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<v Speaker 1>Hi, get everybody.

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

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<v Speaker 2>the I Know you got your schedule, Land you keep

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<v Speaker 2>an it tight edition as I discussed Cincinnati's just released

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty five schedule with Bengals dot Com editor Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Butch Hobson. Then it's the latest edition of five Questions

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<v Speaker 2>let's get to the Bengals hot off the Press's schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>We already knew the who and where, but we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know the win. Now we do. In terms of difficulty,

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like a middle of the pack schedule. Nine

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<v Speaker 2>of the bengals seventeen opponents went to the playoffs last year,

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<v Speaker 2>and six of those games against playoff teams will be

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<v Speaker 2>on the road. That's the hard part. But there are

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<v Speaker 2>also two games against the Browns and home games against

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<v Speaker 2>the Jags, Jets, Bears, and Patriots. All of those teams

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<v Speaker 2>lost at least twelve games last year. Based on last

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<v Speaker 2>year's records, it's the fourteenth toughest schedule in the league.

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

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<v Speaker 2>middle of the pack. The Bengals also have the fewest

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<v Speaker 2>travel miles of any team in the NFL this year,

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<v Speaker 2>about two thousand fewer than Buffalo. The Chargers, on the

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<v Speaker 2>other hand, will travel about four times as many miles

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<v Speaker 2>as Cincinnati, roughly thirty seven miles compared to the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>eight thousand, seven hundred fifty three. For a closer look

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<v Speaker 2>at the eighteen week grind, beginning on September seventh, I

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<v Speaker 2>caught up with Bengals dot Com editor Jeff Butch Hobson.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Butch, Week one is a road game at Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 2>starting at one o'clock in the afternoon. The Reds are

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<v Speaker 2>at home against the Mets that weekend, so a road

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<v Speaker 2>opener seemed likely to me. The second time in three years,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals will open up the regular season with a

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<v Speaker 2>road game in Cleveland, and end it with a home

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<v Speaker 2>game against the Cleveland Browns. A couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow couldn't move because of his calf injury. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals managed only six first downs and a twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>to three loss. You would think their chances of a

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<v Speaker 2>road win are good this time around, regardless of whether

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dylan Gabriel, Shador Sanders, or somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else starts at quarterback for Cleveland. If you look at

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<v Speaker 2>ESPN bets over underwin per injections for the upcoming season,

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<v Speaker 2>Cleveland gets the fewest of any team in the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>at four and a half. So what do you think

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<v Speaker 2>Week one on the road at Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's Paul Brown's one hundred and seventeenth birthday, So

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's a good vibe going to the city

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<v Speaker 3>where he now holds the record for the most NFL championships.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean this feels like one. This feels more

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<v Speaker 4>like twenty eleven, not twenty twenty three. Although Andy Dalton

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<v Speaker 4>was a rookie quarterback the member the Bengals won that

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<v Speaker 4>one and went on your first game actually as an

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<v Speaker 4>announcer board he was a Cleveland Browns opener.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you know, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Like the match up with Cleveland, not just because of

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<v Speaker 4>the quarterback, but I think their defense I think is

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<v Speaker 4>squid a little bit. Although they you know, they still

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<v Speaker 4>have Garrett, they did draft Mason Graham, so but I

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<v Speaker 4>do think their secondary is little bit more, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>even though they have Denzel. I think the Bengals get

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<v Speaker 4>over a big hump, I think, just mentally by sweeping.

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<v Speaker 5>Them last year. So this does not feel like twenty three. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The Browns also announced this week that they're great linebacker

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<v Speaker 2>j Okay as he's known is going to miss the

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<v Speaker 2>entire season after his neck injury last year. So that

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<v Speaker 2>takes away one of the fastest linebackers in the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>and a guy who is emerging is a really good

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<v Speaker 2>player for Cleveland off that great defense.

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<v Speaker 4>And are they drafted one at the top of the

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<v Speaker 4>at the top of the second round, but he's not

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<v Speaker 4>going to be a Joka at the openers.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals play their home opener at one o'clock against Jacksonville,

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<v Speaker 2>a team coming off of four and thirteen season. They've

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<v Speaker 2>got a new coach and former University of Kentucky offensive

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<v Speaker 2>coordinator Liam Cohen. In Zach Taylor's tenure, the Bengals are

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<v Speaker 2>one in five in week one and zhen six in

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<v Speaker 2>week two. Last year, they were just about guaranteed to

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<v Speaker 2>start the season three and one because of the schedule,

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<v Speaker 2>and we know how that went. They went one in

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<v Speaker 2>three instead. Stuff obviously happens. But with Cleveland in week one,

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<v Speaker 2>at a home game against Jacksonville in Week two, there

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<v Speaker 2>is a great opportunity at least to start this season

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<v Speaker 2>two and zero.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, but it's you know, it's the same

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<v Speaker 4>thing as like last year, right, you get a first

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<v Speaker 4>time quarterback going going in Cleveland, you know, for Cleve,

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<v Speaker 4>you get a first time that'll be playing quarterback for

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<v Speaker 4>Cleveland will be that opener. Then the next week a

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<v Speaker 4>rookie head coach, and then probably the same thing in

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<v Speaker 4>Minnesota the next week a quarterback playing for the first time.

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<v Speaker 5>So you know, I think the Jaguars are, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, clearly clearly in transition because you know there they

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<v Speaker 4>try to do some things in the draft to reshape

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<v Speaker 4>their team. So I mean, I think you know you're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna have I think Bill, I think by the time

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<v Speaker 4>they get in here, the Jaguars, they'll be in a

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<v Speaker 4>bit of circus mode with the Travis Hunters stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, how many snaps.

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<v Speaker 4>He's gonna play on defense, what's he looked like on offense? So,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I think they might get a club that

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<v Speaker 4>will be uh, you know, probably even by the second

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<v Speaker 4>week that draggled a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you buy the adage that you want to face

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<v Speaker 2>new coaches and new quarterbacks as early in the season

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<v Speaker 2>as possible.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't so last year.

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<v Speaker 4>But no, I think most of the time that that

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<v Speaker 4>I think, you know, the law of averages that's due

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<v Speaker 4>to break their way.

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<v Speaker 5>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>Now a guy like the next game we talk about,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, that's a little bit of a different deal.

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<v Speaker 4>Although JJ was hurt last year, he's still been around

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<v Speaker 4>the program, and O'Connell has, you know, is still good.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he could throw me in there and i'd

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<v Speaker 4>you know, i'd get a maybe I could throw for

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<v Speaker 4>a bucko one. But you know, I think for the

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<v Speaker 4>most part this is I think these first three games

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<v Speaker 4>are probably as good as you could you know, probably

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<v Speaker 4>could have good as as for coming out of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So let me just fill in the details. On

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

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<v Speaker 2>So their first three games of the year are all

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<v Speaker 2>one o'clock starts, which maybe is a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>surprise considering how big of a profile team the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>have become with Joe Burrow. The Vikings are coming off

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<v Speaker 2>of fourteen and three season, but Sam Darnold is gone.

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<v Speaker 2>You referenced JJ McCarthy, the projected starter at quarterback after

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<v Speaker 2>missing his entire rookie year with a knee injury. The

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<v Speaker 2>Vegas preseason win projection for Minnesota is eight and a

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<v Speaker 2>half after they won fourteen last year. So because of

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<v Speaker 2>the quarterback change and maybe regression to the mean, they're

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<v Speaker 2>kind of projected more like a five hundred team and

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<v Speaker 2>a seventeen game schedule. But like you said, their head

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<v Speaker 2>coach is excellent and for me, even though statistically I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think this is the case or scientifically this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>the case. That stadiums the one I've ever been in

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. I know Kansas City and Seattle have

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<v Speaker 2>set the decibel level record. The last time the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>played in Minnesota, I literally got a headache from the

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<v Speaker 2>noise at the beginning of the game.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the last couple of times they've been up there,

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<v Speaker 4>the game get out of hand, it unraveled a little bit,

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<v Speaker 4>and I chucked that up to the to the noise,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I know, they get up there in five

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<v Speaker 4>rolled and pretty good, and you just couldn't hear yourself

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<v Speaker 4>thinking the same thing happened in seventeen, I think. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>for my money, I mean, Minnesota blows everyone's doors.

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<v Speaker 2>Off, all right. Week four, the first of four scheduled

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<v Speaker 2>primetime games, a Monday night road game in Denver. Three

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<v Speaker 2>of the four primetime games are on the road, at Denver,

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<v Speaker 2>at Baltimore, and at Miami. So after becoming the first

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<v Speaker 2>team in NFL history to play five primetime road games

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<v Speaker 2>last year, they're scheduled to play three this year. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you look at last year's schedule when it came out,

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<v Speaker 2>it was three, and then the Chargers and Steelers road

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<v Speaker 2>games became night games because they were flexed late in

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<v Speaker 2>the season. So once again, it's great to be high profile,

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<v Speaker 2>it's great to be a team that everybody wants to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the Bengals case, you wind up playing primetime

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<v Speaker 2>games on the road, which is difficult.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with the you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, mix in a few primetimers at home where

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<v Speaker 4>Jolie Burrow is, you know, five and one, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>but everybody has trouble in the road. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 4>I you know, I mean, I know why this game

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<v Speaker 4>is on a Monday night. They hope they're going to

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<v Speaker 4>keep They're going to pick up where they left off

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<v Speaker 4>in that overtime game. Bo Nix and Joe Burrow put

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<v Speaker 4>on a showdown here that was topped off by T Higgins.

