March 12, 2026 • 14 mins
Robert Weintraub writes a weekly Bengals column during the season for Cincinnati Magazine. He joined us to talk about players the Bengals have signed in free agency as well as positions they've yet to address.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A service of Kelsey Chevrolet Home of lifetime power train
protection and guaranteed credit approval from their family to yours
for life kelseyshev dot Com. Busy day for the Bengals.
They introduced officially today boy A Mafe and Brian Cook.
They have reportedly signed two time Pro Bowl defensive lineman
Jonathan Allen to a two year contract roughly twenty eight
(00:21):
million dollars. Allen was cut loose by the Vikings yesterday
as best seasons were with the Washington Commanders. He did
play in all seventeen games for Minnesota last year. Also
two year extension for Orlando Brown, which makes him a
Bengal through the twenty twenty eight season. Our guy Robert
Wintrop's gonna join us to talk about all these things
in just a few seconds. The Miami RedHawks lost today
(00:44):
for the first time since last year's MAC Tournament title game.
UMass beat him today eighty seven to eighty three. The
RedHawks had an eleven point lead with just about eight
minutes to go. It feels like they're still going to
be in the Big Dance. It is going to be
a nervis next seventy two hours for RedHawks fans. Kentucky
(01:04):
wins today over Missouri seventy eight to seventy two in
the SEC Tournament. Wildcats will play Florida tomorrow here on
ESPN fifteen thirty, tip off at one o'clock. Ohio State
wins in the Big Ten Tournament today beats Iowa seventy
two sixty nine, Michigan awaits tomorrow, Xavier and Yukon tonight
at seven on seven hundred WLW Saint John's one earlier
today in the Biggies Tournament eighty five to seventy two.
(01:26):
Last i saw Seaton Hall was putting the finishing touches
on Creighton at Madison Square Guarden FC Cincinnati Soccer Tonight
CONKA CAF Champions Cup Round of sixteen FC Cincinnati against
Tigris UA NL our guy Robert Wintroup is with US
writes Bengals columns for Cincinnati Magazine, also contributes to FTN
Fantasy and has been a go to guest on this
(01:48):
show for a very long time and wanted his thoughts
on some of the events of the week from a
Bengals perspective. What's going on, sir oh.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Let me tell you it's been an up and down.
It's kind of been like the twenty fifteen Bengals season
when they started out eight and o and everything was
golden and Andy Dalton was an MVP and then they
crashed out mightily in the playoffs. That's kind of what
it's felt like. Last few days. Started great, then we're berefted.
But you know, they rebounded a little bit today, so
there's a little bit of hope still in Bengo Land.
(02:16):
Not a ton, but a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Let's talk about what they've done and who they've acquired.
Let's start with the guy today, Jonathan Allen. What kind
of move is this?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, you know, they needed a defensive tackle in the
worst way. They needed a big body in there, regardless
of who he is. You know, and if you look
at him, of all the Bengals currently on the defensive line,
only Miles Murphy had more sex than he did last year.
So you know, I prefer Jonathan Allen at twenty twenty
two than the Jonathan Allen at twenty twenty six. And
you know, if they had been able to trade a
(02:46):
draft pick for Osa Odigizawa as the forty Niners did yesterday,
I would have preferred that and not just because it's
a it's a fun name to say, but also because
he's kind of what Allen was like a few years ago,
which is, you know, younger and had more juice inside,
but they desperately needed another body. And you know, the
best way to think of Alan is kind of like
a twin of VJ. Hill. Hopefully not an evil twin,
(03:08):
but just a twin. You know, they do a lot
of the same things, and they're just at this stage
of their career. They're both thirty one now, and you know,
if you can play them both and keep the rotation
going so that they're both fresh at all times and
get the best out of both of them, and any
given series or any given quarter, whatever, you know, they
can both be effective. And it's when they play too
(03:28):
much they get the diminishing return. So I think in
that sense it's good. You know, he's not a difference
maker inside. He's going to be a center of gravity
that they desperately need, but you know, it helps, and
it's a start, at least in the defensive tackle room
for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It feels like Brian Cook, who I'm biased because I
loved him at UC is the polar opposite of Geno Stone.
I'll take anything anybody. I don't care where he's from
or where he went to school. That's the polar opposite
of Genostone. Is that how you look.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
At it, one's the Arctic Circle and the other's Antarctica.
Where right, Yeah, no doubt what an upgrade. I mean,
good Lord, you know. The thing I like about him,
And this is also true of Boy and Mafe, the
other guy the Bengals sided on the first day is
you know, it's felt like over the last couple of years,
especially on defense, the Bengals just they bring a knife
(04:19):
to a gunfight. When it comes to physical play, they've
just been more finesse than the physical violent nature that
the sport really requires. That is not true of Cook,
That is not true of Mafe. Both, you know, really
heavy duty players that love to hit you, back up
and hit you again. Cook in particular is just a
superb tackler. I think the stat was out there and
(04:39):
he's missed, you know, basically the same number of tackles
in his whole career that you know still't missed last year.
