Speaker 1: Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde and this is the
Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast, the Sweet Nectar Edition, as we look
Speaker 1: back at the bengals first win in forty nine days,
Speaker 1: a thirty to sixteen victory over John Gruden's Oakland Raiders.
Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays from the win, locker room,
Speaker 1: comments from key players, and Dave Lapp them will join
Speaker 1: me for postgame analysis. Plus, in this week's fun Facts interview,
Speaker 1: you'll get to know a Ringo who was a star
Speaker 1: in his college days, Bengals defensive tackle Christian Ringo. All
Speaker 1: of that is straight ahead, but first, here's a quick
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Speaker 1: to football. The most famous poem in the history of
Speaker 1: NFL films is called The Autumn Wind, written in nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy four to describe Al Davis's Oakland Raiders. Here's how
Speaker 1: that poem ended in my best John Facinda voice, The
Speaker 1: Autumn Wind is a radar pillaging just for fun. He'll
Speaker 1: knock you round end upside down and laugh when he's
Speaker 1: conquered and won. That described the Raiders from the mid
Speaker 1: seventies to the mid eighties, when they won three Super
Speaker 1: Bowls in eight years, but not so much anymore. Oakland
Speaker 1: entered Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium with a three
Speaker 1: and ten record, and the Bengals were the team doing
Speaker 1: the pillaging. Derek Carr is ready for the shotgun, snap
Speaker 1: catches retreats five steps from behind, football goes out a
Speaker 1: scramble for the football after the sacks by Sam Hubbard,
Speaker 1: and it is recovered by the Bengals after their own
Speaker 1: forty nine yard line. Sam Hubbard, with a blind side sack.
Speaker 1: Derek Carr never saw him coming, and the Bengals recover
Speaker 1: at their own forty nine yard line. That was the
Speaker 1: first of two sacks for Hubbard and five for the Bengals,
Speaker 1: who held the Raiders to two hundred ninety seven yards
Speaker 1: the second week in a row that Cincinnati held the
Speaker 1: opponent to fewer than three hundred. Here's Hubbard. I think
Speaker 1: we weren't doing anything different. You know, We've been working
Speaker 1: so hard throughout the season, you know, covering him on
Speaker 1: the back end and trying to get to the passers
Speaker 1: as the rushers, and I think today we kind only
Speaker 1: just played a complete game, covering up in the back end,
Speaker 1: allowing us to get home, working our pass rous games
Speaker 1: and sticking to the game plan, everyone having faith and
Speaker 1: staying together throughout. Hubbard's first career forced fumble was recovered
Speaker 1: by Carlos Dunlap and the Bengals look to capitalize on
Speaker 1: the very next play. First and ten from the forty nine,
Speaker 1: Driscoll fakes to mixing drops back guns it deep down
Speaker 1: the middle of the field. It is underthrown and it's
Speaker 1: picked up at the five yard line by Eric Harris
Speaker 1: and he is down at the six. John Ross was
Speaker 1: behind the Raiders secondary on that play, but Jeff Driscoll
Speaker 1: didn't put quite enough on the throw through the interception,
Speaker 1: and you know, I just had to had to tell
Speaker 1: myself that those things happen, you know, don't be gun
Speaker 1: shy and keep playing within the offense and was able
Speaker 1: to come back and respond. He responded with three bag
Speaker 1: throws to Tyler Boyd on the Bengals next drive, a
Speaker 1: seven yard game when the Bengals went for it on
Speaker 1: fourth and two, a twenty one yard strike down to
Speaker 1: the six yard line, and a touchdown that gave Cincinnati
Speaker 1: the lead, third down and goal from the seven at
Speaker 1: the Bengals try to score first shotgun snap Bock Bye
Speaker 1: Boyd touchdown Bengals an emphatic spike by Tyler Boyd, followed
Speaker 1: by some Chad Johnson like Irish dancing as the Bengals
Speaker 1: are on the scoreboard. Boyd had four catches for thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards before missing the second half with a knee injury.
