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

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast, the Just around the Corner to

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Speaker 1: the Light of Day. Addition, as Joe Burrow's NFL regular

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Speaker 1: season debut is just around the corner, it's roughly two

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Speaker 1: weeks away. Coming up a comprehensive look and listen at

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Speaker 1: what Bengals players and coaches have to say about the

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. Then Dave Lappham joins me for nearly forty

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Speaker 1: minutes to discuss a wide variety of topics, including the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, the rookie linebackers, and whether Aj Green should

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Speaker 1: be covered in bubble wrap and kept on the sideline

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Speaker 1: until the season begins on September thirteenth. The Bengals Booth

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Speaker 1: Under normal circumstances, during training camp, the locker room would

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Speaker 1: be open for about an hour every day, giving reporters

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Speaker 1: this year due to the coronavirus, except for the one

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Speaker 1: on one interviews that I've been doing for this podcast.

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Speaker 1: Nearly every player interview who has been a zoom call

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Speaker 1: those zoom interviews, the subject will be asked about Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: and I thought it would be illuminating to pick out

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Speaker 1: who has known Joe Burrow since twenty fifteen, when the

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Speaker 1: he's come a long way since. I think you weren't

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Speaker 1: he's progressing the field way better. He knows what the

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Speaker 1: He knows when to take the shot, he knows when

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Speaker 1: submitted on Twitter. Lap On Friday, the Bengals were scheduled

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Speaker 1: to beat the potential of bad weather. But before that happened,

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Speaker 1: there was a team meeting in the morning. Everybody on

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Speaker 1: requested on Thursday to meet with Mike Brown. He made

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Speaker 1: that happen on Friday morning, and it sounds like it

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Speaker 1: was a highly productive meeting for what's going on in

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Speaker 1: this country. Yeah, you know, and Mike Brown has got

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Speaker 1: an enormous amount of history. I think that the players

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Speaker 1: These guys were some of the initial black football players

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Speaker 1: That was like the Jackie Robinson of you know, professional football.

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Speaker 1: So I think the players that didn't know that were

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Speaker 1: Mike Brown has told me stories many times over the

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Speaker 1: Mike Brown from the time he was hid or grasshopper

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Speaker 1: I think that locker rooms, and not just NFL locker rooms,

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Speaker 1: great example of what society could be like in terms

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Speaker 1: It's not anything about religious you know, a preference, it's

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Speaker 1: not anything about sexual preferences. It's all it is is

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Speaker 1: can you get the job done and help us achieve

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Speaker 1: the goal. So we want to achieve as a group,

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Speaker 1: as a team, all of us. It's a big melting

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Speaker 1: out into the country and the world in general, be huge.

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Speaker 1: We've heard from several players in recent days talking about

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Speaker 1: underscored to me how smart and how caring the guys

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Speaker 1: but the Bengals are blessed to have really epathetic, smart

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Speaker 1: and caring players. You're right, dan Um Trey Hopkins. I

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Speaker 1: the dude as sharp, sharp as attack, and they are.

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Speaker 1: They're all educated guys. But the thing that is amazing

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Speaker 1: is um the experiences that they have. And I kind

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Speaker 1: But to hear these guys talk about things that you

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Speaker 1: there's there's a dual standard here, unfortunately, and you have

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Speaker 1: I mean, I heard, you know, from a lot of guys,

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Speaker 1: bet it is eye opening. I mean, Zach's not that

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Speaker 1: It's really an eye opener, for sure. When George Floyd

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the National Football League to tweet something about it.

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Speaker 1: this week on this subject and it really has resonated

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Speaker 1: inside of his own locker room. There's no doubt. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, you can have swagger, you know,

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Speaker 1: because of your football accomplishments, and you know, swagger in

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Speaker 1: the urned confidence swagger because you got some skins on

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Speaker 1: the wall. You want a national championship, you won the

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Speaker 1: the wall from a football standpoint. But but Joe Burrow

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Speaker 1: So you know, Joe is obviously this isn't the first

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, Now he becomes a leader

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Speaker 1: in his teammates eyes, not just the leader in the

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Speaker 1: And I think he's up to it. I think he's

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Speaker 1: up to it big time. I agree one hundred percent.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's turn to some training camp issues, and

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Speaker 1: I want to start with one of the training camp

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Speaker 1: battles that I expected to see, and that was Bobby

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Speaker 1: and big Fred was kicked inside a little bit to guard,

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Speaker 1: you know, because I you know, I think they're thinking,

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Speaker 1: you know, is Fred's showing himself to be one of

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Speaker 1: the five best. Well, if that's the case, see if

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Speaker 1: And Fred's played a little bit of everywhere too. I mean,

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Speaker 1: a lot of these guys have been, you know, required

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Speaker 1: Hart A guy's there's been a little bit of musical chairs,

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Speaker 1: but that's what you have to have. On game day.

