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Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Woman Rivers addition, As We

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Speaker 1: Die set to tough loss in Indianapolis as the Bengals

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Speaker 1: jumped out to a twenty one nothing second quarter lead

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Speaker 1: before thirty eight year old Philip Rivers rallied the Colts

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Speaker 1: to a thirty one twenty seven win. Coming up, you'll

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Speaker 1: hear radio replays, postgame comments from players and coaches, and

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Speaker 1: in depth analysis from Dave Lappo. And this week's fun

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Speaker 1: Fact segment is with defensive tackle Christian Covington as he

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Speaker 1: discusses growing up in Vancouver as the son of a

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Speaker 1: Canadian Football League legend. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented

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Speaker 1: It's the greatest thing since the Java Whip. One of

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Speaker 1: my favorite guilty pleasures is sold at the Old Milford

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Speaker 1: It's called the Java Whip. It's an espresso milkshake made

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Speaker 1: worth the occasional splurge. Get yourself a Java Whip at

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Speaker 1: the Old Milford Parlor. Now, let's get to Sunday's game,

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Speaker 1: a battle between the kid Joe Burrow and a quarterback

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Speaker 1: with nine kids, Philip Rivers. He's fifteen years older than

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Speaker 1: Burrow and seventeen months older than Bengal's head coach Zach Taylor.

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Speaker 1: But the day didn't start well for Rivers. His second

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Speaker 1: pass of the game was fumbled without contact by veteran

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Speaker 1: tight end Jack Doyle and Bengals newcomer Xavier Williams recovered

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Speaker 1: at the colts forty three yard line. Seven plays later,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals found the end zone. It is third down

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Speaker 1: in goal from the two yard line. Burrow and the shotgun.

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Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard is checked in at running back. Higgins motions

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Speaker 1: toward the formation. Burrow catches the shotgun snap, gives it

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Speaker 1: to Giovanni. Bernard Gio goes into the end zone standing up,

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Speaker 1: and the Bengals have scored on their opening drive. Nice

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Speaker 1: push inside Trey Hopkins Michael Jordan take a foul. That

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Speaker 1: was the first opening drive touchdown allowed by the Colts

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Speaker 1: in their last eighteen games, ending the longest active streak

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. But the Bengals were just getting started

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Speaker 1: as they rolled the dice to score again on their

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Speaker 1: second drive. Looks like the Bengals are going to go

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Speaker 1: for it, so they're going to pass up the chip

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Speaker 1: shot field goal and go for it on fourth and

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Speaker 1: one from the Indianapolis two yard line. Samaj p Ryan

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Speaker 1: checks in and lines up like a fullback. Burrow, We'll

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Speaker 1: run a quarterback sneak and he's got the first down

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Speaker 1: and he might make it into the end zone. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna be mad. Yes, they giving them touchdown signals. So

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Speaker 1: the Bengals go for it on fourth and one from

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Speaker 1: the two and Joe Burrow, quarterback sneaks into the end zone.

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan keep coming off the football, my man, Trey Hopkins,

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan control that line of scrimmage. Nothing fancy, just

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Speaker 1: snuggle up behind your center and your left guard and

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Speaker 1: just hammered up in there. Two drives, two touchdowns. Why

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Speaker 1: stop there? Nicolts send a blitz from the edge. Burrow

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Speaker 1: throws deep down field. It is Higgins streaking down the

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Speaker 1: On third and nine, Burrow throws a perfect spiral down

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Speaker 1: the sideline to fellow rookie t Higgins. The throw went

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Speaker 1: thirty eight yards after the catch for a sixty seven

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Speaker 1: yard game on the final play of an impeccable first quarter.

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Speaker 1: On the first play of the second quarter, the Bengals

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Speaker 1: took a twenty one point lead first and goal from

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Speaker 1: the seven. After the five yard penalty, Burrow catches the

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Speaker 1: shotgun staff sticks it in the gut of Joe Mixon

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Speaker 1: charging down toward the goal line, waiting for the signal,

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Speaker 1: and he is stopped just short. No, that's the touchdown

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Speaker 1: sign The far side official did not give it to him.

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Speaker 1: The near side official eventually did. It's a seven yard

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Speaker 1: touchdown run by Joe Mixon. It obviously will be reviewed.

