WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Everything's Gonna Be Alright

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<v Speaker 1>Hi and everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>The Everything's Gonna be ah right. Addition, as the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>open the season with a lackluster performance, to put it nicely,

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<v Speaker 2>losing their opener at Cleveland twenty four to three. Coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll hear radio replays and locker room comments from players

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<v Speaker 2>and coaches. Then, in this week's fun Facts Conversation, team

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<v Speaker 2>president Mike Brown joins me to discuss high expectations, the

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<v Speaker 2>booming business of the NFL, and responding to letters from fans.

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<v Speaker 2>for pictures during the commercial breaks. Last week, Orlando Brown

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<v Speaker 2>awesome with fans. We don't know our guests yet for

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<v Speaker 2>this week, but we do know our locations will be

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<v Speaker 2>Hope to see you there. Now, let's get to Sunday's

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<v Speaker 2>frustrating season opener. On a dreary, rainy and gray day

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<v Speaker 2>in Cleveland, the Bengals got the ball to begin the

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<v Speaker 2>game and immediately connected on third down and nine on

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<v Speaker 2>a twelve yard pass from Joe Burrow to Jamar Chase.

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<v Speaker 2>That was their longest pass completion all day and their

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<v Speaker 2>only third down conversion in eight tries in the first half.

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<v Speaker 2>Shotgun snap blitz coming Burrow in trouble and Joe will

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<v Speaker 2>be sacked. Didn't lose much. He lost two yards as

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<v Speaker 2>he tried to run forward, but he does get sacked

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<v Speaker 2>by Okunquo. A free agent acquisition, and the Bengals will

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<v Speaker 2>bring in rookie punter Brad Robbins. That was a familiar

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<v Speaker 2>theme as the Bengals punted on their first seven possessions.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Tyler Boyd on floundering on third down.

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<v Speaker 3>That hurt us a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>Does We've got ourselves on stand out there and converted,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, and third down especially because we know that's

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<v Speaker 4>when man covers is gonna come in. That's when the

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<v Speaker 4>one on one upportunities come in. That's when we make

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<v Speaker 4>the big plays. Let's us see, and you didn't say

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<v Speaker 4>because they got the best of us.

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<v Speaker 2>The Browns weren't much better in the early going. Their

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<v Speaker 2>first six drives included four punts and a fumble, but

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<v Speaker 2>they did manage to get on the scoreboard early in

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<v Speaker 2>the second quarter. The snap, the placement, the right footed kick,

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<v Speaker 2>a high spinning and over end kick, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>given the Cleveland Browns a three to nothing lead. It

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<v Speaker 2>was still three to nothing late in the half when

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<v Speaker 2>the Browns put together the best drive that either team

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<v Speaker 2>had all day. It featured five first downs covered sixty

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<v Speaker 2>seven yards and ended with the game's first touchdown, second

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<v Speaker 2>and ten from the Bengals thirteen. Watson's a quarterback draw.

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<v Speaker 2>He's at the ten to five touchdown Cleveland. The Browns

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<v Speaker 2>led ten to nothing at the half. The Bengals defense

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<v Speaker 2>was playing okay, but the offense was anemic. Here's Ted karras.

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<v Speaker 5>Our defense was executing. They gave us a lot of

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<v Speaker 5>chances to win the game.

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<v Speaker 6>We didn't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Second half highlights in a moment, But first reminder that

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<v Speaker 2>offense came to life to begin the second half, getting

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<v Speaker 2>help on a pass interference penalty to drive within field

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<v Speaker 2>goal range. Bengals trying to get on the scoreboard here

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<v Speaker 2>in the third quarter, trailing by ten, McPherson's kick is

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<v Speaker 2>and it is good to put Cincinnati on the scoreboard

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<v Speaker 2>for the first time in twenty twenty three. They were

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<v Speaker 2>only down by a touchdown and things really started looking

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<v Speaker 2>up when the Bengals got a takeaway. On the Browns

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<v Speaker 2>next possession, Watson walks up to the line of scrimmage,

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<v Speaker 2>now backs up into the gun left foot in front

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<v Speaker 2>of right. He catches the shotgun snap fakes the Chubb

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<v Speaker 2>does a whirly bird before scrambling to the left. Couple

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<v Speaker 2>of bottles taken down.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a penalty flight, but the passes intercepted. Dax Hill

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<v Speaker 1>has the ball running up the near sideline and he

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<v Speaker 1>goes out of bounds at the fifty yard line.

