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Speaker 1: Welcome. It's a good morning football. Just four days until

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty six. Have we making our picks on Friday?

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Speaker 1: NFL Honors is tomorrow. The Bengals have arrived here in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Rams, Bengals. The showdown at so far it

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Speaker 1: is going to be epic, electric, legendary, historic, all of that,

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Speaker 1: New stars arising, old veterans getting chances on big stages.

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Speaker 1: have a packed show. We gotta do it as one day,

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Speaker 1: happy family. It's time for we welcome in these lovely

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Speaker 1: set for this Wednesday, Yes, Wednesday, We've got Taylor Vashadi

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Speaker 1: Bridget Continent joining us. Taylor even hanging out with the

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Speaker 1: Rams all week long. Set the scene for us. What

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Speaker 1: is the story for that squad today? Okay, the Rams

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Speaker 1: They had a normal game week schedule this week. Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: they're all Wednesday, they're back. The temperature in Thousand Oaks

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Speaker 1: this afternoon is supposed to be eighty two degrees. Not

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Speaker 1: too bad. It's fifty miles north from here. It certainly

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Speaker 1: does not feel like it's eighty two degrees outside right now.

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Speaker 1: But this Sunday, for Super Bowl Sunday, it's also going

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Speaker 1: going to make it one of the warmest Super Bowls ever.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean McVay did say on Tuesday, though, that

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Speaker 1: wins could play a factor this week in Thousand Oaks.

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Speaker 1: They've had some intense wins in the past this season.

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Speaker 1: They've had to go to Sofi Stadium at times to practice,

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Speaker 1: But this time, because of all the game day prep

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Speaker 1: go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So something to

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Speaker 1: monitor this week is that Thursday's practice could be at

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Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Absolutely beautiful, right there next

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Speaker 1: to the foothills. Let's go to a proud James Madison,

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Speaker 1: Duke Bridget Let's talk about the home team Bengals, even

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Speaker 1: though they're playing in Los Angeles. What's on their schedule

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Speaker 1: for today? I think right now they're probably still asleep

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Speaker 1: behind me in their hotel. But they hopped off the

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Speaker 1: plane at Lax yesterday with a dream and their card

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Speaker 1: again right now, Joe Burrow definitely not rocking a card again.

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Speaker 1: He has way too much swag for that. But seriously,

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Speaker 1: this is a dream come true for all the players

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Speaker 1: on this roster. Many of them weren't even alive when

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Speaker 1: the Bengals were last in the Super Bowl thirty three

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Speaker 1: years ago, so they got here a little or legal

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Speaker 1: practice outside today at UCLA. They've been practicing in a

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Speaker 1: so they're going to get used to practicing outside today.

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Speaker 1: But Zach Taylor said he wants to keep this week

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Speaker 1: to this just as a normal week. They're going to

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Speaker 1: try and eliminate that outside noise. So how are they

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Speaker 1: going to do that? Well, They're going to spend more

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Speaker 1: time with each other for this team, that's easy when

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Speaker 1: you ask any player on this team individually. What makes

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Speaker 1: this team so special? What makes them stand out? They

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Speaker 1: That's a super Bowl. It's started at the top with

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Speaker 1: Zach Taylor when he was hired by the Bengals in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, he said, the best teams are built on

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Speaker 1: great player ownership. They allow these players to have a voice. Yes,

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Speaker 1: four o four Pacific Standard time. But do you here

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Speaker 1: for it? Good morning, bridget I believe is this your

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Speaker 1: thank you. I'm excited to be here. What better week

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Speaker 1: than Super Bowl week to get started, and what better

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Speaker 1: As always with those rams, will talk to you down

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Speaker 1: They're not supposed to be here. I know they're here,

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Speaker 1: and when you get here, you want to win the game.

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Speaker 1: But I think it just allows this football team to

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Speaker 1: that's when he can rely on all of these playmakers

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Speaker 1: And so I just I want to see this team

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Speaker 1: it's no doubt who should win this game. The reason

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Speaker 1: And so I'm just simply saying this football team has

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, keep that same mindset antality. Do you

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Speaker 1: know who Uncle Moa is? Very legendary figures. Uncle Moa

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Speaker 1: has been slighted by analytics folks, by the Pro Football

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Speaker 1: Uncle Moa is momentum, right right right, momentum People despair,

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Speaker 1: They say, well, that's there's no such thing as momentum

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Speaker 1: The Bengals have momentum. There's no metric, there's no numeracle

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Speaker 1: it's the beauty of sports, and it's the beauty of

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Speaker 1: But the one that I look at is the one

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Speaker 1: who we've already beaten. We can. Momentum is real. Don't

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Speaker 1: and the Bengals half him into that corner. Uncle Moa

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Speaker 1: is great. Uncle mo I just Jamar and Joe. That works, Ude,

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Speaker 1: about the halftime playlist a lot. And then I keep

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Speaker 1: posting this hypothetical. Given how the Bengals have made this

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Speaker 1: many points would the Bengals have to be down for

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Speaker 1: supernova and I think that even if they get down,

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Speaker 1: down early. And unless they're down thirty two points, and

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Speaker 1: as long as they have Burrow and Chase, I think

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Speaker 1: it's the best thing going, I think they can come back.

