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get it going on this Monday night. It's Bengals Line on the first Star

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Logistics Bengals Radio Network in seven hundred
WLW. Lancemcalister, Dave Lapham three hours

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unfolding tonight, the final Bengals line
of the season. We've got a Bengals

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win over the Browns thirty one to
fourteen. To wrap up, we've got

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to look ahead to a very interesting
offseason. And Dave Lapham, there was

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much debate during the week in some
corners about what the meaning of this game

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was and what their draft pick might
be. Oh, I know is this

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In the end, it was a
win, it was a division win,

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it was a win against the rival. And if I could quote HERM Edwards,

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you play to win the game,
right, and the Bengals go out

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on a winning note, And I'll
take it absolutely. I mean it was

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a flip the script of the opening
game in Cleveland. The Cincinnati Bengals did

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not have a red zone snap in
that game. In this football game,

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the Cleveland Browns did not have a
red zone snap. The Bengals were in

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the red zone four times. They
scored four touchdowns. The Cleveland Browns red

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zone defense is a sieth. They
were thirty first in the NFL coming in

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almost giving up a touchdown seventy percent
of the time. They're over seventy percent

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now. The Bengals smoked them four
times in the red zone. The Bengals

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had the ball for eleven and a
half minutes more than the Cleveland Browns did.

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Just the reverse of the game up
in Cleveland. I mean they built

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a thirty one to nothing lead.
It was a lot to a very little.

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The Cleveland did score a couple of
fourth quarter touchdowns to make it a

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lot more respectable. But in the
Bengals, I mean, the ones were

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going against the smattering of players.
The Browns had out there, and they

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did have quite a few guys from
practice squad playing. It was a no

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contest when the Bengals substituted more liberally. In the second half, the Bengals

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had fouts and it was a weird
half, five to three and outs and

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one drive fourteen plays ninety nine yards
for a touchdown, I mean, over

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eight minutes off the clock. So
they had one significant drive in the second

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half and five to three and outs. It was crazy. It was tailor

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two halves. Let's pick up immediate
reaction after the game. Here's day with

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Zach Taylor coach. Heck of a
football game. I mean, guys stepped

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up. Yeah, I'm proud of
the way that they finished it, you

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know, and closed out the right
way. And the key today was getting

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on them early. And so I
felt like going into a halftime twenty four

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ninh and our guys did a great
job controlling with the control of the first

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half, coming out playing a really
good third quarter, you know, holding

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them scoreless and having a ninety nine
er touchdown drive and then gave it gave

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a lot of guys an opportunity to
get in there and be rewarded for their

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efforts. This season. Ninety nine
yard touchdown drive. I think in my

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whole career, I've only been on
one of those, and it was like

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fourteen to fifteen plays. It took
like, you know, eight or nine

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minutes, kind of just like this
one. And the feeling that you have

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is just unbelievable. You feel like
you're on top of the world. Yeah,

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I wish I could say it feels
easy. It didn't feel easy,

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I know, I Jin said earlier
this week. I said the Callahan,

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we haven't had hardly any backup drives
this year, and of course we get

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the ball on the Inchhart line,
but the guy's managed the situation the right

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way, drew them off side several
times on the drive. Things that we

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work really hard on that only come
up once a year. That happened to

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come up in the last game of
the year. Our guys executed him well

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and we're able to get us a
bunch of first downs to get the ball

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in the zim. What about Joe
Mixon fourteen rushes one hundred and eleven yards,

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He had five carries of ten yards
and more Brown had two. Browning

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had one. I mean that you're
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more in the running game. That's
pretty explosive. It was a good job

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by those guys upfront, those guys
at the back position, good job on

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the perimeter. You know, they
blitzed us to some of the times you're

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gonna have tough runs that aren't great, and sometimes we're gonna be able to

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hit them, and so there was
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But I thought it was good to
get some explosive runs going. How about

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Yosi Vash Five catches on the day, two of them are touchdowns. Take

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forty percent scoring efficiency on five catches. That's a pretty good day. Yeahs.

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Good job staying alive in the progression. You know, in some of

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those touchdowns, I think one of
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and one of them was late in
the progression, and so just a good

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job staying alive and making contested catches. So the entire division finishes with a

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winning record. That hasn't happened in
the National Football League since nineteen thirty five.

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I mean, you know, of
course, having even numbers fourteen and

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sixteen game seasons, there have been
five hundred records, but not over five

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hundred. Last year. It could
have happened in the NFL East NFC East,

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but Washington tied an eight and one
record so since nineteen thirty five,

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and that says a lot about the
AC North. And you always talk about

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how tough this division is. We're
proud to be a part of this division.

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You know, there's some pride that
comes from that. Unfortunately, we

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didn't do enough to get ourselves in
the playoff hunt. That'll be our focus

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next year, obviously, to perform
better and do a great job in the

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division and check off all of our
goals. But you know, it is

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a tough division, and I think
it's pretty clear to everybody that that's the

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case. You mentioned that you're going
to have your players. Everybody wants to

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go, everybody wants to finish this
strong. There was no sign of anybody

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wanting to tap out. That says
a lot about how they feel about each

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other and how they feel about you
and the culture of established. I think

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the way that these guys went on
the road last week and competed at the

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bitter end and gave their best effort
today shows the character we have in the

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locker room. And despite the adversity
we faced this year, not once to

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everyone point fingers at anybody else.
Everyone always took accountability. And I'm proud

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to be a coach of a locker
room, right that, proud to represent

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a coaching staff that's like that in
an organization. And we'll be back.

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We're gonna put in the work.
This is a bitter taste in our mouth

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to end it today and not be
able to play in the playoffs. And

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that'll not that we need any motivation, but we certainly want to get back

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in contention to play for more meeting
things. Do you remember being in a

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game before where each team had an
interception on their first possession of the game,

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not not that stands out to the
man. Yeah, I mean that's

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that's rare. That's kind. But
you guys compartmentalize put it away in three

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straight touchdown drives. I mean how
important was that? Just to move on?

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It was good. You need and
in a game like this, you

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need to get the momentum eily,
you know, And because they're they're playing

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with house money, you know they're
gonna have a lot of energy on their

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sideline. This guys getting opportunity to
play, and so it's important to get

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on a team like that early and
try to squash that hope, and our

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guys did a good job of that
and I think maximizing their opportunities today.

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You came out of it really well
physically too. I mean, it doesn't

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look like there's anything significant that you
have to worry about going into the offseason

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physically. We tried to do a
good job in the second half when when

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we got control of it, you
know, to try to get some guys

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out and get some other guys some
opportunities. Coach, thanks for a great

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season, honestly. I mean,
you know, it didn't work out the

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way everybody had hoped, But I
mean this football team gave every ounce that

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they had, every single snaw up
at every single game, and to me,

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that's all you can ask for.
And it didn't didn't work out.

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The football gods weren't going to be
as kind to us as they were to

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others. But Appreciate the effort you
guys gave. Appreciate you making yourself available

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to us after the game every game
like this, and your class act.

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I appreciate saying that you guys are
easy to work with. Appreciate your coach.

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Thanks tav Zach Taylor. After the
game, and David looking back on

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it was an odd journey from the
calf to the one and three start,

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to then four straight wins and then
the wrist and then a loss, and

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there was a sense of doom and
a lot of corners of where they go

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in the final seven games. Then
they reel off three in a row,

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then back to back losses and then
the win to end the season. There's

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a whole lot of happened happening in
this season and yet nine and eight and

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a winning season. And I'm not
sure many when Joe went down and Winston

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the sidelines would have thought winning season
was a possibility. Absolutely, And you

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know you've got to give you gotta
give Jake Browning a lot of credit.

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I mean, he stepped up and
one four, had a winning record four

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and three the angles, one game
over five hundred, Jake Browning one game

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over five hundred and his starts,
and he is really the story of the

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season. I mean, he showed
himself and Jake Browning has set himself up

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for a much different arc of his
career right now. And how that's going

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to pan out, no one knows
right now, but he is in a

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much different place than he was when
he was just a backup quarterback to Joe

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Burrow, and nobody had seen what
he can do. He has shown what

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he can do and and and he's
a he's a football player. He understands

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the game and and guys respond to
him, and uh, it was it

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was really pretty pretty incredible to watch
him. Now Pittsburgh had his number.

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Uh, they he struggled with the
way they bring their ends up the football

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field, the angles that they bring
their ends up the football field. There

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was a little bit different, a
little bit tougher dynamic for him, and

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uh, you know, uh,
that's that's something that he's going to have

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to adjust to. But to get
the win. They are now undefeated in

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twenty twenty four. They go into
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twenty twenty four and try to build
on it when twenty twenty four season opens

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up next year. They got the
division win to get whitewashed. Oh and

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sixth and division would be ugly.
And so now with Tennessee's big upset,

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every single AFC team had at least
one division win. So that was good

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to get off the schneid there and
three straight winning seasons and you don't want

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to lose three in a row and
go into the off season, you know,

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man on a downer on a boy, three in a row. That

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what a way to finish. Man, We've under five hundre because we lose

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renal. Now they win a football
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So there are a lot of things
like in every season, but this season

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in particular, a lot of things
to build on. You know, their

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self destruction was minimal, so that
that's something that I think they can be

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proud of. They didn't give football
games away big time with multiple turnover,

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stupid penalties, all those kind of
things. They made teams aren't it,

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and teams did. They could have
won and probably should have won in hindsight,

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but that's the National Football League.
We are up and running. We've

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got a lot to sort through over
the course of three hours, players,

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coaches, and more. Brian Callahan's
going to lead off hour two for us

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later on in this hour, more
from Jake Browning, Joe Mixon, Jordan

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Battle, Logan Wilson. We are
loaded up and ready to go the wrap

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up version of the Bengals line on
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seven hundred WLW. Hey, we're
back at it on this Monday night.

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The show is Bengals Line. We
do it on the first Star Logistics Bengals

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Radio Network and seven hundred WLW and
Lance's time to Make the Right Call,

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presented by the Law Offices of Blake
Maslin. First quarter, Bengals up seven,

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zip first and ten at their thirty
three yard line. Joe Mixon off

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right tackle. They did a great
job all game long of angle blocking,

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you know, trapping counters, pinning
people, and Joe Mixon goes for forty

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four yards on a five play,
sixty seven yard touchdown drive that put the

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Bengals up fourteen to nothing in the
first quarter, and the game pretty much

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was over at that point. Jake
Browning on the day eighteen of twenty four,

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one fifty six through the air,
three touchdowns, one interception, quarterback

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rating of one thirteen point nine.
Here's Jake with Dave. Jake Browning.

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Okay, the game starts off with
the turnover, you compartmentalize, put it

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away. You end up eighteen for
twenty four. That's three out of four.

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That's seventy five hundred and fifty six
yards. Three touchdowns, one interception,

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quarterback rating one thirteen point nine,
two rushes for eighteen yards. Hell

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of a day. Yeah, I
would have liked to not start it off

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with a pick, but kind of
got tipped around and is what it is.

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But yeah, I was it was
good to finish with the win.

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Uh, you know, I think
it's make feelings because yeah, we beat

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them, but I'd rather be in
the playoffs and so, yeah, it's

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good to finish with the win,
but wish we're still playing. Kind of

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sucks. What about your stretch.
I mean, going into this football game

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in the last six weeks, you
have the best completion percentage of in the

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NFL, thrown for the most yards
in the NFL. I mean you haven't

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just played good, you played great
football man. Yeah, I think it's

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a good thing to build off of
for the offseason. Anytime you play as

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much as I got to and got
the opportunity, you know, I'll be

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able to critique myself and what did
I do well? What do I need

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to do better? And I'll be
a better quarterback next next year because of

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it, And so yeah, it
feels good to play well and get an

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opportunity after a long time of not
really playing a ton of football. So,

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like I said, it's still just
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happy about that, but right now
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and three record in those seven games, it gives the Bengals a nine to

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eight record, finished the season with
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Now have a winning record the entire
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hasn't happened in the NFL since nineteen
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playing a hell of a tough division. Yeah, I mean every division game

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is tough, but we need to
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I think I just keep going back
to it's mixed feelings where you finished strong

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and it's good to go into a
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going to be done after and then
everybody you know, worked really hard and

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all that, but it's still just
that feeling of like we were so close

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to the playoffs and it just it
sucks. Boy, I'll tell you.

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Also, you had Joe Mixon a
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yards in a touchdown. How big
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I think when you come into a

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everything off of that. And you
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general for offense, this is when
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it's it's a big part of the
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dame. I man, I appreciate
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and I loved your your line at
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for him, block for him.
Take us inside that the connection to offensive

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lineman, uh and quarterback and what
what you like? What what is it

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that makes Jake Browning somebody who all
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appreciated playing for Yeah, I think
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funniness to him. I mean what
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brown He's not trying to be somebody
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you appreciate his level of being prepared. I mean it's as high as it

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can be. And and you saw
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go to Jake Browning, we've we've
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what he has put into preparing for
this football even if he doesn't play a

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snap, And you know that's hard
to do. Every week. It's like

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go through that process again, nothing, but you know, you know it's

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part of your job, and he
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when they needed him, he was
more than ready to answer the bell mentally,

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physically, spiritually, you know,
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I think that bond then grows big
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think it'll be interesting in the off
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as though he's one of the top
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We know that teams are always looking
for quarterbacks in the NFL, and

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maybe there's some this team could use
some draft currency with the roster decisions that's

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going to have to make. But
on that scale of well, if we

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get a draft pick, good,
But man, we've we've spent so much

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time looking for and now we've developed
a capable winning back. It's a nice

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security blanket to have it, sure
is. I mean, you know when

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you put your backup quarterback in there
and it's like, you know, we're

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gonna be able to finish the game. Hell yeah, not only can be

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able to finish the game, He's
gonna go win games for you. He's

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gonna go win more games than he
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first opportunity to start. And like he

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said, you know, there are
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excellence performance, he can get better. I asked Phil Simms a podcast with

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Phil Simms that will be coming out
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said, Phil, is Jake Browning
put himself in that scenario where he's one

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of the top thirty two quarterbacks.
Other thirty one other quarterbacks better than Jake

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Browning. He goes, I don't
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NFL yet, because all this is
a very strong quarterback draft class and the

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teams need quarterbacks. Is going to
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But he's you know, in my
mind, he's number thirty three. If

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he's not one of the top thirty
two. He's the guy, He's the

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next guy. So there's unbelievable value
there and it'll be interesting to see what

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the Bengals may say. Look,
we know you're under contract this year for

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another year. Why don't we We
want to keep you on the contract for

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that year, but we want to
give you a little bit more. Give

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you a kiss for what you did. Wouldn't shock me, wouldn't shock me,

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But I don't think it'd be crazy
because you know, they do have

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cap dollars, but they've got a
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of with respect to those cap dollars. All Right, we're up and running.

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We do it each week on the
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Sir Lance and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Twenty twenty three Walter Payton NFL Man of

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the Year nominee is Ted Karas.
Could not be a better choice To vote

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visit NFL dot com slash Man of
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hashtag WPMOY challenge plus Caris. Voting
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fourth, Ted is leading the fan
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to his Marici, the charity that
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people that need help. I mean
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Love to see Ted Carris get that
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A lot of momentum built around that
and the good work he's doing.

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And congratulations to him and thanks to
everybody for the support as well. Let's

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let's talk Joe Mixon. Let's talk
the running game. Big day for Joe

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fourteen carries one hundred and eleven yards. He averaged seven point nine yards a

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tote of the football long of forty
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receiving. Here's Joe with Dan Horde. Joe and ended out a great note

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for you, a one hundred yard
rushing performance, a one thousand yard season.