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<v Speaker 4>So we know that's a play you know, ten years ago,

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<v Speaker 4>one of the greatest games in Bengals sister one of

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<v Speaker 4>the best when AJ mccarrn had this team on the

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<v Speaker 4>brink of a playoff by in a Monday nighter at

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<v Speaker 4>Mile in that place. You talk about loud, that's that's

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<v Speaker 4>that's pretty loud. So you go back to back to

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<v Speaker 4>two pretty pretty noisy joints, you know, and uh but

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<v Speaker 4>I'll you know, it's interesting.

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<v Speaker 5>I thought, you know, the Broncos first round pick was J. J.

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<v Speaker 4>Barron from Texas to corner, and I think that was

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<v Speaker 4>a tip of a cap to what Higgins did and

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<v Speaker 4>did to him. He was just unbelievable that night that

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<v Speaker 4>night at Paycourt against the Broncos. Three touchdowns, one hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and thirty one yards, a lot of I like to say, well,

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<v Speaker 4>and he goes up for a ball, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>a it's it's a it's a Bill Russell game seven rebound.

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<v Speaker 5>You know he tears it away and you know he's

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<v Speaker 5>got it. And he had some of those against the Broncos.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure did all right. Week five one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>attractive home games on the schedule this year, a four

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty five late afternoon on Fox game against the

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<v Speaker 2>Detroit Lions, presumably with Tom Brady in the booth for Fox.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh so we'll get to hear Brady on Burrow in

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<v Speaker 2>that four twenty five game. The line's coming off of

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen and two season despite numerous injuries. Like the Bengals,

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<v Speaker 2>Vegas has. They're over under this year at ten and

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<v Speaker 2>a half wins going in. But that is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a greatly anticipated home game this year.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you know, it kind of reminds me of it's

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<v Speaker 4>almost the same day, it's almost the same week in

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<v Speaker 4>the Seattle when they played Seattle two years ago.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, and.

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<v Speaker 4>Just a really you know, that's a big time headline game.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's also the second straight home game. Two

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<v Speaker 4>number one pick quarterbacks are going at it. You've got

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<v Speaker 4>Trevor Lawrence for the Jaguars against Burrow, and then you

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<v Speaker 4>got Burrow going against Scof.

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<v Speaker 5>He's beating both guys.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, but that team, that team he beat in

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<v Speaker 4>Detroit in twenty twenty one, I mean, that's not exactly

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<v Speaker 4>the same club. They're fast, they're physical. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's an interesting matchup. The Bengals led the league in passing,

0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.360
<v Speaker 4>the Lions led the league in overall offense with that

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<v Speaker 4>terrific run game. So I think you're gonna get you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you not only get a great game. I think you're

0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.760
<v Speaker 4>gonna get a great you know, it's going to be

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<v Speaker 4>a great dichotomy game. You know, they're gonna try empower you,

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<v Speaker 4>and the Bengals are gonna do what they do, which

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<v Speaker 4>is kill you not so softly.

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<v Speaker 2>With Burrow and two guys who used to coach together,

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<v Speaker 2>and Zach Taylor and Dan Campbell, and they were both

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<v Speaker 2>with the Miami Dolphins. Week six, the fourth straight game

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<v Speaker 2>against the team that went to the playoffs last year.

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<v Speaker 2>This is another four to twenty five star Nanson romo,

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<v Speaker 2>in this case, as the Bengals take on the Packers

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<v Speaker 2>at lambeau Field, green Bay, coming off an eleven and

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<v Speaker 2>six season. This is October twelfth, so the tundra won't

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<v Speaker 2>be frozen. It should be decent temperatures in Green Bay

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<v Speaker 2>for Cincinnati fans who might want to make the pilgrimage

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<v Speaker 2>to lambeau if they've never been there before.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a you know, the Bengals I believe played the

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<v Speaker 4>hottest game ever in the history of Green Bay the

0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.959
<v Speaker 4>last time they were there. Uh, probably, but that was September,

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<v Speaker 4>so this is so, this is October, so they're they're

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<v Speaker 4>in pretty good shape. It is, you know, get there

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<v Speaker 4>early to see the Hall of Fame and all of that.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's you know, the Packers are one of those

0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.680
<v Speaker 4>teams are hard to get a read on, like who

0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.200
<v Speaker 4>are these guys? You know, but they.

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<v Speaker 5>Especially since Rodgers left, you know, but they.

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<v Speaker 4>Keep you know that guy, that guy's a good coach

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<v Speaker 4>up there, man, he keeps he keeps churning out these

0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:37.800
<v Speaker 4>thirteen winning clubs and really really not the greatest players.

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<v Speaker 5>Really when you think, you know, I mean they do

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<v Speaker 5>have some, you know, good players and everything, but I mean,

0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:46.200
<v Speaker 5>Jordan loves a good player. But you know, I don't know,

0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:50.760
<v Speaker 5>it's uh, where does he rate in that division of quarterbacks?

0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:50.920
<v Speaker 6>You know.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's a really good all around team. And that's it.

0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.520
<v Speaker 5>And that's a tough one just because of the venue.

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<v Speaker 2>On the week seven and the Thursday night home game

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<v Speaker 2>against the Pittsburgh Steelers. AFC North games in primetime overwhelmingly

0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:10.400
<v Speaker 2>favor the home team. The last time the Bengals played

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<v Speaker 2>a division rival at home at night, their quarterback was

0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.760
<v Speaker 2>Ryan Finley and the two ten and one Bengals beat

0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.960
<v Speaker 2>the eleven and two Pittsburgh Steelers. So it goes to

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<v Speaker 2>show you the home team typically fareswell in the AFC

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<v Speaker 2>North in a primetime game. The Bengals have played five

0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.720
<v Speaker 2>road games in the division in primetime since that last

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<v Speaker 2>home game. It's about time they get to host an

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<v Speaker 2>AFC North rival at home.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the the Von Bell Culture game, and that could

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<v Speaker 4>be that could be interesting. I guess that's going to

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<v Speaker 4>be Aaron Rodgers, right, We've got We've got Burrow versus

0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:50.480
<v Speaker 4>Aaron Rodgers, perhaps, which would be the second time the

0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.240
<v Speaker 4>second time they went out. The first time they went

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<v Speaker 4>it was a great game, was an overtime win for

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<v Speaker 4>a rod But I don't know, Boardy, you think you

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<v Speaker 4>think Rogers is going to be in Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 2>Be Aaron Rodgers. It could still be Kirk Cousins. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't imagine it's going to be Mason Rudolph or Will Howard.

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<v Speaker 2>So I do think they will add one of those vets.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Rogers has met with the team. That seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be the most prominent rumor, although in the last

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<v Speaker 2>week I've seen reports of a possible trade with the

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<v Speaker 2>Falcons for Kirk Cousins. So I would anticipate Rogers or

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<v Speaker 2>Cousins instead of Rudolph or Howard.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I I just don't see, you know that the

0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.800
<v Speaker 4>Steelers have you know, what have they done?

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<v Speaker 5>You know, really, I mean they've you know, they they

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<v Speaker 5>drafted a.

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<v Speaker 4>Defensive tackle, but they didn't really you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know how much they've really upgraded.

0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.400
<v Speaker 5>They got you know, they they got rid of their

0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.600
<v Speaker 5>headache and pickens.

0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.680
<v Speaker 4>And they've got you know, and they but but they've

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<v Speaker 4>just still really got one one weapon, really, you know,

0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:54.240
<v Speaker 4>a receiver Metcalf who's a models player. But that looks good,

0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.960
<v Speaker 4>you know, that looks good, especially obviously since it's a

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<v Speaker 4>short week, all.

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

0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.840
<v Speaker 2>home game against a team projected to be among the

0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.160
<v Speaker 2>worst in the NFL, the Jets coming off of five

0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.400
<v Speaker 2>wins season. They've got a new coach and Aaron Glenn,

0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.920
<v Speaker 2>they've got a new quarterback and Justin Fields. He's fourteen

0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.840
<v Speaker 2>and thirty as a starter in the NFL. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>one of those games that going into the season you

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<v Speaker 2>would anticipate, all right, that should be a W at home.

0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:23.840
<v Speaker 4>You only think of the bad stuff as a fan, right,

0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.800
<v Speaker 4>so I think of Justin Fields coming off the bench

0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.159
<v Speaker 4>for Andy Dalton winning your game for the Bears, and

0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.879
<v Speaker 4>then last year he got a key first down at

0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.960
<v Speaker 4>the end of the game. So but yeah, you know

0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.080
<v Speaker 4>that's one, right, that's one. You look at the schedule

0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.480
<v Speaker 4>and everybody is going to be doing it. At eight

0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:43.640
<v Speaker 4>oh one in Cincinnati, they're going to be going down.

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<v Speaker 4>What's a W, what's an L? You know that's got

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<v Speaker 4>to be a W. We know what happened there, I

0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:52.240
<v Speaker 4>guess in twenty one when the Jets had an unknown

0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.320
<v Speaker 4>quarterback come out and throw for four bills. So I

0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.600
<v Speaker 4>guess you never know when you're going through the things. So,

0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:02.119
<v Speaker 4>but right now, on May fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 5>That's got to be a W. And so does the

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<v Speaker 5>next one have to be? One year at home.

