WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: I Love Everybody 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.359 Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:15.840 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The I love everybody, especially you. Addition, 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.280 as we take a look at the three players selected 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.040 by the Bengals on Day three of the draft before 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:24.239 doing an overview of the entire class with my broadcast 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.040 partner Dave Lapham, The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.840 Ultimate Bengals. Download Ultimate Bengals ahead of the twenty twenty 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.720 two season. It's free to play next level fantasy football 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.880 with fantastic Bengals prizes. Get it now on the App 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.159 Store and Google Play. 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There's a photo of Nolan 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.200 Ryan being carried off the field after one of his 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:19.199 seven no hitters, and the caption reads in five years. 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:23.160 This is how they'll treat you after pitching six innings. 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.119 So if you're looking for a consistent source of humor, 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:31.720 follow at super seventy sports on Twitter and you'll discover 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:37.240 that the words sweet bastard makes nearly any sentence funnier. Now, 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:39.480 time to get to Day three of the draft, where 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:43.319 the bengals first and only offensive players selected this year 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.680 was taken in the fourth round offensive lineman Cordell Volson 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.720 from North Dakota State. He's six six, three hundred fifteen 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.760 pounds and played mostly tackled for the Bison. But Frank 0:01:55.800 --> 0:02:00.720 Pollock thinks he'll be a guard in the NFL. He's 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.760 he's a he's physical, he's a finisher. You'll you'll see 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:05.880 him pull out on the perimeter and run pretty well, 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.520 and he's productive out in space when he did pull um. 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:14.840 He comes from a winning, winning team, winning culture. You 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:18.200 love his intangibles. I mean he's a worker. That's kind 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:21.239 of how he was raised. That's what you're looking for, 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.880 you know. Frank mentioned intangibles and was asked how much 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:29.000 emphasis he puts on that in evaluating prospects. For me, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.280 that's like line one. If you know a line two 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.799 at worst line three in my room. I mean, you 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:39.600 got to have guys that have intangibles, the work ethic, 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.040 you know what are they made up? What's their mental 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:45.120 toughnesster grit? Can they learn? Can they process fast? You know, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.080 with the way that we run our scheme on offense, 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:49.840 the defense is going to move and shift. We're gonna 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.560 invite them to do that with our motions that we utilize. 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.120 So you got people to think like this, react, adjust, 0:02:56.320 --> 0:03:00.440 and then go play fast. And then so all that 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.440 is it goes into the makeup. You know, we're not 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.280 just showing him a card and go block that guy. 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.800 There's a lot of guys who excel at that. But 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:10.440 once the it goes live, the pictures starts changing on him. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.720 You know, their play goes down. So that's huge to me. 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.520 And when a guy needs to develop, he's not going 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:19.600 to develop to the maximum ability if he doesn't have 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.919 all those intangibles. I mean, this league is a son 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.560 of a you know what, and to make it you 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.480 gotta have some you know what in your neck. You 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.680 gotta have some grit or you're not gonna make it. 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.440 I mean, I've been in this a long time as 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:36.800 a player, a horrible player, but as a and as 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.160 a coach, okay, And there was guys that you see 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.600 come and go that are so talented and got they're 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.360 off the charts, measurables and you're like, man, I come 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:45.640 not guy didn't make it. He was, you know, he 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:47.480 was in the league two three years. It's because he 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.760 don't have the other stuff that to me and the 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.360 old I'm just talking offensive line play. It's critical. It's critical. 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.160 If you don't have that, you got no chance. I 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.360 don't care how big you are, how pretty you look, 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.320 how fast you run, and none of that matters. That's 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.560 just the reality of it. Voltstan will get a chance 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.040 to compete for the open spot it left guard and 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:09.440 joins free agents Alex Kappa, Ted Carriss and El Collins 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:14.680 on a rebuilt offensive line. Here's offensive coordinator Brian Callahan. Oh, 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.880 I can't wait to see these guys get together. You know, 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:19.840 it's a it's a collection of personalities that we're really 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.960 high on that we think are going to mesh together great. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.080 You know, between Carris and Kappa, those two who have 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.080 been in town, they're already working out. I mean, those 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.200 are the guys that that We're excited to see elc 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.400 you'll be here at some point too very soon, and 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:35.920 to see those guys get in the room and start 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.760 to compete and start to build that camaraderie. And I 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.240 think when you talk to Frank, one of the biggest 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.920 parts about the offensive line, excuse me, different than really 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.280 probably any position, is the way that unit comes together, 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.840 you know, with those five starting guys, and the personality 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.680 they take on together as a as a unit, as 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.440 a room is really important. And I think we've added 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.440 the types of players that are going to contribute to 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.479 bolstering that mentality in our room that we're looking for. 