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<v Speaker 1>Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals Booths podcast the how Long Till Tomorrow? Addition,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you Bengals fan John Legend for the song

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<v Speaker 1>as we get set for Super Bowl fifty six between

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals and Rams. Coming up, my conversation with Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>President Mike Brown on the impact of Joe Burrow, the

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<v Speaker 1>excitement level of Bengals fans, and the possibility of hoisting

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<v Speaker 1>the Lombardi Trophy. Then we'll spend a few minutes with

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<v Speaker 1>the great Kevin Harland, who will broadcast the Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>on radio for the twelfth consecutive year for Westwood One.

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL, including the Super Bowl. Here's a quick

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<v Speaker 1>reminder that you can have the latest edition of this

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<v Speaker 1>subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. It's the greatest thing

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<v Speaker 1>since kids dressing like Joe Burrow. I can't get enough

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<v Speaker 1>of the pictures on social media of little kids, in

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<v Speaker 1>some cases infants wearing rose colored Cardier knockoff sunglasses or

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<v Speaker 1>black turtlenecks with homemade JB nine fake diamond necklaces. Chad

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson helped make Cincinnati cool in the early two thousands,

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<v Speaker 1>and Joey franchise has certainly done it again. He has

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<v Speaker 1>the effortless cool of Joe Namath. But let's hope he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't do any ads for pantyhose. Look it up, kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's get to my guests, beginning with Bengals president

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Brown. Mike prefers to stay in the background and

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<v Speaker 1>allow the attention to go to his coaches and players,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was kind enough to visit with me before

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals traveled to Los Angeles. Mike, football has been

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<v Speaker 1>your life personally and professionally. Can you articulate what this

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl trip means to you. It's very satisfying. Our

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<v Speaker 1>team came together and we've had a string of amazingly

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<v Speaker 1>close games. They were exciting. We prevailed in four of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Really to get to this point twice against Kansas City

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<v Speaker 1>the first one here, and we had to win that

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<v Speaker 1>one to win the division and get into the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>And just as pleased as it's possible to be if

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<v Speaker 1>you're in my position, this is what your goal is

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<v Speaker 1>in life, and here we are. We have a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to win the big one, and that would be great

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<v Speaker 1>if we could pull it off. But it's an exciting

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<v Speaker 1>time for me and for all the people here with

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals. At what point did you think that this

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<v Speaker 1>team could be a contender. Well, Joe Burrow makes you

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<v Speaker 1>think you can win any game that you go into,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have amazing whiteouts. We've got three guys that

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<v Speaker 1>are just tremendous. That gives us a live offense. These

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<v Speaker 1>days in the NFL, the goal is to score thirty

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<v Speaker 1>points or more. That's what you need to win it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can even lose it that figure, but if you

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<v Speaker 1>can get there with enough defense to go with it,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll prevail. And we did Noise get there. We did

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<v Speaker 1>Noise prevail. But as we went along, our confidence built

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<v Speaker 1>because you could see we could play with anybody. And

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<v Speaker 1>then we got to the point where we were winning

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<v Speaker 1>these close games. And here we are. We'll see what

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<v Speaker 1>happens next. But this is a good group of players,

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<v Speaker 1>a good group of people, and they look forward to

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<v Speaker 1>see what happens out in La Mike. When your father's

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland Browns are winning championships, his quarterback was autogram the

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady of his era, winning seven championships. It does

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Burrow remind you of Autograham in any way they compete.

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<v Speaker 1>They just performed best when the pressure is greatest. And

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<v Speaker 1>remember having utter confidence in autogramm it. Somehow, some way

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<v Speaker 1>he would get us where we needed to go. And

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<v Speaker 1>the same is true with Joe. Joe finds the way

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<v Speaker 1>and the players believe in him here, just as the

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<v Speaker 1>old Browns players believe in Otto. They thought that they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to do it. They had confidence, and Otto

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<v Speaker 1>was the one that instilled that, just as Joe does

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<v Speaker 1>with our guys these days. I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen the movie Jerry McGuire, but there's a cheesy

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<v Speaker 1>line in it where the female character says to Tom Cruise,

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<v Speaker 1>the sports agent, you had me at hello when you

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<v Speaker 1>met with Joe Burrow at the NFL scouting combine? Did

