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

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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. Uh, nothing satisfies, but I'm getting

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Speaker 1: close closer to the prize at the end of the room. Addition,

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Speaker 1: as the Bengals advanced to an AFC Championship game rematch

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Speaker 1: in Kansas City by knocking off the Buffalo Bills on

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Speaker 1: their home field twenty seven to ten. Coming up, you'll

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Speaker 1: hear radio replays, one on one locker room interviews and

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

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Speaker 1: week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know a guy

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Speaker 1: who's first start in a Bengals uniform came in last

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Speaker 1: week's playoff win over Baltimore offensive lineman Max Sharping. The

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Speaker 1: In the Bengals first fifty three seasons, they want a

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Speaker 1: total five playoff games. In the last two years, they've

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Speaker 1: doubled that total to ten. On Sunday in Buffalo, the

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Speaker 1: Bengals were missing three starting offensive linemen and were a

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Speaker 1: six point underdog to the Buffalo Bills, the overwhelming preseason

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Speaker 1: favorite this year in the NFL. According to Caesar's Sportsbook,

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Speaker 1: more than twice as much money was bet on Buffalo

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Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl than any other team. Those

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Speaker 1: Buffalo betting slips can now be ripped up and tossed

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Speaker 1: in the trash. Here are the radio calls from a

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Speaker 1: dominant performance that ended the Bill season. This afternoon here

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Speaker 1: in wintry Orchard Park, New York. One of the NFL's

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Will it be Joe Burrow and the Bengals

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Speaker 1: why to the left? Shotgun staff short dropped by Burrow.

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Speaker 1: The pressure comes from the left. He throws. They caught

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Speaker 1: at the game, Chase straight ahead into the end zone. Touchdown.

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Speaker 1: On the opening drive for Cincinnati, a twenty eight yard

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Speaker 1: throw lofted down the middle of the field by Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: for the score. Joe waits for the shotgun snap. He

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Speaker 1: get m zone. It is caught by hayden Hurst. Touchdown Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Burrow sucked the Bills in with the pump fake and

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Speaker 1: hayden Hurst was wide open at the goal line. Blown

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Speaker 1: coverage period. Alan is under center Buffalo trying to get

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Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. Receiver goes in motion. That's Gabe Davis.

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Speaker 1: Alan runs left and the big quarterback takes it into

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Speaker 1: snap burrow over the middle, a leaping cat chase. He

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Speaker 1: And the footwork was extraordinary. Left right, tap tap, get

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Speaker 1: touchdown run for Joe Mixon. Fourth and six at the

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Speaker 1: this is surprising to me. Not that the Bengals won

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Speaker 1: One more snap will do it. Burrow behind Carris takes

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Speaker 1: Bengals are headed to Kansas City for the AFC champion

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Speaker 1: Chip Game. Neither snow nor cold, nor an injury ravaged

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Speaker 1: the AFC Championship Game. The final score was twenty seven

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Speaker 1: The Bengals had thirty first downs, They're most ever in

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Speaker 1: Joe had this five letter description for his offensive line.

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Speaker 1: Some damn dogs, d A w DS dolls. Dave Lapham

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Speaker 1: I just want to talk to the offensive line, because

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Speaker 1: the offensive line got it done today. We got Ted Carress.

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Speaker 1: big Win. I hope, I hope they refund all the

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Speaker 1: tickets to Atlanta. I hear that? So all right? I

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Speaker 1: football game period. It was one in the trenches. Rushed

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Speaker 1: What do you think? Well, I think I'm so proud

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Speaker 1: So what about it? Everybody's saying, oh, man, the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: what happened to you? M man? We just trusted in

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Speaker 1: our work. We've been working for this since we came in.

