Speaker 1: There. Let's keep rolling six twenty one on a Thursday
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Speaker 1: opening thoughts on Joe Burrow that plays into our hot
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Speaker 1: continue that hot topic conversation with our next guest. Oh,
Speaker 1: what a week it's been for him covering the Bengals
Speaker 1: for c ands since he with the Wide dot Com
Speaker 1: host of the Jungle War podcast on YouTube. I can
Speaker 1: tell by his reaction. I hit the nail on the
Speaker 1: head Mike Petralia, how are you in a busy week
Speaker 1: for the Bengals.
Speaker 2: I'm outside an adult Uh well, I shouldn't say adult boy,
Speaker 2: that's uh.
Speaker 3: I wanted to.
Speaker 2: Say I'm outside an establishment in Loveland.
Speaker 3: As a matter of fact.
Speaker 2: Oh, hearing Aerosmith's Draymond, how appropriate with the Patriots in
Speaker 2: town this weekend one of Boston's finest bands. Of course,
Speaker 2: one of my very favorite songs of all time playing
Speaker 2: in the background as I speak to you, gentlemen, and
Speaker 2: by the way, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well I was gonna So that was the question
Speaker 1: was going to be, what what do your tea leaves
Speaker 1: tell you about this situation with Joe Burrow.
Speaker 2: Well, I go back and forth every maybe fifteen to
Speaker 2: twenty minutes. Yes, no, yes, no, maybe maybe yes no.
Speaker 2: I would say at this point, yes he plays simply
Speaker 2: because I don't think the Bengals would list him full
Speaker 2: participation and go through the first team reps. And I
Speaker 2: think the strongest indication and if you check it out
Speaker 2: on my x page, the comments from t Higgins this
Speaker 2: afternoon about the look he gave T Higgins when t
Speaker 2: asked Joe if he were playing this weekend. It was
Speaker 2: a look and te later told us I took that
Speaker 2: look as a positive meaning yeah, I'm playing.
Speaker 3: So I don't know.
Speaker 2: T Higgins, you know, made it clear later in the
Speaker 2: interview that he doesn't know for sure one way or another.
Speaker 3: Only Joe knows that.
Speaker 2: But if you ask me right now on Thursday evening,
Speaker 2: three days before the game, I think Joe Burrow is
Speaker 2: going to try and go out and play for this reason.
Speaker 2: If the Bengals win the game. They are four and
Speaker 2: seven with a chance to go into Baltimore and still
Speaker 2: have a you know, a relevant shot at making a
Speaker 2: run in the AFC.
Speaker 3: North with a win in Baltimore.
Speaker 2: To lose the game, and whatever Joe Burrow does on
Speaker 2: Thursday night in Baltimore means nothing in terms of the
Speaker 2: team's playoff chances going forward.
Speaker 4: Well, in Tragie Lance and I were just saying, I
Speaker 4: find it hard to believe they would give up valuable
Speaker 4: practice reps and there's not like you get, you know,
Speaker 4: thousands of them during the course of a week. You
Speaker 4: know they would put Joe Burrow in on those reps
Speaker 4: and not another quarterback unless Burrow was playing. But let
Speaker 4: me ask you this, has there been any other medical
Speaker 4: updates on Joe Burrow or is he on what he's
Speaker 4: going to be wearing anything like that.
Speaker 2: And the only thing we know is what Burrow told
Speaker 2: us two Mondays ago, and that was that he's going
Speaker 2: to have some instrument in his left shoe to protect
Speaker 2: the tendon that was repaired below his left big toe.
Speaker 3: That's all we know.
Speaker 2: I will tell you that he looks like he's.
Speaker 3: Moving around really well.
Speaker 2: In the practice and he's throwing those off platform throws
Speaker 2: where he's leaning one way and throwing the other.
Speaker 3: He looks good doing that, and so take that for
Speaker 3: what you will. We don't get to see the practice.
Speaker 2: It's really important to understand that the practices in terms
Speaker 2: of the eleven and eleven work which he began this week,
Speaker 2: are closed to the media. Ted Carris reminded that reminded
Speaker 2: us of that this afternoon in the locker room. So
Speaker 2: you don't know what we're doing in practice, and we're
Speaker 2: not about to tell you right now.
Speaker 1: Traggs is I'm trying to figure out how to say
Speaker 1: this is Is this all about Joe being ready or
Speaker 1: is there any element of it being Joe Flacco isn't
Speaker 1: going to be ready? Do you know what I'm saying
Speaker 1: is this is all I did Burrow. It's not necessity
Speaker 1: because of Flacco.
Speaker 3: Correct.
Speaker 2: I think it's eighty percent having Joe Burrow ready, and okay,
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow is ready to go, then he's ready to go.
Speaker 2: Twenty percent is yeah, Joe Flacco's banged up and they
Speaker 2: would rather have I think Joe Burrow available. If he's available,
Speaker 2: then Jake browning at this point and that's not meant
Speaker 2: to be shot at Jake Browning. It is what it is.
