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Speaker 2: I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth podcast,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five schedule with Bengals dot Com editor Jeff

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Speaker 2: Butch Hobson. Then it's the latest edition of five Questions

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Speaker 2: food merchants. As a member of the media, I am

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Speaker 2: basically required to eat any and all free food. Now

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Speaker 2: let's get to the Bengals hot off the Press's schedule.

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Speaker 2: We already knew the who and where, but we didn't

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Speaker 2: know the win. Now we do. In terms of difficulty,

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Speaker 2: it looks like a middle of the pack schedule. Nine

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Speaker 2: of the bengals seventeen opponents went to the playoffs last year,

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Speaker 2: and six of those games against playoff teams will be

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Speaker 2: on the road. That's the hard part. But there are

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Speaker 2: also two games against the Browns and home games against

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Speaker 2: the Jags, Jets, Bears, and Patriots. All of those teams

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Speaker 2: lost at least twelve games last year. Based on last

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Speaker 2: year's records, it's the fourteenth toughest schedule in the league.

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Speaker 2: Based on projected win totals. In Vegas, it's the seventeenth toughest, again,

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Speaker 2: middle of the pack. The Bengals also have the fewest

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Speaker 2: travel miles of any team in the NFL this year,

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Speaker 2: about two thousand fewer than Buffalo. The Chargers, on the

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Speaker 2: other hand, will travel about four times as many miles

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Speaker 2: eight thousand, seven hundred fifty three. For a closer look

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Speaker 2: at the eighteen week grind, beginning on September seventh, I

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Speaker 2: caught up with Bengals dot Com editor Jeff Butch Hobson.

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Speaker 2: All right, Butch, Week one is a road game at Cleveland,

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Speaker 2: starting at one o'clock in the afternoon. The Reds are

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Speaker 2: opener seemed likely to me. The second time in three years,

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Speaker 2: the Bengals will open up the regular season with a

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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow couldn't move because of his calf injury. The

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Speaker 2: Bengals managed only six first downs and a twenty four

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Speaker 2: Week one on the road at Cleveland.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's Paul Brown's one hundred and seventeenth birthday, So

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Speaker 3: I think that's a good vibe going to the city

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean this feels like one. This feels more

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Speaker 4: like twenty eleven, not twenty twenty three. Although Andy Dalton

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Speaker 5: Them last year. So this does not feel like twenty three. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The Browns also announced this week that they're great linebacker

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Speaker 4: And are they drafted one at the top of the

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Speaker 2: You wouldn't think. So that's week one. Week two, the

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Speaker 2: and we know how that went. They went one in

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Speaker 2: three instead. Stuff obviously happens. But with Cleveland in week one,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, but it's you know, it's the same

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Speaker 5: So you know, I think the Jaguars are, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, clearly clearly in transition because you know there they

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Speaker 5: You know, how many snaps.

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Speaker 5: I didn't so last year.

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Speaker 4: Now a guy like the next game we talk about,

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Speaker 4: Although JJ was hurt last year, he's still been around

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Speaker 2: Week three, that's a one o'clock road game at Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: You referenced JJ McCarthy, the projected starter at quarterback after

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the last couple of times they've been up there,

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Speaker 4: for my money, I mean, Minnesota blows everyone's doors.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with the you know,

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Speaker 4: in that overtime game. Bo Nix and Joe Burrow put

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Speaker 4: So we know that's a play you know, ten years ago,

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Speaker 4: a it's it's a it's a Bill Russell game seven rebound.

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Speaker 5: You know he tears it away and you know he's

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Speaker 5: got it. And he had some of those against the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: Sure did all right. Week five one of the most

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Speaker 2: Right, week eight after the mini buy, it's one o'clock

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Speaker 5: No.

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Speaker 4: All I know is the last time they played in

434
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Speaker 4: Baltimore in broad daylight, they.

435
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Speaker 5: Won forty one seventeen.

436
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Speaker 4: Now, saying that's a I'm not saying, but I'm just saying, hey,

437
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 4: you know, make it four twenty five, you know, or something.

438
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Speaker 5: Just uh, let us see the stunt in Baltimore, you

439
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Speaker 5: know what I mean.

440
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Speaker 4: So, but man, I went back to look back, you know,

441
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,919
Speaker 4: the two games last year just absolute classics.

442
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Speaker 5: How are they gonna how are they going to do? Uh,

443
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,719
Speaker 5: what are they going to do? For an encore?

444
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Speaker 2: I mean, make the final play to win?

