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Speaker 2: I'm Dan Hord along with Ring of Honor inductee Dave Lapham.

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much, much appreciated folks.

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Speaker 2: We are going to be here for the next two

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Speaker 2: hours tonight, getting you set for a Sunday's home game

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Speaker 2: between the Bengals and the Chicago Bears. We will be

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Speaker 2: joined momentarily by rookie linebacker Barrett Carter out of Clemson,

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Speaker 2: who has already moved into the Bengals starting lineup. Two

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Speaker 2: rookies starting at linebacker with Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight.

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Speaker 4: The future is now, I guess at the linebacker position,

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Speaker 4: and Al Golden you know, made that call. He feels

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Speaker 4: confident in both of these young players that they understand

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Speaker 4: what he is trying to teach. They understand the techniques

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Speaker 4: from fundamentals that he's trying to teach, as well as

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Speaker 4: the assignments where to be, when to be there, how

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Speaker 3: In the football field.

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Speaker 4: And he feels like these young athletic linebackers will make

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Speaker 4: his defensive football team faster, more athletic, and a bigger

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Speaker 2: The Bengals looking to bounce back on Sunday from a

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Speaker 2: bitterly disappointing loss last Sunday to the New York Jets.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals led by ten at the end of the

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Speaker 2: first quarter, eleven at the end of the second quarter,

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Speaker 2: fifteen at the end of the third quarter. The lead

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Speaker 2: by a point to a team that now has one win.

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Speaker 4: It was frustrating. I mean, you know, grind your teeth,

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Speaker 4: grit your teeth kind of football game zero and seven

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Speaker 4: football team, Like you said, you know, they've been in games.

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Speaker 4: It's not like they were blown out seven times. They've

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Speaker 4: been in football games. They're not a terrible football team.

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Speaker 4: They're a solid football team. But they just had not

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Speaker 4: figured out a way to close games out and get

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Speaker 4: games in the victory column. But they did at pay Corps.

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Speaker 4: They got in the victory calumn for the first time.

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Speaker 4: And I think it was more of what the Bengals

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Speaker 4: didn't do, you know, to finish the football game. Like

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Speaker 4: you said, Dan, you're a fifteen point in the fourth,

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Speaker 4: fifteen point lead in the fourth quarter. You got to

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Speaker 4: win that football game. You got to close that thing out.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you got to make a make a play,

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Speaker 4: a final some kind of a play that will put

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Speaker 4: you know, and and just quiet them. But hey, you know,

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Speaker 4: you get to credit the New York Jets. They did

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Speaker 4: what it took to win a football game. They felt

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Speaker 4: what was going on with the New York Jets, and

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Speaker 4: they felt a definite sense of urgency, a definite sense

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Speaker 4: of you know, one and done, we got to get

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Speaker 4: this done. They approached it, I would think probably like

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Speaker 4: a playoff game. You know, during the course of the week,

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Speaker 4: the installation part of it, and then travel and take

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Speaker 4: care of yourself before the game, get plenty of rest,

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Speaker 2: Other than the last two minutes of the game. How

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Speaker 2: is your Ring of Honor Week spectacular?

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Speaker 3: It was really good.

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Speaker 4: It was tremendous, so much fun, and you know, the

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Speaker 4: it as much as they possibly could, with the grandchildren,

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Speaker 4: forget coming to Cincinnati and spending time with everybody. A

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Speaker 4: lot of people that they don't see. People came in

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Speaker 4: I mean, it was a quite a gathering. So they

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Speaker 3: There's no doubt.

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Speaker 2: Now, if I won the Masters, Yeah, and I had

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's uh, it's tucked away in my closet, safe

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Speaker 4: and sound. It really is. It's such an honor to

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Speaker 3: You know, we're.

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Speaker 4: Poured out to get that jacket. So it is definitely

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Speaker 4: definitely an honor, you know, to have my teammates and

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Speaker 2: All right, let's welcome our special guest tonight. We really

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Speaker 2: have to thank them. Yes, kind of a crummy raw night,

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Speaker 2: a little bit. Let's welcome in number forty nine Bengals

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Speaker 2: linebacker Barret Carter. Sir, all right, I guess I have

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Speaker 2: Last week's game was obviously disappointing. How do you personally

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Speaker 6: So you gotta treat wins and losses the same. Now,

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Speaker 4: I guess the one question. I know I've been hit

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Speaker 3: How what is with tackling? What's going on?

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Speaker 4: Why is the team having difficulty tackling, making sure tackles

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's the little things.

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Speaker 6: It's I promise y'all it's not a knock on our

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Speaker 6: We have all the talent and all the athleticism in

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Speaker 6: It's taking better angles, it's finishing up as being the

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Speaker 2: Sure, the guys on defense head of players only meeting

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Speaker 6: Just that like, we know we're much better than you

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Speaker 6: So it was just a just a meeting just to

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Speaker 6: And that's been the message, just like this is the

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Speaker 4: So that's all it was. Yeah, player only meetings. I've

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Speaker 4: Let's talk this over. What do we need to do?

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Speaker 4: How do we uh, how do we get on track?

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Speaker 6: That absolutely, Like like I said, like, we know what

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Speaker 2: You are eight games into your rookie season, basically halfway

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Speaker 5: I mean, honestly, you did. I didn't.

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Speaker 5: I couldn't even touch.

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Speaker 5: It's probably a good idea.

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Speaker 3: Sounds good to me, how about that? Yes, sir.

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Speaker 4: So you've got a uh, you got a very very

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Speaker 3: Where did that come from? What coach? At what level?

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Speaker 2: We will hear from a Bengals scout on tonight's special

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Speaker 2: The address if you want to plug it into your GPS.

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Speaker 2: Thirty seven eighty three Shady Lane in North Bend. This

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Speaker 2: Barrett's with us until seven o'clock tonight and then Lap

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Speaker 7: He's probably the best linebacker in the draft. He's super athletic.

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Speaker 7: He can run, he can change direction, he can flip

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Speaker 7: He's a leader. But the biggest thing he's gonna help

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Speaker 5: Andrew Johnson clearly a fan.

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Speaker 2: Yes, And you're doing a lot more than just covering

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Speaker 5: When did that change? When did you start.

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Speaker 2: To feel like, Okay, this is the stuff I've been

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Speaker 6: I would say probably midway through fall camp. Okay, Like

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Speaker 8: Now.

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Speaker 3: You do and you understand multiple positions.

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Speaker 4: The versatility that you provide al goal and I'm sure

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Speaker 3: How prideful are you of that?

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Speaker 5: Extremely?

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Speaker 6: I feel like that's something that I've taken pride, taking

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Speaker 5: To quit the game.

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Speaker 4: What year was was that when you were asked to

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Speaker 5: I hear you at Clemson.

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Speaker 6: It's just it's always in me, like if we have

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Speaker 6: great backs, we got you know, Chase, Samase Taj.

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Speaker 5: But I mean, hey, I.

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Speaker 6: Mean if I can be that emergency running back A

444
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Speaker 6: I'm here, I'm here.

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Speaker 4: You're ready to ready to provide services always always, So

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Speaker 4: a two part question when you played college football, who

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Speaker 4: is the best football player? Who is the best athlete

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Speaker 4: slash football player on your team? And who is the

449
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Speaker 4: best athlete slash football player you played against.

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Speaker 3: On my team?

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Speaker 5: Who? Okay, I would say.

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Speaker 6: On my team. His name is Nate Wiggins. He's currently

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Speaker 6: a corner for the Ravens. And you know, Nate has

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Speaker 6: changed a lot since his college days. But you watched

455
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Speaker 6: Nate in college.

456
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Speaker 5: He ate horrible.

457
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Speaker 6: He did not work out, he didn't do anything like

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Speaker 6: that you're supposed to do.

459
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Speaker 5: I do that. What's the big deal? Hey name Nate.

460
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Speaker 6: Goes to the combine and runs a four to two.

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Speaker 6: He blows out the combine and he can natural. He's

462
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Speaker 6: a natural. He wastes up and it's out of his

463
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Speaker 6: sleep and can guard anybody. But so I would say

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Speaker 6: on my team, Nate Wiggins. But that I played against,

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Speaker 6: oh Man, that's tough. I played against some some really

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Speaker 6: some really good players. I'll say Leonora Sellers from South

467
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Speaker 6: Carolina is really good. Carson Beck was really good. I'll

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Speaker 6: say those two off the top of my head.

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Speaker 5: They were really good. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So NFL players love to do jersey swaps after games.

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Speaker 2: Will you try to do that with Clemson guys or linebackers?

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Speaker 2: Have you prioritized who you would like to swap with?

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Speaker 6: So I actually did my first jersey swap this past

474
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Speaker 6: game because we had a Clemson guy on the Jets

475
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Speaker 6: payton page. So that was my first jersey swap. I

476
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Speaker 6: didn't know what costs money, so I would not happy

477
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Speaker 6: about that. But yeah, that did my first jersey slade.

478
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Speaker 6: But I got my first jersey from Jordan Love after

479
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Speaker 6: the Packers game, so it was cool just to I

480
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Speaker 6: just went up and ask for this jersey. I didn't

481
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Speaker 6: think he would say yes, but he said yes. And

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Speaker 6: you know that's whenever I get a house, that's that's

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Speaker 6: going in in the.

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Speaker 5: Man cave in the basement. That's a good one.

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Speaker 6: I'm trying to just I'm gonna start just trying to

486
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Speaker 6: build a collection now and just ask for jerseys and

487
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Speaker 6: they say no. They say no, but that's that's the

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Speaker 6: worst thing they can say.

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Speaker 4: So on draft day, how excited were you? How nervous

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Speaker 4: were you? What was your family feeling? What was the

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Speaker 4: day like when you when you woke up in one

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Speaker 4: of the biggest days in anybody's life. Obviously if you're going,

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Speaker 4: if you decide to decide to play football, what was

494
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Speaker 4: it like for you? And when the Cincinnati Bengals did

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Speaker 4: draft you, what was that like.

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Speaker 6: It's funny because I went at the Combine at a

497
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Speaker 6: meeting with the Bengals and I walked out of that

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Speaker 6: meeting when it ended, and I'm like, I am not

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Speaker 6: going to the Bengals. I just felt like I just

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Speaker 6: I don't I don't know if I did bad in

501
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Speaker 6: the meeting, but obviously not. I'm here, but right, I

502
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Speaker 6: just I just did not feel good, feel good about it.

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Speaker 6: And then you know, the moment's leading up to the

504
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Speaker 6: draft day was fine, like, but on actual draft day,

505
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Speaker 6: most nervous I've ever been in my life. And like,

506
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Speaker 6: I don't ever get nervous like before games. I'm never nervous,

507
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Speaker 6: Like I'm just super super relaxed, bright day of the draft,

508
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Speaker 6: so nervous, like pacing back and forth, everything cannot sit still.

509
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Speaker 6: And then I see the five and three area code

510
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Speaker 6: and I'm like, no, it's at Cincinnati below it. Now

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Speaker 6: I was just like wow, Like I just did not

512
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Speaker 6: think I was coming here. But and after I got

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Speaker 6: that call, just all the they felt like the like

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Speaker 6: the weight off my shoulders was just lifted immediately. Just

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Speaker 6: it's such a stressful process, so so unknown, you just

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Speaker 6: you don't know anything about it. And then I got

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Speaker 6: the call and it was the best feeling in the world.

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Speaker 3: So who was on the other rine?

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Speaker 4: Was it Duke Tobin, was it Zach Taylor? Was it

520
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Speaker 4: Al Golden? Was it all of them? Did they all?

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Speaker 4: You know, give you a quick clow and congratulations? How

522
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Speaker 4: did that work out?

