October 4, 2024 • 6 mins
Jay Morrison is now with BengalsTalk.com, which means he's the first person in Mo Egger Show history to appear while representing four different companies. Jay joined us to make history and talk Bengals/Ravens.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jay Morrison joins us on Thursday. This is a big deal.
He's making history. This has never happened in the history
of this show We've been on for seventeen years. In
the afternoon and in just about ten seconds, Jay is
going to become the first person to ever appear on
this show. Having represented four different media outlets. Is he
(00:21):
is now? He's with our friend James Rapine. He didn't
take James job. Bengals Talk dot Com under the Sports
Illustrated Umbrella at by Jay Morrison on Twitter. Congratulations Jay,
what can I say?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I've got a gypsy soul.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Very good. Congratulations on the new gig. Yeah, it's awesome,
it's very good. And you and he didn't replace James.
That was my first boyd Did Jay do my guy
James dirty? No, you're tag teaming, which is awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No. When I decided I was leaving PSN, I told
everybody in the media room, and there's obviously a lot
of conversation. James texted me within one minute and said
let's talk. And it came together really quick. And I'm
thrilled to be working with him. I respect him for
a long time and it's great to be his colleague.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Now, yeah, no, it is. It is awesome, all right.
So they're inching, they're inching closer to health. They're inching
closer to health. Jay, you're written about Miles Murphy. Should
I be skeptical that he's going to come in and
make an impact in his first NFL action of twenty
twenty four or should I cling to the idea that
what I saw late from him last season can be
(01:28):
what we see this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, maybe a little both. I mean, it's a lot
to ask to have this be your first game back
after an injury. That Baltimore offense is so hard to
deal with. He talked about he feels really good, his
explosion feels really good, but it's still a different thing
getting out their full speed against Lamar and your eyes
just have to be more disciplined than against the normal opponent.
(01:55):
So I don't know that maybe next week against the Giants,
when he could just pen his years back in rush,
Daniel Jones, you might see what you were hoping to
see building on from last year. This is just going
to be kind of a hold onto your butts thing
and just try to try to limit this Ravens offense
and I mean two hundred and twenty rushing yards per game,
(02:16):
and we know what Lamar can do with his arm.
It's good that he's getting back, if for no other reason,
even if he plays average, he takes some of the
workload off of the other guys and especially Sam Hubbard,
and I think that's the really big thing. Plus PJ. Hill,
they're expecting him to get back, So just being able
to have that kind of rotation against this kind of
(02:36):
rushing attack is going to be huge.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
So Trey Hendrickson has been a participant in practice, which
means I guess we expect him to play, But are
we expecting him to take on his normal workload on Sunday?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, I would think so. I think if he can go,
it seems like it's going to be a pain management
thing and not necessarily anything that limited, you know, like
an anchor or a knee would. So I think if
he's out there, you're gonna see you're gonna see pretty
close to a normal load from him. And you know,
(03:09):
Zach said it, it's very painful. But he's a tough
guy and we've seen this. He sometimes he plays his
best games when he's fighting through injuries. They're gonna need
every bit of him on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
So we're fearful of what Derrick Henry could do, and
understandably so. And we have seen firsthand what Lamar Jackson
can do. We saw first hand what Derek Henry can
do last year when they played when they played the
Titans in Nashville. But I don't know, Jay, I'll take
my chances with the offense that I've seen the Bengals
put on the field each of the last couple of weeks,
and to me that conversation, as good as Joe has
(03:41):
been for all the multitude of weapons, as much as
I think Eric All is going to be in Canton
one day, what I'm most encouraged by has been to
play of the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah. Absolutely no sacks last week, fourth time, fourth in
Joe Burrow's career that he's not been sacked in a game,
first since twenty twenty one. And it's it's not just
the pass protection. They are running the ball really well,
and yeah that Zach Moss and Chase Brown get credit
for that, but the offensive line gets a lot of
credit for that too, and they weren't bad. But I
(04:12):
think I Marius Mims has made a huge difference. And
you just bring that guy in and put him on
the on the end, and he's only going to get better.
I mean, as his first career start on Sunday against
Carolina and Orlando Brown's playing maybe the best football his career.
