Bengals Beat Podcast Live, with Mike Gesicki and Kurt Reiber
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Mina Kimes and Rich Eisen slammed the Cincinnati Bengals‘ defensive effort during the first quarter of Monday night’s NFL preseason game against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
“Watching the Bengals’ defense in that first quarter tonight,” Eisen said on “SportsCenter” to Kimes, “I thought to myself, ‘Trey Hendrickson needs to be paid.'”
“Well, that’s true, he does need to be paid,” Kimes said. “But there’s a saying in football you’ve got to stop the run to have some fun. And Trey Hendrickson doesn’t solve those problems. He’s not playing defensive tackle, he’s not playing linebacker. And watching them get gashed by the Commanders in the first quarter, throughout the game really, it just looks like a lot of the same issues we saw last year. … So yeah, they do need Trey Hendrickson. But unfortunately, it feels like they need so much more, including many points per game from Joe Burrow. I have to think that was going through his head as well. … I think the Bengals’ offense is gonna be fine. The defense is another story.”
“Cincinnati still can’t stop the run, but Washington’s pretty dang good,” former UC Bearcats standout Jason Kelce said at halftime.