1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,359 Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast the let It Go, Let It 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Go Audition. As the Bengals open the season with a 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: twenty three to twenty overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, postgame comments from players 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: and coaches, and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: in this week's fun Fact segment, you'll hear from a 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: Bengals rookie who grew up in a town a fewer 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: than thirty people and started on Sunday in front of 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: more than sixty five thousand. 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It's the greatest thing since Bob 20 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: Huggins being enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. I 21 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: suspect that one day in the future, hopefully the very 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: distant future, there will be an asterisk on my tombstone. 23 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: It will list the year of my passing, and then 24 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: after that asterisk there will be a line explaining how 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: I would have lived five years longer if not for 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: my friendship with Coach Huggins. When Huggs was at Cincinnati, 27 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: there were many late nights after games and practices spent 28 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: with him, our mutual friend Chuck Mayshock, and others where 29 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: we would have a few beers, swap stories and laugh hysterically. 30 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: Huggs is truly one of the great storytellers of all time, 31 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: right up there with Dave Lapham, and despite being sleep deprived, 32 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: it was a joy to be in his company. His 33 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: basketball resume speaks for itself. Nine hundred sixteen wins and counting. 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: That's fourth most among Division One coaches, two trips to 35 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: the Final four, and hundreds of former players who speak 36 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: of him with love and reverence. You won't find a 37 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: more loyal friend, and I'm thrilled that he is officially 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer Bob Huggins. Now, let's get to Sunday's 39 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: season opener. The Bengals addressed their biggest weakness in the 40 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: off season by signing three free agent offensive linemen, but 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals first offensive play of the season resulted in 42 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: a sack by five time Pro bowler Cameron Hayward. The 43 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: Bengals second offensive play was even worse. Burrow and the 44 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: gun mixing to his left. Joe is ready ted Karas 45 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: snaps it back. Burrow back to throw fires toward the 46 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: thirty where its inner set did. The Steelers are going 47 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: to run it back for a touchdown. Joe Burrow hit 48 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: after making the throw. There's a penalty flag down in 49 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the backfield. Mink the Fitzpatrick with a pick six. If 50 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: it stands it did as the officials picked up the flag. 51 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh led seven nothing less than two and a half 52 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: minutes into the game. The Bengals second drive was much better. 53 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: They marched to the Steelers thirty four, but a seven 54 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: yard sack knocked them out of field goal range. Whoops, 55 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: I forgot that the Bengals have a sydeboord kicker. With 56 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: a bionic leg Evan McPherson from fifty nine yards away, 57 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: and here comes the ring Clark Harris ready to snap it, 58 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: back fires it back to Huber. The ball is down, 59 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: the kick is on its way. Becaus is not a problem? Yes, 60 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: good Holy Cole fifty nine yards with ease on money 61 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: Mack's first attempt of the season. You don't have to 62 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: drive very far to get points from mc pherson, but 63 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: you do have to hold onto the ball, and on 64 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: the Bengals next three drives they didn't. Burrow back to Cloe, 65 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: gets hit from behind, The ball comes out and the 66 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: Steelers recover man Alex Highsmith with the strip sack and 67 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: the ball floated right too. Teammate Cam Hayward or already 68 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: for the shotgun snap back at the forty four. He 69 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: has the ball. He's back to throw short pass picked 70 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: off at the forty by t J Watch. Jeez Watt 71 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: jumped up, grabbed the ball and the Steelers have their 72 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: third takeaway in the first seventeen minutes of the game. 73 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: Burrow waits for the snap from Keras has the ball, 74 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: drops back five steps steps up, flints it deep down 75 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: the middle of the field and As intercepted again, Sutton 76 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: runs it back and goes out of bounds around the 77 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: twenty five yard line. The Bengals turn the ball over 78 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: on four of their first five possessions. The Steelers kicked 79 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: the field goal after Joe Burrow's fumble and scored a 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: touchdown after t J. Watt's interception to take a seventeen 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: to three lead midway through the second quarter. With less 82 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: than two minutes to go in the half, the Bengals 83 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: had a fourth and one at the Pittsburgh thirty five 84 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: and decided to go for it instead of attempting a 85 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: fifty three yard field goal. Burrow takes the snap, gives 86 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: it to Turst up the middle of the fields to 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: the twenty with an angle at the ten five, and 88 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: taken out of bounds inside the five at the three 89 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: yard line. It was first in goal with less than 90 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: a minute to go in the half, but the Bengals 91 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: couldn't punch it in. They settled for a chip shot 92 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: field goal and trailed seventeen six at the half. In 93 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: the third quarter, the Bengals finally found the end zone. 94 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: Burrow standing at the seven waiting for the shotgun snap. 95 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: Mixon lined up to his right, Burrow catches the ball, 96 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: drops back from the nine throws. It is cock by 97 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd, touchdown Bengals as he curled toward the