Speaker 1: He's up to seventy six receptions for one thou twenty
Speaker 1: eight yards and seven touchdowns this season. I spoke to
Speaker 1: Tyler after the game about the three key catches he
Speaker 1: made on the Bengals first scoring drive. You know, I
Speaker 1: just will him do anything I can, you know, to
Speaker 1: continue to draft, you know, to continue to allow Jeff
Speaker 1: to trust me times like that, you know when we
Speaker 1: gotta go for it all. So I mean, I'll just
Speaker 1: continue to do my job and just I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: ready for next week. You weren't able to play in
Speaker 1: the second half. What can you tell us? This is
Speaker 1: banged up a little bit? You know, nothing, nothing, nothing
Speaker 1: too serious, nobody should worry about. But um, I think
Speaker 1: actual bread to go next week for sure, Let's hope.
Speaker 1: So Boyd was the star and the Bengals first scoring drive.
Speaker 1: The next one belonged to Joe Mixon. Second and two
Speaker 1: for the Bengals at their own thirty three, they will
Speaker 1: give it to Mixon. He will run up the middle
Speaker 1: for the first down, chokes, the safety runs to the
Speaker 1: fifty down, the first sideline to the Raiders forty the
Speaker 1: thirty Yeah, twenty, he has shoved out a bounds by
Speaker 1: Nicholas Morrow at the twenty yard line of Oakland, a
Speaker 1: forty seven yard run for Joe Mixon, his longest of
Speaker 1: the season. That was the key play on a ninety
Speaker 1: yard touchdown drive I formation backfield. Driscoll takes the snap,
Speaker 1: gives it to Mixon nice toward the goal line, waiting
Speaker 1: for a signal done Yet it's there. It is a
Speaker 1: touchdown for Joe Mixon and the Bengal score on fourth
Speaker 1: and goal from the one. Mixon finished with twenty seven
Speaker 1: carries for one hundred twenty nine yards after going for
Speaker 1: one eleven on twenty six lugs last week. And I'm
Speaker 1: just very happy, you know that we're on his path.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just gonna try to continue to keep
Speaker 1: you know, plugging on the train man, and you know,
Speaker 1: whatever happens at the end of the season, it happened.
Speaker 1: But you know, it feels great to go out there,
Speaker 1: put on the show for the fans and come out
Speaker 1: with the way man. Feels great. It was fourteen nothing
Speaker 1: at that point, and two plays later the Bengals defense
Speaker 1: got the ball back, hands it off to re Shard
Speaker 1: and he will pick up the first down. As he
Speaker 1: lost the football, the Bengals appear to have it at
Speaker 1: the thirty four yard nine, yes, and they do. It's
Speaker 1: recovered at the thirty four by dark Quees Deinard. Reeshard
Speaker 1: had the first down but did not go down. Hardy
Speaker 1: Nickerson forced the fumble, his second forced fumble of the year,
Speaker 1: and dark Quest Denard recovers at the Oakland thirty four
Speaker 1: that led to a Randy Bullock field goal that made
Speaker 1: it seventeen nothing Cincinnati. The Raiders first five drives went
Speaker 1: punt fumble, punt, punt fumble. I talked to linebacker Vinny Ray.
Speaker 1: We did a good job stopping the run and that
Speaker 1: led to more third and seven and third and eight
Speaker 1: instead of thirty one third and twos, and you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was it was a great job with the run game.
Speaker 1: I've really credit twenty two and twenty seven our corners
Speaker 1: of twenty one. These guys are coming down and setting
Speaker 1: the edge and doing a great job for us in
Speaker 1: the run game. He is there any part of you
Speaker 1: that kind of says, why hasn't the defense played like
Speaker 1: this all year? A part of me think thought that,
Speaker 1: you know, I came in here him like, man, I wish,
Speaker 1: you know, we would have finished off some games, uh
Speaker 1: you know here you know after the buye, you know,
Speaker 1: like thinking Baltimore, you know, games like that. But hey,
Speaker 1: we are we are right now and the best thing
Speaker 1: we could do is keep getting better as a team.
