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I just know he told me he's 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:13.679 on a Simon, he's got a game. I think he's 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:15.119 got a game tonight, and then he's got the uc 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.880 game on Friday, but in his place for the second 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.759 consecutive week, which must mean he didn't screw up last 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:23.640 week if they brought him back this week. He is 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.320 the main who's very happy to have Buckeyes tonight, delivered 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.039 by Fran and his lovely wife Phyllis. As we all 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.360 got Buckeyes tonight, I want to kick off to the show. 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.640 We welcome in the man you hear weekdays three to 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.040 six or I'm noon to three, noone to three on 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.680 Since he three sixty, that's a lot of numbers and 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.720 in various capacities and roles on seven hundred WLW, that 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:45.399 would be Austin Illmore Lance. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.039 I'm great, thanks for having me. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.440 Happy to be back, and I feel like the Buckeyes 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.480 as a gift is a sign for things to come. 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.600 Tomorrow night in Arlington, Texas, you can just kick back 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.000 and eat Buckeyes all night. Pretty much the plan. 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.360 Life is good. Let me do some headlines. We can go. 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.760 Bengals return to the practice field to ramp up preparation 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.680 for Sunday's finale against the Browns at pay Court tomorrow. 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.960 The moment, the Bengals would pick tenth in the draft 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.000 and could move up as high as eight, drop as 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.440 low as twelve. Wille Anderson and Luke Keigley among fifteen 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.280 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.400 Modern Era Players category, with the class of twenty twenty six. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.360 Five others, including Ken Anderson, among consideration in the seniors category. 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.800 Results will be announced super Bowl weekend college football action. 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.840 Coastal Carolina falls to Louisiana Tech this afternoon. Tech wins 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.280 twenty three to fourteen in the Independence Bowl underway at 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.960 the moment in the Music City Bowl, Tennessee in Illinois. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.919 Later tonight, USC and TCU in the Valero Bowl. College 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:46.160 football playoffs finally resume tomorrow night, so Ohio State versus 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:47.959 Miami and the Cotton Bowl at seven thirty. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:49.720 Hear it right here on seven. 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:54.239 Hundred WLWUC football in Memphis. Tonight they take on Navy 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.680 Friday in the Liberty Bowl. They'll do it without running 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.200 back Evan Pryor, who has entered the transfer portal. More 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:04.280 on the Bearcats, with Chad Brendle coming up at seven 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.680 oh six. College basketball. The Bearcats rolled Lipscomb last night. 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.920 Talk about it tonight after us with the West Miller 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:13.120 Show at eight in preview Saturday's Big twelve opener at 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.280 home versus Houston on the court tonight Travis Steele. They 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.120 thirteen to o Miami RedHawks at Bowling Green. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:20.280 And Mac Action Maction. 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:25.440 Louisville is at cal In Ohio at Central Michigan. Tomorrow night, 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.240 Xavier host number four Yukon at five o'clock. It's right 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.600 here on seven hundred WLW. The ecl has a new CBA. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.440 So the Clones are back and busy this week. Home 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:39.200 tomorrow night with indoor fireworks for the six o'clock New 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.320 Year's Eve matchup versus Indy. Then it's the Kelly Cup 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.920 throwback Jerseys back to back nights Friday seven thirty against 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.600 Toledo and Saturday four o'clock against Toledo. 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:51.280 All right, that's quick check on some headline. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:56.600 Did you say indoor fireworks? Indoor fireworks? Yes tomorrow night, Yes, yes, it's. 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.880 The only indoor fireworks around. 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.480 Makes me a little bit downtown. Let's take our first 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.000 time out. We come back to the man they call 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.480 Trags checks in. We talk some Bengals on the beat 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:10.240 with Mike Petralia's we continue the roundtable show seven hundred 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:22.119 WLW six seven hundred WLW the Cincinnati Tax Resolution powered 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.200 by TOFT Shouting Roundtable Show. We're live from Long mex 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.640 and Wilder presented by Postman Law, the wrap up show 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.800 of the season as we lead into Bengals and Browns 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.440 wrapping up the season. On Sunday, we were in search 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:40.400 of Trags Mike Petralia from CLNS SINCI withthey dot Com. 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:41.560 Hope to hook up with him. 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.080 We've got Chad Brendle on the way coming up at 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.800 seven oh six to night to talk some UC football. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.320 Let's talk some Bengals in the moment and on Sunday, 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.520 I thought Austin they did. They did exactly what you 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.919 would hope they would do to a team that was 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:59.880 beat up, banged up, beaten down, had to travel cross country, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.200 take care of them early score on the opening drive 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.359 and maybe gave them a little bit of reason to 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.640 play after the thirty eight yard disastrous mistackle Trio along 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.480 the sidelines gave them a little bit of life, but 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.440 then took care of business and ultimately did what you 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:16.880 should do to the Arizona Carnivals. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:17.120 Yeah. 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.240 I think that's the big takeaway really, is the fact 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.839 that you know, they did what they were supposed to do. 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.680 If they had squeaked out a seventeen thirteen win, we'd 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.440 be having a much different conversation right now. And I 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.000 think that's the thing that you really take away from 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.039 each of the last two games, which has been they 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.520 dominated an opponent, that they are much better than they 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.800 have more talent than, they have a better quarterback. I 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:40.880 think they have a better head coach than both those teams. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.560 They did what they were supposed to do to a 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:47.280 inferior opponent at home, and they deserve credit for doing so, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.720 for meeting the standard that has been established. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:54.320 Now, obviously that's a team that's not very good. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.280 I think Moeger described it as the NFL's version of 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.800 an FCS opponent, and I think that's accurate. But you 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.560 can't control who lines up across from Yeah, and I 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.160 get and we talked a little bit about this last week. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:10.800 I get the default position of most who say it. 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.440 Doesn't matter or it will lead to the front office 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:15.800 believing everything's okay. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.040 I get that that's fair that's earned. 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.760 But for the moment, I can't do anything about the 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.000 offseason hasn't happened. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:23.960 I can only work on what they're doing now. 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.480 The way they've looked the last two weeks is how 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:30.080 they should look against those teams, and let's go offensively, specifically, 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.080 they have looked like the well oiled machine that we 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.719 thought they could be and is a very dangerous offense. 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.120 I don't care who they're playing. Yeah, I'm looking at. 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.360 The way they have performed as an offense and it's 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:43.599 been high level. 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:44.080 Yeah. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.159 I think it doesn't matter necessarily who the players are. 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.880 You're gonna get a similar scheme in trying to double 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.400 team Jamar Chase, double team t Higgins, and then it's like, okay, well, 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.599 what's Andre Josevas gonna do, what's Mikasiki gonna do? And 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:58.719 how are you gonna stop Chase Brown? And the Bengals 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.640 have done a great job of the all of those weapons, now, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.080 I think is sick. He had two catches for forty yards, 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.480 but one of them was on a broken play deep 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.240 down the field. Joe Burrow found him, converted a third down, 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.680 kept the drive alive. You're right, I think if anything 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.320 this last month or so has proven to us, Okay, 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.960 it still works. It still looks like what it's supposed 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.200 to look like when Joe Burrow is healthy, when the 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.760 big three are on the field together. That's something to 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:24.960 build around. And I don't know about you, but it 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.600 furthered my belief that Joe Burrow shouldn't play this week 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.080 against the Cleveland Browns because okay, yes, we were reminded 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:32.040 it still looks like that. 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:32.760 It's fine. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.120 Well, we'll get into the Browns and Joe and that 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.200 great debate of how much should Joe play, how much 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.720 he should play? In a bit, let me let me 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.960 while I'm thinking about let me let me ask something 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:48.120 that raction to what Charlie Goldsmith, our guy said earlier 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.960 this week. And then we'll continue searching for trags. But 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.520 in the moment, this is a good tie in. And 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.920 Charlie tweeted the following I think it was yesterday, and 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:00.320 he said this doesn't change the degree to which the 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:04.440 Bengals need to improve their defense. But had Joe Burrow 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.880 not suffered the two injury, I think the Bengals would 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.600 have won the division. Now, before everybody gets all bent 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.240 out of shape and says what they want to say 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.960 about the defense. Charlie added, Now he says, now in 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.080 the playoffs, the defensive flaws would have shown up. A 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.280 playoff game would have felt like the game at Buffalo, 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.480 but the Bengals would be in the dance. That also 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.920 informs what they need from the defense next year. The 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.640 unit can't just be passable. It needs to be able 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.280 to win a playoff game for you. Let me go 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.640 back to his original thought that, had Joe Burrow not 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:43.120 suffered the two injury, is this team the AFC North 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:44.920 champion in your mind? 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.400 Yeah? I think so. