WEBVTT - Sports Talk 12-24-25

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<v Speaker 1>The following takes place between seven pm and eight pm.

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<v Speaker 2>What's up? Welcome in, James Repene in Frolance Acholic. So

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<v Speaker 2>this is Sports Talk on seven hundred wl W. So

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<v Speaker 2>excited to be here on Christmas Eve. Shout out to

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<v Speaker 2>tearin Bland for producing today's show, and shout out to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I really hope you and your family have a wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas season, a wonderful holiday season, and obviously a happy

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<v Speaker 2>New Year. And really really grateful and thankful to be

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<v Speaker 2>here and to be talking with you on these airwaves

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<v Speaker 2>on seven hundred WLW and the iHeartRadio app. I'm James Orpene.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know me, why cover the Bengals every

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<v Speaker 2>single day Bengals Talk dot com. You could check us

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<v Speaker 2>out there and certainly check out all of our content

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<v Speaker 2>on the YouTube channel Cincinnati Bengals Talk as well, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's where we're going to start today's show. It is

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<v Speaker 2>with the Bengals and anytime I anytime I'm on these airwaves,

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<v Speaker 2>I tried to share thoughts about the Bengals that you

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<v Speaker 2>might not have heard from Lance, or might not heard

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<v Speaker 2>from Moe down the Hall or Toty from down the Hall.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was in Miami for the game on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>and I watched Joe Burrow do what he did, complete

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five of thirty two passes for three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>nine yards, four touchdowns, have a one forty six point

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<v Speaker 2>five passer rating, the second best of his career. And

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<v Speaker 2>to me, it was a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, we

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<v Speaker 2>look a lot of times during the holiday season for

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<v Speaker 2>a reminder of, oh, well, why you should cherish these

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<v Speaker 2>moments or these times, and when it comes to football,

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<v Speaker 2>and this has nothing to do with the holiday season,

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<v Speaker 2>but when it comes to football, the ultimate goal is

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<v Speaker 2>to what to win a championship. And I can for

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<v Speaker 2>sure tell you that every team that doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow feels like they are nineteen thousand, five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty two but jillion miles away from winning a championship.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you have a Josh Allen or a Patrick

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes or a Joe Burrow, you feel like you're close,

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<v Speaker 2>You feel like you have a chance, you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>there's a real shot at doing just that, of getting

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<v Speaker 2>to the mountaintop. And that's what Sunday reminded me, because

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow played well, but the Dolphins just never had

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<v Speaker 2>a chance. There was never a moment in that game,

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<v Speaker 2>even when it was fourteen to ten where I thought

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<v Speaker 2>that Quin Yours and the Dolphins were gonna beat Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow in the Bengals. And so you're like, James, what

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<v Speaker 2>does that mean? What are you say? I'm saying that

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't need to be rocket science for the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>this offseason. It doesn't need to be so hard, and

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<v Speaker 2>it feels like they're really really far away. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you have Joe Burrow, you're born on third base. You

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<v Speaker 2>have a shot to completely revamp things very very quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know Bengals ownership has really done the opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of going all in. They've tried to build this sustainable winner.

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<v Speaker 2>They've tried, They've tried to do this thing where they ah,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to try to keep ourselves in the mix

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<v Speaker 2>for as long as possible. And that sounds good, But

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<v Speaker 2>when you have Joe Burrow, it needs to be about

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow. When you have Joe Burrow, it needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be about Joe Burrow in building around him and putting

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<v Speaker 2>the team around him that can contend year in and

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<v Speaker 2>year out. How do you get there year in and

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<v Speaker 2>year out? Because when I look at this and I

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<v Speaker 2>think about Joe Burrow, and I think about how they're

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<v Speaker 2>four and two with Joe Burrow at quarterback this season,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, man, oh man, if you had just been

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<v Speaker 2>slightly under five hundred without him, they were one and

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<v Speaker 2>eight without him, it had been four and five without

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow, things feel, look and are so much different.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're right there, You're in the hunt. You feel

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<v Speaker 2>like you could go to Buffalo and win. You feel

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<v Speaker 2>like that you're competing with the Steelers for the division

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<v Speaker 2>crown right now, and that's who's more than likely he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to win it. But they weren't built correctly, they

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<v Speaker 2>weren't coached correctly. There were mistakes all around, and it's unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the reminder was for me the other day

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<v Speaker 2>watching Joe Burrow pass the twenty thousand yard mark, fifth

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<v Speaker 2>fastest in NFL history to do so, third fastest in

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<v Speaker 2>NFL history to throw for one hundred and fifty touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 2>He's had one hundred and fifty two touchdowns. The time

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<v Speaker 2>is now, not later.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote a book about the Bengals. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>you have probably followed the Cincinnati Bengals for your entire life.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, you can get it at Cincinnati Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>book dot com. It's called Enter the Jungle wherever books

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<v Speaker 2>are sold. This Bengals franchise has never had a quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>like Joe Burrow and gone all in on winning, and

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<v Speaker 2>they need to do that. The time is now to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. Teams that have gone all in and I

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<v Speaker 2>say that in quotes like the Los Angeles Rams, guess

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<v Speaker 2>what they've rebounded from their all in mode and they're

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<v Speaker 2>still good. You can be sustainable. This is the Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow era where every year you should be winning eleven, twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen games, not six, not seven, not five and ten,

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<v Speaker 2>five and ten? When will we be great again? Like

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<v Speaker 2>that's their slow this year. That can't be unacceptable. And

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<v Speaker 2>so this holiday season, this Christmas season, when we're all

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<v Speaker 2>spreading cheer and we should be the thing that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to spread. The message I want to send when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the Cincinnati Bengals is that this is

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<v Speaker 2>not rocket science. You can fix it. You can be

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<v Speaker 2>a Super Bowl contender a year from now. And when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on these airwaves next to Christmas Eve filling in

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<v Speaker 2>for Lance McAllister on Sports Talk. We can be talking

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<v Speaker 2>about man, oh man, they have a real shot out

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<v Speaker 2>winning a Super Bowl. That's the standard. Everything else is hogwash,

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<v Speaker 2>everything else is a failure. It comes up short. The

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<v Speaker 2>standard is really really high because of who you have

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<v Speaker 2>the Miami Dolphins. James are pen in for Lance McAllister today,

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas. The Miami Dolphins would trade their entire roster

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<v Speaker 2>in multiple years, of their entire drafts to get Joe Burrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow, Jamar, Chase T Higgins. We're gonna hear from

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<v Speaker 2>Tiggins coming up. You have all these pieces in their prime.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to take advantage of it. You have to.

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<v Speaker 2>And so for me, Sunday was a reminder of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, Joe's on the field with those weapons. Good luck,

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<v Speaker 2>good luck. You got a young, feisty defense that has

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<v Speaker 2>some real proven pieces. And that's what they need to

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<v Speaker 2>add this offseason, real proven pieces. That's it. It's on

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<v Speaker 2>ownership to do that. And I don't want to hear

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of you will probably thinking, oh, well, Joe

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<v Speaker 2>makes this amount of money or Jamar or t and

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<v Speaker 2>they shouldn't have paid this guy that they have plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of money.

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<v Speaker 3>Plenty of money.

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<v Speaker 2>They have plenty of money and plenty of cash. I

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<v Speaker 2>hear that a lot o the Bengals owners. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>have as much cash. There's a salary cap, plenty of cash.

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<v Speaker 2>They have plenty of cash, plenty of ways they can

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<v Speaker 2>maximize the cap. They don't. They don't do that, and

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<v Speaker 2>they should to the Joe Burrow era, Failing in this

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<v Speaker 2>era and not winning a Super Bowl is far worse

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<v Speaker 2>than having one year or two years where you're in

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<v Speaker 2>cap purgatory where your salary cap is preventing you from

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<v Speaker 2>doing what you want to do. Down the line. You

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<v Speaker 2>got to get a super Bowl, you gotta win the championship.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta be willing to push the chips in. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what's scary now because they're committed to Zach Taylor,

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<v Speaker 2>they're committed to this coaching staff, they're committed to this

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<v Speaker 2>front office. And so if that's the case, then what's

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<v Speaker 2>going to change. What needs to change is their desire

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<v Speaker 2>to go all in on winning and that is the standard.

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<v Speaker 2>They need to be active in free agency, There's no

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<v Speaker 2>doubt about it. And by active, I mean active like

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<v Speaker 2>they were in twenty twenty one and twenty twenty when

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow was on his rookie deal and then they

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<v Speaker 2>got cold feet in two a little bit if they

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<v Speaker 2>were able to get a couple of linemen. But you

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<v Speaker 2>could see the feet getting colder as we got closer

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<v Speaker 2>to Joe Burrow's extension, and those those feet are frozen

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<v Speaker 2>right now, even though those temperatures outside are mighty mighty

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<v Speaker 2>nice for this time of year in the Queen City.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm James or Peen in for Lance. This is Sports Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just getting started. You can tweet me on x

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals coverage Bengals talk dot com. Really happy to be

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<v Speaker 2>with you here on Christmas Eve plenty to discuss We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna hear from Zach Taylor, T Higgins, some of my

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<v Speaker 2>conversation with Tony Pike, and much much more. We are

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<v Speaker 2>just getting started here on a Christmas Eve edition of

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<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk. I'm James or Peen. Thanks for joining us

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<v Speaker 2>right here on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 2>and boil boy, what a season is it has been

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<v Speaker 2>for the Cincinnati Bengals. I got to be honest, ladies

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<v Speaker 2>and gentlemen, if you would have told me that I'd

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<v Speaker 2>be sitting in this chair with Taron bland producing and

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<v Speaker 2>keeping us in line here on seven hundred WLWU with

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<v Speaker 2>Tarren blanda on Christmas Eve in that this team would

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<v Speaker 2>be five and ten. The Cincinnati Bengals would be five

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<v Speaker 2>and ten. If you would have told me that during

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<v Speaker 2>training camp, when I was talking with Scott Sloan or

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<v Speaker 2>any number of times I'm on with Rocky obviously Sterling

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<v Speaker 2>show I'm on with him, or if I'm on down

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<v Speaker 2>the hall, or if I'm on with Lance, whatever the

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<v Speaker 2>case is, talking Bengals, if you would have told me that,

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<v Speaker 2>I would have laughed at you, like so much so

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<v Speaker 2>that even if you had told me Joe Burrow misses

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<v Speaker 2>nine games, I still wouldn't have thought they'd be five

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<v Speaker 2>and ten. And that's what's for me so disappointing is

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<v Speaker 2>this franchise needs to be able to build an average

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<v Speaker 2>team without Joe Burrow, because an average team without Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow is a true Super Bowl contender with him, and

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<v Speaker 2>instead they're like that. One of the nf eose worst

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<v Speaker 2>teams without Joe Burrow, I mean, one in eight tied

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL for the worst record during that stretch. With

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<v Speaker 2>the Titans and the Arizona Cardinals also went one and

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<v Speaker 2>eight during the stretch that nine games without Joe Burrow.

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<v Speaker 2>That should be impossible. And so when I think about

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<v Speaker 2>this team and I'm gonna we're gonna hear from Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow in just a minute, I just think, how can

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<v Speaker 2>you get to a place where you're capable of figuring

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<v Speaker 2>this out, capable of making it work without Joe If

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<v Speaker 2>he does miss a few games, like next year, if

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<v Speaker 2>he misses four games, that shouldn't derail the season. They

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<v Speaker 2>should be able to go two and two or better.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's it's wild to me as I start to

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<v Speaker 2>reflect on this year, like how in the hell do

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<v Speaker 2>you go one in eight without Joe Burrow? And you

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<v Speaker 2>could dissect the games and say, oh, well, they should

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<v Speaker 2>have beat the Jets, or this defense should have done that,

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<v Speaker 2>or Jake Browning should have done that. Absolutely, there's no doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's unacceptable when it can't happen again. And so

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<v Speaker 2>whatever they need to do on defense they better do,

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<v Speaker 2>which is address all three levels. Whatever they need to

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<v Speaker 2>do on offense, maybe have a backup quarterback that they know,

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<v Speaker 2>not confident in, that they know can come in and

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<v Speaker 2>be a guy that can run their offense at a

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<v Speaker 2>high level. Whatever the case is, you have to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe that means bringing Joe Flacco back. I would

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<v Speaker 2>love it. Maybe it's saying, hey, Phil Rivers, who look

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<v Speaker 2>good Monday night? I mean the dude throwing it to

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<v Speaker 2>my guy, Alec Pierce, shout out the University of Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 2>bearcatz Alum. He's about to get paid this offseason, but

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<v Speaker 2>Philip Rivers looking productive like fine, I don't care if

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<v Speaker 2>he's fifty two years old. Find a competent backup quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that's another thing this offseason because the last

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to be doing, honestly, and I did this.

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<v Speaker 2>I was in Miami. Joe Burrow complete seventy eight percent

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<v Speaker 2>of his passes, throws for three hundred yards. That's all

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<v Speaker 2>these franchise marx in personal best, twenty thousand yards, career milestones,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fifty passing touchdowns. And after the game

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<v Speaker 2>I have to ask him about fun. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to do that. Here's what Joe Burrow said after the game.

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<v Speaker 2>How much fun?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm having fun playing football. Not playing football is not

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<v Speaker 2>fun And you're sitting in a locker room rehabit all day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's and that's not why you do it. This is

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<v Speaker 2>why you do it right here. This is why you

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<v Speaker 2>do it right here. That entire postgame conversation that he

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<v Speaker 2>had with us in Miami has posted on my YouTube channel,

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati Bengals Talk. Please subscribe. The reason why that's so

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<v Speaker 2>noteworthy to me twofold, there's a lot of narratives about

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow. The one was that the Andrew Luck narrative,

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<v Speaker 2>which I've always I've always shot down and I think

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<v Speaker 2>I've thought it was hogwashed. And I heard it probably

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<v Speaker 2>three or four years ago. Early on. I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe loves football. And it was a national person talking

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<v Speaker 2>to me and he was like, yeah, but so did

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Luck. And I was like, no, no, no, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe is obsessed with football. I can't imagine Joe Burrow

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<v Speaker 2>without football right now, can't imagine it. And so when

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<v Speaker 2>I look at that and I think of it, like

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<v Speaker 2>what what this team is and and what they should

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<v Speaker 2>be with Joe, I think, all right, they they have

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<v Speaker 2>a dude that is dedicated, that is committed, that is

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<v Speaker 2>going to do everything he can to win and so

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<v Speaker 2>put him in position to do that. And a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people are going to say, oh, he's got to

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<v Speaker 2>stay healthy, and I agree, but he's had some freak injuries,

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<v Speaker 2>and you need to be in position to overcome those

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<v Speaker 2>freak injuries if you're the Bengals. Again, I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>they need to be to build a Super Bowl contender

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<v Speaker 2>in a team that will contend for a Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>if Joe Burrow's hurt, But can you overcome a few games, like,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, let's just say the Bengals were ten and

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<v Speaker 2>four right now, right are eleven and four? Excuse me?

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<v Speaker 2>Could they sustain Let's say Joe got nicked up and

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<v Speaker 2>they've clinched a playoff spot, but they're battling for playoff positioning.

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<v Speaker 2>Could they win down the stretch here with Joe Flacco? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they could beat the Jets with Joe Flacco.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they'd be able to beat the Bears potentially

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<v Speaker 2>with Joe Flacco. I thought they'd be able to maybe

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<v Speaker 2>sweep the Steelers with Joe Flacco. None of those things happened.

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<v Speaker 2>They want one in eight without Joe Burrow. They won

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<v Speaker 2>one game with Joe Flacco. That's unacceptable. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>blaming Joe by the way. I'm just saying, like the

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<v Speaker 2>way the team is built, the way they're constructed, the

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<v Speaker 2>way everything has gone, they need to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>sustain a reasonable product on the field. And when you

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<v Speaker 2>look at it, let's say they were eleven and four

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<v Speaker 2>and Joe was nicked up and Joe Burrow couldn't play,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to turn to the other Joe. Would

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<v Speaker 2>you be confident that they're going to handle business and

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<v Speaker 2>get to thirteen and four. I would not based on

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<v Speaker 2>what I've seen. So what needs to be fixed. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the defense certainly needs to be fixed. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Taylor needs to coach better down the stretch of

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<v Speaker 2>these games, make better decisions, and there are a multitude

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<v Speaker 2>of those. Like the Jets game, I get it, the

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<v Speaker 2>defense fell apart. I think there are coaches in the

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<v Speaker 2>NFL that still find a way to win that game.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what's tough is that's when the season really

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<v Speaker 2>went off the rails the Bengals. It felt like we're

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<v Speaker 2>about to get to four and four and instead where

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<v Speaker 2>three and five and facing a must win against Chicago.

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<v Speaker 2>They rally but lose a heartbreaker in that state, it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like the season's over. And that's what's tough. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a really tough situation when you're the Bengals and you

0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.239
<v Speaker 2>put yourself in that spot. And when I think of

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<v Speaker 2>this year, that's the area where they had a chance,

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to make a run, didn't happen, a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to really go for it didn't happen, and it's unfortunate,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's the reality they face. And so when I

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<v Speaker 2>think of this team, where they're at and what they

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<v Speaker 2>need to do moving forward, it's very very simple. Build

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<v Speaker 2>a quality team without Joe Burrow, a team that can

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<v Speaker 2>go eight to nine, nine and eight without Joe Burrow,

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<v Speaker 2>because if you do that, guess what you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go like fifteen and two with him, and you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the best team in the NFL. And he

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<v Speaker 2>is that special. He is, and that's why there's so

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<v Speaker 2>much drama and national narratives and discussion and all those things.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone wants them because if you have a guy like that,

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<v Speaker 2>you always have a chance. And the Bengals have a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>And going back to what I said fifteen minutes ago,

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<v Speaker 2>it's time to go all in you're the Bengals. As

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<v Speaker 2>we wrap up this and celebrate Christmas and get into

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<v Speaker 2>the new year. Here, it's time to go all in.

