WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Far and Wide 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.320 Hig and everybody on dan Hord and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:11.400 the Bengals Booth podcast. The all the players came from 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.800 far and wide. Addition, as we learn all about the 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:19.159 two players selected by the Bengals on Day two of 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:23.720 the draft, Demetrius Knight and Dylan Fairchild. The Bengals Booth 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:26.119 Podcast is brought to you by pay Corp, Proud to 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:30.360 be the Bengals official hr software provider, by Alta Fiber 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.400 future proof fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, business 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.640 and community to a new level, and by Kettering Health 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.839 the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health is 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.400 the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. 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Quote. 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.360 He's a big man with a chiseled frame who does 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.680 not look or move like two hundred and eighty pounds, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.200 and there were times watching his tape, especially when he 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.720 was in pursuit suit, that he could have passed for 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:05.680 a linebacker or even a big safety. Stewart possesses a 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:10.720 high level combination of sudden and explosive athleticism and strength 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.120 and power that not many at his position have, and 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.280 there are reps in which he looks like as good 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.800 of a defensive end prospect as you have seen in 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:25.760 recent memory. 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Now let's take 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.760 a look at the two newest Bengals, beginning with linebacker 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.639 Demetrius Knight, selected in the second round out of South Carolina. 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.480 Knight is a twenty five year old married father of 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:04.119 two and spent the last six years playing college football 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.000 for at Georgia Tech, one at Charlotte, and last year 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.160 with the game Cocks, where he was a captain on 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.080 one of the stingiest defenses in the country. Is South 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:18.160 Carolina finished twelfth in points allowed. The former high school 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:22.160 quarterback has excellent size at six two two thirty five, 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:26.320 flash sideline to sideline speed, and is known for his 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.440 physicality and toughness. He was projected to go later the 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.760 number forty nine overall, but Al Golden and Zach Taylor 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.920 say they were sweating it out that he would still 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.040 be there when the Bengals were on the clock. 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.520 It was stressful. It was stressful. Again he was he 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:45.080 was the guy. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:50.000 Uh And again it could have went a number of positions, 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.120 you guys, you know, you know all the positions that 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.119 we're looking at. It could have went, you know, one 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.840 way or another with another position. But in terms of 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.280 that position, that was the guy. When we woke up 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:00.760 this morning and I'm I'm glad he's here. 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:03.000 You know, Alan and I were just talking walking down here. 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.839 It felt a lot like waiting for Logan a couple 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.960 of years ago and just letting all those picks take off. 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.000 But he's a tremendous fit for us, someone that we 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.320 had an extremely high opinion of, Very thankful that he 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:19.000 was there when we picked walks in the door, A 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:23.359 mature leader. You know, so many people we talked to 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.880 this is one of their favorite people that they've been around. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:29.760 And just the leadership qualities, the football and tangibles, the 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.560 football makeup, the talent that he's got. He's gonna walk 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.720 in the door and and fight for a way to 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.440 contribute immediately. And I fired up to watch that happen. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:42.160 The first thing that jumps out is his characters make 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:46.080 up his ability to become a captain in a short 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.920 time frame. He's the MVP of the best one of 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:55.080 the best defenses in the country. And again, just like 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.840 yesterday's piece, is really really hard to find, uh, you know, 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.120 a combo de end if you will, a guy that 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.880 can play inside or outside. This guy is hard to find. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.160 They just don't make him this long. He's played at 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.240 two forty five. He's got enough length to go to 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.960 the edge when you want to go to a five 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.719 down look or or play some outside back or for you. 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.080 So that's a pivotal piece for us. His pro day 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:25.760 was excellent, you know, just a just a competitor. Loved 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.560 his movement in space, sudden Blitzer could spy a quarterback 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:34.080 on third down, gifted and coverage, you know, and again 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:38.040 you're talking about you know, just shy of six to 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.400 two thirty three inch arms, you know, two hundred and 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:45.320 forty pounds and just love, love where he is as 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:46.080 a player right now. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:47.920 Yeah, we want to make sure it's the right guy, 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.680 you know, just not any guy. And this is one 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.560 that we feel like can come in and compete to 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.960 contribute immediately. And of course we're not We're not designing 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.279 anybody any jobs right now, but he's a gut we 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.080 think has to make up to walk in the door 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:02.920 and compete immediately. 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:04.080 We feel like we. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:08.839 Got a clean character kid. He's healthy, hasn't been playing 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:12.440 linebacker all too long, so from that standpoint, although you 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.000 know he's twenty five, he is a sending. I feel 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.280 like we got him right at the right spot in 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:21.440 his career, and I'm not concerned at all about the age. 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.800 I think what we have is a guy who's got 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.560 his priorities right. He's gonna be ready to come in 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.160 and fight for a job. 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.400 Night will be in the mix with free agent acquisition 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.680 Owen Burks to potentially started linebacker next to Logan Wilson, 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:40.040 and he could also contribute immediately on special teams. Jermaine 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.960 Pratt has been a solid starter for six seasons, and 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:47.880 his playoff ist of Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr ranks 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.480 among the most memorable moments in team history. But Jermaine 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:55.320 is coming off an inconsistent year and has requested a 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.440 trade amid speculation that he could be a cap casualty. 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:04.440 Night looks like his eventual successor. He spoke by phone 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.479 with Cincinnati reporters after the pick, and here are a 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.000 few of his comments. 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:15.480 I'll describe my game as nasty. I like to say 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:17.800 when I'm going out there on the field that I 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.840 like to hunt because if I don't hunt any you know, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.240 my family doesn't eat. So I've become the hunter out there. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.160 Whether what I say about my family and put the 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.800 helmet on, I switched to that mean tell you, Okay, 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.440 now I have to go hunt, and I'm gonna do 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.960 whatever it takes to make sure we come back with 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.880 a wing. To make sure my family and everybody else, 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.760 which this didn'taty family, now make sure that we all eat. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.920 From your pre draft contact with the Bengals, could you 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:42.800 sense their interest? 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:47.680 I could had a meeting with those guys previously here 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.680 close to pro day, so I had a food. Maybe 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.320 there was interest. I didn't didn't hear too much from 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.640 you other than that, but I knew that when it 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.400 comes to the draft, anything and everything is possible, especially 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:04.120 after watching you know guys go Mett and right the 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.240 first night with you know, different things different from my 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.040 draft that I was seeing. So that's what I just 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.800 told myself the first night. You know, anything happens. So 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.760 they're keeping the options open and You'm glad we got 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:17.760 we ended up in positioning that. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:22.960 We are a lot of players. Demetrius in your position, 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.640 are twenty one two coming into the NFL. You're twenty 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:30.320 five with as you just admitted, acknowledged a lot of 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:35.000 different life experiences. How do you think that affects you 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.120 coming into the NFL? 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.480 Yeah, I don't. I don't think it affects me pretty 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.560 too much. I believe it gives it gives me an 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.840 edge telling a lot of guys that's my edge on team. 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.640 That's my edge because I have I. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:49.120 Have a wife. 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.760 I'm the other guys and young guys have wives as well, 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.520 but my family is my wife. The why get up 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.600 and go do what I do? And then you know, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:09:00.640 being able to play in college for that as I did, 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.319 I've seen I've seen the good bear football. So I'm 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.679 not a guy that team's gonna have to bates it 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:06.679 hold hands with. 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.320 One of the Bengals starting linebackers has requested a trade. 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.520 Are you aware of the Jermaine Pratt situation and what 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.720 opportunity do you think is going to be waiting for 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:17.640 you in Cincinnati? 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.360 I was not aware of that. I've just been trying 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.840 to stay out of the media as much as possible 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.319 and let the lower handleware wherever you're gonna place me, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:30.880 and uh, I believe that an opportunity, there's always a 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:35.000 mentality of makes man up, but also embraced the opportunity. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.600 If you got one seven teens and that started, that's 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:41.280 backup and that thirst. You got an opportunity to play, 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.040 you gotta go to be your best moment. You have 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.520 to the best of my ability, wherever they whatever, whatever 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:46.839 they tell me, if I'm gonna do it. 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:51.440 In the third round, with pick number eighty one overall, 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:56.040 the Bengals selected Georgia offensive lineman Dylan Fairchild. He was 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.280 the second team All American last year and the bulldogs 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:02.800 starting left guard for the past two seasons. He's six' 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.520 five three twenty five with a brawling wrestler's, mentality, and 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.760 according To Pro Football, focus did not allow a single 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.920 sack in more than seven hundred pass blocking snaps in 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.880 his college. Career, ironically a lot of mock drafts had 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:22.720 The bengals taking His georgia Teammate Tate, ratledge wound up 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:27.000 going To detroit in round, two offensive Coordinator Dan pitcher 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.640 traveled To george's pro day to take a first hand 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:31.439 look at. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:35.040 Both we went down there with an open. Mind there's 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:36.920 Other they got other guys too that we went down 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.520 there to, see, Right so it's definitely a worthwhile visit 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.440 for a. Coordinator but we just came away super impressed 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.920 With dylan, again enjoyed our time in the classroom with. 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.800 Him we felt like he was able to really articulate 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.680 his role within their, offense what he was asked to. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.319 Do he was able to point, out you, know some 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.800 of the errors that he, made how he would correct 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.679 them moving. Forward and then, again the physical component of 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.800 his play style just really fits. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:01.800 Us he's. 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.000 Tough the intangibles are through the. Roof you, know we're 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.240 talking about like an undefeated high school. Wrestler you really 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.960 feel that, strength you feel that the will to move. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.880 People it's all there With. Dylan so we're super excited 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:15.040 to have. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.600 They'll come in and compete to startup left guard right. Away, 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:23.360 again just the, intangibles we. Like his skill set fits, 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:27.520 us fits our, division fits our. Scheme so again we're 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.120 really excited At dylan to the. 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.400 Decks he's a guy who battled and played through an, 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.480 injury who played less than one hundred percent but just 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.520 toughed it, out was able to show that he could 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.200 correct in areas maybe early in the year where he 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.320 struggled a little. Bit and he's a guy with tremendous. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.920 Upset he's twenty two years, old he's got two years 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.520 of starting football under his. Belt he's got a great 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.080 physical skill, set and we think all the again intangibles 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:52.040 to realize that. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.720 Potential there's a lot of scenarios out. There, obviously we 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.560 want to take the best players that are. Available and 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.960 we're very thankful of that linebacker that we really coveted 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.280 in a guard that we really cover. It we're both 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.079 there and so again that's a good day for. 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:04.880 Us you, KNOW i think he's a player that can 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.800 compete right. Away as we mentioned, before he's immediately thrown 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.040 right in the mix at left, guard and he's a 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.640 player with a lot of upsize upside yet to. Realize 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.320 so you, know, well we're going to demand it out 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.840 of them. Early we're Not we're not. Waiting you, know 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:19.760 he's he's going to show up and the demands are 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.760 going to be, clear and and we're going to ask 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.280 him to go do it right, now but we know 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.680 that there's there's a process there too for him to 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.760 grow and ultimately become an excellent player in this. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:33.000 League it clearly appears that the starting spotted left guard 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.800 is Fair child's to lose as a, rookie and The 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.640 bengals invested a third round pick on an interior offensive 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:43.880 lineman in hopes of landing a reliable building block that 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.400 will help Protect Joe burrow for years to. Come here 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.280 are some Of fairchild's comments when we caught up with 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:51.160 him by. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:56.000 Phone oh, Man i'm just so honored to be taken 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.320 WHERE i, was and you, know just super super excited 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.040 to be next to guy as you Know i'm familiar, 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.240 with super excited to be with Men's Chas, peters all 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.600 the guys in this. Organization it's just a blessed to 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:07.440 be taken by this. 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:11.560 Franchise offensive Coordinator Dan pitcher just, said left guard is 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.840 yours to. Win have they communicated. 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:14.640 That to, You? 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.000 Uh, no no so or not. Yet but you, Know 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.360 i'm going to go in there and you, know do 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.560 What i'm do It i'm called to, do you, know 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.160 and just compete and do What i'm supposed to do 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:26.760 every single day and give it my all day in 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:27.079 and day. 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.240 Out how would you describe the responsibility of trying to 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:30.840 Protect Joe. 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.680 Burrow, oh it's an. Honor you, Know it's an honor 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:36.000 and it's something That i'm going to live and die 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.000 by every single. Day you, Know it's the biggest honor 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.600 of my. Life and you, Know i'm just super excited 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:42.800 to do. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:47.040 It stealing The bengals throw the ball and Drop joe 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.480 back more than any other team in THE. Nfl how 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:54.320 comfortable are you in an offense that's heavily predicated on 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:55.040 the passing. 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.720 Game, YEAH i, MEAN i think it's just my play. Style, 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.280 well you, know kind of in these previous. Questions you, 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.880 know it's something THAT i want to improve, on as 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.800 that run, blocking you, know but just being a pass 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:12.440 every TEAM i think is just my play, style you. Know, 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:13.880 SO i, MEAN i think that this is going to 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.959 be a great. MATCH i JUST i just went went 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.400 into it with a with a with an open. Mindset you. 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.280 KNOW i, wasn't you, know leaning towards any. TEAM i 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.440 wasn't going to try and fall in love with, anybody you. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.480 Know but now, now, now felling in love And i'm married. 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:29.000 Now so. 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.480 With The friday's, picks we'll travel To cincinnati On saturday 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.360 to meet with the local media and the draft rezooms 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:41.280 at noon with rounds, four, five, six and. Seven as of, 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:45.840 now The bengals only have three more. Picks, safety running 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:49.720 back and more help in the. Trenches all seem like strong. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:54.600 Possibilities coming up next analysis From Dave. Lapham but first 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.640 a quick reminder that The Bengals booth podcast is brought 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.000 to you by Pay, corps proud to be The Bengals 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:04.760 OFFICIAL hr software, provider By Alta fiber future Proof Fiber 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.920 internet designed to elevate your, home business and community to 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:11.520 a new, level and By Kettering health the best care 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.840 for the best. Fans Kettering health is the official healthcare 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:19.400 provider of The. Bengals now Here's Dave lapham beginning with 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.440 his thoughts on third round Selection Demetrius. 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:26.880 Night i'm a sure, guy married a couple of. 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:32.680 Kids you, know anybody that has related To Gladys knight 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:39.000 is okay by, me and yeah, YEAH I Anaretha, franklin 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:45.320 no doubt about. That he's you, know older. PLAYER i 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:49.680 think he's twenty five years. OLD a downhill, player to 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.600 say the, least comes downhill and hits with a lot of. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:57.080 Power he's very. Intense he can. Blitz he was a 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:58.800 high school, quarterback so you know. 0:15:58.760 --> 0:15:59.160 He's got an. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.480 Athleticism he runs a four to five eight forty or 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.080 one point five eight ten yards. 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:09.760 Split pretty good numbers, there eighty one inch. WINGSPAN i, 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:12.200 mean he is. Long he's one of. 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:15.000 Those guys that can tie his shoelaces without bending. Over 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:20.960 it's it's. Incredible he's he's a. LEADER i think he's 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:24.120 got some nastiness to. Him the way he seems to 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.320 comport himself on the football. Field bit all, legal of, 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.560 course very passionate about the game of. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:30.680 Football looks like he's. 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:35.120 A pretty fluid, athlete and he's got good football. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.080 Instincts there's no question about. That he sees. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.440 Things he's got good, eyes he, diagnoses he almost sees 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.400 things before they. Happen and he's one of those guys 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.520 that sometimes he comes downhill and hit you right in the, 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.640 mouth and other times he'll he'll slip the block on. 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.880 You so he'll he'll change things, up and he's got 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:59.640 different techniques and how he attacks linemen and other blockers 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.480 in the right, game and on top of his, physicality he's, 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.760 got you, know ability to to run from sideline to. 