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Speaker 2: Hi, Hello, welcome in. Our number three is Cincy three

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Speaker 2: sixty here on ESPN fifteen thirty. I'm Austin Elmore. We've

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Speaker 2: talked a lot of football over the first couple hours

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Speaker 2: of the show. I want to split it up. I

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Speaker 2: want to talk a little bit of Bearcat football, I

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Speaker 2: want to talk a little bit of baseball, and I

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Speaker 2: want to talk about it with a guy who can

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Speaker 2: now do both. I guess he could always do both.

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Speaker 2: But his name's Jeff Carr from the Locked On Reds podcast,

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Speaker 2: and he joins us. Now, Hi, Jeff, how are you Austin.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing awesome.

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Speaker 3: We got a chance to be Bowl eligible in October

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Speaker 3: for the Bearcat.

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Speaker 2: This is looking yeah, tell me about this. All of

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Speaker 2: a sudden, I'm scrolling through Twitter and I see Jeff

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Speaker 2: Carr hosting the Locked On Bearcats podcast. How did this

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Speaker 2: happen and what can people expect if they listen and

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Speaker 2: follow along.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's It's been something I've talked about a little

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Speaker 3: I just decided to take advantage of the opportunity definitely

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Speaker 3: talking all things Bearcats athletics. Of course, right now football

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Speaker 3: basketball season with a couple of scrimmages coming up, and

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Speaker 3: we'll talk you know, a little bit of baseball here

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Speaker 3: and there when baseball gets going later on in the year,

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Speaker 3: and it's going to be all about UC athletics, you know,

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Speaker 3: Locked On Reds, just you know, talking Bearcats athletics.

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Speaker 2: Now, if I'm not mistaken, you're a Bearcat football season

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Speaker 2: ticket holder and have been for a while? Am I am?

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Speaker 2: I right on that?

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, seven, this is my seventh year doing it now,

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Speaker 2: So you know, we've seen it all. You've seen a

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Speaker 2: few things, to say the least with this particular team.

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Speaker 2: What excites you the most about the Bearcats, It's.

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Speaker 3: it's so refreshing to watch a good unit up front

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Speaker 3: Like I mean, Brendan Stores has only been sacked one

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Speaker 2: I'm very excited to see that. Yeah, what does that

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Speaker 2: do for the fan base? You think to as you

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Speaker 2: much does that help Scott Saderfield? How much does that

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Speaker 2: After kind of stumbling the last couple of years, Well, we.

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Speaker 2: the LCS. What is the biggest what stands out to

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Speaker 3: And I think it's so ironic that that is the

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Speaker 2: to JACKO. Is it? What's that? Jacko?

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Speaker 5: Hey?

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Speaker 2: physicality and aggression from his team, and they reflect that.

435
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Speaker 2: Bill Cower is another example the way that those Steelers

436
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,400
Speaker 2: teams used to play. I think even Bill Parcells would

437
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 2: be an example of that. Now, Bill Belichick, he had

438
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Speaker 2: the most curmudgeon personality of all time, and yet those

439
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,160
Speaker 2: teams were so smart, so buttoned up, and they were

440
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Speaker 2: physical to the point of attack. They weren't always great,

441
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Speaker 2: you know, there were some you know, Patriots teams and

442
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Speaker 2: offensive lines that made you question, but they at least

443
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,960
Speaker 2: had the fundamentals down. And now that we're here through

444
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 2: three or four offensive line coaches and Zach Taylor still

445
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,199
Speaker 2: can't find a way to establish that mentality. I have

446
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 2: an issue with that, And I think if you want

447
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Speaker 2: to be successful in the National Football League and specifically

448
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,119
Speaker 2: in this division, in the AFC North. You've got to

449
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 2: be able to take it to guys. You know, Cleveland,

450
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,160
Speaker 2: we always joke about them being a bad matchup. Well,

451
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 2: part of the reason they're a bad matchup is because

452
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 2: the Bengals are soft. Cleveland they lost by I don't know,

453
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 2: thirty five points to Baltimore earlier this year. I don't

454
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Speaker 2: think that that's really indicative of who the Browns were.

