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a victory Monday, just like we
like it? Man, do we have

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stuff to sort through between now and
nine o'clock? Players, coaches, conversation

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of all sorts to be had Bengals
Line with a twist Tonight. Dave Lapham

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is out. He'll be back next
week in his place. Oh and what

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a treat this is going to be? You know, I love him as

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host of Bengals count And to kickoff
the halftime report, the locker room Report

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after the game, you hear him
on Bengals Game Plan on Wednesday's, on

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occasion Friday Bengals pep rally. It's
like a where's Waldo, Where's Box?

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Depending on what day of the week
it is. It is a pleasure to

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walk come in, Wayne Box Miller, how are you my brother? We

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finally did it. We're finally working
together. Glad to be aboard. And

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I will say lap hanging their brother
and Dan, I hope your voices bouncing

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back. But yes, man,
I feel like a Jamaican sportscast. Man.

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I've got a lot of Jobsiness Smith
and the beauty of this is and

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it's the first thing we said to
each other when we walked in. We

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have known each other and we've been
in this market for over long, over

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twenty years, from a professional standpoint, up and down the dial shows of

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all sorts, pre post in game
talk shows of all the shows on all

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the stations. We have never ever
worked together on a show. I couldn't

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believe it. And I was telling
my mentor. I said, you know,

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I said, man, I've never
worked with Lance And I said,

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it's a mutual admiration society. And
I want to say this before we even

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get into anything that. I appreciate
your friendship and all that we've been through

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over the years. On both sides
of a coin. You've always supported me.

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I try to support you, and
my relationship with you goes well beyond

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the microphone, and so for me, this is really personal and just a

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holiday gift, so to speak right
back at you. What a what a

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treat, what a joy. It's
a at early Christmas present, a chance

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to work with Box the night for
three hours. Let's start here. We're

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about fifty hours removed from the final
gun on Sunday and Box I still down

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seventeen to three in the fourth down
twenty seven twenty fourth, seventeen with thirty

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eight seconds left. Even this time
that's elapsed, and the processes, I'm

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still not sure how they won that
game. It was amazing, you know.

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It was one of those games where
you just say, hang around,

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hang around, hang around, a
break here, put together, and they

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play drive five first downs, hang
around, get the ball back eleven,

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play drive five first downs on that
drive, hang around, and by now

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the crowd is in a frenzy.
And I think the one more drink that

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Zach Taylor kicked in for the fans
because they put that last drive together.

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And obviously we'll talk about t Higgins, but oh my goodness, man,

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unbelievable. And and when you Jermaine
Pratt said it, when you go to

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moneymack head onto the parking lot,
We're gonna listen to a lot that came

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out of the game on Saturday.
I want to start with Zach from two

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different fronts. You're gonna hear Zach
immediately after the game. Then you're gonna

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hear Zach yesterday. Because I want
to compare and contrast the emotion. Let's

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go inside the locker room immediately after
the game. Here's Dave Lapham with Zach

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Taylor as the legendary Jim Volvano said, don't give up, don't ever give

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up. I mean, that's that's
this football team. Yeah. I love

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these guys. You know, they
just find a way to overcome the adversity.

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There's a lot of diversity in that
game. Never panicked down fourteen points.

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Things weren't going great. We weren't
a great rhythm on offense at first,

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and then on defense eventually, and
then everybody just came together and found

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a way to get it done.
Just to tick off, you know,

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I mean just you know, there
were plays to be made and take advantage

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of and just couldn't quite make them
in the first half. But to come

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from behind twenty one points scored in
the fourth quarter against that defensive football team,

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that's pretty remarkable. Just proud of
our guys, proud of the coaches

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for the plan that they prepare.
That starts with Brian Callahan. I thought

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he did a great job this week
steering that ship and guys believing in it.

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And again just sometimes it takes some
time. You're playing a good defense.

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Stuff. It's an orthodox defense,
so it's not going to be perfect

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the whole game. You just gotta
hang in there and find your moments.

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And our guys did. What does
it take to go against defense like that?

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I mean, obviously patients, you
know it's not going to always go

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the way you think. But I
mean, what's the biggest thing to attack

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in the defense like that that's so
unorthodox? I think just patients and you

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try to stay one step ahead.
They throw a lot at you, so

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it can be difficult to do.
It. Starts with the quarterback not not

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being overwhelmed to all the different looks
you can get and Jake did not.

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He was not overwhelmed. He did
a great job managing it. The guys

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around him did a great job managing
it. And I'll as to be successful

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through for over three hundred yards,
I think hit at least eleven different receivers.

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I mean, he's he's tripping the
ball very very well, isn't he.

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He's done a great job. You
know, he bongs in this league,

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and he's proven that every week,
and he's proven it to this locker

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room for a long time now.
That's why he's got the opportunity has and

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I'm really proud of him. The
touchdown run that Joe Mixon had was jaw

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dropping to me. I'm like,
dude, that's I mean, you talk

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about second third effort, huge fourth
down, got to get in you know,

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that's a game changing play right there. And he did it very similar

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last week and he did it again
this week. So they were five for

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five on fourth and one coming into
the football game. Fourth and one,

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you score a touchdown fourth and two
inches, they lose three inches. I

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mean, that ended up being a
big deciding factor in the football game.

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Fourth down in a Scooch. Yeah, I saw our guys get a tremendous

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push on that fourth down, you
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to get them stopped, and they
looked like you bobbleed the snap because of

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it. And so again, it
was very similar to when we beat Minnesota

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a couple years ago, got a
defensive stop at the same field and overtime

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gave the offense the ball hit one
big play and then Evan steals a for

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US, same score. Okay,
I think it was. Yeah, I'm

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pretty sure, man, I'll tell
you so. I know. I know

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it's one week at a time,
up next to Pittsburgh steel as they're playing

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today as well. I mean,
do you even think can you celebrate for

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a while? Can you go home
and celebrate this game for a while?

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You're going right to Pittsburgh. I
can go home and relax. Yeah,

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I'm not. We're done with football
for today. We'll pick up tomorrow morning,

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you know. And it's a normal
seven day week for once. We

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haven't had a seven day week and
since last year. I think you know,

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what you've done keeping this football team
fresh down the stretch is paying off

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once again. But coach Man,
what was the deal with the injury?

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Gods? I mean, they took
some took some shots at us today.

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That's the way we're you know,
sometimes it's gonna happen like that and we're

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gonna have to have other guys step
up, and you know, it is

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tough to see, you know,
a key player, especially like DJ Reader

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go down and hopefully hopefully he doesn't
get us elsewhere. Appreciate your time,

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a full week of preparation for the
Pittsburgh Steelers. They're in trouble. Appreciate

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you, Thank you. Appreciate that. That was Zach after the game,

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immediately after the game on Saturday,
and I play this now to compare and

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contrast the emotions because this was Zach
yesterday when the medical reports were back,

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the realization was in and we'll make
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providing the best care for the best
fans. Here's Zach with the announcement

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yesterday on the news of both DJ
Reader and dj Ivy. Yeah, dj

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will be out with the Quad terror
uh and dj Ivy with an A C

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L. And then Jamar will just
continue to see where this week goes.

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He's just such a such a consistent
force on the defensive line. I think

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he's playing outstanding, just so consistent
every single day, someone that coaches could

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count on, some of the other
players could count on, always has the

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right mindset day to day, even
has the right mindset, you know,

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seeing him come off the field,
seeing him in the training room last night,

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and and so I know that he'll
respond the right way, and and

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uh, you know, it's it's
unfortunate for DJ's unfortunate for all of us

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because he's such a big part of
of all of us, and so it's

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killer to see something like that to
happen to him, and say, with

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dj Ivy, you know, dj
Ivy has really worked hard to put himself

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in a position to help us.
And so again both those guys be poring

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for them their covers. Yeah,
I could tell. I mean it was

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it was tough. There was there
was not much he could do. And

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you could tell him coming off the
field after want to tease touchdowns, there

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was gonna be no way he could
play with that for the rest of to

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day. Yeah, I say,
next man up all the time, is

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next man up? When it comes
to someone like sure, Yeah, yeah,

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I think that there's a lot of
guys you know, that will fit

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in there, and we'll continue to
dissess what that's going to continue to look

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like as we go, But it's
kind of that that moment, that time

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of the year where where you need
on a lot of guys that have have

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gotten a lot of reps for you
and know what's going on, and now

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they're numbers called, and so again
guys get an opportunity now to rise up

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and make an aim for themselves.
And so again we've got some guys that

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we can count in there, Zach
Taylor. Yesterday Bengals make it official.

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Today DJ Raider goes on IR DJ
Ivy goes on IR box. It's we

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fully know full well it's the cruel
reality of the business. Injuries. You

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feel for both of them, but
it's an opportunity for other guys. And

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that's that's been the DNA of this
football team this year, you know,

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and it's the next man up mentality. I think what Magus most of Zach

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about DJ is he was one of
his biggest signs, you know, at

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twenty twenty. He convinced him to
come over here and said I'm going to

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change this around and if I can
get you here, we can do this

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together. And literally that started everything
with the perception of playing in Cincinnati,

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and you've been in the locker room. DJ Reader is just one of those

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guys. And I at sounding redundant. I tell people all the time,

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the chemistry in this locker room is
reminiscent of the ninety world series Cincinnati Read.

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These guys genuinely like each other.
Linebackers hanging out with running backs,

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and wilde receivers with lineman. It's
just a good group. But at the

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heart of that is a DJ Reader
and DJ Ivy as a kid fraternity brother

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of mine, a young man who
was just starting to find his way.

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And I told you, this has
to be one of the nicest young men

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I've ever met in my life.
And just to see him pull that jersey

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up over his face, We're wishing
him all the best, man, no

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doubt. We are just getting started
tonight, just getting revveed up. Much

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more to get to. We'll hear
from QB one Joe, I almost said,

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Joe Burrow used to saying Joe Burrow, Jake Browning. We'll get into

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him and so much more as we
crew through three hours of conversation tonight,

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Go Bengals. Jake Browning was on it

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again on Saturday. What a run
during this three game winning streak. So

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listen to a QB one after the
game on big plays made by his guys

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and how he felt after the victory. I feel like I need a beer,

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but I'm right off of a cramping
incident, so I'm probably gonna pass

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on that. But uh, yeah, that was that was oaster. Yes,

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obviously the overtime was similar to Jacksonville, but you know, Jacksonville were

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always kind of even with them.
Got it just when we got down.

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Yeah, I checked with him because
they emailed a big day earlier today.

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I said, Hey, what I
said, I'm not taping, so I

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have no idea what I need to
end each top of our model. So

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I got it from him, So
I'm good. There's some big time plays

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being made. A couple of shout
outs, first of all to Drew Sample,

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who played with a stomach virus uh
and was feeling terrible and we needed

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him really bad because these guys blitzed
a lot and he's getting incredible in protection.

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The other one to Joe Mixon.
No running back wants to sit there

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and running don't want in protection all
day long. But that was kind of

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the best chance to put up some
points and all that. He did a

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great job. And then we all
lines starting with Ted Charrish just communication.

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You know, there was very few
protection calls. I even needed to make

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here to stand here and talking because
he directed and it was very in the

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game. And we know now that
he was going to the d meetings and

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again no accident that the guy put
the work. Yeah, I would have

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included him to I was hot and
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I had to drift and give someone
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feel good just throwing the ball up
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of throwing up to you. Good
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close and always get that dead pa
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like whenever my chance comes, I
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you combine that, yeah he's got
yeah, yeah, watching but running joke

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is he told you was a pressure
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because wherever he is next year,
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it was Harrison Smith and quarterback.
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the quarterback New Orleans. I guess
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the ski but that was kind of
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a lot of people three or four
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TI plays that are a lot of
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could be a quarterback who could play
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move around and make some place in
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he had kind of been saying that, and so this is very modest job

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coming back in front the angling and
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He's kind of you know, crossed
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think that's kind of what spun on
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there's them all is doing every just
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so I thought he was gonna score, and I was glad, you know,

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he's with ball security. I think
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not the end of the game where
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we shouldn't have cut me or whatever. Yeah, I mean I think that

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came open because we ran a similar
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uh, Charlie Jones down the middle. And so when you throw one

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of those and they're playing a lot
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having someone run the middle, you
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early in the game, you gotta
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that was kind of a product of
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mine, what's uh, what's wow? Yeah, I mean it was loud

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our fans definitely, uh, you
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came to the game, so you
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there and then just the energy in
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kind of in a position where I
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my own head, I guess,
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big factor. There was some false
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for them to communicate, and uh, and it was a fun atmosphere to

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play. Box. He he's been
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does not lack confidence. He doesn't
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And you and I talked about that, and uh, he's a guy

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that you root for because he's done
everything the right way. When we come

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back, one of our favorites,
Solomon Wilcotts, is gonna check in.

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Can't wait to talk with him about
Saturday in the Steelers week is well,

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he's Wayne Box Miller. I'm llonce
pacalister, thanks for hanging out with his

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six point thirty six on Bengals Line
on a victory Monday, Bengals Line on

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the First Star Logistics, Bengals Radio
Networking, seven hundred WLW. I'm lionce

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Pacalister, Dave lap him out.
He'll be back next week, Wayne Box

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Miller in. You hear him on
countdown to kickoff, the locker Room report,

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halftime as well Bengals gameplay and PEP
rally. Wherever they need him,

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he is there and I'm glad he's
here tonight because we're sorting through three hours

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of what took away. We may
need four hours sort through what happened on

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Saturday in the Vikings game. We'll
look ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers as well.

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Coaches and players to be heard from
throughout the evening as well. Reminder

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Course Stadium, or shop online at
Bengals dot com. I am wearing a

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look. We're both dressed the occasion
tonight. I know it's not a visual

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medium but I've got a Bengal sweatshirt
on, and I've got a cap.

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You've got a cap and you got
to pull over. Well, I got

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all that, and I got the
Bengal stripes on the sides. And you

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know, I told you, I'm
like, I'm the radio Jake Browning.

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I mean, you know, you
just call me and I'm ready, man,

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if you if you need me,
I'm coming, you know, speaking

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of Jake Browning, the fifth quarterback
since nineteen fifty lance with a passer rating

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of ninety five or high in each
of his first four career starts, joining

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Gardner, Minshew, Chad Pennington,
Mark Rippion, and some guy named Brock

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Purdy. A pretty good company when
you think of that last name. Yeah,

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and I saw a note from field
Yates. The NFL has been tracking

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quarterbacks since it started the nineteen fifty
season. Just one quarterback in that time

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has over one thousand passing yards and
completed over seventy five percent of his passes

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in his first four starts. I
give you Jake Browning as the only NFL

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quarterback to do that since nine unbelievable
exclusive company for the Bengals starting quarterback.

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You know, the only thing that
I think people should focus on when they

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think of Jake Brownie. And I'm
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A lot of times, you know, kids think why I should be

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playing and why aren't I playing?
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If the guy in front of you
went down in an instant, as football

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we all know, and really all
sports, you just want to play away

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from being out there. Are you
prepared enough that you could look the coach

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in the eye and say, coach, don't worry, I'm ready. I

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know what needs to be done.
And Zach Taylor said that when he walked

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in that huddle, those players knew
that he was ready, and that's big.

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I love the fact that in the
Bengals had certainly appreciated him for a

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while. I mean, they activated
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to get him a game check.
That's how much they appreciate him. They

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had seen him. And it's funny. There was a lot of handwringing that

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the Bengals don't pay enough respect to
the backup quarterback position, they don't invest

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in it, they need to spend
money on the back, and then Jake

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gets an opportunity, and now I'm
being told that, well, now they

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need to give him one hundred million
dollar contract and trade Joe Burrow. And

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I'm like, wait, wait,
wait a minute. You're all over the

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place here. But it's funny.
The coaching staff saw something in him,

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and what he is doing is backing
up what they saw on him. Well,

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you don't throw ninety one touchdowns your
senior year of high school by accident.

