WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Future Days

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<v Speaker 1>Hig and everybody. I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals Booth Podcast the h fetwo days. Addition, as

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Lapham joins me to break down the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three schedule, we'll discuss the big picture and take a

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<v Speaker 1>week by week look at the Bengals path to winning

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<v Speaker 1>the AFC North for the third straight year. Plus a

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<v Speaker 1>pair of one on one conversations with a pair of

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals draft picks. Cornerback DJ Turner, who tells us about

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<v Speaker 1>his unusual first name, and hunter Brad Robbins, who admits

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<v Speaker 1>that he wasn't sure that was really Zach Taylor when

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<v Speaker 1>he got his draft day phone call. The Bengals Booth

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest thing since kids on video boards? Is there

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<v Speaker 1>anybody more predictably excited than a kid at a sporting event.

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<v Speaker 1>Who looks up and sees that he or she is

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<v Speaker 1>They're up there for a couple of seconds without realizing it.

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<v Speaker 1>the only thing that gets me that excited these days

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<v Speaker 1>is when my seventeen year old son cleans his room, which,

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<v Speaker 1>like a lunar eclipse, happens about twice a year. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get to football. We learn the Bengals regular season

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<v Speaker 1>schedule on Thursday night. We already knew the who and where,

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<v Speaker 1>Now we know the when. Here's a closer look with

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<v Speaker 1>my broadcast partner Dave Lapham Lap. We'll get into some

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<v Speaker 1>of the specific details about the schedule here as we speak,

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<v Speaker 1>but big picture, when this thing came out, my first

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<v Speaker 1>thought was, this is pretty favorable for the Bengals. There

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<v Speaker 1>are no three game road trips, there are no West

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<v Speaker 1>Coast night games. All things considered, I think the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>did them a solid I agree.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's it's a very acceptable schedule on many

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<v Speaker 2>many levels. I guess the only complaint might be the

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<v Speaker 2>buy maybe a little bit early. You know, after six games.

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<v Speaker 2>Week seven is the bye, but you know, then the

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<v Speaker 2>Thursday night game is late enough the season where you

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<v Speaker 2>get a mini bi after that Thursday night game, so

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of makes up for it. I think a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit, you know, in that regard. So overall, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it is very, very favorable. In my estimation, Sky,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the rubber meets the road after the bye

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<v Speaker 2>week when you got to go to San Francisco. They've

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<v Speaker 2>only got two big trips at Arizona at San Francisco,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not that terrible because they're not an East

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<v Speaker 2>Coast team. I mean, they don't have to go coast

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<v Speaker 2>to coast anywhere. They've got the least amount of travel

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<v Speaker 2>miles in the NFL from a scheduling standpoint, So that's

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<v Speaker 2>in the second half of the season, and the Sam's

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<v Speaker 2>games not really it's right close to mid season. After that,

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<v Speaker 2>they really don't have any real long trips. As you said, Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>night games are on a favorable basis. I think overall,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think you can lay anything from an excuse

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<v Speaker 2>standpoint on oh man, that schedule just killed us. With

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<v Speaker 2>this stretch here. Overall, I'd take it all day, every day,

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<v Speaker 2>twice on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>I was really surprised that they only got four primetime games. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the December twenty third game against Pittsburgh at four point

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<v Speaker 1>thirty in the afternoon is going to be more or

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<v Speaker 1>less the equivalent. They're treating it like Sunday Night football

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<v Speaker 1>on NBC, but primetime games are nighttime games. They only

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<v Speaker 1>got four. The limit is six. They could get flexed,

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<v Speaker 1>and at some point they might, but that did surprise me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not complaining about it. I think it's good for

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<v Speaker 1>the team. Primetime games are hard on the body, hard

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<v Speaker 1>on everybody. But I was surprised that there are four

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<v Speaker 1>teams that got six. I believe six teams that got five,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Bengals only got four. Were you surprised?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Minnesota game is kind of, you know, to

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<v Speaker 2>be determined. I mean, if Minnesota's playing well, the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>are playing well, I could see that, you know, being

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth one. As you say, they could flex. But

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<v Speaker 2>two Monday night games, one home, one on the road,

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<v Speaker 2>Rams at home, Jacksonville on the road. The one Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>night game is home against Buffalo. Thursday night game on

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<v Speaker 2>the road against Baltimore. The other thing, Dan, as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>they have four second game of double header scenarios, which is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a big portion of the country will get

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<v Speaker 2>the the Bengals. All four of those are road games,

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<v Speaker 2>every single one of them. Arizona, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Kansas City.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all on the road. So it is interesting in

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<v Speaker 2>that regard. I think the Bengals they're gonna draw fans

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<v Speaker 2>on the road. Those games are going to be obviously

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<v Speaker 2>real enthusiastic, energetic. They want the nation to see the

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals as much of the nation as possible on a

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<v Speaker 2>more regular basis. But yeah, I thought they'd max out.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they'd max out with night nationally televised games

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<v Speaker 2>as well.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's start from the top. Week one is

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<v Speaker 1>a road game at Cleveland. The Reds are home that weekend. Historically,

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<v Speaker 1>when the Reds are home on opening weekend, the Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>open on the road, and that's the case this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland has been the closest thing to Joe Burrow's kryptonite

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<v Speaker 1>of any team the Bengals play. He was zero four

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<v Speaker 1>before finally beating them in December. Your thoughts on facing

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland in Cleveland in Week one dangerous?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I mean, I think the Bengals, look, look

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<v Speaker 2>what happened last year against Pittsburgh. Five turnovers, minus five

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<v Speaker 2>early division playoff, early division game in the schedule, go

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<v Speaker 2>minus five, five giveaways, no takeaways, and lose a game.

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<v Speaker 2>They still could have won it and should have won it,

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<v Speaker 2>but they lose that football game. I'm not saying that's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen, but that's the kind of thing that can happen.

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<v Speaker 2>You do have to take care of business. As far

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<v Speaker 2>as the division matchups. They start the season with Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 2>they end the season with Cleveland, and really it's interesting, Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>they have back to back division games to start the

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<v Speaker 2>season Cleveland and Baltimore Baltimore at home. Then they don't

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<v Speaker 2>play again in terms of division matchups until the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>the sixteenth of November, two months, two months, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they go back to back again Baltimore and Pittsburgh the

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<v Speaker 2>twenty sixth sixteenth and the twenty sixth November, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you have to go, you know. They so they start

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<v Speaker 2>the season with two a little over halfway through the season.

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<v Speaker 2>They have back to back then to end the season

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<v Speaker 2>two out of the final three weeks Pittsburgh and Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 2>Sandwichuru on Kansas City on that four to twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>game against Patrick Mahomes against on Cbsso, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's interesting the way they set the schedule with

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<v Speaker 2>respect to the division. They start the season off with

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<v Speaker 2>the division. They always want to end with division opponents

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<v Speaker 2>league wide because of playoff implications, tie breakers and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's very interesting started off two months, another pair

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit longer toward the end of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>and then your final division matchups. I mean, as we

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<v Speaker 2>remember they went on three to start off in the

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<v Speaker 2>division last year. You don't want to be in that

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<v Speaker 2>type of situation. So you've got to take care of

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<v Speaker 2>business against Cleveland and Baltimore for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>So that season opener last year against Pittsburgh was the

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<v Speaker 1>worst game statistically of Joe Burrow's career. He was coming

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<v Speaker 1>back from the app and deck to me, he can't

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<v Speaker 1>go through that again. That can only happen once. It

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<v Speaker 1>would be nice though, for Joe to go into a

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<v Speaker 1>season opener not coming back from anything knee surgery. It

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<v Speaker 1>appened Deck to me, knock on Wood that he is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, completely healthy through training camp and can finally

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<v Speaker 1>take the field confident, healthy and ready to go in

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<v Speaker 1>week one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean last year they didn't do anything as

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<v Speaker 2>a number one offense in preseason games. Basically they're very

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<v Speaker 2>minimal if any snaps, and Joe Burr didn't take any

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<v Speaker 2>of them. So I mean it'll be a different dynamic.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be much more ready. I think, lesson learned and

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing you can do about it. And app and

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<v Speaker 2>Deck to me, I mean, you know you can't control

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<v Speaker 2>those kind of things. That's in other people's hands. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know you got to get ready for you want

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<v Speaker 2>to start off in your division, well it is tie breakers.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to start zero and three in the

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<v Speaker 2>division then have to win three just to finish at

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred. You want to get off on the right

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<v Speaker 2>foot up in Cleveland. If you can come into Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 2>and beat Baltimore the following week with Lamar Jackson all

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<v Speaker 2>his new shiny toys at the receiver position, that'd be

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<v Speaker 2>a great start to a season.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'm glad you mentioned Lamar Jackson and Baltimore

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<v Speaker 1>in Week two, because the Bengals obviously ended the regular

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<v Speaker 1>season last year with a win over Baltimore opened the

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs with a win over Baltimore, but they did not

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<v Speaker 1>face Lamar Jackson in either of those games. The only

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<v Speaker 1>time they faced him last year, they lost. He's six

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<v Speaker 1>and one in seven career starts against Cincinnati, and now

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<v Speaker 1>he's signed for multiple years, so they had better figure

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<v Speaker 1>out a way to play better against Lamar Jackson than

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<v Speaker 1>they historically have.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm very interesting what Lou and Rumo's got

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<v Speaker 2>in store for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens with

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<v Speaker 2>these new wide receiver weapons. I mean, I wonder, I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder how that will impact the way he has defended

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<v Speaker 2>Lamar Jackson with that five man front, you know, basically

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<v Speaker 2>daring him to run the football and trying to take

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<v Speaker 2>away those running lanes. It's going to be an interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>interesting scenario league wide. I wonder how much different they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to look at defending Lamar Jackson now that he's

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<v Speaker 2>got these viable weapons at the wide receiver position. If

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not mistaken, I don't think the Baltimore Ravens have

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<v Speaker 2>ever had a Pro Bowl player at the wide receiver

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<v Speaker 2>position in franchise history. I think that might be the case.

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<v Speaker 2>And if that is the case, that's crazy, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to do something about it. With all the weapons

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<v Speaker 2>they went out and got.