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<v Speaker 2>Week nine, the last game before the middle of the

0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.840
<v Speaker 2>season by and the Bengals third straight home game. It's

0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.760
<v Speaker 2>a one o'clock start against the Chicago Bears. The Bears

0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:16.960
<v Speaker 2>are the only team in the NFC North that didn't

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<v Speaker 2>win at least eleven last year. They've got former Lions

0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.440
<v Speaker 2>offensive coordinator Ben Johnson taking over as head coach. Great

0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:27.720
<v Speaker 2>offensive mind. We get back to a topic we discussed earlier,

0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:31.280
<v Speaker 2>were you're hoping to get the Bears early while they're

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<v Speaker 2>still adjusting to their new system, because that's not the

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<v Speaker 2>way it worked out.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, no, I mean it's but they got to like

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<v Speaker 4>the way the buy worked out. I mean I think

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<v Speaker 4>that's you know, it's right smack in the middle of

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<v Speaker 4>the years, and that's perfect.

0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.119
<v Speaker 5>Probably wouldn't have liked to have gotten the Bears a

0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:48.800
<v Speaker 5>little earlier, but you know.

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<v Speaker 4>That's you know, getting him in the first half of

0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.520
<v Speaker 4>the year is better than getting him in the second half.

0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:59.040
<v Speaker 4>So I still think that works for him because you know, basically,

0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.440
<v Speaker 4>I mean, I know, the quarterback is going to be

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<v Speaker 4>in his second season, but he's in the first year

0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:06.040
<v Speaker 4>of a new system, so is that you know, still

0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.359
<v Speaker 4>makes him a bit rookie ish. So uh, but here's

0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.239
<v Speaker 4>another one where you just have to you know, the

0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.119
<v Speaker 4>home the home field, like you know, is where this

0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:17.879
<v Speaker 4>gets to be so important, you know, where where you know,

0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:22.000
<v Speaker 4>you establish yourself at home against teams that can be

0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:26.119
<v Speaker 4>maybe dangerous, you know, and just uh, you know, second

0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.840
<v Speaker 4>game in a row heading into a bye that looks

0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:30.640
<v Speaker 4>good too, you know. I think the way the way

0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:34.840
<v Speaker 4>that first half of the season breaks down, you know,

0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.399
<v Speaker 4>except for the back to back the Vikings and the Broncos,

0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:40.760
<v Speaker 4>I mean, it works out pretty well for him, I think.

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<v Speaker 2>All right after the bye in Week eleven, Game ten,

0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.480
<v Speaker 2>it's a one o'clock road game at Pittsburgh, the Bengals

0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:50.440
<v Speaker 2>looking to win in Pittsburgh for the fourth time in

0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.880
<v Speaker 2>the last five years. Prior to this stretch, the Bengals

0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:57.040
<v Speaker 2>had lost nine of their previous to eleven in Pittsburgh.

0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.359
<v Speaker 2>So in the Borough era, that is it at least

0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:04.240
<v Speaker 2>one demon that has been exercised. They have no fear

0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:06.840
<v Speaker 2>of going to Pittsburgh and coming back with a win.

0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:08.920
<v Speaker 5>And it would be four you know, and it would

0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:10.280
<v Speaker 5>be four different quarterbacks too.

0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:14.000
<v Speaker 4>I mean, whoever it's going to be, it will be

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<v Speaker 4>the it will be.

0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:17.240
<v Speaker 5>The fourth different one.

0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.480
<v Speaker 4>Which is it kind of speaks to I think where

0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:22.360
<v Speaker 4>the Bengals are at and where the Steelers are at,

0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.719
<v Speaker 4>and they have to take advantage of that. So I

0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.280
<v Speaker 4>think I kind of like going into Pittsburgh after having

0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:32.440
<v Speaker 4>a you know, getting the getting soothed in the whirlpool

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<v Speaker 4>all right.

0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.119
<v Speaker 2>In Game eleven, it's a one o'clock home game against

0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.840
<v Speaker 2>the Patriots, a chance to atone for last year's dismal opener.

0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.480
<v Speaker 2>The Patriots were a four win team a year ago,

0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.760
<v Speaker 2>but Drake May showed promise at quarterback. They've hired a

0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.760
<v Speaker 2>proven head coach and Mike Rabel. I think New England

0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:51.600
<v Speaker 2>is going to be the most improved team in the

0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.800
<v Speaker 2>AFC this year. That doesn't mean I think they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to beat the Bengals at pay Corps, but I do

0:20:57.240 --> 0:21:00.479
<v Speaker 2>expect the Patriots to have a very respectable season.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think Rabel will make sure that he does that.

0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.600
<v Speaker 4>So you know they're gonna be better on defense, and

0:21:06.800 --> 0:21:10.000
<v Speaker 4>uh Zach has had Zach had good success against.

0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:12.520
<v Speaker 5>Rabel, right, he beat him here, He beat him here.

0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:15.439
<v Speaker 4>And Borrow, Borrow beat him as a rookie, went in

0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:17.520
<v Speaker 4>there and won some tough games. Of course, won the

0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:22.040
<v Speaker 4>you know one, the h that great AFC divisional that

0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:25.960
<v Speaker 4>mcphist and wanted at the gun, the logan, the logan

0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:27.120
<v Speaker 4>Wilson pick.

0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:32.360
<v Speaker 5>The Jamaic chase bench route. You know. So he's got

0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:34.399
<v Speaker 5>a look you know that. I think that, you know,

0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.960
<v Speaker 5>but does that carry over? I mean, Rabel it's a

0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:39.119
<v Speaker 5>totally different team, totally different venue.

0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:41.520
<v Speaker 4>But I think also the Patriots are going to be

0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.960
<v Speaker 4>different because Vrabel is a Patriot, you know what I mean,

0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:49.040
<v Speaker 4>And that that that they'll be they'll be better because

0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.000
<v Speaker 4>they'll be better because the culture is going to be better.

0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:56.080
<v Speaker 4>You know, no shot at Mayo, but Vrabel comes in,

0:21:56.760 --> 0:22:01.560
<v Speaker 4>you know, resume intact. But I think, you know, here again,

0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:05.320
<v Speaker 4>you can just imagine Borrow out playing me, you know, on.

0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:12.080
<v Speaker 2>To Game twelve, Thanksgiving night in primetime in Baltimore. So

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<v Speaker 2>I recognize that the schedule is a complex puzzle for

0:22:15.560 --> 0:22:19.640
<v Speaker 2>the NFL. Total fairness is impossible. But this is the

0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:22.240
<v Speaker 2>fourth year in a row that the Bengals have played

0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:25.600
<v Speaker 2>a night game in Baltimore. It's the third straight on

0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:30.359
<v Speaker 2>a Thursday night. I am calling BS. I mean, they

0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:34.960
<v Speaker 2>should have programmed the software so their primetime game in

0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:38.720
<v Speaker 2>Baltimore was highly unlikely, and a Thursday night road game

0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:44.520
<v Speaker 2>was impossible. In a division rivalry that's as tough as

0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:48.800
<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati versus Baltimore, there's no way they should be playing

0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:50.640
<v Speaker 2>on a Thursday for the third year in a row

0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:51.120
<v Speaker 2>on the road.

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<v Speaker 5>No.

0:22:52.000 --> 0:22:53.879
<v Speaker 4>All I know is the last time they played in

0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:56.600
<v Speaker 4>Baltimore in broad daylight, they.

0:22:58.119 --> 0:22:59.520
<v Speaker 5>Won forty one seventeen.

0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:03.880
<v Speaker 4>Now, saying that's a I'm not saying, but I'm just saying, hey,

0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:07.000
<v Speaker 4>you know, make it four twenty five, you know, or something.

0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:09.800
<v Speaker 5>Just uh, let us see the stunt in Baltimore, you

0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:10.360
<v Speaker 5>know what I mean.

0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:14.600
<v Speaker 4>So, but man, I went back to look back, you know,

0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:17.919
<v Speaker 4>the two games last year just absolute classics.

0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.120
<v Speaker 5>How are they gonna how are they going to do? Uh,

0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:21.719
<v Speaker 5>what are they going to do? For an encore?

0:23:22.240 --> 0:23:24.360
<v Speaker 2>I mean, make the final play to win?

0:23:24.880 --> 0:23:27.800
<v Speaker 5>Well, yeah, that's for sure. I mean I'm talking about

0:23:27.800 --> 0:23:30.520
<v Speaker 5>the two teams. Yeah, I mean, you can't.

0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:33.320
<v Speaker 4>I mean making a field goal to win it and

0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:38.320
<v Speaker 4>then stopping a two point play modeling the quarterback though,

0:23:38.560 --> 0:23:42.040
<v Speaker 4>But I mean, just don't get any closer than that,

0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:44.920
<v Speaker 4>you know, I mean it'd be, uh, what if you

0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:46.800
<v Speaker 4>switched it? What if there was a prime time or

0:23:46.840 --> 0:23:49.840
<v Speaker 4>a preay corps, you know, and at one o'clock at Baltimore.

0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:52.200
<v Speaker 5>Doesn't the computer look at these things?

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<v Speaker 2>You would think, like I said, I know, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>complex puzzle. But you know, after all that out what

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<v Speaker 2>you enter into a computer program and they should have

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<v Speaker 2>entered in Cincinnati ad Baltimore in primetime on Thursday cannot happen.

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<v Speaker 5>Right well?

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<v Speaker 4>And also after all this, Oh and by the way,

0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:16.280
<v Speaker 4>it's Thanksgiving, which only the second time in history this

0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:19.240
<v Speaker 4>club will will play.

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<v Speaker 5>While the rest of the world is eating. Well, I

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<v Speaker 5>guess we'll be by then.

