1
00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,840
Speaker 1: H I get everybody on Dan Hord and thanks for

2
00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,520
Speaker 1: downloading The Bengals Booth Podcast the.

3
00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,080
Speaker 2: I Will We I Will We for you audition.

4
00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,960
Speaker 1: As we only have to go one more weekend without

5
00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,400
Speaker 1: Bengals football. Coming up, I'll talk to the two rookies

6
00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,000
Speaker 1: who were probably the biggest long shots to make the

7
00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,360
Speaker 1: Bengals fifty three man roster, and my broadcast partner Dave

8
00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,760
Speaker 1: Lapham checks in to discuss the latest Bengals news and

9
00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,560
Speaker 1: our training camp MVPs. The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought

10
00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,640
Speaker 1: to you by pay Corp, proud to be the Bengals

11
00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,320
Speaker 1: official HR software provider, by Alta Fiber, future proof fiber

12
00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,479
Speaker 1: Internet designed to elevate your home, business and community to

13
00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,040
Speaker 1: a new level, and by Kettering Health the best care

14
00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,400
Speaker 1: for the best fans. Kettering Health is the official healthcare

15
00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,840
Speaker 1: provider of the Bengals. Now here's a quick reminder that

16
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,800
Speaker 1: you can have the latest edition of this podcast delivered

17
00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,520
Speaker 1: right to your phone, tablet or computer by some subscribing

18
00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,920
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since tailgating.

19
00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,160
Speaker 1: I have the greatest job in the world, and thank Heavens,

20
00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,720
Speaker 1: I was able to get into sports broadcasting because I

21
00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,000
Speaker 1: am incapable of doing anything else. Shoot, I can barely

22
00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,440
Speaker 1: fill my gas tank or change a light bulb. But

23
00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,520
Speaker 1: having said that, the one downside about my job is

24
00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,959
Speaker 1: that I can never take part in pregame tailgating. For

25
00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,320
Speaker 1: many of you, it's one of the best parts of

26
00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,840
Speaker 1: the football season, getting together with friends and family and

27
00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,800
Speaker 1: getting fired up for the game, tossing a football or

28
00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,040
Speaker 1: playing cornhole, having a sinsy light and a brat. Just

29
00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,760
Speaker 1: know that the next time you're tailgating before a Bengals game,

30
00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,200
Speaker 1: the bald guy in the booth wishes he could be

31
00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,520
Speaker 1: there with you. Now, let's get to football. The Bengals

32
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,120
Speaker 1: single season sack record is held by a player who

33
00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,160
Speaker 1: is not selected in the NFL draft, Coy Bacon. Since

34
00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,720
Speaker 1: tackles became an official NFL stat and too thousand and one,

35
00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,000
Speaker 1: the only Bengal to lead the league was another undrafted player,

36
00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:11,200
Speaker 1: Bontes Perfect in twenty thirteen. This year, two undrafted rookies

37
00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,920
Speaker 1: made the Bengals fifty three man roster, punter Ryan Rico

38
00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,400
Speaker 1: and linebacker Muma John Meta. Muma was clearly the biggest

39
00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,960
Speaker 1: long shot to make the team This year, and I

40
00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,160
Speaker 1: talked to him about the achievement. When your linebackers coach

41
00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,720
Speaker 1: James Betcher called you with the good news, you shared

42
00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,560
Speaker 1: that you were getting a massage. So what felt better

43
00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,720
Speaker 1: the news or the massage?

44
00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,160
Speaker 3: The news?

45
00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,519
Speaker 4: Now the news the news was releading. I was that

46
00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,200
Speaker 4: was pretty awesome. It was. I saw the video.

47
00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,760
Speaker 5: I was like, bro, I did not know that were recording,

48
00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,160
Speaker 5: but this is hilarious, but that it was a wonderful video.

49
00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:50,720
Speaker 4: Very touch on.

50
00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,679
Speaker 1: Did you have a good feeling that you were going

51
00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,240
Speaker 1: to make it or were you on pins and needles?

52
00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:57,720
Speaker 4: No, I mean I think.

53
00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,800
Speaker 5: I think it was one of those Okay, I feel

54
00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,840
Speaker 5: pretty good about Honestly, it was one of those that,

55
00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,560
Speaker 5: you know, no matter what happens, I'm happy with what

56
00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,720
Speaker 5: I've done. You know, forget the result at this point.

57
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,520
Speaker 5: I feel like I put it out there and at

58
00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:10,840
Speaker 5: the end of the day, that's really all you can

59
00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,880
Speaker 5: ask for. It ended up going working out in you know,

60
00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,760
Speaker 5: very positive outcome. You know, I love this city, I

61
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,919
Speaker 5: love this team, and I really wanted to be here.

62
00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,680
Speaker 5: So uh, I felt good about what I had done,

63
00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,360
Speaker 5: but I so needed to wait for that call. We

64
00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,840
Speaker 5: really feel good about it and the call Cave and

65
00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,600
Speaker 5: it was it was it was a really good day.

66
00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,600
Speaker 1: We're visiting with moment, John Matta. You finished second in

67
00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,400
Speaker 1: the NFL in tackles in the preseason. Did you become

68
00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,480
Speaker 1: aware of that as the preseason was going along and

69
00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,480
Speaker 1: did it become a goal to lead?

