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Speaker 1: Hi again, everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: the Bengals Booth Podcast. The Turn Up the Lights and

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Speaker 1: here Babe. Addition, as the Bengals shine under the national

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Speaker 1: Thursday night spotlight as they knock off the undefeated Dolphins

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Speaker 1: twenty seven to fifteen. Coming up, you'll hear radio replays,

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Speaker 1: postgame comments from players and coaches, and analysis from my

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Speaker 1: broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then, in this week's fun Facts segment,

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Speaker 1: you'll get to know Bengals defensive back Trey Flowers. The

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Speaker 1: thing since a Visit from the Commissioner. NFL Commissioner Roger

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Speaker 1: Goodell was in Cincinnati for the game and dropped by

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Speaker 1: the broadcast booth for a pregame show interview. He said

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Speaker 1: great things about the city and about Katie and Elizabeth Blackburn,

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Speaker 1: Dave Lapham and me. As far as I'm concerned, the

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Speaker 1: man uttered the most beautiful words in the English language

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Speaker 1: from his basement a few years ago when he said,

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Speaker 1: with the first pick in the twenty twenty NFL Draft,

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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals select Joe Burrow. Now, let's get to

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Speaker 1: the radio replays from Thursday's white out win in front

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Speaker 1: of a record crowd of sixty seven thousand, two hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty at pay Horse Stadium. Burrow takes the staff

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Speaker 1: add it to mix Night's inside for the first down

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Speaker 1: the end zone. Get the touchdown. Joe Nixon takes it

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Speaker 1: in from five yards out, his first touchdown of the

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Speaker 1: year and for the second consecutive week. But Bengals take

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Speaker 1: He's gonna fire high and deep down field for Tyreek

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Speaker 1: Wants to throw deep. Nobody open. He'll be sacked Josh

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Speaker 1: a fifty two yard field goal try for Jason Sanders.

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Speaker 1: Xavian Howard in coverage. Te Higgins made the catch, broke

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrows touchdown passes, hayden Hurst caught the other to

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Speaker 1: tonight the clincher. Those are always fun, aren't thing. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: How would you describe the atmosphere out there tonight, absolutely electric.

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Speaker 1: and the wind he sir, thank you so much. Before

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Speaker 1: more at paycort dot com. The Dolphins had eleven possessions

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Speaker 1: So it was a great win and the atmosphere was electric,

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Speaker 1: So you know it's tough. You felt the energy shift

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Speaker 1: Now time for postgame analysis and this week's radio guys recap,

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Speaker 1: Well lapped. I vaguely remember when the Bengals were oh

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Speaker 1: take the football, go up against that dolphin defense had

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Speaker 1: played ninety snaps in that heat and humidity, and grind

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Speaker 1: on him a little bit. I think that had a

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Speaker 1: little bit of effect as the game came to a conclusion,

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Speaker 1: particularly when they went down a couple of scores, they

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Speaker 1: didn't really have much fight left. So the Bengals offensive

431
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Speaker 1: line got ripped and roasted the first couple of weeks

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Speaker 1: of the season. Last week, they surrendered two sacks in

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Speaker 1: the win over the Jets. Tonight it was one sack,

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Speaker 1: so it's obviously trending up. And tonight only three quarterback hits.

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Speaker 1: Last week against the Jets, Joe still got hit nine times,

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Speaker 1: but tonight he rarely hit the ground. I thought he

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Speaker 1: had a lot of very good pockets where you know,

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Speaker 1: there was nobody within five yards of him, and he

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Speaker 1: had an unimpeded view. I mean, he had big throwing

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Speaker 1: lanes that there were no bodies in front of him.

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Speaker 1: And to me, you know, that's when you're really protecting

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Speaker 1: well when you give the quarterback not only time but

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Speaker 1: space and and so all three of those components tonight

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Speaker 1: he did have time and for the most party had

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Speaker 1: space to operate and then vision to see the field.

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Speaker 1: And you can't say that, you know, necessarily, particularly in

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Speaker 1: the first two weeks. It got better last week and

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Speaker 1: it improved this week. So the graph's going in the

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Speaker 1: right direction. A gigantic game for te Higgins seven catches

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Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty four yards, including the fifty nine

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Speaker 1: yard touchdown. Jamar Chase had four catches for eighty one yards.

