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Speaker 1: winning a third straight AFC North title with an annual

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Speaker 1: guest on this podcast, Robert Windrab. Robert writes about the

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Speaker 1: Bengals during the season for Cincinnati Magazine and prior to

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Speaker 1: FTN Football Almanac formerly known as the Football Outsiders Almanac.

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Speaker 1: to my first guest. In this year's FTN Football Almanac,

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Speaker 1: the voluminous data projects the Bengals to win ten point

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Speaker 1: two games and gives them a thirty percent chance of

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Speaker 1: winning twelve or more. Those projections are about as good

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Speaker 1: as any team in the NFL, and yet there's a

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Speaker 1: and all things Bengals with the guy who wrote the

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Speaker 1: chapter about the team in this year's edition, Robert Weintraub. Robert,

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Speaker 1: let's start with this shocker from this year's Almanac. While

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Speaker 1: the Almanac projects the Bengals to be one of the

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Speaker 1: best teams in the NFL, the Cleveland Browns are actually

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Speaker 1: the AFC North. Why the love for Cleveland.

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Speaker 2: Nobody has to give it to them, right? You know,

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Speaker 2: I almost walked off the Almanac in protest when I

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Speaker 2: saw that myself. Most of it is just a minor

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Speaker 2: mathematical noise. You know, we play the season out one

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Speaker 2: that's not exactly the Almanac saying put all your money

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Speaker 2: and it doesn't like it when you lose starters like

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Speaker 2: You know, we talked about this last year and we wondered,

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Speaker 2: I think Pratt would have been a difficult player to replace,

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Speaker 1: Our guest is Robert win Traby writes regularly about the

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Speaker 1: the FTN Football Almanac this year. I want to go

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Speaker 1: back to the draft because you wrote a very positive

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Speaker 1: article on the digital pages of Cincinnati Magazine about the draft,

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Speaker 1: and you actually have a unique perspective about Miles Murphy.

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Speaker 1: You have been following him for years, correct.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean following him sounds like I've been stalking

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Speaker 2: him for years. I wouldn't say that's the case. I

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Speaker 2: He went to Clemson, and I think that was a

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Speaker 2: I think Murphy did underachieve a bit at Clemson. There

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Speaker 2: were various factors involved in that. They had some defensive

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Speaker 2: And certainly that he has the qualities that he can

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Speaker 1: Did their approach to the draft suggest anything to you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I write about this in the Almanac, and I

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Speaker 2: think you see big picture that the Bengals and the

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Speaker 1: that the Bengals are thin at running back and tight end.

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Speaker 2: With all the money in my pockets, which is, you know,

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Speaker 1: So when the Bengals drafted Joe Burrow, you coined my

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Speaker 2: changed over the last couple of years. When you know,

432
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Speaker 2: all we ever thought about was, oh, here comes you

433
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Speaker 2: know the Steelers, we got to play the forty nine

434
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Speaker 2: ers this year whatever. And now the shoes on the

435
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 2: other foot and teams run the league think to themselves, oh, oh,

436
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,199
Speaker 2: we got to play Cincinnati. I mean that just that

437
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 2: in itself, that kind of mindset. It's not really a

438
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Speaker 2: metrics or an analytics thing necessarily, but it's great as

439
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Speaker 2: a Bengals fan to know that that exists around the league.

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Speaker 1: All right, final thing for Robert Weintraub. I grew up

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Speaker 1: in New York State. We got the New York City

442
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Speaker 1: TV stations on cable, so I watched Mets games, Yankees games,

443
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: Knicks games, Nets games, Rangers games, Devil's games, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: You are doing something called the New York City one thousand. Now,

445
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Speaker 1: we all like lists. I've never heard of anybody tackling

446
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Speaker 1: a list included one thousand things on it. Explained the

447
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Speaker 1: New York City one thousand.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess the best way to explain it is

449
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,879
Speaker 2: not so temporary insanity. I just, you know, I started

450
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 2: to think about it. I'm from New York too, in

451
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Speaker 2: case people don't know from the city, and you know

452
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Speaker 2: I except for the Bengals, I'm obviously a big New

453
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Speaker 2: York sports fan as well, and I just got a

454
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Speaker 2: big fan of history as well, both sports history and

455
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Speaker 2: sort of great New York and American history. And it's

456
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Speaker 2: just I started thinking about all the incredible stuff that's been,

457
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Speaker 2: you know, gone on through the years there, and I

