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Speaker 2: Looking forward to another three hours here as we get

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Speaker 2: started on a brand new week, and before we get

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Speaker 2: any further, welcome to March. March Madness is here. College

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Speaker 2: basketball is heating up. We will discuss everything that's happened

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Speaker 2: over the course of the weekend, and we will start

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Speaker 2: March off by taking a look ahead to the local

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Speaker 2: teams outlook on what March Madness may or may not

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Speaker 2: entail this year.

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Speaker 3: There it is.

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Speaker 2: I'm talking about the Norse, the Bearcats, the Muskies, the

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Speaker 2: about the college basketball outlook. What a time of the year.

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Speaker 2: I might be in the minority here, but these next

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks. For me, it's kind of I know

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Speaker 2: we're getting into March, but this, Austin, feels like kicking

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Speaker 2: off the new sports here because March madness and conference

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Speaker 2: tournaments into March madness. That helps expedite a very lengthy

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Speaker 2: spring training. And before you know it, with March madness here,

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Speaker 2: baseball season is here, NFL offseason, the NFL Draft is here,

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Speaker 2: and before you know, we're right back to what it

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Speaker 2: is and that's football season. But this kind of this

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Speaker 2: to me, is the kickoff of the season. This is

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty six kickoff. Welcome to March. While we're

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Speaker 2: at it, Welcome back to Cincinnati. Dalton Reisner. Yeah, if

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Speaker 2: you've missed the news, Dalton Reisner was extended for a

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Speaker 2: season five million dollar deal. And as you put on Twitter,

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Speaker 2: Austin and we will play some of the audio today,

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Speaker 2: if you didn't know any better, Dalton Reisner would have

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Speaker 2: just signed a lifetime deal worth about three hundred million

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Speaker 2: dollars to the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 4: I've never heard a player so happy, so grateful, so thankful,

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Speaker 4: and especially when you consider you know it's not you're

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Speaker 4: not really breaking the bank here, it's a one year,

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Speaker 4: five million dollar deal. You would have never guessed.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. It's un believable. It's great for the Bengals. It's

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Speaker 2: a move that everyone said, why isn't it done, Why

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Speaker 2: isn't it done? Why isn't it done? The move got done.

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Speaker 2: Dalton Riisner is the Cincinnati Bengal. That means last year's

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Speaker 2: whole offensive line is going to stay together. They will

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals. And that's not saying they can't add to

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Speaker 2: can't add to the offensive line via the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 2: We're already seeing some offensive line moves going down. The

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Speaker 2: Houston Texans have traded their starting right tackle Titus Howard

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Speaker 2: He is now going to receive a three year, sixty

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Speaker 4: Great name, Jew Scrugs. I don't understand what the Texans

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Speaker 3: I thought their own line was bad. Anyway, it will

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Speaker 4: I'm sure they'll take a running back in the draft,

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Speaker 2: Outside of that and the Dalton Riisner news, We'll keep

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Speaker 2: It is Monday, which means we'll have a new mock

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Speaker 2: draft Monday this afternoon, and we'll recap the combine. The

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Speaker 2: University of Cincinnati. He put together a historic, historic performance

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Speaker 2: at this year's NFL Combine. So we'll tell you more

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Speaker 2: Jeff Codwell won the combine for wide receivers one the

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Speaker 2: His UH relative athletics score was ten point zero zero Austin.

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Speaker 2: That was higher than what Calvin Johnson was.

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Speaker 4: Saw a few of those over the weekend. Sonny styles

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Speaker 4: Now here's what I don't understand. So, you know, to

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Speaker 4: then his agent gets ahold of Adam Schefter is like, well,

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Speaker 4: If you're Jeff Caldwell's agent, why aren't you telling Adam Schefter? Well,

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Speaker 4: you know some NFL teams actually had him at four

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Speaker 3: The low four Two's unbelievable.

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Speaker 4: This is got to work both ways, right, Not just

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Speaker 4: to improve, you know, from a bad time, how about

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Speaker 4: to improve from an already good time. Jeff Caldwell's agent,

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Speaker 3: Do that? And you know, I think it's interesting.

