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"You know the most talked about storyline during the off season into camping in the week. One was the offensive line. How are they going to look? Some new pieces added or some pieces? Moved at least and bringing in Riley Reef in the off season. Um, give me an a set big picture, and then we'll go. It's kind of a little bit micro. Give me a big picture sense of how you felt about the offensive line. I thought the offensive line performed adequately, You know, I think there's room for improvement, but again in the opener, and when you're going against a guy as creative and as knowledgeable as Mike Zimmer And who can throw wrinkles out there that are pretty dramatic, not just with his with his double a gap, but other things like Brian Callahan was talking about. He put a guy in the nose and that's not a big Mike Zimmer thing. Brian Kelly handed never prepared for Mike Zimmer defense. That was an odd look. They call that odd if they have a nose tackle, even if the center is uncovered in the defensive tackles are on the guards, so a different look. And honestly, when you think about it, it makes sense because Mike Zimmer's thinking Trey Hopkins. Uh, reconstruction. I've got piers Behemoth beast. I think I'm going to test Trey Hopkins by putting him on the nose and it's different Look, and we can do some scheming around it. So it's difficult. You have to go to the grease board at the sideline. You come out and trade hawkers like Coach coach Pollock I What are we going to do? All of our rules? You know, we do. We have rules. What do we What do we do with this big beast on my nose? And what are we thinking? Here? Get the grease poured out. Okay, let's make the adjustments. And that was one of my big keys to the game. You know, One of the keys was handled the gap. Who's going to run the football more effectively. Bengals did a decent job double a gap as well as a lot of teams do. They ran the ball better than the Minnesota Vikings did. And then the all important third was adjustments during the game coaching adjustments immediately on the sideline, not waiting till halftime but immediately on a series by series basis. Who's going to be able to make the quickest and best adjustments and the Bengals hung right in there, as opposed to, you Know, boy, all the experience Mike Zimmer and everything else. They hung in there pretty darn well. And I think, uh, you know, Lou in a room Oh, as as a more experienced defensive coordinator going against Clint Kubiak, who is the first time you just call and plays as an offensive coordinator? I think Luann Romo made some adjustments and and made things tougher. Clint Kubiak. Although you know again, not everything is going to be perfect. You go zero coverage on that fourth and four and they hit you right in the butt with a 24 yard touchdown pass Those things happen. Those guys get paid to their pros. And they Kirk Cousins has seen things and feeling the same things and they made a great adjustment. And, uh, in 1 69 snaps for each of these starters, each of the starting offensive linemen took all the snaps. Rightly Reef. I haven't had a chance to ask you much about Riley Reef, but to me Just my sense is he's a lunch pail kind of guy doesn't mean a few words, but my sense is, he's a guy that you love big time. Big time. Mike Zimmer loves him, Mike Zimmer said. You know, he doesn't say anything. But when he says something, everybody listens, You know, it's kind of Yeah, Yeah, no question, and Mike Zimmer said one of my all time favorites, You know, he's got a 280 acre ranch here in northern Kentucky Zim doesn't he gave Riley Reef The code to his gate the code to his house the code to his ranch coat everywhere, So he he just trust this guy. He made him a captain up there at Minnesota and you know he didn't. He didn't want him to go. It was just a salary cap scenario, and the Bangles stepped up in the Minnesota Vikings were in cap trouble, and Riley Reef was a victim of that so It wasn't that Mike Zimmer said. You've got to move on. You can't play anymore. And during that game after the Bangle scored their second, their third touchdown to go up 21 to 7 Riley Reef, you know, going against his former team, and I'm sure he had a lot to say that the other offensive lineman there's nothing like I went against the student practice. I'm telling you, this is his best move. This is a little bit of his weakness. Here's what you have to think about those kind of things on top of, you know other other tendencies that you know, coaches might have and all that all that Intel all that information. They picked up a quarterback on the practice squad that has spent the entire training camp at the Minnesota Vikings. You know, and Riley Reef and you know they had they had some Minnesota Viking Intel Trade wings. You know, I had some Minnesota Viking intel, so it's you know, And then, of course, Minnesota felt they had a lot of Intel. Mike Zimmer knows a lot about the Bengals organization, Paul Guenther, but they hadn't been around for a while. These guys were more recently with the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings game was important to Riley Reef, because no matter what you can be quiet, you can still be prideful. And this dude is prideful in his mind, they said Move on. And he wanted to stick it to him. Believe me, he wanted a pound salt up their rear end. So when when they went up 21 7. After the extra point, he's sprinted off the field from the sideline. He ran a 10 flat 100. I mean, that was his former celebration. He beat all the skill guys. He made everybody off the field runs to the spot on the bench, sits down his bench, takes his helmet off of the big smile on his face. Didn't say anything. I mean, here's the tree crappy if he has a mouthful of it, but that right there told me wryly Reef is rolling man that adrenaline's pumping and it was. It was good to see I and and all all the offensive lineman of responded to him. Joe Mixon has Joe Burrow has He has had an impact on this football team. Fred Johnson was inactive. Isaiah Prince was active. What did you make of that decision? Roster wise. I think that Frank Pollock is saying to Fred Johnson, you got to take it. More sailors seriously, Fred. You're a big, strong guy. Long arms, you know, range and all that. But Prince might have been the most improved offensive lineman from last year this year. Based on what Frank Pollocks been teaching him, he responded to the techniques. Uh very well. He's more athletic than Fred Johnson. Not as thick and strong but more athletic. And I think that Frank Pollock at this point in time trust Prince more than each trust Fred Johnson. And it's that simple. Now it's not to say that Fred Johnson is going to be the active every week. But for week one, Prince one that spot one that eighth offensive lineman is such the third tackle, eighth offensive lineman Got about a minute. Just a final quick thought on Jackson, Carmen and the track he's on and where his arrow, is it. Is it pointing up right now? In your mind, you know? Yeah. I mean, the Bengals activated him. And, uh and then they sat somebody that they're very high on. I mean, you know, uh, just cramped on his name number 70 for the Cincinnati Bengals. I will tell you, you know, I think I'll tell you here in a second. Yeah, they deactivated DeAndre Smith, who had a great camp from East Carolina. They were very high on him. He's got position. Versatility..
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"He's relatively new. It seems like he's been here for half a year. We got guys that have come in and and just bought into the culture. We got tray and a bunch of guys. Riley Riley is like my best friend and I love that guy. Um, it's just a culture thing, and it's something again. It's It's kind of like little league. You know, you're in here. You're with your boys are having a good time. You hit the practice field. You're grinding. You come back in your boys again. So, um, it really is a different culture going on here. Dave Talking with C J. You, Sam and Dave. I think he kind of gets lost in the shuffle. We certainly have spent a lot of time talking about Joe Burrow and his comeback and Trey Hopkins in his comeback. I think maybe some people forget just what CJ has gone through to get back to this point Tours Achilles. You know, I mean, that's a tough injury, tough injury to come back from rehab from and he played well blocked well. They used them as a full back on occasion as a lead blocker in that regard. In the course of fourth and Scotch 32 Yard reception was a massive play in the football game. But you're right, Joe Burrow from the A. C L M c, l and even a Little PCL. The terrible triad little damage their reconstruction that need to play like he played. Trey Hopkins struggled a little bit, Uh, the Minnesota Vikings did a good job of isolating him one on one and protections on Pierce. Pierce beat him a couple of times for sacks very rare for Trey Hopkins to give up two sacks. This scheme of the Vikings was very, very sharp, very smart, obviously. And, uh and then CJ Asama Joe Mixon coming back from injury to play like he played so Nick Cosgrave and all the guys in charge of the rehab of all these players take about because a lot of your rehab patients came back and performed exceptionally well right away, and we've got about a minute. And while the Bengals may not feature the tight end as much as other teams do, and they've got Joe Burrow and mix it in the trio of wide receivers. There is still a place for and ineffectiveness to be used with with CJ. Use Almond Andrew sample that that can be a weapon. Still. Well, what happened? Uh, got the Vikings defense off kilter a little bit. Bengals came out Joe Burrow under center running the football with two tight ends. And and the Minnesota Vikings were expecting three wives They were not expecting. You know, 12 personnel one running back to tight ends. That's room for a little bit of loop, particularly with Joe Bar Owners Center. And in the kind of, uh that was a wise move the way they wanted to run the ball with the frequency. They want to do it, then play action off the boots and things like that nature at all kind of mesh together very well. And it took the Minnesota Vikings a little while to adjust the little wrinkles and nuances that the Bengals had course The Vikings had theirs as well. And we'll talk about some of those still ahead. We'll hear from Logan Wilson, Brian Callahan, the Bengals offensive coordinator, Tee Higgins and much more. Dave Lapham. Lance McAllister. Thanks for hanging out with us on this Monday night, we are dissect. Thing, a win by the Bengals. In overtime against the Vikings. It's Bengals line on the first Star Logistics, Bengals.