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Speaker 8: So?

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Speaker 5: Is that called?

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Speaker 6: Then soon after Hodges called the linebacker coach, and then

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Speaker 6: soon after that Al Golden called. So it was just

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Speaker 6: like a little domino effect, just got like three three

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Speaker 6: calls in a row. And then the first person who

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Speaker 6: actually texted me is Logan Wilson. So that's why I like,

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Speaker 6: after after everything, like, Logan is such an important important

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Speaker 6: person me solely because of that, aside from the guy

532
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Speaker 6: he is, like, he was the first person on the

533
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Speaker 6: most important day of my life who texting me after

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Speaker 6: I got so he's.

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Speaker 5: He'll he'll always have a have a special place in

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Speaker 5: my heart for sure. Yeah, all right that we are

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Speaker 5: going to take a time out.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we will listen to a highlight

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Speaker 2: and find out if Barrett saved the ball. After this highlight,

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Speaker 2: you are listening to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented

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Speaker 2: by bud Light. We are live at Scoreboards Sports Bar

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Speaker 2: in North Bend tonight, laugh and I are here until eight.

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Speaker 2: Parrett Carter's here until seven. On ESPN fifteen thirty, Dan Orton,

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Speaker 2: Dave Lapham back on the Bengals Game Plan Show presented

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Speaker 2: by but Bite, along.

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Speaker 5: With our special guest. In the first hour.

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Speaker 2: Tonight, rookie linebacker Barrett Carter number forty nine out.

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Speaker 5: Of clemsonner Sir.

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Speaker 2: Barrett had a phenomenal career for the Tigers, three interceptions

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Speaker 2: twenty one pass breakups while he was there, and we

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Speaker 2: saw his past coverage skills in the Bengals second preseason game.

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Speaker 2: Let's listen back, Mike, I think Barrett's having trouble. Looks

553
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Speaker 2: all right, Barrett's having troubled hearing check one two? Can

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Speaker 2: you hear that anything yet? I can speak really loudly.

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Speaker 2: We gotta work It's back, okay, all right, that'd be

556
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Speaker 2: a backdraft. You had three interceptions twenty one pass breakups

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Speaker 2: at Clemson. We saw evidence of your past coverage skills

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Speaker 2: in the Bengals second preseason game.

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Speaker 5: Let's go back and listen.

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Speaker 2: Twenty eight seconds remaining in the half.

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Speaker 5: Washington has a couple of timeouts. Hartman turns a little intercepted.

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Speaker 9: I want to get back as Barrett Carter, he's.

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Speaker 2: At the twenty and he gets tackled after intercepting Hartman

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Speaker 2: with twenty seconds left in the half.

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Speaker 3: Man, how about that?

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Speaker 5: All right, So it's a preseason game.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't go down in the all time record book,

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Speaker 2: but I'm thinking if I'm a player, and that's my

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Speaker 2: second time in an NFL preseason game.

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Speaker 5: That's a big deal to me. Was it to you?

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Speaker 5: And did you save the ball? Absolutely? I saved the ball.

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Speaker 6: It's the ball is actually sitting in the back of

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Speaker 6: my truck right now, so I probably should have handled

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Speaker 6: it with more and more. But that ball is gonna go.

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Speaker 6: Like I said in my man cave, whenever I get

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Speaker 6: a house, And now that was a special, special day,

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Speaker 6: special moment. So now I got to get my first

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Speaker 6: one in game in the regular season. But that that

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Speaker 6: ball forever be saved.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's no question. Gotta save that bad boy. You're

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Speaker 4: such a great athlete. How many sports did you play

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Speaker 4: in high school? I mean football obviously, did you play basketball?

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Speaker 4: Did you play baseball? Did you play soccer? Did you

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Speaker 4: play lacrosse? What kind of sports were you into?

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Speaker 5: I played basketball.

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Speaker 6: I stopped playing my sophomore year because I had I

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Speaker 6: had a talk with my trainer and he was like,

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Speaker 6: let's be realistic.

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Speaker 5: You're six foot six to one on a good day.

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Speaker 6: You're starting to get looked at for football and you

591
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Speaker 6: know you're not that good at basketball.

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Speaker 5: So like he was like, what are we doing here?

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Speaker 6: And so after that conversation, you know, hung up my

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Speaker 6: basketball jersey and just just focused fully on football.

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Speaker 5: So I think I think it was the right decision.

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Speaker 3: I think right, and I think absolutely correct.

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Speaker 2: How young were you when you started working with a trainer?

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Speaker 2: And were you one of these kids that was, you know,

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Speaker 2: six in the morning you were working out before you

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Speaker 2: went to school, that kind of thing.

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Speaker 6: I started with my trainer in the eighth grade, and no,

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Speaker 6: I like it was up to the eighth grade. I

603
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Speaker 6: was just wake up whenever, not really do anything. And

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Speaker 6: you know, did I answer the question, but I forgot about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you started working with a trainer in the

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Speaker 2: eighth grade. And yeah, but you weren't a crack.

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Speaker 5: Up done before school?

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Speaker 6: No, no, no, definitely not. I was more of a

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Speaker 6: seven six seven pm, six, seven pm.

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Speaker 5: How you go?

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Speaker 4: So you obviously you mentioned that you have a relationship

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Speaker 4: with your mother. You know, you were emotional after the

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Speaker 4: draft and everything with your mom. How about the rest

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Speaker 4: of your filming? How about your dad? How about do

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Speaker 4: you have brothers and sisters? Yeah, I'm older sis.

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Speaker 3: Do you have an older sister?

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Speaker 5: So?

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Speaker 4: What what were you guys like? Did you guys are

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Speaker 4: you close. Did how many years apart are you? So

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Speaker 4: I'm twenty three seats, so.

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Speaker 6: It was six years apart, Si s party and those

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Speaker 6: my mom, my dad, my sister. That those are my

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Speaker 6: best friends. They're they are truly like my my rock,

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Speaker 6: my foundation. Like why I do what I do, like

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Speaker 6: just it's just to make them proud and like, those

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Speaker 6: are my best friends. Like they're probably looking at my

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Speaker 6: location right now, wondering what I'm doing. I'll probably call

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Speaker 6: them after this and you know, fill them in. But

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Speaker 6: you know, we talk about everything. We face Sime and

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Speaker 6: our group face sign every single day, just catching each

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Speaker 6: other up on our days and whatnot. But those are

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Speaker 6: those those three are my those are my that's my foundation.

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Speaker 6: That's awesome.

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Speaker 2: The Pangos face to pairs this week. Your family had

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Speaker 2: Chicago roots, correctly.

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Speaker 6: Yes, we do a lot like that's I was born

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Speaker 6: in Chicago, lived there for seven years, both parents from Chicago,

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Speaker 6: sisters from Chicago. Like really, I would say seventy five

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Speaker 6: percent of my whole family's from Chicago and still lives

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Speaker 6: in Chicago. So I'm gonna have a lot of people

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Speaker 6: at the game. It's gonna be really cool just to

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Speaker 6: you know, play in front of the or play against

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Speaker 6: the team that you know, I grew up rooting for.

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Speaker 6: I know, I hate to say that, but grew up

645
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 6: rooting for, grew up watching. You know, I'll get to

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Speaker 6: play against them and you know, showcase what I can do.

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Speaker 6: But it's gonna be a special, surreal moment just having

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Speaker 6: so much family there to support me and just watch

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Speaker 6: me live on my dream. So I'm just looking forward

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Speaker 6: to it. So we just got to walk out there

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Speaker 6: with a dug.

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Speaker 4: So all the family that's coming down from Chicago to

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Speaker 4: Cincinnati watch you play. Did you have to buy tickets

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Speaker 4: or they buy in their own tickets? That was when

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Speaker 4: I was a rookie.

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Speaker 6: It was like, oh man, yeah, yeah, So I told

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Speaker 6: I got I got some of them tickets. But the rest,

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Speaker 6: I don't think they're gonna be at like in the stadium,

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Speaker 6: Like there's gonna be like tailgating Outside's cool, Thankfully, I

660
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Speaker 6: only have to get like five or six tickets, but

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Speaker 6: and the rest would be outside the stadium. So I'll

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Speaker 6: have a lot of people there, but only like five.

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Speaker 5: Or six in the in the stadium. That's cool, all right.

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Speaker 2: We need to take another time out when we come back.

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Speaker 2: We'll hear from head coach Zach Taylor on why Barrett

666
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Speaker 2: Carter moved into the Bengals starting lineup.

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Speaker 5: This is the Bengals Game Plan Show.

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Speaker 2: We are presented by bud Light Live from Scoreboards Sports

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Speaker 2: Bar on ESPN fifteen thirty Welcome back to the Bengals

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Speaker 2: Game Plan Show, presented by bud Light. Easy to do,

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Speaker 2: it's easy to enjoy.

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Speaker 5: We are live.

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Speaker 9: It's Scoreboard Sports Bar.

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Speaker 2: He address thirty seven eighty three Shady Lane in North Bend,

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Speaker 2: not too far from the Indiana state line. I'm delighted

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Speaker 2: to have Barrett Carter with us as our special guest

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Speaker 2: for another fifteen minutes or so, and then Lap and

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Speaker 2: I will be here until eight o'clock tonight.

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Speaker 5: Thank you to all the Bengals fans so with us

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Speaker 5: this evening. Greatly appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: Special shout out to Nita, who is out Dunner soon,

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Speaker 2: the official K three chef of the Bengals radio network.

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Speaker 2: One of why we have gained ten pounds already tonight.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much. Nit. All right.

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Speaker 2: A few weeks ago, the Bengals changed their starting lineup

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Speaker 2: on defense, inserting Barrett Carter and moving Logan Wilson to

687
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 2: a more situational role here as head coach Zach Taylor

688
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Speaker 2: on making that decision.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think he's a physical player. I think he's

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Speaker 10: really good in coverage. I think he's got leadership traits. Again,

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Speaker 10: these are not things that are reflection, a poor reflection

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Speaker 10: somebody else's. Is just what I see as his high

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Speaker 10: end trades. And so I think all that matters and

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Speaker 10: just continue to give an opportunity for that to flourish.

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Speaker 10: But again, I just think the more opportunity he's going

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Speaker 10: to get, the quicker he's going to reach his potential.

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Speaker 10: And so instead of sitting around and waiting, I was

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Speaker 10: just throwing on the fire and get going.

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Speaker 2: You have publicly expressed your admiration for how Logan Wilson

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Speaker 2: has handled this.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's He's a true definition of a pro. Like,

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Speaker 6: our relationship has not changed, you know. He told me,

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Speaker 6: he told me from the jump, like I'm still here

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Speaker 6: for you, like, regardless of you know what the situation is, like,

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Speaker 6: I'm still here for you, like, still lean on me

706
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,320
Speaker 6: and still ask me questions because you know, our ultimate

707
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 6: goal is to try to get wins for this team.

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Speaker 6: And so he's really he's just been so helpful. Like

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Speaker 6: he I say it all the time, like my the

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Speaker 6: veterans that I had. I heard a whole bunch of

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Speaker 6: like horror stories about veterans, and I'm just like, it's

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Speaker 6: a complete opposite for me. Just I have the best

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Speaker 6: I have the best veterans I could have ever asked for.

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Speaker 6: So he just has always poured into me. He still

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Speaker 6: pours into me, and I'm still gonna lean on him,

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Speaker 6: you know, heavily, just being a rookie and being a

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Speaker 6: young guy just trying to figure my way out. But

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Speaker 6: he's been so so essential and crucial for UH, for

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Speaker 6: towards my development.

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Speaker 4: I would say the uh let's get back to the

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Speaker 4: upcoming game for a little bit against the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 4: We talked about them some, and but let's focus in

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Speaker 4: on Caleb Williams the quarterback.

