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Bengals Booth Podcast: Climbing The Ladder · Bengals Booth Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hi again, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Dan Hoard, and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth Podcast,
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  Speaker 2: the Still Climbing the Ladder edition, as the Bengals play
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  Speaker 2: a near-perfect second half to blow out the Ravens in
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore 35-13. Coming up, radio replays, locker room comments, and
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  Speaker 2: postgame analysis from former UC quarterback Tony Pike. Then, in
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  Speaker 2: by subscribing wherever you're you get your podcasts. It's the
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  Speaker 2: greatest thing since University of Cincinnati Hall of Famer Bob Huggins.
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  Speaker 2: Bob Huggins is the winningest coach in Cincinnati Bearcats history
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  Speaker 2: and took the team to 14 straight trips to the
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  Speaker 2: NCAA tournament, including a Final Four appearance in 1992. If
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  Speaker 2: Kenyon Martin hadn't broken his leg when UC was ranked
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  Speaker 2: number one in the country just before March Madness in 2000,
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  Speaker 2: there's little doubt in my mind that Huggins is would
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  Speaker 2: have won a national championship. His Cincinnati tenure ended with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of bitterness on both sides. Thankfully, those hard
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  Speaker 2: feelings have faded, and last Friday night, it was my
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  Speaker 2: honor to help induct Coach Huggs into the UC Hall
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  Speaker 2: of Fame. Many of his greatest players, like Kenyon Martin,
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  Speaker 2: Nick Van Exel, and Steve Logan, were there for the celebration,
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  Speaker 2: and the genuine love that his former players have for
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  Speaker 2: him is unmistakable. Together, They made Cincinnati basketball the most
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  Speaker 2: intimidating program in the country during the Huggins era. Now,
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  Speaker 2: time for radio replays from Sunday's incredible win in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 2: For the first time in five years, the Bengals can
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  Speaker 2: see the sun here in Baltimore. After four straight primetime assignments,
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  Speaker 2: the last three on Thursday night, the Bengals not only
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  Speaker 2: get to face the Ravens at one o'clock in the afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: they will face them without Lamar Jackson. And it is
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  Speaker 2: time for the pigskin to fly at M & T
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  Speaker 2: Bank Stadium. With Lamar Jackson out, Tyler Huntley started in
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  Speaker 2: his place and he helped the Ravens jump out to
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  Speaker 2: an early lead. Huntley throws a screen out to the right,
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  Speaker 2: Zay Flowers running to the 40, 35, middle of the field, 20, 15, 10, 5, touchdown!
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  Speaker 2: A screen pass to Zay Flowers up the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the field, goes for a 48-yard Baltimore touchdown. It was
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of a rough half for the Bengals as
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  Speaker 2: the Ravens held the ball for more than 22 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Huntley threw for 215 yards while Burrow was held to 43.
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  Speaker 2: About the only thing that went well for the Bengals
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  Speaker 2: was getting key stops on defense in the red zone. Twice,
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  Speaker 2: the Ravens settled for field goals after drives of 78
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  Speaker 2: and 82 yards. It was 13-0 Baltimore at the half,
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  Speaker 2: and Bengals team captain Jamar Chase... addressed his teammates in
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  Speaker 2: the locker room.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I was pretty angry coming into halftime. I didn't
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  Speaker 3: like how we played. You know what I'm saying? It
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  Speaker 3: was a lot of, we had 15 plays, maybe two
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  Speaker 3: or three possessions. And it didn't go our way at all.
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  Speaker 3: We had opportunities to get the ball out of our hands.
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  Speaker 3: Joe was getting too much pressure. And, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: came in here screaming, saying somebody got to make a
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  Speaker 3: play for us. And somebody got to make a play.
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  Speaker 3: And I told our offense, we can't look at our
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  Speaker 3: defense the whole time. We got to step this up
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  Speaker 3: and make something work.
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  Speaker 2: The Bengals got the ball to begin the second half,
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  Speaker 2: put Joe Burrow in the shotgun, and let him go
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  Speaker 2: to work. He was six for six on the first drive.
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  Speaker 1: Of the third quarter.
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  Speaker 4: First and goal from the six.
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  Speaker 2: Burrow stomps the right foot, catches the shotgun snap, throws for.
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  Speaker 4: The end zone, it is caught for the touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Mike Gesicki, who has been a tremendous red zone weapon
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  Speaker 2: for Cincinnati this season, he ran toward the back pylon,
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  Speaker 2: Burrow threw it before he made his cut, and Gesicki
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  Speaker 2: held on for the Cincinnati touchdown. Just like that, the
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  Speaker 2: Bengals were only down by six. The defense promptly forced
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  Speaker 2: a three and out. Dante Myers provided great field position
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  Speaker 2: with a 31-yard punt return. And six plays later, Burrow
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  Speaker 2: struck again. The Bengals try to take the lead in
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  Speaker 2: the third quarter. Burrow will throw. His pass into the
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  Speaker 2: end zone. Caught by T.
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  Speaker 4: Higgins, who celebrates in the back of the end zone.
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  Speaker 2: That's tied the game. And a PAT could put Cincinnati ahead.
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  Speaker 2: The PAT by Money Mac made it 14-13 going to
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  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. But the Ravens were in position to
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  Speaker 2: retake the lead. It was fourth and two at the 12th.
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  Speaker 2: when Baltimore passed on a chip-shot field goal and elected
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  Speaker 2: to go for it. Two receivers out to each side
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  Speaker 2: of the formation. They snap it. Huntley looking to throw. Passes,
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  Speaker 2: and it's broken up. DJ Ivy got his hands on
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  Speaker 2: the football, and the decision to go for it is
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  Speaker 2: a costly one for the Ravens. They could have had
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  Speaker 2: the lead with a field goal, and the Bengals broke
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  Speaker 2: up that fourth down throw. The Bengals took over at
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  Speaker 2: their own 12 and went 88 yards on six plays.