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Speaker 1: It's so true Burrow is magical. Is he going to

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Speaker 1: lose a big game ever in his career? Yes? Is

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Speaker 1: it going to come Sunday? Maybe, But he is so

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Speaker 1: It doesn't happen. It's a very rare thing to have.

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Speaker 1: And I just want to remind everybody nobody was watched

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Speaker 1: the games. Remember the Titans game when his headset wasn't working.

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Speaker 1: It's been he gets down and comes back in different ways.

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Speaker 1: You throw the script to plan off the window, and

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Speaker 1: he's got it here. He is executing guys an entire drive.

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Speaker 1: the blitz. He has a passer rating of just over

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Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty eight against the Blaze. That's the

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Speaker 1: best by any quarterback in the next Gen stats era

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Speaker 1: against the blitz. And we see what he's done when

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Speaker 1: the Bucks splits him. It's Cooper cut making those big plays,

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Speaker 1: big catches, getting them to a win because they're able

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Speaker 1: to still be so successful on offense. One of the

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Speaker 1: guys for the Bengals who will try to disrupt that

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Speaker 1: and try to get to Matthew Stafford is Trey Hendrickson,

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Speaker 1: who has sixteen and a half sacks already on the season.

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Speaker 1: And Hendrickson he played tight end in high school and

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Speaker 1: he said this week he scored touchdowns and he's sacked quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: but nothing compares to getting a sack. I love Trey Hendrickson,

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Speaker 1: talked about him yesterday here on our show. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much to Bridget and Taylor Brashanti, respectively. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you throughout the morning right here, but now it's

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Speaker 1: time to talk quarterbacks and the superstars right up until Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Is there an under the Is this how we're labeling us.

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Speaker 1: What is it? I don't know. I don't quite know

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Speaker 1: what an under the radar X factor means. It seems

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Speaker 1: like they say, maybe it's just like super deep super

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Speaker 1: deep cut. Let's go into the lab and find that. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll start with you, Kyle. I'm gonna go with Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald and I'll tell you why it's under the radar.

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Speaker 1: He used to be a wrestler back in the day.

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Speaker 1: His name was Earthquake. What his finishing move was you've

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Speaker 1: shown me this before, Yeah, it's great. It's very simple.

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Speaker 1: He would just go off the ropes and the guy's

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Speaker 1: line there, and then he would just jump and just

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Speaker 1: sit on him like this just bam. That was it.

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Speaker 1: And then the guy and they would just pin him Earthquake.

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Speaker 1: And I'm worried that Aaron Donald's going to do this

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Speaker 1: to Joe Burrow Boom because and why isn't under the radar?

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you why. You're like waiting me and Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald's mack Superstar. This is a two week ago storyline.

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Speaker 1: This whole thing about the Bengals offensive line of protecting Burrow.

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Speaker 1: It was nuclear after the Titans game because of the

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Speaker 1: nine sacks. I think it has gone away because they

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Speaker 1: fared better against Kansas City and Burrow was not getting

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Speaker 1: sacked every five seconds. There's a danger in that because

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Speaker 1: as good as Kansas City is, nobody's ninety nine, no

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Speaker 1: one is in the world, and maybe the history of

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Speaker 1: the game has been him. So I think our attention,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully not the Bengals attention has gone elsewhere to

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Speaker 1: other priorities. So for me watching it, I'm worried that

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Speaker 1: that is going to come surging back and Aaron Donald's

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Speaker 1: gonna be in a blue singlet and his partner's gonna

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Speaker 1: be tugboat and he's gonna be sitting on Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm worried about. Okay, So this is probably

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Speaker 1: where I was supposed to say Mike Hilton right as

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Speaker 1: the Under the Radar X. But I'm gonna pivot a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Okay, let's go with Sean McVay. The last

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Speaker 1: time Sean mcvagh was in this situation, then't fare so well.

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Speaker 1: Three points from that offense. It's gonna be key for

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Speaker 1: him to make sure Matthew Stafford is comfortable. Sean, don't

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Speaker 1: give up on that run game, no matter what's going on.