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You're not two time player of the
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in California of all states, by
accident. You don't go to Washington and

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set records and do that by accident. You know, I kind of coined

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a little phrase, you know,
in this business, ya just gotta have

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a phrase with This is Joe Burrow's
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And that's the way I look at
this. This is Joe Burrow's team,

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but it's Jake Brownie moment. Still
ahead of this hour, we're gonna hear

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from Jermaine Pratt, We're gonna hear
from Tyler Boyd. Coming up in the

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second hour today, Former Bengal linebacker
Joe Kelly's gonna check in. Can't wait

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to talk with him. We'll hear
from Mike Hilton, BJ Hill, Evan

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McPherson, and so much more between
now and nine o'clock tonight. You're gonna

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want to stick around for Dan Hord's
conversation with James Case of the Bengals title

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coach, which was so good.
Yeah, in the pregame on Saturday,

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we are bringing it back radio term. We're gonna bring it back and play

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tonight it is gold as part of
his fun facts that is all ahead and

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more. He's Wayne box Miller,
I'm Lance Pacallister. Thanks for hanging out

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with us tonight, a victory Monday, sorting through all that took place Saturday

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and all that might take place this
Saturday against those Pittsburgh Steelers. It's Bengals

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thirty. We've talked offense. Let's
talk some defense and working conversation on that

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side of the ball with Jermaine Pratt, who continues to make plays for this

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team. Here's Dan Horde with the
Bengals linebacker Jermaine. Let's start with the

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fourth down stop in overtime. It
was really back to back stops with less

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than a yard to go. What
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the ball back there? It was
huge, you know it was. It's

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a huge stop, Puss. You
know you've been on the field and pull

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down. They're trying to do a
sneak and we BJ did a great I

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think DJ sliced it, you know
that, so it went lower. You

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know, I'm sinner. So it
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mean that was fourth and about two
inches, but that is almost impossible to

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stop. And you guys did it
twice. Yeah, you know this that

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mansel of defense being on the field. You know, it's like put on

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you that made the play and we
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stop, you're thinking, all right
with Monny Mack, we're gonna win this

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game now. Yeah, you know, his money man walks. The league

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is money every time he go out
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you MoU walking, you walk to
your car because it's just over.

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We're chatting with Jermaine Pratt. I
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minutes to go when you had to
pick six. Unfortunately a penalty negated it.

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But tell us about the play because
it looked like you read that beautiful

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like dam to the field. So
with sket petition at eighteen and one,

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you had to tight in that on
the point. So I knew a screen

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and I knew he was gonna give
me whin. I just I just rated.

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I was I knew what it was
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In my mind, I just thought
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You know what. It doesn't count
unfortunately, but you looked like a heck

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of a running back after you intercepted
it. Yeah, you know, I

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just knew. The mindset was like
since I you know, since them them

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them quarters for quarter, I turned
on the suits that I need to make

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a play, that I need to
be in the moment to make a big

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play for the team. I just
embraced it. I just go into I

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just training hostile situations, and I
put myself through hostile situations. I know,

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I gotta make a play in big
Tom momments. It's a huge win.

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It was an amazing game. What
do you think of Jake Browning at

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this point? The guy of our
culture, you know, started off brough,

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a guy that put the team on
the back, that this grinds every

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day and then you know, ready
for his opportunity, and he showcased it

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every week. You know, it's
standing place, giving his prophecy, the

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opportunity to make plays. The guy, a guy that's relentless, and I'm

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happy that he's our quarterback right now. You know this this I'm i'm,

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I'm, I'm, I'm this abbit
for him, you know, just taking

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advantage of the opportunity take him in
and the offense, you know, and

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doing his job, you know,
not not trying to do too much,

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but he doing his job. He
leading his team and I'm gonna rode this

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way with him. This could have
been a tough day for the team.

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You had some significant injuries, you
were down by fourteen points going to the

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fourth quarter. What's to say about
the resiliency of the group to come out

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of here with a win. To
go back to the coaching. You know,

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we we've been through a lot as
a organization. We know when it's

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time to make blaze. Gods got
step up. You know, somebody go

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down, but you gotta look at
the guys around us. You know that

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they lead. They showed them the
way, the rookies or God beyond the

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way, and then you step in
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ready for a moment. You know, just going back to Jay leading us.

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You know he learned from Borough.
He'd been in the SISTI forty two

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years and then he stepped out and
make plays. Congrat sound a great win.

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Thank you bj Hill. After the
game with Dan Horden, you know

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Bocks listening to what he said about
Jake Browning, there is no doubt there

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had to be some uncertainty when when
Joe went down. When you're watching your

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leader on the sidelines against Baltimore,
he tries to throw the pass and he

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winces and drops in pain. There
had to be a thought by all man.

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We are up a creek right now, but it's like a shot of

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adrenaline. Jake Browning has given this
team after the struggle of the Pittsburgh game,

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which I think everybody kind of anticipated. It was the Steelers and it

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was his first chances, but he
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don't think there's any doubt in anybody's
mind they can win week in and week

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out with Jake Browning. He's in
still the confidence where they may have wavered

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for a second what he has shown
them. They have a complete buy in

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on him, no doubt. He
makes all the throws. Yep, he

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has the feet to play the Tyler
boy. This perfect illustration of his head

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downfield, not head looking where the
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That's okay. I need to find
my guy and I'm gonna keep my

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head up and downfield. And you
talked about, you know, thinking about

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Jermaine Pratt. I mean this guy
this year forty seven tackles, two interception,

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two force fumbels, two sacks.
His compadre, Logan Wilson fifty seven

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tackles, three interceptions, three force
fumbels, one sack. I you know

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I did to Dave Lapham thing.
You know, he started crunching the numbers

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and one hundred and four tackles,
five interceptions, five force fumbels, and

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three sacks from the linebackers, starting
linebackers, they are the most productive.

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I think people say ro qwand Smith
and Patrick Queen, but you got to

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say, between that linebacker duo and
this linebacker duel, is there any better

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due in the NFL? No?
No, And what I think Dave said

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during the broadcast, it was the
twelfth time they've come up with a stop

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in the red zone. And consider
this not just a stop, but a

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shutout in the red zone. Twelve
times, twelve times an opponent got in

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there, could have gotten a field
goal each time. That's thirty six points,

411
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could have gotten a touchdown each time, that's what eighty four points?

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They got zero points, twelve different
And Lou has told us in previous weeks

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this defense takes it personally when the
opposition gets into the red zone and they

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find ways and it's not one guy, it's a different guy a different week

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00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.920
finding a way to knock a ball
loose, poke it loose, get a

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stop, and they just don't give
up points in the red zone. You

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know what it tells me, and
you've been around sports Lands as much as

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I have, what it tells me
is there are eleven guys on that side

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doing a whole lot of homework because
they anticipate a lot of things based on

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what they've seen on film. Yep. I have recalled numerous times, it's

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funny you say that, whether it's
the defensive back and they've recited the going

422
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through the play saying I expected it
because that's what they've done on tape.

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And for a coach, that's gold
when you when you get a player who's

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into the studying and sees it on
tape and then translate translates that moment into

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a game. That's exactly what it's
all about. Yeah, and Jermaine said,

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he said, I knew that he
was going to do that. He

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said that with so much confidence that
he was expecting the moment and the moment

428
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wasn't too big for him. And
the moment is never too big for this

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defense. Whether it's Mike Hilton,
the interception at the goal line, whether

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it's Jermaine Pratt, whether it's fourth
and one, whether it's DJ Reeder,

431
00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.519
you go down by committee. We
got your back, brother. They just

432
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do what needs to be done.
And Trey Hendrickson MVP conversation, Yes,

433
00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.599
yeah, uh TJ Wide, I
know got two more sacks yesterday, but

434
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Trey Hendrickson his quarterback sacked total.
His quarterback hits, his quarterback pressures.

435
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He is the energizer bunny who is
six feet four of three whatever he is,

436
00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.240
and the energizer bunny has got to
be related to him some kind of

437
00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:15.480
way because his motor never turns off. Yeah, it's like you wind him

438
00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:19.079
up, that crank on the back
on your back. You wind him up

439
00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.759
and just let him go, and
he just won't stop. And he's bopping

440
00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.680
around, him, bobbing around,
and he does not stop. It's a

441
00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.759
great analogy. We'll talk more on
the defense on the seven o'clock hour.

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00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:32.640
We'll hear from Mike Hilton and bj
Hill, among others. Let's head down

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00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:36.279
the stretch in our first hour,
Tyler Boyd on his big catch. As

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we continue, Wayne Box Miller,
Lance Bacallister, Hey, thanks for hanging

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00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:41.839
out with us on a victory Monday. Nothing better than a victory Monday.

446
00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.920
Talking about an overtime win over the
Vikings. We'll get into the Steelers in

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00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.319
the eight o'clock hour as well.
It's Bengals line in the first Star Logistics

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00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:56.119
Bengals Radio Networking seven hundred WLW.
We're heading down the stretch, first of

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three hours about to be put in
the books. Bengals line of the first

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Star Logistics Bengals Radio Networking seven hundred
WLW lance but callister Wayne box Miller Hate

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Pay Corps proud to be the official
HR provider of the Cincinnati Bengals. Tyler

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Boyd on the day targeted five times. He had two catches, the big

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one, of course, the forty
four yarder. Here's Dave Lapham with the

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Bengals wide receiver. Take us through
that last play, the one the football

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game. You're receiver on the left
side of the formation, Scrambled, drill,

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What goes through your mind? Yeah? Once I say Jake Scramble got

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the pocket, I just tried to
find an open land for myself and for

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him to throw and so and then
from there, you know, I just

459
00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:37.559
try to catch the ball, get
the first first thing, to get the

460
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.720
first down. Then from there just
just just go chop ma make a play.

461
00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.480
Man. I'll tell you the throw
that he made on the run,

462
00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:48.359
threatening the needle like that between a
couple of defenders just unbelievable. Yeah,

463
00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:51.000
it was. It was a hell
of a ball by day man, right

464
00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.839
time, right place, then you
get through a better body. Now.

465
00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.680
Man, it was just great,
great, great chemistry and in a great

466
00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.759
connection for the two of us.
What about this football team as a whole

467
00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:06.440
station adversity guys, Yeah, I
just like again, like we always preach,

468
00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:10.200
man, whoever I think we're the
best team in November December. Man,

469
00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:15.799
we always draft through adversity, cold
weather and any any type uh any

470
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.640
any type roadblocks you throw towards us, and guys gonna bring the Mardyne.

471
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.200
Guys gonna feed up each other and
guys gonna do it for each other.

472
00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.200
So as long as we got that
brewing up in here, I mean,

473
00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:26.440
this guy's a limit. This football
team for the Vikings defensively was Swiss in

474
00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:30.720
the NFL and points all out.
You guys put twenty one on them in

475
00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.039
the fourth quarter in one quarter.
They hadn't allowed twenty one points from about

476
00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:37.839
it. I don't know how many
football games. What was the fourth quarter?

477
00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:40.000
Like? Yeah, they have a
great offense, I mean, a

478
00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.559
great defense, a great coach and
uh we we we knew we had to

479
00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.680
stay patient. Man. The game
wasn't going our way offensively, and our

480
00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.279
defense kind of kind of had to
carry us saying. With that being said,

481
00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:51.000
we just had to step it up, our d. You know,

482
00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.279
we had to start to get things
rolling because it gets to the point where

483
00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:56.079
it's like, okay, weren't get
started and moved to boss court and we're

484
00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:59.119
gonna take a loss, and no
guy like to lose, and and and

485
00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:01.119
and like like I man, guy
is gonna feed off each other once it's

486
00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:07.200
come down to the wire. We
step up every single time. Appreciate your

487
00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.880
man. Hello, a game,
Thank you, bro. Tyler Boyd after

488
00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:13.400
the game box, the wiley veteran
twenty nine years old. He's seen some

489
00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.480
the tough times here, he's seen
the good times. He's seen some guys

490
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:20.720
passing maybe in the pecking order of
receivers wide receiver one, two three,

491
00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.119
but he's never set a peep about
it. He just goes about his business

492
00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:27.799
and he's there when you need him. You know, Brandon LaFell, AJ

493
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:30.799
Green took Tyler under their wing.
He'll tell you that in a heartbeat.

494
00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:36.640
But he is a guy that understands
the team first mentality is critical for success.

495
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.680
And look at these numbers. One
hundred and seventeen games, five hundred

496
00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:45.039
and five receptions, five nine hundred
and eight yards. But more impressive than

497
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:49.559
that to me, and the thirty
one touchdowns is he's had seventy four catches

498
00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:53.160
for twenty yards or more and thirteen
catches for forty yards of more. Now,

499
00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.480
this is not the speech straw on
your team. This is the guy,

500
00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:00.559
the possession receiver, the third down
guy. And yet seventy four catches

501
00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:04.000
for twenty yards or more. Wow, and a big one of plus forty

502
00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:07.720
on Saturday in the games. Yeah, big one. All right, that's

503
00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.680
an hour in the books. Just
like dad, Wait, what do you

504
00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:12.880
think? We should probably do two
more? I like this. Yeah,

505
00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.920
let's keep it going. Joe Kelly, the former Bengals gonna lead off our

506
00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.519
second hour and a whole lot more
to get to. Thanks for being here

507
00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:21.640
with us on this Monday night.
He's Wayne box Miller, I'mlliance Pacalister,

508
00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:25.519
It's Bengals on in the first Star
Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred WLW

509
00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:30.759
Bengals Radio Network, host of Countdown. To kick off the halftime report,

510
00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:36.440
the locker room report, it would
be Wayne box Miller having a blast sorting

511
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.599
through all of this. We'll get
to later on in this hour, Mike

512
00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:44.400
Hilton and Bjay Hill and Evan McPherson. We'll hear listen back to highlights.

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00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.559
We tried, we condensed, We
tried to convince that entire Saturday game into

514
00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:51.799
like five minutes of highlights. Good
luck with that. You'll hear a package

515
00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.640
coming up to end the hour or
third hour tonight, James Casey, the

516
00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:57.920
Bengals tight end coach. If you
missed the conversation with Dan Horde, it

517
00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:01.119
was it was something else. We'll
play that in our third hour tonight.

518
00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:05.799
A little bit more from Jake Browning. We'll look at the Pittsburgh Steelers,

519
00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.800
and of course always wrap things up
on a victory Monday with our game ball

520
00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:13.280
presentation from the locker room. All
of that between now and at nine o'clock.

521
00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:16.639
Hey, Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the
season, say five bucks off Mike's

522
00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:22.920
car wash and their top two washes
for all washes sold on Wednesday, Mike

523
00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:27.840
donates. Mike's donates one dollar to
the Anthony Munos Foundation. So far this

524
00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:30.840
season, how about this number box. So far this season there has been

525
00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:37.039
forty three and seventeen dollars donated.
Mike's is open daily seven to nine,

526
00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:43.679
Mike's car wash and Anthony Munho's getting
it done. That foundation has been has

527
00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:47.159
been something else over the year,
you know, the Marvin Lewis Foundation and

528
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:53.360
then Anthony's Anthony helped him get going. But Marvin Lewis will tell you that

529
00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:59.679
Anthony Lewis Anthony Munos's foundation was a
catalyst for him. And we just took

530
00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:01.960
some ki It's from sane X High
School to his leadership conference. I'm telling

531
00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:06.559
you, if you're at a high
school and you want a leadership conference for

532
00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:12.480
your kids, take them to the
Anthony Munios Leadership Foundation because what they do

533
00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:19.039
with that it lands. It's unbelievable, the organization and the precision with which

534
00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:22.760
they do this. The speakers they
bring in, the breakout sessions, and

535
00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:25.039
they give them work to do when
they leave. So it's not just where

536
00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:29.559
you go there and you do something
and then you leave and go happy,

537
00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.599
happy joy joy. No, you
identify areas of your community you want to

538
00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:37.119
improve upon, and then you have
to put a plan in action, and

539
00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.480
then those students have to carry that
plan out. So it is a holistic

540
00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:43.880
approach. But if your high school's
not involved, I would urge you to

541
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:46.119
get involved with that, and to
that point, I think it says a

542
00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:50.559
lot about this team, and it's
not just this team, but and Mervin

543
00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.719
I think set an example for a
lot of guys as well with foundations,

544
00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:57.519
but Joe Burrows involved in some Ted
Carris is involved with something on a larger

545
00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:02.760
scale. Among former players, there's
all of them with tentacles in the community.

