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Speaker 1: Higain everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading The

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Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast. The I Wanna Be Your sledge Hammer addition,

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Speaker 1: as the Bengals rally from a seventeen nothing deficit to

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Speaker 1: pulverize Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, scoring thirty four unanswered

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Speaker 1: points in a thirty four to twenty three win. Coming up,

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Speaker 1: you'll hear radio replays, one on one locker room interviews

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Speaker 1: and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in

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Speaker 1: this week's fun Fact segment, will hear from the Bengals

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Speaker 1: player whose first name means belonging to God in Hebrew,

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Speaker 1: a name he was given after nearly dying in childbirth.

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Speaker 1: your podcasts. It's the greatest thing since my friend and

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Speaker 1: mentor Sean mcdonnaughh I was in Boston to broadcast the

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Speaker 1: Fenway Bowl over the weekend and had the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: have dinner with one of my closest friends dating back

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Speaker 1: to our days as students at Syracuse University ESPN, Sean mcdonnaugh.

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Speaker 1: If you conducted a poll of working play by play announcers,

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Speaker 1: the people that do it for a living, and ask

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Speaker 1: them to name the best in the business, Sean would

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Speaker 1: be at or near the top of the list. Nobody

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Speaker 1: in the industry combines humor and information better than Sean.

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Speaker 1: My wife Peg describes him as the funniest person in

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Speaker 1: any room that he's in, and that quick wit is

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Speaker 1: on full display whenever he's behind the mic. But Sean

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Speaker 1: has all the skills that make up a great broadcaster.

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Speaker 1: He's an outstanding storyteller, understand strategy and can explain it

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Speaker 1: to the view has a flair for the dramatic, and

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Speaker 1: always nails the big moments. I had some great professors

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Speaker 1: at Syracuse, but I learned more from Sean than any

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Speaker 1: of them. He's been a great mentor and an amazing friend.

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Speaker 1: Now let's get to the highlights from Sunday's epic comeback

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Speaker 1: in Tampa. The official name for a baby goat is

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Speaker 1: a kid, and that seems appropriate today here in Tampa,

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Speaker 1: where the NFL's forty five year old gat faces a

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Speaker 1: a remarkable start. It's Brady versus Burrow, the goat versus

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Speaker 1: the kid, and it's time for the pigskin to fly

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Speaker 1: here in Tampa. Bengals have it first and ten at

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Speaker 1: the forty of Tampa Bay, first drive of the game

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Speaker 1: for either team. Play action fake in AATs deflected and

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Speaker 1: line of Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers will go for it

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Speaker 1: on fourth and goal from the one. Brady in the shotgun,

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Speaker 1: four net motions from the kibi's right to his left.

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Speaker 1: Brady catches the ball he's back to throw he's looking,

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Speaker 1: throws toward the end zone. Talk for the touchdown in

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Speaker 1: Gage burst and goal from the five. As the Bucks

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Speaker 1: field goal try by Evan McPherson. The snap Crispin puts

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Speaker 1: the half comes to an end with the Bengals picking

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Speaker 1: the punt protector Chiovanni Bernard had trouble fielding the snap.

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Speaker 1: I think he was confused by it and had to

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Speaker 1: punt team is looking at each Chuggle like, what are

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Speaker 1: An automatic first down instead of a twenty six yards sack.

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Speaker 1: emphatic spike as Joe Burrow delivers the touchdown pass. I'm

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Speaker 1: the final score look a little more respectable for Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 1: as the Bengals won by eleven thirty four to twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Prior to that game, when Brady had a lead of

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Speaker 1: eighty nine and zero. You can update that to eighty

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Speaker 1: nine and one. It was a remarkable turnaround. On their

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Speaker 1: of the half, the Bengals next seven possessions went field goal,

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Speaker 1: Te Higgins scored the first of those touchdowns, and I

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Speaker 1: come back from seventeen nothing to thirty four consecutive points.

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Speaker 1: What was it like for you guys out there today?

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Speaker 1: First half was tough, especially offensively. UM. Defense, they they

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Speaker 1: it three or four three and outs? That hurt? That

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Speaker 1: hurt bad. That's not who we are. UM. And then

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Speaker 1: you know, we came in a halftime, you know, talked

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Speaker 1: the game plan. We came out in the second half.

