August 15, 2024 • 7 mins
Kelsey Conway was live in Chicago for the Bengals/Bears joint practice she tells us what took place
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Combridge begins Saturday morning at nine on ESPN fifteen thirty,
the official home of the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It's four out in five. ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Am Oeger broadcasting today from the Cincinnati Open in Mason.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
It is awesome to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Another winner today, Brandon Nakashima is going to join us
in just a bit.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Sneaking of winners.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Anthony Munio's the only thing I don't like about being
here today.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It's the only thing.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Anthony's actually in studio to talk with me. His Munyo's Foundation.
Top Golf Tailgate is coming up in just a couple
of weeks. We'll broadcast from that. But me being here
means I don't get a chance to hang out with
the Hall of Famer, which is, let's be honest, kind
of a win for him. Plus one more check in
with Tony Pike. Bengals are practicing or they have practice
today at the Bears facility with the Bears. They play
(00:47):
the Bears on Saturday, and obviously we have Tony every hour.
I wanted to get Kelsey Conway on because I knew
she was going to be in Chicago. I knew she
was going to be at the Bengals joint practice, and
so I said, I know you have your job to do,
but I want to call you at five ten. And
it turns out I lied because we called her at
five oh five. I hope that's okay. Kelsey, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You know, mo, I must really like you you call early. No,
I'm just kiddy guy. This is great. I just finished
practice and have a bunch of updates for you.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
All right, Well, let's first mention.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Kelsey obviously covers the Bengals for The Inquirer and Cincinnati
dot Com, and obviously you could read her full comprehensive
coverage of the Bengals in Chicago, including obviously the game
on Saturday this practice, you were there. I read your updates.
It feels like it didn't go well. Am I reading
that correctly?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
It went probably how you would expect it to go
in terms of the Bengals issues on offense in the Rain,
I think that Joe Burrow was picked off three times
and T Higgins had a bunch of drops. Overall, it
was just a sloppy performance from the offense. Other than then,
a couple of really good runs from Zach Moss and
(02:03):
Chase Brown and even after practice. The first thing I
asked Joe is what did you think of the offense?
And he just went straight into, well, our run game
looked good. The Bengals, you know, obviously it's not gonna
be perfect when it's raining, but Caleb Williams and the Bears,
you know, they were able to do some more things
in the air. Then that was different than what the
(02:25):
Bengals did. So I think I would start with it's
just kind of a sloppy performance for the offense. And
right now, I think without Jamar Chase, it seems like
there's really struggling to find any rhythm and it's something
I'm keeping my eye on because they really seem like
they really need to get Jamar Chase back for us
to really see how different this offense really looks at
(02:46):
this point.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Do they have anybody to play right tackle?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Well, yeah, I start I will start with that. Deontay
Smith and Chris Evans were the two players for the
Bengals that were carted off. No other players were carded off.
The Bears got out of this rainy, rainy practice completely clean,
but Deyontay Smith went down and it didn't look good.
He was down for a while both were put into
air cast both Chris Evans and Deontay Smith, and I
(03:13):
just saw both of them leaving on crutches with braces
on their legs. So those two look pretty significant injuries.
Obviously you don't want to speculate, but they didn't look good.
So back to your point about right tackle. Trent Brown
halfway through practice was replaced by Cody Ford, and I
asked Zack about it post practice, and he said that
Trent Brown was dealing with some lower back tightness, so
(03:36):
that's why Cody Ford went in for him. But with
Amarus' injury and now Deontay Smith's injury, they're thin at tackle,
and I wouldn't be shocked to see them try and
make a move to get at least another serviceable tackle
body on their roster right now, because right now it
kind of seems up and down in terms of Trent
Brown's participation in practice.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I hate to say this because it sounds premature. It's
it sounds like we're making an assumption. This Trent Brown
thing does doesn't feel like it's It almost feels it
feels like it's it's it's doomed to fail because nothing,
nothing has gone according to plan. He's not around for otash.
