Cincinnati Bengals offense looked 'lost' in Week 1 vs. Patriots | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

COME, UH, COVERAGE STARTS AT 7 EASTERN WHERE YOU CAN SEE ANDREW WHITWORTH, 16 SEASONS AS AN OFFENSIVE TACKLE. IN THE NFL SUPER BOWL CHAMP WITH RAMS, 4-TIME PRO BOWLER, JOINS US ON THE PROGRAM, HOW YOU FOOTBALL'S BACK BABY, LET'S GO. OKAY, EXPLAIN YOUR FORMER TEAM HOSTING THE PATRIOTS YESTERDAY AND LOSING AT HOME. YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO START THERE, HUH? JUST JUST DIG DIG. DIG IN THE KNIFE A LITTLE BIT. I YOU KNOW, I WAS HEARTBROKEN YESTERDAY. I WAS SO EXCITED. I THOUGHT JOE BURROWS HAD. OH CAMP LONG. NOW WE'RE GONNA FINALLY GET TO SEE THIS CINCINNATI TEAM COME OUT THE GATES BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE REALLY STRUGGLED SEASON, REALLY SLOW THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH HE'S BEEN OUT A LOT AND TRAINING CAMP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS AND MAN UH THEY LOOK LIKE A TEAM HONESTLY THAT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET CONTRACTS DONE WITH THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE OFFENSE LOOKED LIKE. THEY LOOKED A LITTLE LOST UH EXECUTION WAS BAD BUT BAD BALL SECURITY UH JUST UNFORTUNATELY UH THAT. WANT TO START IT. AND AND I DON'T I THINK DIFFERENT THIS A LOT OF THESE GUYS HAVE MISSED TIME NOW. T, HIGGINS IS INJURED JAMAAR. CHASE HAS MISSED ALL OF CAMP. UM THEY'VE GOT TO GET GOING AND THEY GOT TO GET GOING FAST. I'M WATCHING MATTHEW STAFFORD LAST NIGHT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, YOUR FORMER QUARTERBACK AND IT'S AND IT'S STRANGE. HE'S HAD REBIRTH. YOUNGER QUARTERBACKS ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW GREAT HE WAS, AND YOU KNOW THAT CJ STROUD WANTS TO BE LIKE HIM, CALEB WILLIAMS WANTS TO BE LIKE HIM, WHAT WAS STAFFORD LIKE THOUGH IN THE HUDDLE COMPARED TO OTHER QUARTER? LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT AND AND HAVE WE TAKEN HIM FOR GRANTED MAYBE DURING HIS CAREER? I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE THE LAST THING YOU SAID THERE IS REALLY TOP OF MIND TO ME. I THINK WE'VE TAKEN FOR GRANTED HOW SPECIAL THIS GUY IS HOW, YOU KNOW, BACK. HE HAS AS A QUARTERBACK MAN HE'S 1 OF THE RAREST AND AND I THINK THAT IN YOU TALK ABOUT BEING IN A HUDDLE, I'VE ALWAYS SAID DAN TO ME, HE WAS LIKE, UH, HE'S LIKE JOHN WAYNE. HE'S, HE'S, HE'S THE BAD COWBOY, DUDE? WHO YOU'RE JUST LIKE, NEVER SAYS A WORD. I DON'T CARE IF YOU GET HIM, HIT, I DON'T CARE IF 3 PEOPLE HIT HIM. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. YOU LOOK AT HIM LAST NIGHT. THEY ARE HITTING HIM EVERY SINGLE SNAP SOMEHOW, HE'S ABLE TO GET TO COOPER. KUPP SOMEHOW, HE'S ABLE TO FIND A RECEIVER, DOWN THE FIELD. UH, EVERY PLAY. I'M GOIN, MAN. WHAT A GREAT COMPLETION? IS MATTHEW STILL ALIVE? UH, LET'S JUST PAN THE CAMERA BACK OVER HERE BUT HE NEVER SAYS A WORD. YOU NEVER HEAR HIM SAY A THING AND AND BUT ALL HE DOES IS WALK IN THE HUDDLE AND SAY HEY BOYS, LET'S GO GET 1 RIGHT HERE, HE'S JUST STONE COLD THAT YOU BACK, HE HAS AS A QUARTERBACK HIS TOUGHNESS, THEY BACK, HE HAS AS A QUARTERBACK THAT HE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH OR, OR DO ON A FOOTBALL