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.640 So there's six and ten right now, right, six and 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:54.080 ten right now? Yes, to be division champ this year. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:58.080 Technically you could be nine and eight. So that's three 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:01.040 more wins. We're saying for arguments. If Joe Burrow doesn't 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.720 get hurt and Joe missed what nine games because they 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:04.880 went one and eight? 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.560 So is that are three more doable? Yes? 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.760 I think so. Do you think they lose the Jets game? 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.679 Do you think they lose the Bears game? I mean, 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:17.840 obviously the Buffalo game was a bit of a fluke, 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.360 but they were better than the Green Bay Packers for 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.880 a point, in that game at lambeau Field. Yes, they 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.400 could have won that game. I don't think they would 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.920 have turned the ball over five times against the Minnesota Vikings. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.480 Don't know that they would have won that game, but 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.800 would agree with that if you assume they're going to 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.080 beat the Cleveland Browns this week. There's one yeah here 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.079 my only and I I thought it was a real 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.000 I thought it was a great statement by Charlie Haus. 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.480 It made me think because to answer to answer and 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.079 agree with him and say they would be the division champs. 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.040 It'd be one thing if in most of. 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.679 The losses they struggled to score, and yet they lost 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:56.400 a game scoring thirty seven, lost a game scoring thirty nine, 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.199 lost a game scoring forty seven, And I mean, I'm 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:03.480 sorry giving up yeah for scoring forty two, thirty eight, 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.719 thirty one. So would in the games where they put 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.520 up a lot of points and lost, how much of 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.200 a difference would Joe have made? You see what I'm saying. Yeah, 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:14.080 I see what you're saying. 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.360 And I don't. I don't know if I can convince 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.040 myself that they're a playoff team. If Joe didn't get hurt. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:23.080 I think the offensive efficiency would have just been a 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.760 tick more and it would have been maybe one more 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.800 possession leads to three more points or one less possession 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.120 for the opposing team, because the Bengals can run the 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.400 football effectively with Joe Burrow in the threat of the 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.360 wide receivers, and that means that the other team doesn't 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.199 touch the ball, meaning more complimentary football. So that's that's 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.400 how I view it. I also think that Patriots game, 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.000 if he plays, they probably win it. If Jamar Chase plays, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.600 even without Burrow, they probably win that game. 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:49.040 And that's the game. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.720 That's the game in the grouping where I say that's 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.400 the one I can easily flip. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.080 Yeah, if Joe's the quarterback. Yeah. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.360 And you know, I think, honestly, you could look at 0:10:57.360 --> 0:10:59.200 the Thursday night game against the Steelers and that could 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.840 have flipped either way based off the way Aaron Rodgers 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.400 was playing in that game. But I think early on 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.600 against the Lions they had a chance, but they kept 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.920 turning the ball over. Could that have been a different game. 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.720 Those are hard to say, just because of how deep 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.680 in it they were with Jake Browning at the time. 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.920 And I do believe Charlie's statement to be true. 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.040 And here's the I mean, think of this, here's the killer, 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.040 and it's why they missing out on this season. In 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.800 a season where Patrick Mahomes isn't in the playoffs and 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.959 Lamar Jackson may not be in the playoffs, We're sitting 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.800 here arguing, if Joe doesn't get hurt, they're nine and 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:32.200 eight in a division champ. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.280 That's all. It would have taken. Nine wins. 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:37.840 But at the start of the season, had you said 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.920 they'd go nine and eight, we said, well, then the 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.160 season's gone south. They're going to be better than nine 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:43.960 and eight. And that's all they would have taken. 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.640 Yeah, all they needed to do was be the team 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.840 they were last year. Oh yes, if they were the 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.640 team they were last year, they'd be in the playoffs 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:55.480 right now. It's it's it's amazing how similar to me 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.360 it feels than a year ago from a year ago, 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:00.600 because it is one possession here, one player there, one 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.600 player misses this play, whatever it might be, and that 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.360 kept them out of at least contending with the AFC. 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.400 And just think they and I go back to Jake 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:13.960 Browning and boy from from how we viewed Jake to 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.520 where Jake's Jak is right now, and what his future is. 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:20.559 I remember when Joe first got. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:24.040 Hurt, we were all quoting, like the storyline was, well, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.200 he may be the thirty third best. Question, He's at 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.559 least the thirty third best quarterback in the NFL. He's 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.679 brother the best backup quarterback. And he went out for 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:33.800 three games and looked like he never played the game before. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.080 Yeah, they didn't. They were non competitive for three weeks 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:37.760 with Jake Brown. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.640 I remember before the season somebody from ESPN wrote the 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.040 best backup quarterbacks in the NFL. He was number two 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.800 behind Kirk Cousins, and I was thinking, all right, great, 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.160 And then on top of that, when Burrow goes down, 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.840 he leads this comeback win yep, at the very last 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.880 second to win. You're like, all right, we're gonna be fine. 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.480 Just get Joe back, we'll be fine. 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:55.280 And you're right. 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.480 He did look like he never played football before. I 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:01.640 have no explanation for that. Appreciated how aggressive he was. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.160 He was always willing to push it and not afraid 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.839 of that, but that that hurt him ended up ended 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.160 up hurting him more than it helped him, and obviously 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:09.760 hurt the team. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.040 And I remember thinking, remember when we went through the 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.280 whole debate when Joe first got hurt, well, is he 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:15.880 gonna come back at all? Could he come back for 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.040 the final three? And we were all doing the math, like, okay, 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.800 with Flacco down control, can he be five hundred and 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.640 just keep him alive till Joe comes back? 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:30.600 And they went without Joe, they went one and eight. Yeah, 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.600 I mean, just saying. 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.319 That out loud, this team still with Jamar, Chase and 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:39.480 t Higgins and Mike Kasicki and Jamar and Chase Brown 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.439 and at the time Trey Hendrickson was healthy. That that 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.800 that they went on and eight without their starting quarterback. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:47.240 Yeah. 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:52.880 Do you think if Trey Hendrickson was healthy. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:52.840 They went there? That's a good question too. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.280 I think if Trey Hendrickson was healthy, they would have 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:57.360 beat the Chicago Bears. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.920 I would say that because you say what you want 0:13:59.920 --> 0:14:01.600 to about Trey, and whether you like Trey or don't 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.160 like Trey, I think everybody asked can see Trey was. 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:05.680 Like the closer for this team. 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.840 Yeah, when it came like closing time in a game, 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.160 it was Trey, go get the quarterback and wrap this 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:11.520 thing up. 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:12.880 And they didn't have anybody to do that. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:14.880 I would also would have loved to see what it 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.640 looked like with Trey on the field against the Buffalo Bills. Yes, 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.520 the way that Josh Allen had kind of played and 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.200 in that moment, I don't know that it would have 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.360 made that big of a difference. But again to your point, 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.800 he was the closer, and that game against the Bears, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.440 Caleb Williams was just running around doing whatever he wanted 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.640 yea and made so many plays off structure. But you know, 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.400 that three game stretch really is the big thing to me, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.360 Like if they had not gotten Flacco three days before 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:43.080 they played the Green Bay Packers, then maybe they actually 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:46.240 win that game. They obviously knocked off Pittsburgh the Jets, 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.400 they needed one stop, one stop. Yeah, they win that game. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.680 And the Bears basically can you tackle? 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.840 And they couldn't. And that just it's the same thing 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:56.400 as last year. 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.320 You think of Tanner Hudson fumbling at the goal line, 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.200 you think of day John Anthony's passenger if you're it's 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.400 in Kansas City four sixteen, like all these little moments, 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.400 it's just it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.600 It adds up to a third straight year without the playoffs. 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:14.160 In the window that is Joe Burrow's career. What was 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.880 harder to watch though last year this year, because I 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:18.800 think it was this year. 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.280 Yeah, I would say it just became so deflating with 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.360 Joe's injury and then how miserable it was for three 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.320 weeks with Jake, and then a little bit of boost 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.440 of hope with Joe, and then the the the Flacco 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.120 and then the thought the defense just for so long 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.479 was just tough to watch. More on that as we continue, 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.320 Let's get a check on news and talk more about 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.520 the offense. Chase Brown season had more. He is Austin Ellmore. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.560 I'm Lance, but callister. It's the Cincinnati Tax Resolution powered 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.920 by Tope Sheldon Roundtable Show. 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Always great to 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.200 see Fran and his lovely wife Phyllis. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:20.479 We were talking. 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.720 During one of the breaks and we've all confirmed, both Fran, Mike, 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.280 and myself all confirmed at some point in our lives 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:30.760 we banged pots and pans out. 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:31.240 The back door. 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.280 I'll never forget as a kid on New Year's my 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.040 grandma always saying, grab your pots and pans, and she 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:39.840 would open the sliding patio door and we'd all bang 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.120 potts for I think it was for good luck? Was 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.560 it for good luck? And it was also eat Sauer Kraut, 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.880 which I refused to do. I like Sara Kraut, but 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.120 my grandma always insisted, bang the pots and pans, eat 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:51.480 Sara Kraut for New Year's Eve. 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.160 We had this conversation on the on the air earlier 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.720 today sixty three sixty yes her name to three. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.880 Talking about thirty and apparently it's to get rid of 0:16:59.920 --> 0:17:03.760 the demons, the demons and the spirits and the bad 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:07.440 energy and the bad juju around the. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.480 Now it's taking on a much more important meaning that 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.560 I was gonna say, does that mean that you go 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.600 back to that. Now, maybe I revert to my childhood. 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.760 We might need to do I never did that though, 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:17.919 never did anything like that. 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:19.760 See, you should catch up and do it tomorrow night. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:21.920 Well there's other people who say that, you know, you 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.080 open your front door and open your back door to 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:25.640 let all the bad energy out. 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.679 And I don't know. I have no idea. There's a 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.199 lot I want, you know, I want you to do. 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:30.760 What's that? 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:32.760 I want you to bang pot and pans and eat 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.600 Buckeyes tomorrow night. I can eat the Buckeyes and I'll 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:37.840 tell you what. If we win, if we beat the Hurricanes, 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:39.360 there'll be some banging or something going on. 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:42.439 Oh, I can't believe. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.200 I have memories of banging a pot and pan out 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:46.680 to my Grandma. 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.119 Insisted, did you ever like them? You break them or anything? 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:51.200 It'll just like making the noise. 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.879 No, it was the big like frying pan skillet, so 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:55.560 oh yeah, and the pots and that you. 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.000 Boil what you bang, bang, bang bang. 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.920 It'd be like twelve degrees and then shut the door. 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:02.920 Did you ever accidentally take one upside the head? 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.679 By Jesse? We knew what we were doing. Okay, all right, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:07.440 I'm just looking for answers. 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:09.920 Let's review the drive of last week's game, brought to 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.920 you by Driveway Dumpsters in Cincinnati. Black and yellow does 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.480 mean trash. Visit d Dumpsters dot com. By the way, 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:17.720 shout out to Driveway Dumpsters for being a part of 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.000 the show this year. Since this is our last show 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:23.359 of the year, will make the opening drive the drive 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.199 of last week's game. The Tone Center twelve plays seventy 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:28.920 two yards, five forty three off the clock and a touchdown. 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:33.760 The Bengals were on their way to victory. And we'll 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.000 do our standing ovation for last week, presented by Ovation 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.040 the Urban Resort where Cincinnati coming to the Newport come 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:44.000 together the Ovation Standing Ovation each week throughout the season, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.480 and we certainly appreciate Ovation being a part of the 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.600 show this season. Will go Chase Brown for his one 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.399 hundred and forty one yards from scrimmage. He did it 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.239 on the ground, he did it through the aar, he 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:55.080 did it blocking. 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:56.240 I love the quote from. 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:59.040 Zach Taylor this week who said, and I think I'm paraphrasing, 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.800 I trust him in all three phases, yeah, meaning catching 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.439 the ball, running the ball, and blocking that dude, I mean, 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.359 if you talk about a season that turned as the 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:09.680 offensive line got better, because you remember, like the first 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.000 three or four weeks, we were all quoting, like Pro 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.560 Football Focus that he was, you know, hit behind the 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:16.920 line of scrimmage for what should have been like minus 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.320 forty two yards in a game. And now we're talking 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.159 about a guy who's about fifty yards away from a 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.520 thousand yard season in almost fourteen hundred yard fifteen hundred 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:25.520 yards in total offense. 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:29.000 Yeah, I mean, it's been unbelievable and and it really 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.000 felt like it took them a while, not just to 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.280 get the run game going, but also to get him 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.600 involved in the past game. And I guess part of 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:38.560 the reason was, you know, without Joe Burrow, I don't 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:40.680 know if it's adjusting stuff at the line of scrimmage. 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:42.600 I don't know if it's moving him around in the 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:45.160 formation or whatever it was, and in the playbook maybe 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:48.080 being shrunk for Joe Flacco and or Jake Browning. But 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:50.680 now you've seen him everywhere. You see him motioning before 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:52.880 the snap. I like the wrinkle they've added the last 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.360 couple of weeks, which is two running back sets yep, 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.520 which is him and p Ryan on the field at 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:00.200 the same time, and then all of a sudden, he'll 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.359 move Chase Brown out. He becomes a threat catching the ball. 0:20:03.560 --> 0:20:05.600 But also some myj PTE. Ryan's having a really good 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:07.399 season running the ball as well, doing part of that 0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:10.880 offensive line. That's another wrinkle that makes this offense hard 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:11.240 to defense. 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:15.800 Yeah, and Joe it appears feels comfortable checking down with 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:19.320 him when something isn't there. They've targeted him. I think 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:22.040 I wrote down he has sixty five catches on eighty 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:25.520 two targets this year, So let's see, seventeen times five 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:28.280 is eighty five. So they're targeting him about five times 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:30.920 a game, which is up from a little about four 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:33.200 last year. So I you know, you're only going to 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:35.679 get so many targets in an offense that has Chase 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:40.200 it has Higgins. They've made Chase Brown a legitimate threat 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:42.360 both running and catching the football. 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:42.960 I love that. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:45.640 Yeah, eighty two targets this year, he's sixty five all 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:48.520 of last year, and that's up from obviously fifteen in 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:51.320 his rookie season. But you're exactly right. And I remember 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:55.000 reading the article that Paul Danner Junior wrote last offseason 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:58.240 about the training that he and Andre josavash had done, 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:00.480 and how Chase Brown wasn't really raining in like a 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:00.959 running back. 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:02.439 He was turning like a wide receiver. 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:04.880 And you're starting to see that paid dividendce the point 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.200 you made about checking it down when the pocket gets 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.159 muddled and when Burrow just needs to get rid of it. 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:11.200 He's one of those guys that can turn a three 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.920 yard checkdown into a thirteen yard or into a if 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:16.040 it's third and fourteen, he can get the first down 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.240 out of that. He did that against Arizona. That's a 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:19.000 huge weapon to have. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:21.480 Yeah, And I was talking with lap Bundy down on 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:24.840 Bengals line how it's almost equated to like a game 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.160 controller where there's like a turbo you pressed the button 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.359 for a little turbo boost and jamar or a Chase 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:33.280 that first step when he gets to it, he gets 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:35.159 to it, and he did a little jump step to 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:37.760 make a guy miss, and he's not afraid to then 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:40.880 plow into somebody and make contact. That's that's I mean, 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.960 we've just run through pass catching, running the ball well, 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.160 not afraid of contact, able to make you miss. 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:49.240 That's a complete package of what you're looking for. 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:51.800 I think his ability to to get top speed on 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:55.520 a misdirection or when he changes direction is really impressive. 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:58.000 I think back to the opening drive of the season. 0:21:58.440 --> 0:21:59.960 They ran the ball down the throat of the clear 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.000 Eveland Browns and they got inside the five and they 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.119 were struggling a little bit. Hand the ball off to 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.480 chase to the right. He comes basically to a dead 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:09.040 stop and then just sprints to the left side and 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.880 beats the Browns defense to the end zone. That ability 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:15.199 to change directions so quickly get to top speed is 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:16.920 a huge weapon to have in the offense. And I 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:19.840 think his vision and his patience have been things that 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:21.640 have improved for him as the season went on. Yeah, 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:23.440 that's a great point about the opening drive. I think 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:25.520 if I remember, I think he had seven touches on 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:27.840 that opening drive of the season and think it holy cow. 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:30.320 And then he went through that phase where the offensive 0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:33.240 line just wasn't doing anything and it made him kind 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.560 of question what was going on? And certainly no questions 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.320 now with what they're doing now. I guess that the question. 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:41.560 To keep on the theme, he was a let's see, 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.679 he was what a fifth round pick? What we're at No. 0:22:44.840 --> 0:22:45.119 Third? 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:47.600 He was a fifth round pick. Number one sixty three 0:22:47.680 --> 0:22:50.639 overall number one sixty three, and this is year number three. 