1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,519 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The Get a Kick Out of 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: You addition, as I discussed the NFL's new kickoff rule 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: with Evan McPherson and the possibility that he's going to 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: have to make tackles this year. Let's hope it's not many. 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: Plus five questions with rookie tight end Eric All, a 7 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: few questions for Jamar Chase, and finally a visit with 8 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon as he explains why Cincinnati will always be home. 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: proud to be the Bengals official HR software provider, by 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: aulta Fiber future proof fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, business, 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: and community to a new level, and by Kettering Health 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health is 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: the official healthcare provider of the Bengal Now here's a 15 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: quick reminder that you can have the latest edition of 16 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: this podcast delivered write to your phone, tablet, or computer 17 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest 18 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: thing since the Joe Burrow Foundation Golf outing Last week 19 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: the Bengals quarterback held his second annual golf event and 20 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: it reportedly raised more than a million dollars. The proceeds 21 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: go toward feeding families in need and helping children deal 22 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: with mental health challenges. The golf club at Stonewack Hills 23 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: was a great setting and the after party, catered by 24 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: Jeff Ruby's team was epic. The slogan of the Borough 25 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: Foundation is everybody has a responsibility to do good. Joe's 26 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: backing those words up with action and we can too. 27 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: For more information, go to Joeburrow dot org. Now let's 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: get to my first guest. As you probably know, the 29 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: NFL has changed its kickoff rules this year with the 30 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,919 Speaker 1: goal of cutting down on touchbacks and bringing the excitement 31 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: of the kick return back into the game. Last year, 32 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: nearly eighty percent of NFL kickoffs were touchbacks, but now 33 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: the expectation is that most kicks will be returned. So 34 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: what's that mean for Evan McPherson. I talked to him 35 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: about it this week. Having a good kickoff in the 36 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: past had great hang time and carried into or beyond 37 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: the end zone. What is a good kickoff now? 38 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: Let's say a good kickoff now is you put it 39 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 2: on the one yard line outside the numbers. 40 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: Is that what Darren primarily has you working on. 41 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a lot of placement ball, I 42 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: think throughout the league. But I think we're kind of 43 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: airing on the side of being too far rather than 44 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 2: being too short, because if the return team catches it 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: around like the fifteen or so, I mean, they're on 46 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 2: top of the coverage team real fast. So we're flirting. 47 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: With the goal line, that's for sure. 48 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: But I think placement's just going to be a key priority. 49 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: I saw your practice last week working on kickoffs, and 50 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: some you just what you describe You kind of floated 51 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: down inside the five, kind of between the numbers and 52 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: the sideline, but then there was like a screening line drive. 53 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: Then there was kind of a bouncing squib type kick. 54 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: Are you going to have to have a wider repertoire 55 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: of kickoffs? 56 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you never know. You're always looking to 57 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: find some way to kind of test the system and 58 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: different kicks to kind of play with. 59 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 3: So we'll see. 60 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: I mean, you never know what everybody else is gonna do, 61 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: so I'm sure we'll pick up some stuff from other teams, 62 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: But I mean, there's a couple of things that we do. 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: They're on the docket. 64 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: Punters try to have certain punts that are hard to catch. 65 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: Can you do that kicking off a team? 66 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: I think you can manipulate the ball a little bit, 67 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: but I feel like it's harder to control. So I 68 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: don't know if you're really going to see it that 69 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: often Guys trying to hit like knuckleballs that land past 70 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: the twenty because you'd rather, like I said, you'd rather 71 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 2: honestly hit a touchback than be short of the twenty 72 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: yard line and give the ball. Give them the ball 73 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 2: at the forty. So we'll see. I think people are 74 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: gonna err on the side of touchback rather than mishitting 75 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: and being. 