WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Talk To Me 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.640 Hi again, everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:11.680 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Talk to Me, Talk To 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:18.520 Me All Want is a little conversation edition that's a 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:21.240 kiss song in case you're wondering, as we check in 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.560 with head coach Zach Taylor on the Bengals eight free 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:29.159 agent acquisitions, followed by an hour long conversation about the 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:34.199 draft and free agency featuring me, my broadcast partner Dave Lapham, 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:39.320 and Bengals team reporter Marissa Contapelli. The Bengals Booth Podcast 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.800 is presented by Prime Sport, the official fan, travel and 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:47.120 hospitality partner of the Cincinnati Bengals. 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Yes that Mike Tarreco organized a 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.479 Zoom Happy Hour with seventeen friends that went to Syracuse 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:31.640 University at roughly the same time and worked in student radio, 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:36.640 including Sean McDonough, I, An Eagle, Beth Mowens, and others. 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.920 I am doing some serious name dropping here. In any case, 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:44.480 if you haven't taken part in one yet, I highly 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:49.040 recommend the Zoom Happy Hour. Now let's turn to football. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.800 On our last podcast, I mentioned that NFL teams were 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.920 not permitted to discuss free agent acquisitions until they had 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:01.120 completed physicals and signed their contracts. The league loosened that 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.520 policy this week, allowing the Bengals to announce agreements with 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:10.200 eight unrestricted free agents, pending the players passing their physicals 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.240 at a later date. I spoke to Zach Taylor about 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:17.680 the free agent signees, six of whom could be starters 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:22.280 this year. Zach was DJ reader, your number one targeting 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.880 free agency. He was He was a player that we've 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.520 thought very highly of from the gig go. You know, 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:33.160 Nikison as known instance Hiss dayson Clemson, and so we 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.480 felt like he would he would really help us up front, 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.960 and it was a long process get had done. But 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.280 we were very, very excited to get it done. He 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.480 is a tremendous player, can really be very flexible up front, 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.440 play multiple different positions. So I'm really excited to get 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.880 dj DJ in the building. Linebackers seems to be a 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.640 more pressing need. Why did you zero in on a 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.480 defensive tackle? Well, we know that the guys up front 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.639 take the pressure office backers and feel good that we'll 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:02.680 find the solutions there. You know, there's just a lot 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.519 of areas we wanted to address, and right now we 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.520 focused on defensive line and corner. We felt like we 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.160 really helped ourselves there. So we feel like we've we've 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.200 made some moves to really help ourselves on defense and 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.799 got some guys that really bring some leadership qualities as well, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.360 guys that played winning football, and so we're just excited 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.600 to get pack on the field at some point. Readers 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:27.520 three hundred forty seven pounds is an immovable man in 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.320 the middle. The biggest thing you felt you needed to 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.079 be better against the run. He's not only very good 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.480 against the run, but he also he brings a pastors 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:37.839 some value there and when you can find that rare 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.000 combination of guys who have the size to stop the 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.320 run in the interior, but also when they're one on 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.040 ones and not just being big stiff guys that have 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.200 the flexibility go get after the pastor and create some 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.640 issues there. Then that's that's something that you've you've got 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.160 to try to go obtain And so very fortunate that 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.440 we got DJ again. We had him at the top 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.720 of award. We were very high on him and play 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.840 it all come together is it's a big one for us. 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.120 Let's turn to Trey Waynes. Where do you think you're 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.880 getting in him? Yeah, you're getting a starting corner, you know, 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.520 very competitive. You know, he's playing in a good system 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.720 there in Minnesota the last couple of years in Tangibles. 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.480 He brings a lot of really good things to the table. 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:17.880 He's a physical tackler. He's not afraid to put his 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.159 nose in there, which which not every corner is willing 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.240 to do necessarily. So we're excited to get him in 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.320 the building. He's fired up to be here, you know. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.160 So we felt like that was a great addition for us. 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.040 Did you feel like that aspect of being good against 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.200 the run was needed at the cornerback position? It helps, 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.279 you know, it certainly helps you know. We've got improve 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.520 tackling overall on defense, and so every player we're looking 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.760 to add, you know, that's that's an importance for us 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.920 to continue to stress. But Trey's got good speed. You know, 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:44.600 he's made a lot of plays on the balls over 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.520 the years and played against him a couple of times. 