October 17, 2025 • 44 mins
Dan Hoard recaps a thrilling Thursday night win over the Steelers with radio replays, locker room comments, and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then, in this week’s “Fun Facts” conversation, you’ll get to know first round draft pick Shemar Stewart.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hig and everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading
The Bengals Booth Podcast. The Baby. I'm amazed at the
way Joe Flacco played on Thursday night, throwing for three
hundred and forty two yards in three touchdowns to lead
the Bengals to a thrilling thirty three to thirty one
win over the Steelers. Coming up, radio replays, locker room comments,
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and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's
Fun Facts Conversation, you'll get to know first round draft
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special guest on Wednesday Night on the Bengals Game Plan
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you'll find the Bengals Game Plan Show. Now, let's get
to the radio replays from a white hot night at
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pay Course Stadium tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
It's a battle for the ages.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
At pay Corps Stadium. Forty one year old Aaron Rodgers
versus forty year old Joe Flacco, two Super Bowl winning
quarterbacks going head to head in primetime as the Bengals
host the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. And it is
time for the pig skin to fly. Here in the jungle.
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Third down and six at the Cincinnati ten. Rogers to
throw now begins scrambling left, cocks the arm begins running
to the right, points downfield. Rogers throws into the end zone,
caught for the touchdown. Sean hus Smith in the end
zone as Rogers buys time forever and delivers a touchdown pass.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That's a good call, Dan, I mean he had the
football in his right hand for well over five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Shotgun snap. Flacco floats one high into the air, left
side at the end zone. Chase going to the ground,
makes the catch. There's a penalty flag in the end zone.
HiT's on Pittsburgh touchdown. Bengals play action fake by Rogers
looking to throw it deep, launches it high and deep,
and it is picked off the Bengals intercepting Shortan Battle
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on his feet and running it back. He's at the
forty middle of the field of the forty five the
fifty the forty five of Pittsburgh and tackled at the
forty four yard line. Jordan Battle with his third interception
of the year. Black of under center on first and ten.
Chase Brown is the running back. Flaco extends the ball
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Brown up the middle of the field of the thirty
racing of the thirty five, depends to the forty far
sideline forty five fifty forty five and finally tackled at
the Pittsburgh thirty nine yard line. Cameron Hayward running down
the field along with Patrick Queen. That's a thirty seven
yard run on the first play of the drive for
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Chase Brown. Second down and fourth the Pittsburgh twenty nine.
The Bengals trail by three. Late second quarter, Flacco drops
back fires over.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The mitain, caught by Higgins.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
He's at the fifteen ten five touchdown t Higgins sprinting
up the middle of the field between the hash marks.
Touchdown passes to Chase and Higgins to give.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Cincinnati the lead.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Two seconds in the clock left in the half, Cincinnati
up by four. Wagner snaps it back to Rico. The
kick is in the air and is good to give
Cincinnati seventeen unanswered points in the second quarter and a
seventeen to ten halftime lead. Or at the nineteen yard line.
It is third and eighteen Metcalf goes out wide to
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the left, fig Newton is on him. Rogers back to throw,
looking left, throws into the end zone. Friarmouth with a
catch touchdown Pittsburgh on third and eighteen.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
That's a killer.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
They play here, third down and five, the Bengals at
their own thirty eight o'clock running two thirty five. I've
left third quarter, Cincinnati nursing at three point, lead, twenty
to seventeen. Flaco from the shotgun looking throwing deep down
the middle of the field.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yo see Boss with the catch.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
A beautiful throw by Flaco, Yo see beating Darius Slay
and he's tackled at the Pittsburgh twenty two. How about
thirty nine yards on third and five. Shotgun snapped to
Flaco looking throw it caught.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
In the middle of the end zone.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Noah Fan the Bengals tight end with the touchdown catch
and Cincinnati's lead can be back to ten with the
extra point. Second in goal from the two Rogers fakes
a handoff, rolls right, throws caught for the touchdown. Darnell
Washington at six seven, standing about one yard deep in
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the end zone, and he hauls in Aaron Rodgers third
touchdown pass of the night, two thirty one to go.
Second down and twenty now for the Steelers at their
own thirty two. Bengals lead thirty to twenty four. Here
in the fourth quarter, Rogers waits for the shotgun snap,
has the ball drops back, goat pressured, moves away, throws
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downfield fire boat wide open, streaking toward the end zone.
He is going to take it in for a go
ahead touchdown with two twenty one to go, a sixty
eight yard touchdown pass to a six', five two hundred
and fifty eight pound tight.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
End.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Unbelievable flacco in the gun chase one of three receivers
out to the. Right placo is ready catches the shotgun
snap blitz. Coming flacco throws a fade and it is
call punning inside the ten and going into a slide
his T, higgins that's, Brilliant patty run into the end.
Zone it would have been a. Touchdown we all would
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have been, excited but it would have left plenty of
time For rogers to. Answer by going, down he forces
The steelers to call another time, out first and goal
from the seventh seven to.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Go one of the.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Most unselfish Players i've ever, SEEN i just witnessed right,
There Jalen. Ramsey had him, beaten could have scored great individual.
Effort he would have been, like, oh big time would
have MADE espn highlights all THE nfl. Highlights for the
sake of his football, team for the good of his
entire football, team unselfishly slides to the. Turf what a
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play To higgins is a team.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Player here we go a thirty six yard field goal
try for the lead with eleven seconds left in the
fourth quarter and The bengals down by one. Point Money
mack is. Ready he takes a deep, breath waits for
the long snap back To. Rico rico puts it. Down
the kick is. Up it is, good, gosh and The
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bengals have a two point. Lead with seven seconds left
on the. Clock three defensive backs begin retreating about thirty
yards down the. Field three seconds, left The steelers sixty
yards from the end. Zone rogers catches the shotgun snap,
now he'll run, around allow his receivers to get, downfield
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and he launches it into the end zone and it
is broken up. Incomplete don't knock the way By djivy
and The bengals have knocked out The steelers On Thursday
night by the final score of thirty three to thirty.
One THE Afc north gets tighter and The bengals outlook
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gets brighter with a tremendous closing finish and a game
winning field goal with seven seconds to.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Go how about That Money? Max so many heroes in
this football, game, offensive, defensive and special teams when you
Include Money. Mack ALL i can say Is bengals beat
The Pittsburgh steelers two division, wins two to zero in the.
Division that could be a factor as the season.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Progresses.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Unfold, Bam, bam.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Bam bengals win thirty three thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
One what a night for The, bengals particularly on. Offense
flacco threw for three hundred and forty two yards with three,
touchdowns no, picks and a passer rating of one oh
eight point. Six Chase brown carried eleven times for one
hundred and eight, yards the second one hundred yard rushing
game of his, career And Jamar chase broke his team
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record of fifteen catches in a game by grabbing sixteen
for one hundred and sixty one yards and one TD.
T higgins finished with ninety six receiving yards and would
have topped one hundred if not for his unselfish slide
that only left seven seconds on the clock at the
end of the game For Aaron. Rodgers, now let's hear
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a few of the most interesting things That flacco told
reporters after the.
Speaker 6 (09:49):
Game, yeah this is what we do for is games like.
That it came down to the, wire just like we
know it's going to and really really happy about how
the guys just kind of stayed with it for full
sixty minutes and manor our offensive line was going. Today you,
know we're running the, football, protecting you, know doing a
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lot of things that we wanted to. DO i love doing.
This i've been doing it such for such a long.
Time when you're out there with the guys and you're
and you're doing what you want to do and you're having,
success and you can look at each other's eyes and
just like you get that, feeling uh you know of you,
know bonding with somebody else and just it's a lot of.
Fun and it's a lot more fun when that clocket
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zero and you've gotten the job. Done you hope you
can come in here and play. Well and you always want,
to like especially when when you get guys that are
good at playing, football you want to go show them, like, hey,
man like we're gonna be able to do some good.
Speaker 7 (10:44):
Things and you hope that they feel that.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
Way but now to go out there and have done
it for like the last six, QUARTERS i think it's
going to give us a lot of confidence and hopefully
we can carry that over and use it to our.
ADVANTAGE i got so many people at, home you, know
not ONLY i mean my, Kids i've my wife has
been doing this with me for so long, now my
wife and like my siblings and my dad and my,
Mom like we're all still so invested in.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
This so when you talk to those people and.
Speaker 6 (11:13):
They're so they're probably like one of their biggest emotions
is probably, relief.
Speaker 7 (11:17):
You, know, like oh my, gosh the game's.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Over we don't have to watch that, anymore and like
hanging on to the edge of our. Seat and then
also that turns into, excitement so LIKE i can't wait
to talk to my wife tonight and just hear it
in her voice and all those, things and talking to
those people reminds you of how special this.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Is The bengals scored on seven of their last eight
possessions and finished with four hundred and seventy yards of.
Offense that's almost exactly twice what they were averaging going
into the. Game it all started up, front AND i
discussed that more With ted Carris.
Speaker 8 (11:52):
Man nothing beats it Against pittsburgh at, home off The.
Schneide let's, Go let's bill and we get a nice little, weekend,
though can't.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Wait i'm amazed by What Joe flacco has done in
his last six. Quarters he looked so great in the
second half last. Week he kept it up for four
quarters tonight against the great. Defense describe what it's been
like to play with.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
THEM i, mean Like i've said many, times.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
Have been so blessed with the quarterbacks That i've gotten
to play for and snapped for and another legend, man
and came out here cool as a cucumber and beat The.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Steelers yet, Again he's had quite a few of them
in his.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Career so what a, Day what a?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Night how about T higgins electing not to score a
touchdown with less than two minutes to go and unselfishly
sliding to allow you to kill the rest of the.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Clock gotta give a.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Lot of credit To doug rossfelt situational. Masters we go
over a lot of that. Stuff you, know very heads
up aware. Play you know those guys got off.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Today.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Man WE i feel like we looked like, ourselves played
like ourselves and got a.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Win.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Man the offensive line ran for more than one Hundred
Chase brown had one hundred yard. Performance flaco only got
sacked twice against the number two sack team in THE.
Nfl you guys did an awesome job up, front AND
i never want.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
To give up Any we gave him a cheap one
at the, end but, whatever it was our penance to
win the.