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Speaker 1: We know our goals. We got great guys, we're deep,

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Speaker 1: rookie season. Yeah, It's great. You know, I couldn't couldn't

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Speaker 1: Thankful for those guys, and and uh, you know, we're

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Speaker 1: Keenness City Chiefs. Max sharping here all right, So you've

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Speaker 1: the assists old had, you know, I mean, you get

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Speaker 1: And I just want to say, also, happy birthday mister

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Speaker 1: Jackson Carmen. Yeah, what can you? Can you think of

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Speaker 1: a better birthday present? I cannot? So what was it

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Speaker 1: like out there today? I mean the crowd, noise handling,

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Speaker 1: Jackson the Blast? It was fun. Cordell the off favorite

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Speaker 1: When you're running the ball like that, pass protection becomes

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Speaker 1: and Joe ran the ball extremely hard today and and uh,

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Speaker 1: the game. We could just feel the energy on you

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Speaker 1: single weather. It gets cold as a cold and it

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Speaker 1: We always tell ourselves you played best in the most

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Speaker 1: Do you stay over your feet a little bit more?

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Speaker 1: Do you're not getting on your toes as much? I mean,

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Speaker 1: talk about spreading the football is spreading the wealth. Unbelievable.

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00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,680
Speaker 1: He managed the game splittibly. You know. It's he knew

427
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,720
Speaker 1: when to use his fee to extend plays and find

428
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,720
Speaker 1: people in the scramble game. He just did a really

429
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,719
Speaker 1: good job put him sing in the right situations. There

430
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,360
Speaker 1: was a lot of cans, there's a lot of alerts

431
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:21,719
Speaker 1: he had to take in this game, and he did

432
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: a good job managing all that. What about your defense

433
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,119
Speaker 1: to hold that offensive football team to ten points, that's

434
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,199
Speaker 1: one of the best offenses on football. But we know

435
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,440
Speaker 1: we have the best defense in all football. And so

436
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: the way that those guys just played together and communicate

437
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: and in our d line really got it kick started,

438
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: you know, with all the pressure they put on him

439
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,199
Speaker 1: and made him move around, and the coverage match it

440
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 1: on the back end. It was awesome to see playing

441
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,639
Speaker 1: football at such a high level. The weather, you know,

442
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 1: a little bit dicey. No turnovers. You got a fourth

443
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 1: down stop though, that's a turnover in my book. So

444
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,640
Speaker 1: you were plus one in that category. But to play

445
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 1: that clean of football game in that environment, that's difficult. Now,

446
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,919
Speaker 1: it's hard. But again, our guys believe in what they

447
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 1: were doing, and they played off of each other, and

448
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 1: if we did have a play that wasn't so great,

449
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: they just bowed up and made it on the next stop.

450
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 1: And so even on their scoring drives, they made him

451
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 1: work for it, you know. And so I just thought

452
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 1: our whole team just just came out and played really good,

453
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 1: comprimary football in all three phases, and the sure did.

454
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,320
Speaker 1: I talked to the offensive lineman as a crew, and

455
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,440
Speaker 1: they're happy, obviously, and I'm happy for him. I mean,

456
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 1: the way the way Joe Mixon was running ball, I'm like, man,

457
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,479
Speaker 1: it's like kid in the neighborhood that players better than

458
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: everybody else in snow and so it was just like

459
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,200
Speaker 1: killing it out there one hundred and five yards on

460
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,880
Speaker 1: twenty he rushed for over one hundred and fifty. How

461
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,479
Speaker 1: big was that to settle down that old line? Oh,

462
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,440
Speaker 1: it's you know, anytime we can lean on the run

463
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: game like that, it opens up the passes, it makes

464
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:50,400
Speaker 1: the protections easier and just just makes our life comfortable.

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00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: And I thought that the backs ran hard. Started with Mixon.

466
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: You know, he had a tremendous performance, was hitting it hard,

467
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,119
Speaker 1: hitting it downhill, got some big plays for us, some

468
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: maje finished people draped around him for extra yards. I

469
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 1: don't even know what his total was, but he got

470
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: some really hard earned run yards there. And that's credit

471
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: to those two guys and Justin Hill doing a great

472
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: job mainstream those guys this week. How about Joe Burrow

473
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 1: not only out passing Josh Allen, but out rushing them.

