WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: On With The Show 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.680 Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:11.080 the Bengals Booth podcast. On with the show, this is 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.960 it addition as we take an in depth look at 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:18.360 the Bengals final preseason game at thirteen six loss to 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:22.600 the Indianapolis Colts. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:25.639 the game, locker room comments from players and coaches, and 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:29.360 Dave lapp Them will join me for postgame analysis. Plus, 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.960 in this week's Fun Facts Conversation, I'll chat with rookie 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.320 quarterback Jake dola Gala on a wide variety of topics, 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.479 ranging from the injury he suffered as a high school 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:44.120 senior that jeopardized his career, too just how far he 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:47.280 can throw a football. All of that is straight ahead, 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.720 but first, here's a quick reminder that you can have 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:54.280 the latest edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:58.800 or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitch, your Google Play, Spotify, 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:04.800 or pod Bean. It's the greatest invention since the heated 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.479 butter knife. There are few things worse than a hard 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.160 chunk of butter that rips up your toast when you 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.760 try to spread it. The heated butter knife solves the 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:20.720 problem and works without electricity. The knife actually transfers heat 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:25.679 from your hand to the blade, making spreading hard butter 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:30.039 a breeze. I'll admit I haven't purchased one yet, but 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:34.880 the concept is genius. Now let's get to football. In 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.040 the Bengals final preseason game, nearly half of the team 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.959 had the night off, some due to injury, most to 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:46.039 avoid the possibility of injury. As a result, most of 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.000 the guys that did play were out there for the 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.920 entire game, and many were desperately trying to hold onto 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.120 a job, either on the fifty three man roster or 0:01:55.600 --> 0:02:00.520 the ten man practice squad, like undrafted wide receiver Ventell 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:04.440 Bryant out of Temple, who finished with nine catches for 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.320 eighty three yards and hopes to still be on the 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.680 Bengals after Saturday's roster cut down. What are the next 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.760 couple of days going to be like for you? I 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:14.560 have no idea, you know, I'm just gonna sit by 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:16.600 my phone. You know, I know what the reality could be. 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.800 So you know, I'm just thankful for this opportunity. You know, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.160 not too many people can say they played in the 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.639 NFL preseason game, you know, and I played in all four. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.200 So I'm very happy with what I accomplished and what 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:31.200 I did and what I showcased. Roster or practice squad 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.120 are good livings. I mean, even the practice squad is 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.320 a six figure living and a chance to remain with 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.359 an NFL team, and at some point during the year, 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.880 most of the guys typically get a chance to play. 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.400 How would you feel about that? I would love it. 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.600 You know, I love this game of football. You know, 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:47.320 since I've been a little I wanted to be in 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.400 the NFL, you know, and you mentioned the practice squad. 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:52.000 You know, if I'm blessed with the opportunity to make 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:53.720 the practice squad, you know, I would be all in 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.160 for you know, former team in him on Keith Kirkwood 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.120 with the same teams on the practice squad. He got 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.840 moved up Week nine and now he's on the fifty 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:01.680 three man roster and he's one of the starting gossip 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.840 of Saints. So I know, just talking to him and 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.200 him being in my ear every day, just telling me, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:07.640 you know that I can do it. You know I 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:09.840 belong in this league. You know it means a lot 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.120 to me. And today I just wanted to come out 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.000 and showcase everything that I had and leave everything out 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.400 on the table. That sums up just how meaningful Thursday's 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.720 game was for Bryant and many of his teammates. It 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.080 started well for the Bengals as they came up with 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.840 a special team's takeaway midway through the first quarter. Punt 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.520 returner Penny Hart waits at the twenty five. This is 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.639 a very low returnable kick. Heart starts from the thirty four. 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.560 He muffed it. He dropped it. A Bengal dives and 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:41.280 recovers at the Indianapolis thirty two yard line, long snapper 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:46.200 Dan Godsill sprinting down the field and launching himself onto 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:49.240 that football. The Bengals drove to the twenty three and 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.560 could have tried a forty one yard field goal to 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.560 take the lead, but elected to go for it. On 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.680 fourth down and a yard and a half, Dolla Gala 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.520 hands it off to Anderson and he's tackled or a loss. 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.520 The running game has been abysmal, and Anderson has tackled 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.440 for a two yard loss, so that takeaway didn't lead 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:11.440 to points, But a few minutes later the Bengals got 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.040 another one one fifty six left in a scoreless first quarter. 