October 3, 2024: Jay Morrison & The Magnificent Seven

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the press box with Marty Banister, the latest
on all local sports from Wright State to the Dayton Flyers,
from the Reds and Buckeyes to the Bengals and Browns.
Called Marty now at nine to three seven by three,
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Sports nine eighty.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Wnaighty rivalry game against the Bengals, with a lot of
stake early in the season, like they all are when
you play in this division, and we know what kind
of game to expect.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
It's always that way, and we're looking forward to the challenge.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh talking about the Bengals
and the Ravens Sunday in Cincinnati. Welcome to the press
box Fox Sports nine eighty wo and eight so I
can head with us here on just a gorgeous Thursday afternoon,
bright sunny skies, nice warm temperatures. It is a spectacular day. Hey,
let's play it today right now, It'll be Sunday, and
it's going to be nice on Sunday as well too,

(00:55):
eighty degrees or so in Cincinnati. Big game for the
Browns coming up as well on Sunday when Washington to
take on Kelly's Beloved Commanders. We'll talk about that coming up.
We have so much to get into today on the
program as we talk NFL with you. There's a game
tonight and in just a moment to saar our friend
Jay Morrison, we'll visit with us and we'll get a
preview of and obviously we're focusing on the Bengals and

(01:15):
the Ravens right out of the shoe because it is
the biggest game in the AFC North. There's so much
riding on the outcome for both of these teams and
it could really shake the I guess the way the
division plays itself out the rest of the way out.
So Jay Morrison will visit with us here in just
a moment. Bengals Talk dot Com does a great job
of that, just recently moved over to Bengals dot Com

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through Sports Illustrated, and we always enjoyed Jay's visit. A
couple of things real quick before we bring Jay on today.
Nick Chubb has told the Cleveland Browns and has told
the media today that his surgically repaired leftnie is feeling
good after his first practice in more than a year,
but he's still unsure when he will make his season debut.
He practiced yesterday for the first time since undergoing season
ending surgery for that knee injury after last season. Also,

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of course, there's an NFL game tonight. There's Major League
Baseball playoff action on tap as well. Two series ended
yesterday and there are more series on top for today,
deciding games in the wild Card Series. The Guardians, of
course whoping up on Saturday with the Detroit Tigers. All right,
let's move on talk a little football right now. Kelly
B's alongside as mentioned for the ride coming up, we
will have the debut of our Magnificent seven. We'll tell

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you about that when we come up a few minutes
as well too. But let's get to the Bengals right now.
We welcome in again Jay Morrison, our friend from Bengals
Talk dot com. Jay, first of all, congratulations on the
move to Sports Illustrated in Bengals Talk dot com. Your
stuff is fantastic. Whichever entity you're writing for, always appreciate it,
and we thank you for your time. Is there a
way to encapsule just how big this game is on Sunday,

(02:43):
certainly for Baltimore, but certainly for Cincinnati.

Speaker 5 (02:48):
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if must Win
even puts the proper contact on it. It's just it's
if they go if the Bengals go on and for
and they're oer and one in the division and then
they've lost six straight meaningful division games, I just I
don't know how you climb out of that hole. I
know everybody says there's still a lot of football left,

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but think about it. You go one and four in
the division, and or you go one and four overall,
and you figure what eleven and six is pretty much
the number you need to get to to guarantee a
playoff spot. You're talking about having to go ten and
two in the final twelve, and if they go one
and four, nothing we will have seen from that defense

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suggests that winning ten out of twelve is even possible.
And then you flip it. They beat Baltimore and a
two game winning streak and finally get a win against
the Ravens after gets swept by it last year. It
just feels like that zero to three almost washes away.
Of course it doesn't. Those three losses are going to
be there forever, but it is. They are drastically different

(03:51):
Outloks based on what Happens on Sunday.

Speaker 4 (03:54):
You said defense, and I guess that's been the biggest
area of concern through four games right now for this team.
Is that something that people Jay? I mean, you cover
this team on a daily basis. Did people think the
defense was going to be better than it is? Is
that the injuries? What's the issue right now?

Speaker 5 (04:12):
Yeah, people did think it was going to be better. Yeah,
it is the injuries. That's a big part of it.

Speaker 6 (04:18):
You know.

Speaker 5 (04:18):
Last year it was all the miscommunication and the mid
the blown assignment, and that's why they went out and
got brought von Bell back to kind of be the
traffic cop back there, get everybody lined up and doing
what they're supposed to do. And that hasn't really been
the issue this year. It's not been they don't know
where they're supposed to be. They just haven't been good.
They've taken four angles, they've misstackles cam Taylor Britt had

(04:41):
the worst game of his career Sunday in Carolina, just
getting beat dev a couple times. And the injuries are
playing a big part of it. They can't stop the
run in New England's not very good. They ran for
one hundred and seventy some against him. Washington ran on them,
Carolina even ran on him last week, and now here come.
The Ravens averaged in two hundred and twenty yards per game.
It could be really, really ugly on Sunday, but they

(05:03):
are getting guys back.

Speaker 6 (05:04):
B J.

Speaker 5 (05:05):
Hill's gonna be back, Miles Murphy. They haven't activated him yet,
but they're gonna activate him. McKinley Jackson, the third round pick,
looks like he's probably gonna be able to play, but
maybe they wait. He only had three padded practices and
so he's still got a ways to grow. But the
reinforcements are on the.

Speaker 4 (05:24):
Way, and I guess that's a good thing. Is this
game winnable if Baltimore does have another game like that
on the ground, I mean, if Cincinnati makes if it
becomes a game, I mean, maybe the best way to
phrase this Jay, is it a game where Cincinnati's offense
has to win it on Sunday?

Speaker 5 (05:42):
Oh? Yeah, absolutely, And I think they can. They've They've
played so well. They this is the best Joe Burrows
looked early in the season. He's healthy. They've totally redone
this offense. They're leaning into the twelfth person out with
the two tight end. The running game is working. That's
a credit to the offensive line. They didn't give up
a sack on Sunday. That's just the fourth time in

(06:04):
the Joe Burrow era he has not been sacked. So
there's a lot to like about this offense, and it
is it's going to be on them to win this game.
I think this is going to be a case where
you got to score early, You got to get out
to a lead. Hope maybe you can get Baltimore out
of that running game a little bit, and then you
gotta want to have the ball last and cash in.

Speaker 4 (06:23):
Jay Morrison visiting with usports Illustrated, Bengals Talk dot Com
Bengals and Ravens on Sunday in a crucial game in
the AFC North Jay I used to do Arena Football
League and the mentality always there called Arena Football League games,
and the mentality there always was just get one stop.
Does that kind of fit what we could see on
Sunday for the Cincinnati defense. Just get one, maybe two

(06:45):
stops and if the offense is doing what it's doing,
then you stand a chance. Yeah.

Speaker 5 (06:51):
I do think that is the mindset. Obviously they'd like
to have more than one, but that they can get
a turnover. You know, if the Bengals can score, get
a turnover, score again, open up a two score lead,
that changes the dynamic a lot. And it's just like
last week and they were struggling with Carolina. It was
a back and forth game. They scored a touchdown with
one second left in the first half. Take the opening

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kickoff and go down and score a touchdown. They basically
fourteen unanswered right there, and then that turned that game around.
They go from playing back and forth with Carolina at
all of a sudden having a two score lead, and
they really controlled the second half after that. I think
that's what they need from Baltimore. Doesn't have to be
that wrap around touchdowns at the half, but get a stop,
get a turnover, capitalize on it, get points, and hope

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that you can get Baltimore out of that running game.
And then it still might not be enough because Lamar
is a terrific pass two time MVP for a reason.
But I think that's the lesser of two evils, having
him throw the ball as opposed to just sitting back
there and running and handing it off to Derek Henry and.

Speaker 4 (07:51):
I think your point about the defense. I mean that
goal line stand. It may not seem like much, but
that was huge on Sunday, wasn't it against Carolina? That
kind of turned the tide a little bit? I was
a tight game in the fourth quarter. That was a
big stop in that game, wasn't it?

Speaker 5 (08:04):
Yeah, it was the opening drive, but it was mathematically
it's big. You saved seven points and then they just
needed it three straight games. They had been giving up
point after point. I mean they never stopped Washington once.
Washington scored on every drive that they didn't have a
kneel down. So that was big, just to give that
defense a little bit of confidence.

Speaker 4 (08:23):
You talked about the offensive line a moment ago, and
Joe Burrows even said he thought they were as good
as they've been on Sunday at Carolina. Amarius Mint his
first start. What did you see out of him on Sunday?
How good was he on Sunday? Yeah?

Speaker 5 (08:37):
He looks the part. He looks every bit, not just
a doesn't just look like a first rounder. He looks
like a steal getting him at eighteen just for a
man his size, the way he moves, and he's he's
made some rookie mistakes, you know those are going to
go away. And you know he's done it two weeks
in a row when he came in against Washington overseet

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a on a protection and then the defensive end cut
Inside got a sack on Burrow. Did the same thing
Sunday over set Jaday Vian Clowney. Cut Inside didn't get
the sack on Burrow, but chased him out of the pocket.
That ended up being the only interception of the game
for the Bengals. So once he gets those little hiccups
out of the way, I think he's going to be terrific.
And I think Orlando Brown Junior on the other side,

(09:20):
on the left side, is playing great football as well.
This is what they've been waiting for. Just give Joe
Burrow a competent offensive line and see what this offense
can do.

Speaker 4 (09:29):
I heard Dave Lapham say after the game on Sunday,
or it might have been on Monday. I think the
Bengals radio announcer, that color announcer, that the one thing
that Mems does that's so impressive is he doesn't talk
about himself, but he talked about how Orlando Brown was
such a big help to him. He talked about so
many things other than himself. He's kind of a sponge
right now. Is that a fair assessment of where he's
at in his rookie year right now?

Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, he absolutely is. And I go back to that
Washington game when he came in because of the Trent
Brown injury, and I went up and talked to him
in the locker room after the game. I wanted to
talk about, you know, did it feel fast? You know,
what was it like get in the experience, And he
didn't want to talk about himself at all. He wanted
to talk about how crushed he was for his brother
to see Trent Brown go down. He's like, that guy's
really taking me under his wing, and he's meant a

(10:12):
lot to me. And those are two guys that were
battling for the starting position and always felt like a
Marius was going to take it from him at some
point anyhow. So he is, He's just one of those guys,
a student of the game, if you will, and he
wants it means a lot to him. He wants to
be great, and you combine that with the raw physicality
he has and he's got a chance to be special.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
Remaining moments with Jay Morrison SI Bengals Talk dot Com
as we talk about the Bengals and Ravens crucial AFC
North game on Sunday in Cincinnati. I hate to kind
of go back to the defense, but I think we
have to Trey Hendrickson back practicing. You mentioned BJ hillback
across the front Sheldon Rankins. Is there any idea as
to when the Cincinnati's going to get him back?

