sure, 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.559 for sure, And um, Hayden's one of those guys, even Mitch, 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.000 you know, Mitch had a nice, nice catch and run. Yeah. 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:16.680 So I mean, um, you know, I'm proud of those 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.280 guys just because I mean, you know, just because what 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.080 they've been doing, how they've been been working, you know lately, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.800 and um, I mean, man, we got a lot of firepower. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.720 Now they've got in their DNA to blitz to play 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.040 zero coverage. Didn't look like they wanted to do that. 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.520 Did they play more covered two and deep safety coverage? 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.160 And you guys had thought, did you guys have to 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.960 make any adjustments in that area? So what we was getting, Um, 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.560 you know, we realized real early that you know, they 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:46.280 was doubling U TV and Chase and it was zero 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.920 with me, um, you know, man and man with uh, 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.720 you know, Howard one of the best corners in the league. Um, 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.200 you know we're talking on the sideline that I was 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.480 gonna have to win and a big game for me, 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.880 and you know I delivered. I'm sure didn't. So now 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.280 the team starts minus five in the turnover department. Now 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.840 you're plus one tonight. The offense did not have a giveaway. 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.480 That's a big goal. Obviously, you guys succeeded there and 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.600 had two takeaways plus two on tonight's action to make 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.720 you plus one on the season. That's gonna win your 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.520 football games, isn't it. Yeah? Man, you know we preached that. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:18.960 You know, we want our defense to go out there 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.160 and you you know, get turnovers, turnovers, turnovers, turnovers, And you 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.080 know we preached on offense, don't turn the ball over, 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.360 you know, hold onto the ball and you know, protect it. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:27.960 So and you know we was able to do that, 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.080 you know, this week and over and keep it going. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.680 What does it feel like to knock off the last 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.360 undefeated team in the AFC. Honestly, I didn't even know 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.599 they was the last undefeated team in AFC. Man, we 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.760 were just attacked at one to know each week, and 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:44.200 you know we was able to do that this week. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.839 Gratulations on a big night. Thank you Teacot. One of 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:51.439 Joe Burrows touchdown passes, hayden Hurst caught the other to 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:55.560 clench the victory. With one fifty two remaining, we are 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.600 at a very happy Bengals locker with tight end hayden Hurst, 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.680 who caught his first touch down passing a Bengal uniform 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.439 tonight the clincher. Those are always fun, aren't thing. Absolutely, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.880 that was a really good feeling pack house and it's 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.079 just surreal. Honestly, I'm just couldn't be more excited to 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:13.679 be a Bengal, couldn't be more excited to be here 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.880 and help this team. Quite a difference five days can 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:18.760 make when you win two games in a five day 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.640 period and go from owen two to write back in 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:22.560 the thick of things at two and two. Absolutely we 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.040 needed that one. We need to go into this kind 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:26.920 of long weekend with two and two even things up. 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:28.880 It's great for our confidence and as we can tell 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.319 right now, it seems it seems a confident bunch. And 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.559 when we get rolling watch out. You alluded to the atmosphere, 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:38.640 the white out. Everybody's excited about the tiger stripe uniforms. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.920 How would you describe the atmosphere out there tonight, absolutely electric. 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.640 I feed off stuff like that. You know, my first catch, 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:46.760 I kind of got going and the crowd was rocking, 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.920 and it just helps a team roll. And that's kind 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:51.400 of what I bring the table every Sunday. You know, 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.400 I'm I'm a madman out there, and that's what I'll do, 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.439 you know, every Sunday. I'll never let up. That first 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.200 catch came on third and one. You guys converted a 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.040 bunch of third downs early, and obviously that was a 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.120 key to building a lead and ultimately winning the game. Absolutely, man, 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.480 if you can just you know, put drives together, get 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.440 out of our own way and just piece these things together. 