1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody on Dan Horde, and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth podcast, the Getting to Know You, Getting 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: to Know All about You. Addition, as the Bengals get 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: ready for their first head to head meeting with Joe 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: Burrow and the other top prospects in this year's draft 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis coming up, I'll 7 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: discuss that and much more with my broadcast partner, Dave 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: Lappall our topics include Joe Burrow's most recent comments about 9 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: possibly being the number one pick in this year's draft. 10 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: I'll ask Lap if he would vote yes or no 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: on the new collective bargaining agreement proposal that the owners 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: have approved. And best of all, Lapp will answer the 13 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: questions you submitted on Twitter and Facebook under the hashtag 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: ask Lap. That's straight ahead. But first, here's a quick 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: reminder that you can have the latest edition of this 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: podcast delivered right to your phone, tablet, or computer by 17 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: subscribing on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or pod Bean. 18 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: It's the greatest thing since airborne vitamin tablets. As you 19 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: might be able to tell, I'm dealing with a bit 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: of a cold and whenever I have one. One of 21 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: my strategies for fighting it is putting Airborne brand vitamin 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: supplements in grapefruit juice. It's basically a big vitamin C cocktail. 23 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: Does it make medical sense, I don't really know, but 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: it seems to work for me. So the next time 25 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: you have a nasty cold, try Airborne vitamin tablets in 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: grapefruit juice. It tastes good too. Now let's get to football, 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: where it's time to ask lap Lap. I don't know 28 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: if you are familiar with this, but there was recently 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: a twenty eighth amendment added to the Constitution which dictates 30 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: all Bengals podcasts must begin with a discussion of Joe Burrow. 31 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: Here's what I want to start with today. Joe Burrow's 32 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: recent comments to the Fort Worth Star Telegram when he 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: was there to accept the Davey O'Brien award, which included 34 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: a Rolex watch. By the way, that was nice. When 35 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: asked about being drafted by Cincinnati, here's what Joe Burrow 36 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: had to say, quote, I am blessed to be in 37 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: the position I'm in. If they select me, they select me, 38 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to do everything in my power to be 39 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: the best football player that I can be. That all 40 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: sounds good, But he also said, I'm not exactly sure 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: what the question was. I do have leverage. They have 42 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: their process and I have my process. So what did 43 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: you make of those comments? They were they were kind 44 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: of North and South Bowl a little bit, you know, 45 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: the first comment, obviously, I was impressed by, you know, 46 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: he's a competitor. In talking with his teammates that were 47 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: down at the Senior Bowl, particularly the offensive lineman from LSU, 48 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: that's all they said was, you know, cold blooded competitor um, 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: but in all the right ways. You know, no, uh, 50 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: nothing negative, all positive and how he led and uh 51 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: and how he set goals and achieved his goals and 52 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: everything that went along with it. And so I'm thinking, well, 53 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: here's a guy that with all the people saying, you know, 54 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: oh Jesus Cincinnati Bengals two and fourteen a joke. You know, 55 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: why would you who would want to play for that 56 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: football He made it sound like he wanted to be 57 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: part of the solution and turnaround, and you know, a 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: guy part of it would be the next chapter of 59 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: the Joe Burrow Made for TV movie and that you know, 60 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: comes out of nowhere, because I'm looking at uh, I'm 61 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: looking at all these publications before the twenty nineteen seasons started, 62 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: Joe Burrows not even talked about. I mean, he's not 63 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: even discussed Day two pick. Yeah, day two pick, and 64 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: his LSUS not even in pick to be in the 65 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you know, I mean, the LSU's not 66 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: talked about. Joe Burrows not talked about. You know, it's 67 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: Joe Brady's not talks about. And it is a storybook 68 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: deal what they did, you know how, and they've all benefited. 69 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: Joe Brady is now an offensive coordinator Carolina Panthers, Joe 70 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: Burrow is about to be the first pick of the 71 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: NFL draft, and it would be the next chapter of 72 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: that story. I think, why not take a guy, you know, 73 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: the the come from nowhere Heisman Trophy winner who had 74 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: the most prolific quarterback season the history of college football 75 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: on all levels every way you measure it. It was unbelievable. 76 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: Never had even come close to having a season like 77 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow head. So why not the next step go 78 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: to the National Football League, take a two win team 79 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: to nine or ten wins and make him playoff competitive 80 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: and be part of the solution. I like that. I 81 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: like that that part of it. You know, he has 82 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: his leverage. What is that? I don't know. I really 83 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: can't figure it. The leverage is you don't play for 84 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: a year. And I don't see the Borough family, the father, mother, 85 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: two brothers that played at Nebraska, one played safety, one 86 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: played linebacker. Football family to the nth degree. I don't 87 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: see that a guy who came from that environment with 88 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: a mindset to sit out a year. He's also going 89 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: to be twenty four this year. Yeah exactly. I mean 90 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: the clock's ticking, you know. Um, I just I guess 91 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: that's what he's talking about. I don't know. He might. 92 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: He may have been in an off in a very 93 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: very far stretched way talking about well Eli Manning. He 94 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: dictated where you know, he went. John Elway dictated what 95 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: happened with him in terms of the draft. Um, you know, yeah, 96 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: that did happen. John Elway had baseball as leverage, correct 97 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: it went and played minor league organization. Yeah right, he 98 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: was in the Yankees organization and a good prospect, you know, 99 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: could have maybe played, maybe made the major leagues as 100 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: a baseball player. Joe Burrow was an All State basketball player. 101 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean, what is the NBA bound doubt it? You know, so, 102 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: I mean I don't understand you know that that leverage 103 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: part of it, that that he's talking about, other than 104 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: you know, just uh, just maybe letting in a way, 105 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: letting other teams know, look, go ahead and trade for me. 106 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: You know, if you're thinking about making an offer, go 107 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: ahead and make an offer to the Bengals, because you know, 108 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm trying to establish as much leverage as I possibly can. 109 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: Instead of coming out and saying, you know, I want 110 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: to be a Cincinnati Bengal. I look forward to be 111 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: in a Cincinnati Bengal. That's what everybody in Bengaledon wants 112 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: to hear. He's not going to say that, you know, 113 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: because you know what if it's traded, you know, now 114 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Well I really did want to 115 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: be a Bengal, but now I'm glad to be a whatever. 116 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you can you can rationalize it that way. 117 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: I know all Bengal fans would love to see him say, look, 118 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: no matter, I'm fine, I'm I want to be a 119 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengal. They've had a great quarterback history and tradition there. 