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  Speaker 2: Half of the yards coming on a 44-yard bomb. to
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  Speaker 2: Tee Higgins that set up this score. First and goal
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  Speaker 2: from the one. Samadjay Pirine checks in at running back.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody bunched in tight for Cincinnati. The Bengals trying to
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  Speaker 2: add to their one point fourth quarter lead.
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  Speaker 4: Endries goes in motion. It's a handoff. Pirine into the
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  Speaker 4: end zone. Touchdown. Bengals.
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  Speaker 2: They've scored a touchdown on all three second half drives
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  Speaker 2: after being shut out in the first half. And they've
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  Speaker 2: taken a 20 to 13 lead. It was 21-13, and
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  Speaker 2: after another Baltimore punt, the Bengals opened their next drive
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  Speaker 2: with a 30-yard pass to Jamar Chase and a 43-yard
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  Speaker 2: pass to T. Higgins for Burrow. It was like taking
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  Speaker 2: candy from a baby. Burrow stomps the right foot. He's
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  Speaker 2: ready for the shotgun snap. He's back to throw. He
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  Speaker 2: passes into the end zone. Jamar Chase near the back
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  Speaker 2: right pylon for the Bengals' fourth second-half touchdown. They are
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  Speaker 2: up by a 27-13 score, pending.
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  Speaker 4: The extra point.
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  Speaker 2: The Ravens still had a chance, down by 15 midway
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  Speaker 2: through the fourth quarter. But on the first play of
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore's next drive, Barrett Carter tipped a pass that was
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  Speaker 2: intercepted by his tag team partner, Demetrius Knight, giving the
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  Speaker 2: Bengals a short field. Burrow with a long count. Fakes
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  Speaker 2: the handoff. Drops back. Short pass.
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  Speaker 4: Caught by a wide-open Drew Sample. Heading for the end zone.
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  Speaker 4: Touchdown Bengals.
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  Speaker 2: There is a penalty flag on the near side of
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  Speaker 2: the field. Hits on Baltimore. The touchdown will stand. And
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  Speaker 2: that is coffin nails.
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  Speaker 4: Bam, bam, bam.
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  Speaker 2: The final score, Cincinnati 35, Baltimore 13. After going 6-for-12
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  Speaker 2: for 43 yards in the first half, Burrow was 16
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  Speaker 2: for 18 for 249 yards and four touchdowns in the
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  Speaker 2: second half. That's a perfect passer rating of 158.3. In
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  Speaker 2: the last two games, Burrow's thrown eight touchdown passes.
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  Speaker 1: With no picks. I spoke to Joe after the game.
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  Speaker 2: Joe, that second half was incredible. You had a perfect
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  Speaker 2: passer rating. Did we see in the second half what
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  Speaker 2: this team can be from top to bottom?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's what we got to do. We still didn't
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  Speaker 5: play a complete game. There's a lot of room to improve.
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  Speaker 5: 15 plays in the first half, that's never going to
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  Speaker 5: cut it. But we came out in the second half.
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  Speaker 5: We called it a great second half. We made plays.
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  Speaker 5: We made a lot of plays. Defense made plays.
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  Speaker 1: Tee, Jamar.
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  Speaker 5: You know, Chase Brown, everybody was making plays for him.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like in the second half we saw what
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  Speaker 2: you do better than any other quarterback in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: mostly in the shotgun, finding the open man, getting rid
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  Speaker 2: of it quickly, and just marching the team down the field.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to find it now.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to find it.
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  Speaker 5: You know, you let me draw back, and like you said,
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  Speaker 5: that's what I do best. What I worked so hard
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  Speaker 5: to do, and when it's time to do that, that's
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  Speaker 5: when I come alive.
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  Speaker 1: What about the protection in the second half?
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  Speaker 2: It seemed extraordinarily good.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it was unbelievable. Those guys played great all day.
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  Speaker 5: Can't give those guys enough credit for that. Obviously, Jamar, Tee, me,
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  Speaker 5: we get a lot of the attention, but none of
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  Speaker 5: that happens unless those guys battle it out every Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Joe, you know that fans and media love to be
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  Speaker 2: flies on the wall. Can you tell us what halftime
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  Speaker 2: was like as poorly as the first half went for
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  Speaker 2: the team?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it was intense. It was intense. We knew we
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  Speaker 5: had to come out and do something special in the
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  Speaker 5: second half to go and make it happen. That's exactly
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  Speaker 5: what we did.
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  Speaker 2: Tee Higgins, two catches of 40-plus. Jamar with a catch
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  Speaker 2: for 30-plus when he made a man miss and streaked
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  Speaker 2: down the field. Those two guys, they just continue to
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  Speaker 2: amaze consistently. What's it been like for you to have
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  Speaker 2: those two weapons by your side?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you've got to give those guys as many opportunities
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  Speaker 5: as you can.
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  Speaker 2: If you go into a.
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  Speaker 5: Game and those guys don't have 20 targets between them,
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  Speaker 5: then you're doing something wrong, so... you've got to keep
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  Speaker 5: figuring out ways to get those guys involved.
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  Speaker 1: That was a fun second half to watch. Congratulations on
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  Speaker 1: a great performance and a big win.
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  Speaker 5: Thanks, Dan.