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Speaker 3: Big, good sized quarterback, long.

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Speaker 4: Arm, powerful arm, can put the ball on the money,

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Speaker 4: very accurate, and it thrills it with great velocity, a

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Speaker 4: lot of RPMs. He's got a wide receiver corps that

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Speaker 4: is significant. I mean, they've got a lot of talent

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Speaker 4: that wide receiver corps. He's got tight ends, you can

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Speaker 4: throw the football too. They have running backs to run

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Speaker 4: the football effectively. How big a challenge is this Chicago

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Speaker 4: Bear defense for you guys offense.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, it's a big challenge. You know, they

734
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Speaker 6: have literally playmakers at every single position and that that

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Speaker 6: can hurt you if you're you know, not on your

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Speaker 6: p's and q So it's going to be a great

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Speaker 6: matchup for us, you know, and it starts with Caleb

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Speaker 6: Like he he's one of the he's one of the

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Speaker 6: best in the business. And he's already he's we're the

740
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Speaker 6: same age and he's super young. So he's a dynamic athlete.

741
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Speaker 6: You know, he can hurt you with his legs and

742
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 6: he has a very explosive arm. So we gotta, you know,

743
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Speaker 6: we got to just make sure that we're on our

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00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 6: p's and q's with him, and you know, we just

745
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 6: got a rally to the football, you know, show him

746
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Speaker 6: different looks and disguise coverages and you know, heat him

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Speaker 6: up when we get the chance. But they if we're

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Speaker 6: not on our p's and q's, they have playmakers that

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Speaker 6: have heard us. So just gotta be uh, everyone just

750
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Speaker 6: has to do their one eleven and just just rally

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Speaker 6: to the football.

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Speaker 2: They also have a very creative coach and play caller

753
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Speaker 2: in Ben Johnson. He was the hot available coach last

754
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Speaker 2: year when he was the offensive coordinated with the Lions

755
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 2: and did a lot of trick plays and stuff like

756
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 2: that in Detroit. How challenging is the stuff that you're

757
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Speaker 2: seeing them do from a schematics standpoint.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, they definitely question or they make you question your

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00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 6: eyes for sure, because if they're not in the right spot,

760
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Speaker 6: then you know, all the eye candy is gonna is

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Speaker 6: gonna you know, it's gonna get you going in the

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Speaker 6: wrong direction. So for us, just have to trust what

763
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 6: you see, folks on doing your job and you know

764
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 6: the plays will come. But you know, they do a

765
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 6: great job over there of you know, disguising their looks

766
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 6: and trying to make everything look the same and you know,

767
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 6: giving you a whole bunch of eye candy so they

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Speaker 6: can you know, run at the opposite way. So just

769
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Speaker 6: got to play with great eyes, great technique, and just rally.

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Speaker 5: To the football.

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Speaker 4: What about the AFC North, Let's talk about the division

772
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Speaker 4: a little bit, A very physical division. You're used to physicality,

773
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 4: used to physical football. You played in high school and

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00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 4: college and very physical nature, very physical way. You've already

775
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 4: had Division games under your belt. You know what it's like.

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00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 4: You've got to buckle that chin strap, man, double chin strap,

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Speaker 4: and buckle it up tight. What do you think about

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Speaker 4: the AFC North? Has it lived up to its billing?

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Speaker 5: I would say for sure?

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Speaker 6: And me personally as a player, like I take pride

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Speaker 6: in being physical. And you know, I've been told since

782
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Speaker 6: a young kid, like be the hammer not the nail.

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Speaker 6: That's still like the same mindset now. So just having

784
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Speaker 6: a couple as North games already, like you can definitely

785
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 6: tell that like physicality is a is the common theme

786
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Speaker 6: between all four teams. So I was I was actually

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Speaker 6: hope when I got drafted to an AFC North team,

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Speaker 6: just because I love playing physical.

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Speaker 5: I love, you know, getting my nose.

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Speaker 6: Dirty, whatever the term is, right, I take part in

791
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 6: playing physical and you know, being the hammer not the nail.

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Speaker 6: So I'm glad that I'm here, and I'm glad that

793
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 6: I get to, you know, face great opponents every week

794
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Speaker 6: who embrace that same challenge.

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Speaker 5: All Right, we need to take our final break.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we will play America's favorite game

797
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 2: show we call it Know Your School. You go five

798
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 2: questions about friends, and you need to get at least

799
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Speaker 2: three rights three out of five to be declared a winner.

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Speaker 5: There you go, We'll see all right. Back to Barrett

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Speaker 5: in just a moment.

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Speaker 2: This is the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by bud Light,

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00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:53,399
Speaker 2: Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy on ESPN fifteen thirty

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00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by

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Speaker 2: bud Light. We are live tonight at Scoreboards Sports Bar

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00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 2: at thirty seven eighty three Shady Lane in North Bend.

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Speaker 2: Barrett Carter's with us for just a few more minutes,

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Speaker 2: and that means it is time to play America's favorite

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00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 2: game show.

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Speaker 5: We call it Know Your School.

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Speaker 2: I've come up with five questions about Clemson University. You

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00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 2: must get at least three rights to be declared a winner.

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00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: Are you ready? That's ready as I'll ever be an

814
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Speaker 2: honest answer Question number one. One of the most famous

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Speaker 2: trophies in sports, is named for a former Clemson coach

816
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Speaker 2: who led the Tigers to an undefeated season in nineteen hundred.

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00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 2: What is the last name of that coach. One of

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Speaker 2: the most famous trophies in sports, the Blank Trophy nineteen

819
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Speaker 2: hundreds named for a former Clemson coach nineteen hundred. Okay, oh,

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Speaker 2: think famous troph person's last name college football.

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Speaker 5: College football. I was about to say Lombardi. All right,

822
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Speaker 5: so the college helps college hint helps. It really doesn't help.

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Speaker 5: But I do I don't know. I do not know

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Speaker 5: John Marty, John W. Heisman. Okay, that was a warm up. Okay.

825
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Speaker 5: Question number two.

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Speaker 2: Clemson's head coach is a two time national championship winner.

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Speaker 2: Your coach, Dabos Sweeney. What is Dabbo's real first name?

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Speaker 5: William Boom?

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Speaker 3: There you go, killed that one man. That took a

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Speaker 3: tenth of a second.

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Speaker 2: Question number three, This one might be tough. The most

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Speaker 2: famous building on campus is a three story brick building

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Speaker 2: with a clock tower over Hillman Hall.

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Speaker 5: Boom, All right, you redeemed yourself.

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Speaker 4: It could even get the question finished. I mean bonus

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Speaker 4: points here.

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Speaker 5: Now it's Tilman Hall. That is correct.

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Speaker 2: Question number four, what is the name of the main

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Speaker 2: library on the Clemson campus?

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Speaker 5: Cooper?

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00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, we have a student athlete, not just ath

842
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 4: but your student athlete.

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00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 2: I never went there. That's fine, and you should know that.

844
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Speaker 2: I think so far this year only Ivy leaguer andre

845
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Speaker 2: Yosibosh got that question right.

846
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 3: So about it.

847
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Speaker 6: You're a intellectual company graduate, four time academical acc.

848
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Speaker 5: I remember some four oh gpa kind of stuff. Four

849
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Speaker 5: o gpa.

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Speaker 2: All right, one more question, just to see if you

851
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Speaker 2: can go four for five. Name the former Clemson defensive

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Speaker 2: tackle nicknamed for a kitchen appliance. Who is the hungary,

853
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 2: the heaviest, heaviest player ever to score a touchdown in

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Speaker 2: a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 5: I know, I know, William the Refrigerator.

856
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, baby, William the refrigerated story.

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Speaker 2: All right, you know your school and you will never

858
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Speaker 2: forget that. John Heisman, Yeah, coach Hemson in the early

859
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Speaker 2: nineteen hundred.

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Speaker 5: Four for five. That's not too badd did both both

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Speaker 5: the peries.

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Speaker 4: Didn't he have a brother? I think that played at

863
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Speaker 4: Clemson as well. I think he did. I think he

864
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 4: had a brother who played there too. That was one

865
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Speaker 4: big dude man.

866
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Speaker 2: Listed at three point thirty. He had to be fifty

867
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Speaker 2: pounds heavier than that.

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Speaker 4: Our defensive players, you know, in the Super Bowl when

869
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Speaker 4: you got to be three eighty. If he's a pound man,

870
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Speaker 4: he's gotta be three eighty.

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Speaker 3: Unbelievable. What a horse big.

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Speaker 4: Guy athletic though athletic for guys show big quick feet.

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Speaker 2: Quick feet a team that was built by Duke Tobin's dad.

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00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, Bill Tobin did it.

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Speaker 2: Yep, all right, Barrett Carter, we can't thank you enough

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Speaker 2: for making the track out here to a scoreboard sports bar.

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Speaker 5: We greatly appreciate it all. Thanks for having me a

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Speaker 5: great game on Sunday with friends and family and attendance

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Speaker 5: and kick your childhood team's rear end. Yes, sir, yes, sir.

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Speaker 5: All right, let's hear it for Barret Carter.

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Speaker 8: S we go.

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Speaker 5: All right. We still have plenty to come on the show.

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Speaker 2: We're going to let Barrett take off, but we've got

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Speaker 2: about an hour left.

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Speaker 5: When we come back, we'll be.

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Speaker 2: Talking about the Joe Flacco situation. He's been awesome since

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Speaker 2: being picked up by the Bengals, but will he be

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Speaker 2: with a shoulder issue, so we'll talk about that next.

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Speaker 2: Thank you to Nicky from the Bengals. It's been handling

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Speaker 2: the giveaways and other step tonight.

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Speaker 5: Here you go.

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Speaker 2: Thank you to the gals who are here tonight. Thank

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Speaker 5: So over the last few weeks.

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Speaker 2: Joe Flacco has become one of the most popular guys

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Speaker 2: in town.

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Speaker 5: And for good reason.

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Speaker 2: He's played brilliantly so far for Cincinnati, seven touchdown passes,

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Speaker 2: no picks, passer rating over one hundred. He was only

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Speaker 2: sacked once last week in the loss to the New

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Speaker 2: York Jets, but unfortunately, on that one sack, he landed

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Speaker 2: on his shoulder and it resulted in an ac joint sprain.

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Speaker 2: That is an injury to the ligaments that connect the

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Speaker 2: toller bone to the shoulder blade. So his status for

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Speaker 2: Sunday is a little bit up in the air. He

927
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Speaker 2: did not practice today. Let's hear from head coach Zach Taylor.

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Speaker 10: He wants to play in the game, and so kudos him. Man,

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Speaker 10: he's been here three weeks. He wants to play. He's

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Speaker 10: speaking formed, but told me, we'll have to work through

931
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Speaker 10: the week to see if that's that's able to do that.

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Speaker 10: It's a throwing shoulder, it's painful, but I mean, call

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Speaker 10: a guy who wants to do that, wants to get

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Speaker 10: out there and play with something like that.

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Speaker 5: Credit to him.

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Speaker 10: So we'll go through the week and see what it

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Speaker 10: ends up and have Jake ready to go to and

938
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Speaker 10: just see how it plays out for him to come in,

939
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Speaker 10: and it would be easy to make a decision that

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Speaker 10: there's no way I'm playing, you know, I just I've

941
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Speaker 10: got an AC joint. We got a bye week next week.

942
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Speaker 10: Let's just let this think. Heel up and that has

943
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Speaker 10: not been the communication he's given to me at all. Now,

944
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Speaker 10: ultimately he may not be able to play. We may

945
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Speaker 10: make that decision, but for him just to want to

946
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Speaker 10: put it out there for our team himself, like he

947
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Speaker 10: said before, He's just a football player.