120 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: I want to add my name to that list of 121 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: great quarterbacks with the Cincinnati Bengals. That's exactly what bengaldu 122 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: would like to hear, but they're not going to hear it. Well, 123 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: maybe they could hear it at the combine. He's scheduled 124 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: to do a news conference on Tuesday, I believe. But 125 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: let's talk about the count the scouting combine, which gets 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: underway this weekend and runs all of next week with 127 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: the drills in prime time for the first time. So 128 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: if you want to watch guys in primetime running the 129 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: forty and doing the bench press, you're gonna have your 130 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: chance this week. But this will also be the Bengals 131 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: opportunity to sit down face to face with forty five 132 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: players for eighteen minutes apiece. And I've got to assume 133 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: that Joe Burrows on that list be the first opportunity 134 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: to do that with him. Normally, the player is trying 135 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: to impress the team. Do the Bengals need to impress 136 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow with their vision for his future? I think so. 137 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: I think it would be if I were Joe Burrow. 138 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: The first question when they say you know, they're fire 139 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: questions at Joe Burrow and then probably at the end, 140 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: if there's time, they say, do you have any questions us? 141 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: My question would be, if I'm Joe Burrow, what's your plan? 142 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: You know, how do you how do you foresee what 143 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: changes will be made in terms of personnel, philosophy, or 144 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be to turn around a two 145 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: win team. I'm not the If you think drafting Joe 146 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: Burrow solves all your problems, I'm here to tell you 147 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: they probably don't. What else are we talking about? That's 148 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: what I would ask, you know, I would put on 149 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: my humble hat. You know, I have confidence in my ability, 150 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: but me single handedly is not going to take a 151 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: team from two wins to ten wins. What else are 152 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: we talking about? And I do think, you know, they 153 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: should have some sort of an idea or some sort 154 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: of a plan to present him, because he's going to 155 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: sell them very quickly on his personality. I mean, I 156 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: think they already know enough, so I think I think 157 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: that interview session is going to be a lot different 158 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: than just about all the others. I think all the 159 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: others are going to be more fact finding. He is 160 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: so overexposed at this point. I mean, everybody knows everything 161 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow's life. His football life is private life, 162 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: every aspect of the Joe Burrow story. So yeah, I would. 163 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: I would. I would get to the next level of um, 164 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: you know, drilling down as quickly as I kid could 165 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: with Joe, and I would. I would see, um, you know, 166 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: with his football acumen. You really you and Joe Brady connected. 167 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: What was it? What were the things that made your 168 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: season so successful? Put up on the grease board here, things, 169 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: you know, concepts that you guys implemented, things that you 170 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: were looking for at all times. Tell us what the 171 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow season was like, you know, as you were 172 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: preparing for an opponent and maybe taking through certain things 173 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: and games and all that sort of thing. Just to 174 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: confirm his football IQ, which everybody says, as you know, 175 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: Suma cum laudy. So he's he's a football menza and 176 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: he processes quickly. So I think they'll get through that 177 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: pretty quickly too. But I do think, I do think 178 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: the future plan is big for both parties. I did 179 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: a rant on last week's podcast, first talking about how 180 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow had never said specifically that he didn't want 181 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: to play for the Bengals, but then the second part 182 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: of my rant had to do with this notion that 183 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: he shouldn't want to come to Cincinnati, and I want 184 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: to follow up on that because it continues to bother me. 185 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: If those stories had been done in the late nineteen nineties, 186 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: they would have been harder to refute during the so 187 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: called lost decade. But you can't go to the playoffs 188 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: six times in a seven year period by sheer luck. 189 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: Can't be done in the NFL. I think Marvin Lewis 190 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: deserves a lot of the credit for helping the Bengals 191 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: modernize their organization. I think Duke Tobin is largely done 192 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: an excellent job as a GM without having the title 193 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: of GM. Why is it that two thousand and nine 194 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: to two and fifteen doesn't seem to exist for so 195 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: many of the national football commentators. Yeah, they look at 196 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: it as, you know, as the anomaly of the blip, 197 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: you know, the it just it's a unicorn. It doesn't belong, 198 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: you know, And and I can see that for a year. 199 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: But when you're to the point where you're you know, 200 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: perpetually at five straight you know, six out of seven, 201 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: that kind of thing now becomes you know, very significant. 202 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: And of course everybody is going is and should give 203 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis a lot of credit. I mean, he was 204 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: there for sixteen years and made seven playoffs. Almost half 205 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: of his coaching career he was in the playoffs for 206 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals. That's that's a record. I mean, five 207 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: playoff appearances in a row as a record. But you know, 208 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: people don't even talk about that. What they talk about 209 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: is the last playoff win January nineteen ninety one. And 210 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: you know, it's such a long drought. As every organization 211 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: will tell you, it is hard to make the playoffs hard, 212 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: and you know equally or even more so to win 213 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: a playoff game, and that can be attested to obviously 214 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: by this franchise. But to make the playoffs five years 215 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: in a row, only a handful of teams, you know, 216 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: organizations have done that. It's it's not like half the 217 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: franchises in the National Football League. I think it's maybe, 218 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: you know, maybe more a little more than a handful, 219 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: like six, I think of maybe done. It got into 220 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: the playoffs five straight seasons at any time. So um, 221 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: it's it's not it's not something to take lightly, but 222 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: I think you know the easy um comment on that 223 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: is everybody's saying that was Marvin Lewis. Marvin Lewis is 224 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: now at Arizona State. Marvin Lewis isn't part of the 225 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: Bengals organization anymore. So, UM, it's almost like, you know, 226 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, Tom Brady? Is it? Is it? Tom Brady? 227 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: Is it Bill Belichick? You know? Is it the Cincinnati Bengals? 228 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: Is that Marvin Lewis? You know, you take Marvin Lewis 229 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: out of the picture, what else is? Uh? Where's where's 230 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: the light? Uh? In the Bengals organization. It's going to 231 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: lead them out of the darkness currently with the two 232 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: and fourth record, you know. So that's what that's what 233 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: you know, I hear from a lot of people. We'll see, 234 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: you know, and Marvin did do a great job of bringing, 235 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, the exposers that he had with the Baltimore 236 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh and those organizations. He did bring, you know 237 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: a lot of that outside ideas and ways of doing 238 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: things to the Cincinnati Bengals. Zach Taylor has had exposure 239 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: multiple places himself, you know, Miami, LA, a college scene. 240 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: You know, it's he has he has I'm sure some 241 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: ideas as well. So we'll see how his are implemented. 242 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: I'm not the only person annoyed by this thought process 243 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: that the Bengals are completely incompetent. The current players are 244 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: getting ticked off about it now as well, Tyler Boy, 245 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, and Auden Tate among others tweeting about it 246 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: this week. Do you think that the proving people wrong 247 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: thing is going to become a motivator for this year's team? 248 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: Players always look athletes always look for the chip to 249 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: put on their shoulder, and this one is not a chip. 250 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: It's the old two by four. Yeah, I mean, guys. 251 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: One thing that guys have that ascend to this level 252 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: of professionalism in terms of sports or anything really, any 253 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: any um you know, job that you try to you 254 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: seek to try to improve yourself on and be the 255 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: best you can be, is pride. You know, these guys 256 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: have big time personal pride, and they feel like they're 257 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: being personally attacked, even even if it's just it's when 258 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: they see Cincinnati Bengals, they see themselves, I mean that 259 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: it's it's you. I mean they're just totally tied together, 260 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: So they feel like they're being attacked by people, not 261 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: just organizationally or coaching staff board. It's like me, I'm 262 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: being attacked and my teammates are being attacked. So I'm 263 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: gonna come to the I'm going to come to my defense. 