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Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. Uh mister big Stuff, who do

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Speaker 1: one with the Bengals' biggest free agent acquisition of the

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Speaker 1: off season, both in terms of his physique and his contract.

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Speaker 1: Defensive tackle DJ Reader plus offensive coordinator Brian Callahan gives

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Speaker 1: us a Joe Burrow update after the quarterbacks first few

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Speaker 1: get to football. I probably don't have to tell you

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Speaker 1: that the Bengals were last in the NFL. It's stopping

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Speaker 1: the run last year, giving up nearly one hundred fifty

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Speaker 1: rushing yards per game. In the immortal words of Madmen's

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Speaker 1: Pete Campbell, not great, Bob. Now, let's take a look

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Speaker 1: at this year's schedule. It includes NFL rushing leader Derreck Henry,

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Speaker 1: plus games against Ezekiel Elliott, Leonard Fournette, Marlon Mack and

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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley. You know what those eight guys have in common.

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Speaker 1: They all ran for more than one thousand yards last year.

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Speaker 1: When you take all of that into consideration, it's easy

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Speaker 1: to see why the Bengals made free agent DJ Reader

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Speaker 1: signed him to a four year, fifty three million dollar deal.

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Speaker 1: According to the website Pro Football Focus, of all the

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Speaker 1: team's defensive snaps. Reader ranked number four in the league

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Speaker 1: at defending the run, behind Calais Campbell, Cam Hayward and

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Speaker 1: He's ringo. Reader is sixty three, slimmed down to about

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Speaker 1: a month ago. I spoke to mister big stuff this week, DJ,

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Speaker 1: I want to start with something I bet a lot

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Speaker 1: of Bengals fans don't even know yet. Back in twenty thirteen,

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Speaker 1: you were quite the all around athlete coming up, Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: is me at thirteen, throwing a fastball and in Cooperstown,

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Speaker 1: obviously knew how good you were. J. J. Watt publicly

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Speaker 1: personal challenge to try to be part of a huge turnaround. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Bowl recognition in the near future a big deal to you.

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Speaker 1: It used to be not now I think I kind

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Speaker 1: over me. Defensive line coach Nikkison said, the Bengals planned

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Speaker 1: Why and how did you drop that weight? Oh? Just

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Speaker 1: I want to do it's the best of my ability.

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Speaker 1: What unhealthy food that you love is now off limits? Cereal.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big Cereal guy. Not that good healthy stuff. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm a kid called Captain Crups, fruity pellows, fruit loops,

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Speaker 1: I have stopped on the Cereal train. And I'm a

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Speaker 1: So but you know, so that's those are really my vices, honestly,

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Speaker 1: safe as you can be, so you know, why not play?

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Speaker 1: And that would be my reaction obviously. I know as

429
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Speaker 1: a back in the day, I would want to play

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Speaker 1: under any circumstances I possibly could, and I'd make sure

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Speaker 1: that the team obviously did everything they possibly could to

432
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Speaker 1: from a protocol standpoint to make it as safe as possible.

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Speaker 1: And I do think it's interesting the guys that have

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Speaker 1: opted out. All I can hold is those guys that

435
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Speaker 1: have decided to opt out, and I can understand why,

436
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Speaker 1: but boy, pressures on. If I opted out, I'd have

437
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Speaker 1: to live the life of a monk. I'd go nowhere

438
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Speaker 1: because if I went somewhere and got COVID after opting

439
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Speaker 1: out for my NFL season, I'd never forgive myself, you know,

440
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Speaker 1: And now I'd be in danger in the family all

441
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Speaker 1: the things the reason I opted out, So, man, I'd

442
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Speaker 1: put myself on a lock and key of Literally, I

443
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Speaker 1: would be a monk. I would not go anywhere, do

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Speaker 1: anything if that's be a heavy, heavy decision to make,

445
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Speaker 1: and that would be a tough lifestyle live. So I

446
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Speaker 1: probably would play in trust that the team is doing

447
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: everything possibly can at Paul Brown Stadium and surrounding practice

448
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,880
Speaker 1: fields and everything to keep everybody's self And it's on me.

