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Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody.

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Speaker 2: I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth Podcast.

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Speaker 2: The ummm Gonna Soak Up the Sun addition, as the

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Speaker 2: Bengals shine on a sunny day in Miami hammering the

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Speaker 2: Dolphins forty five to twenty one. Coming up radio replays,

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Speaker 2: locker room comments and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then,

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Speaker 2: Now here's a quick reminder that you can have the

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Speaker 2: the greatest thing since a money making idea for a

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati restaurant. My son Sam is a student at the

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Speaker 2: University of Colorado, and one of his favorite things to

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Speaker 2: eat there is a breakfast sandwich sold at the Deli Zone.

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Speaker 2: What makes it so good Well, in addition to the

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Speaker 2: the Deli Zone adds hash browns, not on the side,

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Speaker 2: but right in the sandwich. I have never seen that

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Speaker 2: on a menu in Cincinnati or anywhere else that I've lived,

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Speaker 2: and I'm not sure that I've ever wanted to try

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Speaker 2: anything more, especially if the breakfast meat is the Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: favorite getta. So if you run a Cincinnati breakfast joint

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Speaker 2: make a bundle, add hash brown to your breakfast sandwich

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Speaker 2: and let me know about it. I can guarantee at

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Speaker 2: least one frequent customer. Now time for the radio replays

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Speaker 2: from Sunday's twenty four point route in Miami. Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 2: Happy Hanukkah, and greetings from tropical Miami, where the sun

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Speaker 2: is shining and the temperature is seventy nine degrees as

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Speaker 2: the Bengals look to win their final road game, of

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Speaker 2: the year as they take on the Miami Dolphins, and

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Speaker 2: it is time for the pig skin to fly here

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Speaker 2: at hard Rock Stadium. First and ten Bengals from their

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Speaker 2: own nine. Burrow throws it deep downfield. T Higgins high

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Speaker 2: points the ball and makes the catch at the forty

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Speaker 2: five yard line.

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Speaker 1: First and goal from the nine for Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: Burrow in the gun back at the fourteen Chase Brown

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Speaker 2: off his right hip. Burrow catches the shotgun snap, looking right,

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Speaker 2: throws into the end zone for Higgins.

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Speaker 1: He's done it.

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Speaker 2: Touchdown Bengals. T Higgins, with a great adjustment to the ball,

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Speaker 2: then drops to his knees and praise to a higher

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Speaker 2: power after making a great catch on that throw from

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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 3: Unbelievable play by T. Higgins. He showed everything. He showed

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Speaker 3: his size, he showed his athleticism, he showed his soft hand.

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Speaker 2: Yours under center eighth and seven yards behind, tossed to

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Speaker 2: thirty twenty five twenty fifteen ten five touchdown Miami. The

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Speaker 2: NFL's fastest running back shows off his speed as the

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Speaker 2: Dolphins are a pat away from tying the game. This

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Speaker 2: will be a forty five yard field goal attempt for

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Speaker 2: the lead from the right hash Mark Ryan Rico will hold,

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Speaker 2: Rookie Will Wagner will snap. Money Back is ready the

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Speaker 2: snap the placement and money Man's kicked on its way

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Speaker 2: and hits the left upright and it bounces through the

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Speaker 3: Unbelievable, Just like he planned it.

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Speaker 2: Second down from the Cincinnati ten viewers with an end

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Speaker 2: around Malik Washington to the five and cruises into the

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Speaker 2: and Malik Washington cruises in for the go ahead touchdown.

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Speaker 3: And boy, that was just a perfectly time call.

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Speaker 2: On first and goal, Burrow hands it off, pe Ryan hesitates,

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Speaker 3: He would have scored from anywhere, really, I mean, there

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Speaker 3: was a short yardage goal line. There was a great

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Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins. I mean they moved he people up front.

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Speaker 1: They'll go with an empty backfield.

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Speaker 2: Barrett Carter moving from the middle of the field out

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Speaker 1: Here's a throw of the middle. It is caught.

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Speaker 2: Ballstock freeze and the Bengals appear to have it. He

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Speaker 1: They do. The ball was punched away.

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Speaker 2: The fumble recover by the defense. First down and the

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Speaker 2: Bengals get the first takeaway of the game, first and

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati up by three.

