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December 26, 2024 10 mins
Mo chats with Shawn Syed about the Broncos/Bengals game this weekend, on ESPN 1530!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fights them all in the back of the dzide.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Over Ohing his big bad Bengals put it pull on
the line when they face Pool Nicks and his Broncos.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Sam Tamahawk chops up to the ground.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
Can the Orange and Black break these.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
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Coverage starts Saturday at no on ESPN fifteen thirty, the
official home of the Bengals. All right, it's seven after
five ESPN fifteen thirty. That mine on lowegor. Thank you
so much for joining us. It's it's not Tuesday, but

(00:34):
we're still broadcasting from Buffalo water Wing. He's worth the
Harper Station location. And we've got tickets to a Sunday's
game that we will be giving away. I said, Sunday
and Saturday games. On Saturday game is on Saturday four thirty.
It's on ESPN thirteen thirty. Uh so Saturday's game and
we're giving away tickets. So I mean, if you you

(00:55):
can go to the stadium on Sunday if you want,
but they're not gonna let you in, So go on
Saturday if you win the tickets. You can't win the
tickets if you're not here. I don't want to waste
any more time of our guest our buddy, Sean Side.
I did very few things right in twenty twenty four,
but one of the few good decisions I did make
was I got Sean on the show and he was
really good. We had him on I think before the

(01:17):
first game, and then I don't know if it was
like his agent or his guest booker. I'm like, hey,
can we just talk to him every week? Because he
was good? And loobehold he said yes. And so Sean
has been a part of the show every single week
during the Bengals season, and I've learned a lot from him.
We've gotten great feedback from his appearances. He is with
suomer sports dot com. He is the host of the

(01:39):
Stats and Scheme podcast and is with us to talk
Bengals Broncos. It's good to have you, Sean. How are
you well?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
It's so kind, you know, it really has been a
special part of Mayer as well.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
For so Beego's had a happy holiday and then, you.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Know, we may wish that the Bengals season have gone
a little bit different but I don't regret it any
bit because you've been able to talk every week.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
You've made it bearable. You've made it bearable. There's no
doubt about that. What's the key to beating the Denver Broncos.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
So the Broncos are in just an interesting team overall
because their defense is so so good.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
They're really a top three unit in this league.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
When you think about their four man pass ruts, they
can really get after you. They can really make you
uncomfortable while still maximizing their whole entire coverage unit. You know,
they're gonna have the situations where they rotate their safeties
in different ways and cause problems. And they do have
two good cornerbacks, but not every team has Higgins Ben
Chase to challenge those guys on the outside. So I
think from a Bengals offense with his Broncos defense perspective,

(02:37):
it's really one of the most fun matchups that we're
going to see across the league this week.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
I watched bo Nicks early in the season and thought,
I'm not sure this guy's ever played football before, and
then I've I've watched them in you know, I mean
even early in the game against the Chargers, but I
watched them against the Falcons. I've seen him here in
the second half of the season where he's looked the park.
He's looked like the kind of quarterback that defamed Denver fans.
I'm really excited about moving forward. When you watch him

(03:03):
a little bit more critically, what do you see?

Speaker 2 (03:05):
You know, I do think Nix has had some ups
and downs. I think he maybe started the season a
little bit slow. I think that Sean Payton has done
a good job finding ways to get him in rhythm
where he is. You know, it's not that he's holding
all to the ball too long. You take your shots
down the field. You're able to.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Push and attack a defense that way.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
And then sometimes when defenses are able to either muddy
up the picture just a bit or force Knicks to
hold onto the ball longer. You know, he can get
himself into some tough situations.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
But Bonnicks can move. He really is a positive, scrambling quarterback.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
So you want to find the balance between, you know,
getting him to move around in the pockets and to
pack the ball a few times, and making sure that
you're still not able to let him kind of run
all over you.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, I know, there's a lot of folks who watched
Denver a little bit more closely last week because of
that game's importance to what the Bengals are trying to do.
So when they played the Chargers in the second half
point defensively, they made a lot of mistakes, a lot
of penalty issues, looked really undisciplined. As a general rule,
how good is Denver's defense now?

Speaker 2 (04:06):
I really enjoy watching Denver's defense on a week week basis. Again,
I think that you could make the argument that it
is the best unit in the league.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
I think that, you know, even within the top three,
that's really probably where they want to be at.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
I think if they understand how to attack an offensive
weakness on the offensive line, whether it you know, sometimes
you have to send the linebacker out of guard and
kind of.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Play your best in that sort of way.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
I do think that when the balls in the air,
they have positive coverage situations where I mean, one of
their safety is Brandon Jones has had just a phenomenal
season all throughout this year. And whenever you're a defensive
unit that can just rush for and generate a pass rush,
that is just a really, really big problem for teams overall,
So even you know, in that second half of that Chargers.