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Speaker 1: He was able to do it. This team is really

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Speaker 1: battle tested and it show you had a touchdown catch,

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Speaker 1: Tyler had a touchdown catch, Jamar had a touchdown catch.

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Speaker 1: Mitchell Wilcox had a touchdown catch. Just a great example

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Speaker 1: of all of the weapons this team has. And Joe

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Speaker 1: uses I want to say, that's the first time I

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Speaker 1: know all three of us had a touchdown in one game. UM.

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Speaker 1: Then Mitch coming home to his hometown is scoring. Man,

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Speaker 1: That's that's amazing. UM. But yeah, man, Joe was able

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Speaker 1: times in the second half. Yeah, man, it was crazy. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's amazing. Brady was hot early. Could you

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Speaker 1: played out perfectly for us. You know, defense came in,

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Speaker 1: and we played kind of merry football. That's you have

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Speaker 1: But it's still still a lot, a lot more work

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Speaker 1: Burrow finished twenty seven for thirty nine. That's seventy four

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Speaker 1: Brady through for three hundred twelve yards and three touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: a passer rating of ninety two point two. One of

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Speaker 1: his interceptions came after he got leveled by Joseph Osay.

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Speaker 1: Dave Lapham caught up with him in the locker room. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: what did you guys talk about at halftime? Was it

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Speaker 1: just cleaning a couple things up? Do you make big adjustments?

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Speaker 1: What was the deal at halftime? You came out in

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Speaker 1: the second half and suffocated them. We did exactly where

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Speaker 1: we talked about turnovers wins games, and at the end

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Speaker 1: of the half there our offense was rolling, so we

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Speaker 1: They're unstoppable. So our goal was to get them the ball,

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Speaker 1: whether it's with stops, turnovers, and um, it just so happened.

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Speaker 1: It was turnovers. Five possessions in the second of first

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Speaker 1: part of that? I've never seen that. I never have

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Speaker 1: and that is great. Um, that's that's kudos to coach

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Speaker 1: lou the coaches figuring out what we need to get adjusted.

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Speaker 1: That's the that's kudos to the players listening to that

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Speaker 1: and goods up to us bunkering down and settling down

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Speaker 1: as a family once again. Um, next man up. You

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Speaker 1: we know what we can do. Let's just take advantage

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Speaker 1: of our opportunities. And the defense gave them opportunity after

427
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Speaker 1: opportunity after opportunity. It was absolutely nuts. Not a huge

428
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Speaker 1: yardage game for Joe Burrow, partly because they didn't have

429
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Speaker 1: to go that far to score touchdowns, but four touchdown passes,

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Speaker 1: all in the second half, and nothing came easy. I'll

431
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Speaker 1: give the Bucks credit. When it got into the low

432
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 1: red zone, they were really tough, but Joe managed to

433
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Speaker 1: find guys to score. They did. They did a good job.

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Speaker 1: Their defensive backs were very, very physical ten yards in

435
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Speaker 1: the ten yard area, coming off the line of scrimmage,

436
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Speaker 1: even in the five yard area, I mean, you're allowed

437
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Speaker 1: to put your hands on receivers so they would do

438
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Speaker 1: it past the five yard area, but then they'd pull

439
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Speaker 1: off and the officials weren't looking until the very end,

440
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Speaker 1: so they weren't calling it. And I had to be

441
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,719
Speaker 1: frustrating to Jamar Chase and other guys Tee Higgins and there.

442
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 1: I mean, it's ridiculous the advantage that they allowed the

443
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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive backs to have and credit them.

444
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,560
Speaker 1: It wasn't me and called. So they continued to do it,

445
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 1: and they did it over and over and over again,

446
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,400
Speaker 1: and they were taking, um, you know, taking some plays

447
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Speaker 1: away from Joe Burrow and his White House. No doubt.

448
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 1: I mentioned to Jamar Chase that it was quite the

449
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Speaker 1: duel between he and Carlton Davis. And I must have

450
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Speaker 1: given Davis a little bit too much credit because Joe

451
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Speaker 1: is having no part of that considering what he felt

452
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Speaker 1: where the number of times he was held. Yeah, I mean,

453
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Speaker 1: Jamar was he was grabbed. And I will say though

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Speaker 1: that Davis is a physical guy to be able to.