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Speaker 1: Keep Matthew Stafford comfortable. I need some clean pockets, some

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Speaker 1: play action pass game. You gotta get some similars of

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Speaker 1: this run game going. You got cam Akers out there,

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Speaker 1: Sony Michelle, You'll find a way to go. And then

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Speaker 1: that's when it's dangerous. That's when this offense is dangerous.

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Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to seeing Sean McVay nice and comfortable,

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Speaker 1: sleeping in his own bed. Not quite the last type

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Speaker 1: of Super Bowl experience for him. I think he's more

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Speaker 1: that og coach as opposed to you know him kind

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Speaker 1: of gushing over build. He didn't have to, he didn't

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Speaker 1: he could have kept in his pocket for this game.

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Speaker 1: That's super bower put up three points. We didn't see

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Speaker 1: anything you think we see at the Sun Round. We're

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Speaker 1: gonnaet a little bit of everything and be better. He

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Speaker 1: better pull out every stop, every single player you got

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Speaker 1: drawn up. Pull it out. Let's see it. You know.

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Speaker 1: The game plans are written yesterday, written Monday, Wednesday. The

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Speaker 1: game plan is kind of kind of boy and it's

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Speaker 1: ready to go. He's had a whole week to prepare

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Speaker 1: for it. And I think cam Akers is a story

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Speaker 1: that we have not mentioned once this entire week and

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Speaker 1: in the Eric Weddle comeback story cam Akers. This comeback

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Speaker 1: story has been woefully under spoken about. Cam Akers popped

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Speaker 1: as Achilles in August towards Achilles is back and is

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Speaker 1: going to enough to play a huge role in this game. Kenny.

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Speaker 1: They want him to. I assure you, they want to

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Speaker 1: establish the run. It's easier said than done. After a

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Speaker 1: couple drives. If its stalls, you say, you know what

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Speaker 1: we got. We got Beckham, we got step They need

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Speaker 1: to establish the run and they can't abandon it. It's

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Speaker 1: important to keep that Bengals offense off the field. And

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Speaker 1: I look at that Bengals run defense. Guys, it hasn't

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Speaker 1: been good. Jerrick McKinnon was eating last week in that

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Speaker 1: first half of that game a week before that. Of

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Speaker 1: all the teams that have been in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: in the last ten years, that's interesting entering this thing.

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Speaker 1: Darts for Carrie. The Bengals are the very worst. The

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Speaker 1: Rams know that this isn't a chess match. It might

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Speaker 1: be very tantalizing from McVey to say, gosh, let's go

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Speaker 1: five wide, let's get Van Jefferson Odell and let's get

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Speaker 1: Cup going early. But cam Acres is going to play

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Speaker 1: a huge role. Don't be shocked if it's cam Acres

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Speaker 1: in the first few drives, handoff handoff screen pass. Just

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Speaker 1: got to get that going. Nat opens up everything else.

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Speaker 1: But if cam is averaging two point nine yards per

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Speaker 1: carry that he's been might be very hard for them

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Speaker 1: to be Hey, let's be patient, but all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati starts moving the ball. He's got to hold onto

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Speaker 1: the ball. It's my biggest question mark in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: What is the Rams run game look like? Who's running

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Speaker 1: the ball? How much do they use it? How do

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Speaker 1: they use it effectively? I'll go with Tyler Boyd. Here

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Speaker 1: we're hearing Ramseys they put me on your best guy,

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Speaker 1: and the Rams can choose to do that, right Rakes,

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Speaker 1: they can say, Ramsey, we're gonna put you on Jamar Chase,

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Speaker 1: and then you got trouble for t Higgins because if

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Speaker 1: you don't have to double Jamar Chase, you can give

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Speaker 1: him some trouble. Who's going to be open is Tyler Boyd.

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Speaker 1: He's been sort of quiet this postseason. He says, incredible catches,

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Speaker 1: incredible moments for this team, But he's going to get

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Speaker 1: one on one, he's gonna have space to work on

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Speaker 1: the slot and the Rams do have some issues when

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Speaker 1: it comes to depth on their secondary they have Jalen Ramsey.

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Speaker 1: Then there's some question marks that sort of fall after that.

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Speaker 1: So this is why you bring back Eric reddel Well

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Speaker 1: right there twenty second against the past and now you

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Speaker 1: know this is you're saying the game plans are solidified, Tranks.

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Speaker 1: This is the point of the program where we're sort

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Speaker 1: of poking holes and to bot team, right, what's the

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Speaker 1: weakness the past? Defense is something that is a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a concern or a little something you can exploit.