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<v Speaker 2>Put those chips in on Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase and

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty six Cincinnati Bengals. I'm James Earpene. This

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<v Speaker 2>is Sports Talk. Thank you so much for being here.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna hear from Zach Taylor on the other side

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<v Speaker 2>of the break, and uh yeah, Merry Christmas. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>you're having a wonderful Christmas Eve and certainly going into

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas Day as well. Excited to be here with you

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<v Speaker 2>until nine o'clock. In for Lance McAllister. I'm James Earpene,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is Sports Talk on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 3>News, Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred w l W, Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 8>Around the world, Christmas Eve service is taking place with

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<v Speaker 8>the seven thirty report. I'm Sean Gallagher breaking now.

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<v Speaker 3>In Rome. Tonight.

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<v Speaker 8>Polp Leo, the fourteenth, leading his first Christmas Mass, has

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<v Speaker 8>ponted from Saint Patrick's from Saint Peter's Basilica in New York.

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<v Speaker 8>Saint Patrick's Cathedral expected to be packed as it marks

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<v Speaker 8>the final midnight mass for Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who will

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<v Speaker 8>soon retire having reached theh of seventy five, which is

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<v Speaker 8>the mandatory retirement age in the Catholic Church. Cardinal Dolan

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<v Speaker 8>served in New York's nearly three million Catholics for sixteen years.

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<v Speaker 8>Tickets for in high demand for the service made available

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<v Speaker 8>through a lottery system among those expected to attend the

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<v Speaker 8>mass outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the latest.

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<v Speaker 8>Trafficking weather together is still seeing the exit ram closed

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<v Speaker 8>southbound off to westbound I seventy four due to an

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<v Speaker 8>earlier accident. The right lane of the highway also blocked

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<v Speaker 8>by the ramp.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the latest forecast from the Train Heating and Cooling

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<v Speaker 3>Weather Center on news Radio seven hundred wl W I will.

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<v Speaker 9>Dip down into the upper forties, but by the time

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<v Speaker 9>most of us wake up Christmas morning will be well

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<v Speaker 9>into the fifties. Scattered rain also likely to night into

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<v Speaker 9>Christmas morning, but it looks like the second half of

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<v Speaker 9>the day will be dryer, although still gloomy with some

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<v Speaker 9>mist and drizzle. High's near fifty nine degrees heading into

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<v Speaker 9>Friday morning, we'll cool off to forty six from your

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<v Speaker 9>severe weather station I'm nine First Warning metro Oblogius, Mark

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<v Speaker 9>Stents News Radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 8>Fairs guys in forty four degrees news a service of

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<v Speaker 8>aulta Fiber. A crash late this morning in Sycamore Township

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<v Speaker 8>near Keimwood Town Center leaves one person dead and another

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<v Speaker 8>critically injured. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office was called out

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<v Speaker 8>around eleven o'clock to the intersection of Montgomery and Galberth Roads.

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<v Speaker 8>They say the twenty eight year old Connor Walshley was

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<v Speaker 8>driving at a highbrid to speed of Montgomery when he

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<v Speaker 8>clipped another vehicle on Galbert that sent him off the road,

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<v Speaker 8>hitting a curb, and then his vehicle became airborne, striking

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<v Speaker 8>several trees and two utility poles. He and a passenger

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<v Speaker 8>had to be extricated from the vehicle. Walshley died from

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<v Speaker 8>his injuries while the passenger was taken to UC Medical Center.

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<v Speaker 8>Montgomery rode between Gilbert and Coogler Mills still shut down,

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<v Speaker 8>expected to be reopened around eleven o'clock tonight as Duke

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<v Speaker 8>Energy and Ulti Fiber replace and rewire utility poles. A

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<v Speaker 8>woman shot and killed at a senior living facility too,

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<v Speaker 8>saying Walnut Hills has been identified. Cincinnati Police sat evening

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<v Speaker 8>around six point thirty responded to the Park Eden building

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<v Speaker 8>on Park Avenue where a thirty one year old to

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<v Speaker 8>Kiamac Hollum is found dead in a hallway. There's been

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<v Speaker 8>no information from police about a suspect as their investigation continues.

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<v Speaker 8>This does mark the second shooting scene at the Park

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<v Speaker 8>Union building within a week. The Cincinnati Cyclones in ECCHL

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<v Speaker 8>could go on strike after Christmas.

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<v Speaker 10>The Professional Hockey Players Association has announced Tuesday they've served

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<v Speaker 10>the ECHL a strike notice, effective for Friday. PHPA executive

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<v Speaker 10>director Brian Ramsey accuses the league of ongoing unfair labor

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<v Speaker 10>practices and unlawful and corrosive conduct, forcing the strike. If

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<v Speaker 10>the ECHL and the PHPA can't reach an agreement, games

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<v Speaker 10>on the twenty six and onwards will be postponed. The

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<v Speaker 10>Cyclones are scheduled to host the Kalamazoo Wings this Friday

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<v Speaker 10>and Saturday night, and Hockey Night in Cincinnati is slated

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<v Speaker 10>for December twenty seventh. I'm Ley Mawen News Radio seven

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<v Speaker 10>hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 3>Aren't acceptedd today o'clock.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm Sean Gallagher News Radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 11>News Radio seven hundred WLW and Iheartradios Guarantee Human seven

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<v Speaker 11>hundred WLW, HI Hard Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking for a memorable.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to sports talk. I'm James Rpaine and this

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<v Speaker 2>is seven hundred w l W Merry Christmas Eve in

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<v Speaker 2>for Lance McAllister, and I think it's time to have

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<v Speaker 2>a discussion about Zach Taylor. We're gonna hear from Zach

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor in just a second. I think it's tough. It's

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<v Speaker 2>tough when you understand the human side of things to

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<v Speaker 2>a degree, and Zach obviously has a high leverage position.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not going to, especially on Christmas Eve, talk

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<v Speaker 2>about job security or whether he should be here or

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<v Speaker 2>not be here. I know everybody has strong opinions about that,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a time and place for it. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure Christmas Eve is that time. I will say this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna play what Zach Taylor had to say

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday after the game, some injury stuff, obviously health updates,

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<v Speaker 2>the insight he had on T Higgins. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>important for you everyone to hear that as T Higgins

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<v Speaker 2>made it through concussion protocol. But the end of what

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<v Speaker 2>Zach had to say I think is really really important too.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is it's about seven minutes. It's Zach Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday, and let's get to that and then we'll

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<v Speaker 2>react to what he said at the end of his

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<v Speaker 2>Monday news conference. James Arpine in for a lance, here's

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Taylor for Monday.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, we've always wanted to be a relentless defense,

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<v Speaker 12>something where the effort flies off the tape and you

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<v Speaker 12>see guys forming the ball. So I think those are things.

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<v Speaker 12>When I watched the tape yesterday is you see everyone

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<v Speaker 12>in the picture, everyone after first contact trying to get

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<v Speaker 12>in the mix, make sure the ball carry gets down.

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<v Speaker 12>They got the one run on us. That was a

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<v Speaker 12>big run, and you can't excuse that because we got

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<v Speaker 12>to get him on the ground. We had opportunities to

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<v Speaker 12>do it, could have knocked it down. We didn't. This

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<v Speaker 12>court touchdown. But you look at the mixture runs after that,

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<v Speaker 12>and they're tough. They scheme your runs up, they give

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<v Speaker 12>you a lot of different looks, a ton of different

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<v Speaker 12>personnel groupings. I thought our defense did a great job

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<v Speaker 12>getting that run game settled down. And minimized toward the

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<v Speaker 12>second half. You know, you got to make them throw

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<v Speaker 12>the football and we were able to get the ball

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<v Speaker 12>off of them that way. So just overall really impressed

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<v Speaker 12>with the growth of our defense and how these guys

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<v Speaker 12>are responded. They understand the scheme, the communication has been

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<v Speaker 12>really good, and again you know, taking the ball off

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<v Speaker 12>the people, you know, so there's that confidence to scoring

0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:31.960
<v Speaker 12>there as well, And so it's been fun to watch.

0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:35.240
<v Speaker 13>That's a line a pretty good game yesterday and starts

0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:37.720
<v Speaker 13>of containing the run between the tackles.

0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:41.240
<v Speaker 12>Doing a great job, playing with their hands, understanding the

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:44.080
<v Speaker 12>techniques for asking them to play and and so again

0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:46.160
<v Speaker 12>you're just seeing guys grow. A ton of guys grow.

0:25:46.200 --> 0:25:49.640
<v Speaker 12>Getting Tamar back was fun to watch yesterday. I thought

0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:52.960
<v Speaker 12>Cedric played a good game yesterday. Miles continues just to

0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:57.000
<v Speaker 12>just have a really good season right now with where

0:25:57.000 --> 0:26:00.159
<v Speaker 12>he's at, and so again it's just and there's as

0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:02.080
<v Speaker 12>I'm not even naming, you know, I thought everybody played

0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:05.600
<v Speaker 12>really well yesterday. So just fun group to watch them

0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:07.360
<v Speaker 12>continue to grow and as sand and that's all we're

0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:08.880
<v Speaker 12>asking for them right now is just get better every

0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:11.520
<v Speaker 12>single week and minimize your mistakes and we're seeing that

0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:12.800
<v Speaker 12>from those guys.

0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:16.320
<v Speaker 14>Think Higgins said he saw specials to go when you

0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:19.119
<v Speaker 14>go to see Thursday morning, okay, and kind of what

0:26:19.119 --> 0:26:21.480
<v Speaker 14>what led to y'all come to that conclusion and saying, hey,

0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:23.240
<v Speaker 14>I still have this shut down and kind of walk

0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:23.880
<v Speaker 14>us through that cross.

0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:25.400
<v Speaker 12>Yeah, that it was the doctors, you know, I think

0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:28.639
<v Speaker 12>just making sure tea in conjunction with our doctors, just

0:26:28.720 --> 0:26:33.080
<v Speaker 12>making sure you got that final checkpoint there to make

0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:36.159
<v Speaker 12>sure we're seeing everything. And the clearance was appropriate. I

0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:38.679
<v Speaker 12>think with the two issues he's had, you know, that

0:26:38.760 --> 0:26:40.239
<v Speaker 12>was the appropriate way to do it.

0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:40.640
<v Speaker 7>And so.

0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.000
<v Speaker 12>Getting out there quite really was. It was a bang

0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:46.040
<v Speaker 12>bang Thursday morning, got out there, got back before I

0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:48.159
<v Speaker 12>wasn't expecting about practice, and there he just walks in

0:26:48.200 --> 0:26:52.639
<v Speaker 12>the door, you know, right after stretch. So that was

0:26:53.119 --> 0:26:55.240
<v Speaker 12>I think it's good for him to hear that too.

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:57.800
<v Speaker 12>He could probably answer that better than I can, but

0:26:58.560 --> 0:26:59.800
<v Speaker 12>we just want to make sure we were doing right

0:26:59.800 --> 0:27:01.080
<v Speaker 12>by him. If he's going to go out there and

0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:03.199
<v Speaker 12>play that everybody feels good about it. He feels good

0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:05.880
<v Speaker 12>about it, family feels good about it. And he went

0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:08.920
<v Speaker 12>out there and to my eye, felt really good.

0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.920
<v Speaker 14>Clear Saturday and Sunday morning in order to finally have agree.

0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 12>I don't know what the final hurd it was. I

0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:17.520
<v Speaker 12>mean I felt good Friday. I wasn't gonna tell everybody that,

0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:21.080
<v Speaker 12>but you know, it's it's kind of nice for you

0:27:21.160 --> 0:27:23.600
<v Speaker 12>to have te Higgins walk on the field Sunday morning

0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:25.320
<v Speaker 12>when no one's exactly sure if he's going to play.

0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:26.880
<v Speaker 7>I knew he was going to play at that point, but.

0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:30.239
<v Speaker 12>You know, so it's good to get tea back out there,

0:27:30.240 --> 0:27:31.520
<v Speaker 12>and I know we got a lot of confidence when

0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:32.080
<v Speaker 12>he's out there.

0:27:32.280 --> 0:27:35.920
<v Speaker 15>Jalen Davis in November camp, Tilbert gets hurt. You were

0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:38.280
<v Speaker 15>going young in a lot of different positions. You had

0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 15>young corners, and obviously it's worked out with Jalen. What

0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:42.600
<v Speaker 15>made Jalen the guy that you wanted to put in

0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:44.920
<v Speaker 15>the lineup when you looked at your options.

0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:47.320
<v Speaker 12>At that He's always he's always been a dependable guy.

0:27:47.359 --> 0:27:50.119
<v Speaker 12>We've seen it for him in training camp, for preseason games,

0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:52.639
<v Speaker 12>and the opportunity he's gotten over the years, you know,

0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:57.400
<v Speaker 12>to play in a real game and uh.

0:27:56.840 --> 0:27:59.120
<v Speaker 7>You know, just tremendous locker room guy.

0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:01.680
<v Speaker 12>I think he's he's a fan favorite in the locker room,

0:28:02.160 --> 0:28:05.240
<v Speaker 12>tremendous energy, just does what it takes to win and

0:28:05.280 --> 0:28:07.840
<v Speaker 12>help our team, whether that's been as a practice squad player,

0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:10.840
<v Speaker 12>bringing energy every single day and being consistent and being

0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:12.920
<v Speaker 12>ready when his numbers called, and so then his numbers

0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:15.359
<v Speaker 12>finally called in November. He just goes out there and

0:28:15.440 --> 0:28:17.960
<v Speaker 12>just plays with a ton of confidence, a ton of awareness,

0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:24.320
<v Speaker 12>great communication skills, leadership on defense, has an act for

0:28:24.400 --> 0:28:27.080
<v Speaker 12>making plays on the ball, has an act for pressuring.

0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:30.720
<v Speaker 12>A lot of similarities Mike Hilton, you know, and whether

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:32.520
<v Speaker 12>that's because they were together for a long time, and

0:28:34.320 --> 0:28:37.600
<v Speaker 12>that's a huge compliment, you know, because Mike obviously had

0:28:37.920 --> 0:28:42.200
<v Speaker 12>tremendous career, and so JD's out there doing his own

0:28:42.200 --> 0:28:46.200
<v Speaker 12>thing and really just happy to see him take on

0:28:46.280 --> 0:28:48.680
<v Speaker 12>that role and do it with a ton of confidence and

0:28:48.680 --> 0:28:49.960
<v Speaker 12>make a lot a place for us and have a

0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:50.680
<v Speaker 12>lot of success.

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:54.600
<v Speaker 7>He's earned that hard. You describe Fairchild's rookie.

0:28:54.840 --> 0:28:58.000
<v Speaker 12>Good, you know, I think he's playing between Orlando and

0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:00.800
<v Speaker 12>Ted has been a really good for him. Played with

0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:04.120
<v Speaker 12>really good physicality, and you know, seeing a lot of

0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:05.960
<v Speaker 12>stuff over the course of this season, being able to

0:29:05.960 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 12>be available and and I you know, really I think

0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:12.680
<v Speaker 12>he's got a really high ceiling and and you know

0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:14.760
<v Speaker 12>I felt the line as a whole. You know, we're

0:29:14.760 --> 0:29:17.479
<v Speaker 12>talking about Maricus, we're talking about Dylan. I've just had

0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:19.720
<v Speaker 12>a ton of confidence all year. You know, whatever we're

0:29:19.720 --> 0:29:24.640
<v Speaker 12>calling that there's gonna be great protection for quarterbacks. That

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:26.440
<v Speaker 12>the run game. You know we're gonna have success in

0:29:26.440 --> 0:29:29.560
<v Speaker 12>our runs that we're calling. And so just you know,

0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:31.520
<v Speaker 12>that speaks to Dylan, that speaks to the whole group.

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:35.240
<v Speaker 12>I just as a head coach, as a play caller,

0:29:35.320 --> 0:29:36.640
<v Speaker 12>have a lot of confidence in the unit.

0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:40.080
<v Speaker 13>How much do you like watching so Tay that duo

0:29:40.200 --> 0:29:44.160
<v Speaker 13>blocked head and Dylan had We're smashes touchdown.

0:29:44.560 --> 0:29:47.600
<v Speaker 12>H It's great, and it's you know when you get

0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:51.360
<v Speaker 12>a drive mull Over drives. The second half started around midfield,

0:29:51.480 --> 0:29:54.080
<v Speaker 12>which was was just great. But you know, you hit

0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:55.560
<v Speaker 12>them in the past game and you kind of got

0:29:55.600 --> 0:29:57.320
<v Speaker 12>teams on their heels, and then you get to hit

0:29:57.400 --> 0:29:58.880
<v Speaker 12>them on two runs as you get lower in there

0:29:58.920 --> 0:30:01.560
<v Speaker 12>and scored on two runs. You know from you know,

0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:05.200
<v Speaker 12>inside the fifteen, inside the five. It's good because now

0:30:05.360 --> 0:30:06.560
<v Speaker 12>you know you're having a lot of success in the

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:08.720
<v Speaker 12>past game. So they got to respect that, and then

0:30:08.960 --> 0:30:10.160
<v Speaker 12>you know you hit them with with some of the

0:30:10.240 --> 0:30:12.000
<v Speaker 12>runs we hit them on and the guys are able

0:30:12.040 --> 0:30:13.640
<v Speaker 12>to come off the ball and drive them off the ball,

0:30:13.720 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 12>and it's it's that's a great way to finish drives.