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  Speaker 2: Burrow was pressured in the first half, especially when the
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  Speaker 2: Bengals tried to run plays with him under center. But
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  Speaker 2: operating almost exclusively out of the shotgun in the second half,
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  Speaker 2: Joe was barely touched. Baltimore finished with one sack, and
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  Speaker 2: six quarterback hits. Here's center, Ted Karras. Did you guys
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  Speaker 2: show what this team can be offensively, defensively, special teams
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  Speaker 2: in that second half?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, we only played 15 plays in the
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  Speaker 6: first half, so we had to get our defensive break,
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  Speaker 6: and Mims said it best. Offense went unconscious, scored five
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  Speaker 6: straight touchdowns in the second half to win this game.
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  Speaker 7: On the road in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 8: Getting some old friends, old rivals.
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  Speaker 6: It's always going to be a grinder. It's never going
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  Speaker 6: to be easy in Baltimore, so got her done.
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  Speaker 2: Joe Burrow, 16 for 18 in the second half, perfect
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  Speaker 2: passer rating, four TDs, and not pressured. Talk about the
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  Speaker 2: job you guys did to give him time in the
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  Speaker 2: second half.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I thought the first half was okay, but, I mean, gosh,
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  Speaker 6: the sample size was 15 plays. So we gave up
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  Speaker 6: a cheap sack in the two-minute. So I'm proud of
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  Speaker 6: these guys. The way we came out, I mean, it
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  Speaker 6: was kind of a bleak halftime. Zero points, 15 plays.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go, boys.
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  Speaker 6: And the men responded well.
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  Speaker 1: Just spoke to Joe Burrow. He said it was intense
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  Speaker 1: in here at halftime. How would you describe it?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, no, Jamar was yelling at everyone.
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  Speaker 1: So it was very intense.
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  Speaker 6: And everyone felt the pressure of what this game means,
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  Speaker 6: and we didn't really do anything in the first half.
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  Speaker 6: So we came out, and I think everyone took a
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  Speaker 6: deep breath and scored five TDs straight to win.
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  Speaker 1: It was a road win in the AFC North, almost
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  Speaker 1: like a win and a half.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know, almost two wins, but it's not really.
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  Speaker 4: But it feels good.
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  Speaker 6: But I don't have to come back to Baltimore this year,
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  Speaker 6: so I was glad to see.
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  Speaker 1: The sun out in Baltimore.
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  Speaker 7: I've never seen it.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a lively city. Yeah, that thing above
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  Speaker 1: the stadium with the sun, those other things were fine.
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  Speaker 6: I've never seen the sun pattern at M & T Bank,
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  Speaker 6: so it was interesting to see.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously the offense was tremendous after halftime, but so was
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  Speaker 2: the defense. How did the entire team turn it around
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  Speaker 2: to that extent?
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  Speaker 6: I think everyone just, like I said, took a deep breath,
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  Speaker 6: Looked inward for a second.
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  Speaker 1: What are we doing?
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  Speaker 6: We got to go out here and win, and we
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  Speaker 6: got it done.
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  Speaker 1: Congrats on a great win.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks. The defense gave up a bunch of yards in
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  Speaker 2: the first half, especially on short passes to Zae Flowers.
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  Speaker 2: But Cincinnati tightened things up in the second half and
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  Speaker 2: only allowed 13 points in the game. The result? Back-to-back
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  Speaker 2: road wins, a 4-2 record, and a 1-1 mark in
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  Speaker 2: the AFC North. Here's my one-on-one conversation with Zach Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: An extraordinary second half, offensively, defensively, and special teams. Did
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  Speaker 2: we see what this team is capable of?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I think getting five straight stops in the second half,
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  Speaker 9: scoring five straight touchdowns, couldn't have been prouder of how
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  Speaker 9: these guys responded at halftime. On the road, big divisional game,
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  Speaker 9: great team on the other side. To be 13-0 at
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  Speaker 9: half and come out and play the way we did,
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  Speaker 9: now we just got to capitalize on them going forward.
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  Speaker 2: Joe Burrow said it was intense in here at halftime.
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  Speaker 2: Ted Karras shared that Jamar Chase had some things to say.
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  Speaker 2: Give us your perspective on that.
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  Speaker 9: That's what great leaders do. They challenge everybody. They challenge themselves.
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  Speaker 9: They challenge everybody else. We've got to pick it up.
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  Speaker 9: This isn't how we play. We've got to create some
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  Speaker 9: opportunities for ourselves and step up and make plays. That
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  Speaker 9: was specifically what I remember him saying. We've got to
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  Speaker 9: make some plays. And guys made plays in the second
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  Speaker 9: half and couldn't have been prouder of them.
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  Speaker 2: In the second half, Joe did what he arguably does
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  Speaker 2: better than any quarterback in the NFL. You put him
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  Speaker 2: in the gun, let him scan the field, find the
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  Speaker 2: open target, and deliver strikes.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, he was unbelievable, and the protection was unbelievable. The
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  Speaker 9: receivers had a belief that if they just create a
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  Speaker 9: bit of separation, they were going to get the ball
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  Speaker 9: for big plays, and he was as sharp as he's
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  Speaker 9: ever been, and that was great to see.
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  Speaker 2: As poorly as the defense struggled in some ways in
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  Speaker 2: the first half, you only gave up 13. They got
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  Speaker 2: some key stops leading to field goals instead of touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: How significant was that?
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  Speaker 9: Really significant. I mean, they had about a nine-minute drive
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  Speaker 9: in the half. And it's deflating when you're not taking
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  Speaker 9: any snaps on offense and they're converting third downs. But
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  Speaker 9: to just bear down and hold them to three and
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  Speaker 9: not be down 17-0 at the half and be down 13-0.
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  Speaker 9: Now we go out and score the first drive of
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  Speaker 9: the second half. It's a one-possession game. So that made
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  Speaker 9: a big difference, and they did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: First play of the fourth quarter, you've got a one-point lead.