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"Dot com. Talking about the Big Bengals OT Win 27 24 at home one in Oh Bengals best team, I would say the best team in the league right now. Um, and in a lot of that had to do obviously begins and ends with Joe Burrow. Now, I think they're interesting because we talked about listening to preseason. Um, really slow first half. I mean, well, about about a quarter and a half right to be fair it for him. Is that opening up in front of fans for the first time with nerves? Is it nerves about the knee and see what he can do there? Or is it just simply rust at that case? Uh, in that case now granted, he 50 yard touchdown pass to Jamaar Chase Couple Great balls, 2026 260 yards, a couple touchdowns and no interceptions. Pretty good day for burrow. But, you know, get back to putting the game away that that second half start That's opening drive in the second half for he missed Mike Thomas or wide open touchdown would put the game away too. But I look at just job, Earl. You know my guy, Josh Allen, you look at Green Bay. You look at Kansas City, almost losing it to the brownies. And it took a while for quarterbacks to get going, and it's back to that. Resting your starters in the preseason. Isn't this what happens when you do that? Yeah, the partially for sure. And I think that's what we saw. I think Zach Taylor would conservative as much as anything goes out there, but you go back and watch his first couple of drives and short and long and You know, it's a quick past. You're not getting the first down in that case, and I said about five of those Minnesota Vikings defenders fall over and Zach knows that and he was using Grow into the game, I think, and that's what I would have done against Miami A couple of weeks ago, I would have put him in that final preseason game, probably for the whole first half, and because they don't want it, too, by the way. Um, but they didn't and they somehow were able to get through that and still win the game. You know what it looks like. James is weak as week one, the new fourth preseason game. Oh, man, I No, it's not. You don't think so? Because it feels it felt like that felt that way. You know what? You know why It's not because I would bet you a lot of money. Joe Burrow plays in the pre season next year. The family Tom Brady did this year. These guys are built a certain way they want their reps. And so yes, Some of these young coaches may say no, Justin Harvard didn't play like you said. Matt Stafford didn't put I think barrel playing a pre season next year. Yeah, I think there may be coaches start looking at that, too. Right? And I get it. You know, your truncated the preseason extended the regular season it just and maybe it just because, you know, I'm watching Joe Burrow got off to a slow start. Josh Allen never really got to go and God, it could be worse. It could be Green Bay in the disaster that that's team right and a mess They're in right now, Um, Kansas City. I mean, almost lost the brown so that could go either way, and you know, there's a pretty good record you're looking at going to get these guys some erupts in the preseason. I wonder, And I think you're right. I wonder if next year we don't look at it. Coaches don't look at and go. You know, we got to get this guy somewhere. Yeah, we should be worried about injury and stuff like that, But I mean, let's face it. We've got to get these guys some reps because you know, starting out of the blocks with the loss now good. Exactly exactly right now. Good. Right. What good does that do you rest of these guys, if you if you look that bad week one Yeah, And I think that's that's the thing I would say when you go back to that question about the offensive line. Hopefully, Trey Hopkins he got just as many snaps as borough in the pre season three. Okay, coming off of any feel as well. So your hope that he gets his legs back under him all the way and looks much much different this week. Final point here, uh, nickname Big Mac. Money. Mac Mac Fearless. What do you go with? Oh, my goodness. I don't know. Like I can kick it a mile, though. Well, what a tank. What? What? What a player Evan McPherson is I mean, he's just Maybe you just call him money money, and that's it, you know, and he's got a You know, a dollar bill change around his neck. You know, every time he kicks 50 plus yard. I mean, that's 53 yard or would have got would have been good 60. I mean, and that's the thing is like when they got 32 yards. On the bird to use. Um 1/4 in one play. It's not like they needed 32 yards. You're like, man, if they can just get about 8 to 10 yards, you feel really, really good about McPherson. Chances of making the field going in steady he was like, Yeah, just basically an extra point, Right? Yeah. Phase a kid. I mean, preseason this like kicking. Just put it on the put it on the you know, put at 60 yards out, I'll give it a shot. Something else around is going to be a weapon. And you know what's going to be fun next week in Washington kick at Soldier Field because you know that spot? Yeah. Yeah, well, I think that you know the other thing, too. Is that you know? Okay, well, first away game and all that stuff. It just seems like he's got, you know, just just fearless. I mean, he's going to miss some, there's no doubt about it all field goal. Kickers do but You know what everyone said. Why are you picking it taking a kicker in the fifth round? I think that was brilliant. I mean, look at look at the points. You get off of a great leg like that..