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<v Speaker 1>Week three the first primetime game, a home game on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday Night Football against the Rams, a rematch of Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl fifty six, a Rams team coming off of five

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<v Speaker 1>and twelve season the year after they won the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>Matthew Stafford only played in nine games. Cooper Cup only

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<v Speaker 1>played in nine games. Aaron Donald only played in eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>That franchise is going through a turnover. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>a much younger roster. They've lost a lot of their

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<v Speaker 1>key players. But those three guys should be back this year.

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<v Speaker 1>And I imagine that Monday Night home game in Week

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<v Speaker 1>three is probably going to be the Ring of Honor

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<v Speaker 1>game based on the last couple of years, so that

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<v Speaker 1>should be quite knighted. Pay Court.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree with you, Dan, I think that is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the case. I think that'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>Ring of Honor induction ceremony for the guys that are

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<v Speaker 2>lucky enough to be selected in That should juice up

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<v Speaker 2>the crowd big time. It should be a big factor

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<v Speaker 2>in that regard. Just got to go out and play

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<v Speaker 2>sound football. You know, when you're playing a team that's

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<v Speaker 2>in the in the mode that the that the Rams

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<v Speaker 2>are in, you don't want to help them. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you never want to turn the football over in any

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<v Speaker 2>football game, but reality says you're going to. But you

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<v Speaker 2>just hope that you don't have a ridiculous number of turnovers.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, nobody's perfect. You're going to have mistakes, but

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<v Speaker 2>you can't have mistakes at the most inopportune times. If

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<v Speaker 2>you can avoid mistakes make big plays on a more

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<v Speaker 2>regular basis, you're going to have a successful season and

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<v Speaker 2>successful games. That's what they got to get done against

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<v Speaker 2>the Rams.

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<v Speaker 1>In Week four, it's back on the road for a

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<v Speaker 1>one o'clock game at Tennessee. Third year in a row

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals have played at Tennessee. Beat them in the

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs years ago, beat him in the regular season last year.

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<v Speaker 1>It was interesting when they played last year Tennessee. We

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<v Speaker 1>all thought they were good. There were seven and three

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals beat him. That was the they got a

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs game for the first time for Mark Duffner, and

0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:17.320
<v Speaker 1>then Tennessee didn't win again. There were seven and three

0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:18.320
<v Speaker 1>and finished seven and ten.

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<v Speaker 2>Unbelievable, And Mike Vrabel knows that, and Mike Vrabel is

0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.280
<v Speaker 2>going to use that as a rallying cry. Was were

0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.840
<v Speaker 2>we walking together when Mike Vrabel was leaving the stadium

0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:31.240
<v Speaker 2>that day, I'm trying to think of who I was

0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.600
<v Speaker 2>walking with. And he walked to his car, he kicked

0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:35.920
<v Speaker 2>his car, got in his car, and took off at

0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.440
<v Speaker 2>a pretty high speed. I mean, Mike Vrabel is serious

0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.840
<v Speaker 2>about the game of football. He's a physical guy. He'd

0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.640
<v Speaker 2>like to decide a game instead of going overtime, go

0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:47.160
<v Speaker 2>one on one at the fifty yard line and a

0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:50.760
<v Speaker 2>nutcracker drill with the opposing coaches. That kind of a guy.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's going to be a physical game. And you

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<v Speaker 2>got to remember it's a short week. Fortunately the Bengals

0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.840
<v Speaker 2>are at home on Monday Night football against the Rams.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, lick your wounds quickly, because one thing

0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.079
<v Speaker 2>Tennessee's gonna do, Mike Vrabel is going to make sure

0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.400
<v Speaker 2>of it. They're gonna hit you. So you better take

0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.120
<v Speaker 2>care of your body on that short week when you

0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.240
<v Speaker 2>travel down to Tennessee to take on the Titans, because

0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.560
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have to buckle the chin strap up, you know,

0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.679
<v Speaker 2>get the shoulder pads anchored and buckle the chin strap

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<v Speaker 2>up a couple of times get it going.

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<v Speaker 1>Depending on how Ryan Tannehill plays and how the team does.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't expect Will Levis to take over at quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>by week four October first. If he does it.

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<v Speaker 2>All, yeah, I mean that that might be a little early. Potentially,

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<v Speaker 2>if he does, it's probably not good for the Tennessee Titans.

0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.800
<v Speaker 2>It means one of two things. Either Tannehill has struggled

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<v Speaker 2>or Tannehill is injured if Levis is in as a

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<v Speaker 2>starting quarterback at that point in time, So for Tennessee's

0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:53.400
<v Speaker 2>take to sake, I should say you have to think

0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.040
<v Speaker 2>that Levis will not be the starting quarterback unless those

0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:57.320
<v Speaker 2>circumstances or eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Twice during the course of the season, the Bengals play

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<v Speaker 1>back to back road games, and this is the first

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<v Speaker 1>time because after the Week four game at Tennessee, Week

0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:08.840
<v Speaker 1>five is at Arizona four to five Cincinnati times. So,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said earlier, you hope to avoid West Coast

0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:16.160
<v Speaker 1>time zone night games because that's brutal when you come

0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.440
<v Speaker 1>back and at six in the morning, but in any case,

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<v Speaker 1>based on everything I've read, it doesn't sound like Kyler

0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.600
<v Speaker 1>Murray is expected to be back by October eighth. He

0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:28.760
<v Speaker 1>tore his ACL in mid December. Maybe that gives him

0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.000
<v Speaker 1>a chance of being back by then. I guess Colt

0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.800
<v Speaker 1>McCoy could be the quarterback. If so, I would like

0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:35.920
<v Speaker 1>the Bengals chances on the road at Arizona.

0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt. Old friend. Colt McCoy did a lot

0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.720
<v Speaker 2>of his games when he was at the University of Texas.

0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:47.240
<v Speaker 2>A very very smart football player at the quarterback position,

0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.880
<v Speaker 2>has immense football IQ. You know, he's one of those

0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.440
<v Speaker 2>guys that is like a coach on the field type guy.

0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Teammates respond to that. So I think Colt McCoy brings

0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.680
<v Speaker 2>more to the table than just the physical skills, because

0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.960
<v Speaker 2>they're not upper echelon by any stretch of the imagination.

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<v Speaker 2>But he gets the most out of what he has.

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<v Speaker 2>And the one thing that his teammates and coaches know

0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:13.480
<v Speaker 2>is that he is not going to put his team

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<v Speaker 2>in jeopardy. He is all about making the right decision

0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.720
<v Speaker 2>at all times. So you're gonna have to play a clean,

0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.560
<v Speaker 2>smart football game to take care of the Arizona Cardinals,

0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:25.920
<v Speaker 2>but I think they're going to be able to do that.

0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.280
<v Speaker 1>The Cardinals went four and thirteen a year ago. So

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<v Speaker 1>after the back to back road games in weeks four

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<v Speaker 1>and five, it's a home game against Seattle. That's the

0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:38.040
<v Speaker 1>game before the bye. Seattle is one of eight playoff

0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:41.160
<v Speaker 1>teams on the schedule. People forget with Gino Smith having

0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.040
<v Speaker 1>a Pro Bowl year last year they went nine to

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<v Speaker 1>eight and made it to the postseason.

0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.760
<v Speaker 2>Gino Smith is somebody you can't fall asleep on. There's

0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.560
<v Speaker 2>no doubt about that. He's got weapons to throw to.

0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:56.720
<v Speaker 2>That's a solid football team. Pete Carroll is a football lifer.

0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.760
<v Speaker 2>He always maximizes effort of his foot ball team. He's

0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.280
<v Speaker 2>one of those guys that you know is quote cheerleader

0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.840
<v Speaker 2>in the most positive sense that you can possibly think of.

0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.640
<v Speaker 2>They respond to it. It's not phony. It's who he is.

0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:12.960
<v Speaker 2>It's what he is, and he gets his players to

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<v Speaker 2>play at an extremely high level. So you can't expect

0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.520
<v Speaker 2>the Seattle Seahawks to travel in from Seattle. They're used

0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:23.520
<v Speaker 2>to traveling. I mean where they are. Every road trip

0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.680
<v Speaker 2>is a monster trip, so they're used to handling that

0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.720
<v Speaker 2>and playing at a high level on the road, and

0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.040
<v Speaker 2>he'll have them ready to play. So that's the last

0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:35.800
<v Speaker 2>game you want to go into the bye week on

0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.360
<v Speaker 2>an upbeat. On an up note, you don't want it

0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.600
<v Speaker 2>to go into the bye week with Gino Smith having

0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.640
<v Speaker 2>shredded you, or you've made mistakes against that Seattle defense

0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.880
<v Speaker 2>who's more than inadequate as well. So that's a big game.

0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.720
<v Speaker 1>Gino Smith only started one game in his career prior

0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.040
<v Speaker 1>to this against the Bengals. It was a forty nine

0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:55.880
<v Speaker 1>to nine loss when he was with a Jets. He

0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.520
<v Speaker 1>threw two pick sixes in that game, so a repeat

0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.480
<v Speaker 1>of that would be nice. The bye the Bengals are

0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.480
<v Speaker 1>at San Francisco, a team that went thirteen and four

0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.439
<v Speaker 1>a year ago, And I mentioned thirteen and four because

0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.119
<v Speaker 1>the Bengals all time record against San Francisco is the

0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.720
<v Speaker 1>opposite of that four and thirteen, including the two Super

0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Bowl losses. I assume brock Purty will be back by then,

0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.200
<v Speaker 1>as he comes back from his injury when he was

0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.120
<v Speaker 1>healthy and started last year, so I'm removing the playoff

0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.240
<v Speaker 1>game where he got hurt and they lost. He was

0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:29.320
<v Speaker 1>seven and zero last pick in the draft. Mister Irrelevant

0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.399
<v Speaker 1>and he turned out to be the guy that they

0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.080
<v Speaker 1>expect to be their long term quarterback.

