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Speaker 1: And finally, and this week's Know the Faux segment, I'll

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Speaker 1: to My Cause, My Cleats. Now, let's get to Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: Last January, in a span of four weeks, the Bengals

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Speaker 1: In Game two, the Bengals trailed twenty one to three

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Speaker 1: winner by Money Matt four years ago. He was a

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Speaker 1: The kick is up. Yeah, yeah, good coffin nails. Bam bam.

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Speaker 1: That is unblievable. The Cincinnati Bengals bound from behind on

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Speaker 1: a fact. The Cincinnati Bengals are headed to Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: fifty six. They just redefined the word resilient. The winds

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Speaker 1: Was the contact pretty good? Well? The only thing I

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Speaker 1: so it could be potentially been a fifteen year AP penalty.

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Speaker 1: Obviously in that context it wouldn't have been. But uh no,

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Speaker 1: that wasn't. I mean, obviously he dropped the ball, so

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Speaker 1: it was enough to to to cause a fumble by

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Speaker 1: the ref. So I just want to make sure that

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Speaker 1: you know we didn't do anything dicey at the end there.

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Speaker 1: I want to make sure you knew it was inadverted

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Speaker 1: because you know, I've seen stuff like that. Inadverted shots

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Speaker 1: end up in fifteen year A penalties, and you don't

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Speaker 1: want to live like that. We're chatting with Ted Carris.

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Speaker 1: You're eleven games getting ready for twelve in your first

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Speaker 1: season with the Bengals at this point, you know your teammates. Well,

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Speaker 1: tell me something about Joe Burrow that's really stood out

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Speaker 1: to you so far. I think his uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: attention to detail is obsession with victory is awesome. He's

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Speaker 1: a great chess player. I think that's pretty admirable, and

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Speaker 1: you know, just a pleasure to be around. Very you know,

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Speaker 1: one of the most successible superstars I've ever been around.

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Speaker 1: Have you competed in chess? No, I'm not going to

448
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Speaker 1: him and Kappa compete, So they're they're very good. I'm

449
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Speaker 1: more of a more of a Katan player if you're

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Speaker 1: playing Setlers of Katan. Yeah, we've got that at home.

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Speaker 1: So Lap's nickname for Alex Kappa's Phi Beta Kappa. It

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Speaker 1: sounds like if he's a good chess player, that might

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Speaker 1: be accurate. Yeah, I think that's well, that's more of

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Speaker 1: a nod to uh animal house, I think. But yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: Caps extraordinary been a huge part of our line success.

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Speaker 1: We would not be in the same position without Ox Kappa. So,

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Speaker 1: speaking of the line success, I interviewed Charles Davis from

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Speaker 1: CBS last week. He had the game He also called

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Speaker 1: the season opener against the Steelers. So I asked him

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Speaker 1: about the lines improvement and what he's seen. He said,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals are now a top third offensive line in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. So thirty two teams, that's roughly top ten.

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Speaker 1: What do you think, you know, it's a great compliment.

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, the team is playing, you know,

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Speaker 1: the unit's playing well, obviously well enough to win in November,

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Speaker 1: but we got to keep it going. Uh, there's no

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Speaker 1: you know, magic pill that's just going to transfer over

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Speaker 1: good performance. Besides, you know, good practice, attention to detail,

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Speaker 1: and everyone being prepared, ready to go. So it's Kansas

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Speaker 1: City this week. A former roommate is on the other roster. Correct, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Joe Tuoney stood up in my wedding, one of my

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Speaker 1: best friends. Uh Dayton Archbishop alter Alum. So excited to

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Speaker 1: see him. We'll see his family after the game. I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: They're great family friends, amazing people. You know, it'll be

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Speaker 1: nice to shake his hand with a victory. Hygi two

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Speaker 1: hit it off so well, and we came in together.

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Speaker 1: We were drafted together. He was basically the first guy

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Speaker 1: I met. We're very similar, you know, Midwest o lineman

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Speaker 1: have a lot of similar interests, but you know I

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Speaker 1: had a good, you know, back and forth, good dichotomy

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Speaker 1: of interest. So it was amazing live with them for

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Speaker 1: four years and you know, always rooting for the best.