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"I did not see that happening, and they were able to do so, uh, talking to James Rippin this morning. James with Sports illustrated and all. Bengals dot com. Ah, uh And you know the thing with the defense. Tell me, they really grant it's week. One. Um, they looked into it Looks like an entirely different squad because they were cousins all day. I think they had met. You said the penalties against the O Line alone. Kirk Cousins got sacked with three times and guys like, um, um Adobe, uh, easier and Mike Hilton look great. I mean, they just there were ball in the entire first half. They were. You know, we've seen it from him from all of camp. And it just translated right through the game, and he was right there step for step with a lot of plays Justin Jefferson, and that's the crazy part about this is what we've talked about. I'm sure you're asking me about chase at some point, but she struggles in camp. Well, Part of that is because he has made his life really, really hard and he's made it hard on him, and he's played really Well at a high level. I think he was MVP's so to speak of training camp and have one of those because of the way he played in a translated to the game we saw season against Washington and then it's certainly translated yesterday, so that doesn't bode well because Now you're talking about a secondary that if it was, you can be a legit number one corner and you have Jesse Bates in the bachelor area in the second area as well, along with the bell. And if this defensive lines getting somewhat of a push You have a pretty good group. You have a unit that you can work with. That can do some damage and that can change the game. Some so I think all you have to look at right is DJ reader. I mean, how bad a day to DJ reader have who normally doesn't have bad days. DJ reader. You just like he wanted to crawl into Iraq. You didn't think DJ reader played well? Oh, no, no No. Three, the three holding calls. What I'm saying is what he forced. All Okay? Actually. Yeah. You threw me off the holes in the two sacks. I mean, it's whether yeah, it means you know you're playing against this guy, and you're just having a bad day. Well, that's the crazy part. Two is It's not just reader, but you're right, like leader had a couple of them. Larry Ogunjobi got things started early, and he was getting a ton of push and then B. J Hill. Man. They get him in a deal for Billy Price and on paper. Great, like yeah, On paper, it felt like they won this deal. Look at what he has done. Well, he's got two sacks already Incredible 17 facts that they team last year, and they got to from their defensive tackle. That wasn't on the team two weeks ago, So those are the three That, you know, Reader, Okonjo, Vinnie and Hill. That is like man, that trio that's going to make it tough on opposing offense. That wasn't steel. Yeah, we're gonna have Mendelssohn's be happy, Billy Price we got. I don't know. A couple kicking tees a Gatorade bottle in like a Cockney crate. Great. Done. Yeah, I think the Giants are I don't know about kicking themselves because they, you know they were deep at defensive line, but the probably kicking themselves, um All right. So let's mom switch it up here to the defense. Absolutely spectacular. Jamaar Chase, of course, had his problems with drops in the preseason. That was, you know, he had a couple of couple targets didn't go his way. But You're finished with 100 yards and a touchdown. Pretty damn good. Very good. It's exactly why they drafted him. You know, to make those plays to be that game changer to lead the team in receiving on any given week and especially in the second half when he Higgins They be almost some cramp issues and not able to be out there playing and play out where you still want the offense to function at a high level, and exactly what it did was your mom. He's uh He looked apart. I mean, he's going up against Patrick Peterson. And you know a lot of the game, and when he wasn't getting targeted, he was blocking in the run game, And then he beats shock breathing for that 50 yarder, and I think it was just Catching one ball and it was that little outrun. He got that out route. Um, and he had two catches by the way in the Bengals first scoring drive That pretty hard past that to tee Higgins. Help get things going. And then right back at it a few minutes later with that 50 yarder, and I don't know what did you see that LSE tweet, But no, I think that they think up the touchdown pass from birth to chase from yesterday. To the one in the national championship game in 2020 against Clemson, and they look almost identical. It's It's a really cool. Um, Yeah, Okay, then. Now you know, we can't give it a positive because we're talking about the banks. The concern is how much concern is areas burrows here. What, five times? Um I think it's seven times that's got to be somewhat concerned. Now granted, you know you've got some new pieces in there. I watch the watch The Steelers dismantle my bills. Bills look terrible more on that in just a second. Um, but they've got an entirely new lines save one player and they look great. So you can't just say yeah. You know, we got to get a gotta get some chemistry here together. You've been playing the entire preseason What gives on the line? Well, I think it was partially the offensive line, but I don't think it was on the offensive line Would Trey Hopkins Got beat pretty bad twice, where where Borough got crushed, And so those are obvious ones, But it doesn't take an offensive line expert or an analyst to point those out to anybody that being said, I think there were times Remember was not miscommunication but mysteries and that could be on burrow where you don't know where the blitz is necessarily coming from because of how large disguise that where the pressure is coming from because of Mike Dimmers defense and it is confusing and I'm sure there were some times where we took a hit. I'm not saying three of the facts on borough or anything, You know his fault, but there might be a time or two, where he's under pressure quicker than he realizes. Because of the check. He made it at the line of scrimmage, so we'll see. But no, I agree with you. Five sacks is unacceptable. It can't happen. We can't see Borough limping off the field. He injured his ankle there and I know he stayed in the game. But I I think there's I don't think it's a coincidence that he stopped throwing the ball as much after that. And if you go back and you look, he was not pushing the ball down the field much and really, the 1 30 years, Mama. That that clinched. It was kind of it as far as downfield throws go, so we'll monitor and angle this week, but they Yeah, they got to keep them upright and find a way to do it. For the most part, I think they did a good job. But, yeah, it's tough against that Vikings from James Rippin on this morning on 700 wlw. He's with sports illustrated Bengals.
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"Be here to begin our at least an 18 week run. At kind of around the three locations. Very excited. Jacket H. M s a very cool place to get an excellent patio outside and a lot of room inside a ton of TV. These Adeline bar that is a killer bar over there. So thanks to long next for having us and we're excited about what is ahead. All this is presented. By your Cincinnati northern Kentucky Honda dealers and it has brought to you in part by Hawksworth Blood Centers. Hawksworth donors save lives. Who will you save? I'm lions McAllister. He is Rocky boy. When we laid out some of the things we are optimistic about. I'm excited about what about rock Some of the things we are a bit may be concerned about or reserving judgment till we see further evidence to relieve any building angst we might have. Okay, so you might have heard this team has had an issue with the offensive line in the last. Really? Yeah. Rumors. 56 years. Yeah. So I feel fairly comfortable with the frontline guys, right? I think, you know. Add and Riley Reef. Is an upgrade. I think Joan Williams will play better in the second year. Trey Hopkins. I think we know what he can do. But depth. Lance where is the death on this offensive line? You look at Isaiah Prince who's a backup tackle. Two years of experience. Deontay Smith, Backup guard rookie Trey Hill, Rookie Jackson Carmen rookie Fred Johnson. Two years of experience, so Inevitably, once the last time any often in the offensive line in the NFL went an entire now 17 games without an injury or 10, right. So what happens when Deontay Smith or Isaiah Printers. You know, some of these guys that don't have a ton of experience have to come in. That's a huge question. In my opinion, no doubt I was talking with Jay Morrison from the athletic last night about that very issue, and he said they they like the young guys the rookies, but It's one thing to like it. It's going to ask him to step in right away, says if it's later in the season if an injury happens, you know week 10 11 12 when they've got some reps under their belt, and there, they get their feet under them. That's one thing. If something goes haywire with somebody early, this might be. I mean those names. You just reeled off for the twos and the lack of experience. It might be the least experienced backup set of offensive lineman in the NFL and three rookies. It's gotta be. It's gotta be. So that is a major issue as far as I'm concerned, and we shall see what about you? Well, let me let me finish off an offensive line because Jackson Carmen to me. He's going to be the guy who we watched through the prison mob what they opted to do to getting trading down. We knew all the names, whether it's Kevin Jenkins and granted. He's out now, maybe for the season with an injury. But there was the Liam Eichenberger your guy at Notre Dame. There was Walker Little Sam, cause me a whole bunch of offensive linemen and the Bengals it at 38 opted to get out of that down to 46 that opened themselves up for Are you sure you know what you're doing? I know they got two extra picks, and Tyler Shelvin and Deontay Smith. You hope for them in the future, But maybe you took a you took a roll of the dice on somebody who was a tackle. You're now asking to play guard and somebody was coming off back surgery on a team that just screamed out in need of an offense. Offensive line help! They have exposed themselves a little bit here. They better have hit on Jackson Coroner have nailed that. And let's be honest. The early returns are not good October himself who has never wanted to throw anybody in the bus, said Look, the guy came in kind of out of shape, and you know that sort of thing would look, it's tough enough transition from tackle to guard right for a rookie, but it's even tougher when you come in. And maybe you're a little bit out of shape and you're not don't look quite as dedicated. So that's you're right. That is a decision that's going to be looked at, like every week for the next three or four years. No doubt about it. I'll give you another one. That is, I'm kind of holding back on it. It's a slight concern until it's removed. And that's Jamaar Chase. And now there's a whole bunch of silly stuff going on a pro football talk is Is trying to take his comments out of context to say he can't catch the ball because the college football's are smaller