0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:37.159
<v Speaker 2>Mister Irrelevant certainly was relevant, you know, and he played

0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.879
<v Speaker 2>that way, There's no two ways about it. Yeah, but

0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:43.800
<v Speaker 2>if he doesn't make it able to get there physically,

0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.439
<v Speaker 2>Sam Darnold, Trey Lance, I mean, it could be a

0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:49.920
<v Speaker 2>three headed monster at the quarterback position. In the early

0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.560
<v Speaker 2>stages of the season. You don't really know. You got

0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:56.719
<v Speaker 2>to figure by that time October twenty ninth, the end

0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.240
<v Speaker 2>of the month of October, they will have had to

0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.440
<v Speaker 2>settle in on some and if Rock Perdy is healthy,

0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.760
<v Speaker 2>you think that he would be the guy. But this

0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.119
<v Speaker 2>is where we talked about earlier. The rubber meets the

0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.240
<v Speaker 2>road after that bye week, and it's good you have

0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.000
<v Speaker 2>to travel to San Francisco after the bye week is

0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:15.959
<v Speaker 2>the perfect time to have to do it. You know,

0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:18.159
<v Speaker 2>you can rest up during the week, travel out there,

0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.040
<v Speaker 2>play the game, come back and get ready for a

0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.440
<v Speaker 2>doozy the following week because it's going to be a big,

0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.480
<v Speaker 2>big battle in the next week.

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<v Speaker 1>That's for sure. Sunday Night football at home against the

0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.280
<v Speaker 1>Buffalo Bills. So back to back games against teams that

0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:35.399
<v Speaker 1>had thirteen wins last year, and the Bills obviously smarting

0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.240
<v Speaker 1>for another crack at the Bengals after a twenty seven

0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.640
<v Speaker 1>to ten playoff loss at home. The thing that I'm

0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:46.479
<v Speaker 1>wondering is if DeMar Hamlin could actually be back and

0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.560
<v Speaker 1>play in that game. He's been fully cleared to return

0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:51.960
<v Speaker 1>to football. That happened in mid April, so I guess

0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:56.520
<v Speaker 1>it's at least possible. Can you imagine. I can't picture

0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.480
<v Speaker 1>a visiting player ever getting a bigger ovation from Bengals

0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.320
<v Speaker 1>fans then DeMar Hamlin would if he's able to play

0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:03.879
<v Speaker 1>in that game.

0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, I think even if he's on the non

0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:10.199
<v Speaker 2>football injury list, you know, to start the season or that,

0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.479
<v Speaker 2>I would think some way, shape or form, he's going

0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.879
<v Speaker 2>to be part of this, the Buffalo Bills franchise. If

0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.239
<v Speaker 2>he's not able to play this year, he is going

0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.640
<v Speaker 2>to be a big part of it, because the guy

0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:26.159
<v Speaker 2>isn't Just the fact that he's walking around with his

0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.720
<v Speaker 2>Buffalo Bill teammates is a rallying cry, and it is

0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.840
<v Speaker 2>amazing because Monday night football game the season before, on

0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:37.520
<v Speaker 2>a nationally televised game, is when he suffered the unbelievable

0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:42.600
<v Speaker 2>injury that that basically postponed and then canceled that football game.

0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:46.240
<v Speaker 2>And if he's back, I would think that Buffalo would

0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.639
<v Speaker 2>travel him. He would be on on the on the

0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:52.720
<v Speaker 2>sideline in some way, shape or form, and I think

0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.960
<v Speaker 2>that that would probably be good for the Cincinnati fans

0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.439
<v Speaker 2>to to just Okay, let's let's close this chapter. We

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<v Speaker 2>just saw him about a year ago in a very

0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:08.399
<v Speaker 2>very vulnerable situation. Looking at him today, it's remarkable. That

0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.000
<v Speaker 2>game has a lot of juice around. There's no doubt

0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.560
<v Speaker 2>about it. And for that reason. It's on NBC Sunday

0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:18.760
<v Speaker 2>Night Football and Josh Allen and Joe Burrow tee it.

0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Up Tariico and Collinsworth in the house for the eighth

0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:25.040
<v Speaker 1>game of the year at home against Buffalo. So the

0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:27.200
<v Speaker 1>next week the Bengals stay home. This is the ninth

0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.520
<v Speaker 1>game of the year. After playing the forty nine Ers

0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:31.760
<v Speaker 1>and Bills great teams back to back, they take on

0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:35.520
<v Speaker 1>a Houston team that's lost twelve or more games now

0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:37.960
<v Speaker 1>in each of the last three years. They've got a

0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:41.040
<v Speaker 1>new coach and Damico Ryans CJ. Stroud I assume would

0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.879
<v Speaker 1>be their starting quarterback. In the under the category of

0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.200
<v Speaker 1>games you got to win. I would assume a home

0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.920
<v Speaker 1>game against the team that went three thirteen and one

0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:52.720
<v Speaker 1>last year is probably at the top of the list.

0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would agree with you, CJ. Stroud. The second

0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:58.960
<v Speaker 2>pick of the draft is quarterback and form and Will

0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.840
<v Speaker 2>Anderson they traded up to get him. Third pick of

0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:04.760
<v Speaker 2>the draft is anchoring the defense coming off the edge,

0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.199
<v Speaker 2>you know. So they feel like they've got two marquee

0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:12.439
<v Speaker 2>franchise type players that they just got in this year's draft.

0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:15.919
<v Speaker 2>But to expect both these guys as rookies to be,

0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:20.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, Pro Bowl performers, I think is asking quite

0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:23.199
<v Speaker 2>a bit, and they should be able to handle the

0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:24.800
<v Speaker 2>Houston Texans, there's no question.

0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:28.040
<v Speaker 1>So I think the toughest game strictly in terms of

0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:30.600
<v Speaker 1>day of the week or where it's being played, etc.

0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:33.960
<v Speaker 1>Is the Week ten game at Baltimore. It's Thursday night football.

0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:36.680
<v Speaker 1>We talk about this often. The Thursday night home game

0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:39.399
<v Speaker 1>might be the biggest advantage you get because of the

0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:42.240
<v Speaker 1>short week and the lack of travel. Seems like most

0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:44.919
<v Speaker 1>of the Bengals Thursday night games in recent years have

0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:46.920
<v Speaker 1>been at home. Well not this year. They're on the

0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:49.600
<v Speaker 1>road on Thursday night. It's in Baltimore where it's always

0:21:49.600 --> 0:21:52.639
<v Speaker 1>tough to win, and the Ravens are especially tough in

0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:54.480
<v Speaker 1>primetime games at home.

0:21:54.640 --> 0:21:59.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a home division game nationally televised, the Baltimore Ravens

0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.360
<v Speaker 2>are going to ratchet up up another notch as high

0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:04.960
<v Speaker 2>level as they can play physically. From a focused standpoint,

0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.240
<v Speaker 2>a mental approach standpoint, you have to realize that you're

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:11.919
<v Speaker 2>in for a battle, a battle royale. There are no

0:22:11.960 --> 0:22:14.439
<v Speaker 2>two ways about it. You know. The good news is

0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:18.320
<v Speaker 2>that you know you play that Thursday night game. And

0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:20.320
<v Speaker 2>we talked about the bye being a little bit early

0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:22.520
<v Speaker 2>in the season. Like we mentioned when we were talking

0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:25.639
<v Speaker 2>about that, they get almost like another mini buy with

0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:29.040
<v Speaker 2>this Thursday night game because they get the extra days.

0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:32.360
<v Speaker 2>They don't play for ten days against the Pittsburgh Steelers,

0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:36.320
<v Speaker 2>which is good. Another division opponent at home for the

0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:40.320
<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati Bengals. That'll be very, very physical. So hopefully the

0:22:40.359 --> 0:22:43.359
<v Speaker 2>Bengals will beat the Baltimore Ravens. You'll be able to

0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:47.240
<v Speaker 2>still lick their wounds. As such, it will be a physical,

0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.840
<v Speaker 2>physical altercation, there's no two ways about it. And then

0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.840
<v Speaker 2>get ready for Pittsburgh. And the fact is, you know,

0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.720
<v Speaker 2>the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise as well as you know any franchise.

0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:02.000
<v Speaker 2>So you have a long weeks it's you know them cold.

0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:05.959
<v Speaker 2>You have time to rest your bodies, rest your minds,

0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:08.240
<v Speaker 2>and get ready to play as good as you possibly

0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:10.000
<v Speaker 2>can at the end of November on the twenty sixth,

0:23:10.160 --> 0:23:11.640
<v Speaker 2>against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

0:23:12.000 --> 0:23:14.359
<v Speaker 1>No games against Pittsburgh in the first ten games of

0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:16.840
<v Speaker 1>the season, and then two games against Pittsburgh in a

0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:20.480
<v Speaker 1>five week span, basically, you know, two games in one month.

0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:23.159
<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh's going to be a really interesting team to me.

0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:27.160
<v Speaker 1>They started two and six, they finished seven and two

0:23:27.240 --> 0:23:30.760
<v Speaker 1>to extend Mike tomlin streak of never having a record

0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:35.280
<v Speaker 1>below five hundred. I still don't quite know what to

0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:38.800
<v Speaker 1>make of the Steelers. Are they back to being really

0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:41.439
<v Speaker 1>good with Kenny Pickett? Are they just going to be

0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:44.399
<v Speaker 1>you know, five hundred or slightly above. I'm not sure.

0:23:44.640 --> 0:23:47.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm not either. I don't think they're gonna look

0:23:47.920 --> 0:23:50.000
<v Speaker 2>to Kenny Pickett to be the savior. I don't think

0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:53.080
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna throw everything on his shoulders. But I do

0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:56.399
<v Speaker 2>think that he is capable, and I do think that

0:23:57.080 --> 0:24:01.360
<v Speaker 2>he's a quarterback that can adapt to you know, not

0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:04.879
<v Speaker 2>being not being second fiddle as such, but knowing that

0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:08.879
<v Speaker 2>the Pittsburgh Steeler philosophy organizationally is We're going to run

0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:12.080
<v Speaker 2>the football, and I'm going to compliment and supplement that

0:24:12.200 --> 0:24:16.240
<v Speaker 2>running game with a passing attack. And I think Kenny

0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.720
<v Speaker 2>Pickett has the mindset to take on that role and

0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:23.080
<v Speaker 2>to execute it at a very high level. I think

0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:25.480
<v Speaker 2>he's got his ego and check. I don't think that's

0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:27.400
<v Speaker 2>going to be an issue, and I think he might

0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:29.800
<v Speaker 2>be the perfect fit for what they're trying to do

0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:33.639
<v Speaker 2>from an organizational standpoint. But will that be enough in

0:24:33.680 --> 0:24:36.879
<v Speaker 2>the era of these great quarterbacks. I mean, you're talking

0:24:37.200 --> 0:24:42.520
<v Speaker 2>nine quarterbacks NAFC potentially could uh you know, could make

0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:45.120
<v Speaker 2>the Pro Bowl if they have great years and all

0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:47.640
<v Speaker 2>of them aren't going to make the playoffs. And he's

0:24:47.680 --> 0:24:49.480
<v Speaker 2>not one of those nine, you know, he'd be the

0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:51.639
<v Speaker 2>next level guy. So it's going to be interesting to

0:24:51.680 --> 0:24:54.080
<v Speaker 2>see what transpires.

