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Speaker 1: Hi again everybody. I'm Dan Board and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast the I'mready, I'mredy audition. As the

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Speaker 1: Bengals wrap up the preseason against the Colts and can

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Speaker 1: turn their attention to the regular season opener against New

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Speaker 1: England coming up, radio replays, locker room comments and postgame

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Speaker 1: analysis from Dave Lappham. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation,

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Speaker 1: you'll get to know of Bengals rookie who can play

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Speaker 1: the greatest thing since Happy Gilmore two. I was a

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Speaker 1: Happy Gilmore. To this day, it remains one of those

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Speaker 1: least thirty minutes. Well nearly thirty years after the original

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Speaker 1: NFL defensive coordinators can hope. Now, let's get the football

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Speaker 1: and the radio replays from Thursday nights preseason finale against

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Speaker 1: the Colts. In seventeen days, the twenty twenty four season

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Speaker 1: gets underway here at pay Corpse Stadium as the Bengals

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Speaker 1: host the New England Patriots. But first, it's the final

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Speaker 1: game of the preseason between the Bengals and the Indianapolis Colts,

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Speaker 1: and it is time for the big skin to fly

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Speaker 1: here in the jungle. Three receivers out to the right.

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Speaker 1: Now Pittman motions to the left, second in goal from

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Speaker 1: the nine, shotgun snap, Richardson, looking left, looks over the middle,

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Speaker 1: throws caught at the six. Aden I Mitchell accelerates into

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Speaker 2: Popping touchdownn Bengals. A beautiful read by Jordan Battle.

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Speaker 3: He caught it on the run and took it into

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you that that ball was thrown behind the

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Speaker 2: And boy did did Battle make him pay.

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Speaker 1: like the Colts have it justin blaze it coming from

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Speaker 1: the blind side, stripped it away from Anthony Richardson, but

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Speaker 1: Fourth and goal from the three. The Colts could run

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Speaker 1: from the three, Cedric Johnson and Devin Harper putting the

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Speaker 1: Touchdown Bengals Jermaine Burton with his second touchdown catch of

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Speaker 2: There's no question that this guy has got some physical

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Speaker 1: One forty nine left, Indy up by six. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: The final score the Indianapolis Colts twenty seven the Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: That's four point nine per attempt. But the starting defense

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Speaker 1: Logan Woodside basically went the distance at quarterback, except for

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Speaker 1: the preseason with eight catches for one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: last year. I went one on one with Jermaine after

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Speaker 1: the game. Another touchdown catch two in three preseason games.

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Speaker 1: How did you feel the preseason went for you?

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Speaker 4: Overall it was smooth.

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Speaker 5: Still a lot of things to get better on, regardless

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Speaker 1: I still made a lot.

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Speaker 5: Of mistakes throughout preseason even practice, and that needs to

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Speaker 5: the players that I did. But at the end of

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Speaker 1: Describe the touchdown pass. It looked similar to the one

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was pretty much just uh he was press covered,

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Speaker 1: And when the ball is in the air and it's

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Speaker 5: Yeah for sure. Uh you know, I kind of I

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Speaker 5: So any opportunity I get, you know, I just hope

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Speaker 5: and if it's if it doesn't go my way, then

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Speaker 5: learn from it. So you know, yeah, more than blessed

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Speaker 5: to make the place that I did. I'm just trying

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Speaker 1: clean things up, try to eliminate some of the mistakes

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Speaker 1: that rookies make. Is that just kind of par for

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Speaker 5: Oh, it can be you know, it depends on how

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Speaker 5: I could have you know, I could lock in more

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Speaker 4: But you know, it's all about how you handle it.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's all about what it means to you.

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Speaker 5: And you know, I feel like I need to do

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Speaker 5: me because I know my potential as a player, and

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Speaker 5: you know, it's about that time. You know, it's about

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Speaker 5: I'm just trying to you know, prove to my coaches

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Speaker 5: that I can you know, continue to make those kind

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Speaker 1: That's pretty candid. I mean, it sounds like there's some

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Speaker 5: Ye one hundred percent. Uh, you know, nobody's perfect, but

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Speaker 5: And you know, regardless, I still got to watch for

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Speaker 1: Well, the touchdowns are fun to call, and you have

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Speaker 1: So congratulations on that. Keep grinding and look forward to

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Speaker 4: Yes, sir, thank you.