Speaker 1: The Raiders got on the scoreboard with three forty eight
Speaker 1: left and a half on Derek Carr's one yard touchdown
Speaker 1: passed the tight end Lee Smith, but the Bengals immediately
Speaker 1: answered with a Randy Bullock field goal to lead twenty
Speaker 1: to seven at the half. Oakland chipped away at that
Speaker 1: lead in the second half. The NFL's tallest kicker, six
Speaker 1: foot five inch, Daniel Carlson, drilled three field goals while
Speaker 1: Bullock added one. A Bengals lead that had been seventeen
Speaker 1: points was down to seven when Carlson kicked off to
Speaker 1: Alex Erickson with about five minutes left in the game.
Speaker 1: He sprints to the ten cuts toward the near sideline.
Speaker 1: After twenty the twenty five chump cut pass the kicker.
Speaker 1: He's in Two Oakland Raiders here enjoying his sprinting down
Speaker 1: the near sideline. Eric Harris saves the touchdown water return
Speaker 1: for Alex Erikson, and thankfully there is no laundry on
Speaker 1: the playing fred exactly. I was just celebrating and his
Speaker 1: praying that there's no flags. I didn't know if there
Speaker 1: was or wasn't um, but you know, I know, I
Speaker 1: know how hard these guys are working for me to
Speaker 1: give me space, and so we gotta live with a
Speaker 1: few of the flags because I know they're working their
Speaker 1: butts off to you know, give me opportunities to get
Speaker 1: bigger returns. So I appreciate all their effort. That seventy
Speaker 1: eight yard returned by Ericson was his longest of the
Speaker 1: year and set up a score that gave the Bengals
Speaker 1: some breathing room. Bengals up by seven four ten left.
Speaker 1: Here's a toss sweep mixing with blockers in front on
Speaker 1: the ten five to the pylon touchdown Bengals as Jill
Speaker 1: mix In sprints fifteen yards for what could be a
Speaker 1: clinching touchdown depending on the situation. I know it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a time where I'm gonna have to put the
Speaker 1: team on my back. You know, they're gonna they're gonna
Speaker 1: dive up the run and it's up to me and
Speaker 1: a lineman to come out there and execute and deliver
Speaker 1: also with the tight ends and receivers. But you know,
Speaker 1: when you get in a situation like that, man, I
Speaker 1: gotta do whatever I can. Note a situation, note down
Speaker 1: in distance and get them first downs to protect the
Speaker 1: football at all costs. The game wasn't quite to the
Speaker 1: coffin nails stage until Geno Atkins provided a David car
Speaker 1: Wreck shotgun snap car in trouble fucked again. You know,
Speaker 1: Geno Atkins single handedly destroying the Oakland Raiders here in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. I'll tell a nice little swim move inside,
Speaker 1: and they had a back inside trying to chip and
Speaker 1: help him. Richard had no chance. I mean, he just
Speaker 1: absolutely tooled Chaz Green. It was like seeing later Bro,
Speaker 1: and then the back to try to help pick him up.
Speaker 1: Richard no way sack city. Atkins finished with three sacks
Speaker 1: for the first time in his NFL career and is
Speaker 1: up to ten this season, the third time the Geno
Speaker 1: has reached double digits. His career high is twelve and
Speaker 1: a half. More importantly, the five game losing streak is
Speaker 1: over as the Bengals win their home finale thirty to sixteen.
Speaker 1: Here are Marvin Lewis, Joe Mixon and Jeff dress Goal.
Speaker 1: They needed this. Our football team needed today. They needed
Speaker 1: to go out and win today. They've been working hard.
Speaker 1: Our fans needed today. I mean it's a great feeling.