Speaker 8 (13:11):
GAME i, guess so solid effort by, everybody, Man so
let's rest up and we got two home games in a.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Row, man let's get this thing.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Going do you feel like you're right back in the
hut with this?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Win heck, Yeah, man let's go three and, four two
and a. Division, man let's.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Go congrats on a great.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Win Thanks.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Dan the defense had a hard time Stopping rogers in
the second, half but interceptions By Jordan battle AND Dj
turner on back to back drives in the second quarter
helped The bengals erase an early ten to nothing. HOLE
i spoke To battle after the game and he began
with some praise For. Turner you, know he's been doing
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good for us.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
This, year obviously leading the league and. Passes passive defendant passive, deflations.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
And he's just continued to get better each weekend week.
Speaker 9 (14:01):
Out you, know he wants to cover the, best you,
know and, uh he's you see him, traveling you see,
him you, know playing against the best receiver on the opposite.
Team you, know cause that's the that's the you, know
the mentality he, has that's.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
The hunger he.
Speaker 9 (14:11):
Has right, now he's doing a great job with. Us you,
know we're gonna keep feeding off that. Energy we're gonna
keep feeding off each.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Other Aaron rodgers is going to The hall Of fame
to the, someday partly because he historically has not thrown.
INTERCEPTIONS i don't think he's had many games with more than.
One how big was it to get two takeaways off that?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Guy?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Yeah, yeah?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
Huge you know, obviously like you, said you, know one
of the, greats you, know one of the best to
ever do.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
It you.
Speaker 9 (14:35):
Know, man, obviously like you, said you, know the Great
he doesn't throw a lot of, turnover he doesn't give
away a lot of. Turnovers and you, know to see
us go out there and get, two you, know and
especially two on one, quarter you, know right before the
half when we get the ball, back you, know that's.
Huge and, obviously you, know when he gives us, chances
we got to capitalize because you don't give us, many you.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
KNOW i you, see he gets the ball out.
Speaker 9 (14:52):
Fast Uh so you, know whenever we have the whenever
we have the chance to catch a big or catching
himself in their creative, turnover we have to do.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
It he has Four Hail mary touchdowns passes in his.
Career he can throw in a, mile he can throw
it super. High describe the defense on that final play
of the.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Game, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (15:09):
Huge ivy came, in you know, obviously uh just Like
i'll be drawed. Up you, know he's a, jumper you, Know,
Uh gino's the front the front ship. Guy i'm the batship.
Guy and, obviously uh he threw the. BALL i did not.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Know he was gonna throw it that, far, obviously but
he lost.
Speaker 9 (15:25):
It and Then i'm just from, There i'm, like all,
right let me get, back let me make sure you,
know nobody tipsy and in the catch of the. Ball
and obviously Dj ivy does a great, job you, know
going in and jumping and batting the ball straight, down
which helped.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Us are you amazed by What Joe placker has been
able to do in the last two.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Weeks you know, WHAT i can't. Say i'm. Amazed you,
know obviously that been in the game for a.
Speaker 9 (15:45):
While you, know obviously he's a guy who knows how
to spit out the, ball you, know getting the ball
to the. Playmakers you, KNOW i like you did a
great job of, today you, know getting the ball to his.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Playmakers you, know Obviously olan did a fantastic.
Speaker 9 (15:55):
Job you, know in the passing game and in a run,
game especially in a run. Game you, know it's good
to See Chase. Brown you, know you have over a
hundred yard you, know and obviously average like nine point
what eight nine point eight a, Carrier now that's.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Big but you, know we can run the ball and.
Speaker 9 (16:10):
Establish a all the, time you, know and take care
of the time and be have great clock. Management would
be a great. Team and you, know just seeing, it
we've seen it. Today you, know offensive, depends you, know
put it all, together play a free, game and, uh
that's what happens when we do.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
That you just have to keep doing.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
IT i, know you guys work on situational football things
off and but For tea to go into that slide
with less than two minutes to go when he easily
could have had a. Touchdown that's unselfish and it's great.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Thinking yeah he, was especially when they have a guy
like down on the other side of the, ball quarterback like.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
That uh get who who has the ability to go?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
Down and you, Know, shrike that was obviously smart, play
heads up, play you, know a team. Play you, know
obviously that gives him what only eleven seconds you know
when they go back on the, field you, know to,
score and that's big for.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Us how crucial was this?
Speaker 9 (16:55):
Win you, know very crucial obviously you, know divisional game
too and on a division. Out uh so you, know
got to keep stacking. That you, know this is a you,
know obviously great win again because you, know becoming we're
going into like a mini kind of mini. Buy you,
know we have ten days ten days really, off you,
know to keep get our bodies, right you, know and come,
healthy you, know ready for The.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Jets and Then bears both at. HOME i, mean you've
got an opportunity to go on a little bit of
a run if you can take care of business At Bay.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Corps, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
Beautiful you know obviously you Know this is a three
three stretch home home.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Game so you know got to you, know use the
use the crowd to.
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Opability you, know obviously all white, game they're gonna be,
loud but we need them for every. Game you, know
it don't matter were in all, white we in orange on.
White we know orange on. Black you know we need them.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Just like how they were.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Tonight this was a lot of. Fun congratulations on a great. Win,
yes their appreciates. You now let's hear From Zach, taylor
who spent a few minutes With Dave lapham after the.
Game means a.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Lot the players earned this if we needed. It, uh
it's hard to be in the locker room after these.
Losses but these guys are just committed to sticking together
and just can keep. Working and now we got to
win in front of a great, crowd divisional game to
go to an other the division be right back in
the thick of things where we want to be a
couple couple of home games right in front of our.
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Face proud of these, Guys proud of the coaches for
hanging in, there doing it the right, way and the wins.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Are going to.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Come what can you say About Joe flacco and. YOU i,
mean for you two guys to get together like you
haven't spent so much time together almost every waking minute
probably literally together has really paid, off has paid big.
Dividends the offense is clicking at a very very high.
Level you have to be proud of.
Speaker 10 (18:36):
THAT i, am you, Know and that's, Again joe's gonna
get a ton of, credit deservedly so offensive line against
against that front and the pressures they're bringing and the.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Success they've had the last couple of.
Speaker 10 (18:47):
WEEKS i was really proud of our on line and
tight ends and backs in the run game and in
the protections because it Allowed joe to do what he
wanted to. Do and our receivers did an awesome job
against a really good, secondary winning and making some big
plays for.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
US. Tj watt And Cameron, hayward two guys that lined
up in that defensive, front the front seven for The Pittsburgh.
Steelers as you, mentioned they had great players in the
back end as. Well but to be able to control
and contain those two guys in the running game and
from a pass rutch, standpoint how big was that?
Speaker 10 (19:17):
Huge our guys had a ton of confidence going into the.
Game during the, GAME i was feeding off of, them you,
know the way that the linemen were coming, up fired
up after a drive and wanted to keep a running
the ball and calling. Runs and it was just as
what you want to. See you want to have that.
Rhythm everybody's got, confidence everything feels like it's. Working you've
got a great variation in the pass game to try
to keep them off, balance and our guys an unbelievable job.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Executing maybe the best Call i've seen in a long,
TIME i don't know how many years was the naked
run By Joe. Blacko and it comes from a call from.
YOU i, mean did you And joe talk about? It
did you just Say i'm doing? This how did it
all come?
Speaker 10 (19:56):
About that did not play out exactly as we had,
Anticipated but similar To Ryan finley in twenty, twenty he
saw the end crash might have been the same. End
to be honest with, you, Heismith i'm not sure IF
i play and he kept it and it turned out
being a big run for.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
US i, mean it really was your running. GAME a
running game is one, thing but to have an efficient
running game and to execute the yards per, carry which
is basically the definition of efficiency to the level that you.
DID i, mean it was ridiculous yards per carry against
The Pittsburgh. Steelers this is a very, sound solid defensive
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football team that has a very good coordinator with a great,
scheme head coach that believe in. IT i, mean that's
a heck of an. Accomplishment it, is and it kept
us on.
Speaker 10 (20:43):
SCHEDULE i mean the definition of hell's second playing third
down twice against these, guys you, know on, second, long
and third, down and so we want to do everything
we could to avoid. IT i thought these guys did
an excellent job taking the, plan executing. It we had
some second hand runs that kept us on great. Schedule so,
again just just hats off to the players for how
they did.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
It first.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
DOWN i think first down success usually means third down,
success and quite a few times on quite a few
other drives you had really really good success five yards
plus on first down. Plays how big is? That, yeah
it's just first down. Efficiency that's how you start. Fast
Pitch pitch has really preached that all week to our
offense is what is starting fast look?
Speaker 10 (21:24):
Like that's that's first down. Efficiency and, again not allowing
them to do what they do really, well AND i
thought our guys did a great job of.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
That seven out of the last eight drives you score
points against The Pittsburgh steelers defensive football. Team Pittsburgh, god dog,
man that's that's high. Cotton that's, like, uh that's almost
an unbelievable stat that's almost Like ripley's believe it or?
Not you, KNOW i, mean.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
What what did it?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Take?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
What?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
What how are you how are you diversifying your game,
plan your? Playbook how are you thinking ahead of What
pittsburgh was trying to do to?
Speaker 7 (21:59):
You it's less about them and more about.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
US i, mean that's our.
Speaker 10 (22:01):
Expectation when The Cincana bengals offense rolls out on the,
field that's what we expect to. Happen put pressure on the,
defense make them defend. Everything we got a lot of
playmakers they got to worry. About and just proud, of
proud of our whole. TEAM i, mean the defense getting
those two turnovers and the it was a turning point
in the, game allows to control of the game at that,
point take the, lead kicking, Game evan making four field,
goals fifteen points in the.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Game just outstanding by those, Guys outstanding by. You as well.
COACH i, mean just a great win for the. Organization
you as the head, coach your, coordinators your coaching, staff your, players.
EVERYBODY i, mean this is a this is a game
they'll never. Forget when you're playing games like, this it's
a it's a lifetime. Memory when you have. Reunions when
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these guys are a little bit older and they come
back For bengal, reunions everybody's going to be talking about
this football.