So that is that is the most encouraging part of this.
We've said it for years. You get Joe Burrow, a
(04:32):
decent offensive line, and let's see what this offense can do.
And we're starting to see it. I believe it's twelve
of the last seventeen drives they've scored points. In eight
of those they've scored touchdowns. You're going to need to
keep doing that. You can't have too many drives against
the Ravens without points if you want to win.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
They drafted Eric All for a reason and yet and
I've had fun with it, but it's they just haven't
had many guys like him, like do everything tight ends,
and it's it's obviously very very early, and we'll see
if the way he has played carries forward throughout the
rest of his rookie season. But how eye opening in
the building and even just among you guys has been
(05:08):
what he has done so far in these first four games.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, I mean remember when they drafted him, we talked
about this possibly being a red shirt year. Yeah, he's
coming off the ACL and it has been. And it's
not just what he's done on the field, it's what
Zach said about. They can put as much on his
plate as they want, and he gets it all and
he is just so up to task on everything mentally
(05:35):
and he does everything right technique wise, and that's just
really exciting when you see a guy that's already four
games in his career performing well physically and then knowing
that he's only going to continue to grow and he's
only going to continue to get a bigger role in
this offense. He's been targeted twelve times, he has swell catches.
He hasn't had, you know, the big splash play yet
that's coming. What he's doing in the run game is
(05:58):
just totally transformed this offense. It's allowed them to lean
more into this more of a running game, and it's
just opening things up for Joe where there's just so
many easy completions on every single play and it gets
in with combine that with the way the offensive line
is blocking, he can sit back there, pack the ball
a little more. He doesn't have to go to one
(06:18):
read to recheck it down. He can let things develop.
It's just a just a big, big blush americall big
steel at fourth round pick.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Yeah, no, it it definitely feels like that is James.
So is James your boss? Now?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Uh? Yeah, I guess he technically is. But he's far
from a slave driver. So it's it's been great. It's
been a great first week.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I would I would ask to get paid in cash.
That's that's all I'll tell you.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Well, he did send me a PayPal already today, so
I guess that accounts as cash.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Awesome, man, Well, congrats on on the new gig. Always
love having y'all. Man, Thanks so much, all right, thanks Ma,
Jay Morrison joins us on Thursday. This is a big deal.
He's making history. This has never happened in the history
of this show We've been on for seventeen years. In
the afternoon and in just about ten seconds, Jay is
going to become the first person to ever appear on
this show. Having represented four different media outlets. Is he
(00:21):
is now? He's with our friend James Rapine. He didn't
take James job. Bengals Talk dot Com under the Sports
Illustrated Umbrella at by Jay Morrison on Twitter. Congratulations Jay,
what can I say?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I've got a gypsy soul.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Very good. Congratulations on the new gig. Yeah, it's awesome,
it's very good. And you and he didn't replace James.
That was my first boyd Did Jay do my guy
James dirty? No, you're tag teaming, which is awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
No. When I decided I was leaving PSN, I told
everybody in the media room, and there's obviously a lot
of conversation. James texted me within one minute and said
let's talk. And it came together really quick. And I'm
thrilled to be working with him. I respect him for
a long time and it's great to be his colleague.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Now, yeah, no, it is. It is awesome, all right.
So they're inching, they're inching closer to health. They're inching
closer to health. Jay, you're written about Miles Murphy. Should
I be skeptical that he's going to come in and
make an impact in his first NFL action of twenty
twenty four or should I cling to the idea that
what I saw late from him last season can be
(01:28):
what we see this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, maybe a little both. I mean, it's a lot
to ask to have this be your first game back
after an injury. That Baltimore offense is so hard to
deal with. He talked about he feels really good, his
explosion feels really good, but it's still a different thing
getting out their full speed against Lamar and your eyes
just have to be more disciplined than against the normal opponent.
(01:55):
So I don't know that maybe next week against the Giants,
when he could just pen his years back in rush,
Daniel Jones, you might see what you were hoping to
see building on from last year. This is just going
to be kind of a hold onto your butts thing
and just try to try to limit this Ravens offense
and I mean two hundred and twenty rushing yards per game,
(02:16):
and we know what Lamar can do with his arm.
