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Bengals Booth Podcast: Soak Up The Sun · Bengals Booth Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hi, get everybody.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Dan Hord and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth Podcast.
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  Speaker 2: The ummm Gonna Soak Up the Sun addition, as the
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  Speaker 2: Bengals shine on a sunny day in Miami hammering the
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  Speaker 2: Dolphins forty five to twenty one. Coming up radio replays,
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  Speaker 2: locker room comments and postgame analysis from Dave Lapham. Then,
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  Speaker 2: eat there is a breakfast sandwich sold at the Deli Zone.
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  Speaker 2: What makes it so good Well, in addition to the
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  Speaker 2: the Deli Zone adds hash browns, not on the side,
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  Speaker 2: anything more, especially if the breakfast meat is the Cincinnati
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  Speaker 2: and let me know about it. I can guarantee at
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  Speaker 2: least one frequent customer. Now time for the radio replays
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  Speaker 2: from Sunday's twenty four point route in Miami. Merry Christmas,
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  Speaker 2: Happy Hanukkah, and greetings from tropical Miami, where the sun
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  Speaker 2: is shining and the temperature is seventy nine degrees as
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  Speaker 2: the Bengals look to win their final road game, of
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  Speaker 2: the year as they take on the Miami Dolphins, and
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  Speaker 2: it is time for the pig skin to fly here
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  Speaker 2: at hard Rock Stadium. First and ten Bengals from their
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  Speaker 2: own nine. Burrow throws it deep downfield. T Higgins high
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  Speaker 2: points the ball and makes the catch at the forty
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  Speaker 2: five yard line.
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  Speaker 1: First and goal from the nine for Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 2: Burrow in the gun back at the fourteen Chase Brown
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  Speaker 2: off his right hip. Burrow catches the shotgun snap, looking right,
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  Speaker 2: throws into the end zone for Higgins.
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  Speaker 1: He's done it.
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  Speaker 2: Touchdown Bengals. T Higgins, with a great adjustment to the ball,
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  Speaker 2: then drops to his knees and praise to a higher
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  Speaker 2: power after making a great catch on that throw from
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  Speaker 2: Joe Burrow.
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  Speaker 3: Unbelievable play by T. Higgins. He showed everything. He showed
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  Speaker 3: his size, he showed his athleticism, he showed his soft hand.
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  Speaker 2: Yours under center eighth and seven yards behind, tossed to
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  Speaker 2: the left eighth and finds a hole to thirty five
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  Speaker 2: thirty twenty five twenty fifteen ten five touchdown Miami. The
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  Speaker 2: NFL's fastest running back shows off his speed as the
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  Speaker 2: Dolphins are a pat away from tying the game. This
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  Speaker 2: will be a forty five yard field goal attempt for
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  Speaker 2: the lead from the right hash Mark Ryan Rico will hold,
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  Speaker 2: Rookie Will Wagner will snap. Money Back is ready the
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  Speaker 2: snap the placement and money Man's kicked on its way
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  Speaker 2: and hits the left upright and it bounces through the
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  Speaker 2: ricochet pays off as money Match struck the upright but
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  Speaker 2: struck it on the inside portion and it carried right
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  Speaker 2: into the middle for a successful field goal. He has
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  Speaker 2: not missed from inside of fifty yards this year.
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  Speaker 3: Unbelievable, Just like he planned it.
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  Speaker 2: Second down from the Cincinnati ten viewers with an end
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  Speaker 2: around Malik Washington to the five and cruises into the
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  Speaker 2: end zone for the touchdown. Misdirection has killed Cincinnati all season,
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  Speaker 2: and Malik Washington cruises in for the go ahead touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: And boy, that was just a perfectly time call.
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  Speaker 2: On first and goal, Burrow hands it off, pe Ryan hesitates,
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  Speaker 2: accelerates them scores as he goes in standing up for
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  Speaker 2: the go ahead touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: He would have scored from anywhere, really, I mean, there
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  Speaker 3: was a short yardage goal line. There was a great
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  Speaker 3: blocking up front by the Bengals offensive line. They creased
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  Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins. I mean they moved he people up front.
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  Speaker 3: That's tough to do. Shortyarde goal line situation. Samaj p
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  Speaker 3: RN scores easily.
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  Speaker 2: Now it's third down and fourteen, the Dolphins at their
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  Speaker 2: own twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: They'll go with an empty backfield.
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  Speaker 2: Barrett Carter moving from the middle of the field out
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  Speaker 2: toward the slot.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a throw of the middle. It is caught.
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  Speaker 2: Ballstock freeze and the Bengals appear to have it. He
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  Speaker 2: got got the thirty four yard line of Miami.
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  Speaker 1: They do. The ball was punched away.
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  Speaker 2: The fumble recover by the defense. First down and the
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  Speaker 2: Bengals get the first takeaway of the game, first and
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  Speaker 2: goal from the nine.
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  Speaker 1: Cincinnati up by three.
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  Speaker 2: Here in the third quarter, it's an empty backfield and
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  Speaker 2: a shotgun snap.
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  Speaker 1: Burrow throws left caught at the five.
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  Speaker 2: What a move by Chase Brown as he spun around,
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  Speaker 2: deeked his defender and chuck it across the goal line
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  Speaker 2: for a Bengals touchdown. He made one of the best
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  Speaker 2: tacklers in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Brooks whiff he did.
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  Speaker 3: I mean that was an unbelievable pitvot move.
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  Speaker 1: On third and ten, He's gonna fire middle of the field.
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  Speaker 4: Knocked over in the air.
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  Speaker 2: He had intercepted Barrett Carter the Rokiata Clemson running it
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  Speaker 2: back to the forty. He gets tackled at the thirty five,
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  Speaker 2: and we called it. If you force this kid to
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  Speaker 2: throw sooner or later, you're going to get your hands
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  Speaker 2: on the football. First and ten for the Miami twelve.
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  Speaker 2: Chase goes in motion. Furrow hands it off big hole
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  Speaker 2: middle of the field. Chase Brown swerving between the hashmots,
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  Speaker 2: and he scores on a twelve yard touchdown run to
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  Speaker 2: give Cincinnati a thirty to fourteen lead. Third down in
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  Speaker 2: three from the five yard line of Miami, play clock
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  Speaker 2: down to six.
