I believe hunting in the Great American. A great Bengals victory last night,
very easy victory for our beloved Bengals, very easy victory. Every time Joe
Burrow went down, I was holding my breath. But nonetheless, they have
a short weekend. I'm ready for Tennessee and then Arizona and then Seattle.
A man with all the answers. And by the way, the Reds kick
it off at five ten to night of two in Cleveland, fighting for the
Ohio Cup. It's in the balance. They have to win both games and
then out to Saint Louis for three. And there's still a heartbeat. According
to the USA Today Today, the Reds of eight percent chance of getting of
the playoffs playoffs an eight percent chance. Once again, the Great Dan Horde,
the voice of your Bengals. Welcome to the Bill Cunningham Show, and
I'll tell you what Dan on this glorious Tuesday afternoon. I'm feeling good.
It's skyline time. It's not too bad. However, should I feel as
good as I feel? Or should I feel as bad as I felt?
Should I feel good? Should I feel bad? Should I feel somewhere in
between? What should I feel? Really you should feel fancast. It's the
fun is shining. Joe Burrow still has two calves. The Bengals have their
first win of the season. I don't know if I agree with the description
of it as being easy, but who cares. They got the job done.
It was Willis Reid in the NBA Finals. It was Michael Jordan in
the Flu game. It was Carrie Struck sticking the landing with an injured ankle.
It was Tiger Woods winning the US Open with a broken leg. It
was Kurt Schilling with the bloody sock. Joe Burrow answered the bell. I
don't know if I was thrilled at the time that he decided to play,
but I admire his toughness. And the best news of all is it after
the game he said he didn't tweak it at all. It felt better after
this game than it did after last week's game against the Ravens. On we
go to Tennessee looking to get to two and two. Well, two and
two would be I think in the first place of they won zero and three.
I always say, compared to what somebody says, vote for this person,
vote for that person, I said, compared to what imagine sitting here
at twelve ten pm on Tuesday afternoon, and the Bengals are zero and three,
and last night Joe Burrow said, look, this was almost a do
or die game and that if we win zero and three it's possible to recover,
but not really. And so going back yesterday afternoon, did you know
ahead of time before seven or eight pm what was going to happen with a
kickoff? And Joe Burrow I learned sometime yesterday that he was expected to play.
Joe did a pretty aggressive workout earlier in the day, which isn't the
norm on the day of a game, but obviously under his circumstances, they
wanted to give it one more test. Normally before a game, he goes
out a couple hours before kickoff and does a pretty rigorous workout in the pregame
warm ups before the rest of the guys are out there. In this case,
he did it earlier in the day. He passed every test in that
workout, so at that point they knew he was good to go. But
it's kind of funny because not all of his teammates knew that he was good
to go. Jamar Chase walked out onto the field at like six pm,
two hours before kickoff. Burrow is sitting on the bench. Chase sat down
next to him. Burrow said he was going to play. Chase said,
don't. He shouldn't meet Jamark. Chase is the one guy who keeps telling
Joe Burrow, don't play. Wait as long as it takes until there's no
chance of reinjuring yourself. But there are a lot of smart people that Joe
consulted with on this, and they told him he wasn't at any real,
you know, significant risk of re injuring it just from playing. So they
made the decision to go ahead and play, and then thankfully it all worked
out. And Jamar Chase said perhaps his great as game as a Bengal.
They were comparing it to one of the great games ever played on Monday Night
Football by any wide receiver. And te Higgins had a terrible game. He
had some difficulties with cramps. But would you say that Jamar Chase game was
the best he's ever played as a Bengal. I wouldn't say that, Willie,
because he had that game two years ago late in the season against Kansas
City where he had eleven catches for two hundred and sixty six yards. That
is the single game record for the Bengals for receiving yards. Now, his
twelve catches were one short of the team record of thirteen held by Carl Pickens.
But on the list of great games by Chase and there have been many,
I still have that Kansas City game from twenty twenty one at the top
of the list, and Burrow through fifteen passes to Chase and he caught twelve
or fifteen. There was one or two that were overthrowsn uncatchable for about one
hundred and forty one yards, which was spectacular. Now let's talk about the
defense. It was unbelievable. I think I don't know how good the Rams
are going to be this year. They're won and two last year there were
I think they won five games last year, having beaten the Bengals because of
a referees call at the end of the game against Zach Wilson. But nonetheless,
I go back in time, how good are the Los Angeles Rams.