449
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Speaker 1: It's on me when I'm away from the stadium to

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Speaker 1: do the right thing, just like it's on these guys

451
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Speaker 1: opting out. They have more time to wander and do

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Speaker 1: other things. And I'm telling you it'd be interesting to

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Speaker 1: monitor the sixty six guys or however many it is

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Speaker 1: they've opped it out, and see how many of them

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Speaker 1: do end up getting coronavirus testing positive would be very interesting.

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Speaker 1: That is a tremendous call, because if and when one

457
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Speaker 1: of those guys tests positive, the abuse that he's going

458
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Speaker 1: to suffer is going to be unbelievable, no doubt, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: Let's look ahead to training camp a little bit. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: they've started with strength and conditioning and some walkthroughs, but

461
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Speaker 1: nothing really juicy yet. That's still about a week away.

462
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Speaker 1: But as I said the last time we did a podcast,

463
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Speaker 1: I thought the next time we got together we would

464
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Speaker 1: look ahead to some training camp battles. So what training

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Speaker 1: camp battle are you most looking forward to watching. Well,

466
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Speaker 1: I've already talked about, you know, the old line. I

467
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Speaker 1: guess probably a nausea and being a former old line,

468
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Speaker 1: but I've done that. But I am very interested in

469
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Speaker 1: the linebacker, you know position. I want to see how

470
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Speaker 1: these young linebackers come along, how quickly they can come along.

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Speaker 1: I think Josh Binds's role in listening to lou Ana

472
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Speaker 1: Uma the other day at the presser was his role

473
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Speaker 1: is to be the example that the young guys aspire

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Speaker 1: to be the locker room leader. The guy that wasn't

475
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Speaker 1: drafted coming out of college, made a football team, you know,

476
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Speaker 1: went to the super Bowl. All all the things that

477
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Speaker 1: go along with it, high level performer, overachiever kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: Watch how he prepares, Watch how he trains, Watch how

479
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Speaker 1: he eats, watch how he does everything. And not to

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Speaker 1: say that he's not going to play initially. He may

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Speaker 1: have to be. He may be given them some significant snaps.

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Speaker 1: But I'm very interested to see how quickly, you know,

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Speaker 1: Logan Wilson, m Keene, Davis Gaither, how how quickly can

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Speaker 1: they work their way in to those sub packages and

485
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Speaker 1: and make significant snaps because as we know Dan, the

486
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Speaker 1: linebackers get isolated and they get they get you know,

487
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Speaker 1: people spread the field, put them in one on ones,

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Speaker 1: and it was a it was a tough, tough dynamics.

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Speaker 1: So I think, uh, I think that position group is

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Speaker 1: the one where I'm gonna be watching how the battles

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Speaker 1: unfold and uh, you know, see how Pratt advances in

492
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Speaker 1: year two, all the things that go along with that

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Speaker 1: position group. I'm very very intrigued by it. I am

494
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Speaker 1: all about right tackle. Yep, ken Ken Fred Johnson beat

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Speaker 1: out Bobby Hard. I do agree when the coaches say

496
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Speaker 1: Bobby Hart's not as bad as everybody thinks. I don't

497
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Speaker 1: think he's the worst tackle, worst right tackle in the

498
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Speaker 1: National Football League. But I do think we've seen enough

499
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Speaker 1: of him at this point to know that he's not

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Speaker 1: among the best and is never going to be among

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Speaker 1: the best. What kind of upside does Fred Johnson have?

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Speaker 1: If you look at the Pro Football Focus rankings from

503
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Speaker 1: last year, and I know that's not the be all,

504
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Speaker 1: end all, he would have been several spots ahead of

505
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Speaker 1: Bobby Hart in a limited sample size. So can he

506
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Speaker 1: elevate that position from what you know you're going to

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Speaker 1: get at this point out of Bobby Hart. The thing

508
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Speaker 1: that I think Fred has to do Dan is physically.

509
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Speaker 1: I think they feel good about Fred. You know, six

510
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Speaker 1: or eight long long arms the whole nine yards. Bobby

511
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Speaker 1: Hart is strawly long too. He's got some long arm

512
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Speaker 1: blown them. The thing that he has to show is

513
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Speaker 1: Bobby's had problems with penalties, and now Fred has to

514
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Speaker 1: show that his poise, composure, those kind of things. And

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Speaker 1: if he shows that he's he handles that a little

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Speaker 1: bit better than Bobby has handled it historically. That could

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Speaker 1: give him a little bit of an edge. The other

518
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: thing is Bobby Hart his football IQ and overall IQ

519
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Speaker 1: has been praised by coach Turner, praised by a very

520
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: very intelligent guy in Trey Hopkins. So you know, the

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00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 1: dude is smart. Coaches and teammates trust and like smart players.