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Speaker 1: their versatility of position ability, so you know it. Fred

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Speaker 1: Fred's an interesting study because Fred against Cleveland showed in

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Speaker 1: an NFL game against the NFL competition he could do it.

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Speaker 1: But one game there's not a career make and he

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Speaker 1: lineman Dan, I watch him very inconsistent. Got to show consistency.

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Speaker 1: Have to show consistency as a group. All five guys

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Speaker 1: And you know Bobby had I should say, Fred has

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Speaker 1: But what Fred has to do is Fred has to

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Speaker 1: If you don't bring it, somebody's breathing down your neck.

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Speaker 1: So Bobby has to realize Fred's breathing down his neck.

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Speaker 1: I'd probably think Fred would probably be that third tackle

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Speaker 1: He's battling Bobby at right tackle. Now. If he doesn't

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's ready right now, but Kim Identagy,

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Speaker 1: One time his jam is really good, next time it's not.

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Speaker 1: They're in his chest. You can't allow these defensive lineman

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Speaker 1: guy the way he moves. I mean, he's right now.

427
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 1: I know it's early stages, but Keema Dentogy, Dave Lapham's

428
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 1: guy right now at Chima Dentogy. All right, Let's turn

429
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 1: to the starting linebackers, and most days that's been Josh

430
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,959
Speaker 1: Bines and Jermaine Pratt. But there's been a ton of

431
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: mixing and matching going on at that position. Out of

432
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: the three draft picks, Logan Wilson, A Keen, Davis Gaither

433
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 1: and Marcus Bailey, have any stood out more than the others.

434
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 1: They've all stood out, which is good. You know, I

435
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,679
Speaker 1: don't think there's been a front runner's like whoa, you know,

436
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: he's like light years better than the others. But the

437
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 1: all they're always advertising that's a good thing. Logan Wilson

438
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,240
Speaker 1: is and and Dan I'm going to obviously coat this

439
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,639
Speaker 1: with the caveat that. Haven't tackled anybody yet, you know

440
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 1: an opponent, haven't taken an opponent to the ground, haven't

441
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 1: played an NFL snap yet, haven't gotten that NFL game

442
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,320
Speaker 1: where I'm telling you the adrenaline rush you your first

443
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: NFL game, It's ridiculous. It's it's ridiculous. You feel like

444
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,919
Speaker 1: you can lift the stadium, but you got to make

445
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,680
Speaker 1: sure you can find it, you know. I mean, it's

446
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: like you get you just have to. You have to

447
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: make sure that you're not out of your mind because

448
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,880
Speaker 1: your body is telling you. You know you can. You're

449
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: a superhero. You can do anything, and but you have

450
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 1: to you have to stay focused and make sure that

451
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 1: you're doing the right things that you're supposed to be doing.

452
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: And that's that's you know, when the truth will be

453
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,400
Speaker 1: told when they line up against the Chargers. M Are

454
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: they taking the proper angles to pursuit are they Are

455
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,959
Speaker 1: they getting people on the ground? Are they not breaking

456
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 1: down on assignments so they where they're supposed to be

457
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,679
Speaker 1: when they're supposed to be there, and doing it how

458
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,359
Speaker 1: they're supposed to do it, all of those things. But

459
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,439
Speaker 1: looking at them, watching them run, watching them take proper

460
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: angles in pursuit and doing some of these things. Looks

461
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 1: like they're going to translate, you know, it looks like

462
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: they're going to translate well, and all three of them,

463
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: you know. And obviously Bailey hasn't, you know, he had

464
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 1: the injury. So but I think he might be close,

465
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 1: but maybe not where the other two are at this point.

466
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 1: But I know one guy that's salivating and drooling and

467
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: everything that you can do is Darren Simmons. Because the

468
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,640
Speaker 1: last few years Dan linebacker special team snaps have been

469
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 1: probably the fewest in the league from a position group standpoint,

470
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: not anymore. If they can't run, it's hard to use

471
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: them on special teams. And these guys can run. All right.

472
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: Let's talk about AJ Green. He's been back on the

473
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 1: field after missing about a week with a sore ham string.

