WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Sunday Best 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.480 Hi again, everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:13.480 The Bengals Booth Podcast. Uh feeling blessed, never stressed, got 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:19.599 that sunshine on my Sunday Bassist edition as we savor 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:21.960 the sweet nectar of victory for the first time in 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.880 the twenty twenty season and of the Joe Burrow Era 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:28.880 a thirty three twenty five win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.720 Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:36.479 and coaches, and in depth analysis from my broadcast partner 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:40.120 Dave Lapham. And this week's fun facts segment is one 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:43.519 of my all time favorites. If you are not already 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.479 a fan of Mike Daniels, I promise you that you 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:50.560 will be after hearing our conversation. The Bengals Booth Podcast 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.240 is presented by Prime Sport, the official hospitality partner of 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:57.040 the Cincinnati Bengals. And here's a quick reminder that you 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:00.520 can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered write 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:04.760 to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.880 Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. It's the greatest thing 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:16.200 since oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies. I hate raisins I particularly 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:20.080 hate raisins that ruin a perfectly good oatmeal cookie. You 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:24.240 take a bite hoping that those little dots are chocolate chips, 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.399 only to be fooled yet again by the presence of 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:31.360 the evil raisin. Well, this past Saturday, my good friend 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:35.040 Megan Coffee brought oatmeal cookies to the UC football game 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:40.160 that did, in fact contain chocolate chips instead of deer droppings, 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:46.440 I mean raisins. Megan's cookies were fantastic. So if you 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:51.520 bake and ever consider making oatmeal cookies, do everybody a 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.240 favor and go with chocolate chips instead of raisins, because 0:01:55.760 --> 0:02:02.440 very simply, raisins ruin everything. Now let's get to the game. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.400 It couldn't have started much better for the Bengals. His 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.960 Cincinnati's defense got a takeaway on the Jaguars fifth play. 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.160 Minshi throws over the middle. He batted up in the 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:17.079 air and intercepted. Jesse Bates deflected it, Jordan Evans intercepts it, 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.639 and the Bengals will take over in Jaguar's territory at 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.280 the forty three yard line. But typical of the first 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.359 three games of the season, the Bengals failed to capitalize 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.680 they gained three yards in three plays and had to punt. 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.920 It turned out to be Kevin Huber's only punt all day. 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.840 The second time the Bengals got the ball, they drove 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.720 into the red zone before stalling and calling on Randy Bullock. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.200 He has made eight out of nine field goal tries 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.240 this year. We all remember the miss, unfortunately, the snap 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.120 and the kick. It is up and it is good, 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:53.280 and the Bengals score first with two forty one left 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.040 in the first quarter here at Paul Brown Stadium. The 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.880 three nothing lead only lasted for about two minutes. Quarterback 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.600 Gardner Minshew, who came out to warm up about two 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.440 and a half hours before kickoff in a sleeveless T 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.680 shirt to show off the guns, a crop top to 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.920 show off the abs, and a backward baseball cap to 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.920 accentuate the mullet, gave Jacksonville the lead first and ten 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.360 from the eleven yard line. Minshew, under center, takes the snap, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.680 fakes a hand off to Robinson, throws it toward the 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.280 back left corner of the end zone. Chark is there, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.440 touchdown Jacksonville with the Jags up seven three. The Bengals 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.240 answered with an eighty eight yard drive that brought them 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.280 within inches of the goal line. From an eye formation, 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:37.200 Burrow under center, he fakes a handoff to Mix and 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.040 he throws it toward the back left corner of the 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:43.360 end zone in his cause. No picked off took it 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:45.960 away from sample Are they saying that he did take 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.600 it away? The officials are discussing it in the back 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.160 left corner. It's an interception. Miles Jack came away with 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.680 a ball. Jack came away in coverage with the football. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.240 It was a lousy call by me, and it's easy 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.880 to second guess the play call as well. Third and 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.440 goal inside the one, and rather than a quarterback sneak 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.880 or a Joe Mixon run, Burrow's pass was picked off. 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.640 Here's Zach Taylor third and goal in the inchyard line. 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.400 You know you kick yourself. Well, we gotta make that point. 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.520 You know, that's a fifty fifty point that we gotta make. 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.480 And so we left a lot of points on the 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.600 field best for sure. But that was the last drive 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.120 all day where the Bengals were trying to score and didn't. 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.760 After Jacksonville field goal made it ten three, the Bengals 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.160 found the end zone for the first time one o 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.200 three left and a half, the Bengals down by seven points. 