264 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to come to my teammates defense. And the 265 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: best way to do that is to is to shut 266 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: The best way to shut people up to win football games, 267 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: to play better. So I do think there's a big 268 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: chip there, and I do think guys that will be 269 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: part of their motivation. There's no about it. They have 270 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: plenty of material for a bulletin board. In fact, they 271 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: could fill a bulletin board. There would be a city 272 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: block big. There's all kinds of stuff out there. Man. 273 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the big breaking news in 274 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. We interrupt the Joe Burrow portion of the 275 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: show to get to this. The owners have approved a 276 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: new collective bargaining agreement. Now it goes to the thirty 277 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: two player reps. They have to approve it by a 278 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: two thirds majority, and if that happens, then it goes 279 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: to the roughly two thousand players as a whole. They vote, 280 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: and then it would just have to pass by a 281 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: simple majority, and that would mean ten years of labor piece. 282 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: Some of the things that are in there. It calls 283 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: for the possibility of a seventeen game regular season that 284 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: would apparently kick in as soon as twenty twenty two. 285 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: It calls for an expanded playoff field, one more playoff 286 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: team from each conference that could actually go into effect 287 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: this year if this gets approved quickly. There's some other 288 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: stuff in there that benefits the players, like a bigger 289 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: share of the total revenue pie. If there's a seventeen 290 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: game schedule, they could make five more billion dollars over 291 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: the next ten years if this thing gets approved. Here's 292 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: my question for you, if you are an active player 293 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: right now, based then what you've read and heard, would 294 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: you vote yes or no? I would vote yes because 295 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: I think I think a lot of the things that 296 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: they're addressing in there. The big money players are going 297 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: to say no. J. J. Watts already come out absolutely no. 298 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: He's got hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank. 299 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: This All they have to do is have fifty one 300 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: percent of the rank and file of the players vote yes. 301 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: Five percent of the players get humongous money. They're talking 302 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: about on that seventeenth game, capping a quarter million bucks 303 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: for that game. You know, well, there'll be five percent 304 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: of the players that have a real problem with that 305 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: because they make a lot more than that, which is 306 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: incredible two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per game, Oh 307 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: my god. But a big number of people over fifty 308 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: percent would be like, yeah, I do that seventeenth game 309 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: and get that get that extra money. I mean, my 310 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: career is is it going to be well I even 311 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: get vested? Will I be around long enough to be vested? 312 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: I mean, the number of people that are fortunate enough 313 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: to play, you know, ten years or more in the 314 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: National Football League's not a huge number. It's two thousand 315 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: players to begin with, and then the players are making 316 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: this humongous money. Is five percent of those two thousand players, 317 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: it's it's not you know, you know, you're talking seventy 318 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: guys maybe you know, or you know, not even that 319 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: sixty some odd guys. So it's not. I think I 320 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: think it would be the tail wagging the dog if 321 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: those sixty five people determine the fates of all those others, 322 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: you know. So I think it's going to pass, and 323 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: I think it probably should. And because there's a lot 324 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: of things I mean they're talking about with the seventeenth game, 325 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: they're talking about bringing more people off ir the's more 326 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: more readily. They're talking about activating an extra linement offensive 327 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: linement on game day. So so seventeen it's like, okay, well, 328 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: we don't want teams limping in, gimping to the playoffs. 329 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: We still want it to be good football. So they're 330 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: saying that the practices is going to be a lighter 331 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: you know, workload is going to be a big factor 332 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: with this. With the seventeenth game, um, I think I 333 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: think it'll quickly go to eighteen because seventeen that odd number. 334 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: Where's that game going to be played every other every 335 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 1: other season? You'd have an extra home game than other teams. 336 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a neutral site where 337 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: they're trying to you know, generate some interests as the 338 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: next NFL franchises, have teams go there and play wherever 339 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: they may be around the country. And then world international, Yeah, 340 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: go to Mexico. You're even talking Brazil, you know, London. Yeah, 341 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: I think that's a great idea rather than having a 342 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: team in London. Didn't use that seventeenth game to play 343 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: a bunch of games over there and then a handful 344 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: of others in Germany, Mexico, Canada, whatever they're talking. So yeah, 345 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: I mean, and make it more of an international, international scope. 346 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: And why would you do that? Dollars? I mean, that's 347 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: that's the bottom line. It's it's all about the dollars. 348 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: And really, uh, it's it's a brilliant move to try 349 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: to get this collective barring a riem and done because 350 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: the next network contract is twenty twenty one. So if 351 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: they have this in place, we have more revenue for 352 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: you more you know, um, not more, we have more 353 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: inventory for you that needs more revenue for us. Um. 354 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: You know. The extra playoff game. Could it be a 355 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: Monday and night football game? That would make the Monday 356 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: night football package much more lucrative, you know, And and 357 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: the extra playoff game that's just that's just two teams. 358 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: You know that If they do that, the extra playoff game, 359 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: I think is going to be a no brainer. I 360 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: think that's now the seventeenth game. There may be a 361 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: little bit more, a little bit more push and pull 362 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: on that because you know, you're talking about player safety 363 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: and how are we going to address that? And that's 364 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: the biggest thing supposedly for CTE Concussion Protocol blah blah, 365 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: So that that's gonna that's gonna get a little bit 366 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: of a pushback. And I do see them going from 367 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: seventeen fairly quickly to eighteen, and they're they're asking permission 368 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: to go to seventeen and asking permission to go to eighteen. So, 369 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: like you say, probably it won't happen in the twenty 370 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: twenty two maybe not even twenty twenty or twenty twenty 371 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: one season, maybe twenty twenty two for the seventy seventeenth game, 372 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: and real quickly it may be they may say, Okay, 373 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: we'll do the seventeenth game in twenty twenty two. In 374 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: the eighteenth game would be in twenty twenty three, if 375 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: they have all that time maybe to get ready for 376 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: I could, I could see them. Odd number is weird 377 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: to me, that odd number. I think I think it's 378 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: a scheduling nightmare. My guess though on that, and I 379 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: could be wrong, is that you know they'll go to 380 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: seventeen for a while. You think I just have a 381 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: hard time because that's going to be the sticking point 382 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: because of health concerns. Will you accept another game of punishment? 