forward 98 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: right pylon and Burrow through a perfect strike through a 99 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: narrow window to Tyler Boyd. That two yard passed to 100 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd was followed by a two point conversion throw 101 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: to Mike Thomas, who played much of the game after 102 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: t Higgins suffered a concussion in the second quarter. The 103 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: Bengals were down by three heading to the fourth. Early 104 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: in the final quarter, the Bengals had to punt, and 105 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: on the return, long snapper Clark Harris suffered a right 106 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: bicep injury that caused him to miss the rest of 107 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: the game. It turned out to be a huge loss. 108 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: A Pittsburgh field goal made it twenty to fourteen with 109 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: eleven minutes to go. The Bengals promptly drove to the 110 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: Steelers thirty six, but on fourth and six, rather than 111 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: attempting a long field goal with third string tight end 112 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: Mitchell Wilcox serving as an emergency long snapper, the Bengals 113 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: elected to go for it. Burrow drops back to throw, 114 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: he fires and it is intercepted the fourth of the 115 00:06:54,640 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: game for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Unbelievable. Joe Burrow intercepted four 116 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: times for the first time in his NFL career. That 117 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: one goes to Akello Witherspoon. Four interceptions and a lost 118 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: fumble for Burrow. That probably bothered him more than the 119 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: ruptured appendix. But the Bengals QB didn't flinch. Obviously, you 120 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: don't want to throw four picks, but I never panicked. 121 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: We stayed even killed, and he came back and put 122 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: us in position to win. He gave them multiple chances 123 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: to win. With three minutes to go, Burrow hit Jamar 124 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: Chase for what looked like a touchdown pass, but he 125 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: was ruled out of bounds inches from the goal line. 126 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: Rather than challenged the ruling, the Bengals rushed to the line, 127 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: try to running play and lost two yards. Here's Zach 128 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: Taylor on electing not to challenge the spot. That's the 129 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: hardest place for us to see in the entire field 130 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: is that spot. So I didn't think there was a 131 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: chance there was a touchdown there initially, so we got 132 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: on the ball to it in quickly. It's hard with 133 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: all the craziness that moment, all the communication to get 134 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: that hey stop, stop, let's evaluate this. We just couldn't 135 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: get it done fast enough by the time we've seen 136 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: a replay and realize, oh, shoot, he might have gotten 137 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: in there. So I just gotta learn from those. You know, 138 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: it's a fine line to get the ball in the end. 139 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: You just want to punch it in real quick, and 140 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: in hindsight, maybe he was in and we could have 141 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: give ourselves a chance. The Bengals eventually had to go 142 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: for it on fourth and goal from the two. Burrow 143 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: ready catches the shotgun, snap, he's back to throw, he's 144 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: looking passes into the end zone. It is incomplete and 145 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: the Steelers stopped. The Bengals. They had it first in 146 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: goal inside the one, they go backward and fail to score. 147 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: The Steelers got the ball back with one fifty one 148 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: to go, but they weren't even able to run thirty 149 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: seconds off the clock before giving the ball back to 150 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: Burrow and the Bengals at their own forty with one 151 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: twenty seven left. Despite playing one of the worst games 152 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: of his career to that point, Burrow drove the Bengals 153 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: sixty yards for the tying score. The game comes down 154 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: to this play. Four seconds on the clock, Cincinnati at 155 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: the six yard line of Pittsburgh. Shotgun snap to Burrow. 156 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: He fires toward the games caught by Jamar Chase, both 157 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: feet down. Touchdown Bengals. No time left on the clock, 158 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: and here comes Mitchell Wilcox, emergency long snapper to try 159 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: to successfully fire it back to Kevin Huber for a 160 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: game winning pat Imagine the butterflies in Wilcox's stomach. They 161 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: were probably more like Tera dactyls. As he took over 162 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: at long snapper on a thirty three yard extra point 163 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: try to win the game. Mitchell Wilcox ready, Huber catches 164 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: the snap, puts it down, The kick is blocked and 165 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: it flutters into the end zone. Will go to overtime, 166 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: tied at twenty minca fitzpa Rick blocked it. The snap 167 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: from Wilcox a little bit high, didn't have a lot 168 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: of steam off as the key, and as a result, 169 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: the Steelers were able to block it. And that was 170 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: the key. It had. It flooded back there and it 171 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: disrupted all the timing a little bit and as a 172 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: result they were able to come off the edge and 173 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: maker Fitzpatrick who else. Wilcox would get another chance. On 174 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: the Bengals first drive in overtime, they marched to the 175 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh eleven, and on third and eight, Zach Taylor called 176 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: on the field goal unit. Van McPherson had five walkoff 177 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: game winners as a rookie, looking to begin his second 178 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: season with another to twenty nine yard try from the 179 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: right hash Wilcox, the emergency long snapper is ready. Huber, 180 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: looking back at McPherson, turns his head, snap is high. 181 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: Huber gets it down. The kick is a line drive 182 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: and it's no good man. Knowing that the field goal 183 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: was hardly a sure thing, why didn't the Bengals run 184 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: a play on third and eight from the eleven? Felt 185 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: the right decision was to kick it on third down 186 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: in case the snap was off from Kevin could just 187 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: spike it and we could try to kick it again, 188 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, just didn't work out for us. Hubert caught 189 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: the snap above his helmet and wasn't able to spin 190 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: the laces, but McPherson says the miss was his fault. 