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Speaker 5: That's what he does.

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Speaker 10: That certainly goes along with me.

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Speaker 5: Lap.

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Speaker 2: You had that injury during your playing career. How hard

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Speaker 2: would it be for a quarterback to play with an

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Speaker 2: AC joints?

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Speaker 5: Brand?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the AC joint. It's no joke.

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Speaker 4: It's we're you're clavical, you know, meets your shoulder blade

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Speaker 4: as such. And for a quarterback. Now, I don't know

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Speaker 4: how bad his separations. I had a separated shoulder landed

959
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Speaker 4: on my elbow in a goal line sequence against the

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Speaker 4: Chargers and jammed it up and separated, you know, kind

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Speaker 4: of the clavicle pulled, pulled away from the shoulder blade

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Speaker 4: a little bit and there was a gap there you could.

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Speaker 3: Put your finger throw. I could put my finger into.

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Speaker 4: The gap and go all the way down in there,

965
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Speaker 4: which was stupid to do, but I was doing. I

966
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Speaker 4: don't know why I did it, Curiosity, I guess.

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Speaker 5: But he.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully his isn't that wide open. Hopefully his clavicle is

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Speaker 4: pretty intact and he's got more of a bruise, you know,

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Speaker 4: going on. If that's the case, I think he plays,

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Speaker 4: I would not be It would not shock me whatsoever

972
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Speaker 4: if Joe Flacco's out there throwing the football, so how

973
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Speaker 4: much will it hinder his accuracy? Because that that's what

974
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Speaker 4: he has been so amazing, getting the ball out of

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Speaker 4: his hands so quickly, and the accuracy with which he's

976
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Speaker 4: done it, and of velocity he's throwing the football. His

977
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Speaker 4: arm strength is still unbelievable and unbelievably amazing. He's got

978
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Speaker 4: an incredible arm. It would be, you know, a thing

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Speaker 4: to remember in Bengals history. Joe Flacco here, like Willis Reed,

980
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Speaker 4: you know, comes out of the locker and Joe Flacco

981
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Speaker 4: comes out of the tunnel and the last one introduced

982
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Speaker 4: and the offense is out there on the football field

983
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Speaker 4: ready to you know, greet him with open arms, and

984
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Speaker 4: he goes out and plays very very well and wins

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Speaker 4: a football game in a game that they've got to

986
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Speaker 4: win against the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 2: In the three games that he's played for the Bengals,

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Speaker 2: his time to throw is right up there near the

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Speaker 2: top in the NFL. If he can't play this week,

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Speaker 2: Jake Browning has watched him for three weeks. Do you

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Speaker 2: think that's one of the things that Jake would try

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Speaker 2: to do better than he had done in the three

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Speaker 2: games he started.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, Jake, I think that Joe for whatever reason,

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Speaker 4: it's it's a little bit later in the season. They've

996
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Speaker 4: played more reps together. Uh, they've kind of bonded a

997
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Speaker 4: little bit. The offensive line's pass protected fairly decently for Joe,

998
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Speaker 4: and he said it. He's given the offensive line a

999
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Speaker 4: lot of kudos, a lot of bouquets, verbal bouquets, and uh,

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Speaker 4: and it's well earned and well deserved. They've they've done

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Speaker 4: a pretty good job of keeping Joe Flacco upright and

1002
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Speaker 4: haven't really taken that many hits. But unfortunately, on one

1003
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Speaker 4: of the few hits that he did take, it was

1004
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Speaker 4: a significant one and caused injury. But if they can

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Speaker 4: protect Jake Browning like they protect protected Joe Flacco, he may.

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Speaker 3: He may do pretty well. I mean he may. He may,

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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 4: Execute the Bengals offense fairly, uh, fairly decently. He knows

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Speaker 4: what he's doing. He's a very smart guy, very bright quarterback.

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Speaker 4: He's got really good football IQ. He can throw the football,

1011
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Speaker 4: he can do, he can do a lot of things.

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Speaker 4: His teammates like him. They respond to him. It's not like, huh, jeez,

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Speaker 4: we've got Jake Browning, Oh my god, we're in trouble.

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Speaker 3: It's not. It's not anything like that.

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Speaker 4: So I hope that if Joe's out for an extended

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Speaker 4: period of time, Jake Browning lights it up. I hope

1017
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Speaker 4: he goes out and puts together a big winning streak

1018
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Speaker 4: and they get it right back on the hunt.

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Speaker 2: How much his Flacco helped the line between how quickly

1020
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Speaker 2: he throws the ball and knowing where he's going to

1021
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Speaker 2: be because he's not running around back there. He's dropping

1022
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Speaker 2: back into the pocket, maybe inching up if need be,

1023
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Speaker 2: but typically.

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Speaker 5: Not running around from sideline to sideline.

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Speaker 4: Good point, Dan, I mean, he is, He's not a statue,

1026
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Speaker 4: but he's not what you consider an upperly mobile quarterback either,

1027
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Speaker 4: but you mentioned something that he does very well. He

1028
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Speaker 4: will climb the pocket and he's got a little escapability

1029
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Speaker 4: in the pocket. He's got a little lateral movement, he's

1030
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Speaker 4: got his feet are still fairly quick. So I think

1031
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Speaker 4: I think the offensive.

1032
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Speaker 3: Line likes blocking for Joe Flacco.

1033
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Speaker 4: Some of the guys that I've talked to have mentioned

1034
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Speaker 4: that very thing that you know, he's really easy to

1035
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Speaker 4: block for. Because the biggest reason is the other thing

1036
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Speaker 4: you said, you know your football is they know where

1037
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Speaker 4: he's going to be. It's not like, Jeez, can I

1038
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Speaker 4: if he takes an outside rush, do I have to

1039
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Speaker 4: turn him back inside? Can I take him to the outside?

1040
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Speaker 4: Where's the quarterback setting up? Where's he going to be?

1041
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Speaker 4: They know, So, you know, with that question out of

1042
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Speaker 4: the equation, I think it's a much easier dynamic to

1043
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Speaker 4: block for Joe.

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Speaker 5: All right, let's move to another topic.

1045
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Speaker 2: And you alluded to this early in the show, something

1046
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Speaker 2: you've been hearing with your work in podcasting, social media,

1047
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Speaker 2: et cetera. The mistackles, Yeah, it was glaring last week.

1048
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Speaker 2: For the season, the Bengals have more than eighty no team,

1049
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Speaker 2: no other team in the league has more than sixty five,

1050
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Speaker 2: so it's been an issue. Let's hear from linebacker Dimitrius

1051
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Speaker 2: Knight on that topic, trying to improve in the area

1052
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Speaker 2: of getting people on the ground.

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Speaker 11: Here's Demetrius, and this is the NFL. It's not just

1054
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:12,480
Speaker 11: your cake walk. This isn't you know, backyard football. This

1055
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Speaker 11: isn't rec league football. Those guys in the opposite side

1056
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Speaker 11: are also paid, just like we're paid. We're paid to

1057
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Speaker 11: get them on the ground. They're paid to make us miss.

1058
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Speaker 11: And some of those times you may be in bad position,

1059
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Speaker 11: you may have your feet tangled up, you may slip

1060
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Speaker 11: on the turf and whatnot or grass. But at the

1061
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Speaker 11: end of the day, it just comes down to relying

1062
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Speaker 11: on your technique the basics. Talked about it this morning

1063
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Speaker 11: that you know, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant relied on

1064
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Speaker 11: the basics and mastering the basics, and when you get

1065
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Speaker 11: away from those, like it's easy to you find fault

1066
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Speaker 11: in those. But once you master those, you begin to

1067
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Speaker 11: take it strides that you.

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Speaker 3: Know you can make.

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Speaker 2: Master or matter. Rather as he just described, mastering the basics.

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Speaker 4: I think it is. I think I mean, eighty tackles

1071
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Speaker 4: is a lot. I mean ten a game. That's that's

1072
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Speaker 4: just waiting way too many, way too many.

1073
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Speaker 3: Uh.

1074
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Speaker 4: And it's it's killing. It's killing the football team. I

1075
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Speaker 4: think that is the biggest, single reason reason that the

1076
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Speaker 4: Bengals are where they are record wise. I think it's

1077
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Speaker 4: a compound or a compounding nature of two things. Not

1078
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Speaker 4: stopping the run. Why aren't you stopping the run? Well

1079
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Speaker 4: more so than not hitting the right gaps and being

1080
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Speaker 4: where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be there.

1081
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Speaker 4: That aspect of it is not great, but it's good enough.

1082
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Speaker 4: But the tackling finishing players, it's just not there. So

1083
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Speaker 4: they need to go back to fundamentals, go back to

1084
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Speaker 4: techniques that Al Golden has been teaching. Rep them, rep

1085
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Speaker 4: them till they're blue in the face, wrap them till

1086
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Speaker 4: they don't want to rep them anymore, and then rep them.

1087
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Speaker 4: I mean, that's what it boils down to. They have

1088
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Speaker 4: to hit rap and take them to the ground. It's

1089
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Speaker 4: a three tackling. Good tackling is a three component scenario,

1090
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,800
Speaker 4: and they're not doing it. They're just not getting it done.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals are playing a lot of young guys on defense.

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Speaker 2: I want to ask you a question that I asked

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Speaker 2: Al Golden earlier this week.

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Speaker 5: How long does it.

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00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 2: Take to know if a guy can really play in

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00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 2: the NFL? A year, a couple of years, do you

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00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 2: know right away? I mean typically how long does it take?

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Speaker 4: That's a great question. Again, Dan, you know your football,

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00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 4: you know, and it's like when I played played with

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Speaker 4: teammates that you know right away.

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Speaker 3: Oh, this dude's a player.

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Speaker 4: I mean, he knows exactly what he's doing, why he's

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00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 4: doing it, where he's supposed to be, when he's supposed

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00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,600
Speaker 4: to be there, why he's supposed to be doing what

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00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 4: he's doing. I mean, this guy is a football savant man.

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00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:05,360
Speaker 4: This guy's you know, football Menza. His football intelligence is

1107
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 4: off the charts. He's got everything you need physically to

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00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 4: be a dominant football player. Hey, this guy, this guy

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00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,120
Speaker 4: is a natural. I mean, he's gonna be playing right

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00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:17,080
Speaker 4: away and making an impact right away. Those are easy.

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00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 4: But then you have guys that you know it will

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00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:23,560
Speaker 4: take a year sometimes two. Now you get into a

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00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,799
Speaker 4: third year and it's like, when's this guy gonna get it?

1114
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 4: When's you gonna come along? When's the like going to

1115
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:34,320
Speaker 4: go on man, you know, so yeah, uh that that's

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00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 4: that's why the draft and evaluating play it's inexact science.

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00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,320
Speaker 3: You know, there's no there's.

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00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:43,360
Speaker 4: No formula that you can you can utilize on guys

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00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:46,399
Speaker 4: on a on an individual by individual basis that will

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Speaker 4: give you a computer printout sheet and tell you exactly

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Speaker 4: what you can anticipate from a guy. Uh, from a

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00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:53,680
Speaker 4: career standpoint.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals and Bears this Sunday coming up next, we

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Speaker 2: all had two Chicago for an inside look at this

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Speaker 2: week's opponent. You're listening to the Bengals Game Plan Show

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Speaker 2: presented by bud Light, live from.

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Speaker 9: The Scoreboards Sports Bar on.

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Speaker 5: ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 9: Dead.

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Speaker 2: Holden Dave lap I'm back in the Bengals Game Plan

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Speaker 2: Show presented by bud Light.

