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Speaker 1: chance that Ben Roethlisberger won't play on Sunday when we

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Speaker 1: football before we get to Dave Lapham. The Bengals made

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Speaker 1: claimed former first round draft pick Tack McKinley off of

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Speaker 1: agent at the end of the season, and due to

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Speaker 1: Beginning with the COVID nineteen list, two Bengals players came

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Speaker 1: maybe maybe the end of season one, I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: But that's a pretty good one. Pretty good. I was

427
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Speaker 1: too scared to watch that. My parents watched that show

428
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 1: growing up, but I was too scared to watch it,

429
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Speaker 1: so I was I would go upstairs and watch like

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Speaker 1: my own show. But I'm starting that one now. What

431
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Speaker 1: about House would have scared you? And I was scared

432
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Speaker 1: of everything growing I still don't like scary movies. I

433
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Speaker 1: don't like haunted houses or anything like that. But you know,

434
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Speaker 1: I couldn't watch Harry Potter, what of the Rings House?

435
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Speaker 1: I was like, strictly a SpongeBob did channel Nickelodeon kind

436
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 1: of guy. Not the Steelers Pass Rush, not the Steelers

437
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: Pass Rush, and no, scared of everything as a kid,

438
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: not afraid of anything as an adult. Yeah, hopefully, so

439
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 1: hopefully he gets a good night's sleep before that Pittsburgh

440
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: Steeler game. And he's not. He's not having dreams bad

441
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 1: dreams about t. J. Watt and Bud Juprie and to

442
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,640
Speaker 1: It and Hayward and all those guys up up front,

443
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: because that Pittsburgh Steeler defensive line is formidable. I never

444
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Speaker 1: watched House. Was there something scary about House? I don't

445
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Speaker 1: feel like a doctor, right, he's a doctor. Yeah, that one.

446
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: That one's a little a little interesting, little interesting twist.

447
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,440
Speaker 1: Although I'm trying to think of how old he would

448
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Speaker 1: have been, you know. I mean, maybe he didn't even

449
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Speaker 1: understand what what house was, what House was really about play,

450
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Speaker 1: so he would have been really young. Yeah, maybe he

451
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 1: thought it was something about scary an evil doctor, right,

452
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: an evil doctor to get you in his house, and

453
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Speaker 1: all kinds of things can happen. I don't know. All right,

454
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Joe Burrow. He's completed sixty seven percent

455
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Speaker 1: of his passes in the first half of his rookie year.

456
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Speaker 1: He's thrown for two two hundred and seventy two yards

457
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Speaker 1: on pace to set the all time NFL rookie record

458
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Speaker 1: for passing yards in a season, as well as the

459
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Speaker 1: Bengals record eleven touchdown passes, five picks, passer rating of

460
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Speaker 1: ninety one point four. He's been special and there's no doubt.

461
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: And Dan, the thing that really impresses me is his

462
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Speaker 1: fourth quarter numbers. He's completing seventy two percent. The only

463
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Speaker 1: guy that's got a better completion percentage in the fourth

464
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 1: quarter is Ben. Ben's completing eighty percent. But Joe Burrows

465
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Speaker 1: number two. He's number three in yards one hundred and

466
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Speaker 1: two yards in the fourth quarter, and he's thrown six

467
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Speaker 1: touchdown passes, tied with Ben. They both got six touchdown passes.

468
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 1: Ben only has one interception, Joe has two in the

469
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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, but Joe and Ben are both tied for

470
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Speaker 1: fifth amongst others, tied for fifth in the National Football

471
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Speaker 1: League with those six touchdown passes. So he's getting it done,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I'm really impressed with one of

473
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Speaker 1: the games on the line. He's stepping up. And I

474
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Speaker 1: do think that on a week by week basis, he

475
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Speaker 1: is one of those guys that compartmentalizes things and he's

476
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Speaker 1: already making plays that our own even with only an

477
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Speaker 1: eight game inventory. Well, So and So did this to us,

478
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: and we were thinking about making this adjustment. So let's

479
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Speaker 1: do that. I mean, he's already taking experiences that he's

480
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: learned from games prior in the season and in this

481
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Speaker 1: short a time frame, so he you know, he has

482
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Speaker 1: an ability his mind. You know, the mental gymnastics to

483
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Speaker 1: do that at such a young age is pretty impressive.

