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Speaker 1: Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth podcast, the Whole New World edition. As

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Speaker 1: we take a look at the first few weeks of

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Speaker 1: the Zach Taylor era in Cincinnati. Coming up, my broadcast

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Speaker 1: partner Dave Lapham joins me to answer questions that you

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Speaker 1: submitted on Twitter, ranging from if the Bengals will tweak

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Speaker 1: their approach to free agency to the likelihood of drafting

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Speaker 1: a quarterback in the first round. And in this week's

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Speaker 1: fun Facts interview, it's a wide ranging conversation with Bengals

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Speaker 1: owner Mike Brown. All of that is straight ahead. But first,

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Speaker 1: am already a satisfied customer. Time to talk football. The

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Speaker 1: NFL Scouting Combine is underway in Indianapolis, and the Bengals

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Speaker 1: were a major topic of conversation on Tuesday when Ian

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Speaker 1: Rappaport from the NFL Network tweeted out a report about

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Speaker 1: wide receiver John Ross, saying, quote, sources say the Bengals

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Speaker 1: are shopping their former first rounder. A fresh start would

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Speaker 1: be welcomed by both parties. Well, Ian Rappaport is an

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Speaker 1: excellent reporter, but it sounds like his sources might have

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Speaker 1: been wrong on this one. On Wednesday, Bengals Director of

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Speaker 1: player Personnel Duke Tobin held a news conference at the

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Speaker 1: combine and referred to that port as fake news, saying

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Speaker 1: the Bengals have had no discussions internally or externally about

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Speaker 1: trading John Ross. The timing of the trade rumor seemed

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Speaker 1: odd to me. You've got a new coach coming in

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Speaker 1: with a creative, offensive background. Wouldn't you want to see

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Speaker 1: if he can maximize the talents of the former ninth

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Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham, and we start with the hiring

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Speaker 1: Rumo as the bengals new defensive coordinator. The Bengals reportedly

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Speaker 1: the fact that a couple of guys turned the job

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Speaker 1: when you look at the situations the guys that turned

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Speaker 1: Time Players edition. My interview with Mike starts about fifteen

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Speaker 1: went to see the movie Porkies with former Bengals head

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