WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: That's What I Like 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.439 Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde, and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:10.240 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The lucky for you. That's what 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:14.320 I like. That's what I like. Addition, as the Bengals 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:16.959 win for the sixth time in their last eight games, 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:21.280 beating the Steelers in Pittsburgh thirty seven to thirty, coming up, 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.760 you'll hear radio replays, one on one, locker room interviews 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.520 and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.040 this week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know the 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:35.600 Bengals player who claims he can sleep with his eyes open. 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:38.720 The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you in part 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.760 by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.600 with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.400 inside the Bengals app. Now here's a quick reminder that 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.239 you can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:56.080 right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing wherever 0:00:56.360 --> 0:01:00.520 you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since the 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:04.840 Philly Cheese Steak. Before heading to Pittsburgh on Sunday, I 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.000 was in Philadelphia for a couple of days for the 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.920 UC Temple football game and had two Philly cheese steaks 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:14.080 during my stay. Now here's the thing. I didn't go 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.039 to one of the famous places like Pats or Geno's. 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.759 I had one at a hotel and the other at 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.119 the stadium, and I'm sure by Philly standards they were 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.720 positively atrocious. But they still got the job done. As 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:33.160 it turns out, chopped up grilled steak with cheese on 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:38.560 a good fresh roll rarely disappoints. Now, let's get to 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:43.679 the radio replays from Sunday's win at Accrosher Stadium. Drew 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.920 Chrisman into punt for the first time in his NFL career. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:51.080 Stephen Smith or Simms, rather waiting to return from the fifteen. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.360 Here comes the right footed punt. It is launched by 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.600 Chrisman and Simms will catch. He drops it, gets rolling 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.440 into the end zone. He scoops it up in the 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.680 end zone. He's able to run it out and he'll 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.840 get tackled at the five yard line. Second down and 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:08.160 nine at the Pittsburgh twenty nine forty eight seconds left 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.000 in the first burrow back to throw screen pass p 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.519 rhyme with blockers in front. He's up to twenty for 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:20.959 the sideline. Fifteen and five touchdown Bengals. Somaj p Rhyme 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.240 catches the Burrows screen and I don't think he was 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.640 touched as he took it into the end zone. Second 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.440 down and ten at the Bengals nineteen. The Steelers run 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.320 it left, Boris turns the corner, he's at the ten. 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.320 The five goes airborne and flies into the end zone 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.640 for a Pittsburgh touchdown. First and ten, Cincinnati looking for 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.880 a ninety two yard drive. Burrow back to pass, swings 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:45.560 it out to the right. P Rhyme with the catch 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.880 at the ten, breaks the tackle. He rokes the sideline. 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:55.400 He he's the pylon. Touchdown Bengals Smaj p Rhyme with 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.959 his second touchdown catch of the first half. Boy, if 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.239 you went into Vegas in bet that Somaj p run 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.920 would have two first half touchdown receptions, you'd be making 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.920 a lot of cash. Pick And catches the shotgun snap 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.160 he's looking here comes the rush, throws it off, caught 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.760 at the two, and Pickens will run it in for 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.200 an easy Steelers touchdown. Second and ten at the Pittsburgh 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:22.000 forty seven. Burrow catches looks to pass, his throw deflected 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:27.760 and intercepted. The ricochet is picked off by Levi Wallace 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.720 and the Steelers have their first takeaway. With thirty one 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.000 seconds left in the half, matthew Wright is ready the 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.600 snap the put down. Here comes his kick and it 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:42.400 is good to give Pittsburgh a three point halftime lead. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.120 Second and goal, with the ball in between the one 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.160 and the two, the Bengals trying to take the lead. 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.040 Burrow rolls to the right throws into the end zone. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:54.360 It is called for the touchdown. Trenton Irwin Mayby with 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:59.120 his first NFL touchdown catch and he's given the Bengals 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.560 the lead. Anyway through the third quarter, long count by 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.280 Joe Burrow, left foot in front of right, waiting for 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:10.200 the shotgun snap. Joe catches short drop, quick throw and 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:15.400 it is picked off on a ricochet. Oh. Steelers are celebrating. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.680 Oh my god, and they've got the football. T J. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.600 Watt does it again. Yeah, he did another interception off 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.480 Joe Burrow. Here comes the kick from right and it 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.760 is good to make it a one point game. A 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:34.240 remarkable interception by t J. Watt turned into three points 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.680 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, So the Bengals will attempt to 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:43.080 fifty four yard field goal. Long field goals notoriously difficult 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:48.320 here in Pittsburgh. The bad playing surface, the windy conditions, 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.240 swirling wins money. Mac will try from fifty four the 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.320 snap the put down. Here comes his kick. It's going 0:04:55.360 --> 0:05:00.400 to be close and it is good money. Mac hits 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.880 from fifty four yards away week and the Bengals lead 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:08.560 is back to four second down and goal. The balls 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.120 in between the six and the seven burrow in the 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.280 shotgun now two by two formation. P Ryde in the 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.760 backfield burrow back to throw, flips it out to p 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:22.640 Ryan looking verse third touchdown catch, run down of the pylon, touchdown. 