WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Keep On Moving 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.439 I get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:11.039 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The ain't nothing gonna break my stride. 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:15.800 Nobody gonna slow me down. Oh no, I've got to 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.959 keep on moving. Addition, as the Bengals come up just 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.560 short in their first game without Joe Burrow, a nineteen 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.680 seventeen loss to the New York Giants. Coming up, you'll 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:32.640 hear radio replays from Sunday's loss, postgame comments from players 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.600 and coaches, and in depth analysis from Dave Lappel. And 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:39.360 in this week's fun Facts segment, you'll get to know 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.760 the person under the pads as I go one on 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:46.400 one with rookie offensive lineman Hakim Adenagy. The Bengals Booth 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:51.040 Podcast is presented by bud Light Seltzer. Refresh the game, 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:53.560 and here's a quick reminder that you can have the 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:57.120 latest edition of this podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:03.000 or computer by subscribing iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:09.039 pod Bean. It's the greatest thing since understanding bosses and 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.280 co workers for the first time since being hired. Is 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.440 the Bengals play by play announcer In twenty eleven, I 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.480 missed a game. I am currently quarantining at home due 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:23.119 to contact tracing, and while I have not tested positive 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:26.560 and feel great, I'm not in the clear yet and 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.720 obviously don't want to risk spreading the virus. So thank 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.280 you to the Brown family and my co workers for 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.120 their understanding, and kudos to Mike Watts, who did a 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.520 terrific job in my place. Now let's get to Sunday's game. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.560 The worst kept secret of the week was that the 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:48.760 Bengals starting quarterback would be Brandon Allen and not Ryan Finley. 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.400 The former Arkansas star has been on the practice squad 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:56.440 all season, but prepared for the possibility that he could 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.920 be thrown in there at a moment's notice. I think 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.440 you always have to have that onset, you know whether 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.360 you're the second string or the third sharing. I think 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.080 you have to go in meeting every week and know 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.880 that you're one play away, regardless of the position. So 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:15.040 that's how I've always prepared, whether I was on freshwater 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:19.239 or not. So I think that that's the only way, 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.799 the only mindset to have in the backup position rule. 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:24.880 But it took a while for Alan to even get 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.400 into the game. First, the Giants took the opening kickoff 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.600 and marched right down the field to score a fifty 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.839 three yard pass to tight end Evan Ingram, who beat 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.120 Von Bell on the play put the Giants inside the 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.799 five yard line. Good Jones sneak from here and Steady 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.600 hands off again, this time going airborne Golman into the 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.800 end zone for a Giant touchdown. Wayne Gallman's one yard 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.280 run made it seven nothing, but that lead only lasted 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.799 for eleven seconds. Brandon Wilson from a couple yards deep 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.320 in the end zone, he will take this out, his 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.040 nineteenth return of the year, and he's put it right 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.360 between the hatch, put it he chokes in. It's three minute. 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:06.680 It's Wilson going all the way inside the Tenny won't 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:10.960 be caught. Touchdown Cincinnati. That one hundred three yard kickoff 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.800 return by Brandon Wilson is a new Bengals record, topping 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.959 the one hundred two yard return that Eric Bienimy had 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:23.320 in nineteen ninety seven, also against the Giants. It's Wilson's 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:27.280 second kickoff return touchdown and that ties the franchise mark 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:31.080 held by Tremaine Mack. It tied the game at seven, 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.560 and Josh bind says it gave the Bengals a huge lift. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.840 I think it just gave some juice to the team. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:41.240 Oh my gosh. I think it propelled everything for us. 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.360 And Brandon just a heck of a player. I love him, 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.680 and he just a great player, return man, gunn er, 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.760 whatever you wanted to do on special teams, and he's 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.840 just done an awesome job. And that play right there 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.400 was definitely something we talked about all week, and we 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.920 know Brandon's capable of it. I was on the other 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.240 end of it last year when I was in Baltimore 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.640 and he housed on when I was there last year, 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.160 and just to see him do it again because you 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.840 know he has great capabilities and great speed obviously because 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.800 you see nobody caught him. It was just so amazing. 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.200 Let's face it, for the Bengals to win behind a 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.400 backup quarterback, they were probably going to need big plays 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:18.520 on special teams and defense. Wilson came through in the 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.039 first quarter and Bell delivered in the second. It's a 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.200 fake handoff from Jones, fires into the zone and completes 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.000 at the fifteen, and that ball came lows. It's recovered 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.440 here by Vaughan Bell. Bell cutting back inside the numbers 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.279 at the forties and from behind brought down at the 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.240 forty five. They're marking it. Nope, they're not. They're saying 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.840 it's a fumble. He's not spotting the ball. That's a fumble. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.320 It gave the Bengals the ball near midfield, and after 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.080 a couple of first downs by the offense, the Bengals 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.400 took the lead. If it's a forty four yard field 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.760 goal off the left, hash Huber gets the snap, it's 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:53.440 a good one. This is away from Bullock and he 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.960 nailed it right down the middle. That made a ten 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.440 seven Bengals. But that was it for the offense in 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:02.719 the first half, and since Natty managed just sixty six yards, 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:05.840 a Graham Gadot field goal with twenty one seconds left 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.039 and a half tied the game at ten. Here's Zach 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.680 Taylor on his team struggles on offense. Yeah, we never 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:14.720 found our rhythm, you know, and again our first down 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.359 efficiencies really where it got us. We were in a 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.479 lot of second eight, second nine, second ten, it felt like, 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.880 and that's not a girt risky against that defense. The 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.280 Bengals ran nineteen first down plays for a total of 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:30.839 fifty nine yards. That's three point one yards per first 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:35.000 down play. Twelve of those nineteen plays went for two 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:39.359 yards or less, and yet they were in it. The 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.760 Giants took a three point lead on their first drive 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.480 of the third quarter, but lost quarterback Daniel Jones on 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.760 the drive due to an injured hamstring. Thirty four year 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:53.760 old backup Colt McCoy doesn't exactly strike fear into the opposition, 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:58.160 but rather than move the ball, the Bengals started coughing 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.560 it up under forty seconds to go in the third quarter, 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.920 dropping the throw in this gun over the middle and 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.320 a gam popped up and is this time intercepted by 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.520 the Giants diving effort at the forty and yes it was. 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:13.599 It's picked off by New York Niko Lalos with a 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.200 diving I N T in his NFL debut. It led 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.400 to a fuel goal in a sixteen ten New York lead. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.680 Down by six with less than five minutes to go, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.640 the Bengals turned it over again four twenty four to go, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.400 running clock fourth quarter, Bengals down six, with the ball 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.679 second and three from their own twenty one, Brandon Allen 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:37.320 throws short and Sample loses the football and Logan Ryan 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.640 pops on top of it, and it has a fumble 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.400 at the nineteen that led to another field goal that 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.839 made it nineteen ten. The Bengals were down but not 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.520 out as they put together their first touchdown drive of 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.080 the day. Off motion, fakes the handoff, looking left, does 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.080 an epernard, trailing away throws into the end zone, caught 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:02.000 touchsdown T Higgins one yard touchdown pass made at nineteen 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.960 seventeen with two and a half minutes to go. The 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:08.200 defense got a three and out, forcing the Giants to 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.960 punt from deep in their own territory, and it's driven high, 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.520 spiraling and long trailing all the way back to the 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.960 twenty three yard line, picked up by Ericsson across the 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.040 thirty stutters outside the thirty five. He's got a Bok 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:25.280 forty in fo He's wrapped up at the ankles at 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:29.440 the fifty yard line. He was nearly gone still. That 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.800 twenty nine yard return by Alex Rickson gave the Bengals 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:36.000 the ball at the fifty with roughly a minute to go, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.400 needing one first down to give Randy Bullock a shot 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.640 at a game winning field goal. Try fifty seven six 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:46.320 to go, first and ten from midfield Allan, with Bernard 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.680 on his right, takes the snap clean pocket and now 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.480 he's under pressure. He lost the football still lose him 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.880 recovered by the Giants at the thirty seven yard line. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.680 The fumble was forced by Jabaal Sheard, even though the 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.400 ben those chipped him with a tight end on the play. 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.840 He got by Drew Sample and then Jonah Williams to 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:10.320 force the fumble that basically ended the game. Here's Brandon Allen. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.400 I knew we only needed about fifteen yards to get 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:18.240 with him field goal range. Had a little miscommunication with 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.280 me and TV. You know, I was expecting one thing 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.160 and he read a different way, and obviously I kind 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:28.320 of got stuck on him. And then from there, I 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:29.640 just gotta do a better job to take care of 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:31.840 the ball. Was trying to scramble and make a play, 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.559 but you know, in that situation, investing just trying to 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.280 get forward as far as I could. Allan finished seventeen 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.680 for twenty nine for one hundred and thirty six yards 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.920 with one touchdown, one interception, and the fumble. Here's how 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:49.400 he and Zach Taylor evaluated the quarterback Cincinnati debut. I'm 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.199 my own worst critics, so There's gonna be a lot 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.960 of things that I think I can do better. Obviously 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.200 the interception, putting a better ball placement where it's only 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.880 he can get a hand on it. And then obviously 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.640 the last play of the fumble was what cost us 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.040 the game. So um, there's definitely gonna be a lot 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.800 of things that I'll that I'll find on tape and 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.280 things I can get better at, whether that's a read 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:15.040 to throw or what. But I'll definitely get better from this. