January 30, 2026 • 26 mins
James Rapien from BengalsTalk.com, Enter the Jungle, and Locked on Bengals, joined us to talk about a whole bunch of Bengals offseason storylines.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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So, who is the player we most want the Bengals
to side in free agency? And who is the player
we most want the Bengals to take if he's there.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
With the tenth overall pick.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We're gonna get to those questions and more with our
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So this is something that James Rapine and I have
done every year for a while where we wait a
few weeks after the season ends and a few weeks
before the offseason can really begin, and we kind of
run through all the different offseason storylines and I'm sure
we'll leave some out, but we'll hit all the big ones.
James is with us, you know his work, of course
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from being a part of the station ESPN fifteen thirty.
But more than anything, the Locked On Bengals podcast entered
the Jungle Bengals Talk dot com. It's awesome to have you.
Did I leave anything out?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Probably, but I don't think so. I think he covered
it pretty well.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
All right, Well, there's there's a lot for you and
I to cover. I'll start with the question of the week.
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'm ready?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Who is the best coach in the AFC North?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Mike McCarthy, Mike McCarthy, and I don't understand why everybody's
pretending like Mike McCarthy hasn't won sixty one percent of
his games. I would love a coach that wins sixty
one percent of his regular season games. And I'm not
saying the Bengals should have fired Zach Taylor, that I
or Mike McCarthy. With this idea that Mike McCarthy is
somehow worse than Zach Taylor. Well show me where where
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that on paper makes any sense. So Mike McCarthy is
the best head coach the AMC North. I'm not sure
it's close. That might not be the case a year
from now, but today my man Mike is certainly the
guy at the top of the podium.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
You're going with my man Mike.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Huh interesting, Well, yeah I am. I'm going with my
man Mike because I feel like for some reason he's
become a social media punchline. And by the way, maybe
that's deserved. But my non man, Sean Payton, deserves plenty
of criticism as well.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
And now we're getting into the NFL and you had
me on.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
The top Bengals, but Sean Payton is just as big
of a loser in the playoffs and chokes so many
of these big games away. And so yeah, Sean Payton,
Mike McCarthy, Spider Man, mean, same guy.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Okay, very good.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I like that, very good, sort of sort of hot takey,
which I like it. It's good. I don't necessarily think
you're wrong though. All right, Let's let's focus on the
Bengals here a little bit. Let's start with I think
what is the like, the the baseline test of what
the Bengals are going to be competent this offseason, and
that's making a layup, right, A layup is signed Dalton Reisner.
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He played well, makes up a good offensive line, says
he wants to be here, doesn't want to sign late
in the game anymore.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Why has it not been done yet.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Well, the Bengals always move a bit slower than we
would like. I would say that that's certainly part of it.
In look, I think it does get done, and I'm
not stunn that it's not done on January thirtieth. And
I get why fans are focused on this because it's
something we've been focused on. You've done that twenty sixteen,
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Like we've all looked back at twenty sixteen in that
social media like that was when Kevin Znightley that was
his last year in Cincinnati. He leaves, and I was
reminded of, oh my god, We've been talking about guards
in the past decade, but not just the Joe Burrow era,
but pre Joe Burrow era, guard has been an issue.
And look, Dalton Reisner is a valuable piece because he
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brusts the bill to a spot that has been a
revolving door and A don't know why they didn't like
him earlier in the game last year. It really never
made sense to me. I don't know why he's bounced
around the league. But here's why I think it gets done.
Even if it does go into the combine, maybe after
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the combine.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
The reason I think it gets.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Done, though, is because he wants to be here and
the Bengals need him. It's a clear obvious hole if
they don't bring him back, And why would you create
a hole like that in a spot that isn't going
to cost a ton. You're not going to have to
break the bank. He's not the top guard, the Joe
Toney of the twenty twenty six free agent class, and
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so if that's the case and he's going to be
reasonably priced, I just think it gets done. I'm confident
it gets done. The only question is does this bleed
into free agency? I hope it's very Mike the sicky
Light doesn't get to free agency, because if it does well,
then obviously there's a chance he could end up elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
If you had to wager an amount of money that
matters to you on who the Bengals backup quarterback is
going to be in twenty twenty six, who'd you say
it'll be.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Man this one.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I'm so I'm more confident Don't Riisner returning than I
am Joe Flacco. And it's it's not because it's not
because really everyone focuses on how well Joe Flaco is
going to have his options and all of those things fine,
and the vengo's really going to spend on a backup quarterback?
Like really, like, are they going to give Joe Flacco
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the Jared Stidham deal two years, twelve million dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I don't know if they're going to do that.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
A history would say probably not. I think back to
the person Palmer days and you want to kit in
this day and I get it, Kitness still wanted to
start and all of those things. But like that, when
the Bengals are on Joe Burrow, I think they're going
to say, oh, well, we should use those resources elsewhere.