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Speaker 1: I need to do a better job of showing how

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Speaker 1: much this means to me. That's quite a statement by

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Speaker 1: your Maane Burton. If his actions match his words, going forward,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals could have a special player. Now, let's hear

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Speaker 1: what head coach Zach Taylor had to say. Is he

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Speaker 1: spent a few minutes with Dave Lapham after the game.

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Speaker 2: Trade Yon Williams of pros Pro. I mean the guy

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Speaker 2: he does exactly what he's supposed to do, doesn't he.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he hasn't gotten a lot of carries in season obviously,

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Speaker 2: Jordan battle with a big pick six, huge, huge play.

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Speaker 2: But he also he's been playing very consistently on special

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's taking the next step there in that area.

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Speaker 3: Obviously put a lot of defense at Alabama, So again

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Speaker 3: he's been a solid player for us that continues to improve.

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Speaker 2: What else do you did you see that you liked

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Speaker 3: I thought the defense played with a lot of energy.

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Speaker 3: You know, in the first half. Offensively score some points,

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Speaker 3: take the pressure off of them. But they got seven points.

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Speaker 3: They got some big stops that were playing against starters.

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Speaker 2: You have pushed your team. I mean I thought the

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Speaker 3: We've gotten the right amount of work with the right physicality,

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Speaker 1: The Bengals finished the preseason oh to three after going

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Speaker 1: guys recap lapt The preseason ends with a twenty seven

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Speaker 1: The talent jumps off the screen. This kid has to

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean there is no questioning his physical attributes,

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Speaker 1: Talk to him after the game, he sounded self aware.

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Speaker 2: No question. I mean it's as good as you know

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Speaker 1: The final preseason game is always an interesting night for

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Speaker 2: is the best you can do. Lay it all out there.

435
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Speaker 2: It's not good enough, so be it. But the last

436
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Speaker 2: thing you want to do is say, oh man, I

437
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Speaker 2: wish I just you know, finished that player given a

438
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Speaker 2: little bit more offert on this one. That's the worst

439
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Speaker 2: feeling in the world is you put your head on

440
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Speaker 2: the pillow, you know, after the last preseason game, when

441
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Speaker 2: it's like this is your last opportunity, you think, did

442
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Speaker 2: I leave it all out there? That's terrible feeling. He's

443
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Speaker 2: not gonna have that feeling. He'll sleep like a baby

444
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Speaker 2: because he gave it all. I mean, he he put

445
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Speaker 2: it all on the on the field. And if it

446
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Speaker 2: if it's good enough for somebody or somebody's practice squad,

447
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:29,160
Speaker 2: whatever the case may be, mission accomplished if not give

448
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Speaker 2: it everything, you had no regrets.

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Speaker 1: What'd you think of Cedric Johnson tonight?

450
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Speaker 2: I think he showed that you know, he's he's got

451
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Speaker 2: he's got some juice, he's got a little bit of

452
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Speaker 2: a little bit of game to him. I think he's

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Speaker 2: somebody that I think the Bengals are going to try

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Speaker 2: to develop. But again, you know, if you if you

455
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Speaker 2: waive them to get him on your practice squad, they

456
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Speaker 2: have to clear waivers. So, uh, you know, it's like now,

457
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Speaker 2: now you have to make that decision do I do

458
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Speaker 2: I keep this extra extra you know, young guy? And

459
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Speaker 2: the fifty three happens and you know he know now

460
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Speaker 2: now is he gonna clear waivers? Again? It playing playing

461
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Speaker 2: the roster game is a tough one. You gotta you gotta,

462
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Speaker 2: you know, guess right and hope that nobody out there,

463
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Speaker 2: you know, uh, claims the guy that you're trying to