383 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: To your body. I just think it would maybe even 384 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: the entire ten year term before they can then try 385 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: to sell them on eighteen. Really. See, I was thinking 386 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: the other way. I was thinking that if they get 387 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: seventeen in, because ultimately I think they'd like to go 388 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: eighteen and two. I mean I think that's the as 389 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: in preseason two, right, Yeah, eighteen and two, and then 390 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: everybody will have more combined workouts, two organizations getting together 391 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: a training camp, and getting more workload done, you know, 392 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: heavy workload done. That way, I could see that happening, 393 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: and it would be controlled. Obviously, it wouldn't be as 394 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: tough on bodies as even preseason games, which are very 395 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: limited in terms of participation by players. But the preseason games, 396 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: as we know, they've become a joke. I mean, there 397 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: are teams in the NFL that don't play it their 398 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: starters at all in the entire preseason, not just the 399 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: fourth third preseason game. I mean play players just the 400 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: third preseason game. Those starts for over half. They're not 401 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: doing it at all. They're not even having guys out 402 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 1: there getting any any work in the preseason, so it's 403 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: become kind of a farce. So I could see them 404 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: trying to go you know, to eighteen and two at 405 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: some point in time, or at least having a phraseology 406 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: in the collective barring agreement that at any time during 407 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: that ten year timeframe, we can bring the eighteenth game 408 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, to the table for discussion instead of you know, 409 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: locking having that off the table as such for a decade. 410 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: So the new league year begins on March eighteenth, so 411 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: it sounds like they're trying to get this thing done 412 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: by then so that some of this stuff can go 413 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: into effect right now. And if you're trying to get 414 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 1: the players to vote yes, that's a big carrot to dangle. 415 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: The salary cap will go up, could help current free agents. 416 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: The minimum salary is going to go up by one 417 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: hundred thousand bucks. I mean, if you if you want 418 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: the rank and file to approve the thing by one 419 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: vote as a majority, things like that are going to 420 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: get that lower tier that you were talking about to 421 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: say yes. Yeah. I mean if if if sixty six 422 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: percent two thirds of the if the hum of the 423 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: player reps pass it, I think they're gonna get fifty 424 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: one percent of the players very easily. I really do. 425 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: Um So, I think the player rep. The conference calls 426 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: that are going to be going on today are going 427 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: to be very interesting. Um, you know, and they're gonna 428 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna have calls to to all of their teammates. 429 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: I mean, the telephone company is gonna be busy. There's 430 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 1: gonna be some lines. They are gonna be having some 431 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: having some issues. But uh because and I can see honestly, UM, 432 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: guys at their homes with their player up speaker phone 433 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: the wife right there, are you kidding me? We're taking that? 434 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? My husband? He might not make 435 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: the team. Honestly, It's it's like you have to as 436 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: a as a player rep. You have to sell the 437 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: benefits of everybody's situation is different, and you have to 438 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: kind of mollify everything for each case you know of. 439 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: And I'm not going to tell you to play a 440 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,479 Speaker 1: seventeenth game. What right do I have to do that? 441 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: But here's reasons why, here's reasons not to you decide. 442 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: And I'm telling you pressure married married players crossed the 443 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: picket line faster than the guys that are single. There's 444 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: no doubt about that. When you have veteran players crossing 445 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: the picket line, every one of them has a wife 446 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: and kids, every single one of them. All. Right, before 447 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: we get to this week's ask Lap questions from people 448 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: on Twitter and Facebook, I want to cover one more 449 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: topic and this has to do with a great Q 450 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: and A that Paul Dayner Junior did on The Athletic 451 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: with Zach Taylor. And there was one thing in there 452 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: that made me think that Zach Taylor might be listening 453 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: to our podcast, because you said quite a while ago 454 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: that training camp was not physical enough this year in 455 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: an effort avoid injuries. There just wasn't enough contact. So 456 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: here's what Zach Taylor said to Paul Dayer this week. Quote. 457 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: The bottom line is we have to have the mentality 458 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: that we are going to be more physical. That starts 459 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: in training camp the first day you put the pads on. 460 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: It is almost word for word for what you were saying. Yeah, 461 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: I think it's a factor. And in this collective bargaining 462 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: agreement that we're talking about, they specifically address minimizing, diminishing 463 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: the amount of contact you know, at training camp. So 464 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: but what you can do, I would do, you know, heartily, 465 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: I would do with full effort. I think that there's 466 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: there's no substitute for it. I just it's it's hard 467 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: to ramp it up, and particularly if you're going to 468 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: start cutting down preseason games, it's hard to ramp it up. 469 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: And I think maybe doing something with other teams like 470 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: I talked about before, you know, where you bring up 471 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: people together and you have one on ones. After a while, 472 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: you a training camp, like I knew Eddie Edwards every move, 473 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: you know, and it was like, I'm not saying it 474 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: was easy to pass protect Eddie Edwards, but it was 475 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: much easier week three than it was week one when 476 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: it was like, oh man, what's he going to be doing? 477 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: You know? And everybody has moves that they do better 478 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: than others and favorite moves and just getting an exposure 479 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: to different stuff because you can you can you can 480 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: fall into a little bit of a trap. You can 481 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: lull yourself into a yeah, I'm ready to go, and 482 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you go against a dude that's 483 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: got some stuff like, man, I haven't seen that before. 484 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 1: How do I just what do I do to come 485 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: back that? What's my counter to that move? Man? That's 486 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: a pretty good move. So there's no there's no basically 487 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: replacement for repetition against it. You know, you just can't. 488 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: You can't, like you know, mentally mental telepath. You put 489 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: it in your head, it just doesn't happen. You have 490 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: to go out and do it and wrap it. So yeah, 491 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see. And I don't think Jim 492 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: Turner will have any any problem or a coach East 493 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: under the defense. I don't think there'll be uh, there'll 494 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: be any problem with you know, picking up the tempo. Uh, 495 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: you know, with the upfront guys all right. Time to 496 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: hear from Bengaled them via the hashtag ask lap. Got 497 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: some great questions from the audience a couple of weeks 498 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: ago the last time we did that, So here we go. 499 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: We got a bunch of them today from Dale. The 500 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: Bengals don't typically cut players, but after going two and fourteen, 501 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: do you think they will change that philosophy and in 502 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 1: turn also be more aggressive in free agency? They very 503 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: well could. You know, there's there's some people you know 504 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: that are are potentially uh being considered to be let go. 505 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: There always are, you know, every year, and I could 506 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: see that happening this year, you know, Cordy Glenn. In 507 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: my mind, it has to be the number one, number 508 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: one candidate for that it would free up free up 509 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: additional dollars. There's there's other guys you know, on the roster. 