Speaker 10 (22:48):
Game i'm playing on a lot more bigger wins than
beating The Pittsburgh serials In october this. Year so we
got to work harder to be able to achieve.
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time for their radio guys. RECAP i have something you
said late in the broadcast really hit home for. Me
fifty years with The. Bengals you said that what T
higgins did is one of the most unselfish acts you've
seen A bengals player do, Ever.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
No, Question, DAN i, MEAN i think.
Speaker 7 (23:33):
That was.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
INCREDIBLE i think that was the THING i might remember
most from the football. Game there were tons of big,
plays tons of athletic ability. Shown you, know you see
that in ALL nfl games if you, watch you, know
from its, entirety from beginning, ten there's going to be,
like guys do things like what how did he do?
That they're just so, gifted so, talented you, know, mentally
(23:55):
so strong and tough and gifted in that area. Too
but for him to put the team ahead of, himself you,
know it's, Like, okay he could have racked up another
touchdown on his stat, sheet could have racked up a
few more, yards you, know eight or nine more, yards
whatever it. Was that's that's the sign that the football
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team is in a good. Place when you have some
of your best one of your best, PLAYERS i, mean,
honestly you, Know Joe, Burrow Jamar CHASE. T, higgins that's
the big. Three that's that those are the guys that
The bengals have spent the money on and for The
bengals to get a you, know a. DIVIDEND i think
on the on the expenditure on a guy LIKE T,
HIGGINS i think is big and successful football teams are
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unselfish at any, level high, school, COLLEGE. Nfl it's a good.
Sign it's a good sign to see that that this
football team is that, unselfish AND T higgins as a
player is incredibly.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Unselfish you know WHAT i was thinking about after the,
GAME i was thinking About Mike tomlins early in the
week rant directed at THE gm of The Cleveland, Browns
Andrew berry for Trading Joe flacker To. Cincinnati imagine how
he feels now after thirty one, completions three hundred and
forty two yards and three.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
TOUCHDOWNS i don't, know, Man i'd like to Get Andrew,
berry fly him down, here kiss him right in the.
MOUTH i, mean for, him for him to for him
to do, that what he did was. Incredible it was
incredibly positive for The Cincinnati, bengals and Obviously Mike tomlin thinks,
it's you, know a slam to the rest of the.
Division but you, know they wanted to step up and
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liked what The bengals were talking, about and The bengals
made an offer that they, accepted and, uh you, know
the league approved everything and the trade was. Consummated ALL
i can say is thank god they Got Joe Joe,
flacco because, man he's playing it unbelievable. LEVEL i mean
what he's, doing AND i THINK i think even his
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teammates in the, huddle it's in practice in the games
probably looking at LIKE i can't believe, you, know are you?
Real is this really? HAPPENING i, mean we are so
fortunate to have a guy like you be available to
come lead us to The Promised, land and he's doing
a hell of a job with. IT i, Mean Joe
flacco is playing as good as a lot of great
(26:18):
quarterbacks are in The National Football. League and that's saying.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Something you, know These thursday night games On Amazon prime
for whatever, reason like the picture is super. Crisp they
must be spending a ton of money on the technology
and the cameras and everything. Else watching the replays Of flacco's,
throws his like spiral is just like what you love
seeing in slow. Motion they're, perfect they.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
ARE i, mean he can spind the, rock that. Dude
so many RPMs on, THAT i, mean it's it's rotating
at such a high. Level you, know you can see The.
Wilson you, know it's almost like The wilson freezes a little.
Bit it's almost a great thing for The National Football.
League do a freeze frame Of Joe flacco throw right
Before Jamar chase catches, it and uh and plaster that
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all over all over the. World but, yeah he he
not only does he, throw you, know does he have
a howards and hanging off of that right. SHOULDER i,
mean he has a canon. Arm he's accurate as. HELL i,
mean if he needs to put it on the right,
shoulder we'll be right. There if he needs to put
on a left, hip right, knee whatever the case may,
be that's where he's putting the. FOOTBALL i mean he
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needs to stick it on your. Forehead that's where it's.
Going he is. SPECIAL i mean The Good lord reached
down and blessed him with an ability to throw the
football with as much velocity and and, uh you, know
zip on it as he, does but with the. Accuracy
he loses no accuracy.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Whatsoever The Pittsburgh steelers traded For Jalen ramsey prior to
this season and Signed Darius. Slay according To Pittsburgh, people
specifically because of The, bengals because they felt like they
needed better defensive backs to contend With chase And. Higgins
sixteen catches a hig undred and sixty one yards For,
jamar nine, Catches i'm, sorry six catches ninety six yards For.
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Tea so go out and get whoever you. WANT i,
mean those guys are so. Incredible if you've got a
competent quarterback throwing on the, ball they're pretty much. UNSTOPPABLE
i mean that's the, key you.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Know it's it's pitch and, catch and if you don't
have a, pitch it's hard to catch, it you. Know
But Joe flacko's gotta, pitch like we just talked about And,
Jamar chase and T higgins they feed off each, other you,
know they work off each other so. Well they're such
a complimentary to each other's games. THERE i, Mean chase
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is so, Strong god, dang his body is. Strong you,
know six, two two hundred and five and ten. Pounds
can you, know can squat the. World his legs are incredibly,
strong and he can move laterally a change direction and a.
HEARTBEAT a lot of his catches were you, know, short
a little over the, middle, throws, slants, posts slamp, post you, know.
(29:02):
Screens he had the full arsenal And Dan pitcher tip
of the cap to, him you, know everybody that worked
on that game, plan on the. Playbook Zach taylor called
an unbelievable game and did post game with him just
a little bit. Ago he was smiling from the ear
to ear and deservedly. SO i, mean he was. Happy
he made some good. Calls none better than that they
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could bootleg The flacco. Though that Was that was, amazing,
incredible it really.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Was let's give some love to the offensive. Line two
sacks For. Pittsburgh they came in with twenty one FOR. Tj,
watt none For Cam. Hayward they did a really nice
job and they also had a one hundred yard.
Speaker 5 (29:39):
Rusher.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
YEAH i think they did a really good. Job and
you're talking about two of the best players in The
National Football league of this era and they're going to
be in The hall Of. Fame in my, Opinion Cameron
hayward is a no Brainer hall Of. Famer this guy
IS i, mean you, know talking to the interior offensive,
lineman he is a. Handful he just he gets after
it every single. Snap he never, quit never his engine
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runs unbelievably, high and, uh he's going to try to
make every single play he possibly. Can but he's he's
unselfish in that he doesn't leave his area of responsibility
and chase and try to make plays and pad his.
Stats he's going to do everything he possibly. Can when
it comes in his, area he's going to stuff. It
he's going to snuff it, out but he's not going
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to try, to you, know roll up stats just to impress.
Everybody and he's he goes to The Pro bowl almost every.
Year and, UH i do think he's the first Ballot
hall Of. Famer and T. J Watt, MAN i mean
it's that that bloodline in that, family The watt, family
and it's it's it's. UNBELIEVABLE i mean they should they,
should uh you, know put some of their genetic uh
(30:47):
stuff in a, hospital you, know and and and have
it for, yeah have it some yes store THE dna
had have it for multiple. Generations because those, guys they
are all football all the. TIME i, mean they never get,
hurt it seems like they ALTHOUGH tj did get hurt
last year for a. Spell but they are unbelievably gifted
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and leaders of their football team and just great, people
great for the. COMMUNITY i, mean they're just unbelievable for
The National Football.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
League last, Thing i'm trying to remember the phrase you
used the night before the. GAME i think you called
it vitally. Important is that what you said about maybe
not must, win but vitally important and they got the job.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Done that was exactly the. Word you're, Right, dan you
know you know you're having played understand you know in the,
Division you've already got a division win Against, cleveland you're
our rival At battle Of. Ohio you got chapter one
under the the on the right side of the win lost.
Column and now you get the first matchup against The
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Pittsburgh steels and you play them again right, away so
that it's. Big AND i thought it was vitally important
to get that under their. Belts and now the confidence
is being built And Joe flackoll his confidence level was
gonna sky rocket because he's playing, really really good.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
Football it's fun to.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Watch absolutely can't. WAIT i can't wait for next.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Week up next A sunday afternoon home game against The,
jets and it's going to be a special. One As
Dave lapham And leap And Lamar parrish will be inducted
into The Bengals ring Of. Honor there will also be
a reception On saturday night at The stadium from five
to seven, thirty and it's not too late to get.
Tickets it's always a lot of fun and there will
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be some great. Storytelling if you'd like to, attend go
To bengals dot com find The ring Of honor section
and you'll see a link to get tickets to the. Reception,
now time for this week's fun fact segment is we
get to know the person under the. Pads time for
some fun facts with defensive End Shamar. Stewart your roots Are.
Speaker 11 (32:52):
Jamaican, Correct, yes, correct my, mom, Everybody, yeah, Everybody my Favorite.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
Jamaica ever had the chance to.
Speaker 5 (32:58):
Go, yeah WHEN i was. Little haven't been in like
so over the, years maybe now it's been in a.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
While you grew up Near. Miami what do you like
most about where you're? From?
Speaker 11 (33:10):
Uh the love for, Football like the city is just
like it's all about, football like little league, games high school, games,
whatever whatever it is at the whole community showing, up
coming out to See.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
And Yet i've read that when you were really, young
you weren't really a sports. Kid is that?
Speaker 11 (33:27):
True, yeah, no not at. All you, KNOW i was.
MORE i was more of like a book. Nerd crazy
to think.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
That but, Yeah so what?
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Changed what flipped the?
Speaker 11 (33:39):
Switch one of my cityitude teachers in third grade forced
me to play football like he was not taking off
for an, Answer so he got my grandma's number and
basically forced me to force me to the part he
was coaching.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
At that guy did you a?
Speaker 5 (33:53):
Favor, yeah his son is my best friend to this.
Speaker 1 (33:55):
Day, now is it true that you were really the
last kid picked in gym class when you were about
in sixth? Grade?