And so that's what's interesting to me. I do think
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they'll bring in a veteran backup. Jake Browning does not count.
He's restricted, could technically return. I don't know if that'll happen.
I don't think that should happen unless it's that QB three.
So the answer is, I don't know. I don't know
who will be. I think it will likely be a veteran.
But I'm gonna throw this.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Out to you.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Would you consider drafting one? I would I know I'm
the draft guy having a cost controlled backup that you
think can run your offense. If you feel, let's say
Dan Pitcher and Zach Taylor look and say, hey, this
guy could do that, well, it wouldn't be bad having
a rookie back there that you're confident in. And and
so for the first time in the Joe burrow Er,
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I do think that quarterback should realistically be on the
table in the draft.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Yes, because I'm looking for a better version of Jake Browning,
a guy that I could perhaps stash, you know, have
in my system, develop, teach, have Joe Burrow mentor him
for whatever that's worth, which I think is a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And then you know, invariably in a year or.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Two, I've got my backup and I've got a guy
that I've groomed, that has been in my system that
is a better version. Because look, Jake Browning, nothing against
what he has accomplished, and what he did in twenty
twenty three was was great. He gets a lot of
credit for that. He was an undrafted guy even when
he had success. Here, you know, you had folks who
are like man, you could trade Jake Browning. The league
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wasn't beating down the Bengals door to get him. The
league understands what he is, and so is there a
better version of him in the draft? If there is,
and I assume there will be, I'm not opposed to
the idea because if they accomplish what I think they
can accomplish in free agency, and if they accomplish what
they should accomplish early in the draft, then you know
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you could take a quarterback and have it not come
at the expense of something. So I'm totally on board
with the idea. I'm skeptical that they'll actually do it.
You would know more about that than me, But I
don't think that's a bizarre or sort of out of
left field perspective. I actually think it's something that should
be very much on the table.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Yeah, and honestly, I would still consider it even if
you do bring back Flacco, and I think Flacco is
going to cost it's He's a guy that I would
around the combine much like riisen Er try to offer, say, hey,
look do you get to throw to if Joe gets hurt,
come be our backup this year? And what do we
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have to do to get this done. You don't have
to show up for any of the voluntary stuff. If
you want us to spend time with family, whatever. You know,
if the Bengal should buy a riverfront place in northern
Kentucky that Joe Flacco can live in during the off season,
it's needed for the off seas that workouts like whatever,
Like that's a valuable thing to have. Hey, go there,
you don't have to stay in a hotel. Here's all
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the amenities.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Like. So I would still be on board with that, by.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
The way, But yeah, the long term element of this
is finding not AJ McCarron, but sort of AJ mccarren,
having a guy that when Andy went down, AJ was
able to keep the ship sort of uprights. Obviously you
want the better version of that, and that's hard to find.
But isn't that why Zach Taylor's here. Isn't that why
you wanted to keep Dan Pitcher. It's to be able
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to evaluate these guys. So yeah, I think quarterback is
a need and it should very much be on the
table in both circumstances, the free agency, depending on who
obviously Flaco and then obviously the draft as well.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Rank these three players in terms of off season contract
extension priority and if you want to add another player
to this trio and take one out feel free. I
think you know where I'm going here, DJ Turner, Dax Hill,
and Chase Brown.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
So I think most people would probably say DJ and
then daks are Chase or DJ Chase Dax. I think
about that fifty year option for Dax Hill and he's
under contract, and I'm like, man, wouldn't it be nice
to spread that captain out a little bit? And I'm
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getting into the weaves of it a little bit, But
that's that's how.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
These Bengals need to think.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
They have a lot of holes, right, And so how
do you create more tap.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Space this year?
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Well, you could sign Daxhill to an extension and rower
that captain and then maybe that's the difference between getting
a Brian Cook, who I would very much be in
on and not and still being able to address these
other players, these other spots. So when I look at it,
Dax would be my priority, and it's because of his contract.
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I'm not saying he's better than DJ. The way DJ's
trending and tracking, Yeah, you want to get his deal
done as well, but he's on a second round rookie deal,
and even with the escalators and everything. He's gonna have
a three point six million dollar cap hit, so when
you sign him to an extension, that's going to go
up a little bit. So if you get backs done first,
and I do think it might be easier to get
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backs done, we'll see. I don't know that for sure,
but if you get backs done first, it creates more
cap space, So I would prioritize Dax then DJ and honestly, Ma,
it depends on what Chase wants and how realistic is it. Like,
I'm not going double digit millions per year on a
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Chase Brown deal ten million, eleven million, twelve million. I'm
just not doing it, And maybe that's foolish, but as
of now, that's kind of where I'm at with it.