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.440 Shotgun snap Kelly with Tom He's gonna fire deep the 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.159 Paris Campbell and it's intercepted at the five yard line 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:26.400 by Darius Phillips, who had inside position on the former 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:30.560 Ohio State Buckeye. Timed it perfectly and came down with 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:33.599 the I NT. I mean Kelly looked to that spot 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:37.360 immediately and he saw that Phillips was in good position. 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.400 He ran the route better than the receiver did. Here's 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.800 Darius Phillips on the pick. I kind of knew that 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:44.760 it was coming my way then once I see him 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.479 look up, I lift up and went up for the 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.240 ball as my first, my first NFL pick. Even though 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:51.680 it's in the preseason, I'm still excited about it. It 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.760 was a great play. How important did you feel tonight 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.560 was for you? Oh? I feel like it was very 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.640 important for me, just because I didn't put it, really 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.360 put the whole game together. Like first game, I had 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.520 a good defensive game in the best special teams game, 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.120 same game, I had a say game. I had a 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.400 good speed team game, but he couldn't finish due to injury, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.520 so I missed a third game. In this fourth game, 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.400 I just wanted to go out in the showcase what 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:19.680 I can do, Moron Phillips. A bit later after his interception, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.360 the Bengals drove from their own five to the Indianapolis 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:27.640 four thanks to two long passes by rookie Jake Dola Gala. 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.840 Shotgun snapped Dola Gala against a four man rush. It's 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.359 gonna float one deep down the right sideline, and it 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.919 is called a huge game. Cody core reeled it in, 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.360 then hit the ground and the ball popped out. They 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.800 are giving him the catch, at least for now. It 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.520 stood for a thirty nine yard gain, and later on 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:49.840 the drive, Big Jake hit Ventel Bryant for twenty six more. 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.680 The drive stalled in the red zone, and a short 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:56.799 field goal by Tristan Viscano gave Cincinnati a three nothing lead. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:06:01.200 It didn't last, as Chad Kelly, thephew of Buffalo Bill's 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.400 Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, led the Colts on 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.320 a seventy five yard drive third down in two from 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.600 the Bengals seven. Kelly rolling left, He'll look to take 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:12.920 off and run, and he'll run into the end zone 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.600 untouched for an Indianapolis touchdown. Little zone read right there, 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:22.080 and Kelly kept it Bengals defensive responsibilities not fulfilled. Somebody 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.320 has the quarterback and nobody had the quarterback. At the half, 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.279 the Colts had a seven three lead. Two minutes into 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.120 the third quarter, the Bengals reach the end zone for 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.000 the first time. Darius Phillips will be the return man 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.360 for the Bengals. He waits at the twenty two yard line. 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.880 Here comes the right footed punt. It's got an awkward 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.760 looking spin to it. Phillips catches at the twenty eight, 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.200 makes the gunner miss looked out. He's off to the 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.479 races at the forty five the fifty. There's a penalty 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.120 flag down to the Colts forty the thirty near sideline 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.640 twenty ten five. He takes it into the end zone 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.200 for a touchdown, but there's a penalty flag back at 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.559 the twenty seven yard line. Sure enough, an illegal block 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.640 on Trey Von Henderson wiped out the score, but it 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.839 was still a great return by Phillips, who had fumbled 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:13.239 twice on punt returns in the preseason opener at Kansas City. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:14.920 Like you said, I went out the Chiefs game and 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.720 had two months, So I just want to thank them 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.400 for keep for keep believing in me and staying after 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.400 practice with me to catch puntson. Just keep having faith 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.720 in me, and that's doesn't kept me going though. Some 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.600 people you'll drop balls and give up turnovers and they 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.000 just get down. But them showing me that they have 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.040 faith in me kept me going in I didn't want 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.679 to discipline. After a costly mistake by the punt return team, 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.400 the punt coverage team made up for it. Hubert punts 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:44.160 from his own ten hits it very very high. Penny 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.520 Hart back penals catches, has the ball knocked out. The 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:52.160 Bengals dive and recover again. Long snapper Dan Godsil for 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:55.920 the second time recovers, this time at the twenty five 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.680 of Indy, and it looks like the penalty is going 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.040 to be on Indy. It was four illegal block that 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:05.640 did not prevent Davante Harris from forcing the fumble once again. 