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Speaker 4: We I walked in this morning and we started talking

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Speaker 4: Cyrus Allen really turned some heads and Cyrus receiving touchdowns

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Speaker 4: in a season at U See has shut the UC

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Speaker 4: record last year, and you, as a former quarterback, immediately

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Speaker 4: went to and damn Brendan Soresby still couldn't win in November.

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Speaker 4: So does this make Brendan sores Be look worse? It's

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Speaker 3: Let's call it. Let lit'sten.

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Speaker 2: Let's let's let's take one step back and call it

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Speaker 2: what it is. They had a great offensive line on

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Speaker 2: They had Joe Royer, They had these schools now touchdown

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Speaker 4: The more you I have two NFL wide receivers, an

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Speaker 3: And one of the best O lines the schools had

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Speaker 4: So my translation of that is take the under for

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Speaker 4: Texas Tech this season? Is that what you're telling me? Homecoming?

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Speaker 4: Get the countdown clock on. We'll recap as I mentioned

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Speaker 4: all of the uh scheduling, Texas Tech is homecoming. Maybe

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Speaker 4: got a it would be great if at halftime Soresby

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Speaker 4: Soresby delivers it back to the UC Athletic Department for

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Speaker 2: That's that's towards the end of the year. That thing

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Speaker 2: my gosh, we'll wrap up the combine. How about this?

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Speaker 2: And this probably should have been the lead today. His

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Speaker 2: airness and my great one, the Goat Jordan. Jordan has

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Speaker 2: Let me go dominate NASCAR. And they did something yesterday

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Speaker 2: That's never happened in the seventy seven year career of NASCAR.

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Speaker 3: That's pretty amazing.

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Speaker 2: Tyler Reddick won again yesterday. You're now a believer. I've

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Speaker 2: you bought the merch.

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Speaker 4: So, a couple of my buddies and I have been

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Speaker 4: watching NASCAR. We've been all in and I texted before

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Speaker 4: the race yesterday. If a twenty three to eleven car,

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Speaker 4: which is Jordan and Denny Hamlin's team by.

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Speaker 3: The way, who Denny Hamlin Josh were different. Yeah, that's weird.

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Speaker 3: It's weird.

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Speaker 4: But I said, if one of those cars wins today,

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Speaker 4: I'm buying merch. And one of my buddies agreed, and

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Speaker 4: sure enough, Tyler Reddick takes home to checkered flag. So

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Speaker 4: I've got a twenty three to eleven hat on the way.

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Speaker 5: Love it.

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Speaker 4: My buddy's got a Tyler Redick T shirt coming. Wow,

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Speaker 4: he'll win again.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna be dialed it now.

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Speaker 4: You look at the NASCAR Cup Series point standings following

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Speaker 4: the circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Tyler Reddick

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Speaker 4: obviously is number one. Right behind him though his teammate

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Speaker 4: Bubba Wallace. Wow, and then Chase Elliott, and then Ryan

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Speaker 4: gisberg who up until yesterday had won five consecutive road

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Speaker 4: course races. What do you know about SVG. I'm not

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Speaker 4: talking about Steve Van Gorder up there selling cars in Dayton.

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Speaker 4: We're talking about Shane Van Gisbergen anyways, was highly entertained.

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Speaker 4: And Tyler Redick has done it at a super speedway

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Speaker 4: in Daytona, we did it at at Echo Park in Atlanta,

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Speaker 4: He'll be out there in Phoenix this week. I hope

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Speaker 2: Baby, Nah, listen to this. You get to choose Coca

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Speaker 2: Yep, it's a job well done. It's a win today

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Speaker 7: Reintroduce him. You know, Dalton is a critical part of

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Speaker 8: Appreciate all your belief all year, all the really great

434
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Speaker 8: things that you said about me. Man, it really means

435
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Speaker 8: a lot to me, Bro, So really good.

436
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Speaker 6: To see you again. Also really grateful for my head

437
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Speaker 6: coach here.

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Speaker 8: A big reason why I wanted to come back to

439
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Speaker 8: Cincinnati is because of Zach Taylor, and I'm probably gonna

440
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Speaker 8: say a lot today that has nothing to do with

441
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Speaker 8: the questions that you asked, But I just feel like

442
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Speaker 8: I'm full of gratitude coming back and being with Scott Peters.

