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Speaker 2: much more across the world of sports. Speaking of across

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Speaker 2: the world of sports, Austin, we've got cy Young winners,

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Speaker 2: cy Young Award winners.

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Speaker 3: Isn't it weird? How baseball just like random nights throughout

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Speaker 3: the week in November they're like, oh yeah, here's our

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Speaker 2: Sweeps it under the rug.

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Speaker 3: They still haven't announced MVP yet.

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Speaker 2: Everything they do is swept under the rug. Everything they

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Speaker 3: Weird, how like they choose not to make it a

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Speaker 2: Yes, why wouldn't you want to highlight that? Why wouldn't

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Speaker 3: Correct, It's just weird. It's very strange. I don't get it.

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Speaker 3: But congratulations to Terrek school ball and uh, but what's

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Speaker 3: his name Paul. Yes, I almost said Pat Mahomes, Paul Skans,

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Speaker 3: and Trek schooball back to back winners school ball is Yeah,

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Speaker 3: now skiings Austin. They made it a big deal because

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Speaker 3: you know, his reaction previously wasn't that great. Much different

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Speaker 3: I mean, congrats to Paul Skeins. He he dominated with

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Speaker 3: was an absolute no brainer. Andrew Abbot got a couple

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Speaker 2: Andrew Abbott did get a couple vote votes. He got

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Speaker 3: Yeah, got a fourth place vote, a two fifth place votes,

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Speaker 3: which you know, I didn't realize this until today. But like,

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Speaker 3: you get bonuses, like from the Players Association, if I'm

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Speaker 3: not mistaken, if you finish in a certain spot in

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Speaker 3: five mil for winning the cy Young if you finish fourth,

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Speaker 3: you get an extra million dollars. So Andrew Abbott narrowly

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Speaker 2: Didn't mention the Manager Managers of the Year though Steven

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Speaker 2: in the National League Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Speaker 3: Both of those guys won it last year too. How

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Speaker 2: It is, but I'm I'm so with you in the

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Speaker 2: Make it a big deal, like you, Everything about the

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Speaker 2: it feel like it's a monumental thing instead, Like we've

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm pretty plugged in and I didn't even

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Speaker 3: But that that's the other thing, Like you could go

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Speaker 3: it's just it's it's very strange to me how there

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Speaker 3: I don't know if you're gonna get that, But can

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Speaker 2: If you're baseball, just imagine if you could get in

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Speaker 3: I don't know if they have started to do that

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Speaker 3: He was like on he was live from the Reds

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Speaker 3: do it in Cooperstown every year wherever. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Uh. Baseball does a lot of things that don't make sense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I said, I think it's a miss, but

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Speaker 3: At this point, I thought Paul Skeen said some pretty

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Speaker 3: cool stuff last night about being a pirate and all that.

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Speaker 3: So he was asked about you know, there was a

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Speaker 3: asked about that and asked about, you know, the Pirates

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Speaker 2: That's a little pressure on the organization too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Saint Louis thing is not applicable anymore because

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Speaker 3: them for doing so. But I appreciate that Paul has

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Speaker 3: And I mean if you're if you're a Pirates fan

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Speaker 2: I think it at the most, I think the word

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Speaker 3: I mean even O'tani was when he was with the Angels,

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Speaker 2: And then what do you make, if anything, about what's

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Speaker 2: I think he was playing like Madden or a video

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Speaker 2: me in Fantasy, don't play me anymore. Essentially he's talking

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Speaker 2: And what I what I appreciate about AJ Brown, He's

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Speaker 2: the Cincinnati Bengals. And we did what we needed to

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Speaker 2: on Sunday. What do we got today, Well, we got

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Speaker 2: a few different ones. Let's start with the quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. Hey, Rod,

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers, Tony has not passed for more than three

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Speaker 3: Well, I think the other thing with Rogers in that

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers has been sacked. Do you remember Austin It

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Speaker 2: like that looked like thirty year old Aaron Rodgers, not