Speaker 5 (10:54):
Yeah, I don't think it's going to be this week.
He just got on the rehab field yesterday, so that
usually the guys will work all week on the rehab
field and then then start working back into practice. So
I would think Week six, the Sunday night game at
New York against the Giants, is when we can look
for him to come back. Zach Taylor said all along
that he felt like j Hill was farther along than

(11:14):
Sheldon Rankings and expect to get DJ back this week
and then I'd be surprised if we don't see Sheldon
next week. They didn't put him on IR. If he
doesn't play next week, then that means he missed four games.
That will obviously wasn't in their thought process when he
when he suffered the hamstring injury so that he would
miss four games. Otherwise they probably would have put him
on IR So I would circle Sunday night, Week six

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against the Giants.

Speaker 4 (11:36):
People say all the time, Jan I know you've heard
this that your record says what you are. The Bengals
are one and three. Are they a one and three
football team?

Speaker 5 (11:46):
Yeah? I mean I think you have to say they're
not a one in three offense, but they're longing three defense.
It's it's it's just it is. It's who they are.
And and the offense wasn't great. I mean, they the
offense against New England. It just had they played against
New England the way they played the last three weeks,
they'd beat two and two right now, but they didn't.
Then you can't erase that.

Speaker 4 (12:06):
But I do.

Speaker 5 (12:07):
I think that this thing is going to turn around
in a hurry if they beat Baltimore. I mentioned it.
They've got the Giants, who are not very good in
week six. You've got a very beatable Cleveland game in
week seven. I mean, all of a sudden, you could
wake up and you go from zero to three to
four and three. That's not out of the question. But
got to get the win Sunday night or Sunday afternoon

(12:28):
against Baltimore. It's just you could really see this thing
don't aspiring into the just oblivion. So they're gonna be
a quality offense, but it's going to be really hard
to come back if they can't get this win against
the Ravens.

Speaker 4 (12:42):
I would agree with you one hundred percent. Jay. I
appreciate you jumping on. I know the Bengals locker rooms
opening up here in a couple of minutes. You've got
work to do. I appreciate you coming on and giving
us some insight. It should be a lot of fun
on Sunday hopefully now and CIN tonight. I appreciate your
time as always. Yeah, thanks Barty Jay Morrison Bengals Talk
dot com. He has a podcast up right now with
Paul Dayner Junior where they preview Saturday or Sunday's game

(13:02):
and talk about some of the aspects of that and
against some very interesting points right there from Jay about
where this team is at and what happens if this
thing goes south on them on Sunday if Baltimore wins
the game. He used the term spiraling into oblivion, and
that's that's I don't think that's completely out of the question.
We have a lot to get into in the program today.

(13:23):
We will have when we come back, wake the wife
and kids if they're asleep. We have the debut of
our Magnificent seven coming up. We've been looking forward to this.
Kelly and I will pick our top seven teams in
the NFL. We will debate which ones we think are
the best and which ones are in the poll. I'm
sure Kelly will have the Commander's number one, but we'll
find out when we come back.

Speaker 7 (13:46):
Don't tell everything, Marty.

Speaker 4 (13:47):
That's sorry. That's sorry. And we have a lot of
other things to get into as well too. Today as
a historic day in the National Football League and it
involves the Dayton area. We'll tell you why. It's the
press box. Good head with us here on this Thursday,
Fox Sports nine eight name.

Speaker 1 (14:20):
Get on the press box called Marty now at nine
three seven, buy three one six, one seven zero the
press box on Fox Sports nine eighty WN.

Speaker 4 (14:31):
Eighty three eighteen a time. Welcome back to the pressbox
Fox Sports nine eighty w ol and he's so good
to have you those as we are back with you
here on this Thursday, as we continue along with you
right up until five o'clock lock to get into today
here on the program. Normally we'd like to have our
guests come on I write about this time, but again,
Jay Morrison was available for us today with the Bengals
opening up their locker room for interviews after practice at

(14:53):
three point thirty today, so Jay wanted to come on early.
And I always loved Jay's insight, a lot of good
things he brought up about of the impact of what
could happen on Sunday in Cincinnati when the Bengals and
the Ravens meet. So always a presider to have Jay on,
and we thank him for his time. A little bit
later on the show today we'll hear from John Harbaugh,
the Ravens head coach. Hear more from him, and also
we'll hear from Kevin Stefanski. Browns have a big game

(15:15):
on Sunday as well, they travel to take on the
Washington Commanders. And as much as for Cincinnati, the difference is,
I think for Cincinnati is that this is a division game,
and not only would you be one and four, but
you'd also be again behind that proverbial eight ball in
the division again at a one to one still having
won a division game. And for Cleveland, while obviously you

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don't want to be one and four after Sunday, the
fact is you are still haven't played a division game yet,
so you still kind of have that in your hip
pocket as far as trying to battle back. Let's just
put it this way. Neither team wants to be one
and four by four to thirty Sunday afternoon, and that's
the distinct possibility for both teams. And we'll find out

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how it all plays itself out. But it's going to
be a big Sunday afternoon of football, so looking forward
to that as well too. So good heady with us
here on this Thursday as we roll it out for you,
Let's update you on a couple of things going on
in the world of sports as we start the program today.
There is a Monday, a Thursday night game tonight Tampa
Bay and Atlanta meet. Should be an interesting game. The
Buccaneers are out of the gate at three and one

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and the Atlanta Falcons are two and two. Baker Mayfield's
actually playing some pretty good quarterback right now for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so that one will kick it about
eight fifteen tonight and again available to you via Prime Video.
So if you're a streamer, that's the place you have
to go to watch the game. Yeah, so fight again.

Speaker 7 (16:43):
Well, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you. You got to do.

Speaker 4 (16:47):
That's just the way that it is, the way that
it's life in the whatever decade we're in right now.
Don't try to get caught up and things like that.
So that'll be tonight. There is Major League Baseball Tonight,
the deciding game in the Milwaukee New York Series in
the National League Division Series, they or the Brewers and

(17:08):
the Mets are tied at a victory apiece, will throw
the first pitch just after seven o'clock tonight. The other
series were decided yesterday, Detroit winning in Houston, Kansas City
winning in Baltimore, and San Diego winning at home against
the Atlanta Braves sending them packing. So on Sunday or
Saturday rather, the Division Series will start. Detroit's at Cleveland.

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That's the first of the Division Series to start, and
the first pitch in that game will be a little
bit after one o'clock at Progressive Field. The second game
will be the winner of tonight's game at Philadelphia that
will have a first pitch of a little bit after
four o'clock. The American League Division Series then will be
up next Kansas City at the Yankees. That first pitch
will be a little bit after six thirty. And then

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the West Coast Division Series in the National League San
Diego in Los Angeles to face the Dodgers. First pitch
in that game will be a little bit after eight
to thirty. So that's your baseball update for you right
now as we look ahead to the postseason continuing for
Major League baseball. Also college football, Ohio State, of course
on Saturday, has Iowa at the Horseshoe. That one we'll

(18:12):
kick at about three thirty. There are a couple of
games tonight. Texas State is at Troy in a Sunbelt
Conference game, and sam Houston State plays at UTEB, which
is leaving the mount or leaving where are they at
They're in Conference USA, whatever conference, They're leaving it for
the Mountain West. I mean, that's how much of this
stuff changes. They're heading for the Mountain West. Tomorrow night

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there are four games Jacksonville State at Kennessas State, Houston
at TCU, Michigan State will play at Oregon, and Syracuse
plays at UNLV in the four games, and that game,
by the way, that UNLV games at Allegiant Stadium in
Las Vegas. So then get a truckload of games coming
up on Saturday, and we'll run down some of those
a little bit later on for you today as well too.

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So that's what we have as far as college football
is concerned. High school football, there will be some games
across the area. It's Thursday, of course, there are usually
a couple of games on Thursdays throughout the area, so
we'll keep an update on those tomorrow. We won't be
with you tomorrow, we'll have a day off tomorrow, but
we'll be back with you and Monday we'll recap everything

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that's happened. High school football Tonight, Meadowdale and Dunbar play.
That one will kick at six, big game in the
Western Ohio Conference. Tri County North and Preble Shawnee will
kick tonight at seven o'clock. That should be an interesting
game Shawnee. Preble Shawnee's off to a good start. So
those games on tap for tonight in area high school
football action for you. So there's that. What I mentioned

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prior to the break today is a big day in
the history of the National Football League, and as I mentioned,
it also involves our area. One hundred and four years
ago today today being October third, the National Football League's
very first game was played between the Columbus Panhandles and

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your Dayton Triangle Triangles. That's right, Dayton won the game
at Triangle Park fourteen to nothing. The league had been
organized in Canton, Ohio, just seventeen days earlier. Wow, seventeen
days it's been to play a game next week?

Speaker 7 (20:17):
Yeah, just jump in, Yeah, I try to just.

Speaker 4 (20:19):
Jump right in. Absolutely so. The NFL's first office was
opened at sixteen East Broad Street in downtown Columbus, and
Columbus sports writer Joe Carr became the NFL's first commissioner.
So there you have that. Nineteen twenty October third and
the first ever NFL game played at Triangle Park in

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Dayton and won fourteen to ten by the Dayton Triangles.
History his story, what was the That was the line
that from the best of the long the two longest
yard movies, that ridiculous remake with Adam Sandler a few
years ago, it doesn't hold a candle to the original

(21:02):
with Burt Reynolds, and Eddie Albert. That was one of
the things that Eddie Albert said in that as he
was talking about the guards taking on the prisoners his story.

Speaker 7 (21:12):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's where I got it from.

Speaker 4 (21:14):
Actually, well, yeah, it's probably where you got So there
you have that. Let's see anything else. I think we're
in pretty good shape as far as what's going on
around AH. A couple of fan polls are up for
you today as well too. Let's tell you about those.
Both of those are football related. Today. Number one, Ohio
State plays the best team of the four it's played
so far this year's Saturday, when they host the three
and one Hawkeyes of Iowa. We're asking you what happens

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in that game Saturday, Ohio State wins by thirty or more.
Buckeyes win by between fifteen and thirty. Hawkeye spring the upset,
or Ohio State wins by fifteen or less. And I
think some folks have some have a little bit of
confidence or are impressed by that Iowa defense. They say
Ohio State wins by fifteen to thirty. Seventy five percent

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of the votes going in that direction. And right now
there are four the current top four teams in the
AP and the coaches College Football rankings. They're the same
four teams, just in different order. We're asking you which
of those unbeatens is the most likely to lose first Alabama, Texas,
Ohio State or Tennessee. And Tennessee is the runaway winner

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right now with almost sixty four percent of the vote.
So there you have that. So and again, those polls
open for about another hour or so. We mentioned the
Nick Chubb news at the top at the top of
the program, back practicing, but it is still undetermined as
to win or if he will be back. After his

(22:41):
injury last year, He's had procedures to repair his medial capsule,
meniscus and MCL and another to repair damage to his ACL.
In November, Chubbs saying after his second practice today, it
felt good. I've been doing things on my own for
a while now, so I've been used to everything I've
done out there. It feels very good. Someone asks him
what it feels like out there running around again, and

(23:01):
he said, quote, it feels like I'm eight years old again.