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Speaker 1: So Bobby Hart is not going to make as Simon errors.

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Speaker 1: Fred Johnson can't make as Simon arrss that I think

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Speaker 1: if if he shows that mentally he can handle it

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Speaker 1: in terms of you know, not making penalty mistakes and

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Speaker 1: mental mistakes in terms of your assignment, I think those

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Speaker 1: are things that you're going to be looking for. Because

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Speaker 1: it was such a small sample size over time, how

529
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Speaker 1: does that pan out between those two guys? All right?

530
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Speaker 1: Is there a lesser known newcomer that you are eager

531
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Speaker 1: to watch? We're all excited to watch Joe Burrow and

532
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: some of the high profile free agents that they signed,

533
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Speaker 1: But is there a lesser known guy that you're eager

534
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: to get your eyes on? You know, Again, in listening

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Speaker 1: to lou Anna Rumo during his pressor, and I asked

536
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: him about other cornerbacks or Trey Waynes and McKenzie Alexander

537
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 1: they as advertised, he goes, yeah, yeah, but don't sleep

538
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: on Winston Rose, who led the Canadian Football League and interception.

539
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: Don't sleep sleep on less Shawn Simms, who's played a

540
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 1: lot of good snaps to the Tennessee Titans, significant snaps,

541
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Speaker 1: and not only will they give depth to that you know,

542
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 1: back end of the defense, it'll increase the production and

543
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: performance hopefully for Darren Simmons on special teams as well.

544
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Speaker 1: So I don't think people are even thinking about those guys,

545
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: and they could, you know, play a significant role. How

546
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Speaker 1: significant role, It all depends on injury and everything else

547
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: that goes along with it. But it sounds like lu

548
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: Ana Room was very satisfied with him. He's like, they're long,

549
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: they're athletic. You know. I like him. So for him

550
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Speaker 1: to come right out and the very first pressor and

551
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Speaker 1: mentioned those guys made me sit up and take notice.

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Speaker 1: He must have really liked the tape that he saw

553
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Speaker 1: those guys before they signed him. Yeah, I'm withy on

554
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: Winston Row as they signed a two years to two

555
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: year deal in January, So this is not necessarily a

556
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: just you know, show up and see if you can

557
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: sneak on to the back end of the roster kind

558
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: of guy. Maybe he's somebody who's ready to make the

559
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: jump from the CFL to the NFL. As you mentioned,

560
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: led the CFL and picks with nine part of a

561
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: Great Cup championship team last year with Winnipeg. The starting

562
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: quarterback of that team and the Great Crop Cup was

563
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: former UC quarterback Zach Collaris, So I'll have to reach

564
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: out to him and see if he gave me them

565
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: intel on Winston Rose. The other person that I'm going

566
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: to put on the list, and it really shouldn't count

567
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: because I asked you for a newcomer that you were

568
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 1: eager to see. But a guy that I'm really interested

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00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: to watch even more closely going into this year is

570
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Speaker 1: Darius Phillips, just based on how well he did in

571
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 1: such a tiny sample size seventy five snaps in pass coverage,

572
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: four interceptions, three pass breakups. That's amazing. I mean, that

573
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Speaker 1: is productivity. That is a most of the football, That

574
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Speaker 1: is ball skills. When you have an opportunity to make

575
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Speaker 1: a play on football, you're making a play on football.

576
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: And let's face it, you know how many times have

577
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Speaker 1: we seen guys great courage and great position, Oh can't

578
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Speaker 1: make a play? I mean the bottom lining, You've got

579
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Speaker 1: to make plays. And Darius Phillips was showing that, showing

580
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Speaker 1: people that he's a playmaker. He can make plays. I

581
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: agree one hundred thousand percent. All right. On previous podcast,

582
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Speaker 1: we did this and we're going to do it again.

583
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Speaker 1: And by this I mean the following. If you could

584
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Speaker 1: pick a player off another team's roster other than Patrick Mahomes,

585
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: who would it be? And now that the roster is set,

586
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: the eighty man roster is set, if you could grab

587
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: somebody off another team's roster, who would that player be?