455
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Speaker 2: They still physically are a difficult team to deal with.

456
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Speaker 2: Even in this division. None of these teams have really

457
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,680
Speaker 2: good offensive lines right now. Cleveland's isn't great, Pittsburgh's is struggling,

458
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:51,600
Speaker 2: the Bengals is terrible, Baltimore nothing. And what's the common

459
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Speaker 2: denominator in this entire league or in this entire division.

460
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Speaker 2: None of them are very good. Like you have got

461
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 2: to that has to be a part of your identity.

462
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 2: And I think the Bengals are struggling to find theirs

463
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Speaker 2: right now, and I have no other person to blame

464
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,640
Speaker 2: there except for Zach Taylor. You know, this conversation started

465
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Speaker 2: by talking about the records of these two quarterbacks on

466
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Speaker 2: Thursday nights. How about these numbers for Aaron Rodgers, this

467
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 2: is crazy. Nineteen career games played on a Thursday, Rogers

468
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Speaker 2: is thirteen and six. He's completing sixty seven and a

469
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Speaker 2: half percent of his passes, so this is basically a

470
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Speaker 2: full season, just one game more than a full season.

471
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Speaker 2: For four eight hundred and seventy seven yards, forty two touchdowns,

472
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Speaker 2: and five interceptions in those nineteen games. That is crazy

473
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 2: good numbers for Aaron Rodgers. For Joe Flacco, it's thirteen

474
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Speaker 2: games with an eight to five record, completing sixty three

475
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Speaker 2: point four percent of his passes for three thousand and

476
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Speaker 2: eleven yards, twenty touchdowns, ten interceptions for Joe Flacco in

477
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Speaker 2: thirteen Thursday games. Let's go back to the phones. Let's

478
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Speaker 2: talk to our guy Mike in LA.

479
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Speaker 5: What's up, Mikey, Hey, pal, I shouldn't double bit, but

480
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Speaker 5: I did. I call her Royer?

481
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Speaker 2: No, Wow, he didn't. You didn't? You're good? What's up?

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Speaker 5: You know when you were talking about this, I think

483
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Speaker 5: you hit the nail on the head with this lack

484
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Speaker 5: of fierceness, lack of punching the ball, lack of hurting somebody,

485
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Speaker 5: you know what I mean? Yeah, And like you were

486
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Speaker 5: saying about Reed. No, his personality doesn't convey that. But

487
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,400
Speaker 5: he's probably got the best, one of the best decoordinators

488
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Speaker 5: that's ever been in the league. Right, it's bags.

489
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good point.

490
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Speaker 5: And uh, and I don't know who is Do you

491
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Speaker 5: know who their OC is.

492
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Speaker 2: Or I believe it's I believe it's Matt Maggie, now,

493
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Speaker 2: the former coach of the Bears.

494
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Speaker 5: Oh, that's right, that's right. It was slipping my brain.

495
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 5: And uh, I can't wait for the Mariners game tonight.

496
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Speaker 5: It's uh, it's fun. I'm really for Seattle. I mean,

497
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Speaker 5: I got nothing against Toronto. They haven't won anything in

498
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 5: a balloon moon either, so either want to be good.

499
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 5: But for some reason, part of it might be Luis

500
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Speaker 5: Castell being on the team.

501
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Speaker 2: Next year Andrez too.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and you know who is watching it? Does Griff Jr?

503
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Speaker 5: You know he's probably out there right?

504
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, I'm sure he is. And I'm sure if

505
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Speaker 2: they make it to the World Series, you can be

506
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Speaker 2: the first one throwing out a first pitch.

507
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I bet you may be dead on it. There.

508
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 5: You that's a very good point. I didn't think of that.

