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Speaker 2: our number two. It's a different week on SINCY three

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Speaker 2: to sixty because we are in tournament week NCAA Conference

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Speaker 2: Basketball tournament games happening all throughout the week, and because

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Speaker 2: we here on ESPN fifteen thirty are the home of

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Speaker 2: the Bengals. You look right down the hall and you

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Speaker 2: got the Bearcats, and you get the Cincinnati Reds. Also,

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Speaker 2: what happens on this station is Kentucky basketball, which means

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Speaker 2: Austin that as of now, on Wednesday, we will not

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Speaker 2: be in for a show. Kentucky plays at twelve thirty,

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Speaker 2: So Kentucky will play Wednesday at twelve thirty, meaning we

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Speaker 2: So regardless of that, we'll just make the most of

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Speaker 2: it along the way. We will recap today a college

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Speaker 2: basketball weekend that was the regular season is done in

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Speaker 2: college basketball. Some conference tournaments are already underway. Some conference

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Speaker 2: tournaments are already finished. Other conference tournaments are just getting

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Speaker 2: set to get underway. The Bearcats, the Wildcats of Kentucky,

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Speaker 2: the Dayton Flyers, the Xavier Musketeers all lost their regular

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Speaker 2: season finale over the weekend. Miami did not convincing unbelievable

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Speaker 2: scenes in Athens, Ohio on Friday night, Miami wins in overtime.

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Speaker 2: Their perfect season regular season is complete, and I think

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Speaker 2: with that comes an NCAA tournament birth. Louisville a winner

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Speaker 2: over the weekend. Ohio State Bruce Thornton, Bobblehead Night cements themselves.

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Speaker 2: You would think into the tournament field by beating Indiana

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Speaker 2: and how about Austin. What the NKU Norse did last night,

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Speaker 2: a close game in the first half against Doug Gottlieb's

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Speaker 2: Green Bay squad and then NKU oh already, Tony.

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Speaker 3: We are often running with the legal tampering period in

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Speaker 3: the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: A bearcat is off the board.

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Speaker 3: The Indianapolis Colts have agreed to a four year, one

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Speaker 3: and sixteen million dollar deal with Alec Pierce. Okay, Alec

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Speaker 3: Pierce returns to Indianapolis. All right, good for him, Good

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Speaker 3: for Alec Pierce. I thought you were his money right there.

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Speaker 3: You're talking about a barricott. I thought were gonna say,

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Speaker 3: Brian Cook, that was gonna be disappointing. Travis Kelcey.

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Speaker 2: Ian Rappaport reported earlier today about a half hour ago

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Speaker 3: Okay, so the Bearcats are clearly the hottest commodities. Big

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Speaker 3: Bearcat Day. In Lee's tampering.

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Speaker 2: As now you mentioned legal tampering is underway, the window

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Speaker 3: And to get back to what you were saying prior

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Speaker 3: Doug Gottlieb and the Green Bay Phoenix swept NKU in

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Speaker 3: By the way, Tony swept the Norse in the regular season. Wow,

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Speaker 2: Another huge move in the National Football League, and by huge,

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Speaker 2: now with what the Dolphins are doing. Also full rebuild happening, yes, Miami.

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Speaker 3: Alamide Zakias signing with the Atlanta Falcons. He made their

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Speaker 2: He comes back to Atlanta to help the Falcons. So

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Speaker 2: things already moving fast today. Another move that was made

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Speaker 2: earlier today, the Cowboys had rumored to be in on

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Speaker 2: Max Crosby. They didn't get to land that name. They

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Speaker 2: Rashan Gary will be sent in return from the Cowboys

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Speaker 3: I think has just signed. The Patriots have signed Draymont Jones.

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Speaker 3: According to Diana Russini of The Athletic, Draymont Jones was

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Speaker 3: One of the guys that I had circled as a

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Speaker 3: to New England to unite with another Buckeye, Mike.

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Speaker 2: Football League. It was reassuring to hear Austin that the

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Speaker 3: It was probably about as realistic as the Reds landing

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Speaker 3: Kyle Schwarber, probably right, Probably right.