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.520 I always thought he thought very highly of him as 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.200 a player. So we're just excited at him to the squad. 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:53.760 I think a lot of us have read that he's 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.320 a really good, solid player, but maybe has not lived 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.040 up to being the number eleven overall pick in the draft. 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.960 Does the on track that you gave him recollect untapped potential. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.480 We feel like he's an ascending player. You know, he's 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.600 only been the league here, he's pushed a couple of 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.480 years there in Minnesota, so certainly feel like his best 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.080 days are ahead of him. And again we're just we're 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.520 excited at a starting corner of the building. Then there's 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.640 Mackenzie Alexander, also from the Vikings, who signed a one 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.120 year deal. Does he project as your top slot corner? 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.520 He does. McKinsey's again another guy that's about the right stuff, 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:30.080 great intangibles, played a lot of football there in Minnesota, 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.919 you know, he actually he played with DJ Reader in college's. 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.040 He's played at Trey Waynes and so he's excited to 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.719 be a part of what we're building here and so 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:40.799 it was great to get him in the fold as well. 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.560 So you know, we've we've added at two corner positions 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.880 here an outside corner and Nicol an interior defensive lineman. 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.279 We feel like we're really helping ourselves over there on defense. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.719 And then there's seven year veteran Xaviers to a Philo 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.240 on the offensive line. Is he immediately the leading candidate 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.680 to start at right guard? Yeah, that's that's exactly right. 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:03.000 He's Um. You know, he's played more in a backup 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.240 all the last two years in Dallas. Really helped him out, 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:07.920 you know when they did have injuries up front, played 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.480 really well for him. And he's a guy that when 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.000 you want to watch the tape, you can watch him 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:13.760 play against the best competition there is. You can watch 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.400 him push Chicago at LA and UM, he did some 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.719 really good things for him. You know. The feedback we 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.280 got on him is that he's a quick learner. Um, 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.520 he's got a high high mental ikey there when it 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:27.040 comes to football and He's a big, physical guy, you know, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.600 which in this division that's that's critical. You know, just 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.600 just havn't been around it for a year. These interiors 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.360 he coinsive alignment at these other squads are big guys 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.400 that are really hard to move with the run game. 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.560 So to add a big, physical guy like Xavier is 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.839 a huge benefit for us. That seems to fit the 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.279 description of guys the Jim Turner likes up front. The 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.440 bigger the better. Almost. Well, you know, he's got a 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.640 lot of good qualities. We've thought he did a great 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.240 job in past protection last year, you know, in the 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.280 games he played for Dallas and um, you know, he's 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:57.960 got the athleticism get to the second level in the 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.040 run game that we really like as well. So I 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.640 feel like we're adding a really solid player there, Zach. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.000 You signed von Bell to a three year deal. He 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.840 was a four year starter for the Saints. Pro Football 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.080 Focus ranked him as the top run stopping safety in 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:14.240 the NFL. Where are you getting in Von Bell? Yeah, 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:18.080 you're getting really physical safety. That's that's really good coverage 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:19.800 as well, you know, and he's won a lot of 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.480 football games of the house state and the Saints. Playing 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.600 a lot of big games of both places. You know, 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.200 talked to a lot of people who played with him 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.800 and coached him, and just the type of person that 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:30.920 we want on a locker room. Really excited to get him. 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.520 What does his addition mean to Sean Williams, Well, it 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.600 allows us to do a lot of fun things, you know, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.200 with three really talented safeties, and so again that's something 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.600 that we will continue to explore. We'll have a great 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:46.280 plant in place. Bell forced five fumbles last year, which 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.800 is pretty telling. He's got a rule knack for getting 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.440 the ball out and making those kind of game changing 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.240 plays in that regard, and so again we're just we're 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.040 really fortunate I worked out where we were able to 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:00.480 sign him. You did eventually add a line backer and 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.800 former Baltimore raven Josh Bines. He gets a one year deal. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:07.480 He'll be thirty one in August. You saw him twice 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.200 in a four game stretch last year. Where are you 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.120 getting in Josh Bines. You're getting a tremendous leader, um, 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.800 a guy who's who's been a part of a lot 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.720 of winning organizations and winning teams. And so again, just 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.760 just doing the background on him, talking to people who 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.280 were within Detroit in Arizona. You know, just a tremendous person. 