Their offense is really good, Willie. I don't know if their team top
to bottom is great, but in the first two games of the season,
their offense went up and down the field against two good defenses Seattle in Seattle
and San Francisco last week. The forty nine Ers might be the best team
in the NFL. I think they are. Their defense is great, and
the Rams had no trouble moving the ball against San Francisco. They outgained the
forty nine Ers, even though San Francisco won that game by a touchdown.
The Bengals are the one team this year. Now again, it's three weeks.
It's a relatively small sample size, but the only team this year to
shut down that Rams offense, and they thoroughly dominated the game. The Rams
did not convert a third down until their last one of the night. Chick
sacks ten quarterback hits, two more sacks that didn't count because of penalties.
It was one of the best defensive performances the Bengals have ever had since flew
Anarumo has been the defensive coordinator. According to Tony Bender, Joe Burrow should
not have played. They should have rested him last night. You put in
mccaren or you put you put in Jake Browning or whatever, because you got
a good defense. Evan became Moneymac once again missed the first field goal,
then one, and made four in a Row. I think he made two
hundred yards and field goals and some of them. Some of the smart money
said, you know what, don't play take off, But I contend,
Look, it's been more than six weeks. In fact, eight weeks.
He heard he tweaked his calf on July twenty seven. We're about eight or
nine weeks later, and at some point you gotta let it rip unless there's
out achilles difficulty. Some of the experts. Dan Horde said last night,
Look, he's got a bad calf, which is bad if you're an Adams
County farmer, but for a football player, it's even worse. And he
could tear his achilles because take a look at Aaron Rodgers. So where did
Dan Horde stand on that issue? Rest him, don't rest him, play
him, don't play him. What do you do with a twenty six year
old worth a quarter of a billion dollars. You trust Joe Burrow and you
trust the medical staff, and I'm sure they said there's no connection to a
strained calf and the possibility of tearing the achilles. Yesterday was exactly sixty days
since he suffered that strained cast. So there has been a lot of time
for recovery, and it's not like it went back to square one in the
Baltimore game. He tweeked it it's unfortunate that that happened. He obviously experienced
some pain, but by the end of the week he felt much better.
It is funny, though, Willie. When I watched Joe Burrow go out
to practice on Thursday last week, which was the first day that they practiced
before a Monday night game, I said, no way, he's not going
to play. He was not moving well. He did nothing in that practice.
He didn't even jog in the pregame warmups or i'm sorry, the pre
practice warmups. But he said it started to feel better on Friday, got
a little bit better on Saturday, and by Sunday, Joe Burrow said,
I knew I would be able to play, So you got to trust him.
You got to trust your doctors. And like you said, it wasn't
like this happened a week ago. It's been a couple of months basically,
and they needed to win at oh and two. So from credit, he's
tough, he's gutsy, and he wanted to be there for his guys,
and he knew the importance he weighed the risk of future injury against an Owen
three record. What did Mike Brown say to Joe Burrow in the golf cart.
I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet it was something along
the lines of, Joe, we admire your toughness, but we need you
to be honest. You are the franchise. We don't want you to play
if you think it's risky, and as much as we admire your willingness to
go out there no matter what, we want you to know that all we
really care about is your long term health. I would suspect Mike said something
pretty similar to that. Any truth to the rumors that Taylor Swift was in
a box somewhere at pay Course Stadium looking at Joe Burrow, who's not yet
married, is that true? Is no truth to that because she's been cavorting
with four M Bearcat Travis Kelsey. I'll say this based on what we know
about Joe Burrow. I don't think Joe Burrow would want anything to do with
the spotlight that would go to dating Taylor Swift, as much as he might
like her music and think that she's a lovely woman. Travis Kelsey on the
other hand, nobody loves the spotlight more than that guy. He's amazing.