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<v Speaker 2>But after driving to the Cleveland thirty three Joe Burrows

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<v Speaker 2>deep ball to t Higgins was broken up at the

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<v Speaker 2>last instant by Cleveland safety Grant Delpit. Here's Higgins on

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<v Speaker 2>that key defensive play.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, at the end of day, it was a

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<v Speaker 5>great playful. He put his hand up at the right time.

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<v Speaker 5>If he didn't do that, that's a catch.

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<v Speaker 2>If he hadn't, it probably would have been a game

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<v Speaker 2>tying touchdown. Instead, the Bengals had to settle for a

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<v Speaker 2>fifty one yard field goal try. Bengals trying to score

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<v Speaker 2>field goals on back to back possessions in the second

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<v Speaker 2>half after being shut out in the first to kick

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<v Speaker 2>his Oh no is wide right. It is no good.

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<v Speaker 2>It was money Max, first missed from fifty plus since

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one. The Browns answered with a field goal

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<v Speaker 2>to take a thirteen to three lead to the fourth quarter,

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<v Speaker 2>and kicked another one early in the fourth to make

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<v Speaker 2>it sixteen to three. The Bengals were running out of

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<v Speaker 2>chances and Zach Taylor knew it as the Bengals went

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<v Speaker 2>for it on fourth and four from their own thirty one,

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<v Speaker 2>with ten and a half minutes remaining, Fourth out and

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<v Speaker 2>four shotgun snap to borrow. Joe scrambling to the.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, sacked by Miles Garrett inside the twenty. Miles Garrett

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<v Speaker 1>with his first sack of the season, and it comes

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<v Speaker 1>at a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll give the Browns the ball in the red zone,

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<v Speaker 2>and four plays later they were in the end zone.

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<v Speaker 1>Watson throws a pass caught in the end zone by

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<v Speaker 1>a sliding Harrison Bryant for a Cleveland Brown's touchdown.

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<v Speaker 5>And Deshaun Watson is doing is uh. He's skipping to

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<v Speaker 5>the fifty yard line and now coming back to celebrate

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<v Speaker 5>with his teammates. This game means a lot to Deshaun Watson.

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<v Speaker 2>The Browns won it twenty four to three, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was a brutal day for Joe Burrow. Unlike last season's opener,

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<v Speaker 2>where he threw four interceptions, Joe didn't have any turnovers,

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<v Speaker 2>but he only completed fourteen of thirty one pass that's

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<v Speaker 2>forty five percent, the first time Joe has ever completed

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<v Speaker 2>less than half of his throws in fifty NFL starts,

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<v Speaker 2>including playoff games. Joe finished with eighty two passing yards.

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<v Speaker 2>His previous low was one forty eight, and Joe's passer

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<v Speaker 2>rating of fifty two point two was also a new

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<v Speaker 2>career low. The Browns defensive backs deserve much of the credit.

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<v Speaker 7>They got really good corners. You know, Denzel and Emerson

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<v Speaker 7>are two of the better corners in the league. I think,

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<v Speaker 7>you know Newsom is a is a great nickel too,

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<v Speaker 7>So they got a great secondary. Obviously, we weren't good

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<v Speaker 7>enough in me putting the ball in the right place

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<v Speaker 7>and in our one on one situations. We just didn't

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<v Speaker 7>come out on top today.

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<v Speaker 2>But as good as the Browns were defensively, Burrow just

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<v Speaker 2>looked off. The five weeks of training camp that he

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<v Speaker 2>missed surely was a factor.

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<v Speaker 7>The quarterback doesn't perform in training camp. You know, that

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<v Speaker 7>was obviously something that I would have liked to have done.

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<v Speaker 7>But there's no excuses. It's obviously not very good today,

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<v Speaker 7>so we got to be better.

