WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: That's The Way 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.439 Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:11.640 the Bengals boot Podcast. Uh that's the way uh I 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:17.000 like it. Huh edition as we look back at the 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.599 bengals most impressive win in the year and a half 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.520 that Zach Taylor has been head coach, an eleven point 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:26.400 victory over the five and one Tennessee Titans despite only 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:32.199 having one offensive lineman available that started last week. Coming up, 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:36.040 you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players and coaches, 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.240 and in depth analysis from Dave Lapham. And this week's 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:44.080 fun fact segment is with Amani Bledsoe, who tells us 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.640 how he got the nickname Moose in high school. 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It almost makes me want to tackle 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:42.800 more do it yourself projects. Almost. Now, Let's get the 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.520 Sunday's game. On Friday afternoon, when the Bengals put out 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.760 their final injury report for the week, the news was grim. 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.080 Not only was Joe Mixon out for the second straight 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:57.160 week with an injured foot, but three starting offensive linemen 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:01.600 were down left tackle Jonah Williams, center Trey Hopkins, and 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.320 right tackle Bobby Hart. And just when you thought things 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:09.240 couldn't get worse, on Sunday morning, about ninety minutes before kickoff, 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:13.000 left guard Michael Jordan joined the list due to illness. 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:17.639 E gads. Joe Burrow, who was tied for the NFL 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.360 lead in sacks going into the game with Carson Wentz, 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.880 would be playing behind an offensive line with four dudes 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.400 that didn't start the previous week. It didn't seem to 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.720 bother him. I'm the Bengals opening drive. Burrows ready catches 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:35.400 the ball. Three man rush aid in coverage, Burrow rolling right, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:39.400 cocks the arm, flings it deep downfield, all leaping catch 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:44.400 and it'll town at the sixty yard line. Te Higgins 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.480 going airborne, going up and over former Bengals first round 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.919 draft pick Jonathan Joseph to haul it in. Not only 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.160 a great played by te Higgins, but the ball is 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.720 unbelievably thrown to the tiniest of windows by Joe Burrow. 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.960 That led to a Randy Bullock field goal and an 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.320 early three nothing lead. But on that drive, left guard 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:07.440 Shack Calhoun, starting in place of Jordan, made a couple 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.280 of mistakes and the next time the Bengals got the ball, 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.320 Quentin Spain took his place. Spain was signed as a 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.560 free agent this week and practiced for the first time 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.720 as a Bengal on Friday. Here's Zach Taylor. We knew 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.720 q was gonna be ready. He's been here for twenty 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:25.120 four hours. Now, you gotta be ready. You gotta go 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.000 play ball. And they got him up to speed and 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.320 he bought in, and you know, we just we got 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.520 him in there earlier and then maybe we anticipated and 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.920 just needed his presence in there, a big body, and 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:40.400 he did a great job all those guys did a 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.400 great job and just couldn't be prouder of that entire room. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.119 When Tennessee got the ball for the first time, quarterback 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.640 Ryan Tannehill marched the Titans right down the field first 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.840 and goal from the eight. Tannehill fakes to Henry looking 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.040 left receiver covered, scrambled right, Stars taking the end zone. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:04:00.320 Tercepted in the end zone by Jessee Bates. Nice up, 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.800 Bengals take the ball back. In addition to his huge 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:08.120 giant Jesse Bates had eleven tackles and earned his first 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.760 game ball in a Bengals uniform. Yeah, I think it 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.480 definitely's temple. You know, our offense did a really good 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.280 job of you know, going down there, driving the ball down, 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.520 kicking a field goal. You know, our defense had over 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.360 back against the wall and we got a turn over. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.479 It was a bend like you're doing the limbo, but 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.760 not break kind of day for the Bengals defense. They 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.240 gave up two hundred eighteen rushing yards seven point five 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.400 per carry, and two hundred thirty three passing yards, but 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.039 the Titans failed to turn all of those yards into points. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:43.640 This will be a fifty three yard field goal try 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.800 for Stephen Gostkowski, whose career long is sixty two. He's 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.560 got the wind at his back, but Darius Phillips is 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.719 standing below the goal post just in case there's a 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.160 return opportunity on this windy day. The kick is up 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.200 and hits the right, up right, and it's no good. 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.440 That missed field goal gave the Bengals the ball at 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.920 the forty three yard line, and they drove fifty seven 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.719 yards to score. A pass interference call in the end 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.680 zone on former Bengals first round draft pick Jonathan Joseph 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.120 set up their first TD, first and goal at the one. 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.839 Burrow in the gun with p Rhyan to his left. 