76 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: Short like the role or dislike the role. 77 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: It's interesting I think right now. I mean, just going 78 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: through like all of high school football, college football, and 79 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 2: in my first three years with the like normal kickoff 80 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: rule and going to this, it definitely feels strange, just 81 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 2: because I've been doing the other one my whole life, 82 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: and I just got so used to it. I enjoy 83 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: kick I enjoyed kickoff because like in high school, I 84 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 2: feel like that's how you really compare yourself to other kids. 85 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: It was with kickoff, and I just hope it doesn't 86 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 2: really work its way down to high school. 87 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: Because I feel like. 88 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: I don't as a young kicker, like kickoff was always 89 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 2: that fun one to try to test. 90 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: Yourself and see how high and far you can kick 91 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 3: the ball. 92 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 2: So not gonna say I dislike it, it's just different 93 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: and learning how to have fun with it. 94 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: So I saw one expert, I don't know exactly what 95 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: his level of expertise is, but he estimated the kickers 96 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: are going to be involved in tackles upwards of twenty 97 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: percent of the time. How do you feel about that? 98 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 3: We'll see. 99 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 2: I mean, you probably know I'm not the biggest tackler. 100 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: I'm not the biggest guy, but whenever I have to, 101 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: I will. But now that that percentage is higher, you know, 102 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: I'm curious to see how many teams do go to 103 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: like with the chiefs. 104 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: Like a Justin read. 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 2: And instead of Harrison and have those extra cover guys 106 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: kind of down the field. I mean, we'll see. I 107 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 2: think a lot of guys are going to try to 108 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 2: protect their kickers too. And you could say, like this 109 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: rule could help prolong careers because kickoff was pretty aggressive. 110 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 3: On the body. And I mean, you have a guys. 111 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 2: That are like thirteen fourteen years in the league that 112 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: are having a tough time kicking off but are still 113 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: good field goal kickers. And now they just got to 114 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: pooch like a six yard ball down the field and 115 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 2: so it doesn't put too much stress on the body. 116 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 1: You say that like it's really easy pooch at sixty 117 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: yards down the field. 118 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a lot easier than the old kickoff rule, 119 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 2: that's for sure. 120 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 3: But I mean, I'm gonna take it for what it's worth. 121 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna really try and enjoy this new 122 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: kickoff rule. And I know, I think what the league 123 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: wanted was more returns, not and just not to completely 124 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: remove the kickoff rules so or the kickoff itself. But 125 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: I mean, we'll see how it works and how people 126 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: like it and where it goes. 127 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: Is Logan Wilson the logical alternate kickoff guy. 128 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, Logan's actually a pretty good ball kicker and he 129 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: can kick kilgos pretty solid and I feel as long 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 2: as you can hit it like forty five yards, he 131 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: should be good to go. 132 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 3: But I'll be really interesting. 133 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 2: We haven't practiced it yet, but I'll be interesting to 134 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: see if it's something that we kind of try out. 135 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: Change up subject. You're about three months into fatherhood. How 136 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: you liking it? Oh? 137 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: I love it. 138 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: This last month has been great. The first month was 139 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: pretty i'd say fun, but miserable at the same time, 140 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: not much sleep. 141 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 3: But the last month, I mean, it's been so much fun. 142 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 3: Like I said, she slept. 143 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: Through the night a couple of times, so that's a blessing, 144 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: and started smiling whenever you kind of step into the room. 145 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 2: So just seeing the smile on her face and she 146 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: actually plays around and just has fun. 147 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: Now, it's been a lot of fun. 148 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: How incredible is it that you and Logan became dads 149 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: on the same day. 150 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, we kind of I mean, yeah, that idea, right, dude. 151 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: It was the exact same so we had an idea 152 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: that they would be born around the same time, but 153 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 2: the same day. That's pretty crazy because Gracian and Morgan, 154 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: his wife, they were going on walks every single day 155 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 2: trying to pop the babies out. Somehow they did at 156 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: the same time, so it was pretty wild. But it's 157 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: fun to see his daughter grow and my daughter grow together. 158 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: Let me state for the record, I hope you do 159 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: not make a single tackle this year. 160 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 3: I appreciate that me either. 