WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: The One I Love 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.320 I get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:11.040 The Bengals Booth Podcast. The this one goes out to 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:15.920 the one I Love addition, as I sit down for 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:18.239 a round of fun facts with the first player to 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:22.520 wear the number one in Bengals history, Numero Uno himself, 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.440 Jamar Chase. He'll share his impression of Joe Burrow when 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:30.200 they met at LSU, describe being singled out by President 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:34.839 Trump at the White House, and discuss his passion for fashion. 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:38.400 Then I'll spend a few minutes with free agent offensive 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.599 lineman Riley Reef roughly two months after he signed on 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:45.600 the dotted line with Cincinnati. And finally, it's my choice 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:49.360 for the Bengals best under the radar draft pick this year. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.480 I'll tell you who it is and why I feel 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.360 that way, and then we'll hear from one of his 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.720 college coaches. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Bud Light, 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:02.280 seltzer Reef Fresh the Game and here's a quick reminder 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.959 that you can have the latest edition of this podcast 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.720 delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by subscribing 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:13.520 on Itune, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. It's 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:18.360 the greatest thing since Billions. From time to time on 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.360 this podcast, my greatest thing since is something that I'm 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.679 watching on TV, and more often than not, it's a 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.840 show that's several years old that I'm finally getting around 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:32.960 to watching on demand. That's the case with the show Billions, 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:37.120 that premiered on Showtime in twenty sixteen and has had 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:41.000 five complete seasons so far. I've watched the first two 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:44.639 and overall I'd give it a B plus. But having 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:48.160 said that, the next to last episode of season two 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.680 is one of the best hours of TV I've ever seen. 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:55.880 The name of the episode is Golden Frog Time, but 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.000 I'm going to call it the Ice Juice Episode. It 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.040 was so good that I wanted to immediately go back 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.360 and watch it again. So if you're looking for something 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.360 to watch, I can't vouch for all five seasons of Billions, 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.600 but the next to last episode of season two is 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.639 so good that I will strongly recommend at least watching 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:20.519 up to that point. Now, let's get to football. Before 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.160 we get to fun facts with Jamar Chase, here are 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.040 a few thoughts on the Bengal schedule that came out 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.520 on Wednesday night. We already knew that it was going 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.120 to be tough. If you go by last year's records, 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.280 the Bengals have the six toughest schedule in the NFL. 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.720 Nine of their seventeen games are against playoff teams from 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:41.799 last year. Eight of the seventeen nearly half, are against 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.480 teams that won eleven or more games. Most of those 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.320 games are the result of being in the AFC North, 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.520 since the Steelers, Ravens, and Browns all won at least 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:55.600 eleven last year. Only four of the Bengal seventeen games 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:59.079 are against teams that won five or fewer games last year. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:04.440 The Jazz, Jets, Lions, and Broncos. We already knew who 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:06.680 they were going to play and where they were going 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.720 to play them. On Wednesday night, we learned when a 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.359 couple of things stood out to me. In the first 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.880 four weeks, the Bengals only face one team that had 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.639 a winning record last year, Pittsburgh. With home games against 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:24.040 Minnesota and Jacksonville and road games against the Bears and Steelers, 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:26.160 the Bengals have a chance to get off to a 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:30.160 solid start and build some early momentum, and if they 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.280 can get through their first eight games at or above 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:37.200 five hundred six of the bengals final nine games are 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.800 at Paul Brown Stadium. Here's hoping there's a lot at 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.520 stake when they are playing at home in December in January. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.400 On a personal note, I don't know at this point 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.480 if I'll resume traveling this year to broadcast UC games 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:54.080 on Saturdays and Bengals games on Sundays. But if so, 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.840 the NFL did me a solid on a couple of weekends. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:02.200 In September, UC plays Indiana on a Saturday before the 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:06.000 Bengals game in Chicago on Sunday, an easy four hour drive. 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:09.880 And in October you see plays at Navy on a 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:14.480 Saturday before the Bengals are in Baltimore on Sunday. That's 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:18.240 about as convenient as it gets. Now it's time to 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.040 get to know the person under the pads. It's my 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:25.400 fun facts conversation with the two nineteen bullet Nakoff Award 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.280 winner is the best receiver in college football and the 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:32.719 fifth overall pick in this year's draft. Time for some 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:37.440 fun facts with wide receiver Jamar Chase from Metaie, Louisiana. Jamar, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.440 let's turn the clock back to when you were younger. 