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.120 I thought he did enough, you know, for us, and 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.200 the guys around him gonna step up. Two. Now, you know, 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.240 we had we had several drops, holding penalties when we 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.720 would get a completion, and you know, we only had 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.600 three possessions there in the first half, it felt like 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.200 we hardly ever had the ball, and then the second 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.640 half just never found a rhythm. But um, again, when 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.760 we would get something positive, it seemed like something on 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.200 the same play sent us back the other way. You know, 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.440 whether it was the there was there was three drops, 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.599 there was two holding penalties, there was a fumble on 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.280 a positive play, and you know it that'll hurt us. 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.920 New York's nineteen seventeen win puts the Giants in first 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.720 place in the NFC East with a four and seven record. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.080 They take a tiebreaker with Washington by winning their two 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.520 meetings this year. The Bengals are two eight and one 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.840 and playing for pride. Here are Josh Bndes and Zach Taylor. 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.920 Everybody got to do their job and their role, That's 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.520 pretty much what I'm saying, and execute at a higher 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.560 level and not keep shooting ourselves in the foot making 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.000 big mistakes and no big mistakes turned into big plays. 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.880 And it just and it hurts us and we you know, 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:15.800 and we sit on this other side of the of 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.199 an l and it just sucks each and every week 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.080 because you know, guys are giving all the effort and 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.480 studying their behinds off and we just follow one one 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.920 place short. You're down nineteen to ten in the fourth quarter, 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.240 and role, your offense hasn't done anything the entire game. 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.960 But but everybody just kept kept grinding and trying to 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:33.559 make plays that they were capable of making. And then 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:35.480 you look at it. The defense got a huge stop. 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.760 You know, offense goes down and score seven points. Defense 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.320 gets a monster stop there on the backed up situation. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.000 Point return team gets a huge point return and put 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:45.600 your offense in the position to go win the game, 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.960 and it just didn't work out that way. But that 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.080 tells you everything you need to know about these these 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:51.920 players in this locker room and everything that I see 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.240 every day and know, and um, they're playing hard for 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.880 each other and it's going to turn for us at 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.680 some point, you know. That's why I told him. It's frustrating, 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:02.320 your sick, your stomach, so it's not fun to lose. 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.200 But we know that this tide is going to turn 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.320 for us, and we're gonna look back on this and 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.840 this is a necessary part of our growth, but we 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:11.199 need to get some wins to show for all the 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.800 work that we're putting in, because it's makes it tough 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.760 when you finish games like this. Since the start of 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.600 last year, the Bengals are one thirteen and one in 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:24.559 games decided by one score. Now time for postgame analysis 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:29.160 with my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. The Bengals have followed 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.680 the formula pretty closely. They got his special team score. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:36.920 The defense played well, but the offense simply didn't do 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.360 enough to get over the top against the Giants. Yeah, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.200 that saysn't in a nuts y'all, Dan, no question. I 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:46.280 mean Brandon Wilson hunting three yard kickoff return, you get 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.280 an unscripted, unscheduled score that way. I mean, that's just 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.480 what the doctor ordered. Defense gets to take away. You 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:56.000 get three points off of that. Offense takes advantage of it. 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.880 And then Kevin Huber was unbelievable. I mean, you have 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:04.240 forty six forty seven yards a punt maybe more three 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:08.320 or four times, pinned them down not only inside the twenty, 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.000 inside the ten yard line. I think it was the 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.520 eleven yard line once and the ten yard line a 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.040 couple of three times. I mean he was incredible putting 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.720 them on long field, So all of that was part 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.680 of the formula. Put them on long field, try to 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.360 get some short fields, get an unscripted score. But offensively, 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.720 way too many three and outs and no no rhythm, 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:31.040 no no timing. Everything was definitely hit or miss offensively. 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.440 What'd you think of Brandon Allen? I think that he 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:38.040 did everything he could. I don't think the support system 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.040 was there Offensively, no running game. I don't care who 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.679 the quarterback is. When the longest run I think was 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.160 the fake punt. You know that was another play Darren 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.559 Simmons crew came up with that was a critical extension, 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:54.160 you know, of a series with the fake punt. Keep 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.960 the offense on the football field. Now, can you throw 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.760 interceptions and have fumbles in those kind of things and all? 