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Speaker 1: partner Dave Lapham joins me to discuss the final week

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Speaker 1: of voluntary offseason practices. We'll discuss Tuesday's open to the

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Speaker 1: media workout, and lap will share some of the names

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Speaker 1: of so called under the radar guys that have caught

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Speaker 1: his eye over the past few weeks. One of the

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Speaker 1: Bengals draft picks that is expected to play a significant

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Speaker 1: role as a rookie is second rounder Drew Sample, the

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Speaker 1: tight end out of Washington. We'll hear from thirty four

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Speaker 1: year old James Casey, the Bengals new tight ends coach,

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Speaker 1: on why he is excited to have Sample on the roster.

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Speaker 1: And in this week's fun Facts interview, I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: That's k n e SS. Now, let's get to football

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Speaker 1: as I bring in my broadcast partner Dave Lapham lap

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Speaker 1: Tuesday's practice was a fun one to watch for a

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Speaker 1: few reasons. Number one, the weather conditions could not have

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Speaker 1: into it and situational football, but it was it was competitive,

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Speaker 1: It was fun to watch, and you'll hear around the

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Speaker 1: and then uh And you know, as you travel around,

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Speaker 1: you go to all the pro days, and you go

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Speaker 1: to the combine, and you talk to other other tight

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Speaker 1: end coaches you know, around around the league. You get

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Speaker 1: you get a sense of how certain guys feel about

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Speaker 1: certain guys, how they talk to him. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I have no doubt that a lot of tight end

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Speaker 1: coaches and a lot of teams around the NFL had

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Speaker 1: this guy ready really high. And I know media wise

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Speaker 1: he might not have been like the top tight end guy.

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Speaker 1: But the guys that watched the ball and watched the film,

439
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Speaker 1: I think everybody that did that know that this guy's

440
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Speaker 1: a really good player. And time time's gotta tell you

441
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,320
Speaker 1: gotta come in here. It's gotta go and work and

442
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Speaker 1: go prove it. And to me as a coach, I

443
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Speaker 1: tell those guys, you know, you gotta you gotta make

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Speaker 1: an undeniable. You know, you gotta go out there and

445
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Speaker 1: practice so hard that it's on deniable. How good Jarling,

446
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Speaker 1: we gotta, we gotta put you on the field, and

447
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Speaker 1: you got to you got to be so good they

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Speaker 1: can't annoy you. Basically, you know, you know, guys to

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Speaker 1: tell my guys in my room, Like, you got to

450
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Speaker 1: be so good that they can't annoy you, that they

451
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Speaker 1: have to put you on the field and you have

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Speaker 1: to go. You're gonna produce this because how will you

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Speaker 1: practice and how will you compete? If Tyler Eiffort can

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Speaker 1: stay healthy, the trio of Effort, cj Uzama, and Drew

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Speaker 1: Sample would give the Bengals a formidable tight end group.

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Speaker 1: Now time for this week's fun Facts interview, as we

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Speaker 1: get to know a second year member of the Bengals

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Speaker 1: coaching staff who's had quite a history as a player

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Speaker 1: and coach. Time for some fun facts with Bengals quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: coach Alex Van Pelt, a native of Pittsburgh, a former

461
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Speaker 1: star with the Pittsburgh Panthers. But you played high school

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Speaker 1: football in Texas. Correct describe how that came about? Yeah,

463
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Speaker 1: that was awkward. I kind of My parents had divorced

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Speaker 1: early on, and I was living with my dad in

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Speaker 1: a small town in West Virginia and I had started

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Speaker 1: there for three years. Through my junior year, I happen

467
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Speaker 1: to have a best friend that was a senior who

468
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Speaker 1: was a way better athlete than I was, better football, basketball,

469
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Speaker 1: baseball player, and he did not get recruited at all,

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Speaker 1: and it kind of woke me up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: So my mom had moved to San Antonio, Texas, and

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Speaker 1: there was a situation where they didn't have a starting

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Speaker 1: quarterback returning. So I took a chance and transferred halfway

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Speaker 1: through my junior year and ended up starting my senior

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Speaker 1: year of high school football down there and got a

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Speaker 1: scholarship back to Pittsburgh. So those are pre internet days.