0:24:23.440 --> 0:24:26.400
<v Speaker 4>I guess people will probably be napping, but they won't

0:24:26.440 --> 0:24:30.720
<v Speaker 4>be napping because they'll be burrowing the ravens. So but yeah,

0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:34.800
<v Speaker 4>the last one was in a galaxy far far away

0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:40.640
<v Speaker 4>when they replayed the two thousand and nine AFC Wildcard

0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:41.960
<v Speaker 4>game the Jets Bengals.

0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:44.160
<v Speaker 5>They played that on Thanksgiving in twenty ten.

0:24:45.600 --> 0:24:49.840
<v Speaker 2>Game thirteen, a four to twenty five Sunday road game

0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:53.920
<v Speaker 2>in early December at Buffalo. They'll have some extra time

0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:57.280
<v Speaker 2>to recover and prepare after playing on Thanksgiving as they

0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:59.359
<v Speaker 2>look to be Josh Allen and the Bills for the

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<v Speaker 2>third time in a row.

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<v Speaker 5>You look at that.

0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:06.399
<v Speaker 4>And some of the moves they made this year in

0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:09.760
<v Speaker 4>the draft. The two linebackers that can run. To me,

0:25:09.920 --> 0:25:14.439
<v Speaker 4>that's how do you stop Allen and Jackson? You know,

0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:19.440
<v Speaker 4>two linebackers that can run in the most athletic defensive

0:25:19.480 --> 0:25:23.000
<v Speaker 4>lineman in the draft of the last forty years, Shamas Stewart.

0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:29.120
<v Speaker 4>So to me, the draft the first, the first, second,

0:25:29.200 --> 0:25:30.480
<v Speaker 4>or fourth pix in this draft.

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<v Speaker 5>You're reading this schedule at Baltimore at.

0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:39.639
<v Speaker 2>Buffalo, followed by Baltimore again in game fourteen. It's a

0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:44.080
<v Speaker 2>Baltimore rematch seventeen days after the Thanksgiving road game. So

0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:48.000
<v Speaker 2>beginning in Week three, the Bengals play five playoff teams

0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:51.400
<v Speaker 2>in a row, Minnesota, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh.

0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:56.360
<v Speaker 2>That's obviously tough, but I would say at Baltimore at

0:25:56.359 --> 0:26:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Buffalo home against Baltimore might be the of his three

0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:03.400
<v Speaker 2>game stretch. Any team in the NFL plays this year.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's a good call.

0:26:05.400 --> 0:26:05.560
<v Speaker 6>You know.

0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:13.600
<v Speaker 4>Also that that's seventeen day gap between the Baltimore games.

0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:20.040
<v Speaker 4>That's the smallest regular season gap playing the same opponents

0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:24.240
<v Speaker 4>since eighty six when they played the when they split

0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:28.639
<v Speaker 4>with the Steelers in eighty six on thirteen days in October.

0:26:29.440 --> 0:26:31.520
<v Speaker 5>So that's something you don't see very often, you know.

0:26:31.600 --> 0:26:33.800
<v Speaker 4>Now you see it in the playoffs, like they played

0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:36.760
<v Speaker 4>the Ravens and back to back weeks in twenty two,

0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:39.600
<v Speaker 4>you know, to end the season and the Wildcaid game.

0:26:40.000 --> 0:26:43.280
<v Speaker 4>I mean, if they played the two games they played

0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:46.880
<v Speaker 4>last year, I mean, what nerves are gonna be left

0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:48.840
<v Speaker 4>if you do that? If that happens in a seventeen

0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:53.760
<v Speaker 4>days fan, I mean, you know, it's that's gonna be wild,

0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:54.119
<v Speaker 4>isn't it.

0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:57.200
<v Speaker 2>No doubt it's gonna be fun, But it's gonna be wild.

0:26:57.840 --> 0:27:00.960
<v Speaker 2>We've got three games left, game fifteen Sunday Night Football

0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:04.439
<v Speaker 2>at Miami four days before Christmas, so the Bengals avoid

0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.360
<v Speaker 2>sweltering heat early in the season. Could be a holiday

0:27:08.359 --> 0:27:11.400
<v Speaker 2>week road trip for Bengals fans. It's not the trip

0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:14.800
<v Speaker 2>to Spain that many had speculated about, but a chance

0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:17.840
<v Speaker 2>for warm weather against the Miami team coming off an

0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.440
<v Speaker 2>eight to nine season just before Christmas.

0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.960
<v Speaker 5>Who would have funked the mayor of Madrid prevying fake

0:27:24.080 --> 0:27:29.439
<v Speaker 5>news anyway, But anyway, shouldn't they win the last three? Hordy?

0:27:30.560 --> 0:27:32.920
<v Speaker 5>I mean, is Miami? Where is Miami?

0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:36.160
<v Speaker 4>Miami's in a bit of a Miami could be falling

0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:37.280
<v Speaker 4>back right It might be.

0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:39.600
<v Speaker 5>They seem to be a bit desperate.

0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:43.120
<v Speaker 2>Seems that way. Some of it was injury related. Last year.

0:27:43.359 --> 0:27:45.560
<v Speaker 2>I think they had as many injuries as any team

0:27:45.560 --> 0:27:48.120
<v Speaker 2>in the AFC, so that's one of the reasons why

0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:50.640
<v Speaker 2>they took a step back. But I'm in agreement with you.

0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:53.520
<v Speaker 2>They seem to kind of be on a teeter toatter

0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:55.320
<v Speaker 2>right now. You don't know if it's going to go

0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:55.920
<v Speaker 2>up or down.

0:27:56.480 --> 0:27:56.640
<v Speaker 5>Now.

0:27:56.640 --> 0:27:59.800
<v Speaker 2>It's a Sunday night road game, which is tough. That

0:28:00.000 --> 0:28:03.960
<v Speaker 2>adds to the degree of difficulty. But I do wonder

0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:07.680
<v Speaker 2>if Miami is a team that had its moment and

0:28:07.720 --> 0:28:08.959
<v Speaker 2>that moment is coming gone.

0:28:10.080 --> 0:28:10.760
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's tough.

0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:12.720
<v Speaker 4>Though you know, Sunday night on the road is not

0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 4>a it's not a day at the beach, although you

0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:18.600
<v Speaker 4>know it's not a Sunday night in Miami. I mean

0:28:18.640 --> 0:28:20.600
<v Speaker 4>it's not a Sunday night in Green Bay on December

0:28:20.600 --> 0:28:24.760
<v Speaker 4>twenty first, or in Pittsburgh. So I think that's a break.

0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:27.000
<v Speaker 4>I think that's a break too, you know. I mean

0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:30.280
<v Speaker 4>I just think, and you know, we also so many

0:28:30.320 --> 0:28:34.840
<v Speaker 4>things happen, but you know, this club plays well if

0:28:34.880 --> 0:28:37.439
<v Speaker 4>you look at it. Historically under Zach Taylor in the

0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:42.240
<v Speaker 4>Borough era, December has been good to them, particularly at home.

0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:44.760
<v Speaker 4>I know we're gonna you know, and that's where they end.

0:28:45.200 --> 0:28:47.160
<v Speaker 4>Sorry to do the segue there, but that's where they

0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:51.600
<v Speaker 4>end Arizona and Cleveland, right, which is you know, they've

0:28:51.640 --> 0:28:54.840
<v Speaker 4>won I think they've won ten of their last eleven

0:28:55.880 --> 0:28:58.920
<v Speaker 4>games regular season games in December and January at home.

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:01.600
<v Speaker 4>So if they could get through, you know, if they

0:29:01.600 --> 0:29:05.760
<v Speaker 4>can you know, get through that Sunday night or in Miami,

0:29:06.680 --> 0:29:08.600
<v Speaker 4>that's a good ending for them. I mean, at least

0:29:08.680 --> 0:29:12.080
<v Speaker 4>historically they've you know, they've they've they've done really well

0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:13.280
<v Speaker 4>here in December.

0:29:13.720 --> 0:29:14.080
<v Speaker 5>All right.

0:29:14.160 --> 0:29:18.520
<v Speaker 2>So Game sixteen is a Saturday home game against Arizona.

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:23.960
<v Speaker 2>That's the final Saturday of December. Arizona likely coming east

0:29:24.000 --> 0:29:27.920
<v Speaker 2>to deal with a high probability of cold weather, you

0:29:27.920 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 2>would think, so that could be tough on the Cardinals,

0:29:29.960 --> 0:29:33.400
<v Speaker 2>and then Game seventeen could be either Saturday or Sunday,

0:29:33.440 --> 0:29:36.880
<v Speaker 2>a home game against Cleveland. If it seems like the

0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:41.320
<v Speaker 2>Bengals usually win their final home game of the regular season,

0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:45.440
<v Speaker 2>your feeling is accurate, because whether they're having a good year,

0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:48.840
<v Speaker 2>a bad year, or somewhere in the middle type of season,

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:53.640
<v Speaker 2>they're twelve and one in their last thirteen regular season

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:55.920
<v Speaker 2>home finales. Twelve and one.

0:29:56.480 --> 0:30:01.280
<v Speaker 5>That's crazy, preddam home happy. That was Jack Renning. Jack

0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:04.080
<v Speaker 5>Brennan pr tag. He rolled that out.

0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:07.160
<v Speaker 4>Every year and you could do that now, and I

0:30:07.240 --> 0:30:08.520
<v Speaker 4>think probably PJ does.