Speaker 7 (23:05):
Sure.

Speaker 4 (23:05):
Yeah, So I don't think he was that good when
he was eight, probably, but as good as he is,
as I said, the other day on the program. I
can almost guarantee you what will happen with you though,
activating when they host the Bengals in a couple of
weeks and the place up there will just be off
its rock or when he walks out on the field,

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and that's all Cincinnati will need to go up there
because the Browns, for whatever reason, the Brown's scared of
the Bengals to death. I haven't figured out why, but
it just seems to happen that way, especially especially if
Baltimore wins on Sunday. As Jay Morrison said, things could
tumble off into oblivion in Cincinnati and that would not
be fun. So all right, it is a three twenty eight.

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We're gonna take a quick time out when may come back,
as I said, wake the wife and kids, do whatever
you have to do. Get everybody line up next to
the radio. It will be the debut of the press
Box Magnificent seven, where Kelly and I will well each
select our top seven NFL teams, will tell you why
we picked seven and why we call it Magnificent seven.
Oughta be obvious, but we'll do all that anyway. When

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we come back, it's the press Box Fox Sports nine
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Speaker 1 (24:41):
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Speaker 4 (24:53):
And back with you on this Thursday afternoon. It's the
press Box, Fox Sports nine eighty W E and with
you right up until five clockete Marty Banners. So Kelly
be is the producer of our program, and she's with
us this afternoon as well, and you have us again
until five still to come in the program today we'll
hear from Raven's head coach John Harbaugh, and here from
Brown's head coach Kevin Stefanski. Will do all of that
next hour on the program. All right, as promised, We've

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been baring this back and forth for a while trying
to figure out how it was best to do it.
So we thought we would wait until we got a
few weeks into the season to kind of give you
a little bit of an idea as to where all
these teams stand and what we're seeing through the first
four games of the NFL season. So Kelly and I
have decided that today is the day to debut what
we are calling hit the Music. If you would please,

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the press box Magnificent Seven. Yes, that's right, one of
the great movies of all time. If you've never seen
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(26:03):
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The Longest Yard, the Magnificent Seven, so many other great movies.
The only except Chocolate. The only exception is Oceans eleven.
Now Oceans eleven. The reboot is a tremendous movie. Now

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the first one's good too. My friend Paul keels, what
will Art will die on that hill? That he hates
the reboot Oceans eleven? But nonetheless I digress. All right, so,
and what will happen here? It will do this Every
Thursday during the show, we will pick for you who
we think are the top seven teams regardless of conference
in the NFL, and seven, of course, because touchdowns were

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seven seven teams make the playoffs. Seven is the big
number in football, so that's why we have decided to
go with seven. So what we will do Kelly will
give her seven and tell us why. I'll give you
my seven and tell you why, and then I'll tell
Kelly why she's wrong. There you go. That's how we'll
do this' that's how we'll do this. So'sting exactly with

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that in mind. At three thirty four, mark this down
in your press box Daily Diaries of the Debut of
the Magnificent Seven from the press box, and Kelly, you
have the floor. You may go first and go in
descending order, go seven through one. Don't start at number one.

Speaker 7 (27:26):
Yeah, I think that makes sense as well. Alrighty, So
at number seven, I've got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Speaker 4 (27:33):
Well you're already wrong, Okay, keep going.

Speaker 7 (27:35):
Okay, my reasoning just a little bit, really just one sentence.
Baker is playing the best he ever has and he
has weapons weapons.

Speaker 4 (27:46):
Okay.

Speaker 7 (27:48):
Number six the Detroit Lions. Jared Goff just went eighteen
for eighteen. That that offense is humming the defense. We're
missing them a little bit. I was a little concerned.
But they had a great game. Great game, I mean
they won. That's a great game. At number five, and

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this is the one I think we were all waiting for.
They are not number one, I'm dreaming, but at number
five the Washington Commanders, obviously Jade and Daniels has this
looking like a brand new team. Cliff Kingsbury's really like
just he kind of carried Jayden along. He gave him

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an offense that was right and in line with what
he's always been doing at LSU, even a little bit
at ASU. So I like what we're seeing there. The
Houston Texans honestly, for a lot of the same reasons,
c J. Stroud just gives me hope. I want the
Commanders to be what I've seen from the Houston Texans,

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and we saw a bounce back game from CJ last week,
and the Texans in general are playing incredible. All right, Okay,
number three the Buffo Bills.

Speaker 4 (29:00):
Wow, I know, uhh Okay.

Speaker 7 (29:03):
Here's the thing. Josh Allen, I honestly expected a a
a steep decline, steep decline. When Diggs left. I thought
that he was the safety valve. I actually was kind
of discounting Josh Allen. I was like, I think he
just he's a big guy, and so it seems like
he's doing a lot, but he's not doing a lot.

(29:24):
He's but even with Kean Coleman their number one pick,
or not number one, but their first round pick. He's
not excellent yet. And even still the Bills are being
the Bills. They're there, they there hasn't been a drop off.
I think that's impressive, all right. Number two the Kansas
City Chiefs. They find a way to win no matter
what's going on. Everybody could be playing like booty butt

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and somehow they still win the game.

Speaker 4 (29:54):
That allowed. Are we allowed to say that, booty?

Speaker 7 (29:56):
But I think so, Okay, I said it again, so
I hope. So sometimes yeah, you can do anything once
and apparently apparently twice. But yeah, they somehow and I
think that's just a winning franchise. They they fall into wins.
And finally the Minnesota Vikings because that Brian Flores defense

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I've watched. I love watching defense. I don't know, I
never know what is about to happen when I watch
them line up. That's impressive. And also I can't imagine
for a quarterback having to look at them and then
you know the play starts and you're like, okay, I
was wrong. Interception interception, So I'm I'm incredibly impressive. Also,

(30:42):
then you have Jay jettas catching everything, and and who's
this Sam Darnold guy. But they look they're they're they're unbeaten,
and they look great. They look great.

Speaker 4 (30:54):
All right, very very interesting, very interesting. Seven. There, that's
Kelly's magnificent seven. All right, here's the correct the correct one.
Here's the correct man seven. Number seven, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They're out of the gate at three and one. I like,
you love defense, and that's why they're three and one
right now. And I like the way they play on

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that side of the football. I can't stand the team,
but that you have to put all those things aside.
Their ability to just slam people around and do just
enough to win. You can't under you can't underscore how
important that is in the NFL these days. They do
exactly what they have to do to win. Now, they struggled.
I was against Indianapolis on Sunday, but I still think

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as of right now, and I was a little iffy
on on them at seven. And I'll tell you my
other seven here in a minute that I kind of
I debated back and forth with. So I have I
have the Pittsburgh Steelers at number seven.

Speaker 7 (31:52):
I think they were my number eight. They were they them,
and the Buccaneers were right on the edge.

Speaker 4 (31:56):
For me, I have the Detroit Lions, like you, at
number six. I still think the ceiling for them is
very high. And the difference I think this year for
the Lions as opposed to last year is well, and
this happens in the NFL all over the place, but
I think more so this year. Not that they snuck

(32:18):
up on people last year, but every week now, you know,
I mean, these guys are pretty good. They're they're for real.
And when your quarterback goes eighteen for eighteen, that's not bad.

Speaker 7 (32:27):
You can't argue with that.

Speaker 4 (32:29):
It's not bad. That's not bad. And I just love
the head coach and everything that he brings and the
atmosphere about that team, their ability on defense. I mean,
they've given up some points this year, but I just
think that that team they're just peaking right now at
three and one right now, the Detroit Lions number five.

(32:51):
I agree with you. The Washington Commanders, I have them
at number five. I have them at number five now.
I debated five or six. I wasn't really sure because
I mean, they're scoring points, but they're also giving up points,
giving up one hundred and two points. So I was
a little hesitant, but I think five is a good

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landing spot for them. Right now. Number four, and again
we're agreement on this, the Houston Texans, and I was.
I was very hesitant not to put Houston at number three.
I almost did. I should say I was very close
to doing.

Speaker 7 (33:31):
That, very close. So who actually made number three?

Speaker 4 (33:34):
Then, well, I'm getting there. I'm gonn tell you wh
I have Houston at number four. To get blitzed by
a bad Arizona team does raise a little bit of
a concern to me about the Arizona's one and three
and they just boat raised Houston. I mean, it wasn't close,
and that concerned me a little bit as far as
you lose a game like that to that team. Okay,

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you're still and every I know every week in NFL
you just never know. But when you lose games like that,
you shouldn't lose them like that. Yeah, yeah, you shouldn't
lose them like that. So four is good for Houston
at three and one right now? Number three, I have
the Baltimore Ravens, you have Buffalo. I have Baltimore at

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two and two, and part of me thought, well they're
two and two. But that's a very good two and
two if you ask me. And again I'm hoping, like
you know what, that Cincinnati beats them on Sunday. I
don't know that the Bengals can because I think the Ravens,
much like Detroit, I think the Ravens are peaking right now.

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That run game. Derrick Henry obviously his tank is still
very much full, very much full. If he does to
the Bengals what he did to the Bills on Sunday night,
it could be very nauseatingly bad on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati.
And only, and this may sound odd, my major hesitation

(35:04):
with Baltimore's Lamar Jackson. Yeah, he still tends to do
things where you go, what what are you doing? He'll
make a throw or he'll uh, what was the game
that they were losing and they ran the they ran
the hook and laterals all the way down the field
and for some reason he stops and turns and throat

(35:24):
and threw the ball back behind him. Might have been
the Was it the Kansas City game? And the opener
was a week number two against It was against Vegas,
and we was.

Speaker 7 (35:31):
Against the Raiders because they should have won that game.

Speaker 4 (35:34):
Right right, and and there was twenty five yards of
open field turf in front of him. He heck, he
might have scored.

Speaker 7 (35:40):
He would I still to this moment have no idea
what her.

Speaker 4 (35:45):
He still does something like that and you go, wait
a minute, what are you doing out there? So that
part of but their ability to run the football, and
I like you. I admire toughness and grittiness, and that's
what they are. They're just a gritty, ugly football team
that's gonna hit you tomorrow. They're gonna hit you the

(36:06):
day after, and then just for good measure, they're gonna
hit you on hit you twice on Sunday, just because
they don't like you. And I love that style of football.
I wish the Bengals had some of that in them. Yeah,
the Browns have a lot of that in them defensively.
Uh that's what I like about that number number two.
I have Minnesota at number two. I'm still not one
hundred percent convinced in Sam Darnold. He's having a great start,

(36:30):
I get it, but I just I look at the
one thing that almost made me leapfrog them was the uh,
the uh, the fact that they came round to beat
the Packers and looked very good at doing that, and

(36:51):
that that was impressive to me. They've already beaten They've
already beaten the forty nine ers. I mean those are
some good wins. Those are yeah, I mean, very good
wins right now for the Vikings. So I that was
my hesitation there. I almost leapfrog them, or almost put
them past the number one team, my number one team,

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and I believe. Remember I said the Texans lost Arizona,
they lost they houst to Minnesota, Minnesota team that that
rampaged them. It was thirty four to seven Minnesota over Houston,
and I said it was over for some unown reason.
I apologize for that, but it was Minnesota that lost Arizona.
It was Houston lost in Minnesota. That's why I kept
Houston number four. Number one is Kansas City. You just
can't dethrone the champs until somebody beats them. Yeah, you

(37:35):
gotta beat them, you just can't do it. You have
to keep them at number one because they are they
are still the team to beat. And the reason for
that is simple. It's number fifteen. You can't until you
figure a way to beat them, and somebody figures a
way to dethrone them, then you have to say that
they're the best team in football. And that doesn't change.

