1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's Sports any there you go, four oh four. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 2: I'm Moegor. Thanks so much for listening today. Hopefully you're 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: having a nice, warm Monday. And I say warm because 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: it's kind of rough outside. 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: You know this, I hope you do. 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: Typically on Tuesdays, we're joined in studio by Paul Danner 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: Junior from the Athletic in the Growler podcast. I'm off tomorrow, 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: but because there's just been so much news and there's 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: so much stuff to talk about as it relates to 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: the Bengals, I did not want to leak let a 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: week come and go without spending a few minutes with Paul, 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: and so he was kind enough to adjust his schedule 14 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: and join me. 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: Though it's not in studio, it's second best. He's on 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: the phone and he's with us. 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: Now. 18 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: Hi Paul, Hi Mo. How are you doing. 19 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: I'm doing I'm doing well. It's awesome to have you. 20 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: By the way, Paul has written a good sort of 21 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: encapsulation of the week that has been in free agency, 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: what he's learned, what he's heard, maybe some conclusions that 23 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: you might draw. So go read that at the Athletic 24 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: dot com and if you missed any of the live 25 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: free agency shows from the Growler podcast, you can go 26 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: watch those on YouTube or listen to them, as we say, 27 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: where you get your podcasts. It's remarkable to me that 28 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: in the last week, really the last week, from where 29 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 2: we were ago a week at this time, how much 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 2: the tone has changed because we've stopped talking about who 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 2: they've gotten and a lot of us are focusing more 32 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: on what they haven't done and who they haven't gotten. 33 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it was a nice little start. 34 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: I mean, he start off just right, but I think 35 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: we all. 36 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 3: Recognize that it needed to be more than that, and 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: that you didn't want to have a couple of realities 38 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 3: that really were part of what doomed last year. 39 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: That you didn't want to feel. 40 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: Like you sacrifice depths because you just didn't add enough. 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: You didn't want to feel pigeonholed maybe in the draft 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 3: at certain spots to try to find starters. You didn't 43 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: want to feel forced to maybe play rookies in bigger 44 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 3: roles than you'd like. But all of that sort of 45 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 3: came by not kind of I guess, totally doing the 46 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: job in free agency, specifically obviously on defense last year. Well, 47 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: you're kind of saying those things again. It's it's there's 48 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 3: a lot of if they're just felt like if you 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 3: would have checked a couple of more boxes, then you 50 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 3: could sit here and say, all right, you feel like 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 3: this is a feels like a very complete team, one 52 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: that you don't feel pressured to do anything with, or 53 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 3: you know you could you could take one of your 54 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 3: top picks as maybe involved rather than maybe multiple having 55 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: to come in and immediately play large roles like we 56 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: saw last year. And you just can't really say that. 57 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: And in terms of significant additions in free agency, those 58 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 3: are done. 59 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: What they haven't done at linebacker. First of all, how 60 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: much money would you have wagered six days ago when 61 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: you were here in studio that you and I would 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 2: be talking today without them signing a linebacker. 63 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 3: I would not be wagering on the Bengals. 64 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: That's unethical and illegal for me, Mom, Well, that's fair. 65 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: I would not want you to do anything illegal or unethical. 66 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. I understand what you're saying. 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, I understand what you're saying. 68 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: I mean, look, yes, I like to try to take 69 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 3: people at their word. 70 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: I like to believe what I'm told specifically from people 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: that have no reason to lie to me. 72 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: And I feel like we heard from enough people saying 73 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: it loudly enough in Indianapolis that it suggested they had 74 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: a target and a thing that they wanted to accomplish 75 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: in free agency, and that was adding a linebacker, adding 76 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 3: leadership to those two young guys to help them develop, 77 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 3: to add a combo linebacker on the outside, so Demitrius 78 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 3: Knight doesn't have to be doing that as much. It 79 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: sounded like something they were very clearly going after. And yeah, 80 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 3: that's when they say that. 81 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: My thought is they're gonna do that right that? Why 82 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: why else would they say that? 83 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 3: And so for it to then come away is certainly 84 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 3: the biggest surprise of free agency. And you know, whatever 85 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: maybe ended up down their their priority board, and we 86 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 3: can discuss why that should or shouldn't happen, but like 87 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: I would not have suspected that it would have gone 88 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 3: completely unchecked in terms of any kind of a real addition. 89 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: What's the biggest reason for this? Is it simply they 90 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: believe in Carter and Knight. They believe the growing pains 91 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: from last year are going to pay off. Did they 92 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: simply not believe that some of the dudes that we 93 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: talked about in the run up the free agency were 94 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 2: good fits. Were their efforts that just didn't pan out, Like, 95 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: what's the main reason why we are here where we 96 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 2: are at linebacker? 97 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: I think the main reason is that they valued pass 98 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: rush first, and they ended up spending what they spent there. 99 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 3: They did not use advantageous structures or restructures. 