0:30:09.160 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 5>But I think it's interesting.

0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:17.040
<v Speaker 4>Arizona, you know, you remember this twenty eleven, almost the

0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:17.840
<v Speaker 4>same week.

0:30:17.680 --> 0:30:19.920
<v Speaker 5>Of the season they came.

0:30:20.800 --> 0:30:26.360
<v Speaker 4>They came East, I think with someone named Skelton playing

0:30:26.400 --> 0:30:29.680
<v Speaker 4>your quarterback. It nearly beat and nearly beat the Bengals,

0:30:29.720 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 4>nearly denied them a playoff spot, but it worked out

0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:37.280
<v Speaker 4>that they ended up making it, but Arizona almost They

0:30:37.320 --> 0:30:39.400
<v Speaker 4>had to fend off Arizona at the end.

0:30:39.920 --> 0:30:44.440
<v Speaker 2>That was the Yeah, that was the Jerome Simpson somersault game, right.

0:30:44.640 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 4>And then and I think they I think Conn has

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:48.760
<v Speaker 4>dropped the ball in the end zone.

0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:51.120
<v Speaker 5>I think that would have maybe tied or something. But

0:30:51.920 --> 0:30:52.600
<v Speaker 5>so you never know.

0:30:52.680 --> 0:30:55.240
<v Speaker 4>It always looks like, oh yeah, coming east in December,

0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:57.640
<v Speaker 4>but that it didn't work out, you know, so you

0:30:57.720 --> 0:31:01.880
<v Speaker 4>can never you know, it's like, uh. Also that same

0:31:01.920 --> 0:31:05.520
<v Speaker 4>weekend when the Bengals went to New England, remember and

0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:08.320
<v Speaker 4>it was the coldest ice still the coldest game Joe

0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:09.400
<v Speaker 4>Burrows ever played in.

0:31:10.160 --> 0:31:12.880
<v Speaker 5>And you know, what's it going to what's the weather?

0:31:12.960 --> 0:31:14.400
<v Speaker 5>You know, what is the weather going to be? Like?

0:31:14.480 --> 0:31:16.840
<v Speaker 4>It could be sixty in Bombing, it could be you know,

0:31:16.920 --> 0:31:18.440
<v Speaker 4>in Cincinnati, you could get anything.

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:19.880
<v Speaker 5>Well.

0:31:19.920 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 2>I gave these numbers earlier on the podcast. They play

0:31:23.640 --> 0:31:27.480
<v Speaker 2>nine playoff teams. They also play a few teams that

0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:30.960
<v Speaker 2>were terrible last year. I think it kind of balances out.

0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.960
<v Speaker 2>This is a middle of the pack type schedule to

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:37.000
<v Speaker 2>me in terms of difficulty. Now, you never know, because

0:31:37.080 --> 0:31:39.600
<v Speaker 2>teams that you think are going to be awesome wind

0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:41.880
<v Speaker 2>up being bad. I mean, who would have thought San

0:31:41.960 --> 0:31:45.400
<v Speaker 2>Francisco would have six wins last year? And then there's

0:31:45.400 --> 0:31:47.360
<v Speaker 2>always going to be a team that you expect to

0:31:47.400 --> 0:31:50.240
<v Speaker 2>be weak that has that breakthrough season that will happen

0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:53.680
<v Speaker 2>to a few of the teams on this schedule, but again, overall,

0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:56.240
<v Speaker 2>all things considered, kind of feels like a middle of

0:31:56.280 --> 0:31:59.560
<v Speaker 2>the pack type schedule in terms of difficulty. Other than

0:31:59.640 --> 0:32:03.840
<v Speaker 2>another their Thursday night road game at Baltimore. I really

0:32:03.880 --> 0:32:05.320
<v Speaker 2>don't have any strong gripes.

0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:09.720
<v Speaker 5>I just really love three of the last four at home.

0:32:10.640 --> 0:32:12.480
<v Speaker 5>I mean even on one of them was Baltimore.

0:32:13.160 --> 0:32:17.360
<v Speaker 4>But like I said, Burrow and Zach, they they kind of,

0:32:17.400 --> 0:32:19.960
<v Speaker 4>you know, they seem to you know, they seem to

0:32:20.080 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 4>rise the occasion in December here, so I I, you know,

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:25.440
<v Speaker 4>I got That's what I take away from this thing.

0:32:25.920 --> 0:32:29.560
<v Speaker 5>Three, three or four at home. To finish it.

0:32:30.680 --> 0:32:33.360
<v Speaker 2>On a personal note, the schedule lines up about as

0:32:33.400 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 2>well as I could have hoped for my own version

0:32:36.080 --> 0:32:39.400
<v Speaker 2>of the Amazing Race as I call University of Cincinnati

0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:43.000
<v Speaker 2>and Bengals games in the fall. The toughest weekend will

0:32:43.000 --> 0:32:46.600
<v Speaker 2>feature a road game at Utah on Saturday, November first,

0:32:47.040 --> 0:32:49.880
<v Speaker 2>followed by a one o'clock home game against the Bears

0:32:49.880 --> 0:32:52.560
<v Speaker 2>the next day. If that Utah game is at night,

0:32:53.040 --> 0:32:55.840
<v Speaker 2>I might not get back to Cincinnati until seven am.

0:32:55.960 --> 0:32:58.200
<v Speaker 2>But hey, that's what coffee is.

0:32:58.240 --> 0:32:58.440
<v Speaker 7>Four.

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<v Speaker 2>Now time to move on to another edition of five

0:33:02.680 --> 0:33:05.560
<v Speaker 2>questions with a Bengals rookie. My way of getting to

0:33:05.600 --> 0:33:08.680
<v Speaker 2>know them a little bit better by asking five questions

0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:13.600
<v Speaker 2>that they don't hear over and over again. Time for

0:33:13.640 --> 0:33:16.800
<v Speaker 2>five questions with second round draft pick Demetrius Night out

0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:19.400
<v Speaker 2>of South Carolina. I think by now a lot of

0:33:19.400 --> 0:33:21.880
<v Speaker 2>Bengals fans know that you are a married father of

0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:25.280
<v Speaker 2>two and we're a door dash driver to help support

0:33:25.320 --> 0:33:28.600
<v Speaker 2>your family while you're playing college football. Here's the question,

0:33:29.080 --> 0:33:32.760
<v Speaker 2>what is a door dash driver's biggest nightmare?

0:33:33.720 --> 0:33:36.600
<v Speaker 8>The biggest nightmare would have to be when you get

0:33:36.600 --> 0:33:38.600
<v Speaker 8>in order and they say, drop it off at my

0:33:38.680 --> 0:33:41.360
<v Speaker 8>door and it's an apartment complex where they do not

0:33:41.440 --> 0:33:44.120
<v Speaker 8>give you the code to get into the apartment, so

0:33:44.160 --> 0:33:47.800
<v Speaker 8>you're just gonna wait in there because sometimes a lot

0:33:47.800 --> 0:33:49.680
<v Speaker 8>of people come in and out, and sometimes you're waiting

0:33:49.680 --> 0:33:51.440
<v Speaker 8>there for at least ten minutes, and they're taking you

0:33:51.520 --> 0:33:53.120
<v Speaker 8>say hey, where's my food, and it's like, I have

0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.400
<v Speaker 8>no way to get in. They say, you're waiting the

0:33:55.400 --> 0:33:57.600
<v Speaker 8>tailgate behind a car to get into the gay and

0:33:57.640 --> 0:33:59.680
<v Speaker 8>then run it up to their door and drop it off,

0:33:59.720 --> 0:34:02.520
<v Speaker 8>and that that is the one of the biggest nightmares.

0:34:02.720 --> 0:34:05.200
<v Speaker 2>And when people are going in and out. They're probably

0:34:05.360 --> 0:34:07.720
<v Speaker 2>nervous that somebody's trying to break in.

0:34:08.000 --> 0:34:10.160
<v Speaker 8>Yes, so they will, so they will go slow on

0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:12.319
<v Speaker 8>purpose sometimes to try to get you caught in the gates.

0:34:12.400 --> 0:34:15.160
<v Speaker 8>So luckily there are no dents in the car from gates,

0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:16.560
<v Speaker 8>so able to avoid that.

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:20.000
<v Speaker 2>All right, question number two for Demitrius Night according to

0:34:20.040 --> 0:34:22.319
<v Speaker 2>your bio, and again this is something people have seen

0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:27.279
<v Speaker 2>music legends. Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin are distant relatives.

0:34:27.960 --> 0:34:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Have you met either one?

0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:33.680
<v Speaker 8>I believe when I was very small, I met, I met,

0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:37.120
<v Speaker 8>I thank you, Gladys. But other than that, we was

0:34:37.160 --> 0:34:40.440
<v Speaker 8>never able to get to the family reunions with Aretha,

0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:44.680
<v Speaker 8>as you probably know, just they're probably everywhere is full,

0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:47.960
<v Speaker 8>So haven't been able to get to those. My oun

0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:51.080
<v Speaker 8>did and she talks about how there's big food is glorious,

0:34:51.160 --> 0:34:54.880
<v Speaker 8>so I talk can only imagine. But yeah, haven't got

0:34:54.960 --> 0:34:58.400
<v Speaker 8>to get to those two. But I'm sure or Aretha,

0:34:58.520 --> 0:35:01.560
<v Speaker 8>but which as she up in heaven now. But I'm

0:35:01.560 --> 0:35:03.080
<v Speaker 8>as glad as I believe I should be able to

0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.799
<v Speaker 8>get to hopefully Sue if not later in the year,

0:35:06.239 --> 0:35:09.000
<v Speaker 8>just to you know, maybe get a maybe get a

0:35:09.000 --> 0:35:11.840
<v Speaker 8>tip or two, how to saying and whatnot?