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Speaker 1: I think most people look at this team, as you know,

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Speaker 1: Chase is the number one receiver and Higgins is a

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Speaker 1: very good number two. It's probably time to throw that aside.

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Speaker 1: It's one and one a. If you go back to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs last year, te Higgins made just as many

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Speaker 1: big plays down the stretch as Jamar Chase. They truly

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Speaker 1: have two number one receivers and probably two of the

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Speaker 1: top ten or fifteen in the NFL. Agreed, you know,

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Speaker 1: and every one of the receivers. The Trio had a

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Speaker 1: massive play fifty nine yard touchdown, forty three yard reception

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Speaker 1: by Tyler Boyd, twenty a thirty six yard completion to

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Speaker 1: Mark Our twenty three yard completion de mar Chase, and

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Speaker 1: he had another thirty six yard reception from Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 1: So they got, you know, four plays of twenty yards

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Speaker 1: and more from you know, three different guys. So and

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Speaker 1: then the other one like we thought, Okay, which tight

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Speaker 1: end's going to step up? Hayden Hurst gave me a

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Speaker 1: lot of energy on that nineteen yard catch. It got

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Speaker 1: the crowd going. He got it going, He got his

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Speaker 1: teammates going. Three yard passed for sixteen run after catch

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Speaker 1: for sixteen yards. The two yard touchdown reception was huge.

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Speaker 1: He had a massive contribution. You know, you think, oh,

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Speaker 1: you know, you know what, three catches for twenty seven yards.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you have to look at the entirety of in

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Speaker 1: the scope of what those catches when they occurred, how

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Speaker 1: important they were. They were big. They were big plays

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Speaker 1: by Hayden Hurst. So I thought he made a major

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Speaker 1: contribution as well, a lot of big plays on the

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Speaker 1: defensive end. Tonight, Von Bell with his first two interception

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Speaker 1: game out only in the NFL, but his first since

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Speaker 1: high school. He never had two in a game at

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Speaker 1: Ohio State. Logan Wilson with a huge stop on third

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Speaker 1: and one in the fourth quarter when the Bengals were

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Speaker 1: clinging to a two point lead. I'll group this in

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Speaker 1: on defense, rookie Jeffrey Gunter blocking that fifty two yard

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Speaker 1: field goal try, Josh Tupo with the first sack of

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Speaker 1: his NFL career. Unfortunately, it was the play that knocked

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Speaker 1: to a Tungo Vloa out of the game. But it

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Speaker 1: was a big defensive play at the time, a lot

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Speaker 1: of defensive heroes. In summary, there was Dan and you

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Speaker 1: know they had their duo. The Bengals had the trio,

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Speaker 1: and we talked about each one of them coming up

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Speaker 1: with a big play, an explosive play. Everybody was like,

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Speaker 1: oh man, you know, this is the Olympic caliber speed

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Speaker 1: for these guys. And well, Hill had his moments. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: ten catches one hundred and sixty yards. A bunch of

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Speaker 1: him came on a sixty four yard completion, though I

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Speaker 1: mean that that was a big play. Obviously he had

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Speaker 1: another one for twenty six so you know there's there's

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Speaker 1: over half of it on those two steps they shot

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Speaker 1: waddled down, you know, two catches for thirty nine yards.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they did a good job. If you can't

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Speaker 1: let both of them hurt you, and that's what had

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Speaker 1: happened in the past in some of the games that

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Speaker 1: Dolphins played in, and they had a package where you know,

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Speaker 1: they were going to make both those guys work and

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Speaker 1: earn their catches and their plays. And it worked out

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Speaker 1: because they Waddle Waddle could not could not support what

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Speaker 1: Hill was doing, and the Bengals had a support system.