70
00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,200
Speaker 5: No, I mean, honestly, like it's one of those things

71
00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,800
Speaker 5: that reporters tell you. I'm like, oh, let's didn't know that,

72
00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,600
Speaker 5: and so yeah, I did not. Honestly didn't really know

73
00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,560
Speaker 5: until the second game. Like someone was like, oh, like.

74
00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,400
Speaker 4: You're leading NFL tackles. I was like, that's crazy, you know.

75
00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480
Speaker 5: I think it's just a testimony to my teammates kind

76
00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,800
Speaker 5: of the scheme that we have and coaches just putting

77
00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,840
Speaker 5: us in the right position. Yeah, so it was awesome.

78
00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,440
Speaker 5: It was definitely really cool. It's a fun thing. I'm

79
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,520
Speaker 5: telling my kids that forever. So something to brag about

80
00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:12,360
Speaker 5: is a dad one day.

81
00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,680
Speaker 1: You read All League onners a couple of years ago

82
00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,760
Speaker 1: again at Wisconsin, and then last year with a coaching change,

83
00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,040
Speaker 1: maybe it took a while to to fit in the defense.

84
00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,240
Speaker 1: I don't know. You tell me what what happened last

85
00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:24,680
Speaker 1: year Wisconsin yeah.

86
00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,160
Speaker 5: I mean, I think last year was just an unfortunate

87
00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,600
Speaker 5: cocktail of events. You know, I broke my hand early on,

88
00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,760
Speaker 5: made a scheme change, you had a coaching change.

89
00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,520
Speaker 4: It was just, you know, I asked me to gain

90
00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,040
Speaker 4: a lot of weight.

91
00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,760
Speaker 5: It was just a lot of things where you know,

92
00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,200
Speaker 5: I found myself just not playing my best football. And

93
00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,080
Speaker 5: then you know, there were there were times when they

94
00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,920
Speaker 5: felt like they needed to go with a different person.

95
00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,839
Speaker 4: But I felt like when I you know, I wasn't there,

96
00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,719
Speaker 4: I did some of my best work.

97
00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,720
Speaker 5: So it was it was one of those things that

98
00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,400
Speaker 5: you you learned every lesson, every loss can be a lesson,

99
00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,920
Speaker 5: and I think it definitely shaped my mindset coming into

100
00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,680
Speaker 5: camp here about like, hey, this is what I want

101
00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,360
Speaker 5: to do different. You know, this is a new opportunity

102
00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,080
Speaker 5: and I'm gonna just do with it what I can.

103
00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,320
Speaker 4: So last year it was just honestly crazy.

104
00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,120
Speaker 5: Looking back, you know, your life can really change in

105
00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,039
Speaker 5: the year, so it's a blessing to be here.

106
00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,560
Speaker 1: You did finish strong last year, though.

107
00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I think so. I think it was just.

108
00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,800
Speaker 5: You know, I was they benched me in, you know,

109
00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,320
Speaker 5: they the coaches wanted to go in a different direction,

110
00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,400
Speaker 5: and I'm honestly been a damn the team player.

111
00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,640
Speaker 4: So I was captain the defense, and I found a

112
00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,279
Speaker 4: way to lead from the.

113
00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,159
Speaker 5: Bench, and it was just like, hey, coach, you're gonna

114
00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,599
Speaker 5: throw me in for three four reps a game, like,

115
00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,440
Speaker 5: I'll shoot those will be my best three or four reps.

116
00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:42,080
Speaker 4: You'll see it.

117
00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,280
Speaker 5: So and honestly just prepared me for coming to the

118
00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,000
Speaker 5: league where you only get three or four reps as

119
00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,760
Speaker 5: a young guy, you know, like you don't and that's

120
00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,359
Speaker 5: your resume. So in a crazy silver lightings way like

121
00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,880
Speaker 5: it actually last year prepared me so much for this year.

122
00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,640
Speaker 4: It was actually a blessing kind of the way it

123
00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,599
Speaker 4: shaped out last year.

124
00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,760
Speaker 1: The Bengals fans great players in their history that weren't

125
00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,920
Speaker 1: selected in the NFL Draft, and obviously you weren't. What

126
00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:10,120
Speaker 1: did teams miss Why did thirty two teams that make

127
00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,440
Speaker 1: seven rounds of draft picks and somehow miss out on you?

128
00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,480
Speaker 3: A shrug of the shoulders.

129
00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,640
Speaker 5: Hey, well, the story is still being written, so I

130
00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,200
Speaker 5: can't really call it quite yet. But you know, things happen.

131
00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,040
Speaker 5: People say what they say, and that they all love

132
00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:27,680
Speaker 5: about football.

133
00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,200
Speaker 4: As the tape speaks for itself.

134
00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,920
Speaker 5: So that's something I always have with me and something

135
00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,160
Speaker 5: I always mean back on. So it's not.

136
00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,440
Speaker 1: How you get here, it's what you do when you

137
00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,200
Speaker 1: get here. You are a spot on the fifty three. Congratulations,

138
00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,480
Speaker 1: appreciate it, Thank you. A little later in the podcast,

139
00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,320
Speaker 1: I'll visit with another long shot who made the club,

140
00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,880
Speaker 1: a guy who started his college football career at Division

141
00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:55,520
Speaker 1: two Shepherd University. Seventh round draft pick Dejon Anthony. But

142
00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,279
Speaker 1: first time to discuss the roster and the latest Bengals

143
00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,640
Speaker 1: news that broad cast partner Dave Lapham lafter Bengals fifty

144
00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,680
Speaker 1: three man roster and sixteen man factors squad is now

145
00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,839
Speaker 1: officially set.