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:29.760 Bengals som J. P Ryan with a three touchdown catch game. 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.920 Here we go fourth down and nine three forty two 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.520 to go. Pick it, catches the shotgun snap. He's back 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:38.760 to throw. Now has to scramble, he's in trouble. He 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:45.880 throws incomplete, and that is coffin nails. Bam bam, shut 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.360 the door. I'm telling you, if that was just a 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:52.520 great finish. Defensively, that play kind of is a microcose 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.839 them or what the Bengals did in the second half. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.599 They suffocated them on their first four drives of the 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:01.560 second half, the Steelers had one yard, six yards, six yards, 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.440 and six yards. They couldn't move the ball in the 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.520 second half until their final drive, when Pittsburgh took advantage 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.760 of the Bengals prevent defense and scored a touchdown with 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.840 forty five seconds to go to make the final thirty 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.800 seven to thirty. Here's Zach Taylor. It was good. You know, 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:19.839 we knew it was gonna be a tough game. We 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:23.320 talked about it last night. Ultimately we won the second 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:25.120 half and that was what was really important in this game, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.280 get control in the second half. Thought our defense did 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.159 a great job, came out in the second half to 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.800 twenty in the first half, really held him to a 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.520 fuel goal, but that came out a short field off 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.160 that pick that they had, and then did a great 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.800 job allowing the offense to regain some momentum. And I 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:41.880 thought the ninety three yards scoring drive there with nine 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.560 and a half minutes seven fourth quarter really put that 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.920 game away from us. And then obviously we're get the 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:48.360 touchdown on late. We don't want to do that, but 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:50.839 our defense just kind of playing ben but don't break 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.800 there and give a screech inset one. Offensively, Joe Burrow 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.000 through for three hundred and fifty five yards with four touchdowns, 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.560 two interceptions and a passer rating of I know, four 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.120 point one. The Bengals are six and zero when his 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.520 passer rating is over one hundred this year, I was awesome. 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:11.040 That was awesome. M one of my favorite wins since 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.240 I've been here. A lot of adversity. NFC North game, 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.760 bad weather, cold, windy, We fought through Conway to win. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.559 It was the Bengals third straight game without Jamar Chase, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.480 and it was the first time during that stretch that 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:28.720 T Higgins posted huge numbers. I talked to T after 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:32.360 the game, See you what a game? Nine catches for 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.240 one hundred and forty eight yards. How did it feel 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.560 to come here after week one and get a little 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.680 revenge for what happened in the season opener? I mean 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.440 it fel good. I wouldn't even call it revenge, man. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.880 We just, you know, just trying to get back to 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.520 where we was last year, you know, trying to make 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.520 a playoff run again. Um, you know that was our 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.240 whole minset, not to come out here and get revenge. Obviously, 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.480 we want to come back and win but oh man, 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:56.560 we just you know, we stuck to the game playing today, 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.600 even though we was down a half. It came out No, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.960 with with that that attitude and that aggressiveness to that, 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:04.600 we was gonna come out and you know and dominated 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.280 who was able to do that. You certainly dominated. There 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:08.880 was a stretch there where they threw it to you. 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.520 I think on three or four consecutive plays. Did you 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.360 feel like they could not stop you today? Oh? Yeah, 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.160 you know, after he gave me that second one, I felt, 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:18.680 you know, I was in I felt I feel like 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.640 I was in his own man. Man, you know, he 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.200 just can't feed me, and you know, I just can't 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.120 make a place for the team. Three touchdown catches for 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.480 Saba j a touchdown catch for Trench and Irwin. I 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:32.400 think somebody said Joe Burrow would throw four touchdown passes 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:33.959 and those would be the two guys to catch you 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.080 all four. It would have been a surprise. Been a 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.640 great performance by your teammates. Oh yeah, for show man, 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.800 I'm I'm I'm proud of them guys, you know, especially 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.000 for somebody just stepping up with mixed went out and 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.400 then you know Trent Irwin, you know him stepping up 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:49.080 with m Chase out. So, man, I'm especially proud of 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.080 how hard he's worked, how hard he's worked to get 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:54.240 to this moment. You know. Um, three catches, forty two 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:58.360 yards and a touchdown. Man, That's that's anything anybody could 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.360 dream out, you know what I'm saying. So I'm proud 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.559 of him, proud of them guys, and hopefully keep going. 