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Speaker 2: Other happenings this weekend. FC Cincinnati loses a tough one

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Speaker 2: see what the Cincinnati Cyclones did? Did you hear it

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Speaker 2: all about the Cyclones game over the weekend? Was it

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Speaker 2: the three ways game with the sweater?

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Speaker 2: It was after that, Oh, it was after that. They

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Speaker 2: went into twenty periods of a shootout. Oh my god,

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Speaker 2: a twenty round shootout? Did they really one round shy

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Speaker 2: of an all time record? They defeated the Utah Grizzlies

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Speaker 2: in a shootout that featured twenty rounds. How about Ken Appleby,

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Speaker 3: dang unbelievable. I think both teams should have just agreed

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Speaker 3: just to get to the record. Yep, I agree with that. Well,

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Speaker 3: learning a lot so every time I go. They played

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Speaker 2: Max Crosby now six times in the regular season. I

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Speaker 2: mean that was essentially I believe what Jamar Chase and

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Speaker 2: his reaction was on his Twitch account over the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's difficult to have to game plan

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Speaker 3: around great players six times a year like.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals are going to have to do. They're talking about,

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Speaker 2: argably three of the top what five pass rushers in

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Speaker 2: the NFL.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's not all that different. I mean

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Speaker 3: they've been doing it against Watton and Garrett for the

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Speaker 3: last couple of years, So here's two more against Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: And you know, part of the reason why Baltimore is

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Speaker 3: building their team the way they are is because they

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Speaker 3: have given up a ton of points to the Bengals

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Speaker 3: in recent years. And now, obviously the last game when

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Speaker 3: it was about two degrees, they gave up none and

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Speaker 3: Burrow played horribly. But games like the Thanksgiving game, Thursday

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Speaker 3: Night game, I guess all the Thursday night games where

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Speaker 3: the Bengals to go to Baltimore for the last couple

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Speaker 3: of years. But also I think back to when Steve Bescatti,

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Speaker 3: the owner of the Ravens, had that press conference and

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Speaker 3: he's like, I want to win a couple of Super

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Speaker 3: Bowls and get out of here. And he put a

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Speaker 3: lot of blame on his GM Eric DaCosta. It was like, listen, man, like,

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Speaker 3: he's very well aware of the things he has done

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Speaker 3: that has screwed up, and so instead of waiting around

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Speaker 3: and maybe you know, he's not going to be around

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Speaker 3: to use that first round pick next year, so I'm

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Speaker 3: going to trade it now and make my team better immediately.

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Speaker 3: He's working with urgency, and you would like to see

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Speaker 3: the Bengals work with urgency at that level as well.

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Speaker 3: It should be very similar. It should be that if

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Speaker 3: you don't produce this year, you're not going to be

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Speaker 3: here to make these decisions in the future. Duke Tobin's

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Speaker 3: job should be on the line, and so because of that,

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Speaker 3: he should be acting with urgency to try to win now.

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Speaker 3: I just don't know if that's going to be the

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Speaker 3: case with the Bengals. I hope it is. That's what

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Speaker 3: I think is going on in Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: Which is wild. I don't want to say this.

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Speaker 3: Max Crosby is twenty nine years old, he's he's had

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Speaker 3: a couple of knee surgeries. Now he is a guy

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Speaker 3: who has an edge. If you read that Mike' silver

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Speaker 3: piece in the Athletic last week last year, he very

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Speaker 3: clearly does not care about hitting the quarterback. He hits

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Speaker 3: the quarterback in practice and yells at the coaches if

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Speaker 3: they get mad at him. Number one, that's a bad teammate.

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Speaker 3: Number Two, I don't want Max Crosby touching Joe Burrow

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Speaker 3: in practice. And so, honest to God, the first thing

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Speaker 3: I thought of was, dang, that sucks two times a

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Speaker 3: year against Max Crosby. Hope he doesn't kill Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 3: in practice, because that's a possibly like he's not a

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Speaker 3: good teammate in that sense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and so, but I think I think the point

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Speaker 2: you made us to Baltimore's to they're trying to win

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Speaker 2: and he's trying to get out of there. I think

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Speaker 2: that's the same mentality the Bengals should have. Absolutely, that's

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Speaker 2: how they should operate going forward. By the way, there's

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Speaker 2: the twenty fourth ranked defense in the National Football League

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Speaker 2: last year in Baltimore, but when it came to passing,

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Speaker 2: they gave up the second most passing yards per game.