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  Speaker 2: They went for it on fourth and two at the 12.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to stop. I mean, if you have to
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  Speaker 2: pick out one play in the game, that's probably the
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  Speaker 2: most significant play.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, I appreciate you reminding me of that. You know,
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  Speaker 9: there's so many things that happen in that game, you
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  Speaker 9: kind of lose track of where it turned right there.
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  Speaker 9: And for them to get that stop and us get
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  Speaker 9: the ball back and march down and score really is
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  Speaker 9: a way that you put away a game.
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  Speaker 2: There's always an interesting vibe in the locker room after wins.
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  Speaker 2: This is completely different from Miami where the guys were
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  Speaker 2: happy they won but didn't think it was good enough.
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  Speaker 2: Today it feels like we've shown what we can be.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, this is one that's worth a celebration in the
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  Speaker 9: locker room, and then we'll quickly turn the page, get
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  Speaker 9: back in front of our own fans, and capitalize on
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  Speaker 9: this momentum.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats on the win.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks, Dan.
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  Speaker 2: The Steelers beat the 2-5 Saints, and the Browns beat
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  Speaker 2: the 1-6 Titans, two teams that the Bengals still get
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  Speaker 2: to play at home. Pittsburgh and Cleveland are now tied
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  Speaker 2: for first in the division at 5-2. The Bengals are
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  Speaker 2: a half game back at 4-2, and Baltimore is 4-3 now.
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  Speaker 2: Time for postgame analysis with Tony Pike. Tony Pike, we
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  Speaker 2: had one heck of a weekend. Cincinnati upsetting Texas Tech
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday and the Bengals scoring 35 unanswered points to
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: thump the Ravens on their home field on Sunday. Let's
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  Speaker 2: talk about Joe Burrow. You played the position. You have
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  Speaker 2: the utmost appreciation for the guys who play it so well.
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  Speaker 8: How would you describe Joe Burrow in the second half?
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  Speaker 8: As good as you can be in the National Football League.
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  Speaker 6: Elite.
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  Speaker 8: And it came off a first half where he was uncomfortable.
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  Speaker 8: He looked uneasy at times in the pocket, a lot
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  Speaker 8: of pressure early at his feet. They showed up to protection.
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  Speaker 8: And one thing I think that changes about this rendition
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  Speaker 8: of the Bengals, as a quarterback, you don't press. They
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  Speaker 8: struggled the first half, and it was only 13-0. In
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  Speaker 8: previous years, that might be 21 or 24-0. As a quarterback,
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  Speaker 8: you don't have to press as much. You know, okay,
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  Speaker 8: you've got time to figure this out coming out of
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  Speaker 8: a bye. They did just that. But his reads, his
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  Speaker 8: ball placement, his timing, everything in the second half was
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  Speaker 8: playing at the level that no other quarterback in the
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  Speaker 8: league can play at.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: The Bengals did what they've done best in the Borough
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: era in the second half, put him in the shotgun
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: and let him pick the Ravens apart. At this point,
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: do they really need much out of an under center approach?
• 16:42
  Speaker 8: I don't think so. I understand the directional running and
• 16:46
  Speaker 8: the stretch that it gives you. I think they could
• 16:48
  Speaker 8: operate almost out of more pistol looks if they want
• 16:51
  Speaker 8: because that's going to keep Joe in the shotgun. It's
• 16:53
  Speaker 8: clearly where he's comfortable. The footwork just doesn't match at
• 16:56
  Speaker 8: times under center. It looks clunky. It looks rushed. The
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: pocket movement isn't as elite. When he's in the gun,
• 17:03
  Speaker 8: he knows what the defense is doing. He knows where
• 17:05
  Speaker 8: they're at, especially against a defense like Baltimore. Kyle Hamilton
• 17:08
  Speaker 8: lines up in 30,000 different places. When he's in the gun,
• 17:12
  Speaker 8: I think he has a better understanding. Okay, where's he at?
• 17:15
  Speaker 8: Where am I setting my protection?
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: You see everything.
• 17:17
  Speaker 8: And then he's just diabolical the way he picks a
• 17:19
  Speaker 8: part of defense.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: When the third quarter began on the radio, you made
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: the point that the Ravens had already had two games
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: this year where they were up by double digits and lost.
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: When the Bengals scored.
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: On their opening drive of the third quarter, do you
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: think that thought was in the back of the Baltimore players' heads?
• 17:36
  Speaker 8: It has to be. And then surely when the Bengals
• 17:39
  Speaker 8: go score again and take the lead, and I think
• 17:41
  Speaker 8: one of the more pivotal moments in the game, Baltimore
• 17:44
  Speaker 8: goes for it on fourth down. When they're in field
• 17:46
  Speaker 8: goal range, the defense stands, which they did all afternoon.
• 17:49
  Speaker 8: I think at that point, it almost felt like a
• 17:51
  Speaker 8: free-for-all for the Bengals. It's sharks in the water smelling
• 17:55
  Speaker 8: blood on offense. And they played with a chip. T
• 17:58
  Speaker 8: had a chip. Jamar had a chip. The offensive line,
• 18:02
  Speaker 8: they didn't run it as effectively, but they got enough
• 18:04
  Speaker 8: out of the run game in the second half. I
• 18:06
  Speaker 8: just thought, overall, one of the most complimentary games we've
• 18:10
  Speaker 8: seen from offense, defense, and special teams together.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: At halftime, I think we said on the air, it's 13-0.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: It feels like it could have been much worse. Do
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: you think that's how the Bengals felt?
