WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: More, More, More 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.359 Hike and everybody on Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:13.440 the Bengals Booth Podcast. The more addition a little nineteen 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:16.600 seventy six disco for you there as we bring you 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.759 more and more and more about the player who is 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.919 widely expected to be the number one pick in the draft, 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:26.800 LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. I'll ask draft expert Dane Brugler 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.440 if selecting Burrow number one overall is a no brainer. 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.199 It also gets some names that he thinks could be 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:35.960 there when the Bengals are scheduled to make the first 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.600 pick in the second round. Plus who knows a quarterback 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.640 better than one of his offensive linemen. 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Now let's get to football. 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.240 Every year before the draft, I wind up buying a 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:15.080 few draft guides, and my favorite in recent years has 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:19.120 been Dane Bruglers. He's currently the NFL Draft guru for 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.320 The Athletic and I recently sat down with him at 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:27.200 the NFL Scouting Combine to discuss Joe Burrow, the Bengals 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.800 track record in the draft, and how he became a 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.320 draft expert. Is Joe Burrow number one overall a no 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:38.360 brainer in your opinion, absolutely coming off one of the 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:43.080 best seasons we've ever seen for a quarterback. When you 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.400 list the traits that you look for at the quarterback position, 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:53.600 it starts with mental processing, leadership, accuracy, the composure, pocket awareness. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:57.320 He checks all those boxes. And you know, we can 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.200 talk about how he does not have the greatest arm. 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.080 We can talk about his nine inch hands or whatever. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.160 That's that's fine, and that's that matters, but they just 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.880 don't don't overthink this. Um. Yes, he had did it 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.040 in one season, but I think the context is required 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.200 when you talk about him transferring into LSU, a brand 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.520 new program, brand new system, learning the coaches, learning the teammates. 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.640 We started to see this at the end of his 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.960 junior season him he was the MVP at the Festival 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.520 the last four games of his junior year. We started 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:29.239 to see this. Now, no one expected this, um, but 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.120 you know, I think we saw him working towards this 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.840 and when he became more comfortable within that program. Obviously 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.160 the adding Joe Brady and you know, some wrinkles of 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.720 the passing games surely helped. But Joe talked about yesterday 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.960 here at the combine how just giving him more freedom 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.240 at the line of scrimmage was the biggest difference with 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.600 with Joe Brady coming in and between his junior year 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:55.240 and senior year. He is incredibly confident and that shows 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.280 on the field. Off the field, Uh, they do not 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.520 need to overthink this. He is in the one pick. 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:04.400 How does his LSU offense from last year transfer to 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.360 the NFL. Well, I think the fact that they let 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.240 him do a lot of things that the line of scrimmage. 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.800 You see that he does look to the sideline and 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.520 all that, but he's making those pre snapper reads based 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.320 off of what he's seeing. He's reading the safety. He 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.599 understands where to go with the football, and it's the 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.640 thing I was most impressed with. When you watch this film. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.440 He's under constant pressure, but no matter what, he's calm 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.479 composed there and he always knows where his out He 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.960 knows where his outlets are because he's just so comfortable 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.919 within that system. And so I think he always knows 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.600 what the defense is trying to do, where his receivers 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.359 are going to be, and where he can find his 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.600 open receivers. And that's something that's going to translate from 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.840 that LSU offense to the pros no matter where he goes, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.520 no matter what system they want to run. That confidence, 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.760 that composure, I think is something that he really developed 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.760 at LSU and that's going to show in the NFL. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.720 I saw you wrote recently, are projecting immediate NFL starter 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.799 with Pro Bowls Gills. That's setting the bar very high. 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.560 It is. But when you draft a player number one 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.760 overall or consider him number one overall, um, that's what 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.479 you're expecting, you know, and especially for a red shirt senior. UM, 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.800 this isn't you know, last year we saw a guy 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.840 like Dwayne Haskins, who um, you know for the Redskins, 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.039 went first round, didn't play until the end of the season. 