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Speaker 1: How did you even find out that there was a

478
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Speaker 1: high school there that needed a QB? Well, my mom

479
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Speaker 1: was kind of pulling strings talking to the coach, just

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Speaker 1: getting a feel for what the situation would be and

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Speaker 1: if it was something that would interest me. And I

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Speaker 1: was concerned if I didn't maybe move on to a

483
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Speaker 1: bigger area, I wouldn't have a chance to play in college.

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Speaker 1: And rolled the dice and it worked out for the best.

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Speaker 1: Doing fun facts with Alex van Pelt, it certainly did.

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Speaker 1: You came back home to the Pittsburgh area wound up

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Speaker 1: playing for pitt as I mentioned, started for four years.

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Speaker 1: It must have been crazy to start as a true

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Speaker 1: freshman at a place like pitt Yeah, it was interesting.

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Speaker 1: I had a couple of backs that were ahead of

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Speaker 1: me on the depth chart that I wanted transferred and

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Speaker 1: one didn't make great. So all of a sudden, I

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Speaker 1: came into the spring as a starter, and that was

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Speaker 1: when Paul Hackett came in as the offensive chord dator.

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Speaker 1: And you know, he and I really we meshed for

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Speaker 1: those four years and I learned a lot of football

497
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Speaker 1: from him and know him a lot. He's really a

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Speaker 1: coaching mentor to me still to this day. Pitts had

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Speaker 1: some great quarterbacks, first and foremost Dan Marino, but when

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Speaker 1: you look in the all time record book, the all

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Speaker 1: time leader in passing yards is Alex Van Pelt. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think I threw it about five thousand more times

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Speaker 1: than he did, so I think the average it may

504
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Speaker 1: not have averaged out as high. But yeah, that's one

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty proud of. And I teased Dan when I

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Speaker 1: see him. So after starting for four years at pitt

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Speaker 1: you were drafted by the Steelers in nineteen ninety three

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Speaker 1: and went to training camp with Pittsburgh under Bill Kauer.

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Speaker 1: What was it like to be drafted by your hometown team.

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Speaker 1: It was great, It really was. A family was excited.

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Speaker 1: My wife from Pittsburgh and her family as well, so

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Speaker 1: we were excited for the opportunity to stay in town.

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Speaker 1: Didn't make the most of the opportunity. He's though. I

514
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Speaker 1: didn't make it through camp, but got cut at camp

515
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Speaker 1: and sat out that year until midway through the season,

516
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Speaker 1: and I ended up going Paul Hackett had left at

517
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Speaker 1: the time to Kansas City as their offensive coordinator, and

518
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Speaker 1: Joe Montana pulls a hamstring, so I knew the system.

519
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Speaker 1: So I got the call. I got to go out

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00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 1: and dress for three games, and then when he was healthy,

521
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Speaker 1: I was released and then resigned again the next year.

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Speaker 1: What stands out about even being around Joe Montana, I'd

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Speaker 1: say the biggest thing is his note taking. By far,

524
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Speaker 1: I mean that guy. It didn't matter how many times

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Speaker 1: you installed a base concept that he's heard for fifteen years.

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Speaker 1: He would write down every detail on the paper. And

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Speaker 1: that struck me. If he's doing it, I better do it.

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Speaker 1: So I still to this day. I have a little

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Speaker 1: quote up here. You know, you can't see it, but

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Speaker 1: that's all. The story is all about that and Joe

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Speaker 1: taking notes. So that's the biggest thing I took from Joe.

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Speaker 1: We're doing fun facts with Alex Van Pelt. He was

533
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Speaker 1: not the only Hall of Fame quarterback you are around

534
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Speaker 1: because you spent most of your NFL career with the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, and early in your tenure there, it was

536
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Speaker 1: the final couple of seasons of Jim Kelly's NFL career. Yeah,

537
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Speaker 1: and that was a great experience. I mean, Jim is

538
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Speaker 1: such a such a gracious guy. I mean he when

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Speaker 1: I walked in the building for the first time, I

540
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Speaker 1: was immediately included in him in this group of the quarterbacks,

541
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Speaker 1: and I thought that was really cool. He was one

542
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Speaker 1: of the greatest leader I've been around. He knew when

543
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: the push buttons, he knew when the jump guys, you know,

544
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Speaker 1: when the hug guys, and he held everybody at a

545
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Speaker 1: high standard and very accountable, and that spread through the team.