546
00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:07.360
And it's always impressed me the number
of former Bengals who could have moved

547
00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.800
back to where they originally were,
but have put down their roots here and

548
00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.599
are still giving back here, you
know. And it's funny that they don't

549
00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:19.800
want to leave, you know.
And a lot of them when they're playing,

550
00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:22.079
you typically hear them say, Hey, when it's over, I'm out

551
00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.239
of here, you know. I'm
going back to you know, California,

552
00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:27.079
I'm going back to Florida. I'm
going back to the big, bigger city,

553
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.239
or I'm going back to the quiet
country. Cincinnati has a way of

554
00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:35.840
saying to these guys, we appreciate
you, we now want you to be

555
00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.960
part of our community, and we're
not going to pester you and come over

556
00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:42.239
your house every day with ten footballs
asigned, but we are going to come

557
00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:45.960
over your house and invite you to
a party or a function and say,

558
00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:49.519
hey, let me recommend the school
levery recommend a place to do this or

559
00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:52.119
do that. And as a result
of that, you can go all the

560
00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.480
way back you as you said to
the Bob Trumpet days, all the way

561
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up to you know, modern day. And I think it guys like a

562
00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:01.360
Preston Brown, I think is still
here and you look at Vinnie Ray is

563
00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:05.400
still here, and it goes on
and on and on, and these guys

564
00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.519
Leon Hall, who was the rule
of the jungle is now here and coaching.

565
00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:13.400
They just find that Cincinnati is a
good fit. We've got a lot

566
00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:16.239
to get to in this hour.
We're gonna hear from a couple of defensive

567
00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:21.320
players and their input and reaction to
Saturday's game. I do want to circle

568
00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.840
back around to something we started the
hour with, and I don't think we

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00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:27.880
had enough time to do it justice. And it's the DNA of this football

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00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.320
team. And I told you off
air, I had said back when Joe

571
00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:36.039
Burrow got hurt. I remember saying
on the Roundtable show with Rocky that we

572
00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:39.199
were going to learn a lot about
this coaching staff without Joe Burrow, and

573
00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:43.360
I didn't want to. I didn't
want to see this team limp and go

574
00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.519
one and six the rest of the
way with a backup quarterback because I thought

575
00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:50.239
the talent, the rest of the
talent was still top notch. Joe Burrow

576
00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:52.800
is a heck of a quarterback,
but the rest of the roster is a

577
00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:55.280
really talented roster. I thought it
was going to be interesting to see what

578
00:37:55.320 --> 00:38:00.480
this coaching staff would do with it. The results four games in, I

579
00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:04.920
think there's a lot of credit deserving
of this coaching staff, which is Zach

580
00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:08.760
gets heat for the trick plays that
don't go right at times, But what

581
00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:15.119
they've done to recreate this offense with
Jake Browning in the DNA of belief in

582
00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:19.800
this team, in its coaching staff, I think was on display again on

583
00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:23.119
Saturday. I tell you two coaching
moves that the coach has made that nobody

584
00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:27.079
will ever talk about that. I
think we're two of the biggest coaching moves

585
00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:35.800
this year. Keeping Stanley Morgan and
Michael Williams Thomas rather the safety on the

586
00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:42.199
squad yep, because these are two
of the most professional, classy, team

587
00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:45.719
oriented people you will ever meeting your
life, and if you watch the game

588
00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:51.039
on Sunday and and there's Mike with
the with the Microsoft you know, tablet

589
00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.719
in his hand, and Stanley Morgan
is talking to Yo Si Vosh. And

590
00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:59.559
these are two guys that have years
in they could probably maybe go somewhere else

591
00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:05.239
and get on the fifty three man
roster, but again, the value that

592
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:08.039
they bring to this team. And
and even you know Zach will tell you,

593
00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:12.639
hey, these guys have value.
I think those two guys were two

594
00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:17.920
coaches that they added to the coaching
staff that helped them create and maintain the

595
00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:23.199
coach. And you mentioned something that
I thought was very profound in that Zach

596
00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:29.320
maybe one of the best coaches at
building relationships with his players in the NFL,

597
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:32.840
no doubt, no doubt there is. And he's He's certainly not the

598
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:37.639
older ilk uh. There's been Belichicks
and others who are who are further removed

599
00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:42.960
from the playing days. But Zach
there's a relatability there age wise with his

600
00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:45.760
guys, and and they clearly go
to bat for him. They believe in

601
00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:52.519
him. And it starts with you
know, do you believe the coach cares

602
00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:55.039
about you. I think this roster, to a man would say, I

603
00:39:55.079 --> 00:40:00.679
feel like Zach and his coaching staff
cares about me more. There the football

604
00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.800
player, but there's also the person, the human being, and I think

605
00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:07.559
that's the element that Zach is really
good at. Ye know, our culture

606
00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:12.760
as a society as a whole has
shifted to a caring culture in that sense.

607
00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:15.599
You know, the old coaches,
you could have a broken finger,

608
00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:19.639
be bleeding on the leg, and
the guy would say, well, get

609
00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.400
a band aid and get back out
out there. The coaches nowadays are like,

610
00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.039
hey, dude, let me take
a look at that. You sure

611
00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:28.679
you can go? Are you good? Don't put pressure on yourself. We

612
00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:31.639
need you maybe next week. And
so there's that new caring component, but

613
00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.320
it reflects our culture, and I
think Zach has done a great job of

614
00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:40.360
capturing what that means in value to
making the team better, no doubt,

615
00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:43.719
no doubt about it. All Right, we're up and running in our second

616
00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.400
hour, We've got three to unfold. We're gonna go inside the locker room

617
00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:49.599
here for Mike Hilton, BJ Hill, Evan McPherson and more. We have

618
00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:52.880
an action packed second hour tonight.
Thanks for being here with us for Bengals

619
00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:59.159
Line and the first Star Logistics Bengals
Radio Networking seven hundred WLW seven nineteen seven

620
00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:02.679
hundred wl W and Bengals line of
the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network Lands

621
00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:07.559
but catlister Wayne Box Miller talking to
Saturdays when looking ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers

622
00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.599
as well and without further Ado Box
welcome in a very special guest, no

623
00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:15.400
question about it. He's from the
Dub. They call it you Dub.

624
00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.119
He was the first round pick of
the Bengals, the eleventh overall in the

625
00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:22.280
eighty sixth draft, and uh Man
one hundred and fifty six games played,

626
00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.679
h and five hundred and forty two
tackles. A pleasure to welcome Joe Kelly

627
00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:30.360
to the show. Joe, how
are you, brother, I'm good man.

628
00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:34.280
Thanks for having me. Man.
We'll excity again. I'm thinking we're

629
00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:37.199
back doing good things, man,
So you know, good good time right

630
00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.079
now. Well, they had to
put me in concussion protocol. Actually gave

631
00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:42.840
a guy the wrong number and he
says, I can't get to Joe,

632
00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:45.480
And I said, wait a minit, let me look at the numbers.

633
00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:51.440
So you blame I was waiting.
I was in the home, man,

634
00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:53.360
I was waiting, you know,
Joe this. We were just talking a

635
00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:58.760
little earlier about these two linebackers and
Logan Wilson and Jermaine Pratt, and just

636
00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.760
the fact that this year all ready, man, they've got over one hundred

637
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.960
uh tackles and you know, five
interceptions and five forced fumbles. These two

638
00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:12.719
linebackers have to be arguably some of
the best in the NFL as a tandem.

639
00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:15.559
You know they are. You know, I I look at you know,

640
00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:17.039
like I say, fifty five,
Logan logans that he's a he's a

641
00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:22.639
true linebacker linebackers, you know,
and in fifty seven he's a he's a

642
00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:27.960
guy. He's he's built his reputation
off of making big plays. Uh.

643
00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:31.039
You know, Logan Logan steps saying
he plays downhill. You know, he's

644
00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:35.239
solid all the way around. You
know, he's a leader. Uh.

645
00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:38.599
Pratt, you know, Pride is
not as rounded as as Logan. Uh.

646
00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:43.559
But every time you look up,
Pratt is making a big play.

647
00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.960
Uh. You know, he had
a big play last week unfortunately was a

648
00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:50.440
pimody. But those those are the
things that that that he does. And

649
00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:52.800
you know, as a linebacker,
as a duel, when you have that

650
00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:57.880
combination of a big play guy and
uh and a guy who is just one

651
00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:02.119
of the most well rounded linebackers in
football. Man, you're looking for some

652
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:06.840
good plays to be made in that
line that linebacker room. Joe DJ Reader

653
00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.400
has been such a force in the
middle and takes on double teams and does

654
00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:14.199
so much to help those linebackers.
He's now done for the season. How

655
00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:20.079
significant a loss is that, it's
it's it's it's a loss. You can't

656
00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:24.320
you can't. We can't go find
a DJ Reader, you know there there

657
00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:29.519
there's no DJ Readers on the street, you know. And and I say

658
00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.599
that, and no disrespect to some
of the you know, veteran guys that

659
00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:37.760
may be out there on the on
the wire, but you're not going to

660
00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:43.440
replace what DJ brings to the table. But what you can do, what

661
00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:50.159
you can do is as uh collectively
as a unit, you can uh help

662
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.960
one another. You can work in
tandem, you know they can, they

663
00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:57.960
can get that rotation going. Uh. But but you can't you can't replace

664
00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:01.239
someone like that. It's it's like
us losing Crumbrie, you know, in

665
00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:05.920
the in the Super Bowl in the
first quarter. There's no way we could

666
00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:08.400
have replaced Crumbrie. But David Grant
came in and played his ass off,

667
00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:13.559
uh, you know, and had
a great game. Uh, but Crumbrie

668
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:16.039
is Cumbrie. Uh. You know, DJ readers DJ readers, so they

669
00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:20.639
don't have to do it collectively as
a as a defensive line unit. JO,

670
00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:22.320
how long does it take? You
know, you see that moment and

671
00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.480
it was instantaneous that they call for
the car. Then you're at the game,

672
00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:29.880
so you know, like this is
not good. How long does it

673
00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:34.559
take for a unit to just absorb
that the reality of that and then shake

674
00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:37.320
it off and say, hey,
let's get back out here. And as

675
00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:40.639
they said, let's go do this
for DJ. Well, you know what

676
00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:45.360
it's it's it takes the ears.
It's like getting punched in the gut and

677
00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.079
get your wind knocked out right.
So when when it first acts, you

678
00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:51.719
know, you could be mad,
you can be upset, but you can't

679
00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:54.880
say nothing right now because you can't
breathe, you know, So it's it's

680
00:44:54.920 --> 00:45:00.119
no, it's really like that,
you know, And and I think know

681
00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:04.440
when when when you see you know
you've seen DJ go down and they brought

682
00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:07.000
the cart back, man, you
know, your heart can go down.

683
00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:12.400
And then if you recall when DJ
got on that that that gurney on that

684
00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:16.480
cart. You know, you can
see him telling his team. You know,

685
00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:20.599
I can imagine what was coming out
of his mind. And I can't

686
00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:24.280
say that for you right now,
but you know what you've seen that.

687
00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:28.239
You know what I'm saying. You've
seen that, and you know I've seen

688
00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:30.559
that, and he was like,
you know, let's go, let's go.

689
00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:35.119
So I've seen that. So that
emotion. So now you know that

690
00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:37.480
was a pick me up. You
know you're down and didn't you Now you

691
00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:40.199
want to go out there, you
know you want to you want to kick

692
00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:44.480
him, But for this dude,
because he laid it all on the line

693
00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:47.199
and he's not going to be out
out there to finish the game with us.

694
00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:51.880
Talking with Joe Kelly, selected eleventh
overall by the Bengals in the nineteen

695
00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:54.199
eighty six draft, let me ask
you about a fellow Washington Husky. How

696
00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:59.000
about the job that Jake Browning's doing
under center right now for this team?

697
00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:04.719
Oh? Man, I I am
I am as a Husky. I'm I'm

698
00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:08.039
I'm zoned out. You know,
I can't say enough you know a for

699
00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:14.079
him? Uh, you know he's
a Husky. Looking back at the University

700
00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:17.239
of Washington. That's Jake is doing. What Jake is doing. This is

701
00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:22.679
what Jake did for four years,
you know. And and you know,

702
00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:24.679
I'm excited for him. I'm happy
for him. And you know, fans

703
00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:30.440
get the talking. You know,
Jake, Jake Browning was a great college

704
00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:35.960
quarterback. Joe Burrow was a great
college quarterback. But Joe Burrow is a

705
00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:40.039
great NFL quarterback. Jake's a good
quarterback right now. Right, So you

706
00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:45.280
know, there's there's levels to this
thing. You know, there's levels,

707
00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:47.679
you know, and and but what
he's doing and and and he is,

708
00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:52.239
he's out there managing the game.
You know, he's not losing the game

709
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:54.920
for US. Uh. And he's
getting more comfortable in the offense. Uh.

710
00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:59.239
I think he's getting more confident in
letting some of those balls go,

711
00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:02.320
those down the field balls. And
you know, you can see that Pittsburgh

712
00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:07.360
game. I think we tried to
protect him too much. And because you

713
00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:10.079
looked at the first twenty passes,
I don't think there was a pass over

714
00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:14.440
five yards, right, you know, because now because you're you're you're scared

715
00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:17.639
that he's gonna f the game out
right, So here, let him play.

716
00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:20.800
Let him play the guy you know, look a high school the guy

717
00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:22.320
doing it ninety something touchdowns in one
year. Yeah, you know, so

718
00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:27.719
he can play quarterback. He can
play quarterback. And the more comfortable that

719
00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:30.199
he gets, you know, I
think, the better that he is,

720
00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:36.599
and now you know, it's it
won't be so devastating. You know,

721
00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:39.440
if if Joe were to get hurt. You know, I'm expecting Joe to

722
00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:43.760
play another seven, eight years whatever, and we're not going to be,

723
00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:46.559
you know, jumping into the river
if Joe, Joe gets hurt, because

724
00:47:46.760 --> 00:47:50.760
we've seen what Jake can do,
and you know, I think we haven't

725
00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:53.840
had a viable quarterback in a long
time. You see, when our quarterbacks

726
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:59.400
have traditionally gone out, we didn't
get the same play if it was a

727
00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:04.800
tremendous drop off. And I think, you know, Jake, besides that

728
00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.840
that that one pick down on the
goal line against Pittsburgh, you know,

729
00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:09.800
I think he's played his ass off, you know, Joe. Before we

730
00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:14.159
let you go, real quick,
shout out to you Washington Husky's in the

731
00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:16.719
BCS and Panis. Although he didn't
win the Heisman, I'm sure you're going

732
00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:23.320
to be out there rooting for you
dub Absolutely, I'm books books, you

733
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:29.039
know, after Vegas. So you
know, I'm excited. You know,

734
00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:31.880
I've got my U doub gear man, and you know it's you look at

735
00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:36.079
it. And the last year of
the PAC twelve. We go out,

736
00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:40.320
you know, and the Oregon and
Washington the rivalry, and you know the

737
00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:45.239
build up number number three versus number
six, number five, you know,

738
00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:50.000
and it couldn't been any better as
far as rankings and all that. And

739
00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:52.559
we come out and win. And
you know, here a PAC twelve team

740
00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:57.800
is, you know, as a
representation in his playoffs. And man,

741
00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:02.280
ain't no way else but the top
man. That would be insane. I'm

742
00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:08.280
getting excited right now. Joe,
Thank you so much. Brother. We

743
00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:15.400
appreciate you man. Thank you,
Joe. Thanks Joe. Take care all

744
00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:20.000
right, there you go, all
right, Joe Kelly checking in. You

745
00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:22.840
told me before we came on.
He'll get wound up, He'll get fired

746
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:24.920
up. He was wound up and
fired up on day buy, no question

747
00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:29.119
about love. Joe Kelly Man and
a good corporate citizen. He has a

748
00:49:29.159 --> 00:49:31.960
bunch of group homes that helps young
people get their lives back on track.