191 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I just couldn't get 192 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: it done. I mean, twenty nine yards is twenty nine yards. 193 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: I can't hit that on my left foot, so there's 194 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: really no excuse for me to not make that one. 195 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: It's certainly hard to fault Mitchell Wilcox. I talked to 196 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: him after the game. You had to serve as the 197 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: emergency long snapper. When was the last time, if ever, 198 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: that you had to do that in a game? In 199 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: a game? Probably maybe one time in college. You know, 200 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: I did in high school and was a backup in college, 201 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: but I was on the punch shield and I always 202 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: had that in my back pocket. And so I said 203 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 1: on the broadcast, I can't imagine how big the butterflies 204 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: must have been under those circumstances. You're trying to win 205 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: the game for your team, doing something that you normally 206 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 1: don't even practice. How nerve racking was it? You know, 207 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: in the moment, I just was focused on snapping, and unfortunately, 208 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: first the first one was a good snap, got blocked though, 209 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: and then second one shade high. You know that's on me. 210 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: I gotta give Kevin a better snap. But had a 211 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: whole sunday. Anything can happen. None of them were unplayable. 212 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: I know that's probably not great consolation for you, but 213 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: it wasn't like you bounced it back there and you 214 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 1: gave Kevin Huber a chance. Yeah, I thought my my 215 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: first one, I think was was solid. What didn't have 216 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: great velocity on it, but it was placed. We just gotta, 217 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: you know, protect up front. And then the second one, 218 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: you know, could should have gave him a better one. 219 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: How did you learn that Clark was not going to 220 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: be able to snap? I just heard people yelling to 221 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: go get some snaps, and I didn't know what his 222 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: status was. And then, you know, my heart's out to Clark. 223 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: You know, he's had such a great, great long career 224 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: here and done so much for this this team, in 225 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: this program. And you know, but do you practice them 226 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: much just in case? Or is I mean there's another 227 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: long snapper on the team who's on the practice squad 228 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: right now. It probably kind of negates the amount of 229 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: time you would even work on it. Yeah, you know, 230 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: I'd say I work on the punt the punt snaps 231 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,599 Speaker 1: a bit more than the short ones, the place kicking snaps. So, 232 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: like I said, I should have give Kevin a better 233 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: one on the second one, and that's on me. Little 234 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,719 Speaker 1: Cox had to snap the ball one more time and 235 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: this time it was a longer snap on a punt. 236 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: With about a minute left, he snapped the ball to 237 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: Kevin Hubert with thirteen seconds remaining on a running play clock, 238 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: preserving valuable time for Pittsburgh. We snapped her thirteen seconds. 239 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: I understand that, trust me, it's we would rather do 240 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: something different, but again just trying to make sure the 241 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: operation ran smoothly. It turned out that we sacrificed some 242 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: seconds just to make sure that we were all on 243 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: the same page. There it proved costly. Starting at their 244 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: own twenty with fifty six seconds to go, Mitchell Trubisky 245 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: completed two big passes to tight end Pat Friarmouth, giving 246 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: Chris Boswell a chance to win it. A fifty three 247 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: yard try to win the game. His kick is up, 248 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: it is floating toward the goal post. It is good. 249 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: As the clock hit zero and the Steelers win it 250 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: in overtime twenty three two twenty. The Bengals outgained the 251 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: Steelers by one hundred sixty five yards, burrowed through for 252 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: three thirty eight and added a career high forty seven 253 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: rushing yards. Jamar Chase had ten catches for a buck 254 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: twenty nine and Joe Mixon had one hundred forty five 255 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: combined rushing and receiving yards, but a minus five turnover ratio, 256 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: seven sacks allowed, and an injured long snapper ultimately killed them. 257 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: Here's offensive lineman Ted Carres. You know, we did everything 258 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: we could to lose basically, um you know, five turnovers, 259 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: you know, giving up sacks, not finishing drives, and it 260 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: still had a chance to win. I think this team 261 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: showed a lot of grit and we just didn't finished. 