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Speaker 2: You can't allow him to do that again going forward.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals defense has struggled with tackling this season, missing

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Speaker 2: seventy eight yards after missed tackles. Both those numbers are

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Speaker 3: Most of that stems from poor execution on initial contact

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Speaker 3: as they've converted just seventy one percent of their first

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Speaker 2: But what I think is most interesting on average, when

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Speaker 2: you can't operate. You can operate in that sense. Again,

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Speaker 3: Well, to continue on to that point, sixty eight point

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Speaker 2: It's a little bit of both. Yeah, not even you know,

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Speaker 2: You know again, how many times have we seen a

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Speaker 2: Warre and that makes sense, that's a lot of short

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Speaker 3: The last time these two teams met, the Steelers were

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Speaker 3: picked them apart. T Higgins has caught fourteen of twenty

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Speaker 3: He has averaged fourteen point six air yards per target

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Speaker 2: Some thing's gotta give.

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Speaker 3: Like they can't do what they did again, right, They can't.

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Speaker 2: looking for right away on Sunday, Let's say, first series,

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Speaker 2: to say, let's see if if we've got this figured out,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna play zone this week. That to me is

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Speaker 2: They have made some adjustments. Jalen Ramsey's now playing majority

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Speaker 2: they were here. Because Jalen Ramsey couldn't keep up with

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Speaker 2: t Higgins or Jamar Chase. There's no way you rewatch

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Speaker 2: the tape and see Joe Flackill pump at twenty three

434
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Speaker 2: times to Jamar Chase and and come back out and say, yes, man,

435
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Speaker 2: coverage makes the most sense. I just don't see them

436
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Speaker 2: doing that. And the only way I would see them

437
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Speaker 2: doing that is if their front four were better than

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Speaker 2: what we've seen. They're not as dominant on their defensive

439
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Speaker 2: front as I think A lot of people thought they

440
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Speaker 2: would be, which makes it harder to play man because

441
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Speaker 2: you just covering for a longer amount of time.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's talk about that. Number One makes me think

443
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Speaker 3: maybe Zach Taylor dial up a shot first play and

444
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Speaker 3: just see what Pittsburgh's thinking. The Steelers defense has generated

445
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Speaker 3: quick pressure under two and a half seconds on seventeen

446
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 3: point four percent of opponent dropbacks this season. That's the

447
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Speaker 3: fifth highest rate in the NFL. They've averaged a two

448
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Speaker 3: point five to three second time to pressure, the quickest

449
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Speaker 3: in the NFL. Nick Herbig has fifteen. TJ. Watt has fourteen,

450
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Speaker 3: that's ninth and twelfth most in the NFL. They lead

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Speaker 3: the team in quick pressures, standing as the only Steelers

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Speaker 3: defenders with ten or more quick pressures this season.

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Speaker 2: That's what I was gonna go. It's just not as

454
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Speaker 2: balanced along the line as it has been in years past,

455
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Speaker 2: and not with TJ. Watt. TJ. Watt's still a great player.

456
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Speaker 2: I don't think TJ. Watts has a big answer for

457
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Speaker 2: double teams right now. He's just not been as big

458
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Speaker 2: of a factor. They did get to Joe Flacco twice

459
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Speaker 2: in that previous win for the Bengals. But to me, Austin,

460
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Speaker 2: it didn't feel like Flacco was just under a barrage

461
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Speaker 2: of pressure the whole game. It felt like the running

462
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Speaker 2: game and the quick game alleviated a little bit a

463
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Speaker 2: little bit of that from the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm a

464
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Speaker 2: little surprised that their fifth highest in the NFL at

465
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Speaker 2: that quick pressure rate because the first go around with

466
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Speaker 2: the Bengals, and again credit Chase Brown, credit Joe Flacco

467
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Speaker 2: and the ability to get it out quick. I just

468
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Speaker 2: didn't see that being a thing for them. Now if

469
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Speaker 2: they were to go zone now, maybe Jamar, Chase and

470
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Speaker 2: T Higgins don't break free as quick. Maybe that does

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Speaker 2: allow that defense of the Steelers to generate some quicker pressures.