FIELD, UH, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO OUTWORK EVERYBODY, HE'S GOING TO BE THE TOUGHEST SON OF A GUN IN THE HUDDLE. UH, I LOT. A LOT OF INSPIRATION TO PLAY FOR HIM. BY THE WAY, HE CARRIES HIMSELF AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE REBIRTH. HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MOVING TO LA FROM THE MIDWEST. I KNOW IT. WELL, UH, THAT JUST GIVES YOU A LOT OF ENERGY AND AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDE. HEY, MAYBE I GO A LITTLE LONGER THAN I THOUGHT AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT IN MATTHEW STAFFORD WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SEAN MCVAY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR HIM IN LA. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU GET YELLED AT IN THE HUDDLE WITH OTHER QUARTERBACKS? WELL, YOU DON'T GET YELLED AT MUCH BUT YOU MAY HEAR LIKE, HEY GUYS, WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT PROTECTION? OR OR, YOU KNOW, MAN, YOU MAY HEAR A LITTLE COMPLAINT HERE OR THERE ABOUT THE PROTECTION AND, AND NEEDING TIME WITH STAFFORD. IT WAS ALWAYS JUST I'LL FIND A WAY AND AND HE'LL NEVER SAY A WORD TO YOU ABOUT IT. HE WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? HEY, YOU'D BE LIKE, HEY MAN, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, I'M FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT 1, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE NO EMOTION ABOUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, HIS FIRE AND HIS ATTITUDE IS SOMETHING YOU FED OFF OF THAT. HE WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT A SINGLE SITUATION. UH AND AND EVEN NOT NECESSARILY IN THE HUDDLE, BUT AROUND THE BUILDING OR 2 IN A ROOM, YOU WOULDN'T HEAR HIM EVER TALK ABOUT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IT WAS ALWAYS DEMANDING MORE OF HIMSELF AND I THINK THAT IN TURN MAKES YOU WANT TO PLAY BETTER, WOULD YOU RATHER BLOCK FOR SOMEONE LIKE MATTHEW STAFFORD OR SOMEONE LIKE JOSH ALLEN? LISTEN, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT REALLY GOES DOWN. YOU, YOU, I HAVE THIS TALK ALL THE TIME. YOU'VE BEEN PATRICK MAHOMES, RIGHT? HE DOES A GREAT JOB AVOIDING SACKS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT THEY ALSO MOVE AROUND A LOT IN THE POCKET OR HOLD IT AT TIMES TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, LIKE HEY IF YOU'RE YOU'RE A LEFT TACKLE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE AND PROTECTING THE QUARTERBACK YOU'RE GOING TO OCCASIONALLY HAVE PRESSURES OR HITS ON THE QUARTERBACK THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH YOU. YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE YOUR JOB BUT THEN THEY GO TO EXTEND THE PLAY AND THERE'S JUST ONLY SO LONG YOU CAN HOLD A BLOCK AND SO IT STARTS TO BECOME A THING OF. HEY, IS THIS ABOUT US WINNING OR IS THIS ABOUT ME HAVING THE BEST PLATT? PASS BLOCKING EFFICIENCY RATE POSSIBLE, RIGHT? SO I I THINK WHENEVER THOSE GUYS DO ALL THAT THEN AND AND YOU WIN, UH, I I THINK IT'S HEY, THAT'S GREAT BUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE WINNING, IT MAY NOT BE LEADING TO SUCCESS. I CAN SEE WHERE THAT STARTS TO BECOME AN ISSUE. YOU PROBABLY FOR SOME TACKLES OUT THERE THAT HOLD THEMSELVES IN THAT THAT