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.000 He's gonna make everybody around him better. He's that type 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.960 of leader that we're looking for. Again, Floyd in a 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:32.839 lot of a lot of big time football games and 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.520 he knows what it looks like and so again works 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.400 out of add into that linebacker room. Does that impact 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.920 the draft at the linebacker position, Well, I think we're 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.080 still open to a lot of different positions. But what 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.320 we did in free agency allows us to take some 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.080 really good football players when they're there at the right spot, 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.199 and you know, that's really what you want to be 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.800 doing at an end of the draft. The final two 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.640 free agents that you signed our cornerback Lashawn Sims he 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.440 was with Tennessee the last four years, and wide receiver 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.440 Mike tom As, he spent four with the Rams. You 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.559 obviously got to know him face to face. Those are 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.439 two guys that have a lot of special teams experience, correct. 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.080 You know, Leshaun's had a good career there in Tennessee 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.360 and put against him two years ago, three years ago, 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.160 and US Rams Steve Jackson has coached him. So so 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.719 those guys know Leshawn really well and he's about the 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.800 right stuff and again, gonna have a great character to 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.800 locker room, great special team's value, be a good player 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.040 for us in the secondary. And then Mike Thomas is 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:28.640 a guy that I coached for two years in LA 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.520 and again just another another really solid special teams player. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.440 But he's got some traits that are going to be 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.800 really helpful for us in the receiver room. So report 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.720 to see him coming in compete. I know he's excited 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:41.640 about it, and we're just ready to get all those 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.040 guys in the building. That's eight free agents. We're approaching 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.880 one hundred and fifty million dollars. I think, are you 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.760 done well? I don't think you ever say you're done, 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.880 you know, if you always keep those options open and 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.559 case something pops up. But again, we put ourselves in 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.559 a good spot heading here to the draft and in 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:04.440 two weeks areciate the information. Thank you. Now time for 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:08.680 my conversation with Dave Lapham and Marissa Contapelli, which aired 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.240 live for the first time ever this past Thursday on 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:17.560 Bengals dot Com, the official Bengals app, Facebook, and YouTube. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.800 Our first topic the first pick in the draft, and 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.880 Dave Lapham was up first. Do you have any doubt 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.960 at this point that Joe Burrow will be the Bengals 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.920 number one overall pick, I really don't, Dan. I think 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.800 that Joe Burrow is the target, and I think deservedly so. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:42.199 It's uh, it's the most incredible one season over another 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.920 improvement that I've ever seen, that anybody's ever seen. He 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.320 had the best season in the history of college football 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:52.960 for any quarterback with sixty touchdowns, six interceptions. And you 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.640 know I've said it before that when when it was 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.360 most important, the most important games the SEC Championship game, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.160 the first round of the playoffs, the National Championship game, 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:06.360 those three games, sixteen touchdown passes, rushed for two more, 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.280 didn't turn it over, no fulmost, no interceptions. That's incredible. 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:15.840 And he had seven victories when they played those teams, 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.320 they were in the top ten seven times. So you 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.640 have the SEC, you have that kind of a schedule 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.840 for him to play the way he did. I think, 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.600 you know, merits Obviously, he won the National Championship, won 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:32.520 the Heisman Trophy, and he's got great physical attributes. His 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.000 arm is plenty of good enough for the National Football League. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.800 It's not like upper echelon, like Wouza type arm strength. 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:42.240 But I think the thing that separates him above the 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:47.800 neck between the years, he is a competitive learner. He's 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.959 one of those guys that's got an insatiable appetite to 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.200 learn about the game, first one in, last one to leave, 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.960 like Tom Brady, like Peyton Manning. And he is so 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:01.640 confident going into these big games because his preparation is 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:05.280 impeccable and it gives him a tremendous amount of confidence 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.839 to go out there and execute. And the other thing 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.160 that he is is a dynamic problem solver, you know, 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.160 And that's when things look easy until he sees to 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.600 feel so well and when he reads it and gets 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.760 it out great, But then there are going to be 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.719 times when things aren't so pretty, and he figures out 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.040 a way to extend to play, to climb the pocket, 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.640 to manipulate the pocket and solve the problem. You know, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.680 his eyes are always down the football field. He's not 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.160 looking at pass rush and all that sort of thing. So, 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.480 I mean, you can go on and on and on 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:38.080 about Joe Burrow, and I think you know, it's like 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.120 when Tom Brady came out of Michigan, he was splitting 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.439 time at Michigan six round pick, and then he found 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.200 himself in peak. Joe Burrow didn't really have a great 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.760 year till this senior year found himself in peak. So 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.959 hopefully he stays at that level that Tom Brady got to. 