That that can only bring smiles to the face of
Bengal fans and Al Golden in particular. You know, he's
not a perfect player by any stretch, but what the
Bengals need is for a guy to kind of patrol,
get everybody sorted into the right place, and come up
(05:01):
and whacky in the teeth and get you to the ground.
Cook will definitely do that. So that was an excellent signing.
And Mafey, you know, he got lost a little bit
in Mike McDonald's group swarm system, I guess you'd call
it in Seattle, so they didn't really prize individual stats there.
So it looks like a two sax season. What do
we do and sign this guy? But he's got heavy hands,
a real physical presence. Again, sets the edge excellently for
(05:22):
a defensive end, something they've missed quite a bit in
Cincinnati as well. These are two guys that are really
helped the defense. Now, you know, there's still a couple
of players like that short but at least you know
on the first day they signed two guys that were
exactly what they needed.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Monday afternoon, after we saw the two splashy signings, which
I think all of us were excited about, the next
question was what about it linebacker Seventy two hours later, Robert,
I'm asking the same that's not good.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, definitely not. It's a recurring theme around these parts.
What are we going to do with linebacker? Look, it's
still there's still time. I guess there's you never know
who gets cut or becomes a potential trade possibility. But
it just seemed that the way they talked for the
last six weeks, especially about needing, you know, kind of
a bare front linebacker to play on the line of
scrimmage and free Demetrius Knight to be more of the
(06:17):
run and react guy that he is and not have
to take on physical challenges at the line of scrimmage.
There were a couple of guys like that out there
who were not that expensive. I think Leoshanow is a
guy everybody's familiar with. Now nobody heard of him. Ninety
five per fans out there never heard of the guy before,
you know, the last couple of weeks. But now we're
all desperate that we didn't get him. But he would
(06:37):
have fit really perfectly in what they could have used.
And the fact they didn't get him or anybody even
close to like him, or anybody at all, really kind
of make sure you scratch your head The one thing
we figured was not going to happen was that they
were going to go back to battle, starting Demeutrious Night
and Barrett Carter. You know, the question is, you know,
(06:58):
did they still look and find somebody, even if it's
a you know, kind of a fifth level player to
come in, or an older player like a Bobby Wagner
who's not the kind of physical presence he used to be,
but it's still a smart, heavy player. It can help.
Do they go to the draft and just say, listen,
we're going to find a starting linebacker and pray that
Sunny Styles falls to us. I find it hard to
(07:20):
believe they would do either of those things. But I mean,
this is the position they've left themselves in, and it's
hard to know exactly why. Whether it's the way they
structure their contracts and the first two guys, or they
just weren't prepared for, you know, the bidding wars that
have that developed over some of the other players out there,
or you know, in Chanelle's case, maybe he just wanted
(07:41):
to play in Washington and check out the mall and
the Smithsonian. I don't know, but something happened there and
it left them really behind the eight ball at that position,
and it's you know, it's just hard to believe after
what we went through last year that you know, still
it's only March, but we're the obvious answers aren't in sight,
and that's the question is how that's they're going to
(08:01):
be answered. That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
When I see smart people, people whose opinions I respect,
suggest go bring back a Keem Davis Gate there, then
we've entered a very dark place. I just nothing against him, man,
I just that's that's not where my head was when
when the legal tampering period open on Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, man, I mean, is there some illegal tampering? We
could be doing better than that. I don't know nothing
against a Keem Davis gate there. You know, nice guy,
he serves his role when he's your fifth linebacker. Yes,
but boy, if he's your answer, you got to change
the questions. So, you know, I don't think they're going
(08:39):
to go that route, but you know, they may have
left themselves in a position where they're gonna have to get,
if not him, you know, a player of equal ability,
just to have another body to fill out the unit.
And then you know, right now, what do you do
and you go to war with these two guys and
there's there's literally nobody else. Yeah, obviously they think they're
gonna draft one, and it is a deep linebacker draft.
(09:00):
I will say that I find it hard to believe
they won't draft one at all. But whether you're you know,
counting on a difference maker to come in year one,
we saw how that went last year. So it's it's
very rare that you come across any rookie, regardless of position,
but linebacker in particular, who can really make the kind
of difference they needed linebacker And to rely on the
tory on going into the draft to find one is really,
(09:23):
you know, trying to pull an inside straight with with
no no odds on your side. That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
You are not permitted to publicly opine about all NFL
matters without weighing in on what happened between the Ravens,
the Raiders and Trey Hendrickson. So the floor.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Yours, it's just another just when we thought we were
out as well as you couldn't just go to Dallas
or Tampa Bay and live out the rest of his
NFL career relative animinity and just leave us all alone.
It had to go to Baltimore, had to be more
of the same. It's just it's just unbelievable. And you know,
(09:57):
I was quietly celebrate. Celebrating might not be the right word,
but you know, I thought the Ravens, you know, giving
up to number one picks for Crosby was a little
pretty rich. Max Crosby is, on the downside, his physical
style has taken its toll. I don't think his you know,
his best footballs behind him, and giving up two number
ones was a really rich price and I was happy
(10:19):
about that as a Bengals fan. Uh And you know,
obviously they got cold feat as well, and how they
were able to pull out of that particular deal. And
there's a joke I can make there somewhere, but broadcast
standards want to run. But yes, the fact that they
were able to you know, pivot and get you know,
Hendrickson and keep him to the point where we have
(10:39):
to see him now twice a year and worry about
blocking him with with an aging Orlando Brown, it's just unbelievable.