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<v Speaker 1>he have you at hello? He was focused and he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't very interested in small talk. Zach did some football

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<v Speaker 1>discussion with him then and at another time as well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, and you perked up when you saw him

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<v Speaker 1>and how he conducted him. So he has a air

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<v Speaker 1>about him that calls for respect. When he came here,

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<v Speaker 1>he earned that. Everyone believes in him here. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>you want from your quarterback. After clinching the AFC North,

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Taylor gave you and your wife Nancy a game

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<v Speaker 1>ball and said if he was working for a different owner,

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<v Speaker 1>he probably would not have had a third year as

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<v Speaker 1>the head coach. What did you see that gave you

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<v Speaker 1>confidence that Zach ultimately would be successful. He's organized, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a good person, He's knowledgeable about football. He was young

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<v Speaker 1>and went through some things. But quite honestly, we were

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<v Speaker 1>injured the year with Joe and the team was injured,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was what set us back more than anything.

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<v Speaker 1>But you could see the basic structure was what I

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<v Speaker 1>hope for. He knows the passing game and that's where

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL is these days, and he teams well with Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>They both believe in each other. I never thought that

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<v Speaker 1>there was any question that he was capable of doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's off to Super Bowl fifty six in Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you typically attend the Super Bowl? I used to.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm old now and so I don't. I have in

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<v Speaker 1>recent years had to get together with a group of

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<v Speaker 1>friends and we sit and watch and have a nice

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<v Speaker 1>time at home. Here Katie has taken over. She goes

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<v Speaker 1>to the Super Bowl. I've seen that stick and it's

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<v Speaker 1>quite amazing. It's fun, but I've done it enough times

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm ready to hand it off to I covered

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<v Speaker 1>a Super Bowl years ago where Marvel Levy, the Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>Bills coach, refused to pose for a picture with a

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<v Speaker 1>Lombardi Trophy before the game. He thought it was bad luck.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever held the Lombardi Trophy? No? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>dreamed of that moment where the commissioner hands you the

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<v Speaker 1>Lombardi Trophy after a Bengal Super Bowl win? Oh? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't dream of such things. Yes, I know that's what

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to have happened, but I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>night thoughts along those slides. I didn't live here in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty one or nineteen eighty eight, but Dave Lapham

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<v Speaker 1>has described for me what the city was like when

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals who are going to those two Super Bowls.

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<v Speaker 1>What does it meant to you to see the city

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<v Speaker 1>of Cincinnati and this area gets so excited about this team.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a wonderful moment for me. What our goal

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<v Speaker 1>is winning on the field. That's how you get to

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<v Speaker 1>the next goal, which is to excite the city and

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<v Speaker 1>get our supporters feeling happy about how it's going, enjoying it,

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<v Speaker 1>getting involved in the ways they do. That for me

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<v Speaker 1>is a real treat. I am enjoying that part of

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<v Speaker 1>it as much as anything. Tyler Boyd recently described how

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<v Speaker 1>much he appreciates you attending every practice, regardless of the weather,

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of the circumstances. You are always there, and he

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<v Speaker 1>went on to say he enjoys going over and as

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<v Speaker 1>he put it, chopping it up with you, having brief

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<v Speaker 1>conversations with you. What did those interactions with the players

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<v Speaker 1>mean to you. Well, as I've gotten older, I know

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<v Speaker 1>our players less well. I watched them. Tyler's one I

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<v Speaker 1>still get to talk to occasionally, and I appreciate the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that he comes over and treats me as buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will, for a moment or two. It's fun

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<v Speaker 1>and once upon a time, I knew all the guys

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<v Speaker 1>I had. I signed them all every year I did that,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were on a first name basis with me

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<v Speaker 1>from those days. These days a lot of them want

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<v Speaker 1>to call me mister Brown, and that's that puts me

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<v Speaker 1>a notice of where I am in life. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>fun to watch them. I have nothing that I would

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<v Speaker 1>prefer to do more than sit and watch the team practice.

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<v Speaker 1>They're remarkable athletes. I enjoy the passing game. I enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>watching the offensive line and the defensive line when they

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<v Speaker 1>get together. It. Oh, it's just for me. What is

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<v Speaker 1>the thing I like to do best. Some people rather

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<v Speaker 1>play golf, some people collect stamps. I don't know that.