146
00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,680
Speaker 2: What if anything, stands out to you.

147
00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,400
Speaker 6: One thing that stands out, Dan, is the youth of

148
00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,880
Speaker 6: this football team. They're averaging under twenty six years twenty

149
00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,120
Speaker 6: five point eight, which is less younger than last year's team,

150
00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,600
Speaker 6: which was like, what, third youngest in the league. They've

151
00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,640
Speaker 6: only got eight players with seven or more years of

152
00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,000
Speaker 6: NFL experience, four defensive lineman, three offensive lineman, and a

153
00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:36,000
Speaker 6: tight end. So I mean they've got fifty four. I mean, yeah,

154
00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,400
Speaker 6: fifty four of their sixty nine players are less than

155
00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,680
Speaker 6: five years five years or less. Thirty eight of their

156
00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,960
Speaker 6: fifty three five years are less. I mean, it's the

157
00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,440
Speaker 6: depth of the team falls on these second year players,

158
00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,880
Speaker 6: in these rookies. You know, it's it is a young

159
00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,920
Speaker 6: football team, but I think it's a very talented football

160
00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,160
Speaker 6: team in spite of that youth. I think, you know,

161
00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,120
Speaker 6: that's what that's what sticks out to me is they've

162
00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,679
Speaker 6: only got one guy going into his tentier, Trent Brown

163
00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,440
Speaker 6: at thirty one years old. Carris is going into his

164
00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,640
Speaker 6: ninth year. Both those guys are the oldest guys in

165
00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,000
Speaker 6: the team, just thirty one years old. I mean, it's

166
00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,720
Speaker 6: it's young, yet it has individual and team achievements that

167
00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,920
Speaker 6: are extraordinary by by you know, quite a few of

168
00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,800
Speaker 6: the players. And I think it's going to be a

169
00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,560
Speaker 6: pretty good club.

170
00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,720
Speaker 1: It's no secret lap when you have a highly paid

171
00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,040
Speaker 1: quarterback and the Bengals obviously do you need inexpensive depths.

172
00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,600
Speaker 1: The Bengals kept twelve rookies, all ten of their draft picks,

173
00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,080
Speaker 1: plus two undrafted guys. But they're not keeping them just

174
00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,880
Speaker 1: because they're inexpensive. They really like that young group.

175
00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,840
Speaker 6: They do. Dan and all eight rookies that made it

176
00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,520
Speaker 6: last year have some sort of role on the sixty

177
00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,839
Speaker 6: nine n roster this year, you know. So it's like

178
00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,280
Speaker 6: ten draft choices this year, eight last year. Two college

179
00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,640
Speaker 6: free agents make it again this year. The most in

180
00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,480
Speaker 6: the National Football League by any team is three college

181
00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,720
Speaker 6: free agents that made the team with the Kansas City Chiefs.

182
00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,280
Speaker 6: The Bengals are amongst a few that have two. So

183
00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,720
Speaker 6: you got to tip your cap to the you know,

184
00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:20,040
Speaker 6: Duke Tobin and his personel department and unearthing a lot

185
00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,800
Speaker 6: of these young players. And you're right, you know, you've

186
00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,240
Speaker 6: got a a very very highly paid and rightfully sole quarterback.

187
00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,480
Speaker 6: You have to surround him with cost effective talent, There's

188
00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,280
Speaker 6: no question about it. And the last two years what

189
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,080
Speaker 6: they've done a heck of a job of it.

190
00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,560
Speaker 2: The position group that is in flux to begin the

191
00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,080
Speaker 2: season is the defensive line. Miles Murphy and McKinley Jackson

192
00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,360
Speaker 2: begin the year on I are they will miss at

193
00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,800
Speaker 2: least four weeks. So the Bengals went to the waiver

194
00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,839
Speaker 2: wire and they found kJ Henry, a fifth round draft

195
00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,040
Speaker 2: pick last year by Washington out of Clemson, started three

196
00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,440
Speaker 2: games as a rookie last year for the Commanders and

197
00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,600
Speaker 2: He was their highest graded pass rusher in the preseason,

198
00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,800
Speaker 2: according to p f F. Do you think kJ Henry

199
00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,640
Speaker 2: will play a meaningful role.

200
00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:07,640
Speaker 3: I do.

201
00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,960
Speaker 6: I think he's gonna, you know, like his surroundings, his

202
00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,480
Speaker 6: defensive mind coaches there is, they're both very familiar with

203
00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,640
Speaker 6: each other having come from Clemson. He's got teammates from

204
00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,800
Speaker 6: that that team at Clemson on the on the football team.

205
00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:23,480
Speaker 1: Uh.

206
00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,320
Speaker 6: He's said to be a gregarious sort and uh makes

207
00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,360
Speaker 6: relationships strong relationships with his teammates right away. I do.