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.600 This is an incredible offense. I mean, we've got playmakers 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.160 all over the place. We just gotta get open for 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:16.920 Joe and you know, he feeds us the ball and 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.760 we get this thing rolling. Like I said, it's going 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.360 to be pretty pretty scary. And grats on the touchdown 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.240 and the wind he sir, thank you so much. Before 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.320 we turn to the defense, here's a quick reminder that 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.760 the Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you by pay 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:32.640 Corps more than twenty nine thousand customers trust pay Corps 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:37.760 to help them recruit, pay, engage, and retain employees. Learn 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:42.240 more at paycort dot com. The Dolphins had eleven possessions 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:46.200 on Thursday and only scored one touchdown. That means the 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:50.439 Bengals defense is only surrendered one td the last thirty 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.800 one times the other team has had the ball. Von 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.400 Bell picked off two passes and Logan Wilson had a 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.320 key third down stop in the fourth quarter when the 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.200 Bengals were only up by two. I talked to Logan 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.440 about that in front of his locker. We're in the 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.240 locker room with Logan Wilson. One of the big defensive 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.840 plays in this game. Early in the fourth quarter. You 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.360 guys are clinging to a two point lead. It's third 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.800 and one. It seemed like the Dolphins had momentum. He 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.200 made a huge stop for one yard loss. Described the 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.680 play and how big you think thought it was. You know, 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.360 I was gonna shoot the I was gonna shoot the 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.920 V gap on the right side to tight and stayed 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.800 over there. But as soon as emotion my gap responsibility changed. 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:31.960 And as soon as that happened, I knew that they 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.520 were going to run into that other side. And I 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:34.880 just tried to shoot my shot and make sure he 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.480 couldn't get the first nun. Did you have the feeling 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.640 after that stop that you know, it was a big 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.240 momentum changer. I mean it felt pretty big. Crowd was rowing, 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.319 pretty pretty loud, Our guys were hyping me out pretty good. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:47.920 It was, it was fun, I was, it was awesome. 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.199 We're visiting with Logan Wilson. What did you think of 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.440 the atmosphere tonight? Unbelievable when coach Taylor just said it 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.199 was the largest home crowd we've ever had. I mean, 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.600 we can't do what we do without that. You know 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.760 how many I don't know how many like issues they 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.400 had on offense because they couldn't hear hear, hear themselves 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.319 and communicate, and um, it creates issues for opposing offenses. 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:07.880 And we love it, we really do. It helps us 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:09.880 a lot. Yeah, when they burned those two quick time 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:12.040 outs keeping their own territory early, you could tell it 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.080 was the crowd. Yes, absolutely, I mean they were trying 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:15.840 to talk. You saw him trying to talk and communicate, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.440 but they couldn't hear each other and they're like what what? 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.880 So it's great. We love our crowds and they're they're 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:22.600 they're really right. They're the best fans in the world 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:26.360 right now. So early in this season, the turnover ratio 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.679 was obviously bad and the season opener against Pittsburgh. Now 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.360 you guys are positive for the season after two picks 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.360 by vond tonight. Yeah, that's quite a turnaround in a 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.200 short period of time. Yeah, you just got a weather 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.079 this swarm. Keep keep. We're gonna keep at it. And 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.640 I think that's what we did. What a difference five 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.280 days makes? Right? Two wins. You're two and two with 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.920 the two victories in a five day period. Field. Every 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.480 week's a new week. You know, we gotta put we 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:50.840 could you know, just because we started off on when two, 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.480 um sky wasn't falling. You know, we still knew what 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.880 we were capable of, and um we still had a 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.680 lot of a lot of work ahead of us. But um, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.360 these are two good victories. It's enjoy it, join them 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.840 any buy congrats? Well, thank here some of the Bengals 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.679 are back to five hundred at two and two laps 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.280 been a few minutes after the game with Zach Taylor. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.079 We know how hard it is to win in the 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:13.880 National Football League. When you get two of them in 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.640 five days, that's like anniversary birthday all wrapped in one. 