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Speaker 6: Just got to give Orlando Brown a hug. Was on

444
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Speaker 6: the phone last night with Mems.

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Speaker 8: I've talked to Ted, I've talked to Joe, just so

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Speaker 8: many people, including the fan base, including.

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Speaker 6: All of you guys, the city, the restaurant, Jeff Ruby's.

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Speaker 8: I mean, I could go on and on about every

449
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Speaker 8: reason why I wanted to come back and how you

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Speaker 8: guys have welcomed me.

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Speaker 6: And my wife with open arms. But we've known.

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Speaker 8: About this deal for like the last forty eight hours

453
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Speaker 8: and it's been one of the hardest secrets to keep ever.

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Speaker 8: So my little Adam Schefter back there got to break

455
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Speaker 8: the news this morning, which I thought was pretty exciting.

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Speaker 8: As you get later in your career, I feel like

457
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Speaker 8: you try to have some fun with this because you

458
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Speaker 8: never know when it's going to be.

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Speaker 6: The last year.

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Speaker 8: So yeah, I'm just super overwhelmed man, with gratitude and

461
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Speaker 8: thankfulness to come back here, especially with the ups and

462
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Speaker 8: downs of last season.

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Speaker 6: And I think I just answered everything. But your question,

464
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Speaker 6: what did you ask me?

465
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Speaker 3: How much?

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Speaker 6: What was this process like this time around? I know, yeah,

467
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Speaker 6: to get this done early, and how much was that

468
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Speaker 6: a factor in all this? I think it was a

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Speaker 6: huge factor, truth be told. And I think I'm I.

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Speaker 8: Can say this because it's after the season. I told

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Speaker 8: everyone this is where I wanted to be, so when

472
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Speaker 8: it came to this process, of course, it did take

473
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Speaker 8: a little bit of time. The Bengals and myself, I

474
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Speaker 8: think were proactive in getting this deal done ever since

475
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Speaker 8: the season ended, But it got to a point for

476
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Speaker 8: me where I started putting prushure from the agent. I

477
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Speaker 8: got one of the best agents in the world and

478
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Speaker 8: Drew Rosenhouse. But I truly didn't mean what I said.

479
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Speaker 8: I didn't really care to hit free agency and see

480
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Speaker 8: if someone wanted to sign me to a two or

481
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Speaker 8: three year deal or maybe pay me more cash per year.

482
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Speaker 8: I wanted to Cincinnati Bengal, and it got to a

483
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Speaker 8: point where we were so close in terms that it was.

484
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Speaker 6: Time to get a deal done.

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Speaker 8: So the Bengals did a lot of compromising, and I

486
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Speaker 8: did a lot of compromising, and we came to a

487
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Speaker 8: middle point, into a middle ground to sign the deal.

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Speaker 8: And I was so thankful for that. I got to

489
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Speaker 8: give Duke Tobin a hug today, Mike Brown, Katie, I mean,

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Speaker 8: on and on Steven, so many people upstairs that I'm

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Speaker 8: thankful for.

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Speaker 6: But this process was just so much.

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Speaker 8: Different because I've never felt this way about an organization.

494
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Speaker 8: I've never truly just wanted to be back and not

495
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Speaker 8: even test my market. I'm at the point in my

496
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Speaker 8: career where this is where I'm going to be my

497
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Speaker 8: best with Scott Peters and Joe Burrow and Ted Carris

498
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Speaker 8: and a Marius Mems and I didn't really care about

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Speaker 8: the logistics side of it.

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Speaker 3: This is where I wanted to be. What was about

501
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Speaker 3: this offensive line room that just fit you? Like, you

502
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Speaker 3: guys seem to have such great chemistry together.

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Speaker 6: What is it that why you came in and it

504
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Speaker 6: was such a good connection. Yeah, it's a great question.

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Speaker 8: I truly feel like I've never been seen or valued

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Speaker 8: like I have here, and I think that that started

507
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Speaker 8: in the offensive line room, and that started with Ted Carris.

508
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 8: Ted Carris is Cincinnati Bengals through and through.

509
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Speaker 6: I you know, it's crazy.

510
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Speaker 8: I've never been a guy to look up to very

511
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Speaker 8: many people, and I've truly always just said, like Jesus

512
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Speaker 8: is like the only person I've ever like truly looked

513
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Speaker 8: up to.

