WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:13.000 I Bill Cunning Monday afternoon. It's dreadful. There's not much 2 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.440 to no hope. It's gone at least retch. Baseball kicks 3 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.280 off about five forty tonight in Atlanta makeup game. We'll 4 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:21.600 see what happens there. But things are a bit dark, 5 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.199 a little bit unhappy. But I have a sense that 6 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.199 brightness lies. I have a sense it's the beginning of 7 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:29.679 a new dawn in the air of the Cincinnati Bengals. 8 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.600 That put the right shine on things is Moegger. MO, 9 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.439 tell me why I should be hopeful. As the Bengals 10 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:38.960 travel out to Kansas City for the I think four 11 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.200 to twenty five game, the highlight of next Sunday is 12 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:42.719 their hope. 13 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:44.600 Do you have hope, Mo? Do you have hope? 14 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:44.840 Yes? 15 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:45.159 Or no? 16 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:47.920 I have room in my heart and in my brain 17 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.159 for multiple truths. And here are those multiple truths. I mean, 18 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.159 yesterday was inexcusable. It was appalling. It was one of 19 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.640 the worst performances of the Zach Taylor era. This franchise 20 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:01.520 with him as head coach has problem opening seasons. He's 21 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.680 now one in five in season openers, and progressively so 22 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.599 they look less and less prepared to open up the season. 23 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.719 Here's where there's hope. They have sixteen more games. Oh, 24 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.480 they have a track record of bouncing back after slow starts. 25 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:14.879 Yes, they always play the. 26 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.079 Kansas City Chiefs tough, even with Jake Browning's quarterback last year. 27 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:20.680 And so I think you could do I think you 28 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:22.519 could do it both ways. I think you could take 29 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.519 comfort in the fact that the Bengals have a proven quarterback, 30 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.359 they have a track record of digging themselves out of 31 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.599 early holes. I also think you can wonder how many 32 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:35.599 more times are we gonna do this? And if they 33 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:38.480 don't win on Sunday, it's a third straight year starting 34 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.680 zero to two. How many more times are we gonna 35 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:42.319 do this? How many more? Would it be great if 36 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.280 they could play from ahead? Wouldn't it be great if 37 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.280 they could kind of lap the field? And think about 38 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.640 it from this standpoint. This weekend, Baltimore loses, Cleveland gets destroyed. 39 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.359 Deshaun Watson, ain't it Pittsburgh doesn't look great, But you 40 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.480 had a chance to jump out have a game lead 41 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:57.599 over Baltimore and Cleveland. 42 00:01:57.599 --> 00:01:58.719 He blew that opportunity. 43 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:03.400 And you know, if it's well, there were a series 44 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.200 of distractions around the team. Dude, come on, I got 45 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:09.400 a six year head coach, I've got a veteran quarterback. 46 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:11.280 I hear all about this culture. 47 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.280 I thought this culture was supposed to be good enough 48 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.719 to overcome all of that. If it's well, they you know, 49 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:19.840 they took it easy in the preseason. I think good 50 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.199 head coaches figure out a way to balance keeping your 51 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.400 guys fresh and making sure they're available with being prepared 52 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.879 to start the season. Bigger issue for me is Joe 53 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:30.520 Burrow didn't look like a guy who wanted to throw 54 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:32.919 the football down the field yesterday. Was that the game plan? 55 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:35.840 Was that by choice? Or is there a reluctance for 56 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.080 him to cut it downfield because maybe he's not quite 57 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.520 where he needs to be I don't know, And he 58 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.520 is going to assure everybody he is fine heat. But 59 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:48.439 if what we saw yesterday from that standpoint, continues to 60 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.960 next week and the week after that and the week 61 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:54.400 after that, then suddenly this team ceiling is not as 62 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.599 high as we thought. But I also do understand it 63 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:02.000 is week one. We always call against week one overreactions. 