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Speaker 1: Six seven hundred WLWRNL carry or Sports Talk presented by

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Speaker 1: Kelsey Chevrolet. I'mliance pacanlister. Thanks for hanging out tonight, settle in.

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Speaker 1: We've got Bengals conversation early. We'll spray to all fields

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Speaker 1: with various topics to follow. After that, let's talk Bengals packers.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk Joe Flacco. It's what everybody's talking and everybody's

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Speaker 1: writing about, including our next guest. Always a pleasure to

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Speaker 1: hook up with the man from Bengals dot Com. That

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Speaker 1: would be Jeff Hobson. How are you.

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Speaker 2: Great to talk to you, Las, Thanks for having me

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Speaker 2: on at Red Sox for about two and a half

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Speaker 2: bats George, But I think Flaco might have enough joice

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Speaker 2: to get the Bengals through somebody. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think everybody here can relate to being a bat

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Speaker 1: or too short with the Reds lineup as well. Let

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Speaker 1: me go to Joe Flacco. He talked with you guys today.

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Speaker 1: How what's the sense for how he's adjusting to and

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Speaker 1: getting up to speed with all of this.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, he's a higher gun. He's a confident guy.

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Speaker 2: You know, as a Bengals villain, I had never talked

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Speaker 2: to him before. So he struck me a little bit

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Speaker 2: more than a you know, a little bit more soft

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Speaker 2: spoken than I thought of thing would be. You know,

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Speaker 2: he kind of has a has he kind of has

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Speaker 2: a high court. He's got a high edge to him.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's got a Jersey guy, Uh, play tough,

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Speaker 2: and yet he's you know, you talk to him in

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Speaker 2: person and he's a he's a a thoughtful guy until

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Speaker 2: he's been around and uh, you know, gave some thoughtful

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Speaker 2: answers today, Jeff.

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Speaker 1: As this week has unfolded and you've made your way

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Speaker 1: through that locker room, what's the sense for what this

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Speaker 1: trade means and how it's received by everybody else in

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Speaker 1: that locker room?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it. I think it meant a bunch

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Speaker 2: of things. I think it's sent. The message from management

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Speaker 2: was well received. This division is wide open. Uh. They

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Speaker 2: believe they can you know, they believe they can win it.

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Speaker 2: They think they have the That's how they put this

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Speaker 2: team together, uh with you know, with all in uh,

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Speaker 2: with winning your division and without Joe Burrow or not.

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Speaker 2: And I think they feel like they've got enough talent

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Speaker 2: out there, uh that if they can get a facilitator,

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Speaker 2: hands of their playmakers. You know they've got a shot.

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Speaker 2: And I you know, talking to veterans like Orlando Brown

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Speaker 2: and and and guys who have been around, you know,

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Speaker 2: to get a veteran like this in mid season, it

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Speaker 2: does give you a spark. Guy talking to a guy

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Speaker 2: like Jordan Battle, a young defender who actually intercepted Flack

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Speaker 2: on opening day, he said, you know he's he's you know,

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Speaker 2: we've got too Joe Cools. He says, they're both ice. So,

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Speaker 2: uh you know, I think Battle kind of get a

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Speaker 2: I do think it's given them, uh, you know, the

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Speaker 2: message has been sent and I think they like the message.

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Speaker 2: And uh so I think they've got a h you know,

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Speaker 2: they've got all the all the potentially had a spark

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Speaker 1: Flackof Jeff in a a world. What can he do

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Speaker 1: for this offense? What might it look like if it's working.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a great question, Uh Lance I I I

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Speaker 2: you know, that's what we're gonna find out. I guess

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Speaker 2: uh Uh, I gotta believe it's gonna be uh you know,

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Speaker 2: it's probably gonna be Uh, it's it's not gonna be

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Speaker 2: it's not gonna be intricate. But uh, you know they've

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Speaker 2: it's you just make you make him comfortable, you know,

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Speaker 2: you make him comfortable in the pocket, and you know

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Speaker 2: you give him you know, he can find these guys.