464
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Speaker 2: slide through and play roster games with. So he he

465
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Speaker 2: may fall into that category, or he may be somebody like, hey,

466
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Speaker 2: he showed enough where you know, we're thin at that

467
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Speaker 2: spot right now. But again on the wave wire. There

468
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Speaker 2: may be somebody with a little more experience who's at

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Speaker 2: the same level as he is right now. But you know,

470
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Speaker 2: you don't know what his ceiling is. I mean, he's raw,

471
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Speaker 2: he's he's young, he's raw. You developed this guy, his

472
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Speaker 2: ceiling may be a heck of a lot higher, and

473
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Speaker 2: you don't want to miss out on that opportunity as well.

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Speaker 2: So it drives you nuts trying to figure all this out,

475
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Speaker 2: and uh, and just you just hope that that everything

476
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Speaker 2: all the pieces fall your way.

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Speaker 1: You know, at the beginning of the broadcast, you did

478
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Speaker 1: lapse keys to the game tonight, the first thing on

479
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Speaker 1: your list, no more injuries to peer you got your wish.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they I think they came out clean

481
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Speaker 2: that way, which is which is good because man, to

482
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Speaker 2: lose three guys for the season in uh, in the preseason,

483
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Speaker 2: that's that's tough. That's tough. And uh, you know, how

484
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Speaker 2: long how long will Murphy be out? They're saying four

485
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Speaker 2: to six weeks. Hopefully that's you know, no longer than that,

486
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Speaker 2: and hopefully it's on the short side of that. Hopefully

487
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Speaker 2: it's so a month down the road. And then you

488
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Speaker 2: know that might be a couple of games that he

489
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Speaker 2: that he might miss, but you know, at least it's

490
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Speaker 2: weeks and not months, so you know that looking on

491
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Speaker 2: the bright side of it. But yeah, that was enough

492
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Speaker 2: from the injury standpoint, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: Does an zero to three preseason record bother you at all?

494
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Speaker 2: It really doesn't, because I mean, you know, I look

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Speaker 2: at I look at how the other teams approached it,

496
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Speaker 2: how the Bengals approached it. I'm not shocked that that

497
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Speaker 2: was the outcome in terms of how they handled personnel

498
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Speaker 2: for those games. I'm looking at more of from preparation

499
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Speaker 2: for the the regular season. How hard did they work

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Speaker 2: at practice? And they had so many team periods and

501
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Speaker 2: you know, situational periods. They at practice, they did a

502
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Speaker 2: lot of football. You know, it wasn't it wasn't you know,

503
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Speaker 2: shorts and T shirts and running around and playing underwear ball.

504
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Speaker 2: They did a lot of football, and they I thought

505
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Speaker 2: they grinded pretty well, and they get tired of each

506
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Speaker 2: other a little bit, and then you know, start playing

507
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Speaker 2: in the joint practice and they get tired of the

508
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,360
Speaker 2: joint practice situation a little bit. So I do think

509
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Speaker 2: that I do think that from a physicality standpoint and

510
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Speaker 2: a workload standpoint. I'm not I don't feel like they're

511
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Speaker 2: not ready, you know for that opener against the Patriots,

512
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Speaker 2: and uh, you know, number nine he's healthy and ready.

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Speaker 2: That's that's that's a big tie breaker right there for sure, man.

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Speaker 1: And hopefully throwing to number one sometime soon.

515
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Speaker 2: No question about that. I mean, that guy is not

516
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Speaker 2: only one of the best receivers in the game, he's

517
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Speaker 2: one of the best football players in the game. And

518
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 2: the bubble up is going to happen. I just hope

519
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Speaker 2: that that bubblers percolating sooner rather than later.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate the time, Go get some sleep.

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Speaker 2: You do the same, sir. Great job.

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Speaker 1: So now the Bengals will go through the process of

523
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Speaker 1: trimming the roster. They'll have to cut thirty three players

524
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Speaker 1: to get down to fifty three by Tuesday at four o'clock.