0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:16.800
<v Speaker 3>Yah.

0:30:16.840 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 16>When it's a season that hasn't gone well for you guys,

0:30:19.320 --> 0:30:22.400
<v Speaker 16>there's a lot of talk about a meaningless season, but

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.200
<v Speaker 16>for you, you look at a different as a coach,

0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:26.920
<v Speaker 16>I know, where do you see the most growth on

0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:29.480
<v Speaker 16>a team even though this season hasn't been great.

0:30:29.520 --> 0:30:31.719
<v Speaker 12>Well, I think we've played a lot of young guys,

0:30:31.800 --> 0:30:33.640
<v Speaker 12>you know, and these guys have just gotten better and better,

0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:36.040
<v Speaker 12>and so our future is really right that way that.

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 7>Every player, you.

0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:40.719
<v Speaker 12>Know, first, second, third year player, I really feel like

0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:43.280
<v Speaker 12>has made huge strides this season as they've gotten more

0:30:43.280 --> 0:30:45.560
<v Speaker 12>reps and more opportunity. And so we have a lot

0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:47.400
<v Speaker 12>of confidence in those guys. And then and then you

0:30:47.440 --> 0:30:48.960
<v Speaker 12>blend it with the veterans that we've got that are

0:30:49.000 --> 0:30:52.960
<v Speaker 12>playing at a high level. So I feel really good

0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.440
<v Speaker 12>about the direction this team. And and you know, it's

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.480
<v Speaker 12>all we can control is this week we got Arizona.

0:30:58.520 --> 0:30:59.960
<v Speaker 12>This week, we got to put our best at four.

0:31:00.560 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 12>Forget about what's going on around us. Just focus on

0:31:03.320 --> 0:31:05.560
<v Speaker 12>great game plan, having a great week of practice. Winning

0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:07.680
<v Speaker 12>the game went in two games in a row. The

0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:10.840
<v Speaker 12>feeling we had in the locker room responding with another

0:31:10.880 --> 0:31:13.360
<v Speaker 12>way to win back to back games is all we

0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:20.480
<v Speaker 12>can control right now. Okay, you know, I know Jay

0:31:20.520 --> 0:31:23.040
<v Speaker 12>Morrison and his family are dealing with something tough right now.

0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:25.400
<v Speaker 7>Jays, as you all know, one of the greatest guys

0:31:25.440 --> 0:31:26.080
<v Speaker 7>in this business.

0:31:26.080 --> 0:31:28.520
<v Speaker 12>So thought some prayers with him and his family, and

0:31:28.880 --> 0:31:30.320
<v Speaker 12>I hate that he's got to go through that, but

0:31:30.440 --> 0:31:32.400
<v Speaker 12>I know we're all here for so I just want

0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:35.600
<v Speaker 12>to make sure he knows that his family knows that.

0:31:34.960 --> 0:31:40.520
<v Speaker 2>That last bit is the most important bit there of information.

0:31:40.640 --> 0:31:43.680
<v Speaker 2>I thought it was so so classy of Zach Taylor

0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:46.520
<v Speaker 2>to say that about Jay Morrison and his wife Nikki,

0:31:46.640 --> 0:31:50.920
<v Speaker 2>And really, ever since I heard the news, I haven't

0:31:50.920 --> 0:31:55.040
<v Speaker 2>been able to stop thinking about it and love Jay obviously.

0:31:55.200 --> 0:31:59.160
<v Speaker 2>I've worked with Jay for many, many years and I

0:31:59.240 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 2>consider him a great friend. And it's it's heartbreaking. It's

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:13.960
<v Speaker 2>heartbreaking because it's rare to see a couple that you

0:32:14.120 --> 0:32:19.440
<v Speaker 2>know just fits and works perfectly, and so when tragedy

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:22.640
<v Speaker 2>happens like this, and and for those of you that

0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:26.720
<v Speaker 2>don't know, Nicky Morrison passed away earlier this week, really

0:32:26.800 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 2>suddenly during a procedure that that went wrong. And it's

0:32:32.920 --> 0:32:37.480
<v Speaker 2>not something that anyone anticipated, expected or could have thought

0:32:37.560 --> 0:32:41.240
<v Speaker 2>was coming. And so when something sudden like this happens,

0:32:42.000 --> 0:32:45.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, you you reflect. And and the thing that

0:32:45.400 --> 0:32:49.080
<v Speaker 2>I continue to go back to is what Jay and

0:32:49.160 --> 0:32:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Nicky had. You could see was so special from the

0:32:53.600 --> 0:32:58.920
<v Speaker 2>moment that you talk to Jay about anything, any of

0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:04.120
<v Speaker 2>his hobbies, any any thing. And they were just a

0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:07.280
<v Speaker 2>perfect couple that that supported each other and loved each other.

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 2>And this is it's just awful, awful news. And some

0:33:12.520 --> 0:33:16.320
<v Speaker 2>things in life you can't explain why, and it's really

0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:20.440
<v Speaker 2>hard to understand the why with with something like this.

0:33:20.600 --> 0:33:24.560
<v Speaker 2>So love Jay, love Nikki. We're thinking about the entire

0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:27.200
<v Speaker 2>Morrison family. But I thought it was really really classy

0:33:27.240 --> 0:33:29.600
<v Speaker 2>of Zach Taylor to to say that at the end.

0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:32.760
<v Speaker 2>And that's why I mean, he talked today, but that's

0:33:32.760 --> 0:33:35.320
<v Speaker 2>why I wanted to to play what he said Monday

0:33:35.880 --> 0:33:37.840
<v Speaker 2>in its entirety. I thought there were some key nuggets

0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:40.200
<v Speaker 2>in there about t Higgins and other things like that,

0:33:40.240 --> 0:33:43.120
<v Speaker 2>plus what he said about Jay and his family. So

0:33:43.840 --> 0:33:48.800
<v Speaker 2>obviously we're thinking about the Morrisons during this time, and Jay,

0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:52.959
<v Speaker 2>we we love you for sure. It's it's something that

0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:55.520
<v Speaker 2>I can't stop thinking about, and I'm not going to

0:33:55.600 --> 0:34:00.280
<v Speaker 2>stop thinking about. So make sure that you give Jay

0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:03.640
<v Speaker 2>your well wishes this holiday season and the tire Morrison

0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:07.080
<v Speaker 2>family and we will we will continue the show coming

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<v Speaker 2>think one thing that I, for lack of a better term,

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<v Speaker 2>love is seeing star players fight, battle, compete, eat the edge.

0:36:02.520 --> 0:36:07.040
<v Speaker 2>What drives them all of those things and a guy

0:36:07.160 --> 0:36:09.640
<v Speaker 2>like T Higgins, like we've talked a lot about Joe

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:11.279
<v Speaker 2>Burrow and should he shut it down? Should he not?

0:36:11.320 --> 0:36:14.799
<v Speaker 2>You know, there's been so much discussion there, but a

0:36:14.840 --> 0:36:19.040
<v Speaker 2>guy like T Higgins, that dude could have easily shut

0:36:19.080 --> 0:36:23.960
<v Speaker 2>it down this season and no one would have blamed him,

0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:25.799
<v Speaker 2>No one would have questioned it. Everyone would have said

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<v Speaker 2>yeah to you, like do it. And instead this guy

0:36:30.239 --> 0:36:33.239
<v Speaker 2>is battling, doing everything he can to get back on

0:36:33.239 --> 0:36:35.360
<v Speaker 2>the field, going to see a specialist in Pittsburgh. He

0:36:35.520 --> 0:36:41.320
<v Speaker 2>suffered a concussion a month ago now against the Patriots

0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:44.879
<v Speaker 2>a little over a month ago and missus a game.

0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:48.200
<v Speaker 2>Comes back after that Thursday game, comes back the following

0:36:48.239 --> 0:36:53.719
<v Speaker 2>week and plays great against the Bills, gets concussed in

0:36:53.719 --> 0:36:57.160
<v Speaker 2>that game and doesn't have symptoms or at least passes

0:36:57.239 --> 0:36:59.600
<v Speaker 2>protocol and doesn't have symptoms to get yanked out of

0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:01.879
<v Speaker 2>the game until after and goes back into protocol after

0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:08.440
<v Speaker 2>the game. This is the second Ravens game, and to me,

0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:13.239
<v Speaker 2>it's cool is the wrong word. But I just think

0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:17.080
<v Speaker 2>he deserves praise or fighting the way he has to

0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:20.640
<v Speaker 2>get back on the field. And what we should hear

0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:22.440
<v Speaker 2>from T Higgins. This is what he said to me

0:37:23.120 --> 0:37:26.760
<v Speaker 2>after the game in the locker room in Miami, after

0:37:27.040 --> 0:37:29.719
<v Speaker 2>having a great game including a thirty five yard catch

0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:32.560
<v Speaker 2>and outstanding touchdown grab his tenth of the season, which

0:37:32.600 --> 0:37:36.480
<v Speaker 2>ties a career high like t is a problem on

0:37:36.600 --> 0:37:39.560
<v Speaker 2>the field, and that's a great thing for the Cincinnati Bengals.

0:37:39.600 --> 0:37:41.319
<v Speaker 2>Here's what T. Higgins had to say after the game.

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<v Speaker 18>Now, it was fun, you know, just get back there

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:45.959
<v Speaker 18>and compete with my guys and then it's even better.

0:37:46.040 --> 0:37:46.560
<v Speaker 18>We got a W.

0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:48.279
<v Speaker 2>The W that we got too.

0:37:48.320 --> 0:37:50.959
<v Speaker 18>So you know, shout out to my guys.

0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:54.719
<v Speaker 19>When you're on the flight to and from Pittsburgh, what's

0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:55.560
<v Speaker 19>going through your head?

0:37:55.640 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 3>Like, what's that like?

0:37:57.080 --> 0:38:00.839
<v Speaker 18>Honestly, you know, praying that I know I come back

0:38:00.880 --> 0:38:03.160
<v Speaker 18>with come here and get positive news, to come back

0:38:03.200 --> 0:38:05.919
<v Speaker 18>with positive news to tell the team and things like that,

0:38:06.239 --> 0:38:07.560
<v Speaker 18>and that's what it was.

0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 3>Your racking or I mean I.

0:38:09.600 --> 0:38:12.120
<v Speaker 18>Was very you know, obviously I was very anxious and nervous,

0:38:12.239 --> 0:38:15.440
<v Speaker 18>you know to what they was gonna say. But you know,

0:38:15.480 --> 0:38:18.000
<v Speaker 18>I got a peace of mind and it was okay.

0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:21.560
<v Speaker 19>Changes that makes you want to play when they when

0:38:21.560 --> 0:38:23.879
<v Speaker 19>they clear you, what is it that made you want

0:38:23.920 --> 0:38:26.719
<v Speaker 19>to say, I want to finish the season.

0:38:27.120 --> 0:38:28.239
<v Speaker 18>At the end of the day of a competitor. I

0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:30.480
<v Speaker 18>want to compete with the guys. So that's that's all

0:38:30.480 --> 0:38:31.040
<v Speaker 18>it came down to.

0:38:31.400 --> 0:38:34.840
<v Speaker 2>You make any changes. You know, people see guardian caps

0:38:34.840 --> 0:38:37.799
<v Speaker 2>out there. Obviously didn't work every different. What's different about

0:38:37.800 --> 0:38:38.880
<v Speaker 2>this helmet.

0:38:39.200 --> 0:38:42.440
<v Speaker 18>Just more pattern, you know what I mean. I was

0:38:42.480 --> 0:38:44.360
<v Speaker 18>able to get fitted for one and it came.

0:38:44.200 --> 0:38:44.799
<v Speaker 2>In just in time.

0:38:44.880 --> 0:38:45.520
<v Speaker 20>Here's that feel.

0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:48.640
<v Speaker 18>Much of your feels great, honestly, h It's comfortable. So

0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:49.640
<v Speaker 18>that's all that about it.

0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:56.000
<v Speaker 10>It's the scariest part of the symptoms that you felt.

0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:57.520
<v Speaker 3>There was a lot of headaches.

0:38:58.800 --> 0:39:00.520
<v Speaker 18>The first one was a little bit since the light,

0:39:01.200 --> 0:39:03.400
<v Speaker 18>but other than that, Yeah, it is.

0:39:03.800 --> 0:39:06.400
<v Speaker 2>Can you take me through the art of the t

0:39:06.600 --> 0:39:10.640
<v Speaker 2>Higgins contested catch because it feels like it's evolved from

0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:13.239
<v Speaker 2>a few years ago to now and it seems like

0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:14.800
<v Speaker 2>you're making them look so routine.

0:39:14.920 --> 0:39:17.520
<v Speaker 18>Yeah, man, I just that's my job to go up

0:39:17.520 --> 0:39:19.319
<v Speaker 18>there and catch the ball, and you know, Joe gives

0:39:19.320 --> 0:39:20.719
<v Speaker 18>me a great boss to where I only I can

0:39:20.800 --> 0:39:23.840
<v Speaker 18>catch it, and you know it's either me or nobody.

0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:28.840
<v Speaker 21>So is it kind of just uplifting exciting to be

0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:31.399
<v Speaker 21>able to come back from what you did and have

0:39:31.400 --> 0:39:32.799
<v Speaker 21>the type of game that you did to that.

0:39:33.600 --> 0:39:36.160
<v Speaker 18>I mean definitely is definitely a you know, a bonus. Obviously,

0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:38.640
<v Speaker 18>I wanted to come out and try to dominate personally.

0:39:39.440 --> 0:39:41.040
<v Speaker 18>But we was able to do that as a whole

0:39:41.080 --> 0:39:43.360
<v Speaker 18>today and you know the results.

0:39:43.400 --> 0:39:47.800
<v Speaker 2>So here's why I love T Higgins and that entire video.

0:39:47.840 --> 0:39:50.120
<v Speaker 2>You could check it out Cincinnati Bengals talk on YouTube.

0:39:51.160 --> 0:39:54.320
<v Speaker 2>I love that tee. It's like, oh man, I'm a competitor.

0:39:55.480 --> 0:39:57.040
<v Speaker 2>Of course I want to apply. Why wouldn't I play?

0:39:58.000 --> 0:40:00.919
<v Speaker 2>And I just I think that deserves praise. Now they've

0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:04.120
<v Speaker 2>taken the precautions and he's gotten examined and went to

0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:07.120
<v Speaker 2>a specialist in Pittsburgh and we heard from Zach Taylor

0:40:07.160 --> 0:40:11.400
<v Speaker 2>on that earlier this hour. But the other thing that

0:40:11.440 --> 0:40:14.720
<v Speaker 2>this to me reminds me of, and I think Sunday

0:40:14.760 --> 0:40:18.200
<v Speaker 2>was a big, an important reason behind it and why

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:20.400
<v Speaker 2>you do pay T Higgins because that's still a discussion,

0:40:20.480 --> 0:40:22.719
<v Speaker 2>especially with the defense being the way it is, and

0:40:22.760 --> 0:40:24.520
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals had plenty of money last year and they

0:40:24.560 --> 0:40:28.000
<v Speaker 2>just didn't spend enough of it, maximized their cap all

0:40:28.040 --> 0:40:30.960
<v Speaker 2>of those things on defense. They could have done everything

0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:33.120
<v Speaker 2>they did on offense and added a bunch on defense.

0:40:33.160 --> 0:40:36.160
<v Speaker 2>They didn't do that. But this is why you keep T.

0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:42.240
<v Speaker 2>Higgins because he's a in his prime monster and they've

0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:45.680
<v Speaker 2>failed to draft enough monsters to say, oh, well, you

0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:48.000
<v Speaker 2>can let this guy in his prime go. It'd be

0:40:48.040 --> 0:40:49.919
<v Speaker 2>one thing if they had four defensive linemen and two

0:40:50.000 --> 0:40:51.640
<v Speaker 2>corners and a bunch of stuff that they had to

0:40:51.680 --> 0:40:53.600
<v Speaker 2>pay and they couldn't make it all work with Tea.

0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:57.080
<v Speaker 2>They didn't have any of that they didn't like. If

0:40:57.120 --> 0:40:59.840
<v Speaker 2>you don't pay T Higgins, you just lose T Higgins.

0:41:00.760 --> 0:41:03.200
<v Speaker 2>And so to see him fight, to see him play

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:05.520
<v Speaker 2>at a high level, and to see him matter, and

0:41:05.600 --> 0:41:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I think that's the thing he matters so much in

0:41:07.960 --> 0:41:10.719
<v Speaker 2>this offense because if you want a double Jamar, well

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:13.040
<v Speaker 2>then fine, you got to deal with Tea. And if

0:41:13.040 --> 0:41:16.400
<v Speaker 2>you're going to play one high and put T Higgins

0:41:16.480 --> 0:41:19.160
<v Speaker 2>and Manda man coverage, well good luck, because he's as

0:41:19.200 --> 0:41:22.279
<v Speaker 2>good as anyone right now in the NFL at the

0:41:22.320 --> 0:41:26.440
<v Speaker 2>jump ball, in making plays on the ball deep down field.