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Speaker 6: But I look up to Ted in a lot of ways.

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Speaker 8: And I remember after my very first game, he had

516
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Speaker 8: like this crazy quote that he gave to Dan and

517
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Speaker 8: I even loved it so much.

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Speaker 6: I had Dan send it to me and it saved

519
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Speaker 6: in my phone and was talking about I don't know, Dan,

520
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Speaker 6: do you remember it.

521
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was the most greatest example of professionalism ever displayed.

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Speaker 6: And you guys know, Ted, he really fucked it up.

523
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Speaker 6: It was great.

524
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Speaker 8: But like I just think to your question that Ted

525
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Speaker 8: opened the door and put his arms wide open and

526
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Speaker 8: said like, like, we take you as you are, and

527
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Speaker 8: it just it made it to where I could just

528
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Speaker 8: come in here and be exactly who I was. And

529
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Speaker 8: then Orlando Brown, I think, was getting interviewed by one

530
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Speaker 8: of you and someone asked him about me, and he

531
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Speaker 8: just said, Oh, this guy's a dog like we need him.

532
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Speaker 6: He's gonna help us win games. And I think and

533
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Speaker 6: even I never met, I never.

534
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Speaker 8: Talked to these guys, and they're speaking so highly of me,

535
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 8: and they're the centerfolds of this football team. And I

536
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 8: don't know what I did to deserve that, but really

537
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 8: grateful that they did. And I think that because of

538
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Speaker 8: the way they opened their arms and accepted me, allowed

539
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Speaker 8: me to come in here and just focus on being

540
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Speaker 8: exactly who I was.

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Speaker 3: Man. And this goes on and on. I mean with

542
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Speaker 3: twenty plus minutes. Yeah, he talks for almost twenty five minutes.

543
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Speaker 2: This is awesome, but so much of that that it's

544
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 2: just a dude genuinely filled with gratitude, Yeah, and the appreciation.

545
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 2: He went into stories about questioning himself at times because

546
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Speaker 2: he never felt like the guy that was wanted in

547
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Speaker 2: free agency, and yet here he is, and you know

548
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Speaker 2: he appreciates Cincinnati and appreciates the words and the kindness

549
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 2: that everyone has shown it to me, I think it's

550
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 2: signified everything right about this process and how good of

551
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 2: a fit that it just kind of made this feel

552
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Speaker 2: for the Bengals and for Dalton Reisner. They now have

553
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Speaker 2: their guy mentioned again, the camaraderie and the understanding of

554
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 2: each other on the offensive line. That's a great start

555
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 2: for a team for many years, so we've had to

556
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Speaker 2: wait until very deep in the offseason to figure out

557
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Speaker 2: what the offensive arm is gonna be. Even think back

558
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: to last year Austin, there's a reason why they had

559
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Speaker 2: to go get Dalton Reisner that late in the game

560
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 2: is because there were so many questions still on the

561
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Speaker 2: offensive line. You don't have that right now. That is

562
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Speaker 2: a huge, huge positive for this team to now shift

563
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Speaker 2: their focus onto what we know and that's the defensive

564
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Speaker 2: side of the ball. Yeah, we'll get into a mock

565
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Speaker 2: draft Monday, we'll talk more about the combine that was,

566
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Speaker 2: and we'll take some phone calls. Five one, three, seven, four, nine,

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. It all happens next on the home of

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Speaker 2: the Bengals, ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station and a

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Speaker 1: Three sixty on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: We take phone calls on this show. We also take

574
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Speaker 2: tweets on this show. We sure do from time to time.

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Speaker 4: And we got a tweet over the break from our

576
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Speaker 4: guy Ian in Fort Thomas, and I think he brings

577
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Speaker 4: up a good point, probably something a lot of Bengals

578
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Speaker 4: fans are wondering. Reisner is coming back, and Ian says

579
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Speaker 4: he's glad about that, but why not sign him to

580
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Speaker 4: a two or three year deal, especially at this price,

581
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Speaker 4: because we'll be going through the exact same thing after

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Speaker 4: this season with him.

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Speaker 3: Tone your thoughts on what Ian says.