749
00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:36.239
Great guy. Man played for the
Washington Huskies, of course, was their

750
00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:39.519
MVP as a senior in nineteen eighty
five, and that eighty four team finished

751
00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:44.639
second in the polls upsetting Oklahoma in
the Orange Bowl, and now they get

752
00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:47.599
number three Texas in the Sugar Bowl. There you go, all right,

753
00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:52.039
we're rolling. That's the midway point. We'll call it's halftime. Well,

754
00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:55.280
usually Box would be running through the
highlights, so well, we'll make an

755
00:49:55.280 --> 00:50:00.280
adjustment to continue. We've got more
interviews and more discussion to get. It's

756
00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:08.440
Bengals Line on the first Star Logistics
Bengals Radio Networking seven hundred WLW seven thirty

757
00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:14.920
six on this Monday evening Bengals Line
and the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio Networking

758
00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:19.079
seven hundred WLW Lions Bacallister along with
Wayne Box, Miller, tonight Lap is

759
00:50:19.079 --> 00:50:21.960
out. They will be back next
week. We're sorting through what transpired on

760
00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:25.840
Saturday. We'll look ahead of those
Pittsburgh Steelers as well. It's time for

761
00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:30.559
Make the Right Call, presented by
the Law Offices of Blake Maslin. I'm

762
00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:34.000
gonna go with Jake Browning's decision.
It wasn't a call, it was a

763
00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:37.239
created play, and he made the
right call as he rolled out, extended

764
00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:42.960
the play, looked and found Tyler
Boyd in traffic forty four yards. He

765
00:50:44.440 --> 00:50:47.360
streaks down the sideline sets up what
turned out to be the game winning field

766
00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:52.760
goal. We'll make that our the
right call with Jake Browning, who made

767
00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:57.320
the right call a number of times
on Saturday in victory. Let's talk defense.

768
00:50:57.360 --> 00:51:00.840
Certainly they played a major role in
the stand up a game a third

769
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:04.239
and one followed by a fourth and
a half yard or so. For more

770
00:51:04.320 --> 00:51:07.199
on that, let's go inside the
locker room after the game. Here's Dave

771
00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:13.400
Lapham with b J. Hill.
B J Hill two interceptions in two weeks.

772
00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:16.039
What what's up? You know?
Uh just said the right place at

773
00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:21.519
the right time. You know,
we've been wrestling together, uh together today

774
00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:22.519
back keep you in the pocket.
That's what we did. We did a

775
00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:27.400
great job rustling, really did a
great job rushing and he had he had

776
00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:30.400
takeaways. She won the turnover battle. That fourth down stop was immense.

777
00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:34.880
Looked like Zach Carter got off the
ball pretty darn well and on that,

778
00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:37.320
on that stuff. But then all
of you did, I mean, I

779
00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:39.039
think it was fourth and two inchests
They lost the yard, so if they

780
00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:42.480
lost interest. Yeah, that was
our goal. Men. Hey, we

781
00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.000
gotta get this up right here.
And that's what me and him got good

782
00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:47.760
knocked back, throwing him at the
line and uh he was short. So

783
00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:52.000
what is it about this football team? The character and makeup of this football

784
00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:55.719
team. It's like, like the
great Jim Valvano said, don't give up,

785
00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.440
don't ever give up. I mean, you guys score twenty one points

786
00:51:59.440 --> 00:52:02.079
in the fourth quarter to take it
to overtime. A lot of people gave

787
00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:05.000
up on this, and you can't
give up on a team like this.

788
00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:07.960
Man. We were hungry. We
love to get better each and every day,

789
00:52:08.440 --> 00:52:12.000
and we take ownership of what we
do each and every week. Man.

790
00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:14.800
We just love each other. We're
gonna keep on fighting to the end.

791
00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:19.880
Man, What about what's going through
everybody's mind when I mean DJ goes

792
00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.800
down. You know Jamar Chase has
a shoulder problem either injury. I mean,

793
00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:25.679
the guys, guys are getting nicked
up in this football game. It's

794
00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:30.800
a it's a violence board played by
grown men. It hurt pretty bad.

795
00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:35.119
Same I got DJ going down.
Man, hopefully it's done too bad,

796
00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:37.079
but but you know it did.
It did hurt, But you know,

797
00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:42.559
we had to step up as a
defense. Defensive tackles got more, most

798
00:52:42.559 --> 00:52:45.440
of them got some more snaps the
usual. But it's all good. We

799
00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:47.840
got to win. Like I said, I hope everybody get back healthy.

800
00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:52.400
I know your guys, your mindset
is one week at a time. Okay,

801
00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:54.960
the Minnesota Viking game is over with
it. We're winning overtime. Now

802
00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:59.480
come to Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh.
I mean literally just one at a time,

803
00:52:59.519 --> 00:53:01.679
and who knows where it takes you, right, that's it. We

804
00:53:01.880 --> 00:53:05.360
don't want put anybody else hands.
We got to put in our hands.

805
00:53:05.840 --> 00:53:08.480
How out the end the season gonna
go, and that's our whole mindset.

806
00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:12.039
We got to take over, do
what we gotta do and win games.

807
00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:15.760
What was said at halftime when you
guys came in here and uh in Medica

808
00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:17.599
Football team, Uh, we just
felt like we just gave him some stuff.

809
00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:21.000
At the beginning of the game,
they moved the ball along this a

810
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.840
little bit, and then you got
at one point they moved the ball at

811
00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:25.119
all and they got some more.
Moment we just had to come in locking

812
00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:29.199
together and to play as the team
that was it. Well, I know

813
00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:31.960
you do you talk about being a
great athlete. You are a great athlete,

814
00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:36.199
man, I'm telling you you're you're
up there. There's a lot of

815
00:53:36.199 --> 00:53:38.679
defensive backs in the NFL that would
like to have the number of interceptions you

816
00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:42.920
have. You know, I'm not
bad, like I told like I tell

817
00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:44.960
you aboud, I'm a good athlete. You know, whatever you need me

818
00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:46.480
to do, I can do it. Appreciate your time, man, Oh

819
00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:51.440
yeah, you welcome BJ Hill.
After the game part of that huge third

820
00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:54.000
and one stop and then fourth and
a half yard stopping, you mentioned the

821
00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:59.159
he was miked up for the Colts
game. That was that was masterful stuff

822
00:53:59.159 --> 00:54:02.519
to watch on the TV. He's
something. He is a great character,

823
00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:06.800
and he's one on five in that
blocking scheme and he says, hey,

824
00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:07.960
hey, let me through, you
guys. You guys are letting through.

825
00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:12.719
Yeah. And you know the thing
about football that I really truly have come

826
00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:15.320
to love after having done a show
with Eric Keg Thomas for so many years,

827
00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:17.440
You look at a guy like BJ
Hill and you say, oh,

828
00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:22.599
you know, fifteen tackles and you
know that's it. But their job is

829
00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:25.480
not to tackle. Their jobs to
take up space. And those linebackers scrape

830
00:54:25.480 --> 00:54:30.000
off them. But to have four
sacks from the interior, YEP is impressive.

831
00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:34.840
And then to have two interceptions,
as Zach said kind of jokingly,

832
00:54:34.880 --> 00:54:37.199
well the other one fell in his
lap, but it still counts as an

833
00:54:37.239 --> 00:54:40.920
interception. And uh. But bj
Hill is another one of those guys you

834
00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.639
get traded from the Giants here and
the Billy Price trade. He comes here,

835
00:54:45.760 --> 00:54:50.599
he fits, He and DJ Reeder
just hit it off and become these

836
00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:54.840
kindred spirits. He went to North
Carolina State with Jermaine Pratt and the chemistry

837
00:54:54.840 --> 00:55:00.400
and synergy all around this team is
just everywhere. Yeah, that that trade

838
00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:02.679
was August twenty first, and when
it happened, it was more of a

839
00:55:02.760 --> 00:55:07.119
non descripture. I think many were
probably saying, who's bj Hill And some

840
00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:09.320
were saying, all right, Billy
Price, we could afford to move on

841
00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:13.800
from him. Maybe was change of
scenery for both. But you talk about

842
00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:16.360
hitting that, you look back at
the moves that Duke Tobin in this organization

843
00:55:16.440 --> 00:55:21.719
has made, the fact that they
parlayed Billy Price into what bj Hill has

844
00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:23.559
been in. And no disrespect to
Billy Price, but he's gone from the

845
00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:28.400
Giants to he was with Vegas for
a bit Arizona, New Orleans, Dallas

846
00:55:28.800 --> 00:55:31.440
practice squad. Now you talk about
winning a trade, that is a big

847
00:55:31.679 --> 00:55:35.920
w in that trade, no doubt, a big win. And again you

848
00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:38.840
look at the culture of this team
and a guy like him. But what

849
00:55:39.199 --> 00:55:44.000
you talked about and what Lap talked
about, Cam Taylor Brick coming on strong,

850
00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:46.760
he goes down. Joe Burrow he's
here, he goes down. You

851
00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:52.880
look at DJ Reader, he goes
down. Last year, chitnabebe Woosey goes

852
00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:55.000
down. And as you said,
next man up, plug and play.

853
00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:59.679
DJ Turner getting it out into the
field. Now, Rookie, and I

854
00:55:59.760 --> 00:56:02.519
tell you this kid, every play, every game, he seems to be

855
00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:07.679
better and better. Yeah, there's
a play here and there that dere just

856
00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:10.920
Rookie plays. But DJ Turner,
you know, we started out with three

857
00:56:12.039 --> 00:56:15.119
DJs and now we're down to one
DJ. So let's keep the music going.

858
00:56:15.199 --> 00:56:20.280
DJ Turner still ahead, Let's talk
some more defense. Mike Hilton ahead,

859
00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:23.199
It's Bengals Line on the first Star
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860
00:56:23.280 --> 00:56:30.840
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861
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862
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off. By the way, a
lot to get to in our third hour

867
00:56:57.960 --> 00:57:01.119
tonight, including James Casey Bengals tied
coach. You're gonna want to hear that.

868
00:57:01.119 --> 00:57:05.599
That and look at the Steelers as
well, and we always wrap it

869
00:57:05.639 --> 00:57:08.960
up on a victory Monday with presentation
of game balls that in our third and

870
00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:12.760
final hour, Let's stay on the
defensive side of things. Heard from bj

871
00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:15.280
Hill in the last segment, the
man who's always in the middle of things

872
00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:17.800
and always laying a hit on somebody
is Mike Hilton inside the locker room.

873
00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:23.039
Here's Dan Horde with Mike Hilton.
Mike, just an unbelievable victory for the

874
00:57:23.079 --> 00:57:29.960
Bengals today. Let's start with the
fourth and inches stop in ot. I

875
00:57:30.000 --> 00:57:31.920
don't even know who gets credit,
but there's an incredible stop. Really,

876
00:57:31.960 --> 00:57:36.360
the guys up front, you know, they they they they held a line

877
00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:37.960
of scrimmags down and was able to
stop his momentum. And then the rest

878
00:57:37.960 --> 00:57:42.679
of us got gotta push in and
we got a big stimming over zone.

879
00:57:42.960 --> 00:57:45.400
I mean there was back to back
stops as well. They had two chances

880
00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:49.480
less than a yard. You stopped
them both times. That's just who we

881
00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:52.360
are as a defense, our heart, our mentality, like we take those

882
00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:58.280
moments serious and you know it won
us the game. And obviously red zone

883
00:57:58.360 --> 00:58:01.679
takeaways were huge. You had the
first with a goal line interception. Tell

884
00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:06.239
us about that play. It was
a double on Jefferson and you know,

885
00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:08.239
quarterbacks to kind of talk, gets
your guys the ball, and I was

886
00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:12.760
able to kind of disguism who I
was doubling, and I feel back on

887
00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:16.480
eighteen and made a play. We
thought the game might have been over when

888
00:58:16.559 --> 00:58:21.800
Jermaine intercepted that pass took it to
the house with about six minutes to go.

889
00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:25.519
Unfortunately a penalty and negated it.
But did you think it was over?

890
00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.599
Oh? Yeah, absolutely that that's
the one of the momentum momentum plays

891
00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:32.239
that changes games. And you know, we found a way to finish it

892
00:58:32.280 --> 00:58:36.559
off even after that. So,
uh, just you can see how resilient

893
00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:38.400
we are and we never give up. What can you say about Jake Browning

894
00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:42.960
at this point? Man as Jake
and say, you know, he's a

895
00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:45.840
quiet, confident guy, but once
he is on that field, he's a

896
00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:47.480
game man. You know, when
when he got the ball in his hand,

897
00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:52.800
we feel comfortable. Some of the
wide receivers made unbelievable plays to play

898
00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:57.079
the teammate at the goal line with
the fall behind us back toward the pylon.

899
00:58:57.159 --> 00:58:59.679
Have you seen anything like that?
Never saying nothing like him. Man,

900
00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:02.280
that's when the best receivers in all
the football, and when we feed

901
00:59:02.360 --> 00:59:07.719
him, we're hard to stop.
Three games left in the regular season,

902
00:59:07.800 --> 00:59:12.119
you have now put yourselves in a
pretty solid position if you can take care

903
00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:14.360
of business. Yeah, you know, we still got everything in front of

904
00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:19.000
us. This was a tough matchup
against a real good team. But you

905
00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:21.760
know, yeah, you're ready for
a division game, you know in Pittsburgh.

906
00:59:21.880 --> 00:59:25.039
So we'll enjoy this one, but
get ready for next seing, wild,

907
00:59:25.159 --> 00:59:30.440
thrilling game. Congratulations, save big
win. Mike Hilton after the game.

908
00:59:30.480 --> 00:59:31.960
In one sequence, he had a
tackle for loss he was. He

909
00:59:32.039 --> 00:59:36.599
was blitzing into a run and he
ends up with a tackle for loss two

910
00:59:36.639 --> 00:59:38.880
plays later, the pickoff at the
goal line in box. He just makes

911
00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:44.280
plays. He's listed at five nine
four, plays much bigger than that because

912
00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:47.679
he's not afraid to hit people.
He's certainly not and he's certainly not a

913
00:59:47.760 --> 00:59:52.400
person that you worry about when they
go to make the tackle. I told

914
00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:55.599
Mike last week his nickname was Vice
Grips because once Mike gets you and you

915
00:59:55.679 --> 00:59:59.760
just that click when you have the
Vice grips and you click, and it

916
00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:02.280
just that's him. I mean,
you think about it. He's been in

917
01:00:02.400 --> 01:00:07.840
Cincinnati three years, which means next
year he will be in will have been

918
01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:10.159
at Cincinnati the same amount of you
as in Pittsburgh gives in Pittsburgh four years.

919
01:00:10.559 --> 01:00:15.519
But you think about it. This
guy has ten and a half sacks

920
01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:20.000
and twelve interceptions to go along with
over three hundred tackles. And the thing

921
01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:23.719
about it is he we talked about
this in the first hour. Another guy

922
01:00:24.440 --> 01:00:30.760
studies film YEP, watch his tape, picks up tendencies and then in that

923
01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:34.840
moment he seems the goal where he
thinks the play's going to unfold because that

924
01:00:34.920 --> 01:00:38.079
interception at the goal line, he
was in perfect position to get the pick.