474
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,160
Speaker 1: He says he wants the reps at practice, he wants

475
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: to play in the scrimmage on Sunday and the following Thursday.

476
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,919
Speaker 1: Should they play him, I think if the player is

477
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 1: that adamant, I think they need to listen to him.

478
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,680
Speaker 1: I've heard his position coaches over the years say Aj

479
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: is a rep guy. AJ himself said, I'm a REP guy.

480
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: You know, some people don't need dress rehearsal and they're

481
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 1: ready for Opening night. Other guys need dress rehearsal plus

482
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: to get ready for Opening night. And you have to

483
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: know which you are. And AJ knows. AJ knows he's

484
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,640
Speaker 1: a REP guy, and I think he's gonna feel not

485
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,920
Speaker 1: quite there if he doesn't get some reps. So whether

486
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 1: it be in thump, which is everything's live except taking

487
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 1: him to the ground, and that's that's fine, because they're

488
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,719
Speaker 1: gonna get their hands on him, you know, reroute them,

489
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,679
Speaker 1: bump and run, chuck them, all that kind of stuff,

490
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: and they're gonna close on him, but not take him

491
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 1: to the ground. He's gonna get hit, he's gonna get

492
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 1: Joss all those good things. I think he needs that.

493
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: So wouldn't shock me if on Thursday night or Sunday

494
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,360
Speaker 1: night Sunday that he does some thump, maybe not full scrimmage,

495
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: taking to the ground, and then on Thursday, if they

496
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: expose him at all, it might be very little exposure

497
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,639
Speaker 1: on Thursday if he if he begs for it, because

498
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: Zach Taylor would just help put him in moth balls

499
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: and make sure he's ready for the thirteenth. You have

500
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 1: to listen to the player though, too. And um, you know,

501
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: I think I think a j when when you have

502
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: a player come out and say I asked him that

503
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,640
Speaker 1: in a zoom conference and he said, you know, would

504
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: you be No, No, I need I need reps. That's reality.

505
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: He's realistic about his needs and his uh what he

506
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: has to do to get ready for the opener act Accordingly,

507
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 1: how about we tackle him into one of those bags

508
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 1: they use for stunt men jumping off buildings, or put

509
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: him in one of those big donut things, you know,

510
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,359
Speaker 1: let him, let him catch, let him catch it, and

511
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 1: then just him inflated. Yeah, as soon as he catches it,

512
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,679
Speaker 1: it triggers something and inflates his big bubble, you know,

513
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: and he's like, can't again hurt him, can't take him

514
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: to the ground hard. I'm game. The Bengals primary offensive

515
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: grouping last year was three wide receivers in one tight end,

516
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: and when we looked at the top three wide receivers

517
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 1: this year, we all kind of assumed, all right, Aj

518
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: Green clearly number one, Tyler Boy number two, and then

519
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: interesting battle between te Higgins and John Ross perhaps to

520
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: be the primary number three guy. Is Auden Tate their

521
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: third best wide receiver. Man, I'll tell you the reps

522
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: he's putting up a training camp. He's he's making noise.

523
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: But I don't think i'd have him, you know, as

524
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: the number three receiver. But I would look and say, man,

525
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: I might go big at times a six four t

526
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,479
Speaker 1: six four Tate six five. And we've seen Joe Burrow

527
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: with Tate. I mean, he has a great feel for

528
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 1: where to put those contested catches. If you've got basically

529
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: an NBA front court, you know, down the football field

530
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: with these six foot to you know, five eleven to

531
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: six one defensive backs, Man, I might want to go big.

532
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: And if I go big, An He's shown it, Man

533
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: he can and AJ climb the ladder. I mean AJ

534
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 1: can do it. I'm I can't wait to see Aj

535
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: Sky for one of those Joe Barrow big parabolo you know,

536
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: contested catch deals. Tee Higgins is shown it can do

537
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: the same thing. So there's gonna be packages. There's gonna

538
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: be times where it's like, yeah, Taylor, he fits in this,

539
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: and you know, and the more reps he gets in

540
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: training camp and delivers on him again, another guy when

541
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: opportunity knocked, he stepped up. Alex Erickson took advantage of opportunities.

542
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 1: That's what you have to do to stay in the league.

543
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 1: The Mayde has been doing zoom calls with a couple

544
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 1: of players a day on average, and everybody that they

545
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: trot out in front of us gets asked about Joe

546
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: Burrow and they all gush with their praise. Has anything

547
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: in particular caught your ear? The biggest thing that the

548
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: teammates almost universally man leader. You know, he's got the swag,

549
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 1: you know, and it's it's not being said like, you know, boy,

550
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: you know this guy, he's a cocky sucker. You know,

551
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: never heard cocky, never never earned confidence. That's what it is.