Speaker 1: Of course. Um it's like I said, it's been a
Speaker 1: while since we've been able to bring good win here
Speaker 1: or you know, win here, you know I should say,
Speaker 1: but you know, it's it feels great. Man. Everybody got
Speaker 1: smiles on their faces, and um, you know, just I'm
Speaker 1: just happy for them. I'm happy for the coaches and
Speaker 1: happy for the fans, you know most of all. But
Speaker 1: it's blessing. It's definitely the sweet sweet Necker of victory. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's awesome. These guys have battled all year long,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, we haven't had a win in
Speaker 1: a while, and being able to come out and with
Speaker 1: our last game at home this year and in getting
Speaker 1: to win it was huge. And it's just a testament
Speaker 1: to m everybody in this building that, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: even though things haven't gone great for us, we've battled
Speaker 1: three and we found a way to get a big one. Today.
Speaker 1: The Bengals could still finish eight and eight, but have
Speaker 1: been eliminated from playoff contention. The Steelers went over the
Speaker 1: Patriots officially knocked them out. Now time to bring him
Speaker 1: my broadcast partner, Dave Lapham for postgame analysis and we
Speaker 1: start with one of the bengals best defensive performances of
Speaker 1: the year, highlighted by holding the Raiders to three for
Speaker 1: fourteen on third down conversions, a season best twenty one percent.
Speaker 1: I thought that was the story of the game. There
Speaker 1: were many storylines in the game, but three for fourteen
Speaker 1: on third down has got to be the number one storyline.
Speaker 1: Team comes in did lasting the league on third down.
Speaker 1: They've been dead last pretty much all year, allowing fifty
Speaker 1: two fifty two point seven percent and then allow three
Speaker 1: for fourteen, and cart knows what he's doing. He's got
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl tight end to get the football too.
Speaker 1: He's good competent running backs. The offensive line was beaten up, granted,
Speaker 1: and that was a big factor in the football game.
Speaker 1: You know, Jordy Nelson to throw to hold him to
Speaker 1: three for fourteen on third down, it was big. I mean,
Speaker 1: hopefully that's the sign of things to come down the
Speaker 1: last couple of games here and holding the sixteen points.
Speaker 1: You know, I remember even when we played back in
Speaker 1: the old days in the seventies, it was like one
Speaker 1: of the defensive goals seventeen points or less. In today's NFL,
Speaker 1: it's probably twenty maybe twenty four points or less held
Speaker 1: them sixteen held him to below what the old standard
Speaker 1: used to be, which I think is a pretty good deal.
Speaker 1: And twenty five points more is the barometer with coach Lewis,
Speaker 1: they're forty eight one and one when they scored twenty
Speaker 1: five points more six oh. This year all their wins
Speaker 1: they scored twenty five points and more. So obviously that's
Speaker 1: a big barometer. They did that offensively, putting thirty on
Speaker 1: the board considering all the weapons they didn't have, and
Speaker 1: then they lose Tyler Boyd for the second half of
Speaker 1: the football game. They knew they had to run it.
Speaker 1: Oakland knew they had to run it. Paul Gunson knew
Speaker 1: they had to run at the defensive coordinator and do
Speaker 1: were times where they struggled, but they made enough big plays.
Speaker 1: Joe's forty seven yard runs set up a touchdown, Joe
Speaker 1: had a fifteen yard touchdown run to finalize a big
Speaker 1: turned from Alex Ericsson. So when you look at it
Speaker 1: was complimentary football, offense, defense, special teams. They all chipped in.
Speaker 1: They all chipped in with Penley's and mistakes, but they
Speaker 1: all chipped in with big players as well, and that's
Speaker 1: how you win football games in this league. It was
Speaker 1: an extraordinary week for Geno Atkins. He and his wife
Speaker 1: Kristen had the Atkins Week of Giving. Every day they
Speaker 1: did something for families more than fifty total. They paid
Speaker 1: medical bills, they contributed to tuition, they fed the homeless.
Speaker 1: They had a party at Cincinnati Children's Hospital on Friday.
