1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:06,119 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast. The theyg got a go Goo addition, 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: as the Bengals set the roster at least for the moment, 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: and turn their attention to the season opener in Cleveland 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: coming up. When Urban Meyer recruited Joe Burrow in high school, 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: he told him he could be a certain NFL quarterback. 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: I'll talk to that QB. Charlie Jones joins me to 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: discuss his best training camp and while Charlie was terrific, 9 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: he doesn't quite make my list of the five training 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: camp standouts. You'll hear who did. 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It's the greatest thing since. 20 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: Lee Corso. The ninety year old former head coach, is 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: set to make his final appearance on ESPN's College Game 22 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 1: Day this Saturday, and while the show will surely still 23 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: be good, it will never quite be the same. For 24 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: nearly forty years, Corso has added good natured fun to 25 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: the show, from his signature not so fast, my friend, 26 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: before disagreeing with a colleague, to the four hundred and 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: thirty times he's ended the show by wearing a mascot's 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: headgear to signal his pick in the big game, Lee 29 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: Corso will go down as one of the most beloved 30 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: figures in the history of college football. Now let's get 31 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: to my first guest. Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: in town this week to record a one on one 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: interview with Joe Burrow for ESPN. They started against each 34 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: other in Smith's final season in Burrow's rookie year, but 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: that's only scratching the surface of the many things that 36 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: the two quarterbacks have in common. Alex, when your college 37 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: coach Urban Meyer was recruiting Joe Burrow to Ohio State, 38 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: he told him he could be the next Alex Smith. 39 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: Apparently there are some physical similarities and the mental makeup 40 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: was similar at that age. I know Joe told you 41 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: about that. What did you think. 42 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, when Joe first told me that story, I'd laughed, 43 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: you know, flattered, you just, you know, obviously looking at 44 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: it at this point in Joe's career and the player 45 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: he is a person, he is pretty funny to think that, Yes, seventeen, 46 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: eighteen year old Joe was told that his ceiling was me. 47 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 2: You know, I'm not sure what to make of it. 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: You know, I do get a kick out of it, 49 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: you know, obviously, it's funny the world, the NFL, you know, 50 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: the football world and how small it can be at times, 51 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: and the links that we have, even Joe and I, 52 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: even though we're obviously uh you know, pretty big age gap, 53 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 2: but obviously played for the same college coach. And you know, 54 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: even even the the guy that recruited him to LSU 55 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 2: is the same guy that they recruited me to Utah 56 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: from a position standpoint, so a lot of similarities. But yeah, 57 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: it's Joe, Joe's ceilings. Obviously, I'm not sure we still 58 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: know what it is at this point, which is saying 59 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: a lot you know, to be heading into a six season, 60 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: I'm not. I don't think any of us can say 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: what he can't do at this point. 62 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: You came to town for one of these quarterback to 63 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: quarterback chats a few years ago, and from watching it, 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: it seemed like you two guys had great chemistry right 65 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: off the bat. Was it the Urban Meyer connection or 66 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: was that just being two members of the quarterback fraternity. 67 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good question. 68 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 3: You know. 69 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: It's funny like for you know, I grew up in 70 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: San Diego, very different than than Ohio. But you know, 71 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: my dad same thing, coach coach football for a while. 72 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: By the time I got to high school, though he 73 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: had he had moved on and become a high school principal. 74 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: But I think that you know, the son of of 75 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: of coaches, you know, and then our journey. Maybe some 76 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: similarities there, but you know, it's funny there there are 77 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: there are differences as well, and and uh, you know, 78 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: obviously Joe's game, but but especially I think his confidence 79 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: is something that's so unique. It's hard in the NFL. 80 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: It's hard to be a number one pick and come 81 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 2: to a team and and and uh, you know, again, 82 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: I think from the outside perspective, people look at his 83 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: first five years in the NFL and listen, he's gone 84 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl, he's been Pro Bowls. He just 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: had one of the greatest NFL seasons of all time. 86 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: And it's easy to say that it looks easy, right, 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: and then he's been on this rocket ship. He also, 88 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 2: you know, realized like he's been the comeback Player of the 89 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: Year twice. This guy's gone through a lot of adversity, 90 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: a ton of injuries, and he has really changed the 91 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: narrative around this place. Right. The spotlight that is on 92 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: the Cincinnati Bengals as an organization has gotten brighter, and 93 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: it's because of Joe, right, Expectations have changed because of him. 94 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: And you know, man, it's it's it's it's so impressive, right, 95 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: and again, I think, to survive all that that adversity, 96 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: right to come out the other side and to where 97 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 2: he is and playing at the level he has he 98 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 2: is right now, is just it's really impressive. It's really unique. Honestly, 99 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: it takes it's not just that the it's not just 100 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 2: the player. It really takes a unique person to go 101 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: through all that and still have the resolve that he has. 102 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Alex Smith. You were an NFL quarterback 103 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: for sixteen years, first pick in the draft, multi time 104 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: Pro bowler. You had a great career in your own right. 