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How did you feel about the way
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I felt like we went out in
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the outcome that we wanted, but
at the end of the day, we

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ended this season with a bang,
and that's all we wanted to do coming

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into this week. Late in the
game, they showed on the video board

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that you topped one hundred yards rushing
and the fans went bananas. I think

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your relationship with them has been awesome
for the last seven years and they showed

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you that luck. Yeah. Man, that's one thing about them fans that's

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been in there in that stadium,
whether you know it was my first year

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to this last year, they always
been very supportive of me. And you

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know, I can't I can't thank
them enough for all the love and support

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that they showed me and give me. I mean, it's one of the

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best feelings ever, you know what
I'm saying. And I never take that

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for granted, and I just you
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the love and support that they showed
me, honestly, and you know where

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really can't describe, you know,
the feeling how they make me feel as

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a as a person and player.
Man. So I'll try to just try

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to do whatever I can to you
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shape, form or fashion in general, man, like you know,

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playing like throwing the ball with them
before the game, or you know,

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trying to make a little kid's day
by giving them a high five, or

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you know, throw them the ball
or give them some gloves or a hat

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or whatever. And it's been a
it's been a great feeling and great thing,

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man. So I'm gonna just you
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you know, keep embracing it and
just keep you know, giving them the

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love and support that they also give
me. Man. So it's a great

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thing. Joe, you are climbing
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You're now number two in rushing touchdowns. You're about I think thirty yards

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away from James Brooks in career rushing
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record for combining touchdowns, rushing and
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How much does that stuff matter to
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mean, obviously, it's definitely a
great achievement. I never really looked at

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I never looked playing this game about
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be the best player, you know, possible that I can be. And

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you know, really reflecting over these
seven years, man, and you know,

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knowing where I'm standing in history books, it's definitely a blessing. And

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that's something that you can never take
for granted. And you know, it's

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always been the best feeling, you
know, knowing that you know, one

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day you obviously have to walk away
from this game, but your name will

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forever be left to hand. So
I just hope, you know, I

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could do whatever I can and keep
climbing if possible, and just keep taking

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the blessings, man, And that's
all I can do, and keep thinking

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the football guys for allowing me to
play this game nine and eight and a

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winning record. Was that what you
were striving for at the beginning of the

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year, obviously, But it is
an achievement. I mean, to get

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through an NFL season when your quarterback
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winning record. How do you feel
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it's not the season that we wanted, But at the end of the

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day, I mean, it's definitely
a blessing to be able to say that

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we walked out with a winning record
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the right note. Man. So
we're just gonna keep on doing whatever we

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gotta do to stay connected as one
and try to do whatever we can,

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you know, and let our presence
be felt with each other through these next

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twenty four hours and do whatever we
can and enjoy my teammates. Awesome finish

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for you. Congratulations on a great
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Yes, Air, I appreciate it. Joe mixing with Dan Horde and Dave

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what a what a way to wrap
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feel goods yesterday performance wise, and
sobody flashes up like vintage Joe Mixon and

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and there's there's ways to look at
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their season has been like. And
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is we've never there's never been a
moment where he wondered is he giving it

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his all and there's never been a
moment. We talk about the aspects of

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a player you want to be able
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to me is everything that Joe makes. It has been with this team absolutely

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So that was a nice little payday
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Joe empties it, empties it every
single snap. And you know, people

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say, you know, that's what
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Well that's true, but the human
nature a lot of times does not

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allow that that to take place.
And when I say he's emptying it every

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single snap, he's empty it at
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mean, Joe, everything with Joe
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mean just startling, you know.
I mean, he's like he's like the

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horse out there in the wild that
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I mean, he's just a wild
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is something else. And uh,
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His teammates feed off his energy,
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point because we're gonna play the game
ball presentation at the end like we always

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do after a win. And Joe
finishes it up and tells the guys how

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much he appreciated there, the effort
they put in and their work, and

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said he loved him and his his
voice has beg as he's grown and matured

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and become more of a longer standing
player in his locker room. It seems

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though his voice has grown and the
respect has grown around around him. I

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agree with players, you know,
teammates, coaches, organizational members. I

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mean, uh, Joe Mixon loves
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the game of football. Feels fortunate, you know, to be in a

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in a scenario where he can play
the game of football. Doesn't take it

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for granted that he's playing the game
of football. And I think all of

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that he just it oozes out of
him. It'll be interesting to see what

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that running back room looks like next
season. Joe. Of course, they

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restructured his deal this year. They
drafted Chase Brown. Chase has shown flashes

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that that we we've talked about,
that combo of thunder and lightning, and

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be interesting to see how that looks
if it changes any next season. Yeah.

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And interestingly, you know, you
look at Chase Brown and and he

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is explosive, but he's not as
big a body as Joe, and he

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gets nicked up. I mean,
he's like he's he misses practices with you

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know, less than half the carries
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battering ram man. And Joe always
answers the bell. Joe. You never

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see Joe on the uh you know, on the list mispractice because of this

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misspractice rare rare, and and he's
always answering the bell every week for games.

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When's the last time Joe Mixon missed
a game due to injury? And

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he takes a pounding and he wants
to take a pounding. That's the way

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he runs the football. It's gonna
be IM running you over unless you can

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hit me hard enough or I don't
run you over, dude. And that's

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what it's all about. Still ahead, in this hour, we'll talk with

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one of the young guns, one
of the rookies this year here from Jordan

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Battle. As we continue, it's
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Hey, we are rolling right along in

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this Monday night, wrapping up the
Bengals season, looking ahead of the offseason,

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doing all of that over the course
of three hours, and doing it

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on Bengals Lot to the first Star
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Well, it's time for the Kettering
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official healthcare provider of the Cincinnati Bengals
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best care for the best fans.
And this is when we talk injuries.

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And the Bengals came out of that
football game pretty unscathed. I mean they

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took it to the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland Browns can't say the same thing.

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I mean they had players going in
the tent, They had players going in

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the locker room early, they had
players that were concussed, they had players

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that were injured otherwise. And you
know that's why they didn't want to play

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their their stars as such, they
are big time contributors, but they didn't

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want to nick up their their you
know, support system like they did.

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So the the Bengals did some damage
to the Cleveland Browns here going into the

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UH into the playoffs with respect to
injury, but Bengals came out of it

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pretty darn hole and I think they're
gonna go into the offseason in pretty good

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shape from an injury standpoint. We've
talked offense for the first portion of the

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show. Let's flip the flip the
script talk a little defense for this portion.

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Jordan Battle the rookie had it interception
yesterday. Nice play along the sidelines.

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Here's Jordan with Dan Horde. I
am crouching in front of Jordan Battles

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locker where there is a football on
the ground and that football is the one

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that you intercepted in the first quarter
for your first NFL I n T described

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that play and how it felt.
I felt great just seeing the ball,

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seeing the ball in the air,
or seeing a single receiver by the spit

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out and seeing the quarterback eyes take
it. The quarterback take his eyes to

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the senior receiver. UH, all
the way through the progression of the the

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catch. UH. From the from
the start of the play, I knew

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where he was going to the ball, and then when I broke, I

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just knew I had to catch the
catch the ball and keep my feet and

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bounced and It was a great feeling. After I caught the ball getting my

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first career interception, I said on
the radio at the end of that interception,

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you looked like a wide receiver right
foot down, left foot toa drag.

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That was impressive. Yeah. Yeah, I worked on that in practice,

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so I had to get it down
in the game. Jordan, that

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wasn't the only highlight. You also
had a sack today. A great way

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to finish your rookie season. Yeah. Yeah, a great way to finish

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the rookie season. But you know, like Joe said, not the way,

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not the way we wanted, not
the way he wanted it to be,

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but the outcome of the game was
what we wanted, you know,

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to end with a positive record,
go nine to eight on the year.

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Obviously we know that that wasn't the
standards, but just to come out here

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and put in the hard way throughout
the week, to come out here on

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Sunday and dominate and have that positive
record by at the end of the season

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is a great feeling for us.
How far do you feel you came during

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the course of your rookie year.
Uh, yeah, I came. I

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came a long way just from you
know, having my first start after the

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Ravens, after the second Ravens game, from even before and then before then,

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just coming in, you know,
when I came in, and you

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know, just trying to make an
impact as soon as possible, and you

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know, just from what I've got
from when I started getting on the field,

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just the guys, you know,
rallying me, rallying me in,

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welcome me in, and guys like
GP, guys like Logan, guys like

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Mike, guys like Cam, you
know, and just bringing us rookies in

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who played early and you know,
just just building that chemistry throughout the year.

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Obviously there were some ups and downs, giving up exposive plays and everything

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and a deepend but we know that's
something we have to work on and we're

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gonna continue to get better at that. Nobody is going to complain about a

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thirty one to fourteen win, But
you had a shut out going in the

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fourth quarter where you're a little bit
bummed when you gave up a couple of

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late tds. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, obvious. So you know,

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we don't we didn't want to give
up any touchdowns. We wanted to in

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the in the game with a with
a doughnut on the on the on the

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scoreboard. But the biggest thing is
we got a dove, and uh we

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couldn't be any any more excited then. Uh for for going positive. In

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the season, you played on great
teams at Alabama SEC championship games, college

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football four team playoff games, et
cetera. But this season, your rookie

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year in the NFL is really long
in comparison to that, probably anything you've

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ever done in your life. Uh, how does it feel to to make

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it through and now you know,
get ready to to train in the offseason

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and then come back for year two. Yeah, it's just it feels great.

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Obviously, you know from the end
of the my last from the last

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college football game, uh, you
know all else, and now I didn't

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really have a break. Uh you
know, you got pre draft teams.

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You gotta you gotta work out after
after the draft. So this really,

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this is gonna be my my first
time really being off since since like I

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don't even know, since last summer, and uh, it's gonna be It's

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gonna be fun. Uh, you
know, obviously, try to chain with

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some of the guys in the offseason, you know, be a professional and

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uh, come back ready to you
know, get that swoot balls in a

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year two. Congratulations to a great
finish on a very good first year.

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Thank you, Thank you Jordan Battle
after yesterday's game and interception along the sidelines,

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and David He's he's one of the
rookies. Have got a lot of

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snaps this year. And we know
that certainly the issues in the secondary throughout

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the season, but those snaps,
a significant number of snaps to get under

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his belt as a rookie leads you
to to think, man, that jump

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is going to be exciting to watch
with Jordan Battle. Yeah, it really

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is. I mean, Jordan Battle
stat sheets stuffer. You know, had

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had his share tackles, He had
a quarterback sack, he had two tackles

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for loss, he had the interception. Uh, he had two more passes

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defensed. I mean he was he
was immense. And Louis an Arrumo will

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use him in multiple ways. He'll
keep him back as a true safety,

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He'll put him in a box as
a safety slash linebacker type guy because he's

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a he's a bigger, physical player. And I'm excited to see how the

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secondary as a whole comes back after
an off season to reflect that. You

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know, they were. They were
making mistakes and simple coverages. And I'm

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not talking about Jordan Battle. I'm
talking about others, you know, Dax

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last week going the wrong way and
those kind of things. Loui and Rumo

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was like, between the rock and
a hard place, how simple do I

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make it? And if I complicated, how many errors are am I gonna

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you know, have to endure?
And then it's like, even though it

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was simplified because they had they're still
making errors on the simple because they hadn't

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run enough reps of the simple stuff
over and over and over again. So

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it's one of those catch twenty twos. I think with an off season to

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reflect, an off season to understand
what lou and Rouma wants on a more

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consistent basis, an off season to
improve their bodies and their minds. Y're

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one to year two. It's gonna
be interesting to watch that back end.

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How much of proving through is I
think there's going to be a lot.

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I think they're made of the right
stuff and as we know Lance, they

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can all run and that's a recoverability. Speed is a nice little additive to

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have, no doubt, take a
time out, head down the stretch,

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or hear from Logan Wilson as we
continue in our first of three hours tonight

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of Bengals Line on the first Star
Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred All

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right down the stretch we go in
our first hour of three tonight, the

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wrap up edition of Bengals Line of
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Let's stick with the defensive side of things.

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To wrap up the hour, here's
Dan Horde with Logan Wilson. Logan,

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congratulations on finishing the season of the
pick your fourth of the year,

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the eleventh of your career, and
one that you didn't have to work all

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that hard for in this case,
like I just said there, that's about

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as free as they get, and
I'll take it. Tell me about the

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way you guys approach this game and
how it feels to end the season on

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a positive note. Yeah, I
mean it was weird because none of us

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had really ever been in this position
where you're up, you're fighting for the

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playoffs up until really this last week. And you know, really what we

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talked about was just trying to play
for the guy next to you, trying

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to find a way to get get
a win and kind of pe this moment

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going into the offseason, and I
was just kind of what we talk about

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all week and we were able to
do that today. Was it big to

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you to beat Cleveland considering that they've
been pretty dominant head to head in recent

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years? Yeah, I mean the
team, Yeah, I know, Like

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I mean, I wouldn't even say
the bet team. They just weren't playing

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their guys and rightfully so they were
locked into the five seed and you know,

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they got the playoffs next week,
and so it was it was anyway,

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we just wanted to get a win
at the end of the day,

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regardless of who was playing. Guys
had a shutout going until the fourth quarter.

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Was that a little disappointing to see
them get on the scoreboard late.

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Yeah, you want to keep a
goose egg as long as you can,

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but it is what it is.
Some young guys in there learning from mistakes

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and that's that's just part of it. Jordan Battle finished the season with an

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interception and a sack. One of
these young guys that obviously took his lumps

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as a rookie, but that whole
group hopefully learned a lot from this experience.

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Yeah, I hope they will.
I know they will. We all

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we have a lot of work to
do as a defense coming back this offseason.

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Guys understand that and know that.
You know, when we come macro

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Tas, we need to hit the
ground, run and pick up where we

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left off and just continue to grow. I think if somebody had said Joe

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Burrow is gonna miss seven games and
the Bengals will finish with a winning record,

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in some ways, that's a pretty
impressive accomplishment. Yeah, I mean,

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there's there's there's a blessing in his
guys. I guess you could say

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that we found a way to get
some wins. Obviously it wasn't good enough

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at the end of the day,
but you know, we still ended up

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with a winning season. It's not
the standard we want it to be,

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and so we got we got to
continue to get better. Congrats, I'm

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finishing with a win. Enjoy the
off season. Thank you very much.

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Logan Wilson with Dan Horde. Logan
Wilson and that's his eleventh interception since he's

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coming to the league. That's more
than any other linebacker in the National Football

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League. Plus he took that interception
back twenty six yards two and a half.

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First down is the offense didn't have
to worry about nice, very nice,

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perfect capridor. First hour, Hangtight, Second Hour, headlined by Brian

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Callahan, asked him about the offense
and the off season ahead. We'll hear

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from Joe Burrow later on in the
show, and so much more. Thanks

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for being with us tonight. It's
Bengals Line, the first Star Logistics Bengals

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Let's keep it moving on this Monday night

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of Bengals Line. Our number two
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Radio Networking seven hundred WLW A Lance
Percallister. He is Dave Lepham and Lance.

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It is a pleasure to be joined
by Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan,

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who is so gracious with his time
of this every week. He is a

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class act. There was no question
about that, and I hope we keep

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Brian Callahan as offensive coordinator, but
I don't want to hold him back because

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there will probably be some opportunities here
on the horizon interviews that are coming his

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way based on what has happened with
the Cincinnati Bengals. I think this season,

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coach is a big story because everybody
probably thought, boy, when Joe

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Borrow goes down and there's almost a
half season to play, what's going to

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happen in the Cincinnati Bengals. Well, Jake Browning happened to the Cincinnati Bengals,

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and you're a big part of that. The success of Jake Browning,

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00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:51.480
Dan Pitcher, you know, Zach
Taylor. I mean a lot of contributors

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to that obviously, but that was
phenomenal what you guys were able to do

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and helping Jake Browning perform at an
extremely high level. If he's not one

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of the top thirty two in the
NFL, he's number thirty three. Man.

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Yeah, he did a really nice
job this year stepping in and without

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us knowing what he was going to
be like in a game, and that

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was always you always have a question
mark about someone until they actually go play

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for real when it counts, and
he answered all those questions for us.

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He's he's proven himself a very capable
quarterback, somebody that can you can win

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games with, and a guy that's
proven to be a ability quarterback right where

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he can go out and play really
good football and you don't have to necessarily

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scheme around him. He made some
really nice throws over the course of his

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starts and put us in really good
position. You know, we just came

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up probably a player too short at
the end of the day. Some things

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that we wish we could have done
earlier in the season too. But to

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Cej go out and play with with
confidence and play with the intensity that he

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plays with was was good for us. And I think that anytime you get

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a chance to prove yourself in this
league, you know you may only get

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one or two chances. Yeah,
and he and he proved himself. I

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do agree with him. I think
he probably is one of the top quarter

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two quarterbacks in the world for sure. And I think that I'm glad we

609
00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:16.280
have them. When you put in
all the hours and days and months and

610
00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:21.360
practices and games and today arrives,
what's it like, What what are the

611
00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:25.119
emotions today? Disappointment? You know, I think we had we had obviously

612
00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:30.559
high expectations and to deal with all
the ups and downs of a season,

613
00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:34.960
which no matter what happens in a
season, there's always some of that somewhere,

614
00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:37.719
you know, whether you hit us
a losing skid or you lose players,

615
00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:40.760
and you know, all those things
happen every year. But there's just

616
00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:44.480
a finality to the end of the
year, no matter when it comes,

617
00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:49.079
and it's it's very abrupt. It's
it's sort of like you're just slamming on

618
00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:52.360
the brakes and all of a sudden, it's it's I did I You know,

619
00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:54.760
you think about all the time,
but the years in the NFL are

620
00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:59.840
pretty fleeting and they go really fast. And I was laughing with my dad

621
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.599
because he came over. He came
over to the house on Saturday night just

622
00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:06.400
to see his grand kids and hang
out for a minute. And you know,

623
00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.199
I'd seen him the first week,
right, you know, and all

624
00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:12.000
of a sudden, you look up, like six months has gone by,

625
00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.639
you know what I mean, Like
it's crazy, It's like it's it feels

626
00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:16.480
like a you know, a yeah, it's weird, it's but it just

627
00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:20.239
it's very abrupt, and you're and
you're just kind of cruising in your routine

628
00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:22.840
one hundred miles an hour, and
then you get to today and all of

629
00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.840
a sudden, you're like, well, there's no more, no more games

630
00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:28.199
to get ready for unfortunately. So
I mean, it's a it's a mix

631
00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:30.920
of it's it's always disappointing at the
end of the year. There's one team

632
00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.519
that ends up happy at the end
of the year ultimately, so it's just

633
00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:37.639
verying degrees of disappointment unless you win
that one. So yeah, it's it's

634
00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:42.760
it's it's all those things mixed together. And now you start your you turn

635
00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:47.840
your focus to to what's next when
you evaluate what went well, Uh,

636
00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:53.360
this past season, you're gonna have
to only sixteen giveaways in a seventeen game

637
00:40:53.440 --> 00:41:00.320
season. You went plus ten in
the turnover department seventy six penaltyes few the

638
00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:04.840
National Football League six hundred and fourteen
yards. I think that might be fewest

639
00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:07.039
in the National Football League. If
not, it's a close second. No

640
00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:12.880
self destroy well, I mean minimal
self destruction. I mean that's those numbers

641
00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:16.360
are playoff team numbers right there.
Yeah, And that's that's another thing that

642
00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:21.280
you get a little bit frustrated about, is that those are those are numbers

643
00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:23.079
that when you look up, especially
if you're plus ten, like you should

644
00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:27.159
be a playoff team at plus ten, and then you look at the the

645
00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:31.159
Browns are like thirty second league and
giveaways and so it's like, I don't

646
00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:34.719
know how to make sense of those
things. Generally speaking, that's not how

647
00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.599
it works. But yeah, we
do. We do a great job taking

648
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.280
care of the ball. Both quarterbacks, decision making quarterbacks, both Joe and

649
00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:45.760
Jake have have proven really in depth
at avoiding you know, the sack fumble

650
00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:50.400
and the and the They got great
awareness of protecting the ball. I think

651
00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:52.960
Joe Mixon's maybe one of the best
backs I've ever seen when it comes to

652
00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:55.119
not putting the ball. And I
don't think he ever fumbles. I mean

653
00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:58.320
I don't know. I can't tell
you the last time he fumbled the football.