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.440 What were some of the things that you and your 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.880 buddies like to do growing up around New Orleans. Yeah, 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.880 growing up at Harvey we played basketball outside through tackle, 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.320 stuff like that, a snowball for the most part, you know, 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.359 for the most part, was always doing some type of 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.599 sports activity outside in the grass on the street. It 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:04.800 sounds like basketball first love. When did that change and why? Basketball? Chance? 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:08.640 After my high school coach recruited me to come to Rumma, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.040 coach Gary. He recruited me at a football game in 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:16.279 a championship in my middle school. I think after what 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.000 he told me that day made me realize that I 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.520 want to play football. We're doing fun facts with Jamar Chase. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.560 Your dad played college football at Alcorn State. How did 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.840 he impact your development on and off the field. I 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.080 would probably say he helped me the most part of 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.719 my preparation. For the most part, he always pushing me 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:38.280 through for everything, keeping my head on focus. And he's 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.880 almost like my manager the way he treats me, you know, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:42.840 make sure I'm always on the right foots. So you know, 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.280 I can ask for nothing but that. Who was more 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:49.159 excited on Draft night? You or him? I think I was. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:50.800 I don't think he was. I think I was more 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:54.040 excited than him. So I wasn't even paying attention that much. 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:57.799 I was too excited myself. Jamar, you won a state 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.839 championship in the long jump when you were in high school. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.080 Did you specifically train for that or could you just 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.280 show up and win? I actually showed up and just won. 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.320 That was my first year I actually doing lun jump 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.920 and I won the state. So that was an incredible 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.080 time for me. And after I won, you know, I 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.560 started following the level rooms up. So when it came 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.800 time to pick a college, you were all set to 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.760 make the announcement on national TV at a big high 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:27.400 school showcase event at Nike headquarters out in Beaverton, Oregon, 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:32.000 and everything went haywire. Can you describe what happened? Well, 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.480 we just I know, I seven or seven, seven or 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:37.640 seventeen just finished a game right before the championship game. 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:39.960 This is right before the championship game. I was going 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:44.640 to announce my commitment and I was walking over there 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.280 with my hat and gloves. You know, everything's in a 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.960 box a lot, not letting anyone know. Um and I 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:52.919 get over there, you know, sit on for a minute 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.640 and then get back up and they tell me we 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.200 don't have any more space for you on the Internet live, 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.120 so we're just gonna have to catch you another time. 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.640 And you know, once I heard that, I was just like, hey, 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:05.120 this might not be the place of me. You know, 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:06.880 this might not be the sign guys given me. So 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.400 I think I need was taken out a chance. So 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:14.520 the hat was a TCU hat, right, Yes it was, Yes, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:19.320 it was. So. TCU is completely bummed out that the 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:23.320 fact that you got bumped on that Internet show cost 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.120 them the best wide receiver in the country. I mean 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.600 it worked out for me the right way. I mean 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.200 I wouldn't change nothing about it. I mean, if I 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.880 knew the outcome at TCU, then I probably would have 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.600 a change, but I don't think I will. It worked 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.880 out great for you. It obviously worked out great for 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.880 LSU as well. You went there and your freshman year, 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:46.239 a quarterback shows up, the transferred in from Ohio State 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.840 named Joe Burrow. Do you remember your initial impressions of Joe. 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.040 My first time seeing Joe, Joe was a quiet dude 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.280 walking in the locker room. He didn't really say too much. 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.320 It was all about business actually. So when we then 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:01.920 we got on the field, Joe was show was just 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.560 out there playing football. He didn't he didn't make too 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.000 much noise, didn't he didn't say anything all the time. 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:08.800 He would say something when he had a correction to 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.640 what we were doing. When did you realize he was 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.320 something special? I would say my sophomore year, the summer 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.480 of my sophomore year. The way we prepared for that 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.160 season was just incredible. Um. I think Joe was the 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:24.320 main reason why, just how he leaded the team. You know, 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.240 the offense that year and it showed. So you were 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.679 part of a tremendous receiving room at LSU with Justin 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.000 Jefferson and Terris Marshall and others, and you guys started 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:39.040 a tradition called the Summer of ten thousand Catches. What 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.880 exactly was that the some of the ten thousand catches 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.520 were catching ten thousand balls every day, but not every day, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.800 but as many as we can every day to ten thousand. Um, 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:52.959 I would not tell you that was probably the longest 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:57.080 ten thousand catches I've ever did in my life. Did 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.800 they even have to be footballs? Could it be a tennis? 