925
01:00:38.840 --> 01:00:43.800
Settle in. We're gonna wind up
the hour with the Dan Horde highlight

926
01:00:43.880 --> 01:00:46.760
package. You think Saturday was wild, try condensing all of that into a

927
01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:50.800
couple of minutes. You'll hear it
is we hit down the Stretch in this

928
01:00:50.880 --> 01:00:53.880
hour on Bengals Line on the First
Ster Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred

929
01:00:54.039 --> 01:01:00.519
WLW. See all right, hitting
down the Stretch. The show is Bengals

930
01:01:00.519 --> 01:01:05.079
Line. We do we love First
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931
01:01:05.199 --> 01:01:09.199
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932
01:01:09.199 --> 01:01:14.119
Bengals, Lance McAlister along with Wayne
box Miller. Let's say we end the

933
01:01:14.280 --> 01:01:17.119
hour this way. If you were
their Saturday, if you listen Saturday,

934
01:01:17.119 --> 01:01:21.000
if you followed Saturday, you know
what a roller coaster ride. It was

935
01:01:21.559 --> 01:01:25.079
ups and downs and a whole bunch
in between. All of that condensed into

936
01:01:25.159 --> 01:01:30.760
a couple of minutes, here's what
we will call the Dan Horde highlight package

937
01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:35.440
of how victory sounded on Saturday.
Hit it With four games left in the

938
01:01:35.480 --> 01:01:40.280
regular season, nearly forty percent of
the AFC has a record of seven and

939
01:01:40.599 --> 01:01:46.639
six six out of sixteen teams.
The Bengals are one of them, and

940
01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:53.000
chances are only two of those six
will make the playoffs. That makes today's

941
01:01:53.039 --> 01:02:00.360
home game against the Minnesota Vikings critical. And it is time for the skin

942
01:02:00.480 --> 01:02:05.679
to fly. Here in the jungle, Browning throwing it deep for Jamar Chase.

943
01:02:06.079 --> 01:02:10.559
He's got it as he makes arms
extended catch before going out of bounds

944
01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:15.519
at the twenty yard line. I'll
tell you what, that's an unbelievable throw

945
01:02:15.559 --> 01:02:21.119
because Jake Browning that blown up Robbins
with his right knee on the field turf.

946
01:02:21.159 --> 01:02:23.400
He catches the long snap, puts
the ball down. The kick is

947
01:02:23.960 --> 01:02:30.119
knocked through by Evan McPherson and the
Bengals score on their opening possession to take

948
01:02:30.239 --> 01:02:35.719
a three to nothing lead. Browning
back to throw his pass for Higgins in

949
01:02:35.760 --> 01:02:44.199
the end zone. Touchdown Bengals.
A perfect throw from Jake Browning and an

950
01:02:44.239 --> 01:02:49.760
over the shoulder catch for t Higgins
for the Bengals touchdown. Don't mess around.

951
01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:53.360
First down in the red zone,
go for the gusto. Browning drops

952
01:02:53.400 --> 01:02:58.480
back to throw four come after him. Browning fires down the field, caught

953
01:02:58.519 --> 01:03:06.159
by Chase. He's got a first
down half the nineteen a Minnesota shake,

954
01:03:06.320 --> 01:03:10.920
Browning putting it right on the money
for Jamar Chase. Browning's going to be

955
01:03:10.960 --> 01:03:15.360
in the shotgun. Joe Mixon to
his right. Everybody bunched in tight.

956
01:03:15.599 --> 01:03:19.920
They handed to Mixon. He gets
hit. Try filling in a double effort

957
01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:27.360
and does the second effort gives the
Dangles a touchdown as Joe Mixon spikes the

958
01:03:27.440 --> 01:03:32.519
ball triumphantly after taking it in.
He got hit by Ivan Pace in between

959
01:03:32.559 --> 01:03:37.679
the one and the two, bounced
off him, kept fighting and got in.

960
01:03:37.920 --> 01:03:42.440
He was not gonna be denied.
Mullins sends another receiver in motion he

961
01:03:42.480 --> 01:03:45.760
will look to throw. Mullins,
standing now rolling to the right, being

962
01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:51.039
chased towards the sideline, throws it
into the end zone, caught by Addison

963
01:03:51.079 --> 01:03:57.400
for the touchdown, and the Vikings
have the lead with three forty eight to

964
01:03:57.480 --> 01:04:01.159
go. Forty eight seconds left in
regular on second and ten, Browning,

965
01:04:01.199 --> 01:04:04.960
scrambling right in trouble, throws it
off his back foot toward the end zone.

966
01:04:05.519 --> 01:04:12.840
T Higgins wins a jump ball for
the football hit the touchdown. An

967
01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:18.480
incredible catch by t Higgins and the
Bengals have stored with thirty nine seconds to

968
01:04:18.559 --> 01:04:24.599
go. I can't believe what t
Higgins just did. Unreal. I mean

969
01:04:24.719 --> 01:04:28.239
Jake Browning to put it in the
area, and then Higgins catches it at

970
01:04:28.239 --> 01:04:31.800
the one and just throws it back
without losing control of it. He just

971
01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:36.760
swoops his arm over his head and
the ball crosses the goal line and the

972
01:04:36.800 --> 01:04:42.840
Bengals get a tying touchdown. Can
the Bengals stop Minnesota on fourth down in

973
01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:46.400
about two inches in overtime? With
at the forty one yard line, wouldn't

974
01:04:46.400 --> 01:04:49.840
you love to have Dj Reader in
there for this? Snow Mullins will be

975
01:04:49.920 --> 01:04:55.719
under center, Chandler lined up behind
him. The Vikings try the bush,

976
01:04:56.079 --> 01:05:00.440
the Bengals appear to have stopped it. Cincinnati got a great search up front.

977
01:05:00.719 --> 01:05:05.519
He looks like the Vikings lost jarnage
going for the tush push. Let's

978
01:05:05.519 --> 01:05:09.920
see about the spot. It all
comes down to the spot, man.

979
01:05:09.960 --> 01:05:14.920
I'll tell you they got off the
ball faster than the offensive lineman digs.

980
01:05:15.679 --> 01:05:20.639
The Bengals will take over at their
own forty two yard line. An incredible

981
01:05:20.760 --> 01:05:27.800
job by the defense. That's the
first time all year Minnesota has been stopped

982
01:05:27.840 --> 01:05:30.719
on fourth and one, and it
was fourth in an inch or two,

983
01:05:30.239 --> 01:05:34.920
the Vikings showing pressure. Here comes
the blance Browning looking scrambling to the right,

984
01:05:35.039 --> 01:05:40.760
Browning towing downfield. It is cod
got him. Tyler Boyd still on

985
01:05:40.840 --> 01:05:45.000
his feet. He's at the twenty. He will be brought down inside the

986
01:05:45.119 --> 01:05:50.559
fifteen. He's tackled at the thirteen. An incredible throw in a narrow window

987
01:05:50.679 --> 01:05:57.000
by Jake Browning. Tyler Boyd made
the catch, state on his feet.

988
01:05:57.199 --> 01:06:01.760
The Bengals convert on third down and
nine, and now they are well within

989
01:06:01.840 --> 01:06:06.599
the field goal range of Evan McPherson. This will be from twenty nine yards

990
01:06:06.639 --> 01:06:13.159
away from straightaway, shorter than an
extra point, looking for the seventh walk

991
01:06:13.199 --> 01:06:16.440
off field goal of his NFL career
and his second in a span of three

992
01:06:16.440 --> 01:06:20.920
weeks. Robbin's ready to hold the
snap, the placement, the right footed

993
01:06:21.000 --> 01:06:29.960
kick. It is good and the
Bengals are still alive in the playoff hunt

994
01:06:30.480 --> 01:06:36.199
as they rally from a fourteen point
deficit in the fourth corner and beat them

995
01:06:36.239 --> 01:06:43.320
in a Sona Vikings in over time
twenty seven to twenty four. And that

996
01:06:43.679 --> 01:06:45.920
is how it sounded, and that
puts two hours in the books, Hang

997
01:06:46.000 --> 01:06:51.559
Tight, Third to Unfold James Casey, Bengals tight End coach I would call

998
01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:56.400
a must listen. You'll hear the
conversation he had with Dan Horde as we

999
01:06:56.440 --> 01:07:00.760
continue with the Bengals Line on the
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1007
01:07:43.599 --> 01:07:46.719
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01:07:46.760 --> 01:07:50.719
Countdown to kickoff, the Halftime Report, the Locker Room Report, you name

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it, Bengals gameplay, and pep
Rally. He is everywhere and We've had

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a blast tonight in our first two
hours. This third hour is headlined by

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the first conversation you're going to hear. This is James Casey the Bengals tight

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Ends coach with Dan Horde, part
of Dan's weekly Fun Facts, and I

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think everybody who heard it yesterday had
the same thought. That was so good.

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We should play that tonight on Bengals
Line. If you missed it,

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this is definitely worth the listen.
Here's Dan Horde with the Bengals tight Ends

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coach James Casey. So, James, this segment is called fun Facts,

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but it's really your life story in
ten to fifteen minutes. And your life

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story includes heartbreak and a devastating loss. Your mom passed away in a fire

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01:08:32.359 --> 01:08:35.720
when you were sixteen years old.
I can't imagine the fear. I can't

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imagine the trauma. How did you
get through it? Yeah? I mean

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I never talked about it, just
because it's bad emotion, bad feelings and

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01:08:44.960 --> 01:08:47.439
bad memories. But I was at
school one day and they came and got

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me and said my trailer burned down
and my mom was inside, so I

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lost everything. So it was,
you know, devastating. Of course,

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I had. Only I had was
like backpack that I was wearing, the

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01:08:59.520 --> 01:09:02.279
clothes was in that day, and
then my mom was gone. But eventually

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01:09:02.359 --> 01:09:05.119
came I had a like a kind
of like epiphany, r like awareness to

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01:09:05.119 --> 01:09:08.880
say, like, well, my
mom would not have wanted me to just

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01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:12.760
feel siden for myself and be moping
around and and you know, making bad

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grades in school and not trying in
sports. So I just said, you

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know, she would have wanted me
to you know, that happened. It's

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it's it's there, nothing can change
about it. So the only thing I

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could do is, you know,
try to make the best of whatever I

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can do and make her proud.
So you know, I really just said,

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01:09:27.560 --> 01:09:29.239
you know what, she would have
wanted me to do great things and

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be good. And so after that
happened, I really picked it up even

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more so like my work ethic,
my my school, my sports, I

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just try to be wanted to try
to be the best, just to just

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because that's how I feel like you
should do things like try to maximize everything,

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all your potentials, and it's like
you don't want to let people down.

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And I had a ton of support
from the city, like azel text,

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like I had I had people buying
me clothes, you know I had

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There was a guy that got me
a truck, like you know, I

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ended up having nicer things afterwards.
I mean, a terrible situation, but

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I had a lot of people around
me to help them me. And you

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01:10:00.319 --> 01:10:03.680
know my wife, you know,
I'm married high school sweethearts. We been

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married seventeen years, so she came
along ride for that. And like anything

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01:10:09.600 --> 01:10:11.720
in life, you need a lot
of people helping you no matter how hard

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01:10:11.760 --> 01:10:14.000
you work. And I had a
lot of people around helping me. We're

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visiting the tight Ends coach James Casey, you were a hard throwing pitcher as

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01:10:16.840 --> 01:10:19.680
a kid. You got drafted by
the White Sox right out of high school

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and spent four years in pro baseball, playing in places like Bristol, Virginia

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01:10:24.880 --> 01:10:28.720
and Great Falls, Montana. How
would you describe the experience. It was

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01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:31.079
an unbelievable, valuable experience for me, like coming out of high school on

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01:10:31.079 --> 01:10:34.079
azel, you know, dealing with
the story you just heard about my mom

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01:10:34.119 --> 01:10:36.880
and having even before that happened,
and you know, I lived in like

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really bad trailer. We had roaches, like we we didn't have a lot

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01:10:40.560 --> 01:10:43.159
of money, so I grew up
real poor, and then I got drafted

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in baseball in the seventh round.
So I'm thinking, I'm going to the

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big leagues. I'm going to be
an all star. And I was.

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01:10:47.159 --> 01:10:50.520
I was talented. I mean,
I had the potential to, but I

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01:10:50.560 --> 01:10:54.119
didn't have the mindset. You know. I was eighteen years old, never

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01:10:54.159 --> 01:10:56.960
even really been out of the city, and then I go play minor league

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01:10:56.960 --> 01:11:00.640
baseball and I'm traveling around on buses
and the minor leage years don't make any

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01:11:00.680 --> 01:11:02.760
money whatsoever. I had a little
bit of a signing bonus, but you

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01:11:02.800 --> 01:11:04.880
know, I thought I was rich
at that time. But I think I

1067
01:11:04.920 --> 01:11:09.359
had My signing bonus was one hundred
and twenty thousand, which to me,

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01:11:09.399 --> 01:11:11.680
it was like, I'm rich,
you know, but you know, big

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01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:14.760
picture wise, that's not that's not
going to sustain me for my whole life.

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But I learned, like it was
a great experience getting meet a lot

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of different people. Being a professional
athlete eighteen years old, I learned a

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lot of valuable lessons. And then
once I got fired in baseballs, I

1073
01:11:25.760 --> 01:11:29.319
couldn't throw strikes and I just I
didn't have like any training as a kid.

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So that was my only training that
was professional. And I've heard the

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01:11:32.039 --> 01:11:34.640
two worst players, and I would
believe in the two worst players you can

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01:11:34.680 --> 01:11:38.520
coach that are the players that don't
do anything you say, and then the

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player that does everything you say,
like exactly I was. I was a

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kid that did everything they said exactly, which you know sometimes you know,

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01:11:45.159 --> 01:11:49.279
coaches are great sometimes, but sometimes
coaches say some things that are more like,

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01:11:49.359 --> 01:11:51.079
you know, maybe it doesn't fit
you as well, and you got

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01:11:51.119 --> 01:11:54.800
to, you know, be respectful, but say you know that's not going

1082
01:11:54.840 --> 01:11:57.640
to work for me that well,
like I need to, I need to

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01:11:57.680 --> 01:12:00.880
stick with some of the stuff that
got me here. So after I got

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01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:02.520
fired in baseball, it's like I've
not had many regrets. Nobody's out working

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01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:05.840
me. I'm always going to be
the guy that works hard on everybody else.

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And because I'm if, like if
NFL coaching, if it didn't work

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01:12:10.600 --> 01:12:13.399
out, I'm still going to hold
my head uph because I know why I'm

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01:12:13.399 --> 01:12:15.640
doing everything I possibly can to be
a great coach and to help the time

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ends as much as I can.
So after four years of minor league baseball,

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when you realize you're not going to
the big leagues, what were your

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01:12:23.439 --> 01:12:27.720
options in your own mind. I
got married at twenty one to my high

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01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:30.479
school sweetheart and we've been married seventeen
years, would be eighteen years in December,

1093
01:12:31.239 --> 01:12:34.079
and so we got married, and
then two weeks later, I got

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01:12:34.079 --> 01:12:38.199
fired in baseball. So I'm like, oh, man, like, you

1095
01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:40.800
know, hopefully she doesn't leave me. Shit she didn't, luckly, But

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my mindset was I knew I was
going to go to college. That's why

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I was. I was willing to
get you know, I got drafted high

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01:12:47.199 --> 01:12:49.439
school's, I was willing to go
play minor league baseball. It's because I

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01:12:49.479 --> 01:12:54.000
knew, worst case scenario I get
fired, I'm still going to go to

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college and graduate and get her degree, and you know, you go into

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01:12:57.920 --> 01:13:00.680
the workforce and you know, make
money and have a job every career.