552
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: And and because he's does he has skins on the wall,

553
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. I mean, he's but he

554
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: came in and and has handled everything the right way.

555
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: He has such good people skills. You know, he's not

556
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: He's not going to just walk into the room with

557
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: his chest out and like, hey there's a new marshal

558
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: in town and you guys are nothing. You know, it's

559
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: not gonna He's not like that. And I think what

560
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: what he does is brings out the best in everybody

561
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: and makes them feel confident in themselves. He kind of

562
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: like just exude this earned confidence that's contagious, you know,

563
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: and I think they talk about it all the time. Man,

564
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: he came into that huddle and just took control of

565
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: the huddle. Whoever, I don't know if it started with

566
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: his dad or Zach whoever, whoever told him, and I'm

567
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: sure he probably did the same thing at LSU, So

568
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: it started long before here with the Bengals. That that is.

569
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: That's a fact though, Dan, particularly when you're on the

570
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: road in a hostile environment, when your quarterback comes into

571
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: the huddle like John Wayne, we're gonna kick some tail boys,

572
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: and this is how we're gonna do it. It's like, yeah,

573
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: you know, instead of coming in with eyes wide and

574
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: let's go eighty three x, say on two, ready break,

575
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: I mean, that's not going to cut it. So it's

576
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: just it's just exuding that that confidence, that presence, And

577
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing about him. He does

578
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: have a presence, he really does. I mean, Guys, he

579
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: walks into the room, guys notice, guys gravitate toward him,

580
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: and I think that's the thing almost every one of them. Man,

581
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: he's taken control the huddle. He's like a ten year

582
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: said he's going to play fifteen. A's gonna run in

583
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: for fifteen already that dog and hunt right there. But

584
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing about him. We've heard,

585
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: going back to the zoo zoom calls that the players

586
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: and coaches did in lieu of OTAs and mini camps,

587
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: that he had a tremendous command of the offense right away.

588
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: And you know, I thought that was impressive, But then

589
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: it really hit home for me how impressive that actually

590
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: is when we were watching practice with former UC quarterback

591
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: Tony Pike and he was talking about in his first

592
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: NFL camp with Carolina, he was just hoping to be

593
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: able to spit out a play. It was so much

594
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: more complicated. And for Joe Burrow to have all of

595
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: this down and be able to make checks and changes

596
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage like he's been playing for

597
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: five years is truly different from the norm, no question.

598
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: And he's manipulating safeties with his eyes and his shoulders.

599
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: You know, he's doing all these things that are you know,

600
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: danced graduate school stuff. You know, instead of just I'm

601
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: gonna take make sure I don't fumble the snap and

602
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: first thing I see, I'm going to throw to, you know,

603
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: type of read. It reminds me of I had an

604
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: opportunity to do an NFL game when Peyton Manning and

605
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: Tom Morton were together early in Peyton Manning's career with

606
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts, and Tom Moore said, I'm telling you,

607
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: man early on, this kid was like what he's got,

608
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: He's got such commands, such a football iq. He goes.

609
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: He made all of us better, he said, including me.

610
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: It's like, you know, the smartest kid in the room.

611
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: No coach, that's that's wrong. This is the way he goes.

612
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: This kid now and he made me a better coach.

613
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 1: I was more prepared. And he said, Peyton Manning lifted

614
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 1: everything and everybody. And he said it got to the

615
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: point where instead of me and stall in the offense

616
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: said Peyton go do it. He said, Peyton would get

617
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: up and I just kind of he said, I don't

618
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: know what they were paying me to do. And I

619
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: think that's what Joe Burrow is about. Peyton Manning kind

620
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: of re wrote preparation, you know, rewrote the first guy in,

621
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: last guy to leave, and just you know, grind it,

622
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: you know, learning how to be a grinder and loving

623
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: the grind. Joe Burrow is cut from that cloth, and

624
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, as he advances and even

625
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,479
Speaker 1: into his early in his rookie year, I'm not saying

626
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: that he's ready to do what Peyton Manning was doing

627
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 1: with Tom Moore right now, because he's going to see

628
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: coverages and defensive configurations that he hasn't really seen yet.

