WEBVTT - Lance with Charlie Goldsmith 1-6-26

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<v Speaker 1>The following takes place between six pm and seven pm.

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<v Speaker 2>You want answers? I think I'm entitled, Joe, what answer

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<v Speaker 2>the truth?

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<v Speaker 1>You can't handle the truth?

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<v Speaker 2>Truth? Truth?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get right to it. No time to waste.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in rnail Carry or Sports Talk presented by Kelsey

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<v Speaker 1>Chevrolet on Lance McAllister Man, I'm glad you were here.

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<v Speaker 1>Buckle up, we gotta go. We've got basketball coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>Bottom of the hour. My first guest tonight covers the

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals and Reds for Charlie's Chalkboard. Get an email to

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<v Speaker 1>now through their digital shows. That must mean we are

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<v Speaker 1>talking with Charlie Goldsmith and Charlie. I wonder what if

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<v Speaker 1>anything caught your eye in Mike Brown's statement yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the the nouns and the use of they

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<v Speaker 2>and there. I guess those would be the pronouns. It's

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<v Speaker 2>only the second time, kind of during this modern era

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<v Speaker 2>of Bengals football, that Mike has released a statement like this.

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<v Speaker 2>He had done press conferences and such earlier in his tenure,

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<v Speaker 2>but the first example of this was twenty twenty, were

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<v Speaker 2>coming off, you know, the Joe Burrow injury season. Mike said,

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<v Speaker 2>Dak needs to do better. You know, we trust Zach

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<v Speaker 2>and Duke Copin, who is kind of a face of

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<v Speaker 2>the front office at the time wasn't even mentioned. But

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<v Speaker 2>then following three or four straight off seasons that have

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<v Speaker 2>been you know, nowhere near productive enough. I blame roster

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<v Speaker 2>construction personally much more than coaching on how the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>are where they are right now. Following all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Brown named Duke. He said Zack and Duke, he

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<v Speaker 2>said they, he said, they're putting them together. Was really

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<v Speaker 2>something we've never seen before between a head coach and

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<v Speaker 2>a personnel guy whose last name wasn't Brown in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of the Bengals organization.

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie, I thought you made a great point in one

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<v Speaker 1>of your recent like chalkboards, mentioning how it will be

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to see how outside free agents view this situation

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<v Speaker 1>compared to how they viewed it maybe a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Explain, so they're running it back with the same coaching staff, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>the same front office, and they're betting on the same

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<v Speaker 2>people coming up with different results. And now, what you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we think of that, what you know, the guys in

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<v Speaker 2>the locker room think of that. That doesn't even matter

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<v Speaker 2>as much as what the free agents they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>try to sign and March think of that because at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day, while money certainly talks, We've

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<v Speaker 2>seen Orlando Brown, Hayden Hurst, and Mike Esicki, Alex Kappa,

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<v Speaker 2>I can name others some very very obvious examples to

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<v Speaker 2>I know just by knowing those guys signed with Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 2>and put a concrete, truth, angible value in the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to compete for championships. In some ways, they were ring chasers,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bengals had that benefit of a doubt. The Bengals,

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<v Speaker 2>we all know, they know need multiple free agents who

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<v Speaker 2>can impact their defense, and some of them will certainly

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<v Speaker 2>be able to win over with a nice offer, But

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<v Speaker 2>then some of them there's gonna need to be that

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<v Speaker 2>tiebreaker and do the free agents on the market still

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<v Speaker 2>believe in what they see externally going on in Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 2>It will be a case by case basis, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the million dollar questions.

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<v Speaker 1>The theme will certainly be of this offseason fixing the defense.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you could make a case and and argue

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<v Speaker 1>players on all three levels, but is there a priority

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<v Speaker 1>spot in your mind that needs to be addressed.