588
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Speaker 1: George Kittle? Because in my mind, with the receiver corps

589
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Speaker 1: that the Bengals have and hopefully the offensive line improvement,

590
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: George Kittle is a dominant run blocker as well as

591
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Speaker 1: dominant receiver. He is the blocks I could tackle, can

592
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: run routes from catch like a receiver. He is the

593
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: epitome of the tight end. And I'll tell you the

594
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Speaker 1: guy when I the more I watch of him, it's like, man,

595
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: this dude he loves football, I mean, and he just

596
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: gets after it. And when I think back then the

597
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: great Bengals teams that I've played on in the seventies,

598
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: Bob Trumpy Pro Bowl tight end could block and catch.

599
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: Getting a little bit later, Dan Ross Pro Bowl tight

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Speaker 1: end block and catch eleven catches in the Super Bowl

601
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: was shared the record for a long time. Rodney Holman

602
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: in the eighty eight Super Bowl team block and catch

603
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, all three of them Pro Bowl caliber tight ends.

604
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: And I think with the receiving corps around him in

605
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: the running game, you know, they help in that running game.

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Speaker 1: To me, if I could pluck George Kittle and put

607
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Speaker 1: him at the end of the line of scrimmage or

608
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: flex him and you know, let him play, you know,

609
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,720
Speaker 1: three downs every series, I'd be a happy man. George Kendall, R.

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey yere one. Now this is this is interesting

611
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Speaker 1: because the last time we did this, we both chose

612
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. You chose Quenton Nelson, I chose Darius Leonard.

613
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Speaker 1: We would still happily take him most lines, but not

614
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: about it. But now that we're doing it this time around,

615
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Speaker 1: we are both choosing San Francisco forty nine ers. You

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Speaker 1: chose George Kittle, I want Nick Bosa there you go.

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Speaker 1: And here's my thinking as I look at the roster

618
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Speaker 1: right now. Carlos Dunlap played great in the second half

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Speaker 1: of the season last year, but let's face it, he's

620
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Speaker 1: approaching the end of his career. Hopefully he's got a

621
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Speaker 1: few more good years left, but he's not going to

622
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Speaker 1: play forever. I would love for this team to have

623
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Speaker 1: the dominant defensive line that they had during their run

624
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Speaker 1: of five straight playoff appearances. And how did the forty

625
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Speaker 1: nine ers turn it around last year from being one

626
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Speaker 1: of the first teams in the NFL Draft to being

627
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Speaker 1: a super Bowl team. Well, they did a lot of

628
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: things well, but it all started with that great defensive line.

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Speaker 1: So let's steal Nick Bosa from the forty nine ers

630
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Speaker 1: defensive line. Ten sacks as a rookie, fifty two hurries

631
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Speaker 1: as a rookie. We know he can get into Baker

632
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 1: Mayfield's head by planting the flag again. So you'll take

633
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Speaker 1: George Gittle, I'll take Nick Bosa, you know, And that's

634
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: a great calling. Look at the forty nine ers, Dan

635
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: all number one draft picks that defensive line. They had

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Speaker 1: five first round picks, you know. John Lynch said, Hey,

637
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Speaker 1: it starts up front. I know that's what I have

638
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Speaker 1: to do to rebuild my defense. Invested five first rounders.

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Speaker 1: The interesting thing is we picked guys from both sides

640
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: of the ball of a team that had a lead

641
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl seven minutes to play. And I

642
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: think a big reason why is those two guys, you know,

643
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: on either side of that football. They were huge contributors.

644
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. Let's take all four Quentony Elson,

645
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: Darius Leonard, George Kittle and Nick Bosa would be a

646
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: heck of an addition to the roster. All right, Time

647
00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: for ask Lap questions. These are questions submitted from fans

648
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: via Twitter. We start with Don. Here's Don's question, how

649
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: big of an impact? Well, no preseason games have I'm

650
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 1: getting ready for Week one, specifically against the Chargers. Yeah,

651
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: that's that's a you know, everybody's automatic reaction is anybody

652
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: that has a rookie head coach or a rookie quarterback

653
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,359
Speaker 1: is going to be behind the eight ball. Well, you know,