Speaker 2: They would rather have Burrow available. I will tell you this,
Speaker 2: and I think it's important to keep this in mind
Speaker 2: in terms of, you know, the roster manipulation going into
Speaker 2: the weekend. You are not activating Joe Burrow to be
Speaker 2: Joe Flacco's backup. You are activating Joe Burrow if you
Speaker 2: do to start him on Sunday.
Speaker 3: Against New England. That would be my you know Nicol
Speaker 3: and dime kind of GM analysis.
Speaker 2: There that in roster evaluation analysis that if he's going
Speaker 2: to be activated, he's going to start and play against
Speaker 2: New England.
Speaker 4: All right, guys know Jamar Chase. So what's Zach Taylor said?
Speaker 4: What have you maybe seen it practice? Who's going to
Speaker 4: fill that role?
Speaker 3: So that's a great question. Uh, you know, you move
Speaker 3: everybody up one.
Speaker 2: T Higgins becomes the one, Andre Yo Sibosch becomes the two,
Speaker 2: and then you're looking at I think at mix Tinsley.
Speaker 2: They really trust Mitchell Tinsley uh to fill in that
Speaker 2: role as the third receiver in the offense. They've loved
Speaker 2: his work ethic, the way he's you know, put his
Speaker 2: nose to the grindstone ever since training camp. He didn't
Speaker 2: have a spot on the roster. He earned it and
Speaker 2: they love his attitude and I would expect Mitchell Tinsley
Speaker 2: to step into that role pretty fluidly. In terms of
Speaker 2: what could be behind Tinsley, You're looking at Charlie Jones,
Speaker 2: who also obviously has kick return and punt return responsibilities.
Speaker 2: And then what about Jermaine Burton. Is this the moment
Speaker 2: where he perhaps gets an opportunity to step into the
Speaker 2: role of, you know, an extra receiver on the roster
Speaker 2: or not. And I think it'll be very telling if
Speaker 2: he's activated Sunday or if he's not activated in terms of.
Speaker 3: What his role is on the team going forward.
Speaker 1: Treg's We obviously know the Bengals have a lot of
Speaker 1: work to improve this defense by next season. You've written
Speaker 1: about the Patriots who did a quick one offseason jolt
Speaker 1: of a turnaround of their defense.
Speaker 3: How have they gone about doing it well.
Speaker 2: They've brought in I believe it is Land, six free agents,
Speaker 2: two of which have played for Mike Brabole before. They've
Speaker 2: done it up and down, up and down the defense.
Speaker 2: One defensive lineman to go along with Christian Barmore, who
Speaker 2: Bengal fan should keep a very close eye on Sunday.
Speaker 2: He's one of the best defensive players on that team,
Speaker 2: no question. Then they remade their linebacking corps, which I
Speaker 2: think the Bengals really need to think about doing this year.
Speaker 2: I don't I'm not trying to trash the rookies Demetrius
Speaker 2: Knight Junior and Barrett Carter by any stretch, but those
Speaker 2: two need two or three veterans in alongside them to
Speaker 2: help them grow and not have everything thrown on their shoulders.
Speaker 2: The Patriots did that this year with their linebacking corps.
Speaker 2: And then they have a new safety and they have
Speaker 2: a new cornerback, and they just completely remade their attitude,
Speaker 2: remade their roster. They have a fly to the ball mentality,
Speaker 2: very aggressive Mike Rabele's defense. They like the blitz and
Speaker 2: you can see a little bit of that on Sunday.
Speaker 2: But they are the best run stopping team in the
Speaker 2: National Football League, allowing just over eighty four yards a game.
Speaker 1: All right, Trags, you're all over all of this that
Speaker 1: is unfolding with the Bengals. Tell listeners how they can read,
Speaker 1: watch it and follow along.
Speaker 2: All right online celns Sincy with a y dot com.
Speaker 2: You can see my latest story on whether or not
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow will play and reading the tea Leaves as
Speaker 2: you put at Lance that's up there now online. You
Speaker 2: can also check out all my locker room interviews, including
Speaker 2: today's interview with t Higgins that is up on the
Speaker 2: X at Trags t R A GF and of course
Speaker 2: my YouTube page for the Jungle War Bengals postgame pod
Speaker 2: along with Richard Skinner of Local twelve that is at
Speaker 2: YouTube dot com Slash Jungle.
Speaker 1: Rar Odd And I would add to that your Bengals
Speaker 1: apology letter story you wrote c l n S since
Speaker 1: you with the y dot com was superb and a
Speaker 1: must read.
Speaker 3: Very well done. I appreciate, appreciate you Lance.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much for saying that you are too kind.
Speaker 3: I have a great night, Trags. We'll talk.
Speaker 1: Uh, we'll be in touch because well, I got to
Speaker 1: see if you can talk on Wednesday or not because
Speaker 1: we're not here on Thursday. Say no, well my people
Speaker 1: will talk with your people.
Speaker 3: How's that rocky? You know me? Well?
Speaker 4: Thanks Drags.
Speaker 3: Bye,