ESTEEM THAT THEY SAY, HEY I I WANT TO BE THE BEST AND, AND UH, I WANT US TO HAVE THE MOST EFFICIENT OFF, OFFENSIVE POSSIBLE. I THINK MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT HIM RUNNING AROUND, BUT HEY, WHEN THOSE LEAD TO W'S AND THEY LEAD TO TOUCHDOWNS, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT POINT OF EMPHASIS WITH TACKLES BACK A LITTLE BIT TRYING TO GET BACK, YOU KNOW, FURTHER PROTECTING THE QUARTERBACK HERE, UH, IS THIS GOOD? I MEAN, SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON TACKLES WHO AREN'T LINED UP, MAYBE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT THAT BIG OF A FOCUS UH FOR ME BUT I, YOU KNOW, I LISTEN HAVEN PLAYING TACKLE. I THINK IT'S A SILLY THING BECAUSE IT'S 1 OF THOSE THINGS THAT UM YOU LOOK AT IT, REALLY, IT'S ABOUT THEIR FEET BEING IN ALIGNMENT. WE, WE KIND OF DEVELOPED THIS BELT THING AND IT HAD A LOT MORE TO DO WITH GUYS, IN 3-POINT STANCES. AND SO WHEN YOU WERE DOWN IN A STANCE YOU COULDN'T BACK UP TO GET AN ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO REACH DEFENSIVE ENDS, TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE LINEMAN BECAUSE YOU WERE BACKED OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE STANDING IN THE PASS BLOCKING STANCE. UH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOUR FEET ARE, EVEN WITH THE CENTERS OR SOMEWHERE IN LINE, YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING ZERO ADVANTAGE. SO FOR US TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR HELMET ALIGNMENT, LIKE YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE SNAPS WITH RONNIE STANLEY, LIKE HIS FEET ARE IN DIRECT LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT OF HOW HE STANDS. STANCE. UH, I JUST FOR ME I HATE POINTS OF EMPHASIS. I THINK THAT'S A SILLY THING TO TALK ABOUT. LIKE I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN IF RULES ARE RULES, THEN, ENFORCED RULES. AND IF IF THEY'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW WE HAVE RULES AND NOW 1 RULES, MORE EMPHASIZED THAN ANOTHER RULE, UH, I THINK THAT'S A SILLY THING. LIKE, LET'S JUST HAVE A RULES AND ESTABLISHMENTS OF CONDUCT IS HOW PENALTIES ARE GOING TO BE CALLED FOR EVERY PENALTY AND AND THERE ARE NO SUCH THING AS EMPHASIZING A RULE. UH, I JUST THINK THAT GETS TO BE SILLY BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CALL IT. AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE ESSENCE OF WHY THERE'S PENALTIES AND RULES. UH, THEREFORE YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THERE'S A FRACTION IF CALL IT. ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS PICK FOR YOU, SUPER BOWL THE RAMS VERSUS THE BENGALS. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUPER BOWL PICK? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANOTHER SUPER BOWL PICK AS MUCH AS BASED OFF OF TONIGHT. I THINK YOU'LL TELL US YOU KNOW, REALLY? WE GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THE NINERS JETS. UH, THERE'S NOTHING FROM WEEK 1. RIGHT NOW THAT DOESN'T TELL ME THAT THIS MIGHT NOT POSSIBLY BE A REMATCH OF THE LAST SUPER BOWL WE HAD, AND I STILL THINK THE 49ERS ARE GOING TO BE 1 OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE NFC. AND THE CHIEFS AS OF RIGHT NOW. AFTER WEEK, 1 WATCHING