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.000 And and Joe Burrow is not a kid. Joe Burrow 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.559 is twenty three years old. He's got some experience and 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.240 not only football but in life. How about you, Marissa, 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.280 any doubt that Burrow's going to be the guy? Now? 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.960 I echo exactly what Dave just went through. And for me, 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.320 there's really if the Bengal stay at one. The only 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.480 way I don't see it being Joe Burrow is if 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.199 a trade were to happen, and I really don't see 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.160 that being the case. I think it would take a 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.480 lot for the Bengals to move out of that number 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.800 one pick. So I'm the same sentiment as Dave. I 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.160 think it's Joe Burrow for all the reasons that he 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.920 just went through and more, there's so much to like 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:35.559 with this quarterback prospect. He absolutely, in my opinion, will 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.600 be the guy the future for Cincinnati, and I agree 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:40.760 with the two of you. I think this decision was 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:46.840 made on November sixteenth when Tuah Tungo Violoa injured his hip, 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:51.040 and before that he had ankle problems. So maybe before 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.560 his injuries, the Bengals would be doing a really hard 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:58.800 study of Burrow or Tuah. But I think when you 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.319 factor in the injury, Burrow becomes the obvious number one 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:06.079 overall pick. And I did a deep dive of every 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.680 quarterback selected number one overall in the Super Bowl era, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.360 so we're talking about more than fifty number one overall 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.720 draft picks in the first thirty three. These numbers might 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:19.440 be a tiny bit off, but I think I've got 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.160 it almost exactly right off the top of my head. 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.239 In the first thirty three there are only nine quarterbacks 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.840 taken number one overall. But in the last twenty two years, 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.880 sixteen of the twenty two number one overall picks have 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:38.720 been quarterbacks. So when you're in that spot, unfortunately you're 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.560 there for a reason in having the number one overall pick. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:45.680 But if you've got the opportunity to get your quarterback, 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:50.240 a guy that you think can be the next Super 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.840 Bowl winning quarterback, a guy that can lead your franchise 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.400 for ten to fifteen seasons, you pounce on it. And 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.200 I think that's what the Bengals are going to do 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.560 with Joe Burrow Lap. You talked about a lot of 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:06.200 his strengths. I want each of us to come up 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:11.280 with Joe Burrow's number one traits. You can only pick one, 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.920 the number one trait that you like about him, So Marissa, 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:18.040 you get to go first this time. Dan, it's really 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.720 hard to choose just one. But for me, I absolutely 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:25.280 love his personality and his approach to the game. He 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.320 has that leadership and that confidence and something we even 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.320 saw to the National championship and a little bit of 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.120 swagger to him that I have just been absolutely floored with. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.880 He's someone that when you talked to his teammates, they've 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.200 rallied around him. He's a guy that people are going 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.960 to get behind. Everyone has fantastic things to say about 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:47.320 his personality and the mentality that he brings. He's been 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:49.960 around this game for so long. He's a coaches's son, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.240 so he knows how to prepare, he knows how to 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.920 have that approach, and it's really spot on him when 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.120 you look at the way he would prepare over this 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.520 past season and just how he's improved over the last 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.240 couple of years. He has the drive, he has that passion, 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.600 and I really think it's going to be extremely successful. 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:10.920 Translated into the NFL. All right, lap your term, your 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.880 turn rather number one. Joe Burrow trait that you like. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.600 I liked the path that he had to take to 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.480 get here. When he was in high school, he was 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:25.400 first team All state football, basketball, big man on campus, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:29.360 a lot of success, goes to Ohio State, the local legend. 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.200 Things don't go great for him at Ohio State. He 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.520 ends up fracturing his hand. And I've talked to Luke 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.360 Fickle down at the Senior Bowl, and Luke Fickle told 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.600 me a story about when Joe Burrow wasn't you know, 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:46.960 wasn't the guy rb Meyer When they were scrimmaging against 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:48.960 the number one defense. He had number twos and number 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.520 three's in the huddle and they're scrimmage again us Ohio 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.880 State's number one defense and Urban Meyer stands live on 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.840 the quarterback and Luke Fickle that defense was good and 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.080 they are lightening him up, they're beating him to death. 