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Speaker 1: This is dominant in every possible way. At that point,

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Speaker 1: Burrow had one hundred and fifty three passing yards to

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Speaker 1: first downs to the Colts one. Here's t Higgins. You know,

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Speaker 1: we came in with the mentality we gotta go out

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Speaker 1: saw that at the first quarter. We just I don't

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Speaker 1: we just let off the gas and we can't do that.

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Speaker 1: We gotta stay full throttle the whole game and you know,

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Speaker 1: finish it up. The Colts comeback started with an eighty

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Speaker 1: seven yard touchdown drive. Rivers hit Marcus Johnson for a

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Speaker 1: Trey Burton. You remember Trey Burton, the tight end who

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Speaker 1: threw the Philly Special touchdown pass and the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: to Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. He'll never have to pay

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Speaker 1: for a beer in Philadelphia for the rest of his life.

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Speaker 1: His one yard run made it twenty one to seven.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals answered with their fourth scored as many drives

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Speaker 1: as Randy Bullocks forty seven yard field goal made it

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Speaker 1: twenty four to seven, but Rivers and Burton struck again.

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Speaker 1: Shotgun Staff. Rivers looking throws it towards the left side

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Speaker 1: Burton for the Colts touchdown. It was twenty four to fourteen.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals still appeared to be in good shape, but

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Speaker 1: giving Rivers the ball back with two fifty eight left

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Speaker 1: Pascal for an Indianapolis touchdown with fifteen seconds left in

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Speaker 1: the half. After a slow start, Philip Rivers passed for

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Speaker 1: to cut the Bengals twenty one point lead down to three.

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Speaker 1: Here's Jesse Bates. Philip Rivers is the Hall of Fame quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know he's a little odor now, but

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Speaker 1: he's a Hall of Fame quarterback and I feel like

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Speaker 1: the whole game he knew exactly what we were in.

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Speaker 1: Every ball that he threw was almost out of bounce

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Speaker 1: and only where the receivers can catch it. So props

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Speaker 1: the Philip Rivers, I think, you know, for us as

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Speaker 1: a defense, I mean, we got to take that as

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Speaker 1: a challenge. Our offense takes lead. Twenty one points should

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Speaker 1: be enough in this league. The only point scored in

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Speaker 1: the third quarter were scored by the Bengals, thanks in

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Speaker 1: large part to a seven time pro bowler who had

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Speaker 1: his best game in nearly two years. Third down play

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Speaker 1: coming up third and seven burrow catches the shotgun staff

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Speaker 1: short drop quick slamp caught by H Green for another

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Speaker 1: to look like J Green. AJ Green finished with eight

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Speaker 1: catches for ninety six yards, and they were big catches,

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Speaker 1: giving the Bengals first downs on second and nine, second

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Speaker 1: there that I should have made the gobaf I should

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Speaker 1: But I felt good. Um it's probably the best you know,

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Speaker 1: my body felt, you know, just get my confidence back

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Speaker 1: and playing like my whole solf T Higgins, who had

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Speaker 1: six catches for one hundred and twenty five yards, was

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Speaker 1: excited to see his favorite receiver go to work. You know,

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Speaker 1: Aja was Aja today, you know, I mean it looked

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Speaker 1: I was glad to see him get you know, as

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Speaker 1: many targ as he did and see him produce, you know,

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Speaker 1: it felt good. A fifty five yard field goal by

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Speaker 1: Randy Bullock gave Cincinnati a twenty seven twenty one lead

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Speaker 1: going to the fourth quarter, the fourth time in six

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Speaker 1: games that the Bengals have had a fourth quarter lead,

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Speaker 1: but in this case, it only lasted for a few seconds.

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Speaker 1: First play of the fourth quarter, the Colts habit in

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Speaker 1: the red zone at the fourteen yard line, rivers back

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Speaker 1: to throw a play if time is fast into the

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Speaker 1: end zone. Doyle reaches out, extends the arms, makes the

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Speaker 1: the extra point, the pat made a twenty eight twenty

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Speaker 1: seven Indie. Here's Jesse Bates on surrendering the big lead.

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Speaker 1: It is frustrating, man. We play very well, I mean

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Speaker 1: that first quarter and I don't think they got a

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Speaker 1: first down, and then you know, we kind of fall apart,

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Speaker 1: you know when the game matters. So it's the same

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Speaker 1: thing I've been saying all years. We got to be consistent.