100 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: Or any of those things with some of their contracts 101 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: that they. 102 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: Made to give themselves space to sort of value and 103 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 3: have felt what they felt like to be enough room 104 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 3: to add more than that. I think they're kind of 105 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 3: old school mentality and kind of refusal to use some 106 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 3: of the levers that we've talked about, whether you're talking 107 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: about year one pat pits or you're talking about guarantees 108 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 3: or void years or all of that stuff. I mean, 109 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 3: I think cost them a couple of players that cost 110 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 3: them comfortable room to operate the way that they do 111 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 3: to go to that next level. I think the value 112 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: for them of some of those guys that they liked 113 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 3: in the linebacker area went higher than they were comfortable with, 114 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 3: and they wanted to focus on Cook and Mafe are 115 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 3: up Basically a safety and a pass rusher first, and 116 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 3: then whenever they had left, they would figure out a 117 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: way to distribute and they used it in a significant 118 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: amount of money on thirty one year old Jonathan Allen, 119 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: and I think that just fell down their list of 120 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 3: priorities and they feel like they're out of space with that. 121 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Now. 122 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: Is there anybody out there who at that position would 123 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: make sense both in terms of what they would bring 124 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: to the field and how it would work financially. 125 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: You're looking at smaller deals at this point. That what 126 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 3: I think their approach right now is what we saw. 127 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 3: You're in the Dalton Reisner Noah Lucas Patrick was if 128 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 3: you think about where we were at with Guard last year, 129 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: it was going to the combine, coming assuming going to 130 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: the owners meetings and they had just signed Lucas Patrick 131 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: and he was like, it was like, well, he's we 132 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 3: signed him a couple of weeks after sure free agency 133 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: for about a million dollars, but he's going to start 134 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 3: right like it was. That was It's kind of where 135 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: that I think they're looking to find those guys that 136 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 3: would be near a league minimum or a low salary 137 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: that could come in and help there. There are names 138 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: out there. I mean, this is how you end up 139 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: with the this year's Orrin Burke's or whoever that ends 140 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: up being. It's just it's not if you're looking for 141 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 3: Bobby Wagner to come through that door. If you're looking for, 142 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 3: you know, a couple of the other guys that maybe 143 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 3: would demand a little bit higher number to come out 144 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 3: right now, that's just that's not where they're at, So 145 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: they're not going to be coming. But there could be 146 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: somebody that ends up being a low cost guy that 147 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 3: turns out to be a good fit. Maybe he is 148 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: this year's Dalton Reisner of defense. But you know, it's 149 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 3: obviously a substantial and substantial risk. 150 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: I feel like, as we've talked about, and obviously there's 151 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: still a long time to go, but I feel like, 152 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: as we've talked about the way the draft may unfold, 153 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: at least for me with the tenth overall pick, the 154 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: one position we haven't talked about nearly enough is corner. 155 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: Should that start to change immediately? 156 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's it's really it's fascinating on a number 157 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 3: of levels because, for one, you know, we Jalen Davis 158 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: is a great story. It's it's fantastic what he did 159 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: last year. He's a guy that spent a lot of 160 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: the last couple of years on the practice squad and 161 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: they so they really kind of don't have a nickel 162 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 3: at least if you're at the very least you are 163 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 3: drafting with the expectation at whoever you draft is going 164 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 3: to be playing over top of him, which means you 165 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,239 Speaker 3: have a rookie in the lineup. They don't have anybody 166 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 3: really as a fourth corner technically the outside backup, a 167 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 3: single outside backup that you would feel really comfortable with 168 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: right now, now, vast area that yeah, you could plug in, 169 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 3: you know, for the sake of knowing who we're talking 170 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: about Cam Taylor Britt for example, is how they or 171 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 3: they're you know, four or five other guys like him 172 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 3: that could be a veteran at a lower number that 173 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 3: you could plug in. But they don't want to stop 174 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 3: that right now. They just have DJ and they have 175 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 3: decks and also you know this is a thing where 176 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 3: you're talking about extension negotiations that are going to begin 177 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 3: for decks and DJ. I mean they've sort of been ongoing, 178 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: but really once the draft happens, between the draft and 179 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 3: camp is when you'll really start to see those fire 180 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 3: up as they normally do as a pre standard timeframe 181 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: with this team and their extensions. What happens there, you know, 182 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 3: when what's the impact of terms of if they they 183 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 3: could bring that could absolutely be the position that they 184 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 3: take A ten. You could be getting the top corner 185 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: in this draft right there, and what does that mean 186 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 3: for those negotiations how they get used? Would you then 187 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 3: reopen yourself to dacks moving inside? If number ten is 188 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 3: an outside corner, there's a lot of dominoes that still 189 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 3: have to fall at that position that it just feels 190 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 3: very wide open and unstable to me right now, despite 191 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: the fact that has maybe the defense's two strongest pillars involved. 