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Now let's get to football. 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.000 When the Bengals exercise their franchise tag rights with t 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.440 Higgins in February, giving him a salary of nearly twenty 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:15.440 two million dollars this year, there was speculation in the 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.959 national media that he might skip training camp. Instead, t 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.520 signed the tag early and reported for duty on day one. 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.120 Since being selected with the first pick in the second round, 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.000 back in twenty twenty, the same year the Bengals drafted 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:35.200 Joe Burrow. T has been a great Bengal, averaging more 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.079 than nine hundred yards per season and catching a pair 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.839 of touchdown passes in Super Bowl fifty six. We sat 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:46.720 down this week to discuss the upcoming season. T. I 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.880 asked your wide receivers coach Troy Walters about you recently. 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.680 He said the following. You can tell that T is 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.320 on a mission. Is that true? And if so, what 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:56.960 is the mission? 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:58.160 Uh? 0:02:58.240 --> 0:02:59.040 Yeah, for sure, man. 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.080 Mission number one is to you know, help my team 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.000 win games. You know, That's that's obviously mission umber one. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.240 MISSI number two. You know, for my self, CAAs I 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.160 want to be the best version of myself that I 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:11.639 have been in the past few years. You know what 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:15.160 I'm saying. So, uh, that's that's really my main mission. Team. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.520 Nobody other than the I R S knows what I 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.200 make for a living, and I like it that way. 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:24.239 In your case, for the last couple of years, somebody's 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.040 probably asked you about your contract every day. If they 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.200 don't ask you about it, you hear other people talking 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.000 about it every day. How difficult is that? 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:32.560 Is? It? 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.680 Uncomfortable at first, you know, before I signed the tag, Yeah, 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.480 I mean, you know, it was it was I kept 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.040 getting caused, what you're gonna do, what you're gonna do, 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:42.440 You're gonna do this, You're gonna do that. And then 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:46.600 when I requested the trade, obviously there's even more calls 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.120 like who you think you're gonna go to? Who you 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.480 think go trade for you? This and that. But you know, 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.760 it was just really just any one or out the 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.400 other most of the time. And then once I signed 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:59.119 the tag, you know, put me. I know, I looked 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.080 at it as in like puting position to know, be 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.640 successful in life. You know, even if ball stop after 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.920 this year, you know what I'm saying. So that's how 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.800 I looked at it and didn't really think nothing that's 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.800 of it. I'm here for another year, so guarantee you 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.160 another year. So that's just what I'm focused on, is 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.159 just finishing this season out and hopefully, you know, finish 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:19.479 a strong so well. 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.120 One of the ways that you are going to do 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.600 that is by having a healthy season. And let's talk 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.600 about that, because last year he had to miss five 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.400 games two years, two games with a broken rib, three 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.520 games with a sore ham string. There's not much you 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:32.880 can do about a rib, but with the hammy. Have 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.880 you done anything in your off season training in hopes 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:37.200 of avoiding that again? 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.719 Yeah, man, a lot of you know, soft tissue things. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:44.479 Just working on my mobility, you know, just just strengthening 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.960 my handstrings the best way I can, just so I 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.039 can avoid those injuries. You know, last year missed what 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:51.760 you say, five games. That's the most games I ever 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:56.080 missed ever in my entire life. And I don't look 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:57.960 I don't look forward to doing that again. I like 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.880 being in the field like my guys, you know, I' 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.920 competing with my gods, having them guys get wins. And man, 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.080 just looking forward to to a healthy season this year 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:06.839 because I know how big of a season this is 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:07.080 for me. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.359 You're hoping your quarterback has a healthy season as well. 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.440 He went through training camp healthy, which is the first 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.599 time since you've been together that he's had a normal 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.440 training camp. Did you see his throws get better and 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.080 better as camp went along, because he said early in 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.560 camp they're going where I want them to, but not 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.919 necessarily spinning the way I would like them to. 