WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Thousand Million Questions 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.359 Hike and everybody. I'm Dan Horde, and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:13.600 the Bengals Booths podcast, the thousand Million Questions edition. As 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.960 my broadcast partner Dave Lapham joins me to answer questions 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:20.360 you submitted via Twitter. We won't really get to a 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:22.920 thousand million of them. Those are just some lyrics from 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.119 a great old Moody Blues song, but we will cover 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:30.240 ten good questions that you sent in, ranging from who 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:33.239 is most likely to start on the offensive line too, 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:38.320 what does lap know about Anthony Muonios's messed up little finger? 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:43.919 Plus lap as a few questions for me that's coming up, 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:47.280 and in this week's fun Facts interview, I will quiz 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.839 the Bengals second round pick and this year's draft tight end, 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:54.720 Drew Sample out of the University of Washington. All of 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.720 that is straight ahead, But first, here's a quick reminder 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:59.840 that you can have the latest edition of this pod 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.760 cast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:09.479 subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:16.240 It's the greatest invention since scoring a baseball game. As 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:18.080 you may know, I used to be a minor league 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.759 baseball announcer and I've also been lucky enough to call 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.759 some Big League games for the Reds, Mets, and Blue Jays. 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.000 When you're broadcasting baseball, you have to keep a running 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.800 score book in order to recap exactly what happened in 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.399 the game. But in my case, I started scoring baseball 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.800 games as a little kid while watching on TV. In fact, 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.559 one of the highlights of my summer every year growing 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:45.520 up was keeping score of the Major League All Star Game. Yes, 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.840 I was a total goober. In any case, I am 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.040 currently an assistant coach on my thirteen year old Sons 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:58.160 baseball team, where my duties include keeping the score book. Now, 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.160 let's get to football. Sent out a tweet this week 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.120 asking Bengals fans if they had any questions for my 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.640 broadcast partner, Dave Lapham. I got a lot of responses 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.000 and picked out what I thought were ten good questions. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:15.119 But as we began, lap asked me if he could 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.800 get things started, all right, lap On this episode of 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.600 the podcast, we are going to take ten questions from 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.880 Twitter followers. But before we get to that, you apparently 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.640 have a question for me. Well, I do. Dan. First 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:28.880 of all, I want to congratulate you on your selection 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.000 to the UC Hall of Fame. That's a heck of 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:34.240 a legacy, well deserved going into your nineteenth year of 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.960 broadcasting over at U SEE. And I guess my first 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.240 question is, I know you wanted to do it for 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.239 a long time. You decided earlier in your life that 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.640 this profession that you wanted to take your career path down. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.960 Who was your first person that you said, I want 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.240 to be just like him? You know this guy, Lap 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.679 Van Miller, the legendary voice of the Buffalo bill So 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.880 a lot of people listening to this podcast have never 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:01.560 heard of Van Miller. He was the voice of the 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.120 Bills for more than forty years. I think he was 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.600 the greatest football radio play by play announcer of all time. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.320 But if you grew up in the southwest tip of 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.480 New York State like I did. When I did, Van 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.920 Miller was everywhere. So he was the sportscaster on the 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.520 local CBS station. You'd see him at six and eleven 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.680 o'clock every night. He did the Buffalo Bills games, he 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.919 did the Buffalo Braves games. That was an NBA franchise 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:31.000 in the nineteen seventies. That's now the Clippers. Bob McAdoo 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.240 two for McAdoo. That's what the PA announcer said at 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.600 the Old Odd in Buffalo. Van Miller even hosted a 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.520 weekly quiz bowl show for high schools. So I watched 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.080 high School quiz Bowl every week just because Van Miller 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.280 was the host. That's how much he was my hero. 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:52.440 So while other kids, you know, worshiped the athletes or 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:57.119 other stars in Hollywood or whatever, Van Miller was my guy. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:58.600 So he was really a big reason why I got 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.480 into the business. So obviously, so you're extremely versatile. We 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.480 always talk about position versatility being a big strength for 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.320 a professional athlete. For a broadcaster, I mean, you do 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:11.120 more from a versatility standpoint than anybody that I know. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.480 What's what's the most difficult of all the sports that 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.800 you've been involved with from a play by play standpoint, 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.799 What's what's the most difficult, What's what's come the easiest 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:23.600 to you? Baseball is the most difficult. Basketball is the easiest. 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:27.520 Here's why. In baseball, a groundball to shortstop might take 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:31.480 two seconds and then several minutes go by before there's 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:36.159 more significant action other than pitches, but before another ball 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.320 is put in play. So you really have to be 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:43.960 skilled at filling those gaps, whether it's with storytelling, information, whatever. 