(37:57):
I agree, I mean, I doesn't change.

Speaker 7 (37:59):
Wish I wish someone would do it, but at this point,
at this moment, it just has not happened. And even
when they're playing bad. My thing with the Kansas City
Chiefs is, even when Patrick Mahomes is throwing picks, even
when it feels like Travis Kelcey is upset that Taylor

(38:20):
Swift said she was going to break up with him
in September based on that news release or whatever, all
of these factors somehow, some way, I mean, Rashid Rice
stays in the news for the bad reasons, and yet
when Sunday comes around or game day comes around, they're
winning the game no matter what. And that's that's Andy Reid.

(38:43):
That's him out coaching literally anybody he goes against. And
that's Patrick Mahomes meeting the moment and until someone can
be better than those two gentlemen, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (38:53):
I don't see that's it. Yeah, Yeah, I remember I
said Houston be lost Arizona. Of course they also Minnesota
was there to beat the Rams. Yes, they they rolled
the Rams a big time. I was thinking of Houston
for some reason, and I apologize for that. Arizona's one
and three right now, so but I still again, uh,
and I was close between Minnesota and Kansas City, I

(39:14):
really was. But I go back to again, they're the champs,
and they're unbeaten, and they've wont I mean who they've
beaten already. They've beaten Cincinnati, a team that notorislely gives
them fits, and they had to come from behind and
do that. They got They got the Ravens on Opening night.
They've already beaten the Michigan Chargers. So I mean, I

(39:35):
think that's, uh, you can't take that away from the
Chiefs right now. You just can't do it. I mean,
and they've also knocked off a good Atlanta team as
well too, so.

Speaker 7 (39:44):
And they had to earn and every one of those
wins they had to earn, like these are not runaway wins.
And yet when it felt like they were behind the
eight ball, somehow they still won the game.

Speaker 4 (39:55):
So and they've got people falling like flies injury wise.
Oh yeah, she Rice. I mean, I mean Pachecko. I mean,
all of a sudden, now they'reright, I mean there. I mean,
we're gonna say they're running some I jp Ryan out there.

Speaker 7 (40:05):
Now and he's scoring touchdowns.

Speaker 4 (40:07):
I wish he was still in Cincinnati.

Speaker 7 (40:08):
I know, I thought I thought of you. I was like, man,
that boy looks good.

Speaker 4 (40:11):
Yeah. But anyway, so there you have with the debut
of the Magnificent seven.

Speaker 7 (40:16):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (40:16):
And that's why I'm right, and that's why Kelly's wrong.

Speaker 7 (40:18):
I don't hate your list, but it could have been better.
You got you got the commanders at the right spot.
Though I'm never bade Pittsburgh at seven. I think we
could debate that a little while longer. Three forty eight
the press Box, Fox Sports nine eighty w O.

Speaker 1 (40:45):
Get on the press box called Marty Now at nine
three seven by three one six one seven zero the
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Speaker 4 (40:56):
O n E three fifty one as we roll along
with you here on Thursday after and get a program reminder,
no show tomorrow. We're back with you on Monday for
over Reaction Monday, as we recap everything that will have
happened over the week. I've always said this since we
started this program a little over a year ago, when
we started getting responses from certain listeners and folks who

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chime in about certain things. I think we have the
best sports talk listeners in all of radio. I think
everybody who checks in with the program does a great job.
We hear from the nudes quite often, and we always
appreciate it. He responded to one of our polls today.
I think the bluckyes get a comfortable enough when Saturday
afternoon over Iowa, I believe the offensive defense had begun
to hit their stride. And then he made a very
important side note to his comment, which I had looked

(41:41):
at this. Someone else posted this yesterday and I was
gonna mention you everything just didn't get around to it.
We had so much going on during the program yesterday.
But I'm glad he brought that back up. Today starts
a stretch of fifty two consecutive days where there's football
on TV. Yep. If my wife's listening, YE not going
to be very happy with that.

Speaker 7 (42:01):
Definitely a lot of upset.

Speaker 4 (42:04):
Straight days that there will be a televised football game.
It's ESPN, be it Fox, be it whomever. Fifty two
straight days.

Speaker 7 (42:14):
Yeah, it's pretty dreamy.

Speaker 4 (42:17):
If I've said it before, I'll say it again. Is
this a great country or what.

Speaker 7 (42:20):
It's so good. It's so good, so good, so good,
it's so good.

Speaker 4 (42:24):
Yeah, So just sit back and enjoy fifty two straight
Well back when the NFL started to spring exhibition games
in August, it marked the first mark to stretch where
there would be football every month until February. Yep.

Speaker 7 (42:40):
So just getting better and better as the year ends,
just getting better and better.

Speaker 4 (42:46):
That's just phenomenal. You really sit back and think about it.
Fifty two straight days football. So that wasn't I didn't
do the math on that, because I'm not a math guy.
Numbers are sometimes a struggle. Just look at my bank account.
I'm trying to think when that when that fifty fifty
third day is and we all all of a sudden

(43:09):
we'll have a chance to kind of catch our breath.
Be around it's got to be around Christmas or New
Year's ever. So well, they's football on Christmas either, football
Christmas Day. So can't be that.

Speaker 7 (43:18):
It can't be that. It's got to be right after, yeah, right.

Speaker 4 (43:24):
After somewhere that in that general area. It's certainly not
New Year's Eve, because there's football in New Year's Eve.
There are football games on the thirtieth, so I know, yeah,
it's it's got to be. It's sure not January one.

Speaker 7 (43:38):
No, there's like one week we're.

Speaker 4 (43:42):
Gonna have November. Figure, we have to figure this out.
Let's do the JF. I think I'm gonna type in
it right now as you listen. I just typed in
fifty two days from today. The day is November the
twenty third.

Speaker 7 (43:55):
Yeah, the day right before Thanksgiving.

Speaker 4 (43:57):
Probably there's no football in the day before Thanksgiving. Fifty
two days from today is November the twenty fourth. Fifty
two days from today is November the twenty fourth, So.

Speaker 7 (44:10):
It's got Okay, that doesn't even make sense.

Speaker 4 (44:13):
That doesn't make Maybe maybe it's maybe it's just not televised.
Maybe there's a game, but it's just not naturally televised
that day.

Speaker 7 (44:18):
Well, okay, that is the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Speaker 4 (44:22):
Well then we know there's football that day.

Speaker 7 (44:24):
There's got to be on that day. That day, Yeah,
the Saturday right before there's well there's truck clods. There's
definitely football that day.

Speaker 4 (44:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (44:33):
So yeah, I'm going to look at the NFL schedule.

Speaker 4 (44:36):
Oh no, well, you know they're a schedule.

Speaker 7 (44:37):
I mean, they're fall day yeah, I know, if the
NFL had their way, there would be three hundred and
sixty five days.

Speaker 4 (44:47):
Exactly right that we'd be playing at four o'clock in
the morning.

Speaker 7 (44:51):
You're not wrong.

Speaker 4 (44:52):
That was one of the if you remember back as
we all try to forget the pandemic, but you remember
back to those days. I mean those days. It sounds
like it was, it feels like it was forever ago,
but it was only four years where there would be
games on Tuesday, there'd be games on Wednesday because the
team would have to cancel after canceler. I think the

(45:13):
Steelers and the I think the Steelers and the Browns
played on a Tuesday at like five o'clock in the
afternoon because of the scheduling and because of the of
all the things that went on as far as having
to make sure everyone was safe and all the things
that obviously were the most important parts of all that
back then. Back then again, it was only four years ago,
but it just it was just so odd to have

(45:35):
football on a Tuesday at five o'clock. Yeah, I mean,
and I think we all kind of liked it, not
for the reason it was there, but well, I think
we all kind of liked that like, this is pretty cool.
Be a football game at five o'clock in the afternoon
on a Tuesday. This doesn't stink.

Speaker 7 (45:50):
It didn't stink. I thought it was odd because, you know,
football was also how I kind of managed my week,
you know, And then when they were throwing football on
every other day Tuesday at three pm, I'm like, I
don't know what to do, but I think I'm supposed
to have a beer right now?

Speaker 4 (46:06):
Right, your body clock was completely off, Like, well, wait
a minute, now, I think I'm not sure it's wrong. Here.
Did I oversleep right through the week? And that's why
those those NFL games in England and overseas that kick
at nine thirty on Sunday morning, or you wake up
and football on.

Speaker 7 (46:25):
It's a little Yeah, it messes with the body clock.

Speaker 4 (46:28):
It does, and your I guess your is football clock
a term to use?

Speaker 7 (46:35):
I think I have one of those we all think.

Speaker 4 (46:38):
We all think ahead to well, we know what's Sunday?

Speaker 7 (46:41):
Yeah, Sunday. Yeah, you know, you don't make plans. You're
You're like, obviously I'm not. They're like, do you want
to go to this farmer's market? Absolutely not?

Speaker 4 (46:48):
Oh at two pm?

Speaker 7 (46:50):
Do I want to go to a farmer's market, please hear.

Speaker 4 (46:53):
Okay, here's a quick story. My daughter and her partner
arrived in town last night of coming home from mississ
gonna be here for the next four days. So of
course she's I've raised her, right, my daughter. She's a
huge Bengals fan. My daughter, thank you, she's Yeah, she
did great. She's a wonderful child. It's served in the Navy,
has been just just tremendous. I'm so proud of her,

(47:15):
but obviously huge Bengals fan. Well, we've just talked about
what's happening on Sunday. Yeah, this will be the first
chance for her and I to watch a Bengals game
together in a while, right, in many a year, because
she lives in Mississippi.

Speaker 6 (47:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (47:27):
Yeah, So my wife has been telling me all week long. Oh,
there's a big thing at my at my work where
they're having a big Halloween farm ride and it's from
I said, Okay, when is it. She goes, Oh, it's
Sunday from from one to seven.

Speaker 7 (47:40):
I'm busy.

Speaker 4 (47:45):
We can take the grandkids. We can have a great time.

Speaker 7 (47:47):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (47:50):
I can't know if that or not. I'm not feeling
very well right now.

Speaker 7 (47:55):
Yeah, exactly, you gotta start. You gotta start early. Smart,
Marty smart.