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.280 The Bengals drove into the red zone, only to come 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.880 away with nothing as Viscano missed the thirty seven yard 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.200 field goal try. At that point, the Bengals had three 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:19.440 takeaways to none for the Colts and still trailed seven 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:23.080 to three. A few minutes later, Indianapolis forced to fumble 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.239 second down and eight, Dolagala fakes a handoff, he gets 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.160 stripped hit from behind and the ball is out at 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:33.000 the seventeen yard line. The officials come running in and 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.040 the Colts have recovered it led to a field goal 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.440 in at ten three Indie lead. The Colts drove for 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.280 another field goal to make it thirteen three going to 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.720 the final quarter. Early in the fourth, the Bengals drove 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.040 into the red zone again, this time making it all 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.320 the way to the Indie six. Dolagala, standing at the 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.960 twelve waiting for the shotgun, snap, catches the ball he's 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.920 back to throw, now has to run backward and he 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.800 will be sacked way back at the wy yard line. 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:05.120 Instead of scoring seven, the Bengals settled for three to 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.800 make it thirteen to six. Jake dola Gala played the 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.200 entire game, going twenty seven for forty two for two 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.320 hundred and fifty three yards with no touchdowns or picks 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.559 for a passer rating of eighty two point seven. Yeah, 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.760 I thought I did a decent job. Obviously, I think 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:22.720 I left some plays out there on the field, But 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.560 as a whole you know, there's a couple of mental 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.040 mistakes that I would want back, and there were simple 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.959 stuff too, But you know, I think that's just I 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.120 got to do a better job of refocusing after each play, 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.320 forgetting about the next one and just moving on. You 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:39.800 feel like you went out there and when you look 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:41.520 in the mirror after you take your shower tonight, you're 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.679 gonna say, I gave it everything I had. Yeah I did. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.440 I didn't give it everything I had. You know, I 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.080 hope they look at the film and you know, they 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:52.120 see some of my talent and then you know, we'll 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.160 see what happens, honestly, because it's all to them, not 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.600 up to me. The Bengals will certainly try to keep 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.760 Dola Gala on the practice squad, if not the fifty 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:03.480 three man roster. The six foot seven inch quarterback appeared 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.320 to put the Bengals in position to possibly win the 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.960 game with about four minutes to go. Tightly clustered formation, 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.360 Dola Galla crows he's got a man wide open at 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.720 the two young line, and Flowers knifed his way into 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:19.360 the end zone for a Bengals touchdown with four or 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.880 one to go. As the Bengals were getting set to 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.120 line up for a two point conversion in hopes of 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.560 taking the lead. The officials went to the replay monitor, 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.880 presumably to make sure that Flowers had reached the end 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.720 zone before his knee hit the ground, but after studying 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.839 the play, they called offensive pass interference on tight end 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.920 Mason Shrek for setting a pick at the goal line, 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:46.280 wiping out the touchdown catch for Quentin Flowers. When did 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.280 you realize it was going to be taken off the board? Honestly, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.640 when I said, when I see on the jamotron, I 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.839 seen that I wasn't down. I was like, yeah, I 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.960 told coach way before it even half, I say, coach 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.280 on school. But at the end of day they came 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.199 back and say it was passing inference, which that wasn't 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.480 what they would looking for. But you know, at the 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:07.840 end of the day, is nothing I can do about 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:09.959 that is nothing I can control, you know, I just 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.920 me and offense. We just foughts in the air and 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:14.880 that's what we came out with. Al So at the 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.720 end of day, we just got to keeping nights. The 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.120 Bengals still had a chance after the penalty, as they 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.080 drove to the one yard line before going for a 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.440 touchdown on fourth and goal. Shrek and Core out to 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.360 the left, Bryant and Malone out to the right. Flowers 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.600 in the backfield to the left of Jake Dolla Gala, 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.400 who waits for a shotgun snap fourth and goal from 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:35.800 the one, Dolla Gala with his zone read, he handed 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.839 it off and Flowers gets tackled for a one yard 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.760 loss at the two yard line. In case you weren't 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:45.440 keeping track, the Bengals drove into the red zone four times. 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:49.160 They kicked two field goals, missed the field goal, and 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.800 turned the ball over on downs. Here's Dolla Gala. That 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.439 was kind of a sore spot for us tonight. When 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.320 you get down there, you expect to score or at 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.559 least come away with three. But we didn't do a 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.920 good enough shob you know, actually being successful with what 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.439 we were trying to accomplish on each play. You know, 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.080 I think it was a combination of a bunch of things. 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.000 But you know, obviously I could have played better down there, 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.520 and you know, as a whole, I think we could 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:19.480 have meshed a little bit better and you know, put 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:20.960 a touchdown on the board that would have been nice. 