105 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: But are there any Joe Burrow traits that you wish 106 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: you could have stolen? Well? 107 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean that was the one I just 108 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: hit on there. Man, I listen, this is the NFL 109 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: can be a humbling, humbling place. Everybody's good, you know, 110 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 2: and again one of the great big prizes of being 111 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 2: a number one pay because you go to the worst 112 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: team in football, and man, it can steal your confidence, right, 113 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 2: you know. I think I had lost one game in 114 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: high school, in one game in college, in my entire life, 115 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: and then you go to the NFL, and those first 116 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: few seasons were hard for me, right. It was hard 117 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 2: to keep your confidences, hard to keep your kind of stinger, 118 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 2: so to speak. And to me, that's what I see 119 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: about Joe is one of his kind of superpowers. This 120 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: guy just, you know, unwavering belief in himself, which I 121 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 2: think you have to have I do. And I think 122 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 2: with that, the guys on this team, you can see 123 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 2: they looked at him and they believe in him. Right, 124 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 2: And I think that does a lot. 125 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: Also. 126 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: You know, it's funny. I can remember being a young 127 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: player in this league and you know, and again, you're 128 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 2: the quarterback and there's a leadership position that comes with 129 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: that and people looking to you when things aren't going well. 130 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 2: And man, I can remember doing and saying some dumb 131 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: stuff because I thought i'd needed to, you know, and 132 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: you learn, I learned the hard way. But I just 133 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 2: don't see that from him. I just again, like this 134 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 2: isn't he's not a raw rock guy when he doesn't 135 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: have to be. I just think, again, he has this 136 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: great resolve about him that I think rubs off on 137 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: his teammates. Right, And this team, this team has kind 138 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: of shown that every year they finish better than they start, right, 139 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: Like they just this team, you know, I think continues 140 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: to improve. It kind of comes from that kind of 141 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: focus and that kind of mindset and attitude. And obviously, 142 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: I know the last two seasons, you know, came up 143 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: a little short as far as making the playoffs. But 144 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: you know, I think this is a team I see, 145 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 2: I see it from the outside, and there's a sense 146 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 2: of urgency I think that this team has, and I 147 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: think it comes from Joe. 148 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: You had seven offensive coordinators in your first seven years 149 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: and multiple head coaches. Joe's had one head coach, He's 150 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: been the play caller, only two offensive coordinators. How do 151 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: you think the Bengals have assisted Joe in the first 152 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: six years of his NFL career? 153 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that stability is exactly it, right, I mean, 154 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: I think that's it's rare in the NFL. It just 155 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 2: doesn't happen. And uh, you know, I think it's a 156 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: recipe for success. I mean this is like again a 157 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: model of what it looks like right, how to how 158 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: to draft a guy, really develop them and turn turn 159 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 2: something around, change the culture. It takes time, and there's 160 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: a lot of the media is impatient. Owners are impatient, right, 161 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: we want to see we want to see it right now. 162 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 2: And again, I you know, listen, there to criticism everywhere, 163 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 2: especially in the media. There's enough to go around, but 164 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: I think sometimes we don't look at what these you know, 165 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: teams and franchises have done. Right, then that's certainly it here, right, 166 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: like that kind of stability what Zach Taylor's done to 167 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 2: settle things down here again, so the focuses on football 168 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: right to have the same system in place now for 169 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 2: six years for Joe, just to see the level that 170 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 2: he can go to, right, like real ownership for all 171 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: these guys. Again, it's rare, but it's what you want, 172 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: right And again I think it's going to show up. 173 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Alex Smith. You famously came back from 174 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: one of the most gruesome leg injuries of all time. Ironically, 175 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: you were the starting quarterback for Washington when Joe Burrow 176 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: is a rookie tour his ACL, MCL and PCL. What 177 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: stands out to you about how he overcame that injury 178 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: and the other injuries that he's had in the first 179 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: five years of his NFL career. 