0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:14.480
<v Speaker 2>When you learned that they were distant relatives, did you

0:35:14.520 --> 0:35:15.800
<v Speaker 2>take an interest in their careers?

0:35:16.440 --> 0:35:16.799
<v Speaker 5>I did?

0:35:17.120 --> 0:35:21.239
<v Speaker 8>I did, of course. I knew what amazing superstar that

0:35:21.280 --> 0:35:24.839
<v Speaker 8>they were, and just having to be tied to them

0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:26.719
<v Speaker 8>was like, well, I gotta do my homework. Now I

0:35:26.760 --> 0:35:28.719
<v Speaker 8>got to learn everything I can about them, so when

0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:31.200
<v Speaker 8>I get the chance to meet them face to face,

0:35:31.239 --> 0:35:33.480
<v Speaker 8>I can ask different questions and things like that, how'd

0:35:33.480 --> 0:35:35.400
<v Speaker 8>you deal with this? How'd you go through this? And

0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 8>see how they truly you know, made it up?

0:35:38.160 --> 0:35:41.960
<v Speaker 2>Question three for Demetrius Night. You spent your final college

0:35:41.960 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 2>season at South Carolina. Last year, you had a great year.

0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:47.600
<v Speaker 2>The team at an excellent season. The defense was tremendous.

0:35:48.080 --> 0:35:51.239
<v Speaker 2>Their in state rival is Clemson. They call it the

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:54.759
<v Speaker 2>pal Meadow Ball. Last year, late in the game, your

0:35:54.760 --> 0:35:58.520
<v Speaker 2>team's got a three point lead, Clemson's driving. You clinched

0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:01.720
<v Speaker 2>the win with an interception at the fifteen yard line

0:36:02.000 --> 0:36:04.719
<v Speaker 2>in the final minute. That's one of those plays that's

0:36:04.719 --> 0:36:08.360
<v Speaker 2>going to go down in South Carolina history. Are you

0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:11.400
<v Speaker 2>prepared to talk about this with South Carolina fans for

0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:13.840
<v Speaker 2>the rest of your life.

0:36:13.080 --> 0:36:16.280
<v Speaker 8>For the rest of my life? Yes, I am very prepared,

0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:18.279
<v Speaker 8>and I've already explained it a couple of times in

0:36:18.360 --> 0:36:21.280
<v Speaker 8>the public's on Jervais Street in Columbia to a couple

0:36:21.280 --> 0:36:23.560
<v Speaker 8>of people and asking me how it feels about it.

0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:26.359
<v Speaker 8>But that's a story I'll never get tired of telling,

0:36:26.400 --> 0:36:29.160
<v Speaker 8>even my kids. But I know they'll once they grew up,

0:36:29.160 --> 0:36:31.200
<v Speaker 8>they'll probably be like, Okay, we've heard it a hundred times,

0:36:31.239 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 8>and I'm gonna tell you like like you have you yesterday,

0:36:33.320 --> 0:36:37.319
<v Speaker 8>which he does in my mind, so something I'll never forget. Then,

0:36:37.560 --> 0:36:39.759
<v Speaker 8>to make it even sweeter, it was against Clemson, which

0:36:39.800 --> 0:36:41.960
<v Speaker 8>I know I'll remind him every day since he's my

0:36:42.040 --> 0:36:42.520
<v Speaker 8>locker mix.

0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:46.000
<v Speaker 2>That's right, your fellow Rocky Barrett Carter, who's standing a

0:36:46.000 --> 0:36:49.879
<v Speaker 2>few feet away, question number four for Demetrius Night. Last year,

0:36:50.200 --> 0:36:54.239
<v Speaker 2>ESPN's Cole Kublick nicknamed you the most interesting man in

0:36:54.320 --> 0:36:59.560
<v Speaker 2>the SEC. I've seen references to visiting museums. I've seen

0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:03.719
<v Speaker 2>reference says to taking an interest in Frank Sinatra. Tell

0:37:03.800 --> 0:37:06.719
<v Speaker 2>me something that makes you the most interesting man, or

0:37:06.760 --> 0:37:08.680
<v Speaker 2>made you the most interesting man in the SEC.

0:37:09.520 --> 0:37:12.880
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, just everything that I do. I'm a jack of

0:37:12.920 --> 0:37:16.520
<v Speaker 8>all trades, but I'm a guy who, uh, I gonna

0:37:16.560 --> 0:37:19.520
<v Speaker 8>be very very nice and humble off the field. On

0:37:19.600 --> 0:37:24.840
<v Speaker 8>the field, I'm different animal, become the hunter, become the predator.

0:37:24.880 --> 0:37:27.480
<v Speaker 8>But you know, when I'm off the field, I like

0:37:27.520 --> 0:37:29.759
<v Speaker 8>to create. My mind's always thinking, especially when it comes

0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:32.600
<v Speaker 8>to movies. When it comes to watching movies with family,

0:37:33.200 --> 0:37:34.880
<v Speaker 8>especially my wife, She'll be the first to tell you.

0:37:35.040 --> 0:37:36.960
<v Speaker 8>She's like, why are you pointing stuff out? I just

0:37:36.960 --> 0:37:39.279
<v Speaker 8>want to watch the movie without seeing different things here

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.240
<v Speaker 8>and things like that. But another thing makes me interested,

0:37:43.280 --> 0:37:45.799
<v Speaker 8>man that probably people don't know. With my degree from

0:37:45.840 --> 0:37:48.960
<v Speaker 8>Georgia Tech, I'm gonna become a producer one day. Already

0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:51.759
<v Speaker 8>have been screenwriting things on my phone already on the

0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:56.200
<v Speaker 8>different screen running apps, seeing seeing things and scenes and

0:37:56.239 --> 0:37:58.799
<v Speaker 8>movies played in my mind and write them down. So

0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:02.279
<v Speaker 8>when the football it does come to an end very

0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:04.560
<v Speaker 8>long from now, I'll be able to transition into that

0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:09.440
<v Speaker 8>film industry and to have people in Cincinnati to tune in.

0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Do you have an all time favorite movie?

0:38:12.000 --> 0:38:12.600
<v Speaker 8>The god Father?

0:38:13.440 --> 0:38:17.040
<v Speaker 2>Number one? I number one, number one to us, also

0:38:17.120 --> 0:38:19.319
<v Speaker 2>great three. We don't need to discuss it, right.

0:38:19.560 --> 0:38:21.239
<v Speaker 8>We want to talk about that. We won't speak of

0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:22.520
<v Speaker 8>that one we'll not speaking that.

0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:24.440
<v Speaker 2>One, all right. So when you make an offer that

0:38:24.680 --> 0:38:27.240
<v Speaker 2>the other team can't refuse, well, no, it's a Godfather

0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:31.600
<v Speaker 2>related reference. Fifth and final question for Demetrius Knight. For

0:38:31.640 --> 0:38:34.359
<v Speaker 2>a hot minute, when you got to Cincinnati, you were

0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:37.680
<v Speaker 2>photographed holding up the number fifty nine. Now you are

0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:40.560
<v Speaker 2>number forty four. You changed very quickly. What happened?

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<v Speaker 8>I pretty much just asked if that if forty four

0:38:45.080 --> 0:38:49.160
<v Speaker 8>was available, and if it was, I'd be honored to

0:38:49.200 --> 0:38:52.160
<v Speaker 8>wear it. But I fifty nine was what I wore then, perfect,

0:38:52.200 --> 0:38:54.279
<v Speaker 8>That's fine by me. I just threw it out just

0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:57.600
<v Speaker 8>to ask because I wore number forty and forty four

0:38:57.640 --> 0:39:01.399
<v Speaker 8>when I was first started playing in football, So I

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:03.239
<v Speaker 8>want to see if like maybe throw it back to

0:39:03.280 --> 0:39:06.359
<v Speaker 8>those days, maybe put it all full circle one day.

0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:09.480
<v Speaker 8>So being able to get backing for you for was

0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:10.960
<v Speaker 8>a blessing was humbly so.

0:39:10.960 --> 0:39:13.200
<v Speaker 2>As soon as it became available, you were able to

0:39:13.200 --> 0:39:15.719
<v Speaker 2>snatch it. Yes, sir, all right, I'm sure you're going

0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:18.000
<v Speaker 2>to wear it well, appreciate your time. Look forward to

0:39:18.040 --> 0:39:21.719
<v Speaker 2>a great Bengals career followed by a successful career as

0:39:21.719 --> 0:39:22.600
<v Speaker 2>a Hollywood producer.

0:39:22.640 --> 0:39:23.640
<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, thank you.

0:39:24.920 --> 0:39:28.320
<v Speaker 2>Up next we'll go from five questions to five observations.

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<v Speaker 2>But first, here's a quick reminder that the Bengals Booth

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0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:57.000
<v Speaker 2>five observations after watching the Bengals practice on Tuesday. Topic

0:39:57.120 --> 0:40:00.799
<v Speaker 2>number one involves a guy who didn't practice this first

0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:04.120
<v Speaker 2>round draft pick, Samar Stewart. When the Bengals held their

0:40:04.120 --> 0:40:07.759
<v Speaker 2>one day rookie mini camp last week, Stuart and Demetrius

0:40:07.840 --> 0:40:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Knight observed from the sideline because they haven't signed contracts yet.