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:04.400 And Joe Burrow's dad wasn't there. He was coaching defense 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.680 in Ohio you but his mom was there. And Luke 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:11.120 Rickle said she's in tears, and so Luke Fickle goes 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.119 up to her after the scrimine says, you know it's okay. 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.679 You know, Urban just wants to go through this. The 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.680 next weekend, the same thing, and Urban Meyer a live 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:22.560 lights him up again. And Luke Fickle said, Joe Burrow 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:27.600 sold me then because never complained, never got after any 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.239 of his teammates, never complained to the coaches, what are 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:34.520 you doing? So to me, he's been at the high, 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.480 he's been at the low, and then he goes and 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.600 transfers he gets to the high again. So he's seen 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:43.000 every level of success. And when he got knocked off 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.800 the horse a little bit, he didn't curl over and 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.720 play dead. He got right back on the horse and 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.560 rode to start him again. So I like the path 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:55.399 that he's taken. I like everything about Joe Burrow that 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.240 he had to go through to taste the sweet network 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:02.000 success many times, not just once, many times in the 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.600 lessons he'd learned along the way. And I think that's 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:08.560 why all of his teammates gravitate toward him. Guys at 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:12.400 every level he can identify with him because he's been 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.920 at all different levels of success. Every single teammate of 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.520 Joe Burrows you talk to love the guy, and I 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.359 think that's a big reason. All right, I'm going to 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:27.439 give you my number one Joe Burrow trait accuracy. I 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.560 think it's the most important trait that a quarterback can have. 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:33.200 I think it's in eight. I don't think you become 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.719 accurate when you get to the NFL level. I think 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:39.159 it's largely a god given thing, or at least something 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.600 that's been developed all along up until you get to 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:44.399 the point where you'd be an NFL player, and then 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.919 you either have it or you don't. This is the 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:51.359 spirit of seventy six. The dude completed seventy six point 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.880 three percent of his passes in the SEC last year. 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:58.080 You look at how accurate he was against the toughest 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:04.200 defenses eighty percent against Alabama in that game. Stayed consistently 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.919 above seventy percent against the best defense. He best defenses 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:12.800 that he competed against. I think completion percentage translates to 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.720 the NFL. I think if you look at guys that 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:19.080 played at the highest level in college, their numbers are 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.960 comparable when they go from college to the NFL. So again, 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:24.760 I think that's the number one trait that a great 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:29.120 quarterback has to have, and he has it in spades 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.720 and lap. You know from rooming with Kenny Anderson, that 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.880 was the best trait that he had, right, no question. 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:39.760 I mean, put the football in small spots, you know, 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:44.359 very very tight spots. And with that, great quarterbacks that 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:49.280 throw anticipation. Normally of straighty quarterbacks, they throw with accuracy 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:54.960 and anticipation and that gives them even more confidence in 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.280 throwing it accurately. And the great ones see it before 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:01.919 it happens. They can anticipate where a guy is going 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:03.840 to be open, how he's going to be open, and 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.919 where to put the football. And with that anticipation and 0:20:06.960 --> 0:20:09.600 when they can put it in small holes like like 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.479 these guys can, it's a it's a sight to behold, 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:14.359 There's no question. I remember I was I was working 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.760 a football camp with Kenny Anderson and he would like 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:20.399 I was twenty five thirty yards away from him and 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:23.359 he would say, right shoulder, boom fall would hit my 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:26.359 right shoulder, belly button, boom fall would hit the belly. 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:28.520 I mean, it was unbelievable. It wasn't just you know, 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:30.080 I'm just going to hit you in Europe, but he's 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:33.280 picking body parts out and throwing the chin put it 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:36.440 right in. Amazing how pinpoint it was. And you're right 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.600 those kind of things. When you can do that at 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:44.199 the collegiate level, that trait normally does transfer. All right, 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:46.080 So we all agree that Joe Burrow is going to 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:49.120 be the number one overall pick. Ninety nine point nine 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.840 percent likely that the Bengals select Joe. So let's move 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.280 to the second round because there's a lot more doubt 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.560 where that is concerned. We don't know which guys will 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:01.479 get selected before the Bengals have their opportunity to choose. 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:03.600 We don't know for sure that they will stay in 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:06.480 that spot. They could move down. We'll talk about that 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:09.400 in just a bet. But I want each of you 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:14.399 to give me three candidates on your draft board that 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:17.520 you would think that the Bengals would be interested in 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.320