180 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I remember the day really well. You know, 181 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: it's my first home game coming off of obviously my 182 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,599 Speaker 2: own leg injury and journey back, and you know, to 183 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: see Joe, who a guy I was such a big 184 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 2: fan of from Afar And again I have so much 185 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 2: empathy again for the number one pick thing, and you 186 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 2: know him starting right away and playing, he just showed 187 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 2: so much guts that rookie year and then obviously to 188 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: see it on the same field, you just feel for him. 189 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: Right. 190 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: But again, I mean, to have that knee injury and 191 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 2: come right back and plead his team to the super Bowl, 192 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 2: and then you know, back to the AC Championship game, 193 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 2: and again, I think probably coming off his best season 194 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 2: as a professional, right off off of this risk injury, 195 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: which no one else has really seen, especially from a 196 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: uarterback standpoint. So I'm kind of scared to think what 197 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: he might do here off of a healthy offseason, a 198 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: normal training camp. 199 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: He claims that he never threw the ball the way 200 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: he wanted to last year, and as you said, he 201 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: had one of the great statistical seasons of all time. 202 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: When you hear him say that, do you go, come on. 203 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's crazy to think about. And you know, I 204 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 2: did hear him say that, and it makes sense though. 205 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously the risk is pretty important in the 206 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 2: throwing motion, and I can imagine that, you know, I 207 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: know from my own injury, even when I came back 208 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 2: and played, ye, I mean a year later, I felt 209 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: even better. Right, a year later, I felt even I 210 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 2: feel better now than I did then, right, Like that 211 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: is the body things take time, especially from these traumatic injuries, 212 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: and so I'm not surprised to hear that, right I 213 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: think that. Yeah, he's only stronger, right that that thing's 214 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 2: going to continue to heal and get better. So it'll 215 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: be fun to watch. I can't wait. 216 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: Joe wanted to play in the preseason. The Bengals granted 217 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: that wish. Five series, four touchdowns and great staff. Was 218 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: it worth the risk? Do you think it was so 219 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: wise to give Joe that opportunity? 220 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: Well, sitting here now, yeah, with him healthy, yes, yeah, 221 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 2: let's be very clear. Yes, Now you know that's the 222 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 2: great concern. He's playing guys in the preseason and obviously 223 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 2: just risking the hits. I thought it was really smart. Listen, 224 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 2: I missed this whole seventeen game regular season, game three 225 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 2: three preseason game, and it does change the dynamic a 226 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 2: little bit, I think, on if you want to play them. 227 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 2: And it's funny that that, you know, the Bengals followed 228 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: kind of the similar program that the Chiefs did, right 229 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 2: and Patrick that the guys played in that first one 230 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 2: and then the third one and they get a little 231 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: two week break here before the opener. But I think 232 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 2: it was nice to get those guys out there, get 233 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: him with the ones, get some time again. They haven't 234 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 2: had that luxury in years. Past because of the injuries 235 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: in training camp and so to take advantage of it. No, 236 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 2: I know, no Bengals fans left seeing him get hit, 237 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 2: But again, as a quarterback, some you never get hit right, 238 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 2: and so sometimes it's nice to get that one kind 239 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 2: of you realize you're a football player still and you 240 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 2: still can handle it. So I would actually say, like obviously, 241 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 2: looking looking back on it, Uh, couldn't have gone any better. Uh, 242 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: if you're a Bengals fan or Zach Taylor as far 243 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 2: as getting your guys out there, getting them a little 244 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 2: little action, they had had a ton of success and 245 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: came out healthy. 246 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: A couple more questions for Alex Smith. Were you surprised 247 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: the Bengals were able to extend both Jamar Chase and 248 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: t Higgins? And what do you think of spending that 249 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: kind of money on a wide receiver position as a 250 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: team building strategy? 251 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's it's I don't think there's any 252 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: one right answer for this, right like that, there's a 253 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: finite amount of money to spend in the cap and 254 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 2: you got to you know, pick your spots, uh, to 255 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 2: to spend it. I certainly absolutely love continuing to build 256 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 2: around Joe, right like, I mean, he's the strength of 257 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: this team, and it is obviously so special and unique, 258 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 2: and so I think to utilize him and continue to 259 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: kind of weaponize him, so to speak, it only makes sense, right, 260 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 2: and I think you have to do that. But there's 261 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 2: a give and take to all that, right, Like you, Okay, 262 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: if you're spending there, you may not have as much 263 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 2: money to spend on the other side of the ball. 264 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 2: And certainly we see a lot of youth over there 265 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 2: and and draft picks that need to step up and play. 266 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 2: And so that's that's part of the deal. We've seen 267 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,479 Speaker 2: it in Kansas City. You know, you look at Patrick's 268 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 2: you know, his career was very similar. Early ton of 269 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: ton of money spent on the offense side of the football, right, 270 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 2: a lot of firepower, and then he saw the last 271 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 2: couple of years that did kind of shift. They did 272 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: make the decision obviously Tyreek leaves, they be kind of 273 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: become more of a defensive team with a with a 274 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: quarterback on the other side to kind of, you know, 275 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 2: to complete it. So I don't think there is any 276 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: one way. I don't think it'll be this way forever, 277 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 2: you know, here for Joe. But but right now. This 278 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 2: is it and obviously two guys that he has great 279 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 2: rapport with. And I think when healthy, you just see 280 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: it like, I'm not sure how you stop. It can't 281 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 2: double everybody, you know. And again, Joe's as maybe the 282 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 2: best in the NFL when it comes from, you know, 283 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 2: running an offense and delivering the football on time, you know, 284 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 2: And so I think it'll it'll think it'll be again, 285 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 2: I think a lot of fireworks on offense. 286 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 4: You know. 287 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 2: Hopefully those guys stay healthy on the outside, because again 288 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 2: it's it's unique, they're very unique. 289 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: Final question, and I really appreciate your time. The Bengals 290 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: will be a Super Bowl contender in twenty twenty five 291 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: if what goes right. 292 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think the easy thing obviously. The 293 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: point too is like if these this defense gels right, 294 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: it comes together and can play. I mean, I don't know, 295 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 2: it's just this defense doesn't need to be I mean, 296 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 2: it doesn't have to be the eighty five Bears, but 297 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 2: you know, they gotta they you gotta have some you know, 298 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: some toughness. It's a new system obviously with the new 299 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 2: coordinator come in and they gotta figure that's going to 300 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 2: take a little time. These young guys gotta got to 301 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: figure out pro football. But if they can find their way, 302 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 2: you know, kind of come the end of the season, 303 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 2: and if this team can can punch a ticket, right, like, 304 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: who's going to doubt them? 305 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: You know? 306 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: And I think the other thing that goes into all 307 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: of this though, is health, right, Like, it's just such 308 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: a wild card in the NFL. I mean, everybody's trying 309 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 2: to figure out how to stay healthy, but it's not 310 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 2: an exact science, and so that's part of it for 311 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 2: all these teams in their journeys, Like, again, can you 312 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: stay healthy along the way? And certainly those are the 313 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 2: teams that they have the depth I think come postseason 314 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: to make good runs. 315 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: Your first sit down with Joe Burrow is terrific. I 316 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: look forward to seeing the second. Thanks again for your time. 317 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks a lot, appreciate it. 318 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: Smith's sit down interview with Burrow a likely run on 319 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: September twenty ninth as part of the Monday Night football 320 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: pregame show before the Bengals Week four matchup against Denver. 321 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: Still to come, I'll share my picks for the five 322 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: biggest standouts at training camp. But first, a conversation with 323 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: a guy who just missed the list. Wide receiver Charlie Jones. 324 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: Here's offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher. 325 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 5: Chucks had probably his best sustained period of play with us, 326 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 5: and and you know he's when the ball is going 327 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 5: to him, he's making plays. 328 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: He can do a variety of things for us, and 329 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: he's been around a long time. He understands the offense. 330 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: So happy we've over seen some child. This is Charlie's 331 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: third NFL season, and unfortunately the first two have been 332 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: cut short by injuries. He missed seven games as a 333 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: rookie with a thumb injury and nine games last year 334 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: with a sports hardia. Charlie is healthy going into this 335 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: season and looking to remind people that he led the 336 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: nation in receptions in his final college season at Purdue. 337 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: How do you feel at this point of the preseason 338 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: in comparison to your first two years? 339 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 3: Uh, definitely more confident. You know, I'm feeling healthy. I've 340 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 3: been healthy this camp, which is a big part of it, 341 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 3: and just really that confidence piece, you know, being year three, 342 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 3: you know, had a really good offseason when when I 343 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 3: was able to be out there, I was doing a 344 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 3: lot of good work in Atlanta in the summer, and 345 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: you know, know where I'm supposed to be when I'm 346 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 3: supposed to be there, So all those kind of working 347 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,719 Speaker 3: together and you know, just just helping me feel good 348 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: out there. 349 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: You were off to a really good start in training 350 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: camp last year, then you had a collision with a 351 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: teammate where you bump knees and that threw you back 352 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: for a few weeks. Then you recovered from that. We're 353 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: playing well in the regular season, particularly as a return specialist, 354 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: and then you got hurt and missed the second half 355 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: of the year. It's football, injuries happened. But how hard 356 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: was that for you personally and emotionally? 