654
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: Zach Taylor is not a rookie head coach. He went

655
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: through some trials and tribulations, there's no question, but he's

656
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: got new members in his coaching staff, and he's got

657
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 1: a bunch of new players, you know, by free agency

658
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: and the draft. So you'd like to have you know,

659
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: you would have liked had OTAs and a rookie quarterback obviously,

660
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: you'd like to have all the preparation, all the steps,

661
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,720
Speaker 1: all the protocols as such leading up to the twenty

662
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: twenty season to be normal. But it's not. But I

663
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: will say, if I had to pick a rookie quarterback

664
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: and I don't know how many years to handle this,

665
00:34:54,960 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: you know, with poise and you know, just composure, be

666
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,720
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. And again, you know, we keep saying, uh,

667
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is unanimous MVP last year, second player in

668
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 1: NFLA history to do that. Joe Burrows older than Lamar

669
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: Jackson and at least as mature. You know, he actually

670
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: is not. No, I take that back. You're right. He

671
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: is older than Lamar Jackson. He's not as old as Mahomes.

672
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: That's great, right, Like Lamar Jackson I think turned twenty three,

673
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 1: like a week before the end of the season or

674
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: something like that. I mean, but it's you know, it's

675
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: he's He's had a lot of a lot of experiences,

676
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: good and bad. You know, he's handled it all, Um,

677
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: He's He's had a heck of a path to lead

678
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 1: him to where he is right now, and I think

679
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: he can handle it. You know, I think, I honestly

680
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: believe that Joe Burrow is not going to be the

681
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,720
Speaker 1: biggest problem in Cincinnati Bengals have in the early stages

682
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: of the season. Now, do I think that they're going

683
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 1: to be as good in Week one as they're going

684
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: to be, you know, if they're God willing, they're able

685
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: to play sixteen games as they will be in November

686
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: and December. No, you know, I don't think anybody will

687
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,479
Speaker 1: be without OTAs and you know, training the normal training camp,

688
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 1: in preseason games and everything else. And I do believe,

689
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 1: you know, teams like New Orleans with a veteran head

690
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 1: coach and the veteran quarterback have a huge leg up,

691
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. Um. But you know, everybody's

692
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: got the same issues. Everybody's dealing with the same problems. Dan,

693
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: do you think Tyrod Taylor justin Herbert starts for the

694
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: Chargers in Week one? The way, when I when I

695
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,720
Speaker 1: listen to people from the Chargers organization, it really sounds

696
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: like it's going to be Tyrod Taylor, and that that

697
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,839
Speaker 1: would would not surprise me whatsoever that Tyrod Taylor's the guy,

698
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: you know, I and I could see in the first

699
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: two to four games in the season, depending on how

700
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor does and how the team does overall, they

701
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: make a decision accordingly. All right, next question comes from Steven.

702
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: With the addition to Joe Burrow and the return of

703
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: AJ Green and the changes on the offensive line, will

704
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 1: we see a vastly different offensive system? You know, I

705
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: think that I think the running game is going to

706
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: be carried over from the changes that they made last year.

707
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: About halfway through the season, everybody knows, traveling to London,

708
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: it was like, look, we gotta we gotta change. We

709
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: can't just do it inside outside zone. We have to

710
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 1: pin and pull people, we have to angle block, we

711
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: have to gap block, we have to change it up

712
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: and do a lot of things. And the Bengals were

713
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: the sixth best rushing team in the league, and Joe

714
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: Mixon was in the top ten and you know, in

715
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of categories. So in my mind, they're gonna

716
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: they're gonna stay with that system in the running game

717
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: and try to fine tune it and and develop that.

718
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: As far as the offense with Joe Burrow at quarterback,

719
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: Zach said it, Joe has said it. They're kind of

720
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:58,399
Speaker 1: melding what Joe feels real comfortable with. There is there.

721
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: I think there's not a huge gigantic philosophical gap between

722
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 1: what he did at LSU and what Zach Taylor wants

723
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: to do. So I think from that standpoint, you know,

724
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: terminology and things like that that every rookie has to

725
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: deal with. Unlearned some terminology and relearn new. But Joe

726
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 1: knows there's only so many ways you can line up

727
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,280
Speaker 1: and do things. From a football standpoint, it's just vernacular.

