WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Makin' Plans

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals Booth Podcast, the and We're Making Plans edition

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<v Speaker 1>as I discussed the twenty twenty four Bengals schedule with

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<v Speaker 1>my colleagues Dave Lapham and Jeff Hobson. But first, it's

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<v Speaker 1>my one on one conversation with Trey Hendrickson on why

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<v Speaker 1>he's fired up and ready to go for his fourth

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<v Speaker 1>get to football. Several weeks ago, just before the NFL Draft,

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<v Speaker 1>many of us were stunned when Adam Schefter reported that

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Hendrickson had requested a trade. It seemed to come

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<v Speaker 1>out of nowhere. After all, Trey signed a contract extension

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<v Speaker 1>last summer that runs through next season. The trade request

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<v Speaker 1>led to rampant speculation that Trey might hold out, and

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<v Speaker 1>his agent even told a reporter that Hendrickson was considering retirement. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if that was ever really the case, there's no reason

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<v Speaker 1>to worry now, as Trey practiced with the team this week.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though it's a voluntary period. I spoke to him

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<v Speaker 1>one on one about where things stand. Trey, I think

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals fans were delighted when they saw the video of

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<v Speaker 1>you practicing yesterday, not knowing what was going through your

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<v Speaker 1>mind in the off season. Explain why you are here

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<v Speaker 1>in a voluntary period.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, there's a lot to be excited about

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<v Speaker 2>about being a Cincinnati Bengal know, and I think the

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<v Speaker 2>pieces that the organization has added to help the defense

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<v Speaker 2>and obviously the offense is something to be excited about.

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<v Speaker 3>So I want to be a part of the foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>That we're building, and the only way to do that

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<v Speaker 2>is to be in meeting rooms, be a practice, build

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<v Speaker 2>relationships as we all collectively come together, and obviously have

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<v Speaker 2>that same.

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<v Speaker 3>Like minded goal to win the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>I've told people when I came into the building last

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<v Speaker 1>year in the off season, I think I saw you

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<v Speaker 1>here every time I came in. I mean, it speaks

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<v Speaker 1>to your dedication to try to be the best player

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<v Speaker 1>that you can be. Have you followed a similar course

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<v Speaker 1>of action this offseason.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was a little more quiet, you know, it

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<v Speaker 3>was a little earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I wanted to be respectful of the guys

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<v Speaker 2>that were working out, and there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>confusion going around, and you know, I'm not the most

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<v Speaker 2>approachable person, so people would just kind of assume. So

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<v Speaker 2>it was good that I got my work in, got

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<v Speaker 2>to go home. My wife and I prayed about it,

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<v Speaker 2>working it out day by day, you know, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>at peace of the situation, and I think that's what's

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<v Speaker 2>most important, and that only comes from Jesus Christ, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're very blessed.

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<v Speaker 1>Where are you in terms of hoping to get a

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<v Speaker 1>contract extension or revised deal, whatever it might be.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, that's a good question.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a you know, my contract situation is it's just

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<v Speaker 2>it's interesting. It's it's something that's out of my control

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day. So what is in

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<v Speaker 2>my control is how hard I work, you know, how

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<v Speaker 2>hard I you know, film study.

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<v Speaker 3>Prepare myself and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And obviously I'm going to control what I can control

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<v Speaker 2>and be the best teammate I can be, and end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, I think everything else will work itself.

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<v Speaker 1>About seventeen and a half sacks last year kind of

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<v Speaker 1>speaks for itself. Do you feel like you are still

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<v Speaker 1>in a sending player.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, like I think it's something that I

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<v Speaker 2>was blessed to be a part of. You know, statistics

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<v Speaker 2>are something that are again and out of my control

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<v Speaker 2>in some ways. You know, you need good coverage, you

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<v Speaker 2>need good opportunity. Obviously having a lead will always help

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<v Speaker 2>with past rushing, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So, you know, sharpening my sword to be the best

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<v Speaker 2>defensive end I can be is my goal every year,

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<v Speaker 2>and I feel like I've achieved that this offseason, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited for the Hendrickson product I can put out

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<v Speaker 2>there underneath.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bengals level.

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<v Speaker 1>You spoke to Jeff Hobson yesterday and said something to

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<v Speaker 1>the effect that your dealings with the front office had

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<v Speaker 1>been respectful. You felt like you are at least being heard. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>can you elaborate on that?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, like, obviously what I'm asking for is

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<v Speaker 2>not something that would be the best, you know, business decision,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, as at their running a business at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day. And I understand that, and I

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<v Speaker 2>can I can unpack that as however, I you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an unlimited amount. So through prayer with my wife

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<v Speaker 2>and hearing you know, it's not something that they want

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<v Speaker 2>to do right now. Respectfully, it was frustrating in some ways,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and then some things you have to do

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<v Speaker 2>what's best for your family.

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<v Speaker 3>But once that was the business side of it. Now

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<v Speaker 3>we're getting.

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<v Speaker 2>Into the team side of it, which is a completely

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<v Speaker 2>different dynamic.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, me rushing the past.

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<v Speaker 2>It will help DJ Hill, it will help you know,

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<v Speaker 2>these rookies producer their family, as Sam Hubbard as he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to play ten plus a year. You know, it'll

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<v Speaker 2>help Dax be a better corner. It'll help the lineback

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<v Speaker 2>rushing with their fits. So separating that business frustration, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess you can say, and the love I have for

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<v Speaker 2>the team and the coaches.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we want to get lou a head coaching job.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we want to be a top ten defense

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<v Speaker 2>and help him out because he's given us so much

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity myself included over the last three years of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being one of the you know, top pass rushers and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. Those are things that come from a

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<v Speaker 2>good defensive scheme and everything him. So if I'm not participating,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't help him, his family, their families, and it

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<v Speaker 2>would be selfish.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't think about Marin.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's a time and a place to think

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<v Speaker 2>about my family, and I did that. Now that all

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<v Speaker 2>of this is unfolded, it was very clear that this

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<v Speaker 2>is the direction.

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<v Speaker 3>Work hard, continue to work for what.

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<v Speaker 2>I want, and obviously take it day by day and

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<v Speaker 2>help having help from my wife and being at peace

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<v Speaker 2>with that. And obviously our foundation and Jesus Christ has

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<v Speaker 2>helped tremendously, and it's a perfect piece that surpasses all understanding.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the one thing that anybody could understand is

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that there are people playing your position accomplishing

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<v Speaker 1>similar things that make more is that at the root

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<v Speaker 1>of what bothers you, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's more that I want to know where,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I love Cincinnati, I love Ohio. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to bounce around the league.

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<v Speaker 3>If I want to play twelve years, you know, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to tell my wife, hey, look we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to, you know. And some ways that's me speaking

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<v Speaker 2>on my wants again and not what's best for the team.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the organization does a good job balancing

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<v Speaker 2>what's best for the team to win a Super.

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<v Speaker 3>Bowl and things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't necessarily see my contract being something that

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be addressed right now. From a business standpoint,

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm asking for is not a business thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>just want security knowing that I can continue to play

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<v Speaker 2>here at a high level and not have to worry

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<v Speaker 2>about what logo you know I'm representing at thirty one

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<v Speaker 2>or however that looks. So end of the day, though,

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<v Speaker 2>I am at peace with the situation. I am blessed

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<v Speaker 2>to be in the spot, regardless of what our contracts are,

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<v Speaker 2>that I get to start in the National Football League.

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<v Speaker 2>You told me that when I was twenty one years old,

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<v Speaker 2>i'd probably be over the moon. So it's one of

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<v Speaker 2>those things that my wife has helped me unpack. It's

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<v Speaker 2>taken some time, and I'd be lying if it was

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<v Speaker 2>an overnight decision.

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<v Speaker 3>It's taken time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's taken a lot of prayer, and obviously her helping

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<v Speaker 2>me through this has been a tremendous help, and that

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<v Speaker 2>she's a gift from God. And continuing to work hard

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<v Speaker 2>for what I want something I'm excited for.

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<v Speaker 1>You're here, Sam's here, Aj is here. We've added Sheldon Rankins.

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<v Speaker 1>Miles Murphy's got a year of experience under his belt.

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<v Speaker 1>The drafted two defensive tackles, including Chris Jenkins in the

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<v Speaker 1>second round. What do you think of this group?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you know, it's very early.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're still figuring it out, you know, And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I'm excited to be here about. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>as we figure out our identity. I can see it

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<v Speaker 2>from the ground up. And obviously, you know, I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>the back half of my career regardless of anything. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>playing sixteen years would be great, but you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>seeing it from a different perspective of like watching these

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<v Speaker 2>rookies grow, giving them tidbits on what I think and

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<v Speaker 2>what I've learned as being successful is helpful to them

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<v Speaker 2>so that they can provide for their families, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be a part of that as we lay

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<v Speaker 2>the foundation. So I'm excited about the team we have.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited about this defense, and obviously there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to be excited about on our offense, always so, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited to take the next step as the defense

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<v Speaker 2>and produce as best I can with my numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>Called, We're excited that you're here. Thanks for your ton Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's no doubt you can make a strong case that

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Hendrickson is the best free agent acquisition in team history.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been a Pro Bowler in all three of his

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<v Speaker 1>seasons in Cincinnati and certainly doesn't appear to be slowing down.