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.160 Could it be any sort of ball? No, it was 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.800 it was only a football. Who was only doing footballs. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.040 We would all use tennis balls to get our hand 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.600 eye coordination ready for practice. And you plan to continue 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.400 doing something similar, right, Yes, I do. I still I 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:16.600 still going to keep them two thousand on me. It 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.360 might not be ten thousand catches, but you know, those 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:20.760 would be my goals to get as high as I can, 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.200 you know, and keep my hands consistent. We're doing fun 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.960 facts with Jamar Chase. Your sophomore year. Joe Burrow wins 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.839 the Heisman, you win the bullet and the cough LSU 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.680 wins the National Championship, and the team goes to the 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:37.240 White House and President Trump only mentioned one player by name, you, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.920 and he asked, and he asked you to speak to 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:44.040 the crowd describe that experience. I did not want to 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.600 go up there, actually, I actually told him no. I 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.079 was a little shy going up there in front of 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.000 the White House. And I've seen all those cameras in 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:52.480 the media in front of me, so I was a 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.600 little scooped. Um. You know, when I got up there, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.880 my accent came out hard heart and I didn't really 0:09:57.880 --> 0:09:59.200 know what to say, and I was just like, how 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:02.160 y'all doing this? So for the most part, it was 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:05.800 just a cool experience to have. Before the draft this year, 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:09.240 there was a debate among Bengals fans about whether the 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:13.240 team should take you or Oregon offensive lineman Pinay Sewell, 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.880 and there was kind of a joking civil war between 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:21.040 team Chase and team Sewell. Did you see or hear 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.320 about that? I think I've seen one of them, the 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.360 team A Team B I've definitely seen. I've seen that. 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:31.560 I've seen that yesterday actually, so after I got picked, 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.960 I've seen it again. I don't think anybody is complaining. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.440 Even the people that the thought that Piney Seul would 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:39.760 have been a great pick are delighted that you are 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.720 going to be a Cincinnati Bengal. You are looking sharp 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:47.480 on draft night, white suit, orange pocket square sneakers with 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.439 the orange and black accents. If the possibility of being 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.840 taken by Cincinnati had anything to do with your look, 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.439 it's crazy because the shoes I had on was a 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.679 lasting shopping Um. It's just so happening to come with 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.800 that with that orange on the orange and black tip 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.760 on it, and uh and my pocket square is just 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.360 a last minute call too, So everything was a real 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.240 last minute. My shoes that I wanted to wear. It 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.640 didn't come in so um, I was fine with it, 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:16.719 you know. I like how I look and I went 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:20.640 with it. Are you into fashion in general and sneakers 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.840 in particular? I am actually um Today I have on 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.880 a Jelf jumpsuit from New Orleans and some bor so 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.960 I try to address established as I can't, comfortable as 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:35.600 I can. Are you excited that the NFL has changed 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.080 the rules and will now allow wide receivers to wear 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.520 single digit numbers? Of course I have a chance to 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.640 get back and one in the NFL. You know, keep 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.120 that confidence, keep my mind going right and finding my 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.880 passion again, you know, and taking off with this this community. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.640 I think I think it'd be fun. Were you going 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.880 to wear seven had you played for LSU last year? 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.719 Were you going to switch to seven? Yes? Correct, I 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.080 was gonna wear seven at LSU my last year. Yes. 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.440 And that's like a number of honor at LSU. Is 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.800 that why you would have done that for the one year? Yes? Said, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.040 that is a number of honor. That's a big number 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.640 of l shoe you know, a show suggition, pride and 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.640 just the love of the game. Um, I think me 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.360 wearing seven would have been a big help, you know, 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.839 for LSU and myself also, Um, I just want to 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.360 leave another legacy and another number at LSU and Draft night, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.199 I asked you about the Bengals legacy of great wide 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:32.439 receivers including A. J. Green and Chad Johnson, and you said, 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:36.840 I'm gonna break every record they've got. That's a bold statement. 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.640 Do you admire athletes who can talk to talk and 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.160 then back it up? Of course? I mean if you 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.280 can talk it, that's the point of you having a mouth, right, 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.960 I mean, God gave you for a reasons, so we 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.280 need to use it. And I mean as long as 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.000 I prove it to myself, you know, that's that's all 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:54.600 I gotta do. You know, go out there that play 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.200 my game and let my let my play talk for myself. 