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.880 And I'm excited for the competition. I think that that's 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.840 going to really raise the level, raise the boats, if 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:10.640 you will, the guys in the room try to get 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.800 the best out of all of them. And I'm excited 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.360 for that competition to start. I'm excited for those guys 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.680 to get together, and I'm can't wait to see what 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.919 our line looks like this year and compared to what 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:22.960 we've had in the past, and I'm really excited about it. 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.200 I think Frank, you probably feel the same way. With 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.560 our auditions that we've made so it's it's it's exciting. 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.360 I'm I'm'm sure Frank can't wait to get his hands 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.599 on him all together and get get coaching and teaching 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.280 and get back on the grass. But I'm excited. I 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:37.640 think we've done a lot of good things for that 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.679 for that room. Over the course of this offseason, Olson 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.400 was selected number one thirty six overall. That's higher than 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.440 where he was projected to go by Pro Football Focus 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:51.120 and the Athletics Dane Bruegler, largely because he's not a 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.640 great athlete, but he played every position but center during 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.080 his six years at North Dakota State and was a 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:01.200 three time FCS All American. I'm a I'm a physical 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.400 player that that you know, pride myself on being the 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.159 hardest worker in the room. He's just going to come 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:11.800 in and work hard, um and uh, you know, just 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.679 just continue to play through to and through the echo 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.479 of the whistle, and you know, just just imposed my 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.839 will every snap and you know, be a relentless physical player. 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.400 And he's looking forward to playing for a coach who 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.599 loves glass eaters in Frank Pollock. That's the type of 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.800 player that you're going to get with me, and you 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.880 know to play offensive line, I think you gotta be 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.560 wired just a little bit different. And you know that 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.520 that's the way that I am, and and have an 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.800 opportunity to play for a coach, it's the same way. 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.800 I'm really looking forward to that. In the fifth round, 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.960 the Bengals traded up, sending their fifth round pick and 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.200 a seventh round selection to the Bears in order to 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:50.640 move up eight spots where they drafted University of Toledo's 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:56.480 safety Tyson Anderson. Here's defensive coordinator lou Ana Romo. Another big, 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.599 you know measurable guy, right, so, height, weight, speed, the 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:03.080 way you heasy game. He's smart, gives us again the 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:07.680 flexibility do a bunch of different things. So he's uh, 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.320 he was very intriguing to me. We did a great 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.080 job going to get him. Selecting Anderson marked the third 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.680 time in five rounds that the Bengals added speed to 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:20.760 their secondary. First round draft pick Dax Hill and second 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.240 rounder cam Taylor Britt each ran a four three eight 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:28.119 forty at the combine, and Anderson top that by running 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.560 a four three six. Here's Anna Rumo on the need 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:36.520 for speed in today's NFL. We're gonna play a bunch 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.640 of great receivers as we all know. You know, think 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.720 about Miami's speed on their perimeter, right with Tyreek and 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:47.480 Waddle and the guys in our division. You know, there's 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:52.160 there's speed everywhere. So especially in the back end, those 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.280 guys are gonna get out of position some just by 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.280 the nature of their jobs, and if they can't get 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:01.120 back into the play, you know they're gonna struggle. So 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.080 these guys do have the makeup and recovery speed, um, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.760 and that's what we're looking for with those additions to 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.720 the secondary, plus guys like Trey Hendrickson upfront and Logan 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.080 Wilson at linebacker. Does Anna Rumo think he has one 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.440 of the fastest defenses in the NFL? I would like 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:19.320 to think. So. You know, we've got some guys at 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.800 each level, as you mentioned, that can really run. And 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.720 that's uh, that's that's where this game has gotten too. 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.960 In addition to being fast, Tyson Adderson is smart. He's 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.880 just a few classes away from earning a master's degree 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.240 in leadership. I think my biggest strength, honestly is my 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.200 like mine intelligence, my football IQ. That's my biggest strength. 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.719 My smarts and bit of ability to adapt on the 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:47.000 fly and just line fast. Darren Simmons was undoubtedly excited 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.080 by this pick, since the speedy Adderson played nearly nine 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:54.360 hundred special team snaps at Toledo. He also fits the 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.840 organization's recent emphasis on drafting leaders, since Tyson was voted 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.120 team captain three times in college. I just I just 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:05.160 take it serious. To be honest, I know I'm a leader. 