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<v Speaker 1>Trey doesn't turn thirty until December, and here's hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>as long as he chooses to play pro football, he'll

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<v Speaker 1>do so in a Bengals uniform. Now, let's get to

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty four schedule. If you judge the Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>schedule by their opponent's projected win totals in Las Vegas,

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<v Speaker 1>which is usually a better gauge than going by last

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<v Speaker 1>year's records, the Bengals have the sixth easiest schedule in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL this year. That's quite a contrast from their

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<v Speaker 1>a FC North rivals. Pittsburgh has the toughest schedule, Baltimore

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<v Speaker 1>ranks third hardest, and Cleveland ranks fourth hardest. Advantage Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 1>We already knew who the Bengals were playing and where

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<v Speaker 1>they were playing. Now we know when they're playing. A

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<v Speaker 1>broadcast partner Dave Lapham and Bengals dot Com editor Jeff

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<v Speaker 1>Butch Hobson join me to take a closer look. All right, gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule is out. We have all seen it. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>start with some general thoughts. Butch, I will let you

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<v Speaker 1>bat lead off tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I defer the LAP. I want to see what

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<v Speaker 4>lap since I was because when it came out, the

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<v Speaker 4>first thing I'd said is I wonder what laugh thinks.

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<v Speaker 1>So fair enough, we will the point guard will go

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<v Speaker 1>behind the back and pass it to Lap to get

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<v Speaker 1>his general thoughts.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, as I started looking at it here, I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>the thing that seems really obvious to me is there's

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<v Speaker 5>not three straight road games, not three straight home games.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, it's home away, home away, home away.

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<v Speaker 5>You have a couple of straight home games, a couple

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<v Speaker 5>of straight away games, then you go into the buy.

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<v Speaker 5>I like the fact that the buy occurs after the

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<v Speaker 5>biggest trip of the year, longest trip out to LA

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<v Speaker 5>to play, you know, to play the Chargers out there.

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<v Speaker 5>I think the buy is very well placed after the

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<v Speaker 5>eleventh game there. I like the fact that the travel

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<v Speaker 5>miles total travel miles, the team's on second fewest in

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<v Speaker 5>the league eleven air miles. Washington's the fewest ten fifty

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<v Speaker 5>the Chargers, for example, twenty three. I think I think

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<v Speaker 5>the schedule from a travel standpoint is extremely reasonable, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>but then you look at the league feels like this

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<v Speaker 5>is a damn good football team. They get five prime

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<v Speaker 5>time games, three at home to UH two at home,

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<v Speaker 5>three on the road.

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<v Speaker 6>They've got two additional or three additional.

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<v Speaker 5>Four to twenty five kicks, So you know, that's half

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<v Speaker 5>the schedule is you know, is a special games a

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<v Speaker 5>special special game that week from a scheduling standpoint, So

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<v Speaker 5>you know, it confirms the fact that the league is

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<v Speaker 5>in agreement that that, you know, it's it's a pretty

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<v Speaker 5>good football team. The other thing is, we knew this

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<v Speaker 5>before the actual dates, but five new head coaches and

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<v Speaker 5>the Bengals the first four games. The Bengals have three

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<v Speaker 5>new head coaches, the Patriots, Washington, and Carolina. So you know,

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<v Speaker 5>you'd think you can you can make two arguments there.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, you don't know what the heck those teams

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<v Speaker 5>are going to do because they have a new head coach.

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<v Speaker 5>What are they going to do systematically?

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<v Speaker 3>This and that?

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<v Speaker 6>I counted that with.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, the Bengals in the early stages of the

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<v Speaker 5>season will still be putting their schematics together as well.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'd rather have a coaching staff that's been together

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<v Speaker 5>for a while. Uh, in the first you know, month

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<v Speaker 5>of the season, as opposed to one that's just trying

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<v Speaker 5>to figure each other out, figure out the players. And

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's a that's a big deal, the fact

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<v Speaker 5>that three new head coaches in four games. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>if the Bengals can handle the Chiefs on the road,

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<v Speaker 5>you got to figure they'd have a decent shot of

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<v Speaker 5>starting the season out four and oh and the and

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<v Speaker 5>the way it's been the last few years, there's been

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<v Speaker 5>struggles to start the season. This year with this scheduled, potentially,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, if you certainly don't want to assume anything

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<v Speaker 5>in the National Football League, there's no question about it.

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<v Speaker 5>Anybody can beat anybody and.

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<v Speaker 6>We all know that. But i'd uh, I think that

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<v Speaker 6>they're going to be favored in three of the four

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<v Speaker 6>first games of the season for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Butch, you want to go second or would

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<v Speaker 1>you like me to go second?

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<v Speaker 4>Well? I was just gonna say kind of what piggyback

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<v Speaker 4>what Lapp said.

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<v Speaker 7>Uh, three of those new head coaches who from are

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<v Speaker 7>probably gonna start rookie quarterbacks. So you know, you go

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<v Speaker 7>and they're going and they're going against a defense it's

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<v Speaker 7>been together for a defensive scheme that's been running for

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<v Speaker 7>six straight years, so you know that's uh probably probably

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<v Speaker 7>uh uh probably may starts for the Patriots and the AGA,

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<v Speaker 7>which would be the first time though if there's a

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<v Speaker 7>rookie quarterback on opening Day since they took our Joe

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<v Speaker 7>Flacco in Baltimore, oh eight, then they go to k C.

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<v Speaker 4>Then they come back and they'll probably play another rookie

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<v Speaker 4>again in jayde Dangs. So you know, that's that's pretty

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<v Speaker 4>helpful if you're looking to get out of the Great

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<v Speaker 4>Gate fast. And then I think just the other thing

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<v Speaker 4>is uh, you know, kind of what like what Lapp

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<v Speaker 4>said to me, the the toughest spot of part of

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<v Speaker 4>the schedule stats in November seventh, that that Thursday night

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<v Speaker 4>game uh in uh in Baltimore, which by the way

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<v Speaker 4>is the second birthday of fourth down Freddie Miller. But

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<v Speaker 4>that's but they get cushion by that because they have

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<v Speaker 4>a ten day mine by after that game in Baltimore

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<v Speaker 4>Thursday night, then they go to the Chadgers. Then they

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<v Speaker 4>got thereby so it really doesn't get tough until that

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<v Speaker 4>last month, and everybody's last month it's tough nowadays. That's

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<v Speaker 4>how they do it. Everybody's got a brutal December. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>the Bengals no different. But you know they've got another

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<v Speaker 4>short week, first time in history they've had two Thursday

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<v Speaker 4>night games. They got a short week in December. But

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<v Speaker 4>so do the Steels and Ravens who are getting screwed

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<v Speaker 4>up in the Christmas Day stuff. So I think it's

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<v Speaker 4>pretty good. I you know, it gets rough. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>December one starts Borough member, not December Borough member. Remember

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<v Speaker 4>he is thirteen and four in games in December and January,

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<v Speaker 4>so they get a pretty good I think it's pretty

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<v Speaker 4>good until December. But they got a guy that can

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<v Speaker 4>win in December when he gets tough.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I've scribbled down a few things. Number one,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is something both of you guys touched on.

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<v Speaker 1>Three of the first four games are against three of

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<v Speaker 1>the worst teams in the NFL. New England four and

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen last year, Washington in Week three, four and thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>last year, Carolina and Week four, two and fifteen last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Add that up, you get ten and forty one in

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<v Speaker 1>three of their first four games. If you can't win

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<v Speaker 1>those three and start the season at least three in one,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe four to zero. If he can go to Kansas

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<v Speaker 1>City and pull off an upset, shame on you. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule is right there to get off to a

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<v Speaker 1>good start this year, which would be great after the

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<v Speaker 1>last two seasons. My second thought is Week ten at

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<v Speaker 1>Baltimore on Thursday night. Why does the NFL insist on

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<v Speaker 1>sending the Bengals to Baltimore for primetime games third year

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<v Speaker 1>in a row at M and T Banks Stadium. It's

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<v Speaker 1>almost exactly a year to the day from last year's

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<v Speaker 1>game where Joe Burrow suffered his wrist injury. And as

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<v Speaker 1>we know, it is tough to win in the division

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<v Speaker 1>on the road. In the AFC North, the Bengals have

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<v Speaker 1>never done it. The AFC North.