0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:56.400
<v Speaker 1>With Pittsburgh, depending on their health and how their team

0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:58.920
<v Speaker 1>is doing at the time. The Bengals could face Pro

0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:03.560
<v Speaker 1>Bowl quarterbacks twelve of their seventeen games, including the next

0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:05.240
<v Speaker 1>one on the list. Their twelfth game of the year

0:25:05.280 --> 0:25:08.320
<v Speaker 1>is at Jacksonville, on Monday Night football. Trevor Lawrence went

0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:10.320
<v Speaker 1>to the Pro Bowl for the first time last year,

0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:13.440
<v Speaker 1>just like Pittsburgh, the team they faced the week before.

0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:16.879
<v Speaker 1>This is a Jacksonville team that started poorly three and seven,

0:25:17.200 --> 0:25:20.879
<v Speaker 1>finished strong six and one, rallied from twenty seven nothing

0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:22.560
<v Speaker 1>to beat the Chargers in the first round of the

0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:25.399
<v Speaker 1>playoffs and then had Kansas City on the ropes in

0:25:25.440 --> 0:25:26.800
<v Speaker 1>the second round of the playoffs.

0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:29.760
<v Speaker 2>They were playing their best football at the most opportune time.

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:33.680
<v Speaker 2>You know, every team hopes to peak at the right time.

0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:37.200
<v Speaker 2>The Jacksonville Jaguars peaked at the right time. They have

0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:39.720
<v Speaker 2>a coach they believe in, they have a quarterback they

0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:42.840
<v Speaker 2>believe in, and in this era of the National Football League,

0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.119
<v Speaker 2>the head coach and the quarterback are huge. I mean

0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:48.560
<v Speaker 2>they're huge factors. And Jacksonville feels like they're on the

0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:51.800
<v Speaker 2>right track. There's no doubt about it. They've got, you know,

0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:54.440
<v Speaker 2>good players on a lot of places. This is a

0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:58.480
<v Speaker 2>solid roster up and down their roster and all three

0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:02.600
<v Speaker 2>phases of their football team can be a big factor

0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:06.639
<v Speaker 2>in winning football games. And nothing to sneeze a Monday

0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:09.919
<v Speaker 2>night football in Jacksonville. Challenged to say the least to

0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:11.080
<v Speaker 2>start the month of December.

0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:13.720
<v Speaker 1>After that game, the Bengals come home for back to

0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:17.359
<v Speaker 1>back home games, beginning with a rebuilding Indianapolis team in

0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.680
<v Speaker 1>Game thirteen. The Colts only won four games last year.

0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:24.520
<v Speaker 1>They drafted Anthony Richardson number four overall, and I've got

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:28.439
<v Speaker 1>to think by December tenth, Anthony Richardson will be their

0:26:28.480 --> 0:26:31.560
<v Speaker 1>starting quarterback. I could see Gardner Minshew to begin the season,

0:26:31.600 --> 0:26:35.240
<v Speaker 1>but you gotta think thirteen games in, a guy taking

0:26:35.280 --> 0:26:37.000
<v Speaker 1>fourth overall will be the starting QB.

0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:39.960
<v Speaker 2>I agree with you. I mean, no one nursay a

0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:43.600
<v Speaker 2>little bit, and he will be very impatient. I think

0:26:43.640 --> 0:26:48.480
<v Speaker 2>in that regard, they are high on Anthony Richardson. They're

0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:51.399
<v Speaker 2>high on what he can bring him bring that football team.

0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:55.440
<v Speaker 2>I should say he is a freak of an athlete.

0:26:55.680 --> 0:27:00.000
<v Speaker 2>He's a big guy and his athleticism is off the charge.

0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:06.000
<v Speaker 2>But seen it before. Sometimes it just doesn't translate totally.

0:27:06.480 --> 0:27:11.600
<v Speaker 2>But I think he has the ability. His floor is

0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.679
<v Speaker 2>so high, he's nowhere near his ceiling. You know, I

0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:19.280
<v Speaker 2>think he's he's going to be I don't know how special,

0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:22.119
<v Speaker 2>but he's going to be unique. He's going to be different.

0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:25.080
<v Speaker 2>He's going to be Cam Newton like, will he perform

0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:27.600
<v Speaker 2>at his higher level as Cam Newton did. I think

0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:30.960
<v Speaker 2>he has the potential the ability to, But it'll the

0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:33.800
<v Speaker 2>proof will be in the pudding. But it'll be very

0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:36.560
<v Speaker 2>interesting the Indianapolis Colts at that stage of the season.

0:27:36.560 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 2>I think at that point in time, Anthony Richardson will

0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:40.880
<v Speaker 2>not only be starting, I think he'll have a few

0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:41.840
<v Speaker 2>starts under his belt.

0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:44.359
<v Speaker 1>So the week after that, we know the Bengals have

0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:46.320
<v Speaker 1>a home game against the Vikings, a team that won

0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:49.040
<v Speaker 1>thirteen games a year ago and made the playoffs before

0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:51.439
<v Speaker 1>losing to the Giants. But we don't know when it is.

0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:55.760
<v Speaker 1>Could be December sixteenth Saturday, could be December seventeenth Sunday,

0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.640
<v Speaker 1>could be primetime, depends on how good the teams are.

0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:01.400
<v Speaker 1>The one thing we do know is that with Kirk

0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:06.040
<v Speaker 1>Cousins and Jefferson and their skill position talent, that is

0:28:06.080 --> 0:28:08.119
<v Speaker 1>going to be a difficult game for the Bengals defense.

0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:11.640
<v Speaker 2>It will Bengals defense is going to be challenged. Minnesota

0:28:11.720 --> 0:28:15.440
<v Speaker 2>Vikings defense stunk, There's no doubt about that. They struggled

0:28:15.520 --> 0:28:19.120
<v Speaker 2>last year. How much of an improvement can they make

0:28:19.160 --> 0:28:21.720
<v Speaker 2>That's going to be the key because this one could

0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:24.480
<v Speaker 2>literally be a track meet. I mean, Kirk Cousins and

0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.159
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow could put up crazy numbers. And I have

0:28:28.240 --> 0:28:31.360
<v Speaker 2>confidence in the Bengals defense at home to not let

0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:35.879
<v Speaker 2>Kirk Cousins go wild. I think Joe Burrow, if the

0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:39.440
<v Speaker 2>Minnesota Vikings played defense like they played last year, Joe

0:28:39.520 --> 0:28:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Burrow could tear them apart. And if Kirk Cousins can't

0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:45.560
<v Speaker 2>keep up on a score by score basis, there's a

0:28:45.600 --> 0:28:48.000
<v Speaker 2>lot of pressure on the road, you know, to do that,

0:28:48.080 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 2>particularly if both teams are a vying for the playoffs.

0:28:52.800 --> 0:28:55.720
<v Speaker 2>If the Bengals were making a playoff push, we know

0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:57.719
<v Speaker 2>pay Corps is going to be rocking man, It's going

0:28:57.760 --> 0:29:00.240
<v Speaker 2>to be going wild. It's gonna be tough for Kirk Cousins.

0:29:01.040 --> 0:29:03.000
<v Speaker 1>So the next two after that are on the road

0:29:03.040 --> 0:29:06.520
<v Speaker 1>at Pittsburgh at Kansas City. The Pittsburgh game is on Saturday,

0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.720
<v Speaker 1>December twenty third, at four point thirty in the afternoon.

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:12.320
<v Speaker 1>That's going to be a huge TV game on NBC.

0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:16.480
<v Speaker 1>It's interesting Christmas falls on a Monday. This year, there

0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:18.720
<v Speaker 1>is a Christmas triple header for the second year in

0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.120
<v Speaker 1>a row. I think the NFL loved the way that

0:29:21.120 --> 0:29:23.920
<v Speaker 1>that worked out last year. They are full slate of

0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:27.440
<v Speaker 1>Sunday games on Christmas Eve, the Bengals get to play

0:29:27.480 --> 0:29:30.160
<v Speaker 1>on December twenty third, which you know, it's a nice

0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:33.640
<v Speaker 1>thing for family members of the players and coaches, and

0:29:33.680 --> 0:29:36.320
<v Speaker 1>in a high, high profile game at Pittsburgh.

0:29:36.440 --> 0:29:40.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're going to maximize the NFL as a five

0:29:40.240 --> 0:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>hundred pound marketing grill, and they're going to maximize everything

0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:46.440
<v Speaker 2>Black Friday. They're taking advantage of this year from a

0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:54.880
<v Speaker 2>scheduling standpoint, So expect the NFL to not be tunnel

0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:57.440
<v Speaker 2>vision in terms of when they're going to play games,

0:29:57.640 --> 0:29:59.760
<v Speaker 2>where they're going to play games, and everything that goes

0:30:00.000 --> 0:30:04.280
<v Speaker 2>along with scheduling, because revenue is the objective. There's no

0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:08.200
<v Speaker 2>question about it. It's it's my Sunday's birthday. He's mad

0:30:08.200 --> 0:30:09.960
<v Speaker 2>that it's in Pittsburgh. He was hoping that it was

0:30:10.000 --> 0:30:12.360
<v Speaker 2>going to be a game. If they were going to

0:30:12.440 --> 0:30:15.120
<v Speaker 2>play on that Saturday, it would be here in Cincinnati.

0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:18.800
<v Speaker 2>But four point thirty on NBC, the rematch with Kenny

0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>Pickett and that Pittsburgh Steel a running game and that

0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:24.760
<v Speaker 2>very salty defense that they always have and and Mike

0:30:24.800 --> 0:30:29.960
<v Speaker 2>Tomlin will have his team playing very intelligent football. One

0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 2>thing that you can count on. The Pittsburgh Steelers, traditionally

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:36.000
<v Speaker 2>at this stage of the season, are not going to

0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:39.320
<v Speaker 2>beat themselves. I mean, they're gonna make you finish them.

0:30:39.360 --> 0:30:42.160
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna make you knock them out. They are not gonna,

0:30:42.560 --> 0:30:44.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, let their guard down and let you take

0:30:44.800 --> 0:30:46.480
<v Speaker 2>a haymaker on them. It's not gonna happen.