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Speaker 1: We got to be consistent and everything we do. The

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Speaker 1: Bengals still had chances to win. After an interception by Bates,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals drove to the Colts thirty, where Sama JP

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Speaker 1: Ryan was stopped on third and one on his first

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Speaker 1: carry of the season, in fact, his first carry in

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Speaker 1: twelve games in a Bengals uniform. Down by one with

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Speaker 1: eight minutes to go, the Bengals chose not to go

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Speaker 1: for it on fourth and one and call Randy Bullock

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Speaker 1: a pressure kick for Randy Bullock a forty eight yard

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Speaker 1: attempt to try to give Cincinnati the lead. Harris ready

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Speaker 1: to snap it back. Huber catches puts it down. Bullocks

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Speaker 1: kick is up and it is no good. It hit

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Speaker 1: the right, upright and bounced to the right. So, with

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Speaker 1: a chance to give Cincinnati a fourth quarter lead, Randy

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Speaker 1: Bullock misses for just the second time all year. His

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Speaker 1: forty eight yard attempt is no good. Bullock is fifteen

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Speaker 1: for seventeen this season. But man, have the two misses

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Speaker 1: been costly. A forty yard field goal by Colts rookie

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Speaker 1: Rodrigo Blankenship gave into a four point lead with four

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Speaker 1: minutes to go, meaning the Bengals needed a touchdown on

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Speaker 1: their final drive to win. Joe Burrow drove them into

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Speaker 1: Colts territory with forty nine seconds to go. Third down

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Speaker 1: in five at the thirty five of Indie. Burrow ready

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Speaker 1: for the shotgun snap, Joe has the ball, throws over

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Speaker 1: the middle. It is intercepted, picked off at twenty yard

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Speaker 1: line by Julian Blackman, and that'll wrap it up for Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: Yes it will. Here's Burrow on the pick and his performance.

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Speaker 1: So can you take us through that last play? What

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Speaker 1: did you see on that interception? Oh, they're blitzen and

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Speaker 1: you know they're playing palms, which is basically quarters, and

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Speaker 1: we saw something I just gotta make make a better play,

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Speaker 1: make a better decision. Tough one. Did you see Blackman

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Speaker 1: Joe on the interception at the end, No, I did not.

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Speaker 1: I knew he was over there somewhere. I didn't know

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Speaker 1: he was that type. The first thing you said after

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Speaker 1: last week's game in Baltimore was you weren't very good

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Speaker 1: with your eyes today. Do you feel like you're a

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Speaker 1: lot better with your eyes today? Yeah? I mean I

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Speaker 1: played really well for three quarters and fourteen minutes and

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Speaker 1: then one bad play and I wasn't named to convert.

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Speaker 1: Burrow finished with three hundred thirteen passing yards his four

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Speaker 1: three hundred yard game, but Rivers finished with three hundred

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Speaker 1: and seventy one yards and three touchdown passes and a

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Speaker 1: thirty one, twenty seven come from behind win. Here are

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Speaker 1: Zach Taylor and AJ Green on a twenty one point

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Speaker 1: lead that didn't last. It's a tough one to swall

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Speaker 1: going to start with a bad memory. September of nineteen

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Speaker 1: of guys that are a superstar like he is in

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Speaker 1: his profession that would have almost a confessional like that,

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Speaker 1: you know, on Wednesday, and he cleansed himself, you know,

429
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Speaker 1: by doing that, I think a little bit. And then

430
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,760
Speaker 1: he played better. He played better today. But then in

431
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Speaker 1: the presser, you know, the zoom call after the game,

432
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,159
Speaker 1: he chastised himself for not making a play on the

433
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Speaker 1: deep ball. Now, could the deep ball have been a

434
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Speaker 1: little deeper where he wouldn't have had to maybe choke

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Speaker 1: it down slightly. Yeah, But he didn't say anything about that.

436
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: All he said was I have to go up and

437
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Speaker 1: attack the ball instead of trying to you know, late,

438
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Speaker 1: show my hands late, like you know, I saw him

439
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: happen in the game. He tried to show him late

440
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Speaker 1: and it didn't work out. If he went up and

441
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 1: attacked it. He felt like he could have got a

442
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Speaker 1: pass interference or a catch of the football or whatever

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Speaker 1: the case may be. So to have him in that

444
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Speaker 1: mindset to be that self critical when he's achieved what

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Speaker 1: he's achieved and he's been on the stages that he's

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Speaker 1: been on, I think, you know, to me, gives me

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Speaker 1: a lot more respect for the guy. And I think