474
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 1: You know, everybody talks about Josh and rightfully saw him

475
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: and the guys are freak extend create design quarterback runs.

476
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I mean he manipulated the defensive line with

477
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 1: his feet, the secondary with his eyes. He manipulated everybody

478
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,159
Speaker 1: out there. He did. He did a great job today

479
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 1: and again from the first snap of the game, he

480
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: was on it and it really did a great job

481
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: finance checkdowns. You know that's they played off sometimes and

482
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,639
Speaker 1: didn't want to give us some explosives. He did a

483
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: great job finding the underneth throws that extended plays. He

484
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: had a great checkdown to Hayden Hurst on the third down,

485
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: third and long, Hayden got for first down there. I

486
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 1: think it was at the end of the half, and

487
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: so just just trimming his job by Burrow, you know,

488
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: coach was I was watching you guys performed that party

489
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,919
Speaker 1: or offense. It took me back to nineteen seventies and

490
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 1: I remember sitting in a classroom with Bill Walsh, and

491
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 1: Bill Walsh goes, you know what, man, we're gonna take

492
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,719
Speaker 1: those four yard five yard checkdowns because two or three

493
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 1: of those that's first down, and we string those together

494
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: pretty soon we're scoring points. I'll take those. I don't

495
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,879
Speaker 1: know about you. Gotta you okay with That's that was

496
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: his whole emo. Just take it, be patient, manipulated. It's big.

497
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: He's not greedy. You know, He'll take what you're giving him.

498
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 1: And even if that means we've got to go sixteen

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00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 1: plays all the way down the field. You know a

500
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 1: lot of teams try to try to give you that,

501
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,639
Speaker 1: thinking that you'll get grady and you'll push it down

502
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: the field from incompletion or turnover. And Joe just doesn't

503
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,360
Speaker 1: do that. Okay, coach, It's onto Kansas City. They've this

504
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,919
Speaker 1: is the fifth straight AFC Championship game they're hosting. This

505
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: is your second straight AFC Championship game. Should be in Atlanta,

506
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 1: but yeah, you know it's going to be in Kansas City.

507
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: I guess might as well just go there and beat

508
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 1: him again. This is the way it's meant to be,

509
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: you know, and so our guys will be ready for

510
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: the opportunity. Appreciate you, thank you. So it's onto Kansas City,

511
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,399
Speaker 1: where the Bengals will play in the late game. Next

512
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 1: Sunday will kick off at six thirty, and the Chiefs

513
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: open as a one and a half point favorite. In

514
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: the NFC, it's the Eagles hosting the forty nine Ers

515
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: at three. Philly is favored by two and a half.

516
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 1: Now time for the radio guys recap lap. On a

517
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Speaker 1: Friday radio show, we played an interview with Eric Wettele

518
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: on k Adams Up an Adams Show, where he said

519
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: the Bengals have zero chants and Eric Windle wasn't the

520
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 1: only person that felt their way with this injury ravaged

521
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: offensive line. You've played the position for twelve years professionally,

522
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 1: what can you say about that performance? I mean interviewed

523
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: him in the In the postgame locker room. I could

524
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: see it in their eyes and the you know, the

525
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 1: unspoken word. It was like, hell with you, everybody, you know.

526
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,360
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's not a chip, that's a two

527
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 1: by four. That's a challenge to your manhood. And these

528
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: guys are full grown men and they take great pride

529
00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: in their profession. And these guys are all good football players.

530
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: They wouldn't be here if they weren't good football players.

531
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,199
Speaker 1: But the key was the way they were on the ball,

532
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: I mean, and that's what they're all. Oh man, yeah,

533
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,680
Speaker 1: we got out. We took control of the line of scrimmage.