192 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: I live with this fear. 193 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: Paul Danner Junior from The Athletic and the Growlar podcast 194 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 2: is with this. I live with this fear that because 195 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 2: they signed to Orlando Brown for two more years, and 196 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 2: at face value, I do understand why they did what 197 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 2: they did, but there's this fear that I have that 198 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 2: because they signed to Orlando Brown for two years beyond 199 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 2: what he was already under contract for, that they're not 200 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 2: going to take a tackle and at the tackle they 201 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 2: don't take. In a couple of years, I'm gonna look 202 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 2: back on a go that's the guy they should have taken, 203 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 2: but we had to sign up for two more years 204 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 2: of Orlando Brown discuss. 205 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: Well, to start, it's technically kind of one. I mean, 206 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: there's really it's really kind of a team option in 207 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 3: that I think it allows them to not feel forced 208 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,359 Speaker 3: into taking a tackle because they have to think immediately 209 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 3: about what twenty twenty seven looks like without him under 210 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 3: contract at all. It gives a little bit more security 211 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 3: to Orlando, a guy that they feel like is kind 212 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 3: of part of the core of the chemistry there, and 213 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 3: you know, the momentum that they've built with all that 214 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 3: continuity up there. So it's that kind of works both ways. 215 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 3: But yeah, I do think it takes takes the tackle 216 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 3: at ten overall off the table right now. I think 217 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: it's a it's a little bit of an investment in 218 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 3: what they believe Orlando was last year, despite a lot 219 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: of his efficiency numbers being down, and what they think 220 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 3: he can still do. But I you know, yeah, I 221 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 3: think you're gonna I think you're gonna look at that 222 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: and say, there's a lot of nervousness over how he plays. 223 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: We just don't know, Like. 224 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: You, you don't know if what you saw last year 225 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 3: is the start of a decline or just a circumstantial 226 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 3: death because he had a rookie and a lot of 227 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 3: change happening next to him. I think we see what 228 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 3: their bet is. But yeah, they still need to start 229 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 3: thinking about that position because they still have really. 230 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: A backup for either of those guys. I mean less, 231 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: we're trusting Tony Ford. 232 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 3: So again, another position that you would have said, okay, 233 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 3: that makes sense if you would have seen a swing 234 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 3: tackle get signed up in free agency. Maybe that's a 235 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 3: position that we see at a smaller deal top up 236 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 3: here in the next week or so, somebody who can 237 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: be maybe a backup there. 238 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 4: But yeah, it's. 239 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: It's certainly still on the radar, but it just offers 240 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 3: a little bit. It takes a little bit of that 241 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: urgency to immediately think about left tackle off the table. 242 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 3: I think that's the advantage from a Bengals perspective. 243 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 2: I think around the area, a lot of folks today 244 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 2: are a little bit more focused, maybe on their NCAA 245 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: tournament bracket. But for me, I'm diving into the pool 246 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: that I've created here which is too nail down the dates, 247 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 2: specifically that we find out that Joe Flacco has resigned 248 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: with the Bengals. 249 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: I'm picking. 250 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: I think I'm picking June eighteenth, June. Yeah, you're gonna 251 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 2: give it to I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go a 252 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 2: while here. Yeah, well, I. 253 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: Was gonna say longer. 254 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 3: I feel like he I think that can I can 255 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 3: I take the opening that maybe the first week of camp, 256 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 3: you know, I don't know, I don't I'm curious. I 257 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 3: think there's you know, from Joe's perspective. To me, it's 258 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 3: gonna be a matter of does he want to wait 259 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 3: through camp and see if something happens right, if some 260 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 3: if a quarterback gets hurt or or whatever, who knows 261 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 3: what happens, and wait for maybe a position that doesn't 262 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 3: appear open to come out in a desperate team needs somebody. 263 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 3: Or is he just gonna see that all the obvious 264 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: spots are gone to compete to play and just say, 265 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 3: you know what, I'll just go and and de Burro's backup. 266 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 3: He doesn't have to race to do anything. So to 267 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 3: me and I and I was sort of explaining this 268 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 3: in my story today is like that that's the beauty 269 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: of Josh Johnson. He'll get you as far as you 270 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 3: need to go, right. He knows everything. He knows everything 271 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 3: you can possibly need to know. And he went out 272 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: there and played two games last year and they won 273 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 3: one of them for Washington. And he's a guy that's 274 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 3: gonna know exactly how to handle everything. He's not gonna 275 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 3: be offended by being a cut or picked up or anything. 276 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: Right. 277 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 3: He's a solid guy to have in the room. But 278 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 3: the moment you maybe really need somebody, and if Flacco 279 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 3: is still out there, he's the whaty. 280 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: He just steps aside. 281 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 3: He's just sort of there until Flacco decides. 282 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: To say yes. 283 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 3: Whether that's in July, whether that's in on June eighteenth, 284 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 3: as you said, but it's in August. At some point 285 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 3: Joe will want to make a decision, and the Bengals 286 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 3: want to be there ready to go, but still have 287 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 3: an operational backup quarterback situation. 