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Speaker 1: We've got Bengals conversation early. We'll spray to all fields
Speaker 1: with various topics to follow. After that, let's talk Bengals packers.
Speaker 1: Let's talk Joe Flacco. It's what everybody's talking and everybody's
Speaker 1: writing about, including our next guest. Always a pleasure to
Speaker 1: hook up with the man from Bengals dot Com. That
Speaker 1: would be Jeff Hobson. How are you.
Speaker 2: Great to talk to you, Las, Thanks for having me
Speaker 2: on at Red Sox for about two and a half
Speaker 2: bats George, But I think Flaco might have enough joice
Speaker 2: to get the Bengals through somebody. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think everybody here can relate to being a bat
Speaker 1: or too short with the Reds lineup as well. Let
Speaker 1: me go to Joe Flacco. He talked with you guys today.
Speaker 1: How what's the sense for how he's adjusting to and
Speaker 1: getting up to speed with all of this.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, he's a higher gun. He's a confident guy.
Speaker 2: You know, as a Bengals villain, I had never talked
Speaker 2: to him before. So he struck me a little bit
Speaker 2: more than a you know, a little bit more soft
Speaker 2: spoken than I thought of thing would be. You know,
Speaker 2: he kind of has a has he kind of has
Speaker 2: a high court. He's got a high edge to him.
Speaker 2: You know, he's got a Jersey guy, Uh, play tough,
Speaker 2: and yet he's you know, you talk to him in
Speaker 2: person and he's a he's a a thoughtful guy until
Speaker 2: he's been around and uh, you know, gave some thoughtful
Speaker 2: answers today, Jeff.
Speaker 1: As this week has unfolded and you've made your way
Speaker 1: through that locker room, what's the sense for what this
Speaker 1: trade means and how it's received by everybody else in
Speaker 1: that locker room?
Speaker 2: Well, I think it. I think it meant a bunch
Speaker 2: of things. I think it's sent. The message from management
Speaker 2: was well received. This division is wide open. Uh. They
Speaker 2: believe they can you know, they believe they can win it.
Speaker 2: They think they have the That's how they put this
Speaker 2: team together, uh with you know, with all in uh,
Speaker 2: with winning your division and without Joe Burrow or not.
Speaker 2: And I think they feel like they've got enough talent
Speaker 2: out there, uh that if they can get a facilitator,
Speaker 2: get the get the thing into the uh into the
Speaker 2: hands of their playmakers. You know they've got a shot.
Speaker 2: And I you know, talking to veterans like Orlando Brown
Speaker 2: and and and guys who have been around, you know,
Speaker 2: to get a veteran like this in mid season, it
Speaker 2: does give you a spark. Guy talking to a guy
Speaker 2: like Jordan Battle, a young defender who actually intercepted Flack
Speaker 2: on opening day, he said, you know he's he's you know,
Speaker 2: we've got too Joe Cools. He says, they're both ice. So,
Speaker 2: uh you know, I think Battle kind of get a
Speaker 2: center of him across the line of scrimmage. And if
Speaker 2: I do think it's given them, uh, you know, the
Speaker 2: message has been sent and I think they like the message.
Speaker 2: And uh so I think they've got a h you know,
Speaker 2: they've got all the all the potentially had a spark
Speaker 2: there in.
Speaker 1: Flackof Jeff in a a world. What can he do
Speaker 1: for this offense? What might it look like if it's working.
Speaker 2: Well, it's a great question, Uh Lance I I I
Speaker 2: you know, that's what we're gonna find out. I guess
Speaker 2: uh Uh, I gotta believe it's gonna be uh you know,
Speaker 2: it's probably gonna be Uh, it's it's not gonna be
Speaker 2: as simple as we think it is. But I'm sure
Speaker 2: it's not gonna be intricate. But uh, you know they've
Speaker 2: been up all hours here so uh, you know they've
Speaker 2: en up. Uh so they're concocting something. And I think
Speaker 2: it's you just make you make him comfortable, you know,
Speaker 2: you make him comfortable in the pocket, and you know
Speaker 2: you give him you know, he can find these guys.
Speaker 2: He's got the ability to find these guys. He's played
Speaker 2: eighteen years in the league. He's a super Bowl MVP.