509
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Speaker 5: I'm feeling a little cueasy, brother, I better go, but

510
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Speaker 5: thanks for taking my call.

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Speaker 2: Everybody good to talk to you. Thank you. That is

512
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Speaker 2: our guy, Mike in La. Let's go from Mike in

513
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Speaker 2: La to Mike in Independence. What's up, Mike? What's on

514
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Speaker 2: your mind?

515
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Speaker 5: It was going on.

516
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,119
Speaker 2: I just want to touch base.

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Speaker 7: I do think we're gonna bring in Bill Callahan next week. Uh,

518
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Speaker 7: it makes too much sense. I mean, they know each other.

519
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 6: I think it's gonna be a good down. Eyes looking at.

520
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 7: The offensive line and kind of saying, hey, this is

521
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 7: what I think we can do to help approve improve

522
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 7: their aggression. I don't know if it's a strike technique

523
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 7: or what what's causing them to be kind of passive

524
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 7: and receiving the defensive line rather than being aggressive towards them.

525
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 7: So hopefully that takes place and can help approve the

526
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Speaker 7: offensive line. And if anybody's tailgating tomorrow, it will be

527
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Speaker 7: a lot one. We're having a seafood boil.

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Speaker 2: Come on out and join the seafood boil.

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Speaker 7: Oh yeah, we got the big pot, right, We've got

530
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Speaker 7: the crab of legs, a shrimp, corn, the whole deal.

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Speaker 2: Do you do this every time? Tailgate?

532
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Speaker 7: Not every time, but We've done the Tampa before, just

533
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 7: different tailgates, So Pitts was a big deal.

534
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Speaker 6: We had to plan the last month or so.

535
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 2: And but the Keith throws.

536
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Speaker 5: Down and we we're gonna We're gonna get there about

537
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Speaker 5: four o'clock.

538
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 7: We opens up and get things set up and.

539
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Speaker 2: Going, Oh my denness, how long does does that normally take?

540
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Speaker 2: Like if you get there at four and you start

541
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Speaker 2: a seafood boil, when are you eating prior to going

542
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Speaker 2: into the stadium?

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Speaker 7: We were getting around five, fifteen thirty or so.

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Speaker 2: All right, Wow, I mean I figured, I don't know,

545
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Speaker 2: I just didn't assume it. October Bengals Steelers equals a

546
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 2: seafood boil. But I like it. That's a good idea. Mike, Well, I.

547
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Speaker 7: Have to Yeah, yeah, I know you're probably good, But

548
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 7: can you stop about you?

549
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Speaker 2: I'll do my best, Mike, Thank you. I appreciate it.

550
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 2: How about that little seafood boil for a tailgate? All right?

551
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 2: All right, I see you working, Mike and independence we'll

552
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Speaker 2: take a break. We'll come back. This is ESPN fifteen thirty,

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Speaker 2: So you see.

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Speaker 1: Ky ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

555
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Speaker 2: Home stretch of since e three sixty on a Wednesday afternoon.

556
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 2: I'm Austin Elmore with you. Started the show by talking

557
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Speaker 2: about the Bengals in this decision to go to a

558
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 2: youth movement on defense, and there are going to be

559
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 2: growing pains. It's also kind of awkward to go away

560
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 2: from Logan Wilson.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that Logan Wilson was playing at a

563
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 2: Brian Irlacker level, But I don't know that Logan Wilson

564
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 2: was playing at a Nick Vigil level either, But he

565
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 2: got benched for Barrett Carter on Sunday in Green Bay.