534
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: I mean it was these games are one and loss

535
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage. And they took total control

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00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage. And over one hundred and

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00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 1: seventy yards rush and Joe has one hundred and five

538
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 1: of them. And Joe Mixon was possessed man. I mean,

539
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: they fed off his energy. They were like, Joe is

540
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,400
Speaker 1: just running so hard and that does I remember when

541
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: Pete Johnson would run guys over and be like, oh man,

542
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: here we go. We got to get that big beast

543
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: out in space again. Let him do it again. And uh,

544
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: it was fun. To watch. It really was fun to

545
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: watch those guys. I said to him, man, they've got

546
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: a couple of times I felt like, let me just

547
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: do one play with you guys. I won't get out

548
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: of bed for two weeks, let me just do it

549
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,199
Speaker 1: one time. It was like so exciting to watch what

550
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: was going on down there. Deante Smith is the sixth

551
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 1: offensive lineman and Dave Lapham as the seventh pets that

552
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: you're right right, just one snap, one snap I'd probably

553
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 1: probably would have been a outcome, But just to say, man,

554
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: that was so much fun out there. So when I

555
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: was interviewed or did radio appearances this week, I said,

556
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: the question of the game is can the offensive line

557
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: be good enough? They're not going to be as good

558
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: as they were? Can they be good enough? They were

559
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: as good as they were. One sack, three quarterback hits,

560
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,639
Speaker 1: as you pointed out, tremendous run blocking, one hundred and

561
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: seventy rushing yards in the game. I can't believe how

562
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: well they played against the NFL's number two ranked scoring defense.

563
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: Don't turnovers, one sack, two penalties for nine yards, a

564
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: couple of false start penalties. That's unbelievably clean in a

565
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: tough environment on the road with snow coming down the

566
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: whole game, and they're cleaning off the lines the whole day.

567
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: So you're footing. You have to you have to really

568
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: constant and stand over your feet. You can't get on

569
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: your toes, you know too much. You try to try

570
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: to be too cool with your footwork. I mean, what

571
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: they did and how they did it, how they answered

572
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: the bell, it's gonna be. You know, everybody talks about

573
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: Sam's you know, uh, the iconic dash, and it is.

574
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: But this game with these guys who were totally doubted

575
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: all week long. For them to perform the way they performed,

576
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: man in playoff history, it's got to be. Got to

577
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: rank up there for a position group stepping up to

578
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: an extremely high level, much higher than expectations. And talk

579
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: to coach Pollock in the locker room afterwards, and he

580
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: wanted to be a lot more colorful with his language

581
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: than he was, but his message was, you know, he's

582
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: just so proud of the guys and you know, had

583
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: a lot of doubters and don't don't be jumping on

584
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: board now. It's too late. All your daughters out there,

585
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: too late, no room for you. I mean, these guys

586
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: answered the bell to say the least. This team is

587
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: really playing the disrespect card right now. In that locker room,

588
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: whether it was Buffalo being favored today, whether it was

589
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: Buffalo being the preseason favorite when the Bengals were the

590
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: reigning the AFC champ I heard guys saying, you better

591
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: have reflendable tickets on those flights to Atlanta for Bengals

592
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: or for Bills and Chiefs fans that bought tickets to

593
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: a you know now canceled neutral site AFC championship game.

594
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: These guys are thriving on that Joe mix and keeps

595
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: saying we're the big dogs, don't forget about it. And

596
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: they've really found that edge from that disrespect card. And

597
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,479
Speaker 1: you know, Joe verbalize that and then backed it up.

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00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: He backed it up. He was playing so hard, man,

599
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 1: he was finishing everything, and he knew, you know, you

600
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: put a little pressure on himself. He knew it, and

601
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,479
Speaker 1: he answered it. Man. He just he backed it up

602
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 1: back to a big time. I think there should be

603
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: a game in Atlanta. It should be Kansas City and

604
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: Cincinnati should be in Atlanta. What the hell they say

605
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: the stadium is available let's gown and play. I mean,

606
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: why not? I mean, you know, what the heck, why

607
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: can't Cincinnati be in that mix? Come on, NFL? But

608
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: you know what, it's sweeter to go to Kansas City

609
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: and knock him off for the fourth time in a row.