448
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Speaker 1: his teammates, particularly the young teammate's going to be like, Wow,

449
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: he works harder than anybody and he's so hard on himself,

450
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Speaker 1: and that's what you have to do to be successful

451
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Speaker 1: in this NFL. I think he said another great example

452
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Speaker 1: for younger players in the league by what he's done

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Speaker 1: this last week. So the seven time Pro bowler was

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Speaker 1: back in this game. The eight time Pro bowler, on

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Speaker 1: the other hand, Geno Atkins was not, as far as

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Speaker 1: I can tell. Zach Taylor was asked if Gino played

457
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Speaker 1: after the game, he said, yes, he was used in

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Speaker 1: third down passing situations. Well, we never called his name

459
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Speaker 1: during the game. No tackles, no assists, no quarterback hits,

460
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Speaker 1: nothing like that for Geno Atkins. I don't know how

461
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Speaker 1: many snaps he got, but he does not show up

462
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Speaker 1: in any way, shape or form on the stat sheet. Yeah,

463
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Speaker 1: if it's third down, it might have been less than

464
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Speaker 1: the nineteen snaps he had the week before, which were

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Speaker 1: on third down because the on third down let's see defense,

466
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Speaker 1: they allowed seven conversions on eleven opportunities. So if he

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Speaker 1: was only in on third down snaps, he played less

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Speaker 1: than nineteen snaps. So yeah, he didn't He didn't have

469
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Speaker 1: impact on the football game whatsoever. There's no question about it.

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Speaker 1: And that's that's just, you know, disappointing as well. You

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Speaker 1: have guys out there, like you know, Covington and Xavier

472
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Speaker 1: Williams just you know, playing snap after snap, giving everything

473
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Speaker 1: they've got, and how can you be mad at them?

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Speaker 1: You know they are, they are who they are, they

475
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Speaker 1: are what they are. You're paying a lot of money

476
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Speaker 1: to Geno Atkins and can't get them on the football

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Speaker 1: field because of I guess to shoulder problem. And that's

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Speaker 1: that's tough. That's a tough dynamic because he was needed today.

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Speaker 1: That when a quarterback is immobile and he's setting up seven, five,

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Speaker 1: seven or nine yards behind the line of scrimmage, the

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Speaker 1: interior pressure is even more significant because they're not rolling

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Speaker 1: them out, they're not naked bootlegs, they're not you know,

483
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Speaker 1: anything and sprint outs anything like that. So when you

484
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Speaker 1: have a stationary object. If you can get a push

485
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Speaker 1: by bullrush or whatever in the middle of the pocket,

486
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Speaker 1: that's massive. Not today. In addition to the Steelers win

487
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Speaker 1: over the Browns, the Ravens beat Phil thirty to twenty eight.

488
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Speaker 1: So in the AFC, North Pittsburgh is five and oh

489
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Speaker 1: Baltimore is five and one, the Browns are four and two,

490
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Speaker 1: and the Bengals are one four and one. Now time

491
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Speaker 1: for something a little merrier. It's this week's fun Facts segment,

492
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Speaker 1: where you get to know the person under the pads.

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Speaker 1: Time for some fun facts with Bengals defensive lineman Christian

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Speaker 1: Covington from one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Vancouver,

495
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Speaker 1: British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada, just north

496
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Speaker 1: of Seattle. For somebody that's never been described Vancouver, Oh

497
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Speaker 1: my goodness, beautiful, beautiful and beautiful. Honestly, I'm kind of biased.

498
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Speaker 1: I think everybody is with regards of their hometowns. But

499
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Speaker 1: I think the proof is in the pudding. Really, once

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Speaker 1: you actually are able to step foot in the city

501
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Speaker 1: called Vancouver, you mean, whatever the case may be, whether

502
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Speaker 1: you're you know, a family person trying to see whatever,

503
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Speaker 1: whatever it be mountain, ocean, water, wine country. It's one

504
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,679
Speaker 1: of those places that truly has everything, so it's it's

505
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Speaker 1: kind of amazing. I grew up near Buffalo, and when

506
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Speaker 1: I was a kid, I was devastated when our NBA franchise,

507
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Braves, moved west and became the Clippers. Were

508
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: you heartbroken when the Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis? Very

509
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Speaker 1: I'm still I can't lie to you. I'm still a

510
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: little bitter about it right now. Especially when the NBA

511
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: brought back those retro jerseys this year. I was just like, oh,

512
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: why are you Like, why are you doing that to me?