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.000 He was a red shirt sophomore and he came out, 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:24.680 so he should have been a junior. UM. Really last 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.960 year in college, Joe Burrow, even though he doesn't have 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.680 that experience in terms of on the field, only two 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.200 years of starting experience. He's a red shirt senior, an 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.120 older guy. He's ready for this. Um, this isn't something 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:37.960 where it's going to be a learning curve. He's gonna 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.360 come in from day one. He's gonna work his tail off. 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.040 You know he Drew Brees is kind of his guy. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.159 That's that's his mentor, that's that's who he learned, uh, 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.400 you know, kind of watched throughout over the years, and 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:53.200 that's I think the work ethic that Drew Brees approaches 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.560 the game with. That's that's the way Joe Burrow does 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.440 as well. And so I don't I don't think there's 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.320 any question he is going to be the start for 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:04.080 whoever drafts him in twenty twenty. And you know they're 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.240 gonna be some bumps along the way with any rookie quarterback, 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.400 but he absolutely has Pro Bowl potential. We're talking to 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.880 Dane Broglar, draft analyst for the Athletic. Let's move to 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.400 the thirty third overall pick, first pick in the second round. 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.640 I am predicting that the Bengals are going to trade 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:21.000 down to get more picks in the second round. But 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.839 if they don't give us a few names that you 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.920 think might be there that would be a good fit 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.200 in Cincinnati, well, I think that's you get your quarterback. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.880 On offense. I think they could go not I mean 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.839 not one of two ways, but two options that really 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.560 make a lot of sense to me. Receiver to help 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.640 out your help out your quarterback. I think you can 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.440 say three ways receiver to help out your quarterback, offensive 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.279 line to help out your quarterback, and then finding your quarterback. 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.599 On defense, especially at linebacker. It'll be interesting to see 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:54.760 which linebackers end up going in the first round. You know, 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.520 we know Isaiah Simmons will be a top ten pick. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.480 I think Patrick Queen is going to be a top 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:02.400 twenty pick. Is he's just too good to fall. But 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.279 you know, guy like Kenneth Murray from Oklahoma, a guy 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.960 like Zach Bond from Wisconsin. Could one of those two 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.280 guys fall to the thirty third pick. If that's if 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.200 they do, then I think that would be really intriguing. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.800 Two guys that play with a lot of speed. They 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:20.040 very diverse with what they offer. Um, Zach Bond being 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:21.880 more of a pass rusher in college, who's going to 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.400 be more of an off ball guy in the NFL. 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.320 But you know we've seen him, you know, watching his film, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.120 you see him carry wide receivers deep. He'll he'll stay 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.280 hip to hip with a running back on the wheel route. Um. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.320 You know he looks just fine when moving in reverse. 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.440 Kenneth Murray, Um, he's a little late to sort things 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.760 at times, but the place be the competitive toughness off 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.320 the charts. Um, he's a really fun player to watch. 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.600 If they do go on offense wide receiver, it's really 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.720 interesting because you know, we know this is has the 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:53.160 potential to be a historic class. And it's not just 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.080 you know, first round, but it's the second round, the 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.680 third round, and so on and so on. We're going 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.000 to see some guys at the receiver position be drafted 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.400 later than they should just because teams are going to say, 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.120 in the first round, yeah, you know, we really like uh, 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.920 you know, Labiscos Chanald or t Higgins, but we need 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:10.720 a tackle and if we don't get a tackle now, 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:13.120 we're not gonna get them later. So we're gonna go 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.840 ahead and take Josh Jones from Houston here or Austin 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:19.400 Jackson from USC And we still feel great about our 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.840 wide receiver options in the second, third, even the fourth, 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.160 fifth round, and so I think they're going to be 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.640 some interesting wide receiver options. They're at thirty three. They're 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:28.280 gonna make the Bengals think, you know, could they go 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.840 with a Justin Jefferson, reunite him with Joe Burrow? Could 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.720 one of those two guys that just mentioned Higgins or 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.760 Chennault still be on the board for them. Jalen Rager 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.680 from TCU another one. They're going to have some options 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.800 at receiver if that's a direction they want to go. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.920 And then on the offensive line, um, you know, they 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.559 we know they need depth. You know, all thirty two 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.880 teams need depth on the offensive line. So I think 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.160 they could go tackle, they could guard on the interior, 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.800 and you know that that would certainly help, you know, 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.679 their young quarterback. They're you know, kind of getting two 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.560 first round picks with Jonah Williams coming back from last 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:05.560 year hopefully healthy, So boosting an offensive line certainly makes sense. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.679 You gave some linebacker names that are likely or possibly 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.040 could go in the first round. Does it get pretty 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.400 thin after that at that position, because obviously that's a 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.160 weakness for Cincinnati a little bit. I mean, I think 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.440 we're there are a few options on Day two that 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.280 I like a lot. Malie Harrison from Ohio State is 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.520 one of those former high school quarterback who he wanted 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.520 to play offense in high school or in college. He 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.640 wanted to play receiver. They moved a linebacker, and I 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:33.880 think that that was kind of the smart thing. He's 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:38.079 a big guy, he's a tremendous run defender, but he's 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.360 also athletic enough, and I think he'll show that here 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.440 at the combine that you know, it's just more of 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.520 a comfort level in terms of coverage. He has the 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:47.800 athleticisan would do it. He just needs to get comfortable 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:49.800 with his reads and moving in reverse and that type 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.800 of thing. So I think MALIEK. Harrison in the second 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.240 round makes sense. When you get to the third round, 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.480 A Keen Davis Gaither from app State is a name 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.800 to know. He's he's kind of the the third round 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:06.079 version of Isaiah Simmons. You know, he's that, he's long, 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.559 he's a lean athlete. You can do a lot of 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:10.800 things with him with how you line them up off 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:12.720 the ball. You can play him deeper, you can play 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.880 him as a blitzer off the edge. Just a really 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.320 versatile chess piece. And so this linebacker class, I think 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.920 we're gonna see three, maybe four guys going to first round, 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.960 and then maybe three four guys on Day two, second, 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:27.960 third round, so it does thin out a little bit. 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.319 A couple more questions for draft expert Dane Brugler. From 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.520 two thousand and nine to twenty fourteen, the Bengals drafted 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.640 extremely well. They had a run of six straight good drafts, 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.920 and then since twenty fifteen not so much, partly because 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.000 their first round pick seems to get injured every year 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.600 and missus Allah or part of the rookie year. As 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.480 you evaluate the Bengals draft over the years, is there 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:55.440 anything in particular that stands out bad luck? And you 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.840 know it's some of that injury stuff you can't really 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.079 I mean, Jonah Williams was you know, not someone that 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.440 had an injury history at Alabama. I mean he was 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.000 a reliable starter and just you know, same thing with 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.080 Billy Price. You know, how do you how do you 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.920 predict that stuff? And obviously Billy Price, Um, you know, 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.000 he his injury stuff started here at the combine unfortunately 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.920 with his bench price when he partially towards peck Um 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:21.760 and then getting that that's been a little bit of 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.720 a surprise seeing him struggle as much as he had. Um, 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.000 you know, coming from a bigger program like Ohio State, 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.400 starting fifty plus games for the buck Eyes, Um, you know, 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.760 he seemed you know, there's he's kind of the reminder 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.240 that there's no such thing as a sure thing when 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.400 it comes to the draft, going to the NFL level, 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:43.000 when you're facing bigger, faster guys, it's just there is 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.600 a little bit of unknown there. And for a guy 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.439 like Billy Price like that, that's been part of the 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.800 learning curve for him. Um. But I am eager to 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.120 see Joe Williams back on the field. UM, see what 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.480 he can do. I think he was. Um. You know, 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.960 whether he ends up being a tackle or guard long term, 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:58.840 he is a guy that's going to be as long 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.679 as he stays healthy. I mean, he has the talent 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:02.600 to be a starter in this league for a long time. 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.960 Hopefully he is just able to stay healthy. I've enjoyed 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.880 your guides for years. How did you become a draft guru? 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.679 How did this become so interesting to you? Well, I'm 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.400 I'm an Ohio guy. I grew up in Northeast Ohio, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.280 and when the Browns came back in ninety nine, I 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.760 was what probably thirteen years old. I just I became 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.960 enamored with the process, you know, what made a good 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.000 college player into a good NFL prospect. And that was 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.920 the year with rookie Williams and Edrin James and Donovan 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.560 McNabb and Tim Couch and just working through these guys, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.760 I was just I was so enamored with the process, 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.600 and so it turned into a hobby. And then I decided, 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:42.440 you know what, there's nothing I want to do the 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.560 rest of my life but just study these guys and 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.840 figured it out and I love it. And I was 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.520 able to if you want to go to if you 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.600 want to be a doctor, you go to medical school. 