0:40:12.440 --> 0:40:15.439
<v Speaker 2>That changed a couple of days later for Night, who

0:40:15.520 --> 0:40:18.480
<v Speaker 2>as of this recording still hasn't signed a contract, but

0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:22.040
<v Speaker 2>has signed a waiver that allows him to practice and

0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:25.080
<v Speaker 2>protects him in the event of injury. Stuart has not

0:40:25.239 --> 0:40:29.080
<v Speaker 2>signed either yet, so he's still observing from the sideline.

0:40:29.680 --> 0:40:32.920
<v Speaker 2>I'll admit that I'm surprised by the reaction this is

0:40:33.040 --> 0:40:36.759
<v Speaker 2>generated on social media, with some people ripping Stuart and

0:40:36.800 --> 0:40:40.600
<v Speaker 2>his agent and others criticizing the Bengals. At this point,

0:40:40.960 --> 0:40:44.680
<v Speaker 2>it's a non issue. If weeks go by and Stuart

0:40:44.680 --> 0:40:47.799
<v Speaker 2>still isn't practicing, then it's fair to question if it's

0:40:47.800 --> 0:40:50.360
<v Speaker 2>going to hurt his development. But I don't expect that

0:40:50.480 --> 0:40:53.879
<v Speaker 2>to happen. I think a deal gets done sooner rather

0:40:53.960 --> 0:40:57.480
<v Speaker 2>than later, maybe even by the time you listen to

0:40:57.600 --> 0:41:02.000
<v Speaker 2>this podcast. Topic number two two is year two for

0:41:02.120 --> 0:41:06.040
<v Speaker 2>Jermaine Burton. As we all know, Jermaine had a disappointing

0:41:06.080 --> 0:41:09.560
<v Speaker 2>rookie season, culminating with not even traveling with the team

0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:13.400
<v Speaker 2>to the regular season finale at Pittsburgh. There were questions

0:41:13.440 --> 0:41:17.280
<v Speaker 2>about his maturity level going into the draft, and unfortunately

0:41:17.400 --> 0:41:20.239
<v Speaker 2>that's how year one played out, as he didn't earn

0:41:20.280 --> 0:41:23.640
<v Speaker 2>the trust of teammates and coaches. But he's got a

0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:26.640
<v Speaker 2>chance to change that in year two, and I'm encouraged

0:41:26.640 --> 0:41:30.680
<v Speaker 2>by what I've seen so far. For example, during draft weekend,

0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Jermaine was in the building every morning, working out and

0:41:33.719 --> 0:41:37.120
<v Speaker 2>eating in the cafeteria. Maybe it's a small thing, but

0:41:37.400 --> 0:41:40.080
<v Speaker 2>I took it as a positive sign, and I talked

0:41:40.080 --> 0:41:44.560
<v Speaker 2>with Jermaine this week. What are you looking to show

0:41:44.600 --> 0:41:45.520
<v Speaker 2>people this year?

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<v Speaker 7>You know, once again my ability. You know how much

0:41:49.920 --> 0:41:53.600
<v Speaker 7>this you know, game means to me, and uh, you know,

0:41:53.760 --> 0:41:55.080
<v Speaker 7>just my love for the game of football.

0:41:55.760 --> 0:41:58.719
<v Speaker 2>I noticed in the throwing groups today that you were

0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:02.520
<v Speaker 2>always kind of in line to catch from Joe, which

0:42:02.560 --> 0:42:04.799
<v Speaker 2>is usually a sign that they expect you to be

0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:07.640
<v Speaker 2>a major part of the rotation. Do you take it

0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:08.040
<v Speaker 2>that way?

0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:11.560
<v Speaker 7>I honestly just take everything with a granted So I'm

0:42:11.560 --> 0:42:14.799
<v Speaker 7>just trying to you know, still learn, still still work

0:42:14.840 --> 0:42:17.160
<v Speaker 7>my best, and still you know, work my mechanics and

0:42:17.239 --> 0:42:19.440
<v Speaker 7>routes and stuff like that. So yeah, but you know,

0:42:19.480 --> 0:42:20.680
<v Speaker 7>it's always good catching from Joe.

0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:24.279
<v Speaker 2>They didn't draft a wide receiver. Did you take that

0:42:24.320 --> 0:42:25.320
<v Speaker 2>as a lot of confidence.

0:42:26.880 --> 0:42:29.120
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, you know, I love this team and uh you know,

0:42:29.160 --> 0:42:31.960
<v Speaker 7>I know they have really high hopes and uh, you

0:42:31.960 --> 0:42:33.920
<v Speaker 7>know expectations for me. You know, I can't wait to

0:42:34.000 --> 0:42:36.120
<v Speaker 7>just take everything in and you know, showing what I'm

0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:36.799
<v Speaker 7>really capable of.

0:42:37.520 --> 0:42:41.040
<v Speaker 2>The biggest lessons you learned as a rookie were watching.

0:42:41.960 --> 0:42:44.160
<v Speaker 7>You know, be where your feet are at man, you know,

0:42:44.239 --> 0:42:46.680
<v Speaker 7>regardless of you know what's going on, and you know

0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:49.200
<v Speaker 7>how hard life gets is uh, you know, be where

0:42:49.239 --> 0:42:51.400
<v Speaker 7>your feet at. You know, maintain the goal and maintain

0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:53.040
<v Speaker 7>the mission and never get off track, and you know

0:42:53.080 --> 0:42:53.960
<v Speaker 7>always they focus.

0:42:54.360 --> 0:42:56.799
<v Speaker 2>How eager are you for games to begin, to get

0:42:56.800 --> 0:42:58.399
<v Speaker 2>out on the field and show what you can do?

0:43:00.000 --> 0:43:04.600
<v Speaker 7>It's hard to sleep at night, literally, that's how bad.

0:43:04.719 --> 0:43:05.040
<v Speaker 5>For real?

0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:08.600
<v Speaker 7>You know, I can stay up twenty four hours and

0:43:08.800 --> 0:43:12.719
<v Speaker 7>you know thinking about this game. So I'm more the

0:43:12.800 --> 0:43:14.840
<v Speaker 7>eager and you know, I just can't wait to show people.

0:43:16.040 --> 0:43:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Time will tell if Jermaine has truly turned a corner,

0:43:18.680 --> 0:43:22.120
<v Speaker 2>but if he has the scope position talent on this

0:43:22.280 --> 0:43:28.839
<v Speaker 2>roster is ridiculous. Topic three, the Peters Principles. It's been

0:43:29.040 --> 0:43:32.120
<v Speaker 2>very interesting to watch new offensive line coach Scott Peters

0:43:32.120 --> 0:43:35.560
<v Speaker 2>had practiced because he is as hands on as any

0:43:35.640 --> 0:43:39.520
<v Speaker 2>o line coach I've seen at any level. At times,

0:43:39.880 --> 0:43:43.280
<v Speaker 2>it looks like a martial arts academy. When Scott coached

0:43:43.280 --> 0:43:47.760
<v Speaker 2>alongside Bill Callahan and Cleveland, Bill called him a hands expert,

0:43:48.160 --> 0:43:52.399
<v Speaker 2>and you can see why. Peters has trained several UFC competitors,

0:43:52.640 --> 0:43:56.400
<v Speaker 2>including Brock Lesner. Cody Ford is going into his seventh

0:43:56.520 --> 0:43:59.960
<v Speaker 2>NFL season with three different teams, so he's had six

0:44:00.480 --> 0:44:03.440
<v Speaker 2>old line coaches. Here's what he had to say when

0:44:03.480 --> 0:44:05.720
<v Speaker 2>I asked him about Peters.

0:44:07.120 --> 0:44:09.960
<v Speaker 1>On some of the stuff we're doing is amazing.

0:44:10.480 --> 0:44:10.600
<v Speaker 9>Uh.

0:44:11.920 --> 0:44:15.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm bought in on it, and I'm taking everything

0:44:15.360 --> 0:44:21.960
<v Speaker 1>he says, and you know, just gaining the education of

0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:25.160
<v Speaker 1>his techniques and trying to apply on.

0:44:26.239 --> 0:44:28.120
<v Speaker 2>As I got about halfway through the question, it was

0:44:28.160 --> 0:44:30.600
<v Speaker 2>almost like your eyes lit up, like even the mention

0:44:30.719 --> 0:44:33.520
<v Speaker 2>of him is really kind of got you excited.

0:44:34.000 --> 0:44:37.799
<v Speaker 1>I think he's going to be a great addition to

0:44:37.840 --> 0:44:41.439
<v Speaker 1>what what we have going on here. Uh. Like I said,

0:44:41.440 --> 0:44:45.239
<v Speaker 1>I'm bought in. I believe in his coaching style. I've

0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:47.200
<v Speaker 1>talked to other guys who have been coached binding before

0:44:47.239 --> 0:44:49.960
<v Speaker 1>and they've all had great things to say. And like

0:44:50.000 --> 0:44:52.960
<v Speaker 1>I said, my first impressions are the stuff we're already

0:44:53.000 --> 0:44:58.040
<v Speaker 1>working on is some some good stuff, and I think

0:44:58.080 --> 0:45:00.719
<v Speaker 1>it will help us w he comes down to it

0:45:00.880 --> 0:45:03.920
<v Speaker 1>training camp when we're trying to be at the end

0:45:03.960 --> 0:45:04.480
<v Speaker 1>of the season.