513
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: Why are you doing this to me? Just reminded me

514
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Speaker 1: of the heartbreak. But you know what they I think,

515
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Speaker 1: you know, basketball is going to be able to make

516
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Speaker 1: a return to the Pacific Northwest, whether it be you know, Vancouver,

517
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Speaker 1: whether it be Seattle. I think basketball has to make

518
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Speaker 1: a return. We're doing fun facts with Christian Covington. Your dad,

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00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: Grover is a Canadian Football League Hall of Famer. You

520
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: were born after he retired from pro football, so he

521
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Speaker 1: didn't get to see him in action. But what have

522
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Speaker 1: you learned about his pro career that he was a

523
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Speaker 1: bad man. Uh, he was, No, Honestly, my dad, he's

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Speaker 1: He's instilled a lot uh in me with regards to

525
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Speaker 1: my approach to the game. You know, he m to

526
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Speaker 1: be able to have a man of his caliber, you know,

527
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Speaker 1: be by my side ever since I started playing this

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Speaker 1: game at a young age. You know, he's been my

529
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Speaker 1: coach ever since the eighth grade. So to have him

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Speaker 1: by my side, to be able to you know and

531
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Speaker 1: honestly just learned from other people what he was about,

532
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: his approach to the game, his approach to you know,

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Speaker 1: how he handled himself as a professional athlete. Um, it's huge,

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Speaker 1: you know, like you know, he was, you know, a

535
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 1: great man on it off the field, but you know,

536
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Speaker 1: once he was able to, you know, take one step on,

537
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: he was able to find find that switch and just

538
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: become a monster. So I love I love hearing about

539
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: that because you know, everybody calls him a general giant.

540
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Speaker 1: So that's what I tried to be. A couple of

541
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Speaker 1: years ago, you gave him a Corvette as a birthday present.

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Speaker 1: What was the backstory behind that gift? Man? Corvettes are

543
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Speaker 1: my dad. They were my dad's favorite cars growing up.

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Speaker 1: You know, he grew up in North Carolina and he's

545
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Speaker 1: wonder one ever since he was a kid. He was

546
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Speaker 1: able to he was able to buy himself one when

547
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Speaker 1: he got me, when he you know, established himself in

548
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: the CFL and he met my mom and you know,

549
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Speaker 1: they had myself and my and once my once my

550
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: middle sister came around it. You know, it was looking like,

551
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,959
Speaker 1: you know, we had to kind of go towards, you know,

552
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: the minivan section of shopping, so he had to get

553
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Speaker 1: away with it. He had to get rid of his

554
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, his toy car um. You know, that was

555
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: just me, you know, making the gesture a couple of

556
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Speaker 1: years ago, you know, with all the sacrifices that he's made,

557
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Speaker 1: you know, for my for my two sisters and my mom,

558
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: for our you know, for our family, you know, that

559
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: was a little gesture that we wanted to do to

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Speaker 1: be able to surprise him on his birthday. And you know,

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Speaker 1: the reaction we got out of him was just great. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he was I've never seen my dad's speechless, and we

563
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Speaker 1: actually caught him. He was basically speechless the entire day.

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Speaker 1: We're chatting with Christian Covington. Any athlete that grows up

565
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Speaker 1: in Canada gets the did you play hockey? Question? But

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Speaker 1: I read that at your size, skates were the problem.

567
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: Oh okay, you've done your research. Yes, um no, I

568
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: love skating. I loved hockey. I'm you know, I'm still

569
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Speaker 1: a huge Vancouver Canucks fan. So hockeys. I mean it's

570
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Speaker 1: it's it's true what they say. Hockey's in the blood

571
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: of every Canadian. And unfortunately, yeah, never really got to

572
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Speaker 1: truly lace up and actually play competitive hockey. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: skating was one thing, but it got to that point where, yeah,

574
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Speaker 1: just my shoes, my shoe side slash skate size was

575
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Speaker 1: just too big. In high school, I wear size seventeen,

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Speaker 1: and I would I've been a size seven. I've had

577
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Speaker 1: a size seventeen shoes since high school. So it's been

578
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Speaker 1: you know, it's been quite rough to find shoes, let

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Speaker 1: alone skates. So I kind of had to give up

580
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Speaker 1: all those dreams. And I traded in the skates for