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:55.280 So if I were to say to you, let's get 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:58.800 ahead of things and lock him up now, that to 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:03.320 me would seem perfect for a team that has waited too. 0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:04.199 Long on other guys. 0:23:04.440 --> 0:23:06.480 Yeah, in terms of making a statement to the rest 0:23:06.520 --> 0:23:08.800 of your team and just locking up and taking care 0:23:08.840 --> 0:23:11.679 of something offensively that you shouldn't worry about once you 0:23:11.680 --> 0:23:12.240 get it done. 0:23:12.359 --> 0:23:15.200 Yeah, I think this year shows his value more than 0:23:15.200 --> 0:23:18.080 maybe any point in his career. Obviously with the amount 0:23:18.080 --> 0:23:19.800 of injuries that they've had. I think the way Zach 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:21.720 has talked about him, the way that Joe has talked 0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:23.840 about him, even a little bit, the way Jamar Chase 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:26.400 has talked about him, you start to realize just how 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:28.840 important he is to the offense. You draft a guy 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:32.640 with this vision in mind, yep, that can take over 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:35.800 and be such a big weapon in your offense. And 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:38.040 I kind of equate this. For some reason, they may 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:40.800 not be comparable, but I think of the Logan Wilson 0:23:40.840 --> 0:23:43.199 deal that he got prior to the end of his 0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:46.199 rookie contract, where they took care of him early, they 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:49.560 gave him an extension, they settled their cap a little bit, 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:51.200 and they took care of one of their own, their 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:53.480 guys that had turned out to be a leader. On 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:56.080 that defense, I think it's comparable to Chase Brown, like 0:23:56.320 --> 0:24:00.000 he's an important piece of this offense, and he's gonna 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:02.840 be affordable. You've got plenty of cap space, not just 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:04.600 next year, but the years after that. 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:06.600 Now is the time to lock him down. 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:10.560 He will be next year, he'll be still only twenty six. 0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:14.719 His workload has not been excessive. They haven't run him 0:24:14.720 --> 0:24:18.120 into the ground first season forty four attempts last year 0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.640 to twenty nine this year two nineteen with one game 0:24:20.680 --> 0:24:23.119 to go, so he's not even at five five hundred 0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:27.040 career rushing attempts and going into an age twenty six season. 0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:29.320 There shouldn't be any worry about tread on the tire. 0:24:30.240 --> 0:24:33.520 That's to me, that would be up on a board 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:38.040 of a working strategy of somebody you would take care 0:24:38.080 --> 0:24:41.879 of and not worry about committing that type of money 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:43.120 to just push it off to the. 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:44.520 Side, say now we don't have to worry about him. 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:46.400 And the other thing we've seen over the last couple 0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:49.080 of years has been the renaissance of the running back 0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:52.720 position in the NFL. Sakuon Barkley, Bjon Robinson, if you 0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:55.720 watched him last night, unbelievable. Those are dudes that have 0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:57.080 raised the price a little bit. 0:24:57.200 --> 0:24:57.440 Yep. 0:24:57.560 --> 0:24:59.399 And if the NFL is going to get back to 0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:01.440 running football, I'm not. I don't know that it's ever 0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:03.560 going to be a run first league again. But if 0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:06.399 you're starting to see value at that position across the 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:09.000 league and guys that are not afraid to turn around 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.200 and hand it off twenty times a game, twenty five 0:25:11.240 --> 0:25:13.879 times a game like they used to, then that positional 0:25:13.960 --> 0:25:16.200 value is going to go up. And if you're Chase Brown, 0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:18.200 I'd be pushing to get it done early as well, 0:25:18.280 --> 0:25:19.920 so that I can double dip and get back into 0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:22.600 free agency before I turn thirty or thirty one years old. 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:24.280 All right, that was a heck of a segment. Let's 0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:24.880 do one more. 0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:27.520 Let's talk Geno Stone when we continue, So we have 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.639 to debate how how good a segment that will be. 0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:32.640 I wouldn't walk across the street to see Genos quick, kid, 0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:32.920 did you? 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:35.960 It's uh brought to you in part by ever Dry 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:38.399 water proofing today, not dry till it's ever dry and 0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:41.119 all season long, so we think ever Dry Waterproofing for 0:25:41.200 --> 0:25:43.800 being a part of the Cincinnati tax resolution powered by 0:25:43.880 --> 0:25:47.159 Tope Sheldon Roundtable Show We're at Long Nexan Wilder presented 0:25:47.200 --> 0:25:54.399 by Postman Loss seven hundred WLW close it in on 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:57.560 seven o'clock on this Tuesday night edition, the wrap up 0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:00.720 edition for the Roundtable Show this year, Long and Wilder 0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:03.920 is our location. It's presented by Postman Law. Also brought 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.400 to you in part by Miami University, where today's students 0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:10.399 become tomorrow's leaders. Visit Miami. Oh Dot E d u 0:26:10.680 --> 0:26:13.600 Phyllis now has taken over. She's on headset, so let's 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:15.959 be careful what we say. It's all clearly, it's all 0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:18.399 part of her master plan. She's moving from the table 0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:21.640 to headset into Mike's role next year as our engineer. 0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:23.119 I was gonna say, I don't know if Rocky's ever 0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:25.120 going to be back well, and then that'll be Bran 0:26:25.200 --> 0:26:27.639 will slide into Rockies role next year and it'll just 0:26:27.680 --> 0:26:29.080 be one one big party. 0:26:29.160 --> 0:26:30.760 You need to ask the show you ever heard of 0:26:30.800 --> 0:26:32.919 Wally pipp There you go. Absolutely. 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:35.520 Let's review last week's defensive play of the game brought 0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:38.199 to you by O'Connor at Shanny and Levy Attorneys. You 0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:41.639 know attorneys you trust. Visit oh A L dash Law 0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:45.160 dot com. We'll go with Miles Murphy in the sack. 0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:48.439 That's five and a half sacks. Now he has the 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:51.720 team lead, I said Monday night on Bengals Line to me, 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.200 if you're tracking the performance of Miles Murphy, I look 0:26:55.240 --> 0:27:00.240 at performances and I say, early stage, it's a blip. Okay, 0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:01.879 that was good. That was a blip on the radar. 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:03.719 The more it happens, I start to saying, all right, 0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:06.200 I see a trend developing. I think we're now into 0:27:06.200 --> 0:27:10.040 the stage where reality has hit with Miles Murphy. And 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:12.200 I don't want to make it out to think I 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:14.680 believe he's a pro bowler right now, or he's the 0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:18.359 answered all their problems, but I believe he is a 0:27:19.480 --> 0:27:22.359 piece that could be counted on as a regular contributor 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:23.240 on this defense. 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:25.080 Would you agree? I agree with you one hundred percent. 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:27.400 I think that is one of the things you take 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:29.879 with you going into the top season and knowing, Okay, 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:32.399 this guy's going to play a role for us, and 0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:36.439 you know, I think we've forgotten they changed defensive coordinators, 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:38.240 they change defensive line coaches. 0:27:38.359 --> 0:27:41.120 Yep. They brought in Jerry Montgomery, who. 0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:43.800 Has had some success coaching guys in the past at 0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:46.320 that position, and all of a sudden, it felt like 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:47.399 the light bulb clicked. 0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:49.680 Maybe it's just the way the defense is termed. 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:52.640 Maybe it's just understanding that he's not a rotation, he's 0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.280 a guy that's being relied on every single snap, and 0:27:55.320 --> 0:27:57.520 there's more confidence that comes with that. I'm not sure 0:27:57.560 --> 0:27:59.920 exactly what it is, but you're right. It's not been 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:03.600 two games. It's been eight games, nine games, ten games 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:05.639 which he's put it all together. And I think an 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:06.680 example is like TJ. 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:07.159 Slayton. 0:28:07.400 --> 0:28:10.080 TJ Slayton's been really good for the last two weeks. Yeah, 0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:12.320 he's played two terrible teams for the last two weeks. 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:14.680 Miles Murphy's been good for the last ten weeks. DJ 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:17.000 Turner's been good for the last ten weeks. It's not 0:28:17.040 --> 0:28:19.520 just something you see against bad teams. It's all across 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:19.880 the board. 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:20.200 Now. 0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:23.359 To me, I think it's important with Miles Murphy to 0:28:23.440 --> 0:28:25.359 not be viewed. I think they have to view him 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:28.399 as he could be the guy on the other side 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.760 of the guy. Sure, he can be the second, and 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:34.240 I don't know who that first. I don't know that 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:36.879 they devote the money to Joseph o'side to do that. 0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:40.720 But somebody has to be the guy to allow Miles 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:43.400 Murphy then to be the other guy. And there's nothing 0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:45.600 wrong with being the other guy. It just I don't 0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:48.240 want to count on him as the new Trey Hendrickson. 0:28:48.240 --> 0:28:50.320 I don't think he's that yet. Do you think Joseph 0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:51.600 Osai can be the guy? 0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:52.800 I don't. I don't. 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:56.920 I don't think I'm fifteen million a year committed. 0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:58.320 To believing that, are you? No? 0:28:58.400 --> 0:28:58.480 Not? 0:28:58.560 --> 0:29:01.800 Really I like him, I just I almost feel like 0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:04.840 the back portion of the season has been a missed 0:29:04.880 --> 0:29:08.960 opportunity for him to convince me and probably convince them. 0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:11.480 It's raised more questions than it's deliberate answers. 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:13.320 He signed a prove it deal, yeah, to come back, 0:29:13.360 --> 0:29:14.960 and all he'd done is proved that he's the same 0:29:15.000 --> 0:29:17.560 guy he was a year ago. I would wonder if 0:29:17.560 --> 0:29:19.640 the Bengals are interested in trying to bank on that 0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:23.200 same light bulb clicking for Joseph Osaida, the motivation of 0:29:23.240 --> 0:29:25.719 a one motivation of a one year deal that you 0:29:25.760 --> 0:29:29.600 saw with Miles Murphy this year. The other interesting part 0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:32.280 of that David Mulgett as his agent, and we know 0:29:32.400 --> 0:29:34.440 that he and the Bengals don't get along when it 0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:37.520 comes to contract negotiations, which makes me think if he 0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:39.680 comes back, it would be similar to a year ago 0:29:39.800 --> 0:29:41.720 and a one year proved deal to try to get 0:29:41.800 --> 0:29:45.640 right back in there. But I also feel like Shamar 0:29:45.800 --> 0:29:50.000 Stewart has a chance this offseason to get back into 0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:52.160 being a football player. You went through the draft and 0:29:52.240 --> 0:29:55.920 the process that happened. Now you know what it's like. 0:29:56.000 --> 0:29:57.680 You don't have to deal with your contract. You're not 0:29:57.680 --> 0:30:00.040 going to be holding out. It's all in front of you. 0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:03.320 For Shamar Stewart, I hope the Bengals don't put all 0:30:03.320 --> 0:30:05.240 their eggs in that basket because I think that would 0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:07.280 be foolish and you would think that they've learned from 0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:10.160 Miles Murphy. But I do think there will be more 0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:13.080 production from whoever else is on the other side than 0:30:13.120 --> 0:30:13.840 we got this year. 0:30:14.480 --> 0:30:17.280 I said on Sunday, and almost sometimes I feel like 0:30:17.320 --> 0:30:20.600 I'm picking on him, But every time I watch Geno Stone, 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:24.120 I come to the conclusion I don't know that how 0:30:24.320 --> 0:30:26.600 far back i'd have to go to dig into pro 0:30:26.600 --> 0:30:29.520 football a focused great if they ever had them for 0:30:29.560 --> 0:30:32.080 the history of the franchise. I feel pretty good believing 0:30:32.320 --> 0:30:35.400 that Geno Stone might be turning in the worst individual 0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:38.400 season performance of any player in the history of this franchise. 