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.360 I know my voice needs to be heard, and I 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.400 know when I stand up and say something that's gonna 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.600 be the right thing. And I'm just excited to be honest. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.040 Since the Bengals traded out of the sixth round and 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.080 also traded their first pick in the seventh, their final 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.560 selection in the seventh round number two fifty two overall 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:27.160 was edge rusher Jeffrey Gunter out of Coastal Carolina, who 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.520 was projected to be taken one round earlier by Dane Brugler. 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.040 The six four, two hundred and fifty eight pounder posted 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.400 good speed and strength numbers at the Combine and had 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:41.400 eighteen sacks over his last three seasons. Here's Zach Taylor. 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.680 You know, I have not personally spoken to him, but 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.920 the coaches that have, you know, with Marion and Duff 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.120 really like like his personality and I feel really good 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:50.679 about him. So speaking to him on the phone, I 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.240 know he was he was really excited to be here. 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:57.000 And so the reports are all that he's a tremendous kid. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.920 The staff, they're really enjoyed having him, and we think 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.840 that he provides some value for us, you know, in 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.480 the seventh round, it's we're happy to get him there 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.640 after taking an inside pass rusher in the third round 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.960 and Zach Carter Gunter adds an outside pass rusher from 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.480 a school that went twenty two and three over the 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.800 last two years. You know, he's played effectively for them 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.680 at Coastal and they've had a great team. That's a 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.440 team I followed from AFAR for a number of years 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:28.600 now just because they've done such a tremendous job. I 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.560 think they're really innovative both sides the ball with their schemes. 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.480 They've had a ton of success. They're now starting to 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.079 have some players come out of there, and and it's 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.040 one of those programs when when guys come out, because 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.480 I remember one that came out last year and you 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:44.120 can just tell they're they're made of the right stuff. 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.520 They've had high standards there at that program, They've been 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.480 coached the right way, their expectations are to win. So 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.240 it's exciting when you evaluate players from programs like that 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:54.760 that come into the building and they know that there's 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.880 gonna be high expectations for him, and so that's certainly 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.880 a trait that he's got. I think that he's a 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:01.840 again one of those guys that's gonna ask some versatility 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.040 to that room. And but but he's more of an 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.960 outside guy as opposed to an inside guy for us. 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:09.240 So the definition of what his role is, it's that's 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.120 really hard to say. He's gonna jump in there and 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.880 provide competition for our guys that play more outside than inside, 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.520 and we'll just see where we fit him from there. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:21.800 Doctor says playing at Coastal Carol Lineup prepared him for 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.800 the challenges ahead and trying to make the Bengals roster. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.040 I'm gonna say something that's a little little different. Man. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:28.960 Nobody wants to go to Coastal. And the reason I 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.920 say that is because everybody wants to go to Alabama, Clemson, 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.520 all that, and the players that Coastal are the same 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:36.880 way we go to Coast because they would only want 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:38.240 to give us the opportunity. And you know that's what 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.079 I carry out of the Bengals. I gotta tip of 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.320 my shoulder the size of a boulder, and I'm gonna 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:43.840 just take that to pranks from me every day, Take 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.680 that to every rep, take that to every place, you know. 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.440 And that's what the Coastal brought me. Man, the tip 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:49.880 of my shoulder, and it tells me how to work. 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.120 So that's why I'm bringing in to Bengals. Gunter was 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.600 a two star recruit coming out of high school and 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.760 weighed one hundred eighty five pounds as a senior. Now 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.120 he's an NFL fell draft pick. Man, I'll go maybe 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:07.079 cry I beaming. I've been dreaming day since I was 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:08.560 eight years old. I used to I used to be 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.640 a I used to be five. You know what I'm saying. 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.440 I would watch America's game like back to back to 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.920 back on Inshide Networks, and it's just like seeing my 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.880 name go across that screen. It's just everything I did 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.840 was worth it. You know. He's an easy guy to 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:25.280 root for. The Bengals. Booth podcast is presented by Ultimate Bengals. 