161 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: Evan has made one tackle so far in his NFL career, 162 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: and it might have saved a touchdown as he knocked 163 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco out of bounds near the fifty in a 164 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: three point win over the Chiefs in twenty twenty two. 165 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: Now time for my latest round of five questions with 166 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: a member of this year's draft class. This week, it's 167 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: this year's fourth round selection. Time for five questions with 168 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: fourth round draft pick Eric All, a local kid. You're 169 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: from the Cincinnati area. You went to Fairfield High School. 170 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: Your high school coach, Jason Krause said the following, you 171 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: are the hardest working kid he's had in twenty eight 172 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: years of coach. Here's my question. Is that justin sports 173 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: or do you have that kind of work ethic in 174 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: everything you do? Oh man, that might be. 175 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 4: I don't know. 176 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 5: Coach Crowds pushed me, so it was like he like 177 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 5: kind of like built like this thing in me that 178 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 5: like that made me just just go crazy at like 179 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 5: practice and like pretty much with everything I had to 180 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 5: do with anything. And then once I got to Well, 181 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 5: that was when I was in high school, and that 182 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 5: was like with all sports and really like with schoolwork, 183 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 5: I was cool. I just did it was just I 184 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 5: just did my homework and pass every test with like 185 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 5: a C or a B or something. I never really 186 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 5: was a student, but pretty much with just sports in 187 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 5: high school. But then when I got to Michigan, Coach 188 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 5: Herb and Coach Harball and you know, coach More all 189 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 5: my coaches and at Michigan kind of like helped me 190 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 5: out a lot with like keeping that same work work 191 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 5: ethic and stuff off the field, like whether it was 192 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 5: had to do with like cleaning your locker clocker or 193 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 5: you know, putting your shoes down the right way, folding clothes, 194 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 5: making your bed, stuff like that. It was just you 195 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 5: know ridiculous. And with school work as well, like they 196 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 5: were just so it kind of was a mixture between 197 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 5: coach Coach Kraus with sports, and then when I got 198 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 5: to Michigan, it was like with everything they kind of 199 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 5: like put that cherry on top. 200 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: I I asked the question, that's a great answer, right, 201 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: question number two. I read during COVID that you lived 202 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: with another family in order to be able to properly train. 203 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,719 Speaker 1: What was the backstory of that. 204 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 5: Well, so, my Joey Velasquez at the time, we you know, 205 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 5: we came in together. We were in the same class, 206 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 5: and you know he was just a kid who always 207 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 5: just worked hard, like at everything, and you know, he 208 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 5: was always in the gym always, you know, eating the 209 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: right things always, you know, had his routine and you 210 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: know he was and he stuck to it and had 211 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 5: a great outstanding and work ethic. And not only that, 212 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 5: he was from Ohio Columbus. So when you know, we 213 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 5: got to the team and we were working out and 214 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: stuff together at the at the you know, on campus, 215 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 5: and then when we had to you know, we had 216 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 5: to leave campus for because of COVID and everything, he 217 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 5: asked me if I wanted to come to his house. 218 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 3: And you know. 219 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 5: We had this crazy trainer, they call him Captain Davies, 220 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 5: Coach Davies, and and he's just like this crazy coach 221 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 5: who's just you know, he's legit. You know, he gets 222 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 5: you right, and you know, no Bs is always you know, 223 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 5: a tough workout every single day. And at the time 224 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 5: I was stuck home and I just had like a 225 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 5: little bench, like a little weight set in the backyard, 226 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 5: all rested up, and it was in my backyard and 227 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: it was just tough to like work out. So I 228 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 5: told told my dad and I was like, hey, dad, 229 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 5: kill on my team. Joey Velasquez. He said, I can 230 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 5: come work out with him, and you know, he's he's 231 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: working with this crazy trainer who's just a BS. He 232 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 5: trained Arnold Schwarzenegger and yeah he's like legit and and 233 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 5: yeah he's like he runs the Arnold Classic out there, 234 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 5: so like he's like legit. But that was like no, 235 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 5: And I told Joey. 236 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 3: I was like, yes, I'm coming. 