484
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Speaker 1: And that's the thing I think that makes Pittsburgh so

485
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 1: good offensively and defensively. You got a guy who's thirty

486
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,959
Speaker 1: eight year old quarterback, and you got a coordinator's been

487
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Speaker 1: with him for a while. You have a defensive coordining

488
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: that's been there forever. A lot of defensive lineman been

489
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Speaker 1: together a linebacker. So now it's a lot of times

490
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: I don't even have to come into the sideline. They'll

491
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 1: betel stay in the huddle. Remember Denver did this to us,

492
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Speaker 1: you know, like three years ago. Remember we did this

493
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Speaker 1: is what we did. They make adjustin's like that, and

494
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 1: then if it doesn't happen in the field, what happened

495
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: in the sideline. The coaches and players will get together. Guys,

496
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: remember three two years ago, so and so I was

497
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 1: doing this to us, and here's what we did. Let's

498
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Speaker 1: let's get that going. So that's where huge advantages. And

499
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: you know, Joe Burrow's got eight games to draw from him,

500
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,680
Speaker 1: he's already drawn thumb from it. But Ben Roethlisberger has

501
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: seventeen NFL seasons to draw from, you know, And so

502
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: it's just it pales in comparison from just a pure

503
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: experience level, and experience breeds comfort level. There's no question

504
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 1: about it. Burrow is the number one pick in the draft.

505
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: He's living up to the hype. He's been fantastic. I

506
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,399
Speaker 1: don't think any Bengals fan would rather have anybody else.

507
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: And yet out in Los Angeles, Chargers fans are thinking,

508
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 1: we've got maybe the best rookie of them all in

509
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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. He's been tremendous fifteen touchdown passes already, and

510
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Speaker 1: right now in Miami they're going, we've got the best

511
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: guy to a Tongo Violela has only started two games,

512
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 1: but they've won them both and he had a passer

513
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 1: rating over one twenty last week. I mean to have

514
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: three guys coming to the league at the same time

515
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 1: and get off too starts like this, it's mind boggling

516
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: to me. Do you have any theory for why guys

517
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: are able to do this now when they weren't able

518
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: to in the past. I think I think that it's

519
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,239
Speaker 1: the NFL has kind of adapted their schematic to the

520
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: college game instead of the other way around. And I

521
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 1: think because of that, these guys coming to the NFL

522
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 1: with a very very you know, um, I already know this.

523
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 1: They're very comfortable their mindsets. They're not they're not scared.

524
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: They're not scared not the right word. They're not confused.

525
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 1: You know, they're not intimidated. They come to that into

526
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: the NFL mini camps and it's like they're probably making

527
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,239
Speaker 1: recommendations like Joe is with the Bengals coaches, these other

528
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 1: quarterbacks are with their coach as well. This is what

529
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: worked with us in college when we were doing this

530
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,880
Speaker 1: these formations and trying to attack people this way. So

531
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 1: it's it's real interesting. And you know, I guess I

532
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,159
Speaker 1: guess you go back to you know, el Way and

533
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: Kelly and guys like that. You know, some some years

534
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: have been drafts where guys have jumped on it right away,

535
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: but this is this is really unusual, and justin Herbert

536
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: now is a freak. Joe Burrow, I remember at the

537
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 1: combine asked him about obviously a big part of your

538
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: game is from the neck up. He goes, Oh yeah,

539
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,640
Speaker 1: he goes, there are guys in this draft that can

540
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 1: make me look like a you know, a child throwing

541
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 1: the football. And he's talking about Herbert. I mean that

542
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: guy riffs the thing, big, strong guy, as fast as Burrow.