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<v Speaker 2>Consider the Joe threw eight passes for t Higgins and

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<v Speaker 2>didn't complete any of them. He threw nine for Jamar

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<v Speaker 2>Chase and completed five for thirty nine yards. And Chase

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<v Speaker 2>is now public enemy number one in Cleveland after making

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<v Speaker 2>a crack about the Browns fifty yard line ELF logo

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<v Speaker 2>last week that was turned into bulletin board material. I

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<v Speaker 2>was among the reporters who talked to Chase after the game.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not accustomed to seeing the offense struggle to the

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<v Speaker 2>extent that it to today. How would you describe today's game?

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<v Speaker 3>Went too good on offensives. I fell into some conditions

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<v Speaker 3>who weren't ready for for real, so they got to

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<v Speaker 3>be ready to execute the next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Conditions as in weather yep? Did you just feel flat?

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<v Speaker 2>How would you describe how it felt out there?

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<v Speaker 3>None just was going always for real. We had good

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<v Speaker 3>Lott Hag opportunities they play man, I mean, we had

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<v Speaker 3>good looks. We just didn't execute on'em.

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<v Speaker 2>Jill missed about five weeks. Were you guys are little

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<v Speaker 2>out of sink?

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<v Speaker 3>Probably that's probably what it was. Probably that, you know

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying, I don't, don't. Nobody really knows to

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<v Speaker 3>we look at the film. You gotta execute. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 3>keep blaming that on the conditions, but that's what they

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<v Speaker 3>looked like for us and play.

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<v Speaker 8>Do you think the offense was just out of sync

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<v Speaker 8>aside from the other the just things that normally don't

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<v Speaker 8>happen for all happened.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we didn't get a lot of stuff going

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<v Speaker 3>our way, you know what I'm saying. We had a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of drop passes on boats on our end, which

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<v Speaker 3>was getting rested a couple of times. They just didn't

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<v Speaker 3>execute when we had the looks.

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<v Speaker 5>What about their defense? They seemed to be real aggressive

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<v Speaker 5>in what they were doing in terms of pressure and coverage.

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<v Speaker 5>With was the weather of factor there? Did you decide

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<v Speaker 5>to get more aggressive?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think the game plan for what they defense

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<v Speaker 3>what we had we already was expecting it. They did

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<v Speaker 3>exactly what we was expecting. Like I said, we just

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<v Speaker 3>didn't take advantage of the opportunities that they gave us.

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<v Speaker 9>More exact said after the game that this was not you,

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<v Speaker 9>This performance was not this team. Yeah, what do you

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<v Speaker 9>think when you put your finger on why you guys

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<v Speaker 9>just worked yourselves today.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if he I don't know. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know how to answer that.

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<v Speaker 1>Bro.

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<v Speaker 9>Honestly, we saw this team last year started to go

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<v Speaker 9>and too, and you guys still in the AC Championship.

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<v Speaker 9>We know slow starts are going to derail the season,

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<v Speaker 9>which is how frustrating is it to have the build

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<v Speaker 9>up start the season to come here and.

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<v Speaker 10>Not play well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's frustrating because I called the ass l's and we

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<v Speaker 3>just lost to some ls. So I'm pissed on my party.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not I'm pissed on that. And like I said, man,

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<v Speaker 3>we got missed opportunities. We didn't capitalize on that and

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<v Speaker 3>we lost. So that's how we lost. John, I guess.

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<v Speaker 8>Bullet and more Maiturion with all the el stuff and

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<v Speaker 8>all that, what do you what did you make of

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<v Speaker 8>all that?

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<v Speaker 10>Did you drop the league?

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<v Speaker 5>Made up?

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<v Speaker 3>He just want to have some attention, so he just

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 7>How prepared are you for the for the blowback that

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<v Speaker 7>might come with the comments you made and then the

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<v Speaker 7>result of this game.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll blow back. I mean, did you say, if he

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<v Speaker 3>got me saying something I'm saying right now, he's soft.

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<v Speaker 3>If they soft with me saying l's and that the soft.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's a gigantic ELF in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>field in Cleveland. It's not like Chase just randomly called

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<v Speaker 2>the Browns elves. But whatever, Cleveland won the game, their players, coaches,

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<v Speaker 2>and fans get to gloat until they meet again in

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<v Speaker 2>the final game of the regular season. Meanwhile, the Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>overcame an zero and two start last year, but they

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<v Speaker 2>can ill afford another one. Here are Burrow, Orlando Brown Junior,

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<v Speaker 2>and Tyler Boyd.