Speaker 4 (47:59):
Well, you have to plan things out ahead of time.
I'm in so much trouble.

Speaker 7 (48:06):
Yeah, I'm in so much trouble. You're not probably not
supposed to give away the secrets, but you you do
sound like you've got a cough coming.

Speaker 4 (48:13):
I don't hear that too.

Speaker 6 (48:15):
You.

Speaker 4 (48:15):
Yeah, I feel a little nause You're looking a little
a little hot, and I might have to go to
a sports bar on Sunday to feel better.

Speaker 7 (48:22):
Exactly, because I think there's that possibility to have medicines there.

Speaker 4 (48:26):
I've heard about them.

Speaker 7 (48:26):
Yeah, there's an article. She just hasn't read it.

Speaker 4 (48:29):
I'm in trouble. I'm so trouble. Yeah, three fifty nine.
When we come back, next hour, trying to figure a
way out of this, John Harback, Evan Stefanski. Next hour,
It's the press Box, Fox Sports nine eighty w oli name.

Speaker 1 (49:19):
Welcome to the press Box with Marty Banister, the latest
on all local sports from Wright State to the Dayton Flyers,
from the Reds and Buckeyes to the Bengals and Browns.
Called Marty now at nine to three, seven, by three,
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Sports nine to eighty woe.

Speaker 3 (49:41):
The running backs are playing really well. I mean both
running backs are playing.

Speaker 2 (49:45):
Moss and Brown are both playing excellent, running hard, very
productive when they get the ball.

Speaker 3 (49:49):
So it's a well rounded offense.

Speaker 4 (49:54):
John Harball, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, talking about
the Cincinnati Bengals offense that his defense will try and
slow down on Sunday in a crucial AFC North matchup.
Welcome back to the press box Fox Sports nine eighty
w O and E. I'm Aready Benn. It's a great dad.
We was here this afternoon. Kelly B's alongside for the
ride producing the program, and you have us right up
and I mean right up until five o'clock this afternoon

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as we continue talking with you in the press box
Fox Sports nine eighty w O. Ande. We've mentioned a
number of times throughout the week the passing of Pete
Rose earlier in the week, and I was doing some reading.
Believe it or not, I can't read the last couple
of nights, and a great article by Hal McCoy. I

(50:36):
mentioned earlier in the week. How on Monday I had
a chance to speak over at the Aganis Club and
house a member of the Agonis Club, and I had
a chance to talk to him, and this was before
word had leaked out that Pete had passed. Now, Rose
was at a autograph signing on Sunday in Nashville, and

(50:58):
as we related a couple of days ago, those that
were there with him said, he just didn't look well,
didn't look or sound like Pete sounded well. How McCoy
had wrote a very very good article Earl this week,
and I encourage you to go back and find it
on the Day and Daily News site. It's the article
is slugged Hall of Fame isn't complete without Pete Rose,

(51:21):
and that's one hundred percent accurate, one hundred percent accurate.
But I wanted to just talk a little bit about
the story itself that how wrote, and it gives you
an idea of what it's like for reporters broadcasters, because
we've all kind of been put in these situations where
we see something or find out something about somebody that

(51:44):
we're covering or with on a daily basis. That makes
it very difficult to do that on a daily basis.
How's article talks a great deal about how he and
Pete Rose had become friends. They were very close, and
that does happen. I mean, I think a lot of
people sometimes think that that's wrong in this business, but
you can't help it if you're with the team, like

(52:06):
how McCoy covered the Reds every day every day and
was there, knew the players. You have to build those relationships.
So when stories break or something happens, you have to
have that ability to go up to somebody and say, Hey,
what about this, why did this happen? What's going on here?
So when the gambling story started to break, How writes

(52:29):
in his article about how the editor of the Day
and Daily the News at that time, Rolf Morrow, called
McCoy and new his office and said, quote, I know
you and Peter close. Can you be part of our investigation?
And McCoy, I think wrote a very good answer. I
was offended because I considered myself professional enough to do
my job as difficult and as heart tearing as it was.

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And Pete went after How for being the guy who
had to ask these questions. Had to be the point
man had to go up front and get right in
Pete's face and ask him questions. As part of the
Dayton Daily News is investigation into all of this. As
the years went by. How rights that he was in
Vegas during the All Star break in two thousand and

(53:14):
eight and they were in Caesar's Palace and he spotted
Rose in a sports memorabilia shop signing autographs. His wife
said to How there's Pete Rose. Go in and say hello,
and McCoy writes, do you want me to start a riot?
He hates my guts and she said no, go on in.
So he went in, saw him, They shook hands, had

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their picture taken together, and all the things that had
kind of been there between them. It started to kind
of slide away a little bit. But it's a part
of our business I think gets overlooked quite often. McCoy wrote,
that was the end of the rift. Rose gave me
his private telephone number and we talked frequently after that.

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Just a mon month ago, he sent me a video
on which he ended up by saying, I love you
How and that's uh. I think that that's that that's
a great I'm glad that How had that opportunity to
kind of uh solve that uh and and that rift
between two. Because we've all been involved in relationships with
people that we that we have had long standing friendships

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with and things go different, and you all of a
sudden when something happens, if they unfortunately pass.

Speaker 6 (54:29):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (54:29):
I mean, I can tell you right now. When my
dad passed in what was it, twenty thirteen, I think
it was. I had seen and had met my dad
maybe four times in my life, and when he passed,
the first thing that hit me was, all those questions
are never going to be answered.

Speaker 6 (54:48):
Now.

Speaker 4 (54:49):
You know, all the things I wondered about, why weren't
you there? All of those things are gone, so that
if if you call it a rift, whatever you want
to call it, that's never going to be solved. And fortunately, uh,
and I know it's different with a parent or or whatever,
but we all have friends that are that way too.
I lost my best friend last August to cancer, and

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he and I were as different politically as the day
is long. We never talked about it. He went that way,
I went that way. It was never a conversation that
we We did it a couple of times and almost
came to blows once because we were so mad at
each other about it. But then you think, well, this
isn't worth all of this, so you just you just

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agree to disagree. You do you just And I'm telling
you this right now. He would have clocked me. There's
no question about that. I knew that right away. My
first law was, what are you doing here? Big mouse?
Shut up? But and in this business, we've all kind
of been down that road too. I I mean, I

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will tell you this. I covered Urban Meyer on a
daily basis for a number of years. I would tell
you right now I have no use for that man
in any way, shape or form because of the way
I was treated. But you still had to go in
and ask questions. You still had to do things and

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and be a it's professional.

Speaker 6 (56:15):
Of the word.

Speaker 4 (56:16):
I guess you're doing a job. And even though even
though I don't consider this, this isn't a job. This
is something that I've been fortunate to do in my life.
I'm somewhat good at it. You know, you can take
you can say whatever you want about people's talents in
our business. But uh, there is no way I could,

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for example, sit behind a desk from eight in the
morning till five in the afternoon. Just couldn't do it.
I don't I don't have that gene. That just doesn't
work for me, and I know you're the same way
with the things you do in your career, Kelly. I mean,
you have so many other things going on. It's stand
up act, I mean, all the things that you've done
in the past.

Speaker 7 (56:58):
Yeah, exactly. It's hard for me to work it out.

Speaker 4 (57:01):
Yeah, it's a different it's a different mentality. And when
you're in this business and you cover people like that
and you have to put yourself out there and be
uncomfortable with them, it can be hard. It can be very,
very hard because you know the responses you're going to
get before you ask the question. You know what's coming is.

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This isn't going to go well. They are not going
to be happy at all. And as I said, I'm
glad Hal had that opportunity to kind of mend the rift,
if you will, before Pete passed, because again, I can
tell you that would be something that would probably have
stuck with hol.

Speaker 7 (57:43):
Oh forever, for the rest of ever.

Speaker 4 (57:46):
Yeah, because you know that the last time you talked
to somebody it didn't end well, and that's a hard thing.
That's a hard thing to come to grips with. And
so fortunately he had that opportunity. But it's a very
good article. It's on the Dayton Daily News website, and
if you get the opportunity, I would encourage you to

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check it out and read it and I'll give you
some insight. And I've always enjoyed talking to how about baseball.
He's I mean obviously one of the best. And I've
referenced this before, but if you go up and down
the list of people who have penn stories at that newspaper,
I mean that's pretty much a who's who if you
think about it in sports sports writing, I mean tom Arch, Deacon,

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Gary Noon, hol McCoy, Bucky Albers, Mark Katz. I mean,
you can just go down the line of people who
have done great things writing and have been at the
Dayton Daily News. Yeah, you wouldn't think sometimes you would think,
well they got to be a bigger newspapers. Sometimes that
doesn't matter. It doesn't matter where you write exactly. As

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long as you're doing great works, that's what matters. That's
what matters. So but yeah, again, as I said, I
just think that that's something you get the opportunity, you should,
you should read that article. How I wrote a book,
he said. He Impeede didn't speak for nearly twenty years
and often spoke and Rose often spoke disparagingly about him

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on his radio shows and in a book, My Prison
Without Bars. And again, that's how new. I mean, there's
no he knew what he was walking into when he
started asking those questions and had to and had to
be the Date and Daily News' point man on how
you handle those things and how you how you had
to ask those questions. It's not comfortable, really, isn't. So again,

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I'm glad that worked out that way. So all right,
four thirteen is a time we'll take a time out
when we come back with date you on our fan
polls right now. If you missed the last hour, we
had the debut of our Magnificent seven, our NFL picks.
We will keep track of those the rest of the
way out. We will do that every Thursday and give
you an update each and every Thursday we'll pick a

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new Magnificent seven, and we will tell you how things
work in that as far as where all the teams land,
and each week it will probably change. Here's hoping it
changes big time this week. I think you know what
I'm talking about.

Speaker 7 (01:00:09):
I do, and I hope it doesn't change too much
because of.

Speaker 4 (01:00:12):
You know, but no, but if Washington wins, you can
you can double make them very easily. We can go up.
We can yeah, we can go out absolutely. It's the
press box, Fox Sports nine eighty wa.

Speaker 1 (01:00:39):
three seven by three one six, one seven zero the
press box on Fox Sports nine eighty WN eighty four seventeen.

Speaker 4 (01:00:53):
As we roll right along here on this Thursday afternoon,
it's the press box. This is Fox Sports nine eighty
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polls that we have out this afternoon. Ohio State plays
the best team of the four it's played so far
this year, I think, record wise and on the field wise.
When they host three and one in Iowa. We're asking
you very simply, what happens on Saturday in Columbus. Ohio

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State wins by thirty or more. Buckeyes win by between
fifteen and thirty, Hawkeyes spring the upset, or Ohio State
wins by fifteen points or less. And right now, Ohio
State winning by between fifteen and thirty getting seventy two
percent of the vote right now, So I think there
is some definite respect for that Iowa defense that is well,

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I think it's among the best in the country right now.
But offensively, there's just no question. They just can't keep
up with Ohio State. And I think the Buckeyes. I
think the Buckeyes are going to win this one by
thirty or more. I really do. Wouldn't surprise me at
all if this is in the forty nine to seven
fifty two to ten category. Ye wouldn't surprise me at all.