0:30:47.120 --> 0:30:49.560
<v Speaker 1>The next last game of the regular season is at

0:30:49.640 --> 0:30:52.080
<v Speaker 1>Kansas City on New Year's Eve at four to twenty

0:30:52.120 --> 0:30:54.280
<v Speaker 1>five in the afternoon. The NFL did a solid for

0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 1>CBS to give them that game and that window. I

0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:00.880
<v Speaker 1>think many of us wondered really from months Cincinnati would

0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:03.840
<v Speaker 1>be Kansas City's opponent in the kickoff game on that

0:31:03.880 --> 0:31:08.360
<v Speaker 1>Thursday night before the first weekend of the regular season. Instead,

0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:10.520
<v Speaker 1>the Chiefs are going to open up at home against

0:31:10.560 --> 0:31:14.680
<v Speaker 1>the Lions, and the NFL is putting Cincinnati Kansas City

0:31:14.960 --> 0:31:17.920
<v Speaker 1>in the sixteenth game of the year, thinking this could

0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:19.960
<v Speaker 1>very well be for the number one seed.

0:31:19.880 --> 0:31:22.880
<v Speaker 2>No question, this is a potential seeding game in their

0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:26.120
<v Speaker 2>estimation of things that go. According to Hoyle, in the

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Bengals right now, Joe Burrows serene won against Kansas City

0:31:31.520 --> 0:31:36.480
<v Speaker 2>just lost in the playoffs to Patrick Mahomes last year

0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:39.280
<v Speaker 2>in a three point game. I mean, they've been just

0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:44.080
<v Speaker 2>riveting contests. It's just I think every fan in the

0:31:44.200 --> 0:31:47.280
<v Speaker 2>National Football League is going to circle that December thirty

0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:49.560
<v Speaker 2>first game at four to twenty five, that second game

0:31:49.600 --> 0:31:54.440
<v Speaker 2>of the doubleheader with CBS Must See TV. That is

0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:57.960
<v Speaker 2>going to get stupid numbers. It's going to get probably

0:31:58.480 --> 0:32:03.719
<v Speaker 2>record setting numbers for a time frame of a Sunday afternoon.

0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Would not surprise me whatsoever. It's a football game that

0:32:08.680 --> 0:32:11.040
<v Speaker 2>people can't wait for, and it's going to be right

0:32:11.600 --> 0:32:17.280
<v Speaker 2>and a very very significant decision making potentially time frame

0:32:17.280 --> 0:32:20.000
<v Speaker 2>of the season for two franchises that have been battling

0:32:20.080 --> 0:32:21.160
<v Speaker 2>out the last few years.

0:32:22.400 --> 0:32:24.880
<v Speaker 1>And then a home game against Cleveland to wrap up

0:32:24.880 --> 0:32:28.640
<v Speaker 1>the regular season. No word yet on when that game

0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:32.760
<v Speaker 1>will be played. The NFL saves times and Saturday or

0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:35.480
<v Speaker 1>Sunday for based on how things look going into that

0:32:35.520 --> 0:32:38.560
<v Speaker 1>final week of the season. My dream is that the

0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:41.800
<v Speaker 1>Bengals clinch the number one seed against Kansas City on

0:32:41.800 --> 0:32:44.120
<v Speaker 1>New Year's Eve, and then, as they did two years

0:32:44.160 --> 0:32:47.440
<v Speaker 1>ago when they ended the regular season in Cleveland, they

0:32:47.480 --> 0:32:50.320
<v Speaker 1>can rest a bunch of guys before getting a playoff.

0:32:50.360 --> 0:32:53.400
<v Speaker 2>By three of the first five games of the season,

0:32:53.800 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals are on the road. Three of the last

0:32:56.040 --> 0:32:58.720
<v Speaker 2>five games of the season, the Bengals are at home,

0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:01.880
<v Speaker 2>and they finish up in a in a division game

0:33:02.280 --> 0:33:06.640
<v Speaker 2>at home against Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns. Uh.

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Be interesting. I can't remember a time where a division

0:33:12.000 --> 0:33:16.040
<v Speaker 2>opponent you started the season and ended the season with

0:33:16.080 --> 0:33:18.960
<v Speaker 2>the with the same division opponent. That's that's very unusual

0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:23.520
<v Speaker 2>to have bookends games like that. For the Cincinnati Bengals.

0:33:23.720 --> 0:33:27.240
<v Speaker 2>The Battle of Ohio Part one is going to be

0:33:27.680 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 2>right away, the Battle of Part two is gonna be.

0:33:30.600 --> 0:33:32.479
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have to hang on for a while. And

0:33:32.600 --> 0:33:35.080
<v Speaker 2>uh and it's not It's not what it used to be.

0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:39.120
<v Speaker 2>The Battle of Ohio used to be unbelievable. It's lost

0:33:39.160 --> 0:33:42.280
<v Speaker 2>some of its luster. Uh And I hope it does, Honestly,

0:33:42.320 --> 0:33:45.280
<v Speaker 2>I hope that it doesn't. It doesn't become what it

0:33:45.400 --> 0:33:48.000
<v Speaker 2>was when both of those franchises were playing at that

0:33:48.080 --> 0:33:51.120
<v Speaker 2>high level. I mean, I don't think everybody in the

0:33:51.160 --> 0:33:55.480
<v Speaker 2>AFC North can be a playoff uh contender. I mean,

0:33:55.520 --> 0:33:58.920
<v Speaker 2>somebody's gonna take up the rear somewhere, so hopefully Cleveland

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 2>might stay there for a while. That would suit me fine.

0:34:01.880 --> 0:34:06.400
<v Speaker 1>There are four opponents hosting international games. The Bengals were

0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:09.879
<v Speaker 1>not selected to either go to London or Germany. Dave

0:34:09.960 --> 0:34:12.160
<v Speaker 1>Lapham is not heartbroken by that development.

0:34:12.360 --> 0:34:16.680
<v Speaker 2>No, not heartbroken whatsoever. And the way you, as busy

0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:20.080
<v Speaker 2>as you are during the fall season, that's got to

0:34:20.080 --> 0:34:22.440
<v Speaker 2>be a relief for you from a scheduling standpoint, travel

0:34:22.480 --> 0:34:26.319
<v Speaker 2>standpoint as well. I did get my fill of York

0:34:26.400 --> 0:34:28.920
<v Speaker 2>travel doing NFL Europe games, and I really enjoyed it.

0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:33.120
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, at this stage, I don't know.

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:33.399
<v Speaker 1>Dan.

0:34:33.480 --> 0:34:35.319
<v Speaker 2>I think next year though, how do we miss it?

0:34:35.360 --> 0:34:35.799
<v Speaker 2>Next year?

0:34:36.160 --> 0:34:39.680
<v Speaker 1>Well, next year the Bengals only have eight home games,

0:34:39.920 --> 0:34:44.200
<v Speaker 1>so they can't host an international game. They could travel.

0:34:44.760 --> 0:34:47.839
<v Speaker 1>Two years from now, when the Bengals have nine home

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:51.279
<v Speaker 1>games and it will be nine years since they gave

0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:53.680
<v Speaker 1>up a home game to go to London to play Washington,

0:34:54.280 --> 0:34:56.800
<v Speaker 1>I think you can virtually guarantee go ahead and book

0:34:56.800 --> 0:34:58.759
<v Speaker 1>your tickets. Well, we don't know where it would be,

0:34:58.880 --> 0:35:00.560
<v Speaker 1>but I bet two years from now they're hosting an

0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 1>international game.

0:35:01.440 --> 0:35:03.320
<v Speaker 2>So in that case, maybe next year was safe. I

0:35:03.360 --> 0:35:05.359
<v Speaker 2>don't know, if they'd put them on in Europe two

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:07.160
<v Speaker 2>years in a row. They could though, because I mean,

0:35:07.520 --> 0:35:10.680
<v Speaker 2>obviously it's it's one of the franchises everybody wants to see,

0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:15.239
<v Speaker 2>including people in Europe, and they want to waive the

0:35:15.239 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 2>the marketing banner as much as they possibly can to

0:35:18.040 --> 0:35:21.160
<v Speaker 2>expand the National Football League. So it's going to be

0:35:21.200 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 2>interesting to see how that how that all shakes down.

0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:27.640
<v Speaker 1>Do you have any memory of getting the schedule and

0:35:27.680 --> 0:35:30.400
<v Speaker 1>you're playing days? Was it, you know, a phone call

0:35:30.520 --> 0:35:32.560
<v Speaker 1>at some point in the offseason. It certainly wasn't a

0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:34.000
<v Speaker 1>nationally televised TV show.

0:35:34.160 --> 0:35:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Basically, the the local newspapers found out before anybody. Just

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:41.960
<v Speaker 2>check your paper find out who we play. Oh well yeah,

0:35:42.520 --> 0:35:47.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean the writers they had the information distributed to

0:35:47.120 --> 0:35:49.600
<v Speaker 2>them from the from the teams, the league, to the

0:35:49.640 --> 0:35:52.160
<v Speaker 2>team's teams to the to the writers, because I mean

0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:55.360
<v Speaker 2>in the radio there were radio shows, but not like

0:35:55.520 --> 0:35:58.120
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't sports talk, you know and all that sort

0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:00.719
<v Speaker 2>of thing. I mean, it was it was crazy. I

0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:04.920
<v Speaker 2>mean the daily newspaper literally was the bible. It was

0:36:04.960 --> 0:36:05.920
<v Speaker 2>the sports Bible.

0:36:06.760 --> 0:36:10.840
<v Speaker 1>Things have changed, who have they ever? A couple of

0:36:10.880 --> 0:36:14.480
<v Speaker 1>follow ups on that conversation, Lapp was right. In their

0:36:14.520 --> 0:36:18.479
<v Speaker 1>twenty seven year history, the Baltimore Ravens have never had

0:36:19.000 --> 0:36:23.800
<v Speaker 1>a Pro Bowl wide receiver. Devin DuVernay was chosen last year,

0:36:23.840 --> 0:36:27.319
<v Speaker 1>but as a return specialist, not as a wide out.

