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

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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The You Still Go one full

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Speaker 1: life addition as I chat one on one with Kevin Huber,

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Speaker 1: who held off a worthy challenger and Drew Chrisman to

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Speaker 1: return for his fourteenth season as the Bengals punter. Then

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Speaker 1: Dave Lapham joins me to discuss a flurry of player

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Speaker 1: transactions in assembling the fifty three man roster, from cuts

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Speaker 1: to waiver claims to the possible signing a former first

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Speaker 1: round draft pick O J. Howard. The Bengals Booth Podcast

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Speaker 1: thing since golf carts with speed governors. I have a

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Speaker 1: weird and very specific phobia. Are you ready for it?

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Speaker 1: to limit speed, making those treacherous downhill drives slower and safer.

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Speaker 1: need an out of control golf cart to make it worse. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's get to my first guest, who happens to be

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Speaker 1: an avid golfer. Kevin Huber is the Bengals all time

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Speaker 1: leader in every significant punting category including punts, yards, gross average,

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Speaker 1: is tied for the most in team history with the

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Speaker 1: great Ken Riley. Now, at age thirty seven, Kevin's about

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Speaker 1: to break that record after winning a training camp duel

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Speaker 1: with twenty five year old Drew Christman. I sat down

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Speaker 1: battle of his fourteen years in Cincinnati. Were you nervous

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Speaker 1: called you, your reaction was okay, cool, I mean, pretty

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Speaker 1: low personality, That's just my standard. My uh, Actually, laying

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Speaker 1: learn about that. So what's going to mean more to you?

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Speaker 1: Setting the Franchisees all time record for most games played?

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Speaker 1: Your first punt last week forty five yards, great hang time,

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Speaker 1: I could pull that off. But beyond that, considering that

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Speaker 1: of it is Evan McPherson better than he was a

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Speaker 1: which is nice. That's a very good point. Hey, congratulations

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Speaker 1: Look forward to another great season from number ten. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you. Kevin was a fifth round draft

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Speaker 1: fourth year as a Bengals coach, James Casey. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: According to the NFL Network's Ian Rappaport, the twenty seven

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Speaker 1: he just absolutely capitalized on every every snap opportunity that

427
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,720
Speaker 1: he got. And sometimes, you know, guys fall through the cracks.

428
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,679
Speaker 1: People miss on guys. There's no two ways about it.

429
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 1: And you got to credit the Bengals scouting department in

430
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: personnel department for saying, you know what, this guy's got

431
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: some traits that you have to have in terms of

432
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 1: the arm length and the body type and the intelligence

433
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,560
Speaker 1: and football IQ and all those things that go along

434
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: with it. I mean, he's he's a very very bright

435
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 1: guy to talk to. There's no question about that. Very

436
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,680
Speaker 1: mature kind of mature beyond his years. Married man. The player,

437
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,439
Speaker 1: the coaches, and his teammates I think look at him

438
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,439
Speaker 1: as like not your typical rookie in that regard. You know,

439
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: it seems like he's got some life experiences tucked under

440
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,120
Speaker 1: his belt already. So yeah, it'll be interesting to see

441
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 1: if he's if he's still with that fifty three man

442
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,159
Speaker 1: roster or he's going to have to suffer, you know,

443
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: going through waivers and being put on the practice squad

444
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,199
Speaker 1: and all that sort of thing, you know, at this stage.

445
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,800
Speaker 1: But I think his future is bright. I think that

446
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: he put enough good tape out there that, as they

447
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,440
Speaker 1: do decide to eliminate him from the fifty three man roster,

448
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,200
Speaker 1: now that somebody may pick him up. It's there's a

449
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: strong possibility there. I think teams around the league say, Okay,

450
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: this is a pretty good defensive football team. They have

451
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,679
Speaker 1: a pretty good back end. Luna Rumo and company decided

452
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,879
Speaker 1: to keep him. Let's take a let's let's look at

453
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,440
Speaker 1: the tape again and make sure we didn't miss anything,

454
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: and it would not shock me if he gets grabbed

455
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: by somebody. Several of our fellow reporters on the Bengals

456
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 1: beat came out of the final preseason game thinking that

457
00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 1: Jake Browning was pushing Brandon Allen for the backup quarterback spot.

458
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: I'll be honest, I never really saw it that way,

459
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 1: but there are certainly instances where I'm wrong about stuff

460
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: like that. Did you see it that way? Did you

461
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: think that there was a chance that Jake Brownie was

462
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: going to move up to the number two spot? I

463
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: think that that Jake Brownie took advantage of situations where

464
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: you know, at the end of preseason football games there

465
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: are guys planned that aren't necessarily being encountered on to

466
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,679
Speaker 1: be big contributors during the course of the season. But

467
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 1: then he's playing with guys in the same category, so

468
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, he put those guys on his shoulder.

