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This is ESPN 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:27.840 fifteen thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:30.000 And away we go a very pleasant, good evening, everybody. 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:36.080 Greetings from Scoreboard Sports Bar thirty seven eighty three Shady 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.360 Lane is the address in North Bend that you are 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.400 listening to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by bud Light, 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.640 Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy Here on ESPN fifteen thirty. 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:51.960 I'm Dan Hord along with Ring of Honor inductee Dave Lapham. 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.680 Thank you very much, much appreciated folks. 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:58.840 We are going to be here for the next two 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.440 hours tonight, getting you set for a Sunday's home game 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.480 between the Bengals and the Chicago Bears. We will be 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:09.280 joined momentarily by rookie linebacker Barrett Carter out of Clemson, 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:13.160 who has already moved into the Bengals starting lineup. Two 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.560 rookies starting at linebacker with Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.640 The future is now, I guess at the linebacker position, 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:23.240 and Al Golden you know, made that call. He feels 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.560 confident in both of these young players that they understand 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.640 what he is trying to teach. They understand the techniques 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.080 from fundamentals that he's trying to teach, as well as 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.760 the assignments where to be, when to be there, how 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.319 to get there, everything that goes along with it out. 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:40.080 In the football field. 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:44.240 And he feels like these young athletic linebackers will make 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.960 his defensive football team faster, more athletic, and a bigger 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:51.160 challenge for posing teams to block. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.400 The Bengals looking to bounce back on Sunday from a 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:58.000 bitterly disappointing loss last Sunday to the New York Jets. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.240 The Bengals led by ten at the end of the 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.520 first quarter, eleven at the end of the second quarter, 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.320 fifteen at the end of the third quarter. The lead 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:10.040 kept getting bigger and then unfortunately at the end of 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:11.920 the game, it slipped through their fingers and they lost 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.880 by a point to a team that now has one win. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.160 It was frustrating. I mean, you know, grind your teeth, 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:23.360 grit your teeth kind of football game zero and seven 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:28.760 football team, Like you said, you know, they've been in games. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.520 It's not like they were blown out seven times. They've 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:34.200 been in football games. They're not a terrible football team. 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.960 They're a solid football team. But they just had not 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.720 figured out a way to close games out and get 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.640 games in the victory column. But they did at pay Corps. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:45.840 They got in the victory calumn for the first time. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:47.720 And I think it was more of what the Bengals 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.480 didn't do, you know, to finish the football game. Like 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.520 you said, Dan, you're a fifteen point in the fourth, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.880 fifteen point lead in the fourth quarter. You got to 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.600 win that football game. You got to close that thing out. 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:00.840 I mean, you got to make a make a play, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.560 a final some kind of a play that will put 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.880 the knife and the dagger in the back of the opponent, 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:12.280 you know, and and just quiet them. But hey, you know, 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.359 you get to credit the New York Jets. They did 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.160 what it took to win a football game. They felt 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.760 like they had to. I mean, their season talk about 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:25.000 season on the brink, as that old show says, that's 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.920 what was going on with the New York Jets, and 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.960 they felt a definite sense of urgency, a definite sense 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.680 of you know, one and done, we got to get 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:37.480 this done. They approached it, I would think probably like 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.600 a playoff game. You know, during the course of the week, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:45.320 the installation part of it, and then travel and take 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.280 care of yourself before the game, get plenty of rest, 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:50.120 get up and give it the best effort you can 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.440 give on Sunday and try to come home with a victory. 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.000 Other than the last two minutes of the game. How 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.400 is your Ring of Honor Week spectacular? 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:00.760 It was really good. 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.640 It was tremendous, so much fun, and you know, the 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:09.000 ones that I wanted to try to get to enjoy 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.080 it as much as they possibly could, with the grandchildren, 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.240 you know, because there they'll never forget that, They'll never 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:18.000 forget coming to Cincinnati and spending time with everybody. A 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.840 lot of people that they don't see. People came in 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:30.200 from California, Arizona, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, fromont Connecticut, Maine. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:34.560 I mean, it was a quite a gathering. So they 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.880 saw people that they hadn't seen for a while, and 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.040 then they saw other people they had never seen before, 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:43.360 so it was good to expose them to that, and 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:44.880 they all had a grand time. 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:45.640 There's no doubt. 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.720 Now, if I won the Masters, Yeah, and I had 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:52.440 that green jacket, I'd be wearing it everywhere. I'd be 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:56.200 showing up at McDonald's in my Master's jacket. Where is 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:57.599 your ring of honor jacket? 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:06.440 Yeah, it's uh, it's tucked away in my closet, safe 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.400 and sound. It really is. It's such an honor to 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.479 get that jacket. A lot of work went into that 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:15.280 bad boy. 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:15.799 No doubt. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.599 When I take a look at it, it's like a 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.159 lot of blood, sweat and tears. 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.640 You know, we're. 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.760 Poured out to get that jacket. So it is definitely 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:31.240 definitely an honor, you know, to have my teammates and 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.599 my family celebrated with me. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.359 Was be on words. 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.760 All right, let's welcome our special guest tonight. We really 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.599 have to thank them. Yes, kind of a crummy raw night, 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.240 pretty long drive from pay Court Stadium, but it was 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.039 one good guy and he was willing to do it 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.600 a little bit. Let's welcome in number forty nine Bengals 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:59.760 linebacker Barret Carter. Sir, all right, I guess I have 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:01.640 to get this out of the way right off the bat. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:05.560 Last week's game was obviously disappointing. How do you personally 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.159 put a game like that behind you? 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.800 Yeah, I mean, just being truthfully honest, even if we 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:13.880 won that game, it would have been behind me already. 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:17.279 So you gotta treat wins and losses the same. Now, 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.919 I'm I'm such a competitor and I'm not even gonna 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.720 like I'm hurt by that game. But you know, as 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.440 a leader on this team, a growing leader on this team, 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.120 like the guys are going to look to me to 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.960 see how I respond, So I can't show up negative. 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.640 I gotta flush that. Obviously correct the mistakes, but gotta 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:35.640 flush that and move on to the Chicago and just 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.680 you know, try to get to Sunday and walk out 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:38.120 with a w. 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.920 I guess the one question. I know I've been hit 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:46.479 on social media, podcasting, all that sort of thing a 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:47.280 lot of the fans. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.440 How what is with tackling? What's going on? 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:55.239 Why is the team having difficulty tackling, making sure tackles 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.960 in the open field, in space and getting people on 0:06:58.000 --> 0:06:59.719 the ground. What do you say to that, Barret? 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:01.599 Yeah, I mean it's the little things. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:05.440 It's I promise y'all it's not a knock on our 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.120 athleticism or our ability. 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:07.360 Right. 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:10.080 We have all the talent and all the athleticism in 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:10.400 the world. 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:11.960 It's just it's the little things. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.200 It's taking better angles, it's finishing up as being the 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.160 second man in helping your brother finish that tackle. So 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:20.640 it's just a little things like that. But you know 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.520 we have what we need that building to correct the 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.880 mistakes and you know, move on from these mistakes. 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.760 Sure, the guys on defense head of players only meeting 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.880 on Monday, I wouldn't expect you to share any secrets 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:33.920 or anything personal that came out of that meeting, But 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:35.920 what what was the g Just what can you share? 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.480 Just that like, we know we're much better than you 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.440 know what we're putting on film, and like we're we 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.320 have we so we hold ourselves to such a high 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:46.480 standard and you know we all can see that we 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:50.080 haven't you know, hit like reached that standard in game yet. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.400 So it was just a just a meeting just to 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.760 get us together and just hey, like we're all we got, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.720 we're all we got in this room where we were 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:59.800 all we we all we need. So that was just 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.280 some essage and just you know, just keep working every 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.559 single day, day in and day out, get one percent better. 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.040 You know, come Sunday, you know it's time to dominate. 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:07.680 Go have fun. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:09.920 And that's been the message, just like this is the 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.360 this is our childhood dreams that we're living, that we're 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.200 getting to you know, do every single day and just 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.160 you know, just go out there and have fun and 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.480 play this game like like it's like it's your dream, 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:20.080 which it is. 