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Speaker 3: A couple more, Let's go with TJ. Watt. TJ. Watt

473
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Speaker 3: needs one sack to pass his brother JJ's NFL career

474
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Speaker 3: sack total of one hundred and fourteen and a half.

475
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Speaker 3: Both Watt brothers had exactly eleven and a half sacks

476
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Speaker 3: in college at Wisconsin, with TJ at one hundred and

477
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Speaker 3: fourteen NFL's sacks and JJ at one hundred and fourteen

478
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Speaker 3: and a half.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that first go round TJ. Watt one hit on

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Speaker 2: the quarterback, a half sack, and one total tackle in

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Speaker 2: the game. He was essentially nonexistent in that first go round.

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Speaker 4: He is.

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Speaker 2: He's got six sacks this year, so it's not a

484
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Speaker 2: terrible terrible number, but if you look at what he's

485
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Speaker 2: on pace to do each of the last couple of years,

486
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Speaker 2: I mean, he's had a twenty two and a half

487
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Speaker 2: sack year, he's had a nineteen sack year, he's had

488
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Speaker 2: fourteen and a half, fifteen thirteen. He's just not as dominant.

489
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Speaker 2: Only thirty seven tackles to this point, fifteen of those solo,

490
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Speaker 2: which is well below what he averaged each of the

491
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Speaker 2: last couple of years. You hit on this earlier in

492
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Speaker 2: the week, Austin. It is why the Bengals, and rightfully so,

493
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Speaker 2: were hesitant in dishing out that type of money to

494
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Speaker 2: Trey Hendrickson, because at some point, and TJ. Wat's thirty

495
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Speaker 2: one years old, at some point, the production is going

496
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Speaker 2: to drop, and it feels like it's dropping little bit

497
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Speaker 2: for TJ. Watt.

498
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Speaker 3: Jamar Chase has six and fifty six receiving yards this

499
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Speaker 3: year in his career so far, that's the sixth most

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Speaker 3: receiving yards by a player in their first five career

501
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Speaker 3: seasons in NFL history. Chase needs one hundred and nine

502
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Speaker 3: receiving yards to pass Jerry Rice for the fourth most

503
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Speaker 3: in his first five seasons. The top three justin Jefferson,

504
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,719
Speaker 3: Tory Holt, and Randy Moss. Wow.

505
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Speaker 2: I mean, if we're talking about first five seasons and

506
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Speaker 2: he's got a legitimate chance to move significantly up that list.

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Speaker 3: He's pretty close to be in a Hall of Famer already. Yeah.

508
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Speaker 3: Crazy is it can be crazy? Two more years of this,

509
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Speaker 3: he'll be in camp.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And again that's through the first five seasons. So

511
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 2: he still got what how many games left this year? Yeah,

512
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Speaker 2: I mean a lot of opportunities to climb on that list.

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Speaker 2: He might get the one hundred nine on Sunday, Let's

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Speaker 2: be honest.

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Speaker 3: Yeah he could. And here's why. How about this last one.

516
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 3: The Bengals have allowed thirty or more points five times

517
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Speaker 3: in regulation this season. That's, as you may have guessed,

518
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Speaker 3: the most in the National Football League. They are one

519
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 3: in four in those five games. The Steelers defense has

520
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,479
Speaker 3: allowed thirty or more points four times, tied for the

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Speaker 3: second most in the NFL this season. The teams previously

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Speaker 3: combined for sixty four points when they faced each other

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Speaker 3: in Week seven.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's the least surprising stat we've done on read

525
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Speaker 2: and React to that this defense stinks. They're bad. We've

526
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Speaker 2: talked that they're not just league bad, they are historically bad,

527
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Speaker 2: tracking to be one of, if not the worst defense

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Speaker 2: in the history of the NFL. I can't imagine, Austin,

529
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Speaker 2: how demoralizing it would be on Monday if we're talking

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Speaker 2: about a Bengals loss when they score over thirty points

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Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh. Oh, can you imagine? Because coming out of

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Speaker 2: the by there is some momentum here. We talked about

533
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Speaker 2: Zach Taylor's career numbers on the defensive side of the ball,

534
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Speaker 2: and I know much of that was with Luena Rumo

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Speaker 2: starting in week ten and on during his tenure. We've

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Speaker 2: talked about the ability to go into a buy and

537
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 2: self scout and correct the things you've needed to do.

