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Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The we gotta get right back

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Speaker 1: to where we started from edition as I visit with

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite guests, radio and TV host and

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Speaker 1: NFL dot Com columnist Adam Shine. Then Bengals dot Com

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Speaker 1: editor Jeff Hobson joins me to discuss the biggest positives

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Speaker 1: the greatest thing since a good steak. Last weekend, I

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Speaker 1: traveled to Arkansas to call the UC Bearcat season opener,

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Speaker 1: and I figured it would be wise to get a

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Speaker 1: Friday night dinner recommendation from former razorback star Brandon Allen,

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Speaker 1: who not only played at Arkansas but grew up near campus.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals backup quarterback set me and my friends to Doze.

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Speaker 1: That's d Oe apostrophe S, a casual steakhouse with four

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Speaker 1: was not only delicious, but it was gigantic. It would

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Speaker 1: in one I am happy to pass along. If you

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Speaker 1: like a big, juicy steak when in Arkansas, go to Doze.

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Speaker 1: Now time to get to my first guest. He hosts

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Speaker 1: show on CBS Sports Net. He has his own podcast.

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Speaker 1: He writes a column for NFL dot Com. He is

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Speaker 1: my guy, Adam Shy. Now, with that schedule, Adam, there's

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Speaker 1: not a lot of free time, so I really appreciate

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Speaker 1: you doing this. Let's start with Joe Burrow. Your admiration

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Speaker 1: used the word obsessed before give us the national perspective.

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Speaker 1: What has Joe Burrow done for the Cincinnati Bengals. Well,

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Speaker 1: first and foremost, Dan, It's always great to be with you.

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Speaker 1: Love you, lovely, love your podcast, love listening to your

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Speaker 1: play by play calls of the Cincinnati Bengals, and listen.

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Speaker 1: I I'm obsessed with Joe Burrow. I love Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: season ever in the history of college football, and that

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Speaker 1: needed talent, swagger, attitude at the quarterback position. Look, the

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Speaker 1: Bengals caught a lot of people off guard last year.

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Speaker 1: I thought they'd be great. I did not think they

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Speaker 1: we expect to win these games. We expect to be here,

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Speaker 1: we talk about how there's no element of surprise or

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Speaker 1: Cinderella story. I mean, his story is pretty amazing considering

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Speaker 1: to the postseason run last year. And I think you've

426
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Speaker 1: got some guys that are emerging that are going to

427
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Speaker 1: help make that defense even better. Dax Hill is going

428
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Speaker 1: to be a nice versatile piece for lou Anna Rumo.

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Speaker 1: And I'm really interested to see what a Keem Davis

430
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Speaker 1: Gaither is going to do this year because while Logan

431
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Speaker 1: Wilson was not practicing eleven out eleven for two thirds

432
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Speaker 1: of training camp, Keem Davis Gaither looked really good. So

433
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Speaker 1: he's going to be used in a lot of situations

434
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Speaker 1: by lou Anna Rumo. We know he's good in the

435
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Speaker 1: passing game. I think they might be able to get

436
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Speaker 1: more use out of him in early down So with

437
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Speaker 1: those two editions and the guys they've got coming back.

438
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Speaker 1: I think the defense is something to be very excited

439
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Speaker 1: about for Bengals fans. Let's move to topic number three,

440
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Speaker 1: and this is the flip side of what we were

441
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Speaker 1: just talking about. What's your biggest concern into Week one? Oh,

442
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Speaker 1: I'm the classic front runner here. My biggest concern is

443
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: they didn't play anybody in the in the preseason, So

444
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: that's a that's a classic front runner for you. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I guess if that's one thing, you know,

446
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Speaker 1: that maybe what we're you know, how long we'll take

447
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 1: him to get into sinking the opener? You know, will

448
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Speaker 1: you know, will will they come out sluggish? Will they

449
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Speaker 1: you know, will they not come out of the gate quickly?