525
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Speaker 1: Then the following day they can bring a significant number

526
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Speaker 1: of those players back on the sixteen man practice squad.

527
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Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see if they claim anybody on waivers.

528
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Speaker 1: Linebacker and running back would seem like possibilities, but it

529
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Speaker 1: obviously depends on who's available. Last, but not least, it's

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Speaker 1: time for this week's Fun Facts Conversation, where you get

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Speaker 1: to know the person under the pads. Time for Fun

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Speaker 1: Facts with Rocky running back Elijah Collins from the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan.

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Speaker 1: What are some of your favorite things about home.

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00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 6: Or say the food primarily, I'd be the first thing,

535
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Speaker 6: either my mom's cooking or the surrounding areas. You know,

536
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Speaker 6: I'm always down for a coney dog, big Detroit guy obviously,

537
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Speaker 6: But those two things and the ultimately my family probably

538
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Speaker 6: my third biggest thing.

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Speaker 1: You attended a prestigious high school Detroit Jesuit. Was it

540
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Speaker 1: strict and did you have a dress code?

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Speaker 4: It was very strict.

542
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Speaker 6: They wanted you to be on time, They wanted you to,

543
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Speaker 6: you know, dress properly. They want you to learn how

544
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Speaker 6: to tie a tie at a young age. I mean,

545
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Speaker 6: it's all part of it. But it helped me develop

546
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Speaker 6: and be the man who I am today.

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Speaker 1: So you were wearing a tie every day to high.

548
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Speaker 6: School every single day. If I didn't have a sweater.

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Speaker 6: Sweaters were the only times you can get out of

550
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Speaker 6: wearing the tie. But or yeah, because I mean if

551
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Speaker 6: you had a dress code, then you definitely had.

552
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Speaker 4: A tie on.

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Speaker 1: We're visiting of Elijah Collins. As a sophomore, you played

554
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Speaker 1: on an undefeated state championship basketball team. I've read that

555
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Speaker 1: you were the defensive stopper. Was that the case?

556
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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, undoubtedly. That team that he was very loaded,

557
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Speaker 6: has a very prestigious atta. He's playing that team with

558
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 6: me as well, Scottie knows, and Cash's Winston.

559
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Speaker 4: I mean, the list kind of goes on.

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Speaker 6: My whole team is either playing Division one sports football

561
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Speaker 6: or basketball, So I mean being part of that team

562
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 6: was kind of it was a dream, and being the

563
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Speaker 6: defensive stopper was definitely one of the things that we needed.

564
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Speaker 6: Catches a lot of facilitating and scoring the ball. I mean,

565
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Speaker 6: we had somebody to shut down their best player every

566
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Speaker 6: single game, and that was my primary role.

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Speaker 1: So as the story goes, former Michigan State coach Mark

568
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Speaker 1: D'Antonio comes to your school in the winters during the

569
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Speaker 1: basketball season. He sees you with the basketball team and

570
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: says to your coach, what position does that kid play

571
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: on the football team? And your coach said, he doesn't

572
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Speaker 1: play football, and coach D'Antonio said, well he should. Why

573
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Speaker 1: weren't you playing football in tenth grade?

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Speaker 6: So in the tenth grade, me and my dad made

575
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Speaker 6: a decision to I mean, to chase goes and things

576
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Speaker 6: that we had, and one of the things that we

577
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Speaker 6: had coming off of a short ended freshman campaign where

578
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Speaker 6: we ended up being the final four and losing. That

579
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Speaker 6: was my last year playing with my brother in high school,

580
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Speaker 6: so it was kind of, you know, at that time,

581
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Speaker 6: one of the biggest moments in my life, very detrimental

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Speaker 6: to a young kid who was just getting the field

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Speaker 6: for everything my freshman year on varsity. So it's like

584
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Speaker 6: it really kind of it really meant a lot to me.