0:41:26.640 --> 0:41:28.800
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that catch, that fifty to fifty ball the

0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:32.279
<v Speaker 2>other day is just insane. That he gets up there

0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:36.239
<v Speaker 2>makes that play and you heard him just doing my job. No, like,

0:41:36.680 --> 0:41:39.200
<v Speaker 2>no one can do that job. There's like four people

0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:41.239
<v Speaker 2>on the planet that I think are capable of doing

0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:41.719
<v Speaker 2>that job.

0:41:42.520 --> 0:41:42.879
<v Speaker 3>And so.

0:41:45.000 --> 0:41:51.560
<v Speaker 2>A lot of times, it's it's easy to say, oh,

0:41:51.600 --> 0:41:53.920
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals want the flashy way. They're paying two receivers,

0:41:53.920 --> 0:41:55.960
<v Speaker 2>they're paying their quarterback, they're not built the right way.

0:41:56.520 --> 0:41:59.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't believe that one bit. Like I think t

0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:03.400
<v Speaker 2>the exact guy you do pay. I also thought Jesse

0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:05.680
<v Speaker 2>Bates and DJ Reader were guys you pay and you

0:42:05.760 --> 0:42:08.880
<v Speaker 2>keep guess what they could have done all of it.

0:42:10.040 --> 0:42:12.400
<v Speaker 2>And that's the thing that I really want to hammer

0:42:12.400 --> 0:42:17.799
<v Speaker 2>home this holiday season, especially going into the offseason. It's like, oh, well,

0:42:18.120 --> 0:42:20.239
<v Speaker 2>you know, the Bengals, they spent here, but they needed

0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:21.879
<v Speaker 2>to spend there. They could have done all of it.

0:42:22.600 --> 0:42:25.240
<v Speaker 2>And that's the standard when you're trying to win Super Bowls.

0:42:25.239 --> 0:42:28.080
<v Speaker 2>Guess what you're trying to do all of it, not

0:42:28.239 --> 0:42:30.719
<v Speaker 2>some of it, not a little bit of it, all

0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:34.960
<v Speaker 2>of it. And that's been the theme of this show.

0:42:35.280 --> 0:42:37.000
<v Speaker 2>And the reason it's been the theme of this show

0:42:37.160 --> 0:42:41.960
<v Speaker 2>is because this Bengals franchise with Joe Burrow should be

0:42:42.000 --> 0:42:44.960
<v Speaker 2>contending for Super Bowls every single year. And when I

0:42:44.960 --> 0:42:47.800
<v Speaker 2>think about Jamar Chase and t Higgins and Tea battling

0:42:47.840 --> 0:42:50.640
<v Speaker 2>back and doing what he is doing at such a

0:42:50.719 --> 0:42:55.000
<v Speaker 2>high level, it shouldn't be to get to five and

0:42:55.040 --> 0:42:57.840
<v Speaker 2>ten on the season. It shouldn't be with nothing to

0:42:57.840 --> 0:43:01.280
<v Speaker 2>play for. This better be the last season we're talking

0:43:01.280 --> 0:43:04.840
<v Speaker 2>about this ever in the Joe Burrow Jamar Chase t

0:43:04.960 --> 0:43:11.399
<v Speaker 2>Higgins era. Ever, otherwise they've failed massively, like this should

0:43:11.440 --> 0:43:14.200
<v Speaker 2>be impossible. And I don't mean like last year where

0:43:14.200 --> 0:43:16.919
<v Speaker 2>they're rallying for a playoff spot. Next year we should

0:43:16.920 --> 0:43:20.359
<v Speaker 2>be talking about playoff positioning. Oh well, they're pretty much

0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:21.840
<v Speaker 2>wrapped up the division. Are they going to get the

0:43:21.840 --> 0:43:23.560
<v Speaker 2>one seed or the two seed or how do they

0:43:23.600 --> 0:43:27.520
<v Speaker 2>stack up in the AFC? Like that's the standard. And

0:43:27.560 --> 0:43:30.200
<v Speaker 2>so when I see a guy like T Higgins fighting

0:43:30.239 --> 0:43:32.040
<v Speaker 2>his tail off, doing everything he can to get back

0:43:32.080 --> 0:43:37.160
<v Speaker 2>on the field and what is essentially meaningless games, those

0:43:37.200 --> 0:43:39.840
<v Speaker 2>are the type of guys you build around. And so

0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:42.560
<v Speaker 2>when someone says I'm not sure they should have paid

0:43:42.560 --> 0:43:44.719
<v Speaker 2>T Higgins, well yeah, they should have paid T Higgins.

0:43:44.840 --> 0:43:46.920
<v Speaker 2>They got that right. There's a lot of things the

0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:49.279
<v Speaker 2>Bengals have gotten wrong. They got that right, even if

0:43:49.280 --> 0:43:51.479
<v Speaker 2>they needed to be nudged by Joe Burrow along the way.

0:43:51.719 --> 0:43:54.160
<v Speaker 2>They got that right. It's time for them to get

0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:57.800
<v Speaker 2>the rest of it fixed. This offseason. James Arepine in

0:43:57.880 --> 0:44:05.040
<v Speaker 2>for Lance. This is Sports Talk on set one hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 3>News Traffic and Weather. News Radio seven hundred WLW Cincinnati, Hey.

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<v Speaker 8>Vehicle goes airborne and a deadly Christmas Eve crash near

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<v Speaker 8>Kenwood Town Center with the eight o'clock report, I'm Sean

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<v Speaker 8>Gallblagher breaking now. Utility companies continue tonight to replace and

0:44:21.040 --> 0:44:24.399
<v Speaker 8>rewire utility polls after a single vehicle crash left one

0:44:24.440 --> 0:44:26.720
<v Speaker 8>person dead and another critically injured.

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<v Speaker 22>Late this morning, WDSA had cars speeding on Montgomery Road clipped.

0:44:30.080 --> 0:44:33.440
<v Speaker 22>Another vehicle left the road and went airborne, hitting trees

0:44:33.719 --> 0:44:37.359
<v Speaker 22>into utility poles, bringing down power lines. The driver, twenty

0:44:37.400 --> 0:44:40.200
<v Speaker 22>eight year O'Connor Walshley, died from his injuries, while his

0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:43.520
<v Speaker 22>passenger remains in critical condition. Both were visiting from South

0:44:43.520 --> 0:44:47.200
<v Speaker 22>Carolina for the holidays. I'm Brady Hopkins News Radio seven

0:44:47.239 --> 0:44:48.880
<v Speaker 22>hundred WLW.

0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:51.520
<v Speaker 8>P Montgomery between Galberth and Coogler Mill expected to be

0:44:51.600 --> 0:44:56.319
<v Speaker 8>reopened by eleven o'clock tonight. Now the latest traffic and

0:44:56.320 --> 0:44:58.759
<v Speaker 8>weather together and right now taking a look at the

0:44:58.920 --> 0:45:02.440
<v Speaker 8>major interstates in highways. They were dealing with that closure

0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:06.640
<v Speaker 8>earlier this evening along seventy five southbound off ramp to

0:45:06.760 --> 0:45:11.200
<v Speaker 8>westbound seventy four and so I need to see if

0:45:11.239 --> 0:45:15.320
<v Speaker 8>it has reopened at this time, and cameras were showing

0:45:15.320 --> 0:45:17.520
<v Speaker 8>that it looks like traffic was starting to move again

0:45:18.080 --> 0:45:21.080
<v Speaker 8>seventy four westbounds, so it appears that they might have

0:45:21.120 --> 0:45:24.239
<v Speaker 8>been able to clear that accident on the off ramp.

0:45:24.239 --> 0:45:26.320
<v Speaker 8>The right lane of the highway had also been blocked

0:45:27.120 --> 0:45:30.080
<v Speaker 8>by the ramp to seventy four west from seventy five south.

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0:45:41.280 --> 0:45:44.279
<v Speaker 9>Temperatures will be climbing quickly into Christmas morning as we

0:45:44.400 --> 0:45:47.279
<v Speaker 9>rebound well into the fifties to start things off, but

0:45:47.360 --> 0:45:50.359
<v Speaker 9>that scattered rain will also continue into the morning, likely

0:45:50.440 --> 0:45:53.200
<v Speaker 9>ending by the early afternoon. But we'll keep it cloudy

0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:56.520
<v Speaker 9>and warm for your Christmas afternoon Highs near fifty nine

0:45:56.520 --> 0:45:59.440
<v Speaker 9>degrees heading into Friday morning, well cool off to forty

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:02.200
<v Speaker 9>six from your severe weather station, I'm nine first Warning

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<v Speaker 9>met Religius. Mark Stintz News Radio seven hundred WLW.

0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:08.759
<v Speaker 8>Radar at this time is showing a fair sky and

0:46:08.880 --> 0:46:17.000
<v Speaker 8>our current temperature is coming in at forty degrees. Ay

0:46:17.040 --> 0:46:21.680
<v Speaker 8>crash Ley, a Cincinnati radio and television personalities work being

0:46:21.719 --> 0:46:25.120
<v Speaker 8>remembered during the holidays.

0:46:26.960 --> 0:46:31.480
<v Speaker 23>Christmas for those of us of a certain age growing

0:46:31.560 --> 0:46:33.200
<v Speaker 23>up in the trash State and meant the radio where

0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:38.040
<v Speaker 23>TV tuned in every day at noon to Ruth Lions.

0:46:40.280 --> 0:46:42.160
<v Speaker 23>She was a favorite of Baby boo Er Moms of

0:46:42.239 --> 0:46:45.080
<v Speaker 23>the Christmas songs she wrote form the songbook for local

0:46:45.160 --> 0:46:49.480
<v Speaker 23>holiday celebrations. Joined by cast members like Ruby Wright, Marian Spellman,

0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:52.080
<v Speaker 23>and Bob Brown, the Fifty to fifty Club became musty

0:46:52.239 --> 0:46:55.120
<v Speaker 23>daytime TV. At one point there was a two year

0:46:55.160 --> 0:46:57.560
<v Speaker 23>waiting list to get tickets to be in the audience

0:46:57.920 --> 0:47:01.560
<v Speaker 23>on Christmas Day. Wowt looking back at our legacy with

0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:06.279
<v Speaker 23>specials about her career. Brian Colps News Radio seven WLW.

0:47:06.440 --> 0:47:11.160
<v Speaker 8>The iconic Cincinnati sign on the newly renovated Downtown Convention

0:47:11.280 --> 0:47:13.640
<v Speaker 8>Center backup in time for the holidays is the LED

0:47:13.760 --> 0:47:15.799
<v Speaker 8>sign facing I seventy five on the west side of

0:47:15.800 --> 0:47:18.680
<v Speaker 8>the convention Center, and the convention Center set to reopen

0:47:18.760 --> 0:47:21.359
<v Speaker 8>January seventh, one of the big changes with the sign

0:47:21.400 --> 0:47:24.120
<v Speaker 8>is that every letter on it is customizable and can

0:47:24.160 --> 0:47:28.240
<v Speaker 8>play video. And Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow named the AFC

0:47:28.320 --> 0:47:30.960
<v Speaker 8>Offensive Player of the Week after throwing four touchdowns in

0:47:31.080 --> 0:47:33.800
<v Speaker 8>last Sunday's forty five to twenty one win at the Dolphins.

0:47:34.120 --> 0:47:36.400
<v Speaker 8>The Bengals will host the Cardinals this Sunday, kick off

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<v Speaker 8>one o'clock on the Big One. Our next update is

0:47:38.719 --> 0:47:41.880
<v Speaker 8>at eight thirty. I'm Sean Galbager News Radio seven hundred

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0:48:17.280 --> 0:48:20.680
<v Speaker 2>great to be with you. This is sports Talk. Merry

0:48:20.800 --> 0:48:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Christmas Eve. I hope you're having a great one with

0:48:24.640 --> 0:48:27.920
<v Speaker 2>you and yours and plenty to discuss this hour with

0:48:27.920 --> 0:48:33.040
<v Speaker 2>you til nine o'clock. There's a growing sentiment. I think

0:48:34.080 --> 0:48:37.279
<v Speaker 2>at least it feels this way, and this sort of

0:48:37.280 --> 0:48:39.640
<v Speaker 2>happened last year, and I don't want to fall into

0:48:39.640 --> 0:48:41.759
<v Speaker 2>the trap this year, and so I want to make

0:48:41.760 --> 0:48:43.800
<v Speaker 2>it very very clear now with the Bengals two games

0:48:43.840 --> 0:48:46.200
<v Speaker 2>to go, they force a bunch of turnovers in the

0:48:46.200 --> 0:48:49.720
<v Speaker 2>third quarter against the Miami Dolphins, and they've been opportunistic

0:48:49.719 --> 0:48:52.160
<v Speaker 2>in recent weeks, and it feels like this defense is

0:48:52.200 --> 0:48:55.320
<v Speaker 2>coming along. It feels like this defense is coming along,

0:48:55.360 --> 0:48:58.080
<v Speaker 2>and that very well could be true. I think there

0:48:58.080 --> 0:49:01.480
<v Speaker 2>are building blocks on this defense, or one of them

0:49:01.719 --> 0:49:05.800
<v Speaker 2>pro bol snub by the way. I think Miles Murphy

0:49:05.880 --> 0:49:10.279
<v Speaker 2>one of them, but Dax Hill one of them. To

0:49:10.360 --> 0:49:12.279
<v Speaker 2>be clear, I mean, there are guys that should be

0:49:12.360 --> 0:49:18.600
<v Speaker 2>starters next year on this team, but they also need

0:49:18.640 --> 0:49:21.360
<v Speaker 2>help at all three levels the defensive line room. You

0:49:21.400 --> 0:49:24.560
<v Speaker 2>need another pass rushing defensive end that you really feel

0:49:24.560 --> 0:49:27.600
<v Speaker 2>confident in, could be your number one edge rusher. You

0:49:27.640 --> 0:49:32.240
<v Speaker 2>need a true push internally at that defensive tackle spot

0:49:32.600 --> 0:49:37.360
<v Speaker 2>from a pass rush perspective. That's not news. That's something

0:49:37.400 --> 0:49:40.799
<v Speaker 2>they tried to get with Sheldon Rankins. I believe they

0:49:40.800 --> 0:49:44.120
<v Speaker 2>were interested in adding that in the draft this past year.

0:49:44.160 --> 0:49:45.960
<v Speaker 2>They haven't done it. That's something they have to do

0:49:46.000 --> 0:49:50.160
<v Speaker 2>this offseason. Linebacker, I don't think you can say oh,

0:49:50.200 --> 0:49:53.560
<v Speaker 2>Demetrius Night and Barrett Carter Boom were set Orren Burks

0:49:53.560 --> 0:49:55.560
<v Speaker 2>is under contract, We're set. I don't think that's the

0:49:55.600 --> 0:49:59.640
<v Speaker 2>case at all. They need help at linebacker and Gino

0:49:59.719 --> 0:50:02.759
<v Speaker 2>still and should not start on Sunday. So when you

0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:05.359
<v Speaker 2>look at it, the Bengals need help on all three

0:50:05.440 --> 0:50:07.600
<v Speaker 2>levels of their defense, even with like no matter what

0:50:07.680 --> 0:50:11.239
<v Speaker 2>happens over the final few weeks, that's the case. But

0:50:11.320 --> 0:50:13.799
<v Speaker 2>don't take my word for it. I caught up with

0:50:13.800 --> 0:50:17.759
<v Speaker 2>Tony Pike last week on my YouTube channel, Cincinnati Bengals Talk,

0:50:18.040 --> 0:50:19.560
<v Speaker 2>and you could check it out on YouTube. You could

0:50:19.600 --> 0:50:21.560
<v Speaker 2>check it out wherever you get your podcast. By the way,

0:50:21.680 --> 0:50:25.480
<v Speaker 2>James or Pen and Falance McAllister here on seven hundred WLW,

0:50:26.680 --> 0:50:31.320
<v Speaker 2>and this was part of our conversation about the Bengals defense.

0:50:31.840 --> 0:50:34.200
<v Speaker 2>How many new pieces do they need on defense and

0:50:34.239 --> 0:50:36.640
<v Speaker 2>how many of them should be free agents improven pieces,

0:50:36.640 --> 0:50:40.320
<v Speaker 2>because I would go really, really in all three levels

0:50:40.680 --> 0:50:42.680
<v Speaker 2>investing in free agency in the defense.

0:50:43.200 --> 0:50:45.000
<v Speaker 25>You know how many years out are we and we're

0:50:45.000 --> 0:50:48.480
<v Speaker 25>still talking about this team never replaced Jesse Bates. You

0:50:49.920 --> 0:50:53.160
<v Speaker 25>want to dive into x's and o's the touchdown before

0:50:53.200 --> 0:50:57.520
<v Speaker 25>the half that Baltimore scored inexcusable on Genostone's behalf on

0:50:57.600 --> 0:51:01.200
<v Speaker 25>the back end, there was no inside threat. He should

0:51:01.239 --> 0:51:03.040
<v Speaker 25>have been widened. He should have made the angle on

0:51:03.120 --> 0:51:05.080
<v Speaker 25>Za Flowers. He should have That should have been an incompletion.

0:51:05.120 --> 0:51:06.719
<v Speaker 25>It should have been seven to nothing or ten nothing

0:51:06.719 --> 0:51:10.080
<v Speaker 25>at halftime. You need help on the back end, you know.