Speaker 1: And he had some good karma coming because he had
Speaker 1: three sacks in the game dominated the fourth quarter. He's
Speaker 1: up to double digit sacks for the season. God blessed
Speaker 1: Gino for helping so many people, Gino and his wife,
Speaker 1: and God blessed him today with three sacks. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, good things happen to good people and Gino
Speaker 1: is a great example of it today. And the thing
Speaker 1: that impresses me about Gino, as we know, he's quiet
Speaker 1: as a church mouse. He's not doing anything for publicity.
Speaker 1: He could. He shuns a camera, doesn't want a camera.
Speaker 1: None of this happened in front of cameras. None of
Speaker 1: this happened in front of microphones. Gino was doing it
Speaker 1: because Gino and his wife felt like they should do it.
Speaker 1: And that's a testament to them. Attribute to them and
Speaker 1: you know, the old saying goes, what kind of a
Speaker 1: person are you when nobody's watching? Gino and his wife
Speaker 1: showed that they're great people because, you know, not that
Speaker 1: many people were aware of what he did, and what
Speaker 1: he did affected many families in a very positive way.
Speaker 1: You know, even the playing field for people that need
Speaker 1: help around the holiday season. It's good stuff by the
Speaker 1: Atkins couple. Gino Atkins and Sam Hubbard were the stars
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. Hubbard had two
Speaker 1: sacks and a forest fumble on offense. Great day for
Speaker 1: Joe Mexon as he tops one hundred rushing yards for
Speaker 1: the second consecutive week, twenty seven carries, one hundred twenty
Speaker 1: nine yards and a pair of touchdowns, much of the
Speaker 1: yardage coming on his longest run of the season, a
Speaker 1: forty seven yard or yeah, that was the thing of beauty.
Speaker 1: And he was matting another one that didn't bust it
Speaker 1: for seventy yards. He thought that he, you know, it
Speaker 1: could make. He had to make one move on a
Speaker 1: defensive player that got me to good play. I mean,
Speaker 1: Joe's a load out there in space and the guy
Speaker 1: made a good tackle. I mean, they're paid to play
Speaker 1: as well. But Sam Hubbard and Alex Erickson, I mean,
Speaker 1: you don't put a position on these guys, because all
Speaker 1: Sam Hubbard plays is defensive end, defensive tackle, fullback and
Speaker 1: shortyardisan goal line, a bunch of special teams. Alex Erickson
Speaker 1: wide receiver, outside slot, emergency running back, emergency quarterback, return guy,
Speaker 1: all special teams. These guys are football players, you know.
Speaker 1: And when you look at it, some of the young
Speaker 1: guys that are stepping up and assuming leadership roles, by
Speaker 1: the way, not only the kind of people they are,
Speaker 1: but it's easier to be a leader when you play
Speaker 1: well and do it, you know, over and over and
Speaker 1: over again. And they're starting to get that way. And
Speaker 1: I mean you look at the second and third picks
Speaker 1: Jesse Bates and Sam Hubbard. Jesse Baks leading the team
Speaker 1: and tackles amongst the best of rookies in terms of tackles,
Speaker 1: three interceptions to boot. Sam Hubbard now with six sacks
Speaker 1: on the year. And I'll tell you what a second
Speaker 1: and third round pick, boy, pretty darn good. And they're
Speaker 1: assuming leadership positions. So some good things are happening amongst
Speaker 1: all the turmoil, all the bad, all the injury. You know,
Speaker 1: all the dark cloud there is a silver lining always
Speaker 1: and these guys are two examples of that. For the
Speaker 1: seconds drag year. There's a lot of speculation that it
Speaker 1: could be Marvin Lewis's final home game as the Bengals
Speaker 1: head coach. We'll see what his future holds at the
Speaker 1: end of the year. If it turns out to be
Speaker 1: his last home game, he walks off chin held high
Speaker 1: with a victory over the Oakland Raiders. Yeah, and they've
Speaker 1: won a seven in a row now home finales eleven
Speaker 1: out of twelve home finales, and Coach Lewis I think
Speaker 1: ends up something like fourteen and four, fifteen and four
Speaker 1: something like that. No, what four twelve and four with
Speaker 1: the sixteen home finales, twelve and four all good stuff.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, everybody wants to finish well, finish strong,
Speaker 1: leave a good taste in everybody's mouth, their last opportunity
Speaker 1: to partake in the activity at the stadium. And they've
Speaker 1: done that pretty consistently here down the stretch. So obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, one and seven mark for an eight game stretch,
Speaker 1: losing five rule before that, you know, how's everybody with
Speaker 1: a bad taste. But this will wash a little bit
Speaker 1: of it. Doubt we'll leave with the big thirty to
Speaker 1: sixteen victory over that ry it is. It was career
Speaker 1: win number one thirty one from Marvin Lewis. He moves
Speaker 1: into a tie for twenty fourth all time with Hank Stram.