654
00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:00.320
Yeah, I can't even remember it, truthfully. So, and we

655
00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:04.360
got a lot of guys that take
a lot of pride in protecting that part

656
00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:06.639
of the game. And we know
that you know, when you give the

657
00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:08.960
ball the way, you tend to
lose games. And so we've we've done

658
00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:12.840
a decent job of that over the
years. Really all of our time here

659
00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:15.679
in the last probably three four years
have been pretty good. And the penalty

660
00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.840
parts a huge, a huge deal. I mean, we played discipline brand

661
00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:22.280
of football and guys play with the
technique and we don't get caught is not

662
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.719
doing the right thing. And I
think that's that's a testament those to the

663
00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:31.360
players and how important they view that
ability to play clean football. Nine nine

664
00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:36.159
fumbles on the season, lost two. That ties team record. Well,

665
00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:40.519
it goes way back with the Bengals
only having two lost fumbles. I think

666
00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:45.119
it was probably when they were maybe
twelve game schedule, you know, forget

667
00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:51.079
fourteen or sixteen, So two lost
fumbles in seventeen games. That's ball security

668
00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.159
at the highest level possible. Yeah, I mean, and give a little

669
00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:57.440
credit to Justin Hill and his all
about the ball presentation every Wednesday. I

670
00:42:57.519 --> 00:43:00.719
mean, it's again it is It's
something that we do emphasis that we do

671
00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:04.599
have a lot of awareness for and
and know how critical it is to winning.

672
00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:07.719
And our guys do a great job
of executing that plan and not turning

673
00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:09.880
the ball over. And you know, you you come out of a lot

674
00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:14.800
of seasons at plus ten, you're
probably going to be sitting pretty good most

675
00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.719
years, and this one was an
odd one. For whatever. That's kind

676
00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:21.440
of the standard we hope to keep. Conversely, what areas would you like

677
00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:23.480
to see? Do you think has
to get better for this offense next year?

678
00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:27.800
Yeah, I think we I think
we need to start faster, you

679
00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:30.719
know, whatever that looks like.
Obviously Joe's injuries is a large part of

680
00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:36.480
that. But we've put ourselves in
some holes the last two three years and

681
00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.800
forced to climb out of them,
which really makes our margin for air at

682
00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:42.000
the end of the year razor thin. And that's a hard way to live,

683
00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:45.199
and so got to find a way
to get off to a better start.

684
00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:46.719
It gives us some more breathing room
and at the end of the year

685
00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:52.000
where instead of having to play playoff
games from week ten on you know,

686
00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:57.719
we can we can you have some
a little bit less pressure every single week

687
00:43:57.760 --> 00:44:00.960
to perform, that would be help
full. I think we got to be

688
00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:04.519
uh, find ways to get better
in the run game, you know,

689
00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:07.159
not we've we've had spurts that were
solid and we've been okay, but I

690
00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:10.320
think we can be a lot better. I think we can be more explosives.

691
00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:13.719
Really, the bigger part of it
is just find ways to be more

692
00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.360
explosive in the run game, because
that that helps. It takes the pressure

693
00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:20.440
off of everybody, takes pressure off
the front, takes the pressure off of

694
00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:22.639
Joe to have to make big plays
all the time. So that's an area

695
00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:25.360
I think we can we can find
fine ways to improve. And I thought

696
00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:28.840
we did a good job over the
course of the year. But there's you

697
00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.440
know, there's some meat on the
bone, as they say, I think,

698
00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:34.679
so that's definitely one of them.
And you know, I think we

699
00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:38.480
can get We're gonna we're gonna need
to still evolve schematically as far as what's

700
00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:43.760
what's next. Every year the league
evolves and you know, the things that

701
00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:49.480
were in vogue in the season ten
changes as people study. So we'll try

702
00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.760
to stand on the on the on
the front end of schematic changes and try

703
00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:53.880
to stay ahead of what the defenses
are doing. And that's gonna be a

704
00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:59.480
big part of the offseason study here
as well. Your running game yesterday averaged

705
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:04.079
over six pretty attempts one hundred and
eighty three yards. Joe has one hundred

706
00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:07.920
and eleven on fourteen carries. Aided
immeasurably by that forty four yard John But

707
00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:13.119
I mean you had I think it
was eight rushes of ten yards or more.

708
00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:17.039
Browning had one, brown had two, Joe had five. You know,

709
00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:22.440
when you get that many carries of
a first down after the carries completed

710
00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:27.840
or like in in Joe's case,
forty four years four first down, you

711
00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:30.119
don't have to worry about anymore.
How big is that as a play call?

712
00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:32.840
That's great. I mean, that's
that's the that's what you hope it

713
00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:37.360
looked like every week, you know, and you know they're they're playing their

714
00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:42.519
practice squad players. Obviously that's part
of it. But I thought Mixon ran

715
00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:45.000
really hard. I thought we had
a good scheme versus all we were seeing

716
00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:49.119
and and made yards on what they
gave us. And so that part was

717
00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:52.320
positive. And I think that that's
if you looked up in a regular game

718
00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.800
and that's what our rushing stats look
like, I think we'd all feel really

719
00:45:53.800 --> 00:45:58.800
good. Yeah, I think that's
obviously the goal is to get to point

720
00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.519
where that's what it feels like when
he and the ball office, you know

721
00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:04.000
we're getting six or not three and
a half, you know, I think

722
00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.800
that's obviously what you're looking for.
So Joe ran really well yesterday. I

723
00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:13.119
thought Frank put together gets schematic plan
to get him in some space and take

724
00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:15.159
advantage of how that the style of
that defense they're they're up to field,

725
00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:19.800
defensive line dropped them and whammed them
and did all the things it's do to

726
00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:22.800
those defenses. So it was well
executed, and and you know, Joe

727
00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:25.480
ran hard and ran well, and
he's got good numbers to show for it.

728
00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:30.079
I won't ask you about a myriad
of personnel decisions that will have to

729
00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:31.760
be made during the off season,
of course, but you've been around Tyler

730
00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:35.920
Boyd for five seasons. What has
he meant to this team? What what

731
00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.800
is his presence day in and day
out, locker room, on the field

732
00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:40.840
meant? Uh, God, there's
not probably not enough. But I don't

733
00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:45.679
have enough time. You know,
he's he's been such an integral part of

734
00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:51.679
the leadership in the locker room really
from the day and to see him,

735
00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.239
uh be able to see the fruits
of that labor from from being I know

736
00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:57.440
he had augh. We weren't here
for the start of his career, but

737
00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:00.840
to get through those things and some
rough spots, are really grew up and

738
00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:05.639
matured obviously and then made a lot
of plays over the time that he's been

739
00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:08.920
here, particularly on third down.
And but his his impact is always going

740
00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:15.760
to be not always measured in his
stat line because of how important he's been

741
00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:21.199
to the receiver room. He has
always been the veteran, especially when he

742
00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:23.639
had jam Jamar and Tier both the
young players, and he was the one

743
00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:27.480
that sort of brought him along.
He kind of kept that room and set

744
00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:30.159
the standard of what we wanted those
guys to play a lot. There's really

745
00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:35.280
not enough accolades nor enough attention that
could be paid to that part of what

746
00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:38.719
TV brought to our team. He's
maybe one of the most consistent players I've

747
00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:45.960
ever been around. He never his
his he rarely missed a practice, he

748
00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:52.320
rarely missed a game. He was
always available, and I think as an

749
00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.000
NFL player, that's probably one of
the you know, one of the bigger

750
00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:58.199
company. To be an iron man
like that and being be able to be

751
00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:00.719
available all the time, I think
is a huge deal. And then he

752
00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:02.480
never changed. He had games where
he had big games and games where he

753
00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:06.639
didn't see the ball, and he
was always the same the person all the

754
00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:09.400
way through all that, And I
think that's another huge compliments you can pay

755
00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:13.280
to a guy. But to be
as consistent as he's been over eight years,

756
00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:16.760
I think is really really really impressive. I think he's got good football

757
00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:21.840
left in him still. But but
his impact I think will always be felt

758
00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:23.760
in our in our locker room and
with those receivers and in our offense.

759
00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:30.159
That his consistency and steadiness and leadership
is probably the you know, the biggest

760
00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:34.119
part of what he brings outside of
just a pure productions as a really good

761
00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:37.280
slot receiver. Yeah, you think
of him three abilities that you love to

762
00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:45.079
have as a pro reliability, accountability, responsibility. He's all those abilities,

763
00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:49.880
man. I mean that's uh,
that is huge. Now that the Big

764
00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:53.320
three may look different, your tight
end group, you get production out of

765
00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:57.320
the out of the group. Uh, he had more production from the tight

766
00:48:57.400 --> 00:49:01.199
end group this year than even last
year, which is a positive. And

767
00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:07.360
Hudson has proven that he can find
seams, he can find spots, he

768
00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:09.480
can get open, he can catch
the football. Do you add to the

769
00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:14.440
tight end position since the Big three
is gonna make front or do you like

770
00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:19.400
the young guys you know, like
Charlie and Yoshi that showed you what they

771
00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:21.599
have. Yeah, those guys have
come along. I mean they're in for

772
00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:23.880
a big offseason this year. You
know. I always, I always get

773
00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.639
excited to see what guys look like
when they come back in April after the

774
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:30.239
first real NFL offseason, because,
as you know, those guys they're getting

775
00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:35.480
finished their college careers. They're going
to combine, they're training for their testing,

776
00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:37.599
they're not training for football, right, It's just a totally different experience.

777
00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:40.119
And they get here and their heads
are spending for the first six months

778
00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:45.039
and so to now know what to
expect, to know what the offense looks

779
00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:47.400
like, to know what it feels
like to play, because they all played

780
00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:52.719
a good amount this year, you
hope that they make a pretty significant jump.

781
00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:55.239
And I always go back to what
Tea looked like when he came back

782
00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:59.320
his second year. You know,
Tea came in his first year a little

783
00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:00.400
bit out of shape. He had
a hamstring, he was you know,

784
00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:04.639
he didn't really work out coming and
you could just tell he looked off.

785
00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:08.199
He didn't look like he was ready
and found a way to have a decent

786
00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:10.800
year. But the way he looked
when he came back in April, he

787
00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:15.159
was like, who is that guy? You know, there's a freak there.

788
00:50:15.519 --> 00:50:17.440
And so that's what you know,
You hope these guys come back with

789
00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:21.960
this renewed confidence and then they get
to put in the kind of work that

790
00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:23.760
you need guys to put in,
you know, without having to worry about

791
00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:28.559
all the other combines and drafts and
team visits. They can focus solely on

792
00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:31.320
on getting better and stronger and all
those things. So excited about the young

793
00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:37.159
guys coming back the tight end position. I think James Casey again has proven

794
00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:38.960
his his medal, is maybe one
of the best tight end coaches in football

795
00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:43.760
and found a way to get production
all that. I mean, Drew Sample

796
00:50:43.760 --> 00:50:46.719
had a career year. Tanner obviously
emerged. He's a veteran player but has

797
00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:51.360
the most production he's and I was
really helpful for us in the passing game

798
00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:53.639
down the stretch, right, I
think got I think all those guys are

799
00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:59.039
free agents. So that's another part
of it is that, yeah, we're

800
00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:04.000
gonna probably we're gonna need some tight
ends in general this offseason. So what

801
00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:07.800
that looks like and where that goes, those conversations just will just beginning here

802
00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:09.760
in the next week or so.
But they really did the tight ends,

803
00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:15.360
you know, without the mark of
having a great one tight end that called.

804
00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:16.920
I mean, they produced collectively,
and I think that's what we needed.

805
00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:20.519
Jake said, I'm probably gonna get
in trouble for saying this, and

806
00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:24.400
I don't want to say that Hudson's
Tanna Travis Kelcey, but Tanner Hudson has

807
00:51:24.679 --> 00:51:30.159
some of the traits playing as a
former quarterback like Kelsey. He understands the

808
00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:36.199
you know, the coverage leverages and
where to where to find seams and holes

809
00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:37.400
and all that. He does,
doesn't He's pretty darn good with that.

810
00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:43.519
Yeah, he's he's he has a
a knack for being for playing football.

811
00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:46.079
Yeah, and and he does.
He's not gonna wow you when he walks

812
00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:49.840
in the room physically. That's probably
why he's been a little bit of a

813
00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:53.360
journey, uh to get to this
point. But he's not gonna run faster

814
00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:58.639
than everybody. But I will say
he's got great hands. Yep, he's

815
00:51:58.719 --> 00:52:01.559
he's incredibly intelligent, uh, and
he's a really reliable target, and you

816
00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:05.840
know what he's going to do,
how he's going to do it. And

817
00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:10.000
and he's shown that he's a very
capable passing game player. And really,

818
00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:14.400
I mean we liked him in training
camp and he fits into those mold of

819
00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:17.920
those guys that when you're looking at
tight end groups, you know, what's

820
00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:22.320
he going to do for you because
he's you know, he doesn't really play

821
00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:24.440
on special teams, but he's not
really a starter. He's a he's a

822
00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:30.400
role playing tight end in the passing
game. And so it's, you know,

823
00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:35.159
roster gymnastics wise, how do you
keep guys like that? But he

824
00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:37.840
we knew he had some value.
We wanted him on the practice squad.

825
00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:40.159
He chose to come back knowing that
he might have an opportunity at some point,

826
00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:45.519
and he stepped up and we really
needed someone in the position to step

827
00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:50.039
up in the passing game. And
I love everything he brings to our offense.

828
00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:52.079
I think he's an exceptional player.
And he's got a really great feel

829
00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:55.559
for the passing. He produced for
us at a at a level that we

830
00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:58.599
needed to do this year, and
it was it was. I'm happy for

831
00:52:58.679 --> 00:53:00.840
him. It's a great success that
he's and hopefully we can find a way

832
00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:05.079
to get a couple of these guys
back and get a few more to add

833
00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:07.760
to it. Our time is up. We can't tell you how much we've

834
00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:10.760
enjoyed the conversations with you, your
commitment to this and the time you've given

835
00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:15.840
us. Usually we've kept you longer
than we probably told you, right,

836
00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:17.360
and you haven't. You haven't bat
it an eye at that, So thank

837
00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:22.039
you. I've enjoyed this. Always
a pleasure coming in. It's it's a

838
00:53:22.039 --> 00:53:23.639
lot more fun to come in after
wins and his losses. But I do

839
00:53:23.719 --> 00:53:27.880
always, I do always enjoy coming
in and talking to you guys. This

840
00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:30.400
is a very small example of when
you do something, you do it.

841
00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:36.159
I mean, you commit to it. So we appreciate your commitment. Players

842
00:53:36.199 --> 00:53:38.079
do too. They love your coach, There's no question about it. That's

843
00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:44.239
it's always good to have you.
Players like you. A good way to

844
00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:46.039
add it, he is Brian,
callahead. Everybody take a time out of

845
00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:51.960
continue Bengals Line of the first Star
Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred WLW.

846
00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:54.400
Hey, We're moving right along,
and this Monday Night of Bengals Line,

847
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848
00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:02.320
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849
00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:07.039
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850
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852
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Brian Callahan as always to kick off
our hour. We're busy. The rest

853
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of this hour you're gonna hear from
Joe Burrow and Moore. Hang with us.

