1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Based on that last interview you just heard a few 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: minutes ago. There are some very very early Marconi buzz 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: for this show, so. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: Long way to go. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Richard Skinner joins us on Wednesdays. He's with Local twelve 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: and you can read his work at Local twelve dot com. 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: Is the Bengals get said to host the New England 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Patriots on Sunday? 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: Only seven games to go? Hi Skinny, Hi mo. 10 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 3: So. I didn't get chance hear the Mike Tyson interview 11 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 3: because I was busy doing some other stuff. We after this, 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 3: did he sing in the air tonight? I shan't you know? 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: We should have asked him to do that. That was 14 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: not That was not something that we were able to 15 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: get to. But perhaps perhaps the next time we have 16 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: Mike on, well, we'll see if we can get that done. 17 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 2: All right, Joe Burrow practiced. Is he gonna play on Sunday? 18 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 3: No? I think it's a long shot. He's practicing full, 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 3: although I'm guessing he the very least split reps, if 20 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 3: not gave up less rep or had less reps compared 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: to Jake Browning Joe Blaco. The plan was never from 22 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 3: the practice. This this today, This is the third straight Wednesday, 23 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 3: he's missed. He's gonna throw tomorrow. We'll see how that goes. 24 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: He says he feels good. He says his whole body 25 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: feels good. We'll see. And I just think I think 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 3: rushing Joe Burrow back out there. I will say this 27 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: in the locker room today. So we get down the 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 3: Flacco's press commas. I had to go talk to a 29 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: couple of players, and I left the locker room early 30 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: to go transcribe part of Flacco. And as I walked 31 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 3: past Burrow's locker, He's sitting in it, and I kid 32 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 3: you not, he looked like he had just been shell 33 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 3: shocked from zero blitzes for like fifty three plays. Like 34 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 3: what just happened to me? I literally it took me aback, 35 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 3: like I thought i'd walk by. Now. He's got that 36 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: hairdoo now right where it just drapes in his face. 37 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 3: Sometimes he's all over the map. He needs a haircut. 38 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 3: But I literally I walked by him, and I looked, 39 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 3: and I talked to another meme him. I go, it's okay, 40 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: I don't know, man, that looked weird. I go, sure, 41 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: did so? 42 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: I mean, do you think he was dealing with some 43 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: sort of physical discomfort is their emotional trauma for realizing 44 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: there are seven more Bengals games to go, Like, what 45 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: did any idea what he's dealing with. 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: I'll go the ladder. I'll go to the ladder because 47 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 3: again he did practice in full, which means he got 48 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: through the practice physically. Again, I know he didn't take 49 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: all the reps. I'm gonna go with with the ladder, like, Okay, 50 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 3: now I'm good enough to traumas and play. Do I 51 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 3: really want to? If you do? I don't know. 52 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 2: Uh? 53 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: Dejon Anthony was back in practice. Can he play on Sunday? 54 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 3: Yay? I think he can anybody. 55 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: But Gino's don't literally anybody. 56 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 3: I'm kind of with you. I'm kind I'm very much 57 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 3: with you. And the weird part is that we've talked 58 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 3: about is that nauseum. I mean, this wasn't like something 59 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: we didn't know last year, clear evidence of last year, 60 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: and yet you said no, we're good. In fact, we're 61 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: good enough with the depth and it's not gonna matter 62 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: there either. Even though we don't want to play the 63 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 3: guys by him because don't think they can play. What 64 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 3: are we doing? 65 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: I keep framing it like this. 66 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: You know, if I if I if Duke Tobin worked 67 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: for me, and I go, hey man, the genostone thing 68 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: just hasn't worked, that's a different discussion. Who else do 69 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: we got it? The answer is, uh, well, we can't 70 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: play any of these other guys. Well, that's that's another 71 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: damning indictment against you. 72 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 3: Correct, It's a down one thousand percent. Look, if you 73 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 3: thought it was okay to run Gino and Jordan back 74 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: and say a new coordinator with new ideas, who knows 75 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: how to handle the safety position, he's gonna make this work. 76 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: You'll still have to have a backup plan of some kind. 77 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 3: You were so if you were banking on that, you 78 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 3: were banking on those two guys getting do all seventeen 79 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 3: games healthy. You can't bank on that ever in the NFL. 80 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 3: And yet they did. And on top of that, sadly, 81 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 3: they've both been healthy, healthy, and they both stink. 