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00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 2: Can you imagine? And on top of all that, Joe

539
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Speaker 2: Burrow is back practicing. Can you imagine the gut punch

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Speaker 2: it would be to go to Pittsburgh, put over thirty

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Speaker 2: on the board and still lose the game. How could

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Speaker 2: you bounce back from that. I don't think you could.

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Speaker 2: I honestly don't think you could. You want to keep scoring,

544
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Speaker 2: but if the defense comes out and allows this Pittsburgh

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Speaker 2: Steeler offense to go over thirty again, I don't see

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Speaker 2: one how you win the game, and two I don't

547
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Speaker 2: see how the locker room doesn't fracture. Do you remember

548
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 2: Austin what happened after the Bears game? Remember Jamar Chase?

549
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Speaker 3: I do?

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Speaker 2: Remember Chase?

551
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Speaker 3: I do?

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Speaker 2: And the bye week I think helped a little bit

553
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 2: of that, because why players get away, settle it down,

554
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 2: settle everything down, defensive players not speaking, then coming in

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Speaker 2: the next day and talking. The bye week helped a

556
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Speaker 2: lot of that. If you pick right back up and

557
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 2: you lose a game thirty six thirty three, it is

558
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 2: going to be madness in that locker room, madness going

559
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Speaker 2: forward for the Cincinnati Bengals, Read and React is done.

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Speaker 3: Read and react, Lartis. We're supposed to be getting some

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Speaker 3: audio for that sake.

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Speaker 2: Clardis five one, three, seven, four, nine, fifteen thirty. Give

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Speaker 2: us a call, let's do it. We'll continue on our

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Speaker 2: number one. John Shearon to kick off our number two

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Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: You've been listening to football in the NATI on ESPN

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Speaker 1: fifteen thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 3: Hey, it's Moagger.

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Speaker 5: Join me this afternoon starting at three h five on

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Speaker 5: ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station. I'm doing what Mark

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Speaker 5: Chase plays here ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 3: Here's holiday.

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Speaker 6: I'm the center of Pastor Mario Satan Sir Tomahawk, right

574
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Speaker 6: hander bringing the heat in New Orleans.

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00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 3: Chris plays set up. Man, I took your brother away?

576
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Speaker 5: It did?

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Speaker 2: Pelicans still have a team one more time.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'm the center of Pastor Mario. Dude was in

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Speaker 3: the air for a while. Man, that was I believe

580
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 3: Manduel Sports Network up there in Portland for the Trail Blazers.

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Speaker 2: Shadon Sharp had thirty five. The Pelicans are two and nine.

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Speaker 2: I think Zion's heart again or something. That's what a

583
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Speaker 2: disaster that's been.

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Speaker 3: Did I see former Kentucky Wildcat Boogie Cousins say that

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Speaker 3: you just need to move out of New Orleans.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all it takes said.

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Speaker 3: There's no fans, players don't want to play there. Organization

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00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 3: hasn't done very good. I don't know if I agree

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Speaker 3: with them. I don't know anything about New World. They've

590
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 3: not done very well at all. When Boogie speaks, I

591
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Speaker 3: think we all tend to listen.

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Speaker 2: Mavericks lost again as well, even without Nico Thunder continue

593
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Speaker 2: to win their twelve and one on the season either way,

594
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 2: Bulls fall Dude, Pistons without Kay Cunningham, which did open

595
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: up about forty five shot attempts for the rest of

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Speaker 2: the Pistons and maybe that help. Pistons are ten and two.