208
00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,439
Speaker 6: I mean, I think that he's got a he's got

209
00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,000
Speaker 6: a potential to uh, you know, to make to have

210
00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,800
Speaker 6: an impact on on the football team. He's uh, he's

211
00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:46,040
Speaker 6: obviously got physical talent and they that's You're right, that

212
00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:50,439
Speaker 6: position group in general, UH is probably as big a

213
00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,960
Speaker 6: question mark assan team. I mean, he makes the fifth

214
00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,680
Speaker 6: defensive end. They have five defensive tackles that they've settled

215
00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,760
Speaker 6: in on, and you know, he he becomes the fifth

216
00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,439
Speaker 6: edge guy, and like you said, grated out well as

217
00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:08,200
Speaker 6: that as that edge guy. He's basically here. A big

218
00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,280
Speaker 6: reason part of a reason why he's here is Miles

219
00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,720
Speaker 6: Murphy's injury. You know, I mean if that didn't take place,

220
00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:19,800
Speaker 6: it would be a much different dynamic. And also, I

221
00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:25,160
Speaker 6: think Cedric Johnson basically has an opportunity to assume a

222
00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,360
Speaker 6: pretty significant role, you know. I mean, now, all of

223
00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,680
Speaker 6: a sudden, you got a young guy that I think

224
00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,360
Speaker 6: showed that he could play in training camp, and he's

225
00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:38,480
Speaker 6: going to be leaned upon to take some significant snaps,

226
00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,120
Speaker 6: potentially in a significant role for the football team.

227
00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,000
Speaker 1: They also picked up a couple of defensive linemen from

228
00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,440
Speaker 1: other teams for the practice squad, three hundred and thirty

229
00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,800
Speaker 1: five pound Justin Rodgers, who was a seventh round pick

230
00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,920
Speaker 1: by the Cowboys this year, and defensive end Isaiah Thomas,

231
00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,640
Speaker 1: who was a seventh round pick by the Browns a

232
00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,559
Speaker 1: couple of years ago. Is that just a matter of

233
00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,520
Speaker 1: these guys are a little bit better than the guys

234
00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,480
Speaker 1: that we already had in camp or does it indicate

235
00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,480
Speaker 1: that the Bengals are really churning through all of these

236
00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,560
Speaker 1: rosters to try and find as much defensive line depth

237
00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:11,120
Speaker 1: as they can.

238
00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think that honestly, their approach is

239
00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,680
Speaker 6: best fifty three guys that they can or actually sixty

240
00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,920
Speaker 6: nine guys with these practice squad auditions. I think they're

241
00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,920
Speaker 6: trying to put together the best football team that they

242
00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,320
Speaker 6: possibly can. And Isaiah Thomas was a seventh round pick

243
00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,520
Speaker 6: out of Oklahoma and Cleveland in twenty two and he

244
00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,720
Speaker 6: played ten years, you know, ten games, I should say

245
00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:42,720
Speaker 6: as a rookie, but justin Rodgers also, you know, defensive

246
00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,120
Speaker 6: tackle inside from Auburn. Dallas Cowboys draft him sixty three,

247
00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,080
Speaker 6: three hundred and thirty five pound guy. Again, pretty good

248
00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,440
Speaker 6: football team at Dallas. You know, players, coaches, you become

249
00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,600
Speaker 6: a sponge. You try to absorb as much knowledge as

250
00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,640
Speaker 6: you possibly can with the environment circumstances that you're presented with,

251
00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,800
Speaker 6: and you try to try to make yourself a better

252
00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:04,560
Speaker 6: football player.

253
00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,559
Speaker 1: They kept five tight ends, which is a little bit unusual.

254
00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,480
Speaker 1: You've got the three veterans Mike Kasicki through Sample and

255
00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,960
Speaker 1: Tanner Hudson and the two rookies there were draft picks

256
00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,200
Speaker 1: this year, Eric Ball and Tanner McLaughlin. I'm guessing you

257
00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,720
Speaker 1: won't have five active on game day. Was this a

258
00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,920
Speaker 1: matter of not wanting to lose any of them?

259
00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I think you're probably right, Dan. I

260
00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,720
Speaker 6: mean I think that you know they're they're looking at

261
00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,640
Speaker 6: the fact that they all have some potential, some traits

262
00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,120
Speaker 6: that you'd like to have that at the tight end position,

263
00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,880
Speaker 6: and they can deactivate one of them on a on

264
00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,440
Speaker 6: a weekly basis. And the other thing is with the

265
00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,680
Speaker 6: new kickoff rule, the body types that these tight ends

266
00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,920
Speaker 6: are are very, very valuable to Darren Simmons in terms

267
00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,840
Speaker 6: of getting down the football field with a good sized

268
00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,640
Speaker 6: body and separating from blocks from return teams and sustaining

269
00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,800
Speaker 6: blocks on your return team. So, you know, I think

270
00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,719
Speaker 6: that a position group that as the kickoff rule kind

271
00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,960
Speaker 6: of evolves, you know, you want to make sure that

272
00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,079
Speaker 6: you've got good sized linebackers that can run, good sized

273
00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,720
Speaker 6: tight ends that can run. So I think all of

274
00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,360
Speaker 6: those guys you know, fit that bill, and some will

275
00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,000
Speaker 6: be better than others in that regard. Obviously, for for

276
00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,600
Speaker 6: Darren Simmons, I don't think we'll see Hudson Usiki doing

277
00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,240
Speaker 6: doing that that type of thing, but the others are

278
00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,200
Speaker 6: all capable of doing it, and if one of them

279
00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,080
Speaker 6: gets nipped up, you get another one on the practice

280
00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,080
Speaker 6: squad ready to roll.