288 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Getting them through the off season makes sense. 289 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 2: I'll read, I'll readjust I'll come up with a deadline 290 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: by which everybody's got to have their final date. But Dom, 291 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: this is this is going to be the little game 292 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 2: we play to entertain me. Throughout the course of the 293 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 2: next next few months. I appreciate it as always. I'll 294 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 2: miss you tomorrow, but we'll see you. 295 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: Next week, all right, have a good one. 296 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: That's our guy, Paul Danner, Junior at the Athletic dot 297 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 2: Com and The Growler Podcast. Nineteen after four o'clock, we 298 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 2: got to get to a poll question. I got to 299 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 2: pose it on Twitter thanks to United Heartland Insurance. And 300 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 2: we'll take some phone calls a little bit later on Plus. 301 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: Our friend Jed Demuci, our official Miami University guy, is 302 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 2: going to join us at four thirty five. It is 303 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 2: exactly four to twenty on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. 304 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 5: Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. 305 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 6: Traffic from the UC Health Traffic Center. The University of 306 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 6: Cincinnati Cancer Center is the region's only young onset directal 307 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 6: cancer program designed to keep your life moving forward. Call 308 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 6: five one three five eighty five UCCC northbound seventy one 309 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 6: after Ronald Reagan Highway. There's an accident off on through 310 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 6: the right shoulder with a five to ten minute delay 311 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 6: back from Stuart Road Beachmont Avenue. It's an injury accident 312 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 6: near Bernie Lane. Police are over there on scene, I'm 313 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 6: at ezelic with the traffic. 314 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: This report is ending their money covered. 315 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: I do think it is completely reasonable to look at 316 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 2: how they've structured. And I'm the first to admit when 317 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: you start diving into the weeds of NFL players contracts 318 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: and how the salaries are structured, it can It can 319 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 2: make your eyes glaze over. It at times makes my 320 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: eyes glaze over. But like I said this jokingly to 321 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 2: Tony and Austin during since three sixty that I never 322 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: want to hear the Bengals be accused of being cheap 323 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: again if you look at what they've done financially in 324 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 2: how they frontloaded some money for Boye Mafe and Brian Cook. 325 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: And meanwhile, you've got a quarterback who's raising his hand going, hey, 326 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: you want to restructure, let's do it, and they all 327 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 2: but refuse. I just their approach at linebacker may prove 328 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 2: to be the correct one, and it may work out 329 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 2: with the guys they had last year, but oh boy, 330 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: there's no insurance policy right now in the event of 331 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 2: Carter and Knight playing the way they did last season. 332 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: And I think most of us looked at the offseason 333 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 2: and said, man, at that position, you could find some players, 334 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 2: good players, players who can contribute. But the ancillary benefit 335 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 2: is the two linebackers who struggled so much as rookies 336 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 2: could attach themselves to that guy and learn from them, 337 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 2: and maybe it accelerates their development. And they haven't done 338 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: any of that, And like, all you can do as 339 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 2: a fan is react to what's happened. Maybe you believe 340 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 2: the Bengals deserve the benefit of the doubt when it 341 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 2: comes to their own guys and their evaluations of their 342 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: own guys, or hey, they'll figure it out this offseason. 343 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 2: I'm not sure that after last year they deserve that 344 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 2: benefit of the doubt. And by the way, this this 345 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: criticism of what they've done at linebacker is independent of 346 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 2: I think whatever you might want to say about the 347 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: players they've acquired. There's actually a big part of me 348 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: that likes the Jonathan Allen acquisition because it's a little 349 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 2: bit of the antithesis of what they've done at linebacker. 350 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: Now. 351 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: The difference is Chris Knight was drafted two years ago. 352 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: Chris Knight, Chris Jenkins was drafted two years ago, and 353 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 2: Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight were drafted last year. But 354 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 2: they effectively probably had to overpay, but they effectively signed 355 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 2: another version of bj Hill. That is okay, But you 356 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 2: have to do that because you can't count on Chris Jenkins. Meanwhile, 357 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 2: at linebacker, they're going to count on two guys who 358 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 2: are a big part of the reason why they struggled 359 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: so much on defense last season. It is an interesting approach, 360 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: and that's putting it gently. Jed de Muci, formerly a 361 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 2: Channel twelve, is our unofficial Miami guy. He's going to 362 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 2: join us in seven minutes. Miami fans don't like Bruce Pearl. 363 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 2: Bruce Pearl on the Selection Show was still making the 364 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 2: case for Auburn, his son coach Auburn. Nepotism was a 365 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 2: factor that was admitted by Bruce Pearl himself. I guess 366 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 2: it's it's been revealed that Bruce is still on the 367 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 2: Auburn payroll, which would only bother me if, well, if 368 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 2: if Jay Wright wasn't on Villanova's payroll while he was 369 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: working for CBS, and if in the NFL we have 370 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 2: an active owner calling games and we have a guy 371 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 2: in Troy Aikman who's advising the Miami Dolphins. Like conflicts 372 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,239 Speaker 2: of interest, like him or not. Are just such a 373 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 2: deeply baked in part of sports and sports broadcasting that 374 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 2: I just I sort of shrugged my shoulders. I don't 375 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: agree with what Bruce Pearls had to say about Miami 376 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 2: and Auburn, and I do think he's coming from a 377 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: place where he's not being very objective, But you know what, 378 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 2: to have somebody on TV around the signature event of 379 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: that sport is not a bad thing. 