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Speaker 1: You know, even if you do grab Jamar Chase, he

456
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Speaker 1: usually just overpowers you. But they they had a plan

457
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Speaker 1: and they stuck to it. Defensive backfield coach and their

458
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Speaker 1: defensive coordinators like, look, let's do it. If they call

459
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Speaker 1: it every once in a while, so be it. You know,

460
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Speaker 1: we will probably come out on top. I don't think

461
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Speaker 1: they called it once. I don't remember a defensive holding

462
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Speaker 1: call like that that should have been called when they

463
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Speaker 1: were grabbing guys during the courses are out like that.

464
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Speaker 1: But you know, I think now that can all be

465
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Speaker 1: sent to the league office for a review and hopefully,

466
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Speaker 1: you know, they'll be warned about it and look for

467
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Speaker 1: it and all those kind of things. So I don't

468
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Speaker 1: think it's going to be something they're gonna have to

469
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Speaker 1: deal with week after week because basically it's illegal. They

470
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Speaker 1: got aware of it. So this team started going two.

471
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Speaker 1: They were four and four when they got their rear

472
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Speaker 1: ends kicked on Monday Night football in Cleveland. Now they're

473
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Speaker 1: ten and four in a loan, in first place in

474
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Speaker 1: the AFC North, with a lot of confidence, in a

475
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Speaker 1: lot of momentum. Six wins in a rows, like we

476
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Speaker 1: talked about before when it was at five, it's hard

477
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Speaker 1: to do at pe week level. In the NFL, it's

478
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Speaker 1: really really hard to win six in a row, and

479
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Speaker 1: I think it's harder to win six in a row

480
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Speaker 1: in November and December, because that's when teams are figuring

481
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Speaker 1: out who the playoff teams are and they start to

482
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:08,399
Speaker 1: play a different brand of football and they start to

483
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: get in a rhythm and to sink a little bit better.

484
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: They just teams improve. I mean, most teams are a

485
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Speaker 1: different football team in November than they're in September. And

486
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: sometimes it's due to getting guys back from injury, and

487
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 1: teams get worse, you know, lose players to injury. But

488
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Speaker 1: this football team has been able to just stay very nice.

489
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,120
Speaker 1: Even Keel continue to improve. The aircraft went up every

490
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Speaker 1: single week, and here they are playing their best football

491
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Speaker 1: at a great time. Let's talk about the injuries. Sam

492
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: Hubbard hurt his calf. He exited the locker room in

493
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Speaker 1: a walking boat, probably precautionary, but nonetheless. Hendrickson's out with

494
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Speaker 1: a wrist injury. Hubbard's at least was out today with

495
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Speaker 1: a calf injury. Mike Kilton had a pretty aggressive pregame

496
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Speaker 1: warm up, so that boat's well for him. But they've

497
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Speaker 1: got to try to survive some time here without some

498
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Speaker 1: of the really good defensive players. Yeah, Janeln Davis broken thumb.

499
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Speaker 1: He didn't play Trey Hundricks broken wrist. He didn't play.

500
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 1: I will give Tyler Boyd a lot of credit playing

501
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,199
Speaker 1: with that dislocated finger. That had to be very painful

502
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: because it was not your you know, your ordinary dislocation.

503
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 1: It was a compound where the bone came out of

504
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Speaker 1: the skin and now they're worried about effects and they

505
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Speaker 1: have to surgically put it back into place. And he

506
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: was blocking and trying to he was keeping that hand

507
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Speaker 1: down and they're be doing a good job blocking with

508
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Speaker 1: one hand. I dude is a tough guy and a

509
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Speaker 1: hell of a football player, and I know his teammates

510
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Speaker 1: and his coaches really respect and appreciate what he gave

511
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Speaker 1: him out there. And that's that's what this football team

512
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Speaker 1: is about. To me. When I look at guys that

513
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Speaker 1: step up and the next man up kind of thing,

514
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Speaker 1: I don't want to be the guy. I don't want

515
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Speaker 1: to be the guy that lets this team down. So

516
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 1: they're playing at such a high level for individually, collectively

517
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: every way they can. I expected more giddiness when I

518
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,160
Speaker 1: got to the locker room after railing from seventeen down

519
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: against Tom Brady. It was pretty business like, considering that

520
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Speaker 1: the nature of this game. Yeah, I think I think

521
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: they were a little bit hacked off about the way

522
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: they played in the first half and rectified it. But

523
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Speaker 1: it was like, that's what we should have been doing,

524
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Speaker 1: you know. It was almost like, this is what we

525
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Speaker 1: expect that this is what we anticipated bebe we arrived

526
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Speaker 1: at it in a different way. But you know, we

527
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Speaker 1: have other games to win and this is just one

528
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Speaker 1: of them. Said they beat Brady, now they try to

529
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 1: beat Belichick on Christmas Eve. The killer bees Brady and

530
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Speaker 1: Belichick and Belichick is he is a different greta catboy.