566
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Speaker 2: I don't know what to expect tomorrow night against Pittsburgh

567
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Speaker 2: because Logan Wilson has some experience against a guy like

568
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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers has experience in those moments, and you feel

569
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Speaker 2: like against the Pittsburgh Steelers you could draw from that,

570
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 2: or you know, is Logan gonna play at all on

571
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Speaker 2: defense or is it gonna be another game where you're

572
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Speaker 2: just going at the Steelers with Barrett Carter and allowing

573
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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers to kind of pick on a rookie quarter

574
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Speaker 2: on a rookie linebacker, two rookie linebackers. I don't know,

575
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 2: but I think It's notable the way that Logan Wilson

576
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 2: and Barrett Carter have both handled this benching. Wilson met

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Speaker 2: with reporters in the locker room yesterday. Here's a few

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Speaker 2: seconds of what Logan Wilson had to say about being benched.

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Speaker 4: I told him that, like on Wednesday of last week,

580
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Speaker 4: I found out. We found out about this on Monday,

581
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Speaker 4: and you know, I put my put my arm around him.

582
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Speaker 4: I told him, I said, there's gonna be no hard

583
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Speaker 4: feelings between us. Just know that, like, I'm not going

584
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Speaker 4: to change who I am. I still want to help

585
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Speaker 4: you out. I know I've played a lot of football

586
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 4: and there's things I can still pour into you. And

587
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Speaker 4: I told myself I was not going to change who

588
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Speaker 4: I am because of a time of adversity in my life.

589
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Speaker 4: And you know, in whenever my career is done, like

590
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 4: look back at this time of adversity and be able

591
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Speaker 4: to tell my kids how to how to get through,

592
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Speaker 4: how to work through adversity like this, And so that's

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Speaker 4: what I'll be most proud of. By the end of

594
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Speaker 4: the day, I'm still going to work to continue to

595
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Speaker 4: get better and just continue to support him as best

596
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Speaker 4: as I can because that's what a good teammate would do.

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Speaker 8: Probably felt like he did some two good things against

598
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 8: the lines, like I don't you feel you're okay?

599
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 2: I felt like I was, but obviously Zach felt otherwise.

600
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 2: So that's Logan Wilson beating with reporters yesterday finishes with

601
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 2: obviously Zach felt otherwise. So again, this is reflection of

602
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 2: Zach Taylor, maybe more than Al Golden. I know a

603
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 2: lot of people want to put it on Al Golden

604
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 2: and maybe the new linebackers coach Mike Hodges and all that. Okay,

605
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 2: all right, but again it's a Zach Taylor call. And

606
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 2: Zach has said multiple times we are evaluating everybody. So

607
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Speaker 2: I thought it was cool the way Logan Wilson handled that.

608
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 2: Not an easy situation to be in, not an enviable

609
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 2: situation for anybody to be in, but handled it with class,

610
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 2: as did Barrett Carter, the guy who is replacing Logan Wilson.

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Speaker 2: Here's what he had to say when he met with

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Speaker 2: the media.

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Speaker 9: He's been great, you know, Logan, he's been That's just

614
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Speaker 9: a guy I have so much love and respect for.

615
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Speaker 9: And you know, whatever coach decides to do, you know,

616
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Speaker 9: we both can live with a result knowing that we

617
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 9: just we go to work every single day and we

618
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 9: love each other, and he's.

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Speaker 2: Been nothing but helpful.

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Speaker 9: Like for me, just I still lean on him every

621
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Speaker 9: single day, and I still will continue to lean on

622
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Speaker 9: him every single day no matter what the coach decides

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Speaker 9: to do. It's not it's not up to me, it's

624
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 9: not up to him, but we both we both love

625
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 9: each other, we both go to war with each other.

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Speaker 2: From an operational standpoint. Wearing the green dot, How did

627
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 2: you feel that win?

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Speaker 9: I felt great, you know, I mean, I've been it

629
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Speaker 9: since I've been here, so it wasn't like a new

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Speaker 9: thing for me. But now it was great to just

631
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Speaker 9: get out there and just communicate with the guys and

632
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 9: just you know, make plays and everything. But it was

633
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 9: a good experience and just got to just keep building

634
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 9: on that and just keep stack in days.