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Speaker 5: We are live tonight.

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Speaker 2: At Scoreboards Sports Bar here in North Bend. We appreciate

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00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:24,120
Speaker 2: the Bengals fans who are with us on location and

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00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 2: to all of you listening on the radio. It's the

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Speaker 2: Bengals and Bears this Sunday at pay Corpse Stadium and

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Speaker 2: it's time for this week's No the Faux segment. Time

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00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,480
Speaker 2: to get the lowdown on this week's opponent. And to

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Speaker 2: do that, we welcome in the great radio voice of

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Speaker 2: the Bears, in his twenty fifth year calling their games,

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00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:44,960
Speaker 2: our friend Jeff Joniac. Jeff, welcome to the Bengals radio network.

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Speaker 3: How are you, my man?

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00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 8: I'm doing great, gentlemen, how we feeling it? And if I

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00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 8: did the math correct and maybe Dave can fix this

1145
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:56,480
Speaker 8: for me, eight hundred and nine Bengals games in the

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00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:58,320
Speaker 8: booth and on the field, is that correct?

1147
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 2: That's actually a little low laugh. Did his one thousandth

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00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:06,280
Speaker 2: game earlier this year between playing and broadcast?

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00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, between you might have yeah, you might you might

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00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:14,160
Speaker 4: have missed some of the playing games or whatever, or

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00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 4: playoff games as broadcast. But yeah, it's over a thousand,

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Speaker 4: which is mind boggling.

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Speaker 3: Jeff. I don't know. I can't I can't believe it.

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00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,360
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know where all the time went.

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Speaker 3: Thousand games.

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Speaker 5: That's scary. In fairness to you, Jeff.

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00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 2: That math was done by our friend and colleague Jay Morrison,

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00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 2: who covers the Bengals, and I think he may have

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Speaker 2: included preseason games.

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Speaker 3: I think so.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, okay, okay, if.

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Speaker 2: You were just a regular season that would account for

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Speaker 2: the difference.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, regardless, tip of the caps to you, and congratulations

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Speaker 8: down the Ring of honor. I've had many times to

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00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 8: visit with you, and that is that's some kind of

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00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 8: performance right there, and that's the love of the game.

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Speaker 8: So I respect that. I talked to your old roommate today, Kenny,

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00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 8: and we had him on our podcast and it was

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Speaker 8: an awesome, awesome conversation.

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Speaker 4: He's just terrible, isn't He might be the worst guest

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Speaker 4: I've ever had in my life.

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Speaker 3: He's unclear, he is. He is phenomenal.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I roomed with the guy for ten years

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00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 4: and I don't think I've ever known a better human being,

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Speaker 4: a better football player, or a better human being than

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Speaker 4: Kenny Anderson.

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Speaker 3: The guy is. He's a gem man. He's one of

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Speaker 3: a kind. And appreciate your kind work. Jeff, you got it.

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Speaker 8: You earned it, my friend.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:35,280
Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about your team, the Chicago Bears.

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00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 2: Jayden Daniels was so good last year and Drake may

1184
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:42,440
Speaker 2: has been so good this year that some people at

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00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 2: least have questioned whether the Bears got the right guy

1186
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 2: when they picked Caleb Williams number one overall last year.

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00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 2: How good has Caleb been this year?

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Speaker 8: Well, he's definitely making progress. And you know, I can

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Speaker 8: look at statistics many different ways, as we all can.

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Speaker 8: Ron Rivera, my good friend and former Bears linebacker and

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Speaker 8: former head coach, in a couple of spots that figures

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00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,080
Speaker 8: lie in Liar's figure. But I'm going to go with

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Speaker 8: the positives and Caleb when you look at key situational football,

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Speaker 8: whether it be first down performance, what he does on

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Speaker 8: third down, what's he done in the fourth quarter of games.

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Speaker 8: You know, his quarterback ratings here have been up over

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Speaker 8: one hundred, So you know that's just one simple breadcrumb

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Speaker 8: leading to a bigger picture. But despite the loss last week,

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Speaker 8: and it was a tough one to take, no question

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Speaker 8: about it, Ben Johnson said he made major progress last week.

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Speaker 8: And as long as we keep paring major progress for

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Speaker 8: a young quarterback, that's music to my ears.

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Speaker 3: I hear that.

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00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,880
Speaker 4: What about the Chicago Bears in general, you know, it

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00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:54,000
Speaker 4: seems like they've had their moments where they're playing pretty

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00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 4: darn good football. I think it's a solid football team,

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Speaker 4: and then they've had all the moments where you know,

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00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 4: it's been a struggle, and I guess I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I don't know exactly what the anticipation was organizationally for

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Speaker 4: the season for the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if they're living up to it or whether.

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Speaker 4: They're not, or you know, just right right in the

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Speaker 4: middle of all of those expectations in terms of how

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Speaker 4: they performed. What is it about the Chicago Bears why?

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Speaker 4: I guess consistency or inconsistency might be the best way

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Speaker 4: to put it. What's the reason for the inconsistency do

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Speaker 4: you think, Jeff?

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Speaker 8: You know, and a lot of self inflicted wounds. I mean,

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Speaker 8: that would really sum up some of their losses here

1220
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:41,160
Speaker 8: Detroit was the exception that was just a steam rolling

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Speaker 8: walked into a hornet's nest there. But the penalties, you know,

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Speaker 8: they're one of the highest penalized teams in the NFL.

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Speaker 8: The false start they've got the most in the NFL.

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Speaker 8: Those pre snapped things will drive any any coach crazy,

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Speaker 8: particularly an offensive coordinator. Who is the head coach in

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Speaker 8: this case, Ben Johnson. So he's challenged much like Zach

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Speaker 8: Taylor's challenged the defensive leaders of the football team there

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01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 8: in your neck of the woods, he's challenged the offensive

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Speaker 8: leaders and the Bears to clean it up and make

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Speaker 8: sure that they stop hurting themselves because it has happened

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Speaker 8: at critical moment. And there could be other penalties too,

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Speaker 8: including special teams that affected the balance of the field,

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Speaker 8: that put the team where they would back somebody up

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01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 8: or you know, now it's a big penalty that wipes

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Speaker 8: it out and now you get the football thirty yards

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Speaker 8: up down the field. So many of those types of things,

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Speaker 8: I think, you know, the first part of the season,

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Speaker 8: especially with the first time head coach and a new staff,

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Speaker 8: there's growing pains that come with learning new schemes and

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Speaker 8: particularly a very challenging and dynamic offensive concepts that Ben

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Speaker 8: Johnson puts on the table.

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Speaker 2: The Boys the Bears. Jeff Jonieki is our guest. The

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Speaker 2: Bears have sixteen takeaways. They are number one in the

1244
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Speaker 2: NFL in turnover ratio. How are they doing it? How

1245
01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:04,000
Speaker 2: are they getting that many takeaways on defense?

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Speaker 8: Well, they're they're rallying to the ball, and you know,

1247
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 8: it's a feeding frenzy when it starts to happen. They

1248
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:11,680
Speaker 8: did not have one last week, and that that was

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Speaker 8: a to teal reason for the defeat. They were living

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01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 8: on that and they were turning those into points. I

1251
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,320
Speaker 8: think they have fifty points off takeaways. You know, I

1252
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,080
Speaker 8: made a mistake. I was talking. I was talking with

1253
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Speaker 8: the former All Pro cornerback and Bears defensive back coach

1254
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:32,600
Speaker 8: and passing game coordinator Al Harris about, Hey, the ball

1255
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:35,160
Speaker 8: is finding certain players and it had been the case

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Speaker 8: all throughout training camp fellas, I mean guys like Tremaine Edmunds,

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Speaker 8: guys like Kevin Byern, and it spilled over into the

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Speaker 8: regular season. And I said, you know, why is the

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Speaker 8: ball finding these players? Is Is it just because of

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Speaker 8: the And he kept shaking his head, Am I on

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Speaker 8: the round round track. He goes, it's mindset, he corrected me,

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Speaker 8: and I kept trying to push that envelope. Nope, it's

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01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 8: about mindset. And I do believe this team plays with

1264
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,960
Speaker 8: that mindset and that fire and if they're able to

1265
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 8: cut it loose and play physical and violent, that's what

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01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:07,720
Speaker 8: That's what every coach wants. But that's been stated as

1267
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:11,280
Speaker 8: one of the key components of what they want the

1268
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 8: identity of this team to be in all three phases.

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01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:16,720
Speaker 8: You know, the ball is gonna come out hard hits

1270
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 8: or ricochets or you know, making teams feel uncomfortable when

1271
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:23,120
Speaker 8: that ball is in the air, or if they're running

1272
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 8: at you and you're getting raked every time you touch

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Speaker 8: the ball.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're you're hitting on the physicality that in my mind.

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Speaker 4: I mean when I think Chicago Bears, I think dip

1276
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:39,400
Speaker 4: butk is. I think, you know, just stoning people. I think,

1277
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Speaker 4: you know, Walter Payton running people over and uh, you know,

1278
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:46,919
Speaker 4: putting cleek marks up their chest and their face mask

1279
01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 4: as he runs them over. You know, I just think

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01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:53,000
Speaker 4: about Top Bears, the Chicago Bears, I mean monsters are

1281
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:58,440
Speaker 4: the Midway. Have they got that mentality? Does this group

1282
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:02,000
Speaker 4: have that type of mentality? Because historically the Bears have

1283
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,000
Speaker 4: been all about that. They've been one of the most

1284
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,560
Speaker 4: physical teams in the National Football League.

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Speaker 3: Is this group of guys are they up to the task?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: I mean they want to be. And I you know,

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Speaker 8: it's funny you brought that up because I've been banging

1289
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:19,120
Speaker 8: that drum for years. I don't know, call me a meathead,

1290
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:20,600
Speaker 8: I don't know what you want to call me, but

1291
01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 8: I guess I'm romanticizing the same thing of but just

1292
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 8: peering over a guy on the ground after blasting him

1293
01:04:27,360 --> 01:04:30,120
Speaker 8: and Mike Singletary and his eyes in that eighty five

1294
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:33,280
Speaker 8: defense in the sixty three championship team, those teams from

1295
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 8: the forties. You know, I always feel that you should

1296
01:04:37,120 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 8: reflect the city that you play in. And now, this

1297
01:04:40,360 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 8: is the city of broad shoulders, This is you know,

1298
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 8: rough and tumble Chicago, the meatyards back in the day.

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Speaker 8: You know, just that kind of mentality, and I think

1300
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:55,280
Speaker 8: Bears fans expect it, they love it when it happens,

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01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 8: and I do too. And I think when you close

1302
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 8: your eyes, especially in the AFC North, in the NFC North,

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Speaker 8: the old Black and Blue Division, in the NFC Central,

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Speaker 8: the AFC Central, and I go, I'm very familiar with

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Speaker 8: both of those divisions where I have grown up in

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Speaker 8: my life, and you can close your eyes and know

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Speaker 8: what a Steeler looks like, what a Raven looks like,

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Speaker 8: what a Cleveland Brown and ball in Cincinnati Bengal looked

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Speaker 8: like throughout the history of the franchise, and you can

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Speaker 8: say the same thing about the four teams in the

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Speaker 8: NFC North.

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Speaker 5: Totally agree with that.

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Speaker 2: Jeff ben Johnson was the coach that every team with

1314
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Speaker 2: a vacancy last year wanted to hire ye, how did

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Speaker 2: the Bears come out on top in that derby to

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Speaker 2: come away with Ben Johnson?