• 18:23
  Speaker 8: I think so. But I also think in talking to
• 18:27
  Speaker 8: guys after the game, there didn't seem to be a
• 18:29
  Speaker 8: sense of panic at the half where it could have
• 18:32
  Speaker 8: been that much worse. Offense, you know at some point
• 18:35
  Speaker 8: they're going to find their rhythm. And maybe coming out
• 18:37
  Speaker 8: of an early bye, which we talked about the early
• 18:39
  Speaker 8: bye a lot, it just took a little bit more time.
• 18:41
  Speaker 8: And that's not to take away what Baltimore was able
• 18:43
  Speaker 8: to do to create some confusion. But again, the ability
• 18:47
  Speaker 8: of the defense this year to get stops when the
• 18:50
  Speaker 8: offense isn't clicking and not able to run a ton
• 18:53
  Speaker 8: of plays, I think that just bodes so well for
• 18:56
  Speaker 8: confidence in a game that you don't have to panic.
• 18:59
  Speaker 8: And with the firepower that they have offensively, you know
• 19:02
  Speaker 8: you're two series away from being back in the game.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Did you see major strategical changes on defense in the
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: second half, or did they just play better?
• 19:12
  Speaker 8: I thought they pressured more. I thought Tyler Huntley was
• 19:15
  Speaker 8: made to feel more uncomfortable. And there wasn't just the
• 19:18
  Speaker 8: easy access throws.
• 19:19
  Speaker 7: Over the middle.
• 19:19
  Speaker 8: A lot of times in the second half, multiple throws,
• 19:22
  Speaker 8: they made him push the ball down the field. And
• 19:24
  Speaker 8: while there were opportunities there, Tyler Huntley is just not
• 19:27
  Speaker 8: a starting quarterback in the NFL for a reason. So
• 19:30
  Speaker 8: things were made a little easier in the first half.
• 19:32
  Speaker 8: It was bend but don't break. Don't do anything to
• 19:34
  Speaker 8: give up the explosive. In the second half, they turned
• 19:37
  Speaker 8: up the pressure a little bit. They turned up the heat.
• 19:39
  Speaker 8: And when you do that and you win on the
• 19:40
  Speaker 8: early downs, All of a sudden, Boye Mafe, Dexter Lawrence,
• 19:44
  Speaker 8: Cassius Howe, those front guys that you have start to
• 19:47
  Speaker 8: wreak havoc on a game.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: I'm so impressed by Boye.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Mafe.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: He seems to never get fooled. Even when he doesn't
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: make the play, he's not going in the wrong direction.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: He reads things exceptionally well.
• 19:58
  Speaker 8: Very rarely do you see him on the play action
• 20:00
  Speaker 8: where he loses contain, right, where he's trying to bust
• 20:03
  Speaker 8: down the line to get the running back. He knows
• 20:06
  Speaker 8: exactly what his role and responsibility is. And against a
• 20:09
  Speaker 8: quarterback like Tyler Huntley, there was only a couple times
• 20:11
  Speaker 8: today where he was able to get out of the pocket.
• 20:14
  Speaker 8: The understanding of Boye Mafia, my job is, yes, to
• 20:18
  Speaker 8: bring down the quarterback, but if I can't bring him down,
• 20:20
  Speaker 8: I have to make him go back inside. That's where
• 20:23
  Speaker 8: Dexter Lawrence and Jonathan Allen and B.J. Hill and company
• 20:25
  Speaker 8: are waiting. When you get edge contained and you lose it,
• 20:28
  Speaker 8: it creates problems in the National Football League. He's just
• 20:31
  Speaker 8: such a bright mind. The mentality is there and also
• 20:34
  Speaker 8: the physicality. He's got all the tools that you want.
• 20:36
  Speaker 8: In the first half, one target, no catches for Tee Higgins.
• 20:40
  Speaker 8: In the second half, six catches for 148 yards and
• 20:44
  Speaker 8: a touchdown. That's arguably one of the best halves we've
• 20:48
  Speaker 8: seen a Bengals wide receiver have.
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: Incredible.
• 20:51
  Speaker 8: And what I like the most is there was a
• 20:52
  Speaker 8: shot on the TV in the end of the first half,
• 20:56
  Speaker 8: and Tee and Jamar are sitting there. They're not complaining.
• 20:59
  Speaker 8: They're not going at each other. They're not going at teammates.
• 21:02
  Speaker 8: They're calm, talking to each other, talking to their wide
• 21:05
  Speaker 8: receiver coach. and then they come out in the second half.
• 21:08
  Speaker 8: What I love the most is he makes the most
• 21:10
  Speaker 8: of every opportunity he gets. There are no wasted passes
• 21:14
  Speaker 8: that go to Tee Higgins. The deep cross over the middle,
• 21:17
  Speaker 8: he took the ball away from a defender. The deep
• 21:20
  Speaker 8: shots down the field, any time, we've said it so long,
• 21:23
  Speaker 8: if it's one-on-one and it's Tee or Jamar, take those opportunities.
• 21:26
  Speaker 8: Joe's so great at ball placement, but his catch radius,
• 21:30
  Speaker 8: to know that if I put it in the direction
• 21:31
  Speaker 8: and the vicinity of Tee Higgins, good things are going
• 21:34
  Speaker 8: to happen.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: The Bengals have won two games in a row with
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: a bye in between. We've obviously been in the locker
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: room after each of those wins. It could not feel
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: more different. After the Miami win, the vibe was, yeah,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: this was good enough against Miami. It might not have
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: been good enough against any other team. Today, the feeling is,
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: this is the team we can be.