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:04.920 A lot of people look at the win after the 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.880 bye last year as a key it's kind of to 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.880 start off the Super Bowl run. Did you feel this 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.240 game would have similar importance? You had to start the 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.600 second half with a good showing. Yeah, man, definitely. You know, 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.040 he's like what Burrel said, you know a few weeks ago. 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.319 You know, everything is right there in front of us. 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.719 We gotta go out there and each and every single day, 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.840 and man, we started all strong. So I hope we 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:31.040 keep going. King Grad's in a great game. The Bengals 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.439 Booth Podcast is brought to you by pay Corps. More 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.840 than twenty nine thousand customers trust pay Corps to help 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:41.800 them recruit, pay, engage, and retain employees. Learn more at 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:45.640 paycorps dot com. Steelers Rookie Kenny pick it through for 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.840 two hundred and sixty five yards with one touchdown, no picks, 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.520 and a passer rating of eighty five point nine. The 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:56.640 Bengals sacked him twice and hit him seven times, with 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.840 Trey Hendrickson getting credit for both sacks. I caught up 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:04.240 Trey in front of his locker, DA congratulations on a 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.679 great victory. A lot of people look at the win 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.160 last years after the buy is kind of a jumping 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.079 off point for the Super Bowl run. Did you feel 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.560 similar importance when you took the field today? Oh? Absolutely, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.480 any divisional game, there's like a heightened sense of importance 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.560 in the w especially where if we want to go 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.160 where we want to go. You know, can't say enough 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.000 about this defense stepping up in a little bit of 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.040 adversity there, you know, coming together as a unit. Things 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.240 that we can always clean up on film. But you know, 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.160 Gret glad to have this w. In the second half, 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.600 on their first seven drives they had two first downs. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.280 That was one of the most dominant stretches I think 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.439 we've seen in a long long time. What was the 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.080 key for the group during that stretch, Well, you know, 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.079 we're just playing as brothers, and you know, I stated 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.800 at earlier proverb seventeen seventeen. But me personally, I can 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.360 give all glory to Jesus Christ, my Lord and saviors. 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.319 So you know, it's just an opportunity to say that. 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.680 It is just a blessing to me. And you know, 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.440 all these brothers I know I'm united with, So you know, 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.520 it's a great, great feeling. Two zacks, four quarterback hits. 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.480 I think they were all in the second half. It 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.800 seemed like you guys are really able to turn up 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.640 the heat against Kenny Pickett in the second half. Well, 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.040 you know, Russian on the opposite side of Sam Hubbard 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.520 is a huge help. He's always containing the quarterback. He's 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.560 got a high IQ on defensive schemes, and he's always 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.800 learning me to where slides are and things like that. 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.920 So you know the product on the field as you 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.920 see us bolt sack in the quarterback, but he has 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.200 Captain's patch on his chest for a reason. Very talented 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.360 pass rusher, insane on the run, stopping and just a 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.439 great guy to be a part of on a defense. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.040 Was it a little disappointing that they scored that late 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.160 touchdown considering how dominant you had been in the second half. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.360 Up until that drive. You know, their backs were against 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:44.760 the wall. It was one of those things. We got 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.000 to kiten it up and kind of put that game away, 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.240 but we came away with a double. Will clean up 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.400 these things on a victory Monday, which is much better 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.720 than the other way. So you can't say enough about 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.920 this defense or anything that you know, Cleaning it up 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.800 on a win is always great. Road winds in pits 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.960 fur are hard to come by. Trust me, I've been 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:03.920 coming here for a long time. I think this is 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.600 the third time in twelve years the Bengals have one here, 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.600 but it's two in a row with you. Congratulations on 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:11.679 the victory in a great game. Appreciate it. Thank you. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.880 Sunday mark the NFL debut of punter Drew Chrisman, who 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.959 was promoted from the practice squad and started in place 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.520 of Kevin Hubert. I think it's safe to say that 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:26.320 Drew will be getting another opportunity. Here's what he had 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:30.680 to say after the game. Why didn't NFL debut? I 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.640 think your first punt with sixty two yards, I believe 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:38.839 you averaged fifty two downed inside the ten. What'd you think? Shoot? 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.480 I'm just happy to be on that cold it's thought 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.079 room and bes a lot better in it out there, 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.920 but uh yeah, I know it was. It was awesome. 