531
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Speaker 1: He will have a defensive game plan that will look

532
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 1: totally different than anything the Bengals have seen all season long.

533
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Speaker 1: He just at this stage of the year or two,

534
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Speaker 1: particularly November in December, when you're playing for playoffs, I

535
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 1: mean in September and even into October, he's still seeing

536
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: what his team can and can't handle. But then once

537
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: he realized and determines what they can how much they're

538
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: capable of consuming, man, he will throw everything at you.

539
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Speaker 1: And uh, it's really going to be a challel for

540
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Speaker 1: this offense to recognize, communicating and get on the same page.

541
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Speaker 1: It will be a short week for both teams since

542
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Speaker 1: next week's game is on Saturday, that's Christmas Eve. Finally,

543
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 1: it's time for this week's fun Facts interview, where we

544
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: get to know the person under the pads. Time for

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Speaker 1: some fun facts with Bengals offensive lineman La Elle Collins.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with your first name, La Apostrophe El. Share

547
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Speaker 1: the story of what it means and why you were

548
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: given that name. So my name means it's Hebrew. It

549
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: means belonging to God. We have an l tradition in

550
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Speaker 1: my family. Everybody name starts with the nail, except my

551
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: brother because he's a junior. And you know, my mom

552
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: and my grandmother came up with it. I read that

553
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: it was attached to a difficult childbirth. Well, when I

554
00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: was born, I came out with the umbiblical car wrapped

555
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: around my neck and uh, you know, doctor was the

556
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: doctors was just amazed that, you know how I was

557
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: still functioning right and breathing, and but they quickly got

558
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: that from wrapped around my neck and h you know

559
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: it was it was a great day. It was my

560
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: mom's birthday, so it was a special day. Your mom

561
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 1: sounds like quite a character and a remarkable woman. Describe

562
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: her and some of the things you got from her.

563
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: She is a wonderful woman. You know, I can't be

564
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: more thankful for being raised by such a strong woman.

565
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: I mean, she taught me, you know what hard work

566
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: looked like, just through her actions each and every day,

567
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: you know, working howevery many jobs it took just to

568
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: take care of me and my brother and my sisters.

569
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Speaker 1: And you know, she did a fantastic job. And now

570
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Speaker 1: she's retired and I get to take care of her.

571
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Speaker 1: Ellen reading up about you a little bit, I would

572
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Speaker 1: admit this caught me by surprise. You are an eagle Scout.

573
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Speaker 1: Typically I think of like a punter from BYU being

574
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Speaker 1: an eagle scout. But that's not easy. You've got to

575
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 1: earn twenty one merit badges, you have to do a

576
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,719
Speaker 1: service project. Is that a big point of pride for you? Absolutely,

577
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: because you know, during that time, that was like the

578
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: first thing I was kind of a part of before

579
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: I got into sports. And my mom she just kept

580
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: us involved in different things to you know, just give

581
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: us some some exposure and you know, just trying to

582
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: put her kids in the best best position to win.

583
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Speaker 1: And you know, as I got older, I kind of

584
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Speaker 1: you know, I was kind of like, uh, you know,

585
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I want to continue to do this, Mom,

586
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: I want to just focus on sports. But she made

587
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Speaker 1: me stick with it, and you know, I'm I'm faver

588
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: grateful for that. A big accomplishment to your teammates and coaches. Now,

589
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know, I'm not sure, but it's

590
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Speaker 1: it's definite me out there. We're doing fun facts with

591
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Speaker 1: Al Collins. You're a big man, sixty four three fourteen

592
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: pounds on the roster. Were you always that kid who

593
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: dominated over you know, everybody in the back of the

594
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: class photo? Oh? Yeah, you know absolutely. I was always

595
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: the big kid in class. And I didn't realize I

596
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: was always a big kid in class until you know,

597
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: we used to have to line up from chartest the tallest,

598
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: and then I started to realize, you know, while I

599
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: was at the back of the line. Every time. You're

600
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. You stayed home to play college

601
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: ball for LSU. Was it a childhood dream to be

602
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: a Tiger? You know, Honestly, I didn't grow up like

603
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: a big football fan or anything like that. Um, you know,

604
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: I started playing football which it was a great story.

