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Speaker 1: as the Bengals announced the final two members of their

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Speaker 1: In April, the Bengals announced the formation of a Ring

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Speaker 1: The first two members of the four person inaugural class

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Speaker 1: to select the final two members of this year's class.

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Speaker 1: They have selected Ken Anderson and Ken Riley. Ken Anderson

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Speaker 1: spent a team record sixteen seasons in a Bengals uniform,

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Speaker 1: The four time Pro bowler holds the team record for

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Speaker 1: Brown on the third round draft pick out of tiny

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Speaker 1: Augustana College. My brother Pete was scouting director. We were

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Speaker 1: What did Anthony Munio's mean to you in the franchise?

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Speaker 1: why it was so hard to beat him fights. And

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Speaker 1: homework and make sure it is and get beat again

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Speaker 1: on that move. So and I think it served it

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Speaker 1: will to play for fifteen years and like I said,

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Speaker 1: continue to play at that high level. Paul of famers,

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Speaker 1: Mel Blunt and James Lofton recently did videos to make

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Speaker 1: the case that your father should be in the Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame. What's it mean when those legendary figures,

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Speaker 1: and there are others as well, speak out in favor

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Speaker 1: of your father. I mean, it's a great honor. It

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Speaker 1: really makes you feel great. And like I said, Mel

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Speaker 1: Blunt and James Blounton are awesome guys. I mean I

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Speaker 1: have the utmost suspect for them, and my father did

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Speaker 1: as well. But just to hear other Hall of famers

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Speaker 1: we really really appreciate that support, and it really does

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Speaker 1: mean a lot because they carry a lot of weight

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Speaker 1: because they were his contemporary peers and you know, for

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Speaker 1: to have them, and they all Hall of famers and

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Speaker 1: had Hall of Fame careers, So just to hear others

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Speaker 1: speak so holly them, it really means a lot. The

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Speaker 1: initial Ring of Honor class is going to be honored

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Speaker 1: when the Bengals host Jacksonville on Thursday Night Football September thirtieth.

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Speaker 1: Anything in particular you are looking forward to when you

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Speaker 1: and your family come to Cincinnati for that ceremony. It's

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Speaker 1: always just great to be there. I've never missed the

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Speaker 1: game when they've had something, specially my followers invited back,

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Speaker 1: so it's kind of really speak but always love the

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Speaker 1: city of Cincinnati. That's actually where I was born at.

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Speaker 1: I came two months early, so I guess it was

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Speaker 1: just look forward to seeing Ken Anderson, who's definitely well

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Speaker 1: deserving of this honor, as well as the Pro Football

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Speaker 1: with Coach Bowl Brown who you know drafted my David

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Speaker 1: dad a game that the first opportunity is such a

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Speaker 1: great honor and we just look forward to always look

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Speaker 1: Bingles state, you know, now in root for him. So

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Speaker 1: very excited about the upcoming season, and I think it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a great year for him. Your father

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Speaker 1: was famously nicknamed the Rattler. Does the Riley family love

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Speaker 1: You know, the more I thought about it, just like

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Speaker 1: it fit him perfectly. And it's a pretty cool nickname,

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Speaker 1: the Ratlers. So I remember his uh one of his

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Speaker 1: favorite cards, he had Mercedes Mercedes Bins and on the

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Speaker 1: dash she had Ken Riley the Ratler. Somebody had gave

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Speaker 1: it to him, So that always just sticks out in

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Speaker 1: my mind, you know, just you know, the ratlet. He

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Speaker 1: perfect name for him and a perfect selection to be

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Speaker 1: one of the four people going into the Bengals Ring

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Speaker 1: of Honor in the first year of induction. Congratulations on

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Speaker 1: this well deserved daughter. I appreciate your time today and

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Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you as part of the celebration

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Speaker 1: on September thirtieth. Thank you, and like I said, it's

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Speaker 1: truly an I think all the fans and you know,

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Speaker 1: the season ticket holders for you know, voting your son

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Speaker 1: tell you something than you, like I said, someone even

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Speaker 1: a younger generation who have never saw him play supporting him.

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Speaker 1: So it's definitely honored to go on with all the

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Speaker 1: other grades to Ken Anderson's and Anthony Munios and coach

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Speaker 1: Paul Brown. So right, honor, thanks for the time and

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Speaker 1: all can said thanks for the support. I thanks to

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Speaker 1: Ken Anderson and Ken Riley the second and that's going

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