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Speaker 1: Glad he got to, you know, cash in with that

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Speaker 1: big deal and he's still playing, you know, as good

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Speaker 1: as anyone in the league. Are you a jersey swap

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Speaker 1: kind of guy? Well, that happened this week. I have

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Speaker 1: about sixty jerseys Dan in my collection. Mostly I just

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Speaker 1: buy him and have my teammates signed him, so they'll

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Speaker 1: all go open my bar. At some point I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: open a bar up. So that's what I can't. Can't

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Speaker 1: put it that many of my house. I would look

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Speaker 1: like an idiot. Yeah, it'll be wall to wall in

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Speaker 1: the bar. It'll look great. A couple more questions for

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Speaker 1: Ted Carris. According to Pro Football Focus, the top ranked

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Speaker 1: interior defensive lineman in the NFL isn't Aaron Donald. It

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Speaker 1: isn't Jeffrey Simmons, who you faced last week. It isn't

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Speaker 1: Cam Hayward. It is the guy you're going to face

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Speaker 1: this week. Chris Jones is a brute strength? Is it quickness.

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Speaker 1: What is it about this guy that makes him so

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Speaker 1: tough premiere player? I think you know, one thing people

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Speaker 1: estimate is how big he is. He has six six

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Speaker 1: very long, very very long and strong. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to bring our best. You know, he has a

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Speaker 1: good array of moves, he has a good toolbox, very

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Speaker 1: savvy player, played a long time at a high level,

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Speaker 1: so it's gonna be another test for us to you know,

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Speaker 1: perform absolutely very best. You've been making the media rounds

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Speaker 1: recently to promote a worthy cause, the sins He hat

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Speaker 1: and what it raises money for, or give us the

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Speaker 1: backstory of the sinc He hat. Since he hat is

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Speaker 1: you've probably seen it on a couple of guys. It's

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Speaker 1: the you know, black wider orange hats that'd say since

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Speaker 1: and it benefits the village of Mariachi, Indianapolis, which provides

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Speaker 1: And that will be on your shoes this week for

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Speaker 1: my cause, my cleats is that correct? That will be

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Speaker 1: that will be on my shoes. They'll be up for

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Speaker 1: auction two this spring. Off the casino night in Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: so hopefully a couple of since A residents make their

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Speaker 1: way out there because last year's also will be up

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Speaker 1: for auction. We didn't have one last year obviously, had

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Speaker 1: to cancel that a few times due to COVID protocol.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate your time, best of luck this week, and

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Speaker 1: you were great as a TV weather man. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. Dan. Let's go who Day. Yes. While making

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Speaker 1: an appearance to discuss the sinci hat on Local twelve

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Speaker 1: news and Cincinnati, Ted helped give the weather forecast. If

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Speaker 1: week's Know the Faux segment. Joe Valerio spent four years

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Speaker 1: as an offensive lineman in Kansas City and currently covers

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs as one of the hosts of the Believe

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Speaker 1: in Chiefs podcast Joe and the Chiefs traded Tyree Hill.

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people wondered that the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City offense was going to dip a little bit. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's see their number one in yards, they're number one

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Speaker 1: in points, just under thirty a game. How are they

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Speaker 1: doing it? Well? I gotta give them a lot of credit.

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Speaker 1: I give Brett Veach and Andy Reid and on the

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Speaker 1: offense and defensive coordinators, and also you got to throw

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Speaker 1: special teams in there as well. You know, they're really

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Speaker 1: good at diversifying when folks leave, and if you take

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Speaker 1: the Tyreek example that you you know that you brought

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Speaker 1: up Dan, they diversified their wide receiving core and I

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Speaker 1: thought that was a real positive for them. I felt like,

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Speaker 1: we'll call it a two trick pony because you always

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Speaker 1: got to throw Travis Kelsey in the mix, right. They

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Speaker 1: were getting to the point where I think defensive coordinators

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Speaker 1: were starting to get on track with what they were

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Speaker 1: doing and what the playbook looked like. And I think

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Speaker 1: this was you know the magic of Andy Reid and

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Speaker 1: what Brett Feach has been able to do. And I

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Speaker 1: guess the best term not to overuse the term was.

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Speaker 1: I think they diversified in a way that caused a

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Speaker 1: lot of defensive coordinators to take a step back and

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Speaker 1: rewrite what they were going to do. Because I look

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Speaker 1: at that receiving core that's been able to withstand injury.