237 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 5: It was like two much of it, and I had 238 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 5: just turned like eighteen nineteen, so I was like, man, 239 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 5: I'm gonna have to I was like, just come, and 240 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 5: he came. I was I was hoping I was going 241 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 5: to be able to, you know, convince my dad to 242 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 5: let me go by the time he got there, but 243 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 5: I couldn't. 244 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 4: And he got there. 245 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 5: I told my dad, Hey, Dad, Joey's here. He's like, 246 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 5: Joey who I was like Withlaska's I'm going to train 247 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 5: in Columbus. 248 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 3: He's like, no, what do you mean. 249 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 5: It's like I told you no, I was like, man, 250 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 5: I can't this is the opportunity I can't pass up. 251 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 3: I gotta go. 252 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 5: And then you know, I went, and he was mad 253 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 5: at me, and you know, eventually he got over and 254 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: was cool with it. And it worked out tremendously because 255 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 5: I came back bigger, stronger, and faster than I've ever been. 256 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 5: So he was like, man, Son, you made a good decision, 257 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 5: you know. So that was the story behind us. 258 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: Just speak of your dad to admit that you know 259 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: what you did the right thing, all right? Question number 260 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: three for Eric all, you spent most of your college 261 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: care with Michigan, you finished last year with Iowa. His 262 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: fate would have at the Wolverines won the national championship? 263 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: Was that bitter sweet for you? 264 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 5: No, it was more like a It was like for me, 265 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 5: like I didn't even really think about that, And I 266 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 5: know it sounds like like I could be lying, but 267 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 5: I'm so serious, Like I was so more like happy 268 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 5: for those guys and and you know, I wish I was, 269 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 5: you know, there to celebrate with them and everything, but 270 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 5: like at the same time, like I went to Iowa 271 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 5: and you know, it was a part of a great, 272 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 5: fantastic team and and you know, I don't regret it 273 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 5: at all. So like I was, I was in the 274 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 5: best situation for me, and you know, they went off 275 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 5: and won, and I was I was just extremely happy 276 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 5: for him calling them up, you know, as if I 277 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 5: was still you know, on the team, and you know, 278 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 5: they they treated me like I was still on the team, 279 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 5: and you know, it was great. Nothing was really like 280 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 5: bitter about it at all. 281 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: So just sweet, not better. Yeah, all right, Question number four, 282 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: You're lucky to be here, And by that I don't 283 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: mean with the Bengals, your hometown team. I mean literally, 284 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: you were rescued from a burning building when you were 285 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: an infant. You eventually got to meet the firefighter who 286 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: pulled you out of the burning building. What was it 287 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: like to meet that man? 288 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 5: It was pretty At the time, it was like man 289 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: like I didn't really know how to process it, because 290 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 5: you like, you know, when anybody like saved your life 291 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 5: like that, Like like I literally like wouldn't be alive 292 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 5: if it weren't for him. I wouldn't be able to 293 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 5: you know, have friends, play the game that I love, 294 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 5: you know, spend time with my family, and be here. 295 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 4: Playing for my owntown team. 296 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 5: So if it wasn't for him, Like you know, I literally, 297 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 5: you know, wouldn't be here. So it's like it was 298 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: kind of hard to like, you know, give a reaction. 299 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 5: It was just like, man, like just thank you so much, 300 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 5: and you know, like thank God for you, you know, 301 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 5: because if he could have, if he would have froze 302 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 5: for a second, or or anybody or something would have 303 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 5: been off excited off, I. 304 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: Wan't be here. 305 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 5: So like I'm just you know, thankful for God and 306 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 5: thanks for him, and you know, and in his family 307 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 5: and in the whole you know, Indiana fire crew. 308 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: I know he's as thrilled as you are the things 309 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: turned out the way they did. Fifth and final question 310 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: for Eric, all share something about you that not that 311 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: many people know. 312 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 5: I love. I love playing golf, I love playing chess, 313 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 5: not that many people know. I'd say the chess thing, 314 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 5: for sure, because every time I like ask him if 315 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 5: they played chess, they're like, what, you played chess? 316 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 3: But I'd say that. And then the whole house fire thing. 