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.720 It was a it was a great verse and shout 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.680 out to the coverage those two then side to ten. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.240 You know they weren't getting stopped without the guys running 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.880 down there. So yeah, big, big hats off to them. 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.320 They made some big plays of it where the butterfly's big. 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:04.600 Not really, I mean, just just trust your training. Um, 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.360 I mean I've been I've played in games like this before, 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.720 and you know, I just felt comfortable with all the 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.880 preparation I put in and you know, the guys around me, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.280 it's it's it's a plusing you know, being around here 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.319 for shoot a year and a half now before I 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.760 had my first game, and you know, I'm really really comfortable. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:21.440 If you felt like I've been far of the team, 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.760 It's not like I just showed up this week to play, 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.240 you know. So it's uh, it was. I was pretty 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.400 at ease out there for sure. Did it feel like 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.679 kind of like a one game tryout, do well, and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.959 you get to punt again. That's kind of how I 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.360 viewed at it. It's just every punt, every opportunity at 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.120 a time. You know, I don't I don't try to 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.240 look too far, too far ahead into what things are 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.160 going to look like, and uh, just do what you 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.280 can in that moment. And yeah, I just tried to 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.240 see seize the day as well as I could. So 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.640 money Mac made all of his kicks, three field goals, 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:50.880 including a fifty four yard or obviously that's a big 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.680 part of your job as well. How'd you feel about that? Yeah, 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.080 I know it's certainly half my job. And um, you know, 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:58.800 there's always some kind of concern when you change up 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.520 that operation. And I thought we handled the weather and 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.400 elements well. And yeah, he had a great game like 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.240 he typically does, so, um, you know, it's it's good 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.439 to kind of check that off the box too. But 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.240 you mentioned the weather there. I mean not a great 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.520 field pit play here yesterday, the winds swirling, it's really coold, 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:16.760 it's hard to catch the ball. I mean, what kind 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.200 of adjustments do you have to make in these type 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.280 of conditions. I mean it's just really all pre game 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.800 you kind of start to figure that out. Um, And 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:24.640 like I said, I've played in these conditions before. This 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:28.000 is no stranger to me. Obviously the first time a 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:29.880 year and a half depend to deal with something like this. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.000 But uh yeah, well no, we were to get a 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.600 great play uh pre game and what we're gonna do 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:36.240 in the game. We just we just stuped in that 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.080 plan all through the game and you know, it worked 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.720 out for us. So has it kind of settled in 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:42.680 as it kind of felt like, Okay, I got the 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.760 person out of the way. Has it kind of you know, 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.359 settled in that you played your first game yet? Ah, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.880 maybe you ask me that tomorrow. Huh. It's still pretty 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:53.440 still pretty good feeling right now. But no, this is 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:54.800 this is sweet, It's this fun. This is what I 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:56.800 love to do. So I've I've missed doing it for 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:58.440 a last year and a half and it feels great 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.640 to do it again. For sure. You do have a 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.280 ball in your chair. Was that your first NFL punt? 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.520 That was my first NBA punt? Yeah? Luckily Kevin, he's 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.280 been great through this whole process, and you know, he 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.600 threw me that ball knowing you know, just he's been around, 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.120 he knows the important things and I wouldn't even thought 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.240 about that without him given to me. So that's off 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.400 to him and Grat's had a great debut. Thank you 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.040 appreciate it. I'm sure that football will be fun to 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:28.320 show his family back home in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The Bengals 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:32.560 Booth Podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future proof fiber 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.680 Internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed to take 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.920 your home, business, and community to a new level. Elevate 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:44.240 your connection with Alta Fiber. Now time for the radio 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:48.280 guys recap with Dave Lapham. We've been doing the games 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.600 together for twelve years. I think this is the third 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.880 time they've won in Pittsburgh. It's hard to do. I 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.960 don't care how good or Meati Hooker the Steelers might 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.400 be in any given season. It's a tough place to play, 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.760 and the Bengals ultimately got it done. It is I mean, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.280 it's it's a it's always a Donnybrook. It's always a 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.960 you know, a slobber knarker. I mean, you know it's 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.080 going to be physical. Um, you know, there's always going 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.600 to be taking it to uh to the very limit 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:16.160 on every snap and sometimes more. I thought what Pickens 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:18.040 did to Tyler Board at the end of the football 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.760 game was inexcusable and um, I think the legal handle that. 