If he wants to sign three for thirty on top
of his year this year where he'll make three million,
well then fine.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
But that's probably about as high as that I would
take it.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
James are paining locked on Bengals podcast Enter the Jungle
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Jane being hang type because there's more I want to
ask you about. We'll talk about the draft specifically, because
I know that's going to be your thing. I actually
have something I want to do, like every couple of
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Right around this time on Tuesday of next week, we're
gonna have a really good interview. I'm not gonna jinx
it by announcing who it's gonna be with, but you're
gonna want to be here Tuesday, right around this time
for what I think is gonna be a really fun
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Speaker 1 (13:22):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Speaking of interviews, we put them all on the iHeartRadio app.
Chad Brendle yesterday on the Bearcats was absolutely terrific. James
orpen is also terrific. Lockdow Bengals podcast, Enter the Jungle,
of course, and Bengals Talk dot Com. You know, just
dovetailing from what we talked about before the break the
Chase Brown thing, right, Like, I love Chase Brown. Every
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Bengals fan loves Chase Brown. He's a terrific player. But
I do understand like he is a running back. He's
a running back in the past first offense, and while
I don't want to make it sound like, you know,
Chase Brown's or a dime, it doesn't. I feel like,
in particular in the offense, what he brings to the table,
he's he's not irreplaceable. And so I understand and actually
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share some of the hesitancy when it comes to not
so much locking into him long term, but really making
a heavy investment. I guess what you have to ask
is is is Chase Brown, in the absence of a
contract extension, going to be a headache or where's the
headache going to come from? Because if there's one thing
this franchise is really good at, it's kind of creating
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headaches during the offseason. So I guess I go there, right, like,
where's the headache gonna come from?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Is it gonna be.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Chase, Is it gonna be Dax, Is it gonna be
Dj Turner?
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Is it gonna be somebody else?
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Chase Brown would probably be the most likely. I'm just
thinking about how outspoken he is, right and I love
it by the way, the finish map and game like
that night mindset, that attitude that he had after the
Denver game, how straight up he is. I could totally
see him even with him making the rounds over the
past week, Oh, my team's working hard on getting a deal,
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like okay, well what's that deal look like? And I
could totally see the scenario where you look around and
Dax gets his deal, DJ gets his deal, And I
think that's the far more important is to keep those
two pieces on defense, on a defense that doesn't have
many pieces worth keeping or signing to a long term
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deal then going after a long term extension with Chase
and so would that get ugly?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Yeah? I mean he knows he's a running back.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
He knows what it could look like if he goes
out there this year and doesn't perform as well and
then is set to go to free agency. Like, it's
a tough spot.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
To be in.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
And the last thing that I and the question that
I would really ask myself upon the Bengals when I
think about a Chase Brown extension is all right, well
you paid tea and he's a pro bowler at the
AFC and touchdowns obviously, Jamar is probably the best receiver
in the game. Is Chase Brown in that class of player?
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If he Jamier Gibbs, is he the John Robinson? And
I think those are the two best running backs in
the league right now. Christian McCaffrey would have something to
say about.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
It, I'd get it, But those are the two? Like
it right?
Speaker 4 (16:15):
Or is he a tier below that? And if he's
a tier below that, then you have your questions. And so, yeah,
I think Chase Brown could potentially be the headache. I
hope not though, because if I'm him, I would look
at it and say, man, I could have eighteen hundred
yards from scrimmage in this offense.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I could be I could.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Show that I'm one of those dudes. If he does that,
then he's probably getting paid somewhere.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, James Open is with us for another few minutes.
Let's let's look ahead. So let's talk free agency. You
mentioned the name you know selfishly and purely as a
fan like, Brian Cook is one of my all time
favorite UC players. He's a guy that in Kansas City,
even being a Bengals fan, I've rooted for and I've
I've watched him go from.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
A guy that you know, there are a lot of
folk that thought.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Maybe the Chiefs reached when they took him in twenty
twenty two, and he's blossomed. So if you could tell
me I could have Brian Cook and that's the guy
that I'm going to replace Geno Stone with.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Hell yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
But if I said to you today, with more than
a month ago before the league year opens, the one
free agent that would be at the very top of
your list, regardless of position, regardless of which side of
the ball.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Name him. Who is it?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Odafe Oay and.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
You're talking about a mid twenties pass rusher that maybe
his bet days are in front of him. You could
certainly say that I think he's the type of guy now,
for my money, the top pass rusher when you consider
age and Trey Hendrickson would argue it's him, and I
get it because today Trey is better. Over the next
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four years, which one would be better? Oh?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Wait, would be better? I think? So, yeah, that's the guy.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
And if you get a guy like that and you
have Miles Murphy and Shamar Stewart takes a step and
you take it a couple of defensive linemen in the top,
suddenly your defensive line room feels a lot different.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
So yeah, odafe Oa, he would be the guy.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
First rounder, has been productive, hasn't had crazy sax seasons,
but you know you'll get your seven to eight sacks. Well,
maybe this is the year he gets you twelve. Maybe
this is the year he takes a lead, and so
that would be the guy. Well, the Bengals swim in
those waters. I'm not sure, but last year at this
time they clearly should have been in on the Milton
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Williams of the world, the top defensive tackle and he
got paid a ton, but like, now's the time to
go find that that piece. And in a weak free
agent class overall, I think odafe Oa would be the guy.