Speaker 2: He just he's just two years shy of uh doing
Speaker 2: this for Cleveland and become and comeback Player of the Year.
Speaker 2: So you know, and I think the thing, the thing
Speaker 2: is if you give him time, those guys are gonna
Speaker 2: get open. You know. That's what he said today. You know,
Speaker 2: I've been asking all week, what do you do about timing?
Speaker 2: You know, these guys make these unbelievable plays on Sunday
Speaker 2: that they've been together for weeks and months, you know.
Speaker 2: But Flacco was pretty matter of fact. He said, those
Speaker 2: two guys talking about Jamat Chason T. Higgins day the
Speaker 2: best in the world of what they do. If you
Speaker 2: can't get on the same page or throw it to them,
Speaker 2: you're in trouble, which I thought was a pretty good answer.
Speaker 2: Kind of reminded me of Joe mccathy and Ted Williams.
Speaker 2: Jill mccathy said, if I can't Jill mccatthey said, if
Speaker 2: I can't get along with a four hundred hitter, that's
Speaker 2: my fault.
Speaker 1: Jeff hops at jacking in Bengals dot Com talking about
Speaker 1: Sunday's matchup against the Packers, you mentioned Orlando Brown. You
Speaker 1: have an excellent Q and A with him on Bengals
Speaker 1: dot Com and explain the connection for those aren't aware.
Speaker 1: He's got a connection to Joe Flacco. Back to what
Speaker 1: when he was twelve years old, Yeah, he was.
Speaker 2: He was Jill Flacco's ball boy. He was the Ravens
Speaker 2: ball boy in Ravens training camp. You know his dad,
Speaker 2: the late Great Orlando Brown senior, uh played was was
Speaker 2: a staple for the Ravens and he retired by the
Speaker 2: time Flaco was a rookie, but Orlando hung around working there.
Speaker 2: So not only did he work with not only was
Speaker 2: he Flacco's ball boy, but Flaco was his quarterback. Eight
Speaker 2: years later, when he made his first three NFL starts
Speaker 2: because the raven the hometown Ravens draft in Orlando in
Speaker 2: the third round. So you know, but like Orlando said,
Speaker 2: he hasn't had time, you know, hasn't had time to
Speaker 2: go down memory lane. You know, they're just trying to.
Speaker 2: They're just trying to, you know, they're trying to get
Speaker 2: on the same page when it goes as you know,
Speaker 2: as far as protection whereas Flacco is going to be
Speaker 2: in the pocket, and you know they're talking about bad stuff,
Speaker 2: not not balloons in candies.
Speaker 1: Yes, let's uh, let's talk about this defense which seems
Speaker 1: to be turning in a positive direction of progress being
Speaker 1: made incrementally. And one guy TJ. Slaton who goes home
Speaker 1: this weekend, obviously against the Packers, he showed against the Lions.
Speaker 1: Jeff has to be the kind of the impact they
Speaker 1: were looking for when they signed him to begin with.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that's exactly right. He's a he's he's
Speaker 2: he's a space eater. You know, got to stop and run.
Speaker 2: And that's exactly what they did. I mean, that's what
Speaker 2: got lost in Sunday's game really was. You know, that's
Speaker 2: a very good punishing running attack to Detroit. Heabs, you know,
Speaker 2: and they and they, and they went three point sixty
Speaker 2: eys on thirty three carries. So it wasn't like, you know,
Speaker 2: a small sample size. They stopped a very good running
Speaker 2: game and you know, Slayton ran a pretty stout group there.
Speaker 2: You know, the linebackers filled the rings pretty well too.
Speaker 2: But you know, uh, you know they're gonna, uh, it's
Speaker 2: going to be the same type of game up in
Speaker 2: Green Bay. The Packers rely on that run game a
Speaker 2: lot like the Lions do. Josh Jacobs is one of
Speaker 2: the best backs in the league, and uh, you know,
Speaker 2: they don't want to put Jordan Love and certain you
Speaker 2: know in third and long. You know, if he gets
Speaker 2: bounced around out back there, you know he he he
Speaker 2: has trouble finding his footing, so early downs a key.
