05-09-2022, 03:07 PM
(05-09-2022, 02:16 PM)fredtoast Wrote: What exactly did Anderson claim to see that was evidence of this "culture and/or chemistry"? I'd really like to hear that.
Cordy Glenn refusing to play after the doctors cleared him?
John Ross asking for a trade?
AJ Green giving his all to return from injury?
The teams reaction to the benching of Andy Dalton?
Lou Anarumo being "unapproachable"?
Jim Turner using abusive language in the players?
What exactly did Anderson see and how much access did he have to the Bengals locker room to see this stuff?
“If I can share a story with you, this goes back to 2019—Bengals win two games that year,” Anderson recounted. “About three quarters of the way through the season, they go to London, and I happen to be at that game. So, they practice on Thursday in Cincinnati, get on a plane, fly all night, go to London, go to the hotel, drop my (and their) bags off. ‘Okay—let’s go practice’. It’s rainy, it’s drizzly, it’s cold in London...”
“I mean, I’ve been on good teams where you go through something like that and just go through the motions of a practice just to get it over with,” he continued. “It was one of the most spirited, well-executed practices I’ve ever seen. I said: ‘These guys buy into what Zac Taylor is saying.’ He’s got the pulse of this team, he’s created a culture and I think the players contribute to that culture. I said they hold each other accountable...so that locker room is a good locker room, and they have great leadership.”