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Speaker 1: You know, Higgins had the big numbers, he was getting

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Speaker 1: the one on one coverage. You know they were saying, okay,

513
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Speaker 1: how just you eliminate him, You'll race him one on one.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna double Boyd in the sawt and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: double Jamar Chase. And every time Joe Joe Burrow saw

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Speaker 1: that man coverage, they were including the obviously the big

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Speaker 1: play for the touchdown that was huge, just a great

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Speaker 1: route and a great catch. But they have an answer

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Speaker 1: for everything, which is which is great and uh Louiana

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Speaker 1: Rumo his defensive football team. They're on a roll right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean the the touchdown not not scoring a touchdown

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Speaker 1: streak end there at twenty four possessions, but they're starting

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Speaker 1: another one as we'll go, another twenty possessions act. They've

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Speaker 1: only given up four touchdowns on the season, four touchdowns

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Speaker 1: now five because you know, the pick six, but four

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Speaker 1: defensive touchdowns in four football games. It's gonna win you

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Speaker 1: a lot of football games. And the other thing, Miami's

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Speaker 1: two for ten on third down, two for ten. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's that's gonna win you a lot of football games

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Speaker 1: as well. You're talking you know, money downs and we're

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Speaker 1: talking about you know, they drive to start it at

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Speaker 1: the ten and went all the way to the two

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Speaker 1: and then they have to settle the field goal the

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Speaker 1: ultimate ben. But don't break. And you know, as the

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Speaker 1: old saying goes, yards are for losers. Winners worry about points.

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Speaker 1: You know, points on the board is what the key

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Speaker 1: thing is. And they're they're amongst the league leaders points allowed,

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt. I guess the only negative was the

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Speaker 1: running game. They tried at twenty four carries for Joe

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Speaker 1: Mix and he did score a five yard touchdown. He

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Speaker 1: also had four catches, but there's twenty four rushing attempts

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Speaker 1: only produced sixty one yards. Just have not been able

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Speaker 1: to really get him rolling yet. Yeah, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: they did a decent job out in the field, got

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Speaker 1: to third and ones and converted. You know, they probably

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Speaker 1: through it was probably five times. It was probably three

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Speaker 1: and two running the past, but you know, the low

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Speaker 1: red zone, uh, failures were bothersome. You got to get

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Speaker 1: it done. In order to be a very good finishing

550
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Speaker 1: football team, you have to be able to run the

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Speaker 1: ball in the red zone, in particular in the low

552
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Speaker 1: red zone because the field so compressed and you have

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Speaker 1: to impose yourself, you know, in those kind of close

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Speaker 1: situations somewhere somehow. So they got they still have work

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Speaker 1: to do. They're far from a finished product, and you know,

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Speaker 1: that's the encouraging thing. I think. I think Miami is

557
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Speaker 1: a solid football team. I think they're gonna I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna win their share of games. I think that's

559
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Speaker 1: a pretty good group. And I think their head coach

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Speaker 1: has got it going on, and they believe in him

561
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 1: and he believes in them, and you know that two

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Speaker 1: way trust can be a powerful thing. I think I

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna be a snootfral for a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: So the Bengals have faced Mitchell Trubisky, Cooper Rush, Joe Flacco,

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Speaker 1: they get a little more than a half where they

566
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Speaker 1: face Teddy Bridgewater about to get more challenging in the

567
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Speaker 1: next game, assuming that Lamar Jackson is Okay when Baltimore

568
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Speaker 1: plays this weekend Sunday night football in Baltimore against the

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Speaker 1: guy who's off to an incredible start, Yeah he is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that's betting on himself. He's

571
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Speaker 1: putting all the chips in the middle of the table.

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Speaker 1: He's got a lot of incentive. And I mean he's

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Speaker 1: responsible in the first three games for twelve touchdowns, ten passing,

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Speaker 1: too rushing. There's only one team in the NFL that's

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Speaker 1: scored more touchdowns than he hasn't as an individual. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's crazy the stuff he's doing. So, you know, but

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Speaker 1: I will say I believe in lou Louis had some

578
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Speaker 1: good game plans and the versatility and the positionless players

579
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Speaker 1: that he has to use his chess pieces. I just

580
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: wonder what the next move is going to be to

581
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Speaker 1: try to, you know, at least check if not checkmate

582
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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, because that's a that's a handful right now,

583
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Speaker 1: the way he's playing. But if they can, if they

584
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Speaker 1: can just minimize the production of Chase that that defensive

585
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: football team is not the same. I mean, they're a

586
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Speaker 1: struggling at this point in time, So you got to

587
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Speaker 1: hope that Joe Burrow in the Bengals offense continue to

588
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Speaker 1: grow and improve and that might be able to throw

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Speaker 1: up a lot of points on the board because at

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Speaker 1: some point they're going to have to win the football game.