Speaker 11 (34:03):
Oh, yeah for. SURE i was. TERRIBLE i was. Horrible
they used to SAY i have two left. Hands, YEAH
i was.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Terrible we're doing fun facts With Jamar. Stewart when you
were junior in high, school one of your teammates Was
ohio state wide Receiver Jeremiah. Smith could you tell then
that he was going to be that?
Speaker 11 (34:24):
GUY i knew he's gonna be, great but he just kept.
Working now it just blew all EVERYTHING i thought about
him out the. Water like that lesson was there since
he came to my high. School so not a big.
Shock i'll see what he did, like first couple of
weeks when he was in fall. CAMP i was, like,
man jus crazy as a freshman in high, school.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
It's crazy to me to think that you two guys
were in the same high school.
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Team, yeah and we weren't winning. Nothing crazy, crazy, right bad,
Quarterback i'll d.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
ONE i don't know what it.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Was the other team's must have been really.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Good, MAN i.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Guess so it's.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Crazy we're doing Fun facts From Shamar. Stewart you were
one of the top recruits in the. Country did you
enjoy the process having all of those schools and coaches essentially? Flirt?
Speaker 5 (35:14):
No, no, man those phone calls just get.
Speaker 11 (35:17):
CRAZY i used to come, home hey, man call me
like One LIKE i got like ten calls from different
coaches from all across the, country, like.
Speaker 5 (35:25):
Hey, man get Back, abby wait on. It everyone aser your.
Phone i'm, Like i'll be wanting to, Talk like what
are they to talk?
Speaker 1 (35:32):
About you ultimately chose to go To TEXAS a AND.
M what did you enjoy most about your three years
with The?
Speaker 11 (35:38):
Aggies, man you, know the coaching staff, There regis treat
you like, family you, know even Though i'm two thousand
miles away from, Home LIKE i didn't feel LIKE i
was missing home very. Much so and PLUS i made
lifelong friends AT a AND, m so LIKE i feel
LIKE i had a home away from.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Home you.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Know SO i read that your nickname At TEXAS a
AND m was the? Menace is that? True and who
gave you that?
Speaker 11 (36:00):
NICKNAME i forgot who exactly gave it to, Me BUT
i got it back in high, school going every day
trying to get. Better so of Course i'm a practice
hard you, know make it hard for our, office you,
know playing hard in practice make our office. Better and
on in the, games you, Know i'm just all over
the field And i'm just a little menace on the.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Field what does the word nennis represent to?
Speaker 11 (36:23):
You somebody that's always be? Instructive SO i feel like
that that defines me very.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Well SO i broadcast The bengals games on the. Radio
when you have a, sack would you like me and
my broadcast Partner Dave lapham to say a sack by The?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
MENACE i would love.
Speaker 5 (36:41):
THAT i will love that all.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Right, well hopefully there will be a bunch this. Year
you have been compared to A TEXAS a AND m
Legend Miles garrett for obvious, reasons your similar, size similar athletic.
Ability what do you think Of Miles? Garrett what do
you think of the?
Speaker 11 (36:57):
Comparison, man he's a great, player AND i feel like
that's a blessing because the way he's doing it right,
now he's coming the, game AND i feel like that's
a very, great great. COMPARISON i feel like we look
we match up body. Wise, No i'm trying to match
someone play.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Wise was it a goal of yours to top the
numbers that he posted at his? Combine kind?
Speaker 5 (37:19):
Of sort?
Speaker 11 (37:19):
Of you, KNOW i feel like IF i could get
what he, got people will look at me a different.
Light SO i tried my. Hardist he got me in some,
areas AND i got him in some areas.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Too you got him in the, Forty you got him
in the broad. Jump he got you by one inch
in the. Vertical that's pretty.
Speaker 11 (37:34):
Impressive that's crazy BECAUSE i felt LIKE i, jumped jumped
out my.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Spine it's. Crazy all, right we're visiting With Tamar. Stewart
let's get back to athletic. Testing those numbers were freakish
that you posted In. Indianapolis what do you consider to
be your greatest athletic. Achievement did you doun'k get a
really early?
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Age?
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Yeah what what stands out to?
Speaker 7 (37:58):
You?
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (37:59):
DON'T i got my First duncan sixth? Grade sixth?
Speaker 1 (38:03):
Grade, yeah five. Nine that's. Amazing you were the seventeenth
overall pick in the. Draft you'll always be referred to
as first round draft Pick Shamar. Stewart it becomes almost
like a. Title can you describe the experience of being
In Green bay At lambeau On draft?
Speaker 11 (38:22):
Night you, KNOW i was really, happy you, KNOW i
was thankful for a, moment you, know me and my,
family everybody i'd been along with me every sip of the.
Way it was, there so you, know you, KNOW i
just took the night in enjoyed. It not they didn't
really have much, expectations just if it Was gosplin as.
Speaker 5 (38:39):
Gospelin so just wanted to be in the moment with.
EVERYBODY i. Love.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
You did a phone call with reporters afterward and you
didn't specifically remember meeting with The bengals at the, Combine
AND i get. It it's speed. Dating you're going from
team to team to. Team it's, like you, know fifteen
minute meetings with all of these teams when you came
Into cincinnati and you Saw Zach, taylor and you Saw
El golden and you Saw Jerry. Montgomery did it click back?
(39:06):
In did you? Remember?
Speaker 4 (39:07):
Oh, yeah those.
Speaker 11 (39:08):
Guys, yeah it's kind of, Hard like you gotta.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
REMEMBER i had.
Speaker 11 (39:13):
Twenty two, formos a couple, infemos and THEN i had
fifteen thirty. Visits so my mind is just all over the.
Place i'm ready for it to be. Over i'm ready
to be in one.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Place so WHEN i see, him, like, Okay i'm, deaf Remember.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Midio the important thing is that they remembered you really.
WELL i thank.
Speaker 5 (39:34):
God they remembered. Me if they had my, Memory i'll
probably be cooked right.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
Now the next, day you were In cincinnati for a news.
Conference you were accompanied by your, Mentor, mo the man
you call. Dad how did he come into your?
Speaker 5 (39:47):
Life?
Speaker 4 (39:48):
Oh he.
Speaker 11 (39:48):
Came he became my coach after my freshman year of high.
SCHOOL i remember walking to seeing him for the first.
DAY i was maybe like two two fifteen maybe he
was like AND i was like two fifteen six for.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
It he's, LIKE i don't know who you, are But
i'm gonna make your best plan of.
Speaker 11 (40:06):
Country fast forward five months, LATER i was the best
parent in the, country and ever since that, DAY i
just listened to everything he told.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
Me do you know what he saw in?
Speaker 11 (40:15):
You, no But i'm glad he did BECAUSE i didn't
See tom.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Myself time for some wild card topics now With Shamar.
Stewart who is your all time favorite athlete in any?
Speaker 5 (40:26):
Sport all time favorite? Athlete? Who Derek?
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Rosse Derek. Rose that's a deep. Cut you might be
the first person who ever, Say Derek Rose.
Speaker 5 (40:37):
Man Derek rose was? Crazy all, Right.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Derek, rose that's a very interesting. Answer other than playing,
football what are you good?
Speaker 5 (40:44):
At i'm good at video?
Speaker 11 (40:47):
Games what in Particular i'm good at playing TWO? K you,
know call dow used to be my thing for a.
While i'm trying to explore on the game Of horizon.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
On the flip, Side is there anything that you are
really terrible? At?
Speaker 4 (41:02):
Singing, oh.
Speaker 11 (41:05):
Bait, Man the main one is. Singing i'm terrible. Singing
my voice was not meant for. Singing god mess me
with a lot of, things but singing was not one of.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Them even in the, Shower.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Even in the, Shower i'll be.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Terrible have you given any thought to A sax?
Speaker 11 (41:20):
Celebration AFTER i get my first, One i'm A i'm
gonna have to plan one out for the next, one
because like now they're coming in so but the first,
ONE i don't got nothing plan for the first.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
One first one is whatever just happens in the, moment
and then once you've got one under your, belt you
can start. Playing.
Speaker 5 (41:37):
Ike i'm making my next one my. Signature all.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Right is there a team or an opponent that you
are most excited to? Face The dolphins home county, team you,
know The.
Speaker 11 (41:49):
East to have my favorite, Player Tiger carrell was my
favor player for a, while being the kid watching those
of people ON tv and then one now playing against.
Them you know it's gonna be a big opportun you,
know BECAUSE i used to look up to those people
and being being on the same fields them at the same.
Speaker 5 (42:05):
Time you, know it's a great it's a great.
Speaker 1 (42:07):
Achievement Christmas week in prime time At, miami that's gonna
be quite the deal for.
Speaker 11 (42:15):
You, yeah you, know the whole family's gonna be out.
There you, know everybody going to be cheering me.
Speaker 5 (42:20):
On i'm. HOME i Anticipate i'll be very.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Comfortable did you go to games there when you were.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
YOUNG i want to maybe a, couple not a, lot
but a. COUPLE a.
Speaker 1 (42:29):
Couple more questions For Shamar, stewart what do you like to? Splur?
Speaker 11 (42:32):
JOHN i don't, know, MAN i don't really understand money like.
That i'm really into cars, Though i'm in the.
Speaker 5 (42:38):
Cars.
Speaker 11 (42:40):
OH i spend a lot of money on. Shoes i'm a.
Sneakerhead that's one of my guilty. Pressures but other than,
that old video.
Speaker 1 (42:48):
Games, yeah car, shoes video games pretty. Much could you
buy your dream?
Speaker 11 (42:54):
Car, YES i bought A Mercedes NICE i GOT i
got like two Dreams, ours BUT i got to wait
a little bit more because the other dream car is
a live bit more.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Expensive i'm a, wait but you had the classy route
with your first. ONE i like.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
That thank you all.
Speaker 1 (43:08):
Right final fun fact For Shamar. Stewart this one's kind of.
Deep if you could meet anybody in, history living or,
deceased who would that person?
Speaker 5 (43:18):
Be it going to be one?
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Person, no you can have more than.
Speaker 5 (43:22):
One, okay onant to meet tupauc and on to Meet.
Bernie Bernie mecknick is.
Speaker 11 (43:29):
HILARIOUS i used to girl watching THE tv show AND
i wish one that could MEET i could have meet,
him but you know And Tupauc he's just like icon
like his way of thinking was just so.