0:30:38.720 --> 0:30:40.880 He's just been a disaster. He's been a disaster. 0:30:41.160 --> 0:30:44.520 And Al Golden spoke glowingly of him yesterday, but I 0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:46.960 think if you read through that a little bit, he 0:30:47.080 --> 0:30:50.000 basically kept saying, Gino has been really good for us, 0:30:50.040 --> 0:30:51.960 getting us in the right position and getting us in 0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:54.880 the right play. That's the bare minimum of a safety. 0:30:55.000 --> 0:30:55.160 Yep. 0:30:55.280 --> 0:30:56.880 You know why von Bell played as much as he 0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:59.360 did last year because the other guys couldn't do that. 0:31:00.120 --> 0:31:02.640 Vaughn was terrible once the snap happened, but he was 0:31:02.680 --> 0:31:04.640 getting them in the right play. We're seeing the same 0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:08.440 thing unfold with Geno Stone, and so you know, he's 0:31:08.480 --> 0:31:12.280 on an expiring contract. He isn't played well, not the 0:31:12.360 --> 0:31:14.680 last couple of weeks. He hasn't played well for the 0:31:14.760 --> 0:31:16.800 last couple of years. So I don't know that there's 0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:19.560 anything that happens over these last few games that make 0:31:19.600 --> 0:31:21.560 you feel like, Okay, Genostone is a guy that's going 0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:22.640 to be coming back to me. 0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:28.760 It almost felt yesterday like al was was throwing a 0:31:28.800 --> 0:31:31.320 life preserver to one of his guys who's taking a 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:34.520 heavy attack under fire from the fan base. There there 0:31:34.520 --> 0:31:37.040 was if you're out, there's no harm in saying something 0:31:37.120 --> 0:31:40.160 he thinks he's doing positively. And at the same time, 0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:42.680 you're never gonna bury the guy publicly, and you know 0:31:42.760 --> 0:31:45.440 he's not gonna be here next year, so saying something 0:31:45.520 --> 0:31:49.680 positive kind of changes the tone maybe a little bit, 0:31:49.720 --> 0:31:51.760 and gives him a positive on the way out. Maybe 0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:54.320 I'm reading too much into it, but clearly I don't 0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:57.480 think anybody believes that that's an indicator they have fallen 0:31:57.520 --> 0:31:59.160 in love with Genostone. 0:31:58.600 --> 0:31:59.840 He's going to be back next season. 0:31:59.800 --> 0:32:01.520 Well, I think what happened at the end of last 0:32:01.560 --> 0:32:03.520 year he did play a little bit better, He tackled 0:32:03.560 --> 0:32:06.240 a little bit better, and that, you know, made such 0:32:06.240 --> 0:32:07.840 an impression on the Bengals that they asked him to 0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:09.800 make a two million dollars pay cut, and he for 0:32:09.880 --> 0:32:12.800 some reason obliged and decided to do that. But I 0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:15.720 think it's interesting the comparison between the safety position and 0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:17.760 the edge position, because I think Jordan battle could be 0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:20.400 much like Miles Murphy, where he's a player who can 0:32:20.520 --> 0:32:23.600 thrive when there's a better player on the other sides. 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:25.880 And we saw that a little bit in Jordan's rookie 0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:29.040 year when Dax was playing okay at that position. Jordan 0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:31.240 has had some moments this year where it's like, Okay, 0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:33.640 there's still something there, there's still something that can be 0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:37.000 unlocked with Jordan Battle. I think you make Murphy a 0:32:37.040 --> 0:32:39.360 better player, and you make Battle a better player by 0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:40.600 the two guys that are playing. 0:32:40.400 --> 0:32:41.680 Next to him, no doubt, no doubt. 0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:44.680 Let's close the hour with our Postman Law Injury report 0:32:44.840 --> 0:32:46.560 delivered by Postman Law Injured. 0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:48.400 Postman delivers trying to think. 0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:48.960 I know. 0:32:50.520 --> 0:32:53.680 Mims left briefly with the shin, but then came back, 0:32:53.680 --> 0:32:55.960 and I don't know if anything else significant will be 0:32:56.000 --> 0:32:58.480 tracking tomorrow, So for the moment, we'll make that our 0:32:58.800 --> 0:33:01.920 injury update. That's your Postman Law Injury Update, delivered by 0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:05.680 Postman Law Injured. Call eight four four Postman. That's an 0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:08.360 hour in the books, just like that. 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You 0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.760 hear him weekday afternoons from noon to three with Tony 0:34:25.800 --> 0:34:27.719 Pike on since he three sixty you hear him in 0:34:27.800 --> 0:34:31.200 various roles and capacities on seven hundred WLW you hear 0:34:31.280 --> 0:34:34.560 him with me tonight he would be Austin Elmore and 0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:38.120 we welcome in to begin our number two to talk 0:34:38.280 --> 0:34:41.240 uc football in advance of the Liberty Bowl versus Navy 0:34:41.280 --> 0:34:45.000 and Memphis on Friday. That would be from Bearcat Journal 0:34:45.400 --> 0:34:46.880 Chad Brendle. 0:34:47.080 --> 0:34:47.920 How are you? 0:34:50.320 --> 0:34:54.120 I am pretty much entirely in the mode where I'm 0:34:54.280 --> 0:34:56.919 just waiting to get to Memphis on Thursday and eat 0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:58.040 Guts's fried chicken. 0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:03.600 Yeah, nice, nice, all right, speaking of the bowl game. 0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:06.720 The news of the day for the Bearcats, Evan Pryor, 0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:09.920 the running back or average six point nine yards of 0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:12.360 carried this year in rushing for over five hundred yards, 0:35:12.520 --> 0:35:14.080 has entered the transfer portal. 0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:16.160 Your reaction to the news of the day. 0:35:18.360 --> 0:35:21.279 Cincinnati has to be really smart with their money that 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:24.520 they don't have a lot of it. I think Evan 0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:29.239 Pryor was, and probably rightfully so, looking for a you know, 0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:33.759 this last year, looking for a big pay day. And 0:35:35.000 --> 0:35:38.600 I think he's probably a running back two for Cincinnati 0:35:38.640 --> 0:35:40.920 at least the way that they want to run the football. 0:35:41.000 --> 0:35:45.800 They prefer Corey Kiner Tywie Walker type in that running 0:35:45.840 --> 0:35:51.640 back one spot. It's probably that's for both parties if 0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:55.719 they go their separate ways. But that's not to diminish 0:35:55.840 --> 0:35:58.520 this was not Evan pryor wasn't good enough. Cincinnati is 0:35:58.560 --> 0:36:02.040 moving on. Just in the new world of college football. 0:36:02.120 --> 0:36:06.520 Financials play into it, maybe more than any of us 0:36:06.560 --> 0:36:09.600 would like them to. But that's a factor you have to, 0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:14.680 you know, put into the the mix for how these 0:36:14.719 --> 0:36:16.480 things play out. 0:36:17.200 --> 0:36:19.719 When it comes to the money and being smart with 0:36:19.760 --> 0:36:22.160 the money, how much of it do you think is 0:36:22.400 --> 0:36:25.640 you know, saving up for having to invest in a 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:29.600 quarterback and the outrageous prices that college quarterbacks are going 0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:30.560 for these days. 0:36:31.400 --> 0:36:34.760 I mean, there's some talk in a couple of articles 0:36:34.800 --> 0:36:37.600 that have been coming out recently that you're talking like 0:36:39.080 --> 0:36:41.360 a million and a half two million dollars for guys 0:36:41.360 --> 0:36:46.360 that are backups. Wow, now they're probably good backups, you know, 0:36:46.520 --> 0:36:49.560 like the kid at Ohio State who's almost won that 0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:52.480 job the past two years. Try talking to a million 0:36:52.520 --> 0:36:55.000 and a half two million dollars to get him to 0:36:55.040 --> 0:36:58.360 get the kid from Notre Dame probably over a million dollars. 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:03.160 That was the backup there. I've heard I've heard anywhere 0:37:03.160 --> 0:37:06.760 from four to six million dollars for Brendan Soursby. 0:37:06.960 --> 0:37:10.080 Oh my gosh. 0:37:10.120 --> 0:37:13.760 So we thought that the market would would calm down, right, Like, okay, 0:37:13.840 --> 0:37:17.840 revenue shares here, the cap is in place, but for 0:37:17.960 --> 0:37:22.319 positions like quarterback, you can round up nil money. That's 0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:25.520 that's actual nil money that you know. These getting kids 0:37:25.520 --> 0:37:29.280 are QB one are marketable and those those markets. Yeah, 0:37:29.320 --> 0:37:33.279 and that money is not flowing down at all. So 0:37:33.680 --> 0:37:36.560 you guys save you money for a quarterback often. 0:37:37.760 --> 0:37:40.600 So you Kegan, You guys, everybody at Bearcat Journal, you 0:37:40.640 --> 0:37:42.719 guys are all over this and do it like nobody's 0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:44.200 business keeping track of the portal? 0:37:44.200 --> 0:37:45.759 What going into the bowl game? 0:37:46.480 --> 0:37:50.120 How would you categorize the general shape of the roster 0:37:50.480 --> 0:37:53.960 going into the bowl game based on everything that is transpired. 0:37:55.280 --> 0:38:01.080 Uh, not terrible, but certainly not what you want against Navy, 0:38:02.040 --> 0:38:04.719 like in this era, the last thing you want to 0:38:04.760 --> 0:38:07.880 see going into a bowl game as a service academy, 0:38:08.239 --> 0:38:10.880 especially a good service accademy like this is a good 0:38:10.960 --> 0:38:14.800 Navy team. They don't deal with opt oubts, they don't 0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:18.359 deal with kids entering the transfer portal, like the team 0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:20.080 that they had all season is going to be the 0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:24.600 team that you play. I think there's a chance you're 0:38:24.640 --> 0:38:27.480 going to see some true freshmen playing against Navy in 0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:31.319 the defensive secondary, that that red shirted, that did not 0:38:31.440 --> 0:38:35.240 play a snap all season, and you're going to probably 0:38:35.280 --> 0:38:38.680 see a couple of them out there against Navy. That 0:38:38.920 --> 0:38:46.239 is I classify that as less than ideal. Y, so 0:38:47.280 --> 0:38:53.440 you know, it's it's not great, but I think offensively 0:38:53.440 --> 0:38:55.720 they should still be fine. Most of the other offensive 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:56.399 line is going to be. 0:38:56.320 --> 0:38:57.560 There, Joe Royer's playing. 0:38:58.239 --> 0:39:02.279 My understanding is Cyrus Allen and Jeff Caldwell are gonna play. 0:39:04.760 --> 0:39:05.160 Well. 0:39:05.239 --> 0:39:08.920 You know, Brady Lichtenberg is gonna Nobody deserves a shot 0:39:08.960 --> 0:39:11.560 more than Brady Lichtenberg and he's gonna have most of 0:39:11.560 --> 0:39:15.880 his weapons. So offensively they should be fine. But the 0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:17.680 question is do we get to the end of the 0:39:17.719 --> 0:39:21.360 game and you look and Navy's had forty five minutes 0:39:21.400 --> 0:39:24.040 in time of possession and Cincinnati's had like fourteen and 0:39:24.040 --> 0:39:24.440 a half. 0:39:27.400 --> 0:39:30.480 Are there any like is there a positive to having 0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:32.919 some of those young guys play because they are likely 0:39:32.960 --> 0:39:34.000 to come back next year? 0:39:34.200 --> 0:39:34.480 Yeah? 0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:36.919 Is it just one game, and it doesn't matter that much, 0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:39.919 like how is the staff viewing this game in terms 0:39:39.960 --> 0:39:41.680 of like the development of those young players. 0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:44.520 You're gonna get to see what you've got with quite 0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:48.600 a few of them. You know, it's not a normal 0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:53.600 game situation playing Navy, but you're gonna have seen them 0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:56.560 for the fifteen Bowl practices. You're gonna get to see 0:39:56.600 --> 0:39:58.279 what they look like in the game. You're gonna see 0:39:58.280 --> 0:40:00.560 how they take to the coaching. You know that there 0:40:00.600 --> 0:40:04.200 are definitely some advantages on defense with getting a look 0:40:04.239 --> 0:40:08.200 at these young guys right as the portal opens, so 0:40:08.320 --> 0:40:10.640 you're gonna get a better idea of what you have. 0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:16.520 You know, there's some guys that I think you know, 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:20.680 like CJ. Cright at safety is a name that they 0:40:20.760 --> 0:40:25.160 really love, and I think you know, after red shirting 0:40:25.200 --> 0:40:27.600 all year, you're gonna get a chance to see what 0:40:27.640 --> 0:40:28.760 you've gotten in CJ. 0:40:28.880 --> 0:40:29.640 Crite a little bit. 0:40:32.200 --> 0:40:34.400 You're gonna get to look at at Daniel Jones at 0:40:34.400 --> 0:40:37.719 outside corner a little bit more frequently. There's a red 0:40:37.960 --> 0:40:40.920 guy that red shirted this year named Patrick Williams, a 0:40:41.000 --> 0:40:42.960 corner that they really like that you're gonna be able 0:40:43.040 --> 0:40:46.040 to get a look at So it's gonna be beneficial 0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:50.919 in you know, several of these instances where you don't 0:40:50.960 --> 0:40:53.520 have to wait until spring, you know, to find out 0:40:53.520 --> 0:40:55.279 what some of these guys are going to give you, 0:40:55.440 --> 0:40:58.480 especially what are their practice habits, like how do they 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:02.319 handle going from you know, not playing a whole lot 0:41:02.360 --> 0:41:05.319 to being thrown into the mix. So there is some 0:41:05.400 --> 0:41:08.799 positive that can come from it. Again, the problem though, 0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:11.279 is you're playing the triple option and Navy and I 0:41:11.280 --> 0:41:13.479 don't know how much in the game you can take 0:41:13.560 --> 0:41:17.600 from especially defensive backs. You're going to see how they tackle, 0:41:17.719 --> 0:41:19.440 but I'm not going to get to see a whole 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:23.040 lot of coverage and you know, playing an advanced like 0:41:23.200 --> 0:41:24.760 passing scheme by any stretch. 