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Here's a little 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:22.399 clip from SNL. 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.920 Good evening and welcome to Pumping Up with Hans and Franz, 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.199 the informative training program for the serious weightlifter. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.520 Hello, let us begin by introducing ourselves. 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.800 I'm Han A Domes Franz, and we want to pomp 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:38.559 you are. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:41.720 A little bit about ourselves. 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:43.840 We come to the States from a small village of 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:45.160 aylift as in Austria. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.280 Yeah, we hope to following our cousins footsteps. The greatest 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:49.920 bodybuild in the history of the world. 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.920 Maybe you've heard of him, Honestashga. 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.000 Well, as it turns out, a Hans and Franz movie 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.320 was in the works in the nineteen nineties but never 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.720 got made. Now, roughly thirty years later, we get to 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:07.040 enjoy it in podcast form. Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealan, 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.280 who played Hans and Franz, have teamed up with Conan 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.240 O'Brien and others to read the movie script in a 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:17.480 four part podcast. I listened to part one and laughed 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.400 out loud on several occasions. Two episodes have been posted 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.320 so far, and you can find them on the Conan 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:29.160 O'Brien needs a Friend podcast. I predict that the Lost 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:35.520 Hans and Franz movie podcast will pomp you up. Now 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.079 let's get to football. We've got a fun topic to 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:43.079 start this week's podcast, as five Cincinnati sports legends discussed 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.680 Joe Burrow, including two Hall of Famers, a World Series 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.920 record holder, one of the best college basketball players in 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.040 Cincinnati history, and a three time Pro bowler who helped 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:57.240 change the NFL up first, twelve time Major League All Star, 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:02.120 nineteen ninety five MVP, and Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin. 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.280 Barry Larkin? What do you respect about Joe Burrow? 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:06.919 Everything? 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:13.320 Swag, calm, under pressure, leadership, the way he's brought the 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:19.960 city together, the fact that he is philanthropic, He's giving 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.639 of his time, He's using his platform for positive everything. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.200 He's three years in. Do you have a favorite game 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:28.079 or moment yet? 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.639 I just, you know, I don't know if there's a game, 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.680 you know. I watch all the games. I just love 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.680 I love the turnaround that the organization has made. I 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.040 love I've always been a Bengals fan. I've always represented 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:47.160 the Colors down in Florida, and a couple of years ago, 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.040 it was not so pretty the response. Now there's a 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.840 lot of hooday and going on down there, and you know, 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.800 I just love I mean the Kansas City game. I 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.240 love the fact that they beat Kenas City in the playoffs. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.000 As I said, I just love everything. It's not just him. Obviously, 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.560 he's got a great group around with DeMar Chase is 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:05.160 a monster. 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.080 T Higgins, so you know all those guys. 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:09.880 How do you feel about the way he carries himself 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:10.480 off the field. 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.280 I think that's the biggest thing. You know, it's one 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:13.880 of respect. 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.360 And I think you know, Pete Rose told me when 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.640 I came to Cincinnati just start playing as a young man. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.320 He said, you know, you got to respect the fact 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.240 you're from Cincinnati and respect Cincinnati. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:27.160 I think he respects Cincinnati. 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.760 Final question for Barry Larkin. He's twenty six, he's about 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.840 to get a huge contract. Any advice for him at 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:34.080 this stage of his life and career. 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.479 Just keep doing what you're doing, you know, I no, no, 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.200 it seems like he's on top of everything. You know, 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.680 just stay humble and continue to do what he's doing. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.680 We go from one Hall of Famer to another. An 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.440 eleven time pro bowler who is widely considered to be 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:57.000 the greatest offensive lineman of all time. Anthony Munos, Anthony, 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.440 what do you respect and admire about Joe Burrow? 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.720 Well, as I watch him, his leadership, and I guess 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.000 I've shared with my two grandsons, who are very involved 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:07.440 in athletics, I said. 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:08.000 Watch Joe. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.200 I said, watch him, not because of what he does 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.800 throwing the ball or run, but watch how he handles 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:16.160 success and adversity. He doesn't get too high, doesn't get 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:17.960 too low. And that's what I love when a leader, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:19.880 a guy that you can you know that guys are 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.080 going to go and just give it everything they have 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.080 for him, and it's obvious just watching them. But I 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.039 love the way, you know he might throw, you know, 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.640 a pick, it comes right back, drives of adards, touchdown 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.520 like nothing ever happened prior to that, and you can 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.640 tell the guys just absolutely love them, you know, playing 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.040 for him, and so his leadership. Not to mention you know, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.640 how he extends and makes plays. But I think the 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:41.560 main thing is I watch now with guys and how 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.520 they interact with coaches and players, and I watch that 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.560 very closely, and again not being within the four walls 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.640 all the time, but watching them during the game and 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.000 how they interact, I'm very very impressed. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:57.240 Does he remind you of anyone you played against. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.279 Or win somewhat Boomer? 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:02.880 I think Boomer might have been a little more animated, 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.120 But you know, having played nine years with Boomer, I 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:07.320 love playing for Boomer. 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:08.440 I would play for him now. 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.120 If we would put flag football team to guy, probably snaps, 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.240 I wouldn't have to move. But no, I think he 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.640 has a little bit of that. Again, I think Boomer 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.440 had a little more kind of I don't know, flare 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.320 to him, but definitely a great leader. 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:24.520 The knowledge of the game. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.520 You can tell Joe is very knowledgeable as rookie, and 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:28.440 Boomer was that way. 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:30.520 So I'd have to say that, do. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.799 You have a favorite moment from his first three years? 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:39.120 I guess the one I've had fun with is when 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.000 he was just about ready to go out of bounds 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:42.359 and through the touchdown pass. 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:44.520 And and I have fun. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.880 With that because people say, well, do you think Boomer 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:48.520 could have done that? I said, well, Boomer really never 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.360 had to scramble and have to do that going out 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:50.800 of bounds. 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.480 He would just say that and people laughing. Boy, But 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:53.920 that was. 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.000 Probably the I mean the awareness of where he was 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.120 and the accuracy that he threw the ball with. I 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:00.960 guess that would be the one play that I was 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.360 still Oh my, what. 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.760 Do you think of the off the field Joe Burrow? 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.640 The way he carries himself, the wardrobe anything, you know. 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.120 It's uh. I laughed because I think I had a 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:13.800 couple of those type of suits when I was going. 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.800 I mean, you know, young guy, it's a new generation, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.520 you know, and to me, it's not my cup of tea. 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.360 But you know, hey, it works for him and he 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.160 looks good in it, so you know, I remember we 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.000 had to get a suit. It was a navy suit 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.720 and khaki pan for the lineman. It wasn't you know, 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.640 the Ricky Dixon three piece and hat. But no, I 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:37.920 have no problem with I think it's pretty cool that. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:38.240 He does that. 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.280 Final question for Anthony Mullios. 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:44.320 He's about to get a big contract extension, a life 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.120 changing contract extension. Any advice for him at age twenty 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:49.920 six as he enters this phase of his life. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.400 Yeah, if he needs someone to drive him around, I'd 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.200 be willing to caddy for him. You know, I'd light 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.720 his cigars and hold him as he putts out, you know, 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.720 and I think, look that he's got you know, parents 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.200 that seem to be, you know, very solid, so I 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.720 think that's a key. And the very close to the family, 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:11.200 so you know, not that he has everything together, because 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.200 none of them, nobody has everything together, but I think 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.640 he's sitting in a good situation to take care of 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.080 what he's soon going to be getting here from from 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:22.880 the Bengals organization. So you know, just a family and uh, 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:25.120 you know, make sure you stay tight with that and 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.360 uh and don't do anything crazy, in which I doubt 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:28.800 that he'll do. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.480 Our next Cincinnati Sports great spent twelve years in Major 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.200 League Baseball, including three seasons in Cincinnati, and him an 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.840 Iteen ninety World Series. He set a record by having 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:46.640 hits in seven straight at bats. Outfielder Billy Hatcher. Billy Hatcher, 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.160 what do you respect and admire about Joe Burrow. 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.840 I mean, he's a winner, he's a leader. 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.280 Uh, Cincinnati's been looking for someone like that for a 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:56.200 long long time. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:57.960 And you know, plus he's a good person. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:02.640 I mean, you know, he uh, he represents the state 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.679 of Ohio and the city of Cincinnati. He represents us 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.320 very very well. Just keep on going and hey, we 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:09.920 want to see us back in the super Bowl. 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.760 Do you have a favorite Burrow moment game, anything that 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:14.400 stands out? 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:14.680 No. 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:16.720 I just like to watch him play. I mean he 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.720 plays with so much heart. I mean, you see even 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.320 when the team is going bad, you know, he always 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.200 finds a way to lift him up. And when they're down, 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:26.920 he finds a way to make it interesting. 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.199 And when they're winning, he knows how to finish it off. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.960 Is there anybody from your sport that he reminds you 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:34.880 of in any way? 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.040 It's very It's very hard to say because as a quarterback, 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.679 you can control a lot of things. You know, pretty 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.800 much only in baseball the one person that can control 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.040 something is pretty much the picture. So you know, I 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.720 would say he's like with me, He's like a Nolan Ryan, 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.760 and Nolan Ryan, when you needed him the most, he 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:55.680 was always there. 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.280 What do you think of Joe Burrow off the field? 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.200 He's not in the paper for anything negative. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.400 You know, when you're a superstar, when you're a Joe Burrows, 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.120 a person like him, you know you always have something 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.839 that they've done. But this guy, I mean, you never 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.920 hear anything the only thing you hear about him is 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.160 good things, and that's a good thing about it. 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.560 He's twenty six, he's three years into his career. He's 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.760 about to become very, very wealthy. Any advice for him 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.400 going forward at this stage of his life and his career. 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.120 Don't change. He got you this for it. You're good people. 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:27.840 You're a good person, You're a good leader. 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.360 The city of Cincinnati loves you, and I know you 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:32.199 love Cincinnati. 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:35.000 I know you love Ohio. Just keep being Joe. 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.400 Up next, the College Football Hall of Famer who is 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.319 drafted by the Bengals in nineteen eighty six and helped 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.640 change the game by playing safety with a linebacker's physique. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:50.400 Three time Pro Bowler David Fulcher, David, what do you 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:51.839 respect about Joe Burrow? 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:54.280 Everything? 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.760 And I know that's pretty big, big wide, but what 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.320 I respect about this kid is just the novel edge 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:04.280 of not just playing football, but the knowledge of a 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:09.600 human being. He brings something to Cincinnati that we've been 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.680 missing for a very very long time. And I played 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.600 with Kenny, one year with Kenny and then my career 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:19.920 with Boomer. Just the presence of him being there, he's 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.600 to me, he's an offensive coordinator on the football field. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.280 He's a quarterback, we all know that, but he's an 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:30.400 oc of doing great things and he's a great man 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.680 for the city of Cincinnati, and he just puts a 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.120 lot out there that if I was if I had 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.120 a kid that was growing up and wanted to be 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.079 like their daddy David, I would want them to be. 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:41.679 Like Joe Burrow. 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.360 About the highest praise you can give somebody. Does he 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.199 remind you of anybody you played with or against? 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.160 He's out there with a bunch of people. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:54.599 Man, you know, the savvy of Tom Brady, the no 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.880 how and the will to get it done in Joe Montana, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:04.120 the guts and the grid of Jim McMahon, and the 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.240 hurry up and do what I tell you to do 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:08.560 and Boomera sizing. 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.040 A laundry list of great guys. Do you have a 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.679 favorite moment from his first three years? 