82 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: Has Trey Hendrickson played his last game as a Bengal man. 83 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 3: I knew you were gonna ask that question to me. 84 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say no for this reason. He's gonna have 85 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: to put up something wherever that timeframe comes, and it 86 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: may be Okay, here's a three game stretch I can 87 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 3: excel in, which is the Dolphins, the Cardinals, the Browns, 88 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 3: because we got a chance to take a lead, and 89 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 3: I'll be the closer and I'll close those three games 90 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 3: and people will think I'm the Trey Hendrickson of you know, 91 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 3: the last couple of seasons when I had seventeen and 92 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: a half sacks. He has to do that mode. He's 93 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: not gonna get paid. I mean, you're not going to 94 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 3: do this on the income. 95 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 4: Of Yeah, I know you probably made business decisions. I 96 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 4: get it, but even when you played, you only had 97 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 4: really one good game, and at thirty two years old, 98 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 4: coming off supposedly a hip and back in Pelvis and 99 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 4: whatever other issue business decision issues, you're really gonna pay 100 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: that guy? 101 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: Mo? I mean, asta, would you really pay that guy? No? No, 102 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 3: I don't think any team will. And so he has 103 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 3: to come back in some capacity at some level for 104 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 3: at least, in my opinion, at least three games and 105 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 3: maybe more than. I mean maybe maybe he legitimately is 106 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: hurt to the point where he can't play. I mean, 107 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 3: he's hurt to the point where he's hurt. I don't 108 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: know if it's hurt to the point where he can't play. 109 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 3: But I never want to speak for a player's injury situation. 110 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 3: I just Bee's it's not fair. I'm not that person. 111 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: But here question, I do think he plays because I 112 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: do think he'll get healthy enough in whatever capacity that 113 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 3: is to go out and play, like I said, at 114 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 3: least the final three games, to say, Okay, this is me, guys, 115 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 3: you see me. I know I'm about to turn thirty two, 116 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 3: but I can still do this. 117 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: Do you get the sense that Jermaine Burton has been 118 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: burning the candle at both ends to get ready to 119 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: to get ready to replace Jamar Chase. 120 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,239 Speaker 2: I can't even say without laughing. 121 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 3: Okay, if you'd have just done the burning candones a 122 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 3: full hands stop, I'd have said, sure he sure is. 123 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 3: It's not surprising that he is. I would have taken 124 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: you up on that part of it. Here's what's going 125 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: to be so weird about Sunday, right, So they technically 126 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 3: only have four receivers up at the moment. If you're 127 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 3: going through the whole active roster situation, which is t 128 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: Andrea Yoshabash, Tinsley and Charlie Jones, and usually you keep 129 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 3: a fist up, and you could argue if they decide 130 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 3: to activate Mike Kisiki, which I do think they'll do, 131 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 3: if you can carry four tight ends into Sunday and 132 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: still carry four wide receivers and go, we're good. The 133 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 3: thing that'll be interesting is if they elevate like Kendrick 134 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 3: Pryor from the practice squat on Saturday and he's active 135 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: and Jermaine Burton isn't. I mean, at that point, what 136 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 3: are we doing? 137 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: Uh? Would any of us be surprised? 138 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 3: Though? No, no, I Li Jilly, I like that sounds 139 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 3: like it's in play. If you're gonna carry five five 140 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: receivers like you normally do, and you don't trust your 141 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 3: mane in any way, shape or form, and you don't 142 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 3: do you just go to heck with it. Man, We're 143 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 3: gonna embarrass this guy even further until he gets his 144 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: act together. And it is such a weird circumstance because 145 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 3: they don't believe in him. They've they've given up on him, 146 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: and they should because he's given up on himself. And 147 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 3: at that point, what why why Mike Brown is he's 148 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 3: still on the roster. I mean, I know you're trying 149 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: to probably help a kid because your father planning again. 150 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 3: And I'm all for that in some ways, but this 151 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 3: kid can't get out of his own way. At some 152 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: point he just go that's can't we can't do this anymore. 153 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 3: We're good, but they still i mean, he's still on 154 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 3: the fifty three because they can't even think about putting on. 155 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 3: And even this week when you're missing your best guy 156 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 3: and he he should be at least after Jamar's gone, 157 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: one of your five best and you still might not 158 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 3: have him on the field, and it's a party that wonders. 159 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 3: It's and you know, we we don't get clarification on this, 160 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 3: but there's a party that also wonders are they planning 161 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: on him playing? And then when Saturday comes and he 162 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 3: misses a Saturday meeting, which he probably will because it 163 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 3: is what he does, then what do you do? 164 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: You know, he might just not show up for the game. 165 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: I mean, there's the The possibilities with Jermaine Burton are 166 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: unfortunately endless. Thank youss, and seven more games of this 167 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: to go. It's it's so exciting, Skinny, thanks so much. 168 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: I'm so excited.