317 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 5: Before like the story came out, nobody knew about it, 318 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 5: Like nobody like Tom Broyle, his wife Kelly Broyle, if 319 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 5: she never you know, came out and made a post 320 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: about it like the world wouldn't know. 321 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: So that's pretty cool. 322 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 5: So i'd say those three things. 323 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: So the Bengals locker room is being renovated right now. 324 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: You're in a little auxiliar locker room, so you may 325 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: not even know this. Joe Burrow keeps a chest set 326 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: in front of his locker. 327 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 4: Really, yes, we're glad to get it. 328 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 5: So I got my chest board at the at the 329 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 5: My parents has got it for me for Christmas, one 330 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 5: of those magnet sets. It's where like the pieces will 331 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: move around so you could just just play on the flylight. 332 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: So we're definitely gonna have to get it. And I'm 333 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 5: bringing mine in here too. 334 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: So all right, Joe, you've been warned. Eric All is 335 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: ready to go at it with you and chess. This 336 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,239 Speaker 1: has been fun. It's great to have you in Cincinnati. 337 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: Best of luck going forward. Ye I'll follow up once 338 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: the season begins to see if a chess rivalry has started. 339 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: And by the way, if you haven't seen it already, 340 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: there's an amazing video on YouTube that tells the complete 341 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: story of the men who saved Eric All from that 342 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: house fire when he was a baby. 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Next week, the Bengals offseason program 350 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: shifts from the voluntary phase to a three day mandatory camp. 351 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: It's the last time the team will get together before 352 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: training camp begins in late July. Jamar Chase has not 353 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: been at the voluntary practices so far, but he's expected 354 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: to be at camp next week. Chase talked to Bengals 355 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: dot Com editor Jeff Hobson and me at a youth 356 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: football camp last weekend. 357 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 4: What's it like You. 358 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 6: Show up here and it's like one hundred little kids 359 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 6: doing the gritty. 360 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 7: This is love, man. It's lots of love from Cincinnati, 361 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 7: you know, and they show it every time that we 362 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 7: have you a foundation or something supporting the city. 363 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: And you know, the kids love the gritty. 364 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 7: I think they don't know no other but the gritty. 365 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 7: And you know, the way we put it on the map. 366 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 7: Is just a fun dance to do. 367 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: Phone. What you've been up to in the off season 368 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: work wise? 369 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 7: Yeah, I've been working out in Miami, in Dallas, getting 370 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 7: on the field, staying and getting some atility, working, you 371 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 7: know what I'm saying, Throwing the usual. 372 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. 373 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 7: Just keeping my head above water man and staying out 374 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 7: of trouble. 375 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: That's all I can do right now. 376 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 4: Have you changed anything with your regimen. 377 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: Like training wise? Yeah? 378 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, yeah, you know what I'm saying. It's 379 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 7: it's more catching footballs on my own right now. But 380 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 7: it's not really much that I'm changing. It's just me 381 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 7: doing more reps of it since I'm not with the 382 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 7: team right now and I'm by myself. 383 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 4: So that's all of this is more reps you mean 384 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 4: catching the ball? 385 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 7: Yeah, more catches, more releases, just working the stuff that 386 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 7: I want to work on and when I get back 387 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 7: so I can know what I want to do. You 388 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 7: use the drug use as a drug machine. I'm using 389 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 7: a quarterback right now. One of my friends is throwing 390 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 7: it to me. 391 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 392 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 4: How many balls is yet? 393 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: You catch it? 394 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 7: I can't really give you a still made a number 395 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 7: you know, I try to run as many routes. I 396 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 7: try to run at least five routes, and then you know, 397 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 7: try to do like basically like catch, just lay catch, 398 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 7: just get a feel for the ball, getting used to it, 399 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 7: having hitting in my hands, getting comfortable, And that's all 400 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 7: I could do. 401 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've seen Joe throw in person. 402 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: I imagine you've seen video. 