0:36:27.719 --> 0:36:30.719
<v Speaker 1>On the other hand, the Ravens have had four quarterbacks

0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:35.920
<v Speaker 1>go to the Pro Bowl, including Tyler Huntley. Yes, Tyler Huntley,

0:36:36.200 --> 0:36:40.040
<v Speaker 1>who went last year despite finishing forty eighth in passing

0:36:40.120 --> 0:36:44.120
<v Speaker 1>yards in a thirty two team league. And this is

0:36:44.160 --> 0:36:46.440
<v Speaker 1>not the first time that the Bengals will open and

0:36:46.600 --> 0:36:50.080
<v Speaker 1>close the regular season against the same opponent. It's happened

0:36:50.120 --> 0:36:55.040
<v Speaker 1>three times before, most recently in twenty seventeen, when the

0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:58.600
<v Speaker 1>opening and closing foe was Baltimore. That was the year

0:36:58.640 --> 0:37:01.719
<v Speaker 1>that Andy Dalton Tyler Buyoyd knocked the Ravens out of

0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:05.240
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs on New Year's Eve. The Bengals Booth podcast

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<v Speaker 1>ketteringhealth dot org to learn more. The Bengals open their

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:24.279
<v Speaker 1>three day rookie mini camp on Friday, and we were

0:37:24.360 --> 0:37:27.480
<v Speaker 1>allowed to observe them on the practice field for about

0:37:27.640 --> 0:37:32.359
<v Speaker 1>one hour. Here's an observation about each draft pick. It's

0:37:32.360 --> 0:37:35.320
<v Speaker 1>easy to see why Miles Murphy was their first rounder

0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:39.799
<v Speaker 1>at six five, two seventy. He's extremely quick, and in

0:37:39.800 --> 0:37:42.840
<v Speaker 1>individual drills he showed the ability to bend low to

0:37:42.880 --> 0:37:46.360
<v Speaker 1>the ground coming around the edge like a motorcycle racer

0:37:46.480 --> 0:37:49.560
<v Speaker 1>making a turn. We know that second round pick DJ

0:37:49.719 --> 0:37:52.360
<v Speaker 1>Turner ran a four two six forty at the Combine,

0:37:52.640 --> 0:37:55.640
<v Speaker 1>the fastest of any player in Indianapolis this year, but

0:37:55.719 --> 0:37:59.040
<v Speaker 1>it was interesting to see him run. He goes from

0:37:59.160 --> 0:38:03.560
<v Speaker 1>zero to six in a heartbeat and has long, fluid strides.

0:38:04.000 --> 0:38:06.200
<v Speaker 1>You'll hear him talk about that in just a bit.

0:38:06.880 --> 0:38:10.080
<v Speaker 1>I was eager to meet third rounder Jordan Battle after

0:38:10.120 --> 0:38:13.600
<v Speaker 1>hearing coaches and scouts rave about his in person interview

0:38:13.640 --> 0:38:16.440
<v Speaker 1>at the Combine. When I asked him if he could

0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:20.160
<v Speaker 1>tell how impressed the Bengals were at the time, he said, quote,

0:38:20.640 --> 0:38:23.520
<v Speaker 1>that was the goal going into every interview. How can

0:38:23.560 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 1>I make these guys like me? How can I make

0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:30.720
<v Speaker 1>them want to draft me? Unquote? He's a smart kid.

0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:33.719
<v Speaker 1>I spent quite a bit of time watching wide receivers

0:38:33.840 --> 0:38:37.840
<v Speaker 1>Charlie Jones and andre Yosi Vash, chosen in the fourth and

0:38:37.920 --> 0:38:42.600
<v Speaker 1>sixth rounds, respectively. Jones showed his quick feet and ability

0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:45.520
<v Speaker 1>to get in and out of cuts. Yosi Vosh is

0:38:45.680 --> 0:38:49.800
<v Speaker 1>all of six three two oh five and can really run.

0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:53.319
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking forward to seeing Jones return punts in the

0:38:53.320 --> 0:38:57.880
<v Speaker 1>preseason fifth round. Running Back Chase Brown is chiseled and

0:38:57.960 --> 0:39:00.839
<v Speaker 1>I love his attitude. When I asked him about being

0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:02.800
<v Speaker 1>in the locker room for the first time, he said,

0:39:03.239 --> 0:39:05.200
<v Speaker 1>the first thing I did when I came in here

0:39:05.320 --> 0:39:07.400
<v Speaker 1>was to take a picture. I sent it to my

0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:10.920
<v Speaker 1>mom and put it on my social page. It's unreal.

0:39:11.520 --> 0:39:14.279
<v Speaker 1>Not only am I in the locker room, but my

0:39:14.520 --> 0:39:18.839
<v Speaker 1>name is on a locker I love that. While most

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.400
<v Speaker 1>of the players worked out in the indoor bubble, punter

0:39:21.520 --> 0:39:25.760
<v Speaker 1>Brad Robbins kicked outdoors with special teams coordinator Darren Simmons.

0:39:26.200 --> 0:39:29.000
<v Speaker 1>Reporters weren't there to observe, but one onlooker told me

0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:34.320
<v Speaker 1>that Robin's hangtime was consistently around five seconds. Leading NFL

0:39:34.360 --> 0:39:38.480
<v Speaker 1>punters typically have an average hangtime of about four point

0:39:38.480 --> 0:39:41.360
<v Speaker 1>eight you'll hear from Robins in just a few minutes.

0:39:41.800 --> 0:39:45.520
<v Speaker 1>And finally, I watched cornerback DJ Ivy do some boxing

0:39:45.560 --> 0:39:49.440
<v Speaker 1>type drills with cornerbacks coach Charles Burks, and you can't

0:39:49.480 --> 0:39:52.799
<v Speaker 1>help but notice his length. He's six ' one and

0:39:52.880 --> 0:39:56.160
<v Speaker 1>his arms are nearly thirty three inches long. He has

0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:59.800
<v Speaker 1>longer arms than two offensive linemen who were drafted in

0:39:59.840 --> 0:40:04.160
<v Speaker 1>the top fifty, Peter Skoranski, who went eleventh overall and

0:40:04.239 --> 0:40:08.000
<v Speaker 1>Cody Mack, who has chosen forty eighth. The Bengals Booth

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0:40:11.400 --> 0:40:14.120
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0:40:19.000 --> 0:40:22.800
<v Speaker 1>for my conversation with second round draft pick DJ Turner.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like getting to know you type weekend. You're

0:40:27.880 --> 0:40:30.720
<v Speaker 1>meeting new teammates, you're meeting new coaches, you're meeting new staff.

0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:34.359
<v Speaker 1>What are you hoping to accomplish? I guess, for lack

0:40:34.400 --> 0:40:36.759
<v Speaker 1>of a better word, in this opening weekend, I.

0:40:36.920 --> 0:40:40.480
<v Speaker 3>Mean just get laying, just get comfortable around here, looking

0:40:40.520 --> 0:40:42.440
<v Speaker 3>forward to meeting the Holy sam It is doing the

0:40:42.520 --> 0:40:44.279
<v Speaker 3>Rocky so far, and you know, just having to a

0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:45.680
<v Speaker 3>relationship everybody in the building.

0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:48.680
<v Speaker 1>You're sitting in front of your new Bengals locker, you

0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:51.719
<v Speaker 1>got Bengals gear on. Does that make it all seem real? Nah?

0:40:51.840 --> 0:40:54.720
<v Speaker 3>Definitely does, definitely does. And you know in the NFL

0:40:55.239 --> 0:40:57.759
<v Speaker 3>Bengals the logo like it definitely does.

0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:01.600
<v Speaker 1>Since the draft, how have people reacted to you being

0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:02.880
<v Speaker 1>selected by Cincinnati?

0:41:03.280 --> 0:41:03.719
<v Speaker 4>Oh? Man?

0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:06.600
<v Speaker 3>Good? I mean just on my former teammates all happy,

0:41:07.800 --> 0:41:10.560
<v Speaker 3>you know, and my teammate here, you know, Chris Sevens, Dax,

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:14.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, they they're all happy, my family, you know,

0:41:13.840 --> 0:41:16.000
<v Speaker 3>and they're just like this what you worked for. So,

0:41:16.120 --> 0:41:18.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, just great that it's all worked out.

0:41:18.120 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you mentioned Chris Evans because everybody has talked

0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:23.040
<v Speaker 1>about how you and Dax we're teammates of Michigan, but

0:41:23.160 --> 0:41:26.240
<v Speaker 1>you've got another guys that you spent a considerable amount

0:41:26.280 --> 0:41:26.600
<v Speaker 1>of time with.

0:41:26.840 --> 0:41:29.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean because being absolutely in the

0:41:29.160 --> 0:41:31.880
<v Speaker 3>same secondary. So but not me and Chris Sevens. He

0:41:31.960 --> 0:41:35.399
<v Speaker 3>was there my sophomore year, came back when he came back,

0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:37.400
<v Speaker 3>and we have relationships. As soon as I got drafted,

0:41:37.400 --> 0:41:40.080
<v Speaker 3>he texted me too, called me and so yeah, now

0:41:40.120 --> 0:41:41.600
<v Speaker 3>you just like, let me know you get here, all

0:41:41.680 --> 0:41:44.399
<v Speaker 3>kind of stuff like that. So I just said, it's good.

0:41:44.640 --> 0:41:46.080
<v Speaker 3>You know, I already have relationships with people in the

0:41:46.120 --> 0:41:47.359
<v Speaker 3>locker room before I even can.

0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:50.919
<v Speaker 1>For visiting the DJ Turner. The forty yard dash time

0:41:50.960 --> 0:41:53.480
<v Speaker 1>at the combine speaks for itself. But just seeing you

0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:57.720
<v Speaker 1>run around out in this initial rookie workout, the amount

0:41:57.920 --> 0:42:02.200
<v Speaker 1>of ground did you gobble up with every stride really

0:42:02.239 --> 0:42:05.600
<v Speaker 1>stood out to me. It seems to just flow so easily.

0:42:06.000 --> 0:42:09.359
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that's actually why I hold when people don't

0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:12.320
<v Speaker 3>really know I am that fast because I gain so

0:42:12.400 --> 0:42:15.120
<v Speaker 3>much ground and not really look like I'm straining. And

0:42:15.160 --> 0:42:17.520
<v Speaker 3>so unless you really look at how far around or

0:42:17.560 --> 0:42:20.320
<v Speaker 3>because you know, some some people take small, like short strides,

0:42:20.360 --> 0:42:22.360
<v Speaker 3>so it makes them look faster, but I don't. I

0:42:22.400 --> 0:42:24.520
<v Speaker 3>take long strides, not just cover ground, so you might

0:42:24.520 --> 0:42:27.400
<v Speaker 3>not know. But yeah, like I said, since the forty

0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:30.600
<v Speaker 3>it's on everybody radar now, so it's noticed now.