629
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: But you know, I mean, Tom Moore said Peyton Manning

630
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: adjusted though so quickly. I think this kid's going to

631
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: do that, and I think fairly early on. The coach

632
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: is going to have to try to figure out ways

633
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: to keep him real interested and motivated like Tom Moore was,

634
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: because the sucker is he's smart now, he definitely is.

635
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: All right. I'm gonna put you on the spot a

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Speaker 1: little bit here. I want you to give me a

637
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Speaker 1: random observation about a player a coach from training camp

638
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: that you find interesting, and I'll give you an example

639
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 1: of what I'm talking about. When the defense takes the

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00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 1: field for their reps in eleven on eleven drills, I've

641
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: noticed that more often than not, Mike Daniels is usually

642
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: the first guy that runs out there. He's three hundred

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Speaker 1: and ten pounds, he's thirty one years old, He's been

644
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl, He's logged a great career, largely

645
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: with the Green Bay Packers, and yet he shows his

646
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: attitude and his enthusiasm by running out there and being

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Speaker 1: the first guy out there much of the time. So,

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Speaker 1: has anything little and interesting caught your eye like that?

649
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 1: Well to feed off of that, Gino Atkins has responded

650
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: to it. In my opinion, Geno Atkins is killing it

651
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 1: in one on one pass rush. And Geno Atkins reached

652
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: out to him because way back, Marshall Yonda, the legendary

653
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: alignment for the Baltimore Ravens, went to Iowa, as did Daniels,

654
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,959
Speaker 1: and Marshall Yonder reached out to Daniels and Io grad

655
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: and said, look, you have the same body type as

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Speaker 1: Gino Atkins, who I have a tremendous amount of respect for,

657
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: and he's unbelievable and I play against the year blah

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00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: blah blah and um. So they kind of reached out

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00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: to each other and they became you know, friendly, and

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00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: and Gino would say, hey, you know why don't you

661
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 1: come here? Why don't you come here? So now they're here,

662
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 1: Now they've you know, they're together, and it feels so good.

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00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: You know, it's like these two guys, you got a

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Speaker 1: tandem of the same type of defensive tackle. Uh low,

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00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,879
Speaker 1: center of gravity, powerful, And I think Gino is he's

666
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: hit the fountain of youth. I mean he'll he'll win

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00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: a pass rush, sprink back like Sam Hubbard. Gino last

668
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: year could barely walk. I mean he was. He was

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00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 1: playing way too many snaps. He played like seventy percent

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00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: of the snaps. And I mean I thought that. I

671
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: thought he was on the back nine, putting out on seventeen. Now, shoot,

672
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,360
Speaker 1: he's making the turn. He's looking like he's, you know,

673
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 1: just get nine done and gonna play a solid back nine.

674
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: I mean he's he's he's back. He's rejuvenated. And I

675
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: think it was an offseason to work. I think they

676
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: are going to monitor or snaps, but I think Daniels

677
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: and the enthusiast DJ reader Daniels, I think he's like,

678
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: he's rejuvenated. It's a different Geno. I like it made

679
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: the turn. Had a gatorade, had a hot dog, or

680
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: a brought it's back on the card. Ready to play

681
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: the tenth hole? Right up my alley. All right, Time

682
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: for a new batch of ask Lap questions that were

683
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: submitted by Bengals fans on Twitter. Our first question comes

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00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: from New Day Dusty. His question reads, where do you

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00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: predict the offensive line ranks by the season's end, and

686
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: if they can rank somewhere in the middle of the pack,

687
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: how high is the offensive ceiling? Well here here on

688
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: your observation. My hope is that they become, you know,

689
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: an average offensive line, maybe even like a super Gift

690
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: would be a cut above. But if they're just middle

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00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: of the pack, which is good, I mean the middle

692
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: of the pack offensive line is a good unit. With

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Speaker 1: the skill position players they have, they could be damn good,

694
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: I mean really good. We talked about it before Joe

695
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: Burrow won the Heisman. The Bengals had two quarterbacks won

696
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: the NFL Heisman MVP Ken Anderson, Boomers Siason. They both

697
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: had running games. You know, we had Pete Johnson with

698
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: Kenny Anderson Boomersiason had Icky Woods and James Brooks. So

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00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 1: you have to be balanced. You have to be able

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00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: to do both. And the offensive line has to win

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00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage, get a running game going

702
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 1: help a rookie quarterback, so they don't come with all

703
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 1: these exotic packages and blitzes and everything else. It minimizes

704
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: what they can do because we can't get too small

705
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 1: there pound than us, you know. And then you control

706
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,399
Speaker 1: the clock and you start to wear their defense out

707
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: and the Bengals defense is rested. I mean, when you

708
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: can run the football, everybody benefits the entire team. The

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00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: ripple effect is huge, so offensive line be able to

710
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: run it, and then it's easier for you to pass block.