Speaker 1: Or I guess I should say that Marvin matriculates into
Speaker 1: a tie for twenty fourth with Hank Stram. Up next
Speaker 1: a road game against the six seven and one Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: who are four and two under interim coach Greg Williams.
Speaker 1: Now time for this week's fun Facts segment, where you
Speaker 1: get to know the person under the pads. In this case,
Speaker 1: it's a defensive tackle who has claimed off the Cowboys
Speaker 1: practice squad the day after Thanksgiving. Time for this week's
Speaker 1: edition of fun Facts with Bengals defensive lineman Christian Ringo
Speaker 1: from Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital and the biggest city
Speaker 1: in Mississippi. Did you grow up in the city or
Speaker 1: in the country city Son? You say that because everybody
Speaker 1: in Mississippi, I'm considered a city boar, but outside of Mississippi,
Speaker 1: I'm considered country. Tell us a little bit about the
Speaker 1: kinds of things you're interested in this kid. Of course,
Speaker 1: football you know that was number one. I love other
Speaker 1: sports like baseball and basketball. You know, I just liked
Speaker 1: the sports. As kid, I didn't I didn't too much
Speaker 1: like school as much, but I went. You know, I
Speaker 1: was a good student, but I just love sports. For
Speaker 1: visiting the Christian ringo. Your dad played college football. What
Speaker 1: do you know about his career? Ever since I was
Speaker 1: a kid, all I heard was he was a He
Speaker 1: was a heck of a football player growing up, you know,
Speaker 1: so I just wanted to be just like him. You know,
Speaker 1: as a child, if he played, if he was a fireman,
Speaker 1: I probably wanted to be a fireman, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. But just him being that dominant move for
Speaker 1: me playing football today, it's big, man. He played a
Speaker 1: big part of that. I read somewhere that you got
Speaker 1: your start throwing a mattress down on the floor with
Speaker 1: your brother and practice tackling on that mattress. Is that
Speaker 1: the case? Yeah, yeah, sir, we weren't just doing it
Speaker 1: like we know we had. We liked it was kids.
Speaker 1: We liked to dress up, so he had old old
Speaker 1: football outfite. You know. We used to put on his
Speaker 1: compressive shorts, you know, take the little tissue, told us
Speaker 1: put him a sola past man. We was, our creativity was.
Speaker 1: It was amazing as kids, man, but we just me
Speaker 1: and my older brother. We just loved the game, man,
Speaker 1: We loved it visiting the Christian Ringo. You went to
Speaker 1: Louisiana lay the Raging Cajuns and set the single season
Speaker 1: record there for sacks. What were some of the highlights
Speaker 1: of your college experience, both on and off the field.
Speaker 1: I definitely had to say my last player as a
Speaker 1: Raging Cajun. You know, I was able, it was in
Speaker 1: the waters ball, was able to get the sack. You know.
Speaker 1: Those definitely my highlight. You know, because the guy that
Speaker 1: had the record, he was skired to guard for the
Speaker 1: UL still to this day, so he was on the
Speaker 1: sideline with us. You know, it gave him a big hug.