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<v Speaker 4>Lost. The Ravens have never lost a Thursday night home

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<v Speaker 4>game in this century.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the AFC North started in two thousand and two.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bengals have played ten prime time road games in

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<v Speaker 1>the division oh and five in Pittsburgh, oh And three

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<v Speaker 1>in Baltimore, oh and two in Cleveland. So it's time

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<v Speaker 1>time to put an endo that streak and see if

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<v Speaker 1>they can go on the road and win a game

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<v Speaker 1>in Baltimore in primetime, which is obviously going to be

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<v Speaker 1>tough right there with it for a tough road game,

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind is at Dallas. The Cowboys were the

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<v Speaker 1>only team in the NFL last year that did not

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<v Speaker 1>lose at home during the regular season. Then they promptly

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<v Speaker 1>lost in the first round of the playoffs to Green Bay.

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<v Speaker 1>But Dallas historically has been tough for the Bengals to

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<v Speaker 1>travel to and win. They haven't done it since Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl twenty three year nineteen eighty eight, So see if

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<v Speaker 1>they can go to Dallas and get that done in

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<v Speaker 1>that difficult primetime road game. And then the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>they've got two primetime home games is very significant because

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<v Speaker 1>they've become one of the harder teams to beat at

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<v Speaker 1>home in primetime. They've won seven in a row. One

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<v Speaker 1>of those games is with Ryan Finley at quarterback. There's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously the primetime playoff win a couple of years ago

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<v Speaker 1>over Baltimore. So I like the fact that at least

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<v Speaker 1>this year there's a pretty good balance between the primetime

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<v Speaker 1>home and road games.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, one other interesting matchup is going to be Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 5>The four to twenty five kickoff Philadelphia in Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 6>Hurts and Burroughs score off for the first.

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<v Speaker 5>Time you know that Burrows played. You know a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of a lot of great quarterbacks he's matched up against it.

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<v Speaker 5>Now Hurts is another one. How's that one gone unfold?

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<v Speaker 5>That's going to be interest seem to to digest as well,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, and uh that's I think the first thing

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<v Speaker 5>that came to my mind about the about the schedule

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<v Speaker 5>was that it was balanced and it was fair. I

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<v Speaker 5>think those two things, you know, kind of our forefront

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<v Speaker 5>front and center in my mind a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, again.

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<v Speaker 5>As a former player, the one thing you look at is,

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<v Speaker 5>oh man, how many times way on national TV?

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<v Speaker 4>Well?

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<v Speaker 5>Five, I mean five five time games you get to

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<v Speaker 5>get to show your stuff and then these you know,

0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:39.760
<v Speaker 5>these four games are big audiences as well. You get

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<v Speaker 5>you get one of one at home and one on

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<v Speaker 5>the road. There actually three of them, uh this year, right,

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<v Speaker 5>there's three of them Philadelphia, uh, the Chargers and Kansas

0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:55.800
<v Speaker 5>City three of them. So you get, you get, you

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<v Speaker 5>get two of those on the road and one of

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<v Speaker 5>those at home to show to show you whereas a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit. And then you then you wonder, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 5>how many times will we be in a situation we're

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<v Speaker 5>gonna have a short week.

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<v Speaker 6>Long weeks.

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<v Speaker 5>You love.

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<v Speaker 6>You look for a long week and oh yeah, we've

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<v Speaker 6>got long week action there. Short week.

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<v Speaker 5>Who But like we're talking about, you get to buy

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<v Speaker 5>to buy after the big trip, you know, you have

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<v Speaker 5>you have Baltimore on the road for that Thursday night game.

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<v Speaker 5>Short week, and then you get to travel all the

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<v Speaker 5>way or I should say a long week. You travel

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<v Speaker 5>all the way to Los Angeles, like Putsch was talking about,

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<v Speaker 5>but you have a long week to do it, and

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<v Speaker 5>then you get to rest more after that football game.

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<v Speaker 6>So the league I think was extremely fair.

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<v Speaker 5>To the Bengals when they said, all right, we're going

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<v Speaker 5>to stick you on Prime on Thursday, and you know,

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<v Speaker 5>we know you've got to go to the West Coast

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<v Speaker 5>one time. We're going to give you ten days to

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<v Speaker 5>recover and then give you a bye week after that. Now,

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's about as balance and fair as you

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<v Speaker 5>can be. And that's why I think that's a kind

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<v Speaker 5>of a microcosm of I think the schedule itself being

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<v Speaker 5>fair and balanced to the team.

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<v Speaker 4>I think December is gonna be really interesting. You played

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<v Speaker 4>the Steelers twice, first primetime game ever between Dallas, you know,

0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:11.399
<v Speaker 4>between Mike Brown and Jerry Jones, they're in primetime together.

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<v Speaker 4>Then you go the next week, you go see Brian Callahan,

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<v Speaker 4>you go see Cincinnati South. Right, let's get finally get

0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:21.480
<v Speaker 4>that Tyler Boyd Mike Hilton match up. Cheetahu Oozier is

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<v Speaker 4>down there, so that then.

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<v Speaker 3>Then you got it.

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<v Speaker 4>Then you get like three days and here come the

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<v Speaker 4>Browns come to town, and uh, you know, then I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know what's gonna happen when Sean Payton comes in,

0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:37.440
<v Speaker 4>but uh, I do know. Russell Wilson comes in two

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<v Speaker 4>days after his birthday and he was actually born in Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 4>which is kind of a nice, kind of a nice wrinkle.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I bet, but I don't know what to

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<v Speaker 4>expect from Denver. My god, I I don't know they're

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<v Speaker 4>you know, that's another nice one to have. I think

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<v Speaker 4>between Cleveland and uh Pittsburgh, the trip to Pittsburgh end

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<v Speaker 4>of season.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I can tell you what Dallas thinks of Denver.

0:22:58.760 --> 0:23:01.040
<v Speaker 1>They've got the Broncos winning five and a half games

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<v Speaker 1>on the Vegas line this year, so they don't expect

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Payton's team good to be very good. Let's quickly

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<v Speaker 1>run down the schedule game by game. We start in

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<v Speaker 1>Week one. Bill Belichick has gone after twenty four years

0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:16.080
<v Speaker 1>as the Patriots head coach. Thirty seven year old Girodmeo

0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:19.159
<v Speaker 1>takes over youngest head coach in the NFL. Which you

0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:22.400
<v Speaker 1>mentioned the possibility that the number three pick in the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>Drake may could be the starting quarterback, but they might

0:23:25.240 --> 0:23:28.520
<v Speaker 1>start the year with Jacoby Brissett, who they signed to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of be that bridge QB. Add all of that up.

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<v Speaker 1>A home game Week one against a team with those factors,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a game you gotta win, right.

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<v Speaker 5>No question, no question question. You got to And I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>let's face the New England's defense is always good and

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<v Speaker 5>I think it will be again. But got to win

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<v Speaker 5>that football game.

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<v Speaker 1>Week two at Kansas City. The Chiefs play in the

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<v Speaker 1>kickoff game on the Thursday, and Week one against BA Baltimore,

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<v Speaker 1>so they'll have a long week to prepare. But Butch,

0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:06.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of excited to see a Bengals Chiefs game

0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:08.040
<v Speaker 1>that isn't one of the final games of the year.

0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:10.840
<v Speaker 1>All these matchups over the last few years, they've played

0:24:10.880 --> 0:24:13.520
<v Speaker 1>five times in the last three years. The earliest one

0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:16.120
<v Speaker 1>was in Week twelve and obviously you've had the two

0:24:16.119 --> 0:24:18.960
<v Speaker 1>AFC championship games. We're going to get to see these

0:24:18.960 --> 0:24:20.200
<v Speaker 1>two teams early this year.

0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:26.240
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think the what's nice is and I know

0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:29.040
<v Speaker 4>they still have a ten day break, but you know,

0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:30.800
<v Speaker 4>this is going to probably be there might be a

0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:34.520
<v Speaker 4>little bit of a letdown after all the hoopla of

0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:38.480
<v Speaker 4>that opener, you know, and you know, maybe there's you know,

0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:40.919
<v Speaker 4>the Bengals had a Super Bowl hangover when they went

0:24:40.960 --> 0:24:43.479
<v Speaker 4>to Zoombo. Now they didn't win it, but you know,

0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:46.720
<v Speaker 4>Kansas City's won too. I think this is that's kind

0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:48.480
<v Speaker 4>of where you want to catch this team. I think,

0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:50.760
<v Speaker 4>you know, you don't want to get them when they're rolling,

0:24:50.840 --> 0:24:55.119
<v Speaker 4>you know, So I kind of like that. And you know,

0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:57.119
<v Speaker 4>I think the fact, you know, the Bengals know they

0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:00.280
<v Speaker 4>can win an arrow, that's that's that's absolutely huge. So

0:25:00.920 --> 0:25:03.119
<v Speaker 4>I'm with you, Dan. I like the fact that you know,

0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:07.800
<v Speaker 4>maybe you catch him, you know, maybe maybe you you know,

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:09.560
<v Speaker 4>those are the teams you can catch him.

0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:11.880
<v Speaker 1>And it might not be brutally cold this time.