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00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 1: If you're a third and seven or more man, it's

712
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: a beast in the National Football League. So if they

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00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: can get to middle of the pack or scoch better,

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00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: they could be really good, really good. We talked about

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Speaker 1: some of the individual offensive lineman earlier, but Steve oh

716
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: has this question, how is O'Shea dogas playing in practice?

717
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 1: O'she Dugas is a big, strong, bodied guy, not tremendous mobility,

718
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: struggling a little bit from a mobility stampoint. But I'm

719
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: telling you that you can't bull Russ Duga. Oh Man,

720
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: do Gas a load? He's a load. But the thing

721
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: that there's more guys able to go position versatility than him,

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00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure if that's just physical or if

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00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: it's physical and mental. You know, he may not be,

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Speaker 1: you know, as as sharp as some of the other

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00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: guys in terms of comprehending and you know, entire schematics

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00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,240
Speaker 1: and packages where you can play anywhere in the offensive line.

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00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: And I'm not really familiar with that side of it.

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00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: But yeah, he's he belongs in an NFL camp, that's

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00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 1: for sure. He is one big, powerful human being. The

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Speaker 1: next question comes from our buddy, Man, have any of

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Speaker 1: the undrafted free agents stood out? Well, I'm not sure

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00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: if they're undrafted before they came, but man, running back Patrick,

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Speaker 1: I mean Patrick Patrick is a guy that had a

734
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: big scrimmage, had the big run and had a good scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: but he stacked a bunch of good practices together. You know,

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Speaker 1: it hasn't just been a one hit wonder. You know,

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00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:49,359
Speaker 1: he's he's two hundred and thirty pounds and he's got

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Speaker 1: some he can run, he's got some good feet, he's

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00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: got a little making missibility, he's solid and blitz pickup

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00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: that I've seen. He catches the ball well. He played

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00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: special teams at Florida State, he played special teams in

742
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: the XFL, so he could help maybe Darren Simmons. He's

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00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: kind of caught my eye. And it was not just

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00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: you know that one run in the in the scrimmage

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00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: that he had and another guy that's kind of stood

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Speaker 1: out to me a little bit. With their problem at

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00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: defensive tackle, Tupo opted out Glasgow who didn't pass his

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00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: physical and then when you know it has to have surgery,

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00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: this kid Bledsoe from Oklahoma. You know, I start watching

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Speaker 1: him a little bit. Yeah, man, he's kind of he's

751
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: hanging in there, he's competing. You know, he's looking like

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00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 1: there's a possibility there. They signed McKenzie, who you know,

753
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 1: it was in the NFL camp as a guard. That's

754
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: Regie McKenzie's son, by the way, he played at University

755
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: of Tennessee, and they signed him just have you know,

756
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 1: training camp bodies. But I'm thinking, you know, could Bledsoe

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00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: be another guy in the defensive tackle rotation if they

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00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: decide to go, you know, with that many with four

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00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,959
Speaker 1: you know, we already talked about the three good ones,

760
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 1: all Pro Bowl caliber guys, but Bledsoe is kind of

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00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,319
Speaker 1: an interesting guy. I'm gonna watch him a little bit

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00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: more again. These next few practices and two scrimmages separate

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00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: the men from the boys. Then Dan, I'm worthy on

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00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: running back Jack Patrick number thirty one. He was Odd

765
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: and Tate's roommate for a while at Florida State. All Right,

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00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 1: our next ask lap question comes from a celebrity Bengals

767
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: fan of sorts, New York Times best selling author and

768
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: former Sports Illustrated writer Lars Anderson, who happens to be

769
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: a huge Bengals fan a good friend to Paul Brown.

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00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: Here comes this question, what was the best game you

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00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: saw Joe Burrow play last year? And why? Here it

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00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: is as I'm going through my memory bank, it was

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00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: the National Championship game. All right, blitz package early on

774
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: from Brent Vanables. Brent Vanibles, I sought Oklahoma. He's a

775
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: hell of a defensive coordinator. He's a coordinator at Clemson,

776
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: and Clemson's up seventeen seven. Borrow through a touchdown pass,

777
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,800
Speaker 1: but he's down ten points and this is the second

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00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: quarter I'm watching. Burrow goes to the sideline and he's

779
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: on the headset with Joe Brady and Poker face. You

780
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: can't tell if he's losing by ten, winning by ten,

781
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: or anything in between. And that's what I really liked

782
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: about burrows whole career. Aol issue, same face, Go put

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00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: on the headset, make adjustments, keep sawing wood again. Joe

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00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 1: Burrow's game is poised. No panic. It didn't panic, three

785
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: yard touchdown run, two touchdown passes all of a sudden,

786
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: It's twenty eight seventeen at the half, and then Clemson

787
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: scores a touchdown two point conversion. It's twenty eight twenty five.