0:51:10.200 --> 0:51:12.959
<v Speaker 25>I think Jordan Battle's taking some good steps as of late.

0:51:13.200 --> 0:51:15.720
<v Speaker 25>I think you can see pieces with Dax Hill, certainly

0:51:15.760 --> 0:51:20.440
<v Speaker 25>DJ Turner. The evaluation that linebacker is gonna be key

0:51:20.520 --> 0:51:23.560
<v Speaker 25>for me because I don't see it with with Barrett Carter.

0:51:23.719 --> 0:51:26.080
<v Speaker 25>Demitrius Knight, I thought had his best game as a

0:51:26.120 --> 0:51:29.200
<v Speaker 25>Bengal against the Baltimore Ravens. So certainly I can say, okay,

0:51:29.320 --> 0:51:31.279
<v Speaker 25>year one, guys, let's run it back and see what

0:51:31.320 --> 0:51:33.719
<v Speaker 25>we have. But I would certainly have a contingency plan there.

0:51:34.280 --> 0:51:37.840
<v Speaker 25>And I think defensive line is fascinating. I love what

0:51:37.880 --> 0:51:40.120
<v Speaker 25>Miles Murphy's done, But Miles Murphy was good down the

0:51:40.120 --> 0:51:43.480
<v Speaker 25>stretch last year as well. Why does it take three

0:51:43.560 --> 0:51:46.160
<v Speaker 25>quarters of the season for Miles Murphy to start playing well?

0:51:46.440 --> 0:51:46.600
<v Speaker 7>You know?

0:51:46.680 --> 0:51:48.919
<v Speaker 25>Can can you get that Miles Murphy to start next year?

0:51:49.320 --> 0:51:51.399
<v Speaker 25>Josepho size in a contract year. What are you gonna

0:51:51.400 --> 0:51:54.239
<v Speaker 25>do with him? The Trey Hendrickson? Do you run the

0:51:54.320 --> 0:51:57.760
<v Speaker 25>risk of tagging Trey Hendrickson and going through more drama

0:51:57.800 --> 0:52:01.640
<v Speaker 25>in the offseason. You have to evaluate what you have.

0:52:01.719 --> 0:52:05.320
<v Speaker 25>But I'm so past the draft a guy, an immediate

0:52:05.320 --> 0:52:09.359
<v Speaker 25>impact player. I want proven players on the defensive side

0:52:09.360 --> 0:52:11.479
<v Speaker 25>of the ball. And that's the other aspect we didn't

0:52:11.480 --> 0:52:14.000
<v Speaker 25>talk about. This team has struggled in the draft for

0:52:14.040 --> 0:52:17.960
<v Speaker 25>the most part in recent years. And are we really

0:52:18.239 --> 0:52:21.279
<v Speaker 25>willing to risk finishing the season seven to ten and

0:52:21.360 --> 0:52:23.640
<v Speaker 25>dropping in the draft order and trying to get a

0:52:23.680 --> 0:52:26.200
<v Speaker 25>mid round steal instead of a top ten pick who

0:52:26.239 --> 0:52:29.640
<v Speaker 25>you know? You know, based on teams that are quarterback driven,

0:52:30.160 --> 0:52:32.160
<v Speaker 25>there's going to be some quarterbacks reached for in the

0:52:32.160 --> 0:52:34.120
<v Speaker 25>first round. You're probably going to get a very good

0:52:34.160 --> 0:52:37.799
<v Speaker 25>position player in that top ten that falls.

0:52:37.560 --> 0:52:38.120
<v Speaker 3>Into your lap.

0:52:38.160 --> 0:52:41.320
<v Speaker 25>Do you want to run the risk of another draft

0:52:41.320 --> 0:52:42.880
<v Speaker 25>a guy and sell it to the fate? We al,

0:52:42.920 --> 0:52:46.239
<v Speaker 25>Shamar Stewart, the measurables. No, give me a proven guy

0:52:46.239 --> 0:52:48.960
<v Speaker 25>in the draft. So I think there are some pieces

0:52:48.960 --> 0:52:51.600
<v Speaker 25>on defense that I'm willing to run the you know,

0:52:51.719 --> 0:52:53.759
<v Speaker 25>run it back with or roll the dice on. But

0:52:53.840 --> 0:52:57.839
<v Speaker 25>for the most part, their scheme with their personnel needs

0:52:57.840 --> 0:52:59.279
<v Speaker 25>to match up way better than it does.

0:53:00.080 --> 0:53:04.239
<v Speaker 2>That entire thing. On my YouTube channel, Cincinnati Bengals Talk,

0:53:04.320 --> 0:53:06.120
<v Speaker 2>James are pen In for Lance a look that they

0:53:06.160 --> 0:53:10.040
<v Speaker 2>need help. They need to add bona fide players at

0:53:10.040 --> 0:53:12.360
<v Speaker 2>all three levels of the defense, regardless of what happens

0:53:12.360 --> 0:53:14.600
<v Speaker 2>over the final few weeks. I think that that's kind

0:53:14.600 --> 0:53:17.359
<v Speaker 2>of a moot point, because your defense is a big

0:53:17.400 --> 0:53:19.520
<v Speaker 2>reason why you're in this position, not the only reason,

0:53:19.600 --> 0:53:23.800
<v Speaker 2>a big reason. And one thing that I'm going to

0:53:24.200 --> 0:53:26.120
<v Speaker 2>talk about this hour that I hit on last hour

0:53:26.200 --> 0:53:30.880
<v Speaker 2>is if you're going to build a competent team that

0:53:31.000 --> 0:53:33.080
<v Speaker 2>is competent regardless of whether or not Joe Burrows on

0:53:33.120 --> 0:53:35.759
<v Speaker 2>the field or not, that's something you need to do.

0:53:36.800 --> 0:53:40.759
<v Speaker 2>You need, not want, not hope not. You need to

0:53:40.840 --> 0:53:45.120
<v Speaker 2>build a defense that is going to be able to

0:53:45.160 --> 0:53:47.760
<v Speaker 2>carry you at times, not all the time, but at times.

0:53:48.640 --> 0:53:52.360
<v Speaker 2>And this defense doesn't. This defense has plenty of holes,

0:53:52.400 --> 0:53:55.680
<v Speaker 2>plenty of flaws, plenty of weaknesses, and we saw those

0:53:55.719 --> 0:53:59.040
<v Speaker 2>on Sunday in Miami. Even a game where the Bengals win,

0:53:59.840 --> 0:54:02.959
<v Speaker 2>you I see the issues that they have defending the run,

0:54:03.080 --> 0:54:06.719
<v Speaker 2>tackling Gino Stone open field, no chance at stopping a

0:54:06.800 --> 0:54:09.360
<v Speaker 2>chand and yeah, Devin ah Chan is one of the

0:54:09.360 --> 0:54:12.279
<v Speaker 2>best running backs in the game. Don't get shaken so

0:54:12.520 --> 0:54:14.480
<v Speaker 2>much that you end up in a blender out of

0:54:14.520 --> 0:54:16.239
<v Speaker 2>your cleats and have to put your cleats back on

0:54:16.239 --> 0:54:18.480
<v Speaker 2>on the field. And I'm exaggerating a little bit, but

0:54:18.600 --> 0:54:23.920
<v Speaker 2>not really. It was awful. And so the Bengals need

0:54:23.960 --> 0:54:29.120
<v Speaker 2>to address safety, they need to address defensive tackle, they

0:54:29.239 --> 0:54:33.080
<v Speaker 2>need more pass rush everywhere, and they need linebackers that

0:54:33.120 --> 0:54:35.920
<v Speaker 2>can be reliable. It doesn't mean that Barrett Carter and

0:54:35.920 --> 0:54:38.759
<v Speaker 2>Demitrius Knight can't be contributors, but I don't think either

0:54:38.800 --> 0:54:41.000
<v Speaker 2>one you can pencil in as a starter next year.

0:54:41.560 --> 0:54:44.000
<v Speaker 2>And that sucks because that's a second round pick and

0:54:44.040 --> 0:54:47.520
<v Speaker 2>a fourth round pick that you just used. Doesn't mean

0:54:47.560 --> 0:54:49.600
<v Speaker 2>they won't start. It doesn't mean they can't earn that.

0:54:50.800 --> 0:54:52.680
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't mean Shamar Stewart, by the way, pass rush

0:54:52.719 --> 0:54:54.440
<v Speaker 2>wise won't take another step. He had to tackle for

0:54:54.520 --> 0:54:57.879
<v Speaker 2>loss the other day. That's fine. But even though Miles

0:54:57.960 --> 0:55:00.480
<v Speaker 2>Murphy has emerged, and even though Shamar Stewart could very

0:55:00.520 --> 0:55:03.560
<v Speaker 2>well be much improved in year two. You need a

0:55:03.600 --> 0:55:07.000
<v Speaker 2>bona fide number one pass rusher to bank on. That

0:55:07.120 --> 0:55:10.960
<v Speaker 2>is the NFL. That is that's it. You need to

0:55:10.960 --> 0:55:13.560
<v Speaker 2>be a physical, nasty defense that can put pressure on

0:55:13.600 --> 0:55:18.080
<v Speaker 2>opponents and have playmakers and fly around and make plays

0:55:18.120 --> 0:55:21.120
<v Speaker 2>and tackles and so like a guy like Jordan Battle,

0:55:21.840 --> 0:55:24.080
<v Speaker 2>say what you want about him, and he's a frustrating

0:55:24.120 --> 0:55:27.239
<v Speaker 2>player because he's up and down, but he at least

0:55:27.280 --> 0:55:31.560
<v Speaker 2>makes splash plays. He does do that, and that works

0:55:31.600 --> 0:55:34.279
<v Speaker 2>for me. Like I can deal with Jordan Battle being

0:55:34.280 --> 0:55:37.279
<v Speaker 2>a starting safety on my defense. Is he going to

0:55:37.320 --> 0:55:40.239
<v Speaker 2>be the best player on a winning defense. No, but

0:55:40.280 --> 0:55:41.560
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be the eighth best player in a

0:55:41.600 --> 0:55:43.880
<v Speaker 2>winning defense and he's going to make some splash plays

0:55:43.920 --> 0:55:46.440
<v Speaker 2>and he's going to try hard. And yeah, some of

0:55:46.440 --> 0:55:48.800
<v Speaker 2>those plays that he misses are going to be painful,

0:55:49.000 --> 0:55:50.680
<v Speaker 2>but guess what, he's not gonna have to make as

0:55:50.719 --> 0:55:53.719
<v Speaker 2>many of those plays if your linebackers are better, if

0:55:53.800 --> 0:55:56.080
<v Speaker 2>your defensive front's better. And that's probably what Geno Stone

0:55:56.120 --> 0:55:58.080
<v Speaker 2>is saying every time I rip him. But man, he

0:55:58.440 --> 0:56:00.960
<v Speaker 2>doesn't make those splash plays. He did that in Baltimore.

0:56:01.000 --> 0:56:02.400
<v Speaker 2>He did it at the end of last year. He

0:56:02.440 --> 0:56:04.920
<v Speaker 2>hasn't made those splash plays this year outside of a

0:56:05.520 --> 0:56:09.920
<v Speaker 2>game here and there. He's so inconsistent and the lows

0:56:09.960 --> 0:56:14.040
<v Speaker 2>are so low that it's over. The Bengals should certainly

0:56:14.080 --> 0:56:16.839
<v Speaker 2>move on from him. So the Bengals defense, no matter

0:56:16.840 --> 0:56:18.760
<v Speaker 2>what they do. They could win forty nine to nothing

0:56:18.760 --> 0:56:21.319
<v Speaker 2>against the Cardinals and shut out Jacoby Brisset, who's playing

0:56:21.320 --> 0:56:25.120
<v Speaker 2>really well for Arizona right now. Don't buy it. They

0:56:25.400 --> 0:56:29.239
<v Speaker 2>could kick the crap out of Shador Sanders and pitch

0:56:29.320 --> 0:56:31.800
<v Speaker 2>back to back shutouts after doing what they did to Miami.

0:56:32.320 --> 0:56:35.480
<v Speaker 2>I won't buy it. They need to aggressively address all

0:56:35.480 --> 0:56:39.439
<v Speaker 2>three levels of their defense this offseason, and anything other

0:56:39.480 --> 0:56:44.160
<v Speaker 2>than that, honestly is unacceptable. Merry Christmas Eve. I'm James Orpine,

0:56:44.239 --> 0:56:46.160
<v Speaker 2>in for a lance with you till nine o'clock. We're

0:56:46.160 --> 0:56:49.480
<v Speaker 2>just getting started here in hour two. Make sure you

0:56:49.560 --> 0:56:52.000
<v Speaker 2>check out that full interview in my full conversation with

0:56:52.080 --> 0:56:55.960
<v Speaker 2>Tony Pike on my YouTube channel, Cincinnati Bengals Talk Up

0:56:55.960 --> 0:57:01.040
<v Speaker 2>Next will continue the Bengals conversation, and yeah, happy to

0:57:01.080 --> 0:57:03.880
<v Speaker 2>be with you here on Christmas Eve. I'm James Earpen

0:57:03.920 --> 0:57:07.080
<v Speaker 2>and this is Sports Talk on seven hundred WLW.

0:57:06.960 --> 0:57:10.839
<v Speaker 3>Spreading holiday year the way I spread mayonnaise on a

0:57:10.840 --> 0:57:17.200
<v Speaker 3>BLT thick and sloppy. Ho ho ho from seven hundred

0:57:17.360 --> 0:57:21.440
<v Speaker 3>wl This is what they call the Hard Cell Sunday

0:57:21.560 --> 0:57:24.400
<v Speaker 3>Yardcare Holiday Sale, Limited Time Act.

0:57:24.200 --> 0:57:27.080
<v Speaker 2>Now one hundred WLW. I'm James Epene Infra Lance with

0:57:27.120 --> 0:57:31.000
<v Speaker 2>you till nine o'clock. And the Bengals they kick the

0:57:31.040 --> 0:57:34.560
<v Speaker 2>crap out of the Dolphins the other day, and a

0:57:34.560 --> 0:57:37.640
<v Speaker 2>lot of you feel a lot of you, I'm sure,

0:57:37.640 --> 0:57:39.360
<v Speaker 2>felt good about it, Some feel bad about it, Some

0:57:39.400 --> 0:57:42.040
<v Speaker 2>worry about draft position. The Bengals still set to pick

0:57:42.120 --> 0:57:45.120
<v Speaker 2>ninth overall in the twenty twenty six NFL Draft. My

0:57:45.240 --> 0:57:48.080
<v Speaker 2>thoughts on it, I mean, I think it's interesting. I

0:57:48.120 --> 0:57:51.200
<v Speaker 2>think there's there's an argument that can be made that

0:57:51.240 --> 0:57:53.480
<v Speaker 2>you want the Bengals to lose games. There's an argument

0:57:53.480 --> 0:57:54.640
<v Speaker 2>that can be made that you want them to win

0:57:54.680 --> 0:57:56.560
<v Speaker 2>down the stretch and send everyone home happy, and they've

0:57:56.600 --> 0:58:00.520
<v Speaker 2>done that in their history. And I see both of it.

0:58:01.000 --> 0:58:01.440
<v Speaker 3>I was in.

0:58:01.400 --> 0:58:04.040
<v Speaker 2>Miami with a game on Sunday, and I watched Joe

0:58:04.040 --> 0:58:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Burrow do what he did, complete twenty five of thirty

0:58:06.200 --> 0:58:09.240
<v Speaker 2>two passes for three hundred and nine yards four touchdowns,

0:58:09.800 --> 0:58:12.400
<v Speaker 2>have a one forty six point five passer rating, the

0:58:12.400 --> 0:58:16.520
<v Speaker 2>second best of his career. And to me, it was

0:58:16.560 --> 0:58:21.080
<v Speaker 2>a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, we we look a lot

0:58:21.080 --> 0:58:25.520
<v Speaker 2>of times during the holiday season for a reminder of, oh, well,

0:58:26.200 --> 0:58:30.640
<v Speaker 2>why you should cherish these moments or these times and

0:58:31.360 --> 0:58:35.640
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to football, and this has nothing to

0:58:35.680 --> 0:58:38.600
<v Speaker 2>do with the holiday season, but when it comes to football,

0:58:39.280 --> 0:58:42.920
<v Speaker 2>the ultimate goal is to what to win a championship.

0:58:43.680 --> 0:58:47.880
<v Speaker 2>And I can for sure tell you that every team

0:58:47.920 --> 0:58:51.240
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't have a Joe Burrow feels like they are

0:58:51.400 --> 0:58:56.280
<v Speaker 2>nineteen thousand, five hundred and fifty two bajillion miles away

0:58:56.320 --> 0:58:59.680
<v Speaker 2>from winning a championship. But if you have a Josh

0:58:59.720 --> 0:59:04.280
<v Speaker 2>Allen or a Patrick Mahomes or a Joe Burrow, you

0:59:04.320 --> 0:59:07.160
<v Speaker 2>feel like you're close. You feel like you have a chance.

