get to the Super Bowl
and it's a good, it's a good test for both but it's good to
see Joe burrow out there and I know again, you know, in our
perfect world.
I mean,
and the perfect world of fandom. And the AFC, I mean,
what do we want to see in the final four in divisional round?
I mean
Mahomes Allen Borough Herbert is that like, you know, is that
is that the for that? We'd love to see. And there and go don't
like okay, Clash of the Titans, which one of these freaky
He quarterbacks is going to get it done,
so it's good to see burrow back out there and hopefully he can,
you know, regain his form here in a hurry,
we don't see Rams on the schedule. They do play
the Buccaneers though. That's right. That's right. And I've
see South but that that that will be a great matchup when we
get to Tom Brady and Joe Borough. But Borough obviously
one of the best right
now in the NFL here he is
from yesterday talking about adjusting to
a new offensive line and what this version of the bill.
Offense, does best.
I would say just communication getting
building that Rapport and that language up front
in the heat of battle,
understanding, you know, everyone else's language and
communication. That's the biggest part.
I think
we run the ball really well. We got to get better and play
action and then our drop back passes.
And I think what we do best with our guys in the outside,
there's a lot of talk about like the Shanahan offensive
move a offense. What do you think two things characteristic
to the Zach Taylor offense?
Throw to our horses on the outside really far down the field.
And that's what they do. It's not funny. It's what they do.
I know when you have Jamar Chase and T, Higgins and Company
you you can do that. And
and this is year two. I mean, last year, it was
smack everyone in the face with what the Bengals can do. And
now we expect to be entertained by that offense, right out of
the gates and to see what they'll do. And having
the Steelers come to town
and with Mike Tomlin and Brian floor, as you know, that they
won't have something cooked up. No doubt, they will have spent
plenty of time.
Throughout the offseason. Once they saw what the schedule is,
they know they go to Cincinnati right out of the gates
and they will be probing for weaknesses and flaws. They'll
be testing that new offensive line. They'll be testing and
they'll get physical you know the Steelers answer. And this
isn't some secret, their answer for dealing with any phenomenon
in the NFL. When there's a great new thing, a great new
player. I remember what they did to our G3 is head-ons go get
get really physically from and that's what Mike Tomlin.
You're going to do,
no question. I mean,
you know, you talked about you know, just the schedule for
the bills and you're right. This has it's a wake-up call for
Cincinnati to know. You got to be ready week one. Not only
the mental gymnastics that you referred to
Tom when Brian Flores the defense and general
creative blitzberg does a lot of different stuff
but yeah, they're they're famous for being physical. You
know, we've discussed this in the past where I've gone around
to training camps and teams that were going to
play the Steelers early in the year
and then The coaches all asked about, oh, you were in
Pittsburgh, you're in Pittsburgh with a hit and where
they tackling, how do they look, you know, they like
really
ready, you know, so they have a stigma around them
and, you know, I do think your point with Brian Flores,
you know, even brings it to another level, just watching
preseason football, so far, him yelling on the sidelines. Like
a psycho, like I'd have a hard time thinking those linebackers
aren't going to be,
you know, a hair more physical than, in years past. So we'll
see what it where it goes. But But
I think the encouraging thing for The Bangles and Joe burrow is
they go to the Super Bowl last year
and really Mike, I mean I don't know you correct me. I mean
the first six, eight, ten weeks, I think they were still kind of
getting their feet underneath them. Joe Borough was still
getting healthy,
you know. So I think they're still like on an upward path of
like, Hey, we're Super Bowl. That's not like a plateau where
we're going to fall off here.
It's a jump-off point and then you add in the offense of line,
and the fact that he might Protected more. And now they
might have a running game and now you have to go.
Whoa, you know we got to get a safety down there and then like
to what you said, it's a reality. They got guys that are
freaks on the outside
and that's where they can be dangerous. And,
you know, I think we all want to see them be dangerous
because we like Joe burrow and you're marked a Chase. And
that's big play bangle style, football.
Yeah, Joe Mixon still has the ability to take over a game. If
they need him to, they just didn't need him to do it very
often last year because they could keep that passing game
going, pretty much against anyone.
And everyone in the course, if there's one demon to exercise
for the Bengals, this year, it is that lingering frustration
from mixing as to why he wasn't on the field in the final drive
of the Super Bowl.