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00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 2: Bulls are six and five. Trouble for the Knicks last

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Speaker 2: night as well. They lose, and then Jalen Brunson, after

599
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Speaker 2: rolling his ankles seen leaving the facility on crutches. Ooh,

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Speaker 2: something to watch out for there.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Falcons offense or excuse me, Falcons. I

602
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 3: was thinking of Arthur Smith. I still think of the Falcons,

603
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Speaker 3: the former head coach of the Falcons. Steelers offensive coordinator

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Speaker 3: Arthur Smith was asked about Aaron Rodgers' performance last Sunday. Quote,

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Speaker 3: it's all of us. It's a collective effort. It's never

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Speaker 3: on one person. I put it on myself. Not the

607
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 3: result you wanted, but you get a chance to come

608
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Speaker 3: back and we got to play well. How about Steelers

609
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Speaker 3: defensive coordinator Tarrell Austin. He says new cornerback Sante Samuel

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Speaker 3: Junior is working exclusively at outside corner right now. The

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Speaker 3: timetable on his inclusion in games is TBD. Oh something

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Speaker 3: to watch for. I just I can't help but think

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Speaker 3: of Tarrell Austin and think back to a game in

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Speaker 3: twenty seventeen or twenty eighteen when he was a defensive

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Speaker 3: coordinator for the Bengals and the Saints came in with

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Speaker 3: Drew Brees and they scored on every single offensive possession.

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Speaker 3: It was fifty two to seventeen I think the final

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Speaker 3: score was. And if I'm not mistaken, Tarrell Austin got

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Speaker 3: fired the next day and Marvin Lewis started calling the

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Speaker 3: Blaze again. Wow, that's that's all I think about when

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Speaker 3: I think of Tarrell Austin. Man, you think he ever

622
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Speaker 3: stretched with the defense? I don't think so.

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Speaker 2: I can't wait to see what this defense looks like

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Speaker 2: with an Al Golden stretching out.

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Speaker 3: Now Golden should wear a helmet on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, how about this? This is yesterday. Now we'll get

627
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 2: updated today on injury reports as well. Flacco did not

628
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 2: practice with the shoulder. Trey Hendrickson now not only the hip,

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Speaker 2: They've added pelvis to the injury designation for Trey Hendricksons

630
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Speaker 2: hip and pelvis injury. Did not practice. Sam A J.

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Speaker 3: P Run pulvis injury.

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Speaker 2: No, he did not practice, and Shamar Stewart with the

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Speaker 2: knee did not practice as well. Pittsburgh yesterday, John Neusmith, TJ. Watt,

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Speaker 2: cam Heyward all did not practice. That was all non

635
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Speaker 2: injury related. Just for Rest now. Alex high Smith, their linebacker,

636
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Speaker 2: did not practice with the pectoral injury. Cole Holcomb, another linebacker,

637
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 2: did not practice due to illness. Corey Trice and Darius

638
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 2: Slay both did not practice. Trice with a hamstring and

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Speaker 2: Darius Slay because of the concussion.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that secondary is they're just trying to

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Speaker 3: figure it out. Right now, we think they're just trying

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00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 3: to piece it together, which makes me wonder to go

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00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 3: back to our point, if you have guys that you

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Speaker 3: know you're not all that confident in, Like if if

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Speaker 3: you're pulling up Asante Samuel off the practice squad, or

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Speaker 3: Darius Slay can't go, or you got dudes that have

647
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 3: been coming off the the injured reserve list to play.

648
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 3: Are you gonna put them one on one against Tan

649
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 3: Jamar better not. You wouldn't do that, right or not.

650
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 3: That's unfair to those people. It's unfair to most people,

651
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,720
Speaker 3: even the good corners in the NFL, to do that. Yeah,

652
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,319
Speaker 3: I just can't imagine Mike Tomlin and his staff look

653
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 3: at the film from this last time these two teams

654
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 3: played and said, Yeah, we're gonna stick to this strategy.

655
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 3: So I hope the Bengals are ready for something different.