605
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: I had a little cousin by the name of Peewee,

606
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: that's what we called him as his nickname, and he

607
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: was the smallest guy in class. So one day he

608
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: came up to me and he asked me if I

609
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: wanted to play football, and I was like, yeah, you know,

610
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: I love to play football. Used always play outside of

611
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: the pe but I never knew anything really about it.

612
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: And you know, I went out there for my first practice.

613
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: I never forget the first time did a drill. I

614
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: got hit in the stomach and I was like, whoa,

615
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: this is what football is. I don't know if this

616
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: is for me. And then you know, my coach kind

617
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: of told me like, hey, you gotta get you get low.

618
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: You know, low man wins, and you know I quickly

619
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: figured that out, and you know, it's something that you know,

620
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: changed my life all the way from just my little

621
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: cousin acting to me if I wanted to play football,

622
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: And now here I am. You know, I don't even

623
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: know how many years years ago that was, but here

624
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Speaker 1: I am. And you know, I'm very fortunate to be

625
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: able to be in this position. So the Bengals have

626
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: your cousin Peewee to thank for you wind up by

627
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: being a football player. When you were in high school

628
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: and in college, you blocked for former Bengals running back

629
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Speaker 1: Jeremy Hill. He turned pro year before you did, And

630
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: I read that while you were still at LSU you

631
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: came up here to visit him while he was with

632
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Speaker 1: the Bengals. What do you remember about the visit and

633
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: did it feel like you were coming full circle when

634
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: you joined Cincinnati this year? Absolutely? You know, I remember

635
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: just you know, being super excited for my buddy. You know,

636
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: I was there the day got drafted to the Bengals,

637
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 1: and I just remember the moment of joy, excitement, everything

638
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: like that, and coming up here to visit him, and

639
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: just remember how cold it was. I think it was

640
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: probably the coldest place I had ever been at the time,

641
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: and they were playing Jacksonville and I was sitting right

642
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: by the tunnel actually, and you know I've seen him

643
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 1: busts a long run right up the right sideline and

644
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: he took it to the house, and you know, it

645
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: just gave me, you know, a very great feeling, because

646
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: you know, I mean I remember walking in you know,

647
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,479
Speaker 1: my eighth grade year, well, going into my ninth grade year,

648
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: my eighth grade summer, UM, and he was already you know,

649
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: working out and everything like that. And I remember going

650
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: to going to work out with him and he was

651
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: benching more than me at the time, and I was

652
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,439
Speaker 1: struggling with the way and he was helping me out,

653
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: and you know, just over time, you know, um, you know,

654
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: it was just you know, it's it's a very special

655
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: thing because when I look back at it, you know,

656
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: I never in a million years would have thought I

657
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: would have been playing here, and here I am, and

658
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: you know, this is this is a great place to be.

659
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: What was the best part about your college experience at LSU.

660
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: I would have to say, you know, it's so many great,

661
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: great things that that I experienced in college. Um, but

662
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: you know, going to the national championship my freshman year,

663
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: that was a one of the one of the best experiences, UM.

664
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: Coming straight out of high school going joining the ls

665
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: of Tigers and you know, not even playing much. I played.

666
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 1: I played little bit my freshman year, but you know,

667
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: in that type of game and that type of environment,

668
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: just to see, you know, what that did for the city,

669
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: what that did for the team, and you know, it's

670
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: just how excited everyone was, and you know, winning the

671
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: SEC championship that year, you know, it was it was

672
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: special and unfortunately we didn't win the game, but you know,

673
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: I learned a lot from that whole process, and you know,

674
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: it was special, especially because it was right there at

675
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: home in New Orleans, so, you know, literally hour away

676
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 1: from where I grew up at and all my family

677
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: was there and it was just ill. Never forget that

678
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: moment we're visiting with l Collins. From many NFL players,

679
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: the draft is one of the best days of their life.