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Speaker 8: In his first introduction, he simply said I want this job,

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Speaker 8: and it was over get it. As soon as he

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Speaker 8: said I want this job, he got that job. And

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Speaker 8: he made it clear before I even uttered a single

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Speaker 8: question in the interview, I want this job, and that

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Speaker 8: passion connected and it didn't hurt that he's very well

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Speaker 8: paid in addition, but he was going to get that

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Speaker 8: no matter where you go. But the Bears dipped into

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Speaker 8: their vault and they paid what they believe was the

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Speaker 8: best candidate for the job in this hiring cycle. And

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Speaker 8: I you know, listen, man, I think this is my

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Speaker 8: eighth head coach in my twenty nine years associated with

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Speaker 8: the team, and twenty five is play by play. I've

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Speaker 8: met some amazing coaches, all kinds of coaches, different personalities.

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Speaker 8: This guy has me waking up every day excited about

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Speaker 8: what I'm going to see next and certainly on game day,

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Speaker 8: what plan is going to be put together offensively. And

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Speaker 8: I feel the same way frankly about Dennis Allen right now.

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Speaker 8: I'm just excited to see what they bring to the

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Speaker 8: table because they are making new game plans a single

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Speaker 8: week for their opponent, and then that's just relying on,

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Speaker 8: you know, a bunch of plays thrown together that they

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01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:08,680
Speaker 8: have a they have a plan, And I do appreciate that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, Ben Johnson, Dennis I would think, I agree.

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01:07:13,960 --> 01:07:16,360
Speaker 4: I mean, they got to have some kind of a plan.

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Speaker 4: What what are you expecting? What is the media expecting?

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01:07:19,880 --> 01:07:21,920
Speaker 4: What do you think you're gonna see? How to the

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01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,520
Speaker 4: Chicago Bears all season long? What's gonna be their staple?

1345
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 4: What's gonna be the thing they hang their hat on?

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Speaker 4: No matter what, the Chicago Bears will be.

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Speaker 8: This physical and violent, that's what they want to be.

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Speaker 8: They want to if you're if you're gonna get into

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Speaker 8: a fight, you know, and you're gonna win that fight

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01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:44,320
Speaker 8: and you're gonna leave Chicago, or they're gonna you're gonna

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01:07:44,360 --> 01:07:47,560
Speaker 8: feel that game and you want to feel them when

1352
01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:49,840
Speaker 8: you watch and turn on the tape and you know

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01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:52,560
Speaker 8: that you're gonna be in for a long sixts no

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01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:55,960
Speaker 8: matter what the outcome. I think that's kind of the

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01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 8: notion and all three phases, not just uh, not just defense,

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01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 8: but offense and special teams. And I'm sure every coach

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01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:06,400
Speaker 8: in the league want that right, but you've got to

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01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:09,480
Speaker 8: speak it into existence and make it a thing and

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Speaker 8: then believing because this has been a franchise, obviously, it

1360
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 8: has had a roller coaster ride, and they have to

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01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,920
Speaker 8: feel and understand what it takes to win, that every

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01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:23,680
Speaker 8: play counts, that every play matters, and learn how to

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Speaker 8: do it. And they started that process during that four

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01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:29,799
Speaker 8: game winning streak, and they want to make sure that

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Speaker 8: that feeling does not does not vacate the facility after

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Speaker 8: one setback last week.

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Speaker 2: Jeff can't thank you enough for joining us tonight. It's

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Speaker 2: always great to chat with you, and we look forward

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Speaker 2: to seeing you in Cincinnati on Sunday.

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Speaker 8: All right, appreciate it. We'll be looking forward to seeing

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Speaker 8: you guys. Take care of a good night, good show.

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Speaker 3: Safe travels, Safe travels, my man.

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Speaker 2: That is our friend, Jeff Joniat, the great voice up

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Speaker 2: the Chicago Bears. We're going to take a time out.

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Speaker 2: Coming up next, what happened in the player's only defensive

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Speaker 2: meeting the Bengals held on Monday.

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Speaker 5: We'll discuss that next.

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Speaker 2: This is the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by Bud

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Speaker 2: Light on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 10: I think someone needs to step up and lead the group.

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01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:19,040
Speaker 10: That's what I'm waiting to see someone step up and

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01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:21,240
Speaker 10: lead the group and take some accountability over there and

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01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:22,920
Speaker 10: get this thingle in the right way.

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Speaker 2: For the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by Bud Light.

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Speaker 2: That was an exasperated Zach Taylor immediately after the last

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01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,640
Speaker 2: week's loss to the Jets, where the defense gave up

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01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 2: three straight touchdown drives in the fourth quarter. Cincinnati lost

1388
01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:40,479
Speaker 2: the game thirty nine to thirty eight. The guys on

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01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 2: defense got the message. The veteran leaders on defense, guys

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Speaker 2: like bj Hill, Logan Wilson, Trey Hendrickson, called for a

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01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:54,280
Speaker 2: player's only defensive meeting on Monday. Piers rookie Dimitrius Knight

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01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:55,719
Speaker 2: talking about that meeting.

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Speaker 11: Of course they take it to heart and okay, it

1394
01:10:00,439 --> 01:10:03,120
Speaker 11: was hard for them to sleep and whatnot, but they

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01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:06,200
Speaker 11: came in, they challenged us, and they take accountability for everything,

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Speaker 11: just as we all take accountability for everything that we

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01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:12,360
Speaker 11: put on film. So it's it's a group effort. There's

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Speaker 11: gonna be no blame game, no pointing fingers, nothing right.

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Speaker 11: But we do have leaders on this defail.

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Speaker 2: Remember any players only meetings back in the day Latin.

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Speaker 3: I do. Yeah, was involved in a couple three of them.

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Speaker 4: And you know, the the good thing is when you

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01:10:30,160 --> 01:10:34,960
Speaker 4: do have players conduct players only meeting, it shows.

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Speaker 3: That they care.

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01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:38,840
Speaker 4: You know, It's like they're not happy with what's going on.

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01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 4: It's not like, hey, you know, and water rolling off

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Speaker 4: my back. I don't care. I'm getting my paycheck. I'm

1408
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:49,599
Speaker 4: just gonna go home and you know, work through things.

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01:10:50,160 --> 01:10:52,519
Speaker 4: Make sure I don't try not to get injured, get

1410
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Speaker 4: through a season, get another vested season in retirement, you know,

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01:10:57,800 --> 01:10:59,559
Speaker 4: get a year under your belt.

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Speaker 3: You're one of a four year contract. They're not. It's

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Speaker 3: not like that with this group.

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Speaker 4: They're they're they want to be good, they want to

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01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 4: have a good season, and they're trying to make sure

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01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:18,439
Speaker 4: that they don't waste any time in turning it around,

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01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,479
Speaker 4: you know, redirect the bus as such and get it,

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01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:25,320
Speaker 4: get it moving in the right direction, and win some

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01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:28,960
Speaker 4: football games. Don't want to waste any more opportunities to

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Speaker 4: win games. The season's not that long. You're you're halfway

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Speaker 4: through it. You don't have any games to waste right now.

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Speaker 4: It can't happen.

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Speaker 2: Had the Bengals won a game they scored thirty eight

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01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 2: points in against the team that did not have a

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01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:48,400
Speaker 2: victory heading into the game, they would be even in

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01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:52,639
Speaker 2: the win column in the AFC North for first place.

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Speaker 3: Crazy.

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Speaker 4: Crazy, it is because they're not playing. They're playing like crap.

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Speaker 4: You know, they're not playing well, and they know they're

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01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:03,559
Speaker 4: not playing well. And that's you know that defensively, Yeah,

1431
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:08,000
Speaker 4: and that's and that's uber frustrating. I mean, you know,

1432
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:12,040
Speaker 4: people think that professional athletes are spoiled brats and they

1433
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:15,280
Speaker 4: don't care. It's not true. It's not true. Most of

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Speaker 4: most of the guys that I played with, they they

1435
01:12:20,280 --> 01:12:23,920
Speaker 4: truly cared about the effort that they were putting forth

1436
01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:28,840
Speaker 4: and the plays that they were showing up on tape.

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Speaker 4: You know, they wanted to make sure that they were

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Speaker 4: playing at a high level. They wanted to make sure

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01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:37,040
Speaker 4: that they were playing proficiently. They were doing everything they

1440
01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:40,040
Speaker 4: possibly could to help their team win, win football games.

1441
01:12:40,439 --> 01:12:42,200
Speaker 4: Be where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to

1442
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:48,080
Speaker 4: be there, Have pride in what you're doing. Play with energy, emotion,

1443
01:12:49,160 --> 01:12:54,040
Speaker 4: play with great detail. All those things are are vitally important,

1444
01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:57,479
Speaker 4: and you have to have all of them and be

1445
01:12:57,560 --> 01:12:59,800
Speaker 4: able to do all of them well to succeed and

1446
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:00,559
Speaker 4: win games.

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01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:04,120
Speaker 2: Steelers play the Colts this week. Colts have the best

1448
01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:07,840
Speaker 2: record in the AFC at seven and one. The Ravens

1449
01:13:07,880 --> 01:13:11,760
Speaker 2: expect to have Lamar Jackson back. They play tomorrow night

1450
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:16,200
Speaker 2: at Miami. Miami is not very good, but Thursday night

1451
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:20,439
Speaker 2: road games almost by definition, are really hard for the

1452
01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:23,040
Speaker 2: road team, and they are the road team. So again,

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01:13:23,760 --> 01:13:28,320
Speaker 2: if the Bengals can beat the Bears at home this Sunday,

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01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:31,280
Speaker 2: it's a very good chance they're going to be even

1455
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 2: in the win column with the Pittsburgh Steelers for first place.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, they could definitely get it done. It

1457
01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:42,960
Speaker 4: is not easy to play on Thursday night, and Tua

1458
01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:47,080
Speaker 4: has the ability to play well. He's not playing very

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01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:50,479
Speaker 4: well right now, but he has lit it up in

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Speaker 4: games in his career in the National Football League. The

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Speaker 4: guy can put together big numbers. He can he can

1462
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Speaker 4: score points, throw the football when he's right, when he's

1463
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:05,800
Speaker 4: seeing the field, when he's reading the progression properly, getting

1464
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 4: the ball out of his hand quickly. Who is good

1465
01:14:08,439 --> 01:14:11,040
Speaker 4: who it can get it done. So hopefully that tour

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01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:14,320
Speaker 4: shows up, you know against Baltimore. I mean, you're right

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Speaker 4: the Bengals. It's not like man hanging your head. The

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01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 4: season's over, are from it, and they know that. I've

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01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:26,920
Speaker 4: been in situations that were more dire than what the

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Speaker 4: Bengals are facing right now and turn it around and

1471
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 4: did make the playoffs, and other seasons turn it around,

1472
01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:37,160
Speaker 4: didn't quite make the playoffs. They're capable of doing the

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01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,400
Speaker 4: same thing. I mean, this football team has plenty of

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01:14:41,479 --> 01:14:43,519
Speaker 4: good football players. It really does.

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Speaker 5: Better beat the Bears.

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Speaker 3: Gotta beat the Bears. Definitely.

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Speaker 5: All right, we're gonna take a time out. Coming up next.

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Speaker 2: The Bears, of course, have a new head coach and

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Speaker 2: Ben Jonson and Zach Taylor knows him extremely well. That

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Speaker 2: story is coming up next, it says The Bengals Game

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Speaker 2: Plan Show presented by bud Light, Easy to Drink, Easy

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Speaker 2: to Enjoy, Live from Scoreboards Sports Bar, thirty seven eighty

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Speaker 2: three Shady Lane in North Bend on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by

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Speaker 2: bud Light, Easy to Drink, Easy Too in July here

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Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty. We appreciate the Bengals fans came

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Speaker 2: out to join us. Tonight here at Scoreboard Sports Bar,

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Speaker 2: and we invite you to join Lap and Wayne box

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Speaker 2: Miller this Friday afternoon from three to six for the

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Speaker 2: Bengals pep Rally show that is held every Friday afternoon

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Speaker 2: at the on the Rhine Eatery that is the food

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Speaker 2: hall on the second floor above the downtown Kroger at.