403 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 7: What's person. I threw with him in California one time, 404 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 7: right before we he came down here. Actually, so me 405 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 7: and him threw with each other already, so we had 406 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 7: good reps in We feel comfortable about it. You know, 407 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 7: it's just all on how we're gonna do that when 408 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 7: we get time and put the whole offense together. 409 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: Now, it's pretty encouraged by how he looks for his risk. Yeah, 410 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: he looks good man. 411 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 7: I already knew Joe. You know, he's a strong person, 412 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 7: strong hard working person at that and you know he's 413 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 7: gonna give us all what everything he does. And you know, 414 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 7: I don't think I'm gonna tell him, is you know 415 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 7: how to dial off? Like he told me. 416 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: Camp's following Terry at this point, I think it's mandatory. 417 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: The following week when are you likely to join the squad? Yeah, 418 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: I'll should be back by camp time. I'm sorry, the 419 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: mandatory camp, yeah, the mantory mini camp. 420 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, we just should die with arts. Know when to 421 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 4: back it off when. 422 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 7: I mean, you're a pro now, you know what I'm saying, 423 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 7: Like if you fill in tweaks in your hand, it's 424 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 7: just you got to know how to relax yourself. Sometimes 425 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 7: I was like me with my hip. 426 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. 427 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 7: Zach told me let him know when I'm feeling on 428 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 7: my hip, So you know what I'm saying. He let 429 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 7: me do what I had to do perform for the games. 430 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 4: How good do you feel going. 431 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: Into this season to compare to other seasons, Yeah, I 432 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: felt good. Man. 433 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 7: It's just all about my health right now. I'm making 434 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 7: sure I give my body back right now. Is the 435 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 7: biggest thing this off season. And you don't know, stand 436 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 7: in shape is also the biggest thing because I do 437 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 7: a lot of running. So those two things was the 438 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 7: biggest task I had this whole season. 439 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: The youth football camp where we caught up with Jamar 440 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: last weekend was actually Joe Mixon's two day event put 441 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: on by Pro Camps. The Cincinnati based organization that does 442 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: an incredible job of staging youth camps with professional athletes 443 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: all over the country. It was our first opportunity to 444 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: catch up with Joe since he was traded to Houston 445 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: in March. Joe, when you came out yesterday, he said, 446 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: it's all love. I'm excited to be back home. Can 447 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: you articulate your feelings about being back around these people. 448 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a hell of a feeling for me, especially 449 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 8: you know about the love part. You know, it could 450 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 8: have been easy for the parents to be like, you 451 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 8: know what, he's not on the team no more. 452 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 4: You know, let's not show up this year. 453 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 8: But I mean to have a better turnout than what 454 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 8: I did last year. And I thought last year was 455 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 8: a hell of a turnout. I mean it was over 456 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 8: five hundred kids. And to have more and especially a 457 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 8: lot more fans, you know, parents in the crowd or 458 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 8: parents in the stands and things like that. 459 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's everything for me. 460 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: Man. 461 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 4: Like I said, I have a lot of great. 462 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 8: Relationships here in Cincinnati that I will continue to have. 463 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 8: And you know, like I said, I'm just very fortunate 464 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 8: enough to be in this here position of where I 465 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 8: stand to be able to give back and this is 466 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 8: why I do this, and that's really giving me confirmation 467 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 8: on you know why I do it, and it's bigger 468 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 8: than me. 469 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 4: So I'm just definitely. 470 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 8: Blessed to be here for all the love and support 471 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 8: that the parents bring, and especially the kids. You know, 472 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 8: they they they would motivated me to get. 473 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 4: Up this morning, you know what I'm saying, and to 474 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 4: come out. 475 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 8: Here for round two and to have a great turnout 476 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 8: like this and the rain rain sleeder snow, I see. 477 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 4: I see all the kids is on go today. So 478 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 4: I love it. 479 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: I've been to a lot of these camps. You genuinely 480 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: seem to love the interaction with the kids. 481 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, no doubt. You know, I grew up around a 482 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 8: lot of kids. My mom, she runs a daycare, and 483 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 8: there's just always been a natural thing. 