510 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: We could probably go through a Litanya guy. So you 511 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: do you have to h you know, you have to 512 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: consider that opening up more dollars that would allow you 513 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,479 Speaker 1: to go ahead and attack free agency with more gusto 514 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: and maybe in bigger numbers in free agency, not necessarily 515 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: creating dollars to sign this one free agent for megamegadollars. 516 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: That's a fifty fifty proposition. But um, you know, in turn, 517 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: like for example, if I could move Corty Glenn's salary 518 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: and have money where I could go sign two veteran 519 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: linebackers in free agency? Heartbeat done? Where do I? Where 520 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: do I sign to get that thing accomplished? I do 521 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 1: that yesterday? So I think those kind of things are 522 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: probably on the table. Drake Kirkpatrick's name comes up quite 523 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: a bit as a potential cap casualty. What do you think? Yeah, 524 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: that one's that one's interesting, you know, I mean it's 525 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: um uh is it to the point where and when 526 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: I if my name were ever brought up as a 527 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: cap casualty? The first thing I would do if I 528 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: really liked the organization and want to stay, I'd have 529 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: my representational I would have back in the day. I 530 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: would have gone into the club and said, you know, 531 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: let's let's rediscuss what what what kind of value do 532 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: you think I have? And if it doesn't fit with 533 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,479 Speaker 1: what you think you present, go ahead and let him 534 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: do it. But if there's if, if you're real with yourself, 535 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: you know, and and they're a real with them with 536 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: what they're thinking, um, you can you can redo a deal. 537 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: You guys have done that, and I think it's intelligent 538 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: to do that, honestly. So, UM, I think I think 539 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: camp or cap casualty sounds so severe. There could be 540 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: a lot of massaging though, you know, massaging with players 541 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: and um and and just see where see where it 542 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: all all shakes out, see what happens, all right. I'm 543 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: combining the next two from Chris and Steve Oh. Chris, 544 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: if the Rams don't resign Andrew Whitworth, what are the 545 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: chances that the Bengals would offer and that he would 546 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: be interested? And then from Steve Oh, what about Whitworth 547 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: at right tackle and moving Bobby Hart to right guard? Well, 548 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not sure. You know. Then then then 549 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: it's like, what do you do with a guy like 550 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: Fred Taylor, you know who who basically has shown I 551 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: thought Fred Taylor Johnson, excuse me, Fred Johnson's Fred great 552 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: running back Jacksonville Jaguar, Fred Johnson, who made himself some 553 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: money last year. I thought, you know, I thought he 554 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: performed pretty well. Very athletic guy. Um, former basketball player. 555 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: You know, it's just kind of scratching the surface of 556 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: what his you know, abilities are. Um. So I'm not sure. 557 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm not sure at this stage of the career they 558 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: made they made a determination that Andrew wit Worth um 559 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: was was at the end of his career a few 560 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: years ago, to bring him back. Now, if the team 561 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: that he did excuse me, that he did sign with 562 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: no longer has interest, I'm not sure they bring him back. 563 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: You know. At that point, Um, it's like, you know, 564 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: when Max Montoya was done, they didn't bring Max Montoya back. 565 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: They made an error, and you make mistakes, you know, 566 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 1: sometimes you don't guess right, you don't project it right. 567 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: Everybody does. It happens, and Max went on to great 568 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: years with the Raiders, and you know, they didn't bring 569 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: them back to Cincinnatione's done with the great years with 570 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: the Raiders. I can see the same same kind of 571 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: scenario in this one, um, and I think that they're there. 572 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: They're they're building their offensive line with with people that 573 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: aren't you know, aren't on putting out on number eighteen 574 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: on their career. You know, they're trying to build their 575 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: offensive line differently than that from Jordan. What compensation would 576 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: you predict for potential trades for Andy Dalton and or 577 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: Cordy Glenn Boy Andy Dalton? I mean when you look 578 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: at look at what the Ravens got for Flacco, I 579 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: think it was a fifth round pick from the Denver Bronco. 580 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: I think that was a four. Was the four? Okay? 581 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: So in that case, you know, here's the guy that 582 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: was Super Bowl MVP. You know, I had got the 583 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: big contract. But he goes eleven touchdowns no interceptions in 584 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs and his team wins the Super Bowl. So 585 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: again people are saying, you know, second round pick, and 586 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: to me, with the glut of free agent quarterbacks that 587 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: you don't have to pay, you don't have to give 588 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: anything for. I mean, this is not a good year 589 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: honestly for to try to trade a quarterback like like Andy. Now, 590 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: is he more valuable to franchises than some of these 591 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that are on the very end of their career. 592 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: I think Andy's got obviously quite a few years left, 593 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: but still, when you have guys like that in the marketplace, 594 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: it changes the value. So I'd take a four. I'd 595 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: take a four for Andy Dalton, I'd take a I 596 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what i'd take for Corty Glenn. Yeah, 597 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: bag of leats. I don't know. I don't know what 598 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,479 Speaker 1: you know at this point with Cordy if they if 599 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: they can trade Corty Glenn, God bless him. I don't 600 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: know what kind of value he has, you know, league why, 601 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what they can get for Corty Glenn. 602 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: But if somebody throws something out there, I would pounce 603 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: on that, whatever it is. From a Twitter follower who 604 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: goes by overly optimistic Bengals fan, do you envision the 605 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: Bengals using more heavy personnel in dynamic ways? You know 606 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: it's they've got uh. You know, we just talked about 607 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: Fred Johnson and in the athletic ability that he has, 608 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: and he was the he kind of advanced from the 609 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: third tackle in packages to let's put him at left 610 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: tackle at the end of the season, see if he 611 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: can play. I can see it. I can see them, 612 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, utilizing more of that heavy, heavy personnel. You know, 613 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: they've they've they've got some athletic offensive limit. I Prince 614 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: is another guy from Ohio State that they're you know, 615 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: they're going to try to develop a little bit that 616 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: they picked up, you know, awful waivers so during the 617 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: course of the season. So uh yeah, I mean I 618 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: do think that with Isaiah Prince and with Fred Johnson, 619 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: you've got two guys that it's almost like you had 620 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: your draft early, you know, and you you picked up 621 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: guys that that have shown they can play in the 622 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 1: National Football League. So it's not like, man, you know, 623 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: can they or can't they? Now I think Fred has 624 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: shown more than Isaiah has obviously at this point. But 625 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: Isaiah's I think somebody that you can work with. Um, 626 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: so it's gonna yeah, it's gonna be interesting. I could 627 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: see him doing that. I could see them going heavy 628 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 1: personnel creatively, UM seeing Fred maybe even being a threat 629 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,439 Speaker 1: catching the football with an out for one pass. Yeah, 630 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: and uh they jumped them. I mean they covered the 631 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: big boy. They blanketed him. So you know, obviously, um, 632 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: he's not a he's not a secret. He's not a 633 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: surprise that that he played basketball and he's athletic and 634 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: all that. So yeah, it'll be interesting that what kind 635 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: of packages they can they can do there and you know, 636 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, Giovanni Bernard all the running. I'm sure they'd 637 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: love it, you know, to run behind h extra big 638 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: body mass type guys like that from Mark Well. The 639 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: next generation of the Brown family run the franchise differently, 640 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: and do you have any feel for what they'll do 641 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: as the stadium lease expires in twenty twenty six. Um, 642 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: I think the next generation has been largely running in 643 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: the Bengals organization for a while. You know, Mike Brown 644 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: is eighty four years old. I think the day to 645 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: day operation and decision making is already in the in 646 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: the lap of Katie and Troy Blackburn. Um. Now Mike 647 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: is heavily involved in terms of they don't do anything 648 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: without informing him. I'm not saying that he's involved in 649 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: the process, but he's not spearheading the process like he 650 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: once did. He has handed off a lot of those 651 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: duties and responsibilities already to Katie and Troy, so um, 652 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: you know they've been doing it for a while, you 653 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: know as well. It's not like it just happened, you know, 654 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,839 Speaker 1: last week. It's been a number of years, a good 655 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 1: number of years now, and uh and I think it's 656 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: probably increasing, you know, on a on a year by 657 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 1: year basis, which is more than an understandable as far 658 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: as the least the stadium lease man that that that one, 659 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: that one kind of scares me a little bit because 660 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: as the league continues to be extremely popular, some city 661 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: is going to throw some crazy deal out there that 662 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: you wonder, how can you turn it down? So that 663 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: that's that's my big concern is as this juggernaut continues 664 00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 1: to grow fourteen billion fifteen billion dollars and well revenue 665 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,919 Speaker 1: industry of the National Football League by twenty twenty six, 666 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: it may be closer to twenty billion or more, some 667 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: cities gonna say I want a piece of that. I 668 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 1: want to I want to get on in that action. 669 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: And you know what, how will Cincinnati battle that or 670 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: counter that or what kind of offers will be made 671 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 1: that that is a little bit of concern. Of mine 672 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,760 Speaker 1: for sure, all right? Another combined question from Paul and Christian. 673 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 1: Paul asked what would the Bengals accept to trade out 674 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: of the number one overall pick? And then Christian asked, 675 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: did the Achille Smith offer back in the ninety nine 676 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: draft have any effect on accepting or rejecting offers in 677 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 1: relation to dealing the number one overall and I guess 678 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 1: we should go back and discuss the ninety nine offer 679 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: from the Saints. They wanted Ricky Williams. The Bengals had 680 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: the number three overall pick. The Saints offered all of 681 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,759 Speaker 1: their ninety nine picks rounds one through seven. They had 682 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 1: the twelfth overall pick that year, plus their number one 683 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: in two thousand, plus their number one in two thousand 684 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: and one, plus their number two in two thousand and two. 685 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 1: So that was three number ones, two number two's, and 686 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,320 Speaker 1: a three, four, five, six seven. All things changed for 687 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: the number three pick in the draft, which the Bengals 688 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,439 Speaker 1: turned down and took a Keiley Smith. The Redskins took 689 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: a slightly watered down version of the Saints offer at 690 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: number five overall, but in any case, getting back to 691 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: the question, what would the Bengals accept in order to 692 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: trade the number one overall pick this year, and did 693 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: what ultimately turned out to be a bad decision affect 694 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: them going forward? You would think. So I couldn't believe 695 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: they didn't pull the trigger on that trade. And you know, 696 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people in the organization couldn't 697 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: believe that they didn't pull the trigger on the trade. 698 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: And obviously, hindsight is it should have pulled the trigger 699 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: on the trade. And if the Miami Dolphins are willing 700 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: to give up their whole draft, which includes three number 701 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 1: one uh and and every other pick, I mean, how 702 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,320 Speaker 1: do you how do you not take that? That's that's 703 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:09,800 Speaker 1: remarkable to me. But um, I guess part of the 704 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: feeling that that you have to deal with at that 705 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: point is if they're willing to give up all that, 706 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 1: why am I trading that pick? Now? The Bengals didn't 707 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 1: have interest in Ricky Williams that Mike Dicker was like, 708 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: this is what I want, this is what I need, this, 709 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,360 Speaker 1: this is this is the final component I'm missing. This 710 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: is the piece I don't care about all the other stuff. 711 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm good with him. It elevates us to whatever level. Um, 712 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: if if the Dolphins do offer the motherload of three 713 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: first round picks. Party has to say, you know, what 714 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: do they see in Joe Burrow that we don't necessarily 715 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,000 Speaker 1: And if if they were to do that now, I 716 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: don't see him doing it because I think they're gonna 717 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: draft to A and I think they're gonna have a. 718 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: They feel like they're going to have a guy who 719 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: may be the best quarterback in this draft if if 720 00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: he heals. But how do the Bengals, how do the 721 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 1: those drafts too, thinking that he may have to miss 722 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: his rookie year. How many number one picks have they 723 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,480 Speaker 1: had that have missed their whole rookie year the last 724 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: four No, but you look at you look at TWA 725 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 1: being so beaten up and having so many injuries. The 726 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 1: greatest player in Bengals history, who's in the Hall of Fame, 727 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 1: didn't play much at USC. It was like he's not available. 728 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,359 Speaker 1: He's a great player, but hellie, I mean, so many 729 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,439 Speaker 1: teams took him off the board. You know, I told 730 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: the story about Parcels with the Giants. They would not 731 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: put him on the board and he was infuriated and 732 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 1: they just I mean, Anthony was off of more boards 733 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: than he was on and the Bengals make the pick, 734 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,440 Speaker 1: turns into you know, mister durable I mean totally available. 735 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 1: So his run of bad luck happened in college, Billy Price. 736 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: You know, all these guys that we're talking about that 737 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,000 Speaker 1: the Bengals have had first round the one starts forty 738 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: eight straight games, one starts fifty straight games in college, 739 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 1: and can't get to training camp in their rookie year. 740 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 1: So it's weird. You know, maybe maybe you don't draft 741 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,359 Speaker 1: the healthy ones through college because they're gonna get hurt 742 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Maybe the ones that have gone through 743 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: the injury deal, you know, maybe the football gods say, yeah, 744 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,880 Speaker 1: you've paid your price, You're gonna have a great NFL career. 