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.440 You'd like to have ball security in that regard. And 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.400 I'm sure he's going to be his own worst critic, 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.840 but boy, there wasn't any running games, so they were 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.120 teeing off in that front four. They're big, powerful, They 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.360 pushed the pocket rushers. They'll twist and stunt. They don't 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.720 necessarily have to blitz. They rushed four and they played 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.640 very deep zone coverages instead. You're not throwing the ball 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.080 over our head. We're keeping everything in front of us. 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.280 You're gonna have to beat us with short, intermediate throws 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.040 and you're gonna have to do it a lot. You're 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.320 gonna have to go on long, extended drives, and we 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.040 don't think you can do it. And that was their 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.240 game plan and they ended up being right. Last week 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.920 against Washington, the Bengals had two hundred and forty seven 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.240 yards of offense in the first half after Joe Burrow 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:48.160 went out eighteen plays seventeen yards. This week, forty six 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.120 plays one hundred and fifty five yards. That's one hundred 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.920 and seventy two yards basically in six quarters, an average 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:58.760 of two point seven yards per play. It shows you 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.600 just how value well Joe Burrow is to this offense. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:05.760 There's no doubt. I mean, he's a dynamic football player, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:10.440 and honestly, everything was tilted toward him getting ready to 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:14.640 do those things. So any quarterback that was on the 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.840 roster was not getting a whole lot of snaps, a 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.480 whole lot of reps, and it showed. And Ryan Finlay 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.760 went in there, and I think, you know, Brandon Allen 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.680 will be better next week than he was this week. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.800 I'm not sure that he's playing a pretty damn good defense, 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.480 though the Miami Dolphins have a pretty good squad as well. 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:34.560 They win games with special teams and defensive excellence. So 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:36.560 the Bengals are going down there to Miami to face 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.800 the same type of thing. So that's life in the 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:44.280 National Football League. And yeah, I mean, Joe Burrow is 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.960 really really special in terms of the way he sees 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.400 the football field, makes quick decisions and moves his football team. 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.840 And it was very evident that they're lacking without him 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.440 under center or in the shotgun formation. I hate to 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:01.600 pay an overly a row the picture after a game 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.920 like that. Did the fight show you something? It did? 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.720 You know? I think that it's it's awful easy to 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:11.680 just coast the game out, you know, and not you 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.320 know it's over, and you know and this and here's 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.360 another one. You know, this one, this one's out out 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.200 of reach, particularly when they kicked the field goal and 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.720 they went up two scores. But they finally put together 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:25.440 a drive, big big pass interference penalty and the touchdown 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.160 passed to t Higgins and and then you know the 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.080 fact that instead of the onside kick, they decided to 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.840 kick it deep and play defense and it worked out 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.280 and they get a good return. Alex Erickson does a 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.240 good job. There's another special teams play. I mean, Darren Simmons' 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.680 group did everything they possibly could. It was by far, 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.400 in my estimation, by far, the best special team's performance 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.240 of the season. And it couldn't have come at a 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.840 more necessary time to have that type of performance. And 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.400 I thought that third of the three three phases of 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.480 football was the best today. And then defense number two 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:03.640 and offense are very very very very distant third. This 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.680 was the seventh different starting offensive line in eleven games. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.080 Quinn Spain got the started left guard in place of 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.280 Michael Jordan, and then during the game Alex Redmond suffered 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.320 a concussion. Spain went back to the right side, Michael 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.960 Jordan came in on the left side. What did you 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.880 think of the way the O line played? The pass 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.800 protection was tough? I mean the fact that they could 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.760 not get the running game going any modicum of success. 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.600 You know, now you're in a situation where defensive linemen 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.800 are just teeing off on you. It's like pass rush drill. 