and there's no stripes on the end of the NFL footballs. It's not what to believe there. I just know this. He's clearly experiencing drops to this point, and if you're wide receiver, the key element is holding on to the football and I just hope it's something that's not more up here now boarding to my head. That kind of grows with more evidence presented in week one if he drops another one. Ideally, you'd like him to make a big play on the opening drive of the game, and everybody goes who, man? That's the guy we drafted. But right now there's no you can't just explain away and say, Don't worry about it because it's been the story of the entire camp. He keeps dropping the football. It would be one thing. Look, sometimes guys have a game where they just can't catch the ball. But it's been oh, th has been camped. It's been scrimmages. It's been in the preseason games, so certainly an issue and it's certainly in his head. I mean, the guys tried a million footballs in his life. The only thing that's different right now is Is the fact that maybe inside his head and he's thinking about it, and that's a hard thing sometimes to overcome. Tell me how significant this is, and I'm not presenting it as an excuse, but we know he didn't play last season. Right, so he's shaking off that rust. Plus, he's trying to get up to speed at a speed he's never experienced before, if he were coming back to get up to college speed to be one thing. He's coming back after a year in trying to ramp up to the NFL game. At the speed of that game. There's got to be something to that adjustment of having played at one speed you as a rookie, probably said who this game's fast right? Well, it is and I always uses example by the only way to get good at something in life is to do it and to continually do it, not repetition, while And then take time off and do it again again, You know not to blow smoke up you but you are great at radio because you do it over and over and over. I don't know about you. But if I take a week of vacation off the first day I come back on radio, and I'm like God, you're a little bit out of whack right? So he takes a whole year off of football. So now he's trying to make up for that. Now he's inside his own head, and he's got everybody down him and all that sort of thing. So The only way this gets resolved is what you just said a big moment in the game, and that's where you would love to see. Joe Burrow have confidence in him on a big third and seven, right, right. In the third quarter, something like that, and boom, He constantly goes to Jamaar Chase. He catches it, and then that can be eliminated. Like just like that, Yes, but if it keeps going, it makes it harder and harder to come back from in my experience. Can I give you another one? Another concern and this is more coaching staff related. I was looking at the game notes today. This team has got to be able to figure out a way to finish off games and win close games. Let me give you some numbers Rock. You know, I'm a numbers guy. Yeah. In Zach Taylor's time here in games decided by three points or fewer. This team is 06 and one In games designed by three or fewer 06 and one in games decided by seven points or fewer. Zach Taylor's Bengals are 1 12 and one when they've led at the half 12 Times. They've only won four of those when they've led after three quarters 11 times. They don't want 15 of them Rock. I'm making the case right now, and that's coaching. You can argue, but guys got to make place. You've got to put you guys in position to make plays and this team's got to win close games and they got to finish off games or they're not going. Take the next step They have to take. What's the number? One thing everyone had against Marvin Lewis. The adjustments right? In game halftime in between drives, although everything and those numbers kind of indicate the same thing going on here, right that this is a chess match is going back and forth come into the game and you have your game plan. And guess what? First snap of the game. You may say we're going to throw this out because it's not working or we come out in the third quarter. We think they're going to do this, but they do that. It's just a constant. How quickly can you Can you adjust from that? And this appears to be from those numbers of team. That's not doing that well, and there's winnable games there. Three point yes, and and I don't have the statin front. But I've seen one of Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, but it's like when they have a lead at halftime..
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"That. First of all, he got to move on from Bob Bratkowski as his offensive coordinator. And if Mormon, Lewis wore out his welcome, Bratkowski sure did then, too. Committed to not bringing Carson Palmer back. They were just going to let him sit and snu. Goes out drafts. Dalton drafts green. All of a sudden you got five playoff teams did. Marvin won a playoff game here? No, we know that. But we also know He had some pretty good teams and pretty good run along the way. So 2015 rolls around. You know, the Bengals are still cooking. They make the playoffs, but they make the decision to move on from Andrew Whitworth and Kevin Zeitler, and they think that said Drago Boy, he Who was that cat's name that they drafted in the second round. Fisher, right? They thought those two guys were going to be life after Zettler and and, uh and Whitworth and those two guys couldn't block the door. I'm shocked that old boy he is still in the league. 2017. They took John Ross John Ross. Think about that. John Ross might be the biggest whith in draft history, and they've had some whiffs. Dude was so bad that his last year here they were putting him at cornerback in practice to see if they could salvage him. There couldn't run routes couldn't remember routes didn't fight for contested balls. Now, listen. This dude may go to New York with the Giants and light it up. Don't think so. Why did up Billy Price, another guy? Happen to think Billy Price is going to be a good player this year for a number of reasons. It's his contract year. And he's reunited with the guy that was here when he was drafted. Frank Pollock. Frank Pollock is the offensive line coach. I think he's the X factor on this team. Think this offensive light is going to be better because they've added wryly Reef and Jackson Carmen. I think it's going to be better because I think Jonah Williams is going to be a much better player under Pollock. Trey Hopkins. Hopefully, sounds like he's going to be okay with his knee will see Camp opens here in about three weeks. But I think Pollock is the guy that makes that different. Now in in Zach Taylor's case, he had a chance to hang on to Frank Pollock and decided not to. We brought in Jim Turner. And that was that did not work out well. But I look at what I look at what he's dead. So far in in going In those two seasons 6 25 and one I look at that. And I said, Okay, the first year it was Marvin Lewis Group, right. He had a lot of guys that were on the back nine. And slowly and surely he weeded those players out Now the team didn't play well. We got to last year. We get to last year they draft Joe Burrow. Everybody's excited about Joe Burrow Cus the year before sucked, and we all knew that Andy Dalton wasn't going to be the answer. Quite frankly, Andy Dalton should have not been the answer. For 2017 on I should have taken Patrick Mahomes, but that's all different story. Well, No, I know that Dalton was their starting quarterback in 2017. But where was he in 2019 there there 56 games in the season. He's benched. They're going with Ryan Finley. But they draft and it all. And so all of a sudden that offense takes on a different dimension, and the team takes on a different feel. Now they they lost to the Chargers in the opener, Miss Field goal by Randy Bullock. They play the Browns close. They play Brown's within five. They have that overtime game with Philadelphia, which was a disaster, but it's at Philly. Had a chance to win that. They beat Jacksonville they had no shot at Baltimore. They put 21 up on Indianapolis and then they run out of gas, and they wound up losing 31 27. Cleveland comes here. They lose by three the go back to Paul Brown Stadium and beat the Titans. Okay, Steelers beat them. They get two week 11. Week 11. And I remember this because everybody at this radio station that does a sports show was saying the same thing. Before the Washington game. Hey, Washington. Washington was no good. The Giants were pathetic. The Dolphins were struggling. It was at Miami. There was going to be a tough game, but it was the Dolphins. Then the Cowboys. The Cowboys were horrible. So you're looking at going into that Washington game. You got four games four games. And you're thinking of yourself with Joe Burrow. There's a really good chance they could win three of those four, maybe all four. But we know what happened to burrow in Washington. So You go back and you look at a team. That finished last year 4 11 and one You take three losses away. Now, all of a sudden, you got eight losses. You put three losses to the good Now all of a sudden, you're 781. Does this conversation even happen? If Joe Burrow is under center, answering the bell. From the Washington game forward. I don't I don't I don't think it even happens, but what happens with a lot Of national writers. Is that they look at a situation and they apply universal logic to it. And universal logic. When it comes to the 10 year of a head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals does not apply or Marvin Lewis would have been gone in 2008. He would have been gone in 2017. But what if the Bengals are nothing? When they come to their head coaches. They are patient. And so I can't see. Unless this team absolutely tanks this year, and I don't see that happening. I think Pittsburgh I think is the pits. I think that team they got good defense. I think that team is going to struggle mightily to score points. You've got a quarterback pushing 40 you have you think the offensive line here was bad last year? They have no offensive line. None that three starters go either to free agency or retirement. They're they're cooked. I think on offense. Yeah, they drafted a running back in in the first who's going to block for him? I don't think the Bengals are going to tank. I actually think the Bengals are going to be more than competitive. I think the Browns and the Ravens when it's all said, and done are going to be slugging it out for The A F C North. But I don't think you're going to see another two win season here. 31 season so exact Taylor Can take what he's gotten. And flip it around. And instead of winning just four games, maybe the guy win 78. He's coming back. Because he has Joe Burrow. He has a much better offensive line coach. His defense on the offensive on the defensive line, especially has been the entire defense has been rebuilt. But look what they've done on the defensive line. FC North's a tough division. And it's not going to be eagle. Easy to eek out wins. This is the time of the year when you hear a lot of people, particularly national people Talk about something hot seats this scene. Marvin Lewis is on the hot seat so much when he was here. So many times from so many writers swear the guy had to get skin grafts on his rear end..