680
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 1: In your case, it was a nightmare. You're expected to

681
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: be a first round pick. Shortly before the draft, it

682
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: came out that the police wanted to talk to you

683
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: about a murder victim that you happen to know. You

684
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: weren't a suspect. Your name was totally cleared, but the

685
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: timing was such that you didn't get picked. Can you

686
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: describe what you and your family went through. It's one

687
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: of those experiences where, you know, every day I kind

688
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: of looked back at that moment in time in my

689
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 1: life and just wonder, like, you know, what life would

690
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: be hadn't that happened. You know, because shortly after you know,

691
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: I went to Dallas and I you know, I had

692
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: a I had a great experience, and you know, I

693
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: was able to meet my girlfriend now and you know,

694
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: we had two beautiful kids, and you know, you know,

695
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: you just think about you think back at times like

696
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: that and you just kind of like just wonder, like

697
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: where with life or life look like? You know, what

698
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: would life look like without my two beautiful kids? And

699
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: I wouldn't trade it for the world. And you know,

700
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: as I got older, you know, I've grown to just

701
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: understand that things happen in life that you can't control

702
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: sometimes and you know, you just have to figure out

703
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 1: what it is that you know, this experience is trying

704
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: to teach you. And it really just opened up my

705
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: eyes to just life and things that you know, I

706
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: mean a twenty one year old and could never even imagine.

707
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: I mean at that time, you know, it's like your

708
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: life is just getting started. You know, you work so hard.

709
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: I went back my senior year, you know, just to

710
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: solidify myself as the best tackle in football, and you know,

711
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,399
Speaker 1: I compassed a lot of great things that year as well,

712
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: and you know, just to go through that process and

713
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: have it all taken away it was. It was definitely

714
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: a nightmare. But you know, here I am now in

715
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: my eighth season, and you know, I just thank God

716
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: for everything that I've been through, everything He's prepared me for.

717
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, mentally, I've been able to

718
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: just tap into a whole other level that I didn't

719
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: even know that was there, and you know, I learned

720
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: a lot. You spent the last seven years with the

721
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. They're called America's team for a reason. What

722
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: was your experience like in Dallas? It was great from

723
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: the moment I got there, just you know, meeting with Jerry,

724
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: meeting with the whole organization, having my family there, and

725
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: you know, it just was amazing. I really didn't even

726
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: understand like what it was truly like to be on

727
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: one of, you know, one of the best organizations in

728
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 1: the world, you know, Dallas Cowboy And you know, I

729
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: can't think you know Jones family enough for giving me

730
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: the opportunity, because I mean, when you come out of

731
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: a situation like that, it's not a lot of people

732
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: that will stick around, and you know, whether you know

733
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: they know who you are not, you know, and mister

734
00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,040
Speaker 1: Jones embraced me in my situation, my family and and

735
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: spent seven years there, and you know, they gave me

736
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,439
Speaker 1: an opportunity to, you know, do a lot of great

737
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: things and I'm forever grateful for that. And you know,

738
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: you know, I can't thank him enough. You became a

739
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: free agent this year and signed with Cincinnati, and you

740
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: have been reunited with your first NFL offensive line coach,

741
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: Frank Pollock. It seems like there is a tremendous mutual

742
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: respect between the two of you. Guys. Why is that

743
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: the case. He was my offensive line coach in Dallas

744
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: my first three years, and he was there every step

745
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: of away from the beginning. You know, he was a

746
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 1: great coach. He's still a great coach, and I mean

747
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: he taught me pretty much everything I know. And you know,

748
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, when you come into the

749
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: NFL and you have a coach like that, you know,

750
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: not only you know, prepares you to have a great year,

751
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: but I feel like it belongs your career in the

752
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: NFL because every and he taught me has gotten me

753
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: up to this point, and you know, I continue to

754
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: learn each and every day. I'm happy to be back

755
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,240
Speaker 1: with them and be up under him and learn everything

756
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 1: that I can, and I mean he he does it, no,

757
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: you know, better than anybody I've been around, you know,

758
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: as office of line coach. I think he's the best

759
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: old line coach in the league. I write a few

760
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: wild card topics now to wrap things up with L. L. Collins.

761
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: How difficult is it to catch us seven foot long,

762
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty pounds shark? Oh man, it's a

763
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: back burner, you know. Um. It definitely had my arms

764
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: locking up, you know, But it was fun, you know,

765
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: it was. It was a great time. I was with

766
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: you know, some of my former teammates and you know

767
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 1: it was something that we did every year, and you know,

768
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: it was it was. It was a great, great time,

769
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: great memories, gay camaraderie with the guys. Frank Pollack calls

770
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 1: you a glass eater, but one article just wrapped you

771
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: as a lovable teddy bear? Is that accurate? Off the field? Absolutely?