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Speaker 2: Here in the third quarter, it's an empty backfield and

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Speaker 1: Burrow throws left caught at the five.

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Speaker 2: What a move by Chase Brown as he spun around,

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Speaker 1: Jordan Brooks whiff he did.

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Speaker 3: I mean that was an unbelievable pitvot move.

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Speaker 1: On third and ten, He's gonna fire middle of the field.

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Speaker 2: He had intercepted Barrett Carter the Rokiata Clemson running it

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Speaker 1: Burrow in the gun.

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Speaker 1: They snap it back to Burrow.

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Speaker 2: He throws to the right wide open is Chase Brown

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Speaker 3: The Miami Dolphins sideline is disgusted and just pointed in disillusion.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what other d words, but Chase Brown

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Speaker 2: The running back is a chan Youwers drops back to throw,

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Speaker 2: Intercepted another takeaway for Cincinnati. Jalen Davis with the pick,

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Speaker 3: It might be in team history. Three takeaways in a

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Speaker 2: Third down and six. The Bengals have it. At the

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Speaker 3: Unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: The lineup in epistol formation for the final play of

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Speaker 2: first down, he'll be wrapped up. The officials blow the

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Speaker 2: play dead and that will do it, yes, as the

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Speaker 1: In the final road game of the year.

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Speaker 2: The Cincinnati Bengals hopefully have given their fans a taste

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Speaker 2: of what's to come in twenty twenty six as they

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Speaker 2: crush the Miami Dolphins by the final score of forty

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Speaker 2: five to twenty one. One week after having a passer

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Speaker 2: rating of fifty eight point two, Joe Burrow's rating was

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Speaker 2: one forty six point five, the second highest of his career,

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Speaker 2: and the forty five points the Bengals put on the

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Speaker 2: Dave Lapham talked to him one on one after the game.

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Speaker 3: How do you feel like you played today?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I thought pretty well.

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Speaker 6: You know, I just took what was there, and our

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Speaker 3: In their hands. You know, I got greedy once or twice.

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Speaker 6: But I thought, for the most part, is a pretty

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Speaker 3: Unbelievable day twenty five of thirty two. I think that's

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Speaker 3: a seventy three percent completion percentage or something thereabouts, three

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Speaker 3: hundred and nine yards passing, four touchdowns, no interceptions. That's

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Speaker 3: a that's a hell of a hell of a stat line.

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Speaker 3: What did you see out there? What with the Miami

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Speaker 6: They played a little single high early and t got

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Speaker 6: That's kind of set the tone for the rest of

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Speaker 3: The third quarter, you ever been part of a third

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Speaker 3: I mean they didn't score a point and you guys

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Speaker 3: the field goal. I mean, you've ever been in a

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Speaker 6: The defense is making plays like that. You have a

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Speaker 6: short field, you gotta convert.

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Speaker 3: You know, we were able to convert.

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Speaker 6: On on all four of those opportunities, So that felt great.

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Speaker 6: But it's fun watching these these young defensive players find

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Speaker 3: You mentioned the team played well, got them out of

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Speaker 3: that cover one. Your your running mate Jamar Chase was

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Speaker 3: outstanding again, But I mean he's outstanding every week. The guy,

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Speaker 3: the guy's the best, he's the best in the league.

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Speaker 3: Having a one to two punch like that, what does

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Speaker 3: that do for your offense?

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Speaker 6: It just opens everything up. You know, they really, defenses

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Speaker 6: have to build their game plan around those guys, and

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Speaker 6: we know that and they know that, and so we

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Speaker 6: can execute plays based on that, and we have everything

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Speaker 6: in our back pocket, know what to get to when

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Speaker 6: you know, we face all these different kinds of coverages.

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Speaker 6: We faced basically everyone that you could see over the

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Speaker 6: last four or five and you know, we've done a

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Speaker 6: good job building the packages to attack all these certain

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Speaker 3: And finally, Joe, you mentioned your coaches put together great

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Speaker 3: game plans for you guys, you know, every week in

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Speaker 3: order to take advantage of all the all the talent

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Speaker 3: and weapons that you've got. Talk about your coaches a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, obviously there's a lot said about this team in

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Speaker 6: good spots to go and execute. I think we have

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Speaker 6: some of the best coaches in the NFL. I think

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Speaker 6: the game plans that we put together put us in

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Speaker 2: Thanks, Lot Burrow's favorite target was Jim R. Chase, who

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Speaker 3: The best weekend?