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Speaker 2: Uh one, Dalton Roisner's thirty. He'll be thirty one in July.

585
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Speaker 2: We know how the Bengals feel about age when it

586
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Speaker 2: comes to players at their position.

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Speaker 3: Two. I think this.

588
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Speaker 2: Is more about how many needs they have on defense

589
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Speaker 2: and not the long term. I think there still may

590
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 2: be a better long term fix out there at at

591
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Speaker 2: guard or maybe even a tackle that can slide into guard.

592
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Speaker 2: I do think that is still out there.

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Speaker 3: For me.

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Speaker 2: Dalton Reisner fills the need that this team has right now,

595
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Speaker 2: which is can't put a ton into the offensive line

596
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Speaker 2: right now. There's a lot going on around the offensive

597
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 2: line that this team needs to fulfill if they want

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Speaker 2: to get back to being a championship contender. So get

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Speaker 2: this done. I still think as the future happens, that's

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Speaker 2: going to be someone different than Dalton Reisner. But knowing

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Speaker 2: you have that going into the twenty twenty six season,

602
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Speaker 2: is I think exactly what the Bengals needed.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would have liked to have seen a two

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Speaker 4: year deal just because they have a ton of cap

605
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Speaker 4: space next year, and obviously they have decision that still

606
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Speaker 4: need to be made that will factor into next year

607
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 4: for sure, but this I think could have been one

608
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Speaker 4: of them, especially if there's something in the contract that dictatay,

609
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Speaker 4: if you do this this year, then you've got a

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Speaker 4: raise next year, You've got this bonus at this point

611
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Speaker 4: and blah blah blah. I feel like there could have

612
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 4: been a little bit more creativity just to give you

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Speaker 4: some stability, because I don't want to be having this

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Speaker 4: conversation again in the offseason, but we will be. At

615
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Speaker 4: least it seemed that way, unless their plan is to

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Speaker 4: kind of treat Dalton Reisner like they have with Ted Carris,

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Speaker 4: which is just one year extension, one year extension, one

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Speaker 4: year extension, and play it by ear. But I feel

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Speaker 4: like that's a slippery slope. That's a dangerous game to play.

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Speaker 4: And with all the space you had next year, I

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Speaker 4: out of like to have seen a two year deal.

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Speaker 4: It's not like Reisner was good last year. It's not

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Speaker 4: like he was Anthony Munos here was a sixty nine

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Speaker 4: pff Yeah, and that's fine. I mean, he works well

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Speaker 4: with the guys around him, and I think there's a

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Speaker 4: space for him to continue to go. I think three

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Speaker 4: years would have been too long. You mitched in the age,

628
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Speaker 4: but it would have felt like two would have been

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Speaker 4: the sweet spot there.

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Speaker 3: But nonetheless it didn't.

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Speaker 4: And if the offensive line, you should always be looking

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Speaker 4: to upgrade, you should always be looking at the position.

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Speaker 4: So in that sense, I don't think it's a bad thing,

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Speaker 4: but you know, and.

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Speaker 2: Let's say, if you're Dalton Reisner, go play your tail

636
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Speaker 2: off again and it sets you up to get paid again.

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Speaker 3: It's a good point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I think on Reisner's side it makes sense

639
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Speaker 2: as well as the Bengals side.

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Speaker 4: And there's nothing that says, you know, let's say we

641
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Speaker 4: get through this year and we're halfway through the year

642
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Speaker 4: and the dude's been unreal and he's correct a probably

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Speaker 4: visitor player, and you can say, hey, hey, Dalld, we

644
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Speaker 4: want to reup you for next year right now. We'll

645
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Speaker 4: give you a two and a half million dollar raise.

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Speaker 4: We'll get you at seven and a half next year.

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Speaker 4: We can take that up to eight. If you play well,

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Speaker 4: you'd take that up to eight and a half. You

649
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Speaker 4: play well again next year, that's possible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there can be room for a little

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Speaker 2: bit of wiggle room there. But thanks, thanks for your tweet.

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Speaker 2: We we love that people should tweet at us. More,

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Speaker 2: people should tweet more, people should call in more, people

654
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 2: can leave talkbacks.