484 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 4: You know. 485 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 8: I got a lot of nieces and nephews as well, 486 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 8: So I think it comes quite easy for a lot 487 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 8: of these themes like this, and uh, you know, just 488 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 8: to see the looks on these kids' faces when you 489 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 8: know you're shaking their hands, giving them hugs, picking them up, 490 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 8: tossing them around and turning telling them like you know, 491 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 8: how good they're doing today. I mean, it's a it's 492 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 8: a hell of a thing, man, And you know, words 493 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 8: could be very infectious and encouraging to these young kids. 494 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 8: And you know, I always once in that position before, 495 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 8: being that young. 496 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 4: Kid running around and I'm. 497 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 8: Glad I get to pay it forward today and hopefully, 498 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 8: you know, these kids take that and hopefully they straightened 499 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 8: to do the same thing. 500 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 6: These guys are obviously are Joe Mixing fans, and they're 501 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 6: gonna say twenty years from now, so yeah, Joe mix 502 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 6: is my favorite players, my favorite players. What will you 503 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 6: think about Cincinnati twenty years from now? 504 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 8: I mean, yeah, I think it's a hell of a place. 505 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 8: I truly feel like, you know, like I said, these 506 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 8: kids are there, there's gonna be somebody from this here 507 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 8: camp to be fortunate enough to you know, go to 508 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 8: the next level and then hopefully the level after that. Cincinnati, 509 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,719 Speaker 8: they have a lot of products, you know, especially from 510 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 8: football that comes out and go to the league and 511 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 8: be fortunate enough to be able to make a difference. 512 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 8: And I'm glad to you know, being that they're I'm 513 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 8: glad to being out there, Like you know, Shane, a 514 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 8: realm of the person that they look up to. Man, 515 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 8: And you know, like I said, it really means a 516 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 8: lot to me. And like like I told you all before, 517 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 8: that's whatever a place that I could call home. 518 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 4: So like I said, I hope they just take that, 519 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 4: leave it for what it is. 520 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 8: And uh, you know, however, you know they want to 521 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 8: take it and move forward with it. 522 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 4: That's just I was gonna go. 523 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: Chad Johnson finished with the Patriots, but he's a forever Begal. Yeah, 524 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: Boomer Assias and played for other teams, but he's a 525 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: forever Bengal. Do you think when you're playing careers over 526 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: you will be quote unquote a forever Bengal. 527 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 8: Oh yeah, no doubt. That's you know, that's just what 528 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 8: it is. You know, they drogged me when I was twenty, 529 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 8: and uh, you know, I was fortunate enough to get 530 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 8: a good seven great seven years in and I definitely 531 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 8: feel like I came across a lot of teammates that 532 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 8: you know, goes unnoticed during my success individually and always 533 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 8: been a person to no matter what, whether I do 534 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 8: have a good game or a game, I always get 535 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 8: the praise to my teammates. And you know, this is 536 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 8: just another moment you know, trying to glorify the success 537 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 8: that I had, you know, coming from them. I mean, 538 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 8: it was all a team effort. Always been about team 539 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 8: and winning. And I've been fortunate enough to have a 540 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 8: lot of great teammates around me and seeing a lot 541 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 8: of guys walk out and go and unfortunately I was 542 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 8: one of the last ones. 543 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 5: Man. 544 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 8: So uh, you know, like I said, I felt like 545 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 8: it was a great run. 546 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 4: It was a great run. 547 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 8: And uh, you know, I look forward to, you know, 548 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 8: like I said, paying it back to these young kids 549 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 8: and hoping that they can, you know, somehow figure out 550 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 8: a way to get in my shoes, if not better 551 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 8: fingers moments true, I think besides you know, getting drafted, Uh, 552 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 8: I would say, probably going to the super Bowl, whether 553 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 8: it was a win, whose situation. Uh, that probably was 554 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 8: my top Bengals moment. And uh in my career of 555 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 8: being here. 556 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 6: Where you come back and do other stuff here. 557 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 4: I mean, I told y'all, that's forever home. Like that's 558 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 4: that's what it is, you know what I mean. But 559 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously I have a lot of. 560 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 8: Opportunities to come out and do a lot of things here, 561 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 8: and I feel like, you know, if it persists itself, 562 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 8: you know, in the right light. 