450
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Speaker 1: And will they have to knock off Rustum? And how

451
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Speaker 1: long we'll take him a knockoff rust? But I think

452
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Speaker 1: I'd rather be healthy. I think I'd rather be healthy.

453
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Speaker 1: And if it takes you know, if it takes a

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Speaker 1: quarter and a half, you know, to get into it,

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Speaker 1: then then I think over a seventeen a seventeen game,

456
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Speaker 1: eighteen wink eighteen wink week Valley Forge swag that the

457
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Speaker 1: NFL has become, then I think I'll take the first

458
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Speaker 1: you know, the first you know, two quarters getting into it,

459
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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I think I think that's worth

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Speaker 1: I think that's worth the uh the risk. And I

461
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Speaker 1: think the way they play the game now, you know,

462
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Speaker 1: I just think it's I think they I think they

463
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Speaker 1: got enough work in. You know, the way the game

464
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Speaker 1: is played now. Uh, they you know, they get about

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Speaker 1: they gotta lock. You know, they get a lot of

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Speaker 1: work in. I think they got in more work against

467
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Speaker 1: the Rams, which was pretty close to live. It was

468
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Speaker 1: live for everything but tackling. You know, they got in

469
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Speaker 1: to play as much work as they would have if

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Speaker 1: they did the preseason before, when they played about fifteen

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Speaker 1: preseason snaps. So you know, maybe that's you know, I

472
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Speaker 1: think they probably have done just as much work. It's

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Speaker 1: in a different it's in a different fashion. So maybe,

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Speaker 1: like like any fan, I'm worried about nothing. My biggest

475
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: concern is the offensive line. I think it's going to

476
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Speaker 1: be better. I liked what they did in the offseason.

477
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Speaker 1: I liked the new pieces on the offensive line, but

478
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Speaker 1: we still haven't seen it. When they take their first

479
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Speaker 1: stat snap against the Steelers, it will be their first

480
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Speaker 1: snap together in a game. I don't know if three

481
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Speaker 1: weeks basically working together is enough to develop that chemistry

482
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Speaker 1: and timing and communication that an offensive line needs to

483
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Speaker 1: be good. Dave Lapham seems to think that's enough time.

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Speaker 1: Frank Pollock seems to think that's enough time. I hope

485
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Speaker 1: it's enough time, But I guess until I see it,

486
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Speaker 1: I'm going to remain a little bit concerned about it.

487
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: Plus l Collins, you know the amount of time he missed,

488
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Speaker 1: how much rust is there going to be there to

489
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Speaker 1: begin the season? He looked pretty good in the first

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Speaker 1: joint practice against the Rams. Not so good the next day.

491
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Speaker 1: Maybe he was just, you know, exhausted because he had

492
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Speaker 1: not taken part in eleven on eleven football prior to that.

493
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Speaker 1: Will Cordell Wolson be able to pick up the type

494
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Speaker 1: of stuff that the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to show

495
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Speaker 1: him in Week one and the Ravens are going to

496
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Speaker 1: show him when they get to the Baltimore game. So again,

497
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Speaker 1: I think it should be better. I think it should

498
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Speaker 1: be at least league average, But until I see it,

499
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Speaker 1: there's going to be a little bit of concern there

500
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Speaker 1: for me. The other thing I would say that is

501
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Speaker 1: shaping up as a current concern would just be cornerback depth.

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Speaker 1: Should it be a Wouge looks great, looks healthy, That's fine.

503
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Speaker 1: Mike Kilton, same thing, looks great, looks healthy. After that,

504
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Speaker 1: you've got some question marks. Elie Apple had a good

505
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Speaker 1: training camp but then had fluid drained from his thigh

506
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Speaker 1: at the end of camp. We'll see how that looks

507
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Speaker 1: going into the season. Opener Cam Taylor Britt's going to

508
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: be out for a while. After you get by the starters.