He's not around for the start of training camp. Didn't
exactly strike me as having a gung ho personality when
(04:18):
he was asked about like rounding in the form, and
now his back is tight.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I don't feel good about this.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think, I think I agree with you, and
I think amarus Min's getting injured was a tough blow,
maybe more so than anybody thinks, because yes, you hope
he can just pick back right back up from where
he left off, but you don't know how much time
he's gonna miss, and he's not getting these reps against
(04:44):
quality edge rushers on the Bears and the Colts. And
I think, I think this tackle situation for the Bengals,
which is ironic that we're talking about it again this year,
right now, right now, it's a little bit up in
the air because I don't if you can right now
say with full confidence that Trent Brown's going to be
able to get you through the snaps in the amount
(05:06):
of playing time he would need until Nims gets back.
So I think they've got some work to do in
figuring that out there at the right tackle position.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
What did go right today?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
The defense looks good. I will say there, and you know,
the Bears people, people should talk about the Bears receiving
core more than they do. Dj Moore and Roma dune Day,
those two players are really good, obviously, Keenan Allen. They
gave the Bengals DBS some tough matchups. I will say,
there weren't as many explosives, Like you didn't see guys
(05:38):
running Street three down the middle, running past Dax Hill.
I think the defense looks a lot better in terms
of just like there weren't many bus Dax Hill got
beat a couple times in the red zone. I didn't
necessarily think he looked awesome today. I thought Dj Turner
actually had a better day. But right now Dax Hill
(05:59):
is getting the right with the starters. So Zak Kuehler
said it. You know, it's not foregrong conclusion, but all
week it's been Dax to the starters, and today against
the Bears it was Dak. So I think right now
you could say with full confidence he has a leg up.
But I think the defense looks a lot better. And
Evan McPherson was five or six today in the rain,
So those are some positive.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
For you, though maybe they can give him a contract.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
That is, that is on the list of things that
need to happen for the team in the next couple
of weeks, don't you think that?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And getting the situation settled with a certain wide receiver,
I would say, are things that Cannon should get done
here in the coming weeks or should get done meeting
like in my opinion, they should get done, not that
they will.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I did ask Zach Taylor for an update on Jamar Chase,
and I asked it and I said, you have an
update on when you expect him practice and he said no,
I don't. So more of the same from Zach Taylor
on the situation with Chase.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Par for the course. I know you're busy. I cannot
thank you enough for the time. Enjoy Chicago, Enjoy Wriggley
Field tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Thank you, Kelsey, Thank you so much for having me on.
Talk to you later.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Anthony Munio's Next on ESPN fifteen thirty
Combridge begins Saturday morning at nine on ESPN fifteen thirty,
the official home of the Bengals.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It's four out in five. ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Am Oeger broadcasting today from the Cincinnati Open in Mason.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
It is awesome to be here.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Another winner today, Brandon Nakashima is going to join us
in just a bit.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Sneaking of winners.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Anthony Munio's the only thing I don't like about being
here today.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
It's the only thing.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Anthony's actually in studio to talk with me. His Munyo's Foundation.
Top Golf Tailgate is coming up in just a couple
of weeks. We'll broadcast from that. But me being here
means I don't get a chance to hang out with
the Hall of Famer, which is, let's be honest, kind
of a win for him. Plus one more check in
with Tony Pike. Bengals are practicing or they have practice
today at the Bears facility with the Bears. They play
(00:47):
the Bears on Saturday, and obviously we have Tony every hour.
I wanted to get Kelsey Conway on because I knew
she was going to be in Chicago. I knew she
was going to be at the Bengals joint practice, and
so I said, I know you have your job to do,
but I want to call you at five ten. And
it turns out I lied because we called her at
five oh five. I hope that's okay. Kelsey, how are you?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You know, mo, I must really like you you call early. No,
I'm just kiddy guy. This is great. I just finished
practice and have a bunch of updates for you.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
All right, Well, let's first mention.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Kelsey obviously covers the Bengals for The Inquirer and Cincinnati
dot Com, and obviously you could read her full comprehensive
coverage of the Bengals in Chicago, including obviously the game
on Saturday this practice, you were there. I read your updates.
It feels like it didn't go well. Am I reading
that correctly?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
It went probably how you would expect it to go
in terms of the Bengals issues on offense in the Rain,
I think that Joe Burrow was picked off three times
and T Higgins had a bunch of drops. Overall, it
was just a sloppy performance from the offense. Other than then,
a couple of really good runs from Zach Moss and
(02:03):
Chase Brown and even after practice. The first thing I
asked Joe is what did you think of the offense?