Speaker 1: It was an amazing feeling. But off the field, I
Speaker 1: have to probably say go back to May second, twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen when my name was called in the sixth round
Speaker 1: to the Green Bay Packers. That's those a special moment
Speaker 1: for me because not knowing that I was gonna even
Speaker 1: you know, I know I was gonna get a chance,
Speaker 1: but not knowing that my name is gonna get called,
Speaker 1: you know, because my family gathered because if you can recall,
Speaker 1: it was the Mayweather and pack Yah fight, so it
Speaker 1: was really there for the fight. Slash draft draft party.
Speaker 1: Would have got drafted, but since I got drafted, it
Speaker 1: was a slash draft party. It was a good day.
Speaker 1: Pretty emotional. No, it's crazy. I was the only one
Speaker 1: that wasn't emotional. I was like, Okay, what's next. I
Speaker 1: always set and do what I tell people. They like
Speaker 1: they asked me questions, how do you feel about this?
Speaker 1: And that? Like it ain't hear me yet. Maybe ten
Speaker 1: years when I'm done on the couch with my kids,
Speaker 1: I probably bust out crying and they're like, what's wrong
Speaker 1: with you? Dad? I just sit back, remembin thisceing. But
Speaker 1: I never had time to just sit and reminisce about
Speaker 1: what would occurred. So we're doing fun factored Christian Ringo.
Speaker 1: I noticed in your college career you wore the number nine,
Speaker 1: which is unusual for a defensive lineman. How did you
Speaker 1: wind up with a single digit number? Oh man? That
Speaker 1: trend I forgot it was that trend was started. I
Speaker 1: forgot when it was started. But I've seen a d
Speaker 1: tackle a defensive man from Florida. He was number six.
Speaker 1: I forgot his name. It made me feel special. I
Speaker 1: want the only one. I had it to my roommate
Speaker 1: justin Hamilton. He had six and I had the nine.
Speaker 1: So man, it was it. It was a good year
Speaker 1: for us day. As you mentioned, you were drafted by
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers and spent some time playing in
Speaker 1: Green Bay. What was it like for you to play
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field and be part of that historic franchise.
Speaker 1: I don't think I could. I was able to enjoy
Speaker 1: it as much as I should have because I was
Speaker 1: too focused on development. I was just trying my best
Speaker 1: to just work day in the day out to become
Speaker 1: a better player. Man. In one of your off seasons
Speaker 1: with the Green Bay Packers, you're at a water park
Speaker 1: in Houston. You saved a guy's life and he turned
Speaker 1: out to be a Packers fan. You have to tell
Speaker 1: the story. Oh man, So h was at the ward
Speaker 1: was at the waving pools. I don't know if you noticed,
Speaker 1: but like as the waves when they turned the wave on,
Speaker 1: making like ocean like, you know, so it's not like
Speaker 1: normal when they turn it off. So everybody had a
Speaker 1: vest on life vest and it's one guy he didn't
Speaker 1: have a life vest on. He was walking towards the
Speaker 1: deep end, so I guess they turned the waves on,
Speaker 1: so it kind of caught him off guard. So as
Speaker 1: he was walking the first time, the water went over
Speaker 1: his head and I was like, maybe he just enjoyed
Speaker 1: the water, because I heard the sound like that, and like,
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, maybe he just enjoying the water.
Speaker 1: Then when you know, it bounced back. Then when it
Speaker 1: came again, he just like he was struggling. So like,
Speaker 1: so I grabbed his arm, just went five yards back
Speaker 1: this way to the shadow end. I didn't think nothing
Speaker 1: of it. I just you know, let him go. Soon
Speaker 1: he catched his feet. He caught his feet. Oh he
Speaker 1: saved my life. You saved my life. Thank god, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. Thinking I'm like, okay, you know,
Speaker 1: so it's crazy. On our way leaving the park, I
Speaker 1: see the same guy. He was walking out. He had
Speaker 1: a green bait. He at first he didn't have a
Speaker 1: shirt on in the pool, but when he had put
Speaker 1: his clothes back on, he had a green base shirt on.