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Speaker 1: Right when somebody gets hurt, another guy steps up. You

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Speaker 1: know they've got finally, you know, in like an MVS,

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Speaker 1: they've got the back shoulder throw that Patrick can make.

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Speaker 1: You know, I call those the Randy Moss types, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Terrell Owens types. You know they've got you know,

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Speaker 1: they've got the sort of the possession received in like

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Speaker 1: a Justin Watson, who's you know, kind of he's gonna

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Speaker 1: get open, He's gonna find an open spot, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: you know, he's gonna be able to get in an

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Speaker 1: area where you know he needs to be. Juju is

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Speaker 1: in that same camp where Juju is more of a

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Speaker 1: smaller possession type receiver, very short handed, and you know,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's what they were able to do.

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Speaker 1: And of course you always will have Rcole Hardman as

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Speaker 1: as sort of the speed guy. And I think it's

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Speaker 1: given them enough, it's given them more pages in the playbook.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, long answer to a short question, Dan, that's

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Speaker 1: what I think about Tyreek Hill leaving. It's what they've

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Speaker 1: been able to do offensively. Has settled a lot of

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Speaker 1: those questions and demonstrated that they could do it without him, although, hey,

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Speaker 1: he was a big piece of the puzzle to miss

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure there are times when Andy Reid Eric

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Speaker 1: the enemy aren't missing him a ton. Joe, you played

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Speaker 1: offensive line in the NFL. My broadcast partner Dave Lappam

588
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Speaker 1: played offensive line in the NFL. He says, in a

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Speaker 1: normal game, you try to stop the run and then

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Speaker 1: you defend the pass. He's says against the Chiefs, it's

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Speaker 1: the reverse. You have to stop the pass, so you

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Speaker 1: almost dare them to run. Do you agree? I totally agree,

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Speaker 1: And it's something I've been talking with, you know, my

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Speaker 1: podcast partner Jeff Fidoton about for years. I have felt

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Speaker 1: over the last several years, we'll just call it several,

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Speaker 1: we'll bucket it in a big term, I felt like

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Speaker 1: they have been somebody who hasn't really been committed and

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Speaker 1: I'm going to use that in air quotes right, committed

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Speaker 1: to the run game. And I think with Isaiah Pacheco

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Speaker 1: now coming on. I think they may have found somebody.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's those terms out there. When he runs,

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Speaker 1: he's trying to hurt the ground. You know, he gets

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Speaker 1: up and runs faster after the play is over. He's

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Speaker 1: just got that level of energy. I think they may

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Speaker 1: have found somebody that you can pull back and say,

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Speaker 1: I mean, could he be the next Priest Holmes Kareem Hunt.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but that's a big stretch for a rookie.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's the piece that this offense has

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Speaker 1: been missing. And I feel like whenever the Chiefs have

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Speaker 1: committed to the run again, I'm going to overuse this term.

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Speaker 1: It allows them to open up the playbook and it

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Speaker 1: gives Patrick Moore options more things to do when you've

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Speaker 1: got eight guys kind of crowding the box a little bit,

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Speaker 1: wondering if they're gonna run, are they going to play action?

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Speaker 1: You know, what are they gonna do? And I just

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Speaker 1: feel like I'm super excited about what they're doing with

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Speaker 1: Isaiah now and I think it's going to help them

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Speaker 1: down the stretch. But it's always been I feel the

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Speaker 1: Achilles heel of the offense at least Patrick Mahomes's offense,

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Speaker 1: maybe not a Trent Green or Alex Smith in the

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Speaker 1: past when they've had those kind of big Derrek Henry

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Speaker 1: type running backs or a Sequon Barkley somebody like that,

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Speaker 1: that's going to get you five and a half yards

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Speaker 1: of carry. I feel like it's always been their achilles heel.