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<v Speaker 1>This for me is all that and more, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>what I want to do and I'm lucky to have it.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd rather be on a golf cart next to the

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<v Speaker 1>practice field than on a beach in Acapulco. Well, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>rather be out with the players. I would. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have anything any desire and to be an Alcapolco, But

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<v Speaker 1>I believe I'm very happy with what my lot is.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel fortunate, and the weather is the weather. I

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<v Speaker 1>just accept that part of it. In some ways makes

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<v Speaker 1>it more interesting because it presents challenges and that's sort

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<v Speaker 1>of fun to see how that can be handled. The

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<v Speaker 1>NFL is big business, but it remains family business in Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 1>You are experiencing this with your son, your daughter, your

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<v Speaker 1>son in law, two of your granddaughters. Does that add

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<v Speaker 1>to how meaningful this whole experience is? Oh, it was

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<v Speaker 1>my goal to be able to do this. My father didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been involved with this as his assistant and then

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<v Speaker 1>really for a while with him and his older days.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a big role in it. Really that wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>recognized outside of here. And now it's gone to where

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<v Speaker 1>I ran it to where now I am passing it

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<v Speaker 1>on to Katie and Paul and Troy and the girls

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<v Speaker 1>Elizabeth and Caroline. They're smart, they work hard, they like it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's the point now where I have to learn

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<v Speaker 1>to shut up more. What do you think your father

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<v Speaker 1>would think of the twenty twenty one Cincinnati Bengals. He

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<v Speaker 1>would have liked this team. This was his kind of team,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're wide open. We get some remarkable plays on offense,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a defense that is solid, we have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of pieces. Maybe we won't prevail every time out.

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<v Speaker 1>But believe me, they'll know they had to go and

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<v Speaker 1>this team can play with anybody. This was his dream

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<v Speaker 1>fifty four years ago when he bought professional football to Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 1>for the Bengals to be Super Bowl champions. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>part of the motivation for you to realize his vision? Honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think of it in those terms. I think

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<v Speaker 1>of it as to what it means for the people here.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what pleases me. I enjoy seeing them celebrate and

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<v Speaker 1>have fun. One of the things that was just first

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<v Speaker 1>straight for me. After the game in Kansas City, or

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<v Speaker 1>we won the way we did, I was out in

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<v Speaker 1>the parking lot on the bus. I go with the

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<v Speaker 1>players on the bus and I'm sitting there watching and

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<v Speaker 1>they're interacting with their families and their children, And for me,

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<v Speaker 1>that was about as good a time as I could have.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't do anything except watch to see them feeling

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<v Speaker 1>good about themselves and how it had gone. That was

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<v Speaker 1>what made me happy. Well, I share your happiness over

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<v Speaker 1>the excitement of Bengals fans, but I'm really happy for you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I truly hope that we all get to see

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<v Speaker 1>you holding that Lombardi Trophy. After a Bengal Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>win over the Rams. Thank you so much for your time.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations on this great season. Best of luck on Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl Sunday. Thanks Dan. A Bengal Booth podcast is presented

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<v Speaker 1>including the Super Bowl. My sportscasting hero was a guy

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<v Speaker 1>named Van Miller. He was the voice of the Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>Bills for more than forty years and in two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and four became the first local play by play announcer

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<v Speaker 1>to be honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always considered Van to be the greatest football announcer

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio of all time, but now I think

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<v Speaker 1>two people share that title, Van Miller and Kevin Harlan.

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<v Speaker 1>Harlan will call the Super Bowl on the radio for

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<v Speaker 1>Westwood One for the twelfth consecutive year, and he joined

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Lapham and me for a few minutes on Friday's

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals pep Rally show, and Dave good to be on

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<v Speaker 1>with you guys. How Sponnie is this? I had a

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<v Speaker 1>terrific for you're sitting and for the team, and for

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<v Speaker 1>you two guys in particular I know and respect so much.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so happy for you. And the weather's great. I

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<v Speaker 1>think Sunday is going to be a great day as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And I managed just to watch that one unfold. So, Kevin,

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<v Speaker 1>you had the Bengals multiple times during the season. How