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  Speaker 1: Burrow in the gun.
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  Speaker 2: Chase Brown lines up to his left, play clock at
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  Speaker 2: two one.
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  Speaker 1: They snap it back to Burrow.
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  Speaker 2: He throws to the right wide open is Chase Brown
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  Speaker 2: no defender nearby. He catches it near the forward right
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  Speaker 2: pylon for his third touchdown of the day.
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  Speaker 3: The Miami Dolphins sideline is disgusted and just pointed in disillusion.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what other d words, but Chase Brown
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  Speaker 3: just comes in motion and then just turns it up
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  Speaker 3: the football field runs a little out route and nobody
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  Speaker 3: covers them.
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  Speaker 2: The running back is a chan Youwers drops back to throw,
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  Speaker 2: begin scrambling right, floats it high and deep down the field.
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  Speaker 2: Intercepted another takeaway for Cincinnati. Jalen Davis with the pick,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bengals defense is having its best quarter in ages.
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  Speaker 3: It might be in team history. Three takeaways in a
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  Speaker 3: fourth down stop in one quarter.
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  Speaker 2: Third down and six. The Bengals have it. At the
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  Speaker 2: seventeen of Miami. Burrow catches a shotgun snap, three step
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  Speaker 2: drop throws, Kasiki have to go, line leaps head hauls
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  Speaker 2: it in for the touchdown. Mike Kasiki doing the gritty
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  Speaker 2: as the Bengals have scored forty four points.
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  Speaker 3: Unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: The lineup in epistol formation for the final play of
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  Speaker 2: the game. Unless it's an incomplete pass, it's a handoff
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  Speaker 2: to right, trying to bounce it left. He's got the
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  Speaker 2: first down, he'll be wrapped up. The officials blow the
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  Speaker 2: play dead and that will do it, yes, as the
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  Speaker 2: final four seconds will run off the clock.
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  Speaker 1: In the final road game of the year.
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  Speaker 2: The Cincinnati Bengals hopefully have given their fans a taste
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  Speaker 2: of what's to come in twenty twenty six as they
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  Speaker 2: crush the Miami Dolphins by the final score of forty
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  Speaker 2: five to twenty one. One week after having a passer
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  Speaker 2: rating of fifty eight point two, Joe Burrow's rating was
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  Speaker 2: one forty six point five, the second highest of his career,
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  Speaker 2: and the forty five points the Bengals put on the
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  Speaker 2: board is the most they've ever scored with Burrow at quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Dave Lapham talked to him one on one after the game.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel like you played today?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: I thought pretty well.
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  Speaker 6: You know, I just took what was there, and our
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  Speaker 6: guys are making plays down the field with the ball.
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  Speaker 3: In their hands. You know, I got greedy once or twice.
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  Speaker 6: But I thought, for the most part, is a pretty
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  Speaker 6: clean game.
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  Speaker 3: Unbelievable day twenty five of thirty two. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: a seventy three percent completion percentage or something thereabouts, three
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  Speaker 3: hundred and nine yards passing, four touchdowns, no interceptions. That's
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  Speaker 3: a that's a hell of a hell of a stat line.
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  Speaker 3: What did you see out there? What with the Miami
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  Speaker 3: Dolphins trying to do well?
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  Speaker 6: They played a little single high early and t got
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  Speaker 6: him out of it. He had two big plays early on.
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  Speaker 6: That's kind of set the tone for the rest of
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  Speaker 6: the game. And then we just got a lot of
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  Speaker 6: soft zone after that. So then after that we just
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  Speaker 6: started dinking and duncan and making plays after the catch.
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  Speaker 3: The third quarter, you ever been part of a third
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  Speaker 3: quarter like that? I mean the defense just turned them
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  Speaker 3: over three times. They had a stop on fourth down.
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  Speaker 3: I mean they didn't score a point and you guys
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  Speaker 3: scored I think it was twenty four downs and kicked
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  Speaker 3: the field goal. I mean, you've ever been in a
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  Speaker 3: quarter is dominant? Is that one?
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  Speaker 6: The defense is making plays like that. You have a
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  Speaker 6: short field, you gotta convert.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we were able to convert.
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  Speaker 6: On on all four of those opportunities, So that felt great.
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  Speaker 6: But it's fun watching these these young defensive players find
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  Speaker 6: their groove and keep getting better.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned the team played well, got them out of
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  Speaker 3: that cover one. Your your running mate Jamar Chase was
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  Speaker 3: outstanding again, But I mean he's outstanding every week. The guy,
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  Speaker 3: the guy's the best, he's the best in the league.
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  Speaker 3: Having a one to two punch like that, what does
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  Speaker 3: that do for your offense?
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  Speaker 6: It just opens everything up. You know, they really, defenses
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  Speaker 6: have to build their game plan around those guys, and
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  Speaker 6: we know that and they know that, and so we
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  Speaker 6: can execute plays based on that, and we have everything
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  Speaker 6: in our back pocket, know what to get to when
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  Speaker 6: you know, we face all these different kinds of coverages.
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  Speaker 6: We faced basically everyone that you could see over the
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  Speaker 6: last four or five and you know, we've done a
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  Speaker 6: good job building the packages to attack all these certain
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  Speaker 6: coverages that we see based on those two guys.
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  Speaker 3: And finally, Joe, you mentioned your coaches put together great
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  Speaker 3: game plans for you guys, you know, every week in
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  Speaker 3: order to take advantage of all the all the talent
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  Speaker 3: and weapons that you've got. Talk about your coaches a
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  Speaker 3: little bit.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, obviously there's a lot said about this team in
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  Speaker 6: this organization, and they did those coaches, but you know,
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  Speaker 6: nobody works harder than those guys to put us in
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  Speaker 6: good spots to go and execute. I think we have
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  Speaker 6: some of the best coaches in the NFL. I think
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  Speaker 6: the game plans that we put together put us in
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  Speaker 6: a great spot to succeed.