0:59:07.600 --> 0:59:11.760
<v Speaker 2>You feel like there's a real shot at doing just that,

0:59:13.160 --> 0:59:17.800
<v Speaker 2>of getting to the mountaintop. And that's what Sunday reminded me,

0:59:19.360 --> 0:59:24.160
<v Speaker 2>because Joe Burrow played well, but the Dolphins just never

0:59:24.200 --> 0:59:27.040
<v Speaker 2>had a chance. There was never a moment in that game,

0:59:27.120 --> 0:59:29.160
<v Speaker 2>even when it was fourteen to ten, where I thought

0:59:29.720 --> 0:59:31.800
<v Speaker 2>that Quin Yours and the Dolphins were gonna beat Joe

0:59:31.840 --> 0:59:36.280
<v Speaker 2>Burrow in the Bengals, and so you're like, James, what

0:59:36.280 --> 0:59:38.920
<v Speaker 2>does that mean? What are you saying? I'm saying that

0:59:38.960 --> 0:59:41.040
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't need to be rocket science for the Bengals

0:59:41.040 --> 0:59:43.120
<v Speaker 2>this offseason. It doesn't need to be so hard, and

0:59:43.160 --> 0:59:46.240
<v Speaker 2>it feels like they're really really far away. But when

0:59:46.280 --> 0:59:50.360
<v Speaker 2>you have Joe Burrow, you're born on third base. You

0:59:50.360 --> 0:59:53.480
<v Speaker 2>have a shot to completely revamp things very very quickly.

0:59:54.520 --> 1:00:01.280
<v Speaker 2>And I know Bengals ownership has really done the opposite

1:00:02.000 --> 1:00:05.760
<v Speaker 2>of going all in. They've tried to build this sustainable winner.

1:00:06.760 --> 1:00:11.960
<v Speaker 2>They've tried, they've tried to do this thing where they are,

1:00:12.240 --> 1:00:18.280
<v Speaker 2>we're going to try to keep ourselves in the mix

1:00:18.320 --> 1:00:22.160
<v Speaker 2>for as long as possible, and that sounds good. But

1:00:22.240 --> 1:00:25.480
<v Speaker 2>when you have Joe Burrow, it needs to be about

1:00:25.520 --> 1:00:29.360
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow. When you have Joe Burrow, it needs to

1:00:29.400 --> 1:00:32.400
<v Speaker 2>be about Joe Burrow in building around him and putting

1:00:32.400 --> 1:00:35.280
<v Speaker 2>the team around him that can contend. You're in and

1:00:35.400 --> 1:00:37.280
<v Speaker 2>you're out, how do you get there? You're in and

1:00:37.320 --> 1:00:40.600
<v Speaker 2>you're out? Because when I look at this and I

1:00:40.640 --> 1:00:42.919
<v Speaker 2>think about Joe Burrow, and I think about how they're

1:00:43.000 --> 1:00:46.120
<v Speaker 2>four and two with Joe Burrow, at quarterback this season.

1:00:47.520 --> 1:00:49.640
<v Speaker 2>I think, man, oh man, if you had just been

1:00:50.160 --> 1:00:52.560
<v Speaker 2>slightly under five hundred without him, they were one and

1:00:52.640 --> 1:00:55.560
<v Speaker 2>eight without him, you have been four and five without

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow. Things feel, look and all are so much different.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're right there, You're in the hunt. You feel

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<v Speaker 2>like you could go to Buffalo and win. You feel

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<v Speaker 2>like that you're competing with the Steelers for the division

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<v Speaker 2>crown right now, and that's who's more than likely he

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<v Speaker 2>is going to win it. But they weren't built correctly,

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<v Speaker 2>they weren't coached correctly. There were mistakes all around, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's unacceptable. That's what the reminder was for me the

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<v Speaker 2>other day watching Joe Burrow pass the twenty thousand yard mark,

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<v Speaker 2>fifth fastest in NFL history to do so, third fastest

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<v Speaker 2>in NFL history to throw for one hundred and fifty touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 2>He's had one hundred and fifty two touchdowns. The time

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<v Speaker 2>is now, not later.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote a book about the Bengals. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>you have probably followed the Cincinnati Bengals for your entire life.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, you can get it at Cincinnati Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>book dot com. It's called Enter the Jungle. Wherever books

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<v Speaker 2>are sold. This Bengals franchise has never had a quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>like Joe Burrow and gone all in on winning, and

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<v Speaker 2>they need to do that. The time is now to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. Teams that have gone all in and I

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<v Speaker 2>say that in quotes like the Los Angeles Rams, guess

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<v Speaker 2>what they've rebounded from their all in mode and they're

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<v Speaker 2>still good. You can be sustainable. This is the Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow era where every year you should be winning eleven, twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen games, not six, not seven, not five and ten,

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<v Speaker 2>five and ten? When will we be great again? Like

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<v Speaker 2>that's their slogan this year. That can't be unacceptable. And

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<v Speaker 2>so this holiday season, this Christmas season, when we're all

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<v Speaker 2>spreading cheer and we should be the thing that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to spread. The message I want to send when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the Cincinnati Bengals is that this is

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<v Speaker 2>not rocket science. You can fix it. You can be

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<v Speaker 2>a Super Bowl contender a year from now. And when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on these airwaves next to Christmas Eve filling in

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<v Speaker 2>for Lance McAllister on Sports Talk, we can be talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>man oh man, they have a real shot out winning

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<v Speaker 2>a super Bowl. That's the standard. Everything else is hogwash.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything else is a failure. It comes up short. The

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<v Speaker 2>standard is really really high because of who you have.

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<v Speaker 2>The Miami Dolphins. James are being in for Lance McAllister today,

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas. The Miami Dolphins would trade their entire roster

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<v Speaker 2>in multiple years, of their entire drafts to get Joe Burrow.

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<v Speaker 2>You have Joe Burrow, Jamar, Chase T Higgins. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>hear from Ti Higgins coming up. You have all these

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<v Speaker 2>pieces in their prime. You have to take advantage of it.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to. And so for me, Sunday was a

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<v Speaker 2>reminder of that. Oh man, Joe's on the field with

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<v Speaker 2>those weapons. Good luck, good luck. You got a young,

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<v Speaker 2>feisty defense that has some real proven pieces. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>what they need to add this offseason, real proven pieces.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. It's on ownership to do that. And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to hear a lot of you are probably thinking, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe makes this amount of money or Jamar or t

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<v Speaker 2>and they shouldn't have paid this guy that They have

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of money, plenty of money. They have plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>money and plenty of cash. I hear that a lot

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<v Speaker 2>o the Bengals owners they don't have as much cash.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a salary cap, plenty of cash. They have plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of cash, plenty of ways they can maximize the cap.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't. They don't do that, and they should. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the Joe Burrow era. Failing in this era and not

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<v Speaker 2>winning a super Bowl is far worse than having one

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<v Speaker 2>year or two years where you're in cap purgatory where

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<v Speaker 2>your salary cap is preventing you from doing what you

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. Down the line. You gotta get a

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl, you gotta win the championship. You gotta be

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<v Speaker 2>willing to push the chips in And that's what's scary

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<v Speaker 2>now because they're committed to Zach Taylor, they're committed to

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<v Speaker 2>this coaching staff, they're committed to this front office. And

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<v Speaker 2>so if that's the case, then what's going to change.

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<v Speaker 2>What needs to change is their desire to go all

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<v Speaker 2>in on winning and that is the standard. They need

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<v Speaker 2>to be active in free agency, there's no doubt about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And by active, I mean active like they were in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one and twenty twenty when Joe Burrow was

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<v Speaker 2>on his rookie deal, and then they got cold feet

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty two, a little bit. They were able

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<v Speaker 2>to get a couple of linemen, but you could see

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<v Speaker 2>the feet getting colder as we got closer to Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow's extension, and those feet are frozen right now, even

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<v Speaker 2>though those temperatures outside are are mighty mighty nice for

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<v Speaker 2>this time of year in the Queen City. I'm James

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<v Speaker 2>or Peen in for Lance. This is Sports Talk. Tweet

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<v Speaker 2>me on x at James or Peen. Also check out

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<v Speaker 2>all of my Bengals coverage Bengals Talk dot com. Really

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<v Speaker 2>happy to be with you. You're on Christmas Eve plenty

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<v Speaker 2>to discuss. We're gonna hear from Zach Taylor T Higgins

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<v Speaker 2>on a Christmas Eve edition of Sports Talk. I'm James Arpene,

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for joining us right here on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 3>News Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred WLW Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 8>Americans on the move, but the A thirty report, I'm

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<v Speaker 8>Sean Gallagher breaking now hey, record number of Americans expected

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<v Speaker 8>to travel during the holiday season now into New Year's

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<v Speaker 8>traffic analyst said that today was a good day to travel,

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<v Speaker 8>with later traffic on the roads. Roads also expected to

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<v Speaker 8>be less busy on Christmas Day for those only having

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<v Speaker 8>to make a short trip to their holiday destination. But

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<v Speaker 8>after the Christmas Day celebrations the calm coming to an end.

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<v Speaker 26>Rush picks back up on Friday. Airlines for America says

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<v Speaker 26>December twenty sixth is shaping up to be one of

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<v Speaker 26>the busiest flying days of the holiday period, along with

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<v Speaker 26>December twenty eighth for return travel. And it's not just

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<v Speaker 26>the airports. Roads will be crowded to so if you're

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<v Speaker 26>driving Friday in Rick says the worst travel times are

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<v Speaker 26>between eleven am and eight pm. The best time to

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<v Speaker 26>hit the road before eleven am. Bottom Line, plan ahead

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<v Speaker 26>and of course, travel safe everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>ABC News is Stephanie Ramos.

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<v Speaker 8>For those in Ohio who hit the road earlier this

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<v Speaker 8>week enjoyed lower gas prices, but in the last forty

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<v Speaker 8>eight hours they've gone up about a quarter, entering today

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<v Speaker 8>two dollars seventy nine cents.

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<v Speaker 3>But there's an upside.

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<v Speaker 8>Motor is still paying less of the pump compared to

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<v Speaker 8>last Christmas, when the average was twenty eight cents higher.

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<v Speaker 8>The nationwide average also down nineteen cents from the holiday

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<v Speaker 8>season a year ago. Now the latest traffic and weather

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<v Speaker 8>together and right now taking a look at the major

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<v Speaker 8>interstates and highways.

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<v Speaker 3>No new accidents now both lateis forecast from the Train

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<v Speaker 3>Heating and Cooling Weather Center on news radio seven hundred

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<v Speaker 3>wl W.

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<v Speaker 9>After briefly dropping down into the upper forties versus Santa

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<v Speaker 9>we quickly pushed into the fifties by the time most

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<v Speaker 9>of us wake up Christmas morning. That scattered rain will

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<v Speaker 9>also be out there Thursday morning, but should be out

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<v Speaker 9>of here by early afternoon. While gloomy at Christmas afternoon,

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<v Speaker 9>it will be warm highs near fifty nine and we

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<v Speaker 9>only cool off to forty six into your Friday morning.

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<v Speaker 9>From your severe weather station, I'm nine first warning meter

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<v Speaker 9>rebly just Mark Stitz, News Radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 8>Radar showing a fair sky right now. It's forty three degrees.

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<v Speaker 8>Ay crash late this morning in Sycamore Township near Kimwood

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<v Speaker 8>Town Center, leaving one person dead and another critically injured.

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<v Speaker 8>The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office was called out around eleven

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<v Speaker 8>o'clock to the intersection of Montgomery and Galbreth Roads late

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<v Speaker 8>this morning. They say that twenty eight year old Connor

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<v Speaker 8>Walshley was driving to the highway to speed on Montgomery

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<v Speaker 8>when he clipped another vehicle on Galbreth went off the

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<v Speaker 8>road and hit a curb, sending his sh his sending

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<v Speaker 8>his sedan airborne as he struck several trees in two

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<v Speaker 8>utility poles. He and a passenger had to be extricated

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<v Speaker 8>from the vehicle. Whilsley died from his injuries while the

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<v Speaker 8>passenger was taken to UC Medical Center. Montgomery rode between

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<v Speaker 8>Gilbert and Couglar Mills, still shut down, expected to reopen

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<v Speaker 8>around eleven o'clock tonight. Is Duke Energy and Ulti Fiber

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<v Speaker 8>replace and Rewire utility polls. Elwa Jones, whose murder case

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<v Speaker 8>was dismissed earlier this month, the rest of this afternoon

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<v Speaker 8>after allegedly driving while under the influence, and was also

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<v Speaker 8>allegedly involved in a crash at the intersection of East

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<v Speaker 8>McMillan and would Burn Avenues.

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<v Speaker 3>There were no injuries in that crash.

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<v Speaker 8>Jones now charged with obi leaving the scene of a

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<v Speaker 8>crash in failure to control a motor vehicle. Jones had

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<v Speaker 8>been convicted in the nineteen ninety four beating death of

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<v Speaker 8>wrote To Nathan, sentenced to death, but was granted a

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<v Speaker 8>new trial in twenty twenty two, after new evidence surface

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<v Speaker 8>that the prosecution never disclosed to the defense during the trial,

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<v Speaker 8>Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillage, after a month's long intensive review,

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<v Speaker 8>dismissed the case with prejudice. Something to check out for

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<v Speaker 8>those with time off during the holidays or the looking

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<v Speaker 8>for something to do with their kids while they're on

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<v Speaker 8>winter break.

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<v Speaker 20>For a lot of people in Cincinnati, they remember this

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<v Speaker 20>when they were a kid. They've grown up with this.

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<v Speaker 20>This is their seventy ninth holiday season.

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<v Speaker 27>The Duke Energy Holiday Trains in Holiday Junction at Iconic

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<v Speaker 27>Historic Union Terminal. Cody Hefner is with a Cincinnati Museum

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<v Speaker 27>Center on what is a holiday trip back in time.

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<v Speaker 20>We have this digital storybook that has all these historic

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<v Speaker 20>photos from the nineteen forties all the way to present day,

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<v Speaker 20>so you can flip through and it is fun because

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<v Speaker 20>people will see the decade or the period that they

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<v Speaker 20>remember first seeing the trains.

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<v Speaker 27>Holiday Junction is open until January fifth. I'm Matt Reeese

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<v Speaker 27>news Radio seven hundred WL double.

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<v Speaker 3>Arnt ax upthing. This is nine o'clock.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm Sean Gallagher, News Radio seven hundred WLWL News Radio

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<v Speaker 3>Breath is a confidence killer. You could have the best outfit.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back Sports Talk. I'm James Rpene and this is

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred wl W. Merry Christmas Eve in for Lance McAllister,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's time to have a discussion about

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Taylor. We're gonna hear from Zach Taylor in just

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<v Speaker 2>a second. I think it's tough. It's tough when you

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<v Speaker 2>understand the human side of things to a degree, and

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<v Speaker 2>Zach obviously has a high leverage position. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to, especially on Christmas Eve, talk about job security

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<v Speaker 2>or whether he should be here or not be here.

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<v Speaker 2>I know everybody has strong opinions about that, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>a time and place for it. I'm not sure Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>Eve is that time. I will say this and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna play what Zach Taylor had to say on Monday

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<v Speaker 2>after the game. Some injury stuff, obviously health updates, the

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<v Speaker 2>insight he had on t Higgins. I think it's important

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone to hear that as Tiggins made it through

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<v Speaker 2>concussion protocol. But the end of what Zach had to say,

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<v Speaker 2>I think is really really important too. So this is

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<v Speaker 2>it's about seven minutes. It's Zach Taylor on Monday, and

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<v Speaker 2>let's get to that and then we'll react to what

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<v Speaker 2>he said at the end of his Monday news conference.

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<v Speaker 2>James Arpine in for a lance, here's Zach Taylor for Monday.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, we've always wanted to be a relentless defense,

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<v Speaker 12>something where the effort flies off the tape and you

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<v Speaker 12>see guys forming the ball. So I think those are things.

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<v Speaker 12>When I watched the tape yesterday is you see everyone

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<v Speaker 12>in the picture, everyone after first contact trying to get

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<v Speaker 12>in the mix, make sure the ball carry gets down.

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<v Speaker 7>They got the one run on us.

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<v Speaker 12>That was a big run, and you can't excuse that

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<v Speaker 12>because we got to get him on the ground. We

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<v Speaker 12>had opportunities to do it, could have knocked it down.

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<v Speaker 12>We didn't. This core touchdown. But you look at the

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<v Speaker 12>mixture runs after that, and they're tough. They scheme your

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<v Speaker 12>runs up, they give you a lot of different looks,

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<v Speaker 12>a ton of different personnel groupings. I thought our defense

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<v Speaker 12>did a great job getting that run game settled down

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<v Speaker 12>and minimized toward in the second half. You know, you

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<v Speaker 12>got to make them throw the football and we were

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<v Speaker 12>able to get the ball off of them that way.

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<v Speaker 12>So just overall really impressed with the growth of our

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<v Speaker 12>defense and how these guys responded. They understand the scheme,

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<v Speaker 12>the communication has been really good, and again, you know,

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<v Speaker 12>taking the ball off the people, you know, so there's

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<v Speaker 12>that confidence to scoring there as well, and so it's

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<v Speaker 12>been fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 13>That's the line had a pretty good game yesterday in

1:13:24.280 --> 1:13:25.440
<v Speaker 13>terms of containing.

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<v Speaker 7>The run between the tackles, doing.

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<v Speaker 12>A great job playing with their hands, understanding the techniques

1:13:30.960 --> 1:13:33.559
<v Speaker 12>for asking them to play and and so again you're

1:13:33.600 --> 1:13:35.759
<v Speaker 12>just seeing guys grow. A ton of guys grow. Getting

1:13:35.760 --> 1:13:39.360
<v Speaker 12>Tamar back was fun to watch yesterday. I thought Cedric

1:13:39.360 --> 1:13:42.640
<v Speaker 12>played a good game yesterday. Miles continues just to just

1:13:43.120 --> 1:13:46.760
<v Speaker 12>have a really good season right now with where he's at.