0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:12.320
<v Speaker 3>Around.

0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:16.000
<v Speaker 1>Week three is a Monday night home game against Washington,

0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:19.040
<v Speaker 1>a new head coach, and Dan Quinn, in all likelihood

0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:21.320
<v Speaker 1>a rookie starting quarterback and the number two pick in

0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:25.800
<v Speaker 1>the draft Jade and Daniels, although maybe Marcus Mariotis starts

0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:28.399
<v Speaker 1>the year at QB before they work him in. But

0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:30.440
<v Speaker 1>in any case, Lap that's a team that won four

0:25:30.520 --> 0:25:35.040
<v Speaker 1>games last year. Primetime home game against one of the

0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:38.640
<v Speaker 1>weaker teams in the NFL again, much like Week one,

0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:41.720
<v Speaker 1>certainly when you'd expect the Bengals to take care of business.

0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:45.000
<v Speaker 5>In I agree, and real quick about Kansas City. Isn't

0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:48.160
<v Speaker 5>there Thursday night game? Their opener is at home as well?

0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:50.400
<v Speaker 5>Aren't they direct home games in a row?

0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:50.840
<v Speaker 1>Correct?

0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:53.040
<v Speaker 6>So they're going to have to travel. So I think

0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:53.880
<v Speaker 6>that's a factor.

0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:56.679
<v Speaker 5>They don't have to travel, you know, they get the

0:25:56.720 --> 0:26:00.280
<v Speaker 5>home crowd in two straight games. I think that one's

0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:02.639
<v Speaker 5>going to be a challenge, I really do, you know,

0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:07.360
<v Speaker 5>it's I think the league did them a favor by saying,

0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:10.320
<v Speaker 5>all right, we're giving you two tough opponents, but you're

0:26:10.320 --> 0:26:12.280
<v Speaker 5>gonna have them both at home, and you're gonna have

0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:14.720
<v Speaker 5>all that time in between those two games. So we're

0:26:14.760 --> 0:26:16.680
<v Speaker 5>gonna make that as fair and balanced as we can

0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:18.680
<v Speaker 5>as well. And I think that's what took the league

0:26:18.680 --> 0:26:20.680
<v Speaker 5>so damn long to make the schedule, and they're trying

0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:22.720
<v Speaker 5>to be fair and balanced to everybody, and there's so

0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:25.720
<v Speaker 5>many partners and so many teams, it's almost impossible to

0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:30.520
<v Speaker 5>juggle every ball. But yeah, I mean, I do think Washington,

0:26:31.200 --> 0:26:37.280
<v Speaker 5>you know, here in Cincinnati, Monday night football primetime game.

0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:40.760
<v Speaker 5>I just I just think the Bengals will be able

0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:44.040
<v Speaker 5>to handle business. You know, that would be a disappointment

0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:48.080
<v Speaker 5>if they don't take care of the Washington here in

0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 5>Cincinnati on Monday Night.

0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:52.720
<v Speaker 1>Which one of the benefits of finishing in fourth place

0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:55.120
<v Speaker 1>last year in the AFC North is that the Bengals

0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:57.919
<v Speaker 1>get three games against teams that finished in fourth place

0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:00.320
<v Speaker 1>in their division last year, and one of those teams

0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.600
<v Speaker 1>is Carolina in Week four. It's a road game. But

0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:05.960
<v Speaker 1>the Panthers had the worst record in the league last year.

0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:07.920
<v Speaker 1>They won two games. They've got a new head coach

0:27:07.920 --> 0:27:11.800
<v Speaker 1>and Dave Canallis, former offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:15.000
<v Speaker 1>Good circumstances to go get a road win.

0:27:15.840 --> 0:27:17.439
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, I just was trying to look at

0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:19.560
<v Speaker 4>their depth chart, you know, in the last couple of

0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:24.280
<v Speaker 4>days and having trouble coming up with anybody that I

0:27:24.400 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 4>really knew, you know, I mean, they just don't really

0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:31.000
<v Speaker 4>have any impact players on either side of the ball.

0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:36.560
<v Speaker 4>They got some good players, but you know, I think, yeah,

0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:39.080
<v Speaker 4>I mean, that's to get to be able to go

0:27:39.119 --> 0:27:42.200
<v Speaker 4>down there and get a win. I think they've got to.

0:27:42.240 --> 0:27:46.080
<v Speaker 4>They've got to do that because I, like I said,

0:27:46.119 --> 0:27:47.640
<v Speaker 4>I can't think of it. You know, they lost their

0:27:47.680 --> 0:27:50.960
<v Speaker 4>two best defensive players everybody. You know, they they lost

0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:56.399
<v Speaker 4>Brian Burns and Frankly Lavou the linebacker, you know, and

0:27:56.600 --> 0:28:00.360
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you know they're going with kids, so that

0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:04.200
<v Speaker 4>really should be a you know, you gotta that's one

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:04.800
<v Speaker 4>you gotta win.

0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:08.560
<v Speaker 1>You do know their redheaded backup quarterback. That's one guy

0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 1>on the roster that you know.

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:10.320
<v Speaker 2>I do.

0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:13.440
<v Speaker 4>I did know that that's true. That's true. But I'm

0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:15.360
<v Speaker 4>not sure he's gonna play. But who knows. I guess

0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 4>you never know.

0:28:15.880 --> 0:28:19.320
<v Speaker 1>Nowadays, not likely to play a significant role barring an

0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:22.159
<v Speaker 1>injury to Bryce Young. Let's move to Week five. Last year,

0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:24.320
<v Speaker 1>lap the Bengals had to open the season with back

0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:26.840
<v Speaker 1>to back games against teams from the division, and they

0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:29.720
<v Speaker 1>didn't have a healthy Joe Burrow. This year, they don't

0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:32.120
<v Speaker 1>get that first Divisional game until Week five, a home

0:28:32.160 --> 0:28:36.159
<v Speaker 1>game against Baltimore. Here come the Ravens after sweeping the

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:40.080
<v Speaker 1>Bengals last year. But Joe Burrow wasn't healthy either of

0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:43.120
<v Speaker 1>those games. And the Ravens are a great team obviously,

0:28:43.160 --> 0:28:46.680
<v Speaker 1>But I also think Baltimore lost more in free agency

0:28:46.680 --> 0:28:48.160
<v Speaker 1>than any other team in the NFL.

0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:52.720
<v Speaker 5>I agree with that statement, Dan, and I think it's

0:28:52.760 --> 0:28:56.040
<v Speaker 5>time to spank the Baltimore Ravens in Cincinnati.

0:28:56.240 --> 0:28:59.440
<v Speaker 6>I mean, you know they're suitful in Baltimore. There's no

0:28:59.640 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 6>question about, no two ways about it.

0:29:01.720 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 1>Period.

0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:05.520
<v Speaker 5>Uh you've got to take advantage of your home crowd.

0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:09.640
<v Speaker 5>I think I think the Baltimore Ravens respect the atmosphere

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:12.160
<v Speaker 5>at pay Corps. I think that you know, they know,

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:16.560
<v Speaker 5>they know that the Bengals being a division division arrival

0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:19.239
<v Speaker 5>of big battle on the road at pay Corps. I mean,

0:29:19.240 --> 0:29:21.960
<v Speaker 5>the Bengals have to feel like they can get get

0:29:21.960 --> 0:29:24.560
<v Speaker 5>the job done. And Joe Burrow we matching up with

0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:28.000
<v Speaker 5>Lamar Jackson again and uh that that'll be interesting to

0:29:28.040 --> 0:29:31.000
<v Speaker 5>talk about. But uh, I do there's there was some

0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:34.240
<v Speaker 5>turnover with the Baltimore Ravens, and you just wonder how

0:29:34.240 --> 0:29:38.600
<v Speaker 5>long will it take for everything that they that they

0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:41.520
<v Speaker 5>had to replace. How long will it take for them

0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 5>to gel and uh, this is only the sixth game

0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:47.120
<v Speaker 5>of the season or the fifth game of the season,

0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:52.320
<v Speaker 5>so you know that's that's still there's still a work

0:29:52.360 --> 0:29:53.480
<v Speaker 5>in progress at that point.

0:29:54.520 --> 0:29:58.080
<v Speaker 1>Butch Week six, Sunday Night Football at the New York Giants,

0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:00.840
<v Speaker 1>a team that won six games a year ago. They

0:30:00.880 --> 0:30:03.080
<v Speaker 1>did not take a quarterback with the sixth pick in

0:30:03.120 --> 0:30:06.480
<v Speaker 1>the draft. They're sticking with Daniel Jones. What do you

0:30:06.480 --> 0:30:08.000
<v Speaker 1>think of that matchup in Week six?

0:30:08.800 --> 0:30:10.840
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you know, it's on the road, it's at night,

0:30:10.920 --> 0:30:12.440
<v Speaker 4>so you never know, you know, you never I mean,

0:30:12.480 --> 0:30:15.320
<v Speaker 4>ask the Steelers about it. Asked the twenty twenty Steelers

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:18.600
<v Speaker 4>about that at pay Corpse, So there's all you never know.