Speaker 2: DJ Slayton Chris Jenkins Junior is really having a hell
Speaker 2: of a year. You know. Uh, he's he's coming into
Speaker 2: his own and uh, you know, I think that Clayton
Speaker 2: is really I think the last couple of games, I
Speaker 2: think he's had a bit he's kind of had to
Speaker 2: readjust to Jerry Montgomery, but I think he's kind of
Speaker 2: had some fits and starts, but he seems to be
Speaker 2: uh he seems to be getting into a groove right
Speaker 2: now and just in time to go back to the
Speaker 2: team to play the team that drafted him.
Speaker 1: Obviously difficult times for when Jake Browning, you've been around
Speaker 1: him during this ride and roller coaster? What what's your
Speaker 1: sense of how he's handled this week?
Speaker 2: Oh, I don't think you could ask for anything better.
Speaker 2: You know, Jake's a stand up guy. He was in
Speaker 2: front of his locker, you know, Wednesday, and Joe Flockow
Speaker 2: was on the other side of him. You know, a
Speaker 2: lot of guys. I mean, I've been around when you know,
Speaker 2: guys would run into the training room or maybe you know,
Speaker 2: and I wouldn't, wouldn't, wouldn't meet the press. He met
Speaker 2: the press, took every question, and I think, listen, if
Speaker 2: there's one guy who knows that he's got to be ready,
Speaker 2: it's Jake Browning. I mean, you know, uh so I think, uh,
Speaker 2: you know, he he showed exactly that. You know, he said, uh,
Speaker 2: you know, he's not going to be moping around like
Speaker 2: a competitor. He said he was mad, but uh, you know,
Speaker 2: I think he knows, uh, you know, this team needs
Speaker 2: and he's the backup quarterback. What do they say, right,
Speaker 2: he's a high feet away.
Speaker 1: Last question, I want to go back to the offensive line.
Speaker 1: With the injury status, how might the offensive line look
Speaker 1: from the guard position? On Sunday?
Speaker 2: Fair Child came back today the rookie left gud doing
Speaker 2: fair Child miss uh missed the first two days of
Speaker 2: practice with a knee with a knee issue. He's listed
Speaker 2: as questionable. UH if he can't go. Oh, they at
Speaker 2: least have one veteran in reserve and Dalton Riisinger. And
Speaker 2: I don't know if Lucas Patrick is ready to go.
Speaker 2: He remembering he just came off into reserve this week
Speaker 2: when he went full the last two days he's listened
Speaker 2: as questionable. Not sure what his status would be. So,
Speaker 2: you know, I think they're just trying to h they've
Speaker 2: got some options there. I think they do. Like what
Speaker 2: you know. Fair Child has kind of had a rough
Speaker 2: end to his game on Sunday when he gave up
Speaker 2: the safety. But I you know the fact that he
Speaker 2: came out of the medical tent and uh played you know,
Speaker 2: and played for as long as he did. I just
Speaker 2: think he's really been a guy that I think they
Speaker 2: think they believe. In the next several years they can
Speaker 2: hang a hang a hat on.
Speaker 1: It has been too long. I appreciate you making time tonight.
Speaker 1: Good catching up in safe travels to Green Bay this weekend.
Speaker 2: Same here, Lance, appreciate it. In five minutes, I'll be
Speaker 2: posting a story about how this is really up in
Speaker 2: ramboll Field. It's kind of like a like a backyard barbecue.
Speaker 2: A lot of a lot of connections. Everybody knows everybody.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to read it. Thank you, sir, all right,
Speaker 1: you as well. There you go, Jeff Hopson, how good
Speaker 1: is that? Talk a little Bengals football out of their shoot.
Speaker 1: Let's keep talking little Bengals football we come back. You're
Speaker 1: gonna hear a little bit of Joe Flacco and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna tell you and I I've never listened to Joe
Speaker 1: Flacco speaking at any length of time. Uh, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give you. And he spoke for if it's fifteen minutes,
Speaker 1: I've condensed into about two and a half or so.
Speaker 1: But it's the stuff about life and being this age
Speaker 1: and still playing football, in the impact of the trade
Speaker 1: on him and family, and in what the last three
Speaker 1: weeks have been like you'll hear that as we continue.
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