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Speaker 1: Former Chiefs offensive lineman Joe Valerio is our guest. He

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Speaker 1: is the host of the Belief in Chiefs podcast on

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Speaker 1: the Belief Podcast Network. In the second half of the

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Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game last year, Joe, the Bengals rushed three

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Speaker 1: and covered with eight on about half of Patrick mahomes

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Speaker 1: drop back and it worked. Have teams been trying that

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Speaker 1: much this year? And if so, is it's still working.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it obviously worked for the Bengals, and I

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Speaker 1: think they figured it out right, might as well take

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Speaker 1: a shot. If, like you said, you're gonna stop, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna stop the pass first. And that's what they did

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Speaker 1: in that second half, and I think it was marvelous

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Speaker 1: call by the Bengals coaching staff to do that. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think with some of the things they have been

639
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: able to do in the run game, while it has

640
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: been limited. It definitely is better than it was last year.

641
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: So I don't see as many teams falling back that many.

642
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: You know, they're generally rushing for you know, you have

643
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: to have a very discipline pass rush against Patrick Mahomes.

644
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 1: You know, you can't if you give him what I

645
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: call a pocket within the pocket, he's gonna he's gonna

646
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: beat you. Um not with his legs all the time.

647
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: He's not like Josh Allen will what he does run.

648
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,360
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he can't run, but he's gonna find

649
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: that extra second or two to find a receiver who

650
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: you can get into, you know, either in man you know,

651
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: get get away from somebody or sit down in his

652
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: zone and find that open spot. Um So, more teams,

653
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: I think this year because of this better stable of

654
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: running backs i'll call it, and the way they've been performing,

655
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,760
Speaker 1: I think more teams have been bringing you know, seven

656
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 1: up into the box on first down, and you know,

657
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: and Patrick's been able to make some plays you know,

658
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: on first down with the past when he sees more

659
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: players coming up into that you know, tackle box. So

660
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 1: I think I think this year it's been a learning lesson.

661
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 1: That game was a learning lesson for Andy Reid and

662
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: Eric the enemy is that you know, we're going to

663
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: have to do something and not just allow you know,

664
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: three guys to rush and eight guys dropped back. I mean,

665
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: that's that was a fantastic formula for the Bengals and

666
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: hats off to them for for thinking of that. Yo,

667
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: if my math is correct, the Chiefs are twenty and

668
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: four in their last twenty four games, and half of

669
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: the four losses where to Cincinnati in a four week

670
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: span last January. What impact do those losses have on

671
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:07,280
Speaker 1: this week's game? Well, you know, players always have thoughts

672
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 1: and count they have they have games circled on the

673
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: calendar as much as as much as you know, I

674
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: lived under the Marty Schottenheimer era, right, and you being

675
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: in Ohio obviously have you know probably at least some

676
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: of those memories of those Cleveland Browns Marty teams. And

677
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,320
Speaker 1: you know, Marty was the kind of coach that always

678
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: said the most important game is your next game. And

679
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,360
Speaker 1: I get that, and I totally live by a philosophy

680
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: not just with football, but also you know things in life.

681
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 1: You know, the next thing you're doing is the most

682
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 1: important thing. But but the big butt. You know that

683
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: players circle games on their calendars that you can't help it, right,

684
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 1: just they're just humans and they're thinking about the things

685
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: that are sitting in their crawl or the things that

686
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: stung them. And I know this game has stung a

687
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: lot of Chiefs. And whether the Bengals were coming in

688
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,879
Speaker 1: here on the role that they're coming in on, which

689
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: is very exciting, right, the seven and four role that

690
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 1: they're on, because I'm not sure early mid season, you know,

691
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: until they had these three three wins in a row,

692
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken right, that maybe people were doubting

693
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: this team a little bit. And I think Joe Burrow

694
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: and the rest of the team are putting that behind

695
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: them a little bit and they're seeing the team that

696
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: they are and that they were and that they can be.

697
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, every team goes through those

698
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,720
Speaker 1: rough patches, So this is going to be an amazing

699
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: game for a lot of reasons. I think there's going

700
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: to be a lot of players on the Kansas City

701
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: side that are going to have a little bit of

702
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: a chip on their shoulder about this game, and they

703
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: probably had it circled regardless of whether you know, you

704
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: don't want to look past the Raiders and the Broncos

705
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 1: in the AFC West. This that game stung a lot

706
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: of a lot of players, a lot of fans. So

707
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: I think, I think the Chiefs are going to pull out,

708
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: you know, all the stops that they can, and I

709
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: think the players are going to be, you know, pretty

710
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: mentally prepared for this game. Valerio played for the Chiefs

711
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: in the nineteen nineties. He as the host of the

712
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 1: Believe in Chiefs podcast. Let's turn to the Kansas City defense.