And even if you did get him, by the way,
you can still get Brian Cook. You can still get
whatever linebacker you're thinking of. These Bengals need to really
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push the envelope here though, and that means making significant additions,
not just a oh well, this fits this void, this
fills that void. No, like real studs, they need to
be swimming in those waters. Brian Cook as a stud
at safety, That's why I mentioned him, and Adapeoa at
defensive end would do wonders at pay Corse s Datium.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
So you're right, they've got to be aggressive. Aggressive for me.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Being bold means you have new starting linebackers in twenty
twenty six. What are the odds they actually do that
after they've invested a year and two picks in Knight and.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Carter two new starting linebackers. Virtually low, very low. I
would say, I think they should bring someone in. I
think you're still open the drafting one too, and that
might be the path to it. Let's say they bring
in a leoshanal or in sort whoever to Mario Davis,
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let's say whatever, and that guy comes in and is starting.
And then in the Jacob Brodriguez is there in round
three and that's probably where you'd have to take him.
And he comes in and he's just ready to go,
like he feels like Logan Wilson in twenty twenty, where
he can contribute right away and he's got the speed
and the athleticism to cover and all those things. Well,
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then I could see it. But that was a problem
with last year's draft, and that's what sucks, and that's
why I've harped on it, and I've probably talked about
Demetrius Night Junior more than anyone on the planet, maybe
including his family. And it's unfortunate because it's not personal,
but it really put the Bengals in a tough spot
where now they're like, oh, well, we have this second
rounder and Barret Carter is the.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
One wearing the green down.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
Berret Carter's the one communicating and supposed to be this
long term leader on the defense, and so they put
themselves in an awkward spot where I do think one
of those guys ends up starting. But I agree with
you you've got to get more, more physical, more proven,
and just better linebackers.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
One more.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I can ask you this question every week for the
next twelve weeks and I might get a different answer.
Who is your favorite possible pike at number ten overall?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Oh Man, Yeah, it's so early, and I.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Know it's early. I know, I know you're just getting started.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Yeah, no, I am no, but it's okay. It's a
good one.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
It's to me the three guys that are just so
intriguing right now and it's going to change, and it's
a popular three. But if you tell me that Caleb
Downs can come in and just be this this leader,
this guy that knows where to go, can be versatile,
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compare with Brian Cook and give you one of the
best safety tandems in the league.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
And that would be my mindset.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
By the way, I wouldn't shy away from Caleb Downs
just because you sign a safety and free agency and
I'm making that very clear Bengals, So just so you know,
and that doesn't mean Jordan Biddle can't play.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Somebody's at the end of his rookie deal. So that
would be one. I'm gon to talk about.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Two other guys ruben Bain is just nasty.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I mean, I know the arm length.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Stuff, but you look at him and he's not Gino,
Like that's not what I'm trying to say. But like
Gino wasn't small, Gino Atkins wasn't small, he was short,
and when you saw Gino, you're like, oh, well, it's
just bowling ball. And I look at Ruben Bain and
I did it. He's not going to necessarily be a
defensive tackle in the league. And though some think that,
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but it's the same way, Like I don't think ruben.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Bain is small.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
He's just a little shorter than the Bengals would usually
go for in his arm length is an issue.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
Guess what.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Guess who's arm length was an issue when he was
being drafted, Trey Henderson's. And so I look at ruben
Bain and I think he'd be ready to go and
contribute right away. And then the other one just juice
as a pass rusher, David Bailey, He's not as physically imposing,
just a guy that can get after the passer like
you could use that, especially with the Shamar Stewarts and
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Miles Murphy's of the world fit and so those are
the three. If I had to pick one today, Mo,
it would be Bain and I just one. I love
the idea of Bane. Can you imagine the Dark Knight
Rises clips that they could play at pay Course Stadium
after he makes a sack like so, so that would
be fun. And I just think he's got me the
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attitude and presence and in my like it just it's fits.
So if there was a guy today, Ruben Baine Junior
out of Miami, if he's there at ten, you do
the Bain dance and you you get up to the
podium and you make that pick.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
In all seriousness Like that to me tells me they're
they're getting away from leaning in on traits and looking
more at what the dude puts on film, which was
the big discussion after Shamar Stewart and and you're always
gonna want to look at measurables. You're always going to
be interested in in what kind of physical specimen you're
investing in. But like if if if the big discussion
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last year was lean into what's on film, then you're
doing that with Ruben Bain. I love it awesome with
your time. I appreciate it. I'm sure I'll bother you soon, man,
thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I didn't name a wide receiver at ken could happen.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
You never know.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
We have three months. We have three months.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Yes, trust me, I might do this. I might do this.