728
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: It's just terminology. And then he does have things he

729
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: likes to do and does well, and Zach probably knows them,

730
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 1: and Joe wants to communicate those and I think they'll

731
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: they'll come up with a formula for success. I really

732
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: believe that, you know that those two equations will mesh

733
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: what Joe likes to do and does well. Zach has

734
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: at his disposal on his offense, and he'll just pare

735
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: it down to what fits and what feels comfortable. Next

736
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: question comes from Nick, who will be a bigger factor

737
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: toward the Bengals having success. Joe Mixon or a J

738
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: Green and how many yards for each if they stay healthy? Man.

739
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: You know, that's like peanut butter and jelly. They're both

740
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:11,439
Speaker 1: good apart, but they're better together and they both feed

741
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: off each other. You know. I mean you like a

742
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,919
Speaker 1: peanut butter sandwich. Yeah, jelly sandwich is okay, but peanut butter,

743
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: PEBJ it's good stuff. So I think I think Joe

744
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: Mixon will help AJ Green and AJ Green will help

745
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon. I think it's gonna be one of those

746
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: deals where you know, Joe Mixon is gonna gonna make

747
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: life easier for AJ because they left to you know,

748
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,240
Speaker 1: load the box up a little bit, pay more attention

749
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: to Joe Mixon. And if they don't and they start

750
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,400
Speaker 1: paying attention to AJ Green, now Joe's gonna have more

751
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: running lanes and bigger running lanes in the box. So

752
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, it's it's one hand washing the other.

753
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: It's like pick your poison. Some weeks, it's gonna be

754
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: a heavier box AJ has to eat some weeks when

755
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: it's not the heavy box, Joe has to eat and

756
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 1: and you know, make people change what they're what they're

757
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: went into the game plan with so um, really, i'd

758
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,439
Speaker 1: love to see him both get fifteen hundred, Joe rush

759
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 1: for fifteen and aj catch fifteen hundred. But you know,

760
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 1: I think they're obviously both very capable of thousand yard seasons.

761
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: I'd almost be disappointed that they don't go for a

762
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 1: thousand each. I'm hoping twelve thirteen hundred. Nice, twelve hundred,

763
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 1: twelve hundred plus, Yeah, yeah, nice balanced season. Speaking of

764
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: Pebe and j have you seen that Graders is coming

765
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: out with peanut butter and jelly ice cream stronger than

766
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,440
Speaker 1: New Road there as they celebrate there one hundred and

767
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,720
Speaker 1: fifty of anniversary. All right, next question comes from man.

768
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: Man asks how would you handle the Red starting pitching?

769
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: And he says, Jess kidding His real Bengals question is

770
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: Ken Rennell ren make a second year leap and help

771
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: the defensive line. Well you gotta hope, though, hope, so

772
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: hope that's the case. And he's nicked up a little

773
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: bit right now, but he's got great potential, you know.

774
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: And now that Josh Tupau has decided to you know,

775
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: opt out and it's interesting Dan. Only three teams in

776
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: the NFL went through this opt out period without any

777
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: player opting out, the Chargers, the Steelers, and the Falcons.

778
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,280
Speaker 1: So the Bengals have three games against team, two against

779
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: the Steelers, one against the Chargers where nobody opted out

780
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: of their of their organizations and U and really with

781
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: Josh opting out it it puts a little strain on

782
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 1: the defensive tackle position. And Wren, you know, you hope

783
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: that he does step up. And I can speak from

784
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: experience from in a lot of players that I know

785
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: over you know, many years, a lot of them feel

786
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: the same way. Year one to year two, the light

787
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: really starts to go on. Now year one you think

788
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: you know, but you really don't know what you don't know.

789
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:48,959
Speaker 1: And the year two you start to realize I really

790
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 1: didn't know, and now I do feel like I know,

791
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 1: and you start to uh, you know, the graph starts

792
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: to go up, and it's there's not not for everybody,

793
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: but even the players they had great rookie years. Very

794
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: rarely do they have a you know, a great rookie

795
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: or a solid rookiear and then fall off a cliff.

796
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: You know, So I think, you know, Ren had his moments.

797
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's he obviously belongs, but there's miles

798
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: to go before he rests. I mean, there's a lot

799
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: of development that he can you know, he can go through,

800
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: and I think in year two he could be a factor.