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:00.920 You're off the hot seat. Appreciate at the time, look 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.760 forward to watching you play. Thanks for having me. Jamar 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.120 and his fellow rookies will be on the field at 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:11.000 Paul Brown Stadium on Friday morning for the Bengals rookie Minicamp. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.199 We turned from a rookie to a ten year veteran. 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.680 It's been about two months since the Bengals signed Riley 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.680 Reef to be the right tackle this year. The former 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.880 first round draft pick by Detroit spent his first five 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.800 seasons with the Lions before spending the last four with 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:31.000 the Vikings. Now he's leaving the NFC North for the 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:34.840 AFC North. And I started our conversation by turning the 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.120 clock back to March and asking why he decided to 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.120 sign on the dotted line the night after going out 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.280 to dinner with offensive line coach Frank Pollock and other 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:48.360 teammates and coaches. You know, I came there and I 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:51.720 was real impressed with, you know, the core group of 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.720 guys that had a coach Taylor. He was awesome just 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:59.720 being with Frank and what they had envisioned. Bryan Callahan, 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:04.319 I'm excited to be here. When you signed with the Bengals, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.800 you did a conference call with Cincinnati error reporters and 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.560 you were asked about Joe Burrow and you said, I 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.160 can't wait to block for this guy. Why did Joe 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.120 make such a strong impression on you? Just as love 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.720 for the game, I mean everything, He's constantly thinking about 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:24.120 football down to earth guy. You know, I've kind of 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.320 watched some of his film since I've signed there, and 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.600 I'm excited. I mean, I'm sure you guys are as well, 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.000 really looking forward to win a lot of games. In 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.600 addition to the ability that you bring to the offensive line, Riley, 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.280 you're a veteran, like I say, nine years of NFL 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:43.240 experience under your belt. This is largely a young group, 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.120 with guys like Jonah Williams on the left side. Now 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.720 Jackson Carmen's coming in as a second round draft pick. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.280 How important is that? And who were some of the 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.440 veteran guys that helped you early in your career. Yeah, 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.120 when I first got to Detroit, I was still pretty raw. 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:04.160 There's guys like Jeff Backus, dam Raiola, Rob Simms, Stephen Peterman. 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.200 Guys are shareless. I mean, they're all old guys and 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:11.400 they helped me out tremendously and shape where I am today. 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.320 And you know, I'm excited. There's a lot of talent 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.080 in that old line room, a bunch of good guys, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:20.400 and you know, I'm excited to join the group. Playing 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.880 offensive tackle in the NFL is hard in any division, 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.480 but I think it's especially hard in the AFC North. 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.600 When you face the Browns, you got to try to 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.760 block two guys who are the number one overall pick 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.760 in the NFL draft, Miles Garrett and Jadevi and Clowney 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.080 t J. Watton. Pittsburgh led the NFL in Zachs last 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.120 year with fifteen and then you've got the Ravens. You 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.520 don't know who you have to block because they blitz 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.320 more than any other team in the NFL. Was that 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.960 a consideration at all when you elected to come on 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.640 board with the Bengals. Yeah, I mean there's a lot 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:54.200 of things that you look at. You know, every week 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.520 in the NFL, you're going up against good guys. I 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.960 mean not saying those those guys are phenomenal pass rushers, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.640 but uh, you know, it's it's always a challenge and 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:06.280 you got to bring your best every week. The Bengals 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.280 brought back an offensive line coach this year who's widely 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.800 regarded as one of the best in the National Football League, 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.680 Frank Pollock. What had you heard about Frank over the 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.520 years and how much interaction have you had. I've had 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.040 some real close friends play for Frank, and you know, 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.840 they endorsed him, and uh, you know, when I got 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:26.760 to meet him coming up to Cincinnati, I fell in 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.360 love with the way he approaches the game. Um, you know, 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.960 his attention to detail, and uh, you know, I'm excited 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:37.600 to play for him. The Bengals drafted three offensive linemen. 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.560 When you're a veteran and you're following the draft, are 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.000 you locked in on the guys they add at your 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.000 position or are you really looking at the whole group. Yeah, 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.600 we're excited to get those guys in here, you know, 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:52.960 help our group out. Yeah. I kind of followed it closely, 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:56.080 and you know, um, the guys we brought in, they 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.200 all seem like good kids. So I'm excited to get 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.120 to work with him. As I mentioned, Riley, you spent 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.680 the last four years in Minnesota playing for a guy 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.280 who remains very popular around here from his years of 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.240 the Bengals, Mike Zimmer. Zim still has a hunting lodge 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.719 in northern Kentucky, I believe, so. I think he's in 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.159 this area quite a bit. What did Zim tell you 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:19.840 about Cincinnati and also about playing for the Bengals organization? ZIMU, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.920 He's one of a kind, great guy. I love him. Um, 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.280 you know, I actually joked, I said, what's what's the passcode? 