445
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Speaker 5: Well, yeah, that's for sure. I mean I'm talking about

446
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Speaker 5: the two teams. Yeah, I mean, you can't.

447
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Speaker 4: I mean making a field goal to win it and

448
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 4: then stopping a two point play modeling the quarterback though,

449
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Speaker 4: But I mean, just don't get any closer than that,

450
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Speaker 4: you know, I mean it'd be, uh, what if you

451
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Speaker 4: switched it? What if there was a prime time or

452
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Speaker 4: a preay corps, you know, and at one o'clock at Baltimore.

453
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Speaker 5: Doesn't the computer look at these things?

454
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Speaker 2: You would think, like I said, I know, it's a

455
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Speaker 2: complex puzzle. But you know, after all that out what

456
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Speaker 2: you enter into a computer program and they should have

457
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Speaker 2: entered in Cincinnati ad Baltimore in primetime on Thursday cannot happen.

458
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Speaker 5: Right well?

459
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Speaker 4: And also after all this, Oh and by the way,

460
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Speaker 4: it's Thanksgiving, which only the second time in history this

461
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Speaker 4: club will will play.

462
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Speaker 5: While the rest of the world is eating. Well, I

463
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Speaker 5: guess we'll be by then.

464
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Speaker 4: I guess people will probably be napping, but they won't

465
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 4: be napping because they'll be burrowing the ravens. So but yeah,

466
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Speaker 4: the last one was in a galaxy far far away

467
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Speaker 4: when they replayed the two thousand and nine AFC Wildcard

468
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Speaker 4: game the Jets Bengals.

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Speaker 5: They played that on Thanksgiving in twenty ten.

470
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Speaker 2: Game thirteen, a four to twenty five Sunday road game

471
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Speaker 2: in early December at Buffalo. They'll have some extra time

472
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Speaker 2: to recover and prepare after playing on Thanksgiving as they

473
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Speaker 2: look to be Josh Allen and the Bills for the

474
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Speaker 2: third time in a row.

475
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Speaker 5: You look at that.

476
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Speaker 4: And some of the moves they made this year in

477
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Speaker 4: the draft. The two linebackers that can run. To me,

478
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Speaker 4: that's how do you stop Allen and Jackson? You know,

479
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,440
Speaker 4: two linebackers that can run in the most athletic defensive

480
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Speaker 4: lineman in the draft of the last forty years, Shamas Stewart.

481
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Speaker 4: So to me, the draft the first, the first, second,

482
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Speaker 4: or fourth pix in this draft.

483
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Speaker 5: You're reading this schedule at Baltimore at.

484
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Speaker 2: Buffalo, followed by Baltimore again in game fourteen. It's a

485
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Speaker 2: Baltimore rematch seventeen days after the Thanksgiving road game. So

486
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Speaker 2: beginning in Week three, the Bengals play five playoff teams

487
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Speaker 2: in a row, Minnesota, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh.

488
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Speaker 2: That's obviously tough, but I would say at Baltimore at

489
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Speaker 2: Buffalo home against Baltimore might be the of his three

490
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Speaker 2: game stretch. Any team in the NFL plays this year.

491
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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a good call.

492
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Speaker 6: You know.

493
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Speaker 4: Also that that's seventeen day gap between the Baltimore games.

494
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 4: That's the smallest regular season gap playing the same opponents

495
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Speaker 4: since eighty six when they played the when they split

496
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Speaker 4: with the Steelers in eighty six on thirteen days in October.

497
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Speaker 5: So that's something you don't see very often, you know.

498
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Speaker 4: Now you see it in the playoffs, like they played

499
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Speaker 4: the Ravens and back to back weeks in twenty two,

500
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Speaker 4: you know, to end the season and the Wildcaid game.

501
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Speaker 4: I mean, if they played the two games they played

502
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Speaker 4: last year, I mean, what nerves are gonna be left

503
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Speaker 4: if you do that? If that happens in a seventeen

504
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Speaker 4: days fan, I mean, you know, it's that's gonna be wild,

505
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Speaker 4: isn't it.

506
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Speaker 2: No doubt it's gonna be fun, But it's gonna be wild.

507
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 2: We've got three games left, game fifteen Sunday Night Football

508
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 2: at Miami four days before Christmas, so the Bengals avoid

509
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,360
Speaker 2: sweltering heat early in the season. Could be a holiday

510
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,400
Speaker 2: week road trip for Bengals fans. It's not the trip

511
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 2: to Spain that many had speculated about, but a chance

512
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 2: for warm weather against the Miami team coming off an

513
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 2: eight to nine season just before Christmas.