854
00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:27.079
It's Bengals Line on the first Star
Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred

855
00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:32.119
WLW. Hey, welcome back to
Bengals Line on the first Star Logistics Bengals

856
00:54:32.199 --> 00:54:37.800
Radio Network and seven hundred WLW,
Lance McAllister Dave Lapham the Cincinnati Bengals.

857
00:54:37.800 --> 00:54:42.519
Twenty twenty three Walter Payton NFL Man
of the Year nominee is Ted Karris Folks.

858
00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:45.760
No surprise there, He's awesome.
Ted has used his voice to support

859
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the village of Maurici in providing housing
and community opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

860
00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:59.679
Learn more about Ted's impact at Bengals
dot com slash community slash WP moy

861
00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:05.079
Ricci. It's all about doing good
things for people that need help, no

862
00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:09.000
question about it. Top notch stuff. Let's let's hear from QB one.

863
00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:15.159
Joe Burrow met with the media earlier
today talking about the risk, the recovery

864
00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:19.079
that the season just completed, the
off season and next season. All that

865
00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:23.400
covered with QB one. Here's Joe
Burrow feeling good, getting better every day.

866
00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:28.320
How that you ever had time to
analyze just the path years. Do

867
00:55:28.360 --> 00:55:31.760
you have a target day in terms
of throwing a game. No, I'll

868
00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:35.199
have to see. I think I
think I should be good by OTAs,

869
00:55:35.559 --> 00:55:39.960
but uh, we'll see pretty early
on to to really tell you you were

870
00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:43.840
confident with Jake and play well,
What did you see in the seven games

871
00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:47.519
that he did play exactly what I
expected. He was calm and poised and

872
00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:52.760
took the opportunities when they were there. He did a really good job and

873
00:55:52.800 --> 00:55:57.559
I'm really happy for him. He
made a career for himself, so he

874
00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:00.880
went in took advantage of his opportunity, and we talk about it yesterday.

875
00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:05.480
It's exciting for him and so I
was happy to see it. What's been

876
00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:07.679
the biggest thing that you've kind of
thought about as you've kind of been waiting

877
00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:13.719
to kind of watch it in the
rest of the season. Just getting back

878
00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:19.960
to the grind, you know,
we have I have about ten to twelve

879
00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:22.960
weeks on everybody else starting my off
season, so you know, that kind

880
00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:28.559
of gives me a leg up on
next year. Obviously, the the throwing

881
00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:31.559
part will we'll come back with time. But just as far as physically,

882
00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:37.079
you know, weight room, whole
body, I think I should be in

883
00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:40.159
a good spot. What have you
been able to do in terms of keeping

884
00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:44.280
your conditioning up. Yeah, we're
lifting legs, doing a lot of core,

885
00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:46.679
you know, doing the upper body
where we can tough without you know,

886
00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:52.360
being able to grab or do anything
like that. But we're modifying in

887
00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:55.360
in ways that keeps me in good
physical shape. And it's just going to

888
00:56:55.440 --> 00:57:00.519
keep getting better as the risk gets
better. To mind for thing and being

889
00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:04.119
able to grate, Yeah, we'll
we'll have to see it's it's gonna be,

890
00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:06.840
you know, a couple of months
from now. What's been the most

891
00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:10.400
challenging team three personally over the last
seven weeks. You know, it's always

892
00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:14.440
tough when when you're watching from the
sideline, you're used to being out there

893
00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:17.719
playing and making a difference. You
know, you tried to find ways to

894
00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:21.480
to make a difference where he could, but obviously it's not the same.

895
00:57:21.599 --> 00:57:27.440
So, uh, I was just
focused on getting myself better every day,

896
00:57:28.079 --> 00:57:31.079
and you know, doing what I
could for Jake, putting him and you

897
00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:35.760
know, giving him nuggets here and
there. But you know he's a smart

898
00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:39.559
guy. He didn't need too much. But just trying to find ways to

899
00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:43.639
bring value to the team. You
were totally engaged, you know what you

900
00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:47.000
like you're talking about for me a
scheme addict and all that sort of thing.

901
00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:52.760
What the coaches we're doing and you
don't know three quarterbacks had Zach same

902
00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:59.760
Gate and roads maybe, but was
there anything that wall with Jake's playing or

903
00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:01.239
go physician? You said you don't
want to Dan that was pretty good.

904
00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:05.519
Maybe might be over incorporate some of
that rook, but I do. Yeah,

905
00:58:05.519 --> 00:58:07.719
we'll have to I'm gonna go back
and watch all the tapes again this

906
00:58:07.760 --> 00:58:10.760
offseason. You know, takes take
some things, but I'm gonna watch both

907
00:58:10.800 --> 00:58:15.280
sides of the ball see if I
can take anything from from either one.

908
00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:17.440
So that's a that's more of an
off season project, I'd say. Bride

909
00:58:17.480 --> 00:58:21.119
said the hundred center was something that
you all playing on doing which you're gonna

910
00:58:21.159 --> 00:58:22.880
kind of fully healthy and going out
to the mis. What was that like

911
00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:27.679
kind of watching that kind of integrated
to the offense and watching that readstance.

912
00:58:27.719 --> 00:58:30.360
What did you make of how that
work? Yeah, it brought some some

913
00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:35.199
some different things to the offense that
we were not really able to do at

914
00:58:35.199 --> 00:58:37.800
the beginning of the year because I
physically couldn't do it. And then you

915
00:58:37.880 --> 00:58:40.119
know, when the caft started to
get healthy, we were able to incorporate

916
00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:44.400
a little more. And then when
Jake went in there, he did a

917
00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:49.800
great job of you know, executing
the the under center and stuff. He's

918
00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:52.599
he's good at the play actions and
the nakeds and our run game took a

919
00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:54.119
step, I thought. So it
was you know, a good couple of

920
00:58:54.159 --> 00:58:59.480
weeks or the creature happened in terms
of your routeam in the off season.

921
00:59:00.159 --> 00:59:04.719
Is there anything that you're going to
change in terms of you're getting into a

922
00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:07.079
place where I know some of its
lock training camp, but being able to

923
00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:13.119
get you through a training camp with
Doby Major. Yeah, well, you

924
00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:16.519
know, I think early on it's
not going to change, but maybe the

925
00:59:16.519 --> 00:59:20.599
week's leading up to training camp maybe
will you know, that'll be something that

926
00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:23.440
I decided as we get closer,
depending on how my body's feeling. But

927
00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:27.599
we'll take that out of step at
a step at a time. What would

928
00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:32.320
you like to change what the preach
ready? Maybe maybe a couple of weeks

929
00:59:32.320 --> 00:59:36.119
before just laying off the gas a
little bit. I don't know, we'll

930
00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:38.239
see. It just depends on how
the body's feeling. Did you learn anything

931
00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:44.760
specifically about your teammates over the last
seven weeks watching through the sideline. I

932
00:59:44.760 --> 00:59:46.079
wouldn't say anything specific. You know, I know what we have in the

933
00:59:46.079 --> 00:59:52.159
locker room. I know the guys
that we can count on, and you

934
00:59:52.199 --> 00:59:57.199
know, guys maintain their routines.
They stayed engaged, they went out and

935
00:59:57.199 --> 01:00:00.920
tried to win football games, and
we did. We put ourselves in position,

936
01:00:00.199 --> 01:00:05.000
didn't quite make the playoffs, but
we had our opportunities. I know,

937
01:00:05.119 --> 01:00:07.400
he knows what's gonna happen with T
pre aging a lot of guys too,

938
01:00:07.440 --> 01:00:12.679
but specifically with how different would the
offense have to be if you didn't

939
01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:16.199
have him. Yeah, obviously we'd
love to have Tea back. He's a

940
01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:22.639
big part of what we've done here
and there's it's no secret our relationships.

941
01:00:22.639 --> 01:00:25.880
So you know, I expect T
to be back, to be back,

942
01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:31.000
and I think that's the the sentiment
in the locker room. We all want

943
01:00:31.000 --> 01:00:32.880
T back. We know what kind
of player is. We're not kind of

944
01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:37.119
person he is. He's what being
a Bengal is all about. So uh,

945
01:00:37.320 --> 01:00:42.639
like you said, we'll see,
but I think we should have a

946
01:00:42.639 --> 01:00:45.880
good opportunity. I don't think you'd
beal the whole plan to us. But

947
01:00:45.000 --> 01:00:49.280
when you were negotiating your contract,
how much was the plan for things like

948
01:00:49.320 --> 01:00:52.400
this off season laid out to you
when you have those discussion. Yeah,

949
01:00:52.480 --> 01:00:58.000
that was, you know, we
made sure the things were in place that

950
01:00:58.119 --> 01:01:01.239
we could if we needed to.
A couple of years ago, when Josh

951
01:01:01.320 --> 01:01:05.199
Allen was doing a lot of running
out of cockey, there was a lot

952
01:01:05.280 --> 01:01:09.159
made of him potentially changing the style
and with your rist injury and the season

953
01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:13.280
ending. I know that in the
past couple of years, you know,

954
01:01:13.360 --> 01:01:16.280
you talked about maybe taking some of
the last hits that you can only so

955
01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:21.199
much of it is under your control. But do you feel like, based

956
01:01:21.239 --> 01:01:23.679
off the way you guys are past
first offense here, you need a little

957
01:01:23.679 --> 01:01:27.960
bit more of a balance from the
run game in terms of limiting the amount

958
01:01:27.960 --> 01:01:31.360
of times you're gonna get hit.
I think we could be more ex more

959
01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:35.559
explosive in the run game. I
think we've been efficient, you know,

960
01:01:35.599 --> 01:01:38.960
we've the run game has been able
to keep us on schedule. It'd be

961
01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:42.760
nice to hit you know, a
couple of big runs we didn't, you

962
01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:45.280
know later in the season. That
was nice to see, you know,

963
01:01:45.360 --> 01:01:49.559
guys like you know, Joe Mixon
taking advantage of his opportunities and Chase stepping

964
01:01:49.639 --> 01:01:52.800
up and making some big plays.
So I feel good about that aspect.

965
01:01:52.840 --> 01:01:54.800
I think, you know, this
off season will be able to take a

966
01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:59.519
stet. Joe Burrow earlier today on
where he is right now and where he

967
01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:01.719
hopes to be the next season,
and we say this, and I remember

968
01:02:01.760 --> 01:02:04.920
as he said it last year knocking
on wood, I'd like to have a

969
01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:07.599
normal camp. But then the next
day was the calf. But man,

970
01:02:07.639 --> 01:02:14.719
it would be it'd be really important, vital to have normalcy for the quarterback

971
01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:19.360
with a lot of moving parts between
now and training camp next year. Four

972
01:02:19.400 --> 01:02:23.440
seasons with Joe Burrow, the two
seasons he's been healthy, AFC Championship,

973
01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:29.599
super Bowl, the two seasons he
hasn't not. I mean he's it's that

974
01:02:29.639 --> 01:02:35.320
important. I mean got to have
the football got kind and the support supporting

975
01:02:35.360 --> 01:02:38.880
cast for Joe Burrow has to do
their job and there's no doubt that this

976
01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:44.280
could be one of the elite football
teams competing for the World championship in twenty

977
01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:49.760
twenty four. Dave quick thought on
Joe and what they've delved into where they've

978
01:02:49.760 --> 01:02:53.760
gone to the playbook with Jake Browning
is they're intrigue in what they might be

979
01:02:53.800 --> 01:02:58.360
able to transfer over to try with
Joe. Does that make sense what I'm

980
01:02:58.360 --> 01:03:00.559
saying, Yeah, Yeah, I
think it does. I think. I

981
01:03:00.599 --> 01:03:07.360
think I think Joe watching UH as
closely and listening and seeing and UH communicating

982
01:03:07.360 --> 01:03:12.719
with Jake and the coaches. I
think that he sees value in some of

983
01:03:12.760 --> 01:03:15.880
it as well. I think his
eyes have been open to you know,

984
01:03:15.440 --> 01:03:19.639
there there are some things. There's
always good that comes out of bad,

985
01:03:19.840 --> 01:03:23.679
you know. And uh and and
this might be some good. You know.

986
01:03:23.719 --> 01:03:27.679
It's like, hey, there are
other things we can do. We

987
01:03:27.719 --> 01:03:30.880
can we can incorporate some of this
stuff into into the packages that we we

988
01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:36.760
do with you, Joe. But
it is a pass heavy offense no matter

989
01:03:36.800 --> 01:03:38.639
what. One number nine is a
down Hey hang type much more to get

990
01:03:38.639 --> 01:03:42.599
to UH as we make our way
towards nine o'clock. Bengals Line, First

991
01:03:42.599 --> 01:03:46.599
Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network. Hey, welcome back to Bengals Line on this

992
01:03:46.679 --> 01:03:51.360
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999
01:04:15.719 --> 01:04:18.960
Bengals go Bengals. We have a
very special guest joining us. Dave,

1000
01:04:19.159 --> 01:04:23.480
you do the honors and welcome him
in. Please yes, this uh,

1001
01:04:23.519 --> 01:04:30.280
this gentleman andre Yosi Bosh is not
only a great football player, incredibly intelligent

1002
01:04:31.079 --> 01:04:36.960
Ivy League graduate, understands the game
of football and had a major impact on

1003
01:04:38.000 --> 01:04:42.840
the Cincinnati Bengals. Darren Simmons loves
him on special teams. Cincinnati Bengals love

1004
01:04:42.960 --> 01:04:47.960
his uh what he brings to the
table as a receiver offensively, seven targets

1005
01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:53.519
yesterday, five catches, two of
them are touchdowns. At the time he's

1006
01:04:53.519 --> 01:04:58.000
in the end zone. That dog
will hunts. Yeah, I mean when

1007
01:04:58.039 --> 01:05:00.239
you look back at it's kind of
a crazy stat. But yeah, was

1008
01:05:00.239 --> 01:05:03.280
it you said five catches, two
touchdowns. Yeah, it's kind of like

1009
01:05:03.320 --> 01:05:05.880
my season. How my season has
been going, Like every time I get

1010
01:05:05.880 --> 01:05:09.159
the ball, like every other time, it's going to be a touchdown.

1011
01:05:09.199 --> 01:05:14.760
That's crazy. That's awesome. Yeah. How you went through regular season,

1012
01:05:14.840 --> 01:05:17.119
the longest season you've ever played in
your life. How do you feel,

1013
01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:20.679
How does your body feel today?
Mentally? What was it like coming through

1014
01:05:20.719 --> 01:05:24.679
all of it? Yeah, it
was definitely interesting. You know, in

1015
01:05:24.679 --> 01:05:28.480
the IVY League you played ten games
only, so by the by the seventh

1016
01:05:28.519 --> 01:05:31.719
regular season game, I was football
mind and body where like, oh you're

1017
01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:35.079
still going, you know. So
at that point we played ten games and

1018
01:05:35.119 --> 01:05:38.679
I was like, okay, well
I had a routine down already at that

1019
01:05:38.719 --> 01:05:41.360
point. So I know a lot
of vets say, you know, routines

1020
01:05:41.400 --> 01:05:44.280
are really important to keeping your body
right, keeping your mind right. So

1021
01:05:44.599 --> 01:05:46.960
I made sure I had a routine. And it's not like I haven't been

1022
01:05:47.000 --> 01:05:49.719
doing like well, I used to
go from football to track. I mean,

1023
01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:53.559
although track is different, I was
always doing something, had to be

1024
01:05:53.599 --> 01:05:56.599
focused at something for a while.
But you know, it was great to

1025
01:05:56.639 --> 01:06:00.360
get a full NFL football season under
my belt. And you know, I'm

1026
01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:03.119
kind of just hungry to get back
working, to be honest. So I'll

1027
01:06:03.159 --> 01:06:05.320
take this break, but I already
know what I need to work on in

1028
01:06:05.360 --> 01:06:12.119
the next offseason. You know,
it's watching you on special teams playing gunner

1029
01:06:12.119 --> 01:06:15.599
for Darren Simmons. The physicality that
you bring to the table. I mean

1030
01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:20.360
there's not a whole lot of receivers
that play at that high level of physicality.

1031
01:06:20.760 --> 01:06:24.400
You're a big, strong bodied receiver
that can run. I mean,

1032
01:06:24.519 --> 01:06:28.039
you've got some traits. Man,
you check a lot of boxes. What

1033
01:06:28.199 --> 01:06:32.559
is it that you probably learned most
from You come as a rookie and kind

1034
01:06:32.559 --> 01:06:35.239
of don't know what you don't know
yet, and then the season unfolds.