64 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.360 Oh yeah, and so you don't want to overreact to 65 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:09.280 that again. But it's only one game. But it's the 66 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.800 only game I have to go by, and that performance 67 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:15.520 was horrific. If you didn't know anything about the Bengals 68 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.360 in the recent history, right and I said to you 69 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:23.319 that team in Orange is considered a super Bowl favorite, 70 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.439 you would have said, are you out of your mind? 71 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.199 So in a vacuum, there's not a lot to be 72 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.639 excited by. With the track record and with the benefit 73 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:34.800 of the calendar in front of them, there are reasons 74 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:35.240 for hope. 75 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:37.560 I guest, let's let's talk about Zach Schuler and whether 76 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.840 he had the team ready the last week or ten days. 77 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.159 And the last week or ten days there was crises everywhere. 78 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.639 All the other teams were able to sign their wide receivers, 79 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.120 even those who have been arrested recently laying on the 80 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.240 pavement in Miami Tarreek Hill. I mean, it's unbelievable what 81 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:54.039 happened there. But nonetheless, every other team found a way 82 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.039 they didn't want to sign them, so we got time. 83 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:56.919 We know two years. 84 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:59.879 So there's your second most important player in the franchise 85 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:04.719 who is have food poisoning. You have his running mate 86 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.680 who has a polled hamstring that doesn't really he's always 87 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.280 had something wrong with him. I can see why not 88 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:14.479 signing him. But nonetheless you have you have the situation 89 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.040 with Jamar Chase. There was one pass completed over thirteen yards. 90 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:21.680 I can't think of youth football. Deer Park High School's 91 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:24.639 quarterback had four passes of over forty yards. 92 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:25.639 That's deer Park. 93 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.720 High School, the dominant high school team in the dry state. 94 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.399 So the last ten days you have food poisoning contract disputes, 95 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:33.759 and now you have Joe Burrow looking as if you 96 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:35.319 know what did Marvin Lewis say? I see a lot 97 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:37.680 better than I hear. He's always flipping out his wrists. 98 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:39.680 Something's wrong with his wrist. He can't admit to that. 99 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:42.240 Can he throw the ball thirty or forty yards? Can 100 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:43.560 Jamar Chase catch? 101 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:43.720 It? 102 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:45.959 Is t Higgins ever going to play? And what about 103 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:48.680 food poisoning? What about Tyreek Hill? At least we have 104 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:50.240 bear cat football to talk about. 105 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:51.639 You know what I'm saying, No, we don't have to 106 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:52.120 talk about it. 107 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:52.879 Talk about that. 108 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:54.959 Well, let's do we talk about mo Come one, you 109 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:56.240 gave me a lot of boxes the check. 110 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.720 Let me fire me up, all little bit. 111 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:57.959 Start. 112 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.439 Let me start with food poisoning. What's got food poisoning 113 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.199 in a salad bar to a grocery store. I'll never 114 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:05.319 eat there again. Number two, T Higgins. It's fair to 115 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.680 wonder why is he always hurt? This is one of 116 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.319 the reasons why teams, why the Bengals were hesitant to 117 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:14.240 sign him hurt long term, one of the reasons why. 118 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.279 You know, if there was a piece done this year, 119 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.439 and I forget which NFL writer it was, but he 120 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:23.160 ranked wide receivers, had t Higgins reasonably low for a 121 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:26.600 player of his caliber because of the injury history. This 122 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.759 is a season all about him proving he's healthy. So 123 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.439 if he's not healthy to start the season, that's not good. 124 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.759 If you're wondering, well, is he faking an injury because 125 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.519 of what's happening with his teammate, That doesn't do anybody 126 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.639 any good. The Jamar Chase thing. Look, we could argue 127 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:41.439 whether or not it should be done. The reality is 128 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.319 he's a player under contract this year. The Bengals have 129 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.720 an enormous amount of money being designated toward their quarterback. 