0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.960
<v Speaker 4>But I mean that's another one that before that. You know,

0:30:22.040 --> 0:30:25.760
<v Speaker 4>that's where you kind of ah, that's what because I

0:30:25.760 --> 0:30:27.880
<v Speaker 4>think the next two games or you know, you know,

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:31.280
<v Speaker 4>the next three games or Cleveland Philly I in Baltimore,

0:30:31.680 --> 0:30:33.640
<v Speaker 4>so you know, you've got to beat a not very

0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:36.600
<v Speaker 4>good team. You know, you got to get those you

0:30:36.680 --> 0:30:38.240
<v Speaker 4>get all that you can, you know how you know

0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:40.240
<v Speaker 4>we do this every year and he win a game,

0:30:40.240 --> 0:30:42.160
<v Speaker 4>he didn't think they're gonna win, and they lose a

0:30:42.200 --> 0:30:44.480
<v Speaker 4>game then so it kind of evens out right. But

0:30:45.040 --> 0:30:47.800
<v Speaker 4>that's you gotta that's that's when you have to circle

0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:51.200
<v Speaker 4>because you know the Lake neighbors their number one pick,

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:54.959
<v Speaker 4>you know, great player, but you know, can they protect

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:56.200
<v Speaker 4>Jones to get them the ball?

0:30:56.320 --> 0:30:56.480
<v Speaker 3>You know?

0:30:56.600 --> 0:30:59.320
<v Speaker 4>That's uh. It should be a day where the Bengals

0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 4>defensive line teas off lap.

0:31:02.160 --> 0:31:05.000
<v Speaker 1>Week seven is the first game against the Cleveland Browns.

0:31:05.000 --> 0:31:07.280
<v Speaker 1>It is in Cleveland, and this is the team that's

0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:10.040
<v Speaker 1>been Joe burrows nemesis so far in his NFL career,

0:31:10.080 --> 0:31:13.280
<v Speaker 1>one in five as a starter against Cleveland. We all

0:31:13.280 --> 0:31:15.280
<v Speaker 1>remember what happened in Week one last year when the

0:31:15.280 --> 0:31:19.440
<v Speaker 1>Bengals couldn't do anything on a rainy day offensively in Cleveland.

0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:22.320
<v Speaker 1>The Bengals did beat the Browns in the final game

0:31:22.320 --> 0:31:24.520
<v Speaker 1>of the regular season last year, but that was Cleveland's

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:27.400
<v Speaker 1>B squad. This is an opportunity to show that they

0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:29.080
<v Speaker 1>can beat the Browns at full strength.

0:31:30.200 --> 0:31:32.080
<v Speaker 6>It is Dan and I'll tell you you know, the

0:31:32.120 --> 0:31:35.760
<v Speaker 6>Cleveland Browns have good personnel. There's no doubt about it.

0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:38.520
<v Speaker 5>I mean you look at that at that group top

0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:41.560
<v Speaker 5>to bottom, the biggest question is what are they going

0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:43.960
<v Speaker 5>to get out of the quarterback? Is the quarterback play

0:31:44.040 --> 0:31:48.080
<v Speaker 5>going to be consistent enough to be a difference from

0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:51.400
<v Speaker 5>win football game for him? I think defensively that group

0:31:51.440 --> 0:31:53.600
<v Speaker 5>can keep them in any football games they're playing to

0:31:53.640 --> 0:31:56.440
<v Speaker 5>their capabilities. I think their offensive line is solid. I

0:31:56.440 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 5>think they've got you know, good skill player. It's a

0:31:59.200 --> 0:32:01.920
<v Speaker 5>it's a damn good football team. And I think what

0:32:01.960 --> 0:32:06.280
<v Speaker 5>the Bengals have an opportunity to do here is to uh, basically,

0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:11.200
<v Speaker 5>last year they struggled in the to start the season,

0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:14.520
<v Speaker 5>and they struggled in division games this year in their

0:32:14.560 --> 0:32:17.600
<v Speaker 5>first seven games, two of them in division games. Now,

0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 5>you know, it'd be it'd be great to beat Baltimore

0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:24.920
<v Speaker 5>at home, and it'd be uh unbelievably great to follow

0:32:24.920 --> 0:32:27.240
<v Speaker 5>off of the road winning Cleveland. And I think with

0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:30.760
<v Speaker 5>this football team, it's it's doable in both situations.

0:32:30.960 --> 0:32:32.000
<v Speaker 6>You certainly don't want.

0:32:31.880 --> 0:32:34.360
<v Speaker 5>To come out of those two division games in the

0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:36.200
<v Speaker 5>first seven games of the season zero and two in

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 5>the division them, don't damn sure don't want to do that.

0:32:39.920 --> 0:32:42.560
<v Speaker 5>Better be at least one on one or two and oho,

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:45.120
<v Speaker 5>you know, be sweet sugar, there's no doubt, but you

0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:48.040
<v Speaker 5>don't want to go over and lose those first two

0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 5>division games and find yourself in a hole like they

0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:52.880
<v Speaker 5>found themselves in last year in the division.

0:32:54.000 --> 0:32:57.960
<v Speaker 4>But that's yeah, Now I was gonna say that game,

0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:00.080
<v Speaker 4>that's the They're going to have to win one of

0:33:00.120 --> 0:33:02.240
<v Speaker 4>those division games on the road. They're going to have

0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:05.280
<v Speaker 4>to get the four and playing in Baltimore on a

0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 4>Thursday night and playing Pittsburgh in a finaleon a road,

0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:12.880
<v Speaker 4>you know, probably Cleveland on October twenty twentieth at one pm, probably,

0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:16.720
<v Speaker 4>you know, let's get that one first.

0:33:17.160 --> 0:33:19.120
<v Speaker 1>All right. Let's go to the next game, Week eight

0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:21.320
<v Speaker 1>at home against Philly. I think this is one of

0:33:21.400 --> 0:33:23.800
<v Speaker 1>the great home games on the schedule this year, a

0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:26.520
<v Speaker 1>four to twenty five kick at pay Corps. The Eagles

0:33:26.520 --> 0:33:29.400
<v Speaker 1>were good last year. They faded late after going to

0:33:29.440 --> 0:33:32.440
<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl the year before. But they've added Saquan Barkley.

0:33:32.760 --> 0:33:35.560
<v Speaker 1>They've added a good pass rusher and Bryce Holt. They

0:33:35.920 --> 0:33:39.880
<v Speaker 1>drafted the top two cornerbacks on most people's boards this

0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:42.040
<v Speaker 1>year in the NFL Draft. It's going to be a

0:33:42.040 --> 0:33:45.720
<v Speaker 1>formidable Philly team that rolls into Cincinnati in Week eight.

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.120
<v Speaker 4>And I think what I think they picked up Vic

0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:52.280
<v Speaker 4>Fangio is their DC right, probably the best move they

0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:54.360
<v Speaker 4>It is probably the best move they made in the offseason.

0:33:54.600 --> 0:33:57.040
<v Speaker 4>You know, he will give you and he will give

0:33:57.080 --> 0:33:59.320
<v Speaker 4>you nothing. He will give you nothing deep. It's going

0:33:59.400 --> 0:34:01.640
<v Speaker 4>to be a grind job right from the get going.

0:34:01.680 --> 0:34:05.280
<v Speaker 4>It's amazing. But in the league seven years, the Bengals

0:34:05.280 --> 0:34:07.000
<v Speaker 4>have never played him. I think he was hurt when

0:34:07.200 --> 0:34:10.319
<v Speaker 4>the Giants were here in twenty twenty and they saw

0:34:10.400 --> 0:34:12.400
<v Speaker 4>hurts just a little bit when he was a rookie

0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:16.640
<v Speaker 4>just but he was not the stating quarterback. So it's

0:34:16.680 --> 0:34:20.719
<v Speaker 4>you know, those guys coming here. You know, like you said, Dan,

0:34:20.800 --> 0:34:21.880
<v Speaker 4>that's an elite team.

0:34:23.600 --> 0:34:26.879
<v Speaker 1>Lap The Las Vegas Raiders come to town in week

0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:30.200
<v Speaker 1>nine on November third. It's the return of Marvin Lewis,

0:34:30.239 --> 0:34:33.680
<v Speaker 1>who has surfaced on Antonio Pierce's coaching staff there with

0:34:33.760 --> 0:34:37.200
<v Speaker 1>the Raiders. I guess the question is can Marvin play quarterback?

0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:40.400
<v Speaker 1>Because I'm not sure that Aiden O'Connell or Gardner Minshew

0:34:40.840 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 1>is going to lead the Raiders to much glory this year.

0:34:44.600 --> 0:34:46.239
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's that's the deal.