1:13:47.120 --> 1:13:49.680
<v Speaker 12>And so again it's just and there's guys I'm not

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<v Speaker 12>even naming, you know. I thought everybody played really well yesterday.

1:13:52.360 --> 1:13:55.479
<v Speaker 12>So just fun group to watch them to continue to

1:13:55.520 --> 1:13:57.040
<v Speaker 12>grow and as send and that's all we're asking for

1:13:57.080 --> 1:13:58.639
<v Speaker 12>them right now is just get better every single week

1:13:58.640 --> 1:14:00.280
<v Speaker 12>and minimize your miss aches.

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<v Speaker 7>And we're seeing that from those guys.

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<v Speaker 14>I think after Higgins said he saw specialists to go

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<v Speaker 14>what see Thursday morning, okay, and kind of what what

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<v Speaker 14>led to y'all come to that conclusion and saying, hey,

1:14:11.000 --> 1:14:12.360
<v Speaker 14>let's go have this check down and the kind of

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<v Speaker 14>walk us through that cross yeh.

1:14:13.479 --> 1:14:15.080
<v Speaker 12>It was the doctors, you know, I think just making

1:14:15.160 --> 1:14:18.479
<v Speaker 12>sure tea in conjunction with our doctors, just making sure

1:14:18.840 --> 1:14:23.240
<v Speaker 12>you got that final checkpoint there to make sure we

1:14:23.240 --> 1:14:25.680
<v Speaker 12>were seeing everything and the clearance was appropriate. I think

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<v Speaker 12>with the two issues he's had, you know, that was

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<v Speaker 12>the appropriate way to do it.

1:14:29.560 --> 1:14:32.680
<v Speaker 7>And so get him out there quite really was.

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<v Speaker 12>It was a bang bang Thursday morning, got out there,

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<v Speaker 12>got back before I wasn't expecting about practice, and there

1:14:36.880 --> 1:14:39.439
<v Speaker 12>he is, walks in the door, you know, right after stretch.

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<v Speaker 12>So that was I think it's good for him to

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<v Speaker 12>hear that too. He could probably answer that better than

1:14:46.640 --> 1:14:48.720
<v Speaker 12>I can, but we just want to make sure we

1:14:48.720 --> 1:14:50.080
<v Speaker 12>were doing right by him. If he's going to go

1:14:50.080 --> 1:14:52.000
<v Speaker 12>out there and play that everybody feels good about it.

1:14:52.040 --> 1:14:54.320
<v Speaker 12>He feels good about it, family feels good about it.

1:14:54.439 --> 1:14:57.280
<v Speaker 12>And he went out there and to my eye, felt

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<v Speaker 12>really good.

1:14:58.760 --> 1:15:01.840
<v Speaker 14>Clear Saturday and Sunday morning in order to finally have

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<v Speaker 14>agree like it for something.

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<v Speaker 12>I don't know what the final hurt it was. I

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<v Speaker 12>mean I felt good Friday. I wasn't gonna tell everybody that.

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<v Speaker 3>But.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, it's it's kind of nice for you to

1:15:10.560 --> 1:15:13.080
<v Speaker 12>have t Higgins walk on the field Sunday morning when

1:15:13.080 --> 1:15:14.639
<v Speaker 12>no one's exactly sure if he's going to play.

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<v Speaker 7>I knew he was going to play at that point, but.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, so it is good to get Tea back

1:15:19.280 --> 1:15:20.320
<v Speaker 12>out there, and I know we got a lot of

1:15:20.320 --> 1:15:21.360
<v Speaker 12>confidence when he's out there.

1:15:21.560 --> 1:15:25.200
<v Speaker 15>Jalen Davis in November camp, Tilbert gets hurt. You were

1:15:25.240 --> 1:15:27.599
<v Speaker 15>going young at a lot of different positions, You had

1:15:27.720 --> 1:15:30.120
<v Speaker 15>young corners, and obviously it's worked out with Jalen. What

1:15:30.200 --> 1:15:31.880
<v Speaker 15>made Jalen the guy that you wanted to put in

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<v Speaker 15>the lineup when you looked at your options at.

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<v Speaker 12>That He's always he's always been a dependable guy. We've

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<v Speaker 12>seen up for him in training camp for preseason games

1:15:39.439 --> 1:15:42.080
<v Speaker 12>and opportunity he's gotten over the years, you know, to

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<v Speaker 12>play in a real game, and uh, you know, just

1:15:46.640 --> 1:15:49.880
<v Speaker 12>tremendous locker room guy. I think he's he's a fan

1:15:49.960 --> 1:15:53.439
<v Speaker 12>favorite in the locker room. Tremendous energy, just does what

1:15:53.479 --> 1:15:55.680
<v Speaker 12>it takes to win and help our team, whether that's

1:15:55.720 --> 1:15:58.559
<v Speaker 12>been as a practice squad player, bringing energy every single

1:15:58.640 --> 1:16:01.240
<v Speaker 12>day and being consistent, being ready when his numbers called,

1:16:01.280 --> 1:16:03.760
<v Speaker 12>and so then his numbers finally called in November. He

1:16:03.840 --> 1:16:05.599
<v Speaker 12>just goes out there and just plays with a ton

1:16:05.640 --> 1:16:10.360
<v Speaker 12>of confidence, a ton of awareness, great communication skills, leadership

1:16:10.400 --> 1:16:14.840
<v Speaker 12>on defense, has an act for making plays on the ball,

1:16:15.120 --> 1:16:18.920
<v Speaker 12>has an act for pressuring. A lot of similarities Mike Hilton,

1:16:19.120 --> 1:16:21.080
<v Speaker 12>you know, and whether that's because they were together for

1:16:21.160 --> 1:16:25.160
<v Speaker 12>a long time, and and that's a huge compliment, you know,

1:16:25.240 --> 1:16:30.639
<v Speaker 12>because Mike obviously had tremendous career, and so JD's out

1:16:30.640 --> 1:16:33.719
<v Speaker 12>there doing his own thing and and really just happy

1:16:33.920 --> 1:16:36.880
<v Speaker 12>to see him take on that role and do it

1:16:36.880 --> 1:16:38.400
<v Speaker 12>with a ton of confidence and make a lot of

1:16:38.400 --> 1:16:39.920
<v Speaker 12>place for us and have a lot of success.

1:16:40.200 --> 1:16:44.400
<v Speaker 7>He's earned that. How'd you describe Fairchild's rookie good?

1:16:44.720 --> 1:16:47.519
<v Speaker 12>You know, I think he's playing between Orlando and Ted

1:16:47.560 --> 1:16:50.320
<v Speaker 12>has been a really good for him. Played with really

1:16:50.360 --> 1:16:53.759
<v Speaker 12>good physicality, and you know, seeing a lot of stuff

1:16:53.760 --> 1:16:55.320
<v Speaker 12>over the course of the season, being able to be

1:16:55.360 --> 1:16:59.280
<v Speaker 12>available and and I you know, really I think he's

1:16:59.280 --> 1:17:02.760
<v Speaker 12>got a really high seat, and you know I felt

1:17:02.760 --> 1:17:04.439
<v Speaker 12>the line as a whole. You know, we're talking about

1:17:04.439 --> 1:17:06.840
<v Speaker 12>a Marius, We're talking about Dylan. I've just had a

1:17:06.920 --> 1:17:09.320
<v Speaker 12>ton of confidence all year. You know whatever we're calling

1:17:09.960 --> 1:17:14.080
<v Speaker 12>that there's gonna be great protection for quarterbacks. That the

1:17:14.160 --> 1:17:15.840
<v Speaker 12>run game, you know we're gonna have success in our

1:17:15.920 --> 1:17:18.960
<v Speaker 12>runs that we're calling. And so just you know that

1:17:19.000 --> 1:17:22.360
<v Speaker 12>speaks to Dylan, that speaks to the whole group. I

1:17:22.520 --> 1:17:24.680
<v Speaker 12>just as a head coach, as a play caller, have

1:17:24.760 --> 1:17:25.920
<v Speaker 12>a lot of confidence in the unit.

1:17:26.280 --> 1:17:29.840
<v Speaker 13>How much do you like watching take that duo blocked

1:17:29.880 --> 1:17:33.439
<v Speaker 13>head and Dylan had We're small chase touchdown.

1:17:34.640 --> 1:17:37.360
<v Speaker 12>It's great and it's you know when you get a drive,

1:17:38.360 --> 1:17:40.639
<v Speaker 12>mull it over drives. The second half started around midfield,

1:17:40.760 --> 1:17:43.559
<v Speaker 12>which was just great. But you know, you hit them

1:17:43.560 --> 1:17:45.160
<v Speaker 12>in the past game and you kind of got teams

1:17:45.160 --> 1:17:46.800
<v Speaker 12>on their heels, and then you get to hit them

1:17:46.840 --> 1:17:48.240
<v Speaker 12>on two runs as you get lower in there and

1:17:48.320 --> 1:17:51.200
<v Speaker 12>scored on two runs. You know from you know, inside

1:17:51.200 --> 1:17:54.720
<v Speaker 12>the fifteen, inside the five. It's good because now you

1:17:54.760 --> 1:17:56.280
<v Speaker 12>know you're having a lot of success in the pass game,

1:17:56.360 --> 1:17:58.439
<v Speaker 12>so they got to respect that, and then you know,

1:17:58.479 --> 1:17:59.680
<v Speaker 12>you hit them with with some of the runs we

1:17:59.760 --> 1:18:01.720
<v Speaker 12>hit on and the guys are able to come off

1:18:01.720 --> 1:18:03.840
<v Speaker 12>the ball and drive them off the ball, and it's

1:18:03.920 --> 1:18:05.640
<v Speaker 12>it's that's a great way to finish drives.

1:18:05.920 --> 1:18:07.880
<v Speaker 16>Yeah, when it's a season that hasn't gone well for

1:18:07.920 --> 1:18:10.200
<v Speaker 16>you guys that there's a lot of talk about a

1:18:10.240 --> 1:18:13.000
<v Speaker 16>meaningless season, but for you, you look at a different

1:18:13.000 --> 1:18:14.920
<v Speaker 16>as a coach, I know, where do you see the

1:18:14.960 --> 1:18:18.400
<v Speaker 16>most growth on a team even though this season hasn't

1:18:18.439 --> 1:18:18.800
<v Speaker 16>been great.

1:18:18.800 --> 1:18:21.040
<v Speaker 12>Well, I think we played a lot of young guys,

1:18:21.120 --> 1:18:22.960
<v Speaker 12>you know, and these guys have just gotten better and better,

1:18:22.960 --> 1:18:25.320
<v Speaker 12>and so our future is really right that way that

1:18:27.080 --> 1:18:29.240
<v Speaker 12>every player, you know, for a second third year player,

1:18:29.240 --> 1:18:31.639
<v Speaker 12>I really feel like has made huge tries this season

1:18:31.800 --> 1:18:34.360
<v Speaker 12>as they've gotten more reps and more opportunity, and so

1:18:34.400 --> 1:18:36.120
<v Speaker 12>we have a lot of confidence in those guys. And

1:18:36.160 --> 1:18:37.920
<v Speaker 12>then and then you blended with the veterans that we've

1:18:37.920 --> 1:18:41.479
<v Speaker 12>got that are playing at a high level. So I

1:18:41.520 --> 1:18:44.080
<v Speaker 12>feel really good about the direction this team. And and

1:18:45.240 --> 1:18:47.080
<v Speaker 12>you know, it's all we can control is this week

1:18:47.080 --> 1:18:48.720
<v Speaker 12>we got Arizona. This week we got to put our

1:18:48.800 --> 1:18:51.559
<v Speaker 12>vestent forward, forget about what's going on around us, just

1:18:51.560 --> 1:18:54.519
<v Speaker 12>focus on great game plan, having a great week of practice,

1:18:54.560 --> 1:18:56.800
<v Speaker 12>winning the game went in two games in a row.

1:18:56.880 --> 1:18:59.760
<v Speaker 12>The feeling we had in the locker room responding with

1:18:59.800 --> 1:19:02.559
<v Speaker 12>a way to win back to back games is all

1:19:02.600 --> 1:19:09.360
<v Speaker 12>we can control right now. Okay, you know, I know

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<v Speaker 12>Jay Morrison and his family are dealing with something tough

1:19:12.120 --> 1:19:14.080
<v Speaker 12>right now. Jays, as you all know, one of the

1:19:14.120 --> 1:19:16.920
<v Speaker 12>greatest guys in this business. So thought some prayers with

1:19:17.000 --> 1:19:19.000
<v Speaker 12>him and his family. And I hate that he's got

1:19:19.000 --> 1:19:20.439
<v Speaker 12>to go for that, but I know we're all here

1:19:20.479 --> 1:19:22.600
<v Speaker 12>for him, So I just want to make sure he

1:19:22.640 --> 1:19:23.759
<v Speaker 12>knows that and his family knows.

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<v Speaker 2>That that last bit is the most important bit there

1:19:28.240 --> 1:19:32.200
<v Speaker 2>of information. I thought it was so so classy of

1:19:32.320 --> 1:19:35.200
<v Speaker 2>Zach Taylor to say that about Jay Morrison and his

1:19:35.200 --> 1:19:39.679
<v Speaker 2>wife Nikki. And really, ever since I heard the news,

1:19:39.880 --> 1:19:42.120
<v Speaker 2>I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. And

1:19:43.080 --> 1:19:46.479
<v Speaker 2>love Jay obviously. I've worked with Jay for many, many

1:19:46.560 --> 1:19:53.960
<v Speaker 2>years and I consider him a great friend. And it's heartbreaking.

1:19:54.080 --> 1:20:01.080
<v Speaker 2>It's heartbreaking because it's rare to see a a couple

1:20:03.000 --> 1:20:07.640
<v Speaker 2>that you know just fits and works perfectly, and so

1:20:07.760 --> 1:20:11.040
<v Speaker 2>when tragedy happens like this, and and for those of

1:20:11.040 --> 1:20:14.719
<v Speaker 2>you that that don't know. Nicky Morrison passed away earlier

1:20:14.760 --> 1:20:19.479
<v Speaker 2>this week, really suddenly during a procedure that that went wrong,

1:20:20.000 --> 1:20:25.200
<v Speaker 2>and it's not something that anyone anticipated, expected or could

1:20:25.240 --> 1:20:29.200
<v Speaker 2>have thought was coming. And so when something sudden like

1:20:29.280 --> 1:20:34.280
<v Speaker 2>this happens, you know, you you reflect, and and the

1:20:34.280 --> 1:20:37.840
<v Speaker 2>thing that I continue to go back to is what

1:20:38.000 --> 1:20:41.879
<v Speaker 2>Jay and Nikki had. You could see was so special

1:20:42.160 --> 1:20:46.919
<v Speaker 2>from the moment that you talked to Jay about anything,

1:20:47.880 --> 1:20:53.400
<v Speaker 2>any of his hobbies, any anything, and they're just the

1:20:53.479 --> 1:20:56.559
<v Speaker 2>perfect couple that supported each other and loved each other.

1:20:57.240 --> 1:21:01.559
<v Speaker 2>And this is, uh, it's just awful, awful news, and

1:21:01.640 --> 1:21:05.360
<v Speaker 2>some things in life you can't explain why, and it's

1:21:05.400 --> 1:21:09.760
<v Speaker 2>really hard to understand the why with with something like this.

1:21:09.920 --> 1:21:13.880
<v Speaker 2>So love Jay, love Nikki. We're thinking about the entire

1:21:13.920 --> 1:21:16.479
<v Speaker 2>Morrison family. But I thought it was really really classy

1:21:16.520 --> 1:21:20.040
<v Speaker 2>of Zach Taylor to say that at the end. And

1:21:20.080 --> 1:21:22.240
<v Speaker 2>that's why I mean, he talked today, but that's why

1:21:22.280 --> 1:21:25.920
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to play what he said Monday in its entirety.

1:21:25.920 --> 1:21:27.639
<v Speaker 2>I thought there were some key nuggets in there about

1:21:27.640 --> 1:21:30.920
<v Speaker 2>t Higgins and other things like that, plus what he

1:21:30.960 --> 1:21:33.920
<v Speaker 2>said about Jay and his family. So obviously we're thinking

1:21:33.960 --> 1:21:38.479
<v Speaker 2>about the Morrisons during this time, and Jay, we we

1:21:38.520 --> 1:21:42.720
<v Speaker 2>love you for sure. It's it's something that I can't

1:21:42.760 --> 1:21:46.840
<v Speaker 2>stop thinking about and I'm not going to stop thinking about.