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:26.200 The final score Indie thirteen, Cincinnati six. The Bengals finished 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.880 the preseason one in three. But there was something that 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:33.120 hurt more than Thursday's loss. Early in the second quarter, 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.560 rookie running back Rodney Anderson, who was so impressive in 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:40.800 his preseason debut last week, injured his right knee, the 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.319 same knee that was surgically repaired after an ACL tear 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:48.360 early last season at Oklahoma. According to Bengals dot Com 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:51.680 editor Jeff Hobson, the team fears that he tore the 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.920 ACL again. After the game, Dave Lapham spent three minutes 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.040 with Zach Taylor and the first topic was the bengals 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:03.080 inability to score more touchdowns in the red zone. Disappointing. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.360 You know, the first fourth and one and a half 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:09.040 call we got out. We expect to get that and 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.400 we just we didn't get it done. And then you 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:11.920 had the one on the goal on especially that we 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:16.400 had a shot there and didn't happen. So tough to 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.319 win regular season games. We cannot lead points on the 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.880 field like that. And that's just the way went tonight. 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.320 Offensive pass interference, I mean, my understanding was there's a yard. 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.120 If you more than a yard, you can't run through him. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.120 If he's pressing within a yard, you can run through him. 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.160 I right on that or and that was dicey. Even 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.120 with that, if they're talking about a yard or a 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.400 yard plus, I mean to me, I don't know, how 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.200 do you what do you tell your player to do 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:40.080 differently than he did? People are gonna have sub call 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.520 pass plays on the one yard line, I mean quite frankly, 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.160 because it's always going to be tight coverage like that, 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.679 and when they confront you at the on of scrimmage 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:49.360 and then you're trying to fight to work at edge 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:52.200 and get off of them, there's either stopped running them 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.440 out or you got to try to work at edge 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:56.600 on the day and it becomes difficult. So I don't 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.680 know that that's really what we want with all this stuff, 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.480 to lose ten yard when we're when we're down there 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.199 on the goal line. And you know, so that was 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.600 that tough. So you mentioned before the game, we were 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.240 talking to the pregame that tonight is this tape is 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.120 resume for a lot of guys. I mean, they're trying 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.480 to put out as good a resume as they possibly can, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.400 and quite a few guys took advantage of opportunities. Bryant, 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.720 you know, nine catches for eighty three yards I think 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.040 it was. And Flowers you know down the stretch, had 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.280 some plays. Doula Gala you know, had his moments. He 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.120 was kind of up and down. But guys really stepped up. Yeah, 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:28.640 they did, you know, and it was good to see that. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.600 Whether they whether these guys make our team or somebody 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.800 else's team, Um, there are ours right now and you're 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.440 proud of all of them. And after they put in 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:37.800 and so see those guys go out there and make 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.000 plays was really encouraging. And we're really excited for all 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.960 those guys. Um, people are texting and whatever. Can you 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.160 give us any update on Malik Jefferson? What was going 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.520 on there? Ah yet non football related and we'll just 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.040 we'll check into over we had an update tomorrow. Any 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:57.200 any word on Anderson's injury. I mean if that that's heartbreaking. 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.400 I mean the kid rehabbing the way he did, and 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.440 I mean it's the right knee any worked on theirs 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:04.800 early it is. I don't have an update yet, but 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.600 hopefully tomorrow would have some news. So all in all, 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:13.440 preseason you know, is complete, it's it's put away. What 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.600 are your overall thoughts how the preseason went for your 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.800 first time the guys made progress each and every week, 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.320 and we needed all these games, and I feel like 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.280 we're gonna be prepared next Sunday in Seattle. Excited to 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.600 start game planning and Sierra players kind of start to 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.160 think the way we think when it comes to attacking 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.560 an opponent and just excited to get next week underway. Coach, 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.920 the guys that didn't play, they're out in the field 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.640 busting it at three thirty. I mean, you're getting their 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.160 heart rate up. I mean that was an endurance deal 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.200 out there. They probably got more from that than they 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.640 would have played a series or two in this football game. Well, 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.120 we needed simulate as best we can. Then playing in 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.240 a game. Today was a game day, and the way 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.640 that we have the schedule structured for the next ten days, 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:53.760 they needed the work that they got today. And so 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.080 if they're not gonna play in the game, we're gonna 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:56.600 make sure that they get it some other way. Time 0:15:56.640 --> 0:16:00.280 for more postgame analysis with LAP and we start with 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.920 a significance of the final preseason game. Before the game, 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:07.720 they knew this was their final opportunity to get video resume, 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:12.000 and guys put things on a videotape resume they could 