0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:28.680 All right, basketball question for you win over Lipscomb last night, 0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:31.960 Now the Big Twelve with Houston on Saturday. 0:41:32.000 --> 0:41:34.080 They play eighteen Big Twelve games. 0:41:34.320 --> 0:41:36.920 If I were to give you an over under on 0:41:37.080 --> 0:41:40.080 Big Twelve wins for UC, if I just off the 0:41:40.080 --> 0:41:43.799 top of my head said seven and a half, how 0:41:43.840 --> 0:41:45.280 would you feel about that number? 0:41:48.040 --> 0:41:52.239 Well, if it was before Gigsel James came back, and 0:41:52.520 --> 0:41:56.560 they have looked, especially offensively, significantly better with Gigsel James 0:41:56.600 --> 0:41:59.880 on the floor. I would have laughed, taken under and 0:42:00.160 --> 0:42:05.320 ran to the bank with whatever you allowed me to bet. Now, 0:42:07.080 --> 0:42:11.560 now i'd say, now that's probably in the right realm. 0:42:11.600 --> 0:42:15.719 Seven to eight. I mean, I still the offense has 0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.799 just been so inconsistent that that I don't have a 0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:22.480 great feeling that they get into that eight nine, ten 0:42:22.560 --> 0:42:27.680 win range. Yet it has been better, but it was 0:42:28.200 --> 0:42:31.839 so bad for the first ten games that that that 0:42:31.880 --> 0:42:36.279 has not left my brain. So here's the other problem. Lance. 0:42:36.840 --> 0:42:39.879 They played two seasons in the Big twelve. They won 0:42:40.000 --> 0:42:42.880 seven games both times, one of them with a twenty 0:42:42.920 --> 0:42:46.120 game schedule. Now they're going back to an eighteen game schedule. 0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:50.600 I'd still probably take under, but at least I feel 0:42:50.600 --> 0:42:53.400 a little bit better about things than I did two 0:42:53.480 --> 0:42:54.000 weeks ago. 0:42:54.200 --> 0:42:56.080 I wonder it yet, but I want you to know 0:42:56.160 --> 0:42:58.960 you missed a golden opportunity in the last ninety seconds 0:42:59.000 --> 0:43:01.360 to drop in a six seven and people would have 0:43:01.440 --> 0:43:02.120 gone crazy. 0:43:03.320 --> 0:43:05.120 I could have, but they wore that out at the 0:43:05.120 --> 0:43:08.520 game last night they had six seven games. 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:13.360 Yes classic, I have a teenage daughter. I'm over Oh. 0:43:13.280 --> 0:43:18.719 Yes, for the kids, all right, map out the itinerary. 0:43:18.760 --> 0:43:19.959 When when do you hit the road. 0:43:20.120 --> 0:43:22.120 It will it be all forces you and Keegan and 0:43:22.200 --> 0:43:25.080 preview all the coverage coming up from Bearkay journal dot com. 0:43:26.040 --> 0:43:29.719 So we we. I hit the road Thursday morning, hopefully 0:43:29.760 --> 0:43:33.200 by dinner Thursday night. I'm a Gussa's Fried Chicken. That's 0:43:33.239 --> 0:43:36.840 the plan. Keegan and I will both be in Memphis, 0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:41.080 and then Keegan, because he's just a warrior, is gonna 0:43:41.719 --> 0:43:44.480 go back to the I got an Airbnb for both 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:46.960 of us. He's gonna go back and sleep until like 0:43:47.040 --> 0:43:50.000 three four o'clock in the morning, and then he's gonna 0:43:50.040 --> 0:43:52.319 get up and drive back to Cincinnati for the Houston game. 0:43:52.520 --> 0:43:56.040 Oh oh my gosh, cruel and unusual. 0:43:56.239 --> 0:43:56.920 How about that? 0:43:58.280 --> 0:44:00.319 I mean, you know I did that a lot of 0:44:00.320 --> 0:44:03.000 that stuff back in when I was his age. Anymore, 0:44:04.400 --> 0:44:08.200 I'm gonna stop in Nashville, watch the game in Nashville, 0:44:08.760 --> 0:44:10.600 and I'll catch up later. 0:44:11.560 --> 0:44:14.760 Understood that To clarify, You're going to ride chicken place 0:44:14.800 --> 0:44:16.640 instead of a barbecue place in Memphis? 0:44:16.719 --> 0:44:17.200 Is that right? 0:44:19.120 --> 0:44:21.920 Often? Gusses fried chicken is the best fried chicken I've 0:44:21.920 --> 0:44:26.319 ever had. Okay, I'm just wondering, you know, I Mean, 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:29.080 it's so good it's become a national chain like they're 0:44:29.160 --> 0:44:31.000 they're all over the place now, but one of the 0:44:31.040 --> 0:44:34.680 original locations is in downtown Memphis. You now, people when 0:44:34.800 --> 0:44:38.239 like Cincinnatians, when they leave Cincinnatian and then they come back, 0:44:38.280 --> 0:44:42.080 they go to Skyline. Yes, like before they go home, 0:44:42.120 --> 0:44:45.120 before they do anything, they go to Skyline. That is 0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:49.760 me with guss Fried Chicken. Straight off the Expressway, straight 0:44:49.800 --> 0:44:54.600 to Guss's Fried Chicken. I almost got an airbnb that 0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:58.600 was a block from Gusses like that. 0:44:58.840 --> 0:44:59.799 Probably have that idea. 0:45:00.239 --> 0:45:03.160 Oh no, that's probably a bad idea, so I didn't 0:45:03.160 --> 0:45:08.800 do that. But yes, the fried chicken, the sides, everything 0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:11.320 at Guss's is awesome. That's my go to spot in Memphis. 0:45:11.400 --> 0:45:14.000 The barbecue is good. I'm more of a Texas. 0:45:13.600 --> 0:45:15.600 Barbecue guy than a Memphis barbecue guy. 0:45:16.520 --> 0:45:19.120 All Right, safe travels, Happy New Year. This will not 0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:21.000 be the last time we talk with you. It will 0:45:21.000 --> 0:45:23.320 be the last segment on this show for the season 0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:24.280 since we're done. 0:45:24.600 --> 0:45:25.879 And I say this every year. 0:45:26.000 --> 0:45:29.800 Your commitment, your unwavering support and commitment to this show 0:45:30.400 --> 0:45:33.160 each week means a lot. It raises the level of 0:45:33.280 --> 0:45:36.799 this show and we very much enjoy our conversations and 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:38.640 we look forward to doing it again next season. 0:45:39.920 --> 0:45:42.200 I always look forward to being on with you guys, 0:45:42.320 --> 0:45:43.319 whatever night of the week. 0:45:43.360 --> 0:45:47.239 It is what the Bearcat Journal dot Com for it 0:45:47.360 --> 0:45:50.440 all this weekend and beyond on YouTube as well. 0:45:50.920 --> 0:45:52.560 And thank you. Happy New Year. 0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:54.879 Thanks gentlemen, have a great new year. 0:45:55.000 --> 0:45:58.840 There you go, Chad Brendo, Bearcat Journal, Bearcat Journal dot Com. 0:45:58.840 --> 0:46:02.120 Take a time out, come back. Something Dalton Reisner said 0:46:02.120 --> 0:46:04.480 to Dan Horde I think is worth taking a listen 0:46:04.520 --> 0:46:08.759 to and exploring. And then let's get into some roster breakdown. 0:46:08.880 --> 0:46:12.520 Now we're toggles. I broke down these silly little categories 0:46:12.520 --> 0:46:14.640 and then I just threw some names in each category. 0:46:14.640 --> 0:46:16.480 And then I didn't look at it again, and then 0:46:16.520 --> 0:46:18.000 I looked at it tonight and said, oh, I might 0:46:18.040 --> 0:46:20.120 move some of these names around, but that's what you're 0:46:20.120 --> 0:46:22.200 here for. I'm gonna ask what names we should move 0:46:22.680 --> 0:46:24.839 as we continue all that to get to and more. 0:46:24.840 --> 0:46:28.640 It's The Roundtable Show, Cincinnati Tax Resolution powered by Tope Sheldon, 0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:31.640 Round Table Show, LONGNX and Wilder the Spot presented by 0:46:31.719 --> 0:46:38.440 Postman Law and on seven hundred WLW seven four seven 0:46:38.520 --> 0:46:42.720 hundred WLW. 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Take 0:47:15.920 --> 0:47:18.120 a listen to part of that exchange on Sunday in 0:47:18.160 --> 0:47:18.799 the locker room. 0:47:19.360 --> 0:47:23.319 This is kind of your opportunity to play with him, healthy, 0:47:23.560 --> 0:47:26.080 looking good. I mean, what's that experience been like for you? 0:47:26.200 --> 0:47:27.320 He's an ultimate competitor. 0:47:27.880 --> 0:47:30.160 I really do love Joe the way that he goes 0:47:30.160 --> 0:47:31.839 out there and slings the football and wants to win 0:47:31.840 --> 0:47:33.600 football games, and how dialed he is. 0:47:33.880 --> 0:47:35.320 You can see why the Bengals are special. 0:47:35.360 --> 0:47:37.759 I mean you kind of just block your tailoff back 0:47:37.800 --> 0:47:39.440 there and then you see the ball get thrown up 0:47:39.480 --> 0:47:41.759 and he's just dropping it in buckets and hitting guys 0:47:41.800 --> 0:47:44.160 right where they need to be hit. So love blocking 0:47:44.239 --> 0:47:45.880 from the guy. I got a tremendous amount of respect 0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:47.880 for him. You can see why he's had the success 0:47:47.920 --> 0:47:50.640 that he's had here in Cincinnati, and. 0:47:50.000 --> 0:47:51.680 I just hope I could be a part of it 0:47:51.760 --> 0:47:52.280 for longer. 0:47:53.120 --> 0:47:55.720 I would assume there's mutual interest in having your return 0:47:55.800 --> 0:47:57.240 based on the way things are going. 0:47:57.239 --> 0:47:59.719 That would be great. Man, Keep pulling for me. Let's 0:47:59.719 --> 0:48:03.120 get these guys to give me a call, man, I 0:48:03.200 --> 0:48:04.760 kind of expect that that's going to happen. 0:48:04.840 --> 0:48:07.560 Congratulations on a great win today, two in a row 0:48:07.680 --> 0:48:09.080 and finished the season with three. 0:48:09.160 --> 0:48:11.000 Next week We'll do God bless you. Thanks Matt for it. 0:48:11.440 --> 0:48:14.760 Interesting comments after the game Dalton Reisner with Dan Horden, 0:48:14.880 --> 0:48:18.560 and I think people forget Dalton Reisner was signed the 0:48:18.719 --> 0:48:22.200 day that the final cutdown day August twenty eighth, and 0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:26.000 ten days later played thirty six snaps in the opener 0:48:26.000 --> 0:48:28.520 against the Cleveland Browns, and it was it was on 0:48:28.560 --> 0:48:30.239 the flight and it was rushed, and he was a 0:48:30.280 --> 0:48:33.520 little shaky early on, as you could understand. Eventually Jalen 0:48:33.640 --> 0:48:36.960 Rivers took over there, and then Jalen, through rookie issues 0:48:37.000 --> 0:48:39.759 and also some injuries, took a step out of that 0:48:39.840 --> 0:48:42.759 spot and and Dalton Reisner back in. But man, he 0:48:42.960 --> 0:48:46.480 has been this stretch to end the season. Dalton Reisner's 0:48:46.520 --> 0:48:47.920 been really good, hasn't he. 0:48:48.160 --> 0:48:50.440 Yeah, And I think he's been the lynch pin into 0:48:50.560 --> 0:48:53.960 fixing the offensive line. He's been consistent in the past game. 0:48:54.040 --> 0:48:56.239 He's been consistent in the run game. And that's part 0:48:56.239 --> 0:48:58.239 of the reason why Jalen Rivers got benched is he 0:48:58.400 --> 0:49:01.680 wasn't very good, especially in the run game or especially 0:49:01.760 --> 0:49:05.160 in the past game, and Reisner has just provided stability 0:49:05.200 --> 0:49:08.080 to boast. We talked earlier about you know, guys around 0:49:08.120 --> 0:49:11.240 you making them other players better. I think Ted Carris 0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:14.080 has gotten better this year because Dylan Fairchild's been really 0:49:14.120 --> 0:49:16.279 good and Dalton Reiser's been really good, and I think 0:49:16.320 --> 0:49:19.880 that's made a Marius Mims better again. All together, that 0:49:20.000 --> 0:49:22.520 offensive line working together, and I think you know, if 0:49:22.560 --> 0:49:25.080 you follow Dalton and his wife on Twitter, they really 0:49:25.120 --> 0:49:26.319 seem to like being here. 0:49:26.719 --> 0:49:29.680 And it's very rare you hear a player say that. 0:49:29.800 --> 0:49:32.120 What he did to Dan Horde, which is like, yeah, 0:49:32.640 --> 0:49:34.360 keep helping me out. Give you guys to give me 0:49:34.400 --> 0:49:37.279 a call, Like what more could you need if you're 0:49:37.320 --> 0:49:40.240 the Bengals. I think some projectives have him at about 0:49:40.239 --> 0:49:42.359 four and a half to five million dollars a year. 0:49:42.760 --> 0:49:44.800 I would do that. I would do that in a hartbeat. 0:49:44.800 --> 0:49:46.600 He'll be I think I looked it up. He'll be 0:49:46.760 --> 0:49:50.400 thirty one next season. That's not old to me. You 0:49:50.880 --> 0:49:53.279 know what you've got in him. He wants to be here, 0:49:53.840 --> 0:49:56.279 and if you plug him in, maybe get him on one. 0:49:56.280 --> 0:49:57.759 Maybe it has to be a two year deal, but 0:49:57.840 --> 0:50:00.640 it would buy you some time with Jalen Rivers instead 0:50:00.640 --> 0:50:03.160 of having to force Jalen Rivers back into the mix. 0:50:03.480 --> 0:50:05.680 If you say, Jalen, just you know, cool, your jets, 0:50:05.760 --> 0:50:08.759 keep learning, keep improving. Your time will come. Maybe he 0:50:08.800 --> 0:50:11.680 gets dinged up and Jalen replaces him in stretches next year. 0:50:11.719 --> 0:50:15.160 But I don't see it downside. It's not gonna by 0:50:15.160 --> 0:50:17.440 the numbers. It's not gonna break the bank. And if 0:50:17.480 --> 0:50:20.560 you know what he's you know what he's giving you, 0:50:20.800 --> 0:50:23.480 and you've seen the results, and it's as important as 0:50:23.520 --> 0:50:28.520 the offensive line. I'm talking with Dalton Reiser about a deal. 0:50:28.760 --> 0:50:30.760 Yeah, and if you go into the offseason you already 0:50:30.760 --> 0:50:33.560 know offensive line depth is something that has to be addressed. Yes, 0:50:33.640 --> 0:50:36.319 And so if you can look at Jalen Rivers as 0:50:36.360 --> 0:50:39.400 potential depth. Okay, we got a starter in Dalton Reisner. 0:50:39.400 --> 0:50:41.960 Maybe Jalen Rivers can be the guy who's the swing 0:50:42.040 --> 0:50:45.239 tackle at some point because Cody Ford has struggled at that. 0:50:45.320 --> 0:50:48.120 It means obviously a great wide receiver, but he's struggled 0:50:48.120 --> 0:50:50.880 a little bit at being the swing tackle. Offensive Line 0:50:50.920 --> 0:50:54.520 depth is a need this offseason. You can cross off 0:50:54.560 --> 0:50:57.480 one of the biggest issues with the signing of Dalton 0:50:57.520 --> 0:51:00.799 Reisner at a relatively team friendly deal, And I just 0:51:00.880 --> 0:51:03.080 I don't think you could afford to go into next 0:51:03.080 --> 0:51:06.480 season if you don't re sign Reisner and just crossing 0:51:06.480 --> 0:51:10.280 your fingers and hoping on Jalen Rivers. Yeah, they simply 0:51:10.360 --> 0:51:13.759 can't afford that scenario with Joe Burrow as well as 0:51:13.760 --> 0:51:16.040 they played collective as a you know, with Reisner, I 0:51:16.040 --> 0:51:17.680 don't know how you'd sit there and roll that ice 0:51:17.719 --> 0:51:20.200 say well, we'll take our chances with Jalen Rivers. 0:51:20.239 --> 0:51:20.439 Yeah. 0:51:20.480 --> 0:51:24.279 No, it would be foolish. Yeah, it's as simple as that. 0:51:24.400 --> 0:51:27.520 All right, let me lead into we'll do the first 0:51:27.600 --> 0:51:29.920 level of this, then we'll transition after the news. But 0:51:30.040 --> 0:51:32.879 I was put in together just a list of how 0:51:32.920 --> 0:51:36.400 I feel about players going into next season, and I 0:51:37.080 --> 0:51:40.719 just randomly picked categories in my top category would be 0:51:40.760 --> 0:51:43.759 the guys I feel great about, then the guys I 0:51:43.800 --> 0:51:47.640 feel really good about, then pretty good about, and then 0:51:47.880 --> 0:51:50.920 okay with, and then have my doubts about, and then 0:51:51.239 --> 0:51:55.920 I'm out on just randomly selected those categories who and 0:51:56.000 --> 0:51:58.360 I've given you this list. I put four names in 0:51:58.400 --> 0:52:01.760 the guys I would feel great right about without even blinking, 0:52:01.760 --> 0:52:03.680 and those I think the first three at least are 0:52:03.719 --> 0:52:08.320 fairly obvious Burrow, Chase Higgins, and I put Evan McPherson 0:52:08.360 --> 0:52:10.600 in there. Are you okay with me putting Evan McPherson 0:52:10.960 --> 0:52:13.080 among four that we feel great. 0:52:12.800 --> 0:52:15.200 About for next season? Yes, I am all right. 0:52:15.600 --> 0:52:18.479 When we come back, I'm gonna go to level two, 0:52:18.680 --> 0:52:20.840 the guys we feel really good about. 