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.200 Yeah. I can agree with him on that, you know, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.160 I've been with him for you know, going on five 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.560 years now, so I know when the ball is spinning 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.799 from him, you know what I'm saying. So uh, definitely 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:39.719 was getting there where he wanted to go, but it 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.920 just wasn't you know, spinning how you wanted, like he said. 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.960 But now man as as camp is as we've been 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.120 going through camp and it's just you can see it. 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.200 He's getting better and better each and every day. And 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.200 you know, he finished camp out this year, so looking 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.640 forward to what the scenes that brings for him and 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:56.760 get it going from there. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.480 Yeah, we're chatting to t Higgins for the past few years. 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.240 Tyler has been the vet in your room now at 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.880 age twenty five, Are you that guy? 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.680 It's crazy. We was just talking about it today, had 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:14.400 teen pictures and I looked around the room like it's crazy. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.400 I got me and t t. I has the most 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.760 experience in the room and it you know, it's it's 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.120 wild to even think about it like that, man, because 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.679 for so long I've been you know, it's been TV, 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.280 and so now that I have to step up into 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.160 that vet role, me and Ti and obviously Jamar as well, 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.200 you know, just kind of just you know, coach you 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.920 guys and help them out with things like little things, 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.800 especially the rookies Burn and Cole, you know, just teach 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.520 them the little things with like things that go on 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.320 in the league and things like that. So it's been 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.840 it's been a it's been an interesting thing that came 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.760 about for me, but it's been it's been fun. 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.760 Yeah, for the past few years, we've been blessed to 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:59.280 watch the Cincinnati three way jamar yourself and Tyler. Now 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.080 that Tyler's gone, it seems like Andre Josi Vosh has 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.599 kind of stepped up, at least to this stage, to 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:08.640 be the logical quote unquote third receiver. What stood out 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.720 to you about his growth from last year to this year? 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.000 To me, I think it's just he's way more confident, 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:19.240 you know, with with coming in and out of his routes. 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.680 You know, because Andre has a ton of speed. You know, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:24.520 I didn't feel like last year he didn't know how 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.720 to control it. But this year you could tell he's 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.520 he's really controlling that speed. No when to burst, no 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.280 when to you know, go eighty percent in the route, 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.000 no one to go one hundred percent in the route, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.760 and just him breaking down as tally'sazy like me, you know, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.320 big guy, breaking down, getting out of routes. His releases 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:45.720 has been tremendous. It's like skyrocketed up. Like you can 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:47.600 just tell the difference between last year and this year 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.920 with Andre And you know, I'm looking forward to seeing 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.480 what he do this year. Happy for him because you 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.400 know it's a big role he's stepping into, and you know, 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:56.920 I'm happy for him to see what he do. 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.920 Man, we got a glimpse of Jermaine Burton's big play 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.160 potential in the preseason. What would your advice to him 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:04.360 be for his rookie year? 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.640 Head down, lock in and play your game. Don't worry 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.760 about the outside. I know that's what people say. You know, 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:14.440 you're gonna you're gonna have people criticize you, gonna people 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:16.920 cheer for you. Man, just even when people to cheer 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:18.560 for you. But don't don't get your head to high 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.800 with things like that. You know, Just go in and 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.160 and just be who you are at the end of 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.840 the day and lock in and help the team win. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.560 The first thing you see when you walk into the 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.760 locker room this week is a mannequin with the new 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.880 all orange uniform on it and it's your number on 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.000 that mannequin, Number one. What do you think of the look? 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:43.280 Number two? Any meaning to you that they chose your 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.480 jersey to be the one that everybody sees when they 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:46.280 walk in this week? 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:50.319 Yeah, number one jerseys look good, man. I love orangetan. 