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Speaker 2: Sometimes no points last week, forty five points this week.

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Speaker 1: So it's all good to go ahead and do that today.

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Speaker 8: It's just building momentum, even though you know our season

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Speaker 8: I'm not surprised anytime I see a fifty to fifty

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Speaker 2: Does a game like this leave you wanting more, like

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Speaker 1: And grat's in a great game. Defensive laid.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals turned a three point halftime lead into a

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Speaker 7: So, no, that was that's the goal.

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Speaker 2: Describe the excitement level of coming with your first I

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Speaker 2: You got your first. Jalen Davis got his first as well.

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Speaker 2: This is one of those games, Parritt, where you guys

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Speaker 7: I feel like it.

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Speaker 4: It was in bits and pieces, so there were still

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Speaker 4: So we just have to, you know, keep keep this

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Speaker 7: But we just have to keep building on.

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Speaker 2: It's a nice early Christmas present for Bengals fans.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on a great win.

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much, appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: Good to hear from head coach Zach Taylor, who's spent

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Speaker 9: To be in this situation we're in right now, come

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Speaker 3: I don't think i've ever seen a third quarter like

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Speaker 9: They've got good talent, they've got a great coaching staff.

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Speaker 9: They've had a tough season like we have. You know,

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Speaker 3: Talk about coaching staffs, let's talk about yours. You know,

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Speaker 9: They were absolutely you know, so proud of this coaching

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Speaker 3: I think that's the thing I'm going to remember about

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Speaker 3: How proud are you of that?

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Speaker 9: It's just a credit to the men we have in

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Speaker 2: Some of the young guys that have been pressed into

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Speaker 1: In the final two weeks of the season.

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Speaker 2: I would think that's the thing you're hoping to see

443
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Speaker 2: more of or the most big plays by some of

444
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Speaker 2: those young guys on date.

445
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Speaker 3: Couldn't agree more, Dan, I mean, you want to see

446
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Speaker 3: the graft continue to rise. I think you know your

447
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,000
Speaker 3: rookie year, you definitely pay your dues. I remember Paul

448
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,320
Speaker 3: Brown telling us as rookies. He met with the rookies

449
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Speaker 3: individually and collectively and said, it's.

450
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Speaker 7: Not going to be easy. You're going to struggle.

451
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Speaker 3: You're going to pay your dues as rookies, but learn

452
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Speaker 3: those lessons, you know, keep those in your mind. Don't

453
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Speaker 3: dismiss them, learn from them, and become a better football player.

454
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Speaker 3: And then the following year, you're going to get better,

455
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Speaker 3: and that's going to continue through the rest of your career,

456
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Speaker 3: and hopefully you be playing in the NFL for seven

457
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Speaker 3: or eight years. And I think there's more than a

458
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Speaker 3: handful of guys that fit that description in this locker room.

459
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Speaker 2: As NFL employees, we can't gamble on the games, but

460
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Speaker 2: if I could have, I would have made a bet

461
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Speaker 2: of any amount of money that Joe Burrow would have

462
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 2: bounced back with a big personal performance. And sure enough,

463
00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,080
Speaker 2: he goes from the second worst passer rating of his

464
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Speaker 2: career to the second best.

465
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Speaker 3: Incredible one forty six point whatever it was, four touchdowns,

466
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Speaker 3: no interceptions. I mean, that's what it's all about. Taking

467
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Speaker 3: care of the football, you know, don't put the ball

468
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Speaker 3: in jeopardy, don't turn the football over. And Joe's phenomenal

469
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Speaker 3: in that area. He did. He said he had the

470
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Speaker 3: worst game that he's ever had. He said that thirty

471
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Speaker 3: two teams in the NFL all thirty two would have

472
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Speaker 3: lost last week the way he played at the quarterback position.

473
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Speaker 3: So you knew he was going to make restitution. You

474
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Speaker 3: knew that he was going to make plays. You knew

475
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Speaker 3: he was going to have a bounce back performance, and

476
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Speaker 3: that's exactly what he did.