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:15.880 Wow? 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:20.560 I know this may sound crazy. It's a favorite moment 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:27.040 of him getting hurt and watching him on that stretcher 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.959 being taken off and he put the finger up and 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:31.439 the thumbs up and said I'll. 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:31.800 Be back. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:37.520 That and just every time he sees the feeld. You know, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:39.280 I think one of them was a good one where 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.000 I think it. I don't know if it was against 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.600 the Raiders in the playoffs, so maybe it was Kansas 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.320 City where he was. He was scrambling, did all these 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.240 kind of circles and rolled out to the right, ran 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.200 for the first down and got up with the ball 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:52.719 in his hand and flipped it a little bit. 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:53.360 You know. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.680 Most people call that cocky. I called it confidence. And 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.240 the kids remarkable. What do you think of they? He 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:01.840 carries himself off the field. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.640 This is where I when I say a twenty five 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:06.319 year old. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.760 If that's his age, twenty six now, twenty six now, 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:15.000 the twenty six year old handles pressure like the forty 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:19.400 five year old guy and Tom Brady. Off the field, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:23.360 he's very he's quiet. I don't know if he really 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:26.240 likes to be interviewed. And I kind of watch him sometime. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:30.839 He looks like he's shy, but he's about business. When 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.560 he goes to work with the Bengals, he goes to work. 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.640 When work is over, he goes home and it's he's 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.280 relaxing now and not too many twenty six year olds 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:40.840 think that way. 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.840 Last thing for the great David Fulcher, he's about to 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.760 get paid. It's going to be a fifty million dollar 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.959 a year man. Any advice for him at age twenty 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.079 six about to land a deal like. 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.439 That, Well, you know, I think he's smart enough, and 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.720 he's got a great family background and good backing and 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.319 good support of people around him. Yeah, it's a lot 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.720 of money. I've actually kind of been around and listened 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.360 to him and maybe talked to him. I don't think 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.559 he's really concerned about the money. I think he's more 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.440 concerned about the weapons that he's got around him. So 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.800 distribute that money to them weapons. Give me a little bit, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.600 even though I know the NFLPA won't allow him to 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:20.360 take less. But I don't think it's going to change 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:21.840 his mind. I think he's still going to play because 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.560 he wants to win championship. So whether it's fifty million 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.080 or thirty million, he's still gonna get the job done. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.680 Our fifth and final Cincinnati Sports Legend a weigh in 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.000 on Joe Burrow is one of the area's all time 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:37.360 best college basketball players, the all time leading scorer at Xavier, 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:44.000 where his number twenty three is retired Byron Larkin. Byron Larkin, 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:45.480 what do you respect about Joe. 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:52.480 Burrow won, his obvious talent, his winning attitude, what he 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.920 has brought back to the city. You know, we've had 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.600 number you know, first round draft choices obviously every year, 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:03.520 but he has seemed to be able to galvanize the 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.360 city because I mean, he's one of the best players 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:10.640 in the game, and it's just wonderful to see. I 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:16.520 love his humility, he doesn't seem to be all about him, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.880 and I just you know, I love his talent, I 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:19.760 love his attitude. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:24.000 Does he remind you of anybody from your sport? 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:24.480 You know? 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.800 You know, Lebron James is obviously a super talented guy 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.760 and seems to be very humble and very sharing with 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:36.040 his gifts and his you know, ability to be active 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:41.000 in the community. You know, I see Joe as kind 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.840 of that kind of guy off the court. Now it 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.120 remains to be seen if he's one of the best 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.520 to ever put on a uniform, but boy, he certainly 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.400 has a great start, no doubt, and it's wonderful that 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.520 what he's brought to the city and winning, you know, 0:15:56.840 --> 0:16:00.160 winning is the best and is the best thing, and 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:05.000 he's been the core of that for the Bengals, and 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:06.960 it's just united the city and it's just great. 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.800 Do you have a favorite game or moment so far? 