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Speaker 1: You've got Trey Flowers, who is pretty good in a

510
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Speaker 1: situational role, but how good would he be as your

511
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Speaker 1: starting corner if he had to go in there. Jalen

512
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Speaker 1: Davis has been good in preseason games over the past

513
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Speaker 1: couple of years, but if you had to rely on

514
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Speaker 1: him in the slot taking Mike Hilton's place, how good

515
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Speaker 1: would he be? Alan George good for him, I mean,

516
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Speaker 1: I think it's great that he's made this team as

517
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Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt, But how confident

518
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Speaker 1: would you be if he had to be in there

519
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Speaker 1: for meaningful snaps? So I guess those are the two

520
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: things that stand out to me as the biggest concerns

521
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Speaker 1: that I have. Will the offensive line be as good

522
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Speaker 1: as we hoped it would be when they made those additions,

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Speaker 1: and uh, well they have enough enough depth at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the season at the cornerback position. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I would just say a court nobody has any depth

526
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Speaker 1: of cornerback right what you what you just ran through

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Speaker 1: is I would have bet what thirty one other teams

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Speaker 1: are going through right now. Certainly the Rams are ye

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Speaker 1: after looking at what they had after the you know,

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Speaker 1: the the you know, the third and fourth corner. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's how you make it live in this league. How

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Speaker 1: many times have we had Chase or Boyd or he

533
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Speaker 1: could scorn a touchdown and you look down at you

534
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Speaker 1: you look down at your flip card to see who

535
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Speaker 1: they beat. You never heard of the guy, you know,

536
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Speaker 1: And that's uh, that's that's that's what happens, you know. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I don't you know, I think, uh, and I think

538
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Speaker 1: kind of just switched flop them back of the offensive line.

539
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: I understand the concern. But the thing that I think

540
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: maybe different and you know, yeah, and we won't know.

541
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Speaker 1: We won't know if three weeks is enough. We won't

542
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: know if LC will hold up these or questions that

543
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: you know, they can't be answered. But I like the

544
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Speaker 1: fact that you know, all three guys are veterans and

545
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: they know how to play. They know how to play

546
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Speaker 1: the game, you know, And I think, well, that's the

547
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Speaker 1: one thing I thought Elcu looked. I mean, there was

548
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: some ugly moments against Floyd, but heat, but but he

549
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: made you the quarterback didn't get you know, he didn't

550
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Speaker 1: make you know the quarterback. There were no there were

551
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Speaker 1: no free runners when they were out there, you know

552
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Speaker 1: what I mean. He knows how to keep the guy

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Speaker 1: away from the quarterback. I think all those Carass Kappa,

554
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Speaker 1: you know, they haven't had experience up like that up

555
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Speaker 1: front in a while. So I'm I'm thinking that's going

556
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Speaker 1: to be the difference this trip. Which are there any

557
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Speaker 1: surprises on the fifty three man roster to begin the

558
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Speaker 1: season or in the position battles now that we're set

559
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Speaker 1: for the start of the season. Yeah, yet not really.

560
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean maybe the numbers wise, I was

561
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Speaker 1: kind of surprised they went with six receivers and four

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Speaker 1: running backs. You know, I don't know if that's a

563
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Speaker 1: major Is that a major surprise? You know, that's not major.

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Speaker 1: It's a little tweak. Um you know, Alan George making it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was gonna happen when Eli get thinged and Cam

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Speaker 1: Taylor Brentman down, so that that really wasn't a surprise.

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Speaker 1: I think probably maybe shelv in the fourth round or

568
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: not being able to stick, you know. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think they thought the way he came back, I

570
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Speaker 1: think they were encouraged that he came back in shape.

571
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Speaker 1: But I think the Risks kind of bothered him, maybe

572
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Speaker 1: more than we thought. So I think they're hopefully he

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Speaker 1: can you know a little more seizing on the practice squad.

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Speaker 1: But I think other I think other than that, Wardy,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm not surprised that Hubern Harris made it. I thought,

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Speaker 1: uh that, you know, with those gut with those two guys,

577
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Speaker 1: it was gonna have to be a knockout. You know,

578
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Speaker 1: it was gonna be a have to be a third round.

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Speaker 1: You knocked them down four times in the third round.