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Speaker 1: the for the cleats. So I think I made the

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Speaker 1: right choice. It obviously worked out well. After an excellent

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Speaker 1: high school career in Canada, you went to Rice University

584
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Speaker 1: in Houston, which isn't a football powerhouse, but it is

585
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Speaker 1: an academic powerhouse. What other offers did you have and

586
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: why did you choose Rice? Yeah, recruiting of Canada was

587
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Speaker 1: you know, different, to say the least, So I had

588
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Speaker 1: to kind of take take advantage of every opportunity that

589
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Speaker 1: came my way. I know, I was recruited first and

590
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: first by Eastern Washington University did one double a school

591
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Speaker 1: up in up in Washington, and Rice was my first

592
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Speaker 1: Division one offer, and then Arizona State kind of came

593
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: in late. But for me, it was either, Um, it

594
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: really just came down to being able to go where

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Speaker 1: I was wanted. I know when Rice found out, you know,

596
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: when Rice found out about me and they were able

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00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: to get my tape. It came out late just because

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Speaker 1: you know, you know how you know, for some reason,

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00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: we're in Canada. We're somewhat behind the ball when it

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Speaker 1: comes to the recruiting. We have to get better at

601
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: that because there's a lot of we have a lot

602
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: of great talent there, a lot of great talent as

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00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: far as football is concerned. So, um, that really just

604
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: came down to being able to go to a place

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Speaker 1: that truly wanted me. And then from the academic standpoint,

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00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: that was huge from my parents, my mom. My mom

607
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: was one of my biggest advocates with regards education growing up.

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Speaker 1: You know, I wasn't allowed to play ball in high

609
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: school unless I made honorable. So that was the agreement

610
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: that we all made as a family, especially with my sisters.

611
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: You know, they were track and field. They played collegiately

612
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: down in the U in the US as well, so

613
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 1: that was a rule, no sports unless you made honorable.

614
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: So that was kind of a big decision. And again

615
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: it really didn't work out because I mean, yeah, Rice,

616
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: we're not a powerhouse. But the years that I was there,

617
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: you know, we we we won games, won bull games.

618
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: We want to conference championship. I mean, shoot, I think

619
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: we have like a round ten guys in the league

620
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: right now. So they find you, they can find talent.

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Speaker 1: How does your RICE degree compare to any of your

622
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: other accomplishments. It was just, you know, to calm myself,

623
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Speaker 1: to calm myself. A Rice alone, That's that's incredible, It

624
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: really is. You know, it's a it's an amazing um.

625
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: It's an amazing institution. You know, they called the Harvard

626
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: of the South for good reason. You know, I've met

627
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: a lot of bright, bright men and women down there,

628
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: and to be able to, you know, have gone to

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Speaker 1: a prestigius school like Rice. It's you know, it's definitely

630
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Speaker 1: something that I take pride of. I take pride in,

631
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Speaker 1: and I want to be able to, you know, definitely

632
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: instill that same feeling with regards to education with my

633
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,719
Speaker 1: future families and with regards of my future family, that's

634
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: gonna be huge. So if I can get my family

635
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: to go to Rice one day, that'll be a great

636
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: accomplishment for me as well, hopefully on scholarship because I

637
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: know it's expensive. Absolutely Christian. After four years at Rice,

638
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: you are drafted by the Houston Texans that's about five

639
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: miles down the road from Rice. Was that a dream scenario?

640
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: It really was. It really was to be able to literally,

641
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: as you said, move down the street. I moved down

642
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: Main Street. That was a great situation for me to

643
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: be able to have somewhat a familiarity with the city,

644
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,239
Speaker 1: especially coming in as an NFL rookie. That's a lot

645
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: of guy. That's something that a lot of NFL rookies

646
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: have to go through. Was that transition period to a

647
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: completely new city, completely new environment, and for me to

648
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: be able to have that familiarity to you know, have

649
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 1: a group of people that I already know with regards

650
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: to my former teammates, to have a uh established sense

651
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: of community with people that I knew down there, that

652
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: was huge with regards to my transition to the pro. So,

653
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: oh yeah, it was a amazing, amazing opportunity. Grateful to

654
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 1: be able to, you know, get my and Chris starter

655
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: with Houston. Your rookie year was twenty and fifteen when J. J.

656
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: Watt was still at the peak of his powers. That

657
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: was his third year as the NFL Defensive Player of

658
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: the Year. Describe your former teammate, Oh, man, what you

659
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: see is what you get. He is a pros pro.