• 21:55
  Speaker 8: I thought the winner of today's game is the leader
• 21:57
  Speaker 8: in the clubhouse in the AFC North going forward. So
• 22:00
  Speaker 8: you got that under your belt. And then the other
• 22:03
  Speaker 8: side of it, The confidence. I asked Ted Karras after
• 22:05
  Speaker 8: the game about what a half does like that to
• 22:07
  Speaker 8: you mentally. This team's a Super Bowl legitimate contender when
• 22:11
  Speaker 8: they play that brand of football. They could go against
• 22:13
  Speaker 8: anyone in the National Football League. And as a player,
• 22:16
  Speaker 8: when you see that all come together, Ryan Rico, the
• 22:19
  Speaker 8: day he had, what Evan McPherson has done this year,
• 22:22
  Speaker 8: the stops the defense got, and then the offensive explosion,
• 22:26
  Speaker 8: I think there's a confidence growing in this locker room of, okay,
• 22:28
  Speaker 8: we know who we can be when we're at our best.
• 22:31
  Speaker 8: And too many times in those first five, they weren't
• 22:33
  Speaker 8: at their best. Second half, they were at their best,
• 22:35
  Speaker 8: and that's a best that can beat anyone in the league.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: The Trey Hendrickson revenge game, not so much for the
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: former Bengal.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: Quiet, no tackles, no sacks.
• 22:46
  Speaker 8: He was credited with two quarterback hits. In the game,
• 22:50
  Speaker 8: it's a credit to the offensive line because you know
• 22:52
  Speaker 8: there was no other game on the schedule that Trey
• 22:54
  Speaker 8: Hendrickson wanted to have more of an impact than this one.
• 22:58
  Speaker 8: And the offensive line, I think, took that personal. And
• 23:01
  Speaker 8: there wasn't a lot of chipping. There wasn't a ton
• 23:02
  Speaker 8: of double teaming. It was one-on-one. Orlando Brown Jr., Amarius Mims,
• 23:06
  Speaker 8: they stood up to the task. I know there's a
• 23:09
  Speaker 8: second round of this coming later in the year, but
• 23:11
  Speaker 8: for round one, it goes to the offensive line of
• 23:14
  Speaker 8: the Bengals, and they completely neutralized Trey Hendrickson.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Best win of the year for Cincinnati. The Bengals improved
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: to 4-2. Back-to-back road wins. We look forward to being
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: back home next week. Tennessee Titans coming into town. Young team,
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: playing with more confidence. The week before, they got their.
• 23:31
  Speaker 8: First win of the season, so it's always dangerous with
• 23:34
  Speaker 8: a team like that. You cannot sleepwalk through the first
• 23:37
  Speaker 8: half like we saw today, but I think this win
• 23:40
  Speaker 8: carries a ton of momentum for this team going forward.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: So the Bengals host the one in six Titans next
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: Sunday at one o'clock. Bob Trumpy and James Brooks will
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: be inducted into the Bengals ring of honor at halftime.
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• 24:16
  Speaker 2: weeks ago in the Miami game, linebacker Swayze Bozeman suffered
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: a broken forearm that required surgery. But he's not wearing
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: a cast and thinks he could be able to return
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: in as little as four weeks. In this week's Fun
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Facts segment, we meet the person under the pads. Time
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: for some Fun Facts with linebacker Swayze Bozeman from Flora, Mississippi,
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: not far from Jackson. Describe your hometown and what you
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: love about it.
• 24:44
  Speaker 7: Well, it's an everybody-knows-everybody type town, about 2,000 people there.
• 24:49
  Speaker 7: It's a real tight quarter, small town. Friday night lights
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: is what it's all about. Every time, you know, those
• 24:57
  Speaker 7: lights come on, the whole town shuts down, kind of
• 24:59
  Speaker 7: like a movie. So it's a real tight-knit community. Everyone
• 25:02
  Speaker 7: loves each other. I mean, it's just– it was a
• 25:04
  Speaker 7: blessing to grow up there. It was small and not
• 25:06
  Speaker 7: easy to get recruited, but– I mean, I love that community.
• 25:09
  Speaker 7: I love that town. I just want to do everything
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: I can to give back to them, for sure.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: How many students in your high school class and how
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: many players on the football team?
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: I graduated with 28 people, and we had about 30
• 25:20
  Speaker 7: on the football team. The whole school from K-3 through
• 25:23
  Speaker 7: 12th grade had about 350, 375 students, so very small.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: You helped lead your team to two state championship games.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Did you have scholarship offers coming out of Flora?
• 25:35
  Speaker 7: Out of high school, I had two offers. They both
• 25:37
  Speaker 7: were junior college. It was Capone Lincoln Community College, which
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: is where I went, and the other one was Southwest
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: Mississippi Community College.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: So I heard you in an interview say once that
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: you go to JUCO to get out of JUCO, but
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: I'm sure you made a lot of friends there. Describe
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: your two years.
• 25:54
  Speaker 7: It was incredible, to be honest. It was way better
• 25:56
  Speaker 7: than I expected. My best friends to this day went
• 26:01
  Speaker 7: to JUCO there. I was in Both of their weddings,
• 26:03
  Speaker 7: they were in my wedding. And then there's just a
• 26:07
  Speaker 7: special bond with the guys that go to JUCO. So,
• 26:09
  Speaker 7: like I said, you go to JUCO to get out
• 26:11
  Speaker 7: of JUCO. So when you leave JUCO and you go
• 26:13
  Speaker 7: to your new team and then you find guys that
• 26:15
  Speaker 7: also went JUCO that went to other places, like it's
• 26:18
  Speaker 7: an immediate respect, immediate mutual bond of I know what
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: you went through, you know what I went through. And
• 26:24
  Speaker 7: so the fact that we both got out, I respect you.
• 26:27
  Speaker 7: I mean, you're going to be friends now.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: We're visiting with Swayze Bozeman. From there, it was on
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: to Southern Miss where you spent five years. How did
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: you grow as a player and a person in those
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: years in Hattiesburg?