380 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: Like, I just I. 381 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 2: Don't know that there's that many color basketball voices now 382 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: that really moved the meter. For years, Billy Packer was 383 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 2: the color analyst on CBS. He's the guy who called 384 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 2: like a billion consecutive final fours and could be prickly, 385 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 2: and it's just that guy never seemed like he was 386 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 2: able to laugh or have fun with anything. But he 387 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 2: was willing to state an opinion, and he was willing 388 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 2: to kind of defy the consensus. And I feel like, 389 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 2: not in a way where he's manufacturing takes like a 390 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: lot of people on TV do, but he was kind 391 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 2: of willing to be the villain. Famously so with Saint 392 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 2: jos in two thousand and four, when he was aghast 393 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 2: over the fact that they got a one seed with 394 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 2: just one loss playing in the Atlantic ten. I do 395 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 2: think there's something refreshing in that sport, having somebody who's 396 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 2: willing to be a contrarian, be a villain, say things 397 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 2: that most aren't going to agree with, and folks are 398 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 2: gonna mention. Bruce Pearl, I guess has dip his foot 399 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 2: into politics. I couldn't care less about that. I'm frankly 400 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 2: so oblivious to much of that, and willfully so that, 401 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 2: and blissfully so that that's not a factor. I just 402 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: I do like to watch people on television who will 403 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 2: give opinions that don't necessarily mesh with the consensus, and 404 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 2: who are willing to be the villain. I think that's healthy. 405 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 2: We had it for decades with Billy Packer. I'm not 406 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 2: really sure in that sport in particular, we've had it 407 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 2: with anybody since we have it with Bruce Pearl. And 408 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 2: as much as I probably disagree with most of the 409 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 2: stuff that he has to say, certainly as it relates 410 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 2: to Miami, I do think having somebody like that is refreshing. 411 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: Jed DEMUSI is refreshing. He joins us to take a 412 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 2: Miami victory lap and more. 413 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 5: Next Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic. 414 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 6: From the UC Health Traffic Center. The University of Cincinnati 415 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 6: Cancer Center has the region's only young onset col directal 416 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 6: cancer program designed to keep your life moving forward. Call 417 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 6: five one three five eighty five UCCC northbound seventy one 418 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 6: after Ronald Reagan Highway. There's an accident off onto the 419 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 6: right shoulder with a five to ten minute delay back 420 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 6: from Stuart Road Beachmont Avenue. It's an injury accident near 421 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 6: Bernie Lane. Police are over there on scene. I'm at 422 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 6: ezelic with the traffic. 423 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: This report is sponsored by ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's sports station. 424 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 2: Sports headlines momentarily twenty five from five o'clock. 425 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty. 426 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 2: On Moleger, we dubbed our friend, Jedd de Muci, our 427 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 2: official Miami RedHawks guy. Very early in conference play, when 428 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: it looked like perhaps the Seeds had been planted for 429 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 2: a special season, and as it turned out, it was 430 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,959 Speaker 2: a special season in Oxford undefeated during the regular season 431 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 2: and they made the NCAA tournamental play on Wednesday against 432 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 2: smu at. 433 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: U the arena. Jed formerly of local twelve. 434 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 2: You know, he did his Local twelve exit interview with us, 435 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 2: which was kind of him, and now he's here to 436 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 2: I think, take a bit of a victory lap of sorts. 437 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: Hi jed what's going on? 438 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 2: Though? 439 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 4: The direct deposit for my last appearance was incredibly generous. 440 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 4: I didn't realize it. Being Miami's official spokesperson came with that, 441 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 4: I'd like to forego that this time, but happy to. 442 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: Happy to be on with you. 443 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 4: And yeah, man, it is a victory lap. You know. 444 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 4: I heard you with Travis just now and or earlier 445 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 4: in your show. I cannot believe if you would have 446 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,479 Speaker 4: told me after last year's collapse in the MAC title 447 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 4: game that this year we would not win the MAC 448 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 4: title again but somehow make the tournament, I wouldn't have 449 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 4: believed you. And I mean seriously, like it'szy that for 450 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 4: the first time since nineteen ninety nine that any team 451 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 4: from the MAC without winning the conference tournament is in. 452 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: And I remember joining you earlier this year and I said, 453 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 4: we've got to be playing our best basketball so that 454 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: we can win the MAC Tournament. And for this team 455 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 4: to make the tournament, to get in without winning the 456 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 4: MAC Tournament, I think is just a credit to Travis Steel, 457 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 4: to everybody involved, and it is a victory lap today. 458 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: Between early Thursday and yesterday at six point fifteen, did 459 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 2: you feel any unease at any point? 460 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 4: No, I didn't. I didn't because I felt like the 461 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 4: the if if something would have happened where we would 462 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 4: have lost to OU at the end of the year, 463 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 4: I'm saying we. 464 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: I apologize, just you're just going to have to be okay. 465 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 4: But if something would have happened in that OU game, 466 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 4: or really any of those games to lose in the 467 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 4: r season, I would have been scared after the loss 468 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 4: to UMAX, But it just seems like everybody was saying, 469 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 4: you have to put them in. I've never seen such 470 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 4: a groundswell of support saying it just seemed like every 471 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 4: single person minus a couple of people, but the overwhelming 472 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 4: support for them to get in the tournament was just 473 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 4: really had me confident that they were going to make it. 474 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 3: Uh. 475 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 2: What was that Friday night when they played that game 476 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 2: in Athens against Ohio? 477 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 4: Like for you, I actually ended up watching it with 478 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 4: my boss, who's also a Miami grad but does not watch. 