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<v Speaker 7>Week one doesn't define anybody's season. Obviously, not very good

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<v Speaker 7>out there, but anybody that watched saw that. But we've

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<v Speaker 7>been in the spot before. We've come back stronger and

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<v Speaker 7>had great years. So that's what we're going to do.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you know, I don't want to use the word frustration.

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<v Speaker 5>Then it's definitely disappointing, but at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 5>that's football, and it's not always going to be perfect,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, It's it's other games and we'll have other

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<v Speaker 4>opportunities to prove ourselves right, because I think overall we

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<v Speaker 4>played great difference heck of a game offense. We started

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<v Speaker 4>getting things going, but we never got consistent at moving

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<v Speaker 4>the ball. And say whatever you want about the weather,

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<v Speaker 4>but Day was out there making plays. The Browns made

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<v Speaker 4>plays enough plays to win SAM So we didn't make

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<v Speaker 4>enough play. That's what it gonna come down.

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<v Speaker 7>So it's one week obviously not up to our standard,

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<v Speaker 7>not up to my standard, but you got sixteen more

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<v Speaker 7>of them, so we're it's gonna keep trucking.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of trucking, Brown's running back Nick Chubb finished with

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and six yards on eighteen carries in ten

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<v Speaker 2>career games against the Bengals. He's top to one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>yards six times. There aren't many running backs that have

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<v Speaker 2>that much success when DJ Reider is on the field

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<v Speaker 2>for Cincinnati. I spoke to the Bengals defensive tackle about

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<v Speaker 2>the dismal opener. I'm sure that was the total opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of what everybody in this room expected. You just came

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<v Speaker 2>out and really couldn't see it to get much going,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly in the offensive end.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think we came out we were a little

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<v Speaker 6>flat this was the team in general.

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<v Speaker 5>But that's tough for you. Got to get back to.

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<v Speaker 6>The drawing board. I know it's such a cliche you're saying.

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<v Speaker 6>I hate saying that obviously, but we got I'm not

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<v Speaker 6>going to to do a thing a lot of guys.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm in our team. On our team, that good guys

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<v Speaker 6>played a.

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<v Speaker 1>Lot of good balls.

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<v Speaker 6>So I mean, we not tripping off.

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<v Speaker 5>Who we are.

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<v Speaker 6>We just gotta go out there and do it. The

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<v Speaker 6>guys can't start flat.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it fair to wonder if the Bengals need to

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<v Speaker 2>change the preseason approach and play some guys more. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you think that's a factor at all.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know if that's it. I think it's more

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<v Speaker 6>so like you know, if you don't, I know.

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<v Speaker 5>You need the reps.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

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<v Speaker 6>I know people talk about that, but the fu Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>you wake up on Sunday, it's snow, the grass, everybody's

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<v Speaker 6>ready to go. I don't think that's the thing, Like

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<v Speaker 6>you know what I'm saying, Oh, we blame it on

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<v Speaker 6>There is language. Nobody has like a what happened? We

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<v Speaker 6>came out flat? We got meat? They need us? How

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<v Speaker 6>goes sometimes?

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<v Speaker 2>Man?

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<v Speaker 6>And unfortunately that's how it's going on our opening the

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<v Speaker 6>last couple of years, so we just we gotta really

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<v Speaker 6>get on it.

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<v Speaker 2>The touchdown late in the first half, did you feel

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<v Speaker 2>like that was a a a big momentum swing for

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<v Speaker 2>Cavelent It was three nothing at the.

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<v Speaker 6>Time, Nah, cause we came out and gotta stop. So

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<v Speaker 6>I don't. I wouldn't call it that, you know what

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<v Speaker 6>I'm saying, like, Oh, it's just the end of the world.

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<v Speaker 9>Now.

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<v Speaker 6>We came out and gotta stop three out the next

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<v Speaker 6>So I didn't think it was a big momentium shift.