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Speaker 1: I think that was a great experience for me to

547
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Speaker 1: see how a veteran guy actually runs the team, and

548
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Speaker 1: he really did. Doug Flutie is not in the Pro

549
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Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame, but he's in the College Hall

550
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Speaker 1: of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. And

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Speaker 1: you're around Doug as well in Buffalo. Yeah, Doug's exciting player, obviously,

552
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Speaker 1: I mean the energy he brings into the stadium each week.

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Speaker 1: I grew up a West Virginia fan, and I was

554
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Speaker 1: at the Mountaineer Boston College game that the West Virginia

555
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Speaker 1: beat him that year. So I've been watching Doug for

556
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Speaker 1: a long time, so I have to get a chance to,

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Speaker 1: you know, to be in the same room with him

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Speaker 1: and pick his brain. That was pretty cool too. What

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Speaker 1: was Marv Levy like? Oh, mar Marvel was the best.

560
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Speaker 1: I always tell the story that Marv would be the

561
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Speaker 1: only man that in a team meeting could quote a

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Speaker 1: fourteenth century Scottish poet and somehow make it relate and

563
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: all the guys would understand it. You know, he was

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Speaker 1: a genius the way he handled those teams and all

565
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Speaker 1: those personalities on those teams. He couldn't have done a

566
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Speaker 1: better job. So I grew up in Lakewood, New York,

567
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Speaker 1: which is a little bit south of Buffalo, and you

568
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Speaker 1: were extremely popular with Buffalo Bills fans. Well. I was

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Speaker 1: a little short and probably a little overweight for the position,

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Speaker 1: so I think a lot of those body types related

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Speaker 1: to me. I kind of come from a blue collar background,

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Speaker 1: so I think I kind of fit in there with

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Speaker 1: the community as well, and I actually had a radio show.

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Speaker 1: It was kind of a spoof on the popular morning

575
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Speaker 1: radio rock station, and I would just say anything funny

576
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Speaker 1: just to get a laugh, and I think I acquired

577
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Speaker 1: a lot of listeners and followers. At that time. It

578
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 1: was totally slapstick. None of it was serious. But I

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Speaker 1: think combination all those things and out in the community,

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Speaker 1: I was a big part of the community there. I

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Speaker 1: tried to do as much as I could, you know,

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Speaker 1: whether it be juvenile diabetes or in a food bank

583
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 1: or anything, to stay stay visible and active in the community.

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Speaker 1: You got into a real broadcasting career after your playing

585
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: career was finished. You were the color commentator with a

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Speaker 1: great John Murphy on Buffalo Bill's broadcast. But didn't stick

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Speaker 1: with it. Did you just miss being one of the

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Speaker 1: guys in the locker room preparing for games and game day?

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Speaker 1: And that was really it. And when I retired from football,

590
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 1: my thought processes, well, I'm gonna I want to give

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Speaker 1: broadcasting a shot, and if I don't feel like this

592
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: is what I'm wanna do, I want to get into coaching.

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Speaker 1: At the time, I said I wanted to be John

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Speaker 1: Madden or John Bruden, so I knew it was gonna

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Speaker 1: be one or the other. I wanted to be the

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Speaker 1: best at it. I went through the first year of

597
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Speaker 1: doing the radio. I enjoyed it, but I really missed

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Speaker 1: being in those meetings and knowing the why. I could

599
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,159
Speaker 1: talk about the football all day and what happened and

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00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 1: you know who's responsibility for that gap and all that

601
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: was easy, but I related it to watching your friends

602
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: open up Christmas presents from outside the window. I wanted

603
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Speaker 1: to get back into the window inside. We're visiting with

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Speaker 1: Alex van Pelt. Much of your NFL coaching career was

605
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Speaker 1: spent in Green Bay with the Packers, working with Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: What's the most remarkable thing you ever saw Aaron Rodgers due, Well,

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00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: there's many to me. Probably the biggest one would be

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Speaker 1: the playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. It's third and twenty.