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.800 So that's all it was. Yeah, player only meetings. I've 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:28.080 experienced those back in the playing days, and I think 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:33.160 whenever we had them, it was because everybody cared, you know, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:38.480 and cared big time. Didn't want the season to you know, 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.800 unfold in the wrong way. And you know, if we 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.280 go off to a slow start, okay, let's let's let's meet. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.280 Let's talk this over. What do we need to do? 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.520 How do we uh, how do we get on track? 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.760 How do we how do we get the you know, 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.200 the train rolling again on track and get it going 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.120 and see if we can salvage you know, a good 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:59.439 season out of this, uh, out of this slow start. 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.520 What was what was the was the mindset similar to. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.959 That absolutely, Like like I said, like, we know what 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.600 we've been putting on tape is not our identity, Like 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.679 our standard is Santa Clair. And at the end of 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.080 the year, we hope that we're gonna, you know, look 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.240 up and you know we're gonna be under the confetti 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.680 when when the time runs out, and now we know 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.600 what what we've worked so hard every single day towards 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.360 and we realize that we haven't accomplished that, but we're 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.000 working towards that every single day. So just like you said, 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.120 that was the message, and you know, we're just trying 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.080 to just keep stacking days and you get better and 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.520 just show up on Sunday, just. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:33.880 Walk out with a w every Sunday. 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.280 You are eight games into your rookie season, basically halfway 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.760 through the regular season of your rookie year. You're already 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.840 starting started the last three games at linebacker. Did that 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.120 starting role come quicker than you anticipated? 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:53.240 I mean, honestly, you did. I didn't. 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.560 My My my thing is like even when I wasn't 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.320 the starter, I showed up every single day like I 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.920 was a starter. So when I when I was told 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.280 that I was being you know, thrust it into that position, 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.760 like it didn't change anything for me, Like it didn't 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:11.240 change my preparation or anything like that. So I don't 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.280 I don't really know the answer to your quest. I 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.880 guess I would say, yes, it did happen earlier than expected. 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.040 But it's just a blessing that I get to live 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:20.880 my dream every single day and play in the NFL 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:22.160 like I could be. 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:23.520 I couldn't even touch. 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:24.719 A few, and I was still have a smile on 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.480 my face just knowing that the little version of myself 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.680 is no proud so but I'm just trying to just 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.560 go out there and just you know, do my part, 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.080 do my one to eleven and you know, bring a 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.640 w for for our fan base and for this team, 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.720 and just just do my job every time. 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.679 Al Golden is a is a brilliant defensive mind. I mean, 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.920 the guy has got extras and those dancing in his 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.200 head all day long and all night long before. I 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.880 think the only time where he shots that football bring 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:54.400 down is when he goes to bed at night and 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:59.679 tries to catch forty winks. But he really has done 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.440 a great job. He's had some great defensive football teams 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:07.360 over the years. Most recently is most recial accomplishment taking 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.400 Notre Dame to the national championship with that defense that 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.480 he had, that played so extraordinarily. Well, what does Al 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:19.160 Golden teach? What are his principles, what's his defensive mindset? 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.680 What does he want his defense to do at all cost? 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.400 First of all, fly around to the football and get 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.480 the ball out. You know, our our message the whole 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.520 season is plus two and just get the two turnout 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.040 at least two turnovers. Get the ball back to our offense. 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.120 You know, say, so they can go do what they do. 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:40.280 But I actually can't say, like my favorite Al Golden 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.440 quote because it has a little bit of language in it, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.200 but he basically just says like, you know, we're smart guys, 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.800 but be problem solvers. Like if something is messed up, 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.840 unmess it up. And that's the you know, PG. 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:52.520 Version of the Cup. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.200 But he's just what I love about him is how 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.920 calm he is on game days, Like he he truly 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.080 allows us to play so free and just so clear minded, 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.319 just knowing that, you know, if they do make a 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.880 big player, if they do score whatever, we're gonna We're 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.640 gonna come back to this online. We're not gonna freak 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.560 out We're just gonna solve the problem so it doesn't 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.840 happen again. So it's great that I get to play 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.560 for a coach like that, and a coach truly cares 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.720 about us. So we just got to you know, return 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.040 the favor and you know, bring back a W for him. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.240 I know other expressions for messed up that you can't 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:23.959 say on the radio. 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:26.080 It's probably a good idea. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:26.440 Yeah. 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:26.719 Right. 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.680 For several years, Barrett, the Bengals had a really good 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:34.360 linebacker pair in Jermaine Pratt and Logan Wilson. And now 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:38.760 I feel like that's developing again with you and Demetrius Knight. 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.040 Describe your relationship with Demetrius and how the two of 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:43.800 you are building a bond at linebacker. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:44.200 Yeah. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.880 I was so iffy about d Night because if y'all 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.600 didn't know, I went to Clemson and he went to 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:52.959 South Carolina there to rival schools, so I was a 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.960 little hesitant at first. But he's grown to be my 0:12:57.080 --> 0:13:01.760 brother for life. Truthfully, he's got me although he's gotten 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:03.640 me better at football and just learning from him, he's 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.120 gotten me closer in my faith, like with God, and 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.600 you know that's that's that's already a brother. But you know, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.880 we bring each other along. Like I told him, like 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.440 the day I got here, like we're gonna be two 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:17.160 greats here. Like we're gonna like there was obviously greats 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.960 already here like Logan and Vonte's Bertha Jermaine product, there 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.640 was grace that came before us. But like I told him, like, 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.800 we're gonna be the next two greats. And that's like, 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:27.920 that's our that's our goal every single day, like just 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.320 get one percent better and we're gonna look up by 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.240 the end of our careers and we're gonna hopefully bring 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.479 a lot of Super Bowls back, a lot of championships 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.720 and you know, a lot of hard we're back to Cincinnati, 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.480 but you know we we wear that badge with pride. 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:42.520 We're gonna be leaders and we're just gonna keep just 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.720 you know, sacrificing everything we can to you know, bring 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.079 bring a bring championships back to this city. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.280 Sounds good to me, how about that? Yes, sir. 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.280 So you've got a uh, you got a very very 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.439 high football IQ. I mean you're a smart game where 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.600 you have an over all football you have an overall IQ, 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.880 but you have a very very high football IQ and 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.680 al Golden has mentioned that to me in conversations, like, yeah, man, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.840 Eric gets he gets football at an extremely high level. 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:14.080 You know, I don't. 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.719 I don't have to worry about feeling like I've lost him. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.080 He's he's right with me, man, He's he's right on 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:19.800 top of things. 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.400 Where did that come from? What coach? At what level? 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.920 Is the guy that introduced you to the game of 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.520 football and got you so excited to learn the game 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:29.760 of football like he learned it? 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:30.280 Yeah. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.120 I mean I would say at first to hear him 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:36.760 say that is crazy because how I felt every day 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.520 during like OTA's like during May April May, I would 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.400 go home just like wanting to pound my head against 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:43.720 the wall. 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.200 I was just so. 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.200 Stressed out and I just felt like I was what's 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.440 the term, like drinking. 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:52.200 Out of a fire hose. Oh yeah, I was just stressed, overwhelm, 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:53.480 overwhelm everything. 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.480 Yeah, I would say, is my at first, as my 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:00.480 high school coach, Bill Stewart, he just he I thought 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.720 football is just about running and hitting people, Like I 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.040 didn't know there was so much that went into it. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.360 And you know, being coached by him, he really just 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.920 taught me like football is so much there's so much 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:12.960 into it, Like you got to know the ins and 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.280 outs as to why offenses do what they do and 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.080 just things like that. So I would say Bill Stewart 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.760 and then going to Clemson and playing for coach Venables 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.640 for a year and then West good Win my DC, 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.640 like they just taught me so much about ball. And 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.400 just like I said, I thought it was just about 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.240 running and hitting people, but it's so much more than that, 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:34.840 and there's such a big mental side of it. So 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:36.560 I'll say those three ohs for sure. 