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Speaker 1: But let's bring into Tom Pelliser right now for a

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Speaker 1: bit of an update. Roger Goodell is going to address

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Speaker 1: the media later today. What should we expect to hear

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Speaker 1: from the commissioner? Okay, this is the annual Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: press conference for Roger Goodell and there's plenty of positive

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Speaker 1: news that he will surely be eager to discuss and

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Speaker 1: exciting playoffs here, the return of revenue, massive TV ratings,

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Speaker 1: and also a second executive season amidst COVID nineteen in

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Speaker 1: which there have been minimal disruptions and zero games lost.

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Speaker 1: Usually we also get some announcements on the international front

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Speaker 1: at the Super Bowl. Here. The NFLO sent it intends

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Speaker 1: to go back to Mexico and for the first time

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Speaker 1: to Germany for a regular season game in twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Expects some details on that to be discussed today. Goodell

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Speaker 1: also surely will be asked a lot about some of

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Speaker 1: the recent controversies, including a class action lawsuit filed by

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Speaker 1: former offense coach Brian Flores, a legend racial discrimination in

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Speaker 1: hiring practices, and also about the NFL's handling of an

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Speaker 1: investigation into a toxic workplace environment with the Washington commanders

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Speaker 1: that has drawn the attention of Congress. You can watch

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Speaker 1: that press conference live right here three pm Eastern noon

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Speaker 1: Pacific on NFL Network. Eight years in the NFL, he

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Speaker 1: blocked for Jamal Charles, he blocked for Adrian Peterson. Now

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Speaker 1: he is the author and analyst and hosting a podcast

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Speaker 1: called Jeff Schwartz Is Smarter than You. Let's welcome back

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Speaker 1: to the show our friend, Jeff Schworte. Jeff be here, guys,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me in this Lineman friendly chair. This

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Speaker 1: is kind of a Lineman friendly super Bowl. A lot

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Speaker 1: of big bodies inside. But we're talked a lot about

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Speaker 1: the Rams and their stars. What do they get his

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Speaker 1: Bengals season? A team that went four games last year? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've been wrong about them every step of the way.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know how much you want to take

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Speaker 1: for this, but I think what it is is that

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has instilled this confidence in them that no

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Speaker 1: matter what happens to any part of the game, he

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Speaker 1: can win the game for them. Right. We've all played

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Speaker 1: for quarterbacks like that, and I think that, to me

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Speaker 1: is what this team is. Right. Yeah, they have good

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Speaker 1: pieces every now and then kind of around the team,

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Speaker 1: but his confidence exusts through the team and allows them

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Speaker 1: to win games they shouldn't be winning, right, and allows

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Speaker 1: them to play free. And I think the number one

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Speaker 1: them they do on the field is they don't make mistakes,

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Speaker 1: Like they don't let themselves beat themselves. Right, if you

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Speaker 1: look at all the three playoff games, they haven't made

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Speaker 1: the mistakes the Raiders have, the Titans have, the Chiefs have.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals just don't make mistakes. I think that starts

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Speaker 1: from the quarterback position. Were you at with Stafford? Do

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Speaker 1: you trust them? Are you liking the storyline of Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: were you at I'm starting to trust them a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I think entering the playoffs it was tough righty at

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Speaker 1: eight interceptions the last four games. They weren't terribly good,

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Speaker 1: but he's played pretty well outside of the one throw

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Speaker 1: that was dropped lay in that game. But I think

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Speaker 1: you have to trust them out right, nine hundred yards

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Speaker 1: and three playoff games, the offense is playing really well.

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Speaker 1: It's efficient, He's made the big throws. I remember when

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Speaker 1: he was traded, he said he wanted to play in

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Speaker 1: big games. That's why he wanted to come to Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: And he's done well on national TV games this year,

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Speaker 1: in primetime games and the playoffs so far. So you

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Speaker 1: have to trust them. And this Bengals defense man. It

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Speaker 1: confuse Pat Mahomes. I get that they have two weeks

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Speaker 1: now to prepare. I expect the Rams offense to be

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Speaker 1: really good this weekend. They're smarter then all of us

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Speaker 1: with this podcast, and we know that. I'm gonna ask,

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Speaker 1: you're really a real toughie, ready, Von Miller, Aaron Donald,

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Speaker 1: two future Hall of Famers, Right, How does the Bengals

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Speaker 1: offensive line keep them in check? Can they do they

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Speaker 1: do it since you're smarter than everybody. Oh no, they're not.

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Speaker 1: But the way you do it is a couple of things.

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Speaker 1: One is you throw screens. And I think this is

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Speaker 1: kind of rude to say, but screens work so well

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Speaker 1: for the Bengals because the defensive line feels like it's

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Speaker 1: a normal rep because our job is the punch a

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Speaker 1: guy and release. What that kind of feels like what

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Speaker 1: happens most of past perfection reps where they just kind

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Speaker 1: of like win right away. So you're get down in

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Speaker 1: space and the boom. Empty protection. I know that's opposite

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Speaker 1: of what people think, but empty protection allows the ball

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Speaker 1: be thrown quickly, right. You spread everyone out, You see

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Speaker 1: where you know, you see where everything's at. The ball

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Speaker 1: should be out quickly before the rush gets to Joe.

