September 26, 2025 • 5 mins
"The Voice of the Bengals" Dan Hoard, joined Todd to talk about the Bengals trying to put last week's disaster behind them when they play at Denver Monday night.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bengals Monday Night with the Broncos, and here to talk
about him with us is Dan Horde, the voice of
the Bengals. Of course, last week a very painful experience
in Minneapolis, and I guess all the breaks they caught
in the first two weeks came boomeranging back on them. Dan.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
It was a disaster, no doubt about it. I have
a shocking statistic for you and for any Beals fan listening, Todd.
Here's that statistic. The Bengals are two and one and
tied for first place. It sure doesn't seem like it
right in light of how they won their first two
games and in light of how disastrous last week's game was,
(00:39):
But that's where they stand. They're ahead of Baltimore. They've
got a better record than Kansas City. So you have
to try to flush away a horrible performance. See if
they can get back on tracks.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Well, I guess you could say with the backup quarterback,
you expect to lay an egg maybe every now and then,
but offensive struggles. How much do we put on Browning
in total or how much blame can we spread around?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I don't put much on Jake Browning, honestly, I mean
he threw a pick six that was tipped. He threw
another interception when the game was out of hand. He
didn't have any of the five fumbles, and some of
the players that did are some of the bengals most
reliable guys. Jamar Chase isn't a fumbler. Some Ijt Ryan
isn't a fumbler. But it happened. They gave up two
defensive touchdowns. You rarely win when that's the case, so
(01:28):
I'm not putting much of the blame on Jake. I
will say this more than anything else, the Bengals need
to get a running game going. It's been atrocious in
the first three weeks of the season. There are a
myriad of reasons for that, but it's got to get fixed.
They're not going to stay in contention if they can't
get a decent running game going.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, and Monday night now they will take on the
Bengals and or take on the Broncos in Denver. And
Denver was a surprise team last year and right now
they are one in two two but they are a
couple of plays from being three to ozho and feel
like they let two games get away, especially the game
and Indy kind of a fluky game they lost twenty
(02:09):
nine to twenty eight, and then last Sunday night, I
tough get lost at the Chargers twenty three to twenty.
This Denver team's pretty formidable.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
No doubt. The two games that you mentioned were both
decided by a field goal on the last play of
the game, so it's very unusual to losing back to
back weeks on walk off field goals. That happened to Denver.
Both of those games are on the road. The Broncos
have won their last six at home by an average
of nineteen point eight points, so it's high hard to
(02:40):
win at Denver. It's going to be raucous on a
Monday night. The Bengals are going to have to play
a clean game. They can't turn it over. Got to
try to win the turnover battle again. They need to
get something going on the ground and if they can
do those things, they're capable of going there and winning.
But it's not going to be easy.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, And the field goal against Indianapolis, the flukey thing
was they had actually missed a field goal with Denver
was offside. I think it was. They got another kick
and made it, and that really really stings. But for
the Bengals. You know, it's the NFL. These guys bounce
back routinely from poor performances, but sometimes they linger longer
(03:17):
than others. How quickly do you think the team put
it behind them?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I think players and coaches, professional athletes in general bounce
back much more quickly than the rest of us do.
We let it linger because we don't get to do
anything about it. We just have to sit and wait
and hope that our team turns it around seven days later.
Professional athletes have to process it quickly and move on.
And that's true. Whether they win by thirty eight or
lose by thirty eight, it doesn't matter the next week.
(03:45):
So I'm pretty confident that, you know, the day after
they were miserable, they watched the tape. They probably watched
it with gritted teeth, threw their fingers over their eyes,
but hopefully they learned from it, can eliminate some of
the mistakes in that game and bounce back with a
good performance.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yeah, and the game in Minnesota, it seemed like it
was just sort of a Murphy's Law kind of game.
As you mentioned, guys that don't usually fumble were fumbling.
You know, tip drilled things, and sometimes those are easier
to justify and move on from. Right, Like, we didn't
play that bad, We just had a lot of bad
breaks and things kind of snowballed on the road. Huh.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, certainly true of the turnovers. But I'm going to
come back again to the running game. That was atrocious,
and that wasn't just fumble related. They weren't getting any
push up front. The offensive line is going to have
to play better, particularly in the running game. I don't
think it's been stellar at pass protection, but it's just
been awful in the rushing game. We know that Chase
(04:44):
Brown is a really good running back. He's averaging two
yards of carry so far this year. More than half
of his carries have gone for two yards or less.
He's frequently getting hit behind the line of scrimmage. So
the fact that they have a rookie at left guard
and either a newcomer or a rookie at right guard.
Those two guys split time last week has certainly been
(05:05):
a factor. But it'll be four games into the season.
They've got to get those kings worked out asap to
get Chase Brown going.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No doubt about it, and we'll see if they can
do it Monday night with the Bengals at the Broncos.