Speaker 5 (43:39):
DIFFERENT i WISH i could MEET i WISH i could
talk to him one.
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Day great.
Speaker 5 (43:43):
Combo mmm See i'll Be i'll be tapped in.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Now all, Right we appreciate your. Time best Of Lucky rookie.
Year thanks so, much thank. You here's an invitation to
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host the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. And it is
time for the pig skin to fly. Here in the jungle.
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Third down and six at the Cincinnati ten. Rogers to
throw now begins scrambling left, cocks the arm begins running
to the right, points downfield. Rogers throws into the end zone,
caught for the touchdown. Sean hus Smith in the end
zone as Rogers buys time forever and delivers a touchdown pass.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
That's a good call, Dan, I mean he had the
football in his right hand for well over five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Shotgun snap. Flacco floats one high into the air, left
side at the end zone. Chase going to the ground,
makes the catch. There's a penalty flag in the end zone.
HiT's on Pittsburgh touchdown. Bengals play action fake by Rogers
looking to throw it deep, launches it high and deep,
and it is picked off the Bengals intercepting Shortan Battle
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on his feet and running it back. He's at the
forty middle of the field of the forty five the
fifty the forty five of Pittsburgh and tackled at the
forty four yard line. Jordan Battle with his third interception
of the year. Black of under center on first and ten.
Chase Brown is the running back. Flaco extends the ball
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Brown up the middle of the field of the thirty
racing of the thirty five, depends to the forty far
sideline forty five fifty forty five and finally tackled at
the Pittsburgh thirty nine yard line. Cameron Hayward running down
the field along with Patrick Queen. That's a thirty seven
yard run on the first play of the drive for
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Chase Brown. Second down and fourth the Pittsburgh twenty nine.
The Bengals trail by three. Late second quarter, Flacco drops
back fires over.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The mitain, caught by Higgins.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
He's at the fifteen ten five touchdown t Higgins sprinting
up the middle of the field between the hash marks.
Touchdown passes to Chase and Higgins to give.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Cincinnati the lead.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Two seconds in the clock left in the half, Cincinnati
up by four. Wagner snaps it back to Rico. The
kick is in the air and is good to give
Cincinnati seventeen unanswered points in the second quarter and a
seventeen to ten halftime lead. Or at the nineteen yard line.
It is third and eighteen Metcalf goes out wide to
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the left, fig Newton is on him. Rogers back to throw,
looking left, throws into the end zone. Friarmouth with a
catch touchdown Pittsburgh on third and eighteen.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
That's a killer.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
They play here, third down and five, the Bengals at
their own thirty eight o'clock running two thirty five. I've
left third quarter, Cincinnati nursing at three point, lead, twenty
to seventeen. Flaco from the shotgun looking throwing deep down
the middle of the field.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yo see Boss with the catch.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
A beautiful throw by Flaco, Yo see beating Darius Slay
and he's tackled at the Pittsburgh twenty two. How about
thirty nine yards on third and five. Shotgun snapped to
Flaco looking throw it caught.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
In the middle of the end zone.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Noah Fan the Bengals tight end with the touchdown catch
and Cincinnati's lead can be back to ten with the
extra point. Second in goal from the two Rogers fakes
a handoff, rolls right, throws caught for the touchdown. Darnell
Washington at six seven, standing about one yard deep in
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the end zone, and he hauls in Aaron Rodgers third
touchdown pass of the night, two thirty one to go.
Second down and twenty now for the Steelers at their
own thirty two. Bengals lead thirty to twenty four. Here
in the fourth quarter, Rogers waits for the shotgun snap,
has the ball drops back, goat pressured, moves away, throws
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downfield fire boat wide open, streaking toward the end zone.
He is going to take it in for a go
ahead touchdown with two twenty one to go, a sixty
eight yard touchdown pass to a six', five two hundred
and fifty eight pound tight.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
End.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Unbelievable flacco in the gun chase one of three receivers
out to the. Right placo is ready catches the shotgun
snap blitz. Coming flacco throws a fade and it is
call punning inside the ten and going into a slide
his T, higgins that's, Brilliant patty run into the end.
Zone it would have been a. Touchdown we all would
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have been, excited but it would have left plenty of
time For rogers to. Answer by going, down he forces
The steelers to call another time, out first and goal
from the seventh seven to.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Go one of the.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Most unselfish Players i've ever, SEEN i just witnessed right,
There Jalen. Ramsey had him, beaten could have scored great individual.
Effort he would have been, like, oh big time would
have MADE espn highlights all THE nfl. Highlights for the
sake of his football, team for the good of his
entire football, team unselfishly slides to the. Turf what a
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play To higgins is a team.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Player here we go a thirty six yard field goal
try for the lead with eleven seconds left in the
fourth quarter and The bengals down by one. Point Money
mack is. Ready he takes a deep, breath waits for
the long snap back To. Rico rico puts it. Down
the kick is. Up it is, good, gosh and The
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bengals have a two point. Lead with seven seconds left
on the. Clock three defensive backs begin retreating about thirty
yards down the. Field three seconds, left The steelers sixty
yards from the end. Zone rogers catches the shotgun snap,
now he'll run, around allow his receivers to get, downfield
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and he launches it into the end zone and it
is broken up. Incomplete don't knock the way By djivy
and The bengals have knocked out The steelers On Thursday
night by the final score of thirty three to thirty.
One THE Afc north gets tighter and The bengals outlook
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gets brighter with a tremendous closing finish and a game
winning field goal with seven seconds to.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Go how about That Money? Max so many heroes in
this football, game, offensive, defensive and special teams when you
Include Money. Mack ALL i can say Is bengals beat
The Pittsburgh steelers two division, wins two to zero in the.
Division that could be a factor as the season.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Progresses.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Unfold, Bam, bam.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Bam bengals win thirty three thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
One what a night for The, bengals particularly on. Offense
flacco threw for three hundred and forty two yards with three,
touchdowns no, picks and a passer rating of one oh
eight point. Six Chase brown carried eleven times for one
hundred and eight, yards the second one hundred yard rushing
game of his, career And Jamar chase broke his team
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record of fifteen catches in a game by grabbing sixteen
for one hundred and sixty one yards and one TD.
T higgins finished with ninety six receiving yards and would
have topped one hundred if not for his unselfish slide
that only left seven seconds on the clock at the
end of the game For Aaron. Rodgers, now let's hear
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a few of the most interesting things That flacco told
reporters after the.
Speaker 6 (09:49):
Game, yeah this is what we do for is games like.
That it came down to the, wire just like we
know it's going to and really really happy about how
the guys just kind of stayed with it for full
sixty minutes and manor our offensive line was going. Today you,
know we're running the, football, protecting you, know doing a
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lot of things that we wanted to. DO i love doing.
This i've been doing it such for such a long.
Time when you're out there with the guys and you're
and you're doing what you want to do and you're having,
success and you can look at each other's eyes and
just like you get that, feeling uh you know of you,
know bonding with somebody else and just it's a lot of.
Fun and it's a lot more fun when that clocket
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zero and you've gotten the job. Done you hope you
can come in here and play. Well and you always want,
to like especially when when you get guys that are
good at playing, football you want to go show them, like, hey,
man like we're gonna be able to do some good.
Speaker 7 (10:44):
Things and you hope that they feel that.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
Way but now to go out there and have done
it for like the last six, QUARTERS i think it's
going to give us a lot of confidence and hopefully
we can carry that over and use it to our.
ADVANTAGE i got so many people at, home you, know
not ONLY i mean my, Kids i've my wife has
been doing this with me for so long, now my
wife and like my siblings and my dad and my,
Mom like we're all still so invested in.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
This so when you talk to those people and.
Speaker 6 (11:13):
They're so they're probably like one of their biggest emotions
is probably, relief.
Speaker 7 (11:17):
You, know, like oh my, gosh the game's.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Over we don't have to watch that, anymore and like
hanging on to the edge of our. Seat and then
also that turns into, excitement so LIKE i can't wait
to talk to my wife tonight and just hear it
in her voice and all those, things and talking to
those people reminds you of how special this.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Is The bengals scored on seven of their last eight
possessions and finished with four hundred and seventy yards of.
Offense that's almost exactly twice what they were averaging going
into the. Game it all started up, front AND i
discussed that more With ted Carris.
Speaker 8 (11:52):
Man nothing beats it Against pittsburgh at, home off The.
Schneide let's, Go let's bill and we get a nice little, weekend,
though can't.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Wait i'm amazed by What Joe flacco has done in
his last six. Quarters he looked so great in the
second half last. Week he kept it up for four
quarters tonight against the great. Defense describe what it's been
like to play with.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
THEM i, mean Like i've said many, times.
Speaker 8 (12:16):
Have been so blessed with the quarterbacks That i've gotten
to play for and snapped for and another legend, man
and came out here cool as a cucumber and beat The.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Steelers yet, Again he's had quite a few of them
in his.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Career so what a, Day what a?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Night how about T higgins electing not to score a
touchdown with less than two minutes to go and unselfishly
sliding to allow you to kill the rest of the.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Clock gotta give a.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Lot of credit To doug rossfelt situational. Masters we go
over a lot of that. Stuff you, know very heads
up aware. Play you know those guys got off.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Today.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Man WE i feel like we looked like, ourselves played
like ourselves and got a.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Win.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Man the offensive line ran for more than one Hundred
Chase brown had one hundred yard. Performance flaco only got
sacked twice against the number two sack team in THE.
Nfl you guys did an awesome job up, front AND
i never want.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
To give up Any we gave him a cheap one
at the, end but, whatever it was our penance to
win the.
Speaker 8 (13:11):
GAME i, guess so solid effort by, everybody, Man so
let's rest up and we got two home games in a.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Row, man let's get this thing.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Going do you feel like you're right back in the
hut with this?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Win heck, Yeah, man let's go three and, four two
and a. Division, man let's.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Go congrats on a great.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Win Thanks.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Dan the defense had a hard time Stopping rogers in
the second, half but interceptions By Jordan battle AND Dj
turner on back to back drives in the second quarter
helped The bengals erase an early ten to nothing. HOLE
i spoke To battle after the game and he began
with some praise For. Turner you, know he's been doing
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good for us.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
This, year obviously leading the league and. Passes passive defendant passive, deflations.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
And he's just continued to get better each weekend week.