713
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: What's the strength, what's the biggest weakness? Well, I couldn't.

714
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: You can't. You can't say anything without bringing up Chris Jones, right,

715
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: you can't. You can't have a defensive conversation without him. Um.

716
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: I thought at the beginning of this season, and the

717
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: reason why you know they went after karloftas early in

718
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: the first round was the pass rush. You know, what,

719
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: what is Frank Clark going to be able to bring

720
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: to the table in his you know, advanced age. Um,

721
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 1: you know, are we going to be able to get

722
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: after the quarterback? And you know I would have said

723
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: six weeks ago, eight weeks ago, early on that that

724
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: pass rush was going to be their weak link, and

725
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: it's turning out to be one of their better facets

726
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: of their team. I think a lot of it has

727
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: to do with game planning and positioning that Steve Spagnolan's

728
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: the defense coordinator, is doing. He's taking not a really

729
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: well known group of guys. I mean, you know, George

730
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: Carloftas got his first sack um, you know, full sack

731
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: against the Rams, so he has been a lot of pressures,

732
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: but definitely not getting after the quarterback um. I think

733
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: they were worried about, you know, whether or not, you know,

734
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: obviously we're playing without Frank Clark right now because of

735
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: the of the of the suspension, whether he was going

736
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 1: to be able to hold up. He came back in

737
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: fantastic shape and has been making an impact. And even

738
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 1: guys like you know, Mike Dana, Carlos Dunlap there, they're

739
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: they're Steve spagnol is finding a way to make make

740
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,720
Speaker 1: it work for them. And that's what this defensive staff

741
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: always does, and an offense they do it. I think

742
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: even more. Steve Spagnola never takes a square peg and

743
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 1: tries to jam it into a round hole. He doesn't

744
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: say this is my defensive philosophy, you're going to fit.

745
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: It's my way or the highway. He constantly is evolving

746
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: the player's skills and their attributes to meet the needs

747
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: of the defense. I really respect that about him. I

748
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: love that about coaches. His playbook is very let's call

749
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: it flexible, variable and one that is in you know,

750
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: there's lots of iterations of it. So that would have

751
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: been the weak link. I think right now, you know

752
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: Nick Bolton's playing well, I would have said it was

753
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,760
Speaker 1: the linebacking corp. But with Willie gayback and Nick Bolton's

754
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: having a Pro Bowl type season, Leo Channel as a

755
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: rookie came on. I mean I would have said that

756
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: maybe the whole defense was a week you know, six

757
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: months ago as we were heading into the off season.

758
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,760
Speaker 1: But the drafting of Trent McDuffie, Justin Reid, Legarius Snead

759
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: coming into their own, I have to say I can't

760
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:26,760
Speaker 1: really find as strong of a week link on defense

761
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: as I do on the Chiefs offense, which I think

762
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 1: is still the running game, the overall running game. On defense,

763
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: I think they've shored up all those things where they

764
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 1: might not be a plus in any one of those

765
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: attributes D backs, middle of the field, linebacking and then

766
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 1: up front on the D line. But you know, they're

767
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 1: solid B B plus across the board, and I think

768
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: it's it's giving them some success right now, Joe, you

769
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: mentioned the name Carlos Dunlap. I'm guessing there are Bengals

770
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: fans listening to this that didn't even realize he's wound

771
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: up with the Kansas City Chiefs this year and is

772
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: wearing the number eight. He had some great years in

773
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: Cincinnati before an ugly exit. What's his role with the

774
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 1: Chiefs right now? And how is he doing? I mean,

775
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: he's got he's got four sacks, so he's he's making

776
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: an impact. He's, you know, definitely a great rotation player

777
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: who gets you know, he gets a lot of starts

778
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: um uh and and and he's you know, he's really

779
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: jumped in there. And it's very uh, it's very easy

780
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: to find him on the field because you see a

781
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 1: number eight lining up at defensive end and you're like,

782
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: wait a minute, that that a wide receiver, but fall

783
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: out onto the defense. But he's very very recognizable out there,

784
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: and you know he's been he's been they've been rotating