543
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: But he's taller, probably thirty pounds heavier, equally good head

544
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: of hair, equally good head of hair, and he has

545
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: a good mind for the game. I think Joe's what

546
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: separates Joe is that football, you know, intellect, that football IQ,

547
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: but tongue of Valoa and Herbert. Now those guys, they're

548
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: all there players as well. The Bengals Booth podcast is

549
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: presented by Bud Light Seltzer. It's light and refreshing with

550
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 1: a hint of fruit flavor. Now time for this week's

551
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: one on one player interview. On Wednesday, I caught up

552
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 1: with the only player on the offensive line in the

553
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: Tennessee game who had started the week before, right guard

554
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: Alex Redman. He earned an excellent overall grade of eighty

555
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: four point eight from Pro Football Focus, the first time

556
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: he has ever topped eighty in twenty eight career games.

557
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 1: Alex Dave Lapham said you were outstanding in the Tennessee

558
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 1: game and his words, really knocking people around. Did you

559
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: feel like it was the best of your five starts

560
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 1: this year. I feel like it was. I feel like

561
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: I came, you know, with the right attitude for this

562
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: game and just yeah, settled in nice. You were the

563
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: only offensive line starter in that game that had been

564
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: in the previous week. How concerned were you about the

565
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: makeup of the group going into that game. I'm not

566
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: gonna lie. When I heard that Mike was going down

567
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: before the game, it was kind of like, oh, gosh, shilling.

568
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: But you know, the just a testament to the to

569
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: the guys that came in. It stepped up their hunger

570
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 1: and their passion for this game. You know, they wanted it.

571
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: They wanted it so bad, and I felt like it

572
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: showed when we played at the Titans. We're chatting with

573
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: Alex Redmond. Beating a five and one team with four

574
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: new starters and the offensive line is pretty much unheard of.

575
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: Was that one of your most memorable experiences in football?

576
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: I would say that was that was probably like the

577
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Speaker 1: most anxious I've been probably before a game, Um, just

578
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: because you know, the communication is so big with other

579
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: offensive linemen just that Caromadie is huge. So the fact

580
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: that we were able to do that on very little

581
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: reps was I thought was pretty good. Mike Daniels was

582
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 1: asked about the offensive line after the game and he

583
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: singled out you and Quentin Spain for your physical play.

584
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: Spain's only been here for about a week. But do

585
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: you like what you see? Oh yeah, Quintin is a

586
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: is a dollar. I mean he was, He was super

587
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: stout in that game. He came in and people I

588
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: don't think people understand how incredibly hard it is to

589
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: play in the NFL, and then second of all, to

590
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: to not be in the building for longer than forty

591
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: eight hours and then starting and then play very very

592
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: well in the game. I mean, I feel like that

593
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,959
Speaker 1: was incredible. Getting back to Mike Daniels, it sounds like

594
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: he sees a little of himself in you. Is it reciprocal?

595
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: Do you do feel the same way when you line

596
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: up against Mike in practice? Going against Mike is like

597
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 1: hitting a school bus. It is is incredible his leverage

598
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: and his power that he plays with. So I mean,

599
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: I feel like me and him bring a certain Uh,

600
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 1: I don't know, just we we just love playing football,

601
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: I feel like so, you know, I feel like other

602
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,239
Speaker 1: other people kind of see that in us. We just

603
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: love the game. We love to be around each other,

604
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: you know, hitting on each other. And I feel like

605
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 1: so me and him kind of had that same kind

606
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,479
Speaker 1: of attitude. We just want to be roughed and tumble

607
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: and you know, have fun and mess people up. We're

608
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: visiting with Alex Redman. You face the Steelers this week.

609
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: They're number one in sacks, they're number one in quarterback

610
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: hits about ten per game. How much of it is

611
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: their scheme and how much of it is great individual talent? Well, obviously,

612
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: you know they have great coaches. Then obviously those coaches

613
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: put them in the right positions and make plays. You

614
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: get those same guys and then you not put them

615
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: in the right positions and they're not going to make

616
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: as many plays as they do. But you know, I

617
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: feel like they do a good job just across the board,

618
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: just you know, just doing a good job at their assignments.

619
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: They're really they're Yeah, they're super good front. The tackle

620
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: situation is interesting this week. Jonah Williams and Bobby Hart

621
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: didn't play against Tennessee. Fred Johnson tested positive for COVID nineteen.

622
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: As we do this interview, we don't know their status

623
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 1: for Sunday. If there's a need for somebody to switch

624
00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: from interior to tackle, are you that guy? Yeah? I mean,

625
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: if it needs to go there, I feel like I could.