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Speaker 2: He's got the ability to find these guys. He's played

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Speaker 2: eighteen years in the league. He's a super Bowl MVP.

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Speaker 2: He just he's just two years shy of uh doing

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Speaker 2: So you know, and I think the thing, the thing

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Speaker 2: I've been asking all week, what do you do about timing?

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Speaker 2: You know, these guys make these unbelievable plays on Sunday

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Speaker 2: that they've been together for weeks and months, you know.

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Speaker 2: But Flacco was pretty matter of fact. He said, those

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Speaker 2: two guys talking about Jamat Chason T. Higgins day the

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Speaker 2: Kind of reminded me of Joe mccathy and Ted Williams.

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Speaker 2: Jill mccathy said, if I can't Jill mccatthey said, if

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Speaker 2: I can't get along with a four hundred hitter, that's

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Speaker 2: my fault.

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Speaker 1: Jeff hops at jacking in Bengals dot Com talking about

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Speaker 1: Sunday's matchup against the Packers, you mentioned Orlando Brown. You

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Speaker 1: have an excellent Q and A with him on Bengals

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Speaker 1: dot Com and explain the connection for those aren't aware.

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Speaker 1: He's got a connection to Joe Flacco. Back to what

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Speaker 1: when he was twelve years old, Yeah, he was.

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Speaker 2: He was Jill Flacco's ball boy. He was the Ravens

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Speaker 2: ball boy in Ravens training camp. You know his dad,

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Speaker 2: the late Great Orlando Brown senior, uh played was was

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Speaker 2: So not only did he work with not only was

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Speaker 2: he Flacco's ball boy, but Flaco was his quarterback. Eight

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Speaker 2: years later, when he made his first three NFL starts

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Speaker 2: he hasn't had time, you know, hasn't had time to

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Speaker 1: Yes, let's uh, let's talk about this defense which seems

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Speaker 1: Jeff has to be the kind of the impact they

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that's exactly right. He's a he's he's

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Speaker 2: And that's exactly what they did. I mean, that's what

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Speaker 2: a very good punishing running attack to Detroit. Heabs, you know,

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Speaker 2: they don't want to put Jordan Love and certain you

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Speaker 2: DJ Slayton Chris Jenkins Junior is really having a hell

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Speaker 1: Obviously difficult times for when Jake Browning, you've been around

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Speaker 2: Oh, I don't think you could ask for anything better.

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Speaker 2: You know, Jake's a stand up guy. He was in

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Speaker 2: it's Jake Browning. I mean, you know, uh so I think, uh,

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Speaker 2: a competitor. He said he was mad, but uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: and he's the backup quarterback. What do they say, right,

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Speaker 2: he's a high feet away.

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Speaker 1: Last question, I want to go back to the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: With the injury status, how might the offensive line look

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Speaker 1: It has been too long. I appreciate you making time tonight.

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Speaker 1: Good catching up in safe travels to Green Bay this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Same here, Lance, appreciate it. In five minutes, I'll be

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Speaker 2: posting a story about how this is really up in

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Speaker 2: ramboll Field. It's kind of like a like a backyard barbecue.

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Speaker 2: A lot of a lot of connections. Everybody knows everybody.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to read it. Thank you, sir, all right,

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Speaker 1: you as well. There you go, Jeff Hopson, how good

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Speaker 1: is that? Talk a little Bengals football out of their shoot.

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Speaker 1: Let's keep talking little Bengals football we come back. You're

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Speaker 1: gonna hear a little bit of Joe Flacco and I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you and I I've never listened to Joe

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Speaker 1: Flacco speaking at any length of time. Uh, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: give you. And he spoke for if it's fifteen minutes,

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Speaker 1: I've condensed into about two and a half or so.

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Speaker 1: But it's the stuff about life and being this age

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Speaker 1: and still playing football, in the impact of the trade

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Speaker 1: on him and family, and in what the last three

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Speaker 1: weeks have been like you'll hear that as we continue.

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