0:52:21.520 --> 0:52:24.239 There's one person you have in really good about that 0:52:24.320 --> 0:52:25.640 I think should be in that top two. 0:52:25.719 --> 0:52:28.279 Okay, that's good, And there is the longer I've looked 0:52:28.320 --> 0:52:30.759 at this this week, and again I just threw names 0:52:30.760 --> 0:52:33.719 into categories on Sunday and then forgot to go back 0:52:33.760 --> 0:52:37.080 and maybe rearrange some names. But I'm interested in your 0:52:37.160 --> 0:52:40.680 thoughts on level two as we continue. 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Let's take time for 0:53:22.360 --> 0:53:24.560 this week's hot topic around the NFL, brought to you 0:53:24.560 --> 0:53:27.520 by Hudson Oil. Feeling champions on and off the field. 0:53:27.719 --> 0:53:30.400 We'll continue on in our last segment with just a 0:53:30.440 --> 0:53:34.640 general breakdown of how we feel about players. My level 0:53:34.640 --> 0:53:39.640 one was great about, no questions whatsoever. That's Burrow, Chase Higgins, 0:53:39.680 --> 0:53:42.040 and McPherson. Level two would be the guys we feel 0:53:42.120 --> 0:53:44.480 really good about. Could I make one change before I 0:53:44.520 --> 0:53:46.920 announce it, I'm gonna move Chase Brown up to my 0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:48.880 great about category? 0:53:49.360 --> 0:53:52.160 Is that the one you were thinking about all right. 0:53:52.680 --> 0:53:57.040 In my really good about I had Chase Brown, Amarius Mimes, 0:53:57.480 --> 0:54:04.520 DJ Turner, Dax Hill. I might move my Keasiki down. No, 0:54:04.640 --> 0:54:07.759 I feel well, No, I'm undecided on Kasiki. What do 0:54:07.760 --> 0:54:09.799 you think about that? Well, if you if you're undecided, 0:54:09.800 --> 0:54:11.759 then you might move him down. You move him down to? 0:54:11.840 --> 0:54:12.960 Okay with wouldn't you? 0:54:13.480 --> 0:54:14.279 You're under good? 0:54:14.400 --> 0:54:14.440 No? 0:54:14.600 --> 0:54:16.279 Pretty good of him? Okay, pretty good about it. 0:54:16.280 --> 0:54:19.400 It'll feel really good about him because of age and injury. 0:54:19.480 --> 0:54:21.319 I feel pretty good about him. So I moved him 0:54:21.320 --> 0:54:24.439 down one level, Okay, and you move Chase Brown up? Yeah, 0:54:24.440 --> 0:54:26.800 I'm fine with that. For me, I would move a 0:54:26.880 --> 0:54:29.920 Marius Mims up to that feel great about And I 0:54:30.000 --> 0:54:34.280 know he's, you know, still relatively young. But think about it, Lance, 0:54:34.640 --> 0:54:36.960 how bad did the offense look on Sunday against a 0:54:37.040 --> 0:54:39.520 terrible Arizona team when a Marius. 0:54:39.160 --> 0:54:40.719 Mims went out? 0:54:39.920 --> 0:54:44.600 That might be an indictment, an indictment on Cody Ford, 0:54:44.880 --> 0:54:47.000 but maybe it's a reminder of how good a Marius 0:54:47.040 --> 0:54:49.560 Mims is. And we never really said his name hardly 0:54:49.600 --> 0:54:52.520 at all this season, And that's exactly what you want 0:54:52.560 --> 0:54:55.359 out of your starting right tackle. And this dude has 0:54:55.400 --> 0:54:57.919 already played more snaps in the NFL than he ever 0:54:57.920 --> 0:55:00.680 did at the University of Georgia. He's still just twenty 0:55:00.719 --> 0:55:03.640 three years old. He's a mountain of a man. He's 0:55:03.640 --> 0:55:06.520 not gonna turn twenty four until midway through next season. 0:55:07.120 --> 0:55:09.880 I think the Bengals, as much as we have criticized 0:55:09.920 --> 0:55:12.200 them for their inability to draft, I think they hit 0:55:12.200 --> 0:55:14.160 a home run on a Marius Mims and I feel 0:55:14.200 --> 0:55:16.240 like he's the future at right tackle. 0:55:16.360 --> 0:55:19.200 All right, that's now, that's a worthy case being made. 0:55:19.200 --> 0:55:20.919 How about level three? Pretty good about? 0:55:21.000 --> 0:55:21.160 Guys? 0:55:21.440 --> 0:55:24.640 Feel pretty good about? I put Miles Murphy there is that? Okay, Yeah, 0:55:24.640 --> 0:55:27.760 that's good. I put Jordan Battle there. Sure feel pretty 0:55:27.800 --> 0:55:29.600 and I think you made a great point earlier. I 0:55:29.640 --> 0:55:31.600 feel even better with him if you got him a 0:55:31.719 --> 0:55:35.720 really good safety to be back there with him. Dylan 0:55:35.760 --> 0:55:37.240 Fairchild pretty good about. 0:55:37.480 --> 0:55:40.200 Maybe might even might even move him. 0:55:40.080 --> 0:55:43.359 Up to really good about. No, I'll stay pretty good. Okay, 0:55:43.400 --> 0:55:46.760 I feel pretty good. And then it probably a surprise 0:55:46.840 --> 0:55:49.759 to you, Ryan Rico, Yeah, this I wanted to do 0:55:49.840 --> 0:55:52.640 maybe the whole two hours about this. You called me 0:55:52.760 --> 0:55:55.280 before the show a flip flopper because I had changed 0:55:55.320 --> 0:55:57.640 my opinion on something, and now all of a sudden, 0:55:57.680 --> 0:56:00.960 you want to speak, you know, positive things about Ryan Reco. 0:56:03.520 --> 0:56:06.160 Just settle down here for a second. And that's not 0:56:06.280 --> 0:56:06.960 flip flopping. 0:56:06.960 --> 0:56:10.440 I always say I reserve the right to adjust an 0:56:10.520 --> 0:56:13.800 opinion based on the evidence presented. And the evidence presented 0:56:13.840 --> 0:56:16.479 the last couple of weeks is Ryan Rico is much 0:56:16.480 --> 0:56:18.960 more than a just boot the heck out of it 0:56:19.000 --> 0:56:22.040 and see where it lands. He was inside the twenty 0:56:22.200 --> 0:56:25.680 all four times two weeks ago. Two those inside the ten, 0:56:26.000 --> 0:56:27.960 and I think he had a kick inside the twenty 0:56:28.000 --> 0:56:30.759 or maybe the ten. That's the only issue I ever 0:56:30.840 --> 0:56:33.000 had with I get he's got. 0:56:32.800 --> 0:56:34.160 A really powerful leg. 0:56:34.360 --> 0:56:37.480 Leads the league, I think that, but he also led 0:56:37.520 --> 0:56:40.120 the league in touchbacks, which kind of defeats the purpose 0:56:40.160 --> 0:56:44.000 a lot. So because he's closed the gap of those deficiencies, 0:56:44.280 --> 0:56:45.319 I'm willing to put him on. 0:56:45.360 --> 0:56:47.000 I feel pretty good about, okay. 0:56:47.320 --> 0:56:49.719 I'm just I'm glad that you're you have an open mind. 0:56:49.800 --> 0:56:52.480 Some people choose to that's right, that's right, And I 0:56:52.560 --> 0:56:54.839 was excited to see Ryan Rico rise through the ranks 0:56:54.920 --> 0:56:56.120 up the pretty good about. 0:56:56.160 --> 0:56:59.680 He'll be excited to know too, guys. I feel okay 0:56:59.719 --> 0:57:02.080 with okay. So again we've got great. 0:57:01.880 --> 0:57:06.600 About, really good about, pretty good about, and now I 0:57:06.640 --> 0:57:11.160 feel okay about And I might underrate this dj Ivy. 0:57:11.360 --> 0:57:12.560 I might move him. 0:57:12.440 --> 0:57:14.160 Up a little bit. I might move him with pretty 0:57:14.200 --> 0:57:16.640 good about. I mean, he seems to have found a 0:57:16.720 --> 0:57:21.880 role and the way they're using him, and uh yeah, 0:57:22.160 --> 0:57:25.280 I don't know if you saw Charlie Goldsmith's posts earlier 0:57:25.320 --> 0:57:29.600 this week about dj Ivy, but basically, he's had something 0:57:29.680 --> 0:57:32.440 like one hundred and seventy eight total snaps in his 0:57:32.560 --> 0:57:35.560 career and allowed two first down catches and they were 0:57:35.600 --> 0:57:38.680 both garbage time against the Miami Dolphins a couple of 0:57:38.680 --> 0:57:41.440 weeks ago. And the way that he's specifically on third 0:57:41.480 --> 0:57:44.840 downs has become a third down stopper ninety nine third 0:57:44.880 --> 0:57:47.480 down snaps in the NFL forty nine this year. He's 0:57:47.560 --> 0:57:50.600 never allowed a first down catch, and he was all 0:57:50.640 --> 0:57:53.440 over Trey McBride on Sunday. He's just set the NFL 0:57:53.480 --> 0:57:56.360 record for receptions by a tight end and he was 0:57:56.440 --> 0:57:58.960 not targeted on those plays that dj Ivy was covering 0:57:59.080 --> 0:58:01.960 in back to Trey Flowers when the Bengals were good 0:58:01.960 --> 0:58:04.480 in twenty one and twenty two, having that guy to 0:58:04.520 --> 0:58:07.600 be the tight end stopper. I do think although the 0:58:07.640 --> 0:58:10.080 competition has not been great, Miami has a really good 0:58:10.120 --> 0:58:12.560 tight end in Darren Waller. Arizona has maybe the best 0:58:12.560 --> 0:58:15.120 tight end in the NFL. And and Trey McBride and 0:58:15.160 --> 0:58:18.160 the Bengals limited the damage that those two guys did. 0:58:18.160 --> 0:58:20.520 That's something to take away from these two wins. And 0:58:20.640 --> 0:58:23.080 dj Ivy having a role in that I think is important. 0:58:23.120 --> 0:58:23.680 You know what I'm doing. 0:58:23.800 --> 0:58:26.280 I'm moving dj Ivy up to feel great about oh 0:58:26.360 --> 0:58:27.080 after you said that. 0:58:27.200 --> 0:58:28.840 He goes all way up to the time, all the 0:58:28.840 --> 0:58:31.760 way up to the time. All right, I'm moving stuff 0:58:31.800 --> 0:58:34.440 around here as well. I've got to true sample. I'm 0:58:34.480 --> 0:58:36.040 okay with yeah, just a guy. 0:58:36.200 --> 0:58:39.560 I've got Tanner Hudson, okay with I've got Josh Newton. 0:58:39.720 --> 0:58:42.680 I'm okay with Josh Newton, Jaylen Davis. I want to 0:58:42.760 --> 0:58:44.840 love even more, but I'm not prepared to move on 0:58:44.920 --> 0:58:45.960 with the pretty good about. 0:58:46.000 --> 0:58:48.560 I'm okay with Jalen and that's okay to be okay. 0:58:48.680 --> 0:58:51.080 I would move Jalen up to pretty good about okay. 0:58:51.120 --> 0:58:53.440 He's one of the best tacklers on this defense. He's 0:58:53.440 --> 0:58:56.080 shown the ability to play the slot in that nickel role, 0:58:56.400 --> 0:58:59.000 especially with Dax Hill on the outside. Yep, I don't 0:58:59.000 --> 0:59:01.200 know what took so long for Jayleen Davis from the 0:59:01.200 --> 0:59:04.520 practice squad. I remember doing segments about him during the preseason, 0:59:04.760 --> 0:59:06.800 talking about how this guy needs to be on the field, 0:59:06.960 --> 0:59:08.960 and he never saw the field. And I think he's 0:59:09.000 --> 0:59:10.360 really well respected in that locker. 0:59:10.280 --> 0:59:10.760 Room as well. 0:59:11.080 --> 0:59:13.960 I have set Johnson on that list, had a sack 0:59:14.400 --> 0:59:17.120 with help from a nice pressure from Isaiah Foski on Sunday. 0:59:17.120 --> 0:59:18.880 And then I've got you know, Will Wagner. Most people 0:59:18.920 --> 0:59:20.920 don't even know who Will Wagner is. He's their snapper. 0:59:21.560 --> 0:59:24.680 I've got Cody Ford okay with, maybe have my doubts. Well, no, 0:59:24.880 --> 0:59:26.920 he gets okay with because he had the twenty one. 0:59:28.400 --> 0:59:28.880 Jewels. 0:59:28.960 --> 0:59:31.760 So there, you know what is As I'm doing all this, 0:59:31.880 --> 0:59:35.960 you know who this list would drive have driven absolutely bonkers. 0:59:36.000 --> 0:59:38.560 He would have lost his mind. I'd pay to be 0:59:38.600 --> 0:59:41.360 able to go back in time and have this conversation 0:59:41.560 --> 0:59:45.320 with Bob Trumpy when I created my own list, and 0:59:45.400 --> 0:59:48.360 he would look at me and say. 0:59:47.760 --> 0:59:52.720 You you've clearly never played the game before. He'd loved 0:59:52.720 --> 0:59:55.240 that card, and then he'd laugh and then he'd say, 0:59:55.880 --> 0:59:59.240 this may be the most ridiculous list I have ever 0:59:59.320 --> 1:00:03.240 seen put together. I think in this particular category and 1:00:03.280 --> 1:00:05.720 the okay with, there are three guys that over the 1:00:05.760 --> 1:00:09.080 last month have carved themselves out rolls for the twenty 1:00:09.120 --> 1:00:11.560 twenty six Pagles. All right, dj Ivy as you mentioned, 1:00:11.640 --> 1:00:14.520 Jalen Davis as we mentioned, and set Johnson as that 1:00:14.680 --> 1:00:17.680 rotational pass rusher that can maybe come in on third 1:00:17.720 --> 1:00:19.920 downs and maybe be on the inside, be on the outside, 1:00:20.000 --> 1:00:22.400 move guys around. This dude was awesome at the end 1:00:22.400 --> 1:00:24.520 of last year. He had that injury. At the beginning 1:00:24.520 --> 1:00:26.600 of this year, he's already had an impact on that 1:00:26.640 --> 1:00:28.440 defense and the limited snaps he's gotten. 1:00:28.720 --> 1:00:30.560 I like that dude. Guys. 1:00:30.560 --> 1:00:34.080 I have my doubts about Shamar Stewart certainly is that fair? 1:00:34.320 --> 1:00:36.840 I have Barrett Carter, I have my doubts about him. 1:00:36.960 --> 1:00:37.120 Yep. 1:00:37.280 --> 1:00:40.919 I might be willing to move Dimitris Knight Junior up 1:00:40.960 --> 1:00:45.400 to okay with, but I hesitate. I still have doubts 1:00:45.440 --> 1:00:48.680 about him. I want to like him, but he's older 1:00:48.720 --> 1:00:51.560 and he's come on late. I'm gonna leave him in. 1:00:51.640 --> 1:00:53.480 I have my doubts about Yeah. 1:00:53.520 --> 1:00:55.200 I'm right there with you, I don't feel good about 1:00:55.200 --> 1:00:57.560 either one of these linebackers. No matter what happens this 1:00:57.680 --> 1:00:59.680 week or what's happened in the last three weeks. 1:00:59.440 --> 1:01:01.160 They're gonna have to bring in it. And it can't 1:01:01.160 --> 1:01:03.080 be a draftic. They're gonna have to spend money on 1:01:03.160 --> 1:01:04.080 a veteran live back. 1:01:04.120 --> 1:01:07.080 I agree at least because even we had the conversation 1:01:07.160 --> 1:01:09.760 earlier about TJ. Slayton, he's looked good the last two weeks. 1:01:10.000 --> 1:01:13.360 These guys haven't like they really have. Demetrius Knight okay 1:01:13.400 --> 1:01:16.200 against Ravens a few weeks ago, but Barrett Carter's still 1:01:16.240 --> 1:01:18.440 getting shook out of his shoes, still in the wrong position, 1:01:18.520 --> 1:01:21.880 not reading his keys, still falling behind guys. He just 1:01:21.920 --> 1:01:24.400 doesn't seem like he's ready and this has all been 1:01:24.480 --> 1:01:27.240 too much for him. But you're right that that position 1:01:27.800 --> 1:01:31.600 needs veterans in it badly. I mean, obviously, Logan Wilson 1:01:31.680 --> 1:01:33.840 is gone, a Keith Davis gather has gone. All those guys, 1:01:34.120 --> 1:01:36.040 they need somebody that can show those dudes the row. 1:01:36.200 --> 1:01:38.480 I've got Yoshi in this list, have my doubts about it. 1:01:38.520 --> 1:01:40.600 I want to like it, and he drives me crazy 1:01:40.840 --> 1:01:43.800 because he'll have a catch the in I say okay, 1:01:44.160 --> 1:01:46.400 and then we'll have a drop and I'll say come on, 1:01:47.120 --> 1:01:49.600 and it just it seems like that just rotates from 1:01:49.600 --> 1:01:52.000 game to gabe, and that's too inconsistent for a guy 1:01:52.040 --> 1:01:54.560 in his third season. With Jamar and t on the 1:01:54.600 --> 1:01:57.080 outside and the coverages that they demand, You've got to 1:01:57.080 --> 1:01:58.520 be able to win some one on ones if you're 1:01:58.560 --> 1:02:01.480 andre O Savash and he doesn't do that enough. And 1:02:01.560 --> 1:02:03.640 I know this would drive some Bengals fans crazy, but 1:02:03.680 --> 1:02:06.280 one of my hot takes is if Carnell Tait's available at. 1:02:06.240 --> 1:02:08.520 Number ten, number eleven, maybe number eight. 1:02:08.560 --> 1:02:12.000 If the Bengals lose, maybe you should take Carnell Tait 1:02:12.080 --> 1:02:13.960 and put him in at that number three wide receiver. 1:02:14.040 --> 1:02:16.520 If not, I think that's a position that you address 1:02:16.560 --> 1:02:17.880 in free agency or in the draft. 1:02:17.880 --> 1:02:18.840 The Bengals are really good. 1:02:18.680 --> 1:02:22.479 At drafting receivers and give some challenges to Andre Jose Vash. 1:02:22.520 --> 1:02:25.120 And I do wonder if Mitchell Tinsley comes back and 1:02:25.360 --> 1:02:27.320 maybe has a full offseason, if that's more of a 1:02:27.360 --> 1:02:28.360 camp battle next year. 1:02:28.440 --> 1:02:31.000 All right, in the interest of time, I'll move quickly. 1:02:31.080 --> 1:02:34.080 The rest of my have my doubts about I've got 1:02:34.160 --> 1:02:37.760 Orlando Brown Junior, Ted Carris and Charlie Jones fair. 1:02:37.880 --> 1:02:39.720 Yeah, three for three on that one, all right? 1:02:39.760 --> 1:02:43.800 And then I'm out on and I hesitate now because 1:02:43.840 --> 1:02:47.360 TJ had a good game and don't. I'm out on TJ. 1:02:47.480 --> 1:02:52.040 They just need more in the interior and TJ Slaton's 1:02:52.120 --> 1:02:53.960 not been enough, so I'm out on him. I'm out 1:02:53.960 --> 1:02:54.760 on Oron Burks. 1:02:55.000 --> 1:02:57.040 Thought it was interesting Aaron Burks and Will played five 1:02:57.240 --> 1:03:02.040 defensive snaps on Sunday and who am I blanking on? 1:03:02.440 --> 1:03:04.200 Somebody else got sixteen? 1:03:04.960 --> 1:03:09.320 A younger guy also on Specialty, Oh Giles, Joe J. 1:03:09.480 --> 1:03:12.840 Giles Harris played sixteen defensive snaps, which is a career high. 1:03:12.840 --> 1:03:16.040 I found that interesting. I'm out on McKinley Jackson, I'm 1:03:16.080 --> 1:03:18.720 out on Chris Jenkins, and I'm out on Jake Browning. 