514
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Speaker 5: Who would have funked the mayor of Madrid prevying fake

515
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 5: news anyway, But anyway, shouldn't they win the last three? Hordy?

516
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 5: I mean, is Miami? Where is Miami?

517
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 4: Miami's in a bit of a Miami could be falling

518
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 4: back right It might be.

519
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 5: They seem to be a bit desperate.

520
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 2: Seems that way. Some of it was injury related. Last year.

521
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 2: I think they had as many injuries as any team

522
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 2: in the AFC, so that's one of the reasons why

523
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 2: they took a step back. But I'm in agreement with you.

524
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 2: They seem to kind of be on a teeter toatter

525
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 2: right now. You don't know if it's going to go

526
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 2: up or down.

527
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:56,640
Speaker 5: Now.

528
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 2: It's a Sunday night road game, which is tough. That

529
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 2: adds to the degree of difficulty. But I do wonder

530
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Speaker 2: if Miami is a team that had its moment and

531
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Speaker 2: that moment is coming gone.

532
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's tough.

533
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Speaker 4: Though you know, Sunday night on the road is not

534
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 4: a it's not a day at the beach, although you

535
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 4: know it's not a Sunday night in Miami. I mean

536
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Speaker 4: it's not a Sunday night in Green Bay on December

537
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Speaker 4: twenty first, or in Pittsburgh. So I think that's a break.

538
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 4: I think that's a break too, you know. I mean

539
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 4: I just think, and you know, we also so many

540
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 4: things happen, but you know, this club plays well if

541
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 4: you look at it. Historically under Zach Taylor in the

542
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 4: Borough era, December has been good to them, particularly at home.

543
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Speaker 4: I know we're gonna you know, and that's where they end.

544
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 4: Sorry to do the segue there, but that's where they

545
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 4: end Arizona and Cleveland, right, which is you know, they've

546
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Speaker 4: won I think they've won ten of their last eleven

547
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 4: games regular season games in December and January at home.

548
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 4: So if they could get through, you know, if they

549
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 4: can you know, get through that Sunday night or in Miami,

550
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 4: that's a good ending for them. I mean, at least

551
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 4: historically they've you know, they've they've they've done really well

552
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 4: here in December.

553
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 5: All right.

554
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 2: So Game sixteen is a Saturday home game against Arizona.

555
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 2: That's the final Saturday of December. Arizona likely coming east

556
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 2: to deal with a high probability of cold weather, you

557
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 2: would think, so that could be tough on the Cardinals,

558
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 2: and then Game seventeen could be either Saturday or Sunday,

559
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 2: a home game against Cleveland. If it seems like the

560
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 2: Bengals usually win their final home game of the regular season,

561
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 2: your feeling is accurate, because whether they're having a good year,

562
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 2: a bad year, or somewhere in the middle type of season,

563
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 2: they're twelve and one in their last thirteen regular season

564
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 2: home finales. Twelve and one.

565
00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 5: That's crazy, preddam home happy. That was Jack Renning. Jack

566
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 5: Brennan pr tag. He rolled that out.

567
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 4: Every year and you could do that now, and I

568
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 4: think probably PJ does.

569
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Speaker 5: But I think it's interesting.

570
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 4: Arizona, you know, you remember this twenty eleven, almost the

571
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Speaker 4: same week.

572
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 5: Of the season they came.

573
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 4: They came East, I think with someone named Skelton playing

574
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 4: your quarterback. It nearly beat and nearly beat the Bengals,

575
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 4: nearly denied them a playoff spot, but it worked out

576
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 4: that they ended up making it, but Arizona almost They

577
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 4: had to fend off Arizona at the end.

578
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 2: That was the Yeah, that was the Jerome Simpson somersault game, right.

579
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Speaker 4: And then and I think they I think Conn has

580
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 4: dropped the ball in the end zone.

581
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 5: I think that would have maybe tied or something. But

582
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Speaker 5: so you never know.

583
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 4: It always looks like, oh yeah, coming east in December,

584
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 4: but that it didn't work out, you know, so you

585
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 4: can never you know, it's like, uh. Also that same

586
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 4: weekend when the Bengals went to New England, remember and

587
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 4: it was the coldest ice still the coldest game Joe

588
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 4: Burrows ever played in.

589
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 5: And you know, what's it going to what's the weather?