656
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 2: They have to be, like, you have to go into

657
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 2: this game expecting you're gonna see some zone, right.

658
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 3: Omar Flacco said yesterday that he has seen coverages against

659
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 3: t and Jamar that he's never really seen eighteen years

660
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 3: in the NFL. YEP, that's kind of amazing and speaks

661
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 3: to how good those dudes are.

662
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 2: That is. It is remarkable to think about that that

663
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 2: has been a thing and that he's been around this

664
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 2: long and you don't have it yet or he just

665
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 2: hasn't seen it yet. And I think it goes to

666
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 2: show just how defenses are trying anything they possibly can

667
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 2: to make it work against this Bengals offense.

668
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 3: I think it's going to be interesting to see how

669
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 3: the Bengals use Chase Brown. He was so good that

670
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 3: first time round against Pittsburgh, kind of stifled that pass rush,

671
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 3: opened up some of those passing concepts that the Bengals used.

672
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 3: Can he do that? And also can he be a

673
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 3: weapon in the past game. We haven't seen him like

674
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 3: explode in the past game yet. And I wonder, you

675
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 3: know what if there's some moments where the are in

676
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 3: shotgun or they're under center, doesn't matter, and then they

677
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 3: motion Chase Brown out. Yeah, he goes out to the slot,

678
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 3: he goes out at the edge of the formation. Maybe

679
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,399
Speaker 3: he's one on one with the linebacker. I'm gonna bet

680
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 3: on Chase Brown most of the time.

681
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 2: I would too, And I think there's been times there's

682
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 2: been one or two drops that feels like from Chase

683
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 2: Brown where if he makes a catch, he's gonna score correct. Yeah,

684
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 2: But I do like how how they've used him in

685
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 2: the passing games as well. I think that's just a

686
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 2: I think that's a new addition to this offense. I

687
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: think it's another wrinkle. Of course, you know, you go

688
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: back to that Bears game, then't the Bears game feel

689
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 2: like months ago? It does? You go back to that

690
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 2: Bears game second half, Mitchell Tinsley met a huge grab,

691
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 2: Noah Fant made a big play, andre Yoshi Vash had

692
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 2: multiple big plays. Like offensively that they were in a bag.

693
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 2: When you're hitting that many different receivers and kind of

694
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 2: what you want, you feel good about where you're at.

695
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 2: It's just can they get one or two extra stops

696
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 2: a game? I think that's what it comes down to.

697
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 2: Let's talk about another football game happening this weekend. The

698
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 2: Bearcats play Saturday against Arizona. We'll talk about that and

699
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Speaker 2: we'll take a phone call when we return. ESPN fifteen thirty,

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Speaker 2: Welcome back since ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station, thanks

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00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 2: always Skyline time. We're happy to have you along. We

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Speaker 2: welcome your phone call five one, three, seven, four, nine,

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. Give us a call, would love to talk

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Speaker 2: to you. I got questions, okay about the Cincinnati Bearcats,

714
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,720
Speaker 2: all right, and I don't know if they get answered

715
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 2: until Saturday. I want to know this team's makeup and

716
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 2: if it's different than it was last year. By far,

717
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 2: the question I've received the most from the Utah loss

718
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 2: to now is is it going to be the same

719
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 2: issue that plagued this team last year? Is it going

720
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 2: to be the same thing for this team where they

721
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 2: started five and two and then didn't win another game?

722
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: Now this season has felt different. This season has provided

723
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 2: I think more stability in the UC offense in particular.

724
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: Last year sores be down the stretch, just the confidence

725
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 2: wasn't there. But for this team, what I want to

726
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 2: know is it different Because the wins they've had at

727
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 2: Kansas was a good win against Iowa State. You got

728
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 2: Iowa State in a moment where they weren't at full strength,

729
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 2: they were playing shorthanded, and you did find a way

730
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 2: to win at home, but at times felt tense down

731
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Speaker 2: the stretch. Outside of Kansas and Iowa State, they beat UCF,

732
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 2: Oklahoma State, and Baylor, who just aren't very good this year.