635
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 2: Bengals rookie linebacker Barrett Carter impressive young man and oppressive

636
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 2: the way that both of those guys are handling that situation,

637
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 2: because again, that's not easy. And if we want to

638
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 2: give Zach Taylor a win for something that culture and

639
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 2: being able to communicate like that and with each other,

640
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Speaker 2: I think is really important and they deserve credit for that.

641
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 2: But can it translate to being effective on the field,

642
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 2: because ultimately that's what matters the most. Well finish off

643
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Speaker 2: the phone calls by talking to our guy Rodney. What's

644
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 2: up Rodney?

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Speaker 5: Hey, how you guys doing today?

646
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Speaker 2: Good Man? What's on your mind? Just a little Bengals talk?

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Speaker 10: I mean, I love the Bengals and everything, but there's

648
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 10: no accountability to them guys as football players.

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Speaker 2: You mean you're talking about Logan Wilson got benched.

650
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Speaker 10: No, I ain't talking about Logan Wilson. I'm just talking

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Speaker 10: about them as a group of football guys. Like you said,

652
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Speaker 10: you said to write on the note, the Bengals are

653
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Speaker 10: not a physical football team at all.

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Speaker 2: What does accountability have to do with that?

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Speaker 10: Accountability? The way they play, It's like, Okay, I made

656
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Speaker 10: a mistake, I did this, I didn't do this right.

657
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Speaker 10: You got to make them guys like they did Logan

658
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Speaker 10: Wilson and take them out. But I don't think that's

659
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Speaker 10: the problem. Logan Wilson, to me, he was playing solid.

660
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Speaker 10: We's hurting up on an officer mound and the defensive line.

661
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Speaker 10: There's no physicalness at all on that football team.

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Speaker 2: Well, I agree with you, but I mean I wouldn't

663
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Speaker 2: say that they haven't done anything about it. I mean

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Speaker 2: Dalton Risener got benched for Jalen Rivers on the offensive line.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, but well we were really really hurting.

666
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Speaker 5: It's our cornerbacks.

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00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 10: They're not They can't tackle nobody.

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Speaker 2: I agree with you on that. I mean the mistackles

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Speaker 2: against Green Bay I think was the worst of the

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Speaker 2: Zach Taylor era. I think nineteen according to one website exactly.

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Speaker 10: And the two safety.

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Speaker 2: Oh boy, oh boy. Now you're spot on on that, Rodney.

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Speaker 2: Those guys are not good.

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Speaker 10: No physical nothing about these guys on third down.

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Speaker 2: We're the only.

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Speaker 10: Team I watched and on third down in nineteen we

677
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Speaker 10: give up twenty.

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Speaker 2: It's a little too common.

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Speaker 10: Yes, yes, And like I said, this football to me

680
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Speaker 10: ain't the same, you know, like everybody said. I told

681
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Speaker 10: him the division is not as good as everybody thinks.

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Speaker 2: The ANC's not a struggling issue. Yeah, yep.

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Speaker 10: There's nobody that I could say in the uh in

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Speaker 10: our division and go for Yeah, if they made it

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Speaker 10: to the playoff one and out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's time. I think it's time for change, though,

687
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Speaker 2: So you're saying, get rid of Zach Taylor. Yes, sir,

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Speaker 2: all right, Rodney, thank you for the phone call.

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Speaker 6: All right, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know that Rodney's not alone. A lot of

691
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Speaker 2: people feel that way when it comes to Zach Taylor.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Before we get to Moegger for quick hits and lock

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Speaker 2: or not locks the night, there's another muscle memory thing.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna get this figured out eventually. And listen, you know,

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Speaker 2: be patient with me. Okay. Anyways, take a listen to

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Speaker 2: this from last night, oh and two on bond.