626
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: I could play some tackle. But well, that's just, you know,

627
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: a decision that the coaches are gonna make, and I'm

628
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: gonna just have to follow through with How much tackle

629
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Speaker 1: have you played in your lifetime? I haven't played much tackle,

630
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: but I feel like I feel like I could do

631
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: a decent job. When was the last time. The last

632
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: time I've played tackle was last year during practice? How

633
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: about any game I probably played tackle? Maybe my sophomore

634
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: year in high school. Well, I hope that streak doesn't end.

635
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 1: I hope you're settled in at your usual guard spot.

636
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Speaker 1: For everybody concerned, Let's wrap up with a thought on

637
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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow halfway into his rookie year. Describe him in

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Speaker 1: a few words. He's poised, he's tough, and he's just

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Speaker 1: an outstanding leader. He's steadfast. I feel like he just

640
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Speaker 1: commands everyone to be there best because He's out there

641
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: doing his best, so you don't want to let him down,

642
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: all the people around you down. He kept him clean

643
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: against Tennessee, no sacks. It's gonna be hard against Pittsburgh,

644
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Speaker 1: but we know you're gonna give it your absolute best

645
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Speaker 1: to try to do that again. Best of luck against

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Speaker 1: the Steelers and thanks for the time. Thanks. Redmond is

647
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Speaker 1: currently graded as the forty second best guard in the

648
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Speaker 1: NFL by Pro Football Focus, only one spot behind the

649
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Speaker 1: Steelers five time Pro bowler David DeCastro and ten spots

650
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Speaker 1: ahead of former Bengal Kevin Zeitler. DeCastro and Zeitler are

651
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Speaker 1: both thirty years old, Redmond is still only twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Now time for our Know the Faux segment and our

653
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Speaker 1: expert this week is Tim Bens, a Pittsburgh sports columnist

654
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Speaker 1: and the host of the Steelers pregame show. He joined

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Speaker 1: Lapping Me this week. I'm the Bengals Game Plan Show. Tim.

656
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: I read a story I think this came out yesterday

657
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette suggesting that the Steelers should

658
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 1: hold out Ben roth Burger this week. I am all

659
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,959
Speaker 1: for it. Is there any chance on God's green Earth

660
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: that that happens. See, you're reading the wrong paper, Dan problem,

661
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: that's not going to happen correctly. Tell you that would

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00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: never happen, Well, I mean they I doubt that they

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Speaker 1: would ever hold him out just because he didn't practice.

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Speaker 1: I would doubt that they would ever hold him out

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Speaker 1: just for the NFL version of load management. Certainly not

666
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Speaker 1: in a division game. Certainly not with the Ravens dipping

667
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Speaker 1: at their heels and a Raven game right around the corner.

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Speaker 1: The only reason that I could see them holding him

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Speaker 1: out would be if they got to Friday, maybe even

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Speaker 1: to Saturday, and he said, you know what, I haven't

671
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Speaker 1: gotten the right kind of treatment all week because of

672
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 1: the COVID situations. But limited my knees are still bothering me,

673
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: or my one knee or both knees, whichever report you

674
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: want to believe, still bothering me from Dallas. That that's

675
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: me would be the only reason why they would hold

676
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Speaker 1: him out. And I also don't think they were thrilled

677
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: they saw on the limited exposure from Mason rutol Up

678
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 1: in that one drive. And you know they try to

679
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: get rid of Josh Dobbs once before and then decided

680
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: they had to bring him back. It was better to

681
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Speaker 1: bring him back, so I doubt it. I don't think

682
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Speaker 1: they'd ever willingly play without Roethlisberger. I hear that, and

683
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger will be John Wayne. He'll be you know, he

684
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: loves the drama. He'll be got a couple of creaky knees,

685
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Speaker 1: go out and throw for four hundred and four touchdown passes.

686
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Speaker 1: That has been Ben Roethlisberger. He's got a new weapon.