Speaker 9 (14:01):
Out you, know he wants to cover the, best you,
know and, uh he's you see him, traveling you see,
him you, know playing against the best receiver on the opposite.
Team you, know cause that's the that's the you, know
the mentality he, has that's.
Speaker 4 (14:10):
The hunger he.
Speaker 9 (14:11):
Has right, now he's doing a great job with. Us you,
know we're gonna keep feeding off that. Energy we're gonna
keep feeding off each.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Other Aaron rodgers is going to The hall Of fame
to the, someday partly because he historically has not thrown.
INTERCEPTIONS i don't think he's had many games with more than.
One how big was it to get two takeaways off that?
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Guy?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Yeah, yeah?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
Huge you know, obviously like you, said you, know one
of the, greats you, know one of the best to
ever do.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
It you.
Speaker 9 (14:35):
Know, man, obviously like you, said you, know the Great
he doesn't throw a lot of, turnover he doesn't give
away a lot of. Turnovers and you, know to see
us go out there and get, two you, know and
especially two on one, quarter you, know right before the
half when we get the ball, back you, know that's.
Huge and, obviously you, know when he gives us, chances
we got to capitalize because you don't give us, many you.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
KNOW i you, see he gets the ball out.
Speaker 9 (14:52):
Fast Uh so you, know whenever we have the whenever
we have the chance to catch a big or catching
himself in their creative, turnover we have to do.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
It he has Four Hail mary touchdowns passes in his.
Career he can throw in a, mile he can throw
it super. High describe the defense on that final play
of the.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Game, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (15:09):
Huge ivy came, in you know, obviously uh just Like
i'll be drawed. Up you, know he's a, jumper you, Know,
Uh gino's the front the front ship. Guy i'm the batship.
Guy and, obviously uh he threw the. BALL i did not.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Know he was gonna throw it that, far, obviously but
he lost.
Speaker 9 (15:25):
It and Then i'm just from, There i'm, like all,
right let me get, back let me make sure you,
know nobody tipsy and in the catch of the. Ball
and obviously Dj ivy does a great, job you, know
going in and jumping and batting the ball straight, down
which helped.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Us are you amazed by What Joe placker has been
able to do in the last two.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Weeks you know, WHAT i can't. Say i'm. Amazed you,
know obviously that been in the game for a.
Speaker 9 (15:45):
While you, know obviously he's a guy who knows how
to spit out the, ball you, know getting the ball
to the. Playmakers you, KNOW i like you did a
great job of, today you, know getting the ball to his.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Playmakers you, know Obviously olan did a fantastic.
Speaker 9 (15:55):
Job you, know in the passing game and in a run,
game especially in a run. Game you, know it's good
to See Chase. Brown you, know you have over a
hundred yard you, know and obviously average like nine point
what eight nine point eight a, Carrier now that's.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Big but you, know we can run the ball and.
Speaker 9 (16:10):
Establish a all the, time you, know and take care
of the time and be have great clock. Management would
be a great. Team and you, know just seeing, it
we've seen it. Today you, know offensive, depends you, know
put it all, together play a free, game and, uh
that's what happens when we do.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
That you just have to keep doing.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
IT i, know you guys work on situational football things
off and but For tea to go into that slide
with less than two minutes to go when he easily
could have had a. Touchdown that's unselfish and it's great.
Speaker 9 (16:35):
Thinking yeah he, was especially when they have a guy
like down on the other side of the, ball quarterback like.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
That uh get who who has the ability to go?
Speaker 9 (16:42):
Down and you, Know, shrike that was obviously smart, play
heads up, play you, know a team. Play you, know
obviously that gives him what only eleven seconds you know
when they go back on the, field you, know to,
score and that's big for.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Us how crucial was this?
Speaker 9 (16:55):
Win you, know very crucial obviously you, know divisional game
too and on a division. Out uh so you, know
got to keep stacking. That you, know this is a you,
know obviously great win again because you, know becoming we're
going into like a mini kind of mini. Buy you,
know we have ten days ten days really, off you,
know to keep get our bodies, right you, know and come,
healthy you, know ready for The.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Jets and Then bears both at. HOME i, mean you've
got an opportunity to go on a little bit of
a run if you can take care of business At Bay.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Corps, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 9 (17:24):
Beautiful you know obviously you Know this is a three
three stretch home home.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Game so you know got to you, know use the
use the crowd to.
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Opability you, know obviously all white, game they're gonna be,
loud but we need them for every. Game you, know
it don't matter were in all, white we in orange on.
White we know orange on. Black you know we need them.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Just like how they were.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Tonight this was a lot of. Fun congratulations on a great. Win,
yes their appreciates. You now let's hear From Zach, taylor
who spent a few minutes With Dave lapham after the.
Game means a.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Lot the players earned this if we needed. It, uh
it's hard to be in the locker room after these.
Losses but these guys are just committed to sticking together
and just can keep. Working and now we got to
win in front of a great, crowd divisional game to
go to an other the division be right back in
the thick of things where we want to be a
couple couple of home games right in front of our.
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Face proud of these, Guys proud of the coaches for
hanging in, there doing it the right, way and the wins.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Are going to.
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Come what can you say About Joe flacco and. YOU i,
mean for you two guys to get together like you
haven't spent so much time together almost every waking minute
probably literally together has really paid, off has paid big.
Dividends the offense is clicking at a very very high.
Level you have to be proud of.
Speaker 10 (18:36):
THAT i, am you, Know and that's, Again joe's gonna
get a ton of, credit deservedly so offensive line against
against that front and the pressures they're bringing and the.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Success they've had the last couple of.
Speaker 10 (18:47):
WEEKS i was really proud of our on line and
tight ends and backs in the run game and in
the protections because it Allowed joe to do what he
wanted to. Do and our receivers did an awesome job
against a really good, secondary winning and making some big
plays for.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
US. Tj watt And Cameron, hayward two guys that lined
up in that defensive, front the front seven for The Pittsburgh.
Steelers as you, mentioned they had great players in the
back end as. Well but to be able to control
and contain those two guys in the running game and
from a pass rutch, standpoint how big was that?
Speaker 10 (19:17):
Huge our guys had a ton of confidence going into the.
Game during the, GAME i was feeding off of, them you,
know the way that the linemen were coming, up fired
up after a drive and wanted to keep a running
the ball and calling. Runs and it was just as
what you want to. See you want to have that.
Rhythm everybody's got, confidence everything feels like it's. Working you've
got a great variation in the pass game to try
to keep them off, balance and our guys an unbelievable job.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Executing maybe the best Call i've seen in a long,
TIME i don't know how many years was the naked
run By Joe. Blacko and it comes from a call from.
YOU i, mean did you And joe talk about? It
did you just Say i'm doing? This how did it
all come?
Speaker 10 (19:56):
About that did not play out exactly as we had,
Anticipated but similar To Ryan finley in twenty, twenty he
saw the end crash might have been the same. End
to be honest with, you, Heismith i'm not sure IF
i play and he kept it and it turned out
being a big run for.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
US i, mean it really was your running. GAME a
running game is one, thing but to have an efficient
running game and to execute the yards per, carry which
is basically the definition of efficiency to the level that you.
DID i, mean it was ridiculous yards per carry against
The Pittsburgh. Steelers this is a very, sound solid defensive
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football team that has a very good coordinator with a great,
scheme head coach that believe in. IT i, mean that's
a heck of an. Accomplishment it, is and it kept
us on.
Speaker 10 (20:43):
SCHEDULE i mean the definition of hell's second playing third
down twice against these, guys you, know on, second, long
and third, down and so we want to do everything
we could to avoid. IT i thought these guys did
an excellent job taking the, plan executing. It we had
some second hand runs that kept us on great. Schedule so,
again just just hats off to the players for how
they did.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
It first.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
DOWN i think first down success usually means third down,
success and quite a few times on quite a few
other drives you had really really good success five yards
plus on first down. Plays how big is? That, yeah
it's just first down. Efficiency that's how you start. Fast
Pitch pitch has really preached that all week to our
offense is what is starting fast look?
Speaker 10 (21:24):
Like that's that's first down. Efficiency and, again not allowing
them to do what they do really, well AND i
thought our guys did a great job of.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
That seven out of the last eight drives you score
points against The Pittsburgh steelers defensive football. Team Pittsburgh, god dog,
man that's that's high. Cotton that's, like, uh that's almost
an unbelievable stat that's almost Like ripley's believe it or?
Not you, KNOW i, mean.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
What what did it?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Take?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
What?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
What how are you how are you diversifying your game,
plan your? Playbook how are you thinking ahead of What
pittsburgh was trying to do to?
Speaker 7 (21:59):
You it's less about them and more about.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
US i, mean that's our.
Speaker 10 (22:01):
Expectation when The Cincana bengals offense rolls out on the,
field that's what we expect to. Happen put pressure on the,
defense make them defend. Everything we got a lot of
playmakers they got to worry. About and just proud, of
proud of our whole. TEAM i, mean the defense getting
those two turnovers and the it was a turning point
in the, game allows to control of the game at that,
point take the, lead kicking, Game evan making four field,
goals fifteen points in the.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Game just outstanding by those, Guys outstanding by. You as well.
COACH i, mean just a great win for the. Organization
you as the head, coach your, coordinators your coaching, staff your, players.
EVERYBODY i, mean this is a this is a game
they'll never. Forget when you're playing games like, this it's
a it's a lifetime. Memory when you have. Reunions when
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these guys are a little bit older and they come
back For bengal, reunions everybody's going to be talking about
this football.
Speaker 10 (22:48):
Game i'm playing on a lot more bigger wins than
beating The Pittsburgh serials In october this. Year so we
got to work harder to be able to achieve.
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time for their radio guys. RECAP i have something you
said late in the broadcast really hit home for. Me
fifty years with The. Bengals you said that what T
higgins did is one of the most unselfish acts you've
seen A bengals player do, Ever.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
No, Question, DAN i, MEAN i think.