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  Speaker 3: Couldn't agree with you more. Joe, as always appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for your time.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Lot Burrow's favorite target was Jim R. Chase, who
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  Speaker 2: had nine catches for one hundred and nine yards, and
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  Speaker 2: Chase Brown also accounted for one hundred and nine yards
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  Speaker 2: sixty six rushing and forty three receiving. Brown scored three
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns for the first time I'm in his NFL career.
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  Speaker 2: Chase was this the all around performance this team has
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  Speaker 2: been looking for all year?
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  Speaker 5: I think so.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, the defense came out with turnovers and we
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  Speaker 8: were able to respond to every single one, So that
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  Speaker 8: always feels good.
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  Speaker 7: We'd love to carry.
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  Speaker 8: This momentum going forward and just finish off the season.
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  Speaker 3: The best weekend?
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  Speaker 2: Was it a game where you were almost surprised how
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  Speaker 2: quickly the offense was back on the field. They were
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  Speaker 2: not only getting turnovers, they were getting them quickly.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, no, it was.
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  Speaker 8: It was cause I was standing there at times and
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  Speaker 8: I'm like, did you just get the ball back again?
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  Speaker 8: I'm sprinting of in my helmet. So, yeah, they definitely
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  Speaker 8: call me by surprise.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes no points last week, forty five points this week.
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  Speaker 2: How determined were you guys during the course of this
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  Speaker 2: week at practice to show who you really are on offense?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, we took it personal. So when everything's firing and
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  Speaker 8: all cylinders. I mean, we're gonna score a lot of points.
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  Speaker 1: So it's all good to go ahead and do that today.
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  Speaker 8: It's just building momentum, even though you know our season
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  Speaker 8: is gonna end not the way we wanted it to,
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  Speaker 8: but you know we can still finish off, you know,
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  Speaker 8: on all plausive.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's great to have t back. Obviously, two big
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  Speaker 2: plays early in the game. It just kind of reinforced,
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  Speaker 2: at least in my mind, the impact that he can
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  Speaker 2: have when he's available.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, she's a great player.
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  Speaker 8: If he's one of the best receivers, if not the best,
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  Speaker 8: we got both of them. We have two of the
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  Speaker 8: best receivers in the NFL right there. That's the only
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  Speaker 8: way to put it. So she's always gonna make a play.
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  Speaker 8: I'm not surprised anytime I see a fifty to fifty
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  Speaker 8: jump ball, it's on fifty to fifty, it's like ninety ten.
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  Speaker 7: So he's a great player.
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  Speaker 2: Does a game like this leave you wanting more, like
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  Speaker 2: almost wishing that, you know there were more games left?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, we could play all year long without getting hurt
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  Speaker 8: in our bodies, Like we're able to take it. I mean,
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  Speaker 8: I would so feels good then hobby ins like this.
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  Speaker 1: And grat's in a great game. Defensive laid.
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  Speaker 2: The Bengals turned a three point halftime lead into a
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  Speaker 2: blowout by dominating the third quarter, getting two interceptions, forcing
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  Speaker 2: a fumble, and stopping the Dolphins on fourth and one.
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  Speaker 2: The average drive start for the Bengals offense after those
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  Speaker 2: four Miami possessions was the Dolphins forty three and a half.
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  Speaker 2: In Cincinnati took full advantage by scoring four straight touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: For more on the play of the defense, here's my
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  Speaker 2: conversation with linebacker Barrett Carter. Barrett three takeaways in one quarter.
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  Speaker 1: Describe what it was like. You had one of the interception.
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  Speaker 2: Describe what that third quarter was like for everybody on defense.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, just coming in a halftime, Coach Taylor just said
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  Speaker 4: that we needed to take the ball away and on offense,
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  Speaker 4: we had to keep the ball away from them.
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  Speaker 7: So, no, that was that's the goal.
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  Speaker 4: That we go into every single game with to try
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  Speaker 4: to be at least plus two and just for us
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  Speaker 4: to you know, come out third quarter swing, come out swinging,
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  Speaker 4: and they'll get the ball back to our offense was
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  Speaker 4: huge and trade a lot of momentu.
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  Speaker 7: For our team, So it's a I'm glad that we
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  Speaker 7: were able to do that. We just have to keep
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  Speaker 7: building on.
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  Speaker 2: A major challenge going into this game with stopping the
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  Speaker 2: running attack. They had the one long time touchdown run
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  Speaker 2: or relieve the game. Other than that three yards per
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  Speaker 2: carry for the rest of the day. How did you
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  Speaker 2: guys do such a good job at stopping the run.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we always have to lock in on our keys.
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  Speaker 4: We knew that stopping the run was going to be
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  Speaker 4: the main emphasis this week, and you know Miami, they
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  Speaker 4: do a great job every single week of creating a
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  Speaker 4: lot of ikenny and it makes it very challenging for
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  Speaker 4: a defense. So we knew that it was going to
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  Speaker 4: be a big challenge for us and know we're able
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  Speaker 4: to step up to that challenge.
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  Speaker 2: Describe the excitement level of coming with your first I
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  Speaker 2: MT in the NFL.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm super exciting. No, I feel like I was
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  Speaker 7: it was long overdue.
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I should have had that many many
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  Speaker 4: weeks ago, but you know, God makes no mistakes. So
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  Speaker 4: I'm just glad I was able to get that for
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  Speaker 4: our team and you know, get the ball back to
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  Speaker 4: our offense.
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  Speaker 7: So Hopefully I can just keep building on that.
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  Speaker 2: You got your first. Jalen Davis got his first as well.
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  Speaker 2: He's had a nice impact since moving up from the
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  Speaker 2: practice squad. Describe what he's done for the defense.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, JD is such a so savvy.
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  Speaker 4: He's been in the league for however many years has been,
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  Speaker 4: and you know he's been he's just been working every
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  Speaker 4: single day, just waiting for a shot.
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  Speaker 7: And we know he stepped up. He stepped up to
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  Speaker 7: the plate. He wasn't afraid to, you know, come in
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  Speaker 7: and do his thing. And you know, JD's a dog.