687
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: Claypool freakazoid six to four almost two hundred and forty pounds,

688
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: runs four to four forty. I mean, tell us about

689
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Speaker 1: this guy. What makes Claypool tick? Yeah, He's what I

690
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: thought the Ravens were gonna get in Boykon, you know

691
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: when they take him out of Notre Dame. But just

692
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: he's kind of better in every category, you know that bigger, faster, stronger,

693
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Speaker 1: And he's also bigger, faster, stronger than anybody else the

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Speaker 1: Steelers have. And he was really really good through the

695
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Speaker 1: Browns game. Not quite as good the last couple weeks,

696
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: and you've seen Juju start to emerge again. And that's

697
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: not an accident. You know, Ben has been really good.

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Speaker 1: I think the best part of Roethlisberger's game so far

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Speaker 1: this year is what he's doing pre snap. I mean,

700
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Speaker 1: you can see him get up to the line of

701
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: scrimmage and he's doing the Russell Crowe a beautiful mind thing.

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00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: You know. He's got the tack board in front of

703
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,760
Speaker 1: him and he's seeing where the strings are going to connect,

704
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: and he knows who's got what coverage. And I tell you,

705
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: he's been really good pre snap and he's just been

706
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: really good at diagnosed to where the tough recoverage is

707
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 1: going to be and then he just goes somewhere else.

708
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Speaker 1: The Titans were the first team to really try to

709
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,320
Speaker 1: take away Claypool. First. They put Malcolm Butler and sometimes

710
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: help over there wherever Claypool was, and that opened things

711
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Speaker 1: up for Juju and he's kind of been rolling ever since.

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest with the next step I think is

713
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Speaker 1: him getting in sync more often with the Kay Johnson,

714
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Speaker 1: who was very good as a rookie last year, and

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Speaker 1: the two of them, they've tried to get in a

716
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: vibe and it just hasn't happened yet. They've been a

717
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: step out of sink a lot and there have been

718
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Speaker 1: some wasted throws between those two, if they ever hook

719
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Speaker 1: up consistently, I think that's going to really open things

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Speaker 1: up for two two because it's going to scare the

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Speaker 1: other side and it's gonna relieve some of the pressure

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Speaker 1: in Claypool too, who's going through some grown plains last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Sure, Steeler's pregame host Tim Benz is

724
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Speaker 1: our guest. Did. Last year's eight and eight season with

725
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: Duck Hodges and Mason Rudolph at quarterback changed the way

726
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 1: that Steelers fans feel about Mike Tomlin. Yeah, for a

727
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: while until he last he lost his last three games,

728
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: and then it was back to this guy, I'll never

729
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: get back to the super Bowl again. You know, I

730
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: think he deserved and got a lot of credit for

731
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Speaker 1: doing whatever he could coaching wise, scheme wise, the six

732
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Speaker 1: days leading up to Sunday and then even on Sundays

733
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Speaker 1: themselves to get them to eight and five. And then,

734
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Speaker 1: you know what, one thing has been an issue I've

735
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Speaker 1: found and then Tomlin era is he's had a tough

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Speaker 1: time in seasons getting the team back on track. Like

737
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: those last three weeks are pretty bad. It's a fifty

738
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Speaker 1: fifty game against the Bills. They kind of had to win,

739
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 1: and they didn't, and they were coaching things along the

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Speaker 1: way in that game I didn't like. And then they

741
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: looked really bad against the Jets too, even for the

742
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: Steelers beat where they were they should have beaten that

743
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: Jets team last year, and then they got housed by

744
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: the Ravens backups the last week. So it just didn't

745
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: look great for Tomlin, even though he was fantastic and

746
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: how he was a steward for the team for the

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Speaker 1: first thirteen weeks. And you know, we saw that when

748
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: the season fell apart at seven two and one and

749
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Speaker 1: they missed the playoffs. And you know, there was a

750
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: season between two Super Bowl years where they went nine

751
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 1: and seven and lost a four some five hundred teams

752
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: and had a five game losing streak. They kept him

753
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs like that. There have been times

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00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: where Mike's had a hard time getting back on the rails,

755
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 1: and so far this year it's been anything possible to

756
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Speaker 1: keep it on the rails. He has in game management,

757
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 1: in game adjustments or just weeked a week or something

758
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: needs to be tweaked. He's pressed a lot of the

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00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: right buttons, and he's got my coach near Boone so

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00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: far this year three weeks. One of the really great trades,

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Speaker 1: recent trades, make off Fitzpatrick. I mean it ends up

762
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Speaker 1: costing the Pittsburgh steel is the eighteenth pick in the

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Speaker 1: first round. Do that all day, every day. Make off Fitzpatrick.