281
00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,600
Speaker 2: There's a delicate dance for an NFL head coach during

282
00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,040
Speaker 2: training camp between trying to make sure that your players

283
00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,120
Speaker 2: are worked hard and ready, but also trying as much

284
00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,960
Speaker 2: as possible to avoid injuries. All of the Bengals projected

285
00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,160
Speaker 2: starters before training camp should be good to go for

286
00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,640
Speaker 2: the season opener next week against New England. Are they

287
00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,240
Speaker 2: more battle tested as well from this year's training camp?

288
00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,760
Speaker 6: I think so, Dan, I really do. I mean I

289
00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,120
Speaker 6: think that you know, having joint practices with with two

290
00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,360
Speaker 6: teams back to back, one on the road, went at home,

291
00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,960
Speaker 6: it kind of stimulated, uh, you know, to travel and

292
00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,760
Speaker 6: getting ready to exert as much physical activity as you

293
00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,080
Speaker 6: can uh shortly thereafter, you know, and and uh, and

294
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,360
Speaker 6: then having them do the same thing when they come

295
00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,320
Speaker 6: to your place. I think all of that is important.

296
00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,240
Speaker 6: I think all of that gets you into into like

297
00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,680
Speaker 6: a rhythm, you know, both physically and mentally, into a rhythm.

298
00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,400
Speaker 6: And I do think that the practices, in my mind

299
00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,960
Speaker 6: were pretty darn and tense in terms of it was football,

300
00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,400
Speaker 6: you know, it was it was more it was fewer

301
00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,600
Speaker 6: individual drills, shorts and T shirts, you know, running around

302
00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,800
Speaker 6: looking good and all that. It was. It was more

303
00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:51,800
Speaker 6: team oriented, situational football and then unscripted offense against defense.

304
00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,200
Speaker 6: You know, if you stop us, okay, we have to

305
00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,440
Speaker 6: start over again. If if we generate a first nown,

306
00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,920
Speaker 6: we're going to continue to sustain the drive and see

307
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,920
Speaker 6: if we can score. I mean, it was football, and

308
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,760
Speaker 6: there was a lot of it, and I think a

309
00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,440
Speaker 6: lot of veteran players took a lot of snaps that

310
00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,000
Speaker 6: I thought, from a practice standpoint, were probably as as

311
00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,600
Speaker 6: intense as maybe anybody's or close to anybody's in the

312
00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,160
Speaker 6: National Football League. Then you throw in those you know,

313
00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,040
Speaker 6: those joint practices. I thought that was really good intensity,

314
00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,280
Speaker 6: particularly in the in the trenches. I thought it was.

315
00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,040
Speaker 6: And then you know, the number ones get on a

316
00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,240
Speaker 6: twelve play seventy three yard drive to start the preseason off,

317
00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,560
Speaker 6: and you know that was it. But that twelve play

318
00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,320
Speaker 6: drive challenge your football party vascular a little bit. And

319
00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,840
Speaker 6: I think I think they are. I think they're I

320
00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,640
Speaker 6: think they're ready to put their best foot forward and

321
00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,760
Speaker 6: get off to a good start, which is obviously the goal.

322
00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,080
Speaker 2: Training camp is essentially in the books.

323
00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,000
Speaker 1: Now the Bengals are preparing for Week one against the Patriots.

324
00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,960
Speaker 2: Do you have a training camp, MVP?

325
00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, this one's interesting. You know, I've got I guess

326
00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,960
Speaker 6: a few guys that jump out at me for very

327
00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,600
Speaker 6: since sundry reasons. But Joe Burrow and Von Bell I

328
00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,200
Speaker 6: think had a huge impact on the offensive and defensive

329
00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,400
Speaker 6: football team. The common denominator is they're both unbelievably quick

330
00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,439
Speaker 6: processors and phenomenal communicators. You know, before the before the

331
00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,359
Speaker 6: ball even snapped, they're making big impacts on their football team.

332
00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,720
Speaker 6: And the coaches will tell you that. You know that

333
00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,600
Speaker 6: that you know, Zach will say the feedback that they

334
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,879
Speaker 6: get meetings from Joe Burrow as important as anything that

335
00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,200
Speaker 6: the coaches talk about, and and lou Anoumo just things

336
00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,920
Speaker 6: the praises of Von Bell's ability to communicate and he's

337
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,520
Speaker 6: like a coach on the field. So all of that

338
00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,199
Speaker 6: is even before the snap of the football. So I

339
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,040
Speaker 6: think the the two two of the Killer Bees, Burrow

340
00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,480
Speaker 6: and Bell had had great camps. And I mean, Joe,

341
00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:50,159
Speaker 6: I can remember Dan my my rookie year. I'm thinking, man,

342
00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,800
Speaker 6: once the last time Kenny Anderson threw an incompletion, when

343
00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,080
Speaker 6: when did the ball actually go on ground? You know

344
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,040
Speaker 6: that nobody came up with it. I mean it was

345
00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,320
Speaker 6: like like three days. And that's what Joe Burrow is

346
00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,119
Speaker 6: capable of doing. That's what he has done, you know,

347
00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:09,280
Speaker 6: I mean he he completes passes, man, I mean, he's accurate.