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Speaker 2: Did the Baltimore Ravens tied with the Colts only in

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Speaker 2: front of the Dallas Cowboys. Max Crosby helps that. Max

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Speaker 2: Crosby helps that secondary not have to cover as long

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Speaker 2: on the back end, and it will help to a

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Speaker 2: run defense that I believe was right around number ten

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Speaker 2: in the NFL at one hundred and six point six

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Speaker 2: yards per game.

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Speaker 3: So would Max Crosby fix Geno Stone? Ooh, no, Okay,

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Speaker 3: there's your answer.

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Speaker 2: But they do have Kyle ham I think Kyle Hamilton

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Speaker 2: won't help that.

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Speaker 3: No, But I'm saying, like from a Bengals perspective, people

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Speaker 3: want Max Crosby. Does Max Crosby fix Geno Stone? No,

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Speaker 3: I think he would help him. Sure, I don't think

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Speaker 3: anyone could fix Geno Stone exactly. Does he fix Barrett

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Speaker 3: Carter's eyes because Barrett Carter be looking where he ain't

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Speaker 3: supposed to be.

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Speaker 2: Fix a lot of things? Huh? They got to fix

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Speaker 2: a lot.

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Speaker 3: Does he does he fix Chris Jenkins being completely useless

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Speaker 3: at the point of attack? Maybe he let's Chris Ris

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Speaker 3: Jenkins didn't do much when Trey was getting double deemed. No, Oka,

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Speaker 3: it is a I I would have welcomed again like

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Speaker 3: I did not all this the off seasons over because

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Speaker 3: they didn't get Crosby, but I would have I would

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Speaker 3: have said, Okay, that's a move that next year is

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Speaker 3: the ultimate importance for this franchise. And regardless if it's

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Speaker 3: Crosby or someone else, to your point about why the

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Speaker 3: Ravens did it, it's the same logic that I think

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Speaker 3: the Bengal should be uber aggressive going forward. To be clear,

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Speaker 3: I would have been thrilled if Max Crosby was a Bengal.

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Speaker 3: I just look at that situation in Baltimore and think, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that makes more sense than it does here because there

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Speaker 3: are still a lot of holes to fill, and even

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Speaker 3: with a great pass rusher, for the last several years,

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Speaker 3: the Bengals defense has stunk.

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Speaker 2: Well said, well, put, let's take a break your reactions

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Speaker 2: five one, three, seven, four nine, fifteen thirty. We've also

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Speaker 2: got to dive into the latest mock draft Monday. That'll

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Speaker 2: happen next on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station. It's

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Speaker 2: Tiger the Deck.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Tony Pike since e three sixty on

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Speaker 1: ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, roll along our number one since E three sixty,

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Speaker 2: ESBN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station. Thanks to our friends

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Speaker 2: at Skyline Chili. Anytime you're feeling good and hungry, it's

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Speaker 2: always Skyline time. We are certainly not going to sit

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Speaker 2: on our hands. They've done it for thirty nine minutes

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Speaker 2: so far. You know what's going on. Been sitting on

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Speaker 2: the hands for thirty nine minutes. Biggest off season, ready

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Speaker 2: to spend. Let's start spending some of the cash, Bengals.

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Speaker 2: Come on, not gonna sit on our hands here we

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Speaker 2: are waiting. While we wait, let's grab a phone call.

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Speaker 2: Mark is calling in. What's up? Mark?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Kind of going Tony Pike, what's up?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Well, let me ask a Geno Stone question. Okay,

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Speaker 4: because I'm hoping the Bengals don't make this mistake again.

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Speaker 4: Like whatever Baltimore was asking him to do in their defense,

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Speaker 4: he couldn't do in the Bengals defense. I mean, would

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Speaker 4: it be safe to say that?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: And I think if you if you go back and

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Speaker 2: really dive into what he did for Baltimore, I think

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Speaker 2: there's still a reason in which why Baltimore was willing

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Speaker 2: to let him go and not sign him back or

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Speaker 2: bring him back. I think some of his interceptions were

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Speaker 2: a little advantageous and what he was able to do so,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, I would. I would say that his production

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Speaker 2: here did not match what he was able to do

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Speaker 2: in Baltimore.