580
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: Just didn't happen. It was they were raised or you know,

581
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Speaker 1: they were Clark Harris I thought, can still obviously get

582
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Speaker 1: down the field. And Huber Huber has you know, he

583
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Speaker 1: has knocked the ball inside the twenty against the Steelers,

584
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Speaker 1: So I think that that probably although his ke As

585
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Speaker 1: I was talking to Darren Simmons about this, he said, now,

586
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Speaker 1: I remember he said Kevin Huber hadn't done it either

587
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Speaker 1: when he got the job. But I think Kevin showed enough,

588
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Speaker 1: and I think Drew show I think Drew Christmas showed

589
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: enough talent that's worthy enough to develop, and Hubers showed

590
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Speaker 1: he's got, you know, enough left to bail out this

591
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Speaker 1: offense if they if they do need bailing out. To me,

592
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Speaker 1: Alan George from the guys that were in training camp

593
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Speaker 1: would be the biggest surprise to make the roster, But

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Speaker 1: I guess my biggest surprise overall was that they were

595
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Speaker 1: able to get three guys that look like they can help,

596
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Speaker 1: as Waiver claims, and I think that's the big surprise

597
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: to them as well, since they were thirty first in

598
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Speaker 1: the order after being the Super Bowl runner up last year.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they dreamt it'd be possible to add

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Speaker 1: three guys that they like most, especially Max Sharping, because

601
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Speaker 1: this is a guy who's been a three year starter

602
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Now, admittedly he doesn't have extraordinarily good

603
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: PF grades, he wouldn't have been available if that had

604
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: been the case, but I think if nothing else, he's

605
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Speaker 1: league average. Last year, he was ranked fifty six out

606
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Speaker 1: of ninety guards that had enough snaps by Pro Football Focus.

607
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Speaker 1: And he's not coming in to start in Cincinnati. So

608
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Speaker 1: when you can get a guy like that, proven guy

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Speaker 1: that you liked when he was drafted, that has at

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Speaker 1: least been okay in the NFL to add to your

611
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Speaker 1: depth on the offensive line, I think that's a really

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Speaker 1: good addition right before the start of the season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree, that's I mean, basically, it was a supplemental draft.

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Speaker 1: I mean they had guys, you know I you know,

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Speaker 1: fairly high draft picks make it through. And I also

616
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Speaker 1: think I think the guy who's going to end up

617
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Speaker 1: helping them probably quicker than anybody, is probably the tight

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Speaker 1: end that they picked up from the patrons because they

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Speaker 1: need to help it ight end. Even before Wilcox get hurt,

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Speaker 1: I think that was a position of need that they

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Speaker 1: were focused on that they were going to try and

622
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Speaker 1: upgrade in the last week or two of the preseason.

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Speaker 1: And I think that that's I think you're right. I

624
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Speaker 1: think that's surprising that they could get a guy of

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Speaker 1: U And I'm gonna have trouble pronouncing his name, but

626
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Speaker 1: of getting the tight end from USC, I believe is

627
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: that No? From Yeah? From USC? Right? Um, yes, right?

628
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Speaker 1: And uh they you know, the guy's a block and

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Speaker 1: I think that's what they were looking for. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know there was interesting O. J. Howard, I guess

631
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Speaker 1: according to some reports, but I think Acasi probably fits

632
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 1: them better because I think they're looking for the kind

633
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Speaker 1: of the blocking and like James Casey said, we got

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Speaker 1: to protect the quarterback. You know, we got to block

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Speaker 1: the defensive end. And here's the other thing they don't use.

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Speaker 1: You know, they don't use three tight ends a lot.

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Speaker 1: They don't use two tight ends a lot. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I think that's so that's why I think this is

639
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: what they had in mind. And I think he'll be out.

640
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: He'll probably be I'm I would imagine he'd be active.

641
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: I would think, uh and uh so I think he's

642
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: a guy that could you know, I'm gonna get to

643
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: see you to see the first short. Yeah, the situation,

644
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: we'll see, yuh see how good of a blocker he is.