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<v Speaker 1>surprised are you that they're in Super Bowl fifty six? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I kind of saw them at their best

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<v Speaker 1>and their worst. I saw them, you know, win on

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<v Speaker 1>the road in the division and look commanding doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I saw him in New York against the

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<v Speaker 1>Jets and Trent Green and I had that game and

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<v Speaker 1>that's when that first time starter at four hundred plus

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<v Speaker 1>through the air, and the Bengals, I think, going into

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<v Speaker 1>that game, if I'm not mistaken, were the number one

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<v Speaker 1>team in the AFC. They were like five and two,

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<v Speaker 1>does ent sound about right? And there were number one

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<v Speaker 1>in the AFC, and we came on that day talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, can they handle success? And as it turns out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, here they are, but you can't help. But

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<v Speaker 1>that teams like that, the way it turned out, and

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<v Speaker 1>the responsibility of being in the position of being the

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<v Speaker 1>hunted and not the hunter, and they were being the

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<v Speaker 1>hunted even then, you know, has helped shape them and

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<v Speaker 1>made them the team they are right now. It's never perfect,

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<v Speaker 1>there are always flaws, but that season told the story

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<v Speaker 1>and the team grew. I think from that loss, they won,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, from that point on, and they really collected

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<v Speaker 1>themselves and certainly the rest is history, not the least

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<v Speaker 1>of which was the big winned Arrowhead a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago. So I always think that all the things

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<v Speaker 1>that go through as people and teams always builds to

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<v Speaker 1>what we become in those days. As tough as they

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<v Speaker 1>were at times, they made the Bengals what they are

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<v Speaker 1>right now. In my good are they a good team?

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<v Speaker 1>Only they are right now? They were my dark horse

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<v Speaker 1>from the beginning of the fourteen teams in because we

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<v Speaker 1>saw them five times on CBS. I thought I watched

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<v Speaker 1>their defense, I knew how they played. I saw the quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew how he played. We saw the three elite

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<v Speaker 1>receivers in the thousand yard back, and we saw the

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<v Speaker 1>developing offensive line and the continuity that was being traced

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<v Speaker 1>game by games, So we knew the story. I think

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<v Speaker 1>they kind of sprung themselves by surprise in the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the country, but not us. We knew, we saw,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've enjoyed it, and I'm thrilled that they're here.

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<v Speaker 1>Our guest is Kevin Harland. He will call the super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl for Westwood one with former Super Bowl winning quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>and this is a tremendous quarterback matchup Joe Burrow Matthew Stafford,

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<v Speaker 1>very different stages of their career. How big a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the storyline is that? In your opinion, Kevin, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Joe is the singular story headline. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>to me, I mean, you could look at eighteen thousand

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<v Speaker 1>different things we could start talking about, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>matchup of Rams and whoever heat covers and handling Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Donald or you know all these different things. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>secondary hold against the past. Stafford can the Corral Cooper Cup.

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<v Speaker 1>But to me, if you're going to pick one, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of what we're all being asked here in

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<v Speaker 1>the last couple of days. To me, it will be

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<v Speaker 1>Joe's escapability. His ability to run an arrowhead against the Chiefs,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was monumental, and I thought that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with the rush that he's going to get and it

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<v Speaker 1>will be fierce all day long. And for the offensive line,

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<v Speaker 1>which is still in developing stages and still trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get its footing, although allowed only one sack against the Chiefs,

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<v Speaker 1>that is going to be the battle. Will he have

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<v Speaker 1>enough time to let the receivers run their routes and

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<v Speaker 1>if he doesn't, is he able to escape and buy

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<v Speaker 1>more time? And if he has more time, can he

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<v Speaker 1>complete the throw or does he have to do it

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<v Speaker 1>with his own running ability? And I think he can

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<v Speaker 1>do all of it. I think he can run what

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<v Speaker 1>he wants. I think he can throw any wants. He's

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<v Speaker 1>so smart. And the intangible from a distance is to

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<v Speaker 1>watch his leadership and his calm, because I think that really,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, puts the hand on the rudder for the team.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they react the way he reacts in his

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<v Speaker 1>look and his demeanor is everything for that ball club.

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<v Speaker 1>Our thanks to Kevin Harland and that's going to do

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