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I knew I was gonna do that. I knew I was just enough to

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01:13:01.520 --> 01:13:03.840
do that. So I was like, Okay, I'm gonna I want to

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I'm gonna go to college, so
you know, I'm gonna play football too.

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So and nobody was contacting me.
Obviously. It's been you know,

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I've been in high school like four
years, and I didn't really have any

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01:13:13.840 --> 01:13:16.520
film. But another adage like you
know you, you know, you gotta

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01:13:16.960 --> 01:13:19.319
you always need help, regardless of
what you're doing, and it doesn't hurt

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01:13:19.359 --> 01:13:23.239
to ask, you know. So
the only way you can get information out

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01:13:23.239 --> 01:13:26.119
to college is is like just to
send them things to go talk to them

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01:13:26.159 --> 01:13:29.840
and call them. And so I
filled out like every questionnaire from any college

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01:13:29.840 --> 01:13:33.720
in Texas and out of state.
I sent like these this envelope full of

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my information and and just silly stuff
like I took a picture. My wife

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took a picture of myself in my
tights, and I thought it was douchey,

1115
01:13:44.199 --> 01:13:45.960
but but I saw I was just
watching TV and I saw in the

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01:13:45.960 --> 01:13:47.840
combine they do it. So I
was like, well, and I knew

1117
01:13:47.880 --> 01:13:51.039
I was like as a baseball player. So a lot of these college coaches

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01:13:51.039 --> 01:13:54.880
are probably gonna think I'm, you
know, out of shape person or like

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01:13:54.920 --> 01:13:57.039
real skinny guys, so like I
needed to show them though, I'm in

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01:13:57.119 --> 01:14:00.239
good shape. And that's really what
got me the opportunity. Long long story,

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01:14:00.279 --> 01:14:03.239
but so I just sent that information
everywhere because I was going to go

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01:14:03.239 --> 01:14:04.920
to college and I was gonna see, well, if I'm gonna go,

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01:14:04.960 --> 01:14:08.399
maybe I can get a I don't
even know how scholarships work, but I

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01:14:08.399 --> 01:14:11.119
was like, maybe I can get
a ten percent scholarship or something. I

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01:14:11.119 --> 01:14:15.199
didn't even realize it was like full
scholarships until I got the scholarship. And

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01:14:15.520 --> 01:14:17.680
long, long story, but Rice
took a chance on me and gave me

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01:14:17.720 --> 01:14:21.520
a scholarship to play defense, and
I was I jumped on it like right

1128
01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:27.640
away and I didn't and realizing it
was a full scholarship and Rice's unbelievable university

1129
01:14:27.680 --> 01:14:30.920
and so on. You know,
Once that happened, my life kind of

1130
01:14:30.920 --> 01:14:32.319
really like took a one eighty right
there. Like I was like, okay,

1131
01:14:32.680 --> 01:14:34.359
I got an opportunity, and I
was like, I am, this

1132
01:14:34.399 --> 01:14:38.479
is not gonna pass me by.
And I was like a mad man in

1133
01:14:38.520 --> 01:14:41.000
college, like in a good way, but I was. I was.

1134
01:14:41.560 --> 01:14:44.880
All I did was football in school, like just NonStop, and I worked

1135
01:14:44.880 --> 01:14:47.560
out and it led to like successful
the field, and then I got opportunity

1136
01:14:47.560 --> 01:14:51.000
to play in the NFL. You
got moved from defense to offense at Rice

1137
01:14:51.319 --> 01:14:56.199
and had two tremendous season to your
final year one hundred and eleven catches for

1138
01:14:56.239 --> 01:15:00.000
more than thirteen hundred yards, fifty
seven rights for two hundred and forty one

1139
01:15:00.199 --> 01:15:02.880
more. You're listed as a tight
end, But how would you describe your

1140
01:15:02.920 --> 01:15:08.560
position at Rice? Yeah, I
was. I mean, it's a long

1141
01:15:08.600 --> 01:15:11.239
story about how I kind of got
in those situations. But I started off

1142
01:15:11.239 --> 01:15:14.199
as a linebacker and then the second
day of the movie, it's a defensive

1143
01:15:14.279 --> 01:15:16.800
end. So I played defensive end
the whole spring. And because I got

1144
01:15:16.840 --> 01:15:19.560
there in the spring and I was
probably going to be the starting defensive end,

1145
01:15:19.600 --> 01:15:24.600
but I kept staying after practice each
spring practice and like playing catch to

1146
01:15:24.640 --> 01:15:27.920
show the coaches that I could throw
really well. Because when I was trying

1147
01:15:27.920 --> 01:15:30.680
to recruit myself to college, I
was I was trying to be a quarterback

1148
01:15:30.279 --> 01:15:32.479
because you know, obviously I drafted
in baseball as a picture like I could

1149
01:15:32.520 --> 01:15:35.880
throw the ball. I could throw
the ball well, and and I just

1150
01:15:35.960 --> 01:15:39.439
kept kind of showing them like I
was. I wasn't being disrespectful. I

1151
01:15:39.439 --> 01:15:41.760
was like, hey, I think
I was just being honest, like I'm

1152
01:15:41.800 --> 01:15:44.560
not I can play defense, and
I think I would have been a really

1153
01:15:44.600 --> 01:15:46.239
good defensive player, but I was, I think I could help this team

1154
01:15:46.239 --> 01:15:48.439
better if I want offense, Like
if that's what I've done my whole life,

1155
01:15:48.479 --> 01:15:50.600
I've always been you know, even
when I was a little kid,

1156
01:15:50.640 --> 01:15:56.000
I was like the running back or
and so I was trying to show them

1157
01:15:56.039 --> 01:15:59.000
that I think I could help on
offense, and they started getting me more

1158
01:15:59.000 --> 01:16:02.880
involved at a receiver, and then
I started doing wildcat quarterback stuff. And

1159
01:16:02.920 --> 01:16:05.520
then they kind just kind of started
evolving where I started doing all kinds of

1160
01:16:05.520 --> 01:16:10.680
stuff like and they I mean credit
to them. That's the advantages of being

1161
01:16:10.720 --> 01:16:13.279
in a place like rights. They
gave me a lot of opportunities to do

1162
01:16:13.319 --> 01:16:15.399
a bunch of different stuff, and
eventually they started putting in the games,

1163
01:16:15.439 --> 01:16:18.760
and then I started doing a great
job in the game and it just kind

1164
01:16:18.760 --> 01:16:23.640
of took off from there. So
you lasted seven years in the NFL with

1165
01:16:23.680 --> 01:16:28.359
Houston, Philly and Denver. What
did you love most about being an NFL

1166
01:16:28.399 --> 01:16:32.960
player? The you know the reason
why I'm coaching. I love everything about

1167
01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:35.479
football. I mean, it is
to me, it's like one of the

1168
01:16:35.479 --> 01:16:41.960
greatest things on earth is that you
get all these different people together and it's

1169
01:16:41.960 --> 01:16:45.439
a true team sport where everybody you
know. On offense, we get eleven

1170
01:16:45.479 --> 01:16:47.159
guys out there. All eleven of
those guys got to do their job and

1171
01:16:47.199 --> 01:16:50.399
got to be if one guy doesn't
do it right, that could completely kill

1172
01:16:50.399 --> 01:16:55.800
the play. And there's so much
strategy that goes into it that, you

1173
01:16:55.800 --> 01:16:58.520
know, I wish some of the
fans and people could see how much goes

1174
01:16:58.520 --> 01:17:01.199
into the past protection stuff, how
much goes into the run game stuff,

1175
01:17:01.239 --> 01:17:04.720
and the different you know angles the
defensive ends up playing, and how the

1176
01:17:04.760 --> 01:17:08.720
linebackers play and special teams. What
kind of return are they doing? Like

1177
01:17:08.720 --> 01:17:11.880
who's gonna be blocking me? What
kind of guys that is a big big

1178
01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:15.600
guys he quick, Like, there's
just so much strategy involved, and it's

1179
01:17:15.640 --> 01:17:17.520
like you can you get you get
it. You can get out what you

1180
01:17:17.560 --> 01:17:21.720
put in in football if you're tough
and you're physical and you have technique and

1181
01:17:21.760 --> 01:17:26.680
you and you know what you're doing. You play hard and you can make

1182
01:17:26.680 --> 01:17:30.319
yourself a good player. And it's
it's a lot of like correlations of life.

1183
01:17:30.399 --> 01:17:32.680
You know, there's a lot you
can everybody's got to work together,

1184
01:17:32.920 --> 01:17:35.199
and you can you get out what
you put in. So I just love

1185
01:17:35.239 --> 01:17:39.399
the entire game of football. And
we're trying to you know, put on

1186
01:17:39.439 --> 01:17:41.199
a show and we're trying to win. We're trying to win for the city.

1187
01:17:41.239 --> 01:17:43.239
We're trying to win for each other. We're trying to, you know,

1188
01:17:43.560 --> 01:17:45.800
just anything. We're trying to be
successful. You want to win anything.

1189
01:17:45.880 --> 01:17:48.199
You're competitive, and football is the
most competitive NFL for sure, it's

1190
01:17:48.199 --> 01:17:51.880
the most competitive thing out there.
So I love being competitive. I'm trying

1191
01:17:51.920 --> 01:17:56.600
to win and I want to try
to maximize everything, you know, maximize

1192
01:17:56.640 --> 01:18:00.359
everything within my human you know,
potential. And no better way to to

1193
01:18:00.439 --> 01:18:02.680
test yourself to NFL football. You
know, if you think you're good,

1194
01:18:02.720 --> 01:18:05.560
well you got to see how good
you are, you know, going against

1195
01:18:05.560 --> 01:18:11.039
the NFL guys. Final question,
This one's kind of deep. If you

1196
01:18:11.079 --> 01:18:15.039
could meet anybody in history, living
or deceased, who would that person be?

1197
01:18:15.520 --> 01:18:19.880
Oh easiest question ever Jesus Christ for
sure. I mean I just I'm

1198
01:18:19.960 --> 01:18:23.600
thirty nine. I try to be
well, well thought out about everything,

1199
01:18:23.640 --> 01:18:29.239
and I wasn't very religious until recently
till this last off season where I said,

1200
01:18:29.279 --> 01:18:31.600
Okay, my kids are going to
school and they're going to Catholic school,

1201
01:18:31.640 --> 01:18:34.880
and I was like, I always
believe in the Creator because I'm like,

1202
01:18:34.880 --> 01:18:39.720
no way, this just came about
randomly from sales. Like everything's way

1203
01:18:39.720 --> 01:18:42.479
too order and too structured, and
there's way too much things that makes sense

1204
01:18:42.520 --> 01:18:45.279
for it to just be random.
So I was like, I need to

1205
01:18:45.319 --> 01:18:48.800
learn about this, and I didn't. My parents never you know, took

1206
01:18:48.840 --> 01:18:51.159
me to church. You know,
I grew up report that wasn't not a

1207
01:18:51.199 --> 01:18:55.239
part of my life. And so
as an adult, as an even in

1208
01:18:55.279 --> 01:18:57.279
high school, it's like I was
hearing some of things, like for the

1209
01:18:57.319 --> 01:19:00.760
first time. I finally said,
Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna study this.

1210
01:19:00.960 --> 01:19:04.560
And I've read like eight books this
offseason about Christianity and like the very

1211
01:19:04.600 --> 01:19:09.119
beginning and and now I'm a believer, so that, you know, I

1212
01:19:09.119 --> 01:19:11.640
would love you just you know,
talk to talk to Jesus. You know,

1213
01:19:11.720 --> 01:19:15.000
he can probably give me some wisdom
on some things and probably calm me

1214
01:19:15.000 --> 01:19:18.560
down a little bit on some things
too. This has been really enjoyable.

1215
01:19:18.680 --> 01:19:21.720
I took more of your time than
I said I would, but I really

1216
01:19:21.760 --> 01:19:25.399
appreciate it. And that's the luck
the rest of the year. Thank you.

1217
01:19:25.399 --> 01:19:30.399
Have great day. That was Bengals
tight end coach James Casey with Dan

1218
01:19:30.520 --> 01:19:35.319
Horde for fun Facts and Box.
We were shaking our head during listening to

1219
01:19:35.399 --> 01:19:40.800
it again today. He he gets
it, he appreciates it. The big

1220
01:19:40.880 --> 01:19:45.520
picture perspective is just, man,
what an impressive guy. You know,

1221
01:19:45.720 --> 01:19:51.319
his adversity and the ability to take
it had on the community to rally around

1222
01:19:51.399 --> 01:19:56.399
him. Uh. The understanding that
I can use this as fuel to make

1223
01:19:56.439 --> 01:20:02.159
my mother proud. Uh. The
evolution of continuing to get better and to

1224
01:20:02.239 --> 01:20:08.039
have a good partner wife that helped
him along the way of the you know,

1225
01:20:08.199 --> 01:20:13.760
the tights of the whole yards,
and then to use football and to

1226
01:20:13.840 --> 01:20:16.159
have the courage and character to say
I think I can help you more on

1227
01:20:16.239 --> 01:20:20.279
offense. A lot of guys would
never do that, but through his through

1228
01:20:20.399 --> 01:20:28.960
line. One thing about James Casey
that I totally admire was everything about him

1229
01:20:29.119 --> 01:20:34.520
was about work, effort, and
sacrifice and focus. And those four character

1230
01:20:34.640 --> 01:20:39.920
traits for him have served him well. And I mean, I'd be honest

1231
01:20:39.960 --> 01:20:42.760
with you, man, I you
know you and I've listened to fantastic fun

1232
01:20:42.800 --> 01:20:45.680
facts for as long as Dan's been
doing them. The skyrocket at to the

1233
01:20:45.720 --> 01:20:48.600
top of the list for me right
now, no doubt. Good stuff.

1234
01:20:49.000 --> 01:20:53.439
Very well said, and thanks to
Dan for passing that along and allowing us

1235
01:20:53.479 --> 01:20:57.960
to play that tonight as well.
Up next, Zach Taylor on the impact

1236
01:20:57.960 --> 01:21:01.399
of losing DJ Reader and how Zach
fuse the playoff scenarios right now as we

1237
01:21:01.439 --> 01:21:05.560
continue with the Bengals line of the
First Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven

1238
01:21:05.640 --> 01:21:14.680
hundred WLW, A twenty four Bengals
line on the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio

1239
01:21:14.720 --> 01:21:18.560
Network and seven hundred WLW Lance Pactist
along with Wayne Box Miller Tonight hanging out

1240
01:21:18.600 --> 01:21:23.960
three hours of Bengals conversation and Bengals
fans on Fridays, make sure to listen

1241
01:21:23.960 --> 01:21:27.800
to Dan and Lapp for Bengals pep
Rally presented by Wings and Rings on the

1242
01:21:27.800 --> 01:21:30.880
air from three to six on ESPN
fifteen thirty. Do I remember hearing you

1243
01:21:30.880 --> 01:21:33.359
correctly during the breaks? You will
be involved in that on this Friday.

1244
01:21:33.439 --> 01:21:38.800
Yeah, it'll be because Dan and
Day willieve Friday going for going to Pittsburgh.