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Speaker 5: Court and Walnut.

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Speaker 2: Their special guest on Friday afternoon in the final hour

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Speaker 2: of that show will be Bengals defensive lineman Chris Jenkins.

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Speaker 3: Yes, he will join us from five to six to

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Speaker 3: show us from three to six.

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Speaker 2: All right, it's the Bengals and Bears this Sunday at

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Speaker 2: pay Corps Stadium. Bears have a new head coach and

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Speaker 2: Ben Johnson. Last year he was the offensive coordinator for

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Speaker 2: the Detroit Lions. And last year he had a play

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Speaker 2: called stumblebum where their quarterback Jared Goff intentionally fell down.

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01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:21,519
Speaker 2: Running back Sjamir Gibbs dove on to the ground as

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Speaker 2: if he was recovering the fumble. Ben Goff hopped to

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Speaker 2: his feet and threw a touchdown pass. That's the type

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Speaker 2: of stuff that Ben Johnson did with the Lions. It

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Speaker 2: certainly made him the most sought after coaching candidate in

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Speaker 2: the job market this past offseason, the Bears hired him.

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Speaker 2: They're reportedly paying him thirteen million dollars a year. And

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Speaker 2: this all comes as no surprise to Bengals head coach

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Speaker 2: Zach Taylor, who worked with Ben Johnson for four years

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Speaker 2: in Miami. Let's hear from Zach on the Bear's new

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Speaker 2: head coach.

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Speaker 10: Incredibly smart. I mean, this is no surprise where he's

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Speaker 10: at his career, the job he's doing. Anyone who's ever

1516
01:17:00,720 --> 01:17:03,559
Speaker 10: interacted with him and worked with him would see this coming.

1517
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:06,520
Speaker 10: You know, one of the easily one of the smartest

1518
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:10,240
Speaker 10: people I've ever been around, great outside the box thinker.

1519
01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:13,080
Speaker 10: He's worked his way up the hard way. You know,

1520
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:15,640
Speaker 10: when he got to Detroit, he had to work up

1521
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:19,719
Speaker 10: from even though he was way overqualified for where he started.

1522
01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:20,519
Speaker 5: That's just where you do.

1523
01:17:20,640 --> 01:17:22,479
Speaker 10: And he just kept turning the trust of people and

1524
01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:24,920
Speaker 10: working all his way all the way up through the ranks,

1525
01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:26,720
Speaker 10: did it all the hard way, did a great job

1526
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:28,880
Speaker 10: at every level. He's been at tight end coach to

1527
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:32,200
Speaker 10: coordinator to now the head coach, and so I'm not

1528
01:17:32,200 --> 01:17:34,080
Speaker 10: surprised at all the job that Ben has done.

1529
01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:38,840
Speaker 2: So last year in Detroit, ben Johnson's offense, he was

1530
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:41,760
Speaker 2: again the offensive coordinator, led the NFL in scoring more

1531
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,240
Speaker 2: than thirty two points a game, led the NFL in

1532
01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:48,240
Speaker 2: total yards more than four hundred per game. Crazy, The

1533
01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 2: Lions aren't there yet. They're middle of the pack, their

1534
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:54,240
Speaker 2: fifteenth in the NFL in scoring twenty four points a game.

1535
01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:57,720
Speaker 2: But what has impressed you over the years with what

1536
01:17:57,800 --> 01:17:59,479
Speaker 2: he's done in Detroit and what he's doing so far

1537
01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:01,120
Speaker 2: in chicag Go about Ben Johnson?

1538
01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:03,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think like Zach is talking about and now

1539
01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:07,320
Speaker 4: there's a reference about him, his creativity. He's not afraid

1540
01:18:07,400 --> 01:18:11,920
Speaker 4: to try anything. You know that what he does with

1541
01:18:12,280 --> 01:18:15,439
Speaker 4: did with Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions is a

1542
01:18:15,479 --> 01:18:19,360
Speaker 4: great example. He knows that you have to have great

1543
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:22,439
Speaker 4: players to do it, and and great players in terms

1544
01:18:22,479 --> 01:18:27,400
Speaker 4: of mentally and physically being able to comprehend and understand

1545
01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:30,439
Speaker 4: why you're doing what you're doing, how you're doing it,

1546
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:36,920
Speaker 4: what the what the reason is uh and and what

1547
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:40,920
Speaker 4: your part is in the in the success.

1548
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:41,760
Speaker 5: Of the play.

1549
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:46,559
Speaker 4: And he's been fortunate, I think in his career in

1550
01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:50,120
Speaker 4: that he has had very very bright football players with

1551
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:53,400
Speaker 4: high football i Q it's not to say that he's

1552
01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:54,160
Speaker 4: not a great coach.

1553
01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:54,639
Speaker 3: He is.

1554
01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:58,599
Speaker 4: I think that that he takes football to the next level.

1555
01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:03,800
Speaker 4: I at him as almost a young Bill Walsh. Bill

1556
01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:06,320
Speaker 4: Walsh was like this when we had Bill Walsh early

1557
01:19:06,400 --> 01:19:09,120
Speaker 4: on in our days with the Cincinnati Bengals on that

1558
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:12,719
Speaker 4: on Paul Brown's staff. He was willing to try anything,

1559
01:19:13,240 --> 01:19:16,840
Speaker 4: and he'd tested in practice against Chuck Steadley and our

1560
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:21,639
Speaker 4: defensive players and see, you know, if it had any merit,

1561
01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:23,599
Speaker 4: and if it did, he would tweak it and fine

1562
01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:25,800
Speaker 4: tune it and get it ready and polish it and

1563
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:29,480
Speaker 4: dust it and all that sort of thing. I see

1564
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:33,840
Speaker 4: Ben Johnson having the same type of coaching career as

1565
01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:38,800
Speaker 4: Bill Walsh, because, like Zach said, he's very bright, he's

1566
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:43,040
Speaker 4: extremely intelligent. He you know, he's been in a position,

1567
01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:46,479
Speaker 4: an assistant coach, position coach, a coordinator. He's going to

1568
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:48,680
Speaker 4: be a head coach. That's what Bill waltah. That's the

1569
01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:52,640
Speaker 4: same progression Bill Walsh took with Paul Brown. And I

1570
01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:56,040
Speaker 4: could see I could see him having as good a

1571
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:58,760
Speaker 4: career as Bill Walsh has for as long as Bill

1572
01:19:58,800 --> 01:19:59,320
Speaker 4: Walsh did.

1573
01:20:00,120 --> 01:20:02,760
Speaker 2: So, as we said earlier, we don't know at this point,

1574
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:05,400
Speaker 2: if Joe Flacko will be the starting quarterback on Sunday.

1575
01:20:05,439 --> 01:20:08,759
Speaker 2: If it's not him, it would be Jake Browning. Sean

1576
01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:11,479
Speaker 2: Clifford from Saint Xavier High School would become the backup

1577
01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:14,200
Speaker 2: if Joe Flacco can't play and Jake Browning starts the game,

1578
01:20:14,479 --> 01:20:17,880
Speaker 2: regardless of who the quarterback is. One thing that I

1579
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:21,240
Speaker 2: am hopeful of and makes me think that the Bengals

1580
01:20:21,240 --> 01:20:23,280
Speaker 2: would have a chance to pull it out even if

1581
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,519
Speaker 2: Jake Browning is in there is how well they've run

1582
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:27,800
Speaker 2: the ball the last two weeks. One hundred and forty

1583
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:31,280
Speaker 2: two yards against Pittsburgh, won eighty one against the Jets.

1584
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:35,200
Speaker 2: They've averaged seven yards per run in their last two games,

1585
01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:37,120
Speaker 2: and the Bears are giving up more than one hundred

1586
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:40,120
Speaker 2: and forty rushing yards per game so far this season.

1587
01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:43,479
Speaker 2: Can they have another big game on the ground, Maybe

1588
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:46,360
Speaker 2: not one eighty one again, but you know one twenty

1589
01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:49,559
Speaker 2: plus something that would give them some balance which they

1590
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:52,000
Speaker 2: obviously did not have for the first six games.

1591
01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:54,559
Speaker 4: You know your football, Dan, I mean, balance is the key.

1592
01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:59,120
Speaker 4: I mean, and the Bengals are starting to run the

1593
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:02,120
Speaker 4: ball better, starting to run the ball more effectively. I

1594
01:21:02,120 --> 01:21:05,240
Speaker 4: think Samaj p Ryan ran hard. My god, did he

1595
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:05,880
Speaker 4: run hard.

1596
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:06,400
Speaker 3: You know.

1597
01:21:06,479 --> 01:21:08,960
Speaker 4: He took advantage of every opportunity, every carry that he

1598
01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:12,040
Speaker 4: was given. He finished it. And man, he was high

1599
01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:16,600
Speaker 4: knee action running through people, broke a lot of tackles.

1600
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:19,200
Speaker 4: I think Chase Brown is a gifted running back. I

1601
01:21:19,240 --> 01:21:21,920
Speaker 4: think he can do everything. He can run the football,

1602
01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:27,000
Speaker 4: he can change direction, people bounce off him with broken

1603
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:28,720
Speaker 4: tackles as well, and he can make a miss a

1604
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:33,479
Speaker 4: little dipsy do as well. They can run it, they

1605
01:21:33,560 --> 01:21:35,960
Speaker 4: can catch it out of the backfield, they run good

1606
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:39,160
Speaker 4: routes as running backs. Out of the backfield. They can

1607
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:43,559
Speaker 4: line up in wide receiver spots in the formation and

1608
01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:47,280
Speaker 4: run routes and give the Bengals some versatility and flexibility

1609
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:50,519
Speaker 4: there and potential mismatches there if you get you know,

1610
01:21:50,600 --> 01:21:53,519
Speaker 4: a big safety or a linebacker out there and coverage

1611
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:58,960
Speaker 4: on them. So yeah, I mean, I think I like

1612
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:03,000
Speaker 4: what I see out of this Bengals offense. And the

1613
01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:07,200
Speaker 4: key is running the football well. And once you do that,

1614
01:22:07,320 --> 01:22:10,000
Speaker 4: you can play action pass and get some things going

1615
01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:12,960
Speaker 4: in that regard. And then on the flip side of it,

1616
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:16,479
Speaker 4: if the defense can control the opponent's running game, and

1617
01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:19,720
Speaker 4: make them one dimensional. It really takes a lot of

1618
01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:22,920
Speaker 4: the passing attack out of the equation, and that's exactly

1619
01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:24,680
Speaker 4: what you want to do defensive with the.

1620
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:27,519
Speaker 2: Bengals have a new offensive line coaching Scott Peters. His

1621
01:22:27,640 --> 01:22:31,680
Speaker 2: techniques are very different from the norm. I imagine it

1622
01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:35,280
Speaker 2: probably took some time for that to start, the muscle

1623
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 2: memory to kick in, for this stuff to start to

1624
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 2: feel natural. How much do you think their growth under

1625
01:22:42,479 --> 01:22:45,400
Speaker 2: him is fueling the improved play up front?

1626
01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:47,680
Speaker 4: Another good call, Dan, you know what you're looking at.

1627
01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 4: I mean, I think it's I think it's everything. I

1628
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:56,080
Speaker 4: think that I don't think they ever like. I don't

1629
01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:58,360
Speaker 4: believe in this guy. I don't like anything he's doing.