262 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: We had the game in our hands three four separate times, 263 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: so I got to finish that in close a division game. 264 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: Out Obviously, very disappointed. I think it was one hundred 265 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: and four plays. If you weren't in shape, now you are. 266 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's a week one thriller that we came 267 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: out on the wrong end. So you know, we got 268 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: Dallas in a week. I'm gonna, you know, learn from this. Obviously, 269 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: there's a lots of coach off of I thought we 270 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: did a lot of good things too, but overall disappointed 271 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: we lost. After the game, LAP spend a couple of 272 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: minutes with Zach Taylor, coach talk about fighting adversity. You know, 273 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: you have the turnovers obviously that that was an issue 274 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: of the self destruction of the turnovers, the biggest story 275 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: in the football game. That's really the simplest thing. To 276 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: boil it down to five to nothing. You know, we 277 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: gave it away five times, didn't gain any had two 278 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: poor operations on kicks, and and that's not recipe for 279 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: winning football in this division. But with all of the 280 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: all of the tough things you went through with giving 281 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: the football away, they score a defensive touchdown, they get 282 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: short fields, you still have a chance to win the 283 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: football game. And like you mentioned, Clark Harris goes down, 284 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: you're in a tough situation and miss kicks that could 285 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: have won a football game for you. Yeah, there's going 286 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: to be positives we can take away from this game, 287 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: but but the immediate negative is that we're all in 288 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: one and lost a divisional game to start it off. 289 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: So that that's the part that hurts. But these guys 290 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: will rally the right way. They understand it's a long season. 291 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: They understand that they were places to be made that 292 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: would have won us the game. I mean, so we 293 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: know that we're gonna be a good football team. We 294 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: just got a rally and refocus for next week. What 295 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: are some of the positives that come to mind right 296 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: now before you actually take a look at analyzed tape. Yeah, 297 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: holding them to thirteen points there until the last field goal. 298 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: On defense, you know, you just look at the total 299 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: yards they had going into the final drives. I thought 300 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: our defense played really well. I thought there was some 301 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: opportunities we got the ball out or had our hands 302 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: on the ball. We can take that away that those 303 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: are things that we got to do better in the future. 304 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: And then offensive, I thought we moved the ball really 305 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: well in the second half. We just didn't always finish 306 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: with points. There was a fourth down play we didn't 307 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: end up leaving seven and three points on the field 308 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: at the end, miss the field got the end. On 309 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: another drive, we were in the little red zone. So um, 310 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: there was there was some positives to takeaway, but overall 311 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: we'll want to know, Yeah, that's a division a division loss, 312 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: like you talked about at home, that's a that is 313 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: a tough, tough way to start. You look at last year, 314 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 1: Dallas led the league with interceptions, led the league in takeaways. 315 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: I mean, they're a team that thrives on that kind 316 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: of thing. So I got to take care of the 317 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: ball security thing pretty quickly, don't you. Yeah, we'll get 318 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: into them. We know that we've got to be plus 319 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: plus one to plus two in the turnover battle to 320 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: give ourselves the best chance to be minus five and 321 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: still have a chance to win the football game. What's 322 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: that say about your football team? Overall? We got a 323 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: good team. They handled aversity the right way. There's no 324 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: panic in these because they know that if there's still 325 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: time on the clock, we had a chance to win. 326 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: Oftentimes fall like we put ourselves in position to do that. 327 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: Today we just didn't get it done. Appreciate your time, coach, 328 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: so thank you. The Bengals were the only team in 329 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: the AFC North to lose in Week one. Baltimore beat 330 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: the Jets twenty four to nine, and the Browns top 331 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: the Panthers twenty six twenty four, winning the game on 332 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: a fifty eight yard field goal by rookie kde York 333 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: with eight seconds remaining. York was the only kicker taken 334 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: in this year's draft. Now time for postgame analysis. In 335 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 1: this week's Radio Guys Recap lap, when you commit five 336 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: turnovers and your defense does not come up with any takeaways, 337 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: I imagine the winning percentage for NFL teams under those 338 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: circumstances is like point ooo three or something crazy. The 339 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: fact that the Bengals almost pulled out this game really 340 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: was kind of a remarkable performance by the defense and 341 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: some clutch late played by Joe Burrow and Jamar ches 342 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,239 Speaker 1: I mean, I think this football team has a lot 343 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: of heart, you know, I do think that. You know, 344 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 1: they're not going to stop playing football until the final gun. 345 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: Then they're never gonna concede anything. They didn't play well. 346 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: They made mistakes. They're all correctable mistakes. They do have 347 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: to correct them and move on. Joe Burrow through it 348 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: fifty three times thirty three or fifty three three hundred 349 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: and thirty eight yards, two touchdowns with four interceptions and 350 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: also lost a fumble. Jamar Chase ten catches one hundred 351 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: and twenty nine yards and big touchdown. It's but like 352 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: you said, you go minus five, you're gonna lose ninety 353 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: nine point nine percent of the time at any level 354 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: of football, and particularly the better the level of competition, 355 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: the tougher It is. The fact that they went minus 356 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: five and could have won it multiple times at the 357 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: end of regulation in and overtime, you know, speaks to 358 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: it's a good's it's a good football team. But it 359 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: proves in the National Football League you can't put yourself 360 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: on your schedule. If you do, you're gonna lose football games. 