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Speaker 11: Pitch one eleven coming from Yoshinobu yamamodole strike free, swinging

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Speaker 11: yo ship over oh, Yamamoto goes the distance. In Game two,

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Speaker 11: the Dodgers win five to one and take a two

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Speaker 11: nothing series lead in this championship series. Yamamoto's first complete

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Speaker 11: game of his major league career in the first Dodger

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Speaker 11: complete game in a postseason game since lima time in

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Speaker 11: two thousand and four.

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Speaker 2: That was the call last night on the Dodgers Radio

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Speaker 2: network in a silent, stunned Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: beat the Brewers. And listen when it comes to tailgate parties.

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Speaker 2: Like our guy said yesterday or earlier with the seafood

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Speaker 2: boil they got going on ahead of Bengals Steelers tomorrow night,

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Speaker 2: seafood boil is good, but nothing beats the bold, fresh

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Speaker 2: flavor of wind Schulers Spreadable cheese. Take it with you

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Speaker 2: to your tailgate party. Stop by the store now and

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Speaker 2: go get you some win Schuler's cheese spread ahead of

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Speaker 2: the tailgate party for tomorrow night, and make sure there's

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Speaker 2: plenty on hand when the party kicks off. The Call

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Speaker 2: to Day brought to you by wind Shoolers Fantastic cheese spreads.

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Speaker 2: Elevate your taste game when we come back, Moegger joins

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Speaker 2: for quick hits right here on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 1: From the bron continues on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati's sports station.

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Speaker 1: It's time for Cincy three sixty quick hits on ESPN fifteens.

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Speaker 2: Looking for Mo. We found MO, and I love it

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Speaker 2: when we use the Aaron Rodgers sound bite, especially this

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Speaker 2: week when the Bengals face Aaron Rodgers. What's up, Mo?

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Speaker 2: How are we doing? Audie? What's going on? I'm wonderful,

725
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Speaker 2: I'm looking. I just looked to my left to grab

726
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Speaker 2: my notebook. There is a stack in here of about

727
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 2: seventy five Skyline chili hots. Let's go. Do you are

728
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 2: you hot sauce on your your Coney's or your three Ways?

729
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 2: I'll do that. I do. I do hot sauce.

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Speaker 8: I drizzle it on the three way, not the coney

731
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Speaker 8: Oh and I really don't know why, but on the

732
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Speaker 8: three way, yes, because that's what my dad did.

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Speaker 2: Do you ever put crackers on the three Way? I don't.

734
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Speaker 8: But my my daughter has created what she wants to

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Speaker 8: go on the Skyline menu, which is called the Crosley. Okay,

736
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Speaker 8: she gets a regular hot dog, then she takes crackers

737
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Speaker 8: and puts crackers on it with ketchup and then cheese

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Speaker 8: and then a noodle, a few noodles at the top.

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Speaker 2: She calls it the Crosley. I don't hate that.

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Speaker 8: Next time we got to Skyline, go with us, and

741
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Speaker 8: she'll tell you to try to Have you tried it?

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Speaker 8: I've tried the Grossley. Yes, delicious, of course, Yes I would.

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Speaker 2: I mean I'd be all over that.

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Speaker 8: I have a conundrum. Oh, okay, I don't have any

745
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 8: white Bengals attire. You're going through this again, But I

746
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Speaker 8: have white attire that doesn't say Bengals. What is going

747
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 8: to be more important to the people around me? Because

748
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 8: clearly that's why you're dressing for this, right, You're not

749
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Speaker 8: dressing for your You're dressing so the people around you

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Speaker 8: feel like, Okay, that guy complied.

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Speaker 2: You're dressing so it looks cool.

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Speaker 8: Is it more important that I wear Bengals branded gear

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Speaker 8: that isn't white or a plane white like I have

754
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Speaker 8: a plane white.

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Speaker 2: Like T shirt? Sure? What is?