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.280 There will be multiple moments. I like when the chips 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.800 are down, you know, it's the last two minutes, they 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.520 need to score. Everybody knows what he's gonna do, yet 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.360 he's still able to do it. You know, multiple games, 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.000 you know, was it Kansas City last couple of years 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:32.800 of the Kansas City playoff game? It just multiple situations. 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:36.840 Being able to rise to the top in the biggest situations. 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:39.000 It's truly the mark of a great player. And I 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:39.960 think that's what he is. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.800 What do you think of off the field Joe Burrow, Well. 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.600 I don't know much about that. I just know he's 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.920 from Athens, Ohio. I heard he was a really great 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:53.400 basketball player in high school, like most athletes, but I 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:58.720 liked his humility. He seems to be a guy not 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.080 all about him. That he's very fortunate and he wants 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:06.359 to share his influence and gifts with the people around him, 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.320 and those are the great kind of people that you 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:09.399 want to look up to. 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.919 He's twenty six, it's about to get paid. Any advice 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:13.919 for Joe Burrow. 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.359 Just be humble man, don't let you know don't don't 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:19.359 make the money man. 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:20.800 Don't let the money make him. 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:21.960 Man make the money man. 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:23.000 Just don't get out. 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:23.560 Of his lane. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.879 And just you know, just just have some sense about him, 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.640 you know, just because you see a lot of times 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.679 and people get paid, I mean getting paid. It's just 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.280 a different deal now, three four hundred million dollar contracts. 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:40.280 It's it's hard to blow that kind of money. But 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:45.480 I think if Joe is how he seems, family around him, 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:49.040 good common sense, just keep his wits about him, I 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:49.840 think he'll be fine. 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:50.400 Obviously. 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.399 The Bengals Booth podcast just brought to you by Alta 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.720 Fiber future proof fiber Internet capable of delivering multi gigabit 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.240 speeds is take your home, business and community to a 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:06.360 new level. Elevate your connection with Alta Fiber and by 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.000 pay Corps. More than twenty nine thousand customers trust paycore 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:14.280 to help them recruit, pay, engage and retain employees. Learn 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:18.719 more at paycoorp dot com. Two years ago, tight end 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:23.000 Cjuzaba had forty nine catches for four hundred ninety three yards. 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.879 Last year, hayden Hurst had very similar stats with fifty 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.960 two catches for four fourteen. The Bengals are hoping that 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:35.159 free agent IRV Smith Junior can provide similar production, but 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:38.120 he's not the only tight end on the roster. Drew 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.240 Sample is back for a fifth season in Cincinnati, as 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.560 he signed a one year contract after missing nearly all 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.400 of last year with a knee injury. And while Drew 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:51.040 is known primarily for his blocking, he did have forty 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.120 catches back in twenty twenty. I caught up with him 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:59.560 in the Bengals locker room. Let's start physically, How are. 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:00.600 You feeling good? 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.680 Yeah, I think I'm about seven or so months obviously 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:07.240 from the knee that happened Game two, but I'm pretty 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.800 much doing everything now. It's just you know, being smart 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:11.960 and making sure I'm you know, staying on track to 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:12.439 where I've been. 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.960 I probably created some uncertainty in your own mind for 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:17.600 where you were going to be, what was going to 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:19.399 happen going forward. How How do you feel about the 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:20.280 way things worked out? 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:23.000 Yeah, I'm obviously super glad to be back. You know, 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.159 it's been my home in the last four years. You know, 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.159 familiar with the team, the staff, and you know, to 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:30.240 go through what we went through, you know for my 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.800 first year, you know, to getting Joe to Super Bowl 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.639 AFC all that. You know, I felt like there was 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:37.800 definitely you know, unfinished business, and I feel like the 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:39.720 team is, you know, as it has been the last 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.000 two years, trending in the direction, and so you know, 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:43.920 obviously I was I was very happy to be back. 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.160 I thought you were off to a good start last year. 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:48.320 Did you feel that way and did that make it 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:50.320