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"They're not going up against defensive lineman. But I agree with you there Thinking on friend Polito have a huge impact on this offensive line room and not just with Guys like Jackson Carmen, but with existing players, but probably didn't get coached the way they should have. America. Fred Johnson, Michael Jewelers, Makeem a dented gee guys that you have. They probably don't project the starters. My second stringers that very well could end up getting significant playing time based on what we've seen from an injury standpoint for the Bengals over the past couple of years, So if Frank Polich and coach some of these guys up And maybe this offensive line can be not only competent because I do think they have a at least average starting line. The backups can be good enough to where if you lose one or two guys, it isn't the end of the world. You have a revolving door at one of the spots ahead of silver, which has been the nightmare of course last season and in before James Rippin, Sports Illustrated all Bangles calm and locked on Bengals podcast. He was no Tia's Yesterday outside Paul Brown Stadium, the practice field Beautiful day to practice Maybe a little a little warm for the for the big boys, but Nonetheless, we'll take it right and jobar look pretty good yesterday. Um, it's good to see him run around. It's six months in on a reconstructed knee. And, of course, you had the ad Jamaar Chase in the mix, too, as well. It's fun to watch one of the other things too. Here is no controversy, right? We heard a lot about this in the offseason, James about Jack Taylor and the the That the temperament and the condition inside the locker room and you know what? Yesterday everybody shows up anyone who is and 100% healthy At this point, everyone was there to show Proteus. What's that say about this controversy and Zach Taylor? I think it says, and I don't want to take away from from Taylor. But I think that's a a player driven type of thing. It's really hard right now, with the NFLPA in the NFL and everything that's going on for Coaches to drive that. And I think that comes more from Jesse Bates on defense. Who's now the NFLPA representative for the Bangles. Now that you know Atkins is no longer on the roster. You know Jesse Bates calls you and you're my killed are your Trae Waynes? You want to come in? Because you don't want to let let your teammates down, especially if you just signed Ah, contract in the off season and in base is one of the best safeties in the league and then flip it. If you're odd on tape or your Mike Thomas or insert whatever. Player on offense, Riley Reef in job Earl calls and says, Hey, I wanna I wanna work out. I want you to hear my cadence I want to throw to you Well, heck, man, you might as well get in there, and I think it it is crucial, though, for the for their success, I think Two. Have these type of practices where? Yeah, it's just Glorified walk too. Like I said a special Tuesday and he was, you know, it was a lot of one on one stuff, but They didn't get any of that last year, Joe Burrow that was his first. Okay, practice ever because it was all on zoom last season, and if they're going to take a couple steps forward. The Browns aren't doing this right now because they're veterans are working out on their own. And so you need every advantage that you can have against any relief teams in the league, especially developing new faces all this roster turnover that you've had And so I do think it says something about the players and certainly Zack and the coaching staff that they were all able to show up all willing to, and even the guys that couldn't participate due to injuries. Trey Hopkins DJ reader as they react They were on the rehab field, working out in that heat that you mentioned. It's not like they were just standing on the sidelines. So it was certainly good to see that and Plate set the tone for the rest of the off season. Well, how straight Hopkins come along, because I mean, that's critical right there. He's gonna be your starting center, but he's got to get cleared before they started the season. What's his condition? He looks pretty good yesterday. We didn't get to see him. You know up close because again, he was just doing rehab. But, uh, it's to me. I think that dicey. I'm sure his his goal is to get Cleared by week one. And that would be great. If not, we're probably talking about Billy Price starting week one at center. Um, but it's tough because he wore it. In week 17 against the Ravens like that was that was in January. I mean, that's two month last month after a borough. I don't know how long it took him to get surgery. I would assume at least a month. You need that that swelling to go down or at least three weeks. And so we'll see. But he was running. He was doing some Heidi's. He was doing things like that, but he was off in the distance. That was hard to tell. But I think his goal is certainly to be cleared for week one. That might be realistic will see. I haven't talked to the doctors about him that much. It's been burned central on on. And as you know, all right, James, I'll let you go. But I appreciate the time is always James. Writing about the bends all Bengals dot com hashtag all Bangles. For Sports Illustrated. Of course.
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"Listen, I'm I'm that Don Korea lack Alexis that covered him and I watched him and I watch those charge your teams and and I think the on Korea was Hall of Fame worthy and he always get Up because people go well, look at playoff record during sex didn't get to a superhorse didn't change the game. You can't game and if we're gonna talk about that, we've got George Allen and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was two and seven in the playoffs. Yeah, they went to the Super Bowl. He lost it, but he changed the game. But that is a big issue in that room. And you were sitting there you'd be probably discouraged because it becomes a vigorous in many thanks. Great catching up with you. Check him out s i dot com. Talk of fame. Talk of Fame Network. Clark, Judge Great talking to you. Stay Well, okay. Always a pleasure can thank you. It's a lot of talk that the well it's Internet talk. It's not really talk among Anybody that I've heard of any great note, but its Internet talk that the Bangles on to pursue a guy who had the free agent market. This past Thursday, a guy by the name of Morgan Moses Morgan Moses. Hey, has started virtually every game since he got to Washington. And is a bargain He's making like I think $8 million a year and he hit the free agent market, and I think the only sin that this guy has committed is the sin of turning 30 years old. And Ron Rivera, the head coach in Washington, has been systematically purging his roster of anybody who was over 30 years old. He said What he arrived in Washington It was one of the oldest rosters in the NFL. I can't vouch for that. I didn't go back and see. But This is his quote. And so Moses was turned loose on Thursday. They gave him a chance to seek a trade. There were no takers, so he's a free agent. I he plays right tackle. A lot of people think it would be a no brainer for the Bangles to go after him. And solidify the right side of that line I that would allow Riley Reef to play inside it guard. And then all of a sudden now you'd have Moses on the right side. You'd have. Well, that almost sounds biblical, doesn't it? Uh, yeah. Moses on the right, sir? No, you would have both your tackles. You would have at that point both your guards and Riley Reef in and Jackson Carmen and you would hope sounds like Trey Hopkins is is going to be able to answer the bell. Come on, come first game of the season. That would leave you with some decent depth underneath that Quentin, Spain and Billy Price. But so far no uh no landing spot it all yet for Moses, Hey, grated very well. Last year by pro football focus. He was his grades were top notch. He was a top 10 right tackle in the NFL last year, but it sounds like the Bangles maybe going into this at least. Uh, this mini camp in training camp with what they have, and we'll see where Moses lands. It does Biblical, Isn't it? Coming up at 11 23 already Sunday morning Sports talk news radio 700 wlw. This man has two heads. Hello there. Hey, what's up? You think these two heads.