745 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,279 Speaker 1: Ross though, No, John Roski, JOHNA. Carter, I mean very 746 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: first preseason, you know, in his first preseason up there 747 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,319 Speaker 1: in Detroit. You know, you look at the first pick 748 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,439 Speaker 1: of the draft, Um, you know, kid John of Carter 749 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 1: with with an injury like that a devastating and that 750 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,799 Speaker 1: and that's the thing that muddy is this whole deal 751 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 1: is is you know, the injury. Nobody's an injury south there, 752 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, and it's like you can't put your you 753 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: can't put your hat on and prognosticate injuries when they're 754 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,359 Speaker 1: gonna car As we said, you know many times you're 755 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:54,040 Speaker 1: one percent at injury risk, one percent of every play, 756 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,399 Speaker 1: one hundred percent of all players on the field. That's 757 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,319 Speaker 1: just the nature of the beast from j T. Who 758 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 1: will the Bank will select at number thirty three, that's 759 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,719 Speaker 1: the first pick in the second round, or will they 760 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,439 Speaker 1: trade up or down? Well, I think that they will 761 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 1: take the best defensive player that's on the board. I 762 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,280 Speaker 1: really believe that after taking Joe Burrow, I think they 763 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,480 Speaker 1: feel like, you know that that's obviously going to upgrade 764 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,799 Speaker 1: them offensively in their minds at that point in time, 765 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,920 Speaker 1: and then they'd probably at the next pick go go 766 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,719 Speaker 1: for the best defensive player. And they do have I 767 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,040 Speaker 1: mean it could be at any any of the three levels. 768 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: Their their defense could could take an infusion. So I 769 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: think whoever that is, you know, whoever slides to that 770 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: thirty third pick. Now the question is about the trade, 771 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,879 Speaker 1: and we've talked about this, you know, the thirty third pick, 772 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,279 Speaker 1: the sixty fifth pick that every round when they have 773 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: the first pick of that round, they're gonna get phone 774 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,440 Speaker 1: calls because people are going to redo their boards quickly. 775 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 1: In some you know, after day one, first round, everybody 776 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,399 Speaker 1: does their boards. First pick of the second round, that's 777 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,319 Speaker 1: the Bengals, second and third round, even the third round. 778 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,400 Speaker 1: Shuffle your board quickly, and you're gonna have to do 779 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,680 Speaker 1: it to her. You're gonna have to, you know, have 780 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,480 Speaker 1: it almost done. The last two or three picks, doesn't 781 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: affect it or not. And okay, boy, that guy slid 782 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,759 Speaker 1: out of a second. He's there at the very top 783 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,759 Speaker 1: of the third first pick. Bengals get calls. Then after 784 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,000 Speaker 1: the third round, another whole night and the next morning 785 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: to reshuffle your board for the draft hits again. And boy, 786 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,359 Speaker 1: there you are at the first pick of the fourth round. 787 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: So they're gonna have a lot of phone calls, a 788 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: lot of draft conversation activity with every pick. So I 789 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: could see them, I could see them really almost maybe 790 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,440 Speaker 1: with the thirty third pick, I could see them probably 791 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 1: trading down more so than giving up a high pick 792 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,960 Speaker 1: every round to move up into the bottom end of 793 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,840 Speaker 1: the first round. I could see them getting capital with 794 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,280 Speaker 1: that thirty third pick, and then you know, moving around 795 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,160 Speaker 1: up or down later. But I'm not sure that thirty 796 00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:02,800 Speaker 1: third pick with the you know what, the fifty fifty 797 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,600 Speaker 1: fourth or whatever it is, sixty fifth, the next pick 798 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,400 Speaker 1: in the third round, taking those two to move up, 799 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,880 Speaker 1: or mortgaging next years. You know, we'll do this thirty 800 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,239 Speaker 1: third pick and the fourth round pick of you know, 801 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,680 Speaker 1: two twenty one. I don't see them doing that as 802 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: much as maybe trading back. I'll make the call right 803 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:24,759 Speaker 1: now they are trading down in the second round. I 804 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,400 Speaker 1: just see, you know, the first round comes to an end. 805 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: There's a lot of great talent left in the Bengals think, 806 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,560 Speaker 1: you know what, we want more picks. We've only got 807 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,360 Speaker 1: one in every round right now. This is our chance. 808 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,719 Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe at another second rounder, certainly you could 809 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,399 Speaker 1: probably get an extra third round or if you trade 810 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,600 Speaker 1: down a little bit in the second round. I think 811 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:47,600 Speaker 1: that's going to happen. I really do. And if we're saying, okay, 812 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,120 Speaker 1: take the best defensive player available with a thirty third pick, 813 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,800 Speaker 1: if there's you're looking at your board and there was 814 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,400 Speaker 1: a run on the offensive side of the football and 815 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of defensive players left, you'd be happy 816 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,920 Speaker 1: with the thirty three trade back and getting multiples. You know, 817 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,960 Speaker 1: hit every position, hit two of the three position levels, 818 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, with picks and or if a wide receiver, 819 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,080 Speaker 1: It's like, I can't believe that dude's still there. You know, Um, 820 00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,640 Speaker 1: maybe you can pick him up, you know, if you 821 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: don't trade back too far. So it who knows, but 822 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,240 Speaker 1: I agree. I think in the early stages of the draft, 823 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,600 Speaker 1: they'll be trading back first and second round, if there's 824 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,920 Speaker 1: any trades. Won't obviously can't trade up any higher than 825 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: number one, but you'll be trading back in the first, 826 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,279 Speaker 1: trading back in the second, and then after that potentially 827 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,359 Speaker 1: potentially moving up. But I could I could even see 828 00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,719 Speaker 1: trading back in the third round, trading back in the second, 829 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,440 Speaker 1: getting additional picks, trading back with your first pick of 830 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,160 Speaker 1: the third round if you've got an additional third, moving 831 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,239 Speaker 1: back and getting another third in the four I could 832 00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 1: see him playing that game pretty much, you know, the 833 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,280 Speaker 1: domino effect all the way down every round the draft. 834 00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,919 Speaker 1: Next question from John Well, the Bengals pick up job 835 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:04,840 Speaker 1: on Ross's fifth year option. If not, well, they select 836 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,480 Speaker 1: a wide receiver in the first three rounds. I don't 837 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,439 Speaker 1: see them picking up you know, John Ross's option unless 838 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,960 Speaker 1: he has a Pro Bowl year. They have to make 839 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:19,680 Speaker 1: the decision by March or by May fifth. No, let's say, 840 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,279 Speaker 1: I don't see how they can project to pay him 841 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,759 Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars on this year's salary cap. There's no way. 842 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:31,800 Speaker 1: I just don't see it. So yeah, I mean I 843 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,640 Speaker 1: think I think that if there were a receiver, this 844 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:39,759 Speaker 1: is such a receiver, um plentiful draft, They're gonna take 845 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,719 Speaker 1: a receiver. It's just a question of how high. Just 846 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,719 Speaker 1: a question of how high, and um, you know, I 847 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:50,040 Speaker 1: don't I don't see them picking up John Ross's his option. 848 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,000 Speaker 1: I just now if he has an unbelievable uh you 849 00:46:54,120 --> 00:47:00,560 Speaker 1: know last season, Um, you know, maybe at that point, 850 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,919 Speaker 1: good for John, he's got leverage, But how much more? 851 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,160 Speaker 1: How much more would they pay him than fifteen million 852 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,880 Speaker 1: dollars for the for the first year of the following contract. 853 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:11,960 Speaker 1: Anyway they pay him less. Yeah, I mean, it's like 854 00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,840 Speaker 1: you'd have a bonus, you know, if you if you 855 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,160 Speaker 1: get a second body of the apple, there's a bonus 856 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,239 Speaker 1: and all that, and it's all pro rated. But the 857 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:24,080 Speaker 1: actual contract maybe he might get depending on the bonus, 858 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:26,840 Speaker 1: he might get close, but you're not going to be 859 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,080 Speaker 1: paying him the average of the top five salaris of 860 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,560 Speaker 1: his position the first year of a contract extension if 861 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,200 Speaker 1: he does have a great year. So I just there's 862 00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:38,040 Speaker 1: no way they're going to pick up that fifteen mil. 863 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,440 Speaker 1: There's no way. Here's a quick reminder that he was 864 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,360 Speaker 1: taking one pick before Patrick Mahomes. But we move on 865 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: to Tyler. What are your thoughts on linebacker Akeem Davis 866 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,840 Speaker 1: Gaither a player that you saw in person at the 867 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,239 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. Yeah, I was very impressed with him. He 868 00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,160 Speaker 1: can flat out pick him up and put him down. 869 00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,920 Speaker 1: The dude can run. You know, not a big linebacker 870 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,719 Speaker 1: six two two fifty. You know you think, okay, you know, 871 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,120 Speaker 1: could he even play? Does he have the coverage abilities 872 00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,960 Speaker 1: of like a big safety. Yeah, he does. He can 873 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:13,000 Speaker 1: run and um, everything that I gathered watching him on 874 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,000 Speaker 1: the field, Um, he has a good He had a 875 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:19,080 Speaker 1: good rapport with his teammates. Seemed like he was not 876 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,400 Speaker 1: one of these uh you know guys. It was difficult 877 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,600 Speaker 1: to deal with in terms of other players him thinking 878 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:30,000 Speaker 1: he was too cool for school. None of that. My 879 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,640 Speaker 1: understanding is that he was very good in the classroom. 