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<v Speaker 6>I think, well, we just didn't do it. His great

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<v Speaker 6>guy and they got put in some tough spots and

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<v Speaker 6>didn't find a way out of them, you know, So

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<v Speaker 6>that's just really what happened.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think that that kind of that moment was

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<v Speaker 6>the momentum shift.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't play in the game here last year, but

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals obviously have had a lot of trouble in

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<v Speaker 2>this building. Is it frustrating to come here and just

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<v Speaker 2>play poorly again things.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's really frustrating. You never wanna go anywhere and

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<v Speaker 6>play powardly. We talk like you didn't start riding fortunately

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<v Speaker 6>in our division. We'll get to see him twice, so

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<v Speaker 6>we gotta come to us next. You can't really gotta

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<v Speaker 6>scrap this game, you know, I can't really think.

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<v Speaker 10>About it anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We know with this offense, it's only a matter of

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<v Speaker 2>time before they get it rolling. Is it almost hard

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<v Speaker 2>to believe when they struggle as badly as they struggle today, you.

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<v Speaker 6>Know what they're used to and you know, we just

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<v Speaker 6>go out there encourage them to get back to that

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<v Speaker 6>and they'll get back to it. It's not it's definitely

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<v Speaker 6>different when they don't, you know, but get that people

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<v Speaker 6>out of the days. Man, it happens, and you can't

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<v Speaker 6>expect you to be perfect every day. Fortunately, might this

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<v Speaker 6>lead it expect you to be perfect other Sunday And

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<v Speaker 6>I just wentting this Sunday. So guys gotta get back

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<v Speaker 6>to the daring board. I think a lot of guys

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<v Speaker 6>pride Hurst got it, so I think it would be

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<v Speaker 6>a good thing for us. You know, we've been able

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<v Speaker 6>to bat it out of this back against the wall

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<v Speaker 6>the last two years, so we'll be able to get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Does appreciate your time, Thank you to out no Doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals app Now time to hear what Zach Taylor had

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<v Speaker 2>to say after the game, as he spent a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of minutes with Dave Lapham coach.

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<v Speaker 5>Obviously, twenty four to three outcome wasn't what you were

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<v Speaker 5>looking for, but coming out of this football game, just

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<v Speaker 5>the good news just seemed to come out of it

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<v Speaker 5>pretty darn healthy.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, we'll look at that, but obviously we want to

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<v Speaker 8>come out of here with a win and healthy. You know.

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<v Speaker 8>But it's a long season, so we got to make

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<v Speaker 8>the corrections that we can control and be ready to

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<v Speaker 8>go next weekend's Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 5>In your mind, what are some of those corrections that

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<v Speaker 5>you feel like need to be made that you can't control.

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<v Speaker 8>There's gonna be a lot of hidden yardage in just

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<v Speaker 8>all over the field, you know that presented us with

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<v Speaker 8>field position and then third down clearly on offense, we

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<v Speaker 8>were two fifteen or three fifteen, and that's that's not

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<v Speaker 8>going to beat anybody. So there's gonna be a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of things we can.

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<v Speaker 5>Clean up defensively, particularly in the first half. Two takeaways.

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<v Speaker 5>You didn't turn the football over, you went plus two.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, that's that's going to win you some football

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<v Speaker 5>games when other things are ironed out.

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<v Speaker 8>There's no question, you know they did. They did what

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<v Speaker 8>we needed them to do, and we went for on

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<v Speaker 8>fourth down in their territory and they gave up seven

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<v Speaker 8>points right after that, had the two turnovers. They really

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<v Speaker 8>had field position working against some of the entire game

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<v Speaker 8>and held up for us well. So you know, I

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<v Speaker 8>thought that there was there was a lot of winning

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<v Speaker 8>things that are defense did today.

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<v Speaker 5>If I'm not mistaken, I think Joe put a glove on.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, what was it that bat out there with

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<v Speaker 5>that reign. I mean, if it's just drizzling a little

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<v Speaker 5>bit that can make a football Darren slick with that

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<v Speaker 5>rozin on it.

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<v Speaker 8>It was as bad as as we've had since I've

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<v Speaker 8>been here, you know. So that's an element that factors

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<v Speaker 8>into the game. And we got to be ready for

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<v Speaker 8>as team and start to adjust and again win on

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<v Speaker 8>those little small thrings in all three phases to help

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<v Speaker 8>ourselves and just didn't do good enough job of that today.