1245
01:21:38.960 --> 01:21:42.600
I'll be on the next three Fridays. Dan has conflict with U see

1246
01:21:42.640 --> 01:21:45.159
basketball, so it'll be me.
I think Eric E. T. Thomas

1247
01:21:45.159 --> 01:21:49.920
and Doug Pilfrey may I'm trying to
get them on board. The following two

1248
01:21:49.960 --> 01:21:55.520
weeks, Dave Lapham will be with
me, so we should be talking playoffs

1249
01:21:55.560 --> 01:21:58.880
at that point. I'm gonna be
optimistic saying that very nice. By the

1250
01:21:58.880 --> 01:22:01.279
way. For the record, I
as you say, et there were many

1251
01:22:01.279 --> 01:22:04.840
a Knight's driving home, I listened
to you and E T. Eric Thomas

1252
01:22:05.199 --> 01:22:10.159
doing your shirt. Well, well, I gotta say this because people don't

1253
01:22:10.239 --> 01:22:15.680
understand we had a little friendly competition. But then it wasn't because our shows

1254
01:22:15.880 --> 01:22:17.960
weren't identical, but they overlapped.
Yes, And I would get to work

1255
01:22:18.000 --> 01:22:20.560
early because you and I are the
same kind of guys. We like to

1256
01:22:20.600 --> 01:22:24.840
get there early in prep. And
then I listened to you and I said,

1257
01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:28.560
damn it, I didn't know about
that. When are you you come

1258
01:22:28.600 --> 01:22:32.239
at one of those lance McAllister stats
and I say, well, I ain't

1259
01:22:32.279 --> 01:22:34.880
nothing I could do with that.
Let me go find an interview with something

1260
01:22:34.920 --> 01:22:39.079
that I could get on the show. But it was just a mutual admiration

1261
01:22:39.199 --> 01:22:45.239
because I loved how you always had
everything aligned and the data points and you

1262
01:22:45.279 --> 01:22:47.279
know, we weren't using the where's
data point back then, but you know

1263
01:22:47.359 --> 01:22:51.359
the facts and things that you have, And I just always appreciated you because

1264
01:22:51.399 --> 01:22:55.880
it made me do better when I
came on in five and I think you

1265
01:22:55.920 --> 01:22:58.399
onre from three to six, and
we were on from five to seven,

1266
01:22:58.520 --> 01:23:00.359
yep, and I'd say, I
never told you this, and I just

1267
01:23:00.399 --> 01:23:02.680
said, man, this, that's
the Lancet guy's putting pressure on you.

1268
01:23:02.720 --> 01:23:05.720
Man, I got I gotta come
up. Let me call Oscar Robertson to

1269
01:23:05.760 --> 01:23:11.279
see if I for an hour.
That's great because I was doing the same

1270
01:23:11.319 --> 01:23:13.479
thing. I was like, I
was writing things down and then like and

1271
01:23:13.479 --> 01:23:15.239
then I hear like a Glenn,
I go, oh, Now, Glenn

1272
01:23:15.279 --> 01:23:18.800
made a point I hadn't thought of
with uh, Wayne and et. And

1273
01:23:19.399 --> 01:23:23.079
those are the days. Yes,
yes, brother, I always admire you

1274
01:23:23.159 --> 01:23:25.760
work the same same to you as
well. All Right, there's been a

1275
01:23:25.760 --> 01:23:28.399
blast night. Let's before we check
news. Bottom of the hour. Zach

1276
01:23:28.439 --> 01:23:31.239
Taylor yesterday met with the media.
He was asked about the Steelers second time

1277
01:23:31.279 --> 01:23:35.319
around the playoffs and and he was
asked first about the impact of losing DJ

1278
01:23:35.520 --> 01:23:41.199
Reader and what it means going forward. Take a listen. I mean every

1279
01:23:41.199 --> 01:23:44.199
step of the way. Uh,
he's represented everything that we we talked about

1280
01:23:44.239 --> 01:23:45.359
in the locker room, everything we
talked about on the field, everything we

1281
01:23:45.439 --> 01:23:50.199
talked about in practice, the way
you conduct yourself. He's he's represented everything.

1282
01:23:50.199 --> 01:23:55.760
And then that's why he's elected captain
and he's earned all of that and

1283
01:23:55.760 --> 01:24:00.439
and you know he's he's been invaluable
in his time here. What's a challenge

1284
01:24:00.439 --> 01:24:03.279
you like and making sure that you
could still attain what you want to attain

1285
01:24:03.439 --> 01:24:08.079
given the calboy players that you won't
be able to. You just move forward,

1286
01:24:08.119 --> 01:24:10.439
you know, we don't. We
don't. We can't sit here and

1287
01:24:10.520 --> 01:24:14.119
dwell on on the guys that aren't
with us. Obviously there's a respect we

1288
01:24:14.159 --> 01:24:15.720
have for those guys. Those are
guys are a huge part of why we

1289
01:24:15.760 --> 01:24:19.880
are here today. But at the
same point, you have to just pick

1290
01:24:19.960 --> 01:24:23.600
up and move on to the next
game, and we'll utilize those guys certainly.

1291
01:24:23.680 --> 01:24:28.600
I mean Burrows on the headset yesterday
talking. You know, he I

1292
01:24:28.640 --> 01:24:30.800
was text with him last night and
he said, you know, I just

1293
01:24:30.840 --> 01:24:31.479
never know how much to say,
and I said, I'll tell you when

1294
01:24:31.479 --> 01:24:34.600
to shut up, trust me.
So I'm not scared to tell people to

1295
01:24:34.600 --> 01:24:38.520
shut up on the headset. Uh. But again, just guys like that

1296
01:24:38.520 --> 01:24:42.319
that are invaluable to be on the
sidelines. They see it from a different

1297
01:24:42.359 --> 01:24:46.680
lens than we do, so his
perspective is invaluable. DJ Reader probably won't

1298
01:24:46.680 --> 01:24:48.439
be able to be you know,
if my head to guess, probably won't

1299
01:24:48.439 --> 01:24:51.479
be on the sideline, but you
still want a guy like that around and

1300
01:24:51.479 --> 01:24:56.520
and just the insight that he has
for his teammates. And so again,

1301
01:24:56.760 --> 01:25:00.520
those guys still provide great value to
us, give in the role, the

1302
01:25:00.600 --> 01:25:02.840
leadership roles that they're in and and
what they can do for us moving forward.

1303
01:25:05.920 --> 01:25:08.600
Well, we need to play better
than we do the first time we

1304
01:25:08.640 --> 01:25:12.720
point them, you know, just
rewatching that tape. So many correctable things

1305
01:25:12.720 --> 01:25:15.479
that that we need to do a
better job of. So that's that's good,

1306
01:25:15.479 --> 01:25:18.199
and that's that's gonna there's a lot
of fuel there for us, you

1307
01:25:18.239 --> 01:25:21.079
know, to to certainly play better
than we did the first time around.

1308
01:25:21.119 --> 01:25:27.399
And you know, so you know, overall messaging, we'll get to that

1309
01:25:27.439 --> 01:25:30.359
as the week continues to go.
There's a lot of people talking about playoff

1310
01:25:30.359 --> 01:25:32.399
scenarios right now, like if this
team beats this team, that we need

1311
01:25:32.399 --> 01:25:36.479
this for another team. How much
do you take time to pay attention to

1312
01:25:36.439 --> 01:25:40.800
that stuff this one season when you
are no. I just know, if

1313
01:25:40.880 --> 01:25:44.560
if we could just continue to win, I think we're in good shape.

1314
01:25:44.720 --> 01:25:47.439
So just win and and uh,
that way you don't have to worry about

1315
01:25:47.479 --> 01:25:50.640
what's going on with other teams.
So again, I we're just in a

1316
01:25:50.680 --> 01:25:54.640
position where we just control, we
can control and take a week to week

1317
01:25:55.319 --> 01:25:59.079
still ahead, Solomon Wilcotts will check
in. Can't wait to talk with Sally

1318
01:25:59.119 --> 01:26:02.039
as we continue with Bengles Line and
the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and

1319
01:26:02.199 --> 01:26:10.880
seven hundred WLW. We're moving right
along in this Monday Night, a victory

1320
01:26:10.960 --> 01:26:15.159
Monday on Bengals Line and the first
Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network in seven hundred

1321
01:26:15.199 --> 01:26:18.560
WLW. Lance Pacalister along with Wayne
box Miller. He is in for Dave

1322
01:26:18.600 --> 01:26:23.359
Lapham will be back next week.
And we've had a blast sorting through what

1323
01:26:23.399 --> 01:26:26.640
took place Saturday. Talk a little
Steelers as well. Speaking of having a

1324
01:26:26.680 --> 01:26:30.920
blast, we always enjoy talking with
our next guest. You know that's right,

1325
01:26:30.960 --> 01:26:35.600
my fraternity brother and former Cincinnati Bengal
one of the best CBS sports analysts

1326
01:26:35.680 --> 01:26:40.079
in the game. He also has
a podcast to talk about, but the

1327
01:26:40.119 --> 01:26:45.439
Colorado Buffalo himself, Solomon wilcot Sally, how you doing, brother Wade doing

1328
01:26:45.520 --> 01:26:48.239
great? Lance, Great to hear
your voice as well, and good to

1329
01:26:48.239 --> 01:26:51.640
be on with both of you.
Yo, Sally, thank you one of

1330
01:26:51.640 --> 01:26:55.680
the things I want to go to
right away. You look at this team

1331
01:26:55.760 --> 01:27:00.039
and injuries and next man up,
and you know, losing DJ Reader and

1332
01:27:00.079 --> 01:27:04.319
Am Taylor brid But talk about the
mentality it takes to step in and just

1333
01:27:04.560 --> 01:27:11.039
feel those shoes as best you can. Yeah, I mean it's easier said

1334
01:27:11.119 --> 01:27:13.560
than done, right, next man
up. You hope that the next man

1335
01:27:13.680 --> 01:27:16.399
is up to the task. But
I think this is a testament of how

1336
01:27:16.479 --> 01:27:20.640
deep the roster is, something that
we've talked about to quite some time and

1337
01:27:20.680 --> 01:27:26.680
now it's manifesting itself. I think
it speaks to how good the coaching staff

1338
01:27:26.800 --> 01:27:29.880
is that you you know, they
don't just throw the ball out and say,

1339
01:27:29.920 --> 01:27:32.560
okay, Joe Burrow, go win
it for us. They're actually coaching,

1340
01:27:32.640 --> 01:27:38.399
They have schemes, they they're developing
talent, and look, I couldn't

1341
01:27:38.399 --> 01:27:42.960
be more proud of this team just
from the character that they showed. You

1342
01:27:43.079 --> 01:27:47.840
lose a player significant as Joe Burrow
is to this team and then to win

1343
01:27:47.920 --> 01:27:53.079
three Street Games in the fashion in
which they've been able to win it,

1344
01:27:53.399 --> 01:27:56.600
I think it speaks to the character
of the team. Says a lot about

1345
01:27:56.640 --> 01:28:01.880
the player development process and player and
and what's happening. I think with Jake

1346
01:28:01.920 --> 01:28:06.439
Browning speaks for itself. We got
ourselves a really good coach in Zach Taylor

1347
01:28:08.079 --> 01:28:12.199
Selle. Along those lines of developing
players, we've seen Chase brown start to

1348
01:28:12.199 --> 01:28:15.840
come into his own added an element
to this team and the speed. You

1349
01:28:15.880 --> 01:28:18.119
recently had him on your Believe in
Bengals podcast. What are your impressions of

1350
01:28:18.199 --> 01:28:25.359
him? He's got juice, man, he brings he brings something to our

1351
01:28:25.439 --> 01:28:29.479
offense that quite frankly, we don't
have. I mean, as much as

1352
01:28:29.520 --> 01:28:33.720
we appreciate Joe Mixon and the other
running backs and all the skilled players,

1353
01:28:34.079 --> 01:28:40.039
this guy has a certain electricity to
him and you can tell he puts pressure

1354
01:28:40.119 --> 01:28:43.960
on the defense that have to tackle
him in space. Just watch and see

1355
01:28:43.960 --> 01:28:46.520
the first unblocked defender doesn't get this
guy on the ground. He has the

1356
01:28:46.520 --> 01:28:51.840
propensity to make people miss and he's
a home run hitter and our offense was

1357
01:28:51.840 --> 01:28:56.399
in search of that kind of player. He's a luxury for us to have,

1358
01:28:56.520 --> 01:29:00.720
let's face it, and I think
you know, if I say we're

1359
01:29:00.720 --> 01:29:04.720
happy to have them, I'm sure
everyone would agree. You know, Sally,

1360
01:29:05.159 --> 01:29:09.880
you play the game, you called
the game, and when you think

1361
01:29:09.920 --> 01:29:13.840
about the secondary of this team.
You know, Chittabey Woosey, another Colorado

1362
01:29:13.880 --> 01:29:18.439
Buffalo, Cam Taylor bridges down,
the DJ Turner steps and Dak Dax Hill

1363
01:29:18.560 --> 01:29:23.960
is now back there and Nick Scotten
Jordan battle. But how long does it

1364
01:29:24.039 --> 01:29:30.199
typically take for a four person group
in the safeties and corners to really get

1365
01:29:30.239 --> 01:29:34.000
to a place where they feel comfortable
with each other. Yeah, it takes

1366
01:29:34.039 --> 01:29:38.039
a while, it really does,
and it does depend on the players.

1367
01:29:38.119 --> 01:29:41.720
I think it depends on the coaches. And look, lou Anoromo asked a

1368
01:29:41.760 --> 01:29:45.479
lot of the safeties and the defensive
backs, but we have you know,

1369
01:29:45.479 --> 01:29:49.239
when you have a guy like Mike
Hilton back there and you got linebackers like

1370
01:29:49.359 --> 01:29:55.239
Logan Wilson and Jermaine Pratt, I
think that really helps expedite the growth and

1371
01:29:55.279 --> 01:29:59.520
development of those young guys. And
then after that, you just gotta get

1372
01:29:59.560 --> 01:30:01.479
a lot of You got to play
through maybe some difficult moments. Are you

1373
01:30:01.479 --> 01:30:04.800
going to give up some plays?
Yeah, because you learn from the trial

1374
01:30:04.840 --> 01:30:09.800
and error and the mistakes that you
might make, whether you're losing leverage on

1375
01:30:09.840 --> 01:30:13.359
a player, whether you took a
poor angle, which is so very important

1376
01:30:13.840 --> 01:30:18.199
playing in the secondary. But usually
if you're playing a lot, I would

1377
01:30:18.199 --> 01:30:21.560
say by half the season. When
you get to the second half of the

1378
01:30:21.600 --> 01:30:27.319
season, you should be playing at
a much more comfortable pace. You got

1379
01:30:27.359 --> 01:30:30.239
to see things before they develop,
which is what really allows you to make

1380
01:30:30.279 --> 01:30:35.039
plays in the secondary. Sally we're
into officially Steelers Week. Take me back

1381
01:30:35.319 --> 01:30:39.119
to your day. What did Steelers
Week mean? What was it like?