469
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: On his back and said, I'm going to take you

470
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:44,640
Speaker 1: to a high level of execution and performance, and everybody

471
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: fed off of that. You had, you know, guys that

472
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 1: are going to be potential practice squad receivers didn't make

473
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 1: the fifty three men roster, but you know, young receivers

474
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 1: took advantage. And one of the young receivers is now

475
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,879
Speaker 1: down in Jacksonville, so you know he get claimed and

476
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: put on a fifty three man roster. So it's you know,

477
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: it's a it's it's a situation where I don't think

478
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: they were fortunate and Brandon Allen didn't do anything to

479
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: lose the spot that he had. Jake Browning maybe pushed

480
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: it a little bit, competed with him, but it's almost

481
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: like the Kevin Huber Chrispin thing did. Was there a knockout?

482
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think, you know, you don't make

483
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: a move like that on a split decision. And I

484
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: do think that the relationship between Joe Burrow and h

485
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,879
Speaker 1: and Brandon Allen as a factor as well. I mean,

486
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: I think that Joe Burrow respects Brandon Allen's opinion, respects

487
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 1: how Brandon Allen sees things and all that that goes

488
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,399
Speaker 1: along with it in that quarterback room. And I know

489
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: that the relationship that Brandon Allen has was Zach Taylor,

490
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: and you know Dan Pitcher his position coach, and Brian Callahan.

491
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: All those factors are are real. So I didn't see

492
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 1: it as he was competing with them, for sure, But

493
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: I didn't see Brandon Allen in tremendous danger by any

494
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: structuring the imagination the offensive line is set. Zach Taylor

495
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: officially said that Cordell Wilson will be the starting left guard.

496
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: Those guys practice together last week and those joint practices

497
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: against the Rams. So if you take last week, this week,

498
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: and next week, they'll have about three weeks together as

499
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: a starting offensive line. That a good amount of time

500
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: to develop chemistry and communication and the things that make

501
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 1: that fist that you often talk about. Yeah, you know

502
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 1: it's it's when you look at it and you think,

503
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: here's a team that was within a whisker winning the

504
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and eighty percent of their offensive lines different

505
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: than the one that played in that Super Bowl, four

506
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: different starters. The only consistent dimension is having Jonah Williams

507
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: at the left tackle position. That's that's pretty unbelievable. Really,

508
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: I do think those RAMS practices were critical. I think

509
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: that they're going to work together as a unit more

510
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: now in the next couple of weeks. They haven't really

511
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: particularly LC. I mean, Collins hasn't been able to get

512
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 1: many reps in many snaps because of that back usure

513
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: that he was dealing with. I think that he's going

514
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: to have to, you know, push that a little bit.

515
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to see if he can go and

516
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: if they can count on him to go. So I

517
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: do think you have to It's not going to be

518
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: live or at the speed that it was against the

519
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: Rams in a lot of situations. But one on one

520
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 1: pass rush is one on one pass rush that is

521
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 1: full go. And then the stunts that you do in

522
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 1: that you know, t eet, twist, tackle, tackle, twist, the

523
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,719
Speaker 1: whole nine yards. I would like to see a blitz

524
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: period or two where it's the entire front seven because

525
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: a lot of times, you know, you pick up the

526
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: twists and stunts to the line of scrimmage, but then

527
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: when you have to get your eyes to the next

528
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: level and here comes a linebacker downhill and he's involved

529
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: with a twist and he's scrape, and you've got to

530
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: make sure that everybody's on the same page recognizing the

531
00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: same things. It's almost like almost like a quarterback receiver,

532
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: they see things through the same eyes. Everybody in the

533
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: offensive line has to see everything through the same eyes.

534
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: And with the experience that these guys have, and I'm

535
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 1: talking about reps and snaps at a high level, you know,

536
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: super Bowl game winners, in playoff participants, they've they've they've

537
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: seen it now they just need to see it together

538
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: and again see it through the same eyes. Make sure

539
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: that that there they feel comfortable with when I set

540
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: I'm on the exact level I need to be at

541
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: with respect my guard, when they're twists and stunt's taken

542
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: place and all those little fine tuning things. I think

543
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: they're going to be fine. But I do think I

544
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: do think that they're going to be better towards the

545
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: end of September than there at the beginning of September.

546
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: It'll probably take a little while to get rhythm and

547
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 1: timing down and all that in the comfort level, but

548
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: I think they've mentally, they've been at it for a

549
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: while in terms of recognizing, communicating, and trying to get

550
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: seeing things through the same eyes like I was talking about.

551
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: But then those physical reps are important. Dan, there's no

552
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: substitute for him. In that second practice against the Rams,

553
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: LC had some trouble with Leonard Floyd. Leonard Floyd as

554
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: a fine player. I'm not referring to the three fights

555
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: that they got into, but just the matchup against Leonard Floyd.