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.920 be proud of, you know, Bryant for one, Flowers for another, 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.080 Dola Gala, you know, and both teams. I mean, the 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.560 Colts players were doing the same thing. Might not have 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.720 been important to a lot of people watching and listening, 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.360 but to the players, they're out here playing, they're trying to, 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.600 you know, get one of the final roster spots of 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.760 fifty three men roster or ten spot practice squad deal, 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.200 which is a six figure income. That's significant. There's pressure 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.520 there and you want to try to continue your NFL career, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.320 and more than half of those practice squad guys wind 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.800 up getting activated at some point during the course of 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.400 the season. Let's get back to Jake Dola Gala. He 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.080 played the entire game. We knew that Andy Dalton would 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.320 not play. Ryan Finley also did not play, and the 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.640 undrafted rookie out of Central Connecticut State twenty seven for 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.120 forty two, two hundred and fifty four yards, no touchdowns, 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.520 no picks. He did us out on a few opportunities 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.440 where the easy pass was wide open, and he tried 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.200 for the bigger game. Yeah, Ellis. A couple of times 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.359 Ellis probably came back to him and said, bro, what 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.600 have I done wrong. You know, I'm wide open. One 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.359 of them would have been a touchdown, third down in 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.880 the red zone on the in the end zone going 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.280 up towards the city, away from the river. That baby 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.720 was was potentially six. So and I asked him, you know, 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.560 after the game, assess your performance. And he said, because 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.760 I said, you guys start you started hot. It was 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.240 a lull fourth quarter. Pick things up again and you know, 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.280 a little bit choppy up and down. And he said that, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:33.760 you know there were some staffs I like top back, 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.280 pre snap reads, you know, uh, coverage, he said, you 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.080 know I was seeing the field okay, but I'm sure 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.320 when he sees the checkdowns that were there to Ellis 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.879 and some other things. But he's very honest in his assessment. 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:49.160 You know he knows that that it was. He. I said, 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:50.840 when you look in the mirror after your shower, you're 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.840 going to be pleased with the performance. And said, yeah, 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.040 I did all I could do. I know it wasn't perfect, 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:59.080 but you know I tried my best. Darius Phillips had 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.040 an interception and seventy two yard punt returned touchdown that 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.680 unfortunately was wiped out by a penalty. So he did 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.600 some great things. I thought Cody Core had a solid game. 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.359 I don't know for sure if those guys were on 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:14.000 the bubble or not. If they were, are they guaranteed 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:16.440 roster spots after what they did tonight? Yeah? I think 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.040 Cody Core and Josh Malone were in a battle. You know, 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.640 they both played quite a bit in this fourth preseason game. 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.760 And you know, Josh Malone started the preseason as as 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.720 the guy and you know other players passed them by, 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.800 so he was he's in a battle and corp with 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.679 his special team's ability and he made some players tonight. 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.080 I you know, you got to think that, uh he's 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.280 he's he's a guy that's that's going to be in 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.720 the mix. Do they keep six? I think they probably 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.840 keep seven on the fifty three and uh so there 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:46.320 you know as the room for Jake, you know, are 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.920 you exposing the waivers and hope nobody claims and bring 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:50.560 them back put them on your practice squad. I mean, 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.240 but Anderson, that's that's the big story of the night, 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.760 you know, unfortunate injury to Anderson. I asked UH coach 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:00.199 Taylor about both Anderson and Malik Jefferson, and you know 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.800 he said, non football sickness or non football issue with 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:10.080 Malik and then no injury you know, update yet Anderson. 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:12.240 But that's the guy that we're counting on, and that's 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:14.240 an unfortunate It is the right knee, the one that 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:18.200 he had reconstructed after the ACL. Tare Rodney Anderson has 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:22.359 had the worst injury luck possible in his football career 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.560 since high school. In four years at Oklahoma, he suffered 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:30.200 three serious season ending injuries. Broken leg, fractured vertebrae in 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.159 his neck, torn ACL. The one year he played he 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.960 was great, and he looked so good last week. He 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:38.920 can only hope that it's not as serious as fear 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.040 and it's not nicks. I mean these are like you know, 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.560 injuries you get from automobile accidents. I mean, these are serious, 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.800 serious injuries. I mean some guys, unfortunately, are cursed by 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:52.000 the football gods. You know. Hopefully his curse ends soon. 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:56.040 Hopefully this isn't as bad as people think it might be. 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:59.280 Cross your fingers and say a prayer for Anderson. Lap 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.480 The Bengals went to one in three in the preseason, 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:03.520