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  Speaker 4: It's an honor to get to play alongside him, and
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  Speaker 4: it's a he just flies around and makes play, So
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  Speaker 4: it's a it's a blessing to get to play with JD.
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  Speaker 2: This is one of those games, Parritt, where you guys
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  Speaker 2: excelled in all three phases. Offense scored forty five, defense
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  Speaker 2: gets multiple takeaways. Ryan Rico had four punts inside the twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Did you feel like this was the first time that
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  Speaker 2: you've experienced a total performance by the Bengals.
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  Speaker 7: I feel like it.
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  Speaker 4: It was in bits and pieces, so there were still
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  Speaker 4: a lot of a lot of players left out there
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  Speaker 4: that you know that we needed correct in all phases.
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: I know all guys can say that, but you know,
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: we're we're taking We're definitely taking steps in the right direction,
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: but it's nowhere near what.
• 16:47
  Speaker 7: We're at what we're capable of doing as a team.
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: So we just have to, you know, keep keep this
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: momentum going, keep building on this and you know, the
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: feeling that we have right now, we have to chase
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: this feeling every single week and even leading into next
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: year because we're capable of so much more. But now,
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: when we play complimentary football, we're capable of doing really
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: great things and that's what we show today.
• 17:06
  Speaker 7: But we just have to keep building on.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: It's a nice early Christmas present for Bengals fans.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Congratulations on a great win.
• 17:13
  Speaker 7: Thank you so much, appreciate that.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: Good to hear from head coach Zach Taylor, who's spent
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: a couple of minutes with lap right after the game.
• 17:21
  Speaker 9: To be in this situation we're in right now, come
• 17:24
  Speaker 9: down here to vacation weather. Everything feels good. I've coached here.
• 17:28
  Speaker 9: I've seen a lot of teams fall fat coming out
• 17:30
  Speaker 9: and for our guys respond and play a complete game
• 17:33
  Speaker 9: in all three phases, especially with the way they controlled
• 17:35
  Speaker 9: the second half. Defense came out and got four turnovers
• 17:38
  Speaker 9: to start the second half, often scored four touchdowns to
• 17:40
  Speaker 9: start the second half. Special teams is unbelievable. With fuel position,
• 17:44
  Speaker 9: everyone's out there playing lose, having fun making plays. It
• 17:47
  Speaker 9: was really really good to see.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: I don't think i've ever seen a third quarter like
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: your team put together today. I mean, three takeaways, stop
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: on fourth down, you score three touchdowns, kick a field goal.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: I mean that's total dominance. That was a buck kicking.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: And that's a pretty damn good football team. The Miami Dolphins,
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: they're pretty solid.
• 18:03
  Speaker 7: They are.
• 18:04
  Speaker 9: They've got good talent, they've got a great coaching staff.
• 18:07
  Speaker 9: They've had a tough season like we have. You know,
• 18:09
  Speaker 9: but we knew this is gonna be a battle coming in.
• 18:10
  Speaker 9: We have a ton of respect for him, and I was.
• 18:12
  Speaker 9: I was proud of the response our guys had.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Talk about coaching staffs, let's talk about yours. You know,
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: you obviously called a great game. Dan Pitcher put together
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: a good game plan. Al Golden put together a great
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: game plan. Defensively, Darren simm has been doing it for
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: a long time. Special Teams like you mentioned, played at
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: a real high level, dominated field position, just an overall
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: totally dominant performance on one unit complimenting the other.
• 18:38
  Speaker 9: They were absolutely you know, so proud of this coaching
• 18:40
  Speaker 9: staff for sticking in there and keep coaching these guys
• 18:42
  Speaker 9: up and getting the most out of them. Appreciate the
• 18:44
  Speaker 9: players for how they've responded. They've taken the coaching, They've
• 18:46
  Speaker 9: given great effort. We expect none the least from our guys,
• 18:49
  Speaker 9: but still you can look around in a lot of
• 18:51
  Speaker 9: these situations and you don't get all that. So again,
• 18:54
  Speaker 9: just just proud of the way our guys responding handle
• 18:56
  Speaker 9: business today.
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: I think that's the thing I'm going to remember about
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: this football team. Played twelve years altogether. I know what
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: it's like when the worm's not going your way, the
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: worm doesn't turn your way, and you lose close football
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: games and you're given halasius effort and so doing. These
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: guys never quit though, never even thought about Quinton. I mean,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: it's not even in their vocabulary. How proud are you?
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: How proud are you of that?
• 19:19
  Speaker 9: It's just a credit to the men we have in
• 19:21
  Speaker 9: the locker room. They're going to handle their business. They're
• 19:23
  Speaker 9: going to play for the guy next to them. So again,
• 19:26
  Speaker 9: I didn't expect anything less, but it's always great to see.
• 19:29
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• 19:49
  Speaker 1: Of the Bengals.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Now time for their radio guys recap Lap. A little
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: while ago, I asked t Higgins if this feels like
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: it could be a preview of what's to come in
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. He said, yes, did it feel that
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: way to you?
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: It did?
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: I think we both felt that a little bit during
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: the course of the broadcast. I think there's a lot
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: of pieces that they have got a quarterback, do they ever?
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: They got multiple wide receivers to build on. I mean
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: to work with win games with. They have a tight
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: end group that you can win with. They got a
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: running back group's going with. The offensive line is solid. Defensively,
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: there's a little bit more work to do, but you know,
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: they get an offseason to get that done, get some
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: veteran free agency in here if they possibly can, and
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: then the holes that they haven't filled, go ahead and
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: fill them in the draft, and boy, twenty twenty six
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: could be very special. It really could.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: Some of the young guys that have been pressed into
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: service on defensive struggled this year, but we've seen them
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: get better and again today Barrett Carter comes up with
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: his first interception. Miles Murphy was involved in multiple plays.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: We saw a splash play by Shamar Stewart on running
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: play late in the game.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: In the final two weeks of the season.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: I would think that's the thing you're hoping to see
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: more of or the most big plays by some of
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: those young guys on date.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: Couldn't agree more, Dan, I mean, you want to see
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: the graft continue to rise. I think you know your
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: rookie year, you definitely pay your dues. I remember Paul
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: Brown telling us as rookies. He met with the rookies
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: individually and collectively and said, it's.