We're like, I like, I check in with you. Let's
maybe every two weeks just to go, okay, you know
who is it this week? Maybe we'll do that. We'll
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So, who is the player we most want the Bengals
to side in free agency? And who is the player
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So this is something that James Rapine and I have
done every year for a while where we wait a
few weeks after the season ends and a few weeks
before the offseason can really begin, and we kind of
run through all the different offseason storylines and I'm sure
we'll leave some out, but we'll hit all the big ones.
James is with us, you know his work, of course
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Did I leave anything out?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Probably, but I don't think so. I think he covered
it pretty well.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
All right, Well, there's there's a lot for you and
I to cover. I'll start with the question of the week.
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'm ready?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Who is the best coach in the AFC North?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Mike McCarthy, Mike McCarthy, and I don't understand why everybody's
pretending like Mike McCarthy hasn't won sixty one percent of
his games. I would love a coach that wins sixty
one percent of his regular season games. And I'm not
saying the Bengals should have fired Zach Taylor, that I
or Mike McCarthy. With this idea that Mike McCarthy is
somehow worse than Zach Taylor. Well show me where where
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that on paper makes any sense. So Mike McCarthy is
the best head coach the AMC North. I'm not sure
it's close. That might not be the case a year
from now, but today my man Mike is certainly the
guy at the top of the podium.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
You're going with my man Mike.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Huh interesting, Well, yeah I am. I'm going with my
man Mike because I feel like for some reason he's
become a social media punchline. And by the way, maybe
that's deserved. But my non man, Sean Payton, deserves plenty
of criticism as well.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
And now we're getting into the NFL and you had
me on.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
The top Bengals, but Sean Payton is just as big
of a loser in the playoffs and chokes so many
of these big games away. And so yeah, Sean Payton,
Mike McCarthy, Spider Man, mean, same guy.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Okay, very good.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I like that, very good, sort of sort of hot takey,
which I like it. It's good. I don't necessarily think
you're wrong though. All right, Let's let's focus on the
Bengals here a little bit. Let's start with I think
what is the like, the the baseline test of what
the Bengals are going to be competent this offseason, and
that's making a layup, right, A layup is signed Dalton Reisner.
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He played well, makes up a good offensive line, says
he wants to be here, doesn't want to sign late
in the game anymore.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Why has it not been done yet.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Well, the Bengals always move a bit slower than we
would like. I would say that that's certainly part of it.
In look, I think it does get done, and I'm
not stunn that it's not done on January thirtieth. And
I get why fans are focused on this because it's
something we've been focused on. You've done that twenty sixteen,
(03:38):
Like we've all looked back at twenty sixteen in that
social media like that was when Kevin Znightley that was
his last year in Cincinnati. He leaves, and I was
reminded of, oh my god, We've been talking about guards
in the past decade, but not just the Joe Burrow era,
but pre Joe Burrow era, guard has been an issue.
And look, Dalton Reisner is a valuable piece because he
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brusts the bill to a spot that has been a
revolving door and A don't know why they didn't like
him earlier in the game last year. It really never
made sense to me. I don't know why he's bounced
around the league. But here's why I think it gets done.
Even if it does go into the combine, maybe after
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the combine.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
The reason I think it gets.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Done, though, is because he wants to be here and
the Bengals need him. It's a clear obvious hole if
they don't bring him back, And why would you create
a hole like that in a spot that isn't going
to cost a ton. You're not going to have to
break the bank. He's not the top guard, the Joe
Toney of the twenty twenty six free agent class, and
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so if that's the case and he's going to be
reasonably priced, I just think it gets done. I'm confident
it gets done. The only question is does this bleed
into free agency? I hope it's very Mike the sicky
Light doesn't get to free agency, because if it does well,
then obviously there's a chance he could end up elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
If you had to wager an amount of money that
matters to you on who the Bengals backup quarterback is
going to be in twenty twenty six, who'd you say
it'll be.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Man this one.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I'm so I'm more confident Don't Riisner returning than I
am Joe Flacco. And it's it's not because it's not
because really everyone focuses on how well Joe Flaco is
going to have his options and all of those things fine,
and the vengo's really going to spend on a backup quarterback?
Like really, like, are they going to give Joe Flacco
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the Jared Stidham deal two years, twelve million dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I don't know if they're going to do that.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
A history would say probably not. I think back to
the person Palmer days and you want to kit in
this day and I get it, Kitness still wanted to
start and all of those things. But like that, when
the Bengals are on Joe Burrow, I think they're going
to say, oh, well, we should use those resources elsewhere.