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.560 They're free to play fantasy football game. This past season, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.320 Ultimate Bengals awarded a weekly winner during the course of 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:35.400 the year with tickets, autograph merchandise, and money can't buy 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:39.600 experiences all up for grabs. Find Ultimate Bengals in the 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.959 app Store and Google Play. Now time to bring in 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.680 my broadcast partner Dave Lapham for a look at Day 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.360 three and some thoughts on the entire class. Lap The 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.360 Bengals went into the draft with eight picks. They wound 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.960 up having six after trading up twice. What stands out 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.199 to you about the six guys they wound up selecting. Well, 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.600 I think, first of all, I think in a lot 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:05.880 of people's opinion, and I think the Bengals opinion, it 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.000 was probably justified that it was a thin draft, you know, 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:12.280 so they were going for quality rather than quantity, and 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:16.120 when they targeted somebody that they really felt could help 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:20.240 them and not necessarily an area of need. I think 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.840 need might be a little strong, but definitely areas you 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.959 wanted to get better at and add to depth. They 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:30.440 didn't hesitate, and they moved up twice to get you know, 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:35.960 to get players, and obviously in free agency they attacked 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.280 an area of need in the offensive line, and in 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.400 the draft they attacked the secondary. So those were two 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.400 areas that they felt they wanted to improve and better 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.440 those entire position groups, and they went about it, and 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:52.680 I think in a successful way. So I joked in 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:54.800 a story I wrote on Bengals dot Com that I 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.280 think that Tom Cruise character Maverick from the movie Top 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:02.800 Gun was in the Benk draft room. Because they felt 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.760 the need the need for speed. They drafted two guys 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.520 who ran a four three eight forty. They ran, They 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.040 drafted a guy who ran a four to three six forty. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.000 Their last pick in the seventh round was about a 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.720 two hundred and sixty pound guy ran a four seven forty. 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.720 They got faster in this draft they did. They did 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.600 I think as a as a defensive unit, they definitely 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:28.120 in all levels really they have some good team speed. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:32.560 I mean Logan Wilson, M Davis Gaither, those guys can 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.080 run at linebacker, Sam Hubbard Hendrickson, these guys can move, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.640 they can run h and as a result, lou Anna 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:43.720 Rumo will you know, use them in different ways, will 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:48.080 take advantage of that athleticism, the versatility of that athleticism, 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.720 and designed some some things that you don't see on 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.360 an everyday basis or every week basis in the National 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.720 Football League. So that's a big advantage. And he added 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.920 to it. I mean, it's like, uh, he has more 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.760 spies than the CIA and the FBI spy candidates everywhere, 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.200 There's no question about it, at every level of that 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:11.960 defensive football team. So yeah, I think they definitely increased 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.240 their overall team speed. And there's always a trickle down 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.200 effect to Darren Simmons too. Whenever you have a roster 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:22.120 that has increased its team speed at positions you like 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:27.160 in the secondary, those guys give Darren Simmons special team 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.320 snap so they get faster there as well, which I'm 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.840 sure Darren doesn't have a problem within any way, shape 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.480 or form. The other thing that you know struck me 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:42.720 is I remember Paul Brown every single training camp in 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.800 his message, which was the same message, by the way, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:49.600 every year at training camp, talking about this significance and 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:57.320 importance of intelligence and overall intelligence and more importantly football intelligence. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:02.400 And you've got a lot of guys that sometimes probably 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.080 because of COVID, having the extra year of eligibility gave 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.080 them an extra year to get the school work done, 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.080 and you have a lot of guys that cut degrees, 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:14.160 a lot of guys are finishing graduate degrees, and some 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.760 even have the graduate degrees. And then you've got guys 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.560 who were captains, two time captains and even a three 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:24.000 time captain. So some of the things that they've found, 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.960 you know, work for them to have a checklist of 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:30.280 guys to add to the culture and be able to 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.480 make a contribution to the football team in areas the 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.680 most importantly, it's got to be on the football field, 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.680 what are you doing there? But if you can you 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.800 add pieces to the culture off the football field, in 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.440 the locker room, in the community, that's all big two. 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.200 All right, Let's look specifically at the three guys that 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.720 they drafted on the final day, beginning with fourth round 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:56.160 draft pick offensive lineman Cordell Vulson six six, three hundred 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.320 and fifteen pounds. Not thought to be a great athlete, 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.720 but very productive player at North Dakota State, three times 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.600 first team All Conference, he started his last forty one games. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.480 He had the best pass blocking grades at the Shrine Bowl, 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:15.560 and obviously a guy that Frank Pollock really seemed to like. Yeah, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.960 I mean, here's a guy that's a three time FCS 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.880 All American and his list of accomplishments. You know, every 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.040 they put out press releases in All American teams and 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:32.560 you know, from various platforms associated press stats perform All 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:36.080 American team, hero sports, athlete, sports. I mean he was, 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.520 he was first team All American in all of them. 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:43.160 And not only did he perform at a very high level, 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:47.199 but North Dakota State is a perennial dominant force. I 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.520 mean he was involved with. I mean, if you don't 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.000 want a national championship there, you stink, you know, I mean, 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:56.159 it's just you haven't gotten the job done. So this uh, 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.960 he appeared in a school record sixty five games and 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.120 including forty one starts, like he said, and he's played 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:06.040 all four positions during his career. So again, position versatility 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:10.320 becomes a scenario. Now he played tackle his last year, 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.040 but I think they're going to kick him inside to uh, 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:17.359 you know, to the guard position. Um, part of four 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:21.280 national championship teams during his six year career, and he's 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.960 a two time captain. So this this guy, this guy's 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:27.920 he's got some uh, he's got some pedigree to him. Um, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:34.159 he's got good habits both personally and team achievement wise. 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:38.399 Uh so guys like that. Even though he didn't you know, 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.760 perform at a big you know, power five school situation 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.520 in front of a hundred thousand people, he's got some 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.520 some skins on the wall. You know, there's no there's 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:50.440 no question about it. And I think he's going to 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.040 be very prideful of that, and he should be. We 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.800 had a chance to visit with Frank Pollock for an 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.280 extended period of time after this election, and it was 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:03.679 obvious how much he likes the kid. His attitude, his 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:07.199 work ethic, and the intangibles. Yeah, I think nothing was 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:10.560 given to him, you know. Uh, his dad's got a 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:14.159 tremendous work ethic and this kid has a work ethic 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.959 and a blue collar mentality and nature to him. Um, 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.520 you know, I think I think he was he was 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:24.199 raised to believe that you're not given every anything. What 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:27.040 you what you uh, you have to earn it all. 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:28.560 It's not going to be given to you. There's no 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:32.720 handouts and so that that that'll that'll translate well in 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.840 Frank Pollock's room for sure. And uh, um, you know 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:40.360 he's right now. If i'm him, I'm thinking I'm the 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:44.320 only offensive player this football team drafted and there's one 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:47.600 position in the offensive line that's available and open. Now, 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:49.560 I know there are other veteran players that are going 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:51.960 to be competing for it, but they drafted me and 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.280 told me that I'm probably going to start my career 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:56.720 as a guard and that left guard job is open. 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:01.240 Laser focus. That's the goal. Now, you know, that's the 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:04.000 ultimate goal. But if you don't start as a rookie 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:07.600 in the National Football League, I mean, that's fine, but 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:11.080 that should be your ultimate goal and then other things 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.320 take place, you know, the latter of success. All right, Well, 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:18.080 I'm going to make the active roster on game day. 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:20.200 I'm going to be one of the seven or eight 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.600 offensive linemen that Frank Pollack believes that are going to 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:26.280 help us win football games. That's the next thing. If 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:29.920 you don't, you know, get the starting job. So there's 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:32.200 plenty of things, plenty of things for him to set 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:34.600 his sights on, and the way he's worked through his 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.640 entire career, I would not be surprised to see him 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:40.280 be a pretty high achiever. So that is fourth round 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:43.919 draft pick Cordell Volsen. We moved to the fifth round 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:45.960 and that marked the second time in the draft that 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:48.680 the Bengals traded up. They moved up eight spots from 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:51.680 one seventy four to one sixty six, made a deal 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.080 with the Bears. They gave up their fifth round pick 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:56.040 and also the early pick that they had in the 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:58.440 seventh round, the one they got from the Giants and 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:00.800 the Billy Price trade, and they wound up taking a 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:05.080 safety from the University of Toledo named Tyson Anderson. Now, 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:07.840 of all of the players the Bengals selected in his draft, 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.600 the six players that they selected, he was the guy 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:15.280 that was rated higher than the spot where they were 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:17.920 able to get him more than anybody else. Pro Football 0:21:17.960 --> 0:21:20.520 Focus had him as a third or fourth round pick. 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:24.040 Dane Brugler had him as a fourth round pick. Again, 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:27.080 the Bengals got him in the fifth round, number one 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:29.680 sixty six. This is a guy with good size six 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:32.960 one two o nine who again ran a four three 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:37.359