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.840 And that's the toughest drill to handle as an offensive 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.480 lineman when there's there's a total disregard for the run 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.920 and all you're doing is pinning yours back and getting 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.680 after the quarterback. And that's what the Bengals faced offensive 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.400 line wise for most of the football game. Some of 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.520 that their own doing, obviously, by not being able to 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:52.880 form enough creases in the running game to get the 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:57.520 running game was some kind of modicum of success. And 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.800 with that, defensive line's pretty good. Some beast that can 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.560 push the pocket and they don't blitz much, but they'll 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:07.320 twist and stunt up front and make life tougher that way, 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.960 and they make you make you earn everything in terms 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:14.000 of pass protection, and I thought that, uh, you know, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.159 there were sometimes there was there were pockets, but a 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.160 lot of times Brandon Allen did not get through every 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:24.040 Every play has a three progression read and then the 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.600 fourth wants to check down then run. I'm not sure 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.080 he was getting all three through, all three progressions before 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:30.920 he had to check it down or try to run 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:32.800 the football, and then he was getting hit in the 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.720 pocket and didn't have ball security well enough at the 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.560 end of the football game. We saw Ryan Finley make 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.960 three starts last year and play the second half last week. 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.600 I don't know about you. I feel better about the 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.879 Bengals chances of winning a game that Brandon Allen had 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.960 quarterback instead of Ryan Finley based on what we saw today. Yeah, 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:57.160 I think the two that I mean Brandon Allen lit 0:17:57.200 --> 0:17:59.600 it up at practice Wednesday's practice. He did not have 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.840 an in completion and I think that he bought he 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.199 won some guys over that way. I think there was 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.919 a validation there. I think they know he can spin it, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.240 he can zip the ball. I think they know he 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:14.120 can be accurate. But you know, it's not just one guy. 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:18.159 I mean, everybody has to help Brandon Allen, and I 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.960 think they like his way, his demeanor, the way he 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.560 leads the football team, the way he takes control of 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:27.680 the huddle. So yeah, and Zach Taylor has already said 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:31.600 that Brandon Allen's the starting quarterback in Miami. So see 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.760 if they can start to build on the experience that 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.119 they were exposed to here against the New York Football Giants, 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.200 who's a pretty darned good defensive football team. That's there's 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.240 no question about it. I think that that's as good 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:46.520 an overall defensive football team as the Bengals might have 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:48.800 played this year. That's a little disappointed in the play 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.680 of the wide receiving crew. Te Higgins was targeted five 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.520 times and caught all five, including his touchdown, but Tyler 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.480 Boyd had a big drop. AJ Green did not have 0:18:57.520 --> 0:18:59.800 a catch when he was targeted three times. I'm sure 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.840 some of that is different timing with a different quarterback, 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.479 but those guys are going to have to step up 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:08.360 and play great in order for the Bengals to win. 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.200 I agree, it's going to have to be a scenario 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.520 like that even the very sure handed Giovanni Bernard dropped 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:16.359 the ball, you know, out of the backfield on a 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.520 third and one. I think if he catches it, you know, 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:22.160 he probably the chains are probably moves. So yeah. It's 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.720 the thing is, you're in a situation offensively, and it's 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.600 a very tough situation. You know, During the course of 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.600 a ten year, actually a twelve year career in professional football, 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.960 I've been in situations where you have no margin for error, 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:39.960 and man, that's a brutal way to have to try 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:44.119 to play football. It's like, it's it's it's impossible. Really, 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.840 there are going to be mistakes made, and all you 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.000 hope for in that situation is that it doesn't become 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:53.520 contagious multiple mistakes are made, or the mistakes that are 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:58.280 made become catastrophic and they are monumentally huge mistakes. You know, 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:02.800 again margin for errors and impossibility, but you hope that 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:06.320 the error that you make is not game deciding error. 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.480 And that's what the Bengals are looking at offensively right now. 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:12.000 You know, they just don't want to make mistakes that 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:15.439 lose the football game and hope that defense and special 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:18.280 teams give them enough support where they can win a 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.840 couple of football games. Well, I'll tell you this, it 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:23.679 wasn't a lot of fun watching on TV. So I 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.040 look forward to being back in the booth hopefully next 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:30.040 Sunday as the Bengals head to Miami. I can tell you, 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:33.240 my partner, you are sorely missed. You are the best 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.000 in the business, and I look forward to doing a 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.920 game with you against the Dolphins. Thanks buddy, Thank you, sir. 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:42.840 The Dolphins are seven and four after beating the winless 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:46.720 Jets on Sunday twenty to three. Two A Tungo Vloa 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:49.440 missed the game with an injured left thumb, but head 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:52.720 coach Brian Flores says if he's healthy, he'll start against 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:56.720 the Bengals next week. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented 0:20:56.720 --> 0:21:00.480 by Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with a 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:04.199 fruit flavor. Now time for this week's fun Facts segment, 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:07.480 where you get to know the person under the pads. 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:11.119 Time for some fun facts with offensive lineman Akim Identagy 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.639