And so that's what's interesting to me. I do think
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they'll bring in a veteran backup. Jake Browning does not count.
He's restricted, could technically return. I don't know if that'll happen.
I don't think that should happen unless it's that QB three.
So the answer is, I don't know. I don't know
who will be. I think it will likely be a veteran.
But I'm gonna throw this.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Out to you.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Would you consider drafting one? I would I know I'm
the draft guy having a cost controlled backup that you
think can run your offense. If you feel, let's say
Dan Pitcher and Zach Taylor look and say, hey, this
guy could do that, well, it wouldn't be bad having
a rookie back there that you're confident in. And and
so for the first time in the Joe burrow Er,
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I do think that quarterback should realistically be on the
table in the draft.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Yes, because I'm looking for a better version of Jake Browning,
a guy that I could perhaps stash, you know, have
in my system, develop, teach, have Joe Burrow mentor him
for whatever that's worth, which I think is a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And then you know, invariably in a year or.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Two, I've got my backup and I've got a guy
that I've groomed, that has been in my system that
is a better version. Because look, Jake Browning, nothing against
what he has accomplished, and what he did in twenty
twenty three was was great. He gets a lot of
credit for that. He was an undrafted guy even when
he had success. Here, you know, you had folks who
are like man, you could trade Jake Browning. The league
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wasn't beating down the Bengals door to get him. The
league understands what he is, and so is there a
better version of him in the draft? If there is,
and I assume there will be, I'm not opposed to
the idea because if they accomplish what I think they
can accomplish in free agency, and if they accomplish what
they should accomplish early in the draft, then you know
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you could take a quarterback and have it not come
at the expense of something. So I'm totally on board
with the idea. I'm skeptical that they'll actually do it.
You would know more about that than me, But I
don't think that's a bizarre or sort of out of
left field perspective. I actually think it's something that should
be very much on the table.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Yeah, and honestly, I would still consider it even if
you do bring back Flacco, and I think Flacco is
going to cost it's He's a guy that I would
around the combine much like riisen Er try to offer, say, hey,
look do you get to throw to if Joe gets hurt,
come be our backup this year? And what do we
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have to do to get this done. You don't have
to show up for any of the voluntary stuff. If
you want us to spend time with family, whatever. You know,
if the Bengal should buy a riverfront place in northern
Kentucky that Joe Flacco can live in during the off season,
it's needed for the off seas that workouts like whatever,
Like that's a valuable thing to have. Hey, go there,
you don't have to stay in a hotel. Here's all
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the amenities.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Like. So I would still be on board with that, by.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
The way, But yeah, the long term element of this
is finding not AJ McCarron, but sort of AJ mccarren,
having a guy that when Andy went down, AJ was
able to keep the ship sort of uprights. Obviously you
want the better version of that, and that's hard to find.
But isn't that why Zach Taylor's here. Isn't that why
you wanted to keep Dan Pitcher. It's to be able
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to evaluate these guys. So yeah, I think quarterback is
a need and it should very much be on the
table in both circumstances, the free agency, depending on who
obviously Flaco and then obviously the draft as well.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Rank these three players in terms of off season contract
extension priority and if you want to add another player
to this trio and take one out feel free. I
think you know where I'm going here, DJ Turner, Dax Hill,
and Chase Brown.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
So I think most people would probably say DJ and
then daks are Chase or DJ Chase Dax. I think
about that fifty year option for Dax Hill and he's
under contract, and I'm like, man, wouldn't it be nice
to spread that captain out a little bit? And I'm
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getting into the weaves of it a little bit, But
that's that's how.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
These Bengals need to think.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
They have a lot of holes, right, And so how
do you create more tap.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Space this year?
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Well, you could sign Daxhill to an extension and rower
that captain and then maybe that's the difference between getting
a Brian Cook, who I would very much be in
on and not and still being able to address these
other players, these other spots. So when I look at it,
Dax would be my priority, and it's because of his contract.
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I'm not saying he's better than DJ. The way DJ's
trending and tracking, Yeah, you want to get his deal
done as well, but he's on a second round rookie deal,
and even with the escalators and everything. He's gonna have
a three point six million dollar cap hit, so when
you sign him to an extension, that's going to go
up a little bit. So if you get backs done first,
and I do think it might be easier to get
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backs done, we'll see. I don't know that for sure,
but if you get backs done first, it creates more
cap space, So I would prioritize Dax then DJ and honestly, Ma,
it depends on what Chase wants and how realistic is it. Like,
I'm not going double digit millions per year on a
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Chase Brown deal ten million, eleven million, twelve million. I'm
just not doing it, And maybe that's foolish, but as
of now, that's kind of where I'm at with it.