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Speaker 1: The defense has been the story in the first four

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Speaker 1: games so the season. They've been the consistent thread. The

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Speaker 1: offense has had their ups and down. Special teams has contributed.

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Speaker 1: You know, I mean the complimentary football aspect of it,

595
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Speaker 1: but you know, defensively, that phase of this football team

596
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Speaker 1: has been the most consistent on a week to week

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Speaker 1: basis by far. Enjoy your many by weekend, you do

598
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Speaker 1: the same, sir, have the best weekend you ever had.

599
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Speaker 1: The Bengals exercise some demons last year when they ended

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Speaker 1: the long playoff drought and finally one our road play

601
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Speaker 1: off game. Next week, they'll try to exercise another demon

602
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Speaker 1: when they faced the Ravens on Sunday Night Football. The

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Speaker 1: Bengals all time record in Sunday Night games on NBC

604
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Speaker 1: is one and twelve. This podcast is presented by Bengals

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Speaker 1: Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with tickets

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Speaker 1: and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both inside the

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Speaker 1: Bengals app. Finally, it's time for this week's fun Facts interview,

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Speaker 1: where we get to know the person under the pads.

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Speaker 1: Time for some fun facts with Bengals cornerback trade Flowers

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Speaker 1: from Converse, Texas near San Antonio. Describe your hometown a

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Speaker 1: little bit and what were some of the things you

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Speaker 1: enjoy doing as a kid. Typical Texas high school football town.

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Speaker 1: We all set down to go to the games. Some

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Speaker 1: things I enjoy growing up was just football the whole town.

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Speaker 1: That's what we played. We played every chance we got,

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Speaker 1: so that was always your number one sport, always, always, Never.

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Speaker 1: I was taught everybody wanted me to play basketball, but

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Speaker 1: I knew in my heart I was gonna play football.

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Speaker 1: You have an uncle that played in the NFL. Correct,

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Speaker 1: Eric Flowers, first round pick two thousand drafts to the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And did he helped create that desire for

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Speaker 1: this to become a profession if you could make it? Definitely,

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Speaker 1: just seeing it. I was there when he got drafted.

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Speaker 1: We were all at my grandma's house, and I remember

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Speaker 1: that day like yesterday. I don't care how long ago

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Speaker 1: it was, and just knowing what football did for our family,

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Speaker 1: so as I saw all I wanted to do. We're

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Speaker 1: doing fun facts with Trey Flowers. Being in Cincinnati is

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Speaker 1: not the first time you've worn orange and black. You

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Speaker 1: went to Oklahoma State. Why did you choose Oklahoma State

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Speaker 1: and what did you enjoy most about your college experience.

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Speaker 1: Why I trod Oklahoma State. It was a family atmosphere,

633
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Speaker 1: a lot like here, close to home. My mom liked it.

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Speaker 1: That had my major. I was real big on academics,

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Speaker 1: and it just worked out. I loved everything about Oakleam

636
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Speaker 1: State my time there. I read shared it one year.

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Speaker 1: That's probably my toughest year not playing football, but I

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Speaker 1: started four years after that and we won a lot

639
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Speaker 1: of games. You were drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in

640
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: the fifth round in twenty eighteen. Describe your draft experience.

641
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: Typical draft experience. Wanted to go earlier, but very grateful

642
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: to go in the fifth round. Got the call and

643
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: they taught me I was switching positions on the phone

644
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: for the draft, so on top of being anxious and excited,

645
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: it was just a lot of emotions that I really

646
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,479
Speaker 1: can't even explain. I was just ready to get up

647
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: there and get my best put my best foot forward

648
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: from safety in college immediately to cornerback in the NFL.

649
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: What was the most difficult part about that switch? The

650
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: eyes part, I would say just being disciplined at corner.

651
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: You know, they say you're on the island the whole time.