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00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: I think there's ten seconds left to go in the game.

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Speaker 1: Most teams were tied up. Most teams probably run the

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Speaker 1: ball and take it overtime. Aaron gets in the huddle,

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Speaker 1: designs a protection that we've barely ever used to talk of,

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Speaker 1: you know, talks about talks the guys through the protection,

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00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: and three routes that we had never run. He draws

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Speaker 1: up in the dirt on that final play and hits

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Speaker 1: Jared Cook on the sideline after a great scramble. To me,

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Speaker 1: I was like, what was that play? Well, no, I

618
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: just told him to do this, this and this, and

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Speaker 1: I told the protection to do this, and it worked perfectly.

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Speaker 1: And one was that game. There was a stretch there

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Speaker 1: in Green Bay where you had a beard and head

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Speaker 1: coach Mike McCarthy had a beard, and you bore a

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Speaker 1: striking resemblance to each other. Were they're strange instances where

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00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: you were confused for him. One hundred times referees would

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00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: come over and shake my hand before the game, and

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00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: I'd stop him about halfway over and say, no, I'm

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Speaker 1: not Mike and Alex, oh sorry, coach. You know. Fans

628
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: would yell down, come on, Mike. You know. So it's

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Speaker 1: a playoff beards, so there's no You had no chance

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Speaker 1: to shave it off until it was all over, so

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Speaker 1: we had to keep the beards on. I always just

632
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: tell people my legs are a little thicker than his,

633
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: So if we had all shorts, that would be about

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00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: the way you could tell. So this is your second

635
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Speaker 1: year with the Bengals working with Andy Dalton and the

636
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: other Bengals quarterbacks. What if anything surprised you about Andy

637
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: when you started working with him. Just as mechanics, I thought,

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00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: first off the bat, I'd not seen many guys throw

639
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: with the mechanics. I mean, his mechanics and his fundamentals

640
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: are very very sounds as sound as anybody's really And

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00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: the knowledge of the game and that and the vision

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00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: of the field, I mean he's got He's been doing

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Speaker 1: seen a lot of different looks and rarely as he

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Speaker 1: was very excited to get to work with him. All right.

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Speaker 1: One more fun fact for Alex Van Pelt, tell me

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Speaker 1: about the time you sang on stage with Hank Williams Junior. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a wild one. I was in Kansas City. We

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Speaker 1: were flying back from River Falls, Wisconsin, back to Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: Training camp had just ended, and Derek Thomas, the great

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Speaker 1: I'll pick you up at the hotel. We're gonna go

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Speaker 1: see Hank Junior. Little did I know they're from the

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Speaker 1: same hometown in Alabama and great friends. So I'm thinking,

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Speaker 1: are you? So DT drives right around, right through waves

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Speaker 1: and the managers there, and Hank's wife was there. We

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Speaker 1: walked directly up on stage. It was myself, Troy Ridgeley,

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Speaker 1: roommate at the time in DT and Hank and we're

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Speaker 1: singing one Whisk, good Whisky, good Love, and good Women,

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Speaker 1: and he's passing the microphone around in front of like

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Speaker 1: and spend some time with them. But just goes to say,

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Speaker 1: what kind of guy Derek Thomas is here? I was

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Speaker 1: a second year player, third fourth string quarterback, but he

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Speaker 1: knew I like country music and invited me. Anyway, So

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Speaker 1: you've played in an NFL game in front of eighty

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Speaker 1: which is more nerve wracking. Oh, definitely the eighty thousand,

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Speaker 1: because I'm a good singer. Well, do you care to

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Speaker 1: share that's a joke. That's completely a joke. Yeah, eighty

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Speaker 1: thousand screaming fans on the road. Stuffer ah, you're ready

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Speaker 1: fowsome football. That's the extent of my hank. This was fun,

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Speaker 1: absolutely Yeah. I enjoyed visiting with you. Best of luck

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Speaker 1: this year. Thank you very much. My thanks to this

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Speaker 1: week's guests, And that's going to do it for this

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