130 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:53.240 They have some good players. Business decisions and the business 131 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.319 side of this sport is always going to be a 132 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.519 component moving forward. It's the job of your coach who 133 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.000 has nothing to do with contract. Who has nothing to 134 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.439 do with negotiating with players. It's up to your coach 135 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.759 and your franchise quarterback to make sure that everybody is 136 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:10.480 locked in on game, ready to go. That team yesterday 137 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.560 did not look locked in, and the look of last 138 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:17.160 year's first game was the same as what we saw yesterday. 139 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:19.519 So you know what I heard in the aftermath of 140 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.319 last year was, well, you know, it rained in Cleveland. 141 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:28.800 It's a bad matchup Joe's caff And then two years ago, 142 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.120 you know, Joe was coming off and happened dect to me, 143 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:36.199 turned it over five times. You know, the Steelers, that's 144 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.160 not what's the excuse this year? They looked unprepared. And 145 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.000 if the excuse is, well, there's so much swirling around 146 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.040 the team, dude, you have to overcome that stuff. The 147 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.120 business of football is always going to be a thing. 148 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:49.839 It's always going to be a thing. And if this 149 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:52.560 team stance with players of Jamar's caliber is going to 150 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.600 be we're not gonna cave, we're not gonna sign, then 151 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.600 they're probably gonna be other players who do what Jamar 152 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.680 is chosen to do. You can't allow that to get 153 00:06:58.680 --> 00:06:59.040 in the way. 154 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.839 Can't so at the bottom line, where's Joe Mixon, Where's 155 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.079 Andrew Whitworth. Joe Mixon gets the game ball in Houston, 156 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:08.680 is probably the NFL Offensive Player of the week, and 157 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.399 he kind of craps on the Bengals at the end 158 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.279 of it. By the way, Mike Brown took one a 159 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:13.920 hell of a risk. He punched the crap out of 160 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.519 some Oklahoma co ed. The Bengals still sign him, then 161 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.079 extend him. Joe Mixon goes down to Houston and runs 162 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.439 one hundred and fifty nine yards. Andrew Whitworth goes up 163 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.399 to the Bengals. Mike, here's my three year deal with 164 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.079 the Rams. Match that I love to be here. He's 165 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:29.360 the All Pro Super Bowl champion. Every time I look, 166 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:30.920 I think a great cook? Am I wrong? 167 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:34.360 Greg Cook's a different story. You want to know where 168 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:37.959 Andrew Whitworth is NFL networkers. He is on my show 169 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.519 tomorrow on ESPN. I know you listen to every day. 170 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:42.759 Well, what time are you on? 171 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:44.800 I'm on from three to six in the afternoon. I 172 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.079 go ahead, Yeah, So there's a question in there. MO 173 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:48.279 answer the question. 174 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:49.800 Yeah, I don't know what the question is. 175 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:52.600 The that's the question. 176 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.800 It is not an excuse to me, there are two 177 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.160 different There's how the team played yesterday and there's what 178 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.480 the front office is choosing to do. The team played 179 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.199 yesterday and how they looked is not something that I 180 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.759 could excuse because well, they won't give Jamar Chase his 181 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.160 contract extension. That those two things are completely, as far 182 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.720 as I'm concerned, independent of each other. Is Jamar Chase's 183 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:14.920 lack of a contract or reason why the Bengals got 184 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:16.720 pushed around by what is supposed to be one of 185 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.399 the NFL's worst offensive lines. Is that why they missed 186 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.160 a billion tackles? Is it's why Joe Burrow went throw 187 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.600 the ball downfield? Is it why players who had a 188 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.720 chance to show something yesterday didn't like? 189 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:29.240 You could say, well, the team was distracted. 190 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.720 It's the job of a head coach to focus his team, 191 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:36.039 and so I'm sorry. You could blame the Bengals for 192 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.159 not signing Jamar and you could blame Jamar for sitting 193 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:39.000 out most of camp. 194 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:39.679 That's fine. 195 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.720 Neither of those things have anything to do with how 196 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:42.960 the team looked yesterday. 197 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:44.879 Where do we go from harm Because at least we 198 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.240 have bearcat football, we have something I watched the game. 199 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:49.480 They're winning, what twenty. 