357 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's always tough, you know, when you're 358 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: not out there, and you know you work so hard 359 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 3: all year round to be out there and you know 360 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 3: to hopefully have a good year, and whenever you have 361 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 3: any type of injury, especially one where you know last 362 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: year I missed half the year, it's frustrating. But you 363 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 3: know for me it was, you know, not really much 364 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 3: I could do at the time. You know, I got 365 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: a different perspective, you know, whenever you're sitting out you 366 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 3: see things from from a little bit of a different 367 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 3: perspective and you can take that time to really learn 368 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 3: and watch. And you know, for me, you know, I 369 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 3: made some changes this offseason. I had some things that 370 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 3: I had to switch up with my routine, you know, 371 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 3: to stay healthy. And you know, you have more of 372 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: an appreciation for the game when when you're not playing 373 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 3: and you understand that, you know, you know this game 374 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 3: you can only play for so long, and you know, 375 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 3: whenever you miss time, it's you. You're kind of reminded 376 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 3: of that. So for me, I learned a lot. It's 377 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 3: definitely really frustrating, but it made me, you know, that 378 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 3: much more motivated for my third season. 379 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: What were the biggest changes in your routine? 380 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 3: Just kind of you know, the way I rehab the 381 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: way you know, I've always been pretty pretty routine based, 382 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 3: you know, throughout college, and you know, found a really 383 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 3: good routine that worked for me. And you know the 384 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 3: thing with routines is sometimes that they have to change. 385 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 3: You can't be too stubborn, you know when it comes 386 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: to that. If there's better ways of doing things that 387 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 3: you've done before, you know, you got to make that change. 388 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 3: So I think, you know, for me, you know, the 389 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 3: way I recovered, the way I you know, the things 390 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 3: that I focused on this off season as far as 391 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 3: being a receiver changed. You know, I went to Atlanta 392 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 3: for a little bit of the winter and in all 393 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 3: of the summer, which was a change for me, working 394 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 3: with new people, new strength staff, new receiver coaches, new 395 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 3: everything out there. So made a lot of changes this 396 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 3: offseason and you know, feel feel great about the decisions 397 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 3: I made and the and the changes that I made, 398 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 3: and I think that's that's helping me right now. 399 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: One of the people you worked with was Drew Lieberman, 400 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: the wide receiver guru that andre Yosi Vash and Chase 401 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: Brown started working with last year. Did you see what 402 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: it did for them and then want the same thing 403 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: for yourself. 404 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, they went out, you know, 405 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 3: the year before, and you know I saw them come back, 406 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 3: and you know, I loved the routine that they came 407 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 3: back with, and you know, they both made huge strides 408 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 3: in year two and another jump going into our third year. 409 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: So you know that that's a thing where you know, 410 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 3: you know, those are you know, it's a bonus that 411 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 3: those are you know, my two best friends on the team, 412 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 3: and you know, I saw the improvements that they had 413 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 3: made and I was I wanted to be a part 414 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 3: of that, so I got out there with Drew. Loved Drew. 415 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 3: I think he's a great coach, you know, a good dude, 416 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 3: and he genuinely cares about us out there. So I 417 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: was definitely very happy with the results from Atlanta. 418 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Charlie Jones. You had two surgical procedures 419 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: to fix a sports hernia? Was it a matter of 420 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: trying to figure out exactly what the problem was? Is 421 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 1: that why you had to have two. 422 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, I mean we didn't really know that until 423 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 3: like right when it happened. We didn't really know it 424 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 3: was a hernia situation. So the second half of the season, 425 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 3: I was really you know, trying to go and just 426 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 3: couldn't go. And then I eventually, you know, flew out 427 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 3: to see a doctor and that's when I found out 428 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 3: it was a sports hernian. We had I think four 429 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 3: weeks left of the year, still trying to push through it. 430 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,719 Speaker 3: But but yeah, you know, the first one, we we 431 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 3: did it like a true sports hernia surgery, and you know, 432 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 3: still was having complications still. Once I got out, once 433 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 3: I reheabbed here and went to Atlanta. I couldn't really 434 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 3: get out of my stance, and you know, I knew 435 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 3: something something must have been off. So, you know, we 436 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 3: saw a couple other people and you know, got a 437 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: different type of surgery done. And you know, it's always 438 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 3: a tough decision to make, especially having two in one year. 439 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 3: It's not for sure that I need to have that surgery. 