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RP Clips: Bengals Slow Out of the Gate

The guys assess the Bengals performance in Week 1 and why it's past time for Joe Burrow to start looking like Joe Burrow. Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts. Follow the guys on Twitter @JamesDKoh and @MattHarmon_BYB. Follow Reception Perception @RecepPerception. Download and Subscribe to the Reception Perception Show anywhere you get your podcasts. Watch segments of the show on YouTube at Matt Harmon!! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Broadcast on:: 13 Sep 2024
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The guys assess the Bengals performance in Week 1 and why it's past time for Joe Burrow to start looking like Joe Burrow.

Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.

Follow the guys on Twitter @JamesDKoh and @MattHarmon_BYB. Follow Reception Perception @RecepPerception. Download and Subscribe to the Reception Perception Show anywhere you get your podcasts.

Watch segments of the show on YouTube at Matt Harmon!!

To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

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Maybe it's the wrist, but I will just say as somebody that picks things up weird sometimes. It just has a weird way of. Okay. I always say I take my walks in the morning with my with my yeti, my cup of coffee. And I'm always like, God, am I holding this thing weird? Like sometimes I hold it down on my side. And like, I don't know. So as a guy who holds things weird, sometimes I felt for bro in this moment. They go. There you go. Hyper analyzing how somebody picks up a Gatorade bottle, man, it's incredible. But no, what did you see from Cincinnati's offense? Though I look, they had they had no T Higgins and T Higgins is still, as we're recording here Wednesday, I don't believe he's practicing even on a Wednesday here, right? So that hamstring injury sounds like it could be troubling and problematic. And there's certainly going to be a lot of conspiracy theories about his contract and whether or not he's actually heard and whether that's fair or not those those accusations and that speculation will certainly come. But just from my past catching standpoint, what did you see here from Andre Yoshi Vos? What did you see here from Kumar Chase? And just the the Cincinnati passengers in general? Well, not great. I did find it interesting. Hey, talk about another thing we got right from this offseason despite not playing any preseason. For the most part, Jamal Chase ran 43% of his rafts from the slot. So more slot usage for all Jamal Chase there, which I think is, is going to be pretty critical. But, you know, him and Yoshi Vos run their most routes on the team. They both get six targets and the ADOT is under seven for both of these guys. Yeah, that's not going to cut it. That's not good. I almost, I almost don't want to talk about the Bengals in week one because they do this every year where they come out flat in the first two weeks in season. Right. It's like, Chase was talking about it after the game where he's like, at some point, like, this is embarrassing. We got to stop doing this. It's like, yeah, for sure. Correct. Good, good. I agree. But, yeah, I, I was super, I think the least impressive unit of the four in that game, you know, Bengals offense, Bengals defense, Patriots offense, Patriots defense, easily the Bengals defense. Mike, they just got pushed around all game by Romandre Stevenson and offensive line that people were pissing their pants about in prison. Sure. Well, they can't play but trick me behind this is worse offensive line ever. Well, that offensive line, they're especially centered to right tackle moved people in the ground game and, and Romandre Stevenson made them pay for it. So, um, that's pretty concerning Bengals defense, but from a Bengals offense perspective, you know, burrow, I think was just really quick to like pass up throws down the field and, and check it down and get rid of the ball. Uh, hopefully it looks better than that going forward because that is not going to cut it. No, that was, it was a very strange offensive output here for the Cincinnati Bengals. And, and I know that the, the, you know, look, new England's getting a little healthier with Christian Gonzalez and stuff like that. So there, obviously their defense is going to be better, uh, than it was last year, but still though for the Bengals to put up 10 points and the way they did it too, you know, super hyper conservative. I mean, they weren't testing the boundaries. They weren't testing anything downfield. It was tough. Um, to me, it was a tough watch and I'm just like, what is this team that I'm watching? This does not look like the Bengals to me, you know, I mean, we're talking about a team that we're previously, I said, this is a team that plays 1990 style football. You've got, you know, two dominant guys on the outside and they're just going to go try to win downfield and let's just see if they could do it. You know, that's, that's the way they play. Now all of a sudden you've got Jamar Chase, you know, running a bunch of these little baby slot routes, like what's going on? What's going on? I don't, I didn't recognize this offense, man. And, um, and maybe there is something to that. The fact that they've got that coordinator change. Yeah, maybe there's something to that. I think we also just have to be honest with the way that Joe Burrow, whether it's injuries or not, the way Joe Burrow has played for the vast majority of the last, you know, calendar year, uh, because he started off the season extremely poor, probably because of the calf injury. Right. Uh, he had the game against the Cardinals in 2023, which was kind of the first sign of a turnaround, but, you know, it was still like a lot of under seven yards in attempt, uh, a lot of getting it out quick and everything. It really wasn't until the 49ers gaming, like honestly that 49ers game in week eight is by far the best game he's played over the last, uh, probably, I would say two seasons, the bills game right after that, uh, was extremely strong as well. 134.8 pass rating and then 108.9 pass rating. And then, um, you know, two losses. Obviously he goes out against the, the Ravens on Thursday night and that's it. Like, so the, for the vast majority of what we've seen out of burrow on the field in the last year has not been the quarterback that he is regarded as. Can you get back to that? I don't know, but you know, this is the, we do this with quarterbacks. Sometimes it's like, let's, we keep imagining the thing that we knew just where we're at with burrow right now is I need to see it. I need to see him put together, uh, a consistent stretch of games to get him back up into that stratosphere. If that makes sense, I believe you can do it, but I do need to see it. Hey, it's Tiki Barber. Getting ready for game day looks a lot different for me now, but the one thing I look forward to most these days are my snacks. My favorite is buffalo chicken dip. And the best way to make it is with some best foods, real mayonnaise. Best foods mayonnaise is the secret to bring out the rich and creamy taste in all of your game day dishes. So give it a try and may your game day be delicious with best foods, real mayonnaise. Shop at your local Walmart program or grocery store and add some extra deliciousness to to your game day dishes this football season.