479 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 4: He has not been as invested as I have. And 480 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 4: every every five minutes he said, has every game been 481 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 4: like this? Like I didn't even I don't even know 482 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 4: what like they need to be. And I was just 483 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 4: sitting there sort of like, oh my gosh. You know, 484 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 4: I didn't have to explain to him the rules of basketball, 485 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 4: but he certainly was not aware that we were living 486 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 4: and dying with every game, with every possession there towards 487 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 4: towards the end of the stretch there. So that was 488 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 4: that was a pretty critical game, and you wouldn't have 489 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 4: had it any other way. And what to finish the 490 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 4: cap off, you know, a regular season, and to be 491 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 4: in the history books the way that we are now 492 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 4: forever is something to be very proud of. 493 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 2: I went up to Oxford to the game in late 494 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 2: January when they played UMass and it was the momentum, 495 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: the momentum among fans and among the university community was 496 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 2: was just starting the snowball. And I remember it was 497 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 2: a nine o'clock game. So I get up there a 498 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 2: little bit after eight o'clock. And I'm not going to 499 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 2: pretend that I've been to a billion games at Mallett Hall, 500 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 2: but typically you drive up, you park, you walk the 501 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 2: big deal and I remember going like, there's a lot 502 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 2: of folks here, and that paled in comparison, I think 503 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 2: to some of the crowds the RedHawks enjoyed later in 504 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 2: the season. So what was it like from your perspective 505 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 2: watching the university communit come alive and rally around this team. 506 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 4: Well, just from a local you know, obviously being an 507 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 4: alum and being an alum of Cincinnati Sports television, I 508 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 4: think from twenty thirteen to twenty twenty one, when I 509 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: worked at Local twelve, I think I was in Mallett 510 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 4: Hall in a professional capacity twice, and that may and 511 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 4: that may have been more than any of the other 512 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: three stations combined, and rightfully so rightfully so, there was 513 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,719 Speaker 4: no reason to be up there. I mean it was 514 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 4: it was bad. We were in a very very bad space. 515 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 4: Now I see all this stuff on Twitter and I'm 516 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 4: watching all these I mean, you've got Joe and Jeremy 517 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 4: at the same game, which he normally coverage that they 518 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 4: reserve for Bengals and Reds or whatever. You've got Charlie Clifford, 519 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 4: who's an alum on Channel five. He's at Brick Street 520 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 4: with Wally Zerbiak Yanni at Channel twelve, sitting down at 521 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 4: the waffle house with Travis Steele. I mean, and Caleb 522 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 4: knows creative storytelling. I need to take a dramma meme 523 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 4: before I watch his stuff. He's all over the place, 524 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 4: He's got every monitor at Channel nine. His storytelling has 525 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 4: been fantastic. I mean, it's a race now locally to 526 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 4: cover Miami as best as possible, which is just mind boggling, 527 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 4: to say nothing of the national coverage. I mean, it's 528 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 4: just been beyond belief, which you know, people are saying, oh, 529 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 4: I can't believe, you know, they didn't get in the 530 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 4: field of sixty four. They've got a play in game. 531 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 4: But taking a wider look at this, what this team 532 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 4: has been able to do this year needs to be appreciated, 533 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 4: not when it's over, but right now. 534 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've said this to him. You know, I thought 535 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 2: I thought Travis handled himself very well toward the end 536 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 2: of Xavier And I remember when he when he got 537 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 2: hired in Oxford. We had him on that day and 538 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 2: Xavier had just won the NIT and he could not 539 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 2: have been you know, more classy. He could not have 540 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 2: handled himself in the face of what was you know, 541 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 2: professional for lack of a better way of putting in failure. 542 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 2: I thought he exhibited a masterclass and kind of had 543 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 2: to handle that, and that stood out to me. He's 544 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 2: he's an easy guy to root for. What have you 545 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: come to like about him now that he is the 546 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 2: head coach at your alma mater? 547 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: We know? 548 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 4: It's funny going back to his opening presser, you can 549 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 4: go look this up on YouTube. The first question he 550 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 4: got as the head coach of Miami at the opening 551 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 4: presser was a kid who played on the Miami Hamilton 552 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 4: basketball team, basically asking for a scholarship. 553 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: M H I remember. 554 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 4: That, Andras and Travis handled it really well. He said, well, 555 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 4: you know it's the debt period. I can't talk to you, 556 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 4: but that had to be a what did I just 557 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 4: sign up for? Moments that he's being petitioned by a 558 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 4: kid at a branch campus. You know, you go from 559 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 4: the Big East to now this team, and he's talked 560 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 4: about it before that, the crowd that he's had at 561 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 4: MALA when he started so many what did I just 562 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 4: walk into? Moments? And for him to walk beyond that 563 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 4: to a place where I mean, I'll go back to it. 564 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 4: I can't you know they talk, you know, for lack 565 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 4: of a better term, the sports nerds of the world, 566 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 4: the Darren Ravelt types, talk about earned media, the idea 567 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 4: that you know, basically, what you would have to pay 568 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 4: in advertising for the free media that you've been given. 