THAT WEEK, UH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT TELLS ME THE 3 PETE IS NOT POSSIBLE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU EXPECT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADVERSITY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE AT SOME POINT. UH BUT RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, AFTER WEEK 1, I THINK THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE REPRESENTING THE AFC AND I STILL FEEL STRONG THAT THIS MAY BE A REMATCH FROM LAST YEAR'S SUPER BOWL. OKAY, LET'S PLAY THE ANDREW WHITWORTH. MAX BENCH, PRESS 1, REP EVER, OKAY, TODD, I'LL START WITH YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, ANDREWS. MAX BEEN SPRINT, 1, REP. 430 POUNDS 430 SATIN. I'M GOING 475 475. ALL RIGHT. MARVIN 450 PAULIE. I'M GONNA GO FOR 7 5. 1. CLOSE. UH, I WAS ACTUALLY AT 495 THAT WAS THE COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LIFT THAT HEAVY IN THE NFL ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET HURT. BUT IN COLLEGE, I THINK I HIT 495 FOR 1. WAIT, YOU GOT TO PUT 5 REALLY CLOSE. YOU'RE GONNA PUT 5 MORE POUNDS ON. YOU GOT TO DO 500. YOU KNOW, I GOT THE HEY LISTEN THIS LONG REACH RIGHT HERE, DANO THESE, THESE 37 INCH ARMS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY THE BEST BENCH PRESSER BUT, YOU KNOW, I THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO 495. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS UH THE STRENGTH COACH WAS LIKE, THAT'S IT, WE'RE NOT TRYING ANYMORE. UH, SO I I BARELY GOT IT THERE AND IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF FOR THE BAR TO MOVE ALL THE WAY UP, BUT I GOT IT THERE, THAT'S ALL IT YOU'VE EVER SEEN. WAS LIFTED BY WHO, HOW MUCH OH MAN IN COLLEGE. THERE WAS WE HAD SOME GREAT LIFTERS UM YOU KNOW, BUT I I WOULD PROBABLY SAY HONESTLY 1 OF THE STRONGEST GUYS I'VE EVER SEEN AS FAR AS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SIZE WEIGHT RATIO. UH, YOU KNOW, AARON DONALD, I MEAN LITERALLY YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE'S GREAT AT EVERYTHING BUT I KNOW IT SHOCKS EVERYBODY TO THINK THAT HE'S REALLY POWERFUL AS WELL AND THE WEIGHT ROOM BUT UH, DUDE WAS CRAZY STRONG. I MEAN, WHAT HE COULD MOVE ON A BENCH, PRESS BAR AT HIS WEIGHT IS UH, PRETTY INSANE, THAT'S FOR SURE. 500, OH, EASILY. I MEAN, I THINK HE WORKED OUT WITH 405 OR 445 FOR REPS AT 5 AND 6 AND 7, I MEAN, THAT GUY WAS CRAZY POWERFUL SO YEAH, HE CAN DEFINITELY HIT 500. THAT'S NO DOUBT YOU DON'T SEE HIM COMING BACK. I DON'T HE LOOKS PRETTY COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, KNOWING ADD LISTEN, HE'S LIVING IN LA. UH, THE CAREER. HE HAD LISTENED, WE'RE ABOUT TO WE'RE MORE LIKELY, PROBABLY TO SEE HIM ON A MOVIE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A DOCUMENTARY A SHOW. UH YOU KNOW WHAT 80 IS THE MAN. HE HE'S HE'S ACCOMPLISHED AT ALL. HE'S HAVING FUN, RAISING HIS KIDS AND AND ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS WIFE. ERICA? GOOD TO TALK TO YOU, WE'LL TALK TO YOU DURING THE SEASON. HAVE FUN ON THURSDAYS. LOOK FORWARD TO IT MAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANDREW WHITWORTH. AMAZON PRIME VIDEO NFL ANALYST AND THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, IT'LL BE BUFFALO A