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Speaker 1: But everyone things you pack it. No, no, no, no no,

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Speaker 1: you spread everything out. You throw the ball quickly like that,

638
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: and then you hope, you just hope that your guys

639
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: make enough plays like you have to hope that Joe

640
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: Mixon just finds enough alleys to get through. You hope

641
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: that Burrow can continue to avoid pressure and get away

642
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 1: from sacks and make these little big plays. It's very

643
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,159
Speaker 1: good in the pocket with this movement, but they're not

644
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 1: get all of a sudden play. Well, sorry, you're not

645
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: gonna do that Angels in the outfield. No, here's the

646
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,400
Speaker 1: difference though, in the last three playoff games, Raiders, Titans, Chiefs.

647
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: They don't have the past defense the Rams do. They

648
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: have the pass rush at certain positions, but the Rams

649
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: have the past defense, which the Bengals haven't seen a

650
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 1: long time. So it's the pass rush with Unard fourd

651
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: as well and the past defense. Let's talk a little

652
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: bit about your Chiefs. Oh boy, there was eighteen points

653
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 1: ASC championship game. They've been to four a SC championship games, right,

654
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 1: they only got one Super Bowl? How long do you

655
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 1: think this lost Lingers. I feel like this one was

656
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,399
Speaker 1: a little different. Oh forever, it's it's gonna forever. It's

657
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: an excusable loss. Well, lingar to next season like their

658
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: actual playing the field. Maybe not. I mean, I think

659
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: this is fuel for Pat Mahomes. But there's a pattern

660
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: now where they've blown three of these games. I was

661
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: in one of them. I was in the Chiefs Colts

662
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Speaker 1: game thirty eight ten and third quarter of loss on

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Speaker 1: the road in the playoffs game? Never cut up? Is

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Speaker 1: that because Andy Ree won't run the football? Yeah, that's

665
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: part of it. He's run the football, and people think

666
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: it's just running to run the football. That's not really

667
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: what it is. So in this in this particular game,

668
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: they're rushing the ball really well. And when the offense

669
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: stalls out, I've always felt a way to get your

670
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: offense back and say, hey, offensive one, especially good one,

671
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: she said, a good one. Just run the ball three

672
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: or four times in a row for a first down,

673
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: getting on their yard, boom play acts and pass boom

674
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: down the field. Your whole team feels that vibe of

675
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: physicality and you kind of get things go. So it's

676
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: not just saying run the ball, to run the ball, Hey,

677
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: just do something different. No thro about establishing that identity

678
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: back in their offense. And that's what I think the

679
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs missed in that game. I understand, going to Pat Mahomes,

680
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: I get it as bad as they played first and

681
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: five of the five yard line with a minute thirty left,

682
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: like they were still right there, and I think they

683
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: just you know, and that's I think the only tweak

684
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: of this offense that needs to be made is chief

685
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: a good offensive lineman. They're really good. Just trust them

686
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: in moments where things aren't kind of well, trust the

687
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: big guys upfront. Jeric McKinnon was eating in that first half.

688
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: He was nowhere to be found in the second. They

689
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: average six yards to carry on the on the six

690
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: carriers they had in the second half. It's just, again,

691
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: it's a philosophy thing where and I understand pal Mahomes

692
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: is your guy, and you're a passing offense, and when

693
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: things go badly, you revert back to what you know,

694
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: which is passing the football. And so that's I think

695
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: the only evolution of that offense and that needs to

696
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: be tweaked is again, in moments of crisis, maybe rely

697
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: on the offensive wanted to do their job really quickly

698
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: because they're wrapping us. Bengals are Rams. Well, I'm gonna

699
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: pick the Rams. I'll be wrong about the Bengals, probably

700
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: again for four straight weeks, but I can't get over

701
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 1: the fact that their offensive line is allowed what forty

702
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: plus pressures, whatever system you use to grade them play.