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.240 It is. You know, it's nice to create a momentum 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:23.480 for ourselves going into a big divisional game, as we 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.000 all know. So probably the way these guys responded to a 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.199 a short week, played really strong in the second half 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.240 and that says a lot about the character of this team. 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:36.840 So you're didn't give the football away offensively, you have 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:40.960 two takeaways, Von Bell has his first multiple career interception game. 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.320 You were minus five after week one. Now you're plus one, 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.760 and here you are, even Stephen at a two and 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:51.120 two record, kind of close hand in hand, done it, shocker. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.160 You win the turn bottle and you got a great 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.560 chance to win the game, you know. And that's the 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.960 percentages tell you. If you can be plus two, it's it's, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:13:59.800 you know, above eighty percent going to win the game. 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.760 And our guys take that to heart. They work like 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:03.360 crazy on it. I think the offense has done a 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.520 really good job securing in the football, making good decisions 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.080 by Joe, and defensively, those guys are doing everything they 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.520 can to get the ball way. I've been in situations 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.400 where the opposing team has an injury like two a 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.679 head and not only does it affect his teammates, it 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.160 does affect the other team. I mean, nobody wants to 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.520 see that kind of thing. How proud of you the 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.840 way that your team kind of compartmentalized it because nobody 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.120 likes to see that and then responded and play the 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.240 way they did. Yeah, that's the unfortunate part of football. 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.240 You know, you gotta be able to respond after an 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.600 injury like that. Certainly, we're all thinking about him because 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.440 that's that's not what you want to see. He's a 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:41.560 great kid and we hope for the best. So let's 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.040 see a couple of your your guys that had big days. 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.760 Tee Higgins, they decided, okay, we'll put Howard on T 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.840 and you're going to double the other guys and you 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.720 just said T go win anyone. I mean Tee Higgins 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.800 had seven catches one hundred and twenty four yards, including 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:58.680 that that big touchdown reception of fifty nine. Yeah, I 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.320 mean that was we got. We got a lot of weapons. 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:03.720 And so when you're gonna double double TB and double 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.360 Jamar and put one of the top corners in the 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.160 league on T, we're expecting t to step up and win, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.880 and he did. And then Hayden hurst that nineteen yard 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:14.600 reception early in the game, short ball and then run 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.240 after catch and uh, you know, he ends up with 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.280 three catches for twenty seven yards that were all big 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.120 as well. He had the two yard touchdown catch. Oh, 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:22.680 those were huge. You know. He had that one at 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.000 the beginning of the game. That got us a lot 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.480 of energy. He had a big play action and started 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.680 drive in traffic with a great catch in any of 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.600 the touchdown I really put the game away. So Hayden's 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.920 been a tremendous weapon and asset for us and plays 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:36.320 with a lot of emotion, which is a good thing. 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.440 How beneficial was the crowd, coach, I mean it was 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.680 it was like off the hook, wasn't it. Yeah, it was. 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.240 You know, you saw the two timeouts they had to 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.080 take there in the first half, and that's that's We 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.400 even had problems sometimes with the noise because of the 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:53.240 response after turnover. We had a hard time communicating to play, 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.880 you know. And it's a special special stadium, special crowd 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.400 and really happy to see the turnout we had and 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.280 I was expected. So you had five straight third and 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.760 one conversions. But then you know, the fourth and one 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:10.400 was painful for you, and then the low red zone 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.560 had to be an issue that you you know, as 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.040 you look back, it's not a good memory. Still, get 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.760 some work to do there. Yeah, you know, down especially 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.040 on the goal one. You know, we got to finish 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.120 the seven points. We can't settle for three. I think, 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:24.800 you know. In the field short yardage, I know the 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:26.560 fourth and one are always going to stand out. But 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.080 our guys have done a good job in short yardage overall. 