1035
01:06:36.440 --> 01:06:41.360
Is it from a from a mental
standpoint, from the beginning of a training

1036
01:06:41.360 --> 01:06:45.760
camp to now in terms of what
you know and what you're gonna think about

1037
01:06:45.800 --> 01:06:47.920
and ponder and work within the off
season? Yeah, I mean yeah,

1038
01:06:47.960 --> 01:06:49.920
it's kind of like what you said, you don't know what you don't know,

1039
01:06:49.960 --> 01:06:53.199
and then you get thrown the fire
and you're kind of getting beat up

1040
01:06:53.199 --> 01:06:55.719
a little bit, and so you
know what you need to work on,

1041
01:06:56.519 --> 01:06:59.960
and you know, you really realize
what your strengths are, how people stop

1042
01:07:00.159 --> 01:07:02.280
you, and what people are willing
to do to stop you, And so

1043
01:07:02.639 --> 01:07:06.519
you can see if they, like
if they focus on your strengths or if

1044
01:07:06.559 --> 01:07:10.559
they focus on your weaknesses. And
so you can always gain a lot from

1045
01:07:10.599 --> 01:07:12.960
that kind of stuff, like just
watching film back or just even on the

1046
01:07:13.000 --> 01:07:15.000
field. And like I said earlier, I already know things that I need

1047
01:07:15.039 --> 01:07:17.599
to work on. I have like
a set of notes in my phone that

1048
01:07:17.639 --> 01:07:20.840
I need to work on. Yeah, every after every game, I write

1049
01:07:20.880 --> 01:07:24.960
down things that I've seen that I
need to do. So are you tougher

1050
01:07:25.000 --> 01:07:28.000
on yourself than the coaches are?
I would say, I mean, I

1051
01:07:28.000 --> 01:07:30.599
have really good coaches that I've been
blessed with here obviously, and they expect

1052
01:07:30.760 --> 01:07:32.800
a lot out of me. They
expect the most out of me, But

1053
01:07:32.840 --> 01:07:35.719
I also expect the most out of
myself. So I would say some.

1054
01:07:35.960 --> 01:07:39.480
I mean, I'm quiet about it, but I'm pretty tough on myself.

1055
01:07:39.559 --> 01:07:42.519
Yeah, not to go too deep
into that list on your phone, but

1056
01:07:42.559 --> 01:07:45.079
in general, what are some of
the things you'd like to work on it?

1057
01:07:45.079 --> 01:07:49.519
It'd be better at hop out phone
numbers. I don't think my girlfriend

1058
01:07:49.519 --> 01:07:54.719
would, but you know, yeah, like you said before, I mean,

1059
01:07:54.760 --> 01:07:57.079
the NFL is a physical game,
so it's just getting used to the

1060
01:07:57.119 --> 01:08:00.119
physicalness attributes to like, you know, be fat and strong, and I

1061
01:08:00.159 --> 01:08:03.679
think during special teams, I definitely
you can see me become more and more

1062
01:08:03.719 --> 01:08:09.000
physical as the year goes on.
But also, you know, it translates

1063
01:08:09.000 --> 01:08:12.199
to being a receiver. You know, yesterday I had two touchdowns, but

1064
01:08:12.239 --> 01:08:15.039
I also had two drops contested drops
that I should have I thought I should

1065
01:08:15.039 --> 01:08:18.720
have caught. I mean, that's
just kind of the different physicalities and different

1066
01:08:18.720 --> 01:08:24.000
things I need to work on.
Just like instead of catching it and looking

1067
01:08:24.199 --> 01:08:27.039
and then tucking it's catch it,
tuck right, then look right. The

1068
01:08:27.079 --> 01:08:30.239
reason the second one I dropped is
because I caught it and I looked before

1069
01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:32.359
I caught it, and he just
raked over there. So it's just little

1070
01:08:32.399 --> 01:08:34.039
things like that. I don't even
have to be on the field to do

1071
01:08:34.079 --> 01:08:36.359
that. I can just be with
the ball in my bed. Just catch,

1072
01:08:36.439 --> 01:08:40.359
tuck, turn catching, you know
what I mean? Sure? Yeah,

1073
01:08:40.399 --> 01:08:43.079
So, I mean, guys will
come from the SEC. You know,

1074
01:08:43.119 --> 01:08:45.640
that is really really high level of
collegiate football. It's probably the closest

1075
01:08:45.640 --> 01:08:49.319
thing to the NFL from a physicality
standpoint. Instead of the speed of the

1076
01:08:49.359 --> 01:08:54.520
game, what an adjustment in your
situation, you know, coming from the

1077
01:08:54.560 --> 01:08:57.279
IVY League, and that's a good
brand of football, don't get me wrong,

1078
01:08:57.319 --> 01:08:59.800
But it's not like the SEC.
What was the speed of the game

1079
01:09:00.039 --> 01:09:03.680
JU just liked for you? It
was. I mean, it's obviously different,

1080
01:09:03.680 --> 01:09:06.079
but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle
it. I never felt like I

1081
01:09:06.119 --> 01:09:09.640
was really out of place, you
know. I think I think everybody kind

1082
01:09:09.640 --> 01:09:12.720
of went through similar growing pins that
I did. I don't think my growing

1083
01:09:12.760 --> 01:09:15.800
pins were you know, like exacerbated
by any means. I think I think

1084
01:09:15.840 --> 01:09:18.920
I was just in the same boat
that a lot a lot of these other

1085
01:09:19.000 --> 01:09:23.279
rookies were in. You got a
lot of reps in camp with Jake.

1086
01:09:23.359 --> 01:09:26.439
How much did that help later in
the season unfortunately, what Joe goes down

1087
01:09:26.479 --> 01:09:29.079
and Jake takes over. How much
did that help you? Yeah? I

1088
01:09:29.079 --> 01:09:31.760
think it definitely helps. You know, we had that the same touchdown we

1089
01:09:31.840 --> 01:09:36.199
had against the Commanders was basically the
same round I had against my second one

1090
01:09:36.319 --> 01:09:40.000
against Cleveland. It was like a
little race ground in the back of the

1091
01:09:40.039 --> 01:09:42.760
end zone, and you know,
we lock eyes and you know pretty much

1092
01:09:42.800 --> 01:09:45.520
at that point he's gonna throw it
to me. And so it's good to

1093
01:09:45.560 --> 01:09:48.560
have a connection like that with you. You're really good at an extending place

1094
01:09:48.640 --> 01:09:53.640
and knowing how to get to some
place to make yourself available. Has that

1095
01:09:53.680 --> 01:09:57.039
always been the case? Is that
something you've learned lately? How why are

1096
01:09:57.039 --> 01:10:00.760
you so good at that? I
don't I never was a big scrambled person

1097
01:10:00.800 --> 01:10:03.520
before that, But I think maybe
special teams also that, to be honest,

1098
01:10:03.600 --> 01:10:08.560
just like dudes flying around everywhere.
Yeah, sometimes there's no structure.

1099
01:10:09.319 --> 01:10:12.239
It's kind of just you know,
player, just I just see the open

1100
01:10:12.239 --> 01:10:14.760
space and I just run to it
basically. Yeah, And you know one

1101
01:10:14.760 --> 01:10:17.880
thing you do too, is on
a natural basis is when the quarterback's in

1102
01:10:17.920 --> 01:10:23.560
trouble, eventually you start to work
your way back to the court, staying

1103
01:10:23.640 --> 01:10:26.800
deep or going deeper. You say, all right, I've got to make

1104
01:10:26.840 --> 01:10:29.399
this a little bit easier for him, not because he's running for his life,

1105
01:10:29.560 --> 01:10:32.840
and you have a good understanding of
somehow angle my way back toward the

1106
01:10:32.880 --> 01:10:36.199
quarterback to make myself available. Yeah. Well, you know, usually times

1107
01:10:36.239 --> 01:10:39.960
when I'm scrambling, I feel like
I've been on the backside more so.

1108
01:10:39.960 --> 01:10:42.560
So you know, you've got to
be conscious of where the other dudes are

1109
01:10:42.600 --> 01:10:45.840
as well, you know, because
one scrambled drill on a I can remember

1110
01:10:45.880 --> 01:10:49.199
I got push in the back,
but Jake was rolling right and I was

1111
01:10:49.439 --> 01:10:53.159
I kind of saw, like I
forget who mixing. Maybe he was like

1112
01:10:53.319 --> 01:10:55.760
kind of there with me, so
I didn't know if I should keep going.

1113
01:10:56.279 --> 01:10:59.800
It's kind of just about like spatial
awareness and just spacing, and most

1114
01:10:59.800 --> 01:11:01.600
of the time I feel like coming
back to the quarterback is not going to

1115
01:11:01.720 --> 01:11:05.359
hurt, right, yeah, right, But all of this grind season's done.

1116
01:11:05.399 --> 01:11:08.960
Do you do you unplug for a
while. Do you go on vacation

1117
01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:11.399
for a while. Do you not
pick up a football for a while?

1118
01:11:11.399 --> 01:11:13.760
How do you approach it? Well, I mean right now, I'm gonna

1119
01:11:13.800 --> 01:11:15.880
go back to Hawaii tomorrow, just
be with my family for a bit.

1120
01:11:16.680 --> 01:11:20.319
You know, I do want to
do football stuff. I you know,

1121
01:11:20.399 --> 01:11:23.600
I already have that list ready to
go and what I need to work on.

1122
01:11:23.720 --> 01:11:25.800
But you know, I've heard from
a lot of people just to chill

1123
01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:28.760
for a bit, because you know, you don't want to get burnt out

1124
01:11:29.039 --> 01:11:32.119
too early, which makes sense.
But I think that doing a little bit

1125
01:11:32.159 --> 01:11:34.920
won't hurt, you know. So
I'll go back to Hawaii work a little

1126
01:11:34.920 --> 01:11:39.119
bit, and then the real training
starts when I go to Tampa, probably

1127
01:11:39.239 --> 01:11:42.239
a month or so after that,
go in to Hawaii. You needn't ready

1128
01:11:42.239 --> 01:11:44.199
to carry your bags or anything.
I mean I could, I could.

1129
01:11:44.239 --> 01:11:46.800
I can get to bed with doctor
Milwaukee, maybe at his house. You

1130
01:11:46.800 --> 01:11:50.159
can say in my house, I'll
carry your bag, man, no doubt.

1131
01:11:53.399 --> 01:11:56.960
That's crazy. Hey, congratulations on
the rookie season. I know it

1132
01:11:57.039 --> 01:12:00.720
ended sooner than everybody wanted, but
congrats on this success and enjoy the off

1133
01:12:00.720 --> 01:12:02.760
season. Thanks for making time for
it, of course, Thank you.

1134
01:12:02.840 --> 01:12:05.680
Guys, got a bright future,
my man. Thankkeep working, love it,

1135
01:12:05.720 --> 01:12:09.159
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01:12:45.439 --> 01:12:46.720
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Zach Taylor met with the media earlier today

1148
01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:10.760
season wrap up news conference. Here
is Zach's thoughts on the season, just

1149
01:13:10.800 --> 01:13:15.119
completed the off season and what's ahead. Just wrapping things up with that players.

1150
01:13:15.479 --> 01:13:18.079
You know, it's got through a
good number of guys this morning and

1151
01:13:18.079 --> 01:13:21.439
and still more to go. But
just just again giving some finality to the

1152
01:13:21.479 --> 01:13:25.840
season and making sure we wrap things
up with the players and the coaching staff

1153
01:13:25.880 --> 01:13:29.319
and front office and all that stuff. Those are those are kind of what

1154
01:13:29.359 --> 01:13:32.760
these next couple days are for.
Not every player, you know, there's

1155
01:13:33.159 --> 01:13:36.560
there's some guys that are that are
you know, under contract and you have

1156
01:13:36.640 --> 01:13:40.920
opportunity to talk to them in the
coming months as they come back. But

1157
01:13:40.960 --> 01:13:44.680
there's you know, all ranges of
guys you want to you want to make

1158
01:13:44.720 --> 01:13:47.239
sure you talk to on the final
day. But everyone talks to the position

1159
01:13:47.279 --> 01:13:50.840
coaches, coordinators and then I've got
a line up my door that's probably still

1160
01:13:50.880 --> 01:13:56.319
up there. So Jun had a
kind of hard to heart. Remember the

1161
01:13:56.479 --> 01:14:00.279
conversation with you about being your first
draft back and when you guys helped build

1162
01:14:00.720 --> 01:14:03.520
early on in his career. What
are your thoughts on John? Yeah,

1163
01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:06.800
Jonas Jonas competed really hard for us, you know, and for five years

1164
01:14:06.800 --> 01:14:12.079
now, and you know, there's
a lot of appreciation on our end as

1165
01:14:12.079 --> 01:14:15.119
coaches, you know, for the
job that he's done moving from left tackle

1166
01:14:15.119 --> 01:14:19.720
to right tackle and so again,
just I think he's he's served himself well

1167
01:14:19.760 --> 01:14:23.520
and done an excellent job for us, and you know, look forward to

1168
01:14:23.520 --> 01:14:26.640
seeing what the future holds again with
a lot of those guys that aren't expiring

1169
01:14:26.680 --> 01:14:29.720
contracts, it remains to be seeing. Those are conversations that will undergo over

1170
01:14:29.760 --> 01:14:32.359
the next month and a half.
And that's when I communicated him. But

1171
01:14:32.359 --> 01:14:35.159
but it is you know, when
when I get here, it's it's not

1172
01:14:35.319 --> 01:14:40.000
my first traft pick, it's our
organization's traft pick. But there is a

1173
01:14:40.000 --> 01:14:42.199
collection of guys there that group.
You know, if you look at the

1174
01:14:42.199 --> 01:14:45.720
first three picks with Jonah and Drew
and Jermaine and guys that were in some

1175
01:14:45.840 --> 01:14:48.960
sense on a on a second deal, and I think that's that's good,

1176
01:14:48.960 --> 01:14:53.159
that that hit the character that we
were looking for. And those guys have

1177
01:14:53.319 --> 01:14:58.880
played significant roles for us over the
last couple of years. When you've season,

1178
01:14:58.960 --> 01:15:03.239
we've onment, you only have see
and give a ways waiting sentences recently,

1179
01:15:03.680 --> 01:15:08.279
you give yourself a chance that I
am, you know, I think

1180
01:15:08.319 --> 01:15:12.159
that's a great starting point. You
know, it's you know, the penalties

1181
01:15:12.239 --> 01:15:15.039
is something you know sometimes it's out
of your control. But there's a lot

1182
01:15:15.079 --> 01:15:16.319
of things that you can control,
and our guys do that, you know,

1183
01:15:16.359 --> 01:15:20.079
with some of the procedural stuff.
We take a lot of pride in

1184
01:15:20.880 --> 01:15:25.079
how we control that and how we
use that. I think yesterday is reflective

1185
01:15:25.119 --> 01:15:27.359
of that, you know, doing
a great job with our cadence and getting

1186
01:15:27.399 --> 01:15:30.000
some free plays and some free first
downs and getting ourselves out of a minus

1187
01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:35.119
one situation and you know, defensively
staying on size and so there's things you're

1188
01:15:35.119 --> 01:15:38.720
proud of. The ball security stuff
is something that we spend a lot of

1189
01:15:38.720 --> 01:15:43.840
time and effort preaching working on,
and it's it's significant in terms of wins

1190
01:15:43.840 --> 01:15:46.720
and losses, and it gives you
chance to be in the hunt and do

1191
01:15:46.800 --> 01:15:50.399
all the things we want to do
that it's a possibility that Tyler's not back

1192
01:15:50.439 --> 01:15:55.560
and DJ is maybe not back,
and although maybe not that those guys have

1193
01:15:55.600 --> 01:15:59.000
been leaders for you. Yeah,
if you identified the next group of guys

1194
01:15:59.039 --> 01:16:00.640
in the big leadership, let that
happen organically. Well, I think,

1195
01:16:00.680 --> 01:16:03.640
you know, I'm not I'm not
certainly not resigning to anybody walking out the

1196
01:16:03.640 --> 01:16:06.640
door not being here, but it
certainly, you know, as you look

1197
01:16:06.640 --> 01:16:11.159
at the evolution of your team and
and the influx, you're gonna have a

1198
01:16:11.199 --> 01:16:14.319
lot of first second year of thirty
year players, and there's new leadership that

1199
01:16:14.359 --> 01:16:18.840
has to emerge from that group,
and and that starts with me helping navigate

1200
01:16:18.880 --> 01:16:24.079
that leadership. And I've talked to
some of our veterans today on helping me

1201
01:16:24.119 --> 01:16:26.760
with that and identifying guys, and
you know, I do think that's a

1202
01:16:26.760 --> 01:16:30.359
big part of our future is making
sure that we have a great plan to

1203
01:16:30.399 --> 01:16:32.600
develop the leadership and get the most
out of those those guys that are capable

1204
01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:36.039
of that. And so that that's
a great question and that that is a

1205
01:16:36.039 --> 01:16:41.199
big, big point of emphasis here
in the next six months. Joe said

1206
01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:44.880
that he expects to have tea bag
obviously. He said that event this contract,

1207
01:16:44.920 --> 01:16:48.479
that the guys in the lockerroom expect
that too. I would. I

1208
01:16:48.560 --> 01:16:51.119
mean, it's hard to imagine life
without Ta Higgins, you know. And

1209
01:16:51.319 --> 01:16:55.319
then again, those are all conversations
that we'll continue to have upstairs and I,

1210
01:16:55.520 --> 01:16:59.479
you know, T and I talked
and I have no information on that.

