DEJA VU: Joe Burrow & Bengals Offense DOMINATES, BUT Defense STRUGGLES in Preseason Opener

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4.7 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Joe Burrow dazzled in his preseason debut against the Eagles, completing 9 of 10 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Dive into why Burrow looked better than 2024's Week 1, and standout performances from Ja'Marr Chase and Chase Brown. But concerns linger on defense - can the pass rush improve before the regular season? Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down individual player evaluations, analyze the offensive line's performance, and discuss potential roster implications.

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0:00.0	A feeling of deja vu for the Cincinnati Bengals in their preseason debut as Joe Burrow and the offense ballout and the defense has work to do.
0:15.6	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:20.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.6	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:30.2	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:33.9	I'm Jake Liskgo.
0:34.6	He's James Rapine, and we've been covering Cincinnati Bengals here on
0:37.9	Lockdown Bengals since 2016. And we finally have a game to talk about here in 2025. The preseason
0:45.3	debut is down. Welcome back to the everydayers. Welcome back to those of you who make
0:50.7	Lockdown Bengals your first listen. And if you're new to the show and you need a daily bengals fix, you're in the right
0:57.7	place.
0:58.1	Just hit that subscribe button wherever you get your podcast or on YouTube and you'll make
1:03.1	sure you catch every episode approaching 30,000 subscribers on YouTube.
1:08.4	Shout out to all of you who subscribe there. James, today we cover what went
1:13.3	well, the offense, what went poorly, pretty much everything else, and what the individual
1:19.6	performances looked like outside of the number ones on offense. But we start, of course,
1:25.0	with Joe Burrow as the Bengals drop their preseason opener
1:28.7	to Philadelphia 27 to 34.
1:31.6	It didn't take long for Joe Burrow to realize or to remind everyone, at least, that he's arguably
1:37.4	the best quarterback on the planet.
1:39.1	And he was awesome.
1:41.8	And he said it was average afterwards, whatever, average smaverage.
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