610
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: How about them though, Bengals going to the SC championship

611
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: game for the second straight time. They're they're at home

612
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: for the fifth straight time. That is ridiculous. That's a

613
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: Andy Reid got nothing but kudos and respect for that dude.

614
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: So here they go again. This will be the fourth

615
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: meeting in one year, in twenty seven days, so less

616
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: than thirteen months. The Bengals have won the first three

617
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: and now the Chiefs are going to have a compromised

618
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: Patrick mahomes My guests a week in advances that he'll play,

619
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: but the doctors we've talked to have said he's likely

620
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: to be worse off in a week than he was

621
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: the day that he twisted his ankle or suffered a

622
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain, whatever it ultimately is, you know, diagnosed

623
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: as the mobility he has the ability to run and

624
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: make plays, That stuff I think is gone. Yeah, I mean,

625
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: you watch him pogo stick off the field to the sideline,

626
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,719
Speaker 1: and that's when adrenaline was pumping fast and furious, you know,

627
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: and he wanted no part of coming out of that game.

628
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: I mean he was throwing his helmet, throwing throwing his coat,

629
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: throwing everything. Ubra competitor. But you know you gotta wonder

630
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: watching the mechanics. He could not push off that right foot,

631
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: so he's doing everything off his front foot, off his

632
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: front foot. The thing is he's got such a powerful

633
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: thrown him, he doesn't need any feet. You know, he

634
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: can make ridiculous throws. He'll make a lot of throws

635
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: where he's airborne with no feet, no platform, rip it.

636
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: You know, it's like he's a different breed of cat.

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Speaker 1: But you know, the thing you have to wonder about

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Speaker 1: is will he be compromised in terms of trying to

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Speaker 1: manipulate and get away if he gets in trouble. He's

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00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: just sitting duck, you know, potentially a sitting duck. And

641
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Speaker 1: do you want to roll the dice on him getting

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Speaker 1: more seriously hurt? Potentially so, But I think they'll probably

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00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: split snaps. I would see Mahomes and Chad Henny. Probably

644
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: Henny's going to take more snaps than he normally would

645
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: going into an AFC Championship game during practice, for sure,

646
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: So I just certainly didn't expect to see this final

647
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: few minutes of the game. The Bills fans walking toward

648
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: us because we were at the top of the lower bowl.

649
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: They're on their way to the exits. The Bengals fans

650
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: are making their way down to the first few rows

651
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: to ring the stadium about ten rows deep and do

652
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: the Hohoday chant in Buffalo after a dominant win. Unbelievable

653
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: in your face, I mean, you know, just an in

654
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: your face thing. But I did hear people. As Dave

655
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: Armberster and I were working our way to the locker

656
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: room for postgame, I heard a lot of Buffalo Bills

657
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: fans saying, you know, those those Bengals fans, man, I

658
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: hope they win. They're pretty cool. They were pretty cool

659
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: about this whole thing. And I think that that goes

660
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: back to Damar Hamlin and everything that they kind of

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00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 1: went through together. So, I mean, I don't think the

662
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: Bengals fans were rubbing the Buffalo fans noses in it

663
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: or anything like that. I think they would being gracious

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Speaker 1: in the victory, which is smart because you're on the

665
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 1: road and you're out numbered. Your car has Ohio plates.

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00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly, But you know it's the support is just unbelievable.

667
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: I mean watching players high fiving with Bengal fans in

668
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: the lower role row of stands in that one end zone.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, this is unreal. I mean, these people are everywhere.

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00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 1: There's there's orange and black all over the stadium. It's crazy.

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00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: How luck here we I mean, how good do we

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Speaker 1: have it? I mean it's it's unbelievable, like work, like

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Speaker 1: major dre crubs work. This is work, are you Kidney?