645
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,399
Speaker 1: All right, let's touch on a topic that you referred to,

646
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: and that is how Zach Taylor used his starters or

647
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: didn't use his starters in the preseason games. Was that

648
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: the right decision. I'm all for it. I'm one hundred

649
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: percent for it, even if the tack buyers in the opener.

650
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 1: I think, what did we do all camp? We spent

651
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: you know, we spent it looking at pull football talk

652
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,240
Speaker 1: to see what was the what was the latest biggest injury.

653
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: You know, even the Steelers, the team they're gonna play,

654
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 1: two of their guys getting knocked out. T J. Watt,

655
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 1: their best defensive player, the player of the year, the

656
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: defensive player of the year, he got you know, he

657
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: he nicked his knee, and uh, you know, I'm not

658
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure he'll be fine. I you know,

659
00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: I hope he's fine. I'm sure he's fine, he'll be

660
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: for the opener. But I mean, I just not sure

661
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 1: you have to do that in this day and age,

662
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: the way they play the game, you know. So I

663
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 1: think it was also, you know, I think I was

664
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: talking to Dan Pitch about how much work bar got

665
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: against the Rams. Think, uh, if you throw in the

666
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 1: seven on seven stop, you get up to about sixty snaps,

667
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: you know, not granted that wasn't you know, guys weren't

668
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: hitting him. But you know it was good. You know

669
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 1: it was good. Uh it was good. Uh. I hate

670
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 1: to say because this is what everybody says, good work,

671
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: but it was kind of but it was. I think

672
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: it was good work. I mean considering that what he

673
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: would have faced in a regular preseason game, you know,

674
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: with a thread of injury or something happening. So yeah,

675
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I think, you know, and I think this

676
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,280
Speaker 1: is the I think this is the way of the future.

677
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: I mean, guys like Sean McVey and Zach, the young

678
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: head coaches, h they look at it, they see what

679
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: it is, and uh, I think they've adjusted accordingly. Here's

680
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: the answer to that question. Should Zach have rested the

681
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: starters as much as he did? Tyrn Smith Cowboys left

682
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: tackle out indefinitely. David Bakhtiari Packers at left tackle. He's

683
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,720
Speaker 1: out for Week one in all likelihood. McKay Beckton, Jets

684
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, he's out for the season. You just can't

685
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: afford in this day and age, to have your best

686
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,800
Speaker 1: players knocked out in preseason action, So you do whatever

687
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 1: you can to try to keep those guys healthy. And

688
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: like you said, if it means you get off to

689
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 1: a bit of a slow start. That's the calculated gamble

690
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 1: that you're taking. But I think it's a smart gamble.

691
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: And I do think along the lines of what you

692
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: were saying that those two joint practices against the Rams

693
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: probably gave them more legitimate preseason work than a handful

694
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: of snaps at the beginning of a preseason game would

695
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: have given them. So that seems to be the formula

696
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: going forward. Always try to have a joint practice lined

697
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: up against the team, make sure your starters get some

698
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: legitimate work with restrictions that make serious injuries less likely,

699
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: and that that's the best way to get get your

700
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: team to Game one healthy. Yeah, the only thing I

701
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: would do is I would make it. I would make

702
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 1: it with two teams and only do it once a day.

703
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: The second day seems to be a bit of a

704
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: bit of a problem, So just sign up two teams

705
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: won the second week in the training camp, and then

706
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: the next one like they did with the Rams the

707
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 1: third week in training camp, and let's go. And I guess,

708
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: but you know, they still want to sell tickets to

709
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: the games. So but that's always a good spot, good

710
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: spot to get your the games is a great way

711
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: really to to find out what the bottom of the

712
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,720
Speaker 1: roster is going to look like. Really, I think they

713
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,839
Speaker 1: the way they planned it was really just about right.