348
00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,560
Speaker 6: He puts it where he wants to put it. He

349
00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,719
Speaker 6: puts it in a good spot where his receivers can

350
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,760
Speaker 6: make a play on it. And man to see some

351
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,600
Speaker 6: of those practices and how many throws he made that

352
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,639
Speaker 6: never hit the ground then during the course of the

353
00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,880
Speaker 6: preseason completed like what eighty three percent. I mean, that's

354
00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,680
Speaker 6: that's a pretty darn strong camp and that's an obvious MVP.

355
00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,080
Speaker 6: I think Bell is an obvious MVP. And then you

356
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,880
Speaker 6: factor in expectations and impact on the team. You expect

357
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,480
Speaker 6: his high expectations for both those guys. But I thought

358
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:43,320
Speaker 6: Yosi in the slot was consistently effective on a day

359
00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,600
Speaker 6: to day basis. I thought Yosi Vosh made a statement said,

360
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,000
Speaker 6: you know what, I know this slot position is available,

361
00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,959
Speaker 6: and you know, Tyler Boyd moved on and I'm going

362
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,240
Speaker 6: to put the flag on the ground for this particular position.

363
00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,520
Speaker 6: I thought he really, he really went after it. I

364
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,560
Speaker 6: thought we talked about Cedric Johnson. I thought, Cedric Johnson,

365
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,800
Speaker 6: you know, he's going to play more than expected, probably

366
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,240
Speaker 6: at a very important position. And so Cedric Johnson, you know,

367
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,639
Speaker 6: I think stepped up and showed that he belonged. I

368
00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,080
Speaker 6: think Eric al Amon strong and he could have a

369
00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,560
Speaker 6: real impact on the football team. I thought his training

370
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,000
Speaker 6: camp was effective. And then Mumah obviously is a great story.

371
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,720
Speaker 6: You know, you get a kid coming out of nowhere,

372
00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,600
Speaker 6: I'm making tackles all over the football field, and he

373
00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,239
Speaker 6: earned a role. Now that role might not have as

374
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,560
Speaker 6: big an impact on the football team initially the role

375
00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,600
Speaker 6: that he's carved out, but you know, god forbid injuries

376
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,240
Speaker 6: or whatever else. You never know how roles might expand.

377
00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,080
Speaker 6: But I think it's a sign that they had a

378
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,840
Speaker 6: very good camp and they have a pretty good football

379
00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,000
Speaker 6: team that all these guys you can talk about man

380
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,400
Speaker 6: maybe having a bigger impact on the football team in

381
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,000
Speaker 6: some cases than you anticipated, and you know, meeting the

382
00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,440
Speaker 6: level of expectation the impact on the foot faul team

383
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,359
Speaker 6: that you were hopeful of. So I think that's pretty

384
00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,240
Speaker 6: good indicator that they might be pretty decent.

385
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,920
Speaker 1: All right, you mentioned a bunch of guys that had

386
00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 1: great camps, all worthy of consideration for MVP of training camp,

387
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,520
Speaker 1: but you did not mention mine. So this works out well.

388
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 1: My training camp MVP is a guy who only took

389
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,000
Speaker 1: part in the first half of training camp in one

390
00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,600
Speaker 1: preseason game, and that is a Marius Mims.

391
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, and here's why.

392
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,720
Speaker 1: If we go back to the twenty twenty one draft,

393
00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,840
Speaker 1: we all remember the debate was going on in Cincinnati.

394
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 1: Should you take Jamar Chase or should you take Pine Sewel.

395
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,320
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals now have both. If a Marius

396
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:50,000
Speaker 1: Mims is able to stay healthy, he can be Pane sewell.

397
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 1: So it took a few years to get both, but

398
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,399
Speaker 1: I think based on what we saw in that first

399
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,440
Speaker 1: half of training camp, a Marius Mims can be that

400
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,160
Speaker 1: type of player had right tackle for the next decade

401
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 1: for the Bengal That's why.

402
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,000
Speaker 6: I love you, Dan, you love you picked an offensive

403
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,240
Speaker 6: lineman his MVP.

404
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,000
Speaker 2: Who is only there for half of camp.

405
00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,160
Speaker 6: Yeah, that was that was only there. But I'll tell

406
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,919
Speaker 6: you what as far as and I couldn't agree with

407
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 6: you more as far as making an impact, Oh you

408
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,840
Speaker 6: kidding me. This guy is a genetic phenomenon, man. I

409
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 6: mean his his physical attributes, not only his size, but

410
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,360
Speaker 6: the athleticism in all regards that go with that size,

411
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,440
Speaker 6: and in size everywhere you can have size. I mean

412
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 6: he is big everywhere, there's no question, and strong and physical.

413
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,320
Speaker 6: I mean that that pectoral will heal up. I think

414
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,840
Speaker 6: he will have an impactful season, and I think he

415
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,680
Speaker 6: will have an impactful career as well. And on top

416
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:53,639
Speaker 6: of that, his intelligence football IQ and his willingness to

417
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,760
Speaker 6: learn and his overall personality, I mean, he is. He

418
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 6: could be very very special. He could And I don't

419
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 6: want to jink with any future Hall of Famer talk

420
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 6: and all that kind of stuff, but man, he's got

421
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 6: he's got those kind of possibilities.

422
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: When he has the green light and can play again.

423
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,200
Speaker 1: Would you like to see them work him in for

424
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: some series during the course of the game. What kind

425
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,960
Speaker 1: of game plan would you prescribe for Amarus Mims to

426
00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 1: get his feet wet?