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:07.440 Sideline. 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.919 UH i think he's A i think he's a you, 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.120 know he's he's a good. Fit Al golden talked about 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:16.919 solidifying the middle of the. 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:17.480 Defense. 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:23.280 Uh they Signed slayton uh in free, agency and then 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:28.240 they Draft stewart with the first, pick And stewart can 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:32.960 play outside or, inside and, uh HE'S i think he 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:36.560 plays the run pretty darn. EFFECTIVELY i think that's, uh 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:40.840 that's definitely a a plus on on his his side of. 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.879 Things AND i JUST i just think, that, uh That 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.400 Demetrius knight is going to be a guy That Al 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:50.879 GOLDEN i think is identified as somebody that loves the 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:55.000 game of football and somebody that understands the game of 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.359 football and will be able to communicate, uh everything That 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.080 Al golden is trying to get across to his football. 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.200 Team i'm not saying he's going to be another assistant, 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.960 coach BUT i think he's got the, leadership the, maturity 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.280 all those kind of things where his teammates are going 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:15.760 to really respect him and trust. Him AND i think 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:20.080 Probably Al golden was sold on him after sitting down 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:21.840 with him and finding out what this young man is all. 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.919 About you brought UP. Tj. Slayton so they signed a 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.399 massive noseguard as a free, agent their first round draft, 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:34.359 Pick Shamar stewart six.' five he'll play somewhere between two 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:38.240 seventy and two eighty And Now demetrius knight is a 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:42.159 big man, at linebacker somewhere between two hundred and thirty 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.240 five and two hundred and forty. Five pounds is there a? 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.520 Message there Have the bengals gotten away from like speed 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.840 speed speed in recent years and decided they needed to 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:52.240 be a little. 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:55.080 Bit, BEFIER yeah i mean THAT'S The. 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.880 AARC north i mean the physicality OF The. AFC north 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:02.120 i mean you look at you look at what everybody 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.640 did in the first round On. Draft day everybody chose 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:10.520 defensive players and you know there were, you know they're 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:11.120 only like. 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:13.760 Sixteen and a half defensive. 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:18.200 Players chosen as one, YOUNG man i, you know basically 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.639 count him as. Both sides the way he is able 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:24.200 to get. 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.520 To get things done as as. 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:32.240 A wide receiver. IN cornerback, i mean he's just he's 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.679 a different breed. A cat there's no question. About that but, 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.280 YOU know i think obviously you have to be able 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:42.400 to handle that aspect, of things and you have to have, 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.800 the physicality you have to have, the size you have 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.560 to have, the ATHLETICISM and I think i think that's. 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.240 The thing these are all, big people but with that 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.280 size comes pretty good ability. 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:56.200 To move and, YOU. 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.760 Know I Think demetrious knight is a is a guy 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:03.680 who he basically is a sideline the, sideline guy and 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:08.159 he's a, you know he can he can come downhill and. 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:11.160 Thump. You uh he can also play, you, know. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:15.159 LATERALLY and I just i think when you have a 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:18.520 guy that size that one snap is. A lineman you 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.840 come out on him and he just takes your right 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:23.879 down the middle of. Your snout and so now you 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:25.760 come out and you're you're ready to brace to that 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:27.320 big hit and he pulls the slip. 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:29.240 On you those guys drive. 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.359 You NUTS and i think he does a pretty good 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:36.920 job of mixing, it up giving people. Different looks and, 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:39.120 YOU know i think when you when you look, At 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:43.000 It al golden said before the draft wants to get 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:48.639 better defensively and starts up. The middle and he in, 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:51.879 free agency, of course he like we talked about he 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:55.240 signed a big horse in free agency up, the middle 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:59.919 and now he compounds that or adds to that was 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:03.840 do it and now back that up with a, you 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:06.359 know a two hundred and thirty five and forty pounds, 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:10.720 you know middle linebacker who is the quarterback of. THE defense, 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.080 i MEAN that's i think that's the other thing To 0:21:13.119 --> 0:21:17.240 Probably al golden Liked About demetrius knight as HIS. Football 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:22.280