785
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: him in when he you know, when he starts. But

786
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: that's what this defense has been doing. They've been trying

787
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: to build depth where where they can get, you know,

788
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: folks to rotate through. So they're not playing you know,

789
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: sixty seventy plays on defense. Maybe they're playing you know,

790
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 1: the starters are playing the forty five or fifty critical

791
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: defensive plays because defense is a rotation position, and that's

792
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: what he's been doing. And he's you know, he's made

793
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:02,720
Speaker 1: a really nice role play impact, especially with Frank clark

794
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: suspension and uh, you know, with bringing helping to bring

795
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,919
Speaker 1: guys like George Carl Aftis, you know, an untested rookie along.

796
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: So I think he's been been a great addition. He

797
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: seems to have found his niche with the Chiefs and

798
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 1: he's found his role. So I think the fans are

799
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,760
Speaker 1: really happy to have him. Are there any injury questions

800
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: that we should be keeping our eye on this week

801
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: from Cincinnati? They have to keep an eye on whether,

802
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: you know, what Andy's gonna do besides just the injuries,

803
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 1: you know, what are they gonna do? Uh, you know

804
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: with Clyde Edwards, Hilaire right, is he going to play

805
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: again and is Isaiah Pacheco and Ronald Jones going to

806
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: be Are they going to be the guys rotating in

807
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: with Jack McKinnon. The other one is Joe Tuoney. Joe

808
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: has been banged up a lot, you know. Nick Alagretti

809
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: is the he's my number, sake, number seventy three. Plus

810
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: he got a lot of vows in his name, so

811
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: you know, we kind of any caught a touchdown last year,

812
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: so he's a tackle eligible too. Like we've we've we've

813
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 1: bonded uh dramatically. Um. But yeah, they'll have to keep

814
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: keep an eye on the line and to see, uh,

815
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,760
Speaker 1: you know, if they can try to puncture that weakness

816
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 1: of of you know, if Joe Thuney's not going to

817
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: be able to go and Nick Alagretti steps and he's

818
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: done an admirable job filling in. Um. You know, he's

819
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: not the type of backup that's you know, you're going

820
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: to miss a beat when he gets in there. So

821
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: they've done a really good job inside of of of

822
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: you know, managing depth. I'm a little I get a

823
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 1: little concerned on the outside. We've got some untested tackles

824
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: backing up Orlando Brown and Andrew Wiley in, Darien Kinnard

825
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: and Jared Christian. They haven't really played a whole lot

826
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 1: this season, and uh, you know they're they're kind of

827
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,919
Speaker 1: you know, as the season goes on and you haven't

828
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: been playing, it can get at it gets a little

829
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: worse each day. So you know, just got to make

830
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: sure that old line stays healthy because that was you know,

831
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 1: that was their downfall several years ago. In the Super Bowl.

832
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 1: You had a big man touchdown back in the day. Yeah,

833
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,919
Speaker 1: I had four actually, so well, well, I just you know, listen,

834
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: here's one of my greatest uh you know, uh, the

835
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 1: greatest honors is that I share that record with Anthony

836
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: Munio's who also had four tackle eligible touchdowns. So we

837
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: share the record along with another player. There's four four

838
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 1: offensive linemen who have scored four touchdowns, so you know,

839
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: I will always of course, of course, Anthony Munos was

840
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,439
Speaker 1: one of my idols growing up. I loved watching him play.

841
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 1: My college strength coach was very good friends with the

842
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: Bengal strength coach back then, who you know, used to

843
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: train guys like Anthony and Tim crumb Ry and so

844
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 1: I got to know Reggie Williams and so I knew

845
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 1: a lot about the Bengals even though I was a

846
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: Philly NFC kid growing up in Philadelphia with my Eagles.

847
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: I knew a lot about the Bengals through my college

848
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: strength coach who was friendly with the Bengal strength coach,

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Speaker 1: really cool connection there with Anthony Joe Valerio, host of

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Speaker 1: an NFL record with Anthony Munios. So I doesn't get

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Speaker 1: any better than I Just wish I could have played

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Speaker 1: as long as he did or had as many Pro Bowls.

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Speaker 1: I just you don't have any fingers that face sideways

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time. Thank you so much. Awesome Dan,

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