• 26:38
  Speaker 7: Yeah, it was a long five years. The Lord definitely
• 26:40
  Speaker 7: knew what he was doing. He had a plan that
• 26:42
  Speaker 7: was a lot different than my plan. I'm probably one
• 26:44
  Speaker 7: of the few guys probably in the world that did
• 26:47
  Speaker 7: two years of JUCO and then five out of Division
• 26:49
  Speaker 7: I school, but I wouldn't change a thing. I mean,
• 26:52
  Speaker 7: it was a process of injuries, a lot of setbacks, COVID,
• 26:56
  Speaker 7: just a lot of things that went wrong, but the
• 26:58
  Speaker 7: Lord used them all to grow me into the person
• 27:00
  Speaker 7: I am today. Without those things, I probably wouldn't have
• 27:02
  Speaker 7: met my wife, wouldn't have been able to lead FCA
• 27:07
  Speaker 7: there as long as I did, and just to see
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: the growth that the Lord used through those things. And
• 27:11
  Speaker 7: then ultimately, I think without those setbacks, I don't think
• 27:14
  Speaker 7: I'm sitting here right now. I think God had a
• 27:17
  Speaker 7: plan with how my game developed mentally and physically, and
• 27:22
  Speaker 7: then to be able to, you know, stay healthy for
• 27:24
  Speaker 7: that last year and then have a pro day that
• 27:27
  Speaker 7: caught some eyes, I think, the whole process really just
• 27:31
  Speaker 7: led me to where I am now.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: After that time at Southern Miss, you signed as a
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs. You started out
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: on the practice squad, and by the end of the year,
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: you played 21 snaps in the Super Bowl against the
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Philadelphia Eagles. Does that season, does that year seem surreal now?
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: Oh yeah, it doesn't seem real at all. To go
• 27:51
  Speaker 7: from Friday Night Lights in Florida, Mississippi to the Super
• 27:55
  Speaker 7: Bowl was something that I never imagined. The goal was
• 27:58
  Speaker 7: always to play in the NFL ever since I could
• 28:01
  Speaker 7: pick up football, but the thought of actually playing in
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: the Super Bowl was never ever thought about. So the
• 28:06
  Speaker 7: fact that that happened and I actually got to play
• 28:08
  Speaker 7: and had a couple tackles and just got to experience
• 28:12
  Speaker 7: something that was even more than a dream for me
• 28:14
  Speaker 7: because just being in the league was the dream. So
• 28:16
  Speaker 7: to experience more than that really shows how good God
• 28:19
  Speaker 7: is and just how incredible his story is.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: I broadcast Bengals games with a former offensive lineman named
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: Dave Lapham, who played in the Bengals' first Super Bowl game.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: And he says when he ran out of the tunnel,
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: he felt like he could have lifted the stadium. Did
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: you have a similar adrenaline rush?
• 28:36
  Speaker 7: Yeah, the adrenaline rush was real. The crowd was wild,
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: and it was loud in there. It was New Orleans,
• 28:40
  Speaker 7: so it was a Superdome, so it was super, super loud.
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: But then when the ball was kicked off, it turned
• 28:44
  Speaker 7: into football, which is– Kind of weird to say, but
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: it's what it was. It was just football. And that
• 28:50
  Speaker 7: was kind of what I had to remind myself. It's
• 28:52
  Speaker 7: the same game I've been playing since I was in
• 28:54
  Speaker 7: fourth grade, really second grade. My dad was the coach.
• 28:57
  Speaker 7: I got to play a little early. But yeah, it
• 28:59
  Speaker 7: was the same game that I've been playing for all
• 29:00
  Speaker 7: those years. And so it's just bigger people, better competition,
• 29:04
  Speaker 7: bigger stage, but it's still the same game.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: So after playing for Kansas City a couple of years ago,
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: you were with the New York Giants last year. What
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: was it like for you being from a town with
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: fewer than 2,000 people to live and work basically right
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: next to the Big Apple.
• 29:20
  Speaker 7: Yeah, that was crazy. We were in Kansas City. We
• 29:23
  Speaker 7: lived downtown, so it was city life that we've never
• 29:26
  Speaker 7: experienced before, but then moving to New York or New Jersey,
• 29:30
  Speaker 7: that was a different animal. To look across the Hudson
• 29:33
  Speaker 7: and see all the skyscrapers and be able to go
• 29:35
  Speaker 7: over there and just experience that type of living was
• 29:38
  Speaker 7: really fun. Not anywhere I want to move permanently, but
• 29:41
  Speaker 7: it was a cool relocation, a cool experience to be
• 29:45
  Speaker 7: able to have that with my wife and I and
• 29:47
  Speaker 7: then be able to have our baby there, which where
• 29:50
  Speaker 7: we had the baby was exactly where we needed to.
• 29:52
  Speaker 7: I mean, it was just a really cool experience and
• 29:54
  Speaker 7: just a cool way to see how things were moving
• 29:57
  Speaker 7: throughout the planet.
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: Did you and your wife take advantage of some of
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: the things that New York City offers, Broadway, fancy restaurants,
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: et cetera?
• 30:05
  Speaker 7: We wish we'd have got to go to a show.
• 30:07
  Speaker 7: We never did that, but we did take advantage of
• 30:09
  Speaker 7: the restaurants. There were a lot of really good places
• 30:11
  Speaker 7: to eat over there, and we really enjoyed ourselves a
• 30:14
  Speaker 7: few times for sure.
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: All right, some wild card topics now for Bengals linebacker
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Swayze Bozeman. I know you get a ton of questions
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: about your first name. For the record, even though Dirty
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: Dancing and Roadhouse and Ghost all came out before you
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: were born, your mother did not have a crush on
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: Patrick Swayze.