1630
01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:02,519
Speaker 4: But until you can go out and test it and

1631
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:07,200
Speaker 4: try it under the you know, the lights as such,

1632
01:23:07,520 --> 01:23:11,680
Speaker 4: full go and and then you can make an evaluation

1633
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:14,920
Speaker 4: on this, have any merit or not, you know. And

1634
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,559
Speaker 4: and I think that they did see that what he's

1635
01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:21,760
Speaker 4: talking about makes sense, and he's so passionate about teaching it.

1636
01:23:21,880 --> 01:23:24,400
Speaker 4: My god, it's it's it's unbelievable.

1637
01:23:24,479 --> 01:23:25,800
Speaker 3: He he is.

1638
01:23:26,160 --> 01:23:29,679
Speaker 4: He does have some some interesting fundamentals and techniques. They're

1639
01:23:29,960 --> 01:23:32,800
Speaker 4: they're a little bit different than the norm. He's kind

1640
01:23:32,800 --> 01:23:36,559
Speaker 4: of a you know, a path, a trend center. Yeah,

1641
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 4: going down his own path coaching in the National Football League,

1642
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:44,840
Speaker 4: and I think Ted Carris is a guy that really

1643
01:23:44,840 --> 01:23:48,439
Speaker 4: believes in what he's teaching. And as a result, Ted

1644
01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:50,880
Speaker 4: Carriss the leader of that offensive line, and the rest

1645
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:51,960
Speaker 4: of the guys will follow suit.

1646
01:23:52,439 --> 01:23:54,400
Speaker 2: All Right, we need to take our final time out

1647
01:23:54,560 --> 01:23:57,640
Speaker 2: coming up. When we come back when the offense is

1648
01:23:57,640 --> 01:24:00,720
Speaker 2: good and the defense is bad or vice versa, how

1649
01:24:00,760 --> 01:24:04,160
Speaker 2: do you keep a team from pointing fingers? We'll discuss

1650
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:07,639
Speaker 2: that next. This is the Bengals Game Plan Show presented

1651
01:24:07,680 --> 01:24:15,880
Speaker 2: by bud Light on ESPN fifteen thirty. Fullman to the

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01:24:15,920 --> 01:24:19,800
Speaker 2: Bengals Game Blend Show presented by bud Light. Thanks so

1653
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:22,240
Speaker 2: much for tuning in. We want to thank our engineer,

1654
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:25,240
Speaker 2: Mike Mills. Thank you Mike coming out and setting everything

1655
01:24:25,320 --> 01:24:25,640
Speaker 2: up right.

1656
01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:26,040
Speaker 5: Magic.

1657
01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:30,320
Speaker 2: Thanks to Tarren Bland back in the studio. Thanks to

1658
01:24:30,360 --> 01:24:33,000
Speaker 2: the ben Gals, we appreciate them. Thanks to the butt

1659
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:39,680
Speaker 2: Light girls as well. She just loved moments ago, but

1660
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:42,479
Speaker 2: maybe she's listening in the car. Thank you to Nida

1661
01:24:42,760 --> 01:24:45,040
Speaker 2: Yes who went above and she always does.

1662
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:45,839
Speaker 3: She's amazing.

1663
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:48,600
Speaker 2: But the bake goods are crazy tonight. I don't know

1664
01:24:48,640 --> 01:24:51,639
Speaker 2: if I'm strong enough to carry what she has given us.

1665
01:24:51,800 --> 01:24:53,080
Speaker 3: It's a few pounds.

1666
01:24:53,120 --> 01:24:55,559
Speaker 5: It's gonna put on a few pounds, that's for sure. Right.

1667
01:24:56,080 --> 01:24:58,479
Speaker 2: And most of all, thank you to the Bengals fans

1668
01:24:58,479 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 2: for being here. We greatly appreciate each and every week.

1669
01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:03,200
Speaker 3: You guys make the show, no question.

1670
01:25:04,720 --> 01:25:08,160
Speaker 2: So last Sunday was rough. The Bengals scored thirty eight

1671
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:12,080
Speaker 2: points and did not win. After the game, Jamar Chase

1672
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:15,280
Speaker 2: was interviewed by a bunch of reporters, myself included. He

1673
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:19,559
Speaker 2: didn't say anything negative about the defense, but sometimes it's

1674
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,200
Speaker 2: what you don't say. Yeah, right, and you could feel it.

1675
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:25,599
Speaker 2: You could feel his frustration. Yeah, not only for this game,

1676
01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:28,639
Speaker 2: but that several times that had happened last year. Sure,

1677
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:32,080
Speaker 2: the offense performed really well and the defense just had

1678
01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:35,280
Speaker 2: a hard time keeping the opponent off the scoreboards. So

1679
01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:40,320
Speaker 2: how do you prevent offense and defense from finger pointing?

1680
01:25:40,360 --> 01:25:43,000
Speaker 2: It is human nature, it's hard to do. I asked

1681
01:25:43,040 --> 01:25:46,679
Speaker 2: that question earlier today to offensive line coach Scott Peters.

1682
01:25:46,680 --> 01:25:47,679
Speaker 5: Here's what he had to say.

1683
01:25:48,920 --> 01:25:51,360
Speaker 12: I reminded our guys, you know it wasn't too long

1684
01:25:51,400 --> 01:25:53,800
Speaker 12: ago when we were the ones that weren't playing up

1685
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:56,000
Speaker 12: to our standard, and we got to be there to

1686
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,960
Speaker 12: support our team because it's a team game, so it

1687
01:25:57,960 --> 01:25:59,120
Speaker 12: can't do it without everybody.

1688
01:25:59,200 --> 01:26:01,200
Speaker 5: And as frustrating as.

1689
01:26:01,080 --> 01:26:04,000
Speaker 12: It might be, and it was very frustrating to lose

1690
01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:07,240
Speaker 12: the game, it's a team effort and where you know,

1691
01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:09,080
Speaker 12: and it's always gonna be the case in football, so

1692
01:26:09,400 --> 01:26:11,519
Speaker 12: we just need some group to step up if somebody's

1693
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:14,000
Speaker 12: not playing well or not it didn't have a good

1694
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:14,920
Speaker 12: performance day.

1695
01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:16,599
Speaker 5: It's it's a team that makes this happen.

1696
01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:19,639
Speaker 12: So our guys are fully embraced of the defense and

1697
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,120
Speaker 12: the players on that side of the ball because it's

1698
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:24,280
Speaker 12: gonna take all of us to do it.

1699
01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:27,840
Speaker 2: It's the ultimate team game. But it's hard when one

1700
01:26:27,920 --> 01:26:30,400
Speaker 2: side is doing well and the other side is doing poorly.

1701
01:26:30,560 --> 01:26:35,280
Speaker 4: It really is, you know, and you sometimes frustrations can

1702
01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:38,519
Speaker 4: boil over, and that's that's what happens from time to time.

1703
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:42,280
Speaker 4: And you know, I can remember situations where offensively for us,

1704
01:26:42,360 --> 01:26:44,479
Speaker 4: everything is clicking. It's like, oh man, this is almost

1705
01:26:44,479 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 4: too easy. What's going what's going on here? And the

1706
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:48,400
Speaker 4: defense is a stiff man.

1707
01:26:48,439 --> 01:26:49,080
Speaker 3: They just can't.

1708
01:26:49,439 --> 01:26:53,599
Speaker 4: They can't stop anything. And you know it's like at halftime,

1709
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 4: you're come on, man, well you get we get off

1710
01:26:57,200 --> 01:26:59,519
Speaker 4: the field on third down once, when you make them

1711
01:26:59,520 --> 01:27:01,280
Speaker 4: punt the foot ball once, come.

1712
01:27:01,080 --> 01:27:06,519
Speaker 3: On, let's go. And you know you can the team.

1713
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:11,360
Speaker 4: The team can fall apart, the team can become splintered, divided,

1714
01:27:11,640 --> 01:27:15,040
Speaker 4: and I think Zach Taylor and his coaching staff's acutely

1715
01:27:15,120 --> 01:27:16,599
Speaker 4: aware of that. And I'm not gonna let it happen.

1716
01:27:16,640 --> 01:27:19,599
Speaker 2: I'm glad that Scott Peters pointed out to his guys

1717
01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:23,759
Speaker 2: and this is true. Just remember earlier this year. Yeah,

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01:27:23,840 --> 01:27:26,280
Speaker 2: I mean go back to Week one. Wasn't the offense

1719
01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:27,880
Speaker 2: wasn't good. The defense won the.

1720
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:29,519
Speaker 3: Game exactly period.

1721
01:27:29,920 --> 01:27:32,679
Speaker 4: And that's It's a team game. Like you said earlier, Dan,

1722
01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:36,599
Speaker 4: it's the ultimate team sport. You have twenty two moving

1723
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:38,439
Speaker 4: parts every single play.

1724
01:27:39,080 --> 01:27:39,759
Speaker 3: That's a lot.

1725
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:41,880
Speaker 4: That's a lot of things going on at the same

1726
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:45,280
Speaker 4: time that if any one of them breaks down or

1727
01:27:45,320 --> 01:27:47,840
Speaker 4: goes wrong, it can be a problem that affects the

1728
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:48,559
Speaker 4: whole system.

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Speaker 5: All right, I will not be with you on Friday afternoon.

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01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:54,800
Speaker 5: I am off to Salt Lake City.

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01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:56,439
Speaker 3: Yes, sir, see, if I'll see.

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01:27:56,240 --> 01:27:58,680
Speaker 5: If the Mighty Bearcats can win their eighth in a row.

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01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:01,000
Speaker 3: About it? Can you conroll.

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01:28:02,840 --> 01:28:05,880
Speaker 2: No Bearcats currently seventeenth in the country and a two

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01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,000
Speaker 2: hi for first place in the Big Twelve.

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01:28:08,120 --> 01:28:08,439
Speaker 3: Nice?

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01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:11,880
Speaker 2: And when I see you on Sunday in the press

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01:28:11,920 --> 01:28:15,840
Speaker 2: box in our booth, I might be a little sleepy.

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01:28:15,880 --> 01:28:18,280
Speaker 3: Just so you know, I'll bring a pillow. I bet,

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01:28:18,360 --> 01:28:19,439
Speaker 3: so just bring.

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01:28:19,240 --> 01:28:21,280
Speaker 2: A lot of coffee or allow me allow me to

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01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:23,559
Speaker 2: have a massive mug of coffee because I might need it.

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01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:25,479
Speaker 3: I bet. I bet.

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01:28:25,680 --> 01:28:29,719
Speaker 4: You know what nobody calls a game better than that. No,

1745
01:28:29,720 --> 01:28:31,559
Speaker 4: nobody does. Nobody does.

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01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:32,559
Speaker 3: Thank you.

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01:28:32,880 --> 01:28:35,800
Speaker 4: And the city of Cincinnati is so fortunate to have

1748
01:28:35,920 --> 01:28:39,759
Speaker 4: you calling games to them at the collegiate and professional level.

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01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,080
Speaker 4: And I am so fortunate to have you as apartment.

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01:28:42,120 --> 01:28:42,840
Speaker 5: Thank you, my friend.

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01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:45,960
Speaker 2: I'm gonna sound really good this weekend when the Bearcats

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01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:47,400
Speaker 2: and Bengals both win.

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01:28:47,720 --> 01:28:50,759
Speaker 3: Yes, I love it. Let's do it, all right, let's

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01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:51,080
Speaker 3: do it.

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01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:52,920
Speaker 5: That's gonna do it for our show tonight.

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01:28:53,200 --> 01:28:56,880
Speaker 2: Thanks again to everybody listening and to everybody here at

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Speaker 2: Scoreboard Sports Bar. You've been listening to the Bengals Game

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