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Speaker 1: time for this week's fun Facts interview, where you get

679
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Speaker 1: to know the person under the pads. Time for some

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Speaker 1: fun facts at Bengals Offensive Lineman Max Sharping, Your life

681
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 1: seems like a movie. You're from Green Bay. You grew

682
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: up a few miles away from lambeau Field. You went

683
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Speaker 1: to Vince Lombardi Middle School. When did the NFL dream

684
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Speaker 1: begin to take shape for you? I think it was

685
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: always a dream growing up. I went to Packers games

686
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Speaker 1: as young as I can remember. There's a photo of

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Speaker 1: me and my dad walking towards Lambeau from when I

688
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: was I don't know, probably three two, maybe even I

689
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what a hold I was.

690
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: So it was always a dream. I don't think it

691
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: really started taking shape till I started playing in high

692
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: school and you know, got some accolades and got recruited

693
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: to go to college. And even then I didn't you know,

694
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,240
Speaker 1: I went to Northern Illinois, so it was a smaller school.

695
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: So you hope you can prove yourself, but you never know,

696
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 1: and thankful I was able to do that. Green Bay

697
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: is obviously a small community. Do you see the Packers

698
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: players and coaches around town? Did you go to school

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00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: with their kids? What kind of contact do you have

700
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: with the Packers when you grow up there. One of

701
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 1: the coaches had a son in my in my class. Actually,

702
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: Joe Philbin had had a son, Tim Philbin, that I

703
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: went to high school with for a couple of years

704
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:58,399
Speaker 1: before he went down to Miami Khalil Mackenzie, the son

705
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: of the GM for the Raiders for a while, Reggie Mackenzie.

706
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: He was a year younger than me. I still keep

707
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,280
Speaker 1: in contact with him. He's on the Ravens practice squad.

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00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: So we were shooting each other messages just last week

709
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 1: and we're you know, pretty good buddy. So it's you

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00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: run into him time to time, but most of the

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00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: time it was not too noticeable. I would say, we're

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Speaker 1: visiting with Max Sharping. You're a big man. You're six

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00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 1: six three twenty five. Did you tower over the other

714
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: kids growing up? I would say yes for the most part.

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Speaker 1: I was definitely one of the taller kids in my

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Speaker 1: age range, but I didn't put on weight until later

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00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: on in high school. So it wasn't one of these

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00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: cases where the parents of the players on the other

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00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: team were demanding to see your birth certificate when you

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00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: played youth sports. That actually would That did happen quite often.

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Speaker 1: My parents always new, especially baseball tournaments. For some reason,

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00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 1: the baseball parents were always the ones that that threw

723
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Speaker 1: a fit. Did they bring up birth certificate to have

724
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Speaker 1: it hand just in case? I'm pretty sure they did

725
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Speaker 1: a couple of times we're doing fun facts with Mac Sharping.

726
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: So I grew up near Buffalo. In nineteen ninety five,

727
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: the Bills had an outside linebacker, Bryce pop who was

728
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He had seventeen

729
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,439
Speaker 1: and a half sacks that year. He was your high

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Speaker 1: school football coach. What kind of impact did that have

731
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: on you. Yeah, he was my coach for three years

732
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: in high school, which is you know, amazing opportunity for guys.

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Speaker 1: You know, if you have a coach that has that

734
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: type of experience and that type of legacy. And you know,

735
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 1: we played with a couple of his sons on the

736
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: team as well, so that was really cool. And you

737
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: know he always preached to us, you know, that hard

738
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: work would show up. You know, he was kind of

739
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: a small town guy growing up, went to Northern Iowa,

740
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: had to work his way up to become defensive player

741
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: of the year. So I mean he kind of instilled

742
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: that hard work into the program. So as you know,

743
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: did you went to Northern Illinois, You're from Wisconsin. You

744
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: had a great high school career. Based on what I've read,

745
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: the University of Wisconsin didn't offer. Was that a big

746
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: disappointment at the time, I was disappointed. Both my parents

747
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: went to school there and my sister ended up going