0:42:30.680 --> 0:42:34.080
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, are you looking to put on weight in

0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:34.680
<v Speaker 1>the NFL?

0:42:35.239 --> 0:42:35.319
<v Speaker 2>Uh?

0:42:35.400 --> 0:42:37.080
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I'll put on a little bit of weight,

0:42:37.440 --> 0:42:39.000
<v Speaker 3>but like I said, I don't want to put on

0:42:39.000 --> 0:42:42.120
<v Speaker 3>too much weight because speed is my thing wet size

0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:45.080
<v Speaker 3>isn't so, but of course, you know, always trying to

0:42:45.120 --> 0:42:46.480
<v Speaker 3>get bigger and stronger, faster.

0:42:46.600 --> 0:42:49.879
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, it seems like, based on everything that I've

0:42:49.880 --> 0:42:52.600
<v Speaker 1>heard and read, despite the fact that you're not a

0:42:52.640 --> 0:42:55.160
<v Speaker 1>two hundred pound guy, you have no problem sticking your

0:42:55.200 --> 0:42:56.720
<v Speaker 1>head in there and tackling people.

0:42:56.840 --> 0:43:00.280
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I have no problem with that. Uh yeah,

0:43:00.560 --> 0:43:03.320
<v Speaker 3>it makes it gain fun. You know sometimes that corner.

0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:05.759
<v Speaker 3>You might go a couple of series without some action,

0:43:06.360 --> 0:43:09.279
<v Speaker 3>but you know, it just makes you get involved a game,

0:43:09.400 --> 0:43:10.759
<v Speaker 3>so you're not falling asleep.

0:43:11.000 --> 0:43:13.840
<v Speaker 1>Since the pick. Have you studied the guys in the

0:43:13.880 --> 0:43:17.560
<v Speaker 1>Bengals secondary and tried to find okay, you know who

0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:19.359
<v Speaker 1>can I learn from? How do I fit in? Oh?

0:43:19.400 --> 0:43:23.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, for sure, for sure. I've been watching film. I mean,

0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:26.720
<v Speaker 3>like just the Corners Wooziah, he had vet Mike Hilton.

0:43:26.760 --> 0:43:29.000
<v Speaker 3>He from Georgia, so he trained with my trainer back

0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:32.120
<v Speaker 3>at home, Cam Taylor Bread. I remember playing him at

0:43:32.160 --> 0:43:34.640
<v Speaker 3>when we played Nebraska, so I remember him all the

0:43:34.640 --> 0:43:36.839
<v Speaker 3>way back then, So I was watching him last year.

0:43:37.880 --> 0:43:39.960
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, No, it was just everybody you know, DA

0:43:40.080 --> 0:43:42.439
<v Speaker 3>said I'll played with him, So I just been looking

0:43:42.480 --> 0:43:43.440
<v Speaker 3>at everybody.

0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:45.640
<v Speaker 1>My final thing for DJ Turner, tell me about your

0:43:45.680 --> 0:43:47.759
<v Speaker 1>first name and why you go by DJ.

0:43:48.040 --> 0:43:50.799
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, my first name is one Drego. I go

0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:53.600
<v Speaker 3>by DJ just because it was easier as a kid.

0:43:53.680 --> 0:43:55.560
<v Speaker 3>Nobody can say my name for real, and I was

0:43:55.600 --> 0:43:58.279
<v Speaker 3>gonna frustrated, so I just said DJ. But everybody who

0:43:58.320 --> 0:44:02.000
<v Speaker 3>knows me, everybody who like knows my name, they call

0:44:02.080 --> 0:44:05.600
<v Speaker 3>me one. It's either one, one, Drego or Drego. So like,

0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:08.800
<v Speaker 3>if you go back to my high school, I MG Michigan,

0:44:09.840 --> 0:44:11.960
<v Speaker 3>like Dax, don't call me DJ, Like you know what

0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:14.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying. Like it's if you know my real name

0:44:14.200 --> 0:44:16.400
<v Speaker 3>and won't calls me one, Draco or Drego something like that.

0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:19.080
<v Speaker 3>But DJ is just you really don't know me for real.

0:44:19.239 --> 0:44:20.279
<v Speaker 3>That's really what it is.

0:44:20.520 --> 0:44:22.839
<v Speaker 1>So when I'm broadcasting the games on the radio and

0:44:22.880 --> 0:44:26.319
<v Speaker 1>you have your first NFL pick six, do you want

0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:31.080
<v Speaker 1>a touchdown one Drago Turner or should I stick with DJ?

0:44:31.280 --> 0:44:33.239
<v Speaker 3>This is no I like my name.

0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:33.799
<v Speaker 4>You know what I'm saying.

0:44:33.800 --> 0:44:35.560
<v Speaker 3>You said one Drago, DJ Draco.

0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:36.279
<v Speaker 4>You know what I'm saying.

0:44:36.800 --> 0:44:40.000
<v Speaker 3>I know I'm cool one though, Uh yeah, So like

0:44:40.040 --> 0:44:41.800
<v Speaker 3>I said, that's what I'll go. But I mean literally,

0:44:42.120 --> 0:44:44.399
<v Speaker 3>like even even here, I'm watch, I'm gonna go about

0:44:44.400 --> 0:44:47.360
<v Speaker 3>one dre here because there's three DJs on the team,

0:44:47.440 --> 0:44:50.080
<v Speaker 3>so I already know. Like once once they hear Dax

0:44:50.120 --> 0:44:52.919
<v Speaker 3>call me Drego, be like, why is he talking about

0:44:53.040 --> 0:44:55.000
<v Speaker 3>my name with one Drago? About one Drego?

0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:55.759
<v Speaker 1>And then watch.

0:44:55.760 --> 0:44:58.399
<v Speaker 3>I'm telling you it happens every every single place I'm at.

0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:01.840
<v Speaker 1>I like it. Unique names than are great, Welcome to Cincinnati.

0:45:01.920 --> 0:45:03.200
<v Speaker 1>Great to have you on the team. Look forward to

0:45:03.200 --> 0:45:03.960
<v Speaker 1>getting to know you better.

0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:04.759
<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Thank you.

0:45:06.040 --> 0:45:10.080
<v Speaker 1>In twenty fifteen, the Bengals had AJ Green, AJ McCarron,

0:45:10.200 --> 0:45:15.000
<v Speaker 1>and AJ Hawk. Now they have DJ Reader, Djivy, and

0:45:15.080 --> 0:45:19.080
<v Speaker 1>DJ Turner. He's right, I suspect his teammates and coaches

0:45:19.160 --> 0:45:23.000
<v Speaker 1>we'll be calling him Drago. The Bengals Booth Podcast is

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0:45:38.640 --> 0:45:41.880
<v Speaker 1>after they drafted punter Brad Robbins when he got the

0:45:41.880 --> 0:45:45.399
<v Speaker 1>call from Zach Taylor it sounded like he thought he

0:45:45.520 --> 0:45:47.200
<v Speaker 1>might be getting punked bred.

0:45:47.440 --> 0:45:50.319
<v Speaker 4>This is Zach Taylor at the Bengals. Oh, Zach Tayror,

0:45:50.320 --> 0:45:51.680
<v Speaker 4>how's it going. How I'm doing?

0:45:51.719 --> 0:45:52.160
<v Speaker 1>Great? Man?

0:45:52.320 --> 0:45:53.280
<v Speaker 4>You want to come by a Bengal?

0:45:53.840 --> 0:45:54.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh?

0:45:54.040 --> 0:45:55.359
<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, all right.

0:45:55.360 --> 0:45:56.520
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna drop you right here.

0:45:57.000 --> 0:45:58.920
<v Speaker 4>Oh yes, sir, appreciate.

0:45:58.400 --> 0:45:59.920
<v Speaker 2>That you're up in Columbus right now.

0:46:00.400 --> 0:46:02.920
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm up in Columbus. Awesome, awesome.

0:46:03.000 --> 0:46:05.120
<v Speaker 2>We we're happy to have you, and we're gonna put the

0:46:05.160 --> 0:46:06.759
<v Speaker 2>pick in right now and then we'll be in touch

0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:07.200
<v Speaker 2>with you later.

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<v Speaker 4>Holy appreciate that. All right. We might have to edit

0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:14.440
<v Speaker 4>that out on the video, but that's great, man. I'm

0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:17.359
<v Speaker 4>fired up that you're fired up. Thank you, fired up,

0:46:17.400 --> 0:46:17.719
<v Speaker 4>thank you.

0:46:18.160 --> 0:46:21.320
<v Speaker 1>I discussed that phone call and much more with Robbins

0:46:21.360 --> 0:46:26.319
<v Speaker 1>when we met on Friday. Will your fellow rookies were

0:46:26.360 --> 0:46:28.760
<v Speaker 1>working out in the practice bubble. I saw that Darren

0:46:28.800 --> 0:46:31.719
<v Speaker 1>Simmons pulled you away to do something outdoors. I guess

0:46:31.719 --> 0:46:32.640
<v Speaker 1>what were you guys up to.

0:46:32.960 --> 0:46:35.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we were just punting a few balls up in

0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:39.520
<v Speaker 4>the air. Got over to the stadium. Uh was pouring

0:46:39.560 --> 0:46:41.000
<v Speaker 4>down right a little bit earlier, so we had the

0:46:41.080 --> 0:46:42.560
<v Speaker 4>chance to be able to get out there and hit

0:46:42.560 --> 0:46:44.200
<v Speaker 4>a few balls, get some holes in and all that

0:46:44.239 --> 0:46:47.080
<v Speaker 4>kind of stuff and wait for the returners towards the

0:46:47.160 --> 0:46:48.640
<v Speaker 4>end of practice to come over there and catch the

0:46:48.719 --> 0:46:49.319
<v Speaker 4>balls for us.

0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:51.440
<v Speaker 1>He probably liked the opportunity to get you out and

0:46:51.480 --> 0:46:52.160
<v Speaker 1>inclement weather.