427
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 6: In the NFL it's a twofold thing house Trent Brown

428
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 6: handling things. And how much can he can he take?

429
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 2: Uh?

430
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 6: And then how much do you want to go with Mems? If? If,

431
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,399
Speaker 6: if only, if, and only if he's ready to go,

432
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,640
Speaker 6: Because I did. I did have one of those, Dan,

433
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 6: and mine was right in the belly, right in the

434
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,240
Speaker 6: middle of pectoral, and I remember I tried to come

435
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 6: back too soon, and I you know, I probably tried

436
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 6: to come back two days too soon, and I learned

437
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 6: a lesson, and I sat out again for two more days,

438
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,959
Speaker 6: and when I came back that time, yep, okay, So

439
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 6: don't rush it. And they've done a really good job

440
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 6: in that regard. I don't think his you know, obviously

441
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 6: no surgery or anything. So I'm not trying to sound

442
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 6: an alarm bell. I think he's going to be fine,

443
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 6: and I think they handled it well, even though he's

444
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,400
Speaker 6: a young rookie and the temptation is, man, we got

445
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 6: to get him back out there. He needs these snaps,

446
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 6: he needs these reps, practice, the way we're conducting training camp,

447
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,280
Speaker 6: one on ones, team drills, all these things are important. Eh.

448
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,679
Speaker 6: You got to make sure that thing does not recur.

449
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 6: That you don't want it to be a nagging injury.

450
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,679
Speaker 6: So I thought they handled it very, very intelligently. And

451
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,159
Speaker 6: I do think that when he can, when they feel

452
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 6: comfortable both medically and coaching staff wise and all of it,

453
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,439
Speaker 6: I think they will work him in there. Will they

454
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 6: throw him out there as the starting right tackle in

455
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 6: week one? I'm not sure about that. Have to see

456
00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 6: how much he practices this week, which is done. You know,

457
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 6: so next week is big. He gets just the rest

458
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,680
Speaker 6: of this weekend off and he has a week to

459
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 6: you know, to show that he's ready to do something.

460
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 6: And then you make an evaluation. Okay, what can Trent

461
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 6: Brown give us? We've got this insurance pulse and this

462
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 6: guy's been effective. It's going to his tenth year. He's

463
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 6: get more experienced than any other player in the team.

464
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,959
Speaker 6: Nobody else is going into their tenth year and he's

465
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,679
Speaker 6: played effective football. How do we handle this? How do

466
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,440
Speaker 6: we just how do we distribute the snaps between these

467
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 6: two guys. So it's it's good that they've got options,

468
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 6: that they got a couple of ways they can go.

469
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 6: But you know, I guess my cautionary tale is make

470
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,399
Speaker 6: sure that bad boy is good, and I think they

471
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 6: have because if it's not, and it can literally be

472
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,360
Speaker 6: a pain and not just a chest but other places.

473
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 1: Lamp Enjoy your last weekend before the grind begins. Have

474
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: fun with the grand kids because we are going to

475
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 1: be working until f I'd be worried this year calling

476
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 1: Bengals games right up to New Orleans.

477
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,119
Speaker 6: That sounds like a heck of a plan. Dan the Man,

478
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 6: I'm all in Let's do it, my man.

479
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,719
Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you by pay Corps,

480
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 1: proud to be the Bengals official HR software provider, by

481
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: Alta Fiber future proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, business,

482
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 1: and community to a new level, and by Kettering Health

483
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health is

484
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,360
Speaker 1: the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. On the first

485
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: day of training camp, rookie Dashawn Anthony intercepted a Jake

486
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: Browning pass When I asked him after practice if he

487
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,680
Speaker 1: was looking forward to seeing it when the team watched

488
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 1: video that night, he said, I really don't want to

489
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 1: see the good plays. I want to see the bad ones,

490
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: so I know what I need to get better at.

491
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: That attitude is one of the reasons why the Bengals

492
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 1: drafted the Ole Miss safety in the seventh round and

493
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 1: helps explain why Dejon made the fifty three man roster.

494
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: As it looked like you were asleep when safeties coach

495
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: Jordan Kovac's called you with the good news? Did it

496
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 1: seem like a dream.

497
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 3: When he called me, I was like, really in the

498
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 3: dead sleep?

499
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 7: So I didn't It was ringing so long, didn't I

500
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 7: didn't see who was calling me. I just answered it

501
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 7: right quick, and I just seen coach and I'm like,

502
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 7: like it, it didn't click until like after he said it.

503
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,040
Speaker 7: So it was just a blessing, man. But it definitely

504
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 7: felt like a dream.

505
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,719
Speaker 1: So if you were in a deep, peaceful sleep, you

506
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: must have felt pretty good about your chances of making

507
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster.

508
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 7: Yeah, I feel like you know, I got a guardian

509
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,440
Speaker 7: angels protecting me, and like it seemed like throughout my.

510
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 3: Whole process, God always made away.

511
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 7: So I just knew as long as I put in

512
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 7: my I don't do what I needed to do on

513
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 7: my side, then God was gonna do what he needed

514
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 7: to do on his side.

515
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 1: When Coach called you, he said, what was the first

516
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 1: thing you wrote down in training camp? And you said,

517
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 1: to make the team? That was your first goal. You're

518
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 1: one for one.

519
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:05,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, one for one.