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<v Speaker 2>You knowing these guys and how they view football, and

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<v Speaker 2>how they game plan for opposing teams at an offense,

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<v Speaker 2>how they game plan for defenses, it always starts with

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<v Speaker 2>the defensive front and the pass rush. And over the

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<v Speaker 2>last you could argue even it was the weakness of

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two Bengals is

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<v Speaker 2>while Trey Henderson was awesome, and while Sam Hubbard won

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<v Speaker 2>an incredible Bengals career, really aside from those guys and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one BJ Hill, you weren't getting enough pass

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<v Speaker 2>rush across the rest of the unit. And that's something

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<v Speaker 2>that when you look at the teams that give the

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals the most trouble, they do it with their defensive lines.

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<v Speaker 2>It's literally the quickest way to impact the quarterback in

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<v Speaker 2>the most straightforward way. So I see the Bengals being

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<v Speaker 2>most aggressive there. I see their biggest need even at

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<v Speaker 2>defensive end, even over something like free safety, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think they'll finally try to get that pass rushing defensive

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<v Speaker 2>tackle as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think everybody understands the importance of the off season.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you raise another great point. A year ago

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<v Speaker 1>in the off season, they weren't very good at multitasking

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<v Speaker 1>as an organization, were they.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Bengals kind of had their thesis statement yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>you know was Dach Taylor's press conference. He said, the

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<v Speaker 2>big thing this year will be year two of Al.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said the scouts know, and Duke knows, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know, and we all have an idea of who

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<v Speaker 2>we are and what we're about. But that idea kind

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<v Speaker 2>of just raises another question, which was you know you

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<v Speaker 2>at that much of a disadv at that much of

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<v Speaker 2>a disadvantage in year one of Olt, Like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>where was the delayed process of getting this coaching stat

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<v Speaker 2>together to how I was in the college football playoffs?

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<v Speaker 2>And then you had to rebuild a staff many of

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<v Speaker 2>them had never worked together, most of whom who've never

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<v Speaker 2>worked together before. Only Al had worked with the Bengals before.

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<v Speaker 2>Among the additions, did it take that long and hamper

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<v Speaker 2>your ability to be as prepared as you needed to

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<v Speaker 2>be for a free agency? Boy, that's not a good

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<v Speaker 2>thing for an organization to have the case about it

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, the answer to what will be better

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<v Speaker 2>this year also raises the question of, man, what was

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<v Speaker 2>going on last year?

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie, Is there something in particular that you are interested

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<v Speaker 1>to hear Duke Tobin address on Friday?

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<v Speaker 2>My biggest question, and I'm going to try to figure

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<v Speaker 2>out the best way to phrase this, is kind of

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<v Speaker 2>why is Duke doing this? No matter what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's a pass rush scheme or a special teams

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<v Speaker 2>personnel grouping, I always look for what's happening that we've

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<v Speaker 2>never seen before that's interesting to me, And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously was Paul Brown. Paul Brown wasn't going to put

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<v Speaker 2>out a statement about himself speaking as the owner about

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<v Speaker 2>himself as the GM. Mike Brown wasn't going to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then really Duke kind of became a face of

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<v Speaker 2>this front office in twenty nineteen and since then, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>there hasn't been a single postseason press conference that featured Dope,

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<v Speaker 2>featured Duke Cobin in this way on the Bengals home turf.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's changed to get to this point? Now? What

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<v Speaker 2>are the different pressure points that leads to this sense

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<v Speaker 2>of accountability that we've never seen represented in the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>front office before.

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<v Speaker 1>He's Charlie Goldsmith. He is a must read, Charlie for

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<v Speaker 1>those listening who do want to read, how would they

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<v Speaker 1>go about doing that?

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<v Speaker 2>He nailed it up front. Thanks Lance. Charlie Shockward on

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<v Speaker 2>substack Fox nineteen. You can find it there as well.

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<v Speaker 2>The Growler podcast Power Stacks coming back soon with red

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<v Speaker 2>vests coming up. Excited about baseball season as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, it has been too long. I always enjoy our conversations.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for making time tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Goldsmith on the Bengals News over the last twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four hours.