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I wouldn't.

Speaker 7 (01:01:58):
I don't, Yeah, because well, I don't disagree with you.
I think that I think that they will.

Speaker 4 (01:02:02):
Be And that's the smartest thing you've said all day.
I know, I don't disagree with you.

Speaker 7 (01:02:07):
Unfortunately, I stopped the recording right before I said it,
so there's no evidence.

Speaker 4 (01:02:11):
But oh I didn't stop and I haven't.

Speaker 7 (01:02:15):
But I think that while I don't think I was
gonna score, I don't think they're gonna score a lot,
but I actually think they're gonna slow Ohio State down
a little bit, a little bit, A little bit they are,
They're This offense that we've seen from Ohio State has
been kind of inspiring. The the rookie, the freshman, I

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can't remember his name, right now. Smith, Jeremiah Smith. Yeah,
he's a beast.

Speaker 4 (01:02:45):
Two one handed catches last week. Have you seen better catches?
He's a beast.

Speaker 7 (01:02:48):
He's a beast. Will Howard is doing exactly what needs
to be done. So I think I don't I don't
think anyone's gonna stifle them. I don't think anyone's gonna
shut them down. But I could see them being slow
down a little or having a slow start so that,
you know, you get to maybe a twenty twenty four
point win or something.

Speaker 4 (01:03:08):
Yeah, I think so. I think so. I think that
that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, I just think Ohio State
National Television again, three thirty kick Hall of Fame, so
many things surrounding it. They I think they just blow
right past them on Saturday. I just I can see
that coming, I really am. And I'll be more surprised
that if they don't go that direction. Quite frankly, I'd

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be more surprised, all right again. Buckeye's winning by between
fifteen and thirty, getting seventy four percent of the vote.
Also of the current top four in the AP and
coaches polls, which are the same four teams, just in
a different order of the got shoot rankings. We're asking
which of those unbeatens is the most likely to lose first, Alabama, Texas,
Ohio State, or Tennessee and not allow of faith in

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the volunteers, sixty eight percent go with Tennessee as being
the team that is most likely to lose first of those.
So I thought we'd discuss that for a couple of
moments and look at it and Tennessee I think obviously
a lot of Ohio State fans. For whatever reason, there
seems to be some sort of a just a back

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and forth all the time between Ohio State fans and
Tennessee fans. I'm not sure how that got started. But nonetheless,
Tennessee this week plays at Arkansas on Saturday night. Now,
Arkansas's that could be an interesting game. Arkansas is kind
of a they're three and two right now going into
the game. But again, these SEC games all have a
complete different feel to them. Oh yeah, especially when you

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go especially when you go on the road, Just a
completely different feel. Arkansas last week there are three and
two I should say going into the game. So this
could be an interesting one, I think for Tennessee. Arkansas.
So far this year they lost to Texas, A and
m In their last game twenty one to seventeen, they
won at Auburn. They lost to Oklahoma State in double overtime.

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So it's a representative schedule, no question. Tennessee's coming off
what was I think a very impressive win at Oklahoma
a couple of weeks back. Yeah, that was a big win
to open SEC play. But Tennessee they have Arkansas again
on Saturday night, then they come home for Florida and
then Alabama, and I think that's and that's the game.

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That's the one that everybody will look at.

Speaker 7 (01:05:18):
That's the game. Yeah. And then so when when you
look at these schedules, yeah, I because that's what when
I looked at at this question. I went to the schedules,
got that from you? Uh and yeah, I I was like,
oh yeah, I I could see. And I'm not saying
that all of these teams necessarily went out, but when
I saw that Tennessee Alabama game, and I mean the

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way the way Alabama just embarrassed Georgia in that first
half of that game, I was like, man, this team.
Georgia did have a run, almost came back, but uh,
there Alabama and I feel like Texas is playing maybe
the best of all of these teams, and they've been
tested the most. I just was like, this is this

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is kind of the best I've seen Alabama look in
a little while. And I know when Alabama gets to
go in they can.

Speaker 4 (01:06:10):
Go right exactly exactly so, but after that, I mean,
it gets no easier. They have Kentucky, who just beat
Old Miss in Oxford, then they get Mississippi State, then
they go to Georgia. They close out with with two
gimmes UTEP and then at Vanderbilt. So so I think
obviously if they get past this hurdle on Saturday night,

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then it's the Alabama game on the nineteenth. That's the
one I think a lot of people will look at
now as far as Alabama is concerned. Right now, the
Crimson Tide. After obviously the impressive win over Georgia, they're
at Vanderbilt this week, then home for South Carolina, then
at Tennessee. But it doesn't get a lot easier for
the Crimson Tide. South Carolina again, they're three and one

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right now that game that was in Tuscaloosa. Then they
go to Knoxville, then they take on ninth rank to Missouri,
and Missouri is pretty good football team. Four and oh right, now,
then they go to LSU and then they get their
usual late in the season SEC cupcake when they host
Mercer on November the sixteenth. Well, but then they close

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up at Oklahoma and Auburn. So that's yeah, enjoying that cupcake.
I don't see them being challenged until that game on
the third on the ninth at LSU. If Missouri were
in Columbia, then I think, well, okay, Missouri can really
give them a little bit of a little bit of
an issue. I mean, the Tennessee game I think will

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be a good one for them, but I think Alabama's
better than Tennessee.

Speaker 7 (01:07:38):
I think Alabama.

Speaker 4 (01:07:40):
Yeah, Texas is the other one in this conversation, and
they are off this week and then they have the
Red River shootout with Oklahoma on the nineteenth. On the twelfth,
so that's in Texas back to back, Oklahoma, Georgia back
to back. Yeah, then a then a breather with Vanderbilt

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and somewhat of a breather with Florida, and then they
close up with at Arkansas Kentucky and then the renewal
of the Texas A and M rivalry on November the thirtieth,
So Texas on the twelfth against Oklahoma. Again, Oklahoma's four
and one. That game is always a different feel in

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Texas and Oklahoma and then Georgia, the Georgia Texas game.
That's That's the one thing about conference realignment as again,
as you know, I don't like it. I don't like
all of this Stanford in the ACC blah blah blah.
I'll say this the rest. I saw an interesting text
last night. The Miami Hurricanes play at Cal this week,

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and the somebody from the Miami program texted, or is
a fan or somebody on those lines texted that the
Miami equipment truck is twelve hundred miles from Miami. This
was a as of last night, on its way to
its conference game at Cal. It had to leave on
Tuesday to get there.

Speaker 7 (01:09:10):
Just a little bit of travel, just a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:09:13):
It's a conference game. But I will say this about realignment.
It has brought us things like this Texas, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Alabama, Texas,
Michigan Texas or Michigan US creon. You don't have to
wait to a bowl game. These are regular season games.

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And I was asked the other day I mentioned speaking
to the Gold Club, and I was asked by again
one of the various stute people who listens to our
show on a daily basis over there, Fred, thank you
very much about how long this can last? And MY
response was, it lasts as long as TV is willing

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to pay the money. That's how long this will last.
And I don't see that ending anywhere anytime soon.

Speaker 7 (01:10:06):
Not the way the ratings are going.

Speaker 4 (01:10:08):
The ratings are through the roof, and I think college
football fans and this is an one of the things
when I spoke to the Guts Club, I talked about
the focus of the discussion was college football, and I
talked about how you just hate that the game is
no longer what it was growing up. Regional rivalries were

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the deal, and anytime you played USC, it was a
special game because it was either in the Rose Bowl
or it was that rare occasion where you had them
in a non conference game. The years that Ohio State
I think we had Jeff Logan on yestually he referenced
these years, the seventy five and seventy six Ohio State teams.

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The seventy five team is the one that went out
to California and played UCLA in the Coliseum and just
hammered them, and then the end of the season had
to go back out there and play them in the
Rose Bowl and got beat. But there was something about that.
It was just it's it's all the way to the
West Coast. It's it's it's those days are obviously gone now,

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but there's still the These games do feel big, and
I mean they do. They feel like big because they are.
They're big, big games. And that's where I disagreed with
people who said, when realignment happened about all these games, well,
it's gonna take away from the regular season. Are you
kidding me like that?

Speaker 6 (01:11:36):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (01:11:36):
Are you? Where was everybody Saturday night? What were you
watching Saturday? If you're college football fan, you're watching Alabama Alabama? Oh,
you were watching Alabama Georgia.

Speaker 7 (01:11:46):
I kind of wish I could watch that game for
the first time again. That's how fun it was.

Speaker 4 (01:11:51):
You knew well the week before if you were a
college football fan, you were watching Tennessee Oklahoma because it
was a huge game. It was a huge, huge game.
So that part of it, I think defeats the argument
that it takes away from the regular season, because it doesn't.
It doesn't at all. Now, in a couple of years,
when the honeymoon of this all kind of wears off

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a little bit, maybe it will. But as long as
the as the TV dollars continue to say this works
for us, then this is where this is where we're at.
I think the PAC twelve is trying to swallow up
everybody that's left on the West Coast to get back
into business.

Speaker 7 (01:12:33):
Right, to get back in the game.

Speaker 4 (01:12:34):
Yeah, that's just the way that the college football cookie
has crumbled, for lack of a better term these days.
So it's but it is. These games are all huge.
Let me come back, John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski looking ahead
the big games coming up this weekend. The press box
Fox Sports nine eighty wa.

Speaker 1 (01:13:43):
three seven by three, one six, one seven zero the
press box on Fox Sports ninet eighty w O.

Speaker 4 (01:13:55):
Nni Hey, welcome back to the program. Four thirty three
is the time as we roll along with you here
on this Thursday, Fox Sports nine eight w ande. Well,
of course, a huge game coming up on Sunday in Cincinnati,
the Bengals and Ravens will get together for the first time,
first division game for the Bengals as they try to
turn around a season that is hanging by a precarious
thread right now. I don't think there's any other way

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to say it. A one and four to one start,
one and four overall and one of the division. I think,
as Jay Morrison said at the opening of Last Hour,
what we had him on pretty much pushes this Bengals
season to the brink of oblivion right now. And that's
that's all very likely if they lose on Sunday to Baltimore.
I know it's still only week number five, and you'll

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hear after the game we're still in this. Everything still well, no, stop,
you're you're fooling us or you're trying to fool us.
And we get it. We understand, we understand, especially with
what's ahead, because as Jay said, that makes you one
and four, eleven and six is probably going to win
the division. That means you got to go ten and

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to the rest of the way. Yep, that's not happening.
I mean even two and three is still you still
got a lot of work to do.

Speaker 7 (01:15:08):
I don't disagree. I also can't, like I said, the
way the Bengals offense has been playing for a lot
of the season, it's hard to really count them out.
I mean, if any team, not any team, but if
any team could go ten and two, ten and three
or nine, and it's it is the Bengals. It's Joe Burrow.