1382
01:30:40.960 --> 01:30:43.439
You knew it was going to be
a physical game. You had to bring

1383
01:30:43.439 --> 01:30:47.319
an extra mouthpiece, and you knew
you were going to have to get in

1384
01:30:47.359 --> 01:30:50.920
the whirlpool or in the hot tub
the next day. You know you were

1385
01:30:50.960 --> 01:30:56.960
going to be paying a visit to
the trainer. Dick Lebow I remember when,

1386
01:30:57.039 --> 01:30:59.560
you know, in the eighties we
were here. They were you know,

1387
01:31:00.399 --> 01:31:02.359
Chuck no was still there, but
they were on the down side,

1388
01:31:03.159 --> 01:31:08.239
we were winning at a very high
level. I think probably in the four

1389
01:31:08.319 --> 01:31:11.680
years that I was with the Bengals, I think we have probably lost once

1390
01:31:11.800 --> 01:31:15.119
to the Steelers. They were still
good. And he and coach Lebo said,

1391
01:31:15.600 --> 01:31:18.800
look, anytime you play this team, you know it's they're gonna give

1392
01:31:18.800 --> 01:31:23.439
you a fight. That's who they
are. They're gonna make it hard for

1393
01:31:23.479 --> 01:31:27.079
you to win. And you're gonna
have to pay a price because it's gonna

1394
01:31:27.119 --> 01:31:30.359
exact its toll. And he was
one hund right. And you will know

1395
01:31:30.439 --> 01:31:34.880
I went to finish my very last
year with the Pittsburgh Steelers with Dick Lebo

1396
01:31:35.399 --> 01:31:39.039
and I found out that he was
right because I ended up playing with some

1397
01:31:39.199 --> 01:31:43.600
very tough, hardened guys. And
you know that both these teams are kind

1398
01:31:43.600 --> 01:31:45.720
of built in the same way.
That's what it's like playing in the AFC

1399
01:31:45.760 --> 01:31:51.079
North and so this game will be
no different. Yo Sally as a quarterback

1400
01:31:51.159 --> 01:31:54.960
on the defense side of the ball, you're looking at a guy like Jake

1401
01:31:55.039 --> 01:31:58.880
Browning. Uh, what do you
like about him and how he plays the

1402
01:31:58.920 --> 01:32:02.560
game? You know, he plays, I think with a certain confidence because

1403
01:32:02.600 --> 01:32:09.359
he's got this. It's not that
he's he's just not afraid. Let's put

1404
01:32:09.399 --> 01:32:12.560
it that way. He's not praid
to make a mistake. He never wanted

1405
01:32:12.600 --> 01:32:16.079
the training wills to be put on
him. He was going to succeed or

1406
01:32:16.119 --> 01:32:21.199
fail, fly or fall, no
matter what. He was going to do

1407
01:32:21.279 --> 01:32:26.520
it doing it his way. And
that is going in with guns are blazing

1408
01:32:27.039 --> 01:32:30.079
and everyone loves that. You know. He Look, he didn't want things

1409
01:32:30.079 --> 01:32:33.520
to have to change where he can't
get the ball to Jamar Chase or t

1410
01:32:33.680 --> 01:32:38.920
Higgins where they were going to put
the training wheels on him. And I

1411
01:32:39.039 --> 01:32:43.039
love the way that he approached it. And yeah, it's I think in

1412
01:32:43.159 --> 01:32:45.800
some of these games, do they
have to do six man protections maybe more

1413
01:32:45.840 --> 01:32:49.399
than they would if Joe Burrow was
playing. Absolutely, so you got to

1414
01:32:49.439 --> 01:32:53.840
do a few things to help him
out, but after that, it just

1415
01:32:53.880 --> 01:32:58.920
allows him to play it at the
highest level. That ball he threw early

1416
01:32:58.960 --> 01:33:03.439
in the game down the wad right
sideline to Jamar Chase was a that was

1417
01:33:03.479 --> 01:33:09.920
a big time threw up. That's
a big time throw by big time quarterback

1418
01:33:10.359 --> 01:33:15.960
and he's playing what we would call
above expectations for a backup quarterback. Sally,

1419
01:33:15.000 --> 01:33:19.000
tell everybody about your opening drive and
tell him about the Believe In Bengals

1420
01:33:19.079 --> 01:33:25.079
podcast. Well, that's right.
You can go on Serious XM NFL Radio

1421
01:33:25.279 --> 01:33:29.880
on the Sirius XM app and listen
to the show. We're there Monday through

1422
01:33:29.920 --> 01:33:34.479
Friday on the opening Drive from seven
to ten am Eastern Time, and then

1423
01:33:34.560 --> 01:33:40.359
of course you can watch on Balle's
channel forty three to Believe in Bengal podcast.

1424
01:33:40.560 --> 01:33:45.840
Earlier today, I had an interview
with Ben Roethlisberger the preview upcoming game,

1425
01:33:45.359 --> 01:33:49.119
and we were able to talk about
his time at Miami, talk about

1426
01:33:49.159 --> 01:33:53.560
growing up in Ohio. He's a
kid from Finley, Ohio, and I

1427
01:33:53.600 --> 01:33:56.680
told him, I said, Pittsburgh
only gets to claim you so much.

1428
01:33:56.760 --> 01:34:00.079
It's still an Ohio boy. We
talked about what it's like growing up in

1429
01:34:00.159 --> 01:34:03.840
Ohio and playing football, and then
I kind of told him, I said,

1430
01:34:03.880 --> 01:34:06.560
we got one that's just like you. He's a tough guy. He

1431
01:34:06.640 --> 01:34:11.600
plays the game in a physical way
at the quarterback position. And then he

1432
01:34:11.640 --> 01:34:14.920
went on to talk about how much
he appreciate and loves Joe Burrow. So

1433
01:34:15.279 --> 01:34:20.319
it's a rare moment that you get
a Steeler guys a Bengals guy. But

1434
01:34:20.800 --> 01:34:25.520
I was able to bring it back
home for him, and that's what we

1435
01:34:25.560 --> 01:34:28.560
did. It's a it's a good
show. It's fun. I hope you'll

1436
01:34:28.640 --> 01:34:31.039
enjoy the I love the show.
Excellent. It is fantastic stuff. Hey,

1437
01:34:31.039 --> 01:34:33.520
app we know you're busy. Thanks
for making time for us. Always

1438
01:34:33.560 --> 01:34:38.159
enjoy the conversation. All the best
guys, take care, Thanks for having

1439
01:34:38.199 --> 01:34:41.600
Thanks, Thanks Sally, There you
go. Salmon Wilcott's good stuff, take

1440
01:34:41.600 --> 01:34:44.680
a time out, come back,
head down the stretch. We'll wrap things

1441
01:34:44.760 --> 01:34:46.680
up in the back end of this
with the game ball presentation. Maybe a

1442
01:34:46.680 --> 01:34:49.199
thought or two on the Steelers up
next, Bengals line on the first Star

1443
01:34:49.319 --> 01:35:02.640
Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred
WLW WLW and the Bengals Radio Network.

1444
01:35:02.640 --> 01:35:06.720
It's Bengals line and the first Star
Logistics Bengals Radio Network. Lance Bcallister along

1445
01:35:06.760 --> 01:35:11.319
with Wayne box Miller. We're just
reminiscing old NBA stories during the break.

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01:35:11.319 --> 01:35:14.880
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Let's talk about these Steelers before we run

1451
01:35:32.119 --> 01:35:35.199
out of time. Big news of
the day, Mike Tomlin is benching Mitch

1452
01:35:35.239 --> 01:35:40.359
Trubisky, who had replaced the injured
Kenny Pickett. Now it's Mason Rudolph who

1453
01:35:40.359 --> 01:35:43.920
gets to start on Saturday against the
Bengals. Their third different quarterback in the

1454
01:35:44.000 --> 01:35:47.720
last four weeks. Also, safety
Makea Fitzpatrick is out this week with an

1455
01:35:47.800 --> 01:35:54.319
injury, and safety Demonte Cazi has
been suspended the rest of the season for

1456
01:35:54.720 --> 01:36:00.560
I believe the sixth time he's been
fined for unnecessary roughness or relations of the

1457
01:36:00.600 --> 01:36:03.079
health and safety rules the hits he's
delivered on the field. So they're with

1458
01:36:03.720 --> 01:36:08.920
chaos and the secondary. They're seven
and seven, and we were talking off

1459
01:36:08.920 --> 01:36:13.079
air earlier in the show. It's
just not a typical Steelers right roster.

1460
01:36:13.159 --> 01:36:15.479
And it felt like early in the
year Box it would catch up with them.

1461
01:36:15.520 --> 01:36:19.039
They never felt like they'd be able
to sustain that success of the run

1462
01:36:19.079 --> 01:36:21.239
they were having. Yeah, you
know, the first thing I want to

1463
01:36:21.279 --> 01:36:26.880
say is desperate times call for desperate
measures. And if you get a quarterback

1464
01:36:26.960 --> 01:36:31.239
named Rudolph going into Christmas, I
mean, you've been saving that all day.

1465
01:36:31.600 --> 01:36:35.960
I mean, but you know,
Lance, what we talked about,

1466
01:36:36.000 --> 01:36:41.279
and I think a lot of people
have never addressed this. Did Kevin Colbert

1467
01:36:41.279 --> 01:36:47.479
to former GM resign because he has
whiffed the last five drafts. The Steelers

1468
01:36:47.479 --> 01:36:53.600
have not had the Steeler talent and
roster that they usually have. He think

1469
01:36:53.680 --> 01:36:58.439
of Already Burns this corner from Miami. He didn't do well. Devin Bush

1470
01:36:58.479 --> 01:37:02.520
from my beloved Mission did not do
well. They've drafted on the offensive line,

1471
01:37:02.960 --> 01:37:08.119
Nazi has really hasn't been gang busters. They got Minca in the tray,

1472
01:37:08.239 --> 01:37:11.640
so they didn't draft him. So
I'm thinking, really, when you

1473
01:37:11.680 --> 01:37:15.359
look at the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kevin
Colbert leaving a lot of it may have

1474
01:37:15.560 --> 01:37:19.760
been because what he's done in the
draft the last few years has really set

1475
01:37:19.760 --> 01:37:24.439
this team back. Personnel wise.
Yeah, it's just not you look at

1476
01:37:24.520 --> 01:37:27.319
it. Yes, there's a TJ. Watt, there's guys like that,

1477
01:37:27.359 --> 01:37:30.600
the splash players, but roster wise, depth wise, it's just an impact

1478
01:37:30.640 --> 01:37:34.680
wise, it's just not the typical
Steelers team of years. Passing final note

1479
01:37:34.720 --> 01:37:38.840
on the safety position. Not only
is Minca out because he has been suspended,

1480
01:37:38.840 --> 01:37:43.079
their backup Trenton Thompson suffered a stinger
in the third quarter Saturday against the

1481
01:37:43.079 --> 01:37:46.520
Colts. They're already without Kean O'Neill, a safety who's on injured reserves.

1482
01:37:46.600 --> 01:37:50.000
So it's gonna be musical chairs.
And how does Mike Tomlin get this team

1483
01:37:50.079 --> 01:37:54.439
to seven and seven? Yeah,
that's the amazing thing. Yeah. I

1484
01:37:54.760 --> 01:37:59.319
mean, you know, we're happy
with our coach, but in this division,

1485
01:37:59.399 --> 01:38:05.039
you've got horrorball, You've got Tomlin, you've got Zach Taylor Stepanic.

1486
01:38:06.279 --> 01:38:09.560
You know, maybe the jury's out
on him, but I mean, hey,

1487
01:38:09.560 --> 01:38:12.279
they're in the playoff line, so
you can't say he doesn't know what

1488
01:38:12.319 --> 01:38:15.079
he's doing. But the coaches in
this division, the type of play that's

1489
01:38:15.119 --> 01:38:19.479
in this division. When teams played
this division, like last night, Jacksonville

1490
01:38:19.560 --> 01:38:25.680
found out that the AFC North is
a very physical brand of football. Take

1491
01:38:25.720 --> 01:38:28.680
one final time out, come back, you'll hear game balls and we'll wrap

1492
01:38:28.720 --> 01:38:31.560
things up. It's Bengals Line on
the First Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and

1493
01:38:31.760 --> 01:38:40.439
seven hundred WLW and down the stretch. Final segment tonight on Bengals Line and

1494
01:38:40.479 --> 01:38:45.600
the First Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network
and seven hundred WLW Lance Butcallister along with

1495
01:38:45.640 --> 01:38:48.920
Wayne Box Miller tonight, we leave
you with this and the Bengals do a

1496
01:38:49.000 --> 01:38:55.039
fantastic job social media wise of getting
this out. And yet his Box pointed

1497
01:38:55.039 --> 01:38:58.119
out during the breakdown, everybody has
social media, so I think there's great

1498
01:38:58.199 --> 01:39:00.600
value in taking you behind the scenes, behind the curtain end of the Bengals

1499
01:39:00.600 --> 01:39:04.119
locker room on a victory Monday.
This is the sound of the game Ball

1500
01:39:04.199 --> 01:39:08.680
presentation and what Zach Taylor said to
the team after the win on Saturday.

1501
01:39:08.760 --> 01:39:12.399
Take a listen. When did we
say at halftimes, don't care what the

1502
01:39:12.399 --> 01:39:15.319
score is, just find a way
to get the win. And you guys

1503
01:39:15.359 --> 01:39:18.680
faced more adversity than maybe you face
all season in one game today, and

1504
01:39:18.720 --> 01:39:23.399
you guys found a way to come
through at the end. And last fact,

1505
01:39:23.439 --> 01:39:26.439
when we talk about the reason we
do everything and so we're able to

1506
01:39:26.439 --> 01:39:30.000
finish at this time of year,
and there is no better image of that

1507
01:39:30.439 --> 01:39:42.760
than on third and one and fourth
and one, Trevion Williams stepping up the

1508
01:39:42.880 --> 01:39:56.039
huge spot a final way to extend
to play TV's stepping up for the huge.

1509
01:39:57.520 --> 01:39:59.920
As you guys can tell, there's
no way I can sort through game

1510
01:40:00.039 --> 01:40:08.840
ball. So what does that mean
Tuesday? You play next Saturday. We

1511
01:40:08.960 --> 01:40:12.880
play next Saturday at Pittsburgh. Okay, all that matters right now is winning

1512
01:40:13.119 --> 01:40:15.840
and staying healthy. Okay, So
Tuesday is a Wednesday, and I will

1513
01:40:15.840 --> 01:40:25.359
see you guys on Tuesdays. But
I cannot be more proud this game represents

1514
01:40:25.399 --> 01:40:28.319
everything that we are as as a
team, as an organization, as a

1515
01:40:28.359 --> 01:40:30.039
fan base. That you hear of
going nuts in the fourth quarter, give

1516
01:40:30.039 --> 01:40:32.520
me the saw that juice, we
got momentum. They were a big part

1517
01:40:32.560 --> 01:40:35.319
of that. Love them up,
Okay, we're gonna need a master the

1518
01:40:35.319 --> 01:40:40.319
season goes. Love you guys,
Appreciate you. This was an incredible winning

1519
01:40:40.560 --> 01:40:47.199
That's a good football team. Rest
up, I'll see you on Tuesday TV.

1520
01:40:47.680 --> 01:41:00.479
That's a good team. The days. Hodays hoday hoday. Oh.

1521
01:41:00.680 --> 01:41:02.359
Now, that's a perfect way to
wrap up the show tonight. That is

1522
01:41:02.479 --> 01:41:08.399
fantastic stuff behind the scenes from the
Bengals and their social media department. This

1523
01:41:08.600 --> 01:41:11.640
was a This was a blast tonight. I'm so glad we finally got to

1524
01:41:11.640 --> 01:41:15.119
do this together. I'm under the
weather. I had tea and coffee and

1525
01:41:15.119 --> 01:41:18.199
wipes and Kleenex in front of me. You carried me and you put up

1526
01:41:18.199 --> 01:41:23.279
with me. Thank you. And
I hope Dan's better, and I hope

1527
01:41:23.359 --> 01:41:26.199
Lap is better, and I hope
someday we can do this again, because

1528
01:41:26.319 --> 01:41:28.800
this was really a treat tonight.
Well, may I offer you a game

1529
01:41:28.840 --> 01:41:31.600
ball of friendship? Brother, You've
been a great friend and so on.

1530
01:41:31.640 --> 01:41:36.079
Behalf of me, and I'd like
to offer you a game ball myself.

1531
01:41:36.119 --> 01:41:40.239
Man, you've been very good friend
of mine and this has been the dream

1532
01:41:40.239 --> 01:41:43.239
come true. It really has.
This was this was fun tonight, perfect

1533
01:41:43.479 --> 01:41:46.399
capper to it all. Have a
great night. Everybody back at your box,

1534
01:41:46.439 --> 01:41:49.359
will be at you, back at
you on Frida Bidy for the Bengals,

1535
01:41:49.359 --> 01:41:53.279
Pepper Ally, oh Fred you and
in Kentucky, man, we're there.

1536
01:41:53.359 --> 01:41:55.760
Let's get it on all right,
let's do it. Hang tight,

1537
01:41:55.840 --> 01:41:59.119
the news is next. This has
been Bengals Line and the first Star Logistics

1538
01:41:59.279 --> 01:42:01.319
Bengals Ready Network in seven hundred WLW