590
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 5: You know, what is the weather going to be? Like?

591
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 4: It could be sixty in Bombing, it could be you know,

592
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 4: in Cincinnati, you could get anything.

593
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 5: Well.

594
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 2: I gave these numbers earlier on the podcast. They play

595
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 2: nine playoff teams. They also play a few teams that

596
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 2: were terrible last year. I think it kind of balances out.

597
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 2: This is a middle of the pack type schedule to

598
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 2: me in terms of difficulty. Now, you never know, because

599
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 2: teams that you think are going to be awesome wind

600
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 2: up being bad. I mean, who would have thought San

601
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 2: Francisco would have six wins last year? And then there's

602
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 2: always going to be a team that you expect to

603
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 2: be weak that has that breakthrough season that will happen

604
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 2: to a few of the teams on this schedule, but again, overall,

605
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 2: all things considered, kind of feels like a middle of

606
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 2: the pack type schedule in terms of difficulty. Other than

607
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 2: another their Thursday night road game at Baltimore. I really

608
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 2: don't have any strong gripes.

609
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 5: I just really love three of the last four at home.

610
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Speaker 5: I mean even on one of them was Baltimore.

611
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 4: But like I said, Burrow and Zach, they they kind of,

612
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 4: you know, they seem to you know, they seem to

613
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 4: rise the occasion in December here, so I I, you know,

614
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 4: I got That's what I take away from this thing.

615
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 5: Three, three or four at home. To finish it.

616
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Speaker 2: On a personal note, the schedule lines up about as

617
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Speaker 2: well as I could have hoped for my own version

618
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 2: of the Amazing Race as I call University of Cincinnati

619
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Speaker 2: and Bengals games in the fall. The toughest weekend will

620
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Speaker 2: feature a road game at Utah on Saturday, November first,

621
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Speaker 2: followed by a one o'clock home game against the Bears

622
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Speaker 2: the next day. If that Utah game is at night,

623
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Speaker 2: I might not get back to Cincinnati until seven am.

624
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 2: But hey, that's what coffee is.

625
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Speaker 7: Four.

626
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 2: Now time to move on to another edition of five

627
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 2: questions with a Bengals rookie. My way of getting to

628
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 2: know them a little bit better by asking five questions

629
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 2: that they don't hear over and over again. Time for

630
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: five questions with second round draft pick Demetrius Night out

631
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 2: of South Carolina. I think by now a lot of

632
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 2: Bengals fans know that you are a married father of

633
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 2: two and we're a door dash driver to help support

634
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 2: your family while you're playing college football. Here's the question,

635
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 2: what is a door dash driver's biggest nightmare?

636
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Speaker 8: The biggest nightmare would have to be when you get

637
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 8: in order and they say, drop it off at my

638
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 8: door and it's an apartment complex where they do not

639
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 8: give you the code to get into the apartment, so

640
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 8: you're just gonna wait in there because sometimes a lot

641
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 8: of people come in and out, and sometimes you're waiting

642
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 8: there for at least ten minutes, and they're taking you

643
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 8: say hey, where's my food, and it's like, I have

644
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Speaker 8: no way to get in. They say, you're waiting the

645
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 8: tailgate behind a car to get into the gay and

646
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Speaker 8: then run it up to their door and drop it off,

647
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Speaker 8: and that that is the one of the biggest nightmares.

648
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Speaker 2: And when people are going in and out. They're probably

649
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Speaker 2: nervous that somebody's trying to break in.

650
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 8: Yes, so they will, so they will go slow on

651
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Speaker 8: purpose sometimes to try to get you caught in the gates.

652
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Speaker 8: So luckily there are no dents in the car from gates,

653
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Speaker 8: so able to avoid that.

654
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 2: All right, question number two for Demitrius Night according to

655
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 2: your bio, and again this is something people have seen

656
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 2: music legends. Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin are distant relatives.

657
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 2: Have you met either one?

658
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 8: I believe when I was very small, I met, I met,

659
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 8: I thank you, Gladys. But other than that, we was

660
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 8: never able to get to the family reunions with Aretha,

661
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 8: as you probably know, just they're probably everywhere is full,

662
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 8: So haven't been able to get to those. My oun

663
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 8: did and she talks about how there's big food is glorious,

664
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,880
Speaker 8: so I talk can only imagine. But yeah, haven't got

665
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 8: to get to those two. But I'm sure or Aretha,

666
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 8: but which as she up in heaven now. But I'm

667
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 8: as glad as I believe I should be able to

668
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 8: get to hopefully Sue if not later in the year,

669
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 8: just to you know, maybe get a maybe get a

670
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 8: tip or two, how to saying and whatnot?