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Speaker 1: Is just such an unbelievable playmaker. What do the coaches

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00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: say about make of Fitzpatrick? What makes him so great? Instincts, athleticism, smarts,

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Speaker 1: That's what they talk about. I also think there's a

767
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: bit of a fear present. It's not and read, but it's,

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Speaker 1: you know, a watered down and read of there's a

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Speaker 1: really good player in the middle of the field. I

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Speaker 1: better make sure this is really really open before I

771
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: uncourt this ball into the post. Like I think that exists.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I was so furious to say for all

773
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Speaker 1: the splash plays he made last year, what Minka did

774
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,399
Speaker 1: that was more important than anything else for Steelers was

775
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: that exact presence of being in the middle of the field.

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Speaker 1: That not the plays that just making when the ball

777
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: is coming in his direction. It's the plays that aren't

778
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Speaker 1: tried because he's there. I think that's been a that's

779
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: been more noticeable to Steelers defense than anything, because like

780
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: the last year, had five receptions, three of them were

781
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 1: balls that bounced off of other players, targeted at other

782
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Speaker 1: defensive backs, and he just sniffed it out once the

783
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: play was botched by the receiver. You know, there's a

784
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: fumble that they took back the other way where everybody

785
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: stopped after Javon Hargrave hit Jared Goff. You guys remember

786
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: the play last year where Devin Bush did all the

787
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: dirty work, made that great play to track down boyd

788
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: stripped the ball was just sitting there and Minka picked

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Speaker 1: it up and ran a back thirty five yards. Like

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00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: those are the flukey plays that he made last year

791
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: that he hasn't had as many of this year. But

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Speaker 1: the presence still to be in the middle of the

793
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: field and discourage quarterbacks from attack in the deep middle.

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Speaker 1: I think he can't put a price tag on that.

795
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Speaker 1: A couple more questions for Steelers pregame host Tim Ben's.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Devin Bush. How badly do the Steelers miss him?

797
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 1: They missed him. It's a little difficult to quantify how

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00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: much better they would be if he were been playing,

799
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: but it's it's easy to identify the teams seem more

800
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,359
Speaker 1: willing to run and the middle of the field has

801
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: been very open. I don't know how much of that

802
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Speaker 1: is just because Devin has gone or what I mean.

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Speaker 1: He has not been what Devin Waite has been for Tampa.

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00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: He hasn't been Ryan tres here yet. But he's been

805
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: good and he's athletic. And the exact play that hurt

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Speaker 1: himself on against Cleveland, where he was streaking across the

807
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: field to get to a running back who was open

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00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: along the sidelines and a little flare out pattern it

809
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: was going to go for twenty five yards. If he

810
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: didn't get there, he totally scaring the running back for

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Speaker 1: the Browns's got a right in his field division because

812
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: he closed so much ground so quickly that he dropped

813
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Speaker 1: the ball. And when he dropped the ball, Demn sort

814
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: of adjusted and that's how his view went out. But

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Speaker 1: he's going a million miles an hour and he saw

816
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: the athleticism coming to play, and that's the thing. Mass

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00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: Man Spillane is more athletic than he gets credit for.

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Speaker 1: And he's been good. He's been better than what you

819
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: had a right to expect. I'll be real interested to

820
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: see how much Avery Williamson gets worked in this week

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Speaker 1: and at least in the run game. How much he

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Speaker 1: can help the Baltimore situation in Baltimore, you know, that's

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Speaker 1: what they do. They're a funky kind of team to defend.

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Speaker 1: That probably happens if Avery Williamson is in there. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: I think that Avery Williamson might have helped more last week.