703
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: At some point it has to matter. It has to

704
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: matter that you cannot block to your quarterback. And I

705
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 1: think the Rams offense will be able to move the

706
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: ball pretty well on the Bengals defense. So either Rams

707
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: win by about ten and that means the Bengals will win. Guys,

708
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: Jeff Schwartz is smarter than you, Jeff Schwartz, guys than

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Speaker 1: I love it. Coming up next, we're going to go

710
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Speaker 1: through some of it. Joe Burrows tweets who knows you're

711
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Speaker 1: talking Rams Bengals. Next, it's time for the lead blow

712
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Speaker 1: a Taylor Bishatti and Bridget Condon covering the two Super

713
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 1: Bowl squads respectively. Taylor, we start with you. Key member

714
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Speaker 1: of the Rams will not be on the field for

715
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty six, Robert Woods. They're gonna talked about

716
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: him in a bit. How is he doing and what

717
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: are his emotions like heading into Sunday. Okay, there are

718
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: a few Rams players for whom this isn't just a

719
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: home game. It is a home game. They were born here,

720
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: raised here, grew up here. Robert Woods is one of them,

721
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: and he won't be able to be out on the

722
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Speaker 1: field on Sunday because he tore his ACL in November

723
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: Sarah High School, USC. So, of course you saw the

724
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Speaker 1: emotional embrace between Cooper Cup and Robert Woods after the

725
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. But I talked at Robert Woods last

726
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: night and he said it, listen, it's gonna hurt to

727
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: not be out there with my team, but the joy

728
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: does overshadow the pain. As a boy who grew up

729
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, Robert Woods said he realizes how important

730
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Speaker 1: this is for the city of Los Angeles and for

731
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Speaker 1: the Rams to develop a loyal fan base. He said,

732
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: we live in championship city. You need rings, you need trophies.

733
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Speaker 1: And speaking of rings, he said, one of those stones

734
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: that's going to be in that Rams championship game. He

735
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: said he knows it's going to be for him because

736
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Speaker 1: he made some of the plays that helped the Rams

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Speaker 1: get to this point. It's a great report and it's

738
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Speaker 1: a great take from Robert Woods. This is not a

739
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: second place town. Meanwhile, Bridget on the Bengal side, we

740
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: know all about the Joe Burrow Jamar Chase Lsu connection.

741
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: Tell us about one of Burrows teammates from Ohio State

742
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: that could play a big role in the game on Sunday.

743
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: We know the offensive line has been a question mark

744
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: for this Bengals team all season long. Joe Burrow finished

745
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: the regular season as the most sacked quarterback in the NFL.

746
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: He was sacked fifty one times. He's already been sacked

747
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: twelve times in the postseason and it's not going to

748
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: get any easier come Sunday with a Rams team made

749
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Speaker 1: up of two of the best pass rushers in the

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Speaker 1: league with Aaron Donald and Von Miller. One of the

751
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: guys who will try and protect Joe Burrow on Sunday

752
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: is right tackle Isaiah Prince. He says he takes it

753
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: personal when he sees Joe on the ground during the game.

754
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: He says he goes into the game wanting to protect

755
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: his brother, wanting to stick up for his brother, and

756
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: that relationship started way back in Ohio State. They both

757
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: were in the same recruiting glass at Ohio State. They

758
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: would ride the elevators together, they were dorm mates, and

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00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: he said Joe has been the same guy that he

760
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: met way back when at Ohio State, one of his

761
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: first friends, first people he met on campus. He's been

762
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: that same guy since then, all the way to know,

763
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Speaker 1: even when he went to LSU. He said they remained

764
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: good friends and called it a surreal moment for them

765
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: to be so young back at Ohio State, now all

766
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Speaker 1: the way to now they're playing for a super Bowl

767
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: and he's the guy that's gonna try and keep Joe

768
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Speaker 1: Burrow on his feet comes Sunday. Appreciate the update, Bridget

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Speaker 1: Taylor Boshotti. Great work. As always, everybody comes into the

770
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with a game plan. Trigger said, it's Wednesday.

771
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: The game plan for atty much set. It's been boiling

772
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: and it's ready to be rolled out and dished out,

773
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: serving piping hot there and so far staying with all

774
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: these bobcats driving behind me. They're a gettingt have built

775
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: here for NFL honors, which is of course tomorrow right

776
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: here on NFL networks. What is the I like to

777
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: plan for the worst, and I'm negative and pessimistic by nature.

778
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: What is the worst case scenario for these rams in

779
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowl? Fie, Oh, maybe there is a bad today.

780
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: We're in Hollywood right now, or at least we're a

781
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: Hollywood ad Jason, I have no idea where we are.

782
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: I'm a New Yorker. Istar was a bomb cutthroat island bomb.

783
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: LA's had bombs before. I don't feel the earth. If

784
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: this team goes all in, cats all cats bomb. If

785
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: you get all these guys, all these stars, and you

786
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: show up on that field behind me on Sunday and

787
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Speaker 1: you get blown out by the Bengals, we're talking about

788
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Speaker 1: one of the greatest Hollywood bombs we have ever seen,

789
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Speaker 1: and especially in the NFL's history. The Rams are built

790
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,479
Speaker 1: for Sunday. They don't make any mistake about They weren't

791
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: there to just compete. They were there to play for

792
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: this Sunday. And when you talk about the Rams, whereas

793
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 1: the Bengals, hell, the Rams are built for twenty twenty two.