585
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Speaker 6: So after losing that game and realizing that, like it's

586
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Speaker 6: a chance that we have a chance to go all

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Speaker 6: the way, me and my dad said go, And it

588
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Speaker 6: was like, we're gonna give the whole summer, put away football,

589
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Speaker 6: put away track, all of that just to play basketball

590
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 6: and commit and see how far it goes and what

591
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Speaker 6: we would get from. And we got what we wanted,

592
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Speaker 6: won the state championship undefeated and got them so.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. Then it was back to football in

594
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Speaker 1: eleventh and twelfth grade. I was reading about a game

595
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Speaker 1: you had in high school with six touchdowns in the

596
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Speaker 1: following ways, three rushing one, receiving one is a kick

597
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: returner had to pick six on defense. I'm not sure

598
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Speaker 1: that I've heard of a game like that. What were

599
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Speaker 1: the next few days? Like after that game?

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Speaker 6: After that, I knew that I could do something special

601
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Speaker 6: on the football field. I mean I was breaking records

602
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 6: left and right, like people were telling me that I

603
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 6: had a good chance I played at the next level.

604
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Speaker 6: So it was just like, well, how can I do that?

605
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Speaker 6: Like what does it take? And as you can see

606
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Speaker 6: from that game, I was willing to do anything. Return

607
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Speaker 6: the kicks, played defense and honestly scored the ball and

608
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Speaker 6: whatever fashion.

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Speaker 1: When it came time to pick a college, you decided

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Speaker 1: to stay in the state of Michigan and play at

611
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Speaker 1: Michigan State. What appealed to you about going to East Lansing.

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Speaker 6: Well, I wanted to be away from home, but not

613
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Speaker 6: as far so my people could come still to the game.

614
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Speaker 6: And then on top of that, me and Mark D'Antonio

615
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Speaker 6: had a really good relationship outside of just like football, like,

616
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Speaker 6: we talked a lot. He was always in my ear

617
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Speaker 6: as a process went on. He was very thorough with communicating.

618
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Speaker 6: As you can see, he came to the basketball game

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Speaker 6: so he was more interested in me as a person

620
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Speaker 6: than so much as a football player. And from then on,

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Speaker 6: I mean, me and him built the relationship and then

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Speaker 6: when the time was time, I mean, it's kind of

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Speaker 6: a easy decision.

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Speaker 1: You spent five years at Michigan State and earned your degree,

625
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Speaker 1: but because of the COVID rules, you had an extra

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Speaker 1: year of eligibility and decided to spend it last year

627
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Speaker 1: at Oklahoma State. Why did you want to play for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys?

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Speaker 6: First and foremost, I mean, just the lineage in the history.

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Speaker 6: Coach Gundy has a great team and he has a

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Speaker 6: great process over there. He knows how to win games

632
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 6: and get things rolling. They've always had a good running game,

633
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Speaker 6: So for me, it was like just betting on myself

634
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Speaker 6: and also going somewhere that I mean that also bettered

635
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Speaker 6: me as a football player, and that's a running back.

636
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Speaker 6: With the running back over there, they do everything they run, black, catch,

637
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 6: and even motion to mount. So just added more to

638
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Speaker 6: my game. And knowing that they had the skills and

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00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 6: the coaching that could do that, that's really what I

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Speaker 6: wanted to do going to Oklahoma State.

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Speaker 1: One of your teammates last year was Ali Gordon, who

642
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Speaker 1: led the nation in rushing. When you were at Michigan State,

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Speaker 1: one of your teammates was Kenneth Walker, who was second

644
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Speaker 1: in the nation in rushing. So you were teammates with

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Speaker 1: guys that had phenomenal years and I'm sure you were

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Speaker 1: thrilled for them when you were running back on the

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Speaker 1: same roster. That means fewer carries for you. Is that tough?

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Speaker 4: I wouldn't even say it was tough.

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Speaker 6: It was just the best way to learn, because I mean,

650
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 6: you gotta understand that there's other great players out there.