714
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 1: And one of those joint practices and preseason games should

715
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: be against the Colts like it used to be. Yeah,

716
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: the two teams are so close together. How they've gone

717
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: a couple of years after the reduction of preseason games

718
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: from four to three without playing each other is a

719
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,439
Speaker 1: mystery to me. It makes too much sense not to do. Yeah, yeah,

720
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: and uh bringing in the team from the West Coast

721
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:16,320
Speaker 1: and um, you know, and I don't know, is maybe

722
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: matching up matching up two teams that just played in

723
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. That's kind of interesting, but that might

724
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: you know. Uh, I thought that was really interesting because

725
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,319
Speaker 1: that's I think there was that was good from the

726
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: standpoint of I think there was some opening day adrenaline there.

727
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: They couldn't help me, but just you know, to be

728
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: something left over from February thirteenth. All right, a few

729
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: more topics. What do you expect from Jesse Bates to

730
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: begin the season? Jesse, he's so consistent, you know, he's

731
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: one of these guys you uh, you know, you you

732
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: wind them up, your roll them out there, and he's

733
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: gonna and he's gonna be good, you know. Uh, And

734
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think he'll be better than last year.

735
00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: I think he was pretty open about how he struggles

736
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: last year trying to come to terms with his contract

737
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 1: and playing, and he was pretty open about that. So

738
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: I think he's got his arms around that now. I

739
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: think he's in a better place. And so I think

740
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,919
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be good. I think he's

741
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: you know, he's a hell of a player. And look

742
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 1: what he did in the postseason. You know, he had

743
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: a great postseason. You know. So if he can come

744
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: anywhere near that, you know, they'll they'll be fine. Historically

745
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: he's played nearly every snap. That might go down a

746
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: little bit, especially early in the season. Maybe they'll give him,

747
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, the occasional break just because of the amount

748
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: of time missed, but I expect him to play well.

749
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Do you have an under the radar

750
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: candidate to have a breakout year? Yeah, just probably because

751
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: I just wrote about him and you know, cam Sample,

752
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: I think the versatile defensive lineman, I think he's a

753
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: And I agree with you on on Davis Gaither. I think,

754
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: I think that's a great guy to watch, and it

755
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: Cam too. You know, Cam's I think last year he

756
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: was hurt a little bit. He got hurt late in

757
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: the year with a hamstring with a hamstring issue that

758
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: took him out of the last two games. But and

759
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: I also think he was you know, he also had

760
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: some other stuff going on with his court. He ended

761
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: up having having surgery on his core. So you know,

762
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: they say, you know, he looked really good in camp.

763
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: I thought he was very active. He gives him a

764
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: guy that can go inside and outside. He's not you know,

765
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: you don't want to use him as a three technique

766
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: a lot, but you can. He's a really good edge

767
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 1: put placement, run really well. I thought. I thought that

768
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 1: was one of the major reasons last year that they

769
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: were so good against the run was Cam. I think

770
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 1: Cam played about three hundred and ten snaps. He's really

771
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: good against him run, and he can give you some

772
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 1: pressure inside too, really very you know, like Loui and

773
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: Rumo said the other day, this guy he'll play for

774
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: ten years just because he knows, just because he'll always

775
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 1: be in the right spot, you know. So I think

776
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: a guy like that, who's serious, committed another year in

777
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: the system, and he's healthy, and I think, you know,

778
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: you know, we're looking to kind of lowry open jobie

779
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,720
Speaker 1: seven sacks. It doesn't come from really the same position,

780
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 1: but maybe camp can help you get some of those.

781
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,919
Speaker 1: I don't know if this guy should count as under

782
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: the radar because I've been talking about him so much

783
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: in camp, but hayden Hurst would be my guy. I

784
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: just think he's poised to surpass the numbers that c

785
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: j Uzama put up last year. And admittedly those were

786
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: not Pro Bowl like numbers, but he was pretty productive.

787
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,720
Speaker 1: But I think hayden Hurst could have sixty plus catches.

788
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: I think he could have seven hundred plush yards, eight touchdowns,

789
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 1: with a bunch of them coming in the red zone.