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.400 Various announcers do it different ways, so that's why it's 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.599 a great challenge, and that's why I think it's the 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.360 most difficult. Basketball is the easiest to me because there 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.640 are only ten guys, so it's a limited number of guys. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:58.440 The game can move fairly fast, but it's not at 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:03.440 a breakneck pace, and the geography is easy to describe. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:08.799 Corner follow line, top of the key lane, center court. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:12.320 It's very easy to create that picture for the listener 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.240 to kind of follow the ball. So that's why I 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.440 think basketball is easiest. And then all the young listeners 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.279 out there that listen to your podcasts, what's your advice? 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.240 I mean, all all the young guys that want to 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.800 do what you're doing, how do you advise them to 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.840 get there? Biggest advice I can give is to get 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.880 as much practical experience as possible. You know, broadcasting is 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.440 not taught in a classroom. We both went to Syracuse. 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.960 It has a very well known school of public communications, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:41.240 the New House School. But pretty much everything that I use, 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.479 I hope my professors are not listening. But the things 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.880 that helped me today are the things I learned from 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.480 doing it on campus radio and campus TV, learning it 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.080 from my fellow want to be sports announcers that have 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.800 gone on to accomplish great things in the business. Just 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.839 bouncing off ideas off each other and picking each other's 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.920 work apart. That to me was more advantageous than anything 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.479 I learned from a professor. So, just like in anything, 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.040 repetition breeds comfort level, right. I mean, if you can 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.440 call a tittle lunx match, go do it right. Just 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.320 get used to doing it over and over and over again. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.560 Get any practical experience you possibly can. So if you 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.719 are a young student, a high school student and early 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.919 in his college career student, and this is something you 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:25.240 want to pursue, sign up for the campus radio station 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:30.160 or the online equivalent. Do anything you can to practice, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.240 even if that means sitting in the stands with a 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:37.000 recording device and just broadcasting to yourself to get the reps, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.320 because that's the only way to do it. All right, 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.640 are we ready for Twitter questions? I hope that didn't 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.760 bore people to tears, but I appreciate it all right. 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:50.520 Question number one, will the Bengals add any additional free 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.400 agents now that the compensatory draft pick period is over. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.200 You know, I think what Zach Taylor's doing here in 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.720 terms of building a culture, I think they're going to 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.600 be very careful about. You know, a guy that's been 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.960 around the league for double digit seasons and people are like, oh, 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.400 I mean and Dominican SU's out there, how can you 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.880 not add in Dominican Sue? I mean the guy if 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.400 so moved, and that's a big key, if So moved 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.080 can do this or that for you well, And Dominican 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.200 Sue has gotten a lot of defensive coordinators over the 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:21.200 years fired as well. I mean, he's a difficult guy 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.720 to deal with at times, and there's always there's always 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:28.480 pros and cons to every situation, so I think everything's 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.080 going to be heavily weighted out. I don't think that 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.680 Zach Taylor is going to do anything to jeopardize the 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:37.040 culture that he's trying to build, you know. I think 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.040 with decisions that have been made with respect to Mark 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:44.920 Walton Vantez Burfett, I think they definitely have an idea 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:46.520 in picture in mind of what they want to do 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.200 from a cultural standpoint. So I'm not sure they want 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:53.560 to do anything to tarnish that question. Number two, who's 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.440 going to start on the offensive line. That's a good question, 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:01.720 you know, I think, honestly, in my philosophy, it's always 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.360 been the best five players, you know, start on the 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.520 offensive line. And the good news is so many of 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.560 these guys have position versatility. You know. I do think 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.600 Billy Price will probably line up at the center position. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.400 You know, It's not like he's a KG veteran. I mean, 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.920 he missed a lot of his rookie season, you know, 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.920 due to injury, unfortunately to the foot. But Billy's a 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.720 very sharp guy and he's got he's got a very 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.200 strong skill set. So he's going to be given you 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.440 every opportunity, I think, to hold down that center position. 