361 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: And that's what happened today. You know, I think the 362 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: better team lost the football game because they had to. 363 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: They beat themselves and the opponent beat him as well. 364 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: As a result. I feel badly for Mitchell Wilcox. Those 365 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: are tough circumstances. The Bengals have another long snapper on 366 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: the practice squad, so it's not like they have Mitchell 367 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 1: Wilcox doing a lot of practicing just in case he 368 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: does some. But to go into the game under those circumstances, 369 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: as Logan Wilson put it is a big ask. It 370 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: is a big ask. And you know, I think about 371 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: Ted Carross. I thought, all right, what about Ted Carriss? 372 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: Can he snap maybe for an extra point? And if 373 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: he hasn't been doing it, it's that's that's a brutally 374 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: tough ask. The fact that Mitchell Wilcox had been doing 375 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: it during the course of practices and he's had his 376 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: reps and and all that sort of thing to you know, Carris, 377 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: if he hadn't been doing any deep snapping at all 378 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: during the course of training camp, that's that's a monumental ask. 379 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: And I remember when I did have to play center 380 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: because of the knee injury to Blair Bush. It's it's 381 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: a different animal deep snap in the football, it really is. 382 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: I never had to do it in a game. Fortunately 383 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: we brought Bob Johnson back out of retirement to deep snap, 384 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: but it was It's not an easy task. And you 385 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: don't realize how valuable or solid deep snapper is until 386 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: you don't have him anymore. What did you think of 387 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: burrows performance? Obviously the numbers aren't great for interceptions as 388 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: a new career high he also fumbled, as you mentioned, 389 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: but down the stretch sure enough, when they absolutely had 390 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: to have it, he takes him down the field sixty 391 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: yards for what, under normal circumstances would have been a 392 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: game winning touchdown. You know, as a as a teammate, 393 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: as a former lineman, I look at him with nothing 394 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: but admiration because, you know, like he said he would 395 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: he'd like to have had more time to get ready 396 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: for the opener. He felt like he was going to 397 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: be ready, but in a perfect world, you'd like to 398 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: have more time. Plus the fact that he had an 399 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: appendected me. You know, his appendix ruptured and they had 400 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: to make sure he didn't get toxic. And when he 401 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: first came back, he was definitely weakened, you know, he 402 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: was he had trouble walking around without you know, hitching 403 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: over a little bit because of the pulling that was 404 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: going on after the surgery. And he lost fifteen pounds 405 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: and that's not easy to get yourself back and then 406 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: back to play your first competition is against the Pittsburgh 407 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: Steelers defense. It's you know, it's remarkable that he righted 408 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: himself as quickly as he did. I mean, obviously his 409 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: second half was much better than his first half, and 410 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: that's that's understandable. But to do what he did and 411 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: looking at how basically abnormal it was for him from 412 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: preparations standpoint, I got nothing but admiration for the guy. 413 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: I'd get in the huddle and they'll play football with 414 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: that guy anytime, anywhere, against anybody. So after addressing the 415 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: offensive line in the offseason, the very first snap of 416 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: this season was a sack. Second staff was that second 417 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: snap was a pick six, not a great start. Did 418 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: you feel like the offensive line got better as the 419 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: day went along? Yeah, I think they did. I think 420 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: they did get better. But I know they're they're not 421 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: going to be very satisfied at all with the overall performance. 422 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're going to be harder on themselves than 423 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: anybody is. And they'll study that tape as a group 424 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: and individually and as a group and you know, be 425 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: real with yourself and with each other and make the 426 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: necessary adjustments and improvements. And there has to be an 427 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: improvement in ball security though before they played Dallas, because 428 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: Dallas led the NFL in interceptions last year and led 429 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: the NFL and takeaways. That's their whole deal, is their 430 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: opportunistic defensively, and that's their defense coordinators mentality. So you know, 431 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: you got to take care of the football. And you know, 432 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: because look at Pittsburgh, basically they won that football game 433 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: because they didn't turn the ball over. I mean, they 434 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: were not prolific offensively binding stretch of the imagination. They 435 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: just did nothing wrong. And they basically said defense, we're 436 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: relying on you and eventually special teams. The third phase 437 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: one it form. So the talk shows and TV debate 438 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: shows are going to focus on this debate. Did the 439 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: Steelers approach in the preseason playing starters, tackling in camp 440 