1211
01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:00.680
You know, that's that those are
things that evolve. That's what the

1212
01:17:00.680 --> 01:17:03.560
next two months are for get a
chance to go in depth at the roster

1213
01:17:03.640 --> 01:17:09.399
and survey the future. And again, I'm not I'm not trying to angle

1214
01:17:09.399 --> 01:17:12.079
this any which way. That's just
that's that's what we do, and that's

1215
01:17:12.319 --> 01:17:14.920
what Duke and all of them have
been working on endlessly, you know,

1216
01:17:14.960 --> 01:17:16.279
while we're in season and then I
get caught up to speed and we have

1217
01:17:16.279 --> 01:17:19.720
those conversations. But you know,
Tease, Tease a big part of what

1218
01:17:19.760 --> 01:17:23.119
we're doing, and it'd be hard
for him to imagine not being here.

1219
01:17:23.359 --> 01:17:27.000
You feel like there's some younger players
that aren't necessarily, you know, hold

1220
01:17:27.000 --> 01:17:29.760
in their way back or saying out
of respect to the older players that have

1221
01:17:30.159 --> 01:17:32.439
been leaders, I'm not really going
to try to overstep my boles here,

1222
01:17:32.479 --> 01:17:36.119
but if somebody moves on, I'm
ready to assume that next level. There's

1223
01:17:36.119 --> 01:17:39.680
always an element of that, you
know, guys trying to find their role

1224
01:17:39.760 --> 01:17:44.239
in their place and the team.
It's my job to help them navigate through

1225
01:17:44.279 --> 01:17:47.079
that and come to the forefront.
I can remember having conversations with the Sam

1226
01:17:47.119 --> 01:17:49.760
Hubbard, you know, my first
year here he was a what a second

1227
01:17:49.800 --> 01:17:54.079
year player at that point, and
and trying to help him navigate that.

1228
01:17:54.239 --> 01:17:59.279
And so again we take great pride
and leadership can come from any corner of

1229
01:17:59.319 --> 01:18:01.600
this locker room. It can be
a starter, a non starter, a

1230
01:18:01.680 --> 01:18:05.359
veteran, a young player, and
and uh, I think we need to

1231
01:18:05.359 --> 01:18:10.039
continue to take great pride going forward
and evaluating the right guys and bringing them

1232
01:18:10.079 --> 01:18:13.399
to the forefront and defendsive actian that
we're already talking about getting to enter and

1233
01:18:13.439 --> 01:18:15.560
doing stuff like stuff like that this
off season. Will that be more important

1234
01:18:15.560 --> 01:18:19.199
maybe this offseason than a previous season. Yeah, I think it's just continuing

1235
01:18:19.239 --> 01:18:26.680
to make the most out of our
communication process. And and again there's youth

1236
01:18:26.680 --> 01:18:28.680
in the secondary, you know,
those guys, and so it's good for

1237
01:18:28.720 --> 01:18:31.840
them to take some initiative and you
know, we'll expecting that group to continue

1238
01:18:31.880 --> 01:18:36.039
to grow and improve and and the
experience that they gained this year is valuable

1239
01:18:36.319 --> 01:18:41.119
and and that's that's part of playing
this league is is sometimes you're gonna take

1240
01:18:41.159 --> 01:18:43.640
your lumps a little bit and you're
gonna learn from that and grow and there's

1241
01:18:43.640 --> 01:18:45.560
not a player in a locker room
that's a veteran player that didn't didn't go

1242
01:18:45.680 --> 01:18:48.520
through a similar process that some of
those guys are going through right now.

1243
01:18:48.560 --> 01:18:53.319
And now it's just how you handle
that going forward. And again just as

1244
01:18:53.319 --> 01:18:56.920
as coaches, making sure that we're
we're helping them improve the right way.

1245
01:18:57.479 --> 01:19:02.159
The meetings actually meetings would be you've
got and your in communication when you get

1246
01:19:02.199 --> 01:19:05.760
a lot of validation, it's like
I knew that the locker room was like

1247
01:19:05.840 --> 01:19:09.119
this because the guys like you,
I mean, the guys have something to

1248
01:19:09.159 --> 01:19:12.159
say to you, the kind of
validation of God, well, you get

1249
01:19:12.199 --> 01:19:14.600
a lot of a lot of guys
that have been elsewhere, you know,

1250
01:19:14.640 --> 01:19:16.800
and and again they've been. We
got guys that have been tremendous places,

1251
01:19:16.800 --> 01:19:21.760
and so they're never negatively speaking on
other places they've been. But it's just

1252
01:19:21.840 --> 01:19:27.119
positive is that it is a great
environment that allows you to grow as a

1253
01:19:27.119 --> 01:19:31.159
player and as a person. And
I think that was one of my probably

1254
01:19:31.159 --> 01:19:34.960
my favorite comments from this morning is
is you know one of our our free

1255
01:19:34.960 --> 01:19:38.680
agent players that we had in here
that that just said they felt like they've

1256
01:19:38.680 --> 01:19:42.439
grown as much as a person this
year as any other place they've ever been,

1257
01:19:42.520 --> 01:19:45.319
and that's important for getting this team
where we want to be. You

1258
01:19:45.359 --> 01:19:47.680
know, it's not just about the
on field stuff. It's about what happens

1259
01:19:47.680 --> 01:19:51.039
in the locker room and the weight
room. And I think we've got a

1260
01:19:51.039 --> 01:19:55.479
good group of guys that way,
Zach Taylor. I remember I said back

1261
01:19:55.520 --> 01:19:58.600
when when Joe got hurt, I
said, with seven games left, we're

1262
01:19:58.600 --> 01:20:00.960
going to find out a lot about
this coach staff. And there's a lot

1263
01:20:00.960 --> 01:20:03.039
of talent still on this team,
and I don't want to see a one

1264
01:20:03.119 --> 01:20:05.800
in six, zero to seven the
rest of the way, everybody feeling sorry

1265
01:20:05.800 --> 01:20:10.439
about themselves. This team went four
and three in those final seven, stayed

1266
01:20:10.439 --> 01:20:13.960
in contention till the second week end
of the year. They put Jake Browning

1267
01:20:13.960 --> 01:20:15.640
in a position to succeed. I
think there's a lot of credit for the

1268
01:20:15.640 --> 01:20:19.840
way this team. I know it's
cliche to give people kudos for effort and

1269
01:20:19.880 --> 01:20:24.600
lot this team found a way to
win for their final seven without Joe Burrow,

1270
01:20:24.640 --> 01:20:27.159
and I think we found a lot
about this coaching staff. I agree.

1271
01:20:27.239 --> 01:20:30.640
I agree wholeheartedly, and I mean
defensively. It was a shocking season

1272
01:20:30.880 --> 01:20:40.600
of explosives. I mean going into
the last game sixteen prior games seventy nine

1273
01:20:40.920 --> 01:20:45.560
explosives plays of twenty yards or more. They also led the NFL and plays

1274
01:20:45.600 --> 01:20:48.560
a lout of thirty yards and more. When you're doing that, even with

1275
01:20:48.680 --> 01:20:53.079
Joe Burrow, it makes it difficult. The fact that they're able to hang

1276
01:20:53.119 --> 01:20:56.840
in there as well as they did
with Jake Browning at the helm is a

1277
01:20:56.880 --> 01:21:01.199
testament to how he led the offense
and supported the defense when it was having

1278
01:21:01.199 --> 01:21:04.760
its struggles, having its problems.
And I think this is a blip,

1279
01:21:04.800 --> 01:21:08.840
this is an aberration. I don't
think this is a trend. I think

1280
01:21:08.840 --> 01:21:12.159
when the next year, I think
the defense will get the form that they

1281
01:21:12.399 --> 01:21:15.880
had a couple of years prior to
this one, two seasons in a row

1282
01:21:15.880 --> 01:21:18.880
with Louisna Rumo. I do think
they're still going to continue to be a

1283
01:21:18.920 --> 01:21:24.720
red zone defensive stopping football team.
I think that's part of their DNA.

1284
01:21:25.279 --> 01:21:29.359
But the explosives have to be fixed, and that's going to be as big

1285
01:21:29.399 --> 01:21:32.199
an offseason priority as anything. I
think it'll also be interesting, and back

1286
01:21:32.199 --> 01:21:35.560
to what Brian told us in the
in the second hour as well, how

1287
01:21:35.640 --> 01:21:40.640
they approach training camp and that the
yin and the yang of all this of

1288
01:21:41.319 --> 01:21:44.319
do we take it easy on him
to keep them healthy and fresh for the

1289
01:21:44.439 --> 01:21:47.560
end versus the slow starts have put
us behind the eight ball. Do we

1290
01:21:47.680 --> 01:21:51.239
ratchet it up early and run some
risk. There's that, there's that balance

1291
01:21:51.239 --> 01:21:55.319
and counterbalance to all of it.
Yeah, And I think that I think

1292
01:21:55.359 --> 01:21:57.800
that they are probably going to do
a little bit more. I don't.

1293
01:21:57.840 --> 01:22:02.399
I don't think they're going to be
scrimmaging goal line, no, nothing like

1294
01:22:02.439 --> 01:22:06.720
that. But but I do think
that they'll have a lot longer off season

1295
01:22:06.760 --> 01:22:12.039
to recover and recuperate their body.
And that's that's that was that's the biggest

1296
01:22:12.039 --> 01:22:14.319
fear. It's like, you go
all the way to the Super Bowl,

1297
01:22:14.520 --> 01:22:17.720
man, your off season is really
condensed. So how hard do you push

1298
01:22:17.760 --> 01:22:23.199
them in mini camps? Their body
is still in a much earlier recovery mode

1299
01:22:23.479 --> 01:22:27.239
than they're going to be this year. So I think that they probably will

1300
01:22:27.399 --> 01:22:30.279
do a little bit more. And
and man, they just can't start out

1301
01:22:30.279 --> 01:22:33.119
owing two in the division like that, And they don't know what the schedule

1302
01:22:33.199 --> 01:22:35.079
is going to be next year.
I'm not saying that there's going to be

1303
01:22:35.119 --> 01:22:40.760
two Digital Division opponents right out of
the Gate like this year, but uh,

1304
01:22:42.359 --> 01:22:47.119
it was a multiple level problem.
Joe Burrow was injured and he couldn't

1305
01:22:47.159 --> 01:22:50.880
move, and he was a statue
in the pocket and limited. The limitations

1306
01:22:50.920 --> 01:22:56.239
offensively were dramatic, but overall,
as a football think they could have been

1307
01:22:56.239 --> 01:22:59.359
more prepared physically than they were,
and I think that's going to be rectified.

1308
01:22:59.439 --> 01:23:01.399
Still ahead, a little bit more
from Jake Browning on his season,

1309
01:23:01.479 --> 01:23:04.640
what he thinks of Tyler Boyd and
the culture on this team. Some good

1310
01:23:04.680 --> 01:23:09.399
stuff as we continue with the Bengals
line in the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio

1311
01:23:09.399 --> 01:23:15.119
Network in seven hundred WLW sink we
keep it rolling right along of this Monday

1312
01:23:15.199 --> 01:23:18.319
night of Bengals Line. We're on
the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network.

1313
01:23:18.359 --> 01:23:23.479
It's seven hundred wled up you wrapping
up the Brown's Bengals game yesterday, looking

1314
01:23:23.479 --> 01:23:26.960
ahead of the offseason, and so
much more on lancemcallister. He's Dave Lapham

1315
01:23:27.039 --> 01:23:30.520
and Lance Pai Corps probably be the
official HR provider of the Cincinnati Bengals.

1316
01:23:30.600 --> 01:23:34.039
A little bit more from Jake Browning
from yesterday. Three things that really jumped

1317
01:23:34.039 --> 01:23:38.560
down and caught my ear talking about
his season, his place, in the

1318
01:23:38.640 --> 01:23:43.880
NFL now, his respect for Tyler
Boyd and the exchange he had with Zach

1319
01:23:44.000 --> 01:23:46.800
yesterday, and the praise he has
for Zach and the culture he's built.

1320
01:23:46.840 --> 01:23:50.159
Here's Jake Browning yesterday. I mean, the goal is to make it in

1321
01:23:50.199 --> 01:23:58.079
the playoffs, so that part not
well. I think as we get further

1322
01:23:58.119 --> 01:24:01.880
away from the season, I'll remember
the good, hopefully, but I think

1323
01:24:01.880 --> 01:24:05.319
I'm kind of wired to remember some
losses that, uh, you know,

1324
01:24:05.319 --> 01:24:11.720
I could have played better. But
I think I've established that I'm capable of

1325
01:24:11.760 --> 01:24:16.079
being a starter in the NFL.
It's obviously a weird situation where I feel

1326
01:24:16.119 --> 01:24:18.800
like, hey, I'm one of
the top thirty two quarterbacks in the world

1327
01:24:18.800 --> 01:24:21.279
and I just so happened to be
on a roster with the guy that's proven

1328
01:24:21.279 --> 01:24:27.239
that he's a top five quarterback in
the world, and so you know what

1329
01:24:27.439 --> 01:24:30.000
that what that looks like going forward, I have no idea, nor do

1330
01:24:30.039 --> 01:24:32.319
I have any control, so I'm
not going to think about it a ton,

1331
01:24:32.960 --> 01:24:39.600
but uh, I think when I
go watch the uh all my film

1332
01:24:39.960 --> 01:24:42.399
to try and figure out what I'm
gonna work on this offseason, I'll be

1333
01:24:42.479 --> 01:24:45.279
proud of what I put on tape, but the goal was to go to

1334
01:24:45.319 --> 01:24:48.560
the playoffs and we didn't, so
that's, you know, pretty motivating going

1335
01:24:48.560 --> 01:24:53.680
to the offseason too. Was it
important for you to reach out to Tyler

1336
01:24:54.000 --> 01:24:58.279
Boyd in the middle of his plus
gathering. Yeah. I think TV's I

1337
01:24:58.319 --> 01:25:02.359
mean, he's been my lockermate through
out this whole year, and I think

1338
01:25:03.319 --> 01:25:05.640
Jamar and T get a lot of
pub and rightfully so, I mean,

1339
01:25:05.640 --> 01:25:11.279
they're unbelievable players. But I think
TV, at least in my experience over

1340
01:25:11.319 --> 01:25:14.279
the last couple of years here and
watching this place and I wasn't here when

1341
01:25:14.279 --> 01:25:16.520
it was bad, but watching it
kind of climb to the next level,

1342
01:25:16.520 --> 01:25:21.520
I think TV is an unsung hero
or like a guy that pulls a lot

1343
01:25:21.560 --> 01:25:26.920
of weight in the locker room,
because you know, those two guys came

1344
01:25:26.960 --> 01:25:29.720
here, and he was kind of
the guy and those two guys came and

1345
01:25:30.319 --> 01:25:31.760
you know, it's a zero some
game. You can't throw the ball to

1346
01:25:31.800 --> 01:25:35.159
three people every play, and so
you know there's a lot of touches that

1347
01:25:35.199 --> 01:25:39.600
win other people's ways that uh.
But he kind of set the tone like

1348
01:25:39.600 --> 01:25:43.359
that this is not going to be
a Prima Donna room and that it's just

1349
01:25:43.399 --> 01:25:47.000
really about winning and going as hard
as you can. And you know,

1350
01:25:47.079 --> 01:25:54.479
I'll always have a lot of respect
for TV and uh, just how he

1351
01:25:54.520 --> 01:25:59.560
carried himself. I think he's you
know, he's I throw three picks against

1352
01:25:59.560 --> 01:26:04.800
Pittsburgh, his hometown, and in
front of his whole family, basically coming

1353
01:26:04.840 --> 01:26:06.760
into the locker room, He's like, hey, man, shake that off.

1354
01:26:06.800 --> 01:26:11.159
Like everybody has one of those games, and so, uh, you

1355
01:26:11.159 --> 01:26:14.159
know, I always remember that.
It was kind of like I said earlier,

1356
01:26:14.159 --> 01:26:16.039
remember what people were like when something
bad just happened, And so I

1357
01:26:16.079 --> 01:26:25.600
always think very highly of Tyler.
And during that drug Uh no, guys,

1358
01:26:26.119 --> 01:26:30.399
yeah, I lost my cool for
a second. And luckily Zach is

1359
01:26:30.399 --> 01:26:36.199
a very forgiving person and not a
jerk, because if I were him,

1360
01:26:36.640 --> 01:26:45.199
I would have screamed at me in
the helmet. No, it's not bad,

1361
01:26:45.239 --> 01:26:48.359
it's just I lost my lost my
cool in the moment, and and

1362
01:26:49.439 --> 01:26:56.640
he was great as always and just
pretty much I think he's always here and

1363
01:26:56.680 --> 01:27:00.199
he just stayed right there as I
was through the roof pissed off, and

1364
01:27:00.560 --> 01:27:05.199
uh yeah, because I can't be
doing that to the guy that gave me

1365
01:27:05.239 --> 01:27:17.520
a shot. And it is bad
because situations, Yeah, I think one

1366
01:27:17.560 --> 01:27:24.239
of the things that is most impressive
about being this building is like Zach encourages

1367
01:27:24.279 --> 01:27:27.159
you to be who you are,
like he is not I've never felt the

1368
01:27:27.159 --> 01:27:30.159
pressure like get up in front of
the team and be the raw rock guy

1369
01:27:30.199 --> 01:27:33.760
because I'm a quarterback for these last
couple of games. He's hey, be

1370
01:27:33.840 --> 01:27:40.079
yourself. You know, whether that's
how you conduct yourself in interviews or you

1371
01:27:40.119 --> 01:27:44.600
know how you are outside of the
facilities, say be yourself, protect the

1372
01:27:44.600 --> 01:27:47.239
team, but be yourself. And
uh, and that's not the case everywhere.

