Bengals off-the-field moment makes big play vs Falcons even more epic
If you didn't absolutely love Ted Karras before, you better love him now. The Cincinnati Bengals' offensive lineman is one very cool dude. Where to start? How about the fact that he called the first touchdown play of the game on Sunday? That's right. That 60-yard bomb between Joe Burrow and Tyler Boyd? That was […]
If you didn't absolutely love Ted Karras before, you better love him now. The Cincinnati Bengals' offensive lineman is one very cool dude. Where to start?
How about the fact that he called the first touchdown play of the game on Sunday? That's right. That 60-yard bomb between Joe Burrow and Tyler Boyd?
That was Ted Karras at work. He did the heavy lifting. According to Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, the offensive lineman was invited to the quarterback's meeting on Saturday night. In it, following an apparent Saturday Night tradition for the Beng
"They all pick a play to what might be the first score and I picked that one. I'm glad it came to fruition," said Karras postgame.
In an interview for The Athletic, offensive coordinator Brian Callahan explained the Bengals were trying to get that play in during a first down considering the Falcons play a lot of Cover 2 in those situations.
The high-low read puts the safety in a bind and in this case, it resulted in a safety falling on the ground. The touchdown was the first of many huge plays the Bengals would execute on Sunday.
In the interview, which you can check out in its entirety on Hear that Podcast Growlin', Callahan points out Karras went with a little bit of a bold prediction.
"Usually when we pick our calls […] most of the touchdown calls come off the red zone list or the high red-zone list. Occasionally you pick one like that in the field," said Callahan.
"We repped it, it looked good in practice and Ted looked very confident in it."
The best part about this whole deal might've been Karras' child-like enthusiasm about calling it.
Zac Taylor has publicly praised Karras time and time again. It's clear that it's because of more than his on-field performance. He even suggested the Bengals' lineman would become a coach someday. He's that kind of guy.
And now, the cherry on top. A reference to Billy Joel's anthem and song-to-live-by, Vienna.
Featured image via Sam Greene-The Enquirer