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<v Speaker 5>Did Cleveland do anything defensively that surprised you at all,

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<v Speaker 5>or they were very aggressive in their posture on just

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<v Speaker 5>about everything they did.

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<v Speaker 8>I guess, yeah, sure, and you should be. You know,

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<v Speaker 8>they're the first half when it gets wet and it's

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<v Speaker 8>gonna be hard to throw it and we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 8>to lean on the run game. So they did a

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<v Speaker 8>good job of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>So now as you get ready for the for the

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<v Speaker 5>Baltimore Ravens, you get them at home. And I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>what did you tell your football team in the locker

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<v Speaker 5>room right after this football game?

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<v Speaker 8>We got to clean this thing up tomorrow, put this

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<v Speaker 8>one behind us, and be ready to see the team

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<v Speaker 8>that we know we are next week when we play

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<v Speaker 8>Baltimore at home.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and you're exactly right. I mean, the last two

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<v Speaker 5>years this team went to the Super Bowl, went to

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<v Speaker 5>the SC Championship Game, and last in Cleveland both years.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's not like you don't throw the baby

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<v Speaker 5>out with the bathwater, right.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah. People will make a lot of it because it's

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<v Speaker 8>Week one and there's been a lot of focus on

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<v Speaker 8>this game, but again, we know that this can be

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<v Speaker 8>a long season and we just got to put it

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<v Speaker 8>behind us and make the corrections and get ready for

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<v Speaker 8>next week.

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<v Speaker 2>A home game against the Ravens is coming up next.

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore opened the season with a twenty five to nine

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<v Speaker 2>win over the Houston Texans, and it was a tough

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<v Speaker 2>weekend for football fans in Pittsburgh. The pitt Panthers lost

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<v Speaker 2>a home game to the UC Bearcats on Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 2>and the following afternoon on the same field, the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>lost to the San Francisco forty nine Ers thirty to seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Before we get to this week's fun Facts interview, here

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<v Speaker 2>are a couple of takeaways from Sunday's loss. Number One.

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<v Speaker 2>People are not going to want to hear this, but

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<v Speaker 2>I am more concerned about how good the Browns looked

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<v Speaker 2>than how bad the Bengals looked. Joe Burrow and the

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals will bounce back, they always do, but the Browns

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<v Speaker 2>looked like they are going to be formidable in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three. Deshaun Watson didn't throw the ball very well,

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<v Speaker 2>but if he continues to improve and gives the Browns

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<v Speaker 2>solid quarterback play this year, they'd be tough to beat

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<v Speaker 2>in the AFC North. The strong up front on both

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<v Speaker 2>sides of the ball, have really good cornerbacks and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best running backs on the planet. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>see a glaring weakness on Sunday. Observation two. Did not

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<v Speaker 2>playing the offensive starters in the preseason lead to another

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<v Speaker 2>lousy opener. It's impossible to say for sure, but Zach

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor is no dummy, and I don't think he's stubborn.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably worth changing the preseason plan just a bit

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<v Speaker 2>to at least try something different. Then again, if Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Burrow hadn't strained his calf in the second practice of

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<v Speaker 2>training camp, the offense might have put thirty five points

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<v Speaker 2>on the board. Observation number three. If the new starting

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<v Speaker 2>safeties were the biggest question mark going into the season,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they got off to a great start. Dax

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<v Speaker 2>Hill had an interception and six tackles, including two for losses,

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<v Speaker 2>and Nick Scott tied for the team leaden tackles with eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>matching Jermaine Pratt. I also thought rookie DJ Turner looked

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<v Speaker 2>should point out that our conversation was recorded before the

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<v Speaker 2>team's record setting contract extension with Joe Burrow. Here's Mike, Mike.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Bengals fifty sixth season. Joe Burrow's got

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<v Speaker 2>three years of experience under his belt. Your coaching staff

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<v Speaker 2>is in its fifth year together. Basically, I don't see

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<v Speaker 2>any glaring weaknesses on the roster. Does this year feel

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<v Speaker 2>different to you in terms of expectations.