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Speaker 8: What? What should I do? Because if you have time

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00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 8: to go buy any white Bengals gear, well, first of all,

758
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 8: I have an autographed John Ross jersey that you can wear. Oh,

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00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 8: that'd be great. It is white, Yes, yeah, if you

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00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 8: want it, I'm good. Oh okay, I'm fine. It's still

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Speaker 8: on my chair at my desk. Other mountain of T shirts.

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Speaker 8: Much appreciating, No problem.

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Speaker 2: But you we we went through this once before we

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Speaker 2: have you've I know this is one of your favorite topics.

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Speaker 2: It is it is? What's your excuse for not getting

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Speaker 2: anything Bengals white over the last I don't know forty years.

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Speaker 8: I used to so I used to have a white

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Speaker 8: Bengals shirt that I really liked. It just got I

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Speaker 8: worked to the super Bowl, but it just got like

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Speaker 8: wore out over time and there were staying so it's

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Speaker 8: no longer in rotation.

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Speaker 2: My favorite, maybe my favorite ever Bengals piece of apparel

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Speaker 2: was the white super Bowl jackets. Yeah.

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Speaker 8: I wanted one of those badly. Yeah, so I don't

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Speaker 8: have one of those. I haven't seen any white Bengals

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Speaker 8: gear that I really like, and so I know, like

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Speaker 8: sometimes if you're like the guy who wears the wrong color,

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Speaker 8: people get really mad. I don't want people to get

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Speaker 8: mad at me, so I'm happy to wear some I have,

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Speaker 8: like some some white UC stuff.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, but then you're none of the.

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Speaker 8: So what is what is going to get the least

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Speaker 8: amount of people screaming at me in my section?

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Speaker 2: I think what matters is that you wear white. Doesn't

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Speaker 2: matter what's on it, as long as you wear white.

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Speaker 2: Do you see hoodie it is? Yeah, there's nothing wrong

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Speaker 2: with that, right, very good? What's coming up on your

788
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Speaker 2: show today?

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Speaker 8: I like what the Bengals are doing at linebacker.

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Speaker 2: Oh.

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Speaker 8: I like what the Bengals are doing in replacing Luke

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Speaker 8: Keikley at Luke Keiley.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, sorry, slogan will thought for a second. It

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Speaker 2: was Lukeley played like Luke Keikley at one point for

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Speaker 2: about eight games a rookie year. Yeah, pretty good. So

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Speaker 2: we're gonna talk about this.

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Speaker 8: I think this is good, okay, because this is un Bengalesque.

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Speaker 8: This is good. This is really really good you were

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Speaker 8: talking before. I'm so glad you talk about this because

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Speaker 8: there is no narrative I hate more than the Browns

801
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 8: are a bad matchup, and you called him soft. So

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Speaker 8: I watched the Steelers Browns game on Sunday and those

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Speaker 8: sticky Brown's corners somehow Aaron Rodgers, who never throws the

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Speaker 8: ball deep, was like, you know what we have dk Metcalf.

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Speaker 8: I'm gonna throw him the ball. There is no mentality

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Speaker 8: I hate more than the ones at the man match

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Speaker 8: How are you gonna know? And I've been complaining about

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00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 8: this for a month and a half now. They won

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Speaker 8: that game, by the way, Yeah right, ere's kind of

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Speaker 8: a man matchup.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, So there is that.

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Speaker 8: I love the fact that everybody has glommed onto this,

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Speaker 8: including yourself. It makes me I'm not really gonna talk about.

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Speaker 2: This, but that end of the Browns, you know, because.

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Speaker 8: Everybody lazily went to that narrative after the first game,

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Speaker 8: including a lot of folks who's like opinions I really respect, just.

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00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 2: Shrug your shoulders, and I go, well, why are we

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Speaker 2: doing that?

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Speaker 8: Because I've watched everybody else play the Browns, and everybody

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Speaker 8: else is like, those quarters are good, but we're still

821
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Speaker 8: gonna try to get our best dudes the ball. Will

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Speaker 8: the Bengals do that? So that, to me is reflective

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Speaker 8: of a mentality that you have talked about a lot

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Speaker 8: today that needs to change.