671
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 2: When you learned that they were distant relatives, did you

672
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 2: take an interest in their careers?

673
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 5: I did?

674
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 8: I did, of course. I knew what amazing superstar that

675
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 8: they were, and just having to be tied to them

676
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 8: was like, well, I gotta do my homework. Now I

677
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 8: got to learn everything I can about them, so when

678
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 8: I get the chance to meet them face to face,

679
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 8: I can ask different questions and things like that, how'd

680
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 8: you deal with this? How'd you go through this? And

681
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 8: see how they truly you know, made it up?

682
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 2: Question three for Demetrius Night. You spent your final college

683
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 2: season at South Carolina. Last year, you had a great year.

684
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 2: The team at an excellent season. The defense was tremendous.

685
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 2: Their in state rival is Clemson. They call it the

686
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 2: pal Meadow Ball. Last year, late in the game, your

687
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 2: team's got a three point lead, Clemson's driving. You clinched

688
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 2: the win with an interception at the fifteen yard line

689
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 2: in the final minute. That's one of those plays that's

690
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 2: going to go down in South Carolina history. Are you

691
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 2: prepared to talk about this with South Carolina fans for

692
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 2: the rest of your life.

693
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 8: For the rest of my life? Yes, I am very prepared,

694
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 8: and I've already explained it a couple of times in

695
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,280
Speaker 8: the public's on Jervais Street in Columbia to a couple

696
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 8: of people and asking me how it feels about it.

697
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 8: But that's a story I'll never get tired of telling,

698
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 8: even my kids. But I know they'll once they grew up,

699
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 8: they'll probably be like, Okay, we've heard it a hundred times,

700
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 8: and I'm gonna tell you like like you have you yesterday,

701
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 8: which he does in my mind, so something I'll never forget. Then,

702
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 8: to make it even sweeter, it was against Clemson, which

703
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 8: I know I'll remind him every day since he's my

704
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 8: locker mix.

705
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 2: That's right, your fellow Rocky Barrett Carter, who's standing a

706
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 2: few feet away, question number four for Demetrius Night. Last year,

707
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 2: ESPN's Cole Kublick nicknamed you the most interesting man in

708
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 2: the SEC. I've seen references to visiting museums. I've seen

709
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 2: reference says to taking an interest in Frank Sinatra. Tell

710
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 2: me something that makes you the most interesting man, or

711
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 2: made you the most interesting man in the SEC.

712
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 8: Yeah, just everything that I do. I'm a jack of

713
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 8: all trades, but I'm a guy who, uh, I gonna

714
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 8: be very very nice and humble off the field. On

715
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 8: the field, I'm different animal, become the hunter, become the predator.

716
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 8: But you know, when I'm off the field, I like

717
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 8: to create. My mind's always thinking, especially when it comes

718
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 8: to movies. When it comes to watching movies with family,

719
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 8: especially my wife, She'll be the first to tell you.

720
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 8: She's like, why are you pointing stuff out? I just

721
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 8: want to watch the movie without seeing different things here

722
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 8: and things like that. But another thing makes me interested,

723
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,799
Speaker 8: man that probably people don't know. With my degree from

724
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 8: Georgia Tech, I'm gonna become a producer one day. Already

725
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 8: have been screenwriting things on my phone already on the

726
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 8: different screen running apps, seeing seeing things and scenes and

727
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 8: movies played in my mind and write them down. So

728
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 8: when the football it does come to an end very

729
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 8: long from now, I'll be able to transition into that

730
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 8: film industry and to have people in Cincinnati to tune in.

731
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 2: Do you have an all time favorite movie?

732
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 8: The god Father?

733
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 2: Number one? I number one, number one to us, also

734
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 2: great three. We don't need to discuss it, right.

735
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 8: We want to talk about that. We won't speak of

736
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 8: that one we'll not speaking that.

737
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 2: One, all right. So when you make an offer that

738
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 2: the other team can't refuse, well, no, it's a Godfather

739
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: related reference. Fifth and final question for Demetrius Knight. For

740
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 2: a hot minute, when you got to Cincinnati, you were

741
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 2: photographed holding up the number fifty nine. Now you are

742
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: number forty four. You changed very quickly. What happened?