651
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 6: You're not the only one. So it's just like learning

652
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 6: from other guys, watching them go out there and the

653
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 6: way they practice, the way they compete, and I mean

654
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Speaker 6: just taking what I can from them, given that both

655
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 6: of them both can. In all they both younger than

656
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 6: me both, but seeing how they practice and approach the

657
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 6: game from a different viewpoint allowed me to change and

658
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 6: add things to my game that ultimately led me here

659
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 6: and honestly gonna leak I'll lead to the NFL, and

660
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 6: I mean can to continue to do great things with

661
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 6: the Seahawks, cause I mean like watching it and competing

662
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 6: with both of them. I mean, those are two of

663
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Speaker 6: my brothers. I go talk to them both right now,

664
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 6: and it's just like, you know, we always sharpened each other,

665
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 6: like we always competed, we always supported one another. So

666
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 6: it was just like, I mean, I was just happy

667
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 6: for my brothers, like both of them, honestly, because without that,

668
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 6: I mean, I might not have learned or it might

669
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 6: have been different for me, you know, telling So it's

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00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 6: just like, I'm actually very for both of my brothers

671
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 6: in those situations, because it's just I mean, if it's

672
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 6: not me, I definitely wanted to beat them.

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Speaker 1: Visiting with running back Elijah Collins, you were a game

674
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Speaker 1: captain last year when Oklahoma State played Oklahoma the final

675
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: game of the famous Bedlam rivalry. At least for now,

676
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State won. Fans charged the field, they ripped down

677
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: a goal post. Did you stay out there for the

678
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: celebration or did you hustle to the locker room for safety?

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00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 6: So honestly, the fans got to me before I could

680
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 6: even move, So I mean the game was over, like

681
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,239
Speaker 6: we stormed the field, But like I mean, as it

682
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 6: was happening, I'm looking across the field and I look

683
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 6: back into a wall of fans. I'm like, ah, so

684
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 6: the fans kind of got to jump on me. I

685
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 6: missed all of this. I'm sitting there looking for my

686
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 6: girlfriend at the time, who was still my girlfriend today,

687
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 6: and we ended up finding each other by the grace

688
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 6: of God, if I'm being honest, And that's probably one

689
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 6: of the biggest and best moments of my life really

690
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 6: being because I mean, I know how important Reverie games are,

691
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 6: I mean, coming from a different conference and trying to

692
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 6: like get adjusted to that, and it also being the

693
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 6: last Bellum. Like, it was a lot of hypes around

694
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 6: in the game and before the game, I mean people

695
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 6: were talking online and everything, but I don't do too

696
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 6: much talking, just all about play. And we went out

697
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 6: there and did that as a team. We won the

698
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 6: Last Bellum.

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00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: You signed with the Bengals as a college free agent

700
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: right after the draft. What appealed about Cincinnati.

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00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 6: Cincinnati was the same way, just like Oklahoma State, they

702
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 6: could do everything with the back I mean, sort of

703
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 6: fits my play style. Kind of the schemes that we do.

704
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 6: We get the back outside, get the back to the

705
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 6: receiver position. We get the back one on one I mean,

706
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 6: pick up and pass pro run downhill, and the schemes

707
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 6: are sort of similar, so everything is kind of it

708
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 6: sounds the same, but it's called something different. So for me,

709
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 6: it's just adjusting about or adjusting with just I guess

710
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,919
Speaker 6: the NFL level NFL skill in the speed of the game.

711
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 4: But I mean the.

712
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 6: Bengals were probably just my best option genuinely speaking, I

713
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 6: mean they had interest in me and interest was mutual.

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Speaker 1: So a few wild card topics now for running back

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Speaker 1: Elijah Collins, who is your all time favorite athlete in

716
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: any sport?

717
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 4: That's tough.

718
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 6: I mean, growing up playing a lot of basketball, it

719
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 6: probably would be Kobe Bryant genuinely because it's mentality.

720
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 4: I admire that.

721
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 6: A lot about him is his day and day out

722
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 6: work mentality, and it's like, well, I'm gonna work while

723
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,319
Speaker 6: you sleep, and I kinda I kind of live by

724
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,479
Speaker 6: that sort of now to this day, like that mama

725
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 6: mentality where it's just like, no matter what day it is,

726
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 6: i'ma my best for forward and really chop as hard

727
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 6: as I can, because I mean, you never know when

728
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 6: it might be your last day at practice or your

729
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 6: last game, your last scrimmage, So it's just like giving

730
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 6: it y'all all the time. And with every time that

731
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 6: you got so that I mean, number one, you're prepared,

732
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 6: and number two that I mean like you're not like

733
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Speaker 6: I said, you're not youn't gotta get rid.