556
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: Do you find that concerning considering how little ELC practiced.

557
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: I think I think that he went against a high

558
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: caliber guy with very little time to prepare, you know,

559
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: and knocking the dustin rustoff is one thing. Knocking dustin

560
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: rustoff against a guy who's one of the one of

561
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: the best edge rush guys available in the National Football League,

562
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 1: it's a challenge. So I think I think that that

563
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: was an eye opener um. And I do think that

564
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 1: Um that his muscle memory, everything is going to come

565
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: back pretty darn quickly, every every every part of his

566
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: game that make him the great player that he is.

567
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: I think it's it's gonna hopefully it's for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

568
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: because you know, you look at what they provide on

569
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: the edge of your kid me. TJ. Watt tied the

570
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: record twenty two sacks or twenty two and a half

571
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: whatever it was last year, that that group can rush

572
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: the pastor I mean five straight years they've led the

573
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: NFL and sacks. It's nuts. They had fifty sacks last year.

574
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: So we know Ogan Joebi, we know Cam Hayward, TJ.

575
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: Watt if totally healthy, he had that strain of his MCL,

576
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: but it looks like he's going to be able to

577
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: make the dance and be a pretty good dancer. So

578
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: the offensive line has a challenge, There's no two ways

579
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: about it. It's going to be a very very big

580
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,479
Speaker 1: key in this football game. That veteran group that they

581
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: signed in free agency and then the rookie to compliment

582
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: them that they that's what they wanted to do. Let's

583
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: go repare the offensive line hit it with three pretty

584
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: darned good veteran players and drafted rookie who shows that

585
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: he's ready, maybe even a little earlier than they thought.

586
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: Going to get hester ruddy gay right away against division

587
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: rival Pittsburgh. It's not going to be an easy chore,

588
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Last thing. Hopefully those five offensive linemen

589
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: will gel and they'll be terrific, and the Bengals will

590
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: have an above average offensive line this year, but chances

591
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: are they won't all start all seventeen games. Guys go down.

592
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: Things happen during the course of the season. Of the

593
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: backups Carmen Hill, Identagy Smith, Prince now Sharping being added

594
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: to the mixed, Who do you feel best about? Yeah, Sharping,

595
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: you know, going to really take a look at I mean,

596
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: obviously though, he was highly regarded coming out of college

597
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: and was a starter in the National Football League for

598
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: three seasons, so he's got some pelts on the wall,

599
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: there's no question about that. But I think the guy

600
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: that's probably been the most consistent as Trey Hill, you know,

601
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: in terms of if Ted Carriss were to go down,

602
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: you know, what would you do. I think Trey Hill

603
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: has shown steady progress. I think he's gotten better. I

604
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: think he's been very consistent with his efforts during during

605
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: a training camp. You know, I think idenergy has gotten

606
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: better as camp has gone on as well. But Trey Hill,

607
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: I think, is like you know what what, probably pretty

608
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: well against the Giants and then followed it up with

609
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: pretty good work in practice against the Rams and during

610
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: the game against the Rams. So I feel pretty good

611
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: about him. Being able to, you know, to play really

612
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: any three of the interior positions if need be in

613
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: a pinch. Really, all right, You've got your last weekend

614
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: off for a long time coming up this Saturday and Sunday.

615
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 1: Hopefully there's some good grandchildren time planned. Yes, we do

616
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: have some good grandchildren time. We've got my granddaughter turned

617
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: nine years old this week, so we're having a big

618
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: birthday celebration for her on Saturday on this weekend and

619
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: roller skating and then all kinds of stuff and Labor

620
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: Day fireworks since it's going to be a big Wallala loser.

621
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: But yeah, I get some of that done. And man,

622
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: you rest up to you talk about my schedule. My goodness,

623
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: I remember what it was like double duty man with

624
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: college football in the NFL. It's the best. But I

625
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 1: remember being sleep deprived a few times and thinking, oh,

626
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,879
Speaker 1: my goodness, I would just I'd give a lot, just

627
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: for two more hours. And you don't even drink coffee.

628
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how you did it. I don't I

629
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: don't drink coffee. No, it was, it was, It was interesting.

630
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: And then for about a seven year stretch, I was

631
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: doing high school games on Friday, and then doing a

632
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: college games Saturday and an NFL game Sunday? What was

633
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: I thinking? What was I thinking? I assumed they all paid. Yeah,

634
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: but the prep, I mean the prep was like, okay, well,

635
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: now the high school was the hardest prep because there's

636
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: a hundred kids. You know. It's like, man, that was

637
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 1: that was not a very smart commitment because you just

638
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,880
Speaker 1: can't do it. It's almost impossible to do it the

639
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: way you want to do it, doing it right, you know,

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