743
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 8: I pretty much just asked if that if forty four

744
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 8: was available, and if it was, I'd be honored to

745
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 8: wear it. But I fifty nine was what I wore then, perfect,

746
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 8: That's fine by me. I just threw it out just

747
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 8: to ask because I wore number forty and forty four

748
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 8: when I was first started playing in football, So I

749
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 8: want to see if like maybe throw it back to

750
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 8: those days, maybe put it all full circle one day.

751
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 8: So being able to get backing for you for was

752
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 8: a blessing was humbly so.

753
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 2: As soon as it became available, you were able to

754
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 2: snatch it. Yes, sir, all right, I'm sure you're going

755
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 2: to wear it well, appreciate your time. Look forward to

756
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 2: a great Bengals career followed by a successful career as

757
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 2: a Hollywood producer.

758
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 5: Absolutely, thank you.

759
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 2: Up next we'll go from five questions to five observations.

760
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 2: But first, here's a quick reminder that the Bengals Booth

761
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766
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Speaker 2: the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Now time for

767
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 2: five observations after watching the Bengals practice on Tuesday. Topic

768
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 2: number one involves a guy who didn't practice this first

769
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 2: round draft pick, Samar Stewart. When the Bengals held their

770
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 2: one day rookie mini camp last week, Stuart and Demetrius

771
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,960
Speaker 2: Knight observed from the sideline because they haven't signed contracts yet.

772
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,439
Speaker 2: That changed a couple of days later for Night, who

773
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 2: as of this recording still hasn't signed a contract, but

774
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 2: has signed a waiver that allows him to practice and

775
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: protects him in the event of injury. Stuart has not

776
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 2: signed either yet, so he's still observing from the sideline.

777
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 2: I'll admit that I'm surprised by the reaction this is

778
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 2: generated on social media, with some people ripping Stuart and

779
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 2: his agent and others criticizing the Bengals. At this point,

780
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 2: it's a non issue. If weeks go by and Stuart

781
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 2: still isn't practicing, then it's fair to question if it's

782
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 2: going to hurt his development. But I don't expect that

783
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 2: to happen. I think a deal gets done sooner rather

784
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 2: than later, maybe even by the time you listen to

785
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 2: this podcast. Topic number two two is year two for

786
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 2: Jermaine Burton. As we all know, Jermaine had a disappointing

787
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 2: rookie season, culminating with not even traveling with the team

788
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 2: to the regular season finale at Pittsburgh. There were questions

789
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:17,280
Speaker 2: about his maturity level going into the draft, and unfortunately

790
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 2: that's how year one played out, as he didn't earn

791
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 2: the trust of teammates and coaches. But he's got a

792
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 2: chance to change that in year two, and I'm encouraged

793
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 2: by what I've seen so far. For example, during draft weekend,

794
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: Jermaine was in the building every morning, working out and

795
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 2: eating in the cafeteria. Maybe it's a small thing, but

796
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 2: I took it as a positive sign, and I talked

797
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: with Jermaine this week. What are you looking to show

798
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 2: people this year?

799
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 7: You know, once again my ability. You know how much

800
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 7: this you know, game means to me, and uh, you know,

801
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 7: just my love for the game of football.

802
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 2: I noticed in the throwing groups today that you were

803
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 2: always kind of in line to catch from Joe, which

804
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,799
Speaker 2: is usually a sign that they expect you to be

805
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 2: a major part of the rotation. Do you take it

806
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 2: that way?

807
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 7: I honestly just take everything with a granted So I'm

808
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 7: just trying to you know, still learn, still still work

809
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 7: my best, and still you know, work my mechanics and

810
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 7: routes and stuff like that. So yeah, but you know,

811
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 7: it's always good catching from Joe.

812
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 2: They didn't draft a wide receiver. Did you take that

813
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:25,320
Speaker 2: as a lot of confidence.

814
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I love this team and uh you know,

815
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 7: I know they have really high hopes and uh, you

816
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 7: know expectations for me. You know, I can't wait to

817
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 7: just take everything in and you know, showing what I'm

818
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 7: really capable of.

819
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 2: The biggest lessons you learned as a rookie were watching.

820
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 7: You know, be where your feet are at man, you know,

821
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 7: regardless of you know what's going on, and you know

822
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 7: how hard life gets is uh, you know, be where

823
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,400
Speaker 7: your feet at. You know, maintain the goal and maintain

824
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 7: the mission and never get off track, and you know

825
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 7: always they focus.