734
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Speaker 4: You always prepared. That's just probably my biggest thing.

735
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Speaker 1: You had a birthday a couple of weeks ago. How

736
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: do you celebrate your birthday in the middle of your

737
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: first NFL training camp? Do you so?

738
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Speaker 6: I mean it being my birthday on August first, it's

739
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 6: been that way, so like my entire life's been that way, genuinely, so,

740
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 6: I mean, me and football got a real special relationship,

741
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,720
Speaker 6: if that makes sense. I've really never celebrated my football football,

742
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 6: but my birthday outside of football, it's always been just

743
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 6: I mean, well five happy birthday, you know.

744
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 4: Back to practice. But luckily this year I was able to.

745
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 6: Have my parents come down and after practice they were

746
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 6: able to watch practice with me and be there, and

747
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 6: then after practice I was able to take the pictures

748
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 6: with them and go out to eat for like an

749
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 6: hour or two. So it's kind of nice having them

750
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,840
Speaker 6: be here for a change versus just just being me

751
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 6: and my teammates all the time.

752
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 4: But that's genuinely how I do it. Just for practice.

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Speaker 1: Do you have any hidden talents?

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Speaker 6: I grew up playing the violin, so like, I haven't

755
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 6: played the violin in a long time, but like I

756
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 6: always want to get back to it. But as you

757
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 6: can see, I'm doing other things playing football, but playing

758
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 6: violin is probably my most hidden talent. I don't really

759
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 6: tell it to me people that or people don't really

760
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 6: know that about me.

761
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Speaker 1: I haven't had many players tell me they played the

762
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: violin over the years. What did you do in the

763
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 1: Rookie Talent Show?

764
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 4: Oh?

765
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 6: On the Rookie Talent Show, So we did a little

766
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 6: like game show kind of thing where we did some

767
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 6: impersonations and me and my good friend Noah Kane running

768
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 6: back made as you as we beginning to know each other,

769
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 6: we kind of talk a little bit, and we kind

770
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 6: of figured out we make a little skit, you know,

771
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 6: to make people actually laugh, try out to do nothing

772
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 6: to quaranty you know what I mean. We wanted to

773
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 6: get some chuck with out of people. So we impersonated

774
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 6: one of our strength coaches in I mean, the room

775
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 6: loved it. He loved it, and we talked about it too.

776
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 6: Actually we wouldn't try to, like know, had no hard

777
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 6: feelings or nothing.

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Speaker 1: It was all love, so outstanding. Final fun fact for

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Speaker 1: Elijah Collins, This one's kind of deep. If you could

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00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: meet anybody in history, living or deceased, who would that

781
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 1: person be?

782
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 6: It had to be one and only Jesus Christ. The

783
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 6: reason being is just I really wouldn't have any questions.

784
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 6: I just wanted to, like, I mean, just see him,

785
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 6: you know, if that makes sense. I know that I'm

786
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 6: you know, covering his blood and everything, but it's just

787
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 6: like seeing him definitely would have made like I don't know,

788
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 6: I guess more of an impact not only on me

789
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 6: but people around me, because then it's like, well, now

790
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 6: that I've seen him, now it's something that's kind of

791
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 6: like concrete that I can walk off of and I

792
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 6: read about him every single day. But it's just like

793
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 6: it would have been just that much more seeing him.

794
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: If that makes sense, it absolutely does, and you're off

795
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: the hot seat. I appreciate your time, Thank you so much,

796
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: and best of luck going forward.

797
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 4: Thank you.

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00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 6: I appreciate everything, appreciate this interview and getting the you know,

799
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 6: speak to you as well.

800
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 4: It's a pleasure.

801
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802
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,040
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