458
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Speaker 2: start thinking about the wide range not just the teams

459
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Speaker 2: you mentioned, but all the boxing and horse racing and

460
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Speaker 2: golf and tennis and everything else that goes down in

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Speaker 2: New York. And for some wild, insane reason, I decided

462
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Speaker 2: to not just make a list, but to write about

463
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Speaker 2: each one of these. So I have a sub stack,

464
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Speaker 2: like so many other people in the media these days, called,

465
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Speaker 2: as you said, the NYC one thousand, and you can

466
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Speaker 2: go to that substack anytime and check it out. And

467
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Speaker 2: you know, the sheer volume of games over the years.

468
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Speaker 2: You know, sports have been going on in New York

469
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Speaker 2: City for about one hundred and forty years plus now,

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Speaker 2: and I just, you know, I started at fifty, and

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Speaker 2: then I went to one hundred very quickly, and that

472
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Speaker 2: became five hundred very quickly, and then I wanted to,

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Speaker 2: you know, include all these great athletes and names and

474
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Speaker 2: people who go through there, who've gone through the city,

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Speaker 2: even just for one off appearances like a Muhammad or

476
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,159
Speaker 2: you know Bill Russell in all time greats like that,

477
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Speaker 2: and right about those, and so very quickly it got

478
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Speaker 2: to the one thousand, and I'm counted down. I'm somewhere

479
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Speaker 2: in the eight hundreds now, so you can. It's all

480
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Speaker 2: archived though, and sometime and probably about ten years, we'll

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Speaker 2: get to number one. But the issue is that it

482
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Speaker 2: all had to happen in sort of the New York

483
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Speaker 2: City footprints, So it's not you know, Super Bowl three

484
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Speaker 2: where the Jets won down in Miami, that doesn't count.

485
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Speaker 2: It's got to happen in New York. So that's my

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Speaker 2: little you know, conceit with the whole thing. But there's

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Speaker 2: even with that, there's more than enough teams and or

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Speaker 2: I should say matches, events, games, fights, horse races to

489
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Speaker 2: really make that list difficult to marrow down, surprising as

490
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Speaker 2: it sounds, and you know, one of these days, before

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Speaker 2: I shuffle up this mortal kill, I'll get to number

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Speaker 2: one and share it with all of you. But the

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Speaker 2: more people who check it out, I do think you'll

494
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Speaker 2: be entertained and maybe learn a few things along the way.

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Speaker 1: Very entertaining based on the ones that I've read so far,

496
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Speaker 1: and since you're in the eight hundreds, I'm guessing it's

497
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Speaker 1: going to be quite a while before we get to

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Speaker 1: a thirty nine year old Jimmy Connors in the nineteen

499
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Speaker 1: ninety one US Open, which might be my favorite New

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Speaker 1: York City area sports moment.

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Speaker 2: That's fascinating. Yeah, that's definitely high up on the list,

502
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Speaker 2: and it sort of encompasses a lot of what New

503
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Speaker 2: York sports is about. Electricity, personality, incredible, you know, display

504
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Speaker 2: of athletic ability and that. You know, the way I

505
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Speaker 2: rank these events is not just by you know, on

506
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Speaker 2: the court, field whatever. That's one category, but it's also

507
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Speaker 2: you know, is it a Hall of Fame person, a

508
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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame athlete involved, Is there you know, something

509
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Speaker 2: that really meant something to history involved or was it

510
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 2: just a one off it was important to New York itself?

511
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Speaker 2: Obviously at Connors at the US Open kind of hits

512
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Speaker 2: all those sweet spots along with others. There were some

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Speaker 2: that were higher, and there were even some ten matches

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Speaker 2: that might have been a little higher. But that's way

515
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Speaker 2: up on the list for sure. And you know, Jimbo,

516
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,959
Speaker 2: a Californian really came to encompass a lot of what

517
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Speaker 2: New York City and New York City athletics and that

518
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Speaker 2: personality is really all about. So he's made the list

519
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Speaker 2: in a couple of other areas as well, So if

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Speaker 2: you're not just a football fan, but a fan of

521
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Speaker 2: any other sport, you can definitely find something to enjoy

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Speaker 2: in the list, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: Highly recommend the Almanac again this year. Your chapters about

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Speaker 1: the Bengals and the Browns are both outstanding. We look

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Speaker 1: forward to your weekly articles about the Bengals on the

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Speaker 1: digital pages of Cincinnati Magazine and I always appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time this time of the year. Thanks so much, look

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Speaker 1: forward to continuing to read the NYC one thousand.