794
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: Look at the free agent list that they have. The

795
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: second is game ends. O'Dell's a free agent, Vond's a

796
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: free agent, Sony's a free agent. Corby who they traded

797
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 1: for a free agent as j D free agent. All

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00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: these guys are free agents and gosh, they went all

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Speaker 1: in for this year and it's at so far and

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Speaker 1: it's la and this isn't the story bookstore. I would

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Speaker 1: also add this, they've played in the Super Bowl fairly

802
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: recently and they had that they I have the goose set.

803
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: Sure they did not show up for the Patriots Super Bowl.

804
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,919
Speaker 1: It could not have been laid out any better for them.

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00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 1: Please don't go Htar on Sunday. Yeah, I mean, I

806
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,359
Speaker 1: think that's what's different, right. I think Sean mcvah is different, Peter,

807
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: when you talk about that, and even more so than

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Speaker 1: the Rams getting blowed out, in my opinion, if they

809
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: can't run the football right, if they can't make it

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Speaker 1: comfortable for Matthew Stafford. I mean, we just heard Jeff

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Speaker 1: Schwartz say in the last segment the last four games,

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Speaker 1: eight interceptions. And yes, Matthew Stafford has been flawless in

813
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but I was a great player at one

814
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Speaker 1: point and I wanted to make plays in big time situations. Right.

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Speaker 1: That's how you immortalize yourself. You go out here on

816
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Speaker 1: that day and you throw it around, you force aba

817
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: a little, and if you're down. I don't want Matthew

818
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Speaker 1: Stafford pressing. I don't want this football team down. I

819
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Speaker 1: don't want the Rams down in this ball game because

820
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: if they're down and they're chasing, you, guys know what

821
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Speaker 1: it's like to chase. I mean, we've all been in

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Speaker 1: that situation where we're chasing. Sayam Chase. You don't want

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Speaker 1: to be chasing Chase. I think the worst case scenario

824
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: for the Rams is that it is the Jamar Chase

825
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl and he has a big catch early and

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Speaker 1: it's a thirty five yard or over the medal and

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Speaker 1: that is their oh crap moment as Rams fans, that

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Speaker 1: you know what, this rookie sensation is going to finish

829
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Speaker 1: this thing and he's gonna have a two hundred yard

830
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Speaker 1: game against us, and there's nothing Jailing can do, or

831
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Speaker 1: Weddo can do, or any of us can do. He

832
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 1: is just too talented and too good. I don't think

833
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: the Bengals can win the game if Jamar Chase is

834
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: not a huge factor and I think he is going

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Speaker 1: to have a big game, and if he gets a

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00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: big game going early, I think that the Rams run

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00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: roller skates for the rest of the night like the

838
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: Lakers were last night. Stafford presses and they make mistakes.

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Speaker 1: The worst case scenarios of the Bengals capitalize on those mistakes.

840
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: Stafford has been brilliant for most of the postseason. I

841
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: don't even care about his eight interceptions in four games,

842
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: whatever was. He has been so good and mostly I mean,

843
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: I think he bailed out Sealman fans and challenges and

844
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: weird time out stuff to get to where they are Stafford.

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00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: He is a gun slinger and to your point, he's

846
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: never played in the Super Bowl. He's never played in

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Speaker 1: the game this big. Does Matthew Stafford want to be

848
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Speaker 1: the hero or be able to just keep it be

849
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: a good teammate? Yeah? How do you feel about it?

850
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: I feel like he's the hero. I do the post season,

851
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: these huge games in store looks amazing. Second he hit

852
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup against Tampa, something clicked. I feel like he's

853
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,439
Speaker 1: locked in And is always an honor to introduce our

854
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: next guest, especially though this year with the Bengals in

855
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. He is in fact one of the

856
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: greatest players ever. He's a nine time All Pro, nine

857
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: time All Pro and a member of the NFL one

858
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: hundred all time team. Please welcome back to the show.

859
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: Bengals singer happening. Yes, great, Thanks for having me. The

860
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: Bengals just made their way here. Yesterday. I ran into

861
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: you in Cincinnati when I was there some sweet it

862
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: was a whirlwin and I looked and I said, they're

863
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: going to go deep into this thing. How do you

864
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: feel about it? You pegged it? How you called it?