• 21:22
  Speaker 7: Not going to be easy. You're going to struggle.
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: You're going to pay your dues as rookies, but learn
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: those lessons, you know, keep those in your mind. Don't
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: dismiss them, learn from them, and become a better football player.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: And then the following year, you're going to get better,
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: and that's going to continue through the rest of your career,
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: and hopefully you be playing in the NFL for seven
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: or eight years. And I think there's more than a
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: handful of guys that fit that description in this locker room.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: As NFL employees, we can't gamble on the games, but
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: if I could have, I would have made a bet
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: of any amount of money that Joe Burrow would have
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: bounced back with a big personal performance. And sure enough,
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: he goes from the second worst passer rating of his
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: career to the second best.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: Incredible one forty six point whatever it was, four touchdowns,
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: no interceptions. I mean, that's what it's all about. Taking
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: care of the football, you know, don't put the ball
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: in jeopardy, don't turn the football over. And Joe's phenomenal
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: in that area. He did. He said he had the
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: worst game that he's ever had. He said that thirty
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: two teams in the NFL all thirty two would have
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: lost last week the way he played at the quarterback position.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: So you knew he was going to make restitution. You
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: knew that he was going to make plays. You knew
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: he was going to have a bounce back performance, and
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: that's exactly what he did.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: The Bengals defense gave up one long run. On the
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: other carries, it was three yards per carry. You haven't
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: had a chance to study the tape yet, but did
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: anything stand out to you as to why they were
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: so good at stopping their run other than the one
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: long touchdown.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: They played their gap control responsibilities impeccably, you know they did.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: They were where they were supposed to be when they
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: were supposed to be there, and knowing why they were
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: supposed to be there. They had a lot of knockbacks.
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: The defensive line knocked the offensive lineman backwards and you know,
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: control them and then played off of him to make plays.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: They just I thought too. They've played with energy, They've
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: played with enthusiasm when they played with the motion, you know,
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: the triple le's. If you have a defense that does that,
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: it makes up for a lot of mistakes. It makes
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: up for lack of talent. Not that they don't have talent,
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: but you know, and honestly, I don't think Al Golden
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: did anything real sophisticated or complicated. I think he just said, here,
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: we're gonna go and line up in maybe these two
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: or three things. We're gonna play football. Go out there.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: You've been doing it your whole life. You've been doing
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: it since junior high school, you know, pee wee football,
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: junior high, high school, college. Go out there and play football.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: That's what you're getting paid to do.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: The best this team can do is finish with seven wins.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: That is not successful by anyone's measure, but if you
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: can win your last three, the feeling is so much
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: better or going into the off season program, free agency,
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: the draft, et cetera.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: For everybody in the building.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're when you're building for twenty twenty six,
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: like we talked about with the with the free agency
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: and the draft and all that, to finish with three
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: straight wins with the players that you have already and
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: that you've been working with, that's that's a good indicator
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: that you're doing a lot of things right. And you know,
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: that's all you can ask for is once you once
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: you strike that chord where okay, we're capable of doing this,
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: we're not really too capable of doing that. Let's eliminate that.
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: Let me experiment with this a little bit. Let's add
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: this to the equation. Let's add this to the list
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: of defensive fronts and coverages that we have. And I'm
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: sure that's what Al Golden's doing now, because, like we
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: talked about earlier defenses, where it's at, they got to
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: make more improvements there than anywhere.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: We're standing just outside the locker room moments ago, I
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: saw cameraman huddled around t Higgins and Chase Brown and
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: some of the guys that had big offensive games. Didn't
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: really see anybody around the offensive lineman, the unsung heroes
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: in a forty five point performance.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they've played well, you know, and I think Scott
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: Peters is doing a good job with them. I think
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: that their you know, their graph is going up. You
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: got a couple of veteran guys, you know, Ted Carris
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: and Orlando Brown that know what they're doing. They've played
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: a million snaps. They played every defensive front that you
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: can play, every that you can imagine, every defensive front
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: known to man, probably. But these other guys, these other
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: young guys, they're you know, they're trying to learn and
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: on the job training can be tough, you know, particularly
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: if you lose them every game, so you don't get
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: a reward, you don't get Okay, yeah, boy, you guys,
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: you got really did a great job. And here's what
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: you got. You got a victory out of it. That
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: hasn't really happened to them all that often. So I
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: think to get a win like this, and and to
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: win it as convincingly as they did, I think says
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: a lot.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: We've got an enjoyable flight to look forward to.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: About that, Let's pack him and zip them and get airborne.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: Up next, a home game against the Arizona Cardinals, who
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: felled at three and twelve after losing it home to
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Atlanta on Sunday. Cincinnati opens as a six point favorite.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: That's a wrap on the Miami game. Up next, it's
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: time for this week's Fun Facts Conversation, where you get
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: to know the person under the pads. Time for some
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: fun facts with linebacker and special Teams stand out Joe
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Giles Harris. I know you played football in Montvale, New Jersey,
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: which isn't too far from New York City. Where exactly
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: did you live growing up?
• 26:37
  Speaker 10: I lived in New York growing up, So it's about
• 26:39
  Speaker 10: fifteen minute rod right outside of all right out soide
• 26:42
  Speaker 10: of New Jersey.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Do you consider yourself a New York City guy, a
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: Jersey guy? How would you label yourself just.
• 26:48
  Speaker 10: In New York and not New York City, not New
• 26:50
  Speaker 10: Jersey guy. I love everyone I'm from New York. I
• 26:53
  Speaker 10: love that about myself. I love the energy in New York.
• 26:56
  Speaker 10: I love New York. I love everything that it revives
• 26:58
  Speaker 10: and what it's about. So I tell everybody I'm from
• 27:01
  Speaker 10: New York. Joe, what sports did you play growing up?