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: win the game against the Bengals team that did not 441 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: play starters in the preseason and barely tackled in camp. 442 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: What do you think? Yeah, I mean, honestly, I think 443 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: the tempo of practice, physicality and you know, timing and 444 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: rhythm and all that is much different than game, even 445 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: in the preseason game because I always felt like, you 446 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: go through that progression of playing the preseason, that's one 447 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: speed of the game. You get to the regular season 448 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: it's another. But having to go and skip that first 449 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: phase of it, it was a little bit more of 450 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: an adjustment. Um So, I you know, and I know 451 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,239 Speaker 1: I'm old school that way, but one thing that uh 452 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: that that that Mike Tomlins said that kind of rang 453 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: true to me. It's like, before you box, you have 454 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: to spar, so you can't box until you spar a 455 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: little bit. And you know that that that kind of 456 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: rings true to me a little bit. Now, if the 457 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: Bengals had won the game in any stretch down the stretcher, 458 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: in overtime or whatever it would have been, you know, 459 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: less of a you know, I guess maybe less of 460 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: a question, but now now it's a it is it 461 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: is more of a question because they didn't win a 462 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: football game that they were favored to win by about 463 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: a touchdown. Um so, But bottom line to me, as 464 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: as a form alignment, I would like to see stunts 465 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: and twists for speed with linebackers, you know, coming downhill 466 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: and filling and just just to get the repetition of it, 467 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: the rhythm, the timing, you know, anchoring your pads and 468 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: all the things that go along with it in a 469 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: perfect world. But they you know, all hands were on 470 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: deck and they almost won the football game. I thought 471 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: you did your job well as a ruler of the jungle. 472 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: You got everybody fired up before kickoff. For whatever reason, 473 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: the Bengals, even as a super Bowl team last year, 474 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: have not been dominant at home five and four in 475 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: the regular season. Last year they did win in the playoffs, 476 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: but they lose their first home game this year. That's true, 477 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: And then you look at the other side of it. 478 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: You know, last year Pittsburgh only finished at half a 479 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: game behind the Bengals at nine to seven and one. 480 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: You know, but they they're obviously a different team. The 481 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: Ben's not there and Trubisky is, but they want they 482 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: want seven one and one in close games. Last year 483 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: games decided by seven points or less, and they're one 484 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: and all this year in games decided by seven points 485 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: or less. So it says something about Mike Omlin, his 486 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: coaching staff. You know, as players, their belief in their system, 487 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: and that's a powerful thing. I mean, you've been there, 488 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: done that, and done it successfully. I'm sure they've felt like, 489 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, we just this is business as usual. We're 490 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: going to get this done. The journey begins, unfortunately with 491 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: an l. See if the Bengals can bounce back in 492 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: Dallas next week. The journey begins and got down to 493 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: face the twelve and five last year, twelve and five 494 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys that were that reason last year damn, because 495 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: they were plus fourteen. The Bengals were minus five after 496 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: Week one. They've got a ways to go to dig 497 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: out of that, you know. I mean during the regular 498 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: season last year they finished even zero in the turnover ratio, 499 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: when in the postseason they were plus seven. Got to 500 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: get back to that up next the tough road game 501 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. The Bengals have an all time record 502 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: of one and six in Dallas. Now time for this 503 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: week's facts interview, where we get to know the person 504 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: under the pads. Time for some fun facts. The Bengals 505 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: offensive lineman Cordelle Wolson from Baal four, North Dakota, a 506 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: small town in the middle part of the state. I 507 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: am from a small town in upstate New York. We 508 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: had about three and a half acres. But tell me 509 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: a little bit about where you grew up. Yeah, I 510 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: grew up a really rural area. Um. I grew up 511 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: grew up in the country between belfour and Drake. Um. 512 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 1: I was about three miles east of Belfour. Um there. 513 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't a whole lot there. Um. You know, 514 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: I think population was was in the twenties. Um. And 515 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: then I grew up five miles west of Drake, and 516 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: Drake is where I went to went to high school. 