0:45:05.120 --> 0:45:06.840
<v Speaker 5>I think he can.

0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:08.799
<v Speaker 1>Help us get there. And you know, I think he's

0:45:08.880 --> 0:45:09.560
<v Speaker 1>their guy.

0:45:10.120 --> 0:45:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Ford, by the way, is among the candidates to start

0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:16.040
<v Speaker 2>at right guard this year. He started at both tackle

0:45:16.080 --> 0:45:19.560
<v Speaker 2>spots and left guard. Last year, but didn't take a

0:45:19.600 --> 0:45:22.920
<v Speaker 2>single snap at right guard, but he has started nine

0:45:23.040 --> 0:45:27.480
<v Speaker 2>NFL games at that position in his career. Topic four

0:45:27.760 --> 0:45:31.640
<v Speaker 2>is a sneaky training camp battle. Cal Adamitas has been

0:45:31.680 --> 0:45:34.120
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals long snapper for the last three years, but

0:45:34.239 --> 0:45:36.560
<v Speaker 2>his job will be on the line at training camp

0:45:36.880 --> 0:45:41.120
<v Speaker 2>after the Bengals signed undrafted free agent Will Wagner. Wagner

0:45:41.200 --> 0:45:45.040
<v Speaker 2>started forty three games at Michigan, snapping nearly five hundred

0:45:45.080 --> 0:45:48.840
<v Speaker 2>times in all sorts of weather, and special teams coordinator

0:45:48.920 --> 0:45:52.600
<v Speaker 2>Darren Simmons had him rated as the best long snapper

0:45:53.000 --> 0:45:57.480
<v Speaker 2>in this year's draft class. All right, based on everything

0:45:57.480 --> 0:45:59.359
<v Speaker 2>that I read, you were considered to be the number

0:45:59.360 --> 0:46:01.920
<v Speaker 2>one long snapper in this year's draft class. And I

0:46:01.920 --> 0:46:03.640
<v Speaker 2>imagine there had to be a lot of interest out

0:46:03.640 --> 0:46:04.960
<v Speaker 2>there from NFL teams.

0:46:05.160 --> 0:46:09.920
<v Speaker 9>Why Cincinnati, Well, Cincinnati's a great program, and especially for

0:46:10.000 --> 0:46:13.120
<v Speaker 9>this year. I mean, we're going to make a Super

0:46:13.120 --> 0:46:16.000
<v Speaker 9>Bowl run. And then also I have a ton of

0:46:16.040 --> 0:46:18.320
<v Speaker 9>family out here in Cincinnati, and I thought of no

0:46:18.400 --> 0:46:20.440
<v Speaker 9>better place but in Cincinnati.

0:46:21.200 --> 0:46:23.839
<v Speaker 2>How much contact have you had with Darren over the years,

0:46:23.880 --> 0:46:27.200
<v Speaker 2>because obviously I'm sure he worked out Jake Moody we

0:46:27.280 --> 0:46:30.000
<v Speaker 2>know he worked out Brad Robbins. Were you involved in

0:46:30.040 --> 0:46:30.920
<v Speaker 2>those workouts?

0:46:31.480 --> 0:46:31.600
<v Speaker 1>No?

0:46:31.680 --> 0:46:35.560
<v Speaker 9>I wasn't actually, but when I was at the combine,

0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:38.040
<v Speaker 9>I got to talk to him for a while. We

0:46:38.080 --> 0:46:40.040
<v Speaker 9>did a couple of zooms and I got a top

0:46:40.080 --> 0:46:42.719
<v Speaker 9>thirty visit here, so I got to interact with him

0:46:42.719 --> 0:46:43.720
<v Speaker 9>a lot before the draft.

0:46:44.239 --> 0:46:47.239
<v Speaker 2>What have you been led to believe about the opportunity here?

0:46:47.280 --> 0:46:49.919
<v Speaker 2>Do you anticipate a training camp battle for the job.

0:46:50.440 --> 0:46:51.000
<v Speaker 4>Yes, I do.

0:46:51.120 --> 0:46:53.359
<v Speaker 9>I think it's going to be an open competition between

0:46:53.440 --> 0:46:53.960
<v Speaker 9>me and Cal.

0:46:54.960 --> 0:46:58.279
<v Speaker 2>I read an article somewhere that you apply your engineering

0:46:58.400 --> 0:47:01.120
<v Speaker 2>background to long snap. Can you explain?

0:47:01.920 --> 0:47:05.200
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I mean I even do that, Like, oh, my

0:47:05.239 --> 0:47:08.000
<v Speaker 9>butt came up a little bit that it's about variable

0:47:08.400 --> 0:47:12.040
<v Speaker 9>mitigation and like, h if your hips are going this high,

0:47:12.080 --> 0:47:15.239
<v Speaker 9>like you can't have it go over this angle. It's

0:47:15.280 --> 0:47:17.600
<v Speaker 9>like that's where you get to a zone where it's

0:47:18.560 --> 0:47:21.720
<v Speaker 9>you're gonna fly the ball over the punter shatter. So's

0:47:21.840 --> 0:47:26.960
<v Speaker 9>it's just like I did actually do a project snapping

0:47:27.120 --> 0:47:28.160
<v Speaker 9>in college.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's get an egg, no, give me a bet.

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<v Speaker 9>But but what can you say?

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<v Speaker 5>It was a summer class.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you deserve a beat?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 9>I got to in the class. I gotta be in

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<v Speaker 9>the project. Oh I thought I deserve today.

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<v Speaker 6>I put so much into that.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds like his professor was a tough grader. I

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<v Speaker 2>found it interesting that Will had a top thirty visit

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<v Speaker 2>to Cincinnati before the draft. I have not seen that

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<v Speaker 2>reported elsewhere. The fifth and final topic is another undrafted player,

0:48:03.239 --> 0:48:07.040
<v Speaker 2>center Seth McLaughlin. After spending last year at Ohio State

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<v Speaker 2>in the previous four at Alabama, McLaughlin was a sure

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<v Speaker 2>thing to be drafted this year before tearing his achilles

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<v Speaker 2>in November. By signing him as a college free agent,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals basically wound up adding a seventh draft pick.

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<v Speaker 2>How is your recovery from a torn achilles coming along?

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<v Speaker 6>It's coming along right on progress of you know where

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<v Speaker 6>I think I should be in kind of the plan

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<v Speaker 6>that they thought I was going to be at this

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<v Speaker 6>point and just got to get back right and keep

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<v Speaker 6>going at it.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you allowed to share any sort of timetable or

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<v Speaker 2>anything like that.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, hopefully I'm back before training camp. That's kind of

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<v Speaker 6>the goal.

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<v Speaker 2>So you are widely expected to be a third or

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<v Speaker 2>fourth round pick based on the things that I've read.

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<v Speaker 2>How difficult was it to get injured in November? And

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<v Speaker 2>how did you cope?

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<v Speaker 6>I coached by just hanging out around the guys and

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<v Speaker 6>still being a part of the team and trying to

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<v Speaker 6>coach where I can and help out where I can,

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<v Speaker 6>definitely made it a lot better that we ended up

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<v Speaker 6>winning at all, and I didn't have to feel any

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<v Speaker 6>sort of guilt for you know, letting the team down,

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<v Speaker 6>getting hurt or anything like that. So that was definitely

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<v Speaker 6>a positive. You know, I didn't expect to go undrafted,

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<v Speaker 6>but it is what it is. Can't control what happens.

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<v Speaker 6>All I can control is how I attack rehab and

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<v Speaker 6>how I learned the offense, and you know, how I

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<v Speaker 6>gel with the guys in the room. And that's my

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<v Speaker 6>goal to come in and eventually, you know, be a

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<v Speaker 6>be a solid part of this team and help this

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<v Speaker 6>team win games.

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<v Speaker 2>ESPN rated you as the number one undrafted player available

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<v Speaker 2>this year. I imagine you saw that, and I imagine

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<v Speaker 2>there had to be a lot of interest from NFL teams.

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<v Speaker 2>What led you to Cincinnati Just the.

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<v Speaker 6>Quality of organization here, the quality of you know, offense

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<v Speaker 6>that's going to be here for as long as Joe

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<v Speaker 6>Burrows here and even after it's close down the road,

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<v Speaker 6>the move wasn't going to be too hard. I love

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<v Speaker 6>being in Ohio. I love Ohio, love the people in Ohio.

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<v Speaker 6>I know they love their football. So just to stay

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<v Speaker 6>here in the state and go compete in win games,

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<v Speaker 6>it was just an opportunity I can pass up.

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<v Speaker 2>Ted Karras has one year left on his deal. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you look at NFL rosters and try to ascertain where

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<v Speaker 2>there might be the best opportunity down the road.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I let my agent do that. I really just

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<v Speaker 6>focus on doing my rehab and controlling what I can control,

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<v Speaker 6>and I kind of left that up to him to decide,

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<v Speaker 6>and he just told me, he advised meent this is

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<v Speaker 6>going to be a really good spot, and like all

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<v Speaker 6>the things I mentioned earlier played into it.

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<v Speaker 2>Seth said the goal is to be back from his

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<v Speaker 2>injury in time for training camp. Experience tells me that

0:50:45.320 --> 0:50:49.000
<v Speaker 2>the player's perspective on an injury timetable is always the

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<v Speaker 2>best case scenario. So we'll see if that's the way

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<v Speaker 2>it plays out. But even if it takes a little longer,

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<v Speaker 2>Seth has a real chance to be an NFL starter

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