569 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 4: I don't even know how you calculate that. From Miami 570 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 4: this year, I really don't know. For the basketball team 571 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 4: to think that Scott Van Pelta's doing two minutes of 572 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 4: highlights and then talking to Travis after the game, that's 573 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 4: more than local stations and they don't have the time 574 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 4: to do that. So for him to reap the rewards 575 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 4: of seeing it through it reminds me a lot of 576 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 4: what Chuck Martin walked into when he started when at 577 00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 4: Miami the football program was in a very, very rough place. 578 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 4: And to see him reap those rewards and to see 579 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 4: two guys who are not only incredible coaches but incredible 580 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 4: men lead the program and you know, lead the football 581 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 4: and basketball program, it's it's been incredible and I admire Travis. 582 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 4: He says no to any interview. 583 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: He's on with everybody, yes. 584 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 4: And he just wants to get it out there as 585 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 4: frequently as he possibly can. And it's it's it's hard 586 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 4: not to admire. 587 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: Do you think they will beat SMU? 588 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I do strictly on vibes alone. I mean, 589 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 4: you know, Andy Enfield had his had the SMU coach, 590 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 4: had his run with Florida Gulf Coast, He's had his 591 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 4: time in the in the sun. To be the to 592 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 4: be the team that kind of pops up out of nowhere, 593 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 4: I couldn't tell. Somebody told me we actually there has 594 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 4: been a Twitter group thread that has started just Miami people, 595 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 4: and it's like twenty or thirty p on Twitter and 596 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 4: people just throw stuff out there. Somebody was putting together 597 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 4: scouting reports your SMU today, and that's the first I've 598 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 4: even I don't know a single player on their team. 599 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 4: I know a guard is hurt, and I know they've 600 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 4: got a seven to two guy who's huge, who some 601 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 4: people in the groups aread thinks looks like Betty All 602 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 4: from Umats were like, oh my gosh, it's a bigger 603 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 4: Betty All. But other than that, I don't know too 604 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 4: much about him. I know Enfield as a coach. He's 605 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 4: a great coach. I'm sure they're a great team. I 606 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 4: don't think you could draw it up any better for 607 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 4: Miami to pull this off. I know they're going to 608 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 4: be the underdogs, but man, I'm just excited to watch 609 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 4: on Wednesday night the facto home game for this team, 610 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 4: and I'm excited for them. 611 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: To move on. 612 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 2: How many Twitter fights with outsiders have you engaged in 613 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 2: and how many have you decided to not engage in. 614 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 4: I've used a mute button more frequently in the last 615 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 4: week or two weeks than I probably ever have on Twitter. 616 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 4: I I never back down from a from a fight, 617 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 4: but I have I have back down from a few. 618 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 4: There were some acrons fans, and there were some bracketologists 619 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 4: out there that were just kind of getting under getting 620 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 4: under my skin, and and I think you jumped in 621 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 4: on one, which which I really appreciated, somebody giving me 622 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 4: a breather. But you know that it's a two big 623 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 4: league and Miami's gonna be left out, and. 624 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: A lot of that that never made any sense. 625 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 4: No, no, no, it made very little, very little sense. 626 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 4: And yeah, there there have been, uh, there have been 627 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 4: some some Twitter fights that maybe I shouldn't have engaged in. 628 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 4: But again, it's it's just been an incredible, incredible season, 629 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 4: one that you could not have sat me down and 630 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 4: told me was gonna happen at at this point, you know, 631 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 4: a year ago, nobody could have predicted it. 632 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 2: Well, it's it's been fun to sort of live vicariously 633 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 2: through you. It's really fun to watch, you know, the 634 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 2: Miami community come alive and and sort of carry the banner, 635 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 2: if you will, for for area college basketball, because it's 636 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 2: been it's been not such a great season obviously for 637 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 2: for other schools, including the ones that I root for. 638 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 2: So I'm rooting for you guys on Wednesday. 639 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 4: Go ahead, can't can't forget the women's team as well, 640 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 4: making a tournament. Yes, congratulations to them for the first time, 641 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 4: I believe since two thousand and eight. So basketball is happening, 642 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 4: and in a few years there's going to be a 643 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:31,919 Speaker 4: brand new arena for it to happen in. I mean, 644 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 4: everything is just trending up. It's been amazing. 645 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 2: And and Miami is still the only school with a 646 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 2: synchronized figure skating team because I only know that because 647 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,439 Speaker 2: I flew in the same flight as them two weeks ago. 648 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 2: So that was that was a thrill for me. 649 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 4: Synchronized skating team, US president, super Bowl winning quarterback. Wow, 650 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 4: I think that's the only the only school with all three. 651 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:54,439 Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure. 652 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 2: All right, Well, I'll let you claim the Super Bowl 653 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 2: winning quarterback. Enjoy Wednesday, man, Thank you as always. 