If he wants to sign three for thirty on top
of his year this year where he'll make three million,
well then fine.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
But that's probably about as high as that I would
take it.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
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I know that's going to be your thing. I actually
have something I want to do, like every couple of
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Chad Brendle yesterday on the Bearcats was absolutely terrific. James
orpen is also terrific. Lockdow Bengals podcast, Enter the Jungle,
of course, and Bengals Talk dot Com. You know, just
dovetailing from what we talked about before the break the
Chase Brown thing, right, Like, I love Chase Brown. Every
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Bengals fan loves Chase Brown. He's a terrific player. But
I do understand like he is a running back. He's
a running back in the past first offense, and while
I don't want to make it sound like, you know,
Chase Brown's or a dime, it doesn't. I feel like,
in particular in the offense, what he brings to the table,
he's he's not irreplaceable. And so I understand and actually
(14:08):
share some of the hesitancy when it comes to not
so much locking into him long term, but really making
a heavy investment. I guess what you have to ask
is is is Chase Brown, in the absence of a
contract extension, going to be a headache or where's the
headache going to come from? Because if there's one thing
this franchise is really good at, it's kind of creating
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headaches during the offseason. So I guess I go there, right, like,
where's the headache gonna come from?
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Is it gonna be.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Chase, Is it gonna be Dax, Is it gonna be
Dj Turner?
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Is it gonna be somebody else?
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Chase Brown would probably be the most likely. I'm just
thinking about how outspoken he is, right and I love
it by the way, the finish map and game like
that night mindset, that attitude that he had after the
Denver game, how straight up he is. I could totally
see him even with him making the rounds over the
past week, Oh, my team's working hard on getting a deal,
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like okay, well what's that deal look like? And I
could totally see the scenario where you look around and
Dax gets his deal, DJ gets his deal, And I
think that's the far more important is to keep those
two pieces on defense, on a defense that doesn't have
many pieces worth keeping or signing to a long term
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deal then going after a long term extension with Chase
and so would that get ugly?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Yeah? I mean he knows he's a running back.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
He knows what it could look like if he goes
out there this year and doesn't perform as well and
then is set to go to free agency. Like, it's
a tough spot.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
To be in.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
And the last thing that I and the question that
I would really ask myself upon the Bengals when I
think about a Chase Brown extension is all right, well
you paid tea and he's a pro bowler at the
AFC and touchdowns obviously, Jamar is probably the best receiver
in the game. Is Chase Brown in that class of player?
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If he Jamier Gibbs, is he the John Robinson? And
I think those are the two best running backs in
the league right now. Christian McCaffrey would have something to
say about.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
It, I'd get it, But those are the two? Like
it right?
Speaker 4 (16:15):
Or is he a tier below that? And if he's
a tier below that, then you have your questions. And so, yeah,
I think Chase Brown could potentially be the headache. I
hope not though, because if I'm him, I would look
at it and say, man, I could have eighteen hundred
yards from scrimmage in this offense.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I could be I could.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Show that I'm one of those dudes. If he does that,
then he's probably getting paid somewhere.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, James Open is with us for another few minutes.
Let's let's look ahead. So let's talk free agency. You
mentioned the name you know selfishly and purely as a
fan like, Brian Cook is one of my all time
favorite UC players. He's a guy that in Kansas City,
even being a Bengals fan, I've rooted for and I've
I've watched him go from.
Speaker 1 (16:58):
A guy that you know, there are a lot of
folk that thought.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Maybe the Chiefs reached when they took him in twenty
twenty two, and he's blossomed. So if you could tell
me I could have Brian Cook and that's the guy
that I'm going to replace Geno Stone with.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Hell yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
But if I said to you today, with more than
a month ago before the league year opens, the one
free agent that would be at the very top of
your list, regardless of position, regardless of which side of
the ball.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Name him. Who is it?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Odafe Oay and.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
You're talking about a mid twenties pass rusher that maybe
his bet days are in front of him. You could
certainly say that I think he's the type of guy now,
for my money, the top pass rusher when you consider
age and Trey Hendrickson would argue it's him, and I
get it because today Trey is better. Over the next
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four years, which one would be better? Oh?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Wait, would be better? I think? So, yeah, that's the guy.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
And if you get a guy like that and you
have Miles Murphy and Shamar Stewart takes a step and
you take it a couple of defensive linemen in the top,
suddenly your defensive line room feels a lot different.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
So yeah, odafe Oa, he would be the guy.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
First rounder, has been productive, hasn't had crazy sax seasons,
but you know you'll get your seven to eight sacks. Well,
maybe this is the year he gets you twelve. Maybe
this is the year he takes a lead, and so
that would be the guy. Well, the Bengals swim in
those waters. I'm not sure, but last year at this
time they clearly should have been in on the Milton
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Williams of the world, the top defensive tackle and he
got paid a ton, but like, now's the time to
go find that that piece. And in a weak free
agent class overall, I think odafe Oa would be the guy.