801
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: I mean, the dude is a house He's definitely a

802
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,439
Speaker 1: space eater or an. He's an athletic, big body guy.

803
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,280
Speaker 1: He's got potential. Hopefully in year two he really starts

804
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 1: to elevate that level of play. What would you think

805
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: of the possibility of bringing back a thirty five year

806
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: old Demato Peco for depth? I would. I love domatp

807
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: peco um, but you know I would that would be

808
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: my last resort. I mean, if in my mind, if

809
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: they bring Domata Peco back, it's that wasn't there in

810
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: their first option they had in mind. And I'm not

811
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: saying it's you know, it's I shouldn't say a last

812
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: resort either. I'd have it on my list of options,

813
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 1: but it wouldn't be my highest and Dormata he's done

814
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: an unbelievable job of taking care of himself for a

815
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: lot of years, and the thing about him, the dude's

816
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: a dinosaur. You can't hurt him. He never never had surgery.

817
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,399
Speaker 1: I mean he's put together. I mean he's like he's

818
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: indestructible in terms of that type of thing. So I

819
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: mean he can he can still get in there and

820
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: take up space and clog things up. But thirty five

821
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: years old, you know, no matter who you are, you're

822
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: on the back nine. What hole you pot it out

823
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: on is the key. The thing I would like about

824
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: at two things. One, as you mentioned, he's so durable,

825
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 1: you know what you're gonna get. And secondly, he played

826
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,879
Speaker 1: for cheap last year, so I don't think he would

827
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 1: be looking for huge veteran dollars. I think he would

828
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,839
Speaker 1: play close to the veteran minimum. And Dan you know,

829
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:58,600
Speaker 1: over the years, Marvin Lewis Andrew Worth led the offense,

830
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: Domatopeco led the defense. Those two guys were the unquestioned

831
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: when when it came to, you know, let's let's put

832
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: the marbles on the table here, you know, all right,

833
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: who's who's gonna who's gonna determine things? Who are the

834
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: guys that set up the practices and got the team

835
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: going In two thousand eleven, d the work stoppage Andrew

836
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:22,720
Speaker 1: Worth offensively, Domato Pecco defensively, and plenty of players lived

837
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: at their houses literally when they first you know, young

838
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: rookies trying to find something we'll take in. I mean

839
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: multiple guys at the same time. We're living at their

840
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: houses and they both have families, so, you know, unquestioned

841
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: in terms of the type of person leader all the intangibles,

842
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: Domato Pecco is top top shelf across the board in

843
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,800
Speaker 1: all those areas. All right, two more ask lap questions.

844
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: This one is from Ryan. Give me one player on

845
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 1: offense and one player on defense that could surprise people

846
00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: this year. I'm hoping since I mentioned Kittle, I'm hoping

847
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: Drew Sample becomes George Kittleish. I'm hoping Drew Drew Sample

848
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: came out of college as the best blocking tight end

849
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,919
Speaker 1: in college football and you know, capable receiver, and then

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Speaker 1: you know he played decently and then got hurt. So

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping again, from year one to year two, there's

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Speaker 1: a big elevation in terms of understanding everything around you,

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Speaker 1: what's going to make you successful as a player. I'm

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Speaker 1: hoping that Drew Sample stays healthy first and foremost and

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Speaker 1: took his learning experiences from that rookie year and during

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Speaker 1: the offseason did what he needed to do to make improvements.

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Speaker 1: And I hope he comes back as a complete tight

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Speaker 1: end that Joe Burrow can rely on, because tight end

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Speaker 1: as a quarterback's best friend normally, you know, unless you

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Speaker 1: are a George Kittle or you know, a Kelsey or

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Speaker 1: people like that, where they're gonna get double teamed even

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Speaker 1: more than the Whiteouts. I mean, if they double teammates Green,

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Speaker 1: you know, and U and T Higgins shows that he's something,

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Speaker 1: you get Tyler Boyd and you have free receivers. Now

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Speaker 1: you have sample. They can't They're not gonna double everybody

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Speaker 1: can sample win one on ones and make himself an

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Speaker 1: available target for Joe Burrow. And then can he block

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Speaker 1: on the edge? Can he steal the edge in the

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Speaker 1: running game. I'm hoping it through sample offensively, and then

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping it's Jermaine Pratt defensively in that linebacker position.