Speaker 1: I'm like, man, it's crazy, Like this gotta be like,
Speaker 1: I gotta say something to him, because you know he
Speaker 1: was a Packer fan at the time. You know, we
Speaker 1: took pictures, I posted I'm incited, and you know, I
Speaker 1: was able to get some exposure by NFL Network to
Speaker 1: talk about it. So it was. It was a nice story. Though.
Speaker 1: Last year, at the end of a training camp, the
Speaker 1: Packers waived you. They were going to put you on
Speaker 1: the practice squad, but the Bengals jumped in and grabbed you.
Speaker 1: Had the opportunity to bring you over here, but then
Speaker 1: they had a roster situation where they had to make
Speaker 1: another move and they let you go after a week.
Speaker 1: Did you have time here to get to know anybody,
Speaker 1: to learn your way around anything? Not really. I know,
Speaker 1: I know I've seen some face, some familiar faces now
Speaker 1: that I'm back. You know, I had a chance to
Speaker 1: say what up to him, but not really just get
Speaker 1: a chance to norm. You know, it's I don't even
Speaker 1: think it was a full week. It was like four
Speaker 1: days because we had a short week because we had
Speaker 1: a Thursday game that next remember last week we had
Speaker 1: a third short week. Though it was a quick turnaround.
Speaker 1: You had a camp for kids last summer back home
Speaker 1: in Jackson, and you dubbed at his teaching football skills
Speaker 1: and leadership skills? Why was that important to you? When
Speaker 1: I reminisced and growing up, I didn't. I don't think
Speaker 1: I didn't remember seeing too many professional athletes, you know,
Speaker 1: giving camps and stuff like I remember do what Callister
Speaker 1: would do his thing. But you know, it's a big state.
Speaker 1: So I told myself the first thing I do when
Speaker 1: so I get established, you know, I would want to
Speaker 1: give back and show these kids what it's all about,
Speaker 1: you know, just for us. Just like I'm from where
Speaker 1: you from. I said, in the same classroom as you,
Speaker 1: you could do the same exact thing, if not better.
Speaker 1: And I have to be real with him. I'm like
Speaker 1: I told him, I'll be a bold faced life. I
Speaker 1: looked y'all all in your eyes and told y'all all,
Speaker 1: y'all going to the NFL because it's not happening, you know,
Speaker 1: but whatever your passion is, you know, so I can
Speaker 1: show you the steps, the dedication it takes, you know,
Speaker 1: to make it come true. That's awesome. A few more
Speaker 1: questions for Christian Ringo. Do you have any skill that
Speaker 1: most people don't know about it? Yeah, I can say
Speaker 1: I got a skill that most people, my raging Cajun
Speaker 1: fans know about it. You know, they know I'm a
Speaker 1: little locker room down, so you know I can you know,
Speaker 1: cut the rug a little bit. Big man's got some
Speaker 1: sweet feet, yes, sir, all right, Well, I have to
Speaker 1: double check with your family to see if that's act
Speaker 1: good or not. It's the Christmas season. Do you have
Speaker 1: an all time favorite Christmas present from when you were
Speaker 1: a kid? Definitely easy. I have to say one of
Speaker 1: year my posts gave us. We had Xbox three sixty
Speaker 1: and the PS three I think it's a three year
Speaker 1: PS three the same year, but he had both, got
Speaker 1: both from from the pups. But he said, you can
Speaker 1: either get a brand new one of them, or you
Speaker 1: can get two smart. Me and my brother looked at
Speaker 1: so you got the Xbox, I got the you know,
Speaker 1: he got of games and stuff. So by far, that
Speaker 1: had to be one of the best. Appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: You're off the hot seat. Happy holidays, Happy holidays everyone.
Speaker 1: Thank you, and that's going to do it for this
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