Speaker 7 (23:33):
That was.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
INCREDIBLE i think that was the THING i might remember
most from the football. Game there were tons of big,
plays tons of athletic ability. Shown you, know you see
that in ALL nfl games if you, watch you, know
from its, entirety from beginning, ten there's going to be,
like guys do things like what how did he do?
That they're just so, gifted so, talented you, know, mentally
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so strong and tough and gifted in that area. Too
but for him to put the team ahead of, himself you,
know it's, Like, okay he could have racked up another
touchdown on his stat, sheet could have racked up a
few more, yards you, know eight or nine more, yards
whatever it. Was that's that's the sign that the football
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team is in a good. Place when you have some
of your best one of your best, PLAYERS i, mean,
honestly you, Know Joe, Burrow Jamar CHASE. T, higgins that's
the big. Three that's that those are the guys that
The bengals have spent the money on and for The
bengals to get a you, know a. DIVIDEND i think
on the on the expenditure on a guy LIKE T,
HIGGINS i think is big and successful football teams are
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unselfish at any, level high, school, COLLEGE. Nfl it's a good.
Sign it's a good sign to see that that this
football team is that, unselfish AND T higgins as a
player is incredibly.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Unselfish you know WHAT i was thinking about after the,
GAME i was thinking About Mike tomlins early in the
week rant directed at THE gm of The Cleveland, Browns
Andrew berry for Trading Joe flacker To. Cincinnati imagine how
he feels now after thirty one, completions three hundred and
forty two yards and three.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
TOUCHDOWNS i don't, know, Man i'd like to Get Andrew,
berry fly him down, here kiss him right in the.
MOUTH i, mean for, him for him to for him
to do, that what he did was. Incredible it was
incredibly positive for The Cincinnati, bengals and Obviously Mike tomlin thinks,
it's you, know a slam to the rest of the.
Division but you, know they wanted to step up and
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liked what The bengals were talking, about and The bengals
made an offer that they, accepted and, uh you, know
the league approved everything and the trade was. Consummated ALL
i can say is thank god they Got Joe Joe,
flacco because, man he's playing it unbelievable. LEVEL i mean
what he's, doing AND i THINK i think even his
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teammates in the, huddle it's in practice in the games
probably looking at LIKE i can't believe, you, know are you?
Real is this really? HAPPENING i, mean we are so
fortunate to have a guy like you be available to
come lead us to The Promised, land and he's doing
a hell of a job with. IT i, Mean Joe
flacco is playing as good as a lot of great
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quarterbacks are in The National Football. League and that's saying.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Something you, know These thursday night games On Amazon prime
for whatever, reason like the picture is super. Crisp they
must be spending a ton of money on the technology
and the cameras and everything. Else watching the replays Of flacco's,
throws his like spiral is just like what you love
seeing in slow. Motion they're, perfect they.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
ARE i, mean he can spind the, rock that. Dude
so many RPMs on, THAT i, mean it's it's rotating
at such a high. Level you, know you can see The.
Wilson you, know it's almost like The wilson freezes a little.
Bit it's almost a great thing for The National Football.
League do a freeze frame Of Joe flacco throw right
Before Jamar chase catches, it and uh and plaster that
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all over all over the. World but, yeah he he
not only does he, throw you, know does he have
a howards and hanging off of that right. SHOULDER i,
mean he has a canon. Arm he's accurate as. HELL i,
mean if he needs to put it on the right,
shoulder we'll be right. There if he needs to put
on a left, hip right, knee whatever the case may,
be that's where he's putting the. FOOTBALL i mean he
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needs to stick it on your. Forehead that's where it's.
Going he is. SPECIAL i mean The Good lord reached
down and blessed him with an ability to throw the
football with as much velocity and and, uh you, know
zip on it as he, does but with the. Accuracy
he loses no accuracy.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Whatsoever The Pittsburgh steelers traded For Jalen ramsey prior to
this season and Signed Darius. Slay according To Pittsburgh, people
specifically because of The, bengals because they felt like they
needed better defensive backs to contend With chase And. Higgins
sixteen catches a hig undred and sixty one yards For,
jamar nine, Catches i'm, sorry six catches ninety six yards For.
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Tea so go out and get whoever you. WANT i,
mean those guys are so. Incredible if you've got a
competent quarterback throwing on the, ball they're pretty much. UNSTOPPABLE
i mean that's the, key you.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Know it's it's pitch and, catch and if you don't
have a, pitch it's hard to catch, it you. Know
But Joe flacko's gotta, pitch like we just talked about And,
Jamar chase and T higgins they feed off each, other you,
know they work off each other so. Well they're such
a complimentary to each other's games. THERE i, Mean chase
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is so, Strong god, dang his body is. Strong you,
know six, two two hundred and five and ten. Pounds
can you, know can squat the. World his legs are incredibly,
strong and he can move laterally a change direction and a.
HEARTBEAT a lot of his catches were you, know, short
a little over the, middle, throws, slants, posts slamp, post you, know.
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Screens he had the full arsenal And Dan pitcher tip
of the cap to, him you, know everybody that worked
on that game, plan on the. Playbook Zach taylor called
an unbelievable game and did post game with him just
a little bit. Ago he was smiling from the ear
to ear and deservedly. SO i, mean he was. Happy
he made some good. Calls none better than that they
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could bootleg The flacco. Though that Was that was, amazing,
incredible it really.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Was let's give some love to the offensive. Line two
sacks For. Pittsburgh they came in with twenty one FOR. Tj,
watt none For Cam. Hayward they did a really nice
job and they also had a one hundred yard.
Speaker 5 (29:39):
Rusher.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
YEAH i think they did a really good. Job and
you're talking about two of the best players in The
National Football league of this era and they're going to
be in The hall Of. Fame in my, Opinion Cameron
hayward is a no Brainer hall Of. Famer this guy
IS i, mean you, know talking to the interior offensive,
lineman he is a. Handful he just he gets after
it every single. Snap he never, quit never his engine
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runs unbelievably, high and, uh he's going to try to
make every single play he possibly. Can but he's he's
unselfish in that he doesn't leave his area of responsibility
and chase and try to make plays and pad his.
Stats he's going to do everything he possibly. Can when
it comes in his, area he's going to stuff. It
he's going to snuff it, out but he's not going
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to try, to you, know roll up stats just to impress.
Everybody and he's he goes to The Pro bowl almost every.
Year and, UH i do think he's the first Ballot
hall Of. Famer and T. J Watt, MAN i mean
it's that that bloodline in that, family The watt, family
and it's it's it's. UNBELIEVABLE i mean they should they,
should uh you, know put some of their genetic uh
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stuff in a, hospital you, know and and and have
it for, yeah have it some yes store THE dna
had have it for multiple. Generations because those, guys they
are all football all the. TIME i, mean they never get,
hurt it seems like they ALTHOUGH tj did get hurt
last year for a. Spell but they are unbelievably gifted
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and leaders of their football team and just great, people
great for the. COMMUNITY i, mean they're just unbelievable for
The National Football.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
League last, Thing i'm trying to remember the phrase you
used the night before the. GAME i think you called
it vitally. Important is that what you said about maybe
not must, win but vitally important and they got the job.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Done that was exactly the. Word you're, Right, dan you
know you know you're having played understand you know in the,
Division you've already got a division win Against, cleveland you're
our rival At battle Of. Ohio you got chapter one
under the the on the right side of the win lost.
Column and now you get the first matchup against The
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Pittsburgh steels and you play them again right, away so
that it's. Big AND i thought it was vitally important
to get that under their. Belts and now the confidence
is being built And Joe flackoll his confidence level was
gonna sky rocket because he's playing, really really good.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
Football it's fun to.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Watch absolutely can't. WAIT i can't wait for next.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Week up next A sunday afternoon home game against The,
jets and it's going to be a special. One As
Dave lapham And leap And Lamar parrish will be inducted
into The Bengals ring Of. Honor there will also be
a reception On saturday night at The stadium from five
to seven, thirty and it's not too late to get.
Tickets it's always a lot of fun and there will
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be some great. Storytelling if you'd like to, attend go
To bengals dot com find The ring Of honor section
and you'll see a link to get tickets to the. Reception,
now time for this week's fun fact segment is we
get to know the person under the. Pads time for
some fun facts with defensive End Shamar. Stewart your roots Are.
Speaker 11 (32:52):
Jamaican, Correct, yes, correct my, mom, Everybody, yeah, Everybody my Favorite.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
Jamaica ever had the chance to.
Speaker 5 (32:58):
Go, yeah WHEN i was. Little haven't been in like
so over the, years maybe now it's been in a.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
While you grew up Near. Miami what do you like
most about where you're? From?
Speaker 11 (33:10):
Uh the love for, Football like the city is just
like it's all about, football like little league, games high school, games,
whatever whatever it is at the whole community showing, up
coming out to See.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
And Yet i've read that when you were really, young
you weren't really a sports. Kid is that?
Speaker 11 (33:27):
True, yeah, no not at. All you, KNOW i was.
MORE i was more of like a book. Nerd crazy
to think.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
That but, Yeah so what?
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Changed what flipped the?
Speaker 11 (33:39):
Switch one of my cityitude teachers in third grade forced
me to play football like he was not taking off
for an, Answer so he got my grandma's number and
basically forced me to force me to the part he
was coaching.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
At that guy did you a?
Speaker 5 (33:53):
Favor, yeah his son is my best friend to this.
Speaker 1 (33:55):
Day, now is it true that you were really the
last kid picked in gym class when you were about
in sixth? Grade?
Speaker 11 (34:03):
Oh, yeah for. SURE i was. TERRIBLE i was. Horrible
they used to SAY i have two left. Hands, YEAH
i was.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Terrible we're doing fun facts With Jamar. Stewart when you
were junior in high, school one of your teammates Was
ohio state wide Receiver Jeremiah. Smith could you tell then
that he was going to be that?
Speaker 11 (34:24):
GUY i knew he's gonna be, great but he just kept.
Working now it just blew all EVERYTHING i thought about
him out the. Water like that lesson was there since
he came to my high. School so not a big.