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:51.400
<v Speaker 5>I mean, Joe Burrow or those two guys, I know

0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:54.920
<v Speaker 5>where I put my money, and they're playing, you know,

0:34:55.080 --> 0:35:00.440
<v Speaker 5>in Cincinnati. Obviously they get back to back home games

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:04.320
<v Speaker 5>for the first time on the schedule for the season.

0:35:04.760 --> 0:35:06.799
<v Speaker 5>So it'd be nice to put together a couple of

0:35:06.960 --> 0:35:09.680
<v Speaker 5>a couple of if they can beat the Philadelphia Eagles

0:35:09.680 --> 0:35:13.480
<v Speaker 5>in Cincinnati on that on October twenty seventh to four

0:35:13.480 --> 0:35:16.560
<v Speaker 5>to twenty five, a lot of eyeballs watching that carry

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:20.000
<v Speaker 5>some momentum into the U into the Raiders game. And

0:35:20.320 --> 0:35:23.120
<v Speaker 5>young head coach, I mean, this guy hasn't been He

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:27.520
<v Speaker 5>did a hell of a job, there's no question interim scenario,

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:30.800
<v Speaker 5>he delivered and h and he's still you know, still

0:35:31.280 --> 0:35:32.160
<v Speaker 5>a young head coach.

0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:33.920
<v Speaker 6>But the players love him.

0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:36.800
<v Speaker 5>But man, you gotta have a quarterback in the National

0:35:36.800 --> 0:35:39.239
<v Speaker 5>Football League to get where you want to want to

0:35:39.239 --> 0:35:41.840
<v Speaker 5>try to go. And uh and and that's that's obviously

0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 5>the big hole with the Las Vegas Raiders.

0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:49.160
<v Speaker 1>Which Week ten, almost exactly one month after playing Baltimore

0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:51.520
<v Speaker 1>at home, the Bengals play the Ravens on the road.

0:35:51.520 --> 0:35:53.839
<v Speaker 1>And we've already talked about this. It's a Thursday night

0:35:53.920 --> 0:35:57.880
<v Speaker 1>primetime game, in my mind, the toughest game on paper

0:35:58.200 --> 0:35:59.439
<v Speaker 1>on the schedule this year.

0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 4>That is no question about it. Like I said, high

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:04.960
<v Speaker 4>ball never loses down there at night. They've never lost

0:36:05.200 --> 0:36:07.920
<v Speaker 4>down there on a Thursday night. And h but I

0:36:07.960 --> 0:36:11.359
<v Speaker 4>will say this, Uh, Joe Burrow's last pass put them

0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:15.040
<v Speaker 4>up ten to seven. So uh uh with you know,

0:36:15.120 --> 0:36:17.640
<v Speaker 4>late in the second quarter of that game. So let's

0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:19.160
<v Speaker 4>see how is it, you know, let's see how the

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:22.239
<v Speaker 4>let's see how it goes with four quarters. Whenever he

0:36:22.280 --> 0:36:24.480
<v Speaker 4>and Lamara get going, the thing is going to be

0:36:24.560 --> 0:36:27.680
<v Speaker 4>decided by a field goal. So you know, whenever they

0:36:27.719 --> 0:36:31.560
<v Speaker 4>play a full game together, Uh, you know, it comes

0:36:31.600 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 4>down to a turnover, right laugh. Whenever they played Baltimore,

0:36:34.800 --> 0:36:37.759
<v Speaker 4>it comes down to a turnover. Last year, I give

0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:41.200
<v Speaker 4>you last year, I give you Geno Stone. If Gino

0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:44.799
<v Speaker 4>Stone doesn't make that play, Bengals win that game. So

0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:48.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm glad. I'm glad No Stone is Uh we got

0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:49.320
<v Speaker 4>them on this Thursday.

0:36:51.080 --> 0:36:53.719
<v Speaker 1>The following week is the final game before the Bengals

0:36:53.719 --> 0:36:56.280
<v Speaker 1>by It is a road game in Los Angeles against

0:36:56.320 --> 0:36:59.000
<v Speaker 1>the Chargers. It's the Bengals returned to Cell Fi for

0:36:59.040 --> 0:37:01.359
<v Speaker 1>the first time since Super for Ball fifty six. They'll

0:37:01.400 --> 0:37:05.000
<v Speaker 1>have some extra time to prepare after playing on Thursday night, football.

0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:07.960
<v Speaker 1>They'll be taking on a Chargers team. Lap with Jim

0:37:08.040 --> 0:37:11.040
<v Speaker 1>Harbaud now as the head coach, LA is going to

0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:13.120
<v Speaker 1>be a better team simply because he is the guy

0:37:13.239 --> 0:37:13.879
<v Speaker 1>running the show.

0:37:14.600 --> 0:37:15.640
<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, you know.

0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:17.279
<v Speaker 5>I mean, I think it's going to be a much

0:37:17.280 --> 0:37:20.360
<v Speaker 5>more disciplined football team. I think it's going to be

0:37:21.000 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 5>a tougher, more hard nosed football team. They're going to

0:37:24.760 --> 0:37:26.960
<v Speaker 5>try to get the running game going. And they've got

0:37:27.000 --> 0:37:29.919
<v Speaker 5>a quarterback, there's no doubt about that. That's that's gonna

0:37:29.920 --> 0:37:33.200
<v Speaker 5>be the interesting dynamic I think, uh with with the

0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:38.080
<v Speaker 5>h Boys, barbar and a Bear Herbert, I mean, I think,

0:37:38.480 --> 0:37:41.759
<v Speaker 5>you know, it's like, all right, I like, I want

0:37:41.800 --> 0:37:42.520
<v Speaker 5>to throw the pig.

0:37:42.600 --> 0:37:43.239
<v Speaker 3>I want to.

0:37:43.280 --> 0:37:44.840
<v Speaker 5>I want to. I want to spend the spin the

0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:47.400
<v Speaker 5>ball down the football field. Our ball believes in that

0:37:47.520 --> 0:37:50.400
<v Speaker 5>running game, you know. And he had a very talented

0:37:50.480 --> 0:37:54.400
<v Speaker 5>quarterback that only lost one football game for him at Michigan,

0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:58.239
<v Speaker 5>and he ran the football and the kid probably you

0:37:58.239 --> 0:38:02.480
<v Speaker 5>know secretly with I wish I had an opportunity to

0:38:02.480 --> 0:38:05.279
<v Speaker 5>throw more at Michigan. But we're winning a bunch of

0:38:05.320 --> 0:38:08.720
<v Speaker 5>football games and Barbaugh wants to run it, play solid

0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:12.960
<v Speaker 5>defense and the passing attack is a complimentary type thing.

0:38:13.239 --> 0:38:15.960
<v Speaker 5>It's going to be interesting to see how they respond

0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:18.880
<v Speaker 5>to Harbaugh, and I think that he is going to

0:38:18.960 --> 0:38:24.799
<v Speaker 5>make the LA Chargers a different football team from a

0:38:24.840 --> 0:38:25.920
<v Speaker 5>mindset standpoint.

0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:26.760
<v Speaker 6>There's no question.

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.240
<v Speaker 1>We'll wrap up our look at the schedule in a moment,

0:38:30.320 --> 0:38:32.960
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<v Speaker 1>in week twelve. That's the latest buy for the Bengals

0:38:59.239 --> 0:39:01.759
<v Speaker 1>since the two thousand was in thirteen season when they

0:39:01.800 --> 0:39:04.320
<v Speaker 1>went eleven and five and made the playoffs before losing

0:39:04.320 --> 0:39:07.280
<v Speaker 1>to the Chargers. Then after the buy in week thirteen.

0:39:07.400 --> 0:39:09.600
<v Speaker 1>Butch it's a home game against the Steelers. It's the

0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:12.600
<v Speaker 1>first meeting this year against Pittsburgh. Second year in a

0:39:12.680 --> 0:39:15.600
<v Speaker 1>row that the two teams do not meet until the

0:39:15.640 --> 0:39:16.839
<v Speaker 1>latter stages of the year.

0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:19.839
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, last year I think they played two. I think

0:39:19.840 --> 0:39:22.000
<v Speaker 4>they played their two games within three or four weeks.

0:39:22.040 --> 0:39:26.319
<v Speaker 4>Now they're playing within December. Is Russ gonna cook? That's

0:39:26.360 --> 0:39:28.680
<v Speaker 4>the big question that's going to be the deal in Pittsburgh.

0:39:28.800 --> 0:39:29.799
<v Speaker 4>Is he going to be the guy?

0:39:30.280 --> 0:39:33.080
<v Speaker 1>Could be justin fields by then who knows?

0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:36.879
<v Speaker 4>Well if Russ's you know, the last the only game

0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 4>Russ ever played in in the city of his birth

0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:43.120
<v Speaker 4>was he got he was the victim of a twenty

0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:45.640
<v Speaker 4>four to seven comeback. But that will be you know,

0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:48.319
<v Speaker 4>they've lost some guys on defense too, or do you

0:39:48.320 --> 0:39:51.520
<v Speaker 4>know they've lost you know, but they've added They've added

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:55.000
<v Speaker 4>the great Patrick Queen, who is a piece that Bengals

0:39:55.000 --> 0:39:57.320
<v Speaker 4>could never seem to solve when he was in Baltimore.