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.840 I love the orange and orange. But the whole thing 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.679 behind my jersey's being on there was if you go 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.240 look at the Donnican, it's a black side and a 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:03.120 white side, So black black cleak's black gloves or white 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.080 cleat's white gloves. You know, we wanted to see through 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:07.880 the guys in the locker room which side looks better 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.079 with the uniform saying I said black. A lot of 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.199 guys say white. But you'll see me with the black 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:14.920 accessories on. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.760 So we're getting a sneak peek by looking at that manneic. 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:20.440 Yeah, you get to see what side looks better. So 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:22.959 I want you to go back in there and you 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.280 tell me which side looks better than. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:26.840 Let me know, all right, I will give you my 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:32.040 review momentarily. Final thing. If this is it in Cincinnati, 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.320 and certainly there's a very strong possibility that that could 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.120 be the case, how do you want this season to 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:39.120 go for you. 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.880 Personally, I just want to go out with a bang man, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:47.080 you know, not necessarily. I don't want to disappoint you know, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.160 obviously the Cimsey fans, because I grew a love for 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.959 these fans here. Man, It's it's like no other man. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.520 I love it here. But no, just go out with 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.960 a bang man and make these make the city proud, 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.640 you know. That's that's my whole thing. I just want 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.160 to make the city proud, no matter if we win 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:03.640 or lose, I just want to go out and make 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.160 the city proude. No matter what. I don't want to 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.600 go I want to leave in they want me to leave. 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.960 You know what I'm saying. I want that. That's never 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.240 That's never a good feeling. But yeah, man, at the 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.600 end of the day, I just want to make make 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.360 the city proud, make the organization proud. Yeah, I mean, 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.680 it's it's been a drink on true man, playing for 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.840 my favorite team that I grew up watching for years. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:25.960 So I mean this has been a drink on true. 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.360 Sure, we look forward to seeing you go out and 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:29.920 do your thing this year. Thanks for the time, best 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.320 of Lucky, I appreciate it. Now More on tea with 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.280 my broadcast partner Dave Lappham. All right, lap, I did 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.800 walk back into the locker room after that interview and 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:44.040 check out the mannican. He chose wisely. I think the 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:48.760 black accessories with the all orange uniform look better than 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:49.360 the white. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:50.080 I agree. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:54.400 So he has contract like contract. All right, let's talk 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:58.160 about his expectations and hopes for having a big season 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.680 back to back one thousand yards three years ago and 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:03.920 two years ago, and then last year due to the injuries, 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.800 didn't quite get to seven hundred yards, although he did 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.920 have a career high yards per catch average more than 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.640 fifteen yards per catch. Does he look like a man 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:13.400 on a mission to you? 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.840 He does? I mean just today talk to him on 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.839 the practice field and I said, man, you had a 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.920 good camp tea? Do you think so? I mean, he's 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.000 so humble, you know, I mean he really is. He's 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.840 he's a great guy man and just an unbelievable teammate. 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.800 And he goes, you know, I feel like I could 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.960 have done some things better and and I'm like, you 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.200 know what, that's what makes uh, you know, the good ones, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.760 great tea, and you're gonna you're you're a great player, 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.920 because he's never satisfied. That's the thing, you know, It's like, oh, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.160 I've arrived, I'm satisfied. But I mean I thought he had. 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.400 He had a very solid camp. I mean he high 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.200 pointed everything. With that big body and long arms that 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.439 he has, he can uh, he's I think he's deceptive 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.600 with his with his speed, and like he talked about Yosie, 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.400 he's starting to figure out okay in this phase of 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.240 the route, but roke it down to eighty here and 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:02.840 then all of a sudden, when you burst to one hundred, 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.120 you know, they're like wow, they can't backpedal and flip 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.080 their hips fast enough. And that change of speed stuff 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:12.280 is very very important in your route running. And he's 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.720 got all that down. I think he's one hell of 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.920 a player, and the community loves him, and he loves 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.280 the community. I mean, there's a lot of things that 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.480 are pointing in the right direction for t Higgins to 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:24.280 go out there and light it up, and I think 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.440 he very easily could. 