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.920 Burrow hands it off to p Rhyan Samaj p Ryan 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:28.080 his in touchdown Bengals As Cincinnati goes up by two scores. 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:32.000 The Titans answered with a ten play touchdown drive consisting 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:36.919 of nine runs and one incomplete pass. Tannehill gives it 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.800 to Derrick Henry, Andy muscles his way into the end 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:43.360 zone for the Titans first score. Derrick Henry finished with 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.679 one hundred twelve yards on eighteen carries, and that TD 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.920 made the score ten to seven Bengals with six o 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.560 four left in the half, The Bengals kept the ball 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.040 for all but thirty two seconds of the remaining time. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.680 Fourth down in five at the Tennessee forty three tightly 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.200 bunch formation for Cincinnati. Burrow is ready for the shotgun snap. 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.039 He's back to throw now, scrambling to his right, plants 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.080 his foot fires down the middle of the field. Pagans 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.520 has the coach at the twenty yard line of Tennessee. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:18.039 The Bengals have their issues, but converting on fourth down 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:22.440 is not among them. Would you believe that Cincinnati is 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:26.680 twelve or thirteen on fourth down tries this year? That 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.320 twenty two yard strike to t Higgins set up another score. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.719 They come to the line with forty seconds left and 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.679 a half third down in less than a yard. Burrow 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.440 in the shotgun gives it to Bernard TiO right up 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:43.240 the middle, head into the end zone. Touchdown Bengals. He 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:47.159 has Giovanni. Bernard flashes up the middle for a twelve 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:51.880 yard TD. Nothing fancy there, boy, I mean, come off 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.200 the ball, Come off the ball inside, big boys. We 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.240 got an offensive line to the saying we can play 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:02.520 football too. Seventh teen seven Bengals at the half. Here's 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.400 Geo on the play. Of the offensive line. My hats 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.720 are off to those guys because they worked their off 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.960 my bed, they worked their tails off. So they just 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.960 they deserved that win. And they went in and obviously 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:18.760 with minimal experience, and they showed out today. A scoreless 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.320 third quarter meant that the Bengals took the lead to 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:25.320 the fourth quarter for the sixth time in eight games. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.440 This time they added to it. Bernard in the backfield 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.840 to the left of Burrow. On third down and one 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:35.840 at the Tennessee seven, Burrow fakes to Bernard throws into 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:43.080 the end zone, touchdown, Tyler Boy. The Bengals score in 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.560 the red zone and lead to twenty three to seven 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:50.200 red zone touchdowns on third down, third down touchdowns in 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.080 the red zone or killer and that was the Bengals 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:57.160 second third down red zone touchdown of the day. Here's 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.240 Joe Burrow. It's really a four point play, and we 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.840 talk about that all the time. You know, if you 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:04.600 don't get it, you take a field goal. But if 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.120 you get it, you know you have a chance to 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.800 score a touchdown. And so we stole eight points there. 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.480 It wouldn't be a twenty twenty Bengals game if they 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.000 didn't make you bite your nails. In the fourth quarter, 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.560 first and goal from the nine, Tannehill will look to 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:20.040 throw from the pocket. His pass caught at the six. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:25.280 A j Brown spinds away from both Mackenzie Alexander and 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.880 Will Jackson and runs it into the end zone for 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.920 a Titan's touchdown that made a twenty four to fourteen 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.080 with eleven and a half minutes to go, but a 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.880 forty nine yard kickoff return by Brandon Wilson led to 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:41.240 a forty four yard touchdown drive Joe Burrow rolling right, 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:47.480 quick throw caught by Gio five for the pylon touchdown Bengals. 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:52.640 As Joe Burrow connects with Giovanni Bernard and the Bengals lead. 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.960 Here's back to sixteen. It was another good day for 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.640 Giovanni Bernard filling in for Joe Mixon. Fifteen carries for 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.360 sixty two yards and a touchdown, three catches for sixteen 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:07.240 yards in another score, and outstanding work in blitz pick 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.680 up as Burrow was not sacked for the first time 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.680 all year. Here's GEO. Wherever I can help my team win, 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.559 I want to be there, whether that is pass block, 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:19.840 and they asked me to pass block every single play. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.600 I'm I'm gonna be that guy. They asked me to 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.719 run the ball every single play. I'm obviously gonna be 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:25.599 that guy. I just want to be able to do 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.200 whatever I can do help this team win, and we 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:31.079 got that w today, which was huge. A touchdown pass 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.720 from Tannehill to Corey Davis made it thirty one to twenty, 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.319 a low snap preventing the Titans from adding the extra point. 