655
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 4: Tony underscore Pike fifteen at audiomore. I often will get

656
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 4: tweeted at and people will just tag at Tony Pike fifteen. Yeah,

657
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,479
Speaker 4: and that's not your current account, that's you're old account.

658
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 3: Doesn't help.

659
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 4: We've gone through and looked at some of those old

660
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 4: tweets in the past. Yeah, or your profile passers you

661
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 4: and Kenny Chesney, but uh Ton, the underscore, that's who

662
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 4: that was the old boys a fall.

663
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 2: Let's go to the phone lines. Let's take a call.

664
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Speaker 2: We got mock draft Monday to get to. We got

665
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 2: a combine wrap up. Let's take a Mike's call before

666
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 2: we do any of that. What's up, Mike?

667
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 5: Hey? Awesome, thanks man. Happy Monday to you guys.

668
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 3: Happy Monday.

669
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 5: Things going with the family? Tone good?

670
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, we're good.

671
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 5: Cool Austin you good?

672
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 3: Yep cool?

673
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 5: Hey Ton. The thing is when Austin goes to the

674
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Speaker 5: Cardinals game at Bush, which you'll enjoy that, whether it's

675
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 5: the twenty nine dollars deal or not. What what what

676
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 5: happens with that deal? When the Cardinals are in first place?

677
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 2: When I say that, they've got to keep it in place.

678
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 3: Now, you can't just take it away. They better not

679
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 3: be I'll be furious if the Cardinals.

680
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 2: Are, oh my gosh, Cardinals and Brewers at atop the

681
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 2: NL Central, Oh my goodness.

682
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 5: Wouldn't you just crap? I would just crap myself that happen,

683
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 5: and I doubt it, but you know we've seen stupid or.

684
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 3: Stuff happen without a doubt, but.

685
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 5: Either way, often you've got a winner. Even if they

686
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 5: did can the twenty nine bucks, you could still go

687
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 5: there with that much more hatred in your heart. Sure

688
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 5: where your red here and just start saying, come on,

689
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 5: let's go out and parking lot. Want to go, let's

690
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 5: right tackle this bald headed bad boy right here, Let's

691
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 5: get goodness. Hey ya, those Florida Gators just keep putting

692
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 5: money in my pocket.

693
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, Florida is a national championship contender.

694
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 3: Again.

695
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 2: Uh, you got coaches going at each other during the game,

696
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 2: which which I think is tough when you're when when

697
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 2: you're Arkansas and you're getting beat by that much, it's

698
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 2: hard to fight on sidelines as well.

699
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 3: But Florida.

700
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 2: You want to talk about a team that has progressively

701
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 2: gotten better and playing right at the right time, that's

702
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 2: the Gators right now.

703
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 5: They got that kid out of Princeton that uh, I

704
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 5: forget his name, that that guy comes in off the

705
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 5: bench that you know, he's only eighteen or nineteen years old.

706
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 5: Team he's there, six man, Well, he's he's having a

707
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 5: heck of the year. I can't believe. I can't remember

708
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 5: his name. Have you seen Florida play Austin.

709
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 3: I haven't really paid close. It just became March.

710
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 2: So Austin's just now getting back in the college basketball

711
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 2: swaying close attention to the teams outside of this area,

712
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: to be honest.

713
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, well when you you'll see him eventually you're in

714
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 5: the tournament. There were there were really something special. What

715
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 5: was your favorite game of the weekend Ton and the

716
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 5: college hoops?

717
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 2: I mean I I enjoyed and this is obviously you

718
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 2: see this is a little bit slighted.

719
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 5: You know.

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00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,439
Speaker 2: I actually enjoyed, Mike that I got to to watch

721
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 2: a UC game and not stressed. That was a fun,

722
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 2: fun Saturday. I thought to me watching what Texas Tech

723
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 2: did to Iowa State, because Texas Tech loses JT. Topping,

724
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: one of the best, if not the best player in

725
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 2: college basketball, and everyone just kind of assumes, well, their

726
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 2: season's gonna fall apart, nothing's gonna nothing's gonna go their way.

727
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: They're done. Since then they're three and oher. One of

728
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 2: those three wins is at number four Iowa State. I am.