477
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Speaker 2: The Bengals defense gave up one long run. On the

478
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 2: other carries, it was three yards per carry. You haven't

479
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,840
Speaker 2: had a chance to study the tape yet, but did

480
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,640
Speaker 2: anything stand out to you as to why they were

481
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Speaker 2: so good at stopping their run other than the one

482
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Speaker 2: long touchdown.

483
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Speaker 3: They played their gap control responsibilities impeccably, you know they did.

484
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Speaker 3: They were where they were supposed to be when they

485
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 3: were supposed to be there, and knowing why they were

486
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 3: supposed to be there. They had a lot of knockbacks.

487
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 3: The defensive line knocked the offensive lineman backwards and you know,

488
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 3: control them and then played off of him to make plays.

489
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Speaker 3: They just I thought too. They've played with energy, They've

490
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,719
Speaker 3: played with enthusiasm when they played with the motion, you know,

491
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 3: the triple le's. If you have a defense that does that,

492
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Speaker 3: it makes up for a lot of mistakes. It makes

493
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Speaker 3: up for lack of talent. Not that they don't have talent,

494
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,719
Speaker 3: but you know, and honestly, I don't think Al Golden

495
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 3: did anything real sophisticated or complicated. I think he just said, here,

496
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Speaker 3: we're gonna go and line up in maybe these two

497
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 3: or three things. We're gonna play football. Go out there.

498
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Speaker 3: You've been doing it your whole life. You've been doing

499
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 3: it since junior high school, you know, pee wee football,

500
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 3: junior high, high school, college. Go out there and play football.

501
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 3: That's what you're getting paid to do.

502
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Speaker 2: The best this team can do is finish with seven wins.

503
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 2: That is not successful by anyone's measure, but if you

504
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 2: can win your last three, the feeling is so much

505
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 2: better or going into the off season program, free agency,

506
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Speaker 2: the draft, et cetera.

507
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Speaker 1: For everybody in the building.

508
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're when you're building for twenty twenty six,

509
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 3: like we talked about with the with the free agency

510
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,440
Speaker 3: and the draft and all that, to finish with three

511
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,719
Speaker 3: straight wins with the players that you have already and

512
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 3: that you've been working with, that's that's a good indicator

513
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 3: that you're doing a lot of things right. And you know,

514
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 3: that's all you can ask for is once you once

515
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,719
Speaker 3: you strike that chord where okay, we're capable of doing this,

516
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 3: we're not really too capable of doing that. Let's eliminate that.

517
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 3: Let me experiment with this a little bit. Let's add

518
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Speaker 3: this to the equation. Let's add this to the list

519
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 3: of defensive fronts and coverages that we have. And I'm

520
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 3: sure that's what Al Golden's doing now, because, like we

521
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 3: talked about earlier defenses, where it's at, they got to

522
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 3: make more improvements there than anywhere.

523
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Speaker 2: We're standing just outside the locker room moments ago, I

524
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,359
Speaker 2: saw cameraman huddled around t Higgins and Chase Brown and

525
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 2: some of the guys that had big offensive games. Didn't

526
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 2: really see anybody around the offensive lineman, the unsung heroes

527
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 2: in a forty five point performance.

528
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've played well, you know, and I think Scott

529
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,120
Speaker 3: Peters is doing a good job with them. I think

530
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 3: that their you know, their graph is going up. You

531
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 3: got a couple of veteran guys, you know, Ted Carris

532
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,639
Speaker 3: and Orlando Brown that know what they're doing. They've played

533
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,879
Speaker 3: a million snaps. They played every defensive front that you

534
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 3: can play, every that you can imagine, every defensive front

535
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,560
Speaker 3: known to man, probably. But these other guys, these other

536
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 3: young guys, they're you know, they're trying to learn and

537
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 3: on the job training can be tough, you know, particularly

538
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 3: if you lose them every game, so you don't get

539
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 3: a reward, you don't get Okay, yeah, boy, you guys,

540
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 3: you got really did a great job. And here's what

541
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 3: you got. You got a victory out of it. That

542
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 3: hasn't really happened to them all that often. So I

543
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 3: think to get a win like this, and and to

544
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,920
Speaker 3: win it as convincingly as they did, I think says

545
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Speaker 3: a lot.

546
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Speaker 1: We've got an enjoyable flight to look forward to.

547
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 3: About that, Let's pack him and zip them and get airborne.