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.400 Burrow extends the hands, catches the shotgun snap, swings it right, 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:41.279 got by Mixon to the five board touchdown Bengals, Mixon 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.719 flying over an attempt at tackle as he makes it 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.239 to the end zone to potentially tie the game. Randy 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:50.920 Bullock did tie it with a pat but Jacksonville was 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.000 able to drive seventy three yards in fifty three seconds 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.280 with no timeouts remaining, and kicked the field goal to 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.720 lead thirteen ten. At the half, the Bengals were down 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:04.400 by three, but confident. According to Joe Burrow, you know, 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.839 we knew that if we executed the way that we're 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.440 capable of, then they weren't gonna be able to stop us. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.479 And you know, we just kept that mindset and we 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.120 talked about it at halftime. We were the only ones 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.920 that had stopped ourselves all day, So we came out 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.479 on the second half and performed the way that we 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.520 were supposed to. The first drive of the second half 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:25.039 when seventy five yards on just five plays first and 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.760 ten at the thirty four yard line for Burrow and company, 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.159 Joe's under center takes the direct snap from Hopkins hands 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.280 it off to Mixing, big time, hold to the right, 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:40.080 twenty five sideline, twenty fifty, Yeah to the pilot, touchdown, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.080 big goals. That thirty four yard run was Joe Mixon's 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.880 first rushing touchdown of the year. Alex Redman, who got 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.320 his first start of the year at right guard, enjoyed 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.280 the view. I mean it was awesome. Joe played his 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.440 heart out today. I think Joe plays its smart out 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.640 every every single game. You hand that guy the ball 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.360 and he's scratching, you know, every in she could get, 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.200 he's gonna get. So playing with Joe, playing with you know, 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.560 Joey Burrow, guys like that, I mean, I tell this 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.840 scene could be a real good and Mixon wasn't finished, 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.000 as he scored again roughly four minutes later. Now Burrow 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.400 will line up in the shotgun, even though it's third 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.799 and less than a yard, He'll hand it to Mixing 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:21.320 Mixon bursting to the end the five touchdown, Joe Mixon 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.480 and the Bengals hits third of the day. I'll tell 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.799 you what, two rushing touchdowns, one touchdown receiving Joe Mixon 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.360 coming in with no touchdowns on the year, not even 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.839 halfway through the third quarter. He's got three today. Mixon 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.440 finished with twenty six carries for one hundred and fifty 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.640 one yards and two touchdowns, and had six catches for 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.960 thirty yards and another TD. All of that after being 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.240 listed is questionable because of a chest injury, and he's 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.320 not even sure how it happened. I don't know. I 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:55.560 think I'll slipp wrong. I was slipp wrong. Came to 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.320 work and then I don't know, it was like I 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.919 couldn't breathe heard to run, like I walked through and 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.120 then I ended up going to the hospital. I was 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.960 in the hospital for about like three hours yesterday, late 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.520 last night. So, like I said, I didn't know if 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.560 I played and then this morning and see how I felt, 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:18.200 and you know, doctors loved up on it, and I 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.720 was able to go out there and make some things work. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.720 Could you not breathe or did you have a pulled 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.840 chest or did you pull so I just I don't know. 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.920 It just seemed like someone was squeezing. I don't know 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.240 what it was. But I mean I felt great today 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.480 out there running. I mean, at first, it was like 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.800 I don't know how it's gonna be, you know, I 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.280 went out there and just gave him all man for 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.640 my teammates, and like I said, everything was up in 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:43.520 the air, but you know made it happen and it 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.880 wasn't Jess Mixing. The Bengals finished with two hundred five 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.320 yards on the ground, more than doubling the average of 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.440 seventy nine rushing yards in the first three weeks. Same 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.520 places we've been running. You know, It's just guys were 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.800 really dialed in this week to the details and we 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.960 almost went overboard with that stuff to make sure that 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.840 we sent that message to our guys that it's going 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:04.440 to take all of it. It's not just the old line, 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.480 it's not just the running back. It takes everybody. And 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.680 the guys really bought it in, had a tremendous week, 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.080 did a lot of extras on their own to help 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.080 prepare for this game, and this is what the payoff 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.680 looks like. In addition to the two hundred five rushing yards, 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.520 Joe Burrow had exactly three hundred passing yards to become 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.680 the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.040 at least three bills in three straight games for the 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.480 first time in his career. Burrow wasn't sacked, although the 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.680 Jags were credited with five quarterback hits. You know, the 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.160 old line played really, really well today. They've taken a 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.679 lot of heat the last couple of weeks, and you know, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.560 I was super happy for those guys to have the 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.720 game that they did today, and they're going to continue 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:43.040 to build on it. I know they are. Thought the 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.440 offense wanted a tremendous job today. You know, they kept 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.160 him clean. They had some great blocks in the run game, 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.760 tight ends as well, receivers as well, just all the 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.440 things that we talked about correcting last week coming off 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.240 the field against Philly. I thought our guys were so 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:57.360 dolled in this week as our best way practice we've 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.120 had in two years here. The energy was tremendous. Us 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.480 you guys took up to the field and made it count. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.960 The Bengals final three drives ended with Randy Bullock field goals, 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.560 meaning if you take away kneel downs at the end 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:12.360 of each half, Cincinnati scored on its last six drives. 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.360 Hubert extends the right hand, catches the ball, puts it down. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.959 Randy Bullocks kick is good, and the Bengals have a 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.440 thirty three to twenty two lead with one forty six 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.520 to go. A Jacksonville field goal made it an eight 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.920 point game. With eight seconds on the clock, Cook ready 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.880 to attempt the on side kick. It's the roller straight ahead. 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.280 The Bengals fall on it at the forty five yard line. 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:42.319 Giovanni Bernard is there and that is coffin nails bam. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:46.400 The final score Cincinnati thirty three, Jacksonville twenty five. Here's 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:50.040 Jesse Bates on win number one. It just feels really good. 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.000 I mean, we spent a lot of time away from 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.880 our families. You know, you put a lot of stuff 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.840 into this. You know, our bodies don't feel good after 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.520 some games. But you know when you're and it's not, 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.840 it's not worth it. It seems like it's like dawmn, 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.280 like we need to win. You know, you play this 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.280 game to win, um and you know, to support your family. 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.000 Uh So, you know, having that first win in the 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.960 locker room, I think it helps our belief capacity continue 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.320 to go up and we're gonna build on that. Do 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.160 you feel like this was a game y'all had to win? 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.160 Was just feel like a must win game for y'all. 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:21.880 Giving the start and win kind of what's to come 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.240 to season? I think every game, I mean there's a 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.959 must win. Uh, but yeah, this one, I mean, we 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.319 we've been so close. Every game has been in one position, 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.679 one possession game. Um. And Josh Bonds had a hell 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.120 of a speech last night about adversity. Um. You know 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.360 you speak about you know Randy uh, mister field goal 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.800 to going over time week one came back. I mean 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.600 he's probably four for tonight. Um. Our old line played 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.720 a hell of a game. Um. You know, our defense, 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.680 we have to continue to be consistent. Um. So yeah, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.240 I mean all around, as a whole organization, we're getting better. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.400 So I feel really good. As for Joe Burrow, he 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.360 received the game ball after his first that FL victory. 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.280 There's a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun, 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.800 but you know, it's one It's one game. There's twelve more. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.640 So you know we're gonna enjoy this for five hours 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.000 and then come back to work tomorrow, correct the mistakes 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.520 and move on to Baltimore. Burrow, by the way, was 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.720 wired for sound during the game by NFL Film, So 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.080 we'll have some great content to look forward to this 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.560 week on Bengals dot Com and on shows like Inside 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:28.200 the NFL and NFL turning point. Now time for some 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:33.480 postgame analysis from my broadcast partner Dave lapham Lap. How 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.880 sweet it is the Bengals get their first win of 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.960 the year thirty three to twenty five over Jacksonville. And 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.360 let's give credit where credit is due. The Bengals offensive 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:46.360 line has been mocked. They have been ripped from coast 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:50.160 to coast. Well today, three hundred passing yards, two hundred 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.800 and five rushing yards, and thirty three points on the scoreboard. 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.080 Very true, and hats off to them. They did a 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:00.600 hell of a job. But as a form alignment, you know, 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:03.720 my thing was this is the test because played against 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.800 some pretty good defensive lines and they have had their 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.880 issues and they've gotten crushed as a result because they 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.440 haven't won a lot of the matchups. Well, this was, 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.680 in my mind the test because these guys were lesser. 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.800 So if you can't perform well against these guys, where 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.360 the heck are you? And then when Josh Allen went out, 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.480 you know they were even lesser than that. So I'm 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.120 I'm proud if I played in this game. I'm proud 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:27.960 as a former offensive linement. I'm proud of the way 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:31.959 they've played. But the reality says, here we go now 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.920 to Baltimore, back in the from the frying pan, from 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:36.880 the fire, right into the from the frying pan, right 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.080 into the fire. I should say, you know, you're back 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.280 at Baltimore. Indianapolis has a good defense. The NFL is 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.440 the NFL. It's tough, and I'm not saying Jacksonville's a 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.920 bunch of scrubs, but I am saying that they did 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.320 not have the front seven that the Bengals had been 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.679 playing against. You know, with the Chargers, they're they're good upfront. 