And even if you did get him, by the way,
you can still get Brian Cook. You can still get
whatever linebacker you're thinking of. These Bengals need to really
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push the envelope here though, and that means making significant additions,
not just a oh well, this fits this void, this
fills that void. No, like real studs, they need to
be swimming in those waters. Brian Cook as a stud
at safety, That's why I mentioned him, and Adapeoa at
defensive end would do wonders at pay Corse s Datium.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
So you're right, they've got to be aggressive. Aggressive for me.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Being bold means you have new starting linebackers in twenty
twenty six. What are the odds they actually do that
after they've invested a year and two picks in Knight and.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Carter two new starting linebackers. Virtually low, very low. I
would say, I think they should bring someone in. I
think you're still open the drafting one too, and that
might be the path to it. Let's say they bring
in a leoshanal or in sort whoever to Mario Davis,
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let's say whatever, and that guy comes in and is starting.
And then in the Jacob Brodriguez is there in round
three and that's probably where you'd have to take him.
And he comes in and he's just ready to go,
like he feels like Logan Wilson in twenty twenty, where
he can contribute right away and he's got the speed
and the athleticism to cover and all those things. Well,
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then I could see it. But that was a problem
with last year's draft, and that's what sucks, and that's
why I've harped on it, and I've probably talked about
Demetrius Night Junior more than anyone on the planet, maybe
including his family. And it's unfortunate because it's not personal,
but it really put the Bengals in a tough spot
where now they're like, oh, well, we have this second
rounder and Barret Carter is the.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
One wearing the green down.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
Berret Carter's the one communicating and supposed to be this
long term leader on the defense, and so they put
themselves in an awkward spot where I do think one
of those guys ends up starting. But I agree with
you you've got to get more, more physical, more proven,
and just better linebackers.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
One more.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
I can ask you this question every week for the
next twelve weeks and I might get a different answer.
Who is your favorite possible pike at number ten overall?
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Oh Man, Yeah, it's so early, and I.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Know it's early. I know, I know you're just getting started.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Yeah, no, I am no, but it's okay. It's a
good one.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
It's to me the three guys that are just so
intriguing right now and it's going to change, and it's
a popular three. But if you tell me that Caleb
Downs can come in and just be this this leader,
this guy that knows where to go, can be versatile,
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compare with Brian Cook and give you one of the
best safety tandems in the league.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
And that would be my mindset.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
By the way, I wouldn't shy away from Caleb Downs
just because you sign a safety and free agency and
I'm making that very clear Bengals, So just so you know,
and that doesn't mean Jordan Biddle can't play.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Somebody's at the end of his rookie deal. So that
would be one. I'm gon to talk about.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Two other guys ruben Bain is just nasty.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I mean, I know the arm length.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Stuff, but you look at him and he's not Gino,
Like that's not what I'm trying to say. But like
Gino wasn't small, Gino Atkins wasn't small, he was short,
and when you saw Gino, you're like, oh, well, it's
just bowling ball. And I look at Ruben Bain and
I did it. He's not going to necessarily be a
defensive tackle in the league. And though some think that,
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but it's the same way, Like I don't think ruben.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Bain is small.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
He's just a little shorter than the Bengals would usually
go for in his arm length is an issue.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
Guess what.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Guess who's arm length was an issue when he was
being drafted, Trey Henderson's. And so I look at ruben
Bain and I think he'd be ready to go and
contribute right away. And then the other one just juice
as a pass rusher, David Bailey, He's not as physically imposing,
just a guy that can get after the passer like
you could use that, especially with the Shamar Stewarts and
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Miles Murphy's of the world fit and so those are
the three. If I had to pick one today, Mo,
it would be Bain and I just one. I love
the idea of Bane. Can you imagine the Dark Knight
Rises clips that they could play at pay Course Stadium
after he makes a sack like so, so that would
be fun. And I just think he's got me the
(23:18):
attitude and presence and in my like it just it's fits.
So if there was a guy today, Ruben Baine Junior
out of Miami, if he's there at ten, you do
the Bain dance and you you get up to the
podium and you make that pick.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
In all seriousness Like that to me tells me they're
they're getting away from leaning in on traits and looking
more at what the dude puts on film, which was
the big discussion after Shamar Stewart and and you're always
gonna want to look at measurables. You're always going to
be interested in in what kind of physical specimen you're
investing in. But like if if if the big discussion
(23:54):
last year was lean into what's on film, then you're
doing that with Ruben Bain. I love it awesome with
your time. I appreciate it. I'm sure I'll bother you soon, man,
thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I didn't name a wide receiver at ken could happen.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
You never know.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
We have three months. We have three months.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Yes, trust me, I might do this. I might do this.
We're like, I like, I check in with you. Let's
maybe every two weeks just to go, okay, you know
who is it this week? Maybe we'll do that. We'll
see you're the man.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
It would be a little prospect spotlight. I man, I
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