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.400 With an eleven point lead and roughly six minutes to go, 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.920 the Bengals caught a huge break as a Burrow interception 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:46.880 that would have given the Titans the ball in the 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.520 red zone was wiped out by a pass interference penalty 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.240 on Malcolm Butler. It would have been understandable if Zach 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:58.320 Taylor decided to put the kibosh on any more pass attempts, 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.200 but on third and six with two o eight to go, 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.000 he showed trust in his rookie quarterback. He's gonna throw 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:08.240 it up the sideline, bat shoulder, throw odd and take 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.520 comes down with the ball on the Titan sideline. It's 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:18.920 a catch and that should be coffin now. That was 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.360 one of a career high seven catches for Tate, who 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.640 had four all season going into the game. He comes 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.120 in here every day just waiting for his opportunity and 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.000 everything we asked him to do. And I told him 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.080 on Wednesday, I said, I didn't realize you only had 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.800 four catches. We got to get you more involved because 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.560 you've earned every opportunity that you should be getting. And 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.120 he goes out there and on the play of the 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.120 game makes the most difficult catch we've had all season, 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.800 and Chris the first down that wins us the game, 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.000 and that just speaks Tod and that just speaks to 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.199 kind of what this what this team is going to 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.800 be going forward. Burrow finished twenty six for thirty seven 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.839 for two hundred forty nine yards and two touchdowns, with 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.440 no picks and a passer rating of one six point seven. 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.760 The quick passing game helped neutralize the pass rush as 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.680 Joe is only hit twice. You know, we had to 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.040 do that this week. I think we were in a 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.320 unique circumstance. Four new guys in there to a line, 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.640 and I think they played great, but we had to 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.520 help him, and we got the ball out fast and 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.880 ran the ball efficiently and did what we needed to 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.560 do behind a makeshift line. The Bengals scored thirty one 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.880 points and held the ball for nearly thirty six minutes. 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.080 After the games, Zach Taylor singled out the starting center. 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.640 Billy Price got a game ball because Billy Price is 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.720 about everything that we want our players to be about. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.640 You know a guy who came in with expectations. He 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.679 has never wavered from that. His opportunity hasn't always been 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.360 exactly what he thought it was going to be, but 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.240 he comes in with a smile in his face every day, 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.520 goes to work, encourages everybody. What can I do to 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.120 get better playing a scout team? Do you play guard? 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.280 You need to be played center? Do you want me 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:58.120 to start in this game? And his personality never waivers 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.080 for one second and just couldn't be happier for for 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.280 Billy Price because he's earned this opportunity and you never 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.440 know how things are going to shake out. But um 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.320 just really proud of the person, the man he is 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.760 and the player and our guys can learn a lot 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:16.120 from Billy. The final score Cincinnati thirty one, Tennessee twenty. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.640 Here are Zach Taylor, Jesse Bates, and Joe Burrow. This 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.800 is the expectation, you know, they're they're happy. We're excited. 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.640 We earned this. We needed it, especially going into a 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:27.760 buy because these players have done everything we've asked him 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.520 to do and the reward hasn't been in the wind calm. 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.920 They needed it. But but to say that anyone is 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:37.040 shocked it would be would be untrue. I don't think 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.200 a lot of people expected us to win a day. Um, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.560 you know this locker room knows that, and we don't 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.680 really care. Honestly, it's all about us and like I said, 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.160 we're going to continue to build on what we're building 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.760 here on the foundation. It's all about us. So excited 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:54.199 for the future. This is a lot of them and 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.920 am going into the bye week. Much needed bye week 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.440 by the way, Um, you know we needed the win today. 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.320 Is feel good about ourselves and able to enjoy these 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.960 next couple days and kind of relax. Why is it 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.679 a much needed by week for you guys, injury wise, 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.439 body wise, everyone just needs to get their mind right. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.719 You know, we have a chance to rattle off a 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.400 lot of wins here in the last part of the season. 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.640 It starts in Pittsburgh and that's gonna be a big game. 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.120 You know, I'm excited to play that one, but I'm 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:22.760 going to enjoy this bye week first. What are you 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:27.640 gonna do in the bye week? Absolutely nothing. The Bengals 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:29.640 hit the halfway point of the season with a record 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.080 of two five and one up next after the bye 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.280 the only undefeated team left in the NFL the seven 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.640 and oh Steelers, who beat Baltimore twenty eight twenty four 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:43.840 on Sunday. Pittsburgh does have a game next week at 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:48.280 home against Dallas. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:52.200 Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with a hint 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:56.080 of fruit flavor. Now let's get some postgame analysis from 0:13:56.080 --> 0:14:00.520 my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. All right, we need you 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.960 to put the performance of the offensive line into perspective 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:07.200 because the left tackle Achemadenagy had played seven snaps before today. 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.200 The left guard Quentin Spain practiced with the team for 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.760 the first time on Friday. Center Billy Price was making 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.520 his first start this year after failing to live up 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.839 to expectations as a first round draft pick over the 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.040 last couple of years. Right guard Alex Redman got cut 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.120 before the season. There was no interest from other teams, 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.080 so he came back initially to the practice squad right 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.120 tackle Fred Johnson, a disaster at guard, now back to 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:34.320 his more comfortable position at tackle. You played professionally as 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:38.320 an offensive lineman for a dozen years. How incredible was 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:42.920 it that this hodgepodge of offensive lineman played the way 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.400 they did. Never seen anything like it at any level 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:51.200 peewee football, high school football, college football, professional, Never seen 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.920 anything like it. The circumstances that led to what you 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:58.000 just described is almost incomprehensible. And the fact that you know, 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.200 one couple guys jump, you know, a little jump because 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.440 Joe Burrow is a master at the hard count. Joe 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.240 Burrow will try to draw the defense offside with hardcounts 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.680 all the time. And as an offensive lineman, that's hard. 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:11.560 You know, you have to get used to that. You 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.640 have to have heard it. It has to be, you know, 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.440 a repetition in your in your ear that you can, 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.400 you know, react accordingly, and for these guys in precious 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.760 situations third down to be able to hold their water 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.760 as such, when Joe Burrows doing this thing, trying to 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.080 draw the defense offside, and again there was there was 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.520 a jump, a couple of jumps, but nothing's different. The 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:35.680 way they operated was unbelievable, particularly Spain. I mean, you know, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.400 he's played in the league six years, so he knows. 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.360 He knows there's only so many ways you can block things. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.880 I remember a former teammate of mine, Mike Wilson, offensive tackle, 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:48.400 the Bengals get traded in Seattle on Wednesday, started the 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.360 game on Sunday, played the whole game, and I've talked 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:52.880 to him about it after the game, I said, was 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.840 it just a matter of another lineman saying this is 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.320 we call it this? What did you used to us? 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.840 We used to call this in Cincinnati? Okay, well here 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.080 it's this. So every time they break the huddle coming 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.280 to the line of scrimmage, they translate to make sure 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.440 that he had the right schematic in mind, based on 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.800 in his mind, he's hooking that into what they did 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.040 in Cincinnati until he was there a longer period of time. 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.520 To handle all that and not make mistakes is incredible 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.960 up and down that line of scrimmage. To have so 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:24.400 many variables, you know, five variables on every single play, 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.840 for them to play like a fist, you know where 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.960 they were better together, all five components were better together 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:36.840 than any one individual guy. Remarkable, remarkable effort by those guys, 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:40.120 remarkable effort by the offensive line coaches both of them 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.920 to get them ready to play, remarkable game plan to 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.960 help them in protection, getting the bott of Joe Burrow's 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.560 hands so fast, literally a lot of this in he 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.960 catching the shotgun, it's out, it's out. I mean, defensive 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.000 linemen are thinking, I mean, they don't need an offensive line. 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:57.440 I can't get there. If I get in a spurn 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.000 of stance and he takes that shotgun step, I can't 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.680 didn't get close to him before he's getting the ball 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.880 out and hitting somebody with it. And it wasn't like 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.560 that every snap, but a good number snaps. It was 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:10.600 like that, and that frustrates the defensive line. So every 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.600 component of it, I mean, take multiple bows. Every single 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:18.080 person involved with that whole thing, the game plan, the 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.399 people had executed it, the people that put together the 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.640 game plan, check check, check check. Everybody should get game balls. 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.679 They should have you know, whole offensive units should get 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.200 game balls. Well, somebody who did get a game ball 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.800 was Billy Price, and head coach Zach Taylor was effusive 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.399 in his praise for Billy after the game. He represents 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.240 everything we stand for with his attitude and his work 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.640 ethic and stuff along those lines. He's basically played two 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.840 games in a row now because Trey Hopkins left with 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.359 about three and a half minutes to go in the 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.960 second quarter last week with a concussion, Billy's played well. 