440 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 3: You know, maybe just waited out see what happens. But 441 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 3: you know, I wanted to make every step or make 442 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 3: sure I was taking the right steps in the right direction, 443 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 3: to make sure, you know, by at least summer, I 444 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 3: was fully healthy. So you know, I'm definitely definitely glad 445 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 3: I ended up taking that second surgery. 446 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: We often hear about wide receivers earning their quarterbacks trust, 447 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: and you have definitely earned Joe Burrow's trust. I have 448 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: a multiple choice question for how a wide receiver earns 449 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: a quarterbacks trust. Is it one knowing your assignment and 450 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: running the right route? Is it two getting open? Is 451 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: it three catching the ball slash making plays? Or is 452 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: it four something that a layman like me wouldn't even know. 453 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 3: I think that's a tough question. It's really all the above. 454 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 3: There's a lot that goes into it. You know, he's 455 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 3: got to trust that you know what you're doing where 456 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 3: you're supposed to be. You got to make the play 457 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: when when he goes you so continue to build that trust. Uh. 458 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 3: And then there's other things, you know, like we're we're 459 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 3: people outside of this building. You got to build relationships 460 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: a little bit off the field, and you know, I 461 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 3: think that's something that you know, we've done, and you know, 462 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: I think there's a bunch of different things that go 463 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 3: into it. And you know, I think all around our 464 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 3: team is is pretty close this year in general. So 465 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 3: all those are factors into into earning the trust to 466 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 3: your quarterback as well as you know, all your teammates 467 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 3: and coaches. 468 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor told us that on your touchdown catch last 469 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: week in Washington, you were the third option on that 470 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: play when you're running the route, do you know like 471 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback based on the coverage pretty quickly? Okay, even 472 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: though I'm the third option, this is probably probably coming 473 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: to me. 474 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, you know, on some plays, you definitely 475 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 3: know kind of where you are in the progression. But 476 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: something for me that I've been focusing on, you know, 477 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 3: is you know, sometimes all right, I'm not the first 478 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 3: read on this. I can run my route a different 479 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 3: way or you know, set it up for someone else 480 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 3: in a certain way. But then having that mindset that 481 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 3: after I do a job, if this is a do 482 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 3: a job route, like I still could get this ball 483 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 3: at any point, especially with the quarterback like Joe who's 484 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 3: mobile in the pocket, who can scramble so well. So 485 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 3: really just going into every play thinking this is this 486 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 3: is going to come to me at some point at 487 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 3: this play, you know, whether it's you know, first read 488 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 3: or the last read. So that's that's kind of been 489 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 3: a little bit of a shift in my mentality for 490 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 3: this year is every time I'm out there, you know, 491 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 3: I'm expecting to get the ball even you know, no 492 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 3: matter who's in Like, that's just you have to think 493 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 3: as a receiver if you if you want to you know, 494 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 3: play Well. 495 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: We're visiting with Charlie Jones. You also had a kick 496 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: return out to the forty two yard line last week. 497 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: This is year two of this kickoff rule format that 498 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: the NFL went to last year. You had a kick 499 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: return touchdown last year. Do you like it? Is it 500 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: good for you as a return man? 501 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 3: I think it is and I think, you know, even 502 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 3: more this year than last year with the with the 503 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,239 Speaker 3: rules of you know, got teams are going to want 504 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 3: to keep that ball in play. So being a returner, 505 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 3: I think this is definitely in favor of us. I 506 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 3: think we're going to see a lot more opportunities back there, 507 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 3: and you know, I really enjoy being back there. And 508 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 3: you know, I think it's a special play in this game. 509 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 3: It's you know, it's a it's a big spark. You 510 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 3: could really change the game back there, and that's what 511 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 3: I'm trying to do. So I'm definitely a fan of 512 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 3: the of the new rule. 513 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why the NFL did it was safety. 514 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: There are a fewer high speed collisions. But I think 515 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: of that in terms of the blocking guys and the 516 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: tackling guys as opposed to the returner. Does it feel 517 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: any safer to you? 518 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 3: Maybe maybe a little bit. I mean, I guess with 519 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 3: the old rule, if someone you know, beat their beat 520 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 3: their blocker and you know, had that much more space, 521 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 3: you know, full speed, I guess he it could be 522 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 3: a little bit of a different hit. But you know, 523 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 3: it's still I feel like, you know, with the new rule, 524 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 3: I mean I'm almost getting up there quicker than I 525 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 3: was before, you know, especially if they're trying to kick 526 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 3: it right past the twenty yard line like like we 527 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 3: saw last week. You know, I'm getting up there. You 528 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 