1373
01:27:47.239 --> 01:27:53.640
I think there's a ton of effort
and thought to intentionally create a culture

1374
01:27:53.680 --> 01:27:58.159
where people can be themselves. Jake
from yesterday and the final exchange, and

1375
01:27:58.439 --> 01:28:01.960
as he said, he kind of
lost it. He was upset with being

1376
01:28:02.039 --> 01:28:06.239
hit hard on a naked and he
and he turned and he yelled to Zach,

1377
01:28:06.359 --> 01:28:12.159
you know, no blanking more nakeds
and Zach had kind of had a

1378
01:28:12.199 --> 01:28:14.520
back and forth with him on the
headset. Zach said, we had a

1379
01:28:14.520 --> 01:28:17.479
little communication there, but I was
struck by what Jake said. He one

1380
01:28:17.479 --> 01:28:21.760
of the things that is most impressive
about being in this building is Zach encourages

1381
01:28:21.960 --> 01:28:26.279
to be you, to be who
you are and it's all part of the

1382
01:28:26.319 --> 01:28:30.119
culture that Zach has built with his
team, no doubt and uh and Zach

1383
01:28:30.319 --> 01:28:34.560
understands and so does Jake, that
everybody's competitive. There's gonna be flare ups.

1384
01:28:34.760 --> 01:28:39.880
You can't take it personally, you
know, you explode. Everybody apologize

1385
01:28:39.920 --> 01:28:43.000
to get over it, whatever the
case may be. No harm, no

1386
01:28:43.079 --> 01:28:45.520
foul. I mean, there's that's
just it's just the nature of the beast

1387
01:28:45.560 --> 01:28:50.039
when you're competing at the highest level. But I will say the Cleveland Browns

1388
01:28:50.640 --> 01:28:55.960
Schwartz did a good job of making
sure those defense have been took care of.

1389
01:28:56.000 --> 01:28:59.560
The naked bootlegs. There always was
somebody on the prow for Jake Browning

1390
01:28:59.560 --> 01:29:01.560
when he come out of there on
the naked and that look on Jake's face

1391
01:29:01.560 --> 01:29:05.239
and the TV version of it when
Rack gets up, it turns around and

1392
01:29:05.399 --> 01:29:09.800
Jake, I mean the looks of
like it looks to kill at that point

1393
01:29:09.880 --> 01:29:13.840
in him fired off. His exchange
was pretty good. I also was struck.

1394
01:29:13.880 --> 01:29:18.840
And Jake was asked about his respect
for Tyler Boyd and why he for

1395
01:29:18.920 --> 01:29:23.560
those who haven't seen it or heard
it, and when Tyler Boyd is kind

1396
01:29:23.600 --> 01:29:26.880
of holding court with the media,
maybe for the final time and answering questions,

1397
01:29:27.119 --> 01:29:31.439
Jake steps over and interrupt to say
how much he appreciates Tyler and what

1398
01:29:31.560 --> 01:29:34.600
he's meant to him and the words
of encouragement. And I think that,

1399
01:29:35.000 --> 01:29:40.960
to me just speaks volumes about Jake
Browning, who's he's not the thirty plus

1400
01:29:41.079 --> 01:29:45.079
year old veteran who's been around.
He's still a guy young in his playing

1401
01:29:45.119 --> 01:29:49.600
career, but knew it was important
and just kind of popped in to make

1402
01:29:49.640 --> 01:29:53.720
sure everybody knew how much Tyler meant
to him. I think that says a

1403
01:29:53.760 --> 01:29:56.920
lot about It says a lot about
both guys. It does. It does.

1404
01:29:57.159 --> 01:30:00.760
It says a lot about Tyler Boyd
to put his arm around. Basically,

1405
01:30:00.800 --> 01:30:05.239
I'm talking figured it figuratively to Jake
Browning when he first came to the

1406
01:30:05.319 --> 01:30:10.960
organization, and you know, basically
it was a conduit for him, you

1407
01:30:10.960 --> 01:30:15.279
know, to learning and everything else
and even probably to the city. I

1408
01:30:15.279 --> 01:30:17.760
mean, Tyler Boyd was a guy
that'd been around the city and the environment

1409
01:30:17.840 --> 01:30:21.880
and everything the most. So you
know, Jake's like, I got to

1410
01:30:21.920 --> 01:30:26.720
pay that back. When I first
came here, he was the guiding light

1411
01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:30.279
for me. Now as he may
be departing. I have to let everybody

1412
01:30:30.359 --> 01:30:33.000
know that that was the case,
and I'm going to pay it back.

1413
01:30:33.039 --> 01:30:39.680
And I just think that it encapsulates. It's a great example of what this

1414
01:30:39.720 --> 01:30:45.960
football team's about in terms of closeness
chemistry. This locker room is very,

1415
01:30:45.359 --> 01:30:49.760
very tightly knit, one of the
tightest ones that I've seen in the tightest

1416
01:30:49.760 --> 01:30:53.399
one I ever was a part of. And it becomes I mean, when

1417
01:30:53.479 --> 01:30:55.960
yes, this, you know,
the super Bowl locker room was great,

1418
01:30:56.159 --> 01:31:00.520
It was great. This locker room
has had success, They've been to a

1419
01:31:00.560 --> 01:31:03.880
Super Bowl, but this version,
you know, didn't achieve the goals that

1420
01:31:03.920 --> 01:31:11.279
they were necessarily trying to achieve.
Yet that did not basically crumble the relationships

1421
01:31:11.279 --> 01:31:13.920
of the players in that locker room. Take a time out of continue.

1422
01:31:13.920 --> 01:31:17.079
There's more to get to, including
game ball presentations. That is we rolled

1423
01:31:17.159 --> 01:31:20.720
down the stretch on Bengals line of
the First Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and

1424
01:31:20.840 --> 01:31:27.399
seven hundred WLW. Hey, we're
back on Bengals lone of this Monday night.

1425
01:31:27.439 --> 01:31:31.119
We're on the first Star Logistics Bengals
Radio Network and seven hundred WL and

1426
01:31:31.239 --> 01:31:34.800
Lance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the
season, save five bucks off Mike's car

1427
01:31:34.920 --> 01:31:39.479
wash top two washes for all washes
sold. On Wednesday, Mike's donates a

1428
01:31:39.520 --> 01:31:44.560
buck to the Anthony Munnals Foundation.
So far this season, over fifty four

1429
01:31:44.800 --> 01:31:50.399
thousand dollars has been donated. Congratulations
to everybody. You're helping young people further

1430
01:31:50.520 --> 01:31:56.199
their education. Mike's is open daily
seven am to nine pm. That is

1431
01:31:56.319 --> 01:31:59.680
awesome. Congratulations. All right,
we've got to look at both sides of

1432
01:31:59.680 --> 01:32:01.399
the foot before we get out of
here and hand out and take a listen

1433
01:32:01.399 --> 01:32:04.439
to the game balls in our final
segment tonight, let's start of the offensive.

1434
01:32:04.520 --> 01:32:09.560
Even since things start up front.
First, the recognition that this offensive

1435
01:32:09.600 --> 01:32:14.760
line for seventeen weeks rolled out the
same five which doesn't happen very often,

1436
01:32:14.840 --> 01:32:19.880
it really doesn't. And during that
seventeen week timeframe, guys, we're nursing

1437
01:32:19.920 --> 01:32:24.199
some things, you know. I
mean, it doesn't mean that you can't

1438
01:32:24.239 --> 01:32:29.520
play, but you're going to have
to alter some technique the way you get

1439
01:32:29.680 --> 01:32:35.119
go about doing some things in order
to protect your body that is a little

1440
01:32:35.119 --> 01:32:42.439
bit under the weather in an area
or two. So the fact that that

1441
01:32:42.600 --> 01:32:45.880
speaks volumes to me as well,
because when things aren't going necessarily well when

1442
01:32:46.279 --> 01:32:48.920
you know they were streaky. There
win a few, lose a few.

1443
01:32:49.399 --> 01:32:55.800
They had multiple game winning streaks and
losing streaks during the course of the season.

1444
01:32:56.159 --> 01:33:00.319
It's easy to tap out during the
bad times, and these guys not.

1445
01:33:00.640 --> 01:33:04.479
And this offensive line, it's like
you mess with one of us,

1446
01:33:04.479 --> 01:33:10.199
you mess with all of us.
These guys are a close knit group,

1447
01:33:10.840 --> 01:33:14.960
and I think that for each other
is a big reason that they sucked it

1448
01:33:15.039 --> 01:33:19.159
up and started every single football game
together. I always talk about the offensive

1449
01:33:19.159 --> 01:33:23.239
line as being a fist. You
know, five components. You curl the

1450
01:33:23.239 --> 01:33:27.000
fingers, wrap the thumb. It's
involuntary. And when you've got something going

1451
01:33:27.560 --> 01:33:32.039
and you have the chemistry and you
have, you know, the feeling that

1452
01:33:32.079 --> 01:33:35.319
this offensive line has, you don't
want that to go away. It would

1453
01:33:35.399 --> 01:33:40.479
seem the only of those five spots
that would be in play or with questions

1454
01:33:40.560 --> 01:33:44.840
during the offseason would be the future
of free agent and it either he comes

1455
01:33:44.880 --> 01:33:50.039
back or I don't know that there's
an in house candidate versus drafting or signing

1456
01:33:50.199 --> 01:33:55.640
free agent wise, but there's certainly
going to be a decision and movement and

1457
01:33:55.680 --> 01:33:58.720
motion on that right tackle position.
Yeah, and When you look at Jona

1458
01:33:58.760 --> 01:34:01.359
Williams, he's more than a right
tackle. He played left tackle very well.

1459
01:34:01.720 --> 01:34:06.520
I mean, he's a solid NFL
player at both tackle positions. That

1460
01:34:08.000 --> 01:34:14.920
is got value, And he and
his representation know that if Orlando Brown had

1461
01:34:14.960 --> 01:34:16.560
been nicked up, Jonah would have
been the guy to go to left tackle

1462
01:34:16.760 --> 01:34:19.159
and you would have had a different
guy at the right tackle position. So

1463
01:34:19.760 --> 01:34:25.319
I mean he's like one and one
a at both at both spots. So

1464
01:34:26.199 --> 01:34:29.119
that's a that's a loss, that's
a blow. If Jonah Williams moves on

1465
01:34:29.239 --> 01:34:32.880
and somebody's going to get a guy
that has position versatility and is able to

1466
01:34:32.920 --> 01:34:38.199
play both at a significant level.
I mean, it's it's amazing, how

1467
01:34:38.279 --> 01:34:41.920
you know, Jonah's like your feelings. He had hurt obviously, you know,

1468
01:34:41.920 --> 01:34:44.760
and it's like I thought I played
well at left tackle and they signed

1469
01:34:44.840 --> 01:34:45.880
Orlando Brown. They tell me I'm
going to play right tackle. Well you

1470
01:34:45.880 --> 01:34:50.800
have to go, and then kudos
to him. He pulled himself up by

1471
01:34:50.800 --> 01:34:57.560
his bootstraps and got to work and
had a very solid year. So now,

1472
01:34:58.039 --> 01:35:00.640
I mean, he's increased this value
in my mind, if anything,

1473
01:35:01.000 --> 01:35:05.960
because you get a guy that can
literally line up at either tackle position for

1474
01:35:06.079 --> 01:35:12.359
you and play good NFL snaps.
Biggest question, Uh, it would appear

1475
01:35:12.439 --> 01:35:15.359
I think safe to say on the
offensive side of things this offseason is the

1476
01:35:15.359 --> 01:35:19.119
future of T Higgins, who I
guess you can you could tag and keep

1477
01:35:19.239 --> 01:35:23.319
and having played for you this year, you could tag him. You could

1478
01:35:23.359 --> 01:35:26.159
trade him. I guess you could
let him walk in free agency, which

1479
01:35:26.159 --> 01:35:29.399
would seem the lesser the three.
But there's a decision that's going to have

1480
01:35:29.439 --> 01:35:30.920
to be made. He's in a
position where he's going to command a lot

1481
01:35:30.920 --> 01:35:32.920
of money. He is, he's
gonna comand a lot of money. And

1482
01:35:32.920 --> 01:35:35.800
then you get Jamar Chase coming up, you know, very shortly thereafter.

1483
01:35:35.920 --> 01:35:41.840
So there's always a payday and you
always have to pay the piper, as

1484
01:35:41.840 --> 01:35:46.920
the old saying goes. But T
Higgins Brian Callahan story about you know how

1485
01:35:47.000 --> 01:35:49.680
from year one to year two what
he did with his body. Yeah,

1486
01:35:49.760 --> 01:35:54.239
and and uh and and what a
force he is, this this guy.

1487
01:35:54.279 --> 01:35:59.439
When one opposing coaches see him in
warm ups, their miles are a gape.

1488
01:35:59.520 --> 01:36:02.439
You know, it's what the heck? This guy is a is a

1489
01:36:02.479 --> 01:36:09.239
physical freak, and it's going to
be how all that all all of that

1490
01:36:09.319 --> 01:36:14.319
unfold is it is it logical to
think that all three will be returning of

1491
01:36:14.319 --> 01:36:16.880
the big three? That's not logical, that's not going to happen. But

1492
01:36:17.039 --> 01:36:20.640
how many of them will be returning? And where do you have to go

1493
01:36:20.680 --> 01:36:24.720
from there? Yeah, because it's
easy to say, it's easy to say,

1494
01:36:24.760 --> 01:36:29.159
well, tag him and keep him
this year and make another run at

1495
01:36:29.199 --> 01:36:31.279
it. But it's well, it's
easy to say that that's a nice chunk

1496
01:36:31.319 --> 01:36:36.520
of change that one could be used
realistically to help other areas at multiple areas

1497
01:36:36.520 --> 01:36:40.359
of the football team. And that's
the and yang of a Saracap league,

1498
01:36:40.399 --> 01:36:43.159
right. I mean, what you
have to do is you're you're looking at

1499
01:36:43.199 --> 01:36:47.039
Okay t Higgins. We know pretty
much you know the value that he brings

1500
01:36:47.079 --> 01:36:51.199
to us. If we tag t
Higgins, we have a twenty million dollar

1501
01:36:51.279 --> 01:36:56.239
expenditure, If we tag Tea,
all right, we're not going to be

1502
01:36:56.239 --> 01:37:01.840
able to maybe spend where if we
don't tag Tea. How close are Yosi

1503
01:37:02.000 --> 01:37:06.960
Vosh and Charlie Jones and those guys
to giving an effort that team might be

1504
01:37:08.039 --> 01:37:13.119
able to give? Now obviously physically
different, Yosi Vash is closer to the

1505
01:37:13.159 --> 01:37:16.159
size of te but they bring different
traits to the table. And it's like,

1506
01:37:16.640 --> 01:37:21.079
if I can get close to where
I the production, the t gave

1507
01:37:21.159 --> 01:37:25.119
me that twenty million dollars, these
guys are already on the contract, I

1508
01:37:25.119 --> 01:37:28.119
can do a bunch of other things. So you have to make those kind

1509
01:37:28.159 --> 01:37:31.680
of decisions and there's ripple effects to
all of it. With respect to Sarry

1510
01:37:31.720 --> 01:37:34.800
Cap, let's come back, flip
the script, talk about the defense and

1511
01:37:34.800 --> 01:37:38.600
some of the questions for the off
season as we head down the stretch on

1512
01:37:38.640 --> 01:37:45.840
Bengal Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and
seven hundred WLW. We are moving right

1513
01:37:45.880 --> 01:37:48.520
along on this Monday night of Bengals
Line on the first Star Logistics Bengals Radio

1514
01:37:48.520 --> 01:37:53.000
Network. It's seven hundred WLW Lambs. But Catlester Dave labam As, we

1515
01:37:53.039 --> 01:37:56.159
talked defense, and I want to
leave out a guy who certainly flashed multiple

1516
01:37:56.159 --> 01:37:59.840
times yesterday and had an impact throughout
the game, and that's Joseph Osai.