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Speaker 2: Greatly appreciate it. Dan, have a great season, and give

530
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Speaker 2: my love to your broadcast partner Dave Lapham as well.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to be a fan of New York

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Speaker 1: City sports to enjoys Robert list of the top one

533
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Speaker 1: thousand events. His writing is the fun part. If you're

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Speaker 1: interested in check kicking it out, just search for NYC

535
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Speaker 1: Find both inside the Bengals App. Week two of the

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Speaker 1: preseason takes the Bengals to Atlanta on Friday night, and

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Speaker 1: while it sounds like the starters might get a few snaps,

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Speaker 1: the backups will still see most of the action. That

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Speaker 1: includes young players like second year safety Tyson Anderson, who

543
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: had two interceptions in a span of about eight minutes

544
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Speaker 1: in last week's loss to the Packers. I spoke to

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Speaker 1: the twenty four year old this week. Tyson, you are

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Speaker 1: the star of the preseason opener last Friday night. You

547
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Speaker 1: had two interceptions, including a forty three yard at pick six.

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Speaker 1: It had to be thrilling for you. Could you sleep

549
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Speaker 1: after the game?

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Speaker 3: H No, I ain't really sleep too much. I was

551
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Speaker 3: just up and joining with my family. Honestly, we just

552
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Speaker 3: kicked it out all night. Honestly, was just at the

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Speaker 3: houses on each other company.

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Speaker 1: You're from the Toledo area, so you had a bunch

555
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Speaker 1: of folks down for the game.

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Speaker 3: Yep. My dad, my mom, grandparents, sister, her friends and

557
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 3: family friend was there too, so we had a lot

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Speaker 3: of people.

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Speaker 1: You had two interceptions in the game. You had two

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Speaker 1: interceptions in your career at Toledo. Was it bad luck

561
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Speaker 1: at Toledo or is there something about the things you've

562
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Speaker 1: learned here or the defense you're playing in now that

563
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Speaker 1: helps explain that two interceptions in one half performance.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll probably say Toledo just had a few dropped

565
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Speaker 3: opportunities too. So just making the most of my opportunities

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Speaker 3: when I have the ball hit my hands, just making

567
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Speaker 3: sure I come down with it. That's more so been

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Speaker 3: in my emphasis because I know I dropped a few

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Speaker 3: at Toledo. And now obviously coach lou just putting us

570
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Speaker 3: in in great situations in our dB coaches, Coach Chuck,

571
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Speaker 3: coach coach Rob just giving us knowledge to go out

572
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Speaker 3: there and play fast and make plays.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up lou Anroumo because after the

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Speaker 1: game you were naturally bombarded by reporters and you kept

575
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Speaker 1: saying time and time again, coach Anarumo puts us in

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Speaker 1: great position to make plays. So what stands out about

577
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Speaker 1: playing for him now for one year?

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Speaker 3: I mean he's just a players coach. The guys just

579
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Speaker 3: rally around him. Like I said, he just always puts

580
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Speaker 3: us in great positions, got up prefer of things we

581
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Speaker 3: do defensively that kind of just a lot of stuff

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Speaker 3: that we do to kind of throw quarterbacks off and

583
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Speaker 3: throw offensive coordinators off, and we do a good job

584
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Speaker 3: of protecting the end zone and things like that. So

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00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 3: he for sure does a great job just switching it up,

586
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Speaker 3: getting us in and out of calls. Uh, stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: We're visiting with safety Tyson Anderson. I'm sure a lot

588
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Speaker 1: of people have seen the footage of your teammate Mike

589
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Speaker 1: Thomas almost moved to tears after the game because he

590
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Speaker 1: was so happy for you and so proud of you.

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Speaker 1: What did that mean to you?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, man, I always tell everybody my family back

593
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Speaker 3: home and I was going through all I was going

594
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Speaker 3: through last year. He was always one dude I know

595
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 3: I could always talk to, always could lean on, and

596
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 3: it was always Mike. Whether I was me going and

597
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Speaker 3: watch film with him, what I was him invited me

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Speaker 3: to his house on Thanksgiving when my family was three

599
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Speaker 3: hours away, and just kicking it with his family and

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Speaker 3: his kids and stuff like that. So Mike, man, he

601
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Speaker 3: just a legend in my eyes. And then playing the

602
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 3: game a long time, and no matter what in this league,

603
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Speaker 3: you really don't meet too many people like him to

604
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 3: kind of get back to the younger guys like he does,

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Speaker 3: and just happy to be in influenced by just having

606
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Speaker 3: a part of my life. For real.