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He does have a level that he can get to
where he can not even play hero ball. But all
of a sudden, it's like you see the decisions he's making.
He feels confident in the pocket, and he can keep
up with just about any team if their offense is
on fire. Now the defense, well, that's.

Speaker 4 (01:15:50):
Where I was going to go when and when I
reference to Jay Morrison, how the years I was calling
Arena Football League, And I know it's a pletely different game,
and I get that, but the mindset always was just
get one stop. Yeah, And when the Bengals got that
stop last Sunday in Carolina, it did a lot of
things from a confidence standpoint. They finally stopped somebody in

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the red zone. Yeah, and yes it's Carolina. I don't
know that they stopped Derrick Henry down there.

Speaker 7 (01:16:19):
I don't know if anybody stops Dereck Henry down there.

Speaker 4 (01:16:22):
But what it did was it. The defense went, oh, exactly,
maybe we can do this. Hey, so maybe we're not.
I mean they still gave up some points around but regardless.
John Harbaugh, the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, addressed
where his football team is right now, had a lot of,
as you might well imagine, glowing things to say about
this Sunday's opponent in this crucial division game in the

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AFC North, the Cincinnati Bengals.

Speaker 2 (01:16:46):
Very focused on the upcoming challenge, which is a rivalry
game against the Bengals with a lot of stake early
in the season, like they all are when you play
in this division, and we know what kind of game
to expect. It's always that way, and we'll look forward
to the chat. What question do you have and uh, you.

Speaker 1 (01:17:02):
Know, Joe Burrow is relied for the last season with
Andrey he's back or games with you kind of see
having thrown.

Speaker 2 (01:17:09):
Yeah, really we've seen the same thing that we've always
seen fromhim. He's playing very well. Uh plays the game
in a very unique way, very very precise way in
terms of his reads, his accuracy, timing, he's strong in
the pocket, all those things that he's leading leading that
team leading that offense like he always does good.

Speaker 5 (01:17:27):
They know he's completed.

Speaker 7 (01:17:28):
Seven percent passes Jamar Chase de Higgins.

Speaker 3 (01:17:31):
What kind of magic proms they create, no question.

Speaker 2 (01:17:33):
I mean they've got really great skill they always have.
They have a great a great scheme. Uh, they've got
great receivers and it doesn't even stop with those two guys.
Those two guys obviously are you know, top shelf type
wide receivers, but I think a great depth in the
receiving corps. Tight ends are really good receivers. They brought
in Micasicki, They've they've got a good group of tight ends.
They all do different things really well. So it's just

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a very and the running backs are playing really well.
I mean both running backs are playing. Moss and Brown
are both playing excellent, running hard, very productive when they
get the ball.

Speaker 3 (01:18:02):
So it's a well rounded offense.

Speaker 4 (01:18:05):
The coach, he's seen a divisional team, you know most
of the players very well.

Speaker 6 (01:18:09):
How do you feel to have Geno Stole and someone
have made.

Speaker 7 (01:18:11):
A big impact with the Ravens now on the other side.

Speaker 3 (01:18:14):
Yeah, I don't feel great about it. You know, I
liked him when he was on our side, but he's
done a great job. There's nothing but respect for Gino.
He's playing very well for him.

Speaker 2 (01:18:23):
You can see that he's doing a great job of
communicating back there as well as how he's just playing
play to play making plays. So happy for him, but
you know, we love him, but he's the enemy this
week country.

Speaker 7 (01:18:33):
Arpam let back out today obviously kind of went down
in dev saying fashion during training camp, how good was
it to see him back and also what you need characters,
says he brings.

Speaker 6 (01:18:41):
To this second year.

Speaker 3 (01:18:42):
Well, he's a great leader.

Speaker 2 (01:18:43):
I mean, Arthur is one of those guys that you know,
you just feel his energy even when he's not playing
on the sideline, he was into it. I mean he
was flying around, he knew all the calls, he was
coaching guys up, and he was looking forward to coming
back and to see him back. It's a little bit
of a process. You know, you've been on been down
for four or five weeks. He's gonna have to kind
of ramp his way back in. We'll see day to

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day here how he does with that. But uh, but
it's great to have out there. Coach week five and
almost Harper septicipation in practice, that's gonna be pretty good.

Speaker 3 (01:19:14):
Aga. It's hard to being healthy. Yeah, yeah, all go
glory to God.

Speaker 2 (01:19:21):
You know, we we understand how how valuable that is,
you know, and how rare that is, and uh, you know,
we just got to I just think the guys are
working really hard to you know, they just the guys
that work super hard. They practice hard, they work hard
in the weight room. I think the wait staff, the
training staff has all done a great job with that.
But you know what day to day process, try to

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try to do the best we can today and and
be ready for tomorrow's.

Speaker 4 (01:19:46):
Talk with Todok And it's spreading this offense.

Speaker 8 (01:19:49):
There was a question where Patrick Bernhard's role might even
want and then the last two weeks it's just been
like a pattering ram out there.

Speaker 9 (01:19:57):
Uh what when you've watched him this year, what stood
out about him?

Speaker 2 (01:20:02):
Well, yeah, Pat, he kind of understands his role. You
mentioned not maybe knowing what the role was going to be,
but it was probably more about whether that role was
going to be there, because you knew what.

Speaker 3 (01:20:12):
His role was going to be if he was here, right,
And that's the one that you see. He's doing it
at a very high level.

Speaker 2 (01:20:17):
Last two weeks especially have been ramped up, I think
for Pat and he just creates another dimension out there
that defenses have to deal with.

Speaker 8 (01:20:25):
Where you were asked about him after Sunday night's game,
But where have you seen Travis Jones sort of take
the next stride? I mean we've always seen in practice
and the flashes of training camp.

Speaker 4 (01:20:35):
And now he's playing a lot more stams.

Speaker 2 (01:20:37):
But what it stood out to you, Well, he really
is kind of what you just said he is. Travis
has been doing it in practice. You know, we've seen
it in practice. We've talked about it in this group
right here about how well he's been practicing and when
he played in games last year. It might might be
the fact that he's a little more mature in terms
of his physical body but technique wise, but it might

(01:20:57):
be just the facts get more reps, you know, and
he's having a chance to show his skills even that
much more so. He's he's he's becoming a dominant defensive tackle,
no doubt.

Speaker 4 (01:21:07):
John. Obviously, the Vonte Adams news comes out, you guys
are inevitably linked to that.

Speaker 5 (01:21:12):
Just have to ask the obligatory question, but how could
you feel about this offense?

Speaker 8 (01:21:15):
This fierceiving corp all that time.

Speaker 2 (01:21:17):
Well, you know how we feel about our guys and
really can't comment on anybody else's players. So we talked
about DeVonta Ams a couple of weeks ago, and.

Speaker 3 (01:21:28):
I didn't want to talk to him anymore after about
him anymore after the game. We've seen enough of him
at that point.

Speaker 6 (01:21:32):
But we do.

Speaker 3 (01:21:33):
We love our guys.

Speaker 4 (01:21:35):
John some moll that out here.

Speaker 8 (01:21:37):
I know the expectation was never to keep I know
Keith Mitchell was eligible this week with the expectation was
never to happen this early.

Speaker 4 (01:21:43):
But do you have a better sense of how he's
coming along and how long it's going to.

Speaker 2 (01:21:48):
Take them and hanging back right it's impossible to put
a timetable on exactly right now. I think I would
say this, he is right on schedule. He was he
was on the schedule was to be back, you know,
this season. Exactly when that would be. We're probably closer
to understanding that now, just because it's you know, we're
closer towards towards the end of that, but you couldn't
really pitt it down yet. He's not close enough yet

(01:22:12):
to really talk about it. But but he's doing really well.

Speaker 4 (01:22:19):
John Harbaugh, the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, was
some very good things to say. I love the question
or his answer to the DeVante Adams question. Towards the end, Hey,
we saw enough that guy a couple of weeks back,
and plus you can't really start going into great detail.
It's always funny when a player makes that. So I
want to be traded. I'll go here, here, here, and there.
Everybody right right runs to the head coach, Hey, what

(01:22:40):
do you think about getting DeVante Adams? What do you
think of? What are they supposed to say?

Speaker 6 (01:22:45):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:22:46):
Yeah, we'd love to have him. I mean, well right
away that I think that's I think that falls into
the tampering category.

Speaker 7 (01:22:52):
Yeah, you're you're not even allowed to be talking to
the guy until you certain criteria.

Speaker 4 (01:22:59):
It's the trade dead lie the thirtieth I think October
thirtieth thing is the NFL trade deadline. Right to these coaches, hey,
guess way, Devan damsons he wants to be a wants
to be a Raven? What do you think? Uh? Yeah?
And then meantime, you got a room full of receivers going, yeah,

(01:23:19):
what about us We've.

Speaker 7 (01:23:21):
Got a lot of opportunities here, We're going to give
them to a guy who hasn't been here.

Speaker 4 (01:23:24):
What, Yeah, exactly, just an interesting part of all this,
all right, four to forty three. So when we come back,
Kevin Stefanski will give his thoughts on the Browns as
they get ready for their crucial matchup on the road
with the number five team and the magnificent seven of
the press box at being the Washington Commanders. They're number
five on.

Speaker 7 (01:23:42):
Both sides on both Yeah, they I mean, which is
a lot of people are seeing it.

Speaker 4 (01:23:46):
One of the few times in the calendar year Kelly
and I actually agree on.

Speaker 7 (01:23:49):
Something, So yeah, and I'm I'm still just shocked. I'm
still shocked. Also, a quick update on the w NBA playoffs.
What you're going on right now? Two words to tease
that ian Escu and.

Speaker 4 (01:24:02):
Those are two impressive words too. The press box Fox
Sports nine eighty wo.

Speaker 1 (01:24:06):
Name get on the press box called Marty now at
nine to three seven by three, one six, one seven
zero the press box on Fox Sports nine eighty wn eighty.

Speaker 4 (01:24:31):
Four forty seven. As we were along here in the
press box, it has been a week where we have
had a number of celebrity deaths, if you will, and
the Kenbe Matambo earlier in the week. Of course, Pete
Rose John Amos passed away yesterday. If you don't remember
or know the name, he was the father on Good Times,

(01:24:54):
one of the groundbreaking shows back in the seventies on CBS.
He was also in a number of movies. He was
the McDowell who owned the McDowell's restaurants in Coming to America.
Very larger than life actor, many many roles. I think

(01:25:16):
he won an Emmy. I think for Roots. I think
back in the seventies when he was he was one
of the many cast members in that show. He's had
a great acting career. Was a eighty four years old.
And I bring that up because you see these Whenever
you see a name trending on the X site, you think,

(01:25:38):
oh no, well, the one trending now is Bill Murray
and Bill Murray's and I was like, oh no, not
Bill Murray. But it has to do with a comment
he made about the political situation. So that's why he's
trending right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Wow. That's the last thing.
We don't need any more of this this week. It's
been rough enough as it is. Yeah, so also as

(01:25:58):
we tease probably of the it's a pretty important time
right now when the WNBA Kelly has been our go
to for our for the Ladies segments in the past
and updating on all the WNBA stuff that's going on,
and the playoffs are rolling along the Las Vegas Aces.