517 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: You know that was that was kind of town. Um 518 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: growing up. You know, had a grocery store and in 519 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: a convenience store and um, you know some other businesses, 520 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: bar and stuff. Um. So I was kind of I 521 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: was kind of my hometown. Um. You know, like I said, 522 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: grew up really rural area. Um. You know, everyone was 523 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: everyone was involved in everything. Um, you know my parents 524 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: they owned and operate a excavating company. Um. You know, 525 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: so ever since I was little, I was I was 526 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: part of that, helping out and it was a great 527 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: way to be brought up, that's for sure. It sounds 528 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: like your folks are quite a success story. They started 529 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: that business that you referred to, they built it up 530 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: into a nice family business. What did you learn about 531 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: work ethic from them? Exactly what you said. You know 532 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: they started off um, you know, just just them too 533 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, built into something that you know, 534 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,239 Speaker 1: does does really well. Um. Very fortunate to have been 535 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: brought up that way, just you know, learning how to work. 536 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: And you know, if you set your mind to something 537 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: that that you know, you can accomplish it. And you know, 538 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: I think one of the biggest things is, you know, 539 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: you don't stop until the work is done. My dad 540 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: was an upholsterer. I worked for him. The worst job 541 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: was removing car seats from cars, which stunk. What was 542 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: the worst thing that you had to do when you 543 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,479 Speaker 1: work for your dad? Oh, you know, probably the worst 544 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: thing that you know, the thing that people would think 545 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: would be the worst is you know, repairing sewers. Um. 546 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: You know, because you know you're you're down in there. 547 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: You know, whether they're they're jammed up or you know, 548 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: broken pipes or septic tanks collapse, whatever it is. Um. 549 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: You know, so you're down there and not quite the 550 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,959 Speaker 1: best work environment. Will say, um, but yeah, I mean 551 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: it definitely definitely builds character and it makes you learn 552 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: how to work efficiently because you don't want to be 553 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: in that in that for very long. So you know, 554 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: you plan ahead and you and you know how to 555 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: how to do it quickly so you can get out 556 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: of that condition quickly. The first time we met after 557 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: the draft, I shook your hand and you nearly broke mine. 558 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: I think it's one of the two most firm handshakes 559 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: that a Bengals player has given me over the years. 560 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Zeitler would be the other. In case you're interested. 561 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: But where did that come from? I think you can 562 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: tell tell a lot about a man by their hands shake. Um. 563 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: You know it's I think if you got a firm, 564 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: firm handshake that you know your words good. Um. So 565 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: just um. I think that was that's a big part 566 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: of you know, making a good first impression. I'm intrigued 567 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: by the fact that you played nine man football in 568 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: high school. You're from a small school, it didn't have 569 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: a ton of players to try out for the football team. 570 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: What's nine man football like? Is the field smaller? What 571 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: positions are removed? In North Dakota, the fields the same. Um. 572 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: You know, it's fifty three and a third and uh, 573 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, one hundred, one hundred yards um. But offensively, 574 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: you get rid of your two tackles. Um. You know, 575 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: at times there will be you know, some teams will 576 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: have you know, bigger tight ends. It will virtually be 577 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: a tackle. UM. But a lot of it just depends 578 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: on how you want to how you want to scheme 579 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: things up. Um. And then defensively, you know, we uh 580 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: we didn't we got rid of we only played one 581 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: safety and we only played with one corner um. You know. 582 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 1: So just depends on how you want to you know, 583 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: scheme things up that way. Um. But at the end 584 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: of the day, it was it was playing football, you know, 585 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: and that's the most important thing. It sounds like a 586 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: fun brand of football. I guess it goes without saying 587 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: that you play on offense and defense. You also kicked 588 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: and punted, did you kick field goals. We did a 589 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: few times. You know, I was our our place kicker 590 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: when we did kick. UM. You know, it is more 591 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: of you know, nine men, a lot a lot more 592 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: teams goal for two just because of the less players 593 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: and you know, more space. UM. You know, so to 594 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: get two yards um, you know, should be should be 595 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: UM pretty easy. But yeah, so once in a while 596 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: we would kick some but you know, for the most part, 597 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: not too much. We're doing fun facts with Cordell Vols. 598 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: And you attended North Dakota State, where your older brother 599 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: went and had a great college career as well. There's 600 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: no major professional sports team in North Dakota. Is North 601 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: Dakota State kind of the equivalent. Yeah, North Dakota State 602 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: is UM. You know what everyone in the state watches. UM. 603 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: You know what you grew up wanting to be a 604 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: part of. And it's just, uh, it's a great university 605 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: to have in our state. UM. You know, the winning 606 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: and you know that all speaks for itself, but just 607 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: the type of you know, support that North Dakota State 608 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: gets from the state itself and the community surrounding UM 609 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: far Ago, but you know, the things that North Dakota 610 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: State does and gives back to you know, the state 611 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: and the community as well. You were there for six years. 612 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: You played in sixty five games. I don't know what 613 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: the record is for a college football player for games played. 614 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: That might be up there, but it's a school record. 