0:39:57.960 --> 0:39:59.759
<v Speaker 4>So you know, it could be a typical Pittsburgh game.

0:39:59.800 --> 0:40:02.600
<v Speaker 4>Then I think, you know, they've beat you know, Mike

0:40:02.640 --> 0:40:08.000
<v Speaker 4>Tomins beating the Bengals with you know, guys like guys

0:40:08.040 --> 0:40:14.120
<v Speaker 4>you can't even remember now, so like Doug Dodges, Yeah, Doc, yes,

0:40:14.200 --> 0:40:18.120
<v Speaker 4>that's the guy. And he'll have and of course Mason Rudolph.

0:40:17.960 --> 0:40:20.160
<v Speaker 4>Uh maybe he's not that bad at I don't know,

0:40:20.680 --> 0:40:24.040
<v Speaker 4>but he'll you know, Tom it will get his shot

0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:27.480
<v Speaker 4>with with russ Well.

0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:29.959
<v Speaker 1>The Steelers swept the Bengals last year, but they didn't

0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:32.759
<v Speaker 1>face Joe Burrow in either of those games. We'll see

0:40:32.760 --> 0:40:37.280
<v Speaker 1>if that changes things in week thirteen on December first lap.

0:40:37.360 --> 0:40:41.000
<v Speaker 1>The following week, another really difficult game, Monday Night football

0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:43.960
<v Speaker 1>at Dallas. I mentioned this at the beginning of our conversation.

0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:46.880
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys didn't lose a home game during the regular season

0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:49.879
<v Speaker 1>last year, and now they have Mike Zimmer as their

0:40:49.880 --> 0:40:53.839
<v Speaker 1>defensive coordinator. See if the Bengals can solve a Mike

0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:57.040
<v Speaker 1>Zimmer Paul Gunther defense on December the ninth.

0:40:58.719 --> 0:41:02.920
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's that's going to be very, very interesting because

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:07.120
<v Speaker 5>I'm telling you, the Dallas Cowboys, the last time we

0:41:07.160 --> 0:41:10.360
<v Speaker 5>saw them, they're getting run off the football field literally,

0:41:10.560 --> 0:41:12.759
<v Speaker 5>I mean they were getting the ball run down their

0:41:12.840 --> 0:41:17.560
<v Speaker 5>collective throats. So obviously that's going to be something that

0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:21.279
<v Speaker 5>has been talked about the entire off season and it's

0:41:21.320 --> 0:41:22.120
<v Speaker 5>going to be addressed.

0:41:22.640 --> 0:41:22.920
<v Speaker 3>Uh.

0:41:22.960 --> 0:41:28.319
<v Speaker 5>And really, how will the Bengals approached this Dallas Uh,

0:41:28.520 --> 0:41:32.200
<v Speaker 5>this Dallas defensive football team. And you know, the Cowboys

0:41:32.760 --> 0:41:37.080
<v Speaker 5>is just about the time of year where they they

0:41:37.120 --> 0:41:39.600
<v Speaker 5>start to shrink a little bit maybe not maybe not

0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:43.000
<v Speaker 5>quite yet. It's not the playoffs. They seem to have

0:41:43.239 --> 0:41:44.280
<v Speaker 5>things very very well.

0:41:44.640 --> 0:41:44.759
<v Speaker 4>Uh.

0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:47.160
<v Speaker 5>During the course of the regular season, particularly at home.

0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:51.520
<v Speaker 5>Like you said, Uh, last year they didn't lose one.

0:41:51.960 --> 0:41:54.439
<v Speaker 5>So it's a it's a difficult place to play, there's

0:41:54.480 --> 0:41:56.960
<v Speaker 5>no no, no question about that.

0:41:57.120 --> 0:41:59.200
<v Speaker 4>It's uh, it's.

0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:03.280
<v Speaker 5>America's team, Jerry Jones. It's going to be a nationally

0:42:03.320 --> 0:42:06.120
<v Speaker 5>televised game, There's gonna be a lot on the line.

0:42:07.120 --> 0:42:09.919
<v Speaker 5>It's going to be a tough, tough football game, there's

0:42:09.960 --> 0:42:14.160
<v Speaker 5>no doubt. Then you have a short week, Monday night football.

0:42:14.440 --> 0:42:16.760
<v Speaker 5>I think the toughest thing about it as a former

0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:20.719
<v Speaker 5>player was I do remember that short week, particularly if

0:42:20.760 --> 0:42:23.120
<v Speaker 5>you had a few years under your belt.

0:42:23.360 --> 0:42:25.760
<v Speaker 6>That short week becomes a factor, there's no question.

0:42:26.760 --> 0:42:29.120
<v Speaker 1>And that next game is a road game at Tennessee.

0:42:29.200 --> 0:42:33.080
<v Speaker 1>You talked about it earlier, butch the Brian Callahan reunion

0:42:33.120 --> 0:42:37.920
<v Speaker 1>with Zach Taylor. Now first year NFL head coaches tend

0:42:37.960 --> 0:42:41.560
<v Speaker 1>to struggle, particularly early in their first year. But this

0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:44.800
<v Speaker 1>isn't early. This is week fifteen, and I imagine Brian

0:42:44.880 --> 0:42:47.440
<v Speaker 1>Callahan and his dad, Bill Callahan, will probably have that

0:42:47.480 --> 0:42:49.520
<v Speaker 1>team playing reasonably be well by then.

0:42:50.600 --> 0:42:53.120
<v Speaker 4>Also, the Bengals are not exactly a mystery to him.

0:42:53.320 --> 0:42:57.080
<v Speaker 4>He's been going against this defense and Loumann Rumo for

0:42:57.200 --> 0:43:01.440
<v Speaker 4>five training camps and five five seasons practice, so that

0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:05.720
<v Speaker 4>won't be a problem for him. You know. The folks

0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:07.400
<v Speaker 4>down into you know, it's going to be a completely

0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:10.799
<v Speaker 4>different you know, Zach Taylor had it all over Mike

0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:13.279
<v Speaker 4>Vrabel in those matchups, you know, and that was not

0:43:13.400 --> 0:43:17.080
<v Speaker 4>exactly an offensive minded team down there. The folks in

0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:19.680
<v Speaker 4>Nashville are gonna think Callum I wrote this today. They're

0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:23.400
<v Speaker 4>gonna think Callahan's air Coriel. They're gonna be be a

0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:26.920
<v Speaker 4>much different offense than they've played in the past, you know,

0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:31.320
<v Speaker 4>and you're throwing You're throwing Bill Callahan down there, working

0:43:31.360 --> 0:43:34.240
<v Speaker 4>with the first round pick in jac Latham at left tackle.

0:43:34.480 --> 0:43:36.759
<v Speaker 4>They're going to be a formidable group on offense. It's

0:43:36.800 --> 0:43:39.960
<v Speaker 4>not going to be a twenty to sixteen game or

0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:42.799
<v Speaker 4>a night or a nineteen to sixteen game down there,

0:43:43.160 --> 0:43:45.320
<v Speaker 4>like the playoffs whore. It's going to be a different style.

0:43:46.920 --> 0:43:49.560
<v Speaker 1>So lap, after back to back road games at Dallas

0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:51.880
<v Speaker 1>and Tennessee, the Bengals come home for two games in

0:43:51.920 --> 0:43:54.360
<v Speaker 1>a row, including a Thursday night home game against the

0:43:54.360 --> 0:43:59.160
<v Speaker 1>Cleveland Browns on December the nineteenth, the week before Christmas.

0:44:00.080 --> 0:44:02.640
<v Speaker 1>They will have played Cleveland in mid October and they

0:44:02.640 --> 0:44:05.040
<v Speaker 1>get them again in the rematch in late December.

0:44:06.560 --> 0:44:11.719
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and uh, it's the Battle of Ohio Part two.

0:44:12.400 --> 0:44:15.840
<v Speaker 5>And the fact that you get the Cleveland Browns in

0:44:16.000 --> 0:44:20.799
<v Speaker 5>Cincinnati at pay Court Stadium when it could be two

0:44:20.840 --> 0:44:23.600
<v Speaker 5>out of the last three games of the season division

0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:28.360
<v Speaker 5>games the NFL, there's intent there, those are tie breakers.

0:44:28.440 --> 0:44:32.439
<v Speaker 5>Those are significant football games. You get the one at home.

0:44:32.480 --> 0:44:34.040
<v Speaker 5>You've got one at home and one on the road.