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00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: You know, he made strides, There's no question about it.

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00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 1: But again, you know, like all the first year guys,

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00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 1: miles to go before he rests um but they you know,

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Speaker 1: they drafted linebackers. If I'm a linebacker, like Pratt, and

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Speaker 1: they draft Logan Wilson in the third round and they

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Speaker 1: draft Davis Gather in the fourth. I'm thinking, oh, that's

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Speaker 1: that's about where I was drafted. Am I good? They

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Speaker 1: think I'm good enough? I mean, I'm thinking I gotta

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00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 1: bust my butt here. I gotta get into training camp.

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00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 1: I gotta compete. So I think that drafting those linebackers

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Speaker 1: who justify their pick obviously hopefully it lit a fire

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Speaker 1: under Jermaine Pratt and he's saying, man, I can't rest

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00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: in any laurels. I don't have anything going here. I'm

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Speaker 1: not a shoe in. I gotta bust my tail. So

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Speaker 1: hopefully he has a breakout season and surprises people this

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00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 1: year as well. All Right, our final ask Lap question

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Speaker 1: comes from Maine Bengals. That's like the state of Maine,

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Speaker 1: m Ai ne. Maybe this is somebody that saw your

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00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: brothers star at the University of Maine in football and basketball.

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Speaker 1: Here comes the question, Lap. Imagine you're in your prime

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Speaker 1: and you had to line up across from Geno Atkins

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Speaker 1: or DJ Reader. Who would you choose? And why? Oh man?

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Speaker 1: All right, well, now I'm saying DJ Reader is in

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Speaker 1: his prime and Gino is not in his prime prime anymore.

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Speaker 1: So I would say I'm going to put them both

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Speaker 1: in their prime. Though you know it's like prime prime.

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Speaker 1: You can't say all right, DJ Reader now today in

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Speaker 1: Geno Atkins today, that's there are at different stages of

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Speaker 1: their career. DJ Reader is going to be a snap eater.

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Speaker 1: Gino actions If he's a snap eater, we're in trouble.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they got to monitor his snaps. So they

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Speaker 1: are at different stages of their career, there's no question

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Speaker 1: about it. But when they're both in their prime. I

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Speaker 1: love DJ Reader. I love watching how he pursues and

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00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 1: hustles and Sam Hubbard DJ Reader, I'm telling you Dan,

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00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: Tim Crumrye when he came to the Bengals practice sucked.

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00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: I was going against timmy every day. I'm thirty years old,

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00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: I'm eight years in the league. He's playing every snap

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00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: like as super Bowl. And I'm like, Tim, Man, I'm thirty.

910
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: I can't play a thousand games. I can't every Wednesday Thursday.

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00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: I can't. I mean, man, but you know what, he

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00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: made me better? And guys that play like that. I'm

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Speaker 1: watching the tape of practice and it's like we're in

914
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Speaker 1: a game. We're actually going that that hard that lot

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00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:56,839
Speaker 1: DJ reader has that type of reputation where and Sam does.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we've seen it. Sam goes hard. They're gonna you

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Speaker 1: every snaptoget, but Gino and his prime Dan who man,

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Speaker 1: I would not ask for that. I would not ask

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Speaker 1: for you guys that have that low center of gravity

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Speaker 1: and convention press the world. Man, it is literally like

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Speaker 1: trying to block a bowling ball, a cannon ball, I

922
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:22,399
Speaker 1: mean low center of gravity power. Oh my gosh, man,

923
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:25,760
Speaker 1: it's it's nightmare just trying to think about it. Gino

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00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: actions in his prime was unbelievably effective and couldn't single

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Speaker 1: block the guy. As we both know, Geno Atkins doesn't

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Speaker 1: say much, particularly the members of the media, but if

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Speaker 1: I pass this along to him, it actually might get

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Speaker 1: a response. I'll tell you. Gino stud capital asque capital

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Speaker 1: T capital to U capital d stud Geno Atkins player.

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Speaker 1: All right, that concludes this week's chat for the podcast.

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Speaker 1: Let's pass some COVID nineteen tests and go watch practice

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Speaker 1: sometime soon. I'm with you, coach. Sounds like a plan. Bye,

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Speaker 1: thanks to this week's guests, and that's going to do

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