660
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: He's he's able to take everybody. You know, if you

661
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: if you come in to the organization and you're willing

662
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: to work and you're willing to put in the time

663
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: to be able to be a true pro, he's gonna

664
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: put he's gonna take you under his wing and he's

665
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he's done that with a lot of He's

666
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: done that with a lot of guys that have you know,

667
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: been able to blossom and with that front with that franchise.

668
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: So great guy, humble guy, hard worker, blessing to have

669
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: a guy like that, you know, represent the league. Your

670
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: first NFL sack came that year, your rookie year. The

671
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: victim was Andy dolfon Monday Night Football. The Bengals were

672
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: eight and oh at the time at Paul Brown Stadium.

673
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: The Texans knocked him off that night. What stands out

674
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: about that night for you? I mean, what a stage

675
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,439
Speaker 1: to be able to, you know, get my first SECT.

676
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: I mean Monday Night Football. As you said, it was

677
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: kind of a dream come true. I wear this symbol

678
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: proud now. I wear the symbol proud to be a

679
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: Bengal right now. But yeah, it was kind of a yeah,

680
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: it was a great night, you know, something that I

681
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 1: definitely will never forget. Obviously a huge, huge moment in

682
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: my career. We're doing fun facts with Christian Covington. You

683
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: were in Houston in twenty seventeen when Hurricane Harvey hit,

684
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 1: one of the worst natural disasters in US history. How

685
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 1: are you affected, really, just emotionally to be able to

686
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 1: have lived in the city of Houston for you know,

687
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: during my time in college, during my up until that

688
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,760
Speaker 1: time as a pro. It's truly it truly became Houston,

689
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: truly became my home away from home. And so for

690
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: something like Hurricane Harvey to affect the amount of people

691
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 1: it did, to affect the city the way it did,

692
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: and this around the communities, it truly was heartbreaking. Honestly,

693
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: I had at the time when when I was with

694
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: the Texans, we felt really kind of helpless because we were,

695
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: you know, it was we were in the middle of preseason.

696
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: We were kind of were we had just played a

697
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: game in New Orleans and we were kind of stuck,

698
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: and we were caught in limbo really because we were

699
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: just like, Okay, we can't travel back to Houston. We're

700
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: supposed to have our fourth preseason game against the Cowboys

701
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: that year, and so we had to kind of make

702
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: an emergency trip to Dallas and they switched the game

703
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, we found out the

704
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: game got canceled because they found a way home. And

705
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: it was really just I just remember coming back making

706
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: the drive from Dallas to Houston, and you just see this,

707
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: You just see the devastation. You see you know how

708
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: lives have literally just been turned upside down from an

709
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: event like this. It's just got wrenching. It's heartbreaking, and

710
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: we a lot of us felt helpless because we had families.

711
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: We had our families in Houston. My family was in

712
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: Houston kind of caught in the middle of it. They

713
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: were kind of stranded out in the outskirts of Houston.

714
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: You know, our neighborhoods were flooding. You know, we had

715
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: a lot of damage of the to our homes. Um

716
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: it was kind of just um yeah, as you as

717
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: I said, is it truly as heartbreaking. So to be

718
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: able to you know, give back during that time and

719
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: to help out with what we did as a team

720
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: and as an organization, that was huge because it's a

721
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: great city, uh, filled with great people that you know,

722
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: they deserve all the help that could they could get

723
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 1: with regards to you know, the situation that they were given.

724
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: And you know we've been I mean, yeah, Houston's been

725
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: rebuilding and h they've you know, we've come, these cities

726
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: come along way from that time, and you know we have,

727
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: but I mean, yeah, there's still work to be done. Honestly,

728
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 1: I still try to do whatever I can because I

729
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 1: know I still know some people who are you know,

730
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: years later, they're still feeling the effects of the events. Christian.

731
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: Prior to this year, you signed as a free agent

732
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: with the Denver Broncoes, and just as you're getting ready

733
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: to spend your first year in Denver, about a week

734
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: before the season, you got traded to Cincinnati. Was it

735
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 1: a shock a little bit? Yes, Um, yeah, first time

736
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: ever going through something like that. Um, kind of just

737
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: had to compose myself and kind of just you know,

738
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: collect my thoughts and collect myself to be able to understand, like, Okay, yeah, uh,

739
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: in six hours time, I'm on a plane to sinc

740
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: Let's let's get the ball rolling. Sou Honestly, though, it's

741
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: everything happens for a reason. I'm I'm thankful, I'm grateful.