652
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: Just knowing that and being able to use both eyes

653
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: on the field. Being in the middle of the field

654
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: that safety is it's very different. So that was one

655
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: of the things. The footwork, of course, just and learning

656
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: concepts from a different perspective. But it helped my football knowledge,

657
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: Like through the roof, I could see it through everybody's eyes.

658
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: Now for visiting the trade Flowers, you joined the Bengals

659
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: last year in mid October after you were claimed off waivers.

660
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: You hopped on the Red Eye, took the overnight flight

661
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: to Cincinnati, and showed up at practice the next morning.

662
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: Why the rush. I wanted to show the thing since

663
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: Seattle didn't go is I wanted it, and I wanted

664
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: to show that I was ready. I wanted to show

665
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: that any team could put me anywhere, I could play anywhere,

666
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: and just to believe in me. So it was just

667
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: a test to me, Like I just I wasn't backing

668
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: off at all. When that situation didn't work out, I

669
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: knew something was gonna come in my favor, and it did.

670
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: I got here and it was a blessing. In a

671
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: very short period of time, it felt like you had

672
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 1: been here for like three years. What was it about

673
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,719
Speaker 1: your teammates or the coaching staff or whatever that allowed

674
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: you to fit in so quickly and so well. It

675
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: was so I remember couch Rob from the combine. He

676
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: liked me at Oklahoma State, so just that familiar familiarity.

677
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: Me and Jesse came out the same year, so we

678
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: talked at the combine a lot, and then just seeing

679
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: how serious guys were about football. It was no outside

680
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: distractions when they came to work. They came to work.

681
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: I always do a lot of extra stuff, like I

682
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 1: always lift and do that, and everybody was in there

683
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: with me, like we didn't plan it, and it was

684
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: just they saw me working, I saw them working it.

685
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,279
Speaker 1: It just made us closer as a team, and they

686
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: were already close when I got here. I loved it,

687
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: so I just wanted to fit in. So you joined

688
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: the Bengals and go to the Super Bowl your first

689
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: year with this team. There's a great picture of you

690
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: on the internet. I think it's from your hometown newspaper

691
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: of you with your dad after the FC Championship. You've

692
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: just put the AFC Championship hat on his head. You

693
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: two are embracing. Can you describe that moment? Man, It

694
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: was just a lot of you say fun facts. My

695
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: dad was in a motorcycle accident my junior year of college.

696
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: I never thought. I didn't think he was gonna make it,

697
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: you know, shattered his pelvis, ruptured a lot of organs

698
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: and whatnot. He didn't walk. He was an ICU for

699
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: like fifty days. So he kind of gave me another

700
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: motivation to just keep going, keep going. And seeing him

701
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: after that game, you know, all the emotions coming and

702
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: it just felt so good that everything paid off. How's

703
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: he doing now? Great? You know, see him now, you

704
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: wouldn't even know. He's a little slower in a step,

705
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: but very grateful for life. Works out, goes to work.

706
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 1: I love it. That's great. We're visiting the Trey Flowers.

707
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: So the Super Bowl obviously featured a heartbreaking ending for

708
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: the Bengals, but it's experience that every player dreams of

709
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 1: reaching at some point in their career. Hopefully more than

710
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: once in your case. But what was the Super Bowl

711
00:35:55,120 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: experience like for you? It was it was surreal. It

712
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 1: was like a dream, you know, just going there and

713
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 1: all the activities and stuff. It was a little different,

714
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: you know. But at the end of the day, we

715
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: were just playing football. And that's what I love to do,

716
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: is a little bigger crowd, a little more celebrities in

717
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: the crowd. But it was just playing football. And it

718
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: sucks we came up a little short, but we'll be

719
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: all right. I'll right some wildcard topics. Now, for tray flowers,

720
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: you are not the only trade flowers in the NFL.

721
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 1: You are t R There's t R e Y with

722
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. Do you ever get confused for the

723
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 1: other tray flowers? Now, my grandma is a big Google person.

724
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: Now that's what she does. She says, there and Google.

725
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,280
Speaker 1: She's so mad that his name comes up before mine.

726
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: His picture comes up. But now that's that's about it.

727
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: I've been watching him since Arkansas. I found out about

728
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 1: him before he even got drafted. I used to Google

729
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: myself too when I was a kid, So seeing him,

730
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: I just, you know, I supported him. Family along the way.