548
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 2: Up next, a home game against the Arizona Cardinals, who

549
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 2: felled at three and twelve after losing it home to

550
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 2: Atlanta on Sunday. Cincinnati opens as a six point favorite.

551
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Speaker 2: That's a wrap on the Miami game. Up next, it's

552
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Speaker 2: time for this week's Fun Facts Conversation, where you get

553
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 2: to know the person under the pads. Time for some

554
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 2: fun facts with linebacker and special Teams stand out Joe

555
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 2: Giles Harris. I know you played football in Montvale, New Jersey,

556
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 2: which isn't too far from New York City. Where exactly

557
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,640
Speaker 2: did you live growing up?

558
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 10: I lived in New York growing up, So it's about

559
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 10: fifteen minute rod right outside of all right out soide

560
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Speaker 10: of New Jersey.

561
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Speaker 2: Do you consider yourself a New York City guy, a

562
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 2: Jersey guy? How would you label yourself just.

563
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 10: In New York and not New York City, not New

564
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 10: Jersey guy. I love everyone I'm from New York. I

565
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 10: love that about myself. I love the energy in New York.

566
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 10: I love New York. I love everything that it revives

567
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 10: and what it's about. So I tell everybody I'm from

568
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 10: New York. Joe, what sports did you play growing up?

569
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Speaker 10: And when did you know that football would ultimately be

570
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 10: your path forward? So growing up we played everything, and

571
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 10: then when I got to the high school, I played football, basketball,

572
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 10: in lacrosse. But for me, football was everything from an

573
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 10: early age. My dad coached high school football from the

574
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 10: time I was born, so I've been on a field

575
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 10: in pampers and as long as I can remember, and

576
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 10: it's the only thing I ever wanted to do. My

577
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 10: mom jokes and will tell stories, so I told her

578
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 10: that I wasn't going to college state classes. I was

579
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 10: going there for chalk talk and film prep and things

580
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,119
Speaker 10: like that. That's what I was gonna do in college.

581
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 10: So being able to be here now. It's a blessing,

582
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 10: but I pretty much knew football was my path all.

583
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 2: You played college football at Duke, which means you were

584
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 2: probably a very good student in high school. Was that

585
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 2: important in your family. Absolutely.

586
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 10: My mom and my grandmother were both teachers, so that

587
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 10: was pushed on us big from the early from early on,

588
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 10: and when it came to it, it's like, well why not,

589
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 10: do you know, It's the best of both worlds. I

590
00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,600
Speaker 10: got to play very competitive powerfil football and get one

591
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 10: of the best educations in the country, So, I mean,

592
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 10: it was a win win for me.

593
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 2: Coach k was the basketball coach throughout your tenure at Duke.

594
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 2: Did you interact, Oh, I mean we saw him a

595
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 2: couple of times.

596
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 10: I wouldn't say I knew him personally, but there was

597
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 10: a couple of times he spoke to the football program

598
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,719
Speaker 10: and you know, going to the games and things like that.

599
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 10: But it was definitely cool to see like a living

600
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 10: legend in person, especially his last couple of years I

601
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 10: was there, So it was pretty cool.

602
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: While you were Duke, you were the three time winner

603
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 2: of the Vincent Ray Award, which goes to the best

604
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 2: linebacker at Duke, and Vinnie Ray, of course, is here

605
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 2: in Cincinnati played for the Bengals. He is currently the

606
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 2: team Chaplain. Have you two hit it off now that

607
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 2: you're here in Cincinnati.

608
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 10: So it's funny, you know, being at Duke for the

609
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 10: four years, that was the name I heard every day.

610
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 10: I heard Vinnie Ray would do this, Vini Ray would

611
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 10: do that, Vinie Ray wouldn't have done this, or and

612
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 10: it was back and forth. And I didn't actually meet

613
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 10: Vine until this past year, this past spring at an

614
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 10: event the NFL host over the summer, and I got

615
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 10: to meet Vinnie for the first time. And it was

616
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 10: funny because I'm like, I know so much about you,

617
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 10: but I don't know you. And since, you know, he's

618
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 10: been nothing but a blessing to me and my family,

619
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 10: and between getting settled in sincey Bible studies, meeting with

620
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 10: him one on one, you know, it's it's been really

621
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 10: cool to, you know, build that relationship. And Vinnie's a

622
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 10: New York guy who went to Duke, and I'm a

623
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 10: New York guy I went to Duke, so it kind

624
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 10: of just worked out hand in hand.