733
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Speaker 2: The two best teams they've played, in my opinion on

734
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 2: Nebraska and Utah, and they fell short in both of

735
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 2: those games I've watched now this week enough of Arizona.

736
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Speaker 2: We talked to Dan Hord about Arizona yesterday Austin. I

737
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 2: think Arizona might be the third best team they've played.

738
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 2: Arizona again, for what it's worth, they have a win

739
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 2: over Kansas State, they have a win over Oklahoma State Colorado,

740
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 2: and they did beat Kansas just as the Bearcats did,

741
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 2: and they held a very potent Kansas offense to just

742
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 2: twenty points. Their losses thirty one to twenty eight on

743
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 2: the road at Houston. Houston, by the way, is eight

744
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,359
Speaker 2: and two overall, five and two in the league. They

745
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: lost at Iowa State, their worst game of the year,

746
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 2: and then they played BYU at home, and they led

747
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:53,760
Speaker 2: BYU I double digits. They at one point, I believe,

748
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter, and I'm confirming right now, there

749
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 2: was a point in the fourth quarter where Arizona took

750
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 2: a twenty four to fourteen lead. After that, B why

751
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 2: you rallied, B why you tied it, and then B

752
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: why you eventually wins it in overtime. Arizona's been good, man.

753
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 2: They have a good quarterback, and they have a good defense.

754
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 2: And in coming off your worst performance of the year

755
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 2: offensively in which you turn the ball over on the

756
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:34,479
Speaker 2: nineteen yard line you through an interception, Swersby never never

757
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 2: really got going in the Utah game. If you look back,

758
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 2: Brendan Sorsby I believe completed thirty three percent of his

759
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 2: passes thirty three percent, eleven of thirty three for two

760
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 2: twenty one with a touchdown and an interception, and of

761
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 2: those two hundred and twenty one yards, much like the

762
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 2: friar Mouth touchdown with Aaron Rodgers Austin, they had Cyrus

763
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,479
Speaker 2: Allen for an eighty eight yard touchdown. You take away

764
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 2: that one place. That is a very very poor stat line,

765
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 2: and it still was for Swersby based on who he's been.

766
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 2: The good news for UC they still ran it for

767
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,919
Speaker 2: seven yards per carry, but they just didn't get much

768
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,760
Speaker 2: going in the passing game. Joe Royer was targeted once,

769
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 2: only made one catch, Noah Jennings, Caleb Goodie, Jeff Cadwell

770
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 2: were all relatively quiet. They played the game without Evan

771
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 2: Pryor'd be interested to see if they can get back

772
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,720
Speaker 2: him back to full strength. But it was a comedy

773
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 2: of airs. Offense was inconsistent, defense could not get the

774
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 2: stops when necessary, and a special teams unit who had

775
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 2: been a strength, Stephen Russknack missed his first field goal

776
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 2: of the year and Max Fletcher gave up one big

777
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 2: return and then a return for a touchdown on back

778
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 2: to back punts. So the big news, the big thing

779
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 2: to look for here Austin. Do they look more like

780
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 2: the team that lost the last five down the stretch

781
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 2: last year after a loss or are they a team

782
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 2: that has a different makeup and a team that answers

783
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 2: the bell from a disappointing loss and then moves forward

784
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 2: that to me, not only do I think that defines Saturday,

785
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 2: I think that defines the rest of the year because

786
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 2: if they answer the bell, can you imagine the build

787
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 2: up next week with BYU coming in town, Austin and

788
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 2: what that means and the possibility if you got two

789
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 2: games left, one at home, one on the road, and

790
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 2: if you win both, you're playing for a Big twelve

791
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 2: title in Dallas. Or you lose to Arizona, wheels feel

792
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 2: like they're falling off a little bit. BYU comes into

793
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 2: town and then you've got to go to TCU. You've

794
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 2: built up such a good season, you're in the College

795
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 2: Football Playoff rankings at number twenty five. You can't let

796
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 2: that fall apart. You can't let that crumble because you've

797
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 2: worked so hard to build where you're at. Dante Corleone's health,

798
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 2: Jake golday, Evan pryor the health of this team and

799
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 2: their key players is extremely important. But Austin, we're either

800
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 2: spending time next week talking about a huge matchup at

801
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 2: Nippert Stadium, or we're having the conversation of potentially, oh,

802
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 2: it feels like here we go again and all that

803
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 2: is up for Grams on Saturday at noon in Knippert Stadium.