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.880 And then there's Tea's running mate and good friend Jamar Chase. 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:36.240 Jamar hasn't practiced much during camp as contract negotiations have 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.160 been going on, but he was on the field Wednesday 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:43.440 and Thursday, which is obviously encouraging with the season opener 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.240 just a few days away. So how did he look? 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.280 Here was Joe Burrow after Wednesday's practice. 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.160 I saw him out there today. You know, he looks fast, strong, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:58.280 like he always does. No, I know he's been doing 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:01.520 what he needs to do to stay ready if he 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:06.040 needs to be ready. So I'm confident that if he 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.040 does go out there on Sunday, then he'll be the 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:09.800 jama we all know. 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.160 I think that might be true in limited doses. I 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.120 can't imagine that Jamar Chase would be able to go 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.600 out there and give the Bengals the kind of volume 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.680 in terms of snaps that were accustomed to see. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:26.640 Yeah, I mean, he is somebody that runs through contact 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.840 and he is a very strong runner after the reception 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.880 of the football. But let's face it, when you're in 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.520 training camp and you've gone through the grind of practices 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.600 that they had this year at training camp, or you haven't, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.520 I should say, and you haven't been part of the 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.439 joint practices, and those were pretty intense. We saw how 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:50.520 physical those were, all those routes that weren't run And 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.520 I'm not saying he wasn't running. He's probably run a 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:55.400 lot of routes as well, but not an equipment, not 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.880 with defensive backs trying to reroute him and everything that 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.720 goes along with that. So we've always talked about there's 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:05.120 you know, football conditioning, and it's different. It definitely is. 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:07.960 And the number of routes that he would have he's 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.480 missed miles of route running, not consecutively, but you add 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:13.920 up all the routes and the reps that you know 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:18.080 he would have taken. It's in football conditioning. So you 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.280 have to make sure that you don't overdo it, you know, 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:25.160 with him in that first game and again, hopefully the 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.400 Bengals have the ball for a ton of plays, Hopefully 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.680 they have twenty twenty five more snaps than the Patriots do, 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.440 and then that would be a good problem to have. Geez, 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.160 how many do we put Jamar out there for? Better 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.680 not be twenty twenty twenty five plays less than the Patriots. 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.520 That would not be a good situation, and Jamar would 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.800 probably be out there for a lot of those because 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:49.000 the Bengals would be trying to you know, probably win 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.160 a football game at that point. If you're if you're 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.520 in the in the hole by twenty twenty five snaps. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.000 Usually that's not a good sign. So I think it's 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.520 all played by year, you know. I think see how 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:03.880 he responds. You know, he's he's going to be in 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.320 practice for the first time today and tomorrow and he'll have, 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:13.520 you know, a Friday situational practice. He'll have Saturday walkthrough 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.760 and that won't be much. So it will be interesting 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:20.160 to see, you know, how many snaps Jamar Chase does 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.840 take against the New England Patriots. I want to, you know, 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.120 will he be on a pitch count as such or 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.960 will it be something that will be decided during the 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.840 course of the flow of the game. You know, it's 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:34.520 just how many how many reps have you taken, how 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.360 much rest have you gotten between drives? All all those 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.120 things I think will play a little bit of a factor. 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:43.080 Do they need much out of Jamar Chase to beat 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.920 the New England Patriots in Week one? 