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.400 They have multiple Pro bowlers up front. You know, Cleveland's 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.959 got a good rush with Miles Garrett and Philadelphia's good player. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.720 These guys didn't have anybody like that and other guys 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.120 to complement it. So it was hopeful of a good 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.680 performance and got better than a good performance, got an 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.800 outstanding performance from the offensive line. You know, you throw 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.000 it for three hundred, rusher for over two hundred, and 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.760 you're real balance in your play selection. Balance the key, 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:21.960 I mean, instead of one dimensional. They allowed you know, Zach, 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:24.400 as a play caller said during the game, you can 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.319 close your eyes and just like pin the tail and 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:28.680 donkey and wow, let's call that one. I mean, it's 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.760 like they're so easy to call plays when your offensive 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:35.040 line is playing like that. Plus the other thing we 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.400 talked about multiple times Dan during the week and during 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.920 the game play action pass. Instead of just teeing off 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.319 and not having any respect for the run fake in 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.480 the play action pass, they actually had to legitimately say 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.720 WHOA does he have the ball or not. It's much 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.079 easier to throw the football when it's play action passed. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.840 The pass protection light year is different, and then even 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.840 drop back protection becomes easier as well. It's trickled down. 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:58.880 That's very, very positive. We did an interview on Friday 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:02.000 with former Bengals quarterback j. T. O'Sullivan and we discussed 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.120 the number of hits and sacks that Joe Burrow had 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.640 taken through the first three games. Fourteen sacks, roughly thirty 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:12.400 quarterback hits. He said his words, that is unsustainable. Well, 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.079 vastly different today, and yes, you're right, the quality of 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.360 opponent's a huge factor. But no sacks and I believe 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:23.160 three quarterback hits. Maybe it was four, but that's okay. 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.360 That is sustainable. That is sustainable. And I think one 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.160 of the hits came out of pocket, you know, when 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.560 he created and extended on his own. So when you 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.240 do that, you are on your own. There's nothing the 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:35.280 offensive line can do for you there. So they he 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.640 got hit a couple of times when the offensive line 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:41.360 quote you know, it was their responsibility as such. Yeah, so, 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.840 I mean the level of execution once they once they 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:46.600 got out of their own way, I mean, it was 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.800 so frustrating. The first quarter and a half. It was 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.480 like they had well over five hundred yards and probably 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.000 should have had fifty points or close to it, in 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.360 the high forties anyway, and you know, didn't come close 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.600 to that number because they were making mistakes, taking touchdowns 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:05.120 off the board by penalty, by miss execution, you know, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.840 not you know, sample not being able to catch the 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.720 ball cleanly, ricochets off his face mask and Miles Jack's 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.440 able to make a playoff of it. So they knew, 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.000 they knew that they could, you know, push around this 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.600 Jacksonville Jaguar defense. It was just a matter of taking 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.080 themselves off their schedule. Like we said so many times, 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.560 if that's what Joe Mixon looks like with a chest injury, 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:26.840 maybe we need to hit him in the chest before 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.360 every game. What a weird situation. He wasn't on the 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.120 injury report on Friday, and after the game we learned 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.120 out why. We learned why. He said he thinks he 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.280 heard it sleeping. I mean that's what he said in 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.320 the postgame news conference. Actually had to go to the 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:46.480 hospital for tests to his chest on Saturday, but was 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.880 able to play and played incredibly well. Twenty five carries, 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.040 one hundred and fifty one yards. That's his second all 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:57.120 time highest rushing total, six catches thirty yards, including a touchdown, 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.239 three tds and all so out of kind of are 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:04.000 set of circumstances, he produced big time. I don't know 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.600 the position it was in when he was sleeping. I mean, 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.720 I've had my arm fall asleep. I've had different things 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.120 like that happened, but yeah, store neck, maybe my shoulder 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.200 a little. I've never woken up with like, you know, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.120 some sort of a he felt like, he said he 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.480 couldn't felt like he couldn't breathe easily. So he must 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.480 have fallen asleep and a scrunched up, awkward, awkward position. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.600 But you know, fortunately there was no structural problem. They 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.400 wanted to obviously, what they did was, and Paul Sparling 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.880 is noted for this. Paul Sparling errors on the side 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.480 of caution. I mean, if there's any if a player 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.760 says I'm having difficulty breathing, you go right, particularly a coronavirus. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.360 You come into a trainer and you say I'm having 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.040 a tough time breathing and I might have slept funny, 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.440 you don't take any chances. I guess with coronavirus you'd 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.600 taken to the hospital and run some tests and make 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.560 sure that everything's okay. So I think part of it is, 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.080 you know, the times that we're in it's it's different 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.560 in a lot of ways. And if I'm a player 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:00.440 and you sleep right, you do wait up and it's 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.080 like having a hard time breathing. I mean that that 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.600 can you know, play with your mind a little bit, 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.880 I guess, But ultimately, you know he was fine as 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.440 we saw. I mean he was delivering, he wasn't accepting hits, 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:13.639 he was ditching them out. I mean, he was lowering 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.800 his squaring his pads up, lowering him running over people. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.080 I mean that was Joe Mixon in his finest. The 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.359 offensive line more times than not allow him to make 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.760 first cut down the football field, he caught the ball smoothly, 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.679 caught the ball in stride yards after catch. You know, 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.000 he scores in the air, scores on the ground more 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:32.840 than once. Blitz pick up was sound. He was, you know, 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.480 crushing people in that area. Blitz peck of Joe Mixon 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.919 played a complete football game and maybe he needs to 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:44.440 sleep awkwardly before the Baltimore game. In Baltimore, it's really 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:48.080 hard to evaluate an individual offensive lineman until you go 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.920 back and study the tape. But obviously Alex Redman makes 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.120 his first started right guard after some really shaky play 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.040 over the last couple of weeks by Fred Johnson and 0:17:56.119 --> 0:18:00.240 Billy Price. And without looking at him specifically, you look 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.639 at the overall numbers at five hundred plush yards in 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.600 thirty three points and figure, all right, maybe he wasn't great, 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.240 but it was certainly an improvement. Yeah, and again now 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.439 you have to go Apple's top apples. Who was he 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:16.320 playing against? And because and I liked his answer in 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.520 the presser after the game, I asked him how tod 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:23.280 it go? Not very good? He was self deprecating, and 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:25.840 I like that because you know he knows he has 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:27.960 miles to go before he rests. He knows he's not 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.520 a finished product right now, but what he gives them 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.200 is a physicality he you know, he had a connection 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.439 obviously with Tray and Bobby, like I thought would be 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.960 the case. You know, it wasn't a foreign situation out there. 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.000 They weren't looking at each other like what are we 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:42.800 gonna do when this twist happens or when this linebacker 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.080 blitz or whatever. They had all of that and Tray 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:49.480 and Bobby, who were both very intelligent. They know the play, 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:51.560 they know the structure of the play. They know everybody's 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:55.080 assignment on every play, not just theirs. Alex Redman felt 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.399 like I'm between two football men'ses. I got no issue 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:02.440 with my assignments. I just identifying defenses and everything else. 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.920 And that's a very very comforting feeling to a guy 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.840 that missed all a training camp, you know, because of injury. 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.080 So physically where was he he You know, he knows 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:14.040 he still has to work on that. Mentally, he had 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.080 those guys, those book ends on either side of him 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.920 taking care of any questions, any concerns there. So all positive, 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.960 but man, when he goes to Baltimore, a little bit 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.399 different inside than what he faced today, for sure. Any 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.120 thoughts on throwing to Drew sample in the back left 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.920 corner of the end zone on third and inches are 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.960 third in goal from inches away, Yeah, I mean I was. 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.280 They were hammering Joe and they're pretty good at that point. 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:38.800 I would have gone up and over with him, you know, 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.600 and you know, if I didn't get it, I'd do 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.600 it again on fourth down. But you know, the play 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:48.280 was there. I mean, Joe threw a good ball. Drew 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:51.240 just didn't see it fast enough. It Hitn't right in 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:52.919 the face mask and ricketchhet off that and then it 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.640 was you know, moving around. They felt like he never 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.440 had a secure possession of the ball. Miles Jack took 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:01.440 it away from him when he was totally secure with it. 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:05.160 So there was no you know, shared possession of the football, 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:06.679 and that's what you have to have for it to 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:11.200 be a defensive offensive touchdown is simultaneous possession of the football, 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:14.240 and in their opinion, because of the ricochet effect, there wasn't. 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:20.560 So yeah, I mean I would hindsight's always twenty twenty, 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:22.440 but I were to run the rock at that point 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:26.000 in time, for sure, you were first guessing that calling 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:29.840 that second. Guessing that call, the Bengals held Jacksonville to 0:20:29.920 --> 0:20:32.760 eighty nine rushing yards. Now is only twenty attempts, so 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.080