625
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 2: There's a bit of a Duke connection in this locker room.

626
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 2: Beyond Vinnie Ray, Is it cool for you to have

627
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 2: so many former duke players in that Bengals locker room?

628
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 7: Absolutely?

629
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 10: I mean I got to play one year with Shaka

630
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 10: in college and he was really young. But I kept

631
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 10: in contact with Shaka through my time in the league

632
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 10: and until he got here, and you know, we talked

633
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 10: back and forth. And then it was funny last year

634
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 10: I was here for a week and I texted him

635
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 10: and I was like, hey, come to a locker and

636
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 10: he was like, what are you talking about?

637
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 7: Him was having a beer.

638
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 10: So seeing seeing him grow and things like that, it's

639
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 10: been awesome. It's a really good friend of mine. And

640
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 10: Lucas Patrick was a senior when I was a freshman,

641
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 10: so it's kind of the reverse thing, but same thing.

642
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 10: You know, it was nothing but good to me. I

643
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 10: talked to Lucas while he was in the league and

644
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 10: I was preparing to come in and I played against

645
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 10: him at least two or three times, and now being

646
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 10: on the same team, it's it's a cool full circle moment,

647
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 10: and you know, those of the relationships you built, Like

648
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 10: I'm thinking, I'll.

649
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 7: Never see this guy again.

650
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 10: He's a senior of my freshman in college and then

651
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 10: fast forward all these years and here we are again

652
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 10: in the same locker room, you know, so it's it's

653
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 10: a really cool feeling.

654
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 2: We're visiting with Joe Giles Harris. You had a great

655
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 2: career at Duke, team MVP, two time first Team All

656
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 2: acc or a team captain there your final year. Did

657
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 2: you expect to get drafted and was it a big

658
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 2: disappointment when you weren't?

659
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Speaker 3: Oh?

660
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Speaker 5: I think so, I think for me.

661
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Speaker 10: You know, that's obviously for everybody, it's the ultimate goals

662
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 10: to get drafted, and when.

663
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Speaker 5: It didn't happen, you know, it hurt a little bit.

664
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Speaker 10: But I come from a competitive household and my brother

665
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 10: plays profession lacrosse and things like that, so there was

666
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Speaker 10: no sulking in the moment. It was just all right,

667
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 10: what are you gonna do to stay? What are you

668
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 10: gonna do to you know, actually make it? Because you're

669
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 10: not the first the first door is not open, so

670
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Speaker 10: you got to walk to the second door. So for me,

671
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 10: it was disappointing, but I think it also taught me

672
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Speaker 10: a lot of things about myself, and it taught me

673
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Speaker 10: that if I really wanted, I had to put in

674
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Speaker 10: that much more work to get to where I'm at,

675
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Speaker 10: and seven years later, I'm still here doing it. So uh,

676
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Speaker 10: blessed for how it's gone. It started with kind of rough,

677
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 10: but you know, we figured it.

678
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Speaker 2: Out because of the way NFL accounting works. The roster

679
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: says you have two years of NFL experience, and it's

680
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 2: always annoying to me because the truth is, this is

681
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Speaker 2: your seventh NFL season, including time that you've spent on

682
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 2: practice squads. It's a good living regardless of what your

683
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 2: status is on the roster. What's been the key for

684
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Speaker 2: you to remain an NFL player for seven years?

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Speaker 10: For me, I think it's just been simple. You know,

686
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 10: show up to work every day and work. There's somebody

687
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 10: coming in and take your spot every day. There's a

688
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 10: one hundred guys who are getting tryouts every day, and

689
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 10: so what are you doing in that building to stand

690
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,959
Speaker 10: out on a consistent basis? So it's you know, I've

691
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 10: built a routine being consistent and just being vocal and

692
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 10: being a leader. And when you get your opportunity to

693
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 10: make plays, make plays. That's the league about. The more

694
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 10: plays you make, the longer you stay. The less plays

695
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,959
Speaker 10: you make, you're gonna have to find something else to do.