826
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 2: How eager are you for games to begin, to get

827
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 2: out on the field and show what you can do?

828
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 7: It's hard to sleep at night, literally, that's how bad.

829
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 5: For real?

830
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 7: You know, I can stay up twenty four hours and

831
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 7: you know thinking about this game. So I'm more the

832
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 7: eager and you know, I just can't wait to show people.

833
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 2: Time will tell if Jermaine has truly turned a corner,

834
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 2: but if he has the scope position talent on this

835
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 2: roster is ridiculous. Topic three, the Peters Principles. It's been

836
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 2: very interesting to watch new offensive line coach Scott Peters

837
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 2: had practiced because he is as hands on as any

838
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 2: o line coach I've seen at any level. At times,

839
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 2: it looks like a martial arts academy. When Scott coached

840
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 2: alongside Bill Callahan and Cleveland, Bill called him a hands expert,

841
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:52,399
Speaker 2: and you can see why. Peters has trained several UFC competitors,

842
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 2: including Brock Lesner. Cody Ford is going into his seventh

843
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 2: NFL season with three different teams, so he's had six

844
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 2: old line coaches. Here's what he had to say when

845
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,720
Speaker 2: I asked him about Peters.

846
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 1: On some of the stuff we're doing is amazing.

847
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 9: Uh.

848
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 1: I'm I'm bought in on it, and I'm taking everything

849
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: he says, and you know, just gaining the education of

850
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: his techniques and trying to apply on.

851
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 2: As I got about halfway through the question, it was

852
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 2: almost like your eyes lit up, like even the mention

853
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 2: of him is really kind of got you excited.

854
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a great addition to

855
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:41,439
Speaker 1: what what we have going on here. Uh. Like I said,

856
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: I'm bought in. I believe in his coaching style. I've

857
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: talked to other guys who have been coached binding before

858
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: and they've all had great things to say. And like

859
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: I said, my first impressions are the stuff we're already

860
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: working on is some some good stuff, and I think

861
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 1: it will help us w he comes down to it

862
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: training camp when we're trying to be at the end

863
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: of the season.

864
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 5: I think he can.

865
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 1: Help us get there. And you know, I think he's

866
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: their guy.

867
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 2: Ford, by the way, is among the candidates to start

868
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: at right guard this year. He started at both tackle

869
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 2: spots and left guard. Last year, but didn't take a

870
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 2: single snap at right guard, but he has started nine

871
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 2: NFL games at that position in his career. Topic four

872
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 2: is a sneaky training camp battle. Cal Adamitas has been

873
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 2: the Bengals long snapper for the last three years, but

874
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 2: his job will be on the line at training camp

875
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 2: after the Bengals signed undrafted free agent Will Wagner. Wagner

876
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 2: started forty three games at Michigan, snapping nearly five hundred

877
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:48,840
Speaker 2: times in all sorts of weather, and special teams coordinator

878
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 2: Darren Simmons had him rated as the best long snapper

879
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 2: in this year's draft class. All right, based on everything

880
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 2: that I read, you were considered to be the number

881
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 2: one long snapper in this year's draft class. And I

882
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 2: imagine there had to be a lot of interest out

883
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 2: there from NFL teams.

884
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 9: Why Cincinnati, Well, Cincinnati's a great program, and especially for

885
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 9: this year. I mean, we're going to make a Super

886
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 9: Bowl run. And then also I have a ton of

887
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 9: family out here in Cincinnati, and I thought of no

888
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 9: better place but in Cincinnati.

889
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 2: How much contact have you had with Darren over the years,

890
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: because obviously I'm sure he worked out Jake Moody we

891
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 2: know he worked out Brad Robbins. Were you involved in

892
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 2: those workouts?

893
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: No?

894
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 9: I wasn't actually, but when I was at the combine,

895
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 9: I got to talk to him for a while. We

896
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 9: did a couple of zooms and I got a top

897
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 9: thirty visit here, so I got to interact with him

898
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:43,720
Speaker 9: a lot before the draft.

899
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 2: What have you been led to believe about the opportunity here?

900
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,919
Speaker 2: Do you anticipate a training camp battle for the job.

901
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 4: Yes, I do.

902
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,359
Speaker 9: I think it's going to be an open competition between

903
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 9: me and Cal.

904
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 2: I read an article somewhere that you apply your engineering

905
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 2: background to long snap. Can you explain?