731
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: I don't know maybe a long time ago now. In

732
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: your case, Trey is short for trade quill or trey quill,

733
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: tray kill, tray kill traquille. So like Shaquille O'Neill. A

734
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: lot of people don't know Shacks from San Antonio. I

735
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: was a real big baby. My family ran with it.

736
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: The doctors came up with it. It was they just

737
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: took it and go. You made it to sixty three,

738
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 1: not seventeen. Man file sevento. I might have picked a

739
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: different sport. I suspect you would have. We're visiting the

740
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,720
Speaker 1: tray flowers. You have described your offseason job as dad.

741
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: What do you love about being a father? What do

742
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: I love about it? It doesn't matter what type of

743
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,399
Speaker 1: day I'm having, or what type of game I had,

744
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: or I'm real hard on myself. You know, like every

745
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: other football player, that you want to play the perfect game.

746
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: And she doesn't see any of that, she doesn't care

747
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: about any of that. She sees me. She's happy, energetic,

748
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: she gives me life, she gives me love, and I

749
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: just see her, I have no chance about to smile.

750
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: She's so happy to see me as I gotta go.

751
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 1: It just gives me a motivation do you have any

752
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: hidden talents. Hidden talents? Uh, I can cook pretty good.

753
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,359
Speaker 1: I can cook a little bit. My dad likes when

754
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: I cook, So that's my When she tells me it

755
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: is good, that like really done something to me, I

756
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 1: would say, that's my hidden talent, my go to dish.

757
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: I'm from Texas, I'm from San Antonio, so I can

758
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: make enchiladas and she really likes them so and it

759
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: makes me feel like that that feeling that makes me

760
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: feel real good that she says that, what do you

761
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: like to splurge on with your money? But my money.

762
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: I was a real type person. That's what my parents

763
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 1: always said growing up. I never really I just bought

764
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: my car this year, first car ever. Five years in

765
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: the league, never had a car. So I had a

766
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: couple of marketing deals in Seattle, and then when I

767
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: went home, I used my parents car. They had extra

768
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 1: I paid off their cars, so you got let me

769
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: use one if I paid it off. So that was it.

770
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: I never really I splured on my daughter and my fiance.

771
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: They get they got so much clothes and whatnot. But

772
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: I'm a simple guy. Since you're from the San Antonio area,

773
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: Is the Alamo overrated? Is a tourist destination. Now, I

774
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: would never say that. I would think people would want

775
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: to go learn the history. And Texas history is a thing,

776
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: so I always push Texas history on a lot of people.

777
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: But I mean, other people have other opinions. You'll never

778
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: hear that from me. And the Riverwalk is truly awesome, truly,

779
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: I think so just if you're from there, of course

780
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: you get tired of it. I can see that from

781
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: some people, but I'm sitting the people there. If you go,

782
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: if you've never been to San Antonio, you gotta go

783
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: see it one time at least. Totally agree. Final fun

784
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: fact for Trey Flowers, This one's kind of deep. If

785
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: you could meet anybody in history, athlete, actor, statesman, whoever

786
00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: it might be, who would that person be. That's always

787
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 1: hard for me because I'm a real big perspective person.

788
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 1: I would want to see like my someone in my family.

789
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: I won't say who, just younger and they get to

790
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: see me like this, and I get to see them

791
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: how they were, and I want to see if there's

792
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: any similarities, you know, just I always I used to

793
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: talk to my grandma. I talk to my grandma every day,

794
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 1: and my other grandparents passed away. Sadly. They were a

795
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: little older, but we were a lot alike. We agreed

796
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: a lot, and even as a young kid, they always

797
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 1: would say they see me in them, and I would

798
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: just want to do that. I wouldn't want I can't

799
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: pick somebody specifically, but I just want to go back

800
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: in time and pick their brain. See, you want to

801
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: like me like this. You want a time machine as

802
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 1: I want a time machine. I don't want to talk

803
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: to one person. I want a time machine just for

804
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: a couple of days. I'll come back. It's a very

805
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: good answer. I appreciate your time. This was fun. Best

806
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 1: about the rest of the year. Thank you, Thank you

807
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,839
Speaker 1: for having me. That's going to do it for this

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