I mean, I guess it's a question of you know,
who's whose physical health falls off first, Brown or Hendrickson.
The Bengals have been you know. Yes, the irony is
that they were pretty much vindicated for their stances all
the way around, in the fact that it took hendricks
(11:01):
In a long time to sign and the money he wanted,
and it was looking like they could do a little
you know, quiet champagne popping there in the in the
front offices. But of course it didn't work out that way,
and now we're gonna have to continue to deal with
him at least twice a year. And I'm sure Joe
Burrow's not that happy about that. I can't help but.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Ask, did they really need to give Orlando Brown two
more years?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Boy? You know, I was thinking that, you know, unlike
most people, at the number ten pick would not be
a bad usage to get a left tackle the future. Yeah,
you have Orlando Brown for this year, and then you
still need a swing tackle badly for this year. Cody
Ford's in that position right now, and then you groom
the guy you picked. Now, it's not a great year
for tackles. The only one who really fits is his
(11:45):
Monroe freeling out of Georgia, who is an incredible athlete,
blew up. The combine had a great you know, as
a physical specimen, but he's kind of like a Marius
Moons coming out of Georgia, where he wasn't a perfect prospect,
didn't play a ton until this past You know, there's
some questions, but if you get in the season to
acclimate himself and then you let him take over at
left tackle, that would have been an ideal result. I mean,
(12:08):
I know they have now painted themselves into a corner
they have to go defense, but I was really hoping
that they would do something forward thinking at the number
ten spot, because it's hard to find left tackles, you know,
outside of the high parts of the first round. But
you know, they they get Orlando to bargain. He's a
quality player, not a great player, but a quality player
at that position, and they get him for cheap. So
(12:30):
they love that. So, you know, I don't I don't
know that it's necessary that they had to do that
right now. Maybe they could see how he plays twenty
twenty six first before they dive into an extension. But
you know, I guess that's what you do instead of
signing linebackers.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
I suppose it's it's been a weird week because on
Monday everybody was fired up and now well now I'm
not so we'll see what appreciate the inside. As always,
we'll do it again soon.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Man. Yeah, you know what I always say about the Bengals.
Where other teams are twenty four to seven trying to
improve their team, the Bengals are, you know, six hours
maybe three days a week, trying to do it so
that sense they're right on schedule.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Yeah, that's well put all right, Well we'll do it
against the man.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Thanks so much, Gay, Wait, thanks mom. Thanks.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
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Speaker 1 (14:22):
This report is sponsored by the
A service of Kelsey Chevrolet Home of lifetime power train
protection and guaranteed credit approval from their family to yours
for life kelseyshev dot Com. Busy day for the Bengals.
They introduced officially today boy A Mafe and Brian Cook.
They have reportedly signed two time Pro Bowl defensive lineman
Jonathan Allen to a two year contract roughly twenty eight
(00:21):
million dollars. Allen was cut loose by the Vikings yesterday
as best seasons were with the Washington Commanders. He did
play in all seventeen games for Minnesota last year. Also
two year extension for Orlando Brown, which makes him a
Bengal through the twenty twenty eight season. Our guy Robert
Wintrop's gonna join us to talk about all these things
in just a few seconds. The Miami RedHawks lost today
(00:44):
for the first time since last year's MAC Tournament title game.
UMass beat him today eighty seven to eighty three. The
RedHawks had an eleven point lead with just about eight
minutes to go. It feels like they're still going to
be in the Big Dance. It is going to be
a nervis next seventy two hours for RedHawks fans. Kentucky
(01:04):
wins today over Missouri seventy eight to seventy two in
the SEC Tournament. Wildcats will play Florida tomorrow here on
ESPN fifteen thirty, tip off at one o'clock. Ohio State
wins in the Big Ten Tournament today beats Iowa seventy
two sixty nine, Michigan awaits tomorrow, Xavier and Yukon tonight
at seven on seven hundred WLW Saint John's one earlier
today in the Biggies Tournament eighty five to seventy two.
(01:26):
Last i saw Seaton Hall was putting the finishing touches
on Creighton at Madison Square Guarden FC Cincinnati Soccer Tonight
CONKA CAF Champions Cup Round of sixteen FC Cincinnati against
Tigris UA NL our guy Robert Wintroup is with US
writes Bengals columns for Cincinnati Magazine, also contributes to FTN
Fantasy and has been a go to guest on this
(01:48):
show for a very long time and wanted his thoughts
on some of the events of the week from a
Bengals perspective. What's going on, sir oh.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Let me tell you it's been an up and down.
It's kind of been like the twenty fifteen Bengals season
when they started out eight and o and everything was
golden and Andy Dalton was an MVP and then they
crashed out mightily in the playoffs. That's kind of what
it's felt like. Last few days. Started great, then we're berefted.
But you know, they rebounded a little bit today, so
there's a little