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<v Speaker 10>I know better than to have expectations. We've played well

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<v Speaker 10>the last two years. We had good teams. We went

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<v Speaker 10>to the Super Bowl, too, AFC championship games, and we

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<v Speaker 10>won the divisional title back to back. That's pretty good

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<v Speaker 10>recognition that we had a good team. But when you

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<v Speaker 10>look forward, you have to be careful not to claim

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<v Speaker 10>too much. You have to go out and do it again.

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<v Speaker 10>You have to prove it over. It's never easy. Those

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<v Speaker 10>other teams they think that they're just as good or better,

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<v Speaker 10>And I know we have good teams in the division

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<v Speaker 10>to contend with. It will be a real challenge, but

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<v Speaker 10>I also know that we have a pretty good base

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<v Speaker 10>to start after it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not in your nature to make bold proclamations. Was

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<v Speaker 2>your dad the same way, Oh?

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<v Speaker 10>He was much more so. He used to as a

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<v Speaker 10>coach always make sure that if they won a game,

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<v Speaker 10>that was a great victory and everyone should recognize. It

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<v Speaker 10>is the case that some of the people in the NFL,

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<v Speaker 10>the league, they go out and beat their own tub,

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<v Speaker 10>hoping that people won't come. I've seen that done by

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<v Speaker 10>some very successfully for some reason. When they go down,

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<v Speaker 10>it's been so long since they were bragging about their

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<v Speaker 10>future that hardly anyone remembers it. But to me, that

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<v Speaker 10>would be embarrassing. And I was raised by my father

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<v Speaker 10>to the less you say, the better.

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<v Speaker 2>Your daughter, Katie has been praised league wide for her

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<v Speaker 2>ability to manage the salary cap. Are you amazed by

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<v Speaker 2>her grasp of a very complicated matter?

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<v Speaker 10>Well, I know, Katie, I'm not amazed. She was a

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<v Speaker 10>math major and an economics major in college. She's quite

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<v Speaker 10>bright enough. She can figure that stuff out. Sometimes I

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<v Speaker 10>think she thinks I'm too dumb to understand it. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 10>I rely on her, the team countseling her to handle this.

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<v Speaker 2>The NFL is approaching twenty billion dollars a year in

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<v Speaker 2>annual revenue. What do you make of the popularity and

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<v Speaker 2>scope of the NFL in twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, I can't count to twenty billion, But I don't

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<v Speaker 10>think about the money. I honestly got down. I just

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<v Speaker 10>think about having it run the right way. That means

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<v Speaker 10>you win. It means you people behave and live the

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<v Speaker 10>way they should and are part of the community. It

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<v Speaker 10>means you keep the contentious stuff restrained, and money seems

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<v Speaker 10>to have a way of being contentious. The less said

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<v Speaker 10>about it, the better. As far as I'm concerned, Let's

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<v Speaker 10>just focus on the games. That's what people really are

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<v Speaker 10>interested in.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been known over the years to read and respond

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<v Speaker 2>to the letters sent to you. We're living in an

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<v Speaker 2>email world. Now do you still get letters and respond

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<v Speaker 2>to them?

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<v Speaker 5>Well?

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<v Speaker 10>I do. Just a short while ago, lady that I

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<v Speaker 10>wrote back to said, well, you like maps, so here

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<v Speaker 10>here's a map, and it's a map of the settlement

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<v Speaker 10>of Ohio. And how that was, how that went forward,

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<v Speaker 10>and it's really quite fun for me to look at it.

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<v Speaker 10>I do like it. Also sent a book to read.

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<v Speaker 10>I hesitated getting books from people because I like to

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<v Speaker 10>pick my own. But anyway, yes, I correspond to people

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<v Speaker 10>and occasionally I run aground, but more often not it

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<v Speaker 10>works out.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, the NFL allows cameras everywhere. In this day and age,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got hard knocks. Netflix recently had a multi part

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback show that was very entertaining. Do you watch any

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<v Speaker 2>of that.

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<v Speaker 10>Stuff less than I probably should? I watched some of

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<v Speaker 10>When we were on the Hard Knock Show. It got

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<v Speaker 10>to be a trial. You'd be in your office and

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<v Speaker 10>these guys would just march right in and PLoP down

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<v Speaker 10>and take pictures of whatever you were doing. Then a

0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:59.400
<v Speaker 10>lot of it. Most stuff with me just got cut

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<v Speaker 10>out because there wasn't anything that anyone wanted to say.