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.719 But you know, after that, if I'm if I'm an 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:36.960 offensive lineman, I'm going into training camp saying that just 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.520 about every position is opening season, it's open game, nobody 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.720 including Billy. I mean, Billy should not take this mindset 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.640 a posture that you know, it's a given. I'm a 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.840 I've been ordained the starting center. I don't think anybody's 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.360 been ordained anything at this point in time. And I 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:56.040 think Coach Turner is going to basically conduct a very 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.600 very competitive training camp, and it's going to be best 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.760 man wins philosophy and and the best five guys are 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.559 gonna gonna start. And you know, it could be anybody 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.640 lining up anywhere, and he'll probably try a few different combinations, 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.240 particularly early in training camp and early in preseason games. 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.200 But you don't want to mess with it too long. 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.800 You know, you'd like to have an idea of these 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.760 are the guys who are going to line up these spots, 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.680 because you know, you want to get some reps under 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:26.000 their BELTU offensive line play that's very critical. I've often 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.160 said over the years that it's like making a fish. 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.720 You don't think about wrapping your four fingers and curling 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.240 your thumb. It just happens. It's involuntary. And when an 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.880 offensive line's play in that way, that's when you get, 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.520 you know, you get really good as a group. You 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.600 don't even have to verbally communicate. You know, it might 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.760 be a look, it might be you know, just a 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.960 body movement that everybody knows what page everybody else is on. 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.080 That's down the road. I mean, that's that's after years 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.440 of experience together. But you do want to get on 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.520 the same page as quick as you possibly can from 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.160 a communication standpoint, if nothing else, And you know, get 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:01.640 a feel for you know, when there's an et to penetrate, 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.800 tackle twist or tackle penetrate end loop. You have a 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.000 feel for what's how your partner's going to handle that. 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.400 You don't want to be passing things off into space. 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.160 You know, you think one thing and you guys doing another. 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.120 Those kind of things are very very important and the 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:17.800 only way you can you can gain trust in each 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.680 others to have repetition of that. So versatility is great 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.760 to have, but you do have to have some work, 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.400 you know, some repetitions right next to guys who need 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.280 the side of you, so you feel comfortable going into 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.400 into game battle. But um, you know, you think Jonah 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.679 Williams picked where he is, eleventh pick in the draft. 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.680 He's playing somewhere, and he probably deserves to play somewhere 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:39.959 the level of player he is and the technique that 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.600 he has and everything that goes along with it. But um, 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:44.839 it's going to be interesting to see who's going to 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.720 line up at both guards in both tackle positions, because 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.160 you know I would, I would right now. It's like 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.040 you're going to a new team. You have a new 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.480 offensive line coach, a new offensive coordinator, a new head coach. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.560 You might as well be in another city in terms 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.480 of you have to you have to prove yourself all 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.080 over again to all those new sets of eyes. What 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.679 you did in the past doesn't mean a hill the beans. 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.280 You've got a new evaluators now, so it's it's wide 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.160 open from day one. This isn't a Twitter question. This 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.480 is a Dan Horde follow up question. A few years ago, 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:18.640 Andre Smith was here and going into the season or 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.120 going into camp. The talk was he's going to move 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:23.080 to guard. It's a natural move for him at this 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:24.880 stage of his career. And he said all the right 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.640 things until practice started and then it was obvious he 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.520 did not want to play guard. What do you think 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.120 about Cordy Glenn based on your interactions with him, do 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.040 you think he would be cool with a move to 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:35.839 guard if that's the way it plays out. I think 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.400 he's played it more than Andrea did, and I think 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.960 that you know, his quote is very apropos You know, 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.280 a guard, you're playing on a phone booth, and when 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.680 you're in the tackle position, you're you're out in space. 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.400 And he feels like he can play in space and 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.400 in a phone booth. Sometimes though even though it's in 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.880 a phone booth, it happens quickly. I mean, there's quick 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:56.440 stuff that goes on. There's a lot a lot of 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.320 recognition that has to go on, and again a lot 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.960 of coordination that goes on passing things off to the 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.440 center and the tackle. You know, at the tackle you 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.920 only have to worry one way guard you've got, you've 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:09.720 got action on both sides of you have two guys 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.959 you have to worry about getting in sync with and 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.720 knowing how this guy handles this stunt. That guy handles 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.720 that stunt at the tackle and guard position. So there's 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.400 a little bit, you know, there's a little bit to it. 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:24.120 But athletically and technique wise, um, you know, the toughest 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.480 place to play, in my opinion, haven't played all five positions, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.040 is left tackle and pass protection and center run blocking. 