And he just went straight into, well, our run game
looked good. The Bengals, you know, obviously it's not gonna
be perfect when it's raining, but Caleb Williams and the Bears,
you know, they were able to do some more things
in the air. Then that was different than what the
(02:25):
Bengals did. So I think I would start with it's
just kind of a sloppy performance for the offense. And
right now, I think without Jamar Chase, it seems like
there's really struggling to find any rhythm and it's something
I'm keeping my eye on because they really seem like
they really need to get Jamar Chase back for us
to really see how different this offense really looks at
(02:46):
this point.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Do they have anybody to play right tackle?
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Well, yeah, I start I will start with that. Deontay
Smith and Chris Evans were the two players for the
Bengals that were carted off. No other players were carded off.
The Bears got out of this rainy, rainy practice completely clean,
but Deyontay Smith went down and it didn't look good.
He was down for a while both were put into
air cast both Chris Evans and Deontay Smith, and I
(03:13):
just saw both of them leaving on crutches with braces
on their legs. So those two look pretty significant injuries.
Obviously you don't want to speculate, but they didn't look good.
So back to your point about right tackle. Trent Brown
halfway through practice was replaced by Cody Ford, and I
asked Zack about it post practice, and he said that
Trent Brown was dealing with some lower back tightness, so
(03:36):
that's why Cody Ford went in for him. But with
Amarus' injury and now Deontay Smith's injury, they're thin at tackle,
and I wouldn't be shocked to see them try and
make a move to get at least another serviceable tackle
body on their roster right now, because right now it
kind of seems up and down in terms of Trent
Brown's participation in practice.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I hate to say this because it sounds premature. It's
it sounds like we're making an assumption. This Trent Brown
thing does doesn't feel like it's It almost feels it
feels like it's it's it's doomed to fail because nothing,
nothing has gone according to plan. He's not around for otash.
He's not around for the start of training camp. Didn't
exactly strike me as having a gung ho personality when
(04:18):
he was asked about like rounding in the form, and
now his back is tight.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I don't feel good about this.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think, I think I agree with you, and
I think amarus Min's getting injured was a tough blow,
maybe more so than anybody thinks, because yes, you hope
he can just pick back right back up from where
he left off, but you don't know how much time
he's gonna miss, and he's not getting these reps against
(04:44):
quality edge rushers on the Bears and the Colts. And
I think, I think this tackle situation for the Bengals,
which is ironic that we're talking about it again this year,
right now, right now, it's a little bit up in
the air because I don't if you can right now
say with full confidence that Trent Brown's going to be
able to get you through the snaps in the amount
(05:06):
of playing time he would need until Nims gets back.
So I think they've got some work to do in
figuring that out there at the right tackle position.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
What did go right today?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
The defense looks good. I will say there, and you know,
the Bears people, people should talk about the Bears receiving
core more than they do. Dj Moore and Roma dune Day,
those two players are really good, obviously, Keenan Allen. They
gave the Bengals DBS some tough matchups. I will say,
there weren't as many explosives, Like you didn't see guys
(05:38):
running Street three down the middle, running past Dax Hill.
I think the defense looks a lot better in terms
of just like there weren't many bus Dax Hill got
beat a couple times in the red zone. I didn't
necessarily think he looked awesome today. I thought Dj Turner
actually had a better day. But right now Dax Hill
(05:59):
is getting the right with the starters. So Zak Kuehler
said it. You know, it's not foregrong conclusion, but all
week it's been Dax to the starters, and today against
the Bears it was Dak. So I think right now
you could say with full confidence he has a leg up.
But I think the defense looks a lot better. And
Evan McPherson was five or six today in the rain,
So those are some positive.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
For you, though maybe they can give him a contract.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
That is, that is on the list of things that
need to happen for the team in the next couple
of weeks, don't you think that?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And getting the situation settled with a certain wide receiver,
I would say, are things that Cannon should get done
here in the coming weeks or should get done meeting
like in my opinion, they should get done, not that
they will.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I did ask Zach Taylor for an update on Jamar Chase,
and I asked it and I said, you have an
update on when you expect him practice and he said no,
I don't. So more of the same from Zach Taylor
on the situation with Chase.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Par for the course. I know you're busy. I cannot
thank you enough for the time. Enjoy Chicago, Enjoy Wriggley
Field tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Thank you, Kelsey, Thank you so much for having me on.
Talk to you later.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Anthony Munio's Next on ESPN fifteen thirty
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