804
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 2: Should be a great contest, should be a great crowd.

805
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 2: I'm looking here, Austin. We get every morning, we get

806
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 2: a WCPO nine First Warning Forecast presented by Jennifer Ketchmark

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00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 2: kind of left on the desk in here. Listen to

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00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:46,360
Speaker 2: this for Saturday. Yeah, partly cloudy, not getting as cold,

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00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 2: low of forty nine. I'm sorry, that's that's never of mine.

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00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,760
Speaker 2: Nu's for Friday night, dude. Read the forecast correctly. Okay,

811
00:45:56,120 --> 00:46:00,080
Speaker 2: you see football game day. It's a warm wedge. What

812
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,839
Speaker 2: did you just say? Warm wedge? That's what's listed on here.

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00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 2: Mostly cloudy and isolated showers possible, but it won't be

814
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 2: much cooler. Following week is cooler. Saturday's high Austin. This

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00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 2: is a noon kickoff.

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00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,320
Speaker 3: You gotta work on these forecast reads.

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00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:20,919
Speaker 2: Saturday's high sixty nine degrees. Yeah, can't ask for anything more. Yeah,

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00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 2: I saw it's like eighty one in Lexington today. Yea

819
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,319
Speaker 2: seventy one in Columbus and it's like fifty five here.

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Speaker 3: How's that work? We're in the Elmo. I don't need

821
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Speaker 3: the weather people.

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00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 2: It's an Alberta clipper. The Northeaster's coming down.

823
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 3: Dude, speaking of northeaster tonight, speaking to northeaster tonight, Thursday

824
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Speaker 3: night football the Jets and the Patriots. The Patriots are

825
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 3: wearing their rivalry edition Northeaster.

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Speaker 5: You.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, how about that.

828
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Speaker 2: Did you get a chance to see like the Northern

829
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Speaker 2: lights or anything in the last couple nights.

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Speaker 3: Uh no, that was the thing. I know it back

831
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Speaker 3: where I'm from in Sydney, they were crazy. Que I

832
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 3: live here now that's a little too bright for me

833
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 3: to see it.

834
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 2: Okay, man, lights is too bright?

835
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Speaker 3: Oh man, my future so braga where shades?

836
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 2: You know who else's future is bright? John Shearon he's

837
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Speaker 2: a star.

838
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 3: I mean once he started coming up on this show.

839
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Speaker 2: It's just he's a star.

840
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 3: Moon man him An Armstrong.

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00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 2: He'll join us next for me Adas Sports Neil John

842
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 2: Shearon definitely not Lance Armstrong. Number two on ESPN fifteen.

843
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 2: Lance Armstrong and Sharon Moore have in common. I don't

844
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 2: know Lance Armstrong beat Michigan or beat Ohio State too.

845
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 3: They both cheated.

846
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 2: Wow, unbelievable.

847
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 3: Write that one down.

848
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 2: What an accusation?

849
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 3: Accusation? Oh okay, we gotta talk, No, we gotta talk

850
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 3: about this. This is driving me insane. Number one, you

851
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 3: are a freaking psychopath. With the amount of alarms you

852
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 3: have set on your phone, I got a lot like

853
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 3: it's ridiculous how often your alarm goes off and you

854
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 3: have changed it. It used to be this little diddy.

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00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 3: You know.

856
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 2: Here's what I do at different times throughout the day,

857
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 2: Like a lot of people will write notes to themselves

858
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 2: if they think of something that I know, there's time.

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00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 3: You have an iPhone and there's a great app on

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