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Speaker 2: I wonder if the Bengals threw a bit of a

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Speaker 2: party when the Browns traded Greg Newsom propa play wide receivers,

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Speaker 2: did shots? You know, I had cupcakes waiting for him,

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Speaker 2: had Greg Newsom's left the Cleveland Browns. Bad matchups are.

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Speaker 8: Over bad matchups, spad matchups. I do feel like we

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Speaker 8: are and I'm painting with a broad brush here. I

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Speaker 8: do feel like we're a ted over confident, Like they

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Speaker 8: played a decent half with Joe Flacco's quarterback and now

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Speaker 8: it's like, you know, they win this one, probably gonna

834
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Speaker 8: run the table.

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Speaker 2: The biggest overconfidence to me is the idea that they'll

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Speaker 2: just walk over the Jets and the Bears. Uh, I

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Speaker 2: agree with that.

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Speaker 8: I do think this game is fascinating because Pittsburgh remade

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Speaker 8: their secondary and there's a good piece in the Athletic

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Speaker 8: today about how, look they remade their secondary because you

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Speaker 8: got to play the Bengals twice. Now, obviously it's not

842
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 8: Burrow and Chase and Higgins, but it's still that remade

843
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 8: Pittsburgh secondary secondary where Jalen Ramsey has been awesome, had

844
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Speaker 8: two sacks last week, and so I think that matchup

845
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Speaker 8: is going to be interesting right now. But what you

846
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 8: wonder is is that going to be a bad matchup?

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00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 2: Yeah? All, Jalen's just aggressive. Bad match up on a corner.

848
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Speaker 2: Bad matchup. Wasn't a bad matchup in the super Bowl

849
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Speaker 2: when they torched him.

850
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 8: When t Higgins like ripped his helmet off downfield pass.

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00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 8: That goes down as one of the five happiest moments

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Speaker 8: in my life.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that is the.

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Speaker 8: First time that in that game that I entertained the possibility.

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Speaker 2: They may win. Yeah. How many times have you watched

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00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 2: it since that play? The game? Never? Really?

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00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:57,399
Speaker 5: No?

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00:43:58,160 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 8: The only thing I've watched is because we had to

860
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Speaker 8: talk about it was the last play.

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00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 2: The last two plays. I've watched it probably two hundred.

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Speaker 8: And I watched the Logan Wilson penalty because you know,

863
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,359
Speaker 8: I wanted to talk about that. Like the individual plays

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Speaker 8: I wanted to talk about the day after the game,

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Speaker 8: watch them. I've never watched the game. I've watched the

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Speaker 8: halftime show.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 8: I've watched the pre games starting lineup, the Rock, watched

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Speaker 8: all that. I don't really have much of an interest

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Speaker 8: in reliving the game itself fascinating, but I do sometimes

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Speaker 8: go back and look at my pictures from my experience

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Speaker 8: broadcasting from Santa Monica next to an ice machine. May

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Speaker 8: we never forget Chest, May we never forget mo Thank you.

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Speaker 8: We'll be listening to that matchup.

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Speaker 2: Where's that dude's seafood boil? Where's that? I forget where

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Speaker 2: he said? Can I show up at that too? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: well I'll go back and listen to it. So it's

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Speaker 2: pretty good. Yeah, I mean, I didn't know that was

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Speaker 2: a thing, but apparently it is in Cincinnati, Thanks mon Cia.

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Speaker 8: I don't know if it isn't Cincinnat Addie, it's that

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Speaker 8: guy's just Tonightlgate Tomorrow Night Tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Mollagger is next on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 1: W c KY, Cincinnati, Make us the number one preset

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Speaker 1: on your car radio and on the free, new and

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Speaker 1: improved iHeartRadio app. Free never sounded so good, ESPN, fifteen

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Speaker 1: thirty