520
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 7: That was the first goal, and I mean it start

521
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 7: with that. You gotta make the team to get to

522
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 7: the other goals. So that was just a big one

523
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 7: of the big things that coming in, Like that was

524
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 7: the only thing my mind was get to making the team.

525
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 3: And now we're working on interceptions for the year and

526
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 3: stuff like that.

527
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: Are you comfortable sharing goal number two?

528
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 3: Goal number two? Uh, it was it was carve out.

529
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 7: A role on the team on defense, like already swept teams.

530
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 7: We already know that, but carve out a big role

531
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:39,640
Speaker 7: on defense.

532
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 3: And then the.

533
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 7: Third one was, may how makeover three turnovers this year?

534
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 7: Force over three turnovers and interceptions, force fumble, fourth down stop.

535
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 3: But just three turnovers. That's it.

536
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: We're visiting with Dejon Anthony. That's a good segue to

537
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,639
Speaker 1: my next question, because you had an interception on the

538
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: first day of training camp, and you had three in

539
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: the first of training camp. When that happened, did you

540
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 1: start to think, you know what, I'm gonna be on

541
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 1: this team.

542
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 7: I started seeing it once they put the don package in,

543
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 7: and OTA's like, they're not gonna do that, and then

544
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 7: they continued to do it through camp.

545
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 3: So as they kept doing that through camp, I kind

546
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 3: of had an understanding.

547
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,880
Speaker 7: As long as I stayed healthy and kept getting better

548
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 7: every day, then I felt like the coaches trusted me

549
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 7: enough to have me on the team.

550
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 3: So it was kind of like from day one. I

551
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 3: seen it.

552
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,239
Speaker 7: Once they put the down package in, and now I

553
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 7: just know just had to keep praying hard and just

554
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 7: keep doing I need to do every single day.

555
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: You broke your nose in the second preseason game. You've

556
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: got first preseason game. You got a little bit of

557
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: a scratch at the top of your nose, but it

558
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: looks pretty good. Did you have you ever broken your

559
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: nose before? And how are you doing?

560
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 7: No, sir, I never broke nothing. I've never been really

561
00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 7: injured ever in my life, So do nothing to me.

562
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 7: Like I was practice in the next day when we

563
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 7: was right this in, they just put it. I I'm

564
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 7: wearing a face mask regardless. Now, no matter what the

565
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 7: face mask, the visor is on every single practice, it

566
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 7: could be raining the advice they gonna be on because

567
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 7: it doesn't hurt.

568
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 3: Until somebody hit it. I guess I hit my nose

569
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 3: that it hurt, but I don't feel it normally. I

570
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 3: could breathe normal. I'm good.

571
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 1: And you didn't wear the visor previously because it is

572
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: a little bit harder to breathe.

573
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 3: Is that the case? You know?

574
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 7: When you start camp, a lot of coaches and people

575
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 7: recommend like, don't have the visors in because you gotta

576
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 7: get your breath back in. Uh, you start warning advisors

577
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 7: when they get a little cold or stuff like that.

578
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 3: That's what I usually do.

579
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 7: So I didn't have it in the first game, and

580
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 7: I didn't have it the whole first couple of weeks

581
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 7: of practice.

582
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 3: Was I regret it?

583
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: Now you're a visor guy. Now you you told me

584
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: in a previous interview early in training camp that everything

585
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: you do you do for your family a How did

586
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 1: they take this news that you have made the Bengals

587
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster.

588
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 3: Is our rais is on Facebook right now? They all

589
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 3: on Facebook.

590
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 7: Monty called me krying, my dad called me krying. So

591
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 7: they took it just like the draft day draft party.

592
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 7: It's just a lot of emotions in there because now

593
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 7: it's like official. So now they's just where they getting

594
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 7: all they jersey's more jerseys now getting ready to come

595
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 7: to the first game.

596
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 3: First game, My birthday game. Good timing.

597
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, we play sit to my as my birthday septem

598
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 7: a knife, So it's gonna be a good birthday celebration.

599
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: The final thing for dayshon Anthony, You've come a long

600
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: way from Division two Shepherd University in West Virginia. Does

601
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: it seem a little surreal that you are now truly

602
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: an NFL player.

603
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, it definitely does. Man.

604
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 7: It's like I said all the time, I'll just give

605
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 7: the glory to God, and I'm super blessing.

606
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 3: I'm just ready to you working. I'm just ready to

607
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 3: keep working.

608
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 7: But it's definitely one of the biggest blessings that a

609
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 7: lot of people lost jobs yesterday and I'm one of

610
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 7: those guys that didn't. And I knowe is only one

611
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 7: person that can make that happen. That's the Man above.

612
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: So I'm just blessed you earn this objective number one

613
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: achieved onto objective number two.

614
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 3: Thanks. I can't wait to get to it.

615
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode of the

616
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: Bengals Booth podcast brought to you by pay Core, Proud

617
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 1: to be the Bengals official hr software provider by Alta

618
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,959
Speaker 1: Fiber future proof fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, business,

619
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: and community to a new level, and by Kettering Health

620
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health is

621
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: the official healthcare provider.

622
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 3: Of the Bengals.

623
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: If you haven't done so already, please subscribe to this

624
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: podcast and if you have a minute, give it a

625
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: rating or share a comment that helps more Bengals fans

626
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: find us. I'm Dan Hord. Thanks for listening to the

627
00:31:54,880 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: Bengals Booth podcast