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Speaker 1: If this has been a non COVID environment, they could

827
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Speaker 1: have gotten him up to speed and got him in

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Speaker 1: grain to the defense against the Cowboys more often. The

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Speaker 1: final question, and appreciate your carving all the time you

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00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: have for us. Danny Smith. I have a lot of

831
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Speaker 1: respect for him. He has to be going nuts. That

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Speaker 1: had to be one of the worst special teams performances

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00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: against Dallas that Steelers have had in quite a while. Yeah,

834
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Speaker 1: and they've been good. I mean, there's a special team

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Speaker 1: to have been nice this year. Um Boswell has been

836
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: fairly efficient, not as great as last year, but certainly

837
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Speaker 1: way better than two years ago. The punting itself hadn't

838
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: been good, but getting Jordan Barry back for coal Quit

839
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Speaker 1: was an upgrade. I guess they kind of made a

840
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: mistake there, but they revisited and I think I have

841
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: the better puncher back now, But you're right. I mean

842
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,760
Speaker 1: they gave up a trick play on a punt. They

843
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: had a perfect angle pooch kick after the Cowboys got

844
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Speaker 1: a penalty following a touchdown, so they tried to pin

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00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: him deep and the kicker did everything he needed to do,

846
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: and then the return guys fell all over the place,

847
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: not to mention all the blocks that nearly happened, you know,

848
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Speaker 1: and the pressure on the one extra point and I

849
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Speaker 1: think made Boswell miss it, but like every place kick

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Speaker 1: Torone Crawford of the Cowboys just had a field day

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Speaker 1: with it. And if you look at the film, you

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Speaker 1: can see that it's more about Lawrence really than it

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Speaker 1: is Crawford. He's pulling Dotson down and thrusting down on

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Speaker 1: half an hour, and he's creating an alley for Crawford

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Speaker 1: to get through without making the leaping penalty. He probably

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Speaker 1: leaped a little bit, but he without it making it's

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Speaker 1: so obvious that the rest would call it so they've

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Speaker 1: definitely you know, the Bengals are looking at that all

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Speaker 1: day on their special teams real so if they can

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Speaker 1: emulate that at all, it couldn't become an issue again

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Speaker 1: for the Steelers this week. I was not surprised Tom

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Speaker 1: Wood didn't kick the field goal. I mean, I thought

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Speaker 1: he probably is thinking Crawford may get this one. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: the reason I didn't like it though, is, well, at

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Speaker 1: least one thing I would have done differently is if

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Speaker 1: you're telling me that you don't have faith in your

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Speaker 1: kicking game to execute the kick, I don't know how

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Speaker 1: on God's green Earth, then you have confidence to run

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Speaker 1: the ball in a fourth and one, who they haven't

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Speaker 1: been able to do that all day. You know, at

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Speaker 1: that point you might as will just throw with Roethlisberger

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Speaker 1: right and have five options running around the field because

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Speaker 1: the clock's going to stop anywhere in the fourth down

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Speaker 1: turn of possession, So why not throw it there? If

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Speaker 1: that's what you're thinking? Is and I don't know, I

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Speaker 1: just I think the way the math would have worked out,

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Speaker 1: And you know, the only thing that could have really

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Speaker 1: killed him in that situation is that a bot text

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Speaker 1: kind of thing where they've walked it and run it

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Speaker 1: back the whole way, which I guess could have been

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Speaker 1: the case, but boy, you're counting on a funky bounce

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Speaker 1: to football that way. True. Mike Tomlin will not hesitate

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Speaker 1: to use Chris Boswell this week because he is perfect

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Speaker 1: for life against the Bengals forty eight for forty eight

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Speaker 1: between field goals and pats. Every week I watch him

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Speaker 1: miss one until he plays the Bengals, and then he

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Speaker 1: is the greatest kicker in the history of mankind. Not

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Speaker 1: that I'm better. Tim Benz appreciate jazz always, but hey,

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Speaker 1: great being on with you guys again. Anytime he ded

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Speaker 1: me him just a phone call away. Don't forget to

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Speaker 1: tune into the Bengals pep Rally Show on Friday from

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Speaker 1: three to six on ESPN fifteen third. I'll be broadcasting

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Speaker 1: you see football on Friday night, so Lap will be

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Speaker 1: joined by Wayne box Miller on Friday show. That's going

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Speaker 1: to do it. For this episode of the Bengals Booth podcast,

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