790
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: I just think there's going to be so many opportunities

791
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: for him with all of the attention on the three

792
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: great wide receivers, and we know that Joe Burrow will

793
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 1: find the open man. So if hayden Hurst stays healthy,

794
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: I think he's got the chance to earn a huge

795
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: contract at the end of this year, since he signed

796
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: a one year deal with the Bengals. Let's get to

797
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: our final topic and that is next Sunday Week one

798
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Do you have an early key to that

799
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: Week one matchup? Yeah, you can't have mentioned it. I

800
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 1: mean it's it's it's always the Bengals offensive line burst

801
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: and Steelers defensive line. I always thought in this previous

802
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:21,280
Speaker 1: era of Dalton and Green, there wasn't a hex against

803
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,800
Speaker 1: the Steelers. There wasn't a jinx against the Steelers. He

804
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: had to block Hayward into it. That's that's what that

805
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: series came down to in that stretch. And I think

806
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: now with the Steelers in the post been era, trying

807
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 1: to find some weapons, got a basically a new offense.

808
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: You know they're gonna ride that defense. You know they

809
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: got three They got three good minds over there. Mike

810
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: Tomlin h he hasn't gone anywhere hell of a coach,

811
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,800
Speaker 1: but he's also got Brian Flores there a good defensive

812
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: mind as long. With Terrell Austin, the former Bengals defensive coordinator,

813
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: he's he's now the Steelers defensive coordinator. So you know,

814
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,879
Speaker 1: you know they're gonna be good on defense. They got way.

815
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: So to me, it always comes down to protect and

816
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: protect and Borrow against I mean against those guys. You

817
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: can't you can't let the Steelers defense dictate to you.

818
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: You got to attack them. I thought they did great

819
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: to let their first game down in Pittsburgh last year.

820
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, they broke their sack. They broke

821
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 1: the Steelers consecutive game for sacks. Borrow didn't gets sacked.

822
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: And you know need another one like that being great,

823
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: it's a great be a great way for this offensive

824
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: line to get off the and I think that's the

825
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: other thing that's the key. But guys like Carris and Kappa,

826
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 1: they can get they can get Volson through a game

827
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 1: like that. All those guys have played in Super Bowls,

828
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, So I think, you know, I think that's

829
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: a this is trip around. I think it's a pretty

830
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: good matchup at home. The Steelers have led the NFL

831
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: and sacks in each of the last five years. That

832
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: is a record for longest streak by any team in

833
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,799
Speaker 1: NFL history. So what you're saying makes sense. And yet

834
00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: I am shocked because the Steelers were dead la in

835
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: the NFL. It's stopping the run last year, which is

836
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: highly unusual for them. I thought, for sure, I was

837
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:10,359
Speaker 1: going to get a Joe Mixon versus that questionable run

838
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,919
Speaker 1: stopping defense would be the key to the game. Well, yeah,

839
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: well the Steelers gave up five yards per bolt, which

840
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: is very very Unsteeler like. But I you know, I

841
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,720
Speaker 1: don't know, because then that would be the great answer,

842
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 1: you know, to you know, for for Volson and that

843
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: new offensive line. What's the answer, Well, run the ball.

844
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 1: You know you want to get them. You know you

845
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 1: don't want to get them in a past sets right away,

846
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, You don't want them, you know,

847
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: you know they haven't If you want to get into

848
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: a rhythm in the season, what's the way to do it.

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Speaker 1: an opener, which is which is unbelievable, And I think

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Speaker 1: That's always a great It's always one. I'm dialing in

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Speaker 1: be I'll be waiting for this one because the first

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Speaker 1: AFC champions Here's the heads up that our Bengals weekly

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Speaker 1: on location radio shows get started this week. Dave Lappham

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Speaker 1: and I will be at Bucketheads on Harrison ad for

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Game Plan Show Wednesday night from six to eight.

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Speaker 1: Then on Friday, we'll be at the Buffalo Wings and

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Speaker 1: from three to six. We hope to see you. That's

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Speaker 1: going to do it for this episode of the Bengals

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