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00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: They come back a little bit. Joe Burrow finishes two

789
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: touchdown passes, forty two to twenty five, five touchdown passes,

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00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 1: one touchdown running, no gives. But at one point down

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00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 1: seventeen seven to Clemson in the second quarter, you know,

792
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: it's like man our protections, We're not picking up these

793
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: blitz packages. A lesser man may have crumbled a little bit,

794
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: but Joe Burrow stood tall, and he and Joe Brady

795
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: made a just and they kicked Venable's packages right in

796
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: the tail. And that was impressive to me in the

797
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 1: biggest game of the year, to be able to do that,

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00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: make the adjustments and then go and finish and finish

799
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 1: Big was massive. I'm gonna say the previous game against

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00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: Oklahoma because when he threw seven touchdown passes in the

801
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,920
Speaker 1: first half, I needed a drool bucket to control myself.

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00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 1: Next question, definitely, definitely all right. This question comes from

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00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: Steve in Kenwood. Are the Bengals watching hard knocks to

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00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:36,399
Speaker 1: scout their Week one opponent the Chargers? I'm sure they are,

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00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: but the uh, the Chargers and HBO and when the

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00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: Bengals didn't Marvin Lewis and HBO and the Bengals. You

807
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 1: they have they have the option of editing everything. If

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00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: there's anything on tape in the background or whatever that

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00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: they don't want out there, it's on the on the

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00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: editing floor does not make the broadcast. So I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure that a whole hell of a lot is gonna

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00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: gonna get there from a football scheme schematic standpoint a

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00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: tip as such. Um, I think all the stuff that

814
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: they show football stuff is very very you know, pattent,

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00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: go drill routine, warm up stuff. There's not gonna be

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00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: a whole lot of things they're gonna They're gonna really

817
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: show themselves, but you never know. They may they may

818
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,359
Speaker 1: who knows somebody screws up and you know, oh yeah,

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00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: we'll take that out, but they don't. So it's worth watching.

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00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: Plus it's it's also you know, you're getting in the

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00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: understand what the coordinators, how they think a little bit um.

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00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: Maybe you already know them, maybe you don't. Any Any

823
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: edge you can get in this competitive environment in the

824
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: National Football League is worthwhile. This Bengals question comes from

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00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 1: Bearcat Steve. How much will lack of crowd noise accelerate

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00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 1: a rookie quarterbacks development? Yeah, that's that's an interesting question.

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00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that that the biggest thing that

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00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: the rookie quarterback you know, has to deal with. And

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00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 1: in Joe Burrow's case at LSU, crowd noise wasn't that

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00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: big a deal because everything was hand signals and everything

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00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,800
Speaker 1: was cards from the sideline. Now there aren't going to

832
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: be cards from the sideline in the NFL or with

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00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: the Bengals, but you know, it may be when you're

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Speaker 1: in a noisy environment, it's all it's all signals, all

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00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,240
Speaker 1: hand signals and all that sort of thing. Now, Joe Burrow,

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00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: I think with his poison maturity, like retiring, I think

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00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to handle all that. But

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00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: the crowd noise issue is a good question, and we've

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Speaker 1: you know, Bross a couple of times. Will they allow

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00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: will the league allow the home team to not just

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00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: you know, run crowd noise like all thirty two teams

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00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 1: in the NFL, whether you're home or away, you have

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00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: a soundtrack and just running it. Or will they allow

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00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: the home team an advantage of crazy crowd noise, you know,

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Speaker 1: when the opposition has the football like there would be

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Speaker 1: in a sold out crowd. That's that hasn't been the term.

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Speaker 1: And yet that hasn't as far as I know. There's

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Speaker 1: no definitive answer to that. In the Bengals man going

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00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 1: to Cleveland, going to Philadelphia, they can pump in all

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Speaker 1: the noise that those crowds make Joe Burrow in the

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Speaker 1: Bengals offense. Yeah, it's a factor, There's no question about

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Speaker 1: It's a good question. All Right, We've got a couple

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Speaker 1: more questions, and our next one comes from our friend

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Speaker 1: and a very talented reporter in our own right, Lindsay Patterson.