200 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.200 Seven to three, twenty seven to six, and at some 201 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.879 point I'm thinking this will be a great victory for Cincinnati. 202 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:58.039 The barracout's ready to march. Yeah, well, your comments. 203 00:08:58.320 --> 00:08:59.960 A lot of moments in that game, and we talk 204 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:01.559 about it in the post game show on Saturday. A 205 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.120 lot of moments in that game that gave me an 206 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:03.919 ominous feeling. 207 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:04.759 I bet so. 208 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:10.600 Second half, they're up seventeen to three. I believe they're 209 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:13.919 trying a chip shot field goal, Carter Brown misses it, 210 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:16.360 Pittsburgh gets possession, they try a long field goal, six 211 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:17.759 point swing seventeen to six. 212 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.840 Now you're still up eleven. You're still in control, but 213 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:20.120 you go. 214 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.240 You know what, remember that they had a moment third quarter, 215 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.799 third and goal from the nine. Coming out of a 216 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.279 time out, they throw an end zone fade. Tony Pike 217 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.159 off air to us said, you know what. To me, 218 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.519 this is four down territory. Go for the kill here. Instead, 219 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.120 they kick a field goal. Now you're up twenty seven 220 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.759 to six. That's good, but it's gonna score a touchdown there. 221 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.440 Game's probably over, not with the bearcatch, So you go there. 222 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.960 Corey Kiner ran very very effectively gets the ball over 223 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:50.720 the fifty yard line, their past midfield. They get a 224 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.960 little cute try flea flicker that doesn't work. 225 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:53.840 Flee flicker. 226 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:57.480 They don't convert on second or third down, punted away flick. 227 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.240 They don't target Joe Royer, who I think is an 228 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:02.759 NFL tight end from Elder High School. They get a 229 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:06.559 second and one after Pitt has climbed within two. Corey 230 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:10.159 Kinner had a great day. They put him on the bench. 231 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.240 I don't know if Corey asked out. I don't know 232 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:14.799 if Scott Sadderfield put him on the bench. The reality, though, 233 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.039 is they run a play on second and one, They 234 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.639 lose yards, They don't convert on third down. They punted away. 235 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.000 You're talking about the Bengals of the bar talking about the Bearcats. 236 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.279 Over the course of the afternoon, there were these moments 237 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:25.759 that made you feel like, you know what, that's a 238 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:31.120 big deal. It's I cannot recall the Bearcats ever blowing 239 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.440 a three touchdown lead, and in the years that I've 240 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:34.960 been following this program, but he's. 241 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.240 In worse Shaite, let me give you a category worse shape. 242 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:44.399 Red starting pitching Bearcat football Bengals at Kansas City or 243 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.320 Tyreek Hill. Which of those four would you pick as 244 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:48.399 having a bad weekend? 245 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.600 Well, Tyreek Hill got arrested, but then he played great 246 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:56.440 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. I think I think, quite frankly, 247 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:58.720 Scott Sadderfield had the worst weekend because this is a 248 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.559 coach who when he would hired, let's face it, and 249 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:06.679 I like Scott, but was never really universally embraced. I 250 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.480 think there was always some skepticism about, like, well, God, 251 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:11.759 Louisville fans don't seem to be that disappointed that he's 252 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:15.879 coming here. The results last year were not great. They 253 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.039 go three and nine. Part of that is a new league, 254 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.559 part of that is replacing a legendary head coach. First 255 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.759 year head coaches around the sport last year, for the 256 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.960 most part, didn't do that well. But there's still a 257 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.759 lot of built in skepticism. I don't know if Saturday 258 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.759 would have won all those people over, but it would 259 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:35.720 have helped. And had they won that game, which there's 260 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:38.279 a difference between losing it and blowing a twenty seven 261 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.600 to six lead at home to a team that is 262 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.279 probably middle of the pack in the ACC. If you 263 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.159 win it, you start to think, God, you know what, 264 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.759 the game against Miami is winnable. A game after that 265 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.039 against Houston is winnable. The game after that against Texas 266 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:51.200 Tech is winnable. Okay, here we go, We're back. And 267 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.960 instead they melt down the way they do. They haven't 268 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.120 beaten a school, a non FCS school at Nippert Stadium 269 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.759 since Luke Pickles last year. Scott is too and ten 270 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.679 against FBS schools in Tennessee. 