906
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I even do that, Like, oh, my

907
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 9: butt came up a little bit that it's about variable

908
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 9: mitigation and like, h if your hips are going this high,

909
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 9: like you can't have it go over this angle. It's

910
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 9: like that's where you get to a zone where it's

911
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,720
Speaker 9: you're gonna fly the ball over the punter shatter. So's

912
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 9: it's just like I did actually do a project snapping

913
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 9: in college.

914
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 2: So it's get an egg, no, give me a bet.

915
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 9: But but what can you say?

916
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 5: It was a summer class.

917
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 2: Did you deserve a beat?

918
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 5: Oh?

919
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 9: I got to in the class. I gotta be in

920
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 9: the project. Oh I thought I deserve today.

921
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 6: I put so much into that.

922
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 2: It sounds like his professor was a tough grader. I

923
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,080
Speaker 2: found it interesting that Will had a top thirty visit

924
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 2: to Cincinnati before the draft. I have not seen that

925
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 2: reported elsewhere. The fifth and final topic is another undrafted player,

926
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 2: center Seth McLaughlin. After spending last year at Ohio State

927
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 2: in the previous four at Alabama, McLaughlin was a sure

928
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 2: thing to be drafted this year before tearing his achilles

929
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 2: in November. By signing him as a college free agent,

930
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 2: the Bengals basically wound up adding a seventh draft pick.

931
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 2: How is your recovery from a torn achilles coming along?

932
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 6: It's coming along right on progress of you know where

933
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 6: I think I should be in kind of the plan

934
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 6: that they thought I was going to be at this

935
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 6: point and just got to get back right and keep

936
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 6: going at it.

937
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 2: Are you allowed to share any sort of timetable or

938
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 2: anything like that.

939
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, hopefully I'm back before training camp. That's kind of

940
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:43,359
Speaker 6: the goal.

941
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 2: So you are widely expected to be a third or

942
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 2: fourth round pick based on the things that I've read.

943
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:55,480
Speaker 2: How difficult was it to get injured in November? And

944
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 2: how did you cope?

945
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 6: I coached by just hanging out around the guys and

946
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:01,880
Speaker 6: still being a part of the team and trying to

947
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 6: coach where I can and help out where I can,

948
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 6: definitely made it a lot better that we ended up

949
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,879
Speaker 6: winning at all, and I didn't have to feel any

950
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 6: sort of guilt for you know, letting the team down,

951
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,760
Speaker 6: getting hurt or anything like that. So that was definitely

952
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 6: a positive. You know, I didn't expect to go undrafted,

953
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 6: but it is what it is. Can't control what happens.

954
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 6: All I can control is how I attack rehab and

955
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 6: how I learned the offense, and you know, how I

956
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 6: gel with the guys in the room. And that's my

957
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 6: goal to come in and eventually, you know, be a

958
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 6: be a solid part of this team and help this

959
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 6: team win games.

960
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 2: ESPN rated you as the number one undrafted player available

961
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 2: this year. I imagine you saw that, and I imagine

962
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 2: there had to be a lot of interest from NFL teams.

963
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 2: What led you to Cincinnati Just the.

964
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 6: Quality of organization here, the quality of you know, offense

965
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:55,879
Speaker 6: that's going to be here for as long as Joe

966
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 6: Burrows here and even after it's close down the road,

967
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 6: the move wasn't going to be too hard. I love

968
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 6: being in Ohio. I love Ohio, love the people in Ohio.

969
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 6: I know they love their football. So just to stay

970
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,680
Speaker 6: here in the state and go compete in win games,

971
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 6: it was just an opportunity I can pass up.

972
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 2: Ted Karras has one year left on his deal. Did

973
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 2: you look at NFL rosters and try to ascertain where

974
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 2: there might be the best opportunity down the road.

975
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 6: Yeah, I let my agent do that. I really just

976
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:27,600
Speaker 6: focus on doing my rehab and controlling what I can control,

977
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 6: and I kind of left that up to him to decide,

978
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 6: and he just told me, he advised meent this is

979
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 6: going to be a really good spot, and like all

980
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 6: the things I mentioned earlier played into it.

981
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 2: Seth said the goal is to be back from his

982
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,279
Speaker 2: injury in time for training camp. Experience tells me that

983
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 2: the player's perspective on an injury timetable is always the

984
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 2: best case scenario. So we'll see if that's the way

985
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,320
Speaker 2: it plays out. But even if it takes a little longer,

986
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:57,240
Speaker 2: Seth has a real chance to be an NFL starter

987
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,040
Speaker 2: down the road. That's going to do it for this

988
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