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Speaker 1: I think this one's for the two of us, really

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Speaker 1: your favorite call together. So we've been broadcasting the games

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Speaker 1: for nine years together. What's your favorite call that we've

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Speaker 1: had together. My favorite call was the Packers game in

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00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 1: twenty thirteen. The Bengals went two and one with the victory.

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00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 1: It was back and forth thirty four thirty final. Bengs

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Speaker 1: were the first team ever to win, leading by fourteen

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Speaker 1: and trailing by sixteen in that football game. And it's

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00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 1: thirty to fourteen in the second half, Cincinnati cuts the

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00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,479
Speaker 1: lead to thirty to twenty eight. Packers fumble. Our boy

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Speaker 1: Terence Newman picks it up and goes fifty eight. I

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Speaker 1: lost my cookies. Man. It was like the ball is out,

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Speaker 1: the ball is out out. Oh man, he's oh, Terence

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Speaker 1: is got. I'm thinking, this is unbelievable. What and Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers was at his at his peak, and I'm thinking

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Speaker 1: this is a huge win. This is unbelievable. And the

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00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,359
Speaker 1: Bengals had four turnofs. They couldn't get out of their

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00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 1: own way. I mean, that's that's why how the Packers

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00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: took the big lead on them, and then they mounted

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Speaker 1: the comeback and they went it on a defensive turnover

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Speaker 1: touchdown fumble recovery fifty eight yard johned by Terrence Newman.

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Speaker 1: I remember that that game was fun because it was

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Speaker 1: back and forth. It was it was a hell of

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Speaker 1: a game. I'm going to Christmas Eve two twelve, next

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Speaker 1: to last game of the regular season. The Bengals go

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00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,800
Speaker 1: to Hines Field. If they win, they clinch a playoff spot,

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Speaker 1: and they knock the dreaded hated Steelers out of the

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Speaker 1: playoffs on their home field. Less than a minute to go,

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Speaker 1: Roethlisberger tries to buy extra time and a typical Rothless

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Speaker 1: Burger way, he's scrambling around. Finally, he throws downfield, intercepted

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Speaker 1: by Reggie Nelson, his nemesis. On the next play, Andy

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00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: Dalton connects to aj Green to get them within field

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Speaker 1: goal range, and Josh Brown delivers to give the Bengals

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Speaker 1: their second consecutive playoff berth and a rare victory over

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Speaker 1: the Steelers since we've been doing the games together. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I win in Pittsburgh is memorable. There is no question

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Speaker 1: about that. Like you said, I went over Pittsburgh at all. Yeah,

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00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: there's been there's been some fun games. I'll tell you.

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Speaker 1: We're a nice little playoff run. To start our little

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Speaker 1: tenure here, we gotta get back on a like a

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Speaker 1: nice little five year run again, A men to that.

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Speaker 1: I also want to join Phil sapp as the only

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Speaker 1: Bengals play by play announcer to call a playoff victory.

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Speaker 1: Phil's had them all so far. I want to join

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Speaker 1: that club. All right, here comes our final question. This

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Speaker 1: one is from Thomas, directed specifically to you. Do you

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Speaker 1: like I'm okay with Getta? You know, it's not like

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00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,719
Speaker 1: it's not like I gotta have Ghetta, but yeah, I'm

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00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 1: okay with it. I mean it's uh, there's not a

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Speaker 1: whole lot of things I don't like, and uh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like it as a breakfast food. I'm okay with it.

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Speaker 1: I love Getta? Do you? And on one of the

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00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: not really, although I'll eat it pretty much in any form.

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Speaker 1: I like it in omelets. Yeah, I can eat it

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Speaker 1: with cheese on it. But on one of our stops

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Speaker 1: on our Wednesday night Game Plan shows last year, they

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Speaker 1: had a Ghetta sub Do you remember that? And it

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Speaker 1: was tremendous. It was that was that was as good

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Speaker 1: as Getta gets. Not healthy, but tasty, very very tasty.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget. We'll have live coverage of Sunday Scrimmage from

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Speaker 1: six to seven thirty on the radio at seven UNDERWLW,

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Speaker 1: online at seven UNDERWLW dot com, and on the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do It for this episode of the

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Speaker 1: I'm Dan Horde, and thank you for listening to The

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Speaker 1: Bengals Booth Podcast.