• 27:03
  Speaker 10: And when did you know that football would ultimately be
• 27:06
  Speaker 10: your path forward? So growing up we played everything, and
• 27:10
  Speaker 10: then when I got to the high school, I played football, basketball,
• 27:11
  Speaker 10: in lacrosse. But for me, football was everything from an
• 27:15
  Speaker 10: early age. My dad coached high school football from the
• 27:17
  Speaker 10: time I was born, so I've been on a field
• 27:19
  Speaker 10: in pampers and as long as I can remember, and
• 27:22
  Speaker 10: it's the only thing I ever wanted to do. My
• 27:24
  Speaker 10: mom jokes and will tell stories, so I told her
• 27:26
  Speaker 10: that I wasn't going to college state classes. I was
• 27:28
  Speaker 10: going there for chalk talk and film prep and things
• 27:30
  Speaker 10: like that. That's what I was gonna do in college.
• 27:32
  Speaker 10: So being able to be here now. It's a blessing,
• 27:34
  Speaker 10: but I pretty much knew football was my path all.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: You played college football at Duke, which means you were
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: probably a very good student in high school. Was that
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: important in your family. Absolutely.
• 27:46
  Speaker 10: My mom and my grandmother were both teachers, so that
• 27:50
  Speaker 10: was pushed on us big from the early from early on,
• 27:52
  Speaker 10: and when it came to it, it's like, well why not,
• 27:55
  Speaker 10: do you know, It's the best of both worlds. I
• 27:57
  Speaker 10: got to play very competitive powerfil football and get one
• 28:00
  Speaker 10: of the best educations in the country, So, I mean,
• 28:03
  Speaker 10: it was a win win for me.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: Coach k was the basketball coach throughout your tenure at Duke.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Did you interact, Oh, I mean we saw him a
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: couple of times.
• 28:11
  Speaker 10: I wouldn't say I knew him personally, but there was
• 28:13
  Speaker 10: a couple of times he spoke to the football program
• 28:15
  Speaker 10: and you know, going to the games and things like that.
• 28:16
  Speaker 10: But it was definitely cool to see like a living
• 28:18
  Speaker 10: legend in person, especially his last couple of years I
• 28:20
  Speaker 10: was there, So it was pretty cool.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: While you were Duke, you were the three time winner
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: of the Vincent Ray Award, which goes to the best
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: linebacker at Duke, and Vinnie Ray, of course, is here
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: in Cincinnati played for the Bengals. He is currently the
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: team Chaplain. Have you two hit it off now that
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: you're here in Cincinnati.
• 28:37
  Speaker 10: So it's funny, you know, being at Duke for the
• 28:39
  Speaker 10: four years, that was the name I heard every day.
• 28:41
  Speaker 10: I heard Vinnie Ray would do this, Vini Ray would
• 28:43
  Speaker 10: do that, Vinie Ray wouldn't have done this, or and
• 28:45
  Speaker 10: it was back and forth. And I didn't actually meet
• 28:47
  Speaker 10: Vine until this past year, this past spring at an
• 28:51
  Speaker 10: event the NFL host over the summer, and I got
• 28:54
  Speaker 10: to meet Vinnie for the first time. And it was
• 28:55
  Speaker 10: funny because I'm like, I know so much about you,
• 28:57
  Speaker 10: but I don't know you. And since, you know, he's
• 29:00
  Speaker 10: been nothing but a blessing to me and my family,
• 29:02
  Speaker 10: and between getting settled in sincey Bible studies, meeting with
• 29:06
  Speaker 10: him one on one, you know, it's it's been really
• 29:09
  Speaker 10: cool to, you know, build that relationship. And Vinnie's a
• 29:11
  Speaker 10: New York guy who went to Duke, and I'm a
• 29:13
  Speaker 10: New York guy I went to Duke, so it kind
• 29:14
  Speaker 10: of just worked out hand in hand.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: There's a bit of a Duke connection in this locker room.
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: Beyond Vinnie Ray, Is it cool for you to have
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: so many former duke players in that Bengals locker room?
• 29:24
  Speaker 7: Absolutely?
• 29:25
  Speaker 10: I mean I got to play one year with Shaka
• 29:27
  Speaker 10: in college and he was really young. But I kept
• 29:29
  Speaker 10: in contact with Shaka through my time in the league
• 29:31
  Speaker 10: and until he got here, and you know, we talked
• 29:34
  Speaker 10: back and forth. And then it was funny last year
• 29:36
  Speaker 10: I was here for a week and I texted him
• 29:37
  Speaker 10: and I was like, hey, come to a locker and
• 29:39
  Speaker 10: he was like, what are you talking about?
• 29:40
  Speaker 7: Him was having a beer.
• 29:40
  Speaker 10: So seeing seeing him grow and things like that, it's
• 29:43
  Speaker 10: been awesome. It's a really good friend of mine. And
• 29:45
  Speaker 10: Lucas Patrick was a senior when I was a freshman,
• 29:47
  Speaker 10: so it's kind of the reverse thing, but same thing.
• 29:49
  Speaker 10: You know, it was nothing but good to me. I
• 29:51
  Speaker 10: talked to Lucas while he was in the league and
• 29:53
  Speaker 10: I was preparing to come in and I played against
• 29:55
  Speaker 10: him at least two or three times, and now being
• 29:56
  Speaker 10: on the same team, it's it's a cool full circle moment,
• 29:59
  Speaker 10: and you know, those of the relationships you built, Like
• 30:01
  Speaker 10: I'm thinking, I'll.
• 30:02
  Speaker 7: Never see this guy again.
• 30:03
  Speaker 10: He's a senior of my freshman in college and then
• 30:05
  Speaker 10: fast forward all these years and here we are again
• 30:07
  Speaker 10: in the same locker room, you know, so it's it's
• 30:08
  Speaker 10: a really cool feeling.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: We're visiting with Joe Giles Harris. You had a great
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: career at Duke, team MVP, two time first Team All
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: acc or a team captain there your final year. Did
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: you expect to get drafted and was it a big
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: disappointment when you weren't?
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: Oh?
• 30:24
  Speaker 5: I think so, I think for me.
• 30:25
  Speaker 10: You know, that's obviously for everybody, it's the ultimate goals
• 30:27
  Speaker 10: to get drafted, and when.