Speaker 7 (01:26:13):
Yes, actually this I wanted to shout out the news
for a second for reminding me that, yes, we absolutely
do need to talk about the w NBA playoffs. He
writes for the Ladies for the for the Ladies segment,
the WNBA simmis are going on. The New York Liberty
are looking for the sweep of the defending champs to

(01:26:33):
the Las Vegas Aces. If you haven't watched those games,
the first game, the New York Liberty handled handily. The
Las Vegas Aces did not see what was coming and
they lost by about ten points. In this most recent game,
it looked like the Las Vegas Aces were back on track.
They were gonna get the win tie up the series.

(01:26:53):
But Sabrina Ionescut in the second half of that game,
she put on her big girl paying let me tell you,
and she bawled out. She had spike Lee, who was
obviously sitting courtside standing up the whole time. He was
talking trash to Kelsey Plumb of the Las Vegas Aces.
That's how exciting the game was. Everyone was involved, and

(01:27:17):
in the end, by I think just two points, the
New York Liberty were able to take that game and
now are looking to sweep the defending, two time defending
Las Vegas Aces. They play tomorrow night at nine point thirty,
and then tied up the Connecticut Sun and the Minnesota Links.

(01:27:40):
They are playing. They're bawling. I mean, on either side
of that game. You have two defensive players of the
year's going head to head. It's juicy. It's a really
fun series. I'm having a great time watching it. You
gotta catch djn A Carrington.

Speaker 6 (01:27:55):
She was like.

Speaker 7 (01:27:58):
Second, i think in voting for most improved player this season,
and she's been playing lights out. You can tell she
cares about this game and about this series. Obviously, Alyssa
Thomas just bawling. And then the Links kind of the
surprise team of this season. They've been able to match,

(01:28:19):
I mean, kind of bar for bar everything that the
Connecticut Son are doing. And so that game starts tomorrow
at seven point thirty. We're gonna We're gonna just keep rolling.
The WNBA is really fun right now. And got to
shout out Kaitlyn Clark, who was almost the unanimous almost
just one person did not vote for her in first

(01:28:42):
place to be the Rookie of the Year. We don't
know who it is. I'm sure we could find out,
but one person.

Speaker 4 (01:28:48):
I would think that person wants to be kept as
as anonymous.

Speaker 7 (01:28:51):
Anonymous as possible, but almost the unanimous rookie of the
Year Caitlyn Clark. Obviously it wasn't even a question, especially
once Angelies went down, but honestly, even.

Speaker 4 (01:29:01):
Before that, I think it was a I think it
was a question.

Speaker 7 (01:29:03):
Ah yeah, it was. It was her season and and
she put her team in the playoffs. They lost in
the first round, but no one expected them in the
playoffs at all. So shout out to Caitlin Clark. I'm
very excited to see what she does next season, and
hope she takes some time away from baseball or baseball
basketball for just a couple of months. Because that girl's
been playing.

Speaker 4 (01:29:24):
Was gonna be that was gonna be this thing I
was going to say, because she's been playing basketball basically
since October last year. Yeah, well, there's there's there's like
a what was it a month break from the end
of the college basketball season to the w NBA. She
almost had to report to training camp as soon as
Iawall lost in the national Yeah literally, you go, okay,
go to your training camp now after the w NBA draft.

(01:29:45):
So yeah, I would think of downtime would be much
much welcomed and used by her to kind of just
re regenerate and re re energize the battery exact question.
But yeah, these games. I've watched a couple of the
playoffs games and they are fun to watch. And NESQ
pretty darn good player, Pretty darn good player. All right, Kelly,

(01:30:07):
thank you for that. As always, We'll keep that going
for you on Fridays throughout the remainder of the playoffs
and throughout the fall as well too, as we close
in on the end of the year, which again is
only a couple of months away now. Since we're on October,
of course, I'm the one to bring you all that
good news. All right. Speaking of Sunday in the NFL,
Browns have a tough stop on Sunday. They are getting healthier,

(01:30:28):
are the Browns, but they run into I think it's
fair to say, outside of Minnesota the NFL's hottest team,
that's the Washington Commanders, and they go there on Sunday afternoon.
Kevin Stefanski earlier today talking about the trip to our
nation's capital to face a three to one team that
has suddenly caught the nation's fancy right now.

Speaker 6 (01:30:46):
Bag really good football team. Three and one football team
playing very well, playing at a high level, well coached.
I think they're doing a very very nice job. So
gotta have a great week of practice and then get
on the airplane and try to find a way to
win on Sunday. But with that, I'll take any questions.

Speaker 10 (01:31:01):
Kevin, just so much of a boost is it emotionally
to get micked.

Speaker 4 (01:31:05):
Back out on the practice.

Speaker 6 (01:31:06):
Yeah, with any guy that's working through injuries and rehabbing,
you're always excited when they're backing pads and that type
of thing. Nick's been here every day, so he's not
far from what we're doing and far from what we're
thinking about, and he's in every meeting. He's here very early.
So this is just the next natural progression for him
and for Nahem and Mike.

Speaker 4 (01:31:28):
When you watch James Daniels Kevin Show. There's a long
list of this, but what's most.

Speaker 6 (01:31:33):
Impressive, Yeah, it is a long list. The completion percentage
is impressive. The ability to make plays within the scheme,
outside of the scheme, making throws down the field. Tough kid, smart,
I mean, just very impressive.

Speaker 4 (01:31:51):
Well rookie, it looks like he's pretty comfortable in the pocket,
out of pocket. I guess how rare is that for him?

Speaker 3 (01:31:57):
At you?

Speaker 6 (01:31:58):
Yeah, pretty rare, I mean, and this is a guy
everybody watched him on Saturday, so it kind of knew
his style and knows how he plays. But it certainly
translates and he's doing a great job.

Speaker 4 (01:32:07):
Mean you.

Speaker 10 (01:32:08):
If you guys can get David back on the field
in Washington.

Speaker 6 (01:32:12):
In this game, that's another one. Mary Kay, We've got
to see how this week goes, see how he looks
throughout this week. But Dave obviously gives our offensive boost
with his ability both in the run game in the
past game. But we're really going to see how he
does these next few days.

Speaker 9 (01:32:27):
Kevin, it's pretty obvious that execution is an offensive problem.
Although self infut like their rooms, do you see any
positive in making a change in play cold.

Speaker 6 (01:32:39):
Yeah for us right now, Tony, Really our focus is
just playing better. Certainly, that doesn't mean players play better.
That means all of us have to do a better job.
So I have to do a better job. Our offensive
coaches have to do a better job. Our offensive players
have to do a better job. But that's all of
us together, So that that's really where our focus is.

Speaker 9 (01:32:57):
So has it been discussed at all?

Speaker 6 (01:32:59):
That's not something we're talking about Kevin.

Speaker 4 (01:33:03):
This is week five and the Jack and Jed watch,
just where where are they as far as their health approaches.

Speaker 6 (01:33:12):
They're they're both working very hard getting closer. I know
there are two tackles, but two different injuries. They're they're
working at their They're doing their damn just to get back.
So we'll see what they look like today, tomorrow, Friday.
But that's just how you have to treat any injury.
And these guys in particularly, they're working hard to get back.

Speaker 4 (01:33:32):
Kevin with Naheim when whenever he's able to get back,
well we know what he brings them a return game,
but offensively, what kind of dimension does he out of
that backfield?

Speaker 6 (01:33:41):
Yeah? I think you see Nahim and the plays that
he's made in his career certainly, not just on special teams,
on offense as well. So he's a talented ball carrier,
whether you hand it to him or throw it to him.
So excited to get him back out there practice as well.

Speaker 10 (01:33:56):
Kevin, he's very clipped his offense. How is it similar
with what he did with with Kyler now with Jayden?
And how is it how is he you know, altered
and tweaked things to utilize Jayden better?

Speaker 6 (01:34:12):
Yeah, they've certainly he's evolved. There's some things that look
very similar. Some things that they're doing, whether it's schematic,
whether it's concept or personnel or timing of how they
do things is a little bit different. But it's for
it's early, so it's four games into it for them
as well. Just I'm sure they're going to pivot to
different things as they get going, but they're playing at
a very high level.

Speaker 4 (01:34:33):
Kevin Stefanski talking about the Washington Commanders and his thoughts
on Jade and Daniels and what they have done so
far this season, and as I mentioned very much, is
it fair to call him the flavor of the of
the week so far that the Commanders? Is that a
fair assessment I think.

Speaker 7 (01:34:47):
So, I mean this is this is new and fresh
and also something we haven't Here's the thing. We've seen
teams kind of flash and then disappear, and so now
everyone is trying to figure out is this a fluke?
Is this gonna be the way the team runs?

Speaker 4 (01:35:04):
Now?

Speaker 7 (01:35:05):
We don't know?

Speaker 4 (01:35:05):
And as is he that good? Is he that good?

Speaker 7 (01:35:08):
That he will good?

Speaker 4 (01:35:10):
He does?

Speaker 7 (01:35:10):
As a Commanders fan, it's also is he able to
stay healthy? Because we've had a good quarterback before that
flashed and then he got hurt and then.

Speaker 4 (01:35:19):
That was it. That was it exactly? So uh, this
is uh, this will I think this will be a
very good test because this obviously he's played some gone
up against some good defenses already, but this will be
a different Uh, this will be a different test for
it on Sunny because I think this Brown's defense is
kind of geared up and they know as well too,
much like the Bengals do. Uh their season hangs by

(01:35:39):
uh hangs by what happens on Sunday, because I think
the Browns want to be one. No one wants to
be one of four. Uh you go there, if you
go there and this guy goes up and down a
field and lights you up. Then, oh boy, the questions
are really gonna start to fly in Cleveland about that defense.
Uh if Daniels does that, and and again with Terry
McLaurin and that fleet of town on whiteouts that they have,

(01:35:59):
U's gonna be a handful for that Browns defense. So again,
that will do it for today's program. We're not with
you tomorrow. We'll be back on Monday. We will have
our usual overreaction Monday show for you and kid you
updated on everything that's happened from what is a heck
of a weekend coming up in football. A couple of
high school football games tonight at Meadowdale and Dunbar kick
at six o'clock, Tri County North an Sonia kick at

(01:36:22):
seven o'clock tonight in a very important Western Ohio Conference game.
So if you're a high school football fan, a couple
to get you ready and kind of wet the taste
buzzs for what happens tomorrow in high school football week
number seven. Oh by the way, tomorrow the high school
football season. The playoffs start in twenty two days.

Speaker 7 (01:36:38):
Wow, yanks.

Speaker 4 (01:36:39):
All right, that'll do it for today's editions program. Thanks
to Jay Morrison if we're visiting with us, Thanks to
Kelly B. Always appreciate her work, and we're back with
you together on Monday for another edition of this very show,
which is called The press Box right here on Fox
Sports nine eighty w in.

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