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Speaker 4: Okay, So I'm hoping that they draft a safety, get

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Speaker 4: a younger guy in and develop him for how they

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Speaker 4: want a safety to play inside their defense. And I

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Speaker 4: think they need to go back to the formula they had,

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Speaker 4: you know, like when they brought a Woozy A in,

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Speaker 4: then they bought DJ Reeder in. They didn't bring me

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Speaker 4: in another linebacker. I would like to see him bring

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Speaker 4: in another linebacker because to me, on defense, and I'm

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Speaker 4: just talking about defense, like a Woozy A covered up

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Speaker 4: Eli Apple and then Jesse Bates covered up bon Bell,

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Speaker 4: So I think you need when you got positions like

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Speaker 4: that on defense, and then on a linebacker, I think

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Speaker 4: I think Logan Wilson probably covered up Jamaine Pratt. Then

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Speaker 4: you had to take Jamain Pratt off the field on

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Speaker 4: third downs. But when you got positions where it's two

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Speaker 4: guys playing, you need one guy to cover up the

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Speaker 4: other guy. So I would like to see him maybe

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Speaker 4: sign a linebacker. If it's a good solid cornerback out there,

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Speaker 4: I would like to see him make that move too.

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Speaker 4: And this draft of safety and try to develop them

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Speaker 4: into the next Jesse Bates because these free agents they've

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Speaker 4: been bringing in and that position haven't worked. Yeah, So

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Speaker 4: I was like, like last year they could have got

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Speaker 4: Vay of your watch and we wouldn't even have to

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Speaker 4: be having this conversation this year about safety because I

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Speaker 4: think he would have filled that That boy, you know,

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Speaker 4: he played for the coordinator in college. So we'll see

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Speaker 4: what happens. But that was just my take on and

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Speaker 4: I'll get off and listen to the rest of the show.

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Speaker 2: Mark, I appreciate the phone call man. Thank you. We'll

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Speaker 2: get back to the phone lines here on our next

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Speaker 2: break to finish up hour one uh one. Two things

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Speaker 2: here Austin one. We got more NFL news coming down.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, There we go. One of the big

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Speaker 2: and Rusher targets. Here we Go is off the board.

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Speaker 2: We're not sitting on the hands Jalen phil All love

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Speaker 2: him and Rusher.

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Speaker 3: Formerly of the Miami Dolphins last year the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 3: He has agreed to a four year, one hundred and

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Speaker 3: twenty million dollar deal with eighty million dollars in guarantees

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Speaker 3: with the Carolina Panthers. What do we come on, Jalen

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Speaker 3: Phillips off the board.

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Speaker 2: Oh Man, I wouldn't have minded Jalen Phillips either.

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Speaker 3: Not the only Jalen to sign. Chiefs Former cornerback Jalen

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Speaker 3: Watson has signed with the Los Angeles Rams on a

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Speaker 3: three year, fifty one million dollar deal. So the Rams

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Speaker 3: continue to spend big on the cornerback position. They do

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Speaker 3: so with Jalen Watson, former teammate of Trent McDuffie, who

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Speaker 3: they just signed Trent mcduffee for the trade. Now in

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Speaker 3: the AFC North, Okay, the Steelers have been looking for

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Speaker 3: a wide receiver.

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Speaker 2: Well they got one.

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Speaker 3: The Indianapolis Colts are trading wide receiver Michael Pittman June

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Speaker 3: year to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Colts obviously just signed

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Speaker 3: Alec Pierce to a huge deal. The Colts have a

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Speaker 3: lot of cap stuff they got to take care of.

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Speaker 3: Between now and four o'clock, Michael Pittman Junior, the son

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Speaker 3: of former NFL running back Antonio Pittman, goes to the

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Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh gets a receiver. Hmm, okay, Pittsburgh will pair him

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Speaker 2: up with DK metcalf I did see something as well,

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Speaker 2: or for a friend of the show, sam Monson.