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.960 I mean, I think he makes things so different, you know, offensively, 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.640 just just the fact that if he's out there just 0:15:54.680 --> 0:16:01.440 being a threat that he is is significant. I think theoretically, 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.520 would they need Jamar Chase to take every offensive snap 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.400 to beat the Patriots. I would hope not. I would 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.400 hope that wouldn't be the case. But I do think 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.920 that I would like to see him take a reasonable 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:18.040 number of snaps because the next game is the son 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:19.680 of a gun, there you go. And I mean, you know, 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:24.120 Kansas City, you need him. And and he's the kind 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.480 of guy. He's different. I mean, he's even more different 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.520 than most football players. He is a genetic marvel, There's 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.320 no doubt. I mean, he's he's definitely, you know, a 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.400 unique human being in terms of his physical makeup. And 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.840 I would think, you know, if he got quite a 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.240 few snaps under his belt against the Patriots, that would 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.760 bode well for him to participate pretty fully, if not 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.360 totally fully against the Kansas City Chiefs. So I think 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.080 the Patriots might be a ramp up game for him, 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.520 but I hope he ramps up quickly, as do we all. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.320 The Bengals looking to win their season open for the 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.640 first time in three years. They've only done it once 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.880 in Zach Taylor's five year tenure. That was a home 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.040 game against the Vikings in overtime a few years ago. 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.800 The Super Bowl years had turned out, but in fairness 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:14.160 to Zach, it hasn't all been his fault. Obviously, Joe 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:17.000 Burrow's status the last couple of years was a major 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.800 reason why the Bengals started slowly. He was a shell 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.040 of himself in Week one each of the last two years, 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:24.840 first because of the g app and decomy two years 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.280 ago and then because of the calf injury last year. 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.600 So when you've got a quarterback who isn't even close 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.800 to being himself, it's hard to win. Having said all that, 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.960 Zach Taylor has changed things a little bit in training 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:38.679 camp this year and hopes of getting off to a 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.680 faster start, And he said today he thinks his team 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:43.520 is good to go for Week one. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.119 We had a great training camp. This team's ready to go. 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.080 We're ready to play. You know. I'm happy we've got 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:50.840 these last three days of work to get in there. 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.959 But I think this team's really chomping up a bit 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:55.560 to go out there and play against a real opponent 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.240 in a real game. We're as prepared as we're going 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.440 to be, and so I'm just excited watching these guys. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:01.440 Let it lose your pay. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:05.200 Training camp wasn't the Gulag. It wasn't like when you 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:09.119 played lap with you know, two practices a day in pads, 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:13.960 full contact, but it was tougher, more challenging. They had 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:18.919 a pair of dual practices obviously with the Chicago Bears 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:22.720 in the Indianapolis Colts where it's very physical and long. 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:23.160 Yep. 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.400 I do think they are more battle tested than they've been. 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.560 And there's no doubt that Joe Borrow got more throws 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.040 in this training camp for the reasons you just talked about. 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.840 Their practices on a daily basis were a lot of 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:40.920 situational football and you know, two minute drill backed up 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.000 things of that nature. He got a lot of significant 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.320 reps and he was very very accurate with the football. 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:47.920 I mean a lot of times the ball wasn't in 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:49.920 the ground very much. And it brought me back to 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.600 you know, early years man Kenny Anderson throwing the football. 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.160 When is this guy gonna have an incompletion? And it's 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:59.120 just remarkable how how these guys complete passes at such 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:02.560 a high high percent eighty percent plus during the course 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:06.520 of training camp, and you know, their action in preseason 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:10.560 and these joint practices. I thought Joe was very, very good. 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.000 I thought he had an outstanding training camp. I really 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.920 did and I think he's probably feels like he's more 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.639 ready than he's ever been to start an NFL season, 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.840 I think rightfully, so he should feel that way. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:26.600 So how is Joe Burrow feeling heading into Sunday season 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:27.959 opener against the Patriots. 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.160 I feel great. This is the best I felt going 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.159 into week one, you know, since my rookie season. So 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.919 that's exciting for me to be able to get these 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.920 reps in training camp and you know, bank all those 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.919 and continue to get better throughout this time as opposed 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:45.399 to just trying to get back to baseline. 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:50.040 I'm remembering last year's opener. What a miserable day that was. 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.600 The weather sucked in Cleveland. Yep, Joe looked terrible. He 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.800 was the statue of liberty back there. It's going to 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.120 be fun to see a much more normal looking Joe 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:02.480