615 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: If you could have stayed for a seventh year, would 616 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: you have? I I mean, I love my time there. 617 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: It was. It was great. Um, you know I think that. Um, 618 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: it's I'm very fortunate to be where I'm at. Um. 619 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: You know, if this opportunity wouldn't have been presented to me, definitely, um, 620 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: but um, you know, for me, it was I was 621 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: excited for the next chapter of my life as well. 622 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: The Bengal selected you in the fourth round with a 623 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty six to pick in this year's draft. 624 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: Where were you when you got the call and describe 625 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: that feeling. We had a little little gathering in our shop, 626 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: my parents shop. Um, you know, so sitting there, I'm 627 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,280 Speaker 1: actually when when coach Taylor called, I was playing playing 628 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: catch with my with my little cousin. Um. So the 629 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: call came in and it was you know, it was 630 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: a dream come true. You know, everyone everyone their whole 631 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 1: life grows up wanting to want to get that phone 632 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: call someday. So when it came in, I was extremely 633 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: excited and very fortunate to have people that meant a 634 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: lot to me there with me. Where do you get 635 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: your size? I get asked that a lot. Um. You know, 636 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: both both my parents, Um, you know, they have a 637 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: lot of relatives that are that are bigger. Um you know, like, um, 638 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: you know six six, Um, there's a couple that on 639 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: both sides that are that tall. Um. But um, you know, 640 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: I think just fortunate. Um you know where it came from. 641 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: M I couldn't exactly tell you, but very fortunate to 642 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 1: have received it. All right. A few wildcard topics for 643 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: Bengals rookie Cordell Volson. Fargo is the home of North 644 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: Dakota State. Fargo is a movie nominated for seven Academy Awards. 645 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: Were you amused by the accents in Fargo or were 646 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 1: you offended that they seemed to poke fun at the 647 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: way folks speak. I'll tell you the truth. I've never 648 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: seen it. Yeah, I've never seen it. I'm surprised. It's 649 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: a great movie, but I guess, I mean, you're much 650 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: obviously much younger than I am. That has been out 651 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 1: for a while. Yeah. Yeah, Coach Paulock always tells me 652 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: that I need to watch it. I guess haven't quite 653 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: gotten around to it yet, but you know, hopefully I 654 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: can get to it this offseason and see what I 655 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: think about it. All right, do you have any hidden talents? No? 656 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: We had to do the Talent show, you know, the 657 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 1: Rookie Talent Show, and it took me a long time 658 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: to think of something to do. And it wasn't very talented. 659 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that. Do you want to share what 660 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: you did? I just did a little singing. Um, it 661 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 1: wasn't good. It was more of a more of a parody. 662 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: Was trying to be funny. What are you terrible at? 663 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things. Um, I'm not very good 664 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:16,320 Speaker 1: with technology, to be honest. Um, so that's something that 665 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: I need to improve on, especially in today's world. But yeah, 666 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: I guess there's nothing that really jumps out to me. Um, 667 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 1: when I know there are things, but yeah, technology is 668 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: the one thing that you know, I'd definitely like to 669 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: improve on. You made an appearance on my broadcast partner 670 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: Dave Lapham's podcast. It was very entertaining. One of the 671 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,280 Speaker 1: things you told lap was that you try to read 672 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: at least part of a book every day ten to 673 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. What kind of books do you enjoy reading. Yeah, 674 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: I read a lot of a lot of self help stuff. Um, 675 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: you know a lot of I don't want to say 676 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: like motivation stuff, but just kind of mental how to 677 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: how to you know, be in a good mental place 678 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: and and you know, how to achieve the goals that 679 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 1: you have. U. So yeah, right now I'm reading Can't 680 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: Hurt Me by David Goggins. Um. You know, I just 681 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 1: just books similar to that, just you know, try to 682 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: better myself. And it sounds like the bookmark you use 683 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: when you are reading has personal meaning as well. Yeah, 684 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: I just you know, write down the goals that I 685 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: have that way, you know, every day when I when 686 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: I opened the book up. But it's just a reminder, Um, 687 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,840 Speaker 1: you know why I do what I do, and you know, 688 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 1: to continue to pursue those things. Final fun fact for 689 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 1: cord Elvols, And this is kind of deep. If you 690 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 1: could meet anybody in history, athlete, entertainer, statesman, religious figure, 691 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: whoever that person might be, who would it be? You know, 692 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,439 Speaker 1: I think that's a great question. Um, you know, I'd 693 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,840 Speaker 1: really like to meet my dad's dad. Um. You know, 694 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: fortunately never got the opportunity to meet him. Um. You 695 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: know a lot of people say that him and uh, 696 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: you know, my dad were very similar, and then a 697 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: lot of people say that my dad and I are 698 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: very similar, you know. So, so I think you'd be 699 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: cool to kind of learn where it all came from. 700 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: Great answer, Appreciate your time, best of luck this season. 701 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Thank you. Appreciate you having me. 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