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Speaker 3: You called him a former friend. Well, he was a

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Speaker 3: he was a weekly friend. Yeah, but we haven't we

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Speaker 3: haven't got to talk to him a friend. He mentioned

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Speaker 3: the McDuffie deal. The Rams had a clear issue. It

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Speaker 3: was the secondary and as sam Monson tweeted out, the

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Speaker 3: Rams now have basically no holes on the roster draft

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Speaker 3: capital to play with. In a history of trading up

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Speaker 3: for players in the last couple of drafts, Rams are

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Speaker 3: in a really good spot going into the draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they

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Speaker 3: try to move up a little from thirteen. I mean,

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Speaker 3: they're a team that I think is in play to

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Speaker 3: like jump right ahead of the Bengals, right ahead of

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs. Yeah, to try to get that one guy

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Speaker 3: that they really want.

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Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the Bengals and Chiefs, let's do this.

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Speaker 2: We'll make it a quicker mock draft today, Mock Draft Monday.

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Speaker 2: This Austin. There we're gone. Sorry it was me that

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Speaker 2: was late. There's in.

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Speaker 1: It's time for mock Draft Monday on Cincy three sixty.

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Speaker 2: All right, So here's what we have. This is Pro

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Speaker 2: Football Focus, their latest mock draft. And this was after

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Speaker 2: obviously the Crosby News, It's also after the Kansas City

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Speaker 2: Chiefs news. And for the Bengals, it brings in a

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Speaker 2: question that I want to ask you here in just

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Speaker 2: a moment Pro Football Focus. They're top ten. Fernando Mendoza,

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Speaker 2: Rvel Reese to the Jets at too, Francis, I forget

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Speaker 2: it every week, Scott Key, Yes, Francis, Scott Key to

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Speaker 2: the O. The Cardinals Maui Noah, Malli Noah. The Tennessee

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Speaker 2: Titans take David Bailey, the edge rusher from Texas Tech.

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Speaker 2: The Giants get Sonny Styles. The Cleveland Brown select wide

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Speaker 2: receiver Carnell Tate. Ruben Bain Junior goes to the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 2: The Saints grab Jeremiah Love, and the Chiefs, because they

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Speaker 2: now have a running back off the board, they go

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Speaker 2: get Austin McKay lemon, the wide receiver from USC. Sure,

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Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey is back. You don't know what's going on

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Speaker 2: with Rashie Rice. They now have a true running back

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Speaker 2: number one in Kenneth Walker. They go get McKay lemon,

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Speaker 2: and the Bengals they get safety Caleb Downs. Okay, sign

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Speaker 2: me up. It says the Bengals haven't had a true

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Speaker 2: star safety since they led Jesse Bates walk in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three. In fact, Cincinnati safeties have combined for the

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Speaker 2: lowest PFF overall grade the past three years. Downs would

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Speaker 2: change the teams to rejectorate that position after earning an

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Speaker 2: elite ninety three point six PFF overall great for his

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Speaker 2: college career. Now my question to you, and this is

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Speaker 2: what I've heard as we get into the legal tampering period, here,

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Speaker 2: are you okay? If the Bengals were to go get

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Speaker 2: a Brian Cook and still draft Caleb Downs with so

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Speaker 2: many other holes at different areas of the roster, or

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Speaker 2: if they got a safety before the draft, does that

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Speaker 2: take them out on Caleb Downs? It shouldn't.

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Speaker 3: You should never be afraid to take the best available player,

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Speaker 3: and the great chance that at number ten, Caleb Downs

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Speaker 3: will be the best available player. I'm a little less

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Speaker 3: inclined to do that. If there's still a hole at

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Speaker 3: the defensive end position, at the edge spot, and there's

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Speaker 3: still good edges available at number ten, I maybe be

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Speaker 3: a little bit less inclined to go and get that safety.

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Speaker 3: But I don't know how you could you could pass

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Speaker 3: up on it, even if you go and sign somebody.

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Speaker 2: That's that was my thought is, yeah, it'd be nice.