• 30:32
  Speaker 7: That is correct. There's no Patrick Swayze, any type of
• 30:37
  Speaker 7: correspondence with that at all. It was a family name,
• 30:39
  Speaker 7: which I've now passed down to my son, who's named
• 30:41
  Speaker 7: Swayze Jr., so it's nothing to do with anything Patrick Swayze.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: Was your wife on board for Swayze Jr., or did
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: it take some convincing?
• 30:51
  Speaker 7: She was on the fence. She knew how much I
• 30:54
  Speaker 7: wanted it, because I've gotten a lot of attention over
• 30:56
  Speaker 7: my name, and a lot of people have made comments
• 30:58
  Speaker 7: about it. And it kind of makes you feel good.
• 31:00
  Speaker 7: You get these questions about it, and everything kind of
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: makes you stand out some. So I wanted my son
• 31:04
  Speaker 7: to have that same experience. And she wasn't on board immediately,
• 31:08
  Speaker 7: but she also was never just completely off board. And
• 31:11
  Speaker 7: so when she kind of realized how bad I really
• 31:13
  Speaker 7: wanted it, she was all in.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: You appeared on the Mississippi Outdoors podcast. where the host
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: asked you, what is a bigger rush, shooting a turkey
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: or playing in the Super Bowl? You had to think
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: about it.
• 31:27
  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah. For anyone who's ever been in the dark
• 31:31
  Speaker 7: and heard a turkey gobble, you know what I'm talking about.
• 31:34
  Speaker 7: You know that feeling, that adrenaline rush. The Super Bowl won,
• 31:38
  Speaker 7: but not by a ton, not as much as you
• 31:40
  Speaker 7: would think, just because that thrill, that adrenaline rush that
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  Speaker 7: comes from a really good turkey hunt is something special.
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  Speaker 2: Clearly you love hunting. What is it about that sport?
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  Speaker 7: Turkey in particular is that they're just so unpredictable. You know,
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  Speaker 7: you can do everything right and it doesn't work out,
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  Speaker 7: and you can do everything wrong and somehow it works out. But,
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  Speaker 7: you know, they seem to never do the same thing twice.
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  Speaker 7: You think you have them figured out, and then they
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  Speaker 7: just completely mess with your head and you go home
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  Speaker 7: mad at yourself or mad at them. And so when
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  Speaker 7: everything works out the way it's supposed to, it's very
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  Speaker 7: rewarding to.
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  Speaker 2: Say the least. So you have your own gear. It
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  Speaker 2: features your initials, SB, and then a cross in the middle.
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  Speaker 2: Were you raised in the church?
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  Speaker 7: I was, yeah. I was super blessed to grow up
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  Speaker 7: with Christian parents that brought me in the church. Make
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  Speaker 7: a funny dad joke, had a drug problem growing up
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  Speaker 7: because my parents drugged me to church every time the
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  Speaker 7: doors were open. But yeah, my faith in Jesus is
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  Speaker 7: the most important thing to me and to be able
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  Speaker 7: to You know, if I have a small brand where
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  Speaker 7: I can give him the glory, let the attention be
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  Speaker 7: on him instead of me, that's what I want to do.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, my whole football career has only been about him.
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  Speaker 7: It's only ever been about him, so I want to
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  Speaker 7: keep it that way. But, yeah, to be able to,
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  Speaker 7: you know, have that little small clothes brand and be
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  Speaker 7: able to represent him well and just use that as
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  Speaker 7: a platform, use the NFL as a platform for him
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  Speaker 7: is my main objective.
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  Speaker 2: Who is your all-time favorite athlete in any sport and why?
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  Speaker 7: My immediate answer, which is kind of funny, kind of
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  Speaker 7: a joke, but, uh, growing up, this is from a movie,
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  Speaker 7: Rocky Balboa was my, was my favorite athlete growing up.
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  Speaker 7: My dad and I would watch all, all the Rocky
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  Speaker 7: movies on repeat. And, uh, you know, just using those soundtracks,
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  Speaker 7: using those training scenes, the montages of all the training, uh, was, uh,
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  Speaker 7: like a big part of my growing up, working out,
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  Speaker 7: you know, prepping for, which ultimately now prepping for the league, uh,
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  Speaker 7: So if you could accept that answer, I'd say Rocky
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  Speaker 7: Balboa for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you, if Swayze Jr. has a little
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  Speaker 2: brother someday, Rocky Bozeman has a pretty good ring to it.
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  Speaker 7: He's got some ring to it. I'll have to check
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  Speaker 7: with his mom to see what she's thinking about that.
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  Speaker 7: So we'll have to check with that for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think your wife kind of has first dibs
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  Speaker 2: on the next name if you guys wind up having
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  Speaker 2: another son. All right, final fun fact for Swayze Bozeman.
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  Speaker 2: This one is a little bit deep. If you could
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  Speaker 2: meet anybody in history... living or deceased, who would that
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  Speaker 2: person be?
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  Speaker 7: It would definitely be Jesus Christ, for sure. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: to meet the man that laid down his life to
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  Speaker 7: save my life, to be able to really wouldn't even
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  Speaker 7: meet him. I would just probably fall on my knees
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  Speaker 7: and worship him, really. But to be able to meet
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  Speaker 7: and maybe talk to and ask some questions and get
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  Speaker 7: some clarity on some things, you know, and just really
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  Speaker 7: just being all of him and his presence, that would
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  Speaker 7: definitely be who I'd choose for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Swayze, this has been great. I hope you wind up
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  Speaker 2: playing in another Super Bowl at the end of this season.
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  Speaker 2: Best of luck the rest of the way. Awesome.
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  Speaker 7: Appreciate you.
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