3: know it's kind of bang bang. So it's all I 529 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 3: feel like it might be the same as far as 530 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 3: you know, the hits that you might take or you know, 531 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: anything like that. 532 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: Well, as I said off the top, you're having a 533 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: great camp in preseason. It's great to see a healthy 534 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 1: and playing well. Best of luck this year. 535 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 3: Thank you, I appreciate it. 536 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: Charlie had a one hundred yard kick return touchdown last 537 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: year and an eighty one yard punt return touchdown as 538 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: a rookie. The only other player in team history with 539 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: a kick return touchdown and a punt return touchdown will 540 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: be inducted into the Ring of Honor in late October. Leapin' 541 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: Lamar Parrish. The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you 542 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,640 Speaker 1: by pay Corps, Proud to be the Bengals official HR 543 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: software provider, by Alta Fiber future Proof Fiber Internet designed 544 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: to elevate your home, business and community to a new level, 545 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,479 Speaker 1: and by kettering health the best care for the best fans. 546 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 1: Kettering Health is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 547 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: Now time to share my top five training camp standouts. 548 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: Number five is rookie offensive lineman Dylan Fairchild. Now, part 549 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: of this is circumstantial. If I was just picking a 550 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: most impressive O lineman, it would be a Marius Mims 551 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: who makes past protection look comically easy. But Fairchild was 552 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: plugged into the starting lineup from day one and looks 553 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: like he belongs. Pro Football Focus graded him as the 554 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: NFL's fifth best guard in the preseason. Here's O line 555 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: coach Scott Peters on fair Child's ability to handle the 556 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: task of starting as a rookie. 557 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 6: Obviously, you know that's going in. It's it's rand new 558 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 6: for him. But I think he's done a good job. 559 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 6: But we're gonna keep pushing him, and he's pushing himself, 560 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 6: and so hopefully we just got to keep taking steps 561 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 6: each day. 562 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: You know, Patty help up really well in the one 563 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: on one pass rush and stuff. Today did he show 564 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: the trades that had you so excited us was a. 565 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 6: Big, strong kid with good length and you know, and 566 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 6: he's got good movement and the key is just kind 567 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 6: of being roll refined in a posture and getting this 568 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 6: timing of the strikes. 569 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: But he it's getting better. 570 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 6: So you know, for guys, most of the guys from college, 571 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 6: it's like he's like, we got to forget what we 572 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 6: did there. This is like two different games and check 573 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 6: your checkers and chess. Not going out there like a 574 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 6: meathead and try to head bang somebody because it wouldn't work. 575 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 6: So he's done a really nice job getting those things corrected. 576 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: Still ways to go, but yeah, I think today it 577 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: was nice to see. 578 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 6: Him get out there, get a chance to go in 579 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 6: one on ones where you get to test your your 580 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 6: stuff and see what you got to work at. And 581 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 6: you know, I tell the guys you either win or 582 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 6: you learn, so if you lose, you got to learn something. 583 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 6: There's always something to be learned. I think he's done 584 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 6: a good job as far so. 585 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: One thing that's gonna be stood out. 586 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 6: He has physical traits that that are pretty top end. 587 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 6: I mean, he's a really big guy's big, thick, square, 588 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 6: strong athletic. 589 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: He's tough. Dylan only allowed one pressure on twenty six 590 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: pass blocking snaps in the preseason. Standout Number four is 591 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: defensive tackle Chris Jenkins, last year's second round draft pick, 592 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: started nine games as a rookie, but was hampered by 593 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: the broken thumb that he suffered just before the start 594 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: of the season. Now that he's healthy, he frequently made 595 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: plays in training camp. Here's Al Golden. 596 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 7: I've said to you guys multiple time, I think Jenkins 597 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 7: arguably has had the best camp of anybody. I watched 598 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 7: what you guys watched last year. Unbeknownst to me, you know, 599 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 7: he missed a lot of camp with an arm issue, 600 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 7: and he was behind from the get go, So he 601 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 7: got behind the eight ball. And I don't think he 602 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 7: was uh either one hundred percent uh, nor was he 603 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 7: happy with uh, you know, the way it went for him. 604 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 7: And he's worked really hard to remedy that and and 605 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 7: really and and and take his games at the next level. 606 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 7: And he's done that for us. So I'm I'm uh, 607 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 7: I'm really excited about him. His versatility. Uh, he's become 608 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 7: a better pass rusher on early downs. We're giving him 609 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 7: the freedom to do that. And Uh, he's strong, he 610 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 7: brings energy. He's a horrible basketball player in here when 611 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 7: when when we when we shoot, he's awful. 