748
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: to school there as well for a little while. So

749
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Speaker 1: and I grew up going to Badger Games ever since

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00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: I can remember also, So it was a little bit

751
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: of a disappointment. But at the end of the day,

752
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: I got my opportunity, and I'm saying very thankful for

753
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: Northern Illinois. You had a great career at ANIU. You

754
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: started for four straight seasons in every game. What were

755
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: the highlights of your entire college experience. It's hard to

756
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: just pick one. Winning two MAC championships with my teams

757
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: was cool. Just being around the guys. Really, it's just

758
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: all I remember. You know, I met great teammates there.

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00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: You know, we got to play in some really cool places.

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Speaker 1: You know, my first away start in college was at

761
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:56,240
Speaker 1: Ohio State. We got to play at Wyoming, at BYU

762
00:38:56,440 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: in the Mountain Ranges, got to play at Boston College.

763
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: You know, a couple We played some pretty cool places

764
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: in Iowa when they did the Iowa Wave my senior year,

765
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: at Florida State my senior year. So it was nice

766
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: job by Northern Illinois to schedule some great games. You

767
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: did very well in the classroom as well. You earned

768
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: a master's degree. You were one of twelve finalists for

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00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: the Campbell Trophy, which is known as the Academic Heisman.

770
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,760
Speaker 1: How proud are you of your academic achievements in addition

771
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: to your athletic ones. I always took it, you know,

772
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,399
Speaker 1: very personal. The grades. You know, you never know how

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00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: far this is gonna go extend throughout your life, and

774
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: you know, it was instilled in me by my parents

775
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: to you know, get good grades constantly. So I'm very

776
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 1: proud that I was honored with that. It was a

777
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: really cool experience that whole weekend as well. We're doing

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00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 1: fun facts with Mac sharping. So after your great college career,

779
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: you were second round draft picked by the Houston Texans,

780
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: number fifty five over all. Describe your draft experience. Yeah,

781
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: I kind of didn't know where I was going to

782
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: be drafted. You know, my age, it's kind of game

783
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 1: me a range, and it was pretty big range depending

784
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Speaker 1: on how guys who were you know, ahead of me,

785
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: how they would get picked. And there was kind of

786
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: a run of offensive linemen there early and it helped

787
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Speaker 1: me out and I ended up, you know, in Houston.

788
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 1: I was just at home in Green Bay in my

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Speaker 1: basement on that Friday with just a couple of my

790
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:26,439
Speaker 1: closest friends from from NIU and U from around Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: They were probably about seven eight of us, and then

792
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Speaker 1: I had a couple of cousins who flew in and

793
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Speaker 1: it was a fun night, to say the least, after

794
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: I got the call. So your first preseason game in

795
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Speaker 1: the NFL was at Lambeau. That must have been unbelievable. Yeah,

796
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: talk about a perfect story. I would say that was incredible.

797
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: I probably had two hundred family and friends at that game,

798
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: you know, an incredible experience. We got to practice against

799
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Speaker 1: them when we were doing joint practices, and you know,

800
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 1: we started out o line dinners at my parents' house

801
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: on that Thursday before the game. So that was pretty cool.

802
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: So in your first two years with the Texans, one

803
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Speaker 1: of your teammates was a fellow Wisconsin native, J. J. Watt,

804
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: who recently retired. He's going to be a first ballot

805
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. What will you tell your kids and

806
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: grandkids someday about playing with JJ Watt? I'll say that

807
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: he was amazing what he did. He changed the game. Really,

808
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: I think being as big as he was as quick

809
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: as he was, and you know, just very grateful that

810
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:36,839
Speaker 1: he was welcoming and always had time for guys and

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Speaker 1: just really even when he was on top of the

812
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: world in Houston, he was always the first one in

813
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: there when we were working out as rookies with us,

814
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: so that it was pretty cool to see, you know,

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Speaker 1: a leader, first bout, hall of famer type of guys

816
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: putting that work in. So after three salad seasons with

817
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,280
Speaker 1: the Texans, they went to make a roster maneuver prior

818
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: to this season that involved putting you on waivers before

819
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: they could then try to bring you back. But before

820
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: they could do that, the Bengals swooped in. They claimed

821
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: you and brought you to Cincinnati. It's about a week

822
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,760
Speaker 1: before the season. I'm sure you had established roots in Houston.