865
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: It has been thirty three years, it's been a long

866
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: time since I was at I've played in the last

867
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But man, these guys are so much fun

868
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: to watch. I go to every home game, watch them

869
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,919
Speaker 1: on TV, and it's amazing. So one of the first

870
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 1: questions I was asked now going into the playoffs the

871
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: lack of playoff experience, okay, and I'm like, well, let

872
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: me just say something. Sometimes that might be a factor,

873
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,760
Speaker 1: but I think these guys are so confident in themselves,

874
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: confident as a team, and they just have fun. And

875
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: I don't think it mattered getting into the playoffs, playoff

876
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 1: experience or not. It's just they've been amazing grit, talent

877
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: and never give up. Are they special? I think so,

878
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: I really do. I Mean, it's been a lot of

879
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,839
Speaker 1: years since I've sat and watched the game and our

880
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: Bengals are down. I'm like, come on now, it's like

881
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: they're down, Okay, what they're gonna do to come back?

882
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: Tie it up, win the game twenty one or three

883
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: arrowhead and they come back on the time. That is

884
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: the very definition of special. And there's also this feeling

885
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,800
Speaker 1: though that they're so young and they're ahead of schedule,

886
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: but nothing is promised. You may never make it back

887
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: to this game. It's too difficult in this thing. You

888
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,800
Speaker 1: did make it back. You went to two Super Bowls,

889
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 1: both close losses to the forty nine ers, and you

890
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: came up just short. What would be your message to

891
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: this Bengals team about capturing this moment and making this

892
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,439
Speaker 1: one count. I would say, enjoy the moment, really take

893
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: it in, but stay focused, win it or whatever happens,

894
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,800
Speaker 1: don't let this be the last time. Continue the journey

895
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: and just stay together. I think there's a lot of

896
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 1: distractions after you win and get to a super Bowl.

897
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: And that's what's so impressive about the teams. You know,

898
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, they didn't win one, but to get

899
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: there four years in a row. Of course Tom Brady

900
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: and the Patriots to get their year after year or

901
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: a lot of years, that takes a lot. So your

902
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: focus has to You can't be satisfied with doing it

903
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: one year. I looked at both of ours after we

904
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: went to the Super Bowl. I really thought we had

905
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: the ability to make at least a two to three

906
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: year run. But I really believe that we didn't have

907
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: that drive because both years, like the team this year,

908
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: we came off a six win season twelve and four

909
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: home field advantage, four and twelve, twelve and four home

910
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: field advantage, and we just stayed focused. And I think

911
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: that's what I would say to them. Don't be satisfied

912
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 1: with the team awards, you know, the individual accolades. Just

913
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: keep work busted, increase your work ethic, turn up the

914
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: volume of preparation happening. Even that there's so many outside

915
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: afts and so hard. So people who were saying, oh,

916
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: there playing with house money, there's no pressure, I think

917
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: there's a tremendous amount of pressure because it's not easy

918
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 1: to get back and be put in those positions, or

919
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: maybe it'll be a little easier because of their quarterback.

920
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is a winner, he's a national champion, he's

921
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: a number one overall pick. And I was in the

922
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl in his first season healthy fully in the NFL.

923
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: So there's a lot to be excited about if you're

924
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: a Bengals fan. There's a lot of comparisons flying around

925
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: about Tom Brady, But you played against a young Joe

926
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Speaker 1: Montana in his third season and that was Super Bowl sixteen.

927
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: Do you see any similarities between those two? I heard

928
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: a lot Tom Brady, and I said, I also see

929
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,800
Speaker 1: some Joe Montana on them, because you know, both guys

930
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: were not big. You know, you look at a Marino

931
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: or guys you know they're not that huge guy, you know,

932
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: rocket arms. But the smarts, the poise, the leadership, they

933
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: elevate the play of the guys around them, and you

934
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: can tell guys love to play for him. And I

935
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: think I just heard a tight end just say he

936
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: might want to play with Joe Burrow played with the

937
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: best us almost got that eighty seven. That's right, that's right.

938
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: But no, I think I see some of that and

939
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: just the calm of I always expect if he does

940
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: to a pick or if something bad happens, the next

941
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: time under center, some good, something's good's going to happen.

942
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: And that tells me the guy has amazing poise and

943
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 1: he just has the laser focus. So yeah, I see

944
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of both those guys in them. Cannot

945
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: wait to watch him. It is the coolest thing to

946
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: be at Paul Brown Stadium when you walk in and

947
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: you see and one of the greatest to ever do

948
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: it is just sitting there by himself, taken in the game,

949
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: watching supporting quietly standing up in this. I think it's

950
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: really cool and the Bengals are lucky to have you.

951
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: You go to all the games. It's really I do.

952
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: I do, and I love you know. I do the

953
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: preseason games on TV, so I do that, and so

954
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: I get a chance and I'm with people that love watching.

955
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,439
Speaker 1: So I just kind of sit through with my hat

956
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 1: and just understanding, I know, who are Anthon picking the

957
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: Bengals on Friday. I don't know. I'm interesting