612 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: But he's really done a nice job in terms of that. 613 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: Going into his senior year at Michigan, Jenkins was ranked 614 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: as the sixth biggest athletic freak in college football for 615 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: his combination of strength and quickquickness. Training camp standout Number 616 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: three is another athletic freak, andre yosivaj. No Bengals receiver 617 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: including Jamar Chase and T Higgins caught more passes of 618 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: twenty plus yards during camp than Yosi vash. I put 619 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: it this way, everything that people are hoping that Jermaine 620 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: Burton can become andre Yosi vash already is big, strong, fast, 621 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: and tough. Here's Dan Pitcher. 622 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 8: He's the perfect example of a guy that you take 623 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 8: late in the draft because of his physical gifts. He's 624 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 8: got tremendous intelligence. Right, So you got a smart guy 625 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 8: with physical gifts coming from a small school entering the 626 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 8: big pond, right and having to figure out what that 627 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 8: means and the physicality that comes with that and the 628 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 8: consistency that we need out of him to be the 629 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 8: passing attack that we want to be. So he makes 630 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 8: a jump from year one to two. Now from two 631 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 8: to three, you see the confidence, you see the chest out, 632 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 8: you see you see just how he carries himself like 633 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 8: he believes that he's like those other two guys, and 634 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 8: he's making steps to get there. And in a lot 635 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 8: of other buildings he would have the opportunity that a T. 636 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 8: Higgins has, and so when you don't have that same volume, 637 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 8: he knows that when the ball does come his way, 638 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 8: he's got to take advantage of it. And I just 639 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 8: think you've seen the confidence grow, super proud of his progression, 640 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 8: and I think you're only going to see him continue 641 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 8: to get better. 642 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: The Bengals had the Cincinnati three way when Tyler Boyd 643 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: was here. I think they have it again with andre 644 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: Yosi Vash. My number two training camp standout is Cam 645 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: Taylor Britt. After a rocky twenty twenty four, CTB looks 646 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: like the player who is being touted as a possible 647 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: pro bowler prior to last season. Cornerbacks coach Chuck Burks 648 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: says it's all about consistency, and Taylor Britt has taken 649 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: that message to heart. That's what I plan to do. Man, 650 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: be consistent in everything that I do. 651 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 9: A routine mayher the same time every morning, the same routine, 652 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 9: and literally I'm go go lift right now, go home, 653 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 9: walk the dolls, eat. I'll do the same thing every day. 654 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: So when he says consistency, he's not talking down to down, 655 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: he's talking every aspect of your life. Life is a problem. 656 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 9: If you don't keep your room clean, you can't be right. 657 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 9: As simple as that. You don't make your bed in 658 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 9: the morning. You know, you don't start your day off right. 659 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 9: And that's kind of the same thing. But how I 660 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 9: go to the footballs doesn't man in the day you 661 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 9: come in this building, it will work, and you gotta 662 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 9: do the same thing every day. 663 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor says he's got great expectations for Cam this year. 664 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,959 Speaker 1: Finally training camps stand out number one, and there's no 665 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: drum roll needed. It's obviously Joe Burrow. He is throwing 666 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: the ball with surgical precision and led the team to 667 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: four touchdown drives on five preseason possessions. That's eighty percent. 668 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: To put that in perspective, the league average on touchdowns 669 00:33:54,840 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: per drive last year was twenty four percent. Burrow just 670 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 1: keeps getting better, largely because that's his focus. 671 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 10: Constantly improving every day in every facet of your game. 672 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 10: There's never an area of your game that you stop 673 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 10: working on. You know, obviously you go into an offseason 674 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 10: and you reflect on on the year before and think about, 675 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 10: you know, things you could have done better, things you 676 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 10: could have done more, things you could have done less. 677 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 10: But you know, when you get into into the training, 678 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 10: you're trying to get better and every every faster of 679 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 10: your game. 680 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 4: This time of year, Joe, everybody's got this idea of 681 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 4: who the best quarterbacks are in the NFL. And certainly 682 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 4: we look back to last year's stats or who wanted 683 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 4: the playoffs? What would you consider the criteria as the 684 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 4: separator of the best quarterbacks in the ENA? But when 685 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 4: you start talking about the elite names, what's the separator 686 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 4: for those guys? 687 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 10: I think consistency is what it is at the end. 688 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 5: Of the day. 689 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,359 Speaker 10: You know, there's anybody can go out and do it 690 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 10: for a game, a couple games, four games, five games, 691 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 10: But can you do it for seventeen games? Can you 692 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 10: do it for years and years and years in a row? 693 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 10: That's a I think that's what ultimately separates the great 694 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 10: ones from the good ones. And you know, I think 695 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 10: you can tell the guys that do it year in 696 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:22,439 Speaker 10: and year out. 697 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 1: Great question there by Fox nineteen's Joe Daniman. 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