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"To do? And who knows They may pick up a free agent somehow some way between now and when training camp opens, but by and large They have had a very good goal of it. So far in the off season with their drafted with free agent additions, But how? How well and how much was added and whether or not that makes that team a contender for the F C North. We won't know the answer to that till training camp until they start playing games until they keep score. We have somebody to keep score all the time, because he's diligent about it. He is the guy at pro football rumors calm and he's standing by to talk to us right now. Good guest of this program. He is Dallas Robinson. Dallas. How are you on this glorious Sunday? I am doing great can. How are you? I'm doing well, I sense that the Bangles did very well, would you, would you? I hate Grace. I hate ABC. And these I don't know what that means that this point of the year What if you had a categorize what they did in the off season with free agency with their draft picks? How would you categorize it? I think it's a positive. I'm kind of with you and it's hard to great things until we're probably two or three years down the road, but we can do is look at the process that the big nose took and led them to where they are now. The attack positions in free agency in the draft that are critical position. They spend that cornerback they use the number five overall pick on receiver. They used checking their grown picks on edge rusher, an offensive tackle. They're not out there spending money on positions that are not important. So I think if you look at it from that from that room, you can see their thought process. You can see what they're aiming to do. And you could see that they attacked need areas, but they also spent on positions they're they're actually going toe contribute to win at the end of the day, so I'm happy with what they did. I think overall, you have to consider this to be a successful I'll see them. I look at what they did on their defensive line, and it's a complete makeover. Obviously, Carlos Dunlap was gone middle of the season Gino Atkins gone at the end of the season. They bring in trade Hendrickson they bring in Larry Ogunjobi, who played for the Browns. Then in the draft. They go into the draft, and they get a couple of edge guys, three edge guys, actually and an interior defensive lineman as well. If there's one aspect of this team that is going to look completely different, less season two this season, it's going to be that defensive line, is it not? And and, you know, there's still kind of reports that maybe Gino Atkins could come back on a reduced salary. And if you do that, I mean Even the one in the position where you're always rotating guys. You need 78. Even nine guys who can play some level of snaps. Those guys don't around the field for every step. So the ad that sort of them climbing tree? Hendrickson is a guy who Always looked good in limited capacity in New Orleans. Now he's going to be asked to take on a slightly bigger role. But I think the Bangles are confident he could do that Sham. Hubbard, I think is kind of a limited player. But now you had a guy like Joseph a sigh in the third round two To me. He looks like kind of a Carl Lawson clone and mid run mid round guy explosive. He just adds another dimension to the defense. Look at third down next year if the same harbor to move inside on passing downs and Joseph aside and tree Hendrickson coming out the edge. I think that's you know, that's exactly what you want from the defensive line. You also had a guy like Tyler Sheldon, who Highly recruited guy had some issues at L s U but just a massive massive force in the middle of the defensive line. Other reports of Bill Belichick in the Patriots really wanted to add him to their to their line as well, I think It's probably a spot where they are pretty much set unless they want to add a guy like Gino Atkins for a cheap deal, But yeah, but the depth there is tremendous. I think that's going to be a real strength this year. Okay, So that's the defensive line. I like every single one of these guys that they brought in. I think potentially, they all have a chance to compete. I Asai I think it is going to be the star of this draft. I mean, Jabbar Chase was the number one overall pick, but I think when you dive down and get deep into it a couple of years from now you're going to say I'm happy we've got Joseph Asai. Cameron sample will see Sheldon has issues as you said he had. He had weight issues and didn't play last year by a large Because of that, I I'm wondering about the offensive line, like most people are rightly Reef is he's not a super stud. He's a little long in the tooth. From an age standpoint, he only allowed one sack, apparently last year, according to pro football focus. Um Riley Reef come. I thought for sure that they would do something with tackle past Riley Reef. They did get Jackson Carmen, but he projects Maura's an inside guys, a guard. They traded down Tonto get multiple picks and round four and passed on some contenders That could have been long term answers at right tackle. It was a roll of the dice. As I said they got. They got players and round for that, I think can contribute to this team and soon What, in your opinion, was that too much of a gamble to do what they did, passing on some candidates that could quite possibly start at right tackle this year. Well, you know, the Bangles always trade back in the second round. It feels like it happens every single year, So I don't think it was a huge surprise. I think what the Bangles would say and how I kind of you. It is, but As far as offensive line goes, they make their most important move back in January, when they hired Frank Polich to be your offensive line coach. I think they're really banking on him to sit to bring him in and say, you know, Jim Turner. Not the most respected coach in the NFL. Everybody who played under Jim Turner these past few years whether it's whether it's Trey Hopkins, Clinton stain even Billy Price. Those guys performances really, really got dragged down these past couple years under Jim Turner, and I don't want to cast all the blame on him. But it's you know, it is concerning you bring a guy in like Frank Pollack, who is much more well respected, whose scheme is much more sound, I think It allows you to take a chance on the guy like Jackson. Carmen, who is a project is going to be moving from tackle the guard but people that are really into the draft so he has the size. He has the movement ability that he can make that transition. You mentioned Riley Reiff? No, He's not a superstar, but I don't think you necessarily need that on the offensive line. But the Bangles were the second or third worst offensive line the league last year. All you really need to do is get back towards some level of average. I think they're doing that, with rife with Carmen even re signing equipment Spain I think that's what they're trying to do is just get back towards average. The Pollock can can have a scheme that really helps out and then Joe Burrow, I think also doesn't want to help you offensive line with how you could move in the pocket. I I'm a little surprised they didn't have one more piece, and they and they still might There's still options and free agency trade. Turner's still out there. I've always thought he'd be a good addition that guard He wasn't good for the Chargers last year, but he's a great history..
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"Stay. If it's the right price. You keep him. Keep a guy like that. He knows the system. He knows the game. He knows how it's played safety Shaun Williams, There's another guy that you look at him and say, Okay, if there's somebody better out there, grab him, if not Bring him back these air the decisions. The teams have to make tough ones sometimes easy one other times. Alex Erickson. We talked about Mike Daniels. Sure love to see him come back. Absolutely love to see him Come back love to see him come back and healthy and play alongside DJ reader. I think that would be terrific Carl Lawson. Kara Lawson is going to be a big big decision for this team to make. Carl Lawson was injured early in his career. He came back from a really significant knee injury and he performed. He's a good edge rusher. Not great. What good that he had decent numbers this year. If you looked at Coral Lawson, one would think that an opposing defensive coordinator would look at him and say, That's somebody we gotta worry about. Carl Lawson's market value right now. This is according to Sports track $8.5 million for 2021. Probably on a four year deal. 35 a half million dollars that's where you get into Eyes. It's something that I want to pursue or do I let the market set the price for the player and not do a preemptive signing. The Bangles have a lot of decisions to make. The biggest, of course, were along the offensive line. They need a right tackle. They need a guard that could play either the right or the left side doesn't matter. They need a guard. They have a huge question mark its center. Because Trey Hopkins is coming off a a very devastating knee injury and significant surgery. The left tackle first round draft pick a couple of years ago, played well last year, not outstandingly well, but played well. The entire offensive line has to be rebuilt wisely. They've brought back an offensive line coach who should have never been let go in the first place, and now perhaps we'll get to see exactly what he could do to try and develop somebody else that looks like