271 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:07.399 And not the best, by the way, but if you 272 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:10.879 better than Zack Taylor's record with the Bangles first two games. 273 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.120 You could feel folks good the bandwagon with with with 274 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.440 Sach Taylor, I think what he's going to point to 275 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.720 is we we've got a track record. And and you know, 276 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.720 even last year, as bad as things were, they finished 277 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:23.279 nine at eight with Joe Burrow not playing basically a season. 278 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:25.799 Joe Burrow is one and eight in the first two games, 279 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:26.639 and is one and eight. 280 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.679 Is that got great? 281 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.879 It's Saderfield's better? 282 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.840 Uh in the first two games. Well he started two 283 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:34.840 and oh last year, so yeah, that's pretty going. 284 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.480 One last week he's guess how Zach Sula and he's 285 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.399 better than Joe Burrow. 286 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:41.080 Zach Taylor has to figure out a way moving forward 287 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.200 to successfully balance keeping his team healthy for the first 288 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.600 game and getting it ready to play. 289 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:47.679 He has not been able to do that. He has 290 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:48.840 not been able to do that. 291 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:53.000 Why it's so all I heard all off season along 292 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.799 was urgency? 293 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:54.600 Here we go, We're. 294 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.200 Somebody said online it might have been you. 295 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:03.840 The NFL schedule makers just gave the different. 296 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.639 Did you say that, I did admit to it. 297 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:05.960 Yeah. 298 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.080 This was a meant to Patriots team with a first 299 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:12.679 time head coach, a journeyman quarterback. They just three weeks 300 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.960 ago traded away their best defensive player. They are Pro 301 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.000 Football Focus says, have the worst offensive line in the sport, 302 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.039 no wide receiver that anybody can name, a defense that 303 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:24.720 doesn't have any difference makers. 304 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:25.840 A team that. 305 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.759 The Bengals lost to. 306 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.679 That team an overwhelming favorite to finish in the last 307 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.720 place in the AFC East, and you played him at home, 308 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.000 and you cannot lose that game. 309 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.159 You can't lose shure to one, except for the course 310 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.799 the fade away and the guy goes nuts to be fumbled, 311 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.039 and then the fumbled of course that had to be 312 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:45.000 backed up by the fumble on the one yard line. 313 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.240 Just to make things perfect. That was Bengled him at 314 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:48.600 his best right there it was. 315 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.200 And again you could say, well, they have sixteen games 316 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.480 to go, and that's true, but there's. 317 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:55.240 I always wonder about the ripple effect. 318 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.639 Dark So we we've seen the Bengals have to go 319 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:59.440 on the road in the playoffs a lot in the 320 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:01.519 two years they went in twenty one and twenty. 321 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.320 Two with the three and one against the Mahome Chiefs. 322 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.200 They'll get it that way, sure, but what on the 323 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.000 bright side. 324 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.519 Mo, if you have to go back home and you 325 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.759 lose a tiebreaker by a game, or you don't win 326 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.519 your division and you have to start the playoffs on 327 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.759 the road because you know you lose by it. I mean, 328 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.600 there's there's lots there. There's there's lots of things I 329 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.679 wonder about that game in terms of how it played out, 330 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:21.039 what it's going to mean in the short term, and 331 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.639 also what it's going to mean in the long term. 332 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.159 But I mean, you're right, Zach Taylor. 333 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.000 He's one in five in season openers, and I think 334 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.279 more often than not he has had the better team 335 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:32.720 in season openers. I think it was the case yesterday, 336 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.080 and yet they score a grand total of ten points. 