Shock i'll see what he did, like first couple of
weeks when he was in fall. CAMP i was, like,
man jus crazy as a freshman in high, school.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
It's crazy to me to think that you two guys
were in the same high school.
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Team, yeah and we weren't winning. Nothing crazy, crazy, right bad,
Quarterback i'll d.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
ONE i don't know what it.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Was the other team's must have been really.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Good, MAN i.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Guess so it's.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Crazy we're doing Fun facts From Shamar. Stewart you were
one of the top recruits in the. Country did you
enjoy the process having all of those schools and coaches essentially? Flirt?
Speaker 5 (35:14):
No, no, man those phone calls just get.
Speaker 11 (35:17):
CRAZY i used to come, home hey, man call me
like One LIKE i got like ten calls from different
coaches from all across the, country, like.
Speaker 5 (35:25):
Hey, man get Back, abby wait on. It everyone aser your.
Phone i'm, Like i'll be wanting to, Talk like what
are they to talk?
Speaker 1 (35:32):
About you ultimately chose to go To TEXAS a AND.
M what did you enjoy most about your three years
with The?
Speaker 11 (35:38):
Aggies, man you, know the coaching staff, There regis treat
you like, family you, know even Though i'm two thousand
miles away from, Home LIKE i didn't feel LIKE i
was missing home very. Much so and PLUS i made
lifelong friends AT a AND, m so LIKE i feel
LIKE i had a home away from.
Speaker 5 (35:53):
Home you.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
Know SO i read that your nickname At TEXAS a
AND m was the? Menace is that? True and who
gave you that?
Speaker 11 (36:00):
NICKNAME i forgot who exactly gave it to, Me BUT
i got it back in high, school going every day
trying to get. Better so of Course i'm a practice
hard you, know make it hard for our, office you,
know playing hard in practice make our office. Better and
on in the, games you, Know i'm just all over
the field And i'm just a little menace on the.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Field what does the word nennis represent to?
Speaker 11 (36:23):
You somebody that's always be? Instructive SO i feel like
that that defines me very.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Well SO i broadcast The bengals games on the. Radio
when you have a, sack would you like me and
my broadcast Partner Dave lapham to say a sack by The?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
MENACE i would love.
Speaker 5 (36:41):
THAT i will love that all.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
Right, well hopefully there will be a bunch this. Year
you have been compared to A TEXAS a AND m
Legend Miles garrett for obvious, reasons your similar, size similar athletic.
Ability what do you think Of Miles? Garrett what do
you think of the?
Speaker 11 (36:57):
Comparison, man he's a great, player AND i feel like
that's a blessing because the way he's doing it right,
now he's coming the, game AND i feel like that's
a very, great great. COMPARISON i feel like we look
we match up body. Wise, No i'm trying to match
someone play.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Wise was it a goal of yours to top the
numbers that he posted at his? Combine kind?
Speaker 5 (37:19):
Of sort?
Speaker 11 (37:19):
Of you, KNOW i feel like IF i could get
what he, got people will look at me a different.
Light SO i tried my. Hardist he got me in some,
areas AND i got him in some areas.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Too you got him in the, Forty you got him
in the broad. Jump he got you by one inch
in the. Vertical that's pretty.
Speaker 11 (37:34):
Impressive that's crazy BECAUSE i felt LIKE i, jumped jumped
out my.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Spine it's. Crazy all, right we're visiting With Tamar. Stewart
let's get back to athletic. Testing those numbers were freakish
that you posted In. Indianapolis what do you consider to
be your greatest athletic. Achievement did you doun'k get a
really early?
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Age?
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Yeah what what stands out to?
Speaker 7 (37:58):
You?
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (37:59):
DON'T i got my First duncan sixth? Grade sixth?
Speaker 1 (38:03):
Grade, yeah five. Nine that's. Amazing you were the seventeenth
overall pick in the. Draft you'll always be referred to
as first round draft Pick Shamar. Stewart it becomes almost
like a. Title can you describe the experience of being
In Green bay At lambeau On draft?
Speaker 11 (38:22):
Night you, KNOW i was really, happy you, KNOW i
was thankful for a, moment you, know me and my,
family everybody i'd been along with me every sip of the.
Way it was, there so you, know you, KNOW i
just took the night in enjoyed. It not they didn't
really have much, expectations just if it Was gosplin as.
Speaker 5 (38:39):
Gospelin so just wanted to be in the moment with.
EVERYBODY i. Love.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
You did a phone call with reporters afterward and you
didn't specifically remember meeting with The bengals at the, Combine
AND i get. It it's speed. Dating you're going from
team to team to. Team it's, like you, know fifteen
minute meetings with all of these teams when you came
Into cincinnati and you Saw Zach, taylor and you Saw
El golden and you Saw Jerry. Montgomery did it click back?
(39:06):
In did you? Remember?
Speaker 4 (39:07):
Oh, yeah those.
Speaker 11 (39:08):
Guys, yeah it's kind of, Hard like you gotta.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
REMEMBER i had.
Speaker 11 (39:13):
Twenty two, formos a couple, infemos and THEN i had
fifteen thirty. Visits so my mind is just all over the.
Place i'm ready for it to be. Over i'm ready
to be in one.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Place so WHEN i see, him, like, Okay i'm, deaf Remember.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Midio the important thing is that they remembered you really.
WELL i thank.
Speaker 5 (39:34):
God they remembered. Me if they had my, Memory i'll
probably be cooked right.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
Now the next, day you were In cincinnati for a news.
Conference you were accompanied by your, Mentor, mo the man
you call. Dad how did he come into your?
Speaker 5 (39:47):
Life?
Speaker 4 (39:48):
Oh he.
Speaker 11 (39:48):
Came he became my coach after my freshman year of high.
SCHOOL i remember walking to seeing him for the first.
DAY i was maybe like two two fifteen maybe he
was like AND i was like two fifteen six for.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
It he's, LIKE i don't know who you, are But
i'm gonna make your best plan of.
Speaker 11 (40:06):
Country fast forward five months, LATER i was the best
parent in the, country and ever since that, DAY i
just listened to everything he told.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
Me do you know what he saw in?
Speaker 11 (40:15):
You, no But i'm glad he did BECAUSE i didn't
See tom.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Myself time for some wild card topics now With Shamar.
Stewart who is your all time favorite athlete in any?
Speaker 5 (40:26):
Sport all time favorite? Athlete? Who Derek?
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Rosse Derek. Rose that's a deep. Cut you might be
the first person who ever, Say Derek Rose.
Speaker 5 (40:37):
Man Derek rose was? Crazy all, Right.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Derek, rose that's a very interesting. Answer other than playing,
football what are you good?
Speaker 5 (40:44):
At i'm good at video?
Speaker 11 (40:47):
Games what in Particular i'm good at playing TWO? K you,
know call dow used to be my thing for a.
While i'm trying to explore on the game Of horizon.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
On the flip, Side is there anything that you are
really terrible? At?
Speaker 4 (41:02):
Singing, oh.
Speaker 11 (41:05):
Bait, Man the main one is. Singing i'm terrible. Singing
my voice was not meant for. Singing god mess me
with a lot of, things but singing was not one of.
Speaker 1 (41:12):
Them even in the, Shower.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Even in the, Shower i'll be.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Terrible have you given any thought to A sax?
Speaker 11 (41:20):
Celebration AFTER i get my first, One i'm A i'm
gonna have to plan one out for the next, one
because like now they're coming in so but the first,
ONE i don't got nothing plan for the first.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
One first one is whatever just happens in the, moment
and then once you've got one under your, belt you
can start. Playing.
Speaker 5 (41:37):
Ike i'm making my next one my. Signature all.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Right is there a team or an opponent that you
are most excited to? Face The dolphins home county, team you,
know The.
Speaker 11 (41:49):
East to have my favorite, Player Tiger carrell was my
favor player for a, while being the kid watching those
of people ON tv and then one now playing against.
Them you know it's gonna be a big opportun you,
know BECAUSE i used to look up to those people
and being being on the same fields them at the same.
Speaker 5 (42:05):
Time you, know it's a great it's a great.
Speaker 1 (42:07):
Achievement Christmas week in prime time At, miami that's gonna
be quite the deal for.
Speaker 11 (42:15):
You, yeah you, know the whole family's gonna be out.
There you, know everybody going to be cheering me.
Speaker 5 (42:20):
On i'm. HOME i Anticipate i'll be very.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Comfortable did you go to games there when you were.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
YOUNG i want to maybe a, couple not a, lot
but a. COUPLE a.
Speaker 1 (42:29):
Couple more questions For Shamar, stewart what do you like to? Splur?
Speaker 11 (42:32):
JOHN i don't, know, MAN i don't really understand money like.
That i'm really into cars, Though i'm in the.
Speaker 5 (42:38):
Cars.
Speaker 11 (42:40):
OH i spend a lot of money on. Shoes i'm a.
Sneakerhead that's one of my guilty. Pressures but other than,
that old video.
Speaker 1 (42:48):
Games, yeah car, shoes video games pretty. Much could you
buy your dream?
Speaker 11 (42:54):
Car, YES i bought A Mercedes NICE i GOT i
got like two Dreams, ours BUT i got to wait
a little bit more because the other dream car is
a live bit more.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
Expensive i'm a, wait but you had the classy route
with your first. ONE i like.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
That thank you all.
Speaker 1 (43:08):
Right final fun fact For Shamar. Stewart this one's kind of.
Deep if you could meet anybody in, history living or,
deceased who would that person?
Speaker 5 (43:18):
Be it going to be one?
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Person, no you can have more than.
Speaker 5 (43:22):
One, okay onant to meet tupauc and on to Meet.
Bernie Bernie mecknick is.
Speaker 11 (43:29):
HILARIOUS i used to girl watching THE tv show AND
i wish one that could MEET i could have meet,
him but you know And Tupauc he's just like icon
like his way of thinking was just so.
Speaker 5 (43:39):
DIFFERENT i WISH i could MEET i WISH i could
talk to him one.
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Day great.
Speaker 5 (43:43):
Combo mmm See i'll Be i'll be tapped in.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
Now all, Right we appreciate your. Time best Of Lucky rookie.
Year thanks so, much thank. You here's an invitation to
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