Of course, we'll have the game right here. Dan Horde
will have the call.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We look forward to hearing you guys on Monday night
and hopefully we'll hear about a victory and talk about
it next week.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That sounds great to me, Todd. Thanks
Bengals Monday Night with the Broncos, and here to talk
about him with us is Dan Horde, the voice of
the Bengals. Of course, last week a very painful experience
in Minneapolis, and I guess all the breaks they caught
in the first two weeks came boomeranging back on them. Dan.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
It was a disaster, no doubt about it. I have
a shocking statistic for you and for any Beals fan listening, Todd.
Here's that statistic. The Bengals are two and one and
tied for first place. It sure doesn't seem like it
right in light of how they won their first two
games and in light of how disastrous last week's game was,
(00:39):
But that's where they stand. They're ahead of Baltimore. They've
got a better record than Kansas City. So you have
to try to flush away a horrible performance. See if
they can get back on tracks.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Well, I guess you could say with the backup quarterback,
you expect to lay an egg maybe every now and then,
but offensive struggles. How much do we put on Browning
in total or how much blame can we spread around?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I don't put much on Jake Browning, honestly, I mean
he threw a pick six that was tipped. He threw
another interception when the game was out of hand. He
didn't have any of the five fumbles, and some of
the players that did are some of the bengals most
reliable guys. Jamar Chase isn't a fumbler. Some Ijt Ryan
isn't a fumbler. But it happened. They gave up two
defensive touchdowns. You rarely win when that's the case, so
(01:28):
I'm not putting much of the blame on Jake. I
will say this more than anything else, the Bengals need
to get a running game going. It's been atrocious in
the first three weeks of the season. There are a
myriad of reasons for that, but it's got to get fixed.
They're not going to stay in contention if they can't
get a decent running game going.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, and Monday night now they will take on the
Bengals and or take on the Broncos in Denver. And
Denver was a surprise team last year and right now
they are one in two two but they are a
couple of plays from being three to ozho and feel
like they let two games get away, especially the game
and Indy kind of a fluky game they lost twenty
(02:09):
nine to twenty eight, and then last Sunday night, I
tough get lost at the Chargers twenty three to twenty.
This Denver team's pretty formidable.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
No doubt. The two games that you mentioned were both
decided by a field goal on the last play of
the game, so it's very unusual to losing back to
back weeks on walk off field goals. That happened to Denver.
Both of those games are on the road. The Broncos
have won their last six at home by an average
of nineteen point eight points, so it's high hard to
(02:40):
win at Denver. It's going to be raucous on a
Monday night. The Bengals are going to have to play
a clean game. They can't turn it over. Got to
try to win the turnover battle again. They need to
get something going on the ground and if they can
do those things, they're capable of going there and winning.
But it's not going to be easy.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, And the field goal against Indianapolis, the flukey thing
was they had actually missed a field goal with Denver
was offside. I think it was. They got another kick
and made it, and that really really stings. But for
the Bengals. You know, it's the NFL. These guys bounce
back routinely from poor performances, but sometimes they linger longer
(03:17):
than others. How quickly do you think the team put
it behind them?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I think players and coaches, professional athletes in general bounce
back much more quickly than the rest of us do.
We let it linger because we don't get to do
anything about it. We just have to sit and wait
and hope that our team turns it around seven days later.
Professional athletes have to process it quickly and move on.
And that's true. Whether they win by thirty eight or
lose by thirty eight, it doesn't matter the next week.
(03:45):
So I'm pretty confident that, you know, the day after
they were miserable, they watched the tape. They probably watched
it with gritted teeth, threw their fingers over their eyes,
but hopefully they learned from it, can eliminate some of
the mistakes in that game and bounce back with a
good performance.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yeah, and the game in Minnesota, it seemed like it
was just sort of a Murphy's Law kind of game.
As you mentioned, guys that don't usually fumble were fumbling.
You know, tip drilled things, and sometimes those are easier
to justify and move on from. Right, Like, we didn't
play that bad, We just had a lot of bad
breaks and things kind of snowballed on the road. Huh.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Well, certainly true of the turnovers. But I'm going to
come back again to the running game. That was atrocious,
and that wasn't just fumble related. They weren't getting any
push up front. The offensive line is going to have
to play better, particularly in the running game. I don't
think it's been stellar at pass protection, but it's just
been awful in the rushing game. We know that Chase
(04:44):
Brown is a really good running back. He's averaging two
yards of carry so far this year. More than half
of his carries have gone for two yards or less.
He's frequently getting hit behind the line of scrimmage. So
the fact that they have a rookie at left guard
and either a newcomer or a rookie at right guard.
Those two guys split time last week has certainly been
(05:05):
a factor. But it'll be four games into the season.
They've got to get those kings worked out asap to
get Chase Brown going.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No doubt about it, and we'll see if they can
do it Monday night with the Bengals at the Broncos.
Of course, we'll have the game right here. Dan Horde
will have the call.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We look forward to hearing you guys on Monday night
and hopefully we'll hear about a victory and talk about
it next week.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That sounds great to me, Todd. Thanks
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