he's walking down the road to with them. And that would be Billy Price. I need to go out and they need to buy free agents. We've say this every year in the off season. We preach this every year in the off season. Teams get better through the draft and through good free agent signings. Maybe players that only have a year or two left in the tank. But players that can come in and lift the existing players you have over the top. And get you where you have to go to Before you can get players you draft, ready up and running and willing to contribute. That's what free agency does. Joe Thelonious sitting out there. Now he's a well coveted guard. He may not even leave the New England Patriots. But if the New England Patriots are ready to let him go and not make it home for the Bangles should pounce on him. It will cost them a ton of money. There are a couple of tackles that they could look at in this off season in this free agency period that are plugging guys at right tackle. They need to be competitive. One thing every NFL team needs to compete. Is a franchise quarterback on a rookie contract. It is the golden rod for any NFL team, and that's what they have in Joe Burrow. Why did Kansas City excel with Patrick Mahomes? He was a rookie contract. And he was someone who was a franchise quarterback. You have that here in Borough. We know that they didn't protect them well enough last year, we know they didn't have the talent along the offensive line last year. We know that it was a miscalculation last year's to what they had on the offensive line. I don't think they can afford to make the same mistake again. I don't think they'll make the same mistake again. But it will cost money. But in the NFL Well, you don't have guaranteed contracts when you can play a free agent game that you're not saddled with for three or four or five years down the road, but somebody right now that could come in and help you. It's the easiest sport of the four major sports to turn around in an off season. This team isn't going to get better Super Bowl contending better, Maybe not even playoff contending better in this offseason. There's a lot of work that has to be done. There's been a lot of atrophy. There's been a lot of money spent on players that frankly shouldn't have been here is long as they have But it could it could happen, it could be done. Let's see how wisely they play the game. There's a lot of smoke out there. There won't be any fire until about three weeks from now when he could start legally signing players. When that happens, Watch the Bangles. If they're in the fray in the first couple of days, you know, they mean business if they sit back, and they bottom feed. They try to see what's left after all of the great things or picked before them. Well, then, you know, maybe Maybe it's going to be another long haul next year. Joe Burrow on a rookie contract. Not that he's going anywhere after that contract, But after that contract, he is going to cost them an inordinately Maura amount of money more than what they're paying now. Now is the time for them to act watching that game last week. It's not that hard to fathom. The Buccaneers were absolutely in a wilderness before Tom Brady arrived. Tom Brady is not coming here. A Tom Brady player probably isn't coming here. What you can get enough really good players to come here to take what you got. And make it work. It's on them. Coming up on 9 19. We've got a lot to get to today on the show, and we're going to talk about best case and worst case scenario for the Bangles in this offseason. Gonna talk some baseball too. I don't know if you heard this, but In the last week, the major league baseball suits decided several things about this upcoming season one Is that there will be no Universal D h and that hurts the Reds. It really hurts the Reds. They have a have a glut of outfield talent. And the wonder as to what to do with Nixon. Zell continues. If you look at the Reds this year, they're starting outfield should be Winker. Akiyama cost ya Nos. And maybe on an off day you slide in somebody like sends l somebody like Akino to give somebody a day off. But that should be your starting outfield. What do you do with sends? L That's a guy that you groomed as an outfielder came up. Is it in view of groomed is an outfielder. I've heard a lot of people friends. Other people in this business, say, Well, look, making plays shortstop. He can't play shortstop. They tried that before why they groomed him for the outfield. So I'm kind of surprised that sends Ellis still on this team. He may not be come opening day. They may indeed try to trade him because there is no universal th this year. There's also seven inning double headers. This year. The major league Baseball is lashed onto something here that I know infuriates a lot of traditionalists, seven inning double headers. I gotta tell you Was not a big fan of this before it was implemented, But after watching it, it makes sense. Look, we live in a society right now, where were tugged in so many different directions We have families to attend to. Some of us are trying to find his much work is possible. Some people you may know them. It may be you working three jobs, three part time jobs just to make up for a full time job you might have lost a year ago. You don't have the ability to sit either in a stand or in front of the television set to watch 29 inning games. It just doesn't work. So baseball has decided that this is a good way. To address scheduling issues and move the game along. It also We'll save a lot of wear and tear on pictures, arms. I like that and teams with good bullpens. Solid bullpens are going to benefit from this the most And they're also going to start again playing to the crowd that really doesn't have the attention or the time or the money to spend on baseball as it was, in its traditional sense, They're going to start again extra innings with a runner on second base..
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"Joe Burrow. They have a franchise quarterback. They're probably and people think you're crazy when you say this, but they're probably about four good players away from being competitive. You get reader back and he's healthy. You get the secondary back and it's healthy. If you can go if you go by a guard by a tackle, drafted tackle, maybe draft another defensive. A guy for the secondary. You're I think you're on the road to recovery there, But you don't have to spend some money. You have to spend some money, but also can we can't keep drafting these guys and then not having them develop me on paper. You know the surgical blades the world? Sure, there have been a lot of teams. That may have. That's an interesting question to see how that all is all gonna work out, but and that is was It wasn't a bad pick or was the player just not developed from day one here And so somewhere? He's in Jacksonville. Jackson may be well and Billy Price. Okay, Billy Price was allegedly this can't miss prospect Well, that Ohio State well, he's looking. He's looking like a with John Ross. Absolute with Yeah, in General Williams. I mean, we haven't He's been hurt kind of her right one year and even last year, some, too. So that's it. The development side of it is something that I think is greatly overlooked. Everybody says we gotta draft this guy got a draft that But you have to develop what's but still when you look at the Bangles with Borough, you got every franchise quarterback. They got one. He has people to throw, too. He is a terrific running back. He has Jonah Williams, who's OK. It left tackle. Maybe Little bit hair better than that. If Trey Hopkins is healthy and can play it center, he's got him. They need immunity. There's three different starting offensive lineman and maybe a player, too on defense. But it's addressable. It's not like you've got it overhaul the entire team, especially when you have the most important piece. You have the quarterback. Now he's got a road to recovery and it xprize the fullest. I think he's going to be 100% weak one, but the most important pieces there And there's a lot of other great pieces I mean tea. Higgins is a fantastic pick last year, so that that's that's a good thing. A lot of good things, but the offense of line. We all know this. We've known this for years, but not only do the Bangles have to open up the pocketbook, but they gotta identify the right guys, and then they got to develop them. Develop them. Once they draft make the work doesn't stop. It just starts. It's just beginning to start. When you draft that player. They've got to be developed. All right, well, I could proud a lot, but I want to get you and Eddie in here. You guys have a great show? Maybe we'll visit again tomorrow. Good can I would look good to see you time for the news news radio 700 wlw. News, traffic and Weather news radio 700 WLW in Cincinnati. Feeling and looking more like winter with the three o'clock report on Jack Crumley, breaking now another blast of winter that includes snow in the Tri state. Tonight We will have several inches of accumulating snow possible later tonight it will likely begin around maybe five or six in South East Indiana, and it will wrap up In the pre dawn hours, But by then those roads will be impacted. Wcpo nine. Meteorologist Sherry Hughes, in dot has already issued a full call out for plow trucks. We're looking at a couple inches of accumulation throughout the tri state. So truck drivers in Cincinnati will be busy tonight as well as well, That is Jared Bolden with the city We're going to go into a 12 hour shift, starting at 7 P.m. tonight. It will continue.