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.160 When you have a nose guard right over your face 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.000 mask and you can smell his breath, I mean, that's 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.440 that's tough when you're when you're trying to run block 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.080 and move people off the line of scrims. There if 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.240 you have a really good nose guard so um uh, 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.760 you know it's it's going to be interesting. It really 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.360 is to be going to be very interesting to see 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.800 how it all unfolds. Twitter Question number three, Will Malik 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.840 Jefferson contribute this year? You know you would hope so. 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:57.120 Physically athletically he's got He's got what it takes. Um 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.000 That's why he was drafted as high as he was, 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:02.280 but he had an mental adjustment period to it. Now 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.920 you know there's new a new sheriff in town in 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.360 terms of his position, coach has coordinated and his head 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.680 coach as well. The good news is that it doesn't 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:16.400 matter what the evaluation was on him last year. These 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.439 new sets of eyes have nothing to do with that. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.840 But he has to prove himself to this group that 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.720 he can handle what they're asking of him to be 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:28.839 able to handle mentally in terms of their playbook and 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.480 what they want their linebackers to do. The mantra is 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.800 keep it simple and play fast. That should fall right 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:40.560 into the sweet spot of Malik Jefferson's game. You don't 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.200 want to confuse him. A player like Malik Jefferson, you 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.840 do not want him sitting there trying to solve an 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.400 equation before he makes his first step, you want him 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.440 just being very comfortable and just fly into the football. 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:55.080 So I think the simpler the better for Malik and 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.480 for the entire defensive football team in the early stages 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.840 for sure. Twitter question number four, what's the biggest positive 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.920 with the new coaching staff. I think that everybody's talking 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:09.360 about the energy. You know, it's it's contagious. It's infectious. Um, 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.160 it seems like there's a tremendous work ethic. I mean 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.200 when you talk to everybody, you talk to the players, uh, 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.320 they're impressed with the preparation that's already gone on. You 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.800 talked to even the guys in the film room that 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.720 the demands that the coaches uh, you know put on 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.920 them to put things together, for them to uh to 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.760 put together their schemes and their their playbooks for their players. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.320 It's it's it's obvious on every level that these guys 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:40.840 are all very intelligent football guys, all hard working football guys. 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:46.400 And the youth it's gonna just it's gonna be contagious 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.480 in terms of getting out on the football field, flying 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.160 around the football field, in the meeting rooms, just a 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.720 just a younger vibe. And I think that's the one 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.800 thing the players are talking about, uh, you know, almost 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.320 to a man, is that it's a different day in 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:03.560 terms of the energy, the enthusiasm, and see if that 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.440 continues to be a big plus all season long. I 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.640 never thought I would be considerably older than an NFL 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.280 team's head coach. I mean, I guess that happens eventually 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.280 to everybody, but it seems too soon, I know, it 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.320 really is. I mean, you have you have so many 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.280 thirty something coaches, you know, if you have a you know, 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:22.640 a Mark Duffner, it's refreshing to see a Mark Duffiner 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.760 on the staff working on the defensive side of things. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.000 We're of the same year or just like a month 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.520 apart or two months apart. Other than that, I mean, 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.920 it's it's, uh, there's there's not much not much age 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.080 on this football team. Boby mcnello was just talking to 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.720 him earlier today. He turns fifty here pretty soon, and 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.200 he feels like he's a graybeard, you know, and a 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.240 fifty year old coach. It's almost like you're writing the 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.920 prime of your career normally in the National Football League, 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.920 which he is. Twitter question number five and we had 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.520 a bunch of questions about this particular person, I will 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.440 kind of distill them into one question, what kind of 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.680 impact is the coaching change going to have on John 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.440 row Us in trying to get more productivity out of him? Yeah? 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:06.120 I think I think that again is is um, you know, 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.600 a fresh set of eyes to evaluate and a new 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.720 scheme potentially to evaluate. He seems to be very excited 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.360 about about what Zach Taylor is going to bring to 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:21.840 the table in terms of his offensive mindset, his offensive philosophy. Um, 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.160 He's been very very vocal in his support of what 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.240 John Ross can bring to the table with his offense. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.200 And the one thing about John Ross I think that 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.800 that people don't really understand is uh, He's He's a 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.720 pretty good blocker as a wide receiver. He will be 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.600 physical in that in that area. He doesn't shy away 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.960 from it. He will stick his nose in there. And 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.240 I think that will be uh something that will pay 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:49.800 dividends for him in this in this scheme. I think 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.560 that's going to be something to keep an eye on. 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:56.080 And Um, he does have continuity in his position coach 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.440 with Bob mcnell, but he again a new offensive coordinator, 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.680 a new head coach, coach, new sets of eyes there. 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.040 It is. It is very interesting though, Dan, when you 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.800 look at it. I mean Marvin Lewis made wholesale changes 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.160 on his coaching staff right right before the final season 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.280 that he coached. So I mean there was there was 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.639 a new system defensively, new system offensively, and here they 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.639 go again. So in a three year span, they'll have 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:24.160 run three different offenses, three different defenses, three different techniques 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.440 taught by coaches, and a lot of position groups, so 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.160 that there's a lot for you know, a football team 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:34.040 to uh, to comprehend and to adjust two and so 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.359 I think I think the players are looking forward to 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.800 this being you know, the last change for a while. 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.800 Let's really hone in on this. Let's take it a 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.200 step at a time. Let's build a foundation and then 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.879 keep adding floors to it, you know, over time, and 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.680 see what we can build this too. Because I can 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.520 speak from experience, it is tough when you have that 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:57.120 much turnover in terms of you know, you're in your 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.399 position room as a coach, the coordinator and now the 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.080 head coach. That's that's a lot of turnover, you know, 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:04.920 over a two or three year time period for a 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:09.200 lot of players Twitter question number six. Now the Bengals 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.560 any better at linebacker? I think they are. I think 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.639 they are a better at linebacker. I think Jermaine Pratt 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.919 is going to push to start. I think that. I 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.440 think Danny, you know, when you look at it, there's 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:25.240 there's five guys out of the drafted players that will 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:28.800 probably push to start this year. Wouldn't shock me at all. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.840 I mean, they drafted players that they've not not just 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:36.680 to make the roster, but they felt can contribute in 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:42.560 significant sub packages or some starting roles potentially. Um So 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.280 I think Jermaine Pratt is going to push to do that. 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:48.679 He's going to definitely be involved in special teams for 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.199 sure with Darren Simmons, but I think sub packages and 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:54.960 potentially starter I could see him lining up as a 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.639 starting linebacker as a seventy second pick in this year's 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.320 draft for sure. And you look down a little further 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:05.120 in the draft, Deshaun Davis out of Auburn sixth round pick. 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:09.600 That is another guy that will see significant time I 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.280 think in terms of special teams, in some form of 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.200 defensive contribution on that side of the line of scrimmage. 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:19.240 So just with those two players, I think it's going 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.879 to look a lot different at that line packer position. 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:25.640 Then if others can stay healthy, you know, and get 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.760 through a season and have, you know, another year to 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.879 build on. You get some young players that sometimes you 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.399 know year one to do year one to year two, 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.640 it is like the light goes on and you didn't 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:37.879 know what you didn't know, and all of a sudden 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.200 you start to see it. Year two to three can 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:43.000 be another big jump for players next. So they've got 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.679 some players at the linebacker position that fall into that 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.199 category as well. Again with a new position coach, a 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:52.320 new coordinator, a new head coach. You know that theme 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:54.640 is consistent all the way up and down the line 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:59.600 of scrimmage. Twitter question number seven, Well, Joe mix and 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:03.159 rush for two thousand yards. I assume the person meant 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:09.000 this year he could. But I'm not sure that I 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.440 would like to see Joe Mixon. I shouldn't say that. 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.320 I'm not saying I don't want to see Joe Mixon 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:16.280 rush for two thousand yards. But I think I think 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:20.959 Giovanni Bernard is going to make significant impact on this 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.080 football team with this offense. I think this offense fits 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:26.440 not only Joe Mixon to a T. I think it 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:29.119 fits Giovanni Bernard to a T as well, and I 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.320 would love to see two back sets with both those 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:34.040 guys in the football field at the same time. Not 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:37.280 necessarily in the backfield. Giovanni Bernard can line up, you know, 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:38.879 in the slot. He can do a lot of different 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:42.040 things for you. I think position versatility, you know, at 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.160 that running back position is going to be a big deal. 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:47.439 And to get to two thousand yards, you have to grind, 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:49.320