1517
01:38:00.039 --> 01:38:03.600
Here's Date's conversation after the game with
Joseph edge Rush. You gave that you

1518
01:38:03.640 --> 01:38:08.760
gave some snaps, a defensive tackle, you had tackle for loss, You

1519
01:38:08.840 --> 01:38:12.600
had a hit on the arm that
caused a deflection for an interception. Big

1520
01:38:12.680 --> 01:38:15.560
day. Yes, sir, I
just want to say, dang guy,

1521
01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:19.439
you know I've been working all year
and I'm happy I was able to get

1522
01:38:19.479 --> 01:38:26.680
in and uh be an impact,
be be a positive, positive force for

1523
01:38:26.720 --> 01:38:30.840
the for the defense. Defense played
really well. I mean, you shut

1524
01:38:30.880 --> 01:38:33.840
them down for a good portion of
the football game. They scored fourteen late

1525
01:38:33.880 --> 01:38:36.319
points, but you guys had that
game out of control of the whole game.

1526
01:38:38.239 --> 01:38:42.079
Yeah, it was a It was
a great collective defensive day. Offenses

1527
01:38:42.119 --> 01:38:45.680
working well with us too, especially
seams doing what they could, but what

1528
01:38:45.680 --> 01:38:48.319
they had we didn't pump much or
or get to return the ball much.

1529
01:38:48.359 --> 01:38:51.359
But you know, everybody work,
Everything clicks and you can say what you

1530
01:38:51.399 --> 01:38:55.199
want to say. But this scene's
gonna keep fighting and it was great.

1531
01:38:55.640 --> 01:38:59.640
Appreciate it. No, Pap think
Dape his impact was certainly felt yesterday.

1532
01:38:59.680 --> 01:39:01.760
He did he didn't have I want
to say he had. He had twenty

1533
01:39:01.760 --> 01:39:06.279
six snaps and he certainly had an
impactful twenty six snaps. And just by

1534
01:39:06.439 --> 01:39:10.880
saying to you throughout the broadcast and
what you've said about him, you were

1535
01:39:10.920 --> 01:39:15.119
bullish on him. There's been there
have been injuries at times and maybe not

1536
01:39:15.239 --> 01:39:18.920
the opportunities some wanted or maybe he
hoped, but you believe there's still something

1537
01:39:18.960 --> 01:39:24.479
there and more to come from Joseph
o'side. I really do. He's a

1538
01:39:24.520 --> 01:39:27.520
three year guy, but he's only
a two year player because he missed his

1539
01:39:27.520 --> 01:39:30.000
whole rookie year. He got hurt
in training camp and missed the entire duration

1540
01:39:30.159 --> 01:39:34.640
of that that season. So you
know, yesterday's game, he had three

1541
01:39:34.640 --> 01:39:41.119
tackles and he had two quarterback hits, one of them caused an interception.

1542
01:39:42.479 --> 01:39:45.800
He had a pass defense. I
mean, he was he was a factor,

1543
01:39:45.800 --> 01:39:48.239
and he lined up at edge rush, he lined up as a nickel

1544
01:39:48.279 --> 01:39:55.479
defensive tackle. He is got physical
presence. I mean his size, speed,

1545
01:39:55.640 --> 01:40:00.079
quickness, strength ratio is unique.
He He's just got to stay healthy.

1546
01:40:00.239 --> 01:40:03.479
I mean, he got nicked up
this year and he's been healthy for

1547
01:40:03.479 --> 01:40:05.640
a while, and I'm like,
man, I'd like to see him get

1548
01:40:05.640 --> 01:40:09.840
a few more snaps, you know, and maybe take some of the burden

1549
01:40:09.840 --> 01:40:12.520
off Sam Hubbard, who's playing with
a high ankle sprain. There's gonna have

1550
01:40:12.520 --> 01:40:15.760
oporpion. I'd like to maybe take
a second to give kudos to him.

1551
01:40:16.039 --> 01:40:20.800
This guy played seven games with a
high ankle sprain. You know, he's

1552
01:40:20.840 --> 01:40:26.680
gonna have that tight rope procedure on
Wednesday. The tibbi amphibulous separate and soft

1553
01:40:26.680 --> 01:40:30.760
tissue damage. There's not many guys
walking the streets in the National Football League

1554
01:40:30.760 --> 01:40:35.720
that would play and endure what Sam
Hubbard endured. But you know, maybe

1555
01:40:35.800 --> 01:40:40.520
take some of the load off of
Sam a little bit with with Joseph Asai,

1556
01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:45.159
you know, in terms of you
know, getting up the football field

1557
01:40:45.239 --> 01:40:48.199
and creating havoc. I think he
is an explosive act. I think he

1558
01:40:48.319 --> 01:40:54.880
can be a factor in the rotation. I really do. I I'm struck

1559
01:40:54.920 --> 01:40:58.880
by as well. While we're talking
about the defense, something that Mike Hilton

1560
01:40:58.920 --> 01:41:01.479
said last week. It was along
the lines of the jump from year one

1561
01:41:01.520 --> 01:41:06.439
to year two is big to determine
a lot of people's careers. And as

1562
01:41:06.800 --> 01:41:11.159
as I remember him saying that last
week, I think of Jordan Battle,

1563
01:41:11.159 --> 01:41:14.760
who we talked about earlier, and
Miles Murphy and DJ Turner and Chase Brown

1564
01:41:14.760 --> 01:41:17.600
and the young wide receivers. There's
a strong group of guide into that year

1565
01:41:17.680 --> 01:41:20.239
two. Do all of them make
the jump? Probably not, but it's

1566
01:41:20.279 --> 01:41:25.359
gonna be fun to see what they
did now and what that jumps to next

1567
01:41:25.359 --> 01:41:28.880
season, because they're gonna need some
significant jumps in the second year for these

1568
01:41:28.920 --> 01:41:30.840
guys, no doubt. And you
look at it, eight rookies, they

1569
01:41:30.840 --> 01:41:35.760
all made the team and their roles
all expanded. It wasn't like this guy

1570
01:41:35.920 --> 01:41:41.479
can't hang, so let's just forget
about him. Let him just kind of

1571
01:41:42.279 --> 01:41:45.239
rod over in the corner over there. I mean, they basically said,

1572
01:41:45.560 --> 01:41:46.760
hey, I like what you're doing. We're gonna give you a little bit

1573
01:41:46.760 --> 01:41:50.680
more responsibility and gonna gonna make you
roll a little bit larger. And everybody,

1574
01:41:50.840 --> 01:41:59.119
everybody responded favorably to that. So, yeah, rookies that get that

1575
01:41:59.199 --> 01:42:04.880
offseason, reflect, learn, work
on your body, come back second year.

1576
01:42:05.000 --> 01:42:08.479
Like you said, Lance, all
eight of them will they make major

1577
01:42:08.600 --> 01:42:14.159
jumps if fifty percent of them,
If four of them do, that's big

1578
01:42:14.199 --> 01:42:18.479
time. And I do believe that
young secondary falling into the category of some

1579
01:42:18.520 --> 01:42:26.199
of these guys. I really really
am excited about what they're gonna give lou

1580
01:42:26.199 --> 01:42:28.880
An and Rumo and how lou is
going to develop those guys, you know,

1581
01:42:29.039 --> 01:42:30.880
and along those lines. I also
thought it was interesting we kind of

1582
01:42:30.880 --> 01:42:34.479
alluded to it earlier and Logan we
heard from Logan Wilson. Lou and Rumo

1583
01:42:34.600 --> 01:42:38.880
said last week there were no doubt
there were times this year because of the

1584
01:42:39.000 --> 01:42:42.439
uncertainty of what was going on to
the back end. It impacted guys like

1585
01:42:42.479 --> 01:42:46.119
the linebackers. Sure Logan would turn
in just to make sure and instead of,

1586
01:42:46.159 --> 01:42:49.319
you know, instead of facing what's
going on, he had to take

1587
01:42:49.359 --> 01:42:51.960
that quick peek or where are they? Are they where they're supposed to be,

1588
01:42:53.079 --> 01:42:57.239
And that's the domino effect well and
lose defense. It all starts from

1589
01:42:57.279 --> 01:43:00.600
the back end. It's a top
down communication and the worst thing you can

1590
01:43:00.640 --> 01:43:05.119
have in the back end is silence. And Logan Wilson was waiting for and

1591
01:43:05.119 --> 01:43:10.079
he'd turn he'd be like, where
is it? Because his communication to the

1592
01:43:10.119 --> 01:43:14.760
linebackers and then to the defensive line
is totally contingent on the back end.

1593
01:43:15.119 --> 01:43:17.960
So it's like, say something,
even if it's wrong, let's all get

1594
01:43:17.960 --> 01:43:21.319
on the same page. So when
there's no communicator, you know, when

1595
01:43:21.479 --> 01:43:27.920
communication doesn't happen or it's late,
now, the chances of everybody being on

1596
01:43:27.960 --> 01:43:31.159
the same page or nil. So
you know, that's what has to improve

1597
01:43:31.439 --> 01:43:39.239
the recognition and then communication of the
recognition in a faster fashion is what has

1598
01:43:39.279 --> 01:43:43.079
to happen big time. What other
piece that would be in play this offseason

1599
01:43:43.159 --> 01:43:45.279
is DJ Reader, And I think
it's safe to say there's no debating would

1600
01:43:45.279 --> 01:43:48.520
they like him back. Everybody would
like DJ Reader back. He'll be coming

1601
01:43:48.520 --> 01:43:51.279
off the injury, he'll be thirty. We don't know what he'd be,

1602
01:43:51.680 --> 01:43:56.600
but I think if he has Loui
Anarubo, he'd say, there's no doubt

1603
01:43:56.600 --> 01:43:59.199
in my mind, I want him
back. In the locker room. Here,

1604
01:43:59.239 --> 01:44:00.720
just a little bit ago, going
through the locker room, there's DJ

1605
01:44:00.840 --> 01:44:05.000
and there on crutches coming in to
get his rehab going and everything, and

1606
01:44:05.439 --> 01:44:10.359
he's holding court, holding court with
the D line. You know, everybody's

1607
01:44:10.640 --> 01:44:15.479
everybody's tapping him up. I mean
DJ Reader is an immense presence in that

1608
01:44:15.600 --> 01:44:19.239
locker room as well as on the
football field. He is as good a

1609
01:44:19.359 --> 01:44:24.279
run defender as there is in the
National Football League and Pro Football Focus with

1610
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second that because they had him rated
higher than Trey Henderson, with all the

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01:44:28.520 --> 01:44:32.199
contributions Trey Hendrickson makes in the pass
rush in the passing game, they had

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01:44:32.520 --> 01:44:38.479
DJ Reader with a higher grade because
of how he handles the run game on

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01:44:38.520 --> 01:44:43.319
a snap by snap basis as well
as giving an interior pass rush prep.

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01:44:43.359 --> 01:44:48.239
He is a huge, huge player
impact wise. We call our final time

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01:44:48.239 --> 01:44:51.199
out come back, put the raps
on it. You'll hear the presentation of

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01:44:51.239 --> 01:44:56.560
game Balls on Bengals Line the First
Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network and seven hundred

1617
01:44:56.720 --> 01:45:03.239
WLW Down on the Stretch, final
segment of the night, final segment of

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01:45:03.279 --> 01:45:06.720
the year here on Bengals Line of
the First Star Logistics Bengals Radio Network in

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01:45:06.760 --> 01:45:11.479
seven hundred W l W Lions Bacallister, Dave Lapham and Dave Well. The

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01:45:11.479 --> 01:45:15.399
season is done. You're working involvement
within the trenches and the fantastic interviews never

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01:45:15.479 --> 01:45:19.680
done, lay out things ahead.
Yeah, well, Lance appreciate that very

1622
01:45:19.720 --> 01:45:25.960
much. We work hard to try
to give give value to people that want

1623
01:45:25.960 --> 01:45:30.960
to tune into into trenches. And
we got the Sims family, Chris Sims,

1624
01:45:30.199 --> 01:45:33.840
Phil Sims, got a couple of
a couple of episodes with Phil Simms

1625
01:45:33.880 --> 01:45:41.119
that are pretty interesting coming up.
So he's he's he's not bashful. He

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01:45:41.439 --> 01:45:45.159
will he will give his opinions and
we'll be catching up in the off season

1627
01:45:45.159 --> 01:45:48.479
with them and Boomer and uh,
you know, Chris Collinsworth and from from

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01:45:48.520 --> 01:45:53.840
the broadcast world, and the coordinator
is still you know, key players in

1629
01:45:53.880 --> 01:45:56.439
the offseason. I mean, it's
going to be a it's a year round

1630
01:45:56.520 --> 01:45:59.319
thing. We're also going to be
doing our draft party again, that was

1631
01:45:59.319 --> 01:46:02.119
a May your successful We're going to
be doing that coming up. And we'll

1632
01:46:02.159 --> 01:46:05.479
be doing a lot of draft coverage
leading up to that draft party. So

1633
01:46:06.199 --> 01:46:11.359
in the trenches, it's a year
round thing. And enjoyed its love Everybody

1634
01:46:11.680 --> 01:46:15.039
that tunes, in no doubt love
it, love the content. Hey,

1635
01:46:15.079 --> 01:46:16.880
before we get out of here,
let's hear the presentation of game balls one

1636
01:46:17.039 --> 01:46:21.199
final time on a victory Monday.
Here's how it sounded in the locker room

1637
01:46:21.239 --> 01:46:25.680
after yesterday's game. Hey, guys, I appreciate you. Great win.

1638
01:46:26.079 --> 01:46:30.000
You did everything we talked about.
You came out strong, You gottaut twenty

1639
01:46:30.000 --> 01:46:32.880
four nothing a halftime, You won
the penalty battle, you won the turnover

1640
01:46:32.920 --> 01:46:35.560
battle, all those things that we
said, we'll leave the victory today.

1641
01:46:35.920 --> 01:46:42.279
And defensively through three quarters helm scoreless. That's awesome. Okay, offensively you

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01:46:42.399 --> 01:46:45.600
last fore drive ninety nine yards for
touchdown, you go up thirty one.

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01:46:45.600 --> 01:46:48.319
Now, then that's pretty impressive.
Okay, so I'm good off the offense

1644
01:46:48.359 --> 01:46:57.159
and the defense. That's good stuff. Okay. A couple of achievements that

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01:46:57.239 --> 01:47:06.439
I want to point out here,
Okay, first career in reception for the

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01:47:06.479 --> 01:47:16.479
fourth time his career, Joe Mixing
over a thousand yards time for second most

1647
01:47:16.520 --> 01:47:27.079
in team history. Jamar Chase one
hundred catches and second most in team history

1648
01:47:27.119 --> 01:47:35.279
with seventeen and a half sacks,
a personal record. Trey Hendrickson. I

1649
01:47:35.359 --> 01:47:39.279
appreciate you guys. I know it
wasn't the season we expected to have,

1650
01:47:39.640 --> 01:47:42.199
but you finished it the right way, Okay, and we'll get this thing

1651
01:47:42.239 --> 01:47:44.800
together and get back in championship for
him again next year. Okay. That's

1652
01:47:44.800 --> 01:47:48.720
all I got, you know,
man, this song that's real. Yes,

1653
01:47:49.359 --> 01:47:53.479
one l time and one time.
I know it wasn't, you know,

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01:47:53.640 --> 01:47:56.239
the outcome that we wanted for the
year, man, But I just

1655
01:47:56.279 --> 01:47:59.439
want you to know I'm proud of
you all boys for showing up you know

1656
01:47:59.560 --> 01:48:02.399
this each and every day, and
the fact that you guys show up and

1657
01:48:02.600 --> 01:48:05.239
put the hard work in, you
know, last week and do all these

1658
01:48:05.239 --> 01:48:09.079
things that we needed to do to
come out here and get the dub and

1659
01:48:09.239 --> 01:48:12.399
have fun. I appreciate y'all boys
once I know, I love y'all.

1660
01:48:12.720 --> 01:48:16.079
And uh for the last time,
man, let's get this hooray, hooray.

1661
01:48:16.760 --> 01:48:25.760
There you'll beat them Bangals hooray.
Then you'll beat the game ball presentations

1662
01:48:25.880 --> 01:48:29.199
yesterday. That will wrap it up. We are done for the season.

1663
01:48:29.720 --> 01:48:33.199
Uh we We certainly think Yid who
has been the overseer of all of this,

1664
01:48:33.279 --> 01:48:38.439
who afect us in line and organized
all of this over the course of

1665
01:48:38.439 --> 01:48:41.720
the season to day by say this
every year. I learned so much from

1666
01:48:41.720 --> 01:48:44.960
you. I so much enjoy working
with you. I'm sad the season is

1667
01:48:45.000 --> 01:48:47.399
done. The last two years we've
been able to do this deep of January.

1668
01:48:47.520 --> 01:48:50.640
Let's make that the plan next year
to go deeper into January and we'll

1669
01:48:50.640 --> 01:48:54.119
have some more fun doing it here
here, Lance, I'm all for that,

1670
01:48:54.239 --> 01:48:58.199
and I do want to say that
working with you, Dave Armiste and

1671
01:48:58.239 --> 01:49:01.960
yourself, Lance mccows do you guys
pros And this is so much fun because

1672
01:49:01.960 --> 01:49:05.920
it's so easy. Have a great
night, everybody. Thanks for hanging out

1673
01:49:05.960 --> 01:49:09.880
with us this season. We'll do
it again next season. It's been Bengals

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01:49:09.880 --> 01:49:13.880
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