1:03:18.800 --> 1:03:21.120 I agree with all of those, all right. What an 1:03:21.160 --> 1:03:22.400 exercise we put together? 1:03:22.720 --> 1:03:22.919 Now? 1:03:23.360 --> 1:03:26.920 More rapid fire because they're free agents. Joseph O'SAI. We 1:03:27.720 --> 1:03:30.080 don't believe fifteen million a year for him? Is that 1:03:30.120 --> 1:03:30.920 what we concluded? 1:03:31.040 --> 1:03:31.200 Yeah? 1:03:31.240 --> 1:03:33.760 I don't think so, don't rise a yes, yes, Kam 1:03:33.800 --> 1:03:37.280 Taylor Britt absolutely not. Did I see a projection of 1:03:37.400 --> 1:03:40.040 Kam Taylor Britt somewhere in the neighborhood of fifteen million 1:03:40.080 --> 1:03:40.360 a year. 1:03:40.480 --> 1:03:41.240 I think you did. 1:03:42.000 --> 1:03:45.080 Whoever pays Cam Taylor Britt fifteen million dollars a year, 1:03:45.200 --> 1:03:46.000 God bless you. 1:03:46.160 --> 1:03:49.480 We had somebody today say move him to safety your thoughts. 1:03:49.440 --> 1:03:51.720 I would move him too safety for any other team 1:03:51.760 --> 1:03:53.800 in the NFL, but I would move him off the 1:03:53.880 --> 1:03:54.520 roster here. 1:03:55.240 --> 1:03:58.920 Uh no offense, eh kay, I depend on the money. Okay, 1:03:58.960 --> 1:04:03.720 I'd be okay with that. Trey Henderson. No, Joe Flacco 1:04:03.800 --> 1:04:06.160 I would love to have. I'll be curious to see 1:04:06.200 --> 1:04:09.560 how he view what kind of opportunities he has, because 1:04:09.560 --> 1:04:10.320 I'd love to have him. 1:04:10.320 --> 1:04:11.360 Here is Joe's back up. 1:04:11.720 --> 1:04:14.760 I wonder, in a day and age where young quarterbacks 1:04:14.760 --> 1:04:17.160 aren't figuring things out, if somebody would give him a 1:04:17.200 --> 1:04:17.760 starting job. 1:04:17.800 --> 1:04:20.240 The Philip Rivers effect, that Joe Flacco effect. Even what 1:04:20.280 --> 1:04:22.240 we've seen from Kirk Cousins with the Falcons over the 1:04:22.320 --> 1:04:24.400 last few games, there's gonna be a market for those 1:04:24.440 --> 1:04:26.960 older quarterbacks. I would love to have Flacco back. It 1:04:27.040 --> 1:04:28.360 feels like a bit of a long shot. 1:04:28.480 --> 1:04:30.760 Cam sample. Uh, I'm good. 1:04:31.440 --> 1:04:36.400 Uh we answered the uh the stone question? You know 1:04:36.520 --> 1:04:40.640 he's out cam Grandy Tinsley. 1:04:41.280 --> 1:04:42.720 I'm intrigued by Mitchell Tinsley. 1:04:42.760 --> 1:04:47.200 Okay, uh, Tyson Anderson special teamer. Clearly he's not. They 1:04:47.200 --> 1:04:48.360 don't believe he's an answer in. 1:04:48.280 --> 1:04:52.240 The second Yeah, safety Robull caliber special teamer, but never 1:04:52.320 --> 1:04:53.800 once got a chance on defense. 1:04:53.840 --> 1:04:54.720 I think that says a lot. 1:04:54.880 --> 1:04:57.440 Lucas Patrick back his depth on the offensive line. Yes, 1:04:57.480 --> 1:04:59.959 I would like see that Bolson I've brought about. 1:05:00.080 --> 1:05:03.880 I completely forgot about Cordell Volson and Marcus Wilson depth. 1:05:03.960 --> 1:05:06.440 Surefied. If the money's right, I don't have any problem. 1:05:06.560 --> 1:05:09.560 I think this offseason we need to have more conversations 1:05:09.600 --> 1:05:10.880 about depths. 1:05:10.880 --> 1:05:14.000 A great question about to have great depth? No question? 1:05:14.240 --> 1:05:16.680 Uh okay, wait in this segment before we run out 1:05:16.680 --> 1:05:18.640 of time of the segment, we have to do our 1:05:18.760 --> 1:05:22.200 AFC North card. It is brought to you by Brand Stenters, Gangarroop, 1:05:22.240 --> 1:05:25.560 your hometown roofing, guttering insiding experts covering Cincinnati Holmes for 1:05:25.560 --> 1:05:26.360 over twenty years. 1:05:26.400 --> 1:05:28.760 Visit go Kanga dot net. They hop to it. 1:05:29.200 --> 1:05:32.000 AFC North Preview would be the showdown the final game 1:05:32.040 --> 1:05:35.520 of the regular season the Ravens the Steelers for the 1:05:35.560 --> 1:05:37.560 AFC title on Sunday Night. 1:05:37.600 --> 1:05:39.680 Holy cow, who are you rooting for? 1:05:42.080 --> 1:05:44.920 I kind of default to rooting to rooting for anybody 1:05:45.000 --> 1:05:47.320 that plays the Steelers. I just don't want the Steelers 1:05:47.360 --> 1:05:49.640 to win the division, so I guess I'm rooting for Baltimore. 1:05:49.680 --> 1:05:51.680 I think it would be funny if Tyler Huntley played 1:05:51.720 --> 1:05:54.400 really well and they win, and then Lamar comes back 1:05:54.400 --> 1:05:55.480 to the playoffs and they lose. 1:05:55.600 --> 1:05:56.080 They lose. 1:05:58.120 --> 1:06:00.640 I think we've taken care of that set, so let's 1:06:00.640 --> 1:06:02.640 come back and wrap it up with the little college 1:06:02.680 --> 1:06:06.720 football to put the final finishing touches on all this. 1:06:06.840 --> 1:06:07.920 He's Austin, I'm Lance. 1:06:08.120 --> 1:06:11.400 Cincinnati Tax Resolution Power by Tope Shot and Round Table Show, 1:06:11.480 --> 1:06:16.200 Long nexs in Wilder presented by Postman Law seven hundred WLW. 1:06:22.160 --> 1:06:23.480 All right down the Stretch we Go. 1:06:23.760 --> 1:06:26.800 Final segment of the ninth final segment of the season 1:06:26.840 --> 1:06:29.919 from Long Necks in Wilder The Cincinnati Tax Resolution Power 1:06:29.960 --> 1:06:32.960 by Tope Sheldon round Table Show presented by Postman Law. 1:06:33.040 --> 1:06:35.360 Brought to you in part by Hawksword Blood Centers, Hawksword 1:06:35.400 --> 1:06:38.080 Donor Save Lives Close to Home, Who will you save? 1:06:38.400 --> 1:06:40.080 And before I forget and run out of time, we 1:06:40.120 --> 1:06:44.240 cannot thank Long next enough, all three locations for having 1:06:44.360 --> 1:06:46.720 us back again this season. We love the setup. They 1:06:46.720 --> 1:06:48.640 always take care of us. We look forward to doing 1:06:48.640 --> 1:06:51.920 it again next season. There is no better place to 1:06:52.000 --> 1:06:55.600 do this show, and week to week it is. It's 1:06:55.640 --> 1:06:58.320 an easy due because of how they treat us. And 1:06:58.640 --> 1:07:02.120 thank you to everybody. In fact, by the way Laura's 1:07:02.160 --> 1:07:04.840 working behind the bar tonight. I will tell you right now, 1:07:04.880 --> 1:07:11.160 if you are looking for treats like cheesecake cakes, cupcakes 1:07:11.200 --> 1:07:16.720 made of cheesecake on Facebook, go to Weck Bakes, Weck Bakes, 1:07:16.800 --> 1:07:20.280 Wet Bakes, and Laura is responsible for all of those. 1:07:20.560 --> 1:07:23.560 She is the creative genius behind cheesecake. You would not 1:07:23.680 --> 1:07:27.960 believe six inch cheesecake, nine inch cheesecake, cheesecake cupcakes, you 1:07:28.040 --> 1:07:28.440 name it. 1:07:28.640 --> 1:07:29.720 She is fantastic. 1:07:30.000 --> 1:07:32.600 She's not hearing all this praise I'm heaping upon her, 1:07:32.880 --> 1:07:37.160 but I I do think and thank you to Mike Mills, 1:07:37.320 --> 1:07:40.360 who has been by our side every single week this season, 1:07:40.360 --> 1:07:43.520 and we very much appreciate him. Joe Waddell Producing, who's 1:07:43.560 --> 1:07:47.080 been back there for just about every single night, and uh, 1:07:47.120 --> 1:07:49.080 I'm gonna put them head of the list because of 1:07:49.120 --> 1:07:53.480 their dedication, their friendship, their photo taking and their gift 1:07:53.480 --> 1:07:57.600 gig giving Fran and his lovely wife Phyllis. It has 1:07:58.080 --> 1:07:59.960 it would not be the same without you, so thanks, 1:08:00.000 --> 1:08:02.200 thank you for being a part of this show. There's 1:08:02.240 --> 1:08:04.800 been great progress shown by Fran and his ability to 1:08:05.120 --> 1:08:08.240 use his phone and take pictures with a flash, and 1:08:08.600 --> 1:08:10.960 we like progress from that standpoint. 1:08:10.720 --> 1:08:13.680 And now I think I think once. 1:08:13.560 --> 1:08:15.680 Next year rolls around, Mike is gonna have to bring 1:08:15.720 --> 1:08:17.720 an extra pair of headsets because I don't think she's 1:08:17.760 --> 1:08:20.320 giving him back. I think she's gonna listen every week 1:08:20.320 --> 1:08:21.160 on the headsets yea. 1:08:21.160 --> 1:08:22.720 And I think she's gonna have her own show nine 1:08:22.720 --> 1:08:24.680 to midnight after the round there you go. 1:08:25.120 --> 1:08:27.360 Yeah, could you see the Fran and Phyllis show nine 1:08:27.400 --> 1:08:30.600 at midnight seven hundred WL? I really can wow? That 1:08:30.640 --> 1:08:32.400 would be big. All right, I'm gonna run out of 1:08:32.400 --> 1:08:36.120 time here. Let's do our first look at Sunday's opponent. 1:08:36.160 --> 1:08:38.320 Game Day preview, brought to you by Game Day Men's 1:08:38.360 --> 1:08:42.679 Health Get back in the game today. It's the Cleveland Browns. 1:08:42.160 --> 1:08:44.600 The only question I will pose from all of that 1:08:44.840 --> 1:08:49.519 is how much would you, if at all, play Joe Burrow? 1:08:49.680 --> 1:08:52.320 Do you remember Joe Burrow's first ever preseason game against 1:08:52.320 --> 1:08:55.280 the Miami Dolphins. He handed the ball off twice and 1:08:55.320 --> 1:08:57.439 threw a smoke screen to Jamar Chase and he was done. 1:08:57.479 --> 1:09:00.120 They should do the exact same thing on Sunday if 1:09:00.160 --> 1:09:03.400 he if he is so adamant about playing, I don't 1:09:03.400 --> 1:09:05.479 want him to play more than a series. I want 1:09:05.520 --> 1:09:07.360 him to hand the ball on it as a preseason 1:09:07.400 --> 1:09:09.519 treated as a preseason game. It felt like a preseason 1:09:09.560 --> 1:09:13.080 game against Arizona yesterday or someday. That's how you got 1:09:13.080 --> 1:09:14.920 to treat it as far as I'm concerned. Give Flacco 1:09:14.960 --> 1:09:16.519 a chance, maybe get Browning a chance. 1:09:16.880 --> 1:09:19.840 Yeah, I would be inclined to at the start of 1:09:19.840 --> 1:09:22.759 the week, which was all I guess. Yesterday, I was thinking, 1:09:23.080 --> 1:09:25.759 maybe the first half, turn it over to Joe Flacco 1:09:25.880 --> 1:09:28.519 to face his former team. In the second half, I 1:09:28.640 --> 1:09:31.760 might be understanding of a quarter with Joe or a 1:09:31.760 --> 1:09:32.280 couple of. 1:09:32.280 --> 1:09:37.880 Drives, and then that's it. I just I've seen it 1:09:37.960 --> 1:09:40.480 and it's not I've. 1:09:39.600 --> 1:09:41.920 Argued all along, players play, and I wanted Joe to 1:09:41.960 --> 1:09:42.679 return to play. 1:09:42.800 --> 1:09:43.200 I agree. 1:09:43.240 --> 1:09:47.120 I think as well as he is played in this stretch, 1:09:47.520 --> 1:09:49.759 it's almost like box checked. 1:09:50.160 --> 1:09:52.320 I'm good. I don't need to see anymore. 1:09:52.800 --> 1:09:55.640 So if if you give me maybe a drive and 1:09:55.760 --> 1:09:58.200 hand it off, I think I'd lean your way and 1:09:58.240 --> 1:09:58.680 be good with it. 1:09:58.920 --> 1:10:01.320 I had the same thought earlier today. It's like, you've 1:10:01.320 --> 1:10:03.680 proven what you've needed to prove. You came back, you 1:10:03.760 --> 1:10:06.080 found a way to play, you gave it your all, 1:10:06.439 --> 1:10:09.720 you rebounded from the awful game against the Ravens. Everybody 1:10:09.800 --> 1:10:11.840 knows who you are and what this is supposed to 1:10:11.880 --> 1:10:14.920 look like. You just can't risk with all the stuff 1:10:14.960 --> 1:10:18.240 that has to happen this offseason, you can't risk doing 1:10:18.280 --> 1:10:20.920 that again with an injured Joe Burrow. And I agree 1:10:20.920 --> 1:10:23.080 with you, players should play. I agree with all of that, 1:10:23.760 --> 1:10:27.439 And it's just I also don't want Miles Garrett to 1:10:27.520 --> 1:10:30.519 destroy him, to set the record and get that sack. 1:10:31.560 --> 1:10:34.880 Rather that be against Joe Flaco or Jake Browning. And 1:10:34.960 --> 1:10:37.240 I don't think Joe Burrow is gonna be Michael Strahan 1:10:37.320 --> 1:10:40.080 to Brett Farv and just lay down for Miles Murphy 1:10:40.120 --> 1:10:41.519 either or for Miles Garrett. 1:10:41.880 --> 1:10:45.280 And yeah, I've seen enough. I'm done. I'm good. 1:10:45.439 --> 1:10:47.920 All right, Let's travel Rockies Road brought to you by 1:10:47.960 --> 1:10:50.639 Queen City Metro. Metro is hiring a play at godash 1:10:50.680 --> 1:10:53.960 metro dot com slash careers. We thank Queen City Metro 1:10:54.040 --> 1:10:55.800 for being a part of the show. Each and every week. 1:10:56.160 --> 1:10:59.120 Rocky is on assignment. I honestly don't remember which game 1:10:59.160 --> 1:11:00.880 he's doing, but I know he's on the road, so 1:11:00.960 --> 1:11:03.599 that qualifies for the read of the card. And look 1:11:03.600 --> 1:11:06.240 forward to working with rock again next year. Let's do 1:11:06.360 --> 1:11:09.000 the Kelsey Chevrolet College Football Preview. 1:11:08.680 --> 1:11:09.240 To wrap it up. 1:11:09.320 --> 1:11:12.160 Kelsey Chevrolet is lighting up the season with big savings 1:11:12.160 --> 1:11:14.599 and the big news today. By the way, Kelsey Chevrolet, 1:11:14.600 --> 1:11:19.120 my guys are back for extra innings next season. As 1:11:19.200 --> 1:11:22.599 the sponsor of Kelsey Chevrolet Extra Innings, they're gonna be 1:11:22.680 --> 1:11:26.639 continue to present sports talk. They're gonna be presenting Down 1:11:26.640 --> 1:11:29.639 on the Farm, the college football preview, the college basketball preview. 1:11:29.640 --> 1:11:32.360 That makes me very happy. I am honored. I'm excited 1:11:32.400 --> 1:11:34.840 about that. So thank you guys for being back. And 1:11:34.920 --> 1:11:36.920 that will lead us into our final thoughts in the 1:11:36.920 --> 1:11:40.439 college football playoffs. Your Buckeyes will play tomorrow night, first 1:11:40.439 --> 1:11:44.240 time in twenty five days. My goodness, Please condense this 1:11:44.360 --> 1:11:46.960 schedule next season, get rid of buys, do whatever you 1:11:47.000 --> 1:11:49.880 have to do, but I'll ask you again one week later. 1:11:49.960 --> 1:11:52.040 How do you feel tomorrow night, when you're gonna be 1:11:52.280 --> 1:11:56.360 banging pots and pans and eating Buckeyes. How do you 1:11:56.400 --> 1:11:59.240 feel about your buck Eyes against the hurricane. I think 1:11:59.280 --> 1:12:01.280 I feel a little bit better right now than I 1:12:01.280 --> 1:12:04.640 did a week ago. I believe in Jeremiah Smith, I 1:12:04.640 --> 1:12:07.360 believe in Matt Patricia. With twenty five days to prepare 1:12:07.400 --> 1:12:09.240 in I guess twelve and a half days or whatever 1:12:09.280 --> 1:12:12.599 it is to prepare for the Miami Hurricanes, I think 1:12:12.600 --> 1:12:15.360 Ohio State has more talent than Miami has seen. 1:12:15.200 --> 1:12:17.760 At any point this season. I got the buck Eyes, 1:12:17.800 --> 1:12:20.559 but I do think Miami covers. I think it's a 1:12:20.600 --> 1:12:22.559 seven to ten point game. 1:12:23.439 --> 1:12:24.960 All right. You know what I would do? 1:12:25.040 --> 1:12:27.160 My final thought on all the college football I was 1:12:27.520 --> 1:12:30.320 thinking about this because January twenty third is the deadline 1:12:30.600 --> 1:12:32.120 to make their recommendation for what. 1:12:32.040 --> 1:12:33.680 They're gonna do next. I would do. 1:12:34.120 --> 1:12:36.800 I would expand to sixteen teams. I get rid of 1:12:36.880 --> 1:12:40.240 the buys, I get rid of conference championship games. I 1:12:40.360 --> 1:12:43.360 do home field for the first round and the second round, 1:12:43.479 --> 1:12:45.760 and that would squeeze. I would squeeze the schedule and 1:12:45.800 --> 1:12:48.479 say nobody's going twenty six days be between all days, 1:12:48.640 --> 1:12:51.920 because this thing is just dragged on, just dragged on. 1:12:52.200 --> 1:12:54.680 I don't love all that, but I can I can 1:12:54.720 --> 1:12:56.760 get with it as long as we get rid of 1:12:56.840 --> 1:12:58.280 automatic qualifiers as well. 1:12:58.360 --> 1:13:00.200 Yes, I mean as well. 1:13:00.200 --> 1:13:03.519 All right, we're I got Georgia, I got Alabama, I 1:13:03.560 --> 1:13:04.920 got Texas Tech as well. 1:13:05.160 --> 1:13:08.479 Wait a minute, you're taking Alabama to be Joe Bonn Hills, Hoosier. 1:13:08.520 --> 1:13:11.439 Give me the time you're out of here. I was 1:13:11.520 --> 1:13:15.000 enjoying this until now. This was fun. 1:13:15.040 --> 1:13:18.640 Thank you for filling in for Rockets having Thank you 1:13:18.680 --> 1:13:21.400 everybody for being a part of the show throughout the year. 1:13:21.560 --> 1:13:25.680 Stick around the West Miller Show is next. Happy New Year, everybody. 1:13:25.800 --> 1:13:28.920 It's the Cincinnati, tex Resolution powered by Tope Showdon Round 1:13:28.920 --> 1:13:31.559 Table Show Long Next in Wild are presented by Postman 1:13:31.640 --> 1:13:33.920 Law seven hundred WLW