742
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, I'm truly thankful to God. So, um, if

743
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 1: this is where, if this is where my destination was

744
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: supposed to take me, so be it. Honestly, I'm happy

745
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: to be in this situation. I'm in happy to be

746
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. I'm happy to be at Bengal. Honestly, it's

747
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 1: a great city, great fans, great people to have. You know,

748
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: obviously a couple of guys on this team that I've

749
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: I've had, you know, prior you know, playing relationships with

750
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: you know, with regards. You know, you have guys like

751
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: you know, DJ Reader who I played with many years

752
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: in Houston, Zavisulphilo who I played with in Houston and

753
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: in Dallas, uh and then and then Randy Bullock, you know,

754
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 1: you know, to me, I was just like, you know,

755
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: this is great. You know I already have some established

756
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: connections right here, and I was just time to go

757
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: to work. So I'm you know, I'm blessed to be here.

758
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: A couple more fun facts for Christian Covington. What Canadian

759
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: delic see do you miss? Oh? Canadian dollar? All right,

760
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: so you've never had maple syrup unless you've had Canadian

761
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: maple syrup. But as I wouldn't say delicacy, but I

762
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: will say the number one the number one thing I

763
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: do miss about Canada and just about being home is

764
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: going into importance. That's like, that is just huge. Starbucks

765
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 1: and Dunkin Donuts don't do it for you, No, they don't.

766
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: They really don't. You have to. And if you know,

767
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,240
Speaker 1: if you know, you know, it's something about something about

768
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: going to a Timmy's. Man, It's just like it, whether

769
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 1: it be the ice caps, whether it's just be It's

770
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: just that you walk into it and just have that

771
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: friendly It's like it's kind of like, you know, Chick

772
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 1: fil A down here, It's like you know, people under

773
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: people get like it's like a certain feeling that you

774
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: know you're about to embrace walking into a Chick fil A.

775
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: It's the same thing with Tim Hortons in Canada. You

776
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 1: know exactly the kind of Canadian hospitality that you're about

777
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 1: to receive with some good home with some good you know,

778
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: Canadian home style meals. That's it is what it is.

779
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: Final fun fact for Christian Covington a couple of years ago,

780
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 1: the Madden NFL video game did you no Favors? And

781
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about your rating, I'm talking about your likeness?

782
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: What was up with that? And hasn't gotten any better? Oh? Man?

783
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: You guys dig okay? Oh yeah, that was funny. That

784
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 1: was a funny, funny time in my life. My cousin,

785
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: one of my my cousin texted me a picture of

786
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: my avatar and he's just like, Christian, they just did

787
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: you wrong. And I'm just like, what are you? What

788
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: are you talking about it? And then he sent me

789
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: to send me the photo. I'm just like, I look

790
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: like a thumb. Okay, this is um It's humbling, to

791
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: say the least. Very it was a very humbling time,

792
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 1: and so I just you know, I mean, I was

793
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: I felt I thought it was just funny. So I

794
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: just put up on Twitter. It's like, yeah, why why

795
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: do you have to do me like this? Apparently, and

796
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: then you know, it blew up. I didn't did not

797
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: expect it to blow up the way it did, and yeah,

798
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 1: they were able to change it, thankfully. And but honestly,

799
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: I've kind of I'm at that point of my career

800
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: too where I'm just like, every time Madden comes out,

801
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: I'm just like, I'm just gonna play. I'm not checking.

802
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,760
Speaker 1: I don't I'm good. I don't want any more controversies.

803
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,919
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be humbly accept whatever my avatar looks

804
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 1: like and just play the game. The good news is

805
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: you do not look like a thumb. Thank you, thank you.

806
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,879
Speaker 1: This has been fun. I appreciate your time. You're off

807
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: the hot seat. Best of luck for the rest of

808
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: the year. Awesome, Thank you so much. Hi thanks to

809
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 1: rookie Christian Covington. And here's a quick reminder to join

810
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: Lap and Lance McAllister for Bengals Line Monday night from

811
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: six to nine on seven hundred WLW. That on Wednesday night,

812
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: I'll join Lap for the Bengals Game Plan Show from

813
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: six to eight on ESPN fifteen thirty. That's going to

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