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<v Speaker 2>So make sure that you give Jay your your well

1:21:50.240 --> 1:21:53.479
<v Speaker 2>wishes this holiday season and the entire Morrison family, and

1:21:53.520 --> 1:21:57.519
<v Speaker 2>we will continue the show coming up next. James Repine

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<v Speaker 2>in for Lance. This is seven hundred Wow Penn Station

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<v Speaker 2>thing that I, for lack of a better term, love

1:22:24.880 --> 1:22:34.160
<v Speaker 2>is seeing star players fight, battle, compete, the edge, what

1:22:34.360 --> 1:22:38.840
<v Speaker 2>drives them all of those things? And a guy like

1:22:38.920 --> 1:22:41.479
<v Speaker 2>T Higgins, Like we've talked a lot about Joe Burrow

1:22:41.479 --> 1:22:43.040
<v Speaker 2>and should he shut it down? Should he not? You know,

1:22:43.080 --> 1:22:46.760
<v Speaker 2>there's been so much discussion there, but a guy like

1:22:46.800 --> 1:22:51.000
<v Speaker 2>T Higgins, that dude could have easily shut it down

1:22:51.040 --> 1:22:55.600
<v Speaker 2>this season and no one would have blamed him. No,

1:22:55.640 --> 1:22:57.599
<v Speaker 2>one would have questioned it. Everyone would have said yeah

1:22:57.640 --> 1:23:02.600
<v Speaker 2>to you, like do it, And instead this guy is battling,

1:23:03.280 --> 1:23:05.200
<v Speaker 2>doing everything he can to get back on the field,

1:23:05.200 --> 1:23:07.519
<v Speaker 2>going to see a specialist in Pittsburgh. He suffered a

1:23:07.520 --> 1:23:13.200
<v Speaker 2>concussion a month ago now against the Patriots a little

1:23:13.200 --> 1:23:17.320
<v Speaker 2>over a month ago, and missus a game. Comes back

1:23:17.640 --> 1:23:21.400
<v Speaker 2>after that Thursday game, comes back the following week and

1:23:21.680 --> 1:23:25.759
<v Speaker 2>plays great against the Bills. Gets concussed in that game

1:23:26.000 --> 1:23:29.320
<v Speaker 2>and doesn't have symptoms or at least passes protocol and

1:23:29.360 --> 1:23:31.439
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have symptoms to get yanked out of the game

1:23:31.479 --> 1:23:33.880
<v Speaker 2>until after and goes back into protocol after the game.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the second Ravens game, and to me, it's

1:23:43.280 --> 1:23:44.920
<v Speaker 2>cool is the wrong word. But I just think he

1:23:45.000 --> 1:23:48.960
<v Speaker 2>deserves praise for fighting the way he has to get

1:23:49.000 --> 1:23:52.400
<v Speaker 2>back on the field. And what we should hear from

1:23:52.439 --> 1:23:55.000
<v Speaker 2>t Higgins this is what he said to me after

1:23:55.040 --> 1:23:58.880
<v Speaker 2>the game in the locker room in Miami, after having

1:23:59.080 --> 1:24:01.360
<v Speaker 2>a great game, including a thirty five yard catch and

1:24:01.439 --> 1:24:04.400
<v Speaker 2>outstanding touchdown grab his tenth of the season, which ties

1:24:04.400 --> 1:24:08.679
<v Speaker 2>a career high, like T is a problem on the field,

1:24:09.040 --> 1:24:11.360
<v Speaker 2>and that's a great thing for the Cincinnati Bengals. Here's

1:24:11.360 --> 1:24:12.880
<v Speaker 2>what T Higgins had to say after the game.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it was fun.

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<v Speaker 18>You know, just get back there and compete with my

1:24:15.800 --> 1:24:17.519
<v Speaker 18>guys and then it's even better.

1:24:17.600 --> 1:24:19.360
<v Speaker 2>We got a wu the w that.

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<v Speaker 18>We got too, So you know, shout out to my guys.

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<v Speaker 19>When you're on the flight to and from Pittsburgh, what's

1:24:26.320 --> 1:24:27.120
<v Speaker 19>going through your head?

1:24:27.200 --> 1:24:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Like, what's that like?

1:24:28.640 --> 1:24:32.439
<v Speaker 18>Honestly, you know, praying that you know, I'll come back

1:24:32.439 --> 1:24:34.760
<v Speaker 18>with come here and get positive news, to come back

1:24:34.800 --> 1:24:37.479
<v Speaker 18>with positive news to tell the team and things like that,

1:24:37.800 --> 1:24:40.960
<v Speaker 18>and that's what it was. Your racking or I mean

1:24:41.000 --> 1:24:43.160
<v Speaker 18>I was very you know, obviously I was very anxious

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<v Speaker 18>and nervous, you know what they was gonna say. But

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<v Speaker 18>you know I got a peace of mind and it

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<v Speaker 18>was okay.

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<v Speaker 19>Changes that makes you want to play when they when

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<v Speaker 19>they clear you, what is it that made you want

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<v Speaker 19>to say, I want to finish the season.

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<v Speaker 18>In the man at the end of the day of

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<v Speaker 18>a competitor, I want compete with the guys. So that's

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<v Speaker 18>that's all it came down to.

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<v Speaker 2>You make any changes, you know, people see guardian caps

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<v Speaker 2>out there. Obviously didn't work every different. What's different about

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<v Speaker 2>this helment.

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<v Speaker 18>Just more pattern, you know what I mean, was able

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<v Speaker 18>to get fitted for one and it came in just

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<v Speaker 18>in time.

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<v Speaker 7>Who's that feel?

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<v Speaker 18>It feels great, honestly, Uh, it's comfortable. So that's all

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<v Speaker 18>that about it.

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<v Speaker 10>It's the scariest part of the symptoms that you felt.

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<v Speaker 18>There was a lot of headaches. The first one was

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<v Speaker 18>a little bit sensitive to light. But other than that,

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<v Speaker 18>see that is Can.

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<v Speaker 2>You take me through the art of the T Higgins

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<v Speaker 2>contested catch because it feels like it's evolved from a

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<v Speaker 2>few years ago to now and it seems like you're

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<v Speaker 2>making them look so routine.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 18>Man, I just that's my job to go up there

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<v Speaker 18>and catch the ball, and you know, Joe gives me

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<v Speaker 18>a great boss to where I only I can catch it,

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<v Speaker 18>and you know it's either me or nobody.

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<v Speaker 3>So is it kind of just uplifting?

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<v Speaker 21>So to be able to come back from what you

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<v Speaker 21>did and have the type of game then you did,

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<v Speaker 21>to know, I.

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<v Speaker 18>Mean, definitely is definitely a bonus. Obviously I wanted to

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<v Speaker 18>come out and and try to dominate personally, but who

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<v Speaker 18>was able to do that as a whole today and

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<v Speaker 18>you know the results.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's why I love T Higgins and that entire video.

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<v Speaker 2>You could check it out Cincinnati Bengals talk on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that Tea is like, oh man, I'm a competitor.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course I want to apply. Why wouldn't I play? And

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<v Speaker 2>I just I think that deserves praise. Now they've taken

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<v Speaker 2>the precautions and he's gotten examined and went to a

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<v Speaker 2>specialist in Pittsburgh and we heard from Zach Taylor on

1:26:38.880 --> 1:26:43.080
<v Speaker 2>that earlier this hour. But the other thing that this

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<v Speaker 2>to me reminds me of, and I think Sunday was

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<v Speaker 2>a big, an important reason behind it and why you

1:26:49.920 --> 1:26:52.400
<v Speaker 2>do pay T. Higgins because that's still a discussion, especially

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<v Speaker 2>with the defense being the way it is, and the

1:26:54.439 --> 1:26:56.240
<v Speaker 2>Bengals had plenty of money last year and they just

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<v Speaker 2>didn't spend enough of it, maximized their cap all of

1:26:59.640 --> 1:27:02.680
<v Speaker 2>those things on defense. They could have done everything they

1:27:02.680 --> 1:27:04.800
<v Speaker 2>did on offense and added a bunch on defense. They

1:27:04.840 --> 1:27:07.720
<v Speaker 2>didn't do that. But this is why you keep T.

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<v Speaker 2>Higgins because he's a in his prime monster, and they've

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<v Speaker 2>failed to draft enough monsters to say, oh, well, you

1:27:17.280 --> 1:27:19.519
<v Speaker 2>can let this guy in his prime go. It'd be

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<v Speaker 2>one thing if they had four defensive linemen and two

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<v Speaker 2>corners and a bunch of stuff that they had to pay,

1:27:23.720 --> 1:27:25.720
<v Speaker 2>and they couldn't make it all work with Tea. They

1:27:25.720 --> 1:27:28.720
<v Speaker 2>didn't have any of that they didn't like. If you

1:27:28.760 --> 1:27:32.439
<v Speaker 2>don't pay T Higgins, you just lose T Higgins. And

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<v Speaker 2>so to see him fight, to see him play at

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<v Speaker 2>a high level, and to see him matter, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the thing he matters so much in this

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<v Speaker 2>offense because if you won a double Jamar, well then fine,

1:27:42.680 --> 1:27:45.000
<v Speaker 2>you got to deal with Tea. And if you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to play one high and put T Higgins in Manda

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<v Speaker 2>Man coverage, well good luck, because he's as good as

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<v Speaker 2>anyone right now in the NFL at the jump ball,

1:27:55.120 --> 1:27:58.479
<v Speaker 2>in making plays on the ball deep down field. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that catch that fifty fifth ball the other day is

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<v Speaker 2>just insane. That he gets up there makes that play

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<v Speaker 2>and you heard him just doing my job. No, like,

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<v Speaker 2>no one can do that job. There's like four people

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<v Speaker 2>on the planet that I think are capable of doing

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<v Speaker 2>that job.

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<v Speaker 7>And so.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times it's it's easy to say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals want the flashyway. They're paying two receivers, they're

1:28:25.680 --> 1:28:28.200
<v Speaker 2>paying their quarterback. They're not built the right way. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't believe that one bit. Like I think Tea's the

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<v Speaker 2>exact guy you do pay. I also thought Jesse Bates

1:28:35.320 --> 1:28:37.599
<v Speaker 2>and DJ Reader were guys you pay and you keep

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<v Speaker 2>guess what they could have done all of it. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's the thing that I really want to hammer home

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<v Speaker 2>this holiday season, especially going into the off season. It's like, oh, well,

1:28:49.680 --> 1:28:51.800
<v Speaker 2>you know the Bengals, they spent here, but they needed

1:28:51.840 --> 1:28:53.479
<v Speaker 2>to spend there. They could have done all of it.

1:28:54.160 --> 1:28:56.840
<v Speaker 2>And that's the standard when you're trying to win super Bowls.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess what you're trying to do all of it, not

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<v Speaker 2>some of it, not a little bit of it, all

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<v Speaker 2>of it. And and that's been the theme of this show.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason it's been the theme of this show

1:29:08.720 --> 1:29:13.560
<v Speaker 2>is because this Bengals franchise with Joe Burrow should be

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<v Speaker 2>contending for super Bowls every single year. And when I

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<v Speaker 2>think about Jamar Chase and T Higgins and Tea battling

1:29:19.400 --> 1:29:22.240
<v Speaker 2>back and doing what he is doing at such a

1:29:22.280 --> 1:29:26.559
<v Speaker 2>high level, it shouldn't be to get to five and

1:29:26.640 --> 1:29:29.400
<v Speaker 2>ten on the season. It shouldn't be with nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>play for. This better be the last season we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about this ever. In the Joe Burrow Jamar Chase t

1:29:36.560 --> 1:29:43.040
<v Speaker 2>Higgins era. Ever, otherwise they've failed massively, like this should

1:29:43.040 --> 1:29:45.800
<v Speaker 2>be impossible. And I don't mean like last year where

1:29:45.800 --> 1:29:48.519
<v Speaker 2>they're rallying for a playoff spot. Next year we should

1:29:48.520 --> 1:29:51.960
<v Speaker 2>be talking about playoff positioning. Oh well, they're pretty much

1:29:51.960 --> 1:29:53.400
<v Speaker 2>wrapped up the division. Are they going to get the

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<v Speaker 2>one seat or the two seed or how do they

1:29:55.200 --> 1:29:59.080
<v Speaker 2>stack up in the AFC? Like that's the standard. And

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<v Speaker 2>so when I see a like T Higgins fighting his

1:30:01.960 --> 1:30:03.720
<v Speaker 2>tail off, doing everything he can to get back on

1:30:03.760 --> 1:30:08.880
<v Speaker 2>the field and what is essentially meaningless games, those are

1:30:08.920 --> 1:30:12.559
<v Speaker 2>the type of guys you build around. And so when

1:30:12.600 --> 1:30:14.760
<v Speaker 2>someone says I'm not sure they should have paid T Higgins, well,

1:30:14.760 --> 1:30:16.840
<v Speaker 2>hell yeah, they should have paid T Higgins. They got

1:30:16.840 --> 1:30:19.519
<v Speaker 2>that right. This has been a lot of fun. Thank

1:30:19.560 --> 1:30:22.960
<v Speaker 2>you so much for listening and following along wherever you

1:30:23.000 --> 1:30:25.760
<v Speaker 2>were listening going to and from. I hope you have

1:30:25.800 --> 1:30:30.880
<v Speaker 2>a wonderful holiday season. I hope that the Bengals give

1:30:30.920 --> 1:30:33.360
<v Speaker 2>you and bring you whatever you want. That the teams

1:30:33.400 --> 1:30:38.160
<v Speaker 2>in this town certainly treat the fans by doing everything

1:30:38.240 --> 1:30:40.280
<v Speaker 2>they can to win, and I think that's what everybody

1:30:40.320 --> 1:30:43.840
<v Speaker 2>would probably want and does want that's listening right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is always fun filling in for Lance here

1:30:45.720 --> 1:30:49.479
<v Speaker 2>on seven hundred WLW on Sports Talk. I do not

1:30:50.479 --> 1:30:53.439
<v Speaker 2>take it lightly to get this opportunity. I like to

1:30:53.439 --> 1:30:55.479
<v Speaker 2>make the most of it, even on a Christmas Eve

1:30:55.479 --> 1:30:58.680
<v Speaker 2>where I'm sure you're busy. Everyone's busy. So thank you

1:30:58.760 --> 1:31:02.320
<v Speaker 2>so much for listening and until next time. For our

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<v Speaker 2>producer Tarren Bland, I'm James Epene, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 2>for listening to Sports Talk right here on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 3>News Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred w l W, Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 8>Leo delivers his first Christmas Eve message with the nine

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<v Speaker 8>o'clock report. I'm Sean Gallagher breaking now, Pop Leo the

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<v Speaker 8>fourteenth leading his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontif tonight

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<v Speaker 8>at Saint Peter's Basilica and Vatican City, delivering a message

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<v Speaker 8>saying that the story of Christmas should remind Christians of

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<v Speaker 8>their duty to help the poor and strangers. The Pope

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<v Speaker 8>was made care for immigrants and the poor, key issues

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<v Speaker 8>in the early months of his papacy. Leo, who has

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<v Speaker 8>seen who has been critical of President Trump's divisive immigration crackdown,

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<v Speaker 8>quoted a line from the late Pope Benedict the sixteenth,

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<v Speaker 8>lamenting that the world does not care for children, the poor,

1:32:00.479 --> 1:32:03.920
<v Speaker 8>or foreigners, saying quote, while a distorted economy leads us

1:32:03.960 --> 1:32:08.360
<v Speaker 8>to treat human beings as mere merchandise, God becomes like us,

1:32:08.400 --> 1:32:12.320
<v Speaker 8>revealing the infinite dignity of every person. Meanwhile, Saint Patrick's

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<v Speaker 8>Cathedral in New York expected to be packed as it

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<v Speaker 8>will mark the final midnight mass for outcoming Cardinal Timothy Dolan,

1:32:17.760 --> 1:32:20.760
<v Speaker 8>who's set to retire. Tickets for the service in high

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<v Speaker 8>demand as they are placed in a lottery system.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the latest.

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<v Speaker 8>Traffic and weather together and taking a look at the

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<v Speaker 9>Be climbing quickly into Christmas morning as we rebound well

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<v Speaker 9>into the fifties to start things off. But that scattered

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<v Speaker 9>rain will also continue into the morning, likely ending by

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<v Speaker 9>the early afternoon, but will keep it cloudy and warm

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<v Speaker 9>for your Christmas afternoon hies near fifty nine degrees heading

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<v Speaker 9>into Friday morning, we cool off to forty six. From

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<v Speaker 9>your severe weather station, I'm nine First Warning met ROBA

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<v Speaker 9>just Mark Stitz News Radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 8>And radar at this time is showing a partly cloudy

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<v Speaker 8>sky and our current temperature is coming in at forty

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<v Speaker 8>four degrees as we're actually seeing more clouds develop Hereing

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<v Speaker 8>the last hour or so, two people hospitalized after a

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<v Speaker 8>crash on the Interstate seventy five southbound up to seventy

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<v Speaker 8>four West. Both were adults on suffering serious injuries, while

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<v Speaker 8>the other head injuries believed to be non life threatening.

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<v Speaker 8>The ramp closed for some time this evening as Cruz

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<v Speaker 8>cleaned it up, but that has since reopened. Now what Jones,

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<v Speaker 8>whose murder case was dismissed earlier this month, the restident

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<v Speaker 8>now facing new charges after allegedly driving under the influence

1:33:39.960 --> 1:33:41.920
<v Speaker 8>and leaving the scene of a crash late this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 8>Cincinnati police say the accident happened near the corner of

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<v Speaker 8>East McMillan and Woodburn Avenue around five o'clock, as Jones

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<v Speaker 8>allegedly crashed into a poll. Jones was released after being

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<v Speaker 8>charged with obi leaving the scene of a crash in

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<v Speaker 8>failure to control the motor vehicle, now due in court

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<v Speaker 8>December twenty ninth. Police say that he refused to breathalyze

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<v Speaker 8>your test. Jones was