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Speaker 2: But now imagine the luxury on the back end if

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Speaker 2: you've got a Caleb Downs and a Brian Cook. I

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Speaker 2: don't think you should. I guess what I'm fitting. I

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Speaker 2: don't think what happens between now and the draft should

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Speaker 2: change their draft strategy. If Caleb Downs is still there

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Speaker 2: at ten, go get Caleb Downs. Now, I get like.

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Speaker 3: Problems should be that the strategy is always to take

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Speaker 3: the best player available.

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Speaker 2: Sure, and I would get to like, well, if it's

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Speaker 2: Caleb Downs and Reuben Bain and you signed Brian Cook,

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Speaker 2: then you go get yes, I'm one hundred percent there.

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Speaker 3: What should happen is whatever happens between now and then

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Speaker 3: only reinforces that strategy correct is what it should be correct.

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Speaker 2: That's what I hope would be happening. They do a

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Speaker 2: three round mock draft here Austin, and in the second

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Speaker 2: round they have the Bengals going and getting edge rusher

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Speaker 2: Zion Young from Missouri, so that would address I've seen

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Speaker 2: a couple of those. And then they go back to

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Speaker 2: back at Missouri in the third round and get Josiah Trotter,

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Speaker 2: the linebacker from Missouri. So uh, the latest mock draft

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Speaker 2: Monday this week, coming courtesy of Pro Football Focus. We'll

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Speaker 2: finish up the hour with your phone calls.

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Speaker 3: Next following to have a couple more big free agent

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Speaker 3: signings to tell you about, including another one in the

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Speaker 3: AFC North.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, that's next ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports.

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Speaker 1: He continues now on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back sincey three to sixty. ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: Sports Station. Are we off our hands yet, Austin? You

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Speaker 2: said we have more signings happening. Are the Bengals off

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Speaker 2: their hands? We are certainly not going to sit on

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Speaker 2: our hands.

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Speaker 3: Great, what have they done so far? They're still sitting

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Speaker 3: on their hands. Okay, fifty three minutes into the legal

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Speaker 3: tampering period. But other teams in the AFC North are

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Speaker 3: making moves. We'll get to that in a minute. Let's

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Speaker 3: start with the biggest fish A lot of people thought

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Speaker 3: on the free agent market, Packer quarterback Malik Willis. He's

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Speaker 3: going to South Beach. Okay, he's going to Miami to

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Speaker 3: be the new head coach or the new quarterback of

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins who's head coach was with him in Green Bay,

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Speaker 3: Jeff Hafley. Three years, sixty seven and a half million

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Speaker 3: dollars for Malik Willis. That's forty five million, fully guaranteed.

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Speaker 3: His agent is, you know, close with the Bengals, David Mulligan. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 3: the Baltimore Ravens have re upped their best offensive lineman,

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Speaker 3: John Simpson three year, thirty million dollar deal. The guard

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Speaker 3: returns to Baltimore to be their starting guard. Meanwhile, they're

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Speaker 3: losing a tight end. Former Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely

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Speaker 3: is leaving Baltimore and reuniting with John Harball in New York.

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Speaker 3: The Giants have agreed to a three year deal with

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Speaker 3: former Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely. Meanwhile, Bengals are in

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Speaker 3: the market for a defensive tackle. Sure well, the Bears

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Speaker 3: got one defensive tackle, Neville Gallimore has signed to a

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Speaker 3: two year, twelve million dollar deal with the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 3: Galimore recently with the Indianapolis Colts. By the way, that

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Speaker 3: Colts trade to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are giving

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Speaker 3: Michael Pittman Junior a new three year, fifty nine million

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Speaker 3: dollar deal to be the guy in Pittsburgh. The cap

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Speaker 3: savings that the Colts had, they were they had like

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Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cap space at

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Speaker 3: the start of the day. That all has to be

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Speaker 3: cleaned up by four o'clock on Wednesday. That trade with

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Speaker 3: Michael Pittman freed up twenty five million dollars in cap space. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: the big time deal for Alec Pierce as well. So

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Speaker 3: a lot going on, all right, We'll keep you up

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Speaker 3: the speed as we go one hour in hour' in,

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Speaker 3: which means we'll get a quick break and then your

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Speaker 3: phone calls Greg, Jay and more. You'll kick off our

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