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<v Speaker 10>But it could be Oh, I wouldn't say annoying, surprising.

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<v Speaker 10>Let us say you knew what was going on, so

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<v Speaker 10>you had to be ready to handle it. But it

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<v Speaker 10>was it was different.

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<v Speaker 2>We're having this conversation just before the beginning of training camp,

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<v Speaker 2>which obviously takes place across the street from pay Course Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you miss going to places like Wilmington and Georgetown?

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<v Speaker 10>I do. I happened to like the old ways. I

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<v Speaker 10>don't know at this stage whether I would be up

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<v Speaker 10>to it, but training camp had a way about it

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<v Speaker 10>that was integral to the life, the football life, and

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<v Speaker 10>it was fun to be around the players. And quite honestly,

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<v Speaker 10>if you talk to the old ones, they liked it.

0:27:04.200 --> 0:27:09.280
<v Speaker 10>They talk about what they did at training camp and

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:14.320
<v Speaker 10>the pranks they played on each other and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 10>It's conducive to wonderful memories. I'll say that. Yet I

0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:25.200
<v Speaker 10>like this way too. It's certainly nice to be able

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<v Speaker 10>to go home at night and we're right across the

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<v Speaker 10>street from the practice field. It's good for the people

0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:37.480
<v Speaker 10>here in Cincinnati. They can come down and watch if

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<v Speaker 10>they choose. So there are a lot of pluses to

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<v Speaker 10>having it the way it is now.

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<v Speaker 2>We've all heard the staying patience is a virtue. Many

0:27:47.160 --> 0:27:50.400
<v Speaker 2>of your fellow owners aren't very patient with their coaching staffs.

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<v Speaker 2>You historically have been. Do you feel like you were

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<v Speaker 2>rewarded with your patients. For Zach Taylor and seeing how

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<v Speaker 2>he's grown, was acs.

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<v Speaker 10>An excellent coach. The first two years here were hard.

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<v Speaker 10>He was a young coach. He's probably getting hold of himself,

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<v Speaker 10>but it took a while for him to put the

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<v Speaker 10>team together the way it worked for him, and I

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<v Speaker 10>think that's been accomplished. We have some good players. The

0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:25.200
<v Speaker 10>problem going forwards will be to how do we keep

0:28:25.200 --> 0:28:29.040
<v Speaker 10>the good players enough of them? That's what I worry

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<v Speaker 10>about these days. Zach has proven himself. If you have

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<v Speaker 10>a coaching record like his, where you go to a

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<v Speaker 10>super Bowl, where you go to a couple of AFC

0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:47.600
<v Speaker 10>championship games and win the division back to back, you

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<v Speaker 10>have proven your merit.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of the fun of being a sports fan are

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<v Speaker 2>the rivalries. Who do you consider at the Bengals' biggest

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<v Speaker 2>rival these days?

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<v Speaker 10>Whoever we play next? But our natural rival is Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 10>But somehow Cleveland has drifted off to consider the Steelers

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:18.440
<v Speaker 10>their natural rival Baltimore and we pound on each other

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<v Speaker 10>pretty good, yet we're sort of far away. And now

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<v Speaker 10>Kansas City Mahomes told Joe that I guess we were

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<v Speaker 10>going to have a rivalry or something like that, So

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<v Speaker 10>now we have another one to be a rival with.

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<v Speaker 2>You said to reporters earlier today, this is a time

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<v Speaker 2>for Cincinnati sports to shine. Clearly, you're cognizant of the Reds'

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<v Speaker 2>recent success. I know how closely follow the Reds, but

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<v Speaker 2>also FC Cincinnati. You see going to the Big twelve

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<v Speaker 2>xavior basketball's historical success. You seem to be kind of

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<v Speaker 2>caught up in all of it.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, it's quite extraordinary. A lot's going on in Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 10>in sports, good things, and I think that this adds

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<v Speaker 10>to the life here in town. I like sports. I

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<v Speaker 10>think a lot of men doing women as well. It

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<v Speaker 10>just lifts the spirits of the community when it goes right,

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<v Speaker 10>and right now it looks like it's going right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always a pleasure to pick your brain. Appreciate the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Mike, good to be with you. That's going to

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