729
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 2: I have so much for respect what Texas Tech has

730
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 2: done in losing one of their premier players. Or their

731
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 2: premier player, So I would say that stood out to me.

732
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, that is amazing that that Christian Anderson. He's so good,

733
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 5: he's his stock up in the.

734
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 2: N and they were able to win with him getting

735
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 2: in foul trouble and being on the bench early in

736
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Speaker 2: the second half and they still extended the lead, which

737
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 2: I thought was impressive.

738
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Speaker 5: Yeah, that Mcastle and the heck of the coach. Yeah,

739
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 5: he's a really good coach. Evidently there's the proofs in

740
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 5: the putting. Did you up? So the March madness in

741
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 5: the baseball Oh, regular seasons right around the corner in springtime,

742
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 5: so it's always a good time of the year. I

743
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 5: think I'm it. I think everybody enjoyed it after a

744
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 5: long winter. You guys have sports two days though on

745
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 5: Thursday Friday. You'll miss the early games that well, you'll

746
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 5: have them probably on TV there, but you'll miss the

747
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 5: noon games on Thursday and Friday.

748
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 2: Austin, I believe, Austin. We're both off on the Friday,

749
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 2: aren't we. That's correct, We're both off on that Friday,

750
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 2: so we'll miss Thursday and less uh and less. Kentucky

751
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 2: basketball has an earlier game than we would probably get.

752
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 3: Bumped for that. But we'll be here Thursday to start

753
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 3: the tournament.

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00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, but still you'll be there. You'll be able

755
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 5: to be on Friday. Yes, I'm happy for you guys

756
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 5: about okay, And you know what, I started picking up.

757
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 5: I didn't know if I could do it, but I started.

758
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 5: I know, you got to go. I started picking up,

759
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 5: uh for the first time to those Dodgers spring training games,

760
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 5: and I just realized they got four left handed power

761
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 5: hitters and three and three or four left handed power

762
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 5: The only guy that's not a power hitter is Tommy

763
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 5: Edmund and he's not even going to start. And then

764
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 5: they got this rookie short stuff nam Johnny Gonzalez, who

765
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 5: they think is going to start, and then Lukia guests

766
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 5: play secondent. Well you call him. I guess you can't

767
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 5: really qualify Mookie as a power hitter, but he's good

768
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Speaker 5: for twenty right, Yeah, he would.

769
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Speaker 3: Be a power hitter on the Reds.

770
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 2: We would qualify him that right away.

771
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 5: Well, the Reds are gonna have a good year. I

772
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 5: know that we're gonna win that division.

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Speaker 2: Thanks guys, Thanks Mike, I have a good one, you know,

774
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 2: I uh, I look, did you see the video. I

775
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 2: believe it was in Japan of Otani just doing batting practice.

776
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 2: I did not, and that the stadium was full just

777
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 2: for his batting practice. Yeah, like that. The follow of that,

778
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 2: and we'll get into more baseball and hour three, but

779
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: the World Baseball Classic, we'll talk about that. Getting ready

780
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 2: to get underway March madness, uh NFL.

781
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 3: It's such a good time of the year.

782
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 2: Let's kind of put a rap on the combine to

783
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 2: wrap up our number one, and we'll start our two

784
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 2: with a little mock draft Monday.

785
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 3: Just ahead.

786
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Speaker 2: Since he three sixty ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

787
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, since he three to sixty ESPN fifteen thirty

788
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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Sports Station, thanks to Skyline Chili.

789
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:09,959
Speaker 3: I had another one here Austin.

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00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 2: From x A question over the break, okay, from our

791
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 2: friend Kentucky dude.

792
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 3: Kentucky dude.

793
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 2: As we stand today March second, which squad is more

794
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,240
Speaker 2: prepared for a playoff run the Reds of the Bengals. Now,

795
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 2: I think at first you would be like, oh, the Bengals,

796
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,840
Speaker 2: But I think that the preface here is today not

797
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 2: knowing what the Bengals are going to do. The rest

798
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 2: of the offseason as the Bengals roster currently sits or

799
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 2: the Reds roster. The Reds their roster is a finished

800
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 2: product at this point. The Bengals is far from it.

801
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,879
Speaker 2: Which of those two would you say is more set

802
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 2: up right now for a playoff run?