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:38.920 All right, we are going to take a time out. 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:39.800 When we come back. 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.000 We will hear from a Bengals scout on tonight's special 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.920 guest linebacker Bared Carter. 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:46.200 We are live tonight. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.840 At Scoreboards Sports Bar, he addressed thirty seven eighty three 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:51.640 Shady Lane in North Bend. 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.720 You are listening to the Bengals Game Plan Show presented. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:16:03.080 By bud Light on ESPN fifteen thirty. You are listening 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.160 to see the Bengals Game Plan Show presented by by Light, 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:11.040 Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy. Here on ESPN fifteen thirty. 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.840 We are broadcasting live from the Scoreboards Sports Bar tonight. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.320 The address if you want to plug it into your GPS. 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:21.480 Thirty seven eighty three Shady Lane in North Bend. This 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.880 place looks like it would be awesome to watch a 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.880 Bengals game, particularly a Bengals road game, if you can't 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.840 make it out to pay Course Stadium. Huge bar, lots 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.920 of seating, flat screen tbs all over the place. And 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:37.080 then it is the scoreboard sports bar thirty seven eighty 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:41.160 three Shady Lane. Our guest tonight is Bengals linebacker Barrett Carter. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.480 Barrett's with us until seven o'clock tonight and then Lap 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:45.880 and I will take you the rest of the way 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:49.160 until eight o'clock. Barrett was drafted this year out of 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:53.360 Clemson in the fourth round. Here is Bengals scout Andrew 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.360 Johnson and why the Bengals were so high on Barrett Carter. 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:02.560 He's probably the best linebacker in the draft. He's super athletic. 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.960 He can run, he can change direction, he can flip 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:09.560 his hips, he can play sam linebacker, will linebackers. He 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.679 was highly productive on special teams. He's a great kid. 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:16.200 He's a leader. But the biggest thing he's gonna help 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.199 us with day one is covering on third down. He's 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:20.800 a phenomenal cover linebacker. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:23.960 Andrew Johnson clearly a fan. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.560 Yes, And you're doing a lot more than just covering 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.240 people on third down. You're out there on almost every 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:34.680 down along with your fellow rookie Dimitrius Knight. You talked 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.240 about kind of feeling like you're drinking out of a 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.359 fire hose during OTA's in training camp. 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.280 When did that change? When did you start. 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.639 To feel like, Okay, this is the stuff I've been 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:45.560 doing my whole life. 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:51.840 I would say probably midway through fall camp. Okay, Like 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:57.680 I have great veterans like Logan ob Joe, Shaka Muma 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.440 was here, Like they just poured into us so much, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:04.080 and they made the transition so easy, so like, although 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.320 I was struggling, like they just made the struggles so 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:10.040 much better, like so much easier. So I would say, 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:12.800 like like fall camp, that's when it started to slow 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.320 down a little bit. And then I feel like I 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:16.480 have a great grasp of it. 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:16.720 Now. 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:22.679 You do and you understand multiple positions. 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.400 The versatility that you provide al goal and I'm sure 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:30.120 is extremely appreciative of. And like Johnson was talking about, 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.359 you can play and Mike backer in the middle, you 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.760 can play Sam over the tight end, strong side outside linebacker, 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.040 will weak side outside linebacker away from the strength of 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.000 the formation, away from the tight end, and you can 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:43.880 play them all equally. Well, that's very rare. You don't 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:47.199 find many many linebackers in the National Football League that 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.880 you can play anywhere up and down the formation defensively. 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:52.560 How prideful are you of that? 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:54.080 Extremely? 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:58.120 I feel like that's something that I've taken pride, taking 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:00.280 pride in since high school. Like just being and a 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.800 guy where you know, if they need me to go 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.800 play offensive line, I probably couldn't play as good as our. 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:07.159 Guys, but. 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.200 Just being a guy that that can just do whatever 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.560 to help the team, whatever the team needs. And you know, 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:15.720 if the team needs me to go down and cover 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.080 a tight end or do whatever, like right, I want 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:19.600 to be the guy who can be put in that 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:23.000 position just to help us win. So I've worn that 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.760 bro with that, I've won that badge with pride for 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.359 a long time, and I'm gonna I'm going to continue 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:28.679