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Game, I think that you definitely don't get the best
performance for.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
The Broncos defense. I think a lot of that also
had to do with some of their issues on offense
as well. So I think that that together makes it
a really really fun week, say team matchup on that
middle of the day on Saturday.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
From a defensive perspective, and you and I have talked
about this as the last couple of weeks have unfolded,
that the Bengals have played bad quarterbacks and bad offenses,
and yet I still feel like, especially with some of
the younger players they have on defense, there are some
encouraging things. I think specifically from guys like Chris Jenkins
and McKinley Jackson up front. Are you starting to see

(05:24):
maybe not cornerstones, but some building blocks emerged for the
Bengals on that side of the football.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
You know, I am, because in that last game against
the Browns, and after you mentioned you know, you're playing
not even just the.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Backup quarterback, really a third string quarterback. At the same time,
like seeing Josh Newton just being a.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
Willing tackler on the outside, making that pass ruck break
up late in the game, you have Von Bell, you
know you're able to force that huge fumble you have.
Of course, we're all used to seeing Hilton off the
edge and then even you know Cam Taeler Brant finding
nice ways to just be comfortable and coverage and passing
off routes and then we get another Genostone interception.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
So it feels like that everyone is it's kind of
streamlining jobs.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Or actually think for the Ravens that had a lot
of success with this where sometimes you don't have to
be super complicated.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
It's executing you.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Know, the direct call as well as you can, and
it feels like the Bengals are doing that.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
So in that Brown game, I was really really happy,
I think.

Speaker 2 (06:13):
Overall with what I saw in the secondary, which you
know throughout the year, I think the Bengals would tell
you themselves they haven't been always happy with their secondary play.
So you're hoping that you can continue to push that forward.
You're hoping that you can able to build on that
obviously to the last two games in the season you
hopefully sneak into the playoffs, but also just going forward,
you know into next season where you can look at
some of your pieces and say, you know what, like

(06:33):
we do feel a little bit more comfortable with how
our safety is and how our cornerbacks are playing going forward.

Speaker 3 (06:38):
Sean side is with US Stats and Scheme podcast and
writing for sumer sports dot Com. Obviously, a lot has
to happen for the Bengals. They need to win on Sunday.
They need help. They would also still have to go
to Pittsburgh and win their final game of the season.
The Steelers offensively at least look broken. Did they peak
to early?

Speaker 1 (06:59):
You know, maybe not even a peak too early or
peak too lake type thing. I think when you look
at some of.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
The successes that they have this year at the team
just wasn't always sustainable. Because when you look at the
Bengals and you see how they're able to attack people
on the outside and come down with those vertical throws,
that is something that you can kind of expect happening
over and over because of the way that they move
chased around, because of the way.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
That they manufacture one one with Ta Higgins.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
But for the Steelers, you know, to have George Pickens,
who makes just some absurd teches, like there's no reason
that he should be able to catch these balls. If
that light doesn't always happen, you know, you fall flat
at a different time. And I do think that I'm
actually okay with how Russell Wilson has been playing.

Speaker 1 (07:40):
I think he's been able to move around a.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
Little bit more, He's been able to throw over the
middle of the field a little bit more. Actually had
a little bit more surprised with the defense and the
secondary it feels like they've been falling off a little bit,
whether it's simple communications or playing the ball in the air.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
And when you drop off.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
And you're a team that's so built from that defensive
end and just taking a small step.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
Back, it really leads to a lot. So it certainly
seems like the Ravens are gonna win.

Speaker 2 (08:02):
The AFCN or And I think if it comes down
to it, you know, a Bengals the Olers game, I
don't I would feel, you know, relatively positive, I think
being a Bengals fan.

Speaker 3 (08:09):
All right like that, do you think that the Colts
will lose to either the Giants or the Jags because
we need them to lose one.

Speaker 1 (08:17):
So that is a tough one, mo.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
I do think that just thinking about what's going on there,
the Giants and Court are having Drew Locke at quarterback.
The Giants seem like they're kind of locked into getting
that number one pick. I will say, though, it seemed
like Anthony Richardson was on the injury report the last
two days, so that's always a big thing.

Speaker 1 (08:33):
And even when Richardson has.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
Been playing, he's had some times where you know, you
have days where you have under thirty percent completion percentages.

Speaker 1 (08:40):
So I don't I haven't closed the door full of yet, Mo,
And it may just be because I want to talk
to you for one extra week or hopefully three extra weeks.
Yeah that's the regular season.

Speaker 2 (08:48):
But I do I do think that it is potentially
in the cars when you think about Anthony Richardson potentially
missing in the game. Now, the Colts have to go
to a backup. They're going to handle all the Jason
Taylors more time than we can count, so I think
there's a possibility. And then of course you look at
them the Dolphins as well, who have the Browns and
the jatsin I mean.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
The Jets are still playing football games. They don't want
to keep on losing, so it.

Speaker 2 (09:08):
Even could come down to bat of course, the week
eighteen game with the Chiefs against the Broncos. And hey,
you know the Bengals beat the Broncos in alph this week,
then maybe Carson Wentzin pulling out in Satty next week.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
All right, well regardless, we're gonna talk next week. I
look forward to it already.

Speaker 1 (09:22):
Thank you very much, thanks so much, and not forcid it.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
That's our guy. Sean Sayed, host of the Stats and
Scheme podcast and columnists for sumer sports dot com. Speaking
of columnist Robert wintroup Wright, sayo weekly Bengals column for
Cincinnati Magazine. He always joins us on Thursdays. Today is Thursday,
so he'll join us when we come back. We're here
at Buffalo wild Wings Harper Station till six. You got

(09:47):
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Broncos tickets for Saturday's tilt on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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