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"If if they let William Jackson get away that they're gonna have to start looking at bit finding another starting corner, a slot corner is definitely On the shopping list and free agency, and then you just start doing in pieces. I don't I'm gonna take a third wide receiver would be out of the question. That guy like Josh Reynolds, who played for Zach in L. A Could be an affordable guy that they could go after they've got money toe to do some things in free agency. I don't think it's going to be a typical year for the Bangles where we just see them sitting on a ticking over leftovers on the third wave of free agency J. Morrison with us from the athletic Once again, you can follow J at J. Morrison a th A. J. If they stay at number five. Overall, they're going to get a great player and I've had discussions with other beat writers about this. I like offense. Other people like defense Man, Do you have a feel for what you think or under an opinion on where they might go in five? Um, I don't. I don't think they know yet because they are so they're still trying to, you know, get caught up from last year and then they were getting to know all the senior Bowl players. Once I got back in the Senior Bowl, they really do have been the free agency. Um, it's it is literally Paul options on the table except for quarterback, But I did a mock draft this week. I've got him taking Jamaar Chase that they stay. Put it five today. Sewell was off off the board on my mock draft. So I had him going with Chase the wide receiver. Um I could see a trade back being in the in the works there to go back. Your You gonna have a lot of teams eager to move up and get a quarterback? And if the Bengals could drop back 34 spots pick up an extra second round pick, and then maybe they could take were Sean Slater, the tackle from Northwestern. I think that's an option. I don't think defense is on the table for the fifth overall pick that if they move back, maybe maybe they grab a starting corner there if they lose, Will Jackson? Yeah, that's some good stuff and definitely agree there because there are a handful of tackles that you can get just a little bit later on, man that'll Wow. Which Amar Chase make, uh job, Earl. Happy. Wow. Yeah. I mean, what was the one hole in his game? This shit the deep ball, and he threw 20 touchdown passes. Jamaar Chase and 2019. Those two had an incredible connection on deep balls. I just Wide receiver may not be their biggest Neary of need right now. But if you could bring that guy in and hooked him up with Joe Burrow, and they re establish that connection and get the deep ball going and you got Tyler Boyd in the slot and got T hurt Higgins Urging is the number one job makes him comes back. This offense could really be something special. Yeah, and to get some guys healthy on defense, you're Yeah, And that's one thing that Marvin Lewis always talked about. Didn't he? Fear of the deep ball man that would have a defensive coordinator up nights worried about that? Yeah, and we've seen the Bangles get burned. On that day they give these He's had some miscommunications in that secondary. They'll be plugging along doing really well, then, all sudden, 40 50 yard ball over the top, and it just it changes everything. You can. You can move the ball. That's one thing. But if you can, if you can have that deep threat, or you can score immediately that just totally changes the game plan for any office and J When Frank Polich got hired back, is the offensive line coach with also the title of run game coordinator. Gosh Joe Mixon, when absolutely not sauna on Twitter loving it. Yeah. I mean, speaking from experience, he worked with Frank and 2018. A Billy Price was thrilled when they branded prank. Polic is a big reason. Billy prices here and I know being with fans aren't aren't Super thrilled with what Billy Price has become, but this is a chance for it's gonna chance for him to kind of rejuvenate his career. And that they all were really excited. Trey Hopkins to all the guys that were here that have experience working under Frank Polich love this higher. And you just have to be. Oh, you have to trust them on this. They worked with the guy day in and day out for a year, and I think they were ready for a change. I think Jim Turner. His military style worn a little thin with with this group, and I think the business is going to be a really good fresh start, not just for the offensive line because it further run game as a whole. Where are you going to be watching the Super Bowl and what's on the menu will be on my count. I have not been to a Super Bowl party since Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl attended to Ram Back in 2001. I'd prefer to stay home I don't want I don't want people talking about commercials and anything other than the game. I just want to focus on the game and we'll be buffalo chicken dip that my wife will be making for me. And maybe some skyline did was well, fantastic. I'm gonna leave you with this quote because I was doing some research on pro football reference dot com. We all know that six quarterbacks went ahead of Brady in 2000 combined..
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"trey hopkins" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Stays by edict by the pen. Of Mike Brown. I picture that pen to be more of a quill. He's got the ink and the giant feather that he's rightness of acetic with offensive line coach Jim Turner Receivers coach D Line coach. Another assistant on the defense won't be back as well as the running back running back Coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Mo Eggers here or he owes 3 to 6 Week days on ESPN. 15 30 pretty much does everything else around here, Mo. What's going on? Funny how you doing? I'm doing. I'm doing fine. I'm glad I'm out of the Bengals coaching staff. But somebody saying probably more qualified the law. These didn't Zack tattoo when he came in two years ago. These areas, guys Specifically Jim Turner. Jim Turner is a guy that he had had Ah, private working relationship with and he's kind of the coach that he insisted he had to have the offensive line coach. And it simply didn't work out didn't work out for a slew of reasons. This always felt like the most likely outcome right like they weren't going to move on from Zach Taylor, but they were probably going to move on from coaches and the guy that we were pointing the finger at was going to be his offensive line coach. And so it's gonna be interesting to see what they do with that position specifically, but I think the bottom line is they've got to get better players and you know as much as we talked to yesterday, all day long about the decision to bring Zach Taylor back, which sort of obscured the game on Sunday. It was actually some significant news that went down on Sunday because the starting center Trey Hopkins, so I think you might be able to consider their team's best offensive lineman introduce a CL, which just compound The problems on that offensive line and adds to the lengthy list of things that seem has to address this also, yeah, with that beating in the end of the season, you kind of forgot that that happened when he went down like the least, is the last game of the season. No more misery there for whoever the quarterback of the day maybe, but you start looking at the lineman and a C. L's and now you're pushing it back in the next season. And what do you do now? So the the inequities upfront. Are magnified by the fact you've lost your main guy who sent her there for the foreseeable future. Yeah, and it's you know, to a large degree. This is why the Zach Taylor news that the moves that he's coming back for 2021 sort of leaves me unmoved. Um, if they announced that they're moving on from Zach Taylor, you could certainly understand why, right. He's got a worse winning percentage. A huge accident. Dave Shula. He's won six games in two years. Um, he simply hasn't won enough, right. You could understand at face value why any team would move on from a guy who's won six times over two seasons at the same time for May. Many of these roster issues that we continue to talk about predate Zach Taylor. We're going to spend the offseason wondering, how are the Bengals gonna fix the offensive line? Well, this will be the fifth consecutive offseason. We've done that The old line has been a problem. Going back to 2016. It hasn't mattered. Who the head coaches. It hasn't mattered. Who the offensive line coach is. It hasn't mattered to the offensive coordinator is they haven't been able to fix the offensive line. And so if you go down the list of things that this franchise has to get fixed this offseason, but no higher new head coach or new assistant coaches and I guess Lou and a rumor is going to come back as the team's defensive coordinator, according to what I heard, Dan Hort say on Bangles line last night. I think the thing that leaves me unmoved about the coaching decisions is the fact that the roster has remained largely stagnant. Yes, they got Joe Borough, which is fantastic. They've got their quarterback. But if you look at the list of issues that this roster has they predate Zach Taylor, which tells me that no matter who the head coaches next year, those roster issues are gonna linger until it changes made in the front. So I believe what you're saying is, and it makes sense. Okay, We keep Zach Taylor around for another season. What happened in the first year related man? Because see with the other trying to figure it out. But the pieces together you get Joe Borough. You only get him for 10 games of the last two seasons. So is that a fair shake for Zach Tanner? However Mo, I'll ask you the first question. I asked now a second time. Did he pick these guys? When I ask you that the first time was about his assistant coaches are again fired. Now masking the assistant coaches have any say in the guys that are drafted? Who was that on? They have a say, You know, everybody that works in the football department has say, but when the Bangles air good and we're getting further and further removed from when they were good Duke Tobin gets a ton of credit right here about how greater job Duke Tobin has done. Duke Tobin a great job assembling all those teams they had from 11 34,015 when they're bad. We just want to point the finger at Mike Brown. And look, there's a long list of issues that Bengals fans should have with Mike Brown. But to me, that's where I start. I start with the person in charge of putting together the lobster. He's not the general manager, but he is the team's director of player personnel. He is the fact that the general manager whenever anybody wants to assert Hey, look, the Bangles are cheap because they don't have a GM. People with knowledge of this franchise chime in, clap back and say Not what they do. They just don't call him the general manager. That person is Duke Tobin that the person putting together the roster. That's the person making player personnel decisions, and some of them have worked out. They draft the tea Higgins last year. There were a lot of people who said Don't T. Hagen Teddy marvelous rookie season. They did make a big splash and free agency last year, and I don't think it's anybody's fault that it didn't work out. They were on lucky. Trae Waynes got hurt. TJ reader got hurt. It didn't work out, but at least they tried. But again, this is five consecutive losing seasons. That is any turn it e in the NFL five straight losing seasons with roster issues that again predate Zach Taylor. Does Zach ever say and its composition of the roster? Of course he does. Does he have a say in how the personnel on the roster is gonna be used? Absolutely. That's the job of a head coach. But again when some of the issues that plague this year's team go back to 2016, I think to a degree. It's really unfair to hold the head coach primarily responsible again if they would've moved on from Zach Taylor. Fine. He has no track record to speak of. They lost 25 games over the last two seasons. Um, there was a lack of innovation on offense. The whole team felt clunky this season, especially once job. Earl got hurt. If they would have moved on from him. No problem there. But as soon as we would have danced on the grave of Zach Taylor, we would be left looking at a team that isn't very good. There's a talent gap between the Bangles and the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. And now the Cleveland Browns, and I think a lot of that is largely independent of the head coach..