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: It didn't happen, you know, it hurt a little bit.
• 30:32
  Speaker 10: But I come from a competitive household and my brother
• 30:34
  Speaker 10: plays profession lacrosse and things like that, so there was
• 30:36
  Speaker 10: no sulking in the moment. It was just all right,
• 30:38
  Speaker 10: what are you gonna do to stay? What are you
• 30:39
  Speaker 10: gonna do to you know, actually make it? Because you're
• 30:42
  Speaker 10: not the first the first door is not open, so
• 30:44
  Speaker 10: you got to walk to the second door. So for me,
• 30:47
  Speaker 10: it was disappointing, but I think it also taught me
• 30:49
  Speaker 10: a lot of things about myself, and it taught me
• 30:51
  Speaker 10: that if I really wanted, I had to put in
• 30:53
  Speaker 10: that much more work to get to where I'm at,
• 30:55
  Speaker 10: and seven years later, I'm still here doing it. So uh,
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  Speaker 10: blessed for how it's gone. It started with kind of rough,
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  Speaker 10: but you know, we figured it.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: Out because of the way NFL accounting works. The roster
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: says you have two years of NFL experience, and it's
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: always annoying to me because the truth is, this is
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: your seventh NFL season, including time that you've spent on
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: practice squads. It's a good living regardless of what your
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: status is on the roster. What's been the key for
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: you to remain an NFL player for seven years?
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  Speaker 10: For me, I think it's just been simple. You know,
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  Speaker 10: show up to work every day and work. There's somebody
• 31:29
  Speaker 10: coming in and take your spot every day. There's a
• 31:31
  Speaker 10: one hundred guys who are getting tryouts every day, and
• 31:34
  Speaker 10: so what are you doing in that building to stand
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  Speaker 10: out on a consistent basis? So it's you know, I've
• 31:39
  Speaker 10: built a routine being consistent and just being vocal and
• 31:44
  Speaker 10: being a leader. And when you get your opportunity to
• 31:45
  Speaker 10: make plays, make plays. That's the league about. The more
• 31:47
  Speaker 10: plays you make, the longer you stay. The less plays
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  Speaker 10: you make, you're gonna have to find something else to do.
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  Speaker 2: I introduced you off the top as a linebacker, and
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: special teams stand out right now. Pro Football Focus has
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: you graded number eleven among all special teams players in
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: the NFL so far this year. You've had several tackles
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: and kick coverage in recent weeks. How much of special
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: team's success is all out effort and how much is
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: knowledge and technique? Well, I think you know, it's a
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: combination of both. But shout out you know, coach Darn,
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  Speaker 2: Coach Ben, and you know the guys in the unit.
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  Speaker 10: You know, I'm just the guy who's been lucky enough
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  Speaker 10: to have a couple of tackles these past few games.
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  Speaker 10: But it comes down to film study and just working hard.
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  Speaker 10: And you know, I think for a lot of guys,
• 32:28
  Speaker 10: you know, early on you can kind of look at
• 32:30
  Speaker 10: special teams as that I don't want to play special teams.
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  Speaker 10: I want to be a defensive I want to be offensive guy.
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  Speaker 10: But it's just as important. It's it's just as fun,
• 32:37
  Speaker 10: and you know, guys carve out roles doing that. So
• 32:40
  Speaker 10: for me, like I told you, just being consistent and
• 32:42
  Speaker 10: doing what I have to do to stay in a building,
• 32:44
  Speaker 10: and you know, getting the opportunity to play there, and
• 32:46
  Speaker 10: it's been nothing but good to me and kind of
• 32:48
  Speaker 10: opened my eyes a little more of special teams the world.
• 32:50
  Speaker 10: And I just thank my film studying things for being
• 32:52
  Speaker 10: able to be in the right place the right time.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe in a perfect world, you get drafted by a team,
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: you spend a decade with that team, and that your
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: NFL career. That's not been the path for you. On
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: the other hand, you've probably made hundreds of friends, and
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: the different teams you've been with, You've seen how it
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: works in different places, You've lived in different cities. Have
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: you enjoyed that part of your career.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely, I don't take any of this for granted.
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  Speaker 10: I've made nothing but great relationships, and you know, just
• 33:20
  Speaker 10: the people I've met along the way have been amazing,
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  Speaker 10: and that you know, there's people you met along the
• 33:24
  Speaker 10: way who aren't amazing, but it's just part.
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  Speaker 5: Of the process.
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  Speaker 10: But I'd say the overall knowledge I've gained just from
• 33:29
  Speaker 10: the business side of it, how the NFL works, you know,
• 33:32
  Speaker 10: what locker rooms are like, and things like that. I
• 33:34
  Speaker 10: think it's kind of really helped me, you know, stay
• 33:38
  Speaker 10: focused and stay grounded and things like that, and to
• 33:41
  Speaker 10: to really like it's been nothing but a blessing.
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  Speaker 5: Like I've loved this process. It's been hard.
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  Speaker 10: There's been days where I'm like, this is not it,
• 33:46
  Speaker 10: this is the worst thing in the world, but it's
• 33:49
  Speaker 10: you know, everything's turned the corner from me, and I'm
• 33:52
  Speaker 10: grateful for it. I came to this lead with no kids.
• 33:54
  Speaker 10: I have two kids now, two beautiful kids who have
• 33:56
  Speaker 10: now part of this process. My wife's part of the process.
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  Speaker 10: So it's been good for us. It's good in us
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  Speaker 10: a different perspective. Got to live in different areas of
• 34:02
  Speaker 10: the country, which is cool, you know, being from New York,
• 34:04
  Speaker 10: I only wanted to live in New York.
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  Speaker 5: It was good.
• 34:06
  Speaker 10: I was able to branch out and do things like that.
• 34:08
  Speaker 10: But it's been a blessing and I cherished every Every
• 34:12
  Speaker 10: place I've been at has been good for me and
• 34:14
  Speaker 10: my family, and I'm just forever grateful.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: All Right, a few wild card topics now for Joe
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Giles Harris, since you mentioned having two kids, son, daughter,
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: one of each, and what's your favorite thing about being
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: a dad?