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Speaker 1: You had a hamstring injury last year, so the last

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Speaker 1: time that you played prior to last Friday night was

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Speaker 1: the final preseason game last year. What did you miss

610
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Speaker 1: about playing in football games last season?

611
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Speaker 3: Just the crowd, the reactions of the crowd, and then

612
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 3: just that brotherhood. It just when you make plays and

613
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 3: things like that, and your guys just celebrating with you,

614
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Speaker 3: and just being out there that camaradie and just being

615
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 3: with your brothers and just not want to make mistakes

616
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Speaker 3: because you don't want to let the guy next to you.

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Speaker 1: Though you weren't able to practice for most of the

618
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Speaker 1: year last year, you did get to at the very

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Speaker 1: end of the season around playoff time. What did you

620
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Speaker 1: do during your rookie year?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, just a lot of a lot of bodywork, obviously

622
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Speaker 3: a lot of lot of resting, and then just sharpening

623
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Speaker 3: up on understanding the playbook so cause I know, if

624
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 3: I know the playbook, it allows me to play a

625
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 3: lot faster, and that's kind of the things that I

626
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 3: that I took on and just implement different things for

627
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 3: my body, just chiropractic work, acupunctual massage, pilates and things

628
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Speaker 3: like that, just to because last year, obviously I was

629
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Speaker 3: shortened because of injury, and this year I'm just trying

630
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: to do everything I can just to stay healthy and

631
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Speaker 3: stay available.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're different physically from all the

633
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Speaker 1: things you described.

634
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 3: Uh, for sure, just got a lot stronger, a lot

635
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 3: more flexible. Those are the two biggest things.

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Speaker 1: We're talking to. Tyson Anderson. You're playing for a spot

637
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: on the fifty three man roster this year. What do

638
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: you think you need to show the coaches in order

639
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: to earn one of those spots.

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Speaker 3: I'd probably just say just continue to just be myself,

641
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 3: be humble, be accountable, just fly around. Just make all

642
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 3: the players that come my way and and everything else

643
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 3: will handle itself. That's all I can do is take

644
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 3: care of me, control my controllables, and I'll go handle

645
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Speaker 3: the rest.

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Speaker 1: One of those things that is controllable is your effort

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Speaker 1: on special teams. And it looks like you are willing

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Speaker 1: and available to do everything and anything that Darren Simmons

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Speaker 3: No, for sure, man, me and coach Simmons got a

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Speaker 3: pre relationship. He's just trying to earn that trust, like

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Speaker 3: it's all it's about. If he don't trust you, if

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Speaker 3: the coaches don't trust you, there's no way you gonna

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Speaker 3: be out there on the field. So just earn that

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Speaker 3: trust that I can be in the right spot at

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Speaker 3: the right time, knowing that I can do the right

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Speaker 3: assignment when it need to be done, and knowing I

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Speaker 3: can do that assignment properly with the right technique at

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Speaker 3: all times. So that's what I'm trying to do.

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Speaker 1: Two great players and leaders at your position left at

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Speaker 1: the end of the year, Jesse Bates and Von Bell.

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Speaker 1: When that happened, did you look at a greater opportunity

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Speaker 1: to contribute at the safety position this year?

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, you for sure see that. And I'm so

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Speaker 3: thankful for those guys, just like Mike Thomas, just an

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Speaker 3: environment a lot to me as well, just the knowledge

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Speaker 3: and they approach the game and just how they they

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Speaker 3: were true pros. So just to watch that and sit

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Speaker 3: back and just observe how they watch film observe how

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Speaker 3: they were attentive in meetings, observed when they walked into meetings,

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Speaker 3: observe all those things that made them great. Was just good.

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Speaker 3: The good to see. So yeah, obviously I'm leaving for sure.

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Speaker 3: Somebody got to step up, and I've been grinding for

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Speaker 3: a year or now to show them that show, the

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Speaker 1: To God, you showed it in week one of the preseason.

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Speaker 1: Best of luck in doing it again in Atlanta.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. We'll continue to stock days and

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Speaker 3: get better.

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