880 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,400 Speaker 1: So on a lot of levels, I like him, and 881 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,080 Speaker 1: I would think Darren Simmons would like him as well. 882 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,440 Speaker 1: A guy like that would would upgrade you know, his 883 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,800 Speaker 1: special teams obviously as well. So I think he's good value. 884 00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,800 Speaker 1: I think he's got significant value. He was. He was 885 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,120 Speaker 1: one of the guys that, you know, I thought of 886 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,960 Speaker 1: the handful of linebackers for North and South in the 887 00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,360 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl, he was somebody that jumped out at me 888 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,480 Speaker 1: a little bit for sure. All Right, we'll do a 889 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:06,560 Speaker 1: couple more hashtag ask Lap questions from Steven. The Bengals 890 00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:09,680 Speaker 1: switched blocking schemes about midway through the season, which helped 891 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,480 Speaker 1: the running game. Should they stick with those changes or 892 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,719 Speaker 1: should they go back to the initial scheme and find 893 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:19,560 Speaker 1: players that fit. I think that if the guys that 894 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,239 Speaker 1: finished the season are pretty much the guys that are 895 00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,960 Speaker 1: starting this one, I think you stay with the continuity 896 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:29,640 Speaker 1: of that what worked. You know, to me, it's the 897 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,400 Speaker 1: last thing you want to do is if you and 898 00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,880 Speaker 1: and it definitely it definitely fits. You're not going to 899 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,239 Speaker 1: have a guy that you're going to throw in there 900 00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:42,840 Speaker 1: that is going to be a big athletic stiff, you know. 901 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,719 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody that they've they've got in camp right 902 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,839 Speaker 1: now has the athleticism to do the things that we're 903 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,839 Speaker 1: talking about, the gap scheme, where you know, you block 904 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:55,480 Speaker 1: down your pull linemaner in space instead of just inside 905 00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,640 Speaker 1: zone and outside zone where you're just trying to mall 906 00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:01,320 Speaker 1: and mash people. So m I think with the personnel 907 00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,640 Speaker 1: that the reason they made the change was adapting their 908 00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:09,560 Speaker 1: scheme to fit their personnel. So if their personnel doesn't 909 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:14,239 Speaker 1: change drastically, why would you change away from anything that 910 00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,880 Speaker 1: had worked so well the last five games of the 911 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,880 Speaker 1: year second half of the season, there were six in 912 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,839 Speaker 1: the NFL in Russian the last eight games of the year, 913 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,800 Speaker 1: the last five I think it was even better than that. 914 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:28,399 Speaker 1: So I'd stay with what was working, that's for sure, 915 00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:31,799 Speaker 1: and then just keep building on it and go from there. 916 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,920 Speaker 1: All right, final ask lap question. This is from Jared 917 00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:39,800 Speaker 1: Will the Bengals have new uniforms this year? And I 918 00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:43,560 Speaker 1: will twist that slightly and say and ask should they 919 00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:47,319 Speaker 1: have new uniforms because Chris Simms keeps making this thing 920 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,280 Speaker 1: that just to change the mojo, got to change the helmet. 921 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:54,399 Speaker 1: It's time to try try something different to change the mojo. Well, 922 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:56,279 Speaker 1: I know the last time the change was made, we 923 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,560 Speaker 1: went to the Super Bowl. That was the eighty one season, 924 00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:03,000 Speaker 1: they made the big change and put stripes on the helmet, and, um, 925 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:09,440 Speaker 1: you know the initial reaction by everybody, including players in 926 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,359 Speaker 1: the team. Oh my gosh, man, we look like we're 927 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,560 Speaker 1: literally at the zoo. I mean, this is like we 928 00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,320 Speaker 1: better play. Well, these are a little bit dicey. I 929 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,799 Speaker 1: mean it was, it was. It was a big, big, 930 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,399 Speaker 1: bold move that Paul Brown made. But he always liked 931 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:26,160 Speaker 1: the rams, you know, helmet with that with that logo, 932 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,800 Speaker 1: so he wanted to go more in that direction and 933 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:32,440 Speaker 1: have something like there's no doubting who that football team is. 934 00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,320 Speaker 1: When you see that, you know exactly who it is. 935 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:38,160 Speaker 1: And and it panned out, definitely panned out. Um, I 936 00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:41,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know how drastic a change, uh 937 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:46,359 Speaker 1: that would be talked about, but maybe, you know, maybe 938 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:51,239 Speaker 1: something to just I think I think any edge that 939 00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:54,160 Speaker 1: you can try to find, whether it be psychological, physical, 940 00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:56,840 Speaker 1: whatever it is, as long as the players believe it, 941 00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,600 Speaker 1: the players are buying it, I'm good with it. You know, 942 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,960 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, I guess what. Whatever. The only people 943 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:07,640 Speaker 1: that it matters um the final. In the final, when 944 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,640 Speaker 1: you melt it all down and boil it all down, 945 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,239 Speaker 1: the guys were in the uniforms and going out there 946 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,200 Speaker 1: and playing for the City of Cincinnati and for their franchise. 947 00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:17,759 Speaker 1: Here's the uniform change I want to see. I want 948 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:19,400 Speaker 1: there to be a number nine with a Burrow on 949 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,200 Speaker 1: the back of it. Yeah, I like that. I like 950 00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:23,799 Speaker 1: that call. I do. I think, you know, the more 951 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:27,200 Speaker 1: I the more I see him, and the more varied 952 00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:30,839 Speaker 1: environments I see him in, I like him more and more. 953 00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:33,480 Speaker 1: You know, I think I think the one thing that 954 00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:40,440 Speaker 1: he seems to be everybody has different personalities, even even 955 00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,040 Speaker 1: these people that are interviewing him, some of them just 956 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,040 Speaker 1: looking for as much dirt and as much and he 957 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,359 Speaker 1: handles it all very well. You know. He might give 958 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:50,960 Speaker 1: him just a little, but he doesn't go overboard. You know. 959 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:55,839 Speaker 1: I think he's intelligent, extremely intelligent, and I think he's 960 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,400 Speaker 1: a He's a natural born leader of men. I mean, 961 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,400 Speaker 1: guys grab a tate toward him. I don't I have 962 00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,800 Speaker 1: not heard one person after their first and counal with 963 00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,279 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow say I don't know about that guy. I mean, 964 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:12,480 Speaker 1: he sells you. He sells you fast. Appreciate the time, 965 00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,080 Speaker 1: thanks buddy, my pleasure, sir. Anytime that's going to do 966 00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,600 Speaker 1: it for this episode of the podcast. Next week, Lap 967 00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:22,799 Speaker 1: and I will head to Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine 968 00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:27,000 Speaker 1: where Joe Burrow, Zach Taylor, and Duke Tobin are all 969 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:30,880 Speaker 1: scheduled to speak. On Tuesday, we'll have some good material 970 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,760 Speaker 1: and next week's show. And if you haven't done so already, 971 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:38,040 Speaker 1: don't forget to subscribe on iTunes, stitch, your Google Play, Spotify, 972 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:40,879 Speaker 1: or pod Bean, and if you have a minute, give 973 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,839 Speaker 1: it a rating or share a comment. Those five star 974 00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:48,080 Speaker 1: ratings help more Bengals fans find our podcast. I'm Dan 975 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:52,080 Speaker 1: Horde and thanks for listening to The Bengals Booth Podcast