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Speaker 1: How challenging was that for you? That was very challenging.

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00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: I me and my wife had a son nine months ago,

825
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: so back when I was moving he was only I

826
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: was at four or five months old, So that was

827
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Speaker 1: very tough. I had to pack up and move in

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Speaker 1: four hours. And all the credit goes to my wife, Cass.

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Speaker 1: She is amazing, always has been very supportive. Her dad

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Speaker 1: is a football coach, so she grew up around it

831
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: growing up, and she knows the toughness of it. And

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Speaker 1: now thankfully her and my son Brooks are here, but

833
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: very thankful for her and everything that she was able

834
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Speaker 1: to do to help me make the move in transition

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Speaker 1: as some as possible. You've posted some pictures of Brooks

836
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Speaker 1: on your Instagram feed First Team all adorable. I must say,

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Speaker 1: what is your favorite part about being a dad? I

838
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: think the favorite part is just getting to spend time

839
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: around him anytime I can get you know, he's every

840
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: every time he achieves something new, you're you're so proud

841
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: and you're so sad. It's the same point because you

842
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: realize he's growing up. But I love it. I mean,

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00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: anytime he's he's I think he's gonna start walking here

844
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 1: pretty soon, which a little early, but i mean he's

845
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: like going from the couch to the futon and without

846
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: without trying to hold on to anything. I'm like, we're

847
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: watching him feel careful. But anytime he does anything like that,

848
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Speaker 1: you know, even if he's just babbling at you, anytime

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Speaker 1: camera ready on your phone. Yeah, exactly, we're visiting the

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Speaker 1: Max Sharping. Your first start for the Bengals came the

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Speaker 1: wildcard playoff game against the Ravens. Can you describe what

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Speaker 1: first time in the game of that magnitude, I mean

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Speaker 1: like that. I mean, it was phenomenal. And you know,

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Speaker 1: night game, playoff game, divisional opponent, it's a lot of

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Speaker 1: all my teammates that you know, we're sportive getting me

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Speaker 1: ready for that moment because you know, like can it

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Speaker 1: happen at any time? And thankfully we came up with

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Speaker 1: a w a few wildcard topics. Now for Max Sharping,

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Speaker 1: who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport?

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Speaker 1: And why? I would say Donald Driver Being a Green

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Speaker 1: Community's one of those guys you'd see around the community.

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Speaker 1: And just a great overall guy and had a great career,

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Speaker 1: no question about it. I mentioned your Instagram feed and

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Speaker 1: some of the cute pictures of your son. You posted

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Speaker 1: a picture from Halloween this year. Your wife is Jesse

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Speaker 1: the cow Girl, your son is Woody little cowboy costume.

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Speaker 1: You are the world's largest buzz light year. How big

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Speaker 1: was the costume and how do you get one that big?

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Speaker 1: I don't know where my wife found it. I think

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Speaker 1: We got the picture, and you know, Brooks was smiling,

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Speaker 1: which was always good. Brooks is gonna love to that

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Speaker 1: picture as he gets older. What do you like to

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Speaker 1: I like to travel a little bit, you know, just

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Speaker 1: we spend our money. All right, final fun fact, and

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Speaker 1: this one's kind of deep. If you could meet anybody

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Speaker 1: might be, who would it be. I never got to

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Speaker 1: meet my paternal grandfather. Well technically I guess I did,

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Speaker 1: So if I could go back and meet anyone, I

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Speaker 1: would I would love to meet my grandfather. Well, this

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Speaker 1: has been fun. I appreciate your time. Best of luck

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