696
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 2: I introduced you off the top as a linebacker, and

697
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 2: special teams stand out right now. Pro Football Focus has

698
00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 2: you graded number eleven among all special teams players in

699
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 2: the NFL so far this year. You've had several tackles

700
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: and kick coverage in recent weeks. How much of special

701
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 2: team's success is all out effort and how much is

702
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 2: knowledge and technique? Well, I think you know, it's a

703
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 2: combination of both. But shout out you know, coach Darn,

704
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: Coach Ben, and you know the guys in the unit.

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Speaker 10: You know, I'm just the guy who's been lucky enough

706
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 10: to have a couple of tackles these past few games.

707
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 10: But it comes down to film study and just working hard.

708
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 10: And you know, I think for a lot of guys,

709
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 10: you know, early on you can kind of look at

710
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 10: special teams as that I don't want to play special teams.

711
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 10: I want to be a defensive I want to be offensive guy.

712
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 10: But it's just as important. It's it's just as fun,

713
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 10: and you know, guys carve out roles doing that. So

714
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 10: for me, like I told you, just being consistent and

715
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 10: doing what I have to do to stay in a building,

716
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 10: and you know, getting the opportunity to play there, and

717
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 10: it's been nothing but good to me and kind of

718
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 10: opened my eyes a little more of special teams the world.

719
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Speaker 10: And I just thank my film studying things for being

720
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 10: able to be in the right place the right time.

721
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Speaker 2: Maybe in a perfect world, you get drafted by a team,

722
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 2: you spend a decade with that team, and that your

723
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 2: NFL career. That's not been the path for you. On

724
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Speaker 2: the other hand, you've probably made hundreds of friends, and

725
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 2: the different teams you've been with, You've seen how it

726
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: works in different places, You've lived in different cities. Have

727
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Speaker 2: you enjoyed that part of your career.

728
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 5: Absolutely, I don't take any of this for granted.

729
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 10: I've made nothing but great relationships, and you know, just

730
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 10: the people I've met along the way have been amazing,

731
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Speaker 10: and that you know, there's people you met along the

732
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 10: way who aren't amazing, but it's just part.

733
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Speaker 5: Of the process.

734
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Speaker 10: But I'd say the overall knowledge I've gained just from

735
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Speaker 10: the business side of it, how the NFL works, you know,

736
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 10: what locker rooms are like, and things like that. I

737
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 10: think it's kind of really helped me, you know, stay

738
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Speaker 10: focused and stay grounded and things like that, and to

739
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 10: to really like it's been nothing but a blessing.

740
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Speaker 5: Like I've loved this process. It's been hard.

741
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Speaker 10: There's been days where I'm like, this is not it,

742
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 10: this is the worst thing in the world, but it's

743
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 10: you know, everything's turned the corner from me, and I'm

744
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 10: grateful for it. I came to this lead with no kids.

745
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 10: I have two kids now, two beautiful kids who have

746
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 10: now part of this process. My wife's part of the process.

747
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 10: So it's been good for us. It's good in us

748
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 10: a different perspective. Got to live in different areas of

749
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 10: the country, which is cool, you know, being from New York,

750
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 10: I only wanted to live in New York.

751
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 5: It was good.

752
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 10: I was able to branch out and do things like that.

753
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 10: But it's been a blessing and I cherished every Every

754
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 10: place I've been at has been good for me and

755
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 10: my family, and I'm just forever grateful.

756
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 2: All Right, a few wild card topics now for Joe

757
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,240
Speaker 2: Giles Harris, since you mentioned having two kids, son, daughter,

758
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 2: one of each, and what's your favorite thing about being

759
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 2: a dad?

760
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 10: My son is two years old and my daughter's one

761
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 10: year old, Blaze and Breeze, and I think my favorite

762
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 10: part of being a dad is just coming home and

763
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 10: hearing what they had to say about their day, and

764
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 10: you know what they did or what I did. And

765
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 10: my son's at the age where he understands things now

766
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 10: and wants to play football. So I get home and Dad,

767
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,439
Speaker 10: you didn't make a tackle today, and I'm like, yeah,

768
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 10: I didn't make a tackle. Money I'm trying, So just

769
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 10: that part, but it's just coming home and you know,

770
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 10: seeing there's something more important than whatever you got going

771
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 10: on that day. So I love to My daughter runs

772
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 10: to me every time I come in the house, whether

773
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 10: it's because she was being bad that day or she

774
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 10: just wants to see me. It is, you know, to

775
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 10: be determined, but just seeing their face, seeing their smiles,

776
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 10: and remember there's you know, there's people counting on me

777
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 10: to be more than a football player, and I think

778
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 10: that's the best part about it.