563 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 4: I feel like with opportunity and. 564 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: Right time in I definitely will You're going to a 565 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: great young team c Ja's drought, Stefan Diggs, et cetera. 566 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: Do you feel like it's kind of where the Bengals 567 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: were a few years ago? 568 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 4: Oh? 569 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 8: Yeah, man, I ain't here to really you know, compare 570 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 8: and contrives to you know, the teams. 571 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: But I definitely love where. 572 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 8: We stand right now as a team and where we compare, 573 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 8: you know to other teams like that, I feel like 574 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 8: we're in a great situation. I mean, the guys over 575 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 8: there is you know a lot of a lot of great, great, 576 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 8: great players, and I'm great. I'm thankful to be surrounded, 577 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 8: you know, around the team like that that you know, 578 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 8: a lot of guys are hungry, young hungry coach, young 579 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 8: hungry quarterback from the young, hungry, healthy team. 580 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: Man. 581 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 8: So you know, I just look forward to all the 582 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 8: memories and all the great things I feel like that 583 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 8: we're gonna do and. 584 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 4: Continue to do moving forward. 585 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 8: And I just you know, obviously look forward to the 586 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 8: twenty twenty fourth season and I can't wait. 587 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: You sit after the trade, it took you like twenty 588 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: four forty eight hours just to process your emotions. What 589 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: were you experiencing? 590 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it was a it was a it 591 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 8: was a lot of things. 592 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: Man. 593 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 4: You know, like I said, when when you when. 594 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 8: You grow up here your whole adulthood and this this 595 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 8: is what you know and this is what you are. 596 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,239 Speaker 8: You know, things were you know, definitely tough. But I 597 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 8: mean it, it is what it is. 598 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying. They move forward, so it's 599 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: time for me, so you know, do the same. 600 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 1: Man. 601 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 4: It is like I said, it is what it is. 602 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 8: And I look forward to, you know, working with my 603 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 8: new teammates and building that same chemistry and camaraderie which 604 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 8: we are doing. And it's a lot of great things 605 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 8: to look forward. 606 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 4: To in that building. 607 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 8: And uh, their fans should definitely be excited for what 608 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 8: we have in store. 609 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 4: So I definitely look forward to it. 610 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 6: Did you ever look up at the Ring of arnor 611 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 6: did you ever look up at the numbers up there 612 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 6: and wonder what we twenty eight. 613 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 4: Looked like up there? Or the name mixing up that? 614 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 4: Any question my own? 615 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 8: I mean, you know, obviously you don't. You don't really 616 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 8: pay attention to that stuff. You know as as a 617 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 8: player until you know it's time to look back and reflect. 618 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 4: But I do feel like, you know, with you know, given. 619 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 8: Situation and everything that's been, you know in store for 620 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 8: me as a as a Bengals player to Begles fans. 621 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 8: I mean, I definitely hope to, you know, see myself 622 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 8: in there one day. 623 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: I mean I feel like. 624 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 8: That's a I guess that's for them to decide that. 625 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 8: But when it come down to it, I mean, I'm 626 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 8: just was. I just was fortunate enough to be upon 627 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 8: a lot of great players teams and uh, you know, 628 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 8: be one of those guys to be able to move 629 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 8: a needle force for Cincinnati. You know, came across a 630 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 8: lot of a lot of great people, whether it was 631 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 8: inside the building outside the building, and you know, it 632 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 8: was a it was a great run, man, you know 633 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 8: what I mean. So you know, as I look back, 634 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 8: I mean, obviously I hope to someday be there, and uh, 635 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 8: you know, obviously the cars fall the way it is 636 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 8: supposed to. 637 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 4: Our willity that's going to do it. 638 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: For this episode of The Bengals Booth podcast brought to 639 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: you by pay Corps, proud to be the Bengals official 640 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: hr software provider by Alta Fiber future proof fiber Internet 641 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: designed to elevate your home, business and community to a 642 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: new level, and by Kettering Health the best care for 643 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: the best fans. 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