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:53.599 If you want to be a lawyer, you go to 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.600 law school. If you want to be a scout, you 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.880 know what do you do? There's no direct path, and 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.760 so I just kind of forged my own way doing 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.560 my my draft guide that was able to open some 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.959 doors for me. UM. I went to Mount Union College 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.040 UM and in Northeast Ohio, and my senior year I 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.400 worked for the football team and we had a pretty 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.520 good player named Pierre Garzon, and we had a lot 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.560 of scouts come through Alliance UM checking them out, and 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.079 so it was up to me working for the team 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.760 to show these scouts around, take them to practice UM 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.760 and that really started my networking UM getting to know 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.160 those guys. They were able to mentor me. They're still 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:30.439 mentors to this day. Um. I thankfully they opened doors 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.200 for me to to kind of learn the business and everything. 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.720 And um, it's been really fun being on the media. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.280 I never thought I'd be on the media side of things, 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.720 but I've enjoyed it because I get to you know, 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.400 I don't work for one team. I kind of work 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.000 for you know, every team because I get to, you know, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.280 scout all these guys and you know, trying to figure 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:49.440 out where they fit best, and you know, their their 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.280 their future. And I'm not going to get everyone right. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.200 I'm not delusional to think that, you know, I'm going 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.920 to nail all these guys, but um, you know, I 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.160 think I feel good about my batting average. And my 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:03.400 draft guide has been something that has really been kind 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.840 of the backbone of my work, and it's I dare 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:10.600 anybody to find a more thorough draft guide out there, 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.440 because I put it a lot of work into it. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.120 And it's not just the analysis and with you know, 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.640 strengths weaknesses. It's it's the background and you know, what 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.760 kind of family does he come from? Um? You know 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:22.520 that to me, that's the best part of this is 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.840 the journey that you know, because there's three hundred and 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.520 thirty seven guys here at the combine. Not there aren't 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.240 two of these guys that had the same journey, you 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.120 know it from elementary school to high school to college. 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.120 There's something going on in their lives, whether it's adversity 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.080 or maybe they you know, we're a basketball player that 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.520 I became a football player. Whatever it is, it's it's 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.600 just it helps shape who they are and it helps 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.760 tell you where they're going and protect their future. And 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.720 so I really try to put all that into the 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.320 draft guide. And you know, it's my goal is to 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.480 paint a picture. If you know nothing about the player, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.640 after reading my my write ups and my reports and 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.520 my draft guide, um you know who he is and 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:59.560 you have a pretty good feel for the player that 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.320 he is. That first draft that you mentioned was also 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.840 the Achille Smith draft. That one hurts. Yeah. I didn't 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.680 mention him on purpose. I mentioned everyone in the top 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.320 five except for him. That was by design. That's a 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.120 painful memory. Your guide is awesome. Appreciate the time. Thanks 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.520 very much, and so thank you. Dane published a three 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.760 round mock draft for the Athletic on March fourth. He 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.880 obviously had the Bengals taking Joe Burrow number one overall, 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.320 then had them selecting Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims with 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.760 the first pick in the second round and Auburn offensive 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:36.480 tackle Prince Tegawan Nogo at the top of the third. Now, 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.680 let's get to the latest Bengals news. The team announced 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.440 on Friday that it has released offensive lineman Cordy Glenn. 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.960 No surprise there. The Bengals reportedly tried to trade him 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:51.560 but found no takers. Releasing Cordy freeze up nine point 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.960 five million dollars that can be used in free agency. 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.760 As of this recording, The free agent negotiating period begins 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:04.280 on Monday, and then teams can start signing players on Wednesday. 