• 34:25
  Speaker 10: My son is two years old and my daughter's one
• 34:27
  Speaker 10: year old, Blaze and Breeze, and I think my favorite
• 34:30
  Speaker 10: part of being a dad is just coming home and
• 34:31
  Speaker 10: hearing what they had to say about their day, and
• 34:33
  Speaker 10: you know what they did or what I did. And
• 34:35
  Speaker 10: my son's at the age where he understands things now
• 34:37
  Speaker 10: and wants to play football. So I get home and Dad,
• 34:39
  Speaker 10: you didn't make a tackle today, and I'm like, yeah,
• 34:41
  Speaker 10: I didn't make a tackle. Money I'm trying, So just
• 34:44
  Speaker 10: that part, but it's just coming home and you know,
• 34:46
  Speaker 10: seeing there's something more important than whatever you got going
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  Speaker 10: on that day. So I love to My daughter runs
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  Speaker 10: to me every time I come in the house, whether
• 34:55
  Speaker 10: it's because she was being bad that day or she
• 34:56
  Speaker 10: just wants to see me. It is, you know, to
• 34:58
  Speaker 10: be determined, but just seeing their face, seeing their smiles,
• 35:01
  Speaker 10: and remember there's you know, there's people counting on me
• 35:04
  Speaker 10: to be more than a football player, and I think
• 35:06
  Speaker 10: that's the best part about it.
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: You have a hyphenated last name, Giles Harris. Was that
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: always the case or did you make that choice?
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  Speaker 10: That's been always the case. My mom and my dad.
• 35:16
  Speaker 10: Neither one wanted to give up their last name. And
• 35:19
  Speaker 10: it sounds great and it's original and when you see it, you.
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  Speaker 5: Know who I am.
• 35:23
  Speaker 10: So the only people who have that last name are
• 35:26
  Speaker 10: people blood related to me. So I think, uh, I
• 35:28
  Speaker 10: think it's a blessing. It helps me stand out and
• 35:30
  Speaker 10: it's unique.
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: So I appreciate you referenced your brother, JT. Earlier, a
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: professional lacrosse player for the Denver Outlaws. He is a
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: three time All Star in the Premiere Lacrosse League.
• 35:41
  Speaker 7: Tell us a little bit about his career.
• 35:43
  Speaker 10: Oh, well, my brother has been, you know, the best
• 35:45
  Speaker 10: player at lacrosse in my opinion, And I know that
• 35:47
  Speaker 10: probably doesn't cary well because I live in the house,
• 35:49
  Speaker 10: but he's been the best lacrossselayer I've seen in a
• 35:51
  Speaker 10: long time. He plays defense, you know, he played defense
• 35:54
  Speaker 10: playing growing up, playing football and things like that, so
• 35:56
  Speaker 10: kind of translated.
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  Speaker 5: But he's had, you know, a heck of probably a
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: better career.
• 35:59
  Speaker 10: Than I've had, to be honest, he you know it,
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  Speaker 10: was a defensive player of the Year in college, All
• 36:04
  Speaker 10: American most of his time in college. I think he
• 36:06
  Speaker 10: won Defensive Player of the Year already in the PLL.
• 36:09
  Speaker 10: So he's just a study, handles his business. He approaches
• 36:12
  Speaker 10: every day cod of some of that I do, you know,
• 36:14
  Speaker 10: just attack the day mentality, and he's just a competitor,
• 36:17
  Speaker 10: like there's a fire in him and it burns and
• 36:20
  Speaker 10: he's gonna get his job none no matter what.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: Who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport?
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  Speaker 3: And why?
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  Speaker 5: My Also my favorite athletes is probably my older brother.
• 36:30
  Speaker 10: And that's funny, but you know, he was the first
• 36:33
  Speaker 10: one we watched, the first example that I got of
• 36:36
  Speaker 10: hard work and you know, dedication. My brother wasn't the
• 36:38
  Speaker 10: best athlete there was. He was a very good athletes
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  Speaker 10: All American in his college playing football Erie Pennsylvania, but
• 36:44
  Speaker 10: you know, he just set a good example for me,
• 36:46
  Speaker 10: and everything you saw was genuine. He never he didn't
• 36:49
  Speaker 10: skip reps, he wasn't skipping workouts, and he set the example.
• 36:53
  Speaker 10: So it was you either match that or you're not
• 36:55
  Speaker 10: going anywhere. So I said, my older brother.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: Is other than football. What are you good at?
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  Speaker 5: Depends on yes.
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  Speaker 10: I think I'm a pretty good basketball player myself. Basketball,
• 37:07
  Speaker 10: you know, and I like to just hang out. I'm
• 37:09
  Speaker 10: a big I love to watch movies and do things
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  Speaker 10: like that. I love history, so I like to watch
• 37:14
  Speaker 10: you know, the trivia stuff and like things like that
• 37:16
  Speaker 10: and test my brain.
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  Speaker 5: But those are pretty much small things.
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  Speaker 7: I'm good at all. Right.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: Final fun fact for Joe Giles Harris. This one's kind
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: of deep. If you could meet anyone in history, living
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: or deceased, who would that person be?
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  Speaker 10: I say, right now aft the top of my head,
• 37:33
  Speaker 10: probably Barack Obama, And I would just you know, just
• 37:36
  Speaker 10: want to pick his brain about you know, he was
• 37:38
  Speaker 10: the first black president of the United States, and you
• 37:41
  Speaker 10: know the things he went through growing up and the
• 37:43
  Speaker 10: things he went through as our president. So just to
• 37:45
  Speaker 10: kind of pick his brain and see where he's at,
• 37:47
  Speaker 10: you know, because it takes a strong person to you know,
• 37:49
  Speaker 10: lead this country, and especially when you're the first of
• 37:52
  Speaker 10: you know, a group.
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: To do that.
• 37:54
  Speaker 10: So just pick his brain and you know, just get
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  Speaker 10: to know him. I think that would be probably person
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  Speaker 10: I want to meet the most. This has been great.
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  Speaker 10: Appreciate your time. Best of look the rest of the year.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you.
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: I appreciate it.
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