0:46:52.360 --> 0:46:54.600
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, oh yeah, nothing different from me being from

0:46:54.600 --> 0:46:57.360
<v Speaker 4>the North, you know, and well originally from Ohio. I

0:46:57.440 --> 0:46:58.560
<v Speaker 4>live for this kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got kind of a petuall ear to ear grin

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<v Speaker 1>going on right now. You're pretty excited to be here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, definitely, definitely a dream come true. Definitely the best

0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:11.239
<v Speaker 4>case scenario for me. I just feel like overall, being

0:47:11.280 --> 0:47:13.280
<v Speaker 4>from the Midwest, I've always wanted to stay in the Midwest,

0:47:13.320 --> 0:47:16.640
<v Speaker 4>close to home, being from Ohio, would like to come

0:47:16.640 --> 0:47:20.480
<v Speaker 4>back to Ohio, right I'm just really excited to, you know,

0:47:20.719 --> 0:47:23.160
<v Speaker 4>kind of play my role and do what I can

0:47:23.160 --> 0:47:25.879
<v Speaker 4>do to help the team and just be a member

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<v Speaker 4>of the culture and help create a positive culture.

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<v Speaker 1>We're visiting with Brad Robbins, everybody here. It's it's an

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<v Speaker 1>incredible accomplishment to be in an NFL camp. In your case,

0:47:35.640 --> 0:47:38.200
<v Speaker 1>you're competing for one of thirty two jobs in the world.

0:47:38.280 --> 0:47:41.520
<v Speaker 1>It's hard to be an NFL partner. To make it

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<v Speaker 1>this far has to be incredibly gratifying.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, definitely, and especially after, like you know, the draft

0:47:48.960 --> 0:47:51.080
<v Speaker 4>and stuff like that. I allowed myself about two hours

0:47:51.120 --> 0:47:53.200
<v Speaker 4>to kind of let it set in, and you know,

0:47:53.280 --> 0:47:54.960
<v Speaker 4>my mindset is just like I'm ready to get to

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<v Speaker 4>work and show what i can do and prove I

0:47:58.400 --> 0:48:00.880
<v Speaker 4>can be the guy and just enjoy the competition and

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<v Speaker 4>join the environment. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So, yeah, definitely. I'm guessing that most of the people

0:48:06.560 --> 0:48:09.480
<v Speaker 1>listening to this have seen the video of the phone call.

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<v Speaker 1>People are wondering if you thought you got pranked? Did

0:48:13.280 --> 0:48:15.600
<v Speaker 1>you think that was the real Zach Taylor? What was

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<v Speaker 1>going on in your mind?

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<v Speaker 4>It was a little surreal, I mean, just thinking about it.

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<v Speaker 4>I have a lot of friends down in Cinci and

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<v Speaker 4>I had expressed to them I was like, yeah, I

0:48:24.120 --> 0:48:27.520
<v Speaker 4>would really I think this situation could happen. I would

0:48:27.560 --> 0:48:31.080
<v Speaker 4>really like to be in this situation, and it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 4>be far fetched for one of them to call me

0:48:33.160 --> 0:48:35.239
<v Speaker 4>and kind of, you know, egged me on a little bit.

0:48:35.719 --> 0:48:37.440
<v Speaker 4>And I still didn't really believe it until I saw

0:48:37.440 --> 0:48:39.000
<v Speaker 4>it on the TV and I was like, ah, wow,

0:48:39.160 --> 0:48:43.400
<v Speaker 4>really yeah, yeah, let's go. You know. But at the

0:48:43.480 --> 0:48:46.640
<v Speaker 4>end of it all, you know, I'm just really excited

0:48:46.640 --> 0:48:48.640
<v Speaker 4>to be a part of this culture and what a

0:48:48.640 --> 0:48:51.120
<v Speaker 4>great opportunity to be. I think it was one of

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<v Speaker 4>three guys that were drafted this year's as punters, and

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<v Speaker 4>definitely very blessed, very fortunate, and uh, just excited to

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<v Speaker 4>get to work.

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<v Speaker 1>So you didn't see the pick on TV until after

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<v Speaker 1>you hung up the phone with the person you were

0:49:05.040 --> 0:49:05.839
<v Speaker 1>quite sure was Zach.

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<v Speaker 4>It was about it was about twenty second. I was

0:49:07.719 --> 0:49:10.120
<v Speaker 4>pretty convinced at the end of the phone, cause like, yeah,

0:49:10.120 --> 0:49:12.200
<v Speaker 4>that is Zach Taylor, that was that was probably Zach Taylor,

0:49:14.360 --> 0:49:17.880
<v Speaker 4>and you know all that kind of stuff. Then I

0:49:17.920 --> 0:49:21.000
<v Speaker 4>saw my name on TV and my parents are pretty excited,

0:49:21.040 --> 0:49:24.360
<v Speaker 4>and I was pretty excited. But yeah, just allowed myself

0:49:24.400 --> 0:49:26.960
<v Speaker 4>to settle in and take about two hours and then

0:49:27.600 --> 0:49:29.680
<v Speaker 4>you know, it's right, it's time to get to work.

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<v Speaker 1>They've given you Kevin Huber's number. I'm not reading too

0:49:33.560 --> 0:49:36.960
<v Speaker 1>much into that. There are only so many available for specialists.

0:49:38.160 --> 0:49:40.319
<v Speaker 1>Was that a choice? Did you want ten or did

0:49:40.320 --> 0:49:41.480
<v Speaker 1>you just show up and see ten?

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<v Speaker 4>So, yeah, the story behind it, I mean I was

0:49:43.880 --> 0:49:46.239
<v Speaker 4>texted like, here's a list of numbers, pick what you want.

0:49:47.440 --> 0:49:51.239
<v Speaker 4>I hadn't been number ten yet, and I think it

0:49:51.239 --> 0:49:53.920
<v Speaker 4>had slipped my mind that he, like Kevin Huber, was ten, right,

0:49:54.120 --> 0:49:57.160
<v Speaker 4>So I was like, ten is probably the best option here.

0:49:57.160 --> 0:49:58.520
<v Speaker 4>I think that would be good. But I'm not too

0:49:58.520 --> 0:50:00.880
<v Speaker 4>picky or particular about numbers. I kind of just closed

0:50:00.880 --> 0:50:02.800
<v Speaker 4>my eyes and picked one. I was like, ten works,

0:50:02.840 --> 0:50:06.160
<v Speaker 4>you know, And sure enough I googled, like punters that

0:50:06.160 --> 0:50:08.040
<v Speaker 4>were number ten, Let's see who I can endulate here,

0:50:08.440 --> 0:50:10.400
<v Speaker 4>and it was I think one of them was like

0:50:10.440 --> 0:50:12.200
<v Speaker 4>Johnny Hecker, but the first guy that popped up was

0:50:12.280 --> 0:50:14.279
<v Speaker 4>Kevin Hubert. And I was like, it's gosh, Dart, So

0:50:14.520 --> 0:50:16.759
<v Speaker 4>I can just blend in. You know, the fans won't

0:50:16.800 --> 0:50:20.279
<v Speaker 4>know who it is. Maybe just sneak in and you know,

0:50:20.360 --> 0:50:24.160
<v Speaker 4>hopefully continue to you know, have a have a good career,

0:50:24.200 --> 0:50:25.040
<v Speaker 4>long lasting career.

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<v Speaker 1>You punt right footed, though right right footed, they'll know,

0:50:27.360 --> 0:50:30.480
<v Speaker 1>they'll know, they'll know, Well, he was the last punter

0:50:30.600 --> 0:50:33.560
<v Speaker 1>they drafted and he had the job for fourteen years,

0:50:33.560 --> 0:50:34.680
<v Speaker 1>so that's pretty good, mo job.

0:50:34.719 --> 0:50:39.239
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, guy never left Cincy. And you know, I

0:50:39.520 --> 0:50:43.880
<v Speaker 4>think definitely this this environment. I think the Cincinnati Bengals

0:50:43.880 --> 0:50:48.160
<v Speaker 4>in general. This is just my thought process really, Like

0:50:48.840 --> 0:50:51.839
<v Speaker 4>especially specialists from like the Midwest, North all that kind

0:50:51.840 --> 0:50:54.319
<v Speaker 4>of stuff that kind of grew up and punning in

0:50:54.360 --> 0:50:58.040
<v Speaker 4>this you know, challenging conditions, especially you know, the division war,

0:50:58.040 --> 0:51:00.480
<v Speaker 4>and it's all the games are outside. All the games

0:51:00.480 --> 0:51:03.080
<v Speaker 4>are tough. There's always challenging wins. So growing up and

0:51:03.560 --> 0:51:06.680
<v Speaker 4>being in that and always uh, you know, learning in

0:51:06.719 --> 0:51:10.879
<v Speaker 4>that environment I think will benefit me as well as.

0:51:10.800 --> 0:51:13.120
<v Speaker 1>The other guys in the specialist room. I've asked several

0:51:13.239 --> 0:51:15.719
<v Speaker 1>of your fellow draft picks this question. You're in front

0:51:15.760 --> 0:51:17.919
<v Speaker 1>of your locker, You've got the name tag, you've got

0:51:17.960 --> 0:51:20.839
<v Speaker 1>the gear. Does it make it all seem more real? Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, definitely. It's a step in the right direction.

0:51:26.000 --> 0:51:28.440
<v Speaker 4>I'm never going to be a finished product. Just in

0:51:28.480 --> 0:51:31.000
<v Speaker 4>my mind, I think I have plenty of room to grow.

0:51:31.680 --> 0:51:33.600
<v Speaker 4>You know, my dad tells me, once you know everything,

0:51:33.600 --> 0:51:36.960
<v Speaker 4>you can't learn anything, right, So just taking that attitude

0:51:37.000 --> 0:51:41.400
<v Speaker 4>of being really approachable and coachable by all the coaches

0:51:41.440 --> 0:51:45.600
<v Speaker 4>and just in all the vets and players and stuff

0:51:45.640 --> 0:51:48.719
<v Speaker 4>like that, and just whatever I can, however, I can

0:51:48.760 --> 0:51:50.959
<v Speaker 4>be a sponge to them and just kind of soak

0:51:51.000 --> 0:51:53.920
<v Speaker 4>in what what I can learn to stay in the

0:51:53.960 --> 0:51:55.719
<v Speaker 4>league and on this team as long as I can.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to try to take that and run with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome Cincinnati, have a great weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you as well.

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