I saw yesterday that sales at his jersey went up four hundred percent after Taylor
Swift was seen in the luxury box at Kansas City on Sunday. Four hundred
percent, Willie, I think Kelsey gets a cut of those jersey sales,
so that's great marketing. Did you have much a relationship with Travis Kelsey when
he was here playing for UC, because of course I was here, but
I vaguely recall the guy, and I'm thinking, you know, he wasn't
okay. He came here as I think a quarterback or a running back became
a tight end. Did you have any relationship with him when he was here
playing for the Bearcats. I did. I wouldn't say a super close relationship,
but I obviously interviewed him many times. I think we probably had more
of a friendly relationship. Since his career ended, I've seen him at some
UC functions. He's been a great ambassador for UC athletics and man a first
ballot Hall of Famer. It's really interesting right now. You could make the
case, Willie, that there are three former Bearcats who are the best player
at their position in the NFL. Travis Kelsey, his brother Jason Kelsey,
who's the best center in the NFL. And Sas Gardner, who might be
the best cornerback in the NFL. That's pretty amazing for UC to have three
guys who could very well be the best player at that at their position in
the entire league. And Taylor Swift did play. I mean, she's sang
at paid court. Did you go see her at that point? I know,
I had two tickets I game away to a couple of girls. They
wanted to see her a lot more than I want. So you went there,
So there's something. There is a relationship between you and Taylor Swift.
You went to the concert, well, if you want to put it that
way. If you want to put it that way, Willie, I will
say this, I went. It was great, but I do think of
the sixty thousand plus in attendance, I knew the least number of her songs
of anybody there. I wanted to go to see the spectacle. You know,
when somebody like that performs in your town. I always want to see
the greats perform in person, whether it's sports, music, acting, whatever.
If I have the opportunity, so I went, I enjoyed it,
and now maybe I know three of her songs instead of one. Will there
be one about Travis Kelsey in about six months? You know, she does
have that reputation for the bad breakup song, So I hope Travis behaves well.
If things do not go well long term, well we'll see what occurs.
But do you hit bracelets? Did you stand up? Did you sway?
Did you sing well? What happened? How would you rate then?
How would you rate the con cert? I enjoyed the concert. I did
get a Who Day Friendship bracelet, which I have not worn. Said,
I did wear at the concert that night, an orange and black Who Day
Friendship bracelet. I did not sing because, like I said, I didn't
know the words to the songs, but it was fun. I'm glad,
I went. I'm not sure I would pay that ticket price to see her
a second time, but like I said, I like to see the greats
perform in person whenever possible, and I'm glad I had that opportunity with her.
Was Dave Lapham with you? I'd like to see you two up there
with the Taylor Swift bracelet. I mean you have to turn in your main
card, I think, But was Lapham with you? Lap with not with
me that night? I don't know if a Lap and his lovely wife Lynn
attended either of the Taylor Swift shows. I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
I know they liked to go to concerts at River Bend. So I
have to check with Lap when I see him later today. Now, lastly,
of course, this past week was a long week. This coming this
week is a short one breakdown the Tennessee Titans, who got way laid by
the Cleveland Browns. Break it down. Here's what you need to know about
Tennessee based on that Cleveland game last Sunday, Willie, they had more punts
than first downs Devin punts, six first downs ninety four yards of offense,
which is anemic by NFL standards. Now, the Browns defense has a lot
to do with that. They have been some nominal in the first three games
of the year. It obviously began with the Bengals an opening day and their
defense played well and their loss to the Steelers, but the offense gave up
two touchdowns that were scored by the Steelers defense, but still six first downs
in a game, ninety four yards in a game. Their offense isn't very
good. Ryan Tannehill seems to have regressed a little bit since Arthur Smith is
no longer their offensive coordinator. I think the Bengals defense should fare pre pretty
well this Sunday. You've got to shut down the King Derrick Henry. But
assuming they can do a reasonably good job there, let's see if the offense
can get it cooking a little bit better than it's been through three weeks.
And it's so, I think the Bengals even the record at two and two.
One of the classic moments is when Travis Kelsey, holding the hand of
Taylor Swift, walks out of the Kansas City locker room and jumps into his
convertible and they almost like Barbie style, they pull away from the stadium waving
to people and they're convertible with Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift. That was the
best. I will see what happens. But Dan Horde, thank you very
much and a great call with you in the LAP and talk to the Lap
about Taylor Swift and get some analysis. You got it, Willie, thanks
for having me on. Always a pleasure. God bless America. Thank you
very much. Dan Hoard, the voice of your Bengals. Classic moment.
I don't know what the hell Travis Kelsey was wearing. The suit looks ridiculous,
but she is wearing a Kansas City pull over. They get into his
convertible outside of Arrowhead and everyone is cheering and they wave as they pull off,
and it was it was the moment I think of the weekend. Let
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