779
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: You have a hyphenated last name, Giles Harris. Was that

780
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 2: always the case or did you make that choice?

781
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 10: That's been always the case. My mom and my dad.

782
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,359
Speaker 10: Neither one wanted to give up their last name. And

783
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 10: it sounds great and it's original and when you see it, you.

784
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 5: Know who I am.

785
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 10: So the only people who have that last name are

786
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 10: people blood related to me. So I think, uh, I

787
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 10: think it's a blessing. It helps me stand out and

788
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 10: it's unique.

789
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 2: So I appreciate you referenced your brother, JT. Earlier, a

790
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 2: professional lacrosse player for the Denver Outlaws. He is a

791
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 2: three time All Star in the Premiere Lacrosse League.

792
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,800
Speaker 7: Tell us a little bit about his career.

793
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Speaker 10: Oh, well, my brother has been, you know, the best

794
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 10: player at lacrosse in my opinion, And I know that

795
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 10: probably doesn't cary well because I live in the house,

796
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 10: but he's been the best lacrossselayer I've seen in a

797
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 10: long time. He plays defense, you know, he played defense

798
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 10: playing growing up, playing football and things like that, so

799
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 10: kind of translated.

800
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 5: But he's had, you know, a heck of probably a

801
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 5: better career.

802
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 10: Than I've had, to be honest, he you know it,

803
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 10: was a defensive player of the Year in college, All

804
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 10: American most of his time in college. I think he

805
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 10: won Defensive Player of the Year already in the PLL.

806
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 10: So he's just a study, handles his business. He approaches

807
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 10: every day cod of some of that I do, you know,

808
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 10: just attack the day mentality, and he's just a competitor,

809
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 10: like there's a fire in him and it burns and

810
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 10: he's gonna get his job none no matter what.

811
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Speaker 2: Who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport?

812
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 3: And why?

813
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 5: My Also my favorite athletes is probably my older brother.

814
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 10: And that's funny, but you know, he was the first

815
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,880
Speaker 10: one we watched, the first example that I got of

816
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 10: hard work and you know, dedication. My brother wasn't the

817
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 10: best athlete there was. He was a very good athletes

818
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 10: All American in his college playing football Erie Pennsylvania, but

819
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 10: you know, he just set a good example for me,

820
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 10: and everything you saw was genuine. He never he didn't

821
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 10: skip reps, he wasn't skipping workouts, and he set the example.

822
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 10: So it was you either match that or you're not

823
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,280
Speaker 10: going anywhere. So I said, my older brother.

824
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 2: Is other than football. What are you good at?

825
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 5: Depends on yes.

826
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 10: I think I'm a pretty good basketball player myself. Basketball,

827
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 10: you know, and I like to just hang out. I'm

828
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 10: a big I love to watch movies and do things

829
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 10: like that. I love history, so I like to watch

830
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 10: you know, the trivia stuff and like things like that

831
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 10: and test my brain.

832
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 5: But those are pretty much small things.

833
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 7: I'm good at all. Right.

834
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 2: Final fun fact for Joe Giles Harris. This one's kind

835
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 2: of deep. If you could meet anyone in history, living

836
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 2: or deceased, who would that person be?

837
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 10: I say, right now aft the top of my head,

838
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 10: probably Barack Obama, And I would just you know, just

839
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 10: want to pick his brain about you know, he was

840
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 10: the first black president of the United States, and you

841
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 10: know the things he went through growing up and the

842
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 10: things he went through as our president. So just to

843
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 10: kind of pick his brain and see where he's at,

844
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 10: you know, because it takes a strong person to you know,

845
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 10: lead this country, and especially when you're the first of

846
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 10: you know, a group.

847
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 2: To do that.

848
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 10: So just pick his brain and you know, just get

849
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:58,959
Speaker 10: to know him. I think that would be probably person

850
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,919
Speaker 10: I want to meet the most. This has been great.

851
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,879
Speaker 10: Appreciate your time. Best of look the rest of the year.

852
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 7: Thank you.

853
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 5: I appreciate it.

854
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