654 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: Thanks, you're the best. It's Jed de Musi. 655 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 2: It really has been Look, man, I'm a Cincinnati fan 656 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 2: and a date and grad. It's been fun watching the 657 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,320 Speaker 2: Miami community come alive because from a men's basketball perspective, 658 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 2: and that's no slight to what the women's team has accomplished. 659 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,359 Speaker 2: And I'm glad you had mentioned that, but it's been 660 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,800 Speaker 2: it's been a a dormant program for a very long time, 661 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 2: and anything button and they deserve to be in the tournament. 662 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm glad they're in, and I hope they beat SMU 663 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 2: on Wednesday. Our guy Hunter Sansom's going to join us 664 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 2: at five twenty. We'll try to squeeze some phone calls 665 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 2: in between now and then on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports. 666 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 5: Station, Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty Traffic. 667 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 6: From the uc Health Traffic Center. The University of Cincinnati 668 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 6: Cancer Centers the region's only young onset co directal cancer 669 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 6: program designed to keep your life moving forward. Call five one, three, 670 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,840 Speaker 6: five eight five uccc Vine Street is blocked off in 671 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 6: both directions between Paddock Road and fair Park Avenue that 672 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 6: due to an accident involving a down utility poll in 673 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 6: southbound seventy five after Paddock accident on the right shoulder 674 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 6: on that heaz that like with traffic. 675 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,160 Speaker 1: This reporter games sponsored by. 676 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,359 Speaker 2: Other thanks to Kelsey Chevrolet home of lifetime power train 677 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 2: protection and guarantee credit approval from their family to yours 678 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 2: for life kelseyeshev dot com reads are playing the Diamondbacks. 679 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 2: Andrew Abb at the start for Cincinnati. Uh It's one 680 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 2: nothing Snakes Cincinnati with a starting lineup that includes, among 681 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 2: others TJ. Friedel and Will Benson and JJ Bday and 682 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 2: Nathaniel Lowe and Jose Travino and Dane Myers and then 683 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 2: some other dudes who don't matter nearly as much. It's 684 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 2: one nothing Arizona Red's batting top of the third inning. 685 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 2: They are playing at Talking Stick. According to Laurel Faylor 686 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 2: of the Queen City Press, FC Cincinnati four Kevin Denke 687 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 2: involved in a car actit in overnight. No injuries, Alcohol 688 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 2: not involved. The accident apparently took place a little bit 689 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 2: after a one o'clock early this morning. One other individual 690 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 2: was with dank Gay but was also uninjured. FC Cincinnati 691 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 2: was clobberd yesterday by New England and Pat Noonan has 692 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 2: seemed like he has had a loss for ideas and answers, 693 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,399 Speaker 2: and that was before yesterday. It certainly would make sense 694 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 2: if he would continue to be at a loss for 695 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 2: answers after yesterday. By the way, World Baseball Classic semi 696 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 2: final tonight Venezuela taking on Italy. The winner will battle 697 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 2: the United States in the championship game tomorrow night. I 698 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 2: love the World Baseball Classic because it's you know, baseball 699 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,879 Speaker 2: is a sport based on series and instead just won 700 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 2: and done in the knockout stage. College basketball news former 701 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 2: Xavier and Ohio State head coach Than Mada is going 702 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:59,280 Speaker 2: to retire. He took three different programs to the NCAA Tournament, 703 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 2: twelve tournament appearances overall and five hundred and two career 704 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 2: wins for FA. Poll questions on this show are a 705 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 2: service of United Heartland Insurance. We put them on Twitter. 706 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 2: You know, I don't know what you're paying for insurance, 707 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,279 Speaker 2: but if you're paying too much or if you want 708 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,280 Speaker 2: to pay less, then you've got to go to uhi 709 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 2: ns dot com. The Bengals haven't added any linebackers this offseason. 710 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,400 Speaker 2: I give you two options, A no problem and Barren 711 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 2: and Demetrius Knight we trust or B You've got to 712 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 2: be kidding me. Very early in the voting, very very 713 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 2: very early in the voting, ninety one point seven percent 714 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 2: of you say you've got to be kidding me. And 715 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 2: I'm kind of there, Like I think, if you look 716 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 2: around the NFL, Leoshanal was a name that we talked 717 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 2: about a lot early last week. But if you look 718 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,760 Speaker 2: around the NFL, it's not that there's been a shortage 719 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 2: of linebackers who just seem to make sense. And what 720 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,319 Speaker 2: I what I don't understand is like, man, past rush 721 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 2: is king and it should be a priority, and safety 722 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,760 Speaker 2: play is important and it should have been a priority, 723 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 2: and it was, but it just it feels like they 724 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 2: can't do more than one thing at a time, and 725 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,759 Speaker 2: it feels like there's an unwillingness to do some things 726 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 2: that are relatively commonplace for other teams, like do restructures 727 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 2: with a willing to restructure quarterback. Nothing against the guys 728 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 2: they've acquired, nothing man like I think the Bengals top 729 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 2: to bottom are better than they were one week ago 730 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,319 Speaker 2: or a little bit more than one week ago. But 731 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 2: there is still this like gaping hole. And you know, 732 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 2: if you looked at pass rushing defensive tackles, there was 733 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 2: a dearth not that many of them, So Jonathan Allen 734 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 2: made sense, even if you did kind of overpay, there 735 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 2: was no dearth of linebackers who just look like they 736 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 2: would be good fits for this team. Good fits in 737 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 2: terms of providing what the Bengals badly needed last year, 738 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 2: and good fits for players like n and Carter to 739 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,880 Speaker 2: attach themselves to so they could continue their development. Vote 740 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 2: now at Mulleger. A low bar to clear for college 741 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 2: basketball teams, evidenced by what you saw this weekend. 742 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: Next flagfoot