337 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:39.440 Do you have hope sure for the Bearcats? Yes, you 338 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.120 didn't answer, You didn't answer quickly. 339 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:45.159 Your answers like frustrated. I think like every beard Monday afternoon, 340 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:49.600 were frustrating. That game awful, that game was in the bag. 341 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.679 I mean to lose a game that you led by 342 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.720 three touchdowns, like the third quarter at Hart, a not 343 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.960 great team with a quarterback who was really having a 344 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:02.799 hard time. Willie, that's hard, and I think the folks 345 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:04.679 in Clifton would tell you the same thing, that that's 346 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:09.720 that's hard. But you have hope? Hello, he sure play 347 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.600 on Saturday, play the Battle for the Victory Belt. Last 348 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.559 one year the stadium, red starting pitching, red starting pitching 349 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:19.559 is an absolute mess. Bengals and Zach Taylor, Uh, Zach 350 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:24.399 Taylor Scott Soudderfield's which is worse. I think the position 351 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:27.600 that that coach Sadderfield finds himself in right now is unenviable. 352 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.600 Dark. Yeah, it's dark. At least we have Zach Schuler 353 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.240 to talk about. 354 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:37.120 We have FC Cincinnati playing about Park High School buying 355 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.039 more NBA players. I guess no, no, we got we 356 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:41.159 got the NBA. We also have believe it or not 357 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.559 h tough team coming up. Yeah, st Rita Ritasy football. 358 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.159 Okay, you're gonna be there. 359 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.679 I spoke to the team once. That will be enough, 360 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.440 did you Okay? 361 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.639 But by the way, because I mentioned this all the time, 362 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.000 there's one Red's homestand left. 363 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.159 You haven't joined me yet. 364 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:01.000 I don't want to, you know, But you finally said it. 365 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.440 It's dark. It's dark. 366 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.360 It's dark, Heaven Hall. You finally said it's dark. 367 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.360 Yeah, it's dark. 368 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.240 All I think about is Greg Cook, and I think 369 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.480 about the wrist of Joe Burrow, and I see Greg Cook. 370 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.000 Am I wrong? 371 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.000 You're wrong? 372 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.519 I thank you? 373 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:21.399 Mo. Yes, Let's keep hope alive. On news radio seven hundreds, 374 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:26.559 WLDERB hit the Music, Dave hit the Music. These are 375 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.200 in ways interesting times. May you be blessed to live 376 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:32.679 in interesting times? 377 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.639 At times? 378 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.440 I wish they weren't so interesting but interesting? What's happening? 379 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.799 I wouldn't know that. On the Haitian situation, How did 380 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:44.399 this happen? How could it happen that individuals who are 381 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.200 not entitled to be in the country at all, and 382 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:50.240 they're flown in from various parts all over the world 383 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:55.200 under the so called humanitarian parole and placed in Springfield, 384 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.240 Ohio over the last several years is about twenty thousand 385 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:05.119 Haitians showing up overwhelming every aspect of Springfield, Ohio. Ten 386 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.480 thousand in the past three or four years show up 387 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.160 sleeping on porches, walking around aimlessly, nowhere to go, nothing 388 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.279 to do, don't fit in culturally or otherwise. No jobs 389 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.319 are awaiting under the whole called humanitarian parole. And I 390 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:21.799 would point out that the crimes committed are off the 391 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.160 charts because young males, poorly educated males of whatever color, 392 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.359 description or country, tend to disproportionately commit crime until the 393 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:33.000 male is about twenty five years old or thirty. They 394 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.599 don't have a developed brain. In fact, many don't develop 395 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.400 brains at all. I might be one of them. But 396 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:42.880 why was Springfield, Ohio picked? Well, the Biden Harris administration 397 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:47.200 tends to pick cities on this parole program that are 398 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:51.279 not in media markets, so that Springfield, Ohio's problems have 399 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.720 just recently made its way to Columbus and David Yoe's 400 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.119 the Attorney generals looking into it. Of course, he has 401 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.160