772
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 1: You know, I'm you know, on the field, you know,

773
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: it's all about just getting a job done and doing

774
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: it at a high level. And you know, off the field,

775
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: you know, you know you can't be all just game

776
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: time ready, you know, so you know, I get to

777
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: just enjoy my life, and you know, enjoy the people

778
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: that's in it, Enjoy the people that's been here for

779
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: me throughout this whole time, and and just really, you know,

780
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: be thankful for what I have. You know, I'm a

781
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: guy that you know, came from nothing, um, you know,

782
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: and I just watched my mom worked very hard, and

783
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: you know, I caught on at a young gage and

784
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: I understood, if she can work this harder, I could

785
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: work even harder. And you know, I just couldn't be

786
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: more thankful for where I'm at. Are you a bit

787
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: of a shopoholic? And if so, what do you like

788
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: to spend your money on? Um? Well, as you know,

789
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 1: I've been through stages where you know, there's things I

790
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: like to buy, UM. And you know, now I'm at

791
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: a point to where you know, I feel like just

792
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: because I have money, you know, UM, you know, it's

793
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: it's good to to invest and and and do things

794
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: like that. But if I'm out shopping, you know, I

795
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: like to I like to dress nice obviously, so I

796
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: like to buy nice clothes. Uh. You know, at one point,

797
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: a few years ago, you know, I was, I was

798
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,320
Speaker 1: I was able to have enough money in my ACCOUNTCIL

799
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: brought me some some nice cars and I got I

800
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: like to collect classic cars, old school cars. You know,

801
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: I have a nineteen sixty three Corvette sting Ray, I

802
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: have a sixty nine Camaro. I have a seventy two

803
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 1: hivelle Um. You know I have a few more other

804
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: classic cars. I'm a big cars guy. You know. My

805
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: grand my granddad, he was big on cars and toys.

806
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: So I like those type of things. And you know,

807
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: I also have a great financial advisor, Latavia's. He's great. Um.

808
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 1: He's really gotten me involved into investments. And I bought

809
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: my first movie this year. I can't say the name.

810
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: And then you know, I've got a few real estate

811
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: projects going. And you know, I have a trucking company

812
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: that I've been you know, owning for about seven years now.

813
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: So you know, there's a lot of great things. The

814
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: biggest thing is, you know, set myself up for life

815
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,839
Speaker 1: after football and making sure my family is taken care

816
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,720
Speaker 1: of and making sure mom never has to work another

817
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,359
Speaker 1: day in my life. So um, you know, I'm very

818
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: grateful for that, and that's that's what it continues to

819
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: push me. My dad has passed away, but you would

820
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: have been his favorite. Bengal because he loved classic cars.

821
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: Who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport?

822
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: And why? Oh, that's a tough question. You know, it's

823
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: a lot of It's been a lot of great athletes

824
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: that I've watched over the years. Probably my sisters because

825
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 1: they were all athletic. M I got to watch one

826
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: of my sisters run track in college, which for me,

827
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: it was like wow, like she's on a big stage,

828
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 1: like all these people are here watching her run, and

829
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: you know that was great. Then you know, my older sister,

830
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: she was a track runner. She was always fast, and

831
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: it wasn't until I was able to talk out to

832
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: high school to where I was able to kind of,

833
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: you know, run where they couldn't catch me. But I

834
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,360
Speaker 1: always needed a head start because they were always fast.

835
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: And you know, outside of that, outside of that, you know,

836
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,879
Speaker 1: you know my siblings. You know, I would probably say

837
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry. He's probably one of my favorite sivers, one

838
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: of my favorite teammates ever had in college, and you know,

839
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: he's did very well for himself in the NFL level

840
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,800
Speaker 1: and I was just start. He played the game like

841
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: offensive linement. Just he was tough, physical, He made the

842
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,240
Speaker 1: great catch, just you know, all around all across the board,

843
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: and you know, he was just always super just you know,

844
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 1: it's a great football player, and you know, I think

845
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: his energy, you know, I watched a lot of teams

846
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: feed off of that energy, and you know, he's definitely

847
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 1: one of them all the time favorites. Final question, and

848
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: this is kind of deep. If you could meet anybody

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Speaker 1: Tell us all of us what your family means to you.

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