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.280 I thought the officials handled it right by ejecting him. 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.400 And I think he's he's looking at some some serious 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:31.600 repercussions from his decision, which was you know, I understand 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.880 it's it's a competitive environment. He made some big plays 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.440 in the game. You know, he was very uh I'm 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:40.200 sure you know he's a competitive guy who was emotional. 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.800 You got to control yourself and there's no there's no 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:44.320 room for that kind of thing. You have a guy 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.680 on the ground defenseless. To do what he did was 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.120 you know, a marred a good performance by him. I 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:54.600 think everybody is probably feeling the way that I feel 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:56.560 about it, and a lot of people feel about it 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.440 that he hurt himself by what he decided to do there. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.080 Let's talk about the Bengals on the offensive end. They 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.119 lost Joe Mixon early, coming off the best game of 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:07.159 his career two hundred and twenty one total yards in 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.800 five touchdowns a couple of weeks ago against Carolina. Some 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.920 JP Ryan certainly picked up the slack three touchdown catches 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.960 for smaj in this game, and he's a real humble guy. 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:18.679 Talked him after the game and I said, have you 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:24.360 ever caught three touchdown passes at any level and he's sitting, Yes, sir, 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:28.440 it's lou Anna Romo walking by Yes, four straight three 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.040 and ounce. I mean, the defense suffocated things in the 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.440 beginning of the UH at halftime, start that second half, 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:39.480 but yeah, some aj was was very thankful and h 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:43.479 obviously took advantage of every opportunity that he had. You know, 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.440 and I think I like about him is not only 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.720 catch the ball, run the ball, but he's a great 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:51.080 bliss pickup guy, and he takes immense pride in that. 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:53.359 And he and Joe Mixon have known each other for 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.520 a long time now, coming up close to a decade. 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:59.160 So um, they're they're tight, they're close, they're like brothers, 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.400 and he felt like he had to go in there 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.639 and pick it up for Joe. And the opener against Pittsburgh, 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.000 the Steeler sack Joe Burrows seven times. I think it 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:08.960 wound up being a couple of sacks in this game. 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.960 They did have some deflections, including one that led to 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.800 an interception, but by and large, the offensive line play 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:19.240 very solidly. Yeah they did, and you know, it's deflections 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:22.480 are are a nightmare for offensive woman. You know, the 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:24.440 thing you want to do is try to stay engaged. 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.199 And I thought they stayed engaged, you know, for a 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.640 good part of it, and they, you know, want made 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.680 a play. I mean, you kidd meet Elsie is knocking 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.720 him sideways. He and he just reaches up and intercepts 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.760 the past the guys of marsh and he's a freak show. 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.200 I mean, there's not many guys walk on the face 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.160 of the earth that could make that play that he made. 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.800 So those you just have to say congratulations to him. 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.200 There's nothing much you could have done about that. But 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.879 I thought, on a snap by snap basis, you know, 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.240 I thought that both tackles showed themselves really well in 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:57.159 this football game. I thought, I thought Elsie and Jonah, 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.200 you know, handled really good edge rush guys who were 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.160 in situations where they could pin them back and rush 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.080 pretty darn well and pretty darn often. I thought that 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:10.439 they handled Watton Highsmith pretty effectively. Defensively. In the first half, 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.679 the Bengal struggled, Pittsburgh scored twenty points. They really couldn't 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:15.679 put any pressure on Kenny pick a bit. Then in 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:19.080 the second half, on the Steelers first seven drives, they 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:24.879 had two first downs on seven drives. That's dominance. Yeah, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.640 Like coach was saying four straight three and outs. I mean, 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:33.080 and then when the interception happened, to give them a 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:36.240 short field, three snaps and kick a field goal. So 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:40.000 I mean, you know, basically didn't let any bleeding occur 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.560 other than what you would anticipate after giving that short 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:46.920 field up on the turnover. But it is remarkable. I mean, 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.679 Pittsburgh is plus seven against the Bengals in two games, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:55.040 and they're minus seven against everybody else. The Bengals are 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.000 minus seven against Pittsburgh in two games, and they're plus 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.160 eight against everybody else. It's just one of those weird 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:06.000 things that happened sometimes in professional sports or sports in general. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:09.080 You know, it's like you can't explain it. But with 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:12.760 that said, in minus seven, they could have won both games. 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.359 They really could have. I mean, it's you know, that's 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:19.600 almost incomprehensible to think about. But that's the way unfolded. 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:22.240