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.000 It's just those key situations. We've got to be better, 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:33.520 help them, to call help them, you know. With with 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:35.040 the execution, we've got to be better. But but but the 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:36.440 low red zone, we do need to do a better 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:41.360 job for sure. Congratulations, got a long weekend, other players 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:42.760 off for three days. Coach, what do you what do 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:44.680 you do with the players? Let himself, I heard a lot. 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.240 I heard a big yelling here and there. Must have 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.520 given them some good news there. Yeah, these short weeks 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:50.840 are taxing on you, and so they deserve it. So 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.560 we're gonna see these guys on Monday and get ready 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.080 for a big divisional game. Mixed today, And finally I 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:56.600 thought one of the big keys to the game to 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.720 go out in that first drive in Miami's defense, you know, 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.120 ninety snaps and the heat, you guys ground him up 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.480 a little bit and made life tough for him at 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.800 the very early stage. It's a football game. I think 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.480 that was a factor. Yeah, there's the start we were 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.480 looking for. Or again, our offense has a lot of 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:12.760 a lot of confidence, so to get the ball first, 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:14.320 they know that there's a lot of pressure to go 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:15.920 down there seven points of the board, and two weeks 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:19.120 in a row they've done it. Congratulations, appreciate your time. Awesome. Thanks. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.720 So it was a great win and the atmosphere was electric, 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:26.879 but it also featured the frightening site of Dolphins quarterback 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.040 to A Tongo Va Looa being taken off the field 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.119 on a stretcher after suffering head and neck injuries that 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.920 sent him to the hospital. It marked the second straight 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.119 week that Tua was forced out of a game after 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.399 hitting his head on the ground. Although he was designated 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:46.120 with a back injury last week, Miami head coach Mike 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:50.680 McDaniel acknowledged that Tua is in concussion protocol this time around. 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:55.440 Here's Bengal safety Von Bell You never want to see that. 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.880 Guys going to walk for each other and each team 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.440 John Winn and put that team in the best edition 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.439 to win. Lets you know want to see injured like that. 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.760 Fresquats to him and his family. That's a scary sight 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.800 to see in this game. You never want to see that. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.720 So you know it's tough. You felt the energy shift 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.040 a little bit, but you gotta still in a beckiet 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.280 of mind, cute the task at hand. After being evaluated 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.639 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Tungo Va Loa 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.840 was released from the hospital and traveled back to Miami 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.600 with the team. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:33.840 Alta Fiber future proof fiber Internet capable of delivering multi 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.200 gigabit speeds designed to take your home, business, and community 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.000 to a new level. Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber. 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.879 Now time for postgame analysis and this week's radio guys recap, 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.560 Well lapped. I vaguely remember when the Bengals were oh 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.000 and two and everybody was worried. Now they're two and two, 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.360 They've knocked off an undefeated team and in a five 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.880 day period they're back on track. Yeah, I mean lose 0:18:57.920 --> 0:18:59.919 the first two games by three points and then win 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.480 two by double digit scores, by two scores or more. 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.920 That's a that's pretty good recovery, pretty good rebound, pretty 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.560 good bounce back, whatever you want to call it. Now 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:13.960 they find themselves, you know, two and two. Best record 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.880 in the AFC is three and one. They're right squarely 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.240 back in the hunt. And you know, they start the 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:23.280 season off minus five as while they lose to Pittsburgh. 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:25.840 Now they're plus one, so they've done a good job 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:30.119 of remedying that issue. And they go from minus five 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:34.480 in their first game at home too, plus two in 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.000 this game and not turn it over a lick, turn 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.080 it over five times and don't get a takeaway, just 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:42.080 the opposite. You know, they get two takeaways, we're high, 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.280 two interceptions by von Bell and don't turn it over 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.040 at all. It's pretty good record. Crowd in attendance, and 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.520 these guys, based on the ones I talked you seem 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.959 genuinely appreciative of the noise level, the fact that they 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.800