It's good that he's getting back, if for no other reason,
even if he plays average, he takes some of the
workload off of the other guys and especially Sam Hubbard,
and I think that's the really big thing. Plus PJ. Hill,
they're expecting him to get back, So just being able
to have that kind of rotation against this kind of
(02:36):
rushing attack is going to be huge.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
So Trey Hendrickson has been a participant in practice, which
means I guess we expect him to play, But are
we expecting him to take on his normal workload on Sunday?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, I would think so. I think if he can go,
it seems like it's going to be a pain management
thing and not necessarily anything that limited, you know, like
an anchor or a knee would. So I think if
he's out there, you're gonna see you're gonna see pretty
close to a normal load from him. And you know,
(03:09):
Zach said it, it's very painful. But he's a tough
guy and we've seen this. He sometimes he plays his
best games when he's fighting through injuries. They're gonna need
every bit of him on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
So we're fearful of what Derrick Henry could do, and
understandably so. And we have seen firsthand what Lamar Jackson
can do. We saw first hand what Derek Henry can
do last year when they played when they played the
Titans in Nashville. But I don't know, Jay, I'll take
my chances with the offense that I've seen the Bengals
put on the field each of the last couple of weeks,
and to me that conversation, as good as Joe has
(03:41):
been for all the multitude of weapons, as much as
I think Eric All is going to be in Canton
one day, what I'm most encouraged by has been to
play of the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah. Absolutely no sacks last week, fourth time, fourth in
Joe Burrow's career that he's not been sacked in a game,
first since twenty twenty one. And it's it's not just
the pass protection. They are running the ball really well,
and yeah that Zach Moss and Chase Brown get credit
for that, but the offensive line gets a lot of
credit for that too, and they weren't bad. But I
(04:12):
think I Marius Mims has made a huge difference. And
you just bring that guy in and put him on
the on the end, and he's only going to get better.
I mean, as his first career start on Sunday against
Carolina and Orlando Brown's playing maybe the best football his career.
So that is that is the most encouraging part of this.
We've said it for years. You get Joe Burrow, a
(04:32):
decent offensive line, and let's see what this offense can do.
And we're starting to see it. I believe it's twelve
of the last seventeen drives they've scored points. In eight
of those they've scored touchdowns. You're going to need to
keep doing that. You can't have too many drives against
the Ravens without points if you want to win.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
They drafted Eric All for a reason and yet and
I've had fun with it, but it's they just haven't
had many guys like him, like do everything tight ends,
and it's it's obviously very very early, and we'll see
if the way he has played carries forward throughout the
rest of his rookie season. But how eye opening in
the building and even just among you guys has been
(05:08):
what he has done so far in these first four games.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, I mean remember when they drafted him, we talked
about this possibly being a red shirt year. Yeah, he's
coming off the ACL and it has been. And it's
not just what he's done on the field, it's what
Zach said about. They can put as much on his
plate as they want, and he gets it all and
he is just so up to task on everything mentally
(05:35):
and he does everything right technique wise, and that's just
really exciting when you see a guy that's already four
games in his career performing well physically and then knowing
that he's only going to continue to grow and he's
only going to continue to get a bigger role in
this offense. He's been targeted twelve times, he has swell catches.
He hasn't had, you know, the big splash play yet
that's coming. What he's doing in the run game is
(05:58):
just totally transformed this offense. It's allowed them to lean
more into this more of a running game, and it's
just opening things up for Joe where there's just so
many easy completions on every single play and it gets
in with combine that with the way the offensive line
is blocking, he can sit back there, pack the ball
a little more. He doesn't have to go to one
(06:18):
read to recheck it down. He can let things develop.
It's just a just a big, big blush americall big
steel at fourth round pick.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Yeah, no, it it definitely feels like that is James.
So is James your boss? Now?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Uh? Yeah, I guess he technically is. But he's far
from a slave driver. So it's it's been great. It's
been a great first week.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I would I would ask to get paid in cash.
That's that's all I'll tell you.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Well, he did send me a PayPal already today, so
I guess that accounts as cash.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Awesome, man, Well, congrats on on the new gig. Always
love having y'all. Man, Thanks so much, all right, thanks Ma,
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