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.240 Tier Ranch? And you know, he was like you need 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.919 to go out there. You know, you know him, you 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.720 know he loved it here in Cincinnati. Obviously he's still close. 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.520 Uh Spence offseasons here, but uh no, I'm I'm excited 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.840 to be in the Midwest. What have been some of 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.800 the highlights of your career at this point, played in 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.560 some big games in Minnesota. It's really just a teammates, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.760 the bonds that you create, um, you know, getting to 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.439 meet different people from different parts of the you know, 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.400 the countrary of the world, and uh, you know, it's 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:02.640 been a fun rode. This will be year ten, which 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.000 is a pretty extraordinary thing in the NFL. How proud 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.520 are you of lasting for a decade and hopefully several 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.320 years beyond this. I always said I wanted to play 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.560 eight years, you know, achieve that. Still feel good, still 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:19.840 have a lot of tank left, you know, I still 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:22.399 feel young. Let's just put it like that. And the 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.040 excited to get to Cincinnati and work with the guys, 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.920 meet some of them, you know, face to face. We're 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:30.919 on the zoom thing right now, like most of the 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.560 world is. But you know, it's nice. It'd be nice 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.000 to get in there and see the guys. You've been 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.720 very durable In your NFL career, You've played at least 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.560 thirteen games in all nine of your seasons. I think 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.520 you've played at least fifteen games and seven out of nine. 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:48.320 How have you stayed, you know, so durable and what 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:51.320 kind of things have you played through in order to 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:54.680 be able to answer the bell week after week? Yeah? 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:56.960 I mean as an offensive lineman, you take pride in, 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:58.960 you know, showing up every week and going out there 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.639 and playing. But you know that get puts a lot 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.879 of credit on our strength coaches, our training staff, just 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:07.840 those guys getting you ready in and out each week. 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:11.000 A lot was made of the dinner that you had 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.959 the night before you assigned your contract at the precinct. 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:18.360 What was the dinner of choice? Oh gosh, I think 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.360 I had the Columsworth. No, I had the columns Worth 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.600 on top of the rib I. Either way, I can't 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.840 remember what it was called. It was phenomenal. You know, 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.240 Ruby does a great job there and I had a 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:34.119 great time. I seem to recall at the time that 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.159 Jeff Ruby gave you a cigar at the end of 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.440 dinner and said that if you signed with the Bengals, 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.720 he would give you a box of cigars. Was that 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.119 the case? And has it happened yet? It hasn't happened yet. 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:49.119 I haven't been in Cincinnati since, you know, whether he 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:51.560 gives them to me or not, it's it's it's all right. 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:53.400 I'm not not too worried about it. I don't smoke 0:19:53.440 --> 0:19:55.879 too many cigars anyways. But uh no, it's just a 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:59.600 pleasant meeting Jeff, and you know, I'll be back there. 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:03.320 Have you had much interaction with your new teammates yet, 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.840 you know, just on Zoom calls the offensive lineman. Um. 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:10.280 You know, we have a group chat going. A lot 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.400 of them reached out to me, you know, said welcome, 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:15.680 And I just want to get get in the building 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.200 and meet the guys. You know, I met most of 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.679 the coaches, so but I want to meet some of 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.679 the some of the guys and get to work. This 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:28.320 franchise boasts arguably the greatest person to ever play your position, 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.520 Anthony Munio's. Have you interacted with Anthony at all over 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.239 the years. No, I haven't. I've never met him. Uh. 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:36.000 You know, you hear a lot about him, just what 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.240 he's what he accomplished on the field, and the type 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.239 of person he is. Um. It's an honor to play, uh, 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:44.840 you know, to play for the Bengals. They've had a 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:46.680 lot of good guys and uh, you know, I'm just 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:49.639 excited to get there. When you reach the stage in 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.280 your career, you don't go to a new team unless 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:54.560 you feel like you've got a chance to win. What 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:57.679 about your interaction with the coaching staff and some of 0:20:57.720 --> 0:21:00.399 your new teammates led you to believe that this is 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:02.760 a team on the rise. You know that just they're 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:06.760 they're you know, they're willed or they're hunger to win. Um, 0:21:07.400 --> 0:21:10.879 you know, scheme, you know, it seems like they you know, 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:12.879 they got the right scheme, the right fit, they know 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:15.760 what they want. Um, but we got to put in 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:17.760 the work. I mean, that's all it comes down to. 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:22.200