803
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 3: For a playoff run, I'll say the Reds. I still

804
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 3: think it's the Bengals.

805
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 4: I don't fully believe in the Reds, yeah, just because

806
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 4: I need to see the offense actually show up. But

807
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 4: I do think they're in a better spot right now

808
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 4: than the Bengals are.

809
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:10,319
Speaker 2: Okay, I'll still say the Bengals because as we sit

810
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 2: here today, we know the answers on the offense, and

811
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 2: I know that you could still get you know, nitpicky

812
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 2: and say, well what about wide receiver three? And I

813
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 2: do think that's going to be addressed. But you know

814
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 2: what the core of the Bengals offense is going to be.

815
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 2: They have to do something defensively. We don't know what

816
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 2: that is yet. But look, the Cubs have done a

817
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 2: lot of good things in the NL Central this offseason.

818
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 2: You know where the Brewers are going to be. The

819
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Pirates have had a great offseason I don't know yet.

820
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 2: When it comes to the Cincinnati Reds, I don't know

821
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 2: what their place is in the National League. If it's

822
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 2: not the NL Central. You've got the Braves, the Mets,

823
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 2: the Phillies, the Nationals have got a lot of young

824
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 2: talent on that team, the Giants, Padres, Dodgers, Diamondbacks. Are

825
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 2: the Reds as built today, a wild card team out

826
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Speaker 2: of that group from the NL West and the ENA East.

827
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 4: No, I think they're gonna win the NL Central if

828
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 4: they're gonna go to the playoffs there, Okay, it's to

829
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 4: me a playoff run is being able to win in

830
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 4: the playoffs. I think they can win that division, ok

831
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 4: I really do.

832
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 2: Do you think that they have a better chance right

833
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 2: now to win their division of the Bengals?

834
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Speaker 4: I would say the Reds. Okay, we let us not

835
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 4: forget because it's been a couple of months. The Bengals

836
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 4: defense is horrible. They are, I mean, ungodly, unfathomably bad.

837
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 4: And as of now, do you know someone's still employed

838
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 4: by the Bengals, So I mean that's gonna end here

839
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 4: in like seven days or so. But like maybe that's

840
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 4: your starting quarter, that's your starting safety at the moment. Yeah,

841
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 4: Trey Henderson is not gonna be on this team by

842
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 4: four o'clock tomorrow or whatever. It is so like they're

843
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 4: just so far away defensively, I can't It's more about

844
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 4: the Bengals and less about the Reds. The Cubs have

845
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 4: spent a lot of money, but I still don't know

846
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 4: if they have as much talent as the Reds. Milwaukee

847
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 4: is always going to be difficult, and gosh, the way

848
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 4: they lit up Hunter Green makes me wonder if there's

849
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 4: an issue with Hunter. I think with Milwaukee he might

850
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,799
Speaker 4: be because they just destroy him. But yeah, I look

851
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 4: at the rest of that division, like Pittsburgh, Yeah they're better.

852
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 4: I don't know that there's any team with top to

853
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 4: bottom in that division more talent than the Reds. But

854
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 4: talent only takes you so far.

855
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I lean again just because the offensive side of

856
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 2: the ball the Bengals and I know they added Suarez,

857
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 2: and I still I need to see it more offensively

858
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 2: for this Reds team for me to be a buyer

859
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,359
Speaker 2: and a believer into what they're going to do. We'll

860
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 2: talk Reds in our number three. What they did over

861
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 2: the weekend. Has there been a team in spring training

862
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 2: to this point that has dominated the ABS system more than.

863
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 3: The Reds No.

864
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 4: Going into yesterday, ushing it, they were by far the

865
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 4: best in Major League Baseball. Crushing it with a plus

866
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 4: seven plus seven challenge results when you know what I mean.

867
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,959
Speaker 2: Yep, that's called winning. That's what they're doing right now.

868
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 2: Here's what we're gonna do. We'll take a break, we'll

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Speaker 2: come back. We're gonna dive into mock draft.

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Speaker 3: Money.

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Speaker 2: Let's play it a little bit differently because it's our

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Speaker 2: first mock draft Monday post combine. So what we'll do, Austin,

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Speaker 2: find yourself a mock draft. I'll find myself a mock draft. Okay,

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