0:44:34.560 --> 0:44:36.480
<v Speaker 5>You got Cleveland at home, you get Pittsburgh on the

0:44:36.520 --> 0:44:39.799
<v Speaker 5>road to and it and the season. You've got to

0:44:39.840 --> 0:44:42.799
<v Speaker 5>get the Cleveland Browns victory at home. You cannot lose

0:44:42.800 --> 0:44:46.960
<v Speaker 5>a division game at home in the month of December

0:44:47.400 --> 0:44:49.239
<v Speaker 5>when the playoffs are on the line. And I think

0:44:49.320 --> 0:44:51.600
<v Speaker 5>that that's going to be the case for this football team.

0:44:51.640 --> 0:44:53.759
<v Speaker 5>I think the playoffs will be on the line. They'll

0:44:53.760 --> 0:44:56.680
<v Speaker 5>be playing probably for a seed or whatever the case

0:44:56.760 --> 0:45:02.040
<v Speaker 5>may be. And the Cleveland Browns like nothing better than

0:45:02.080 --> 0:45:07.000
<v Speaker 5>to knock off the Cincinnati Bengals for obvious reasons. And

0:45:07.560 --> 0:45:09.560
<v Speaker 5>you know this division last year, the only division in

0:45:09.560 --> 0:45:11.799
<v Speaker 5>the NFL that did not have a team with a

0:45:11.840 --> 0:45:16.239
<v Speaker 5>losing record. You wonder, you wonder how competitive it's going

0:45:16.320 --> 0:45:17.600
<v Speaker 5>to be this year. I think it's going to be

0:45:17.800 --> 0:45:22.400
<v Speaker 5>just as competitive. Domlin doesn't lose, he does have losing seasons.

0:45:22.760 --> 0:45:25.360
<v Speaker 5>Cleveland's got great personnel, like we talked about, you know,

0:45:25.920 --> 0:45:29.040
<v Speaker 5>the first time matching up with them. Got to win

0:45:29.360 --> 0:45:33.920
<v Speaker 5>this nationally televised Thursday night game in Cincinnati, The Battle

0:45:33.960 --> 0:45:38.640
<v Speaker 5>of Ohio, Part two has to go to Cincinnati, all right.

0:45:38.719 --> 0:45:41.040
<v Speaker 1>One week later it's the final home game of the

0:45:41.080 --> 0:45:44.200
<v Speaker 1>regular season, the Bengals hosting the Denver Broncos. Could be

0:45:44.320 --> 0:45:46.960
<v Speaker 1>on Saturday, could be on Sunday, December twenty eighth or

0:45:46.960 --> 0:45:50.319
<v Speaker 1>twenty ninth. Who do you think the starting quarterback will

0:45:50.360 --> 0:45:53.760
<v Speaker 1>be at that point for the Denver Broncos. Butch bow Knicks,

0:45:53.880 --> 0:45:56.320
<v Speaker 1>Jared Stidham or Zach Wilson.

0:45:57.520 --> 0:46:01.680
<v Speaker 4>They gotta beat in one of them because you cannot

0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:04.040
<v Speaker 4>lose to the Laps kind of taken off a Lap said,

0:46:04.040 --> 0:46:06.720
<v Speaker 4>you can't lose to the You gotta win twelve games.

0:46:07.400 --> 0:46:09.839
<v Speaker 4>I mean in that division, in this conference, you got

0:46:09.880 --> 0:46:12.400
<v Speaker 4>to get to twelve. And it takes a lot to

0:46:12.440 --> 0:46:14.480
<v Speaker 4>win twelve games, and these are the games you have

0:46:14.520 --> 0:46:17.560
<v Speaker 4>to win, you know. I think Zach Taylor in December,

0:46:17.840 --> 0:46:20.760
<v Speaker 4>I think he's nine and four. I talked about Burrow

0:46:20.760 --> 0:46:23.839
<v Speaker 4>in December and January. He's, uh, you know, he's got

0:46:24.040 --> 0:46:26.920
<v Speaker 4>he's got a He's like thirteen and four. You know,

0:46:28.080 --> 0:46:31.000
<v Speaker 4>Burrough's never lost a prime time game at home. So

0:46:31.160 --> 0:46:33.719
<v Speaker 4>they got a lot of things going for him into

0:46:33.719 --> 0:46:37.160
<v Speaker 4>Cleveland and Denver matchups there that they have to they

0:46:37.160 --> 0:46:40.240
<v Speaker 4>have to continue the December success.

0:46:40.160 --> 0:46:43.399
<v Speaker 1>And it all ends in the regular season in Pittsburgh

0:46:43.440 --> 0:46:47.719
<v Speaker 1>Week eighteen. The day and the time TBD based on

0:46:47.800 --> 0:46:51.040
<v Speaker 1>what's at stake. But obviously the NFL likes to end

0:46:51.040 --> 0:46:54.759
<v Speaker 1>the regular season lap with divisional rivalries, and this is

0:46:54.800 --> 0:46:56.480
<v Speaker 1>one of the best, the Bengals and Steelers.

0:46:57.440 --> 0:47:02.520
<v Speaker 5>Of course, Dan, of course it's gonna end in what

0:47:02.520 --> 0:47:06.640
<v Speaker 5>what what else could be the case? Oh my goodness,

0:47:07.200 --> 0:47:10.960
<v Speaker 5>Mike Tomlin, we talked about his his excellence. The guy

0:47:11.600 --> 0:47:16.280
<v Speaker 5>he just does not lead football teams to losing records.

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<v Speaker 6>It just it's he's.

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<v Speaker 5>Never had a losing record in his entire National Football

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<v Speaker 5>League career. Quite amazing. This this Pittsburgh Steeler team will

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<v Speaker 5>be up in the bit, it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 5>physical football game, going to be a slave knock er extraordinaire.

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<v Speaker 5>Who's going to be able to control the line of scrimmage?

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<v Speaker 5>Not necessarily, you know, in the run, I'm saying, control

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<v Speaker 5>the line of scrimmage. Lets your quarterback operate, let's your

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<v Speaker 5>running game operate. It's not necessarily who out rushes the other.

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<v Speaker 5>Who can execute their game plan the best by controlling

0:47:51.760 --> 0:47:56.440
<v Speaker 5>that line of scrimmage. And the Pittsburgh Steelers at this

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<v Speaker 5>stage of the season under Mike Tomlin historically don't make mistakes,

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<v Speaker 5>they don't self destruct, They wait for you to screw

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<v Speaker 5>it up. The Bengals have to play a clean football

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<v Speaker 5>game in terms of turnovers, minimized turnovers, minimized mental eras,

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<v Speaker 5>because the Pittsburgh Steelers history has shown that Mike Tomlin

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<v Speaker 5>as his guys believing that if they play that way,

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<v Speaker 5>if they play an error free mental game and take

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<v Speaker 5>care of the football, they're gonna win these important games.

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<v Speaker 5>So the Cincinnati Bengals have to be better at Pittsburgh's

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<v Speaker 5>game than Pittsburgh is in that particular matchup.

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<v Speaker 4>I think both teams drafted with this game in mind.

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<v Speaker 4>Both of them took offensive tackles in the first round.

0:48:45.719 --> 0:48:47.759
<v Speaker 4>Steel Has took an offensive line in the second round.

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<v Speaker 4>The Bengals took a defensive tackle in the next two

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<v Speaker 4>rounds and two and three, So they must have known

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<v Speaker 4>something with everything on the line and probably all those

0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:02.080
<v Speaker 4>guys they'll be checking in at that point in the season,

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<v Speaker 4>probably your top draft picks out to be playing.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I agree, Butch, I think from a rotation standpoint,

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<v Speaker 5>they'll have expanded their roles as such, and who's going

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<v Speaker 5>to control the line of scrimmage. That's the bottom line

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<v Speaker 5>in the AC North in general. You know, you can

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<v Speaker 5>say the same thing when you face the Baltimore Ravens

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<v Speaker 5>with the Cleveland Browns. I mean, both all three of

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<v Speaker 5>these football teams leave in having a depth in their

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<v Speaker 5>talent in the trenches, and that's what you have to

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<v Speaker 5>have to win this division. So will the Bengals be

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<v Speaker 5>able to get it done?

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<v Speaker 1>Vegas has the Bengals winning ten and a half, butch

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<v Speaker 1>says it's going to take twelve to win the AFC North.

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<v Speaker 1>I look at that schedule and I think twelve wins

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<v Speaker 1>is very possible if Joe Burrow stays healthy. So far,

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<v Speaker 1>it's looking good.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, sir, that's the circle that in. That's the big

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<v Speaker 5>Kirklet underline it, capitalize it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's great if you go thirteen and four in that division,

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<v Speaker 4>station and his own body call the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you go thirteen and four, you've got a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to be the number one seed and that would

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<v Speaker 1>certainly go a long way toward getting the Bengals to

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<v Speaker 1>the Superdome in New Orleans. The Burrow and Chase returned

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<v Speaker 1>to the Bayou. It was written in the stars. It's

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen, and now we know how it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen, now that the schedule has been released. Gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate your time as always, look forward to seeing

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