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.440 The deadline for franchise tagging players is also on Monday, 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.400 and the Bengals are expected to use the tag to 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:15.640 retain aj Green. They would then have until July fifteenth 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.320 to work out a long term extension with the wide receiver, 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:22.280 who turns thirty two at the end of July. The 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.600 deadline for players to vote on the new collective bargaining 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:30.160 agreement is Saturday at eleven fifty nine pm. If the 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.920 players approved the proposal, it would mean labor piece between 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:37.720 players and owners through the year twenty thirty. Before we 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.160 get to our next guest, here's a quick reminder that 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.880 you can take your Bengals pride to the next level 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:47.240 in twenty twenty with an official Bengals fan package from 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:52.200 Prime Sport. Like Joe Burrow, offensive lineman Damian Lewis spent 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.440 the last two years at LSU. He was a JUCO 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.360 All American at Northwest Mississippi Community College before heading to 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.360 Baton Route, and this past season he was the starting 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:06.840 right guard for the undefeated national champs. Lewis was one 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:11.800 of sixteen LSU players invited to the scouting combine and 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:16.119 I spoke to him about his quarterback Describe Joe Burrow 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.280 in the huddle for me, Joe real funny, you know, 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:23.439 guy who like real calm out deb but he funny 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.359 how you know, He'll get us going and we're doing 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.800 something that we don't need to be. He'll joke around 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.879 to everybody. Hood up, we don't got to go, but 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:33.880 we did a lot of temple. He's just a guy 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:37.520 who just keep the energy going, just gonna get people going. 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.040 If it hadn't to work, you know, he'll click it 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:43.040 out and said let's go to work. The sixty touchdown 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.679 passes speak for themselves, but how important was his leadership 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.560 and the intangibles and leading you guys to a perfect season. 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.560 It always started with the leaders you know, we watched him. 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.240 He get us going and started in two and eighteen 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.240 when he came we transferred together and it really just 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.560 started up Jo know that what he came here to do, 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.439 and just winning championships and ball game and the exactly 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:07.720 what he did. I felt like he was locked in 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.359 from day one and he was ready to go. A 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.560 lot of people have wondered why he jumped so much 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.439 in terms of his play from his junior year to 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:20.520 his senior year. Obviously there is a different scheme with 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.120 coach Brady coming in. If I wish there anything other 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.080 than that, in your opinion, Joe always been a great player. 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.120 You can't take that from you know, some stuff make 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.160 people stand out more, But I feel like that Joe 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.399 I always had where to take for the you know, 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.200 just be a one of the great quarterback, elite quarterback. 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:39.720 So I feel like they're coming in the all season 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.360 he worked. He was working real hard all the old 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.639 days and long night that he put in. It's just 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:47.520 like all the stuff he took in. He was hearing 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.720 the media and said, I don't beyond I'm thinking he 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:52.800 would care about the media, like listen to the media 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:54.760 that much. But he just did what he had to 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:56.720 do for his family and nor that way it state 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:59.320 for him. So he just went out there with the 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.320 chip on his show old and knowing what we had 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:03.560 to do, and we told each other that we want 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.160 to win a national in an SEC championship, and then 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.920 exactly what we did. We went't coming here to lose. 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.240 Seeing the footage from the Central Florida game in the 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.639 bowl game the previous year where he gets drilled and 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.200 then pops right up, the man seems to get better 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:21.720 after that. What did that moment say? They were really started. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:24.240 They're right there when he got hit, took that big 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.239 hit everybody and he jumped right back up. Everybody on 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.320 that sideline look up and said, that's our quarterback. They're 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.640 toughness and up and they had great over there. Joe 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:35.440 jumped right back up and he went right back to 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.920 work and the next play throw the what for the 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:41.000 yoord tasdown? For the yoord tasdown? And everybody like, there's 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:43.440 a quarterback we want to follow behind. They got he 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:45.640 gonna lead us to the National and he gonna lead 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.000 us to the SEC Championship, and the exactly what he 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:51.760 did when fifteen, they know, so he goes number one overall, 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:55.359 whether the Cincinnati thing goes getting they getting a hard 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:58.480 working guy who love his job, who love to compete, 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:02.879 who's gonna have fun. Danzi really enjoins it. Help to 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:07.000 the net, help them to the super Bowl. If the 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:11.159 Bengals select Burrow, Let's hope that Damian Lewis is like 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:15.560 Nostradamis in predicting that Burrow will lead the Bengals to 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.439 the super Bowl. That's going to do it for This 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.320