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.639 Is there a chance that Billy Price is salvaging his 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.840 status as a first round draft pick now that he's 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.640 back at center. It's work in progress, but it's heading 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.280 in the right direction. Darrow going up and Billy Price 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.719 handled it exactly the way you would want to handle it. 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.640 He wants to start. Everybody wants to start. Everybody's frustrated 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:13.480 when they're not starting. Compare and contrast how Carlos handled 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:15.880 his situation. Now he was a starter that was demoted. 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:18.040 That's a little bit different than never getting a start. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.280 But you come in, as you know, the Remington Award 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.880 winner at center, and you know the first round pick 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.679 and all these things. I mean, you come in highly decorated. 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.240 It's it's anticipated you're going to be the guy, and 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.480 then you're not the guy. What did he do? Went 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:33.119 to the coaches? What do I need to work on? 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.160 Where am I deficient? What do I need to do. 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.879 No sulk and no moaning. Not happy, obviously, not happy, 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.760 not satisfied, you know, working with the look squad, the 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.119 scout team, working against the number one defensive lineman, give 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:47.880 him the best look that he can give him, trying 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.080 to improve his technique. And is he a work in 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:53.560 progress still? Yeah? I mean everybody is he is, But boy, 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.480 his level of play has improved. I mean his confidence 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.000 level is probably at an all time high now. And 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.040 these guys, you're in the NFL for a reason, and 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.960 sometimes when your confidence gets shaken, that's the biggest problem, 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:08.400 the biggest component. I mean, to get your confidence back 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:10.440 when you lose it can be tough. And I think 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.399 Billy Price is getting that confidence back now. And the 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.960 fact that you were able to maintain your confidence through 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.720 the through the dark times, I think is big. And adversity. 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:25.880 How much more adversity could this team have had? There 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:29.000 was not a starter, a week one starter anywhere in 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:34.160 the offensive line. They still hang over thirty the Titans, 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:40.119 Are you kidding me? Adversity builds character, Adversity reveals character. 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:44.920 Adversity exposes character, both good and bad, and a lot 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.800 of good character was exposed today, Let's get back to 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:50.200 guard Quentin Spain, who as signed as a free agent 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.760 this week, practiced on Friday, got in there early today 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.080 and played most of the game at left guard. He 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:59.119 started sixty six games in his NFL career. He was 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:00.959 good enough in buff full of last year that they 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.040 gave him a three year, fifteen million dollars deal in March. 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.920 Ultimately didn't work out in Buffalo. But do the Bengals 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:10.720 have a new starting guard. He's six four, three hundred 0:20:10.720 --> 0:20:14.919 and thirty pounds, twenty nine years old, powerful physical. I 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:16.600 mean some of the runs that were busted up the 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:20.040 gut between between the tackles he and Billy Price, he 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.400 and a dentis. I mean when they were doubling, they 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:24.240 were moving down lineman. The first thing you need to 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:26.520 do on a double team is to move the down line, 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:28.000 and make sure you do that. If you don't move 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.159 the down lineman, you're being consumed by two linebackers in 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:34.480 hog Heaven. If you're moving him now, the linebacker's good problems. 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:36.399 A guy could be in my lap. I need to 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:38.160 make a decision on what side I'm going to try 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.880 to feel. I mean, it's a totally different football play 0:20:40.920 --> 0:20:43.159 in that point in time. So, yeah, I mean Spain, 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.960 and so something must have happened with Calhoun. I don't 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:50.160 know if it's physical, but the coach is determined. He's 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:52.560 in over his head. If it wasn't physical, he's in 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:55.720 over his head. Let's put Spain in there. Spain's got 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.320 a lot of experience. We know Spain can play. And 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:01.560 Spain went in there and played his off and everybody 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:06.280 said after the game was communication, communication, communication, And there's 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:10.600 how about how about Spain coming up to the into 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:13.399 the huddle and he's got a rookie at left tackle 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:16.960 and it's played, you know, maybe three offensive snaps at 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:19.640 the tackle position, not the extra tight end and all 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:21.960 that sort of thing. And then you have Billy Pricet center. 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.840 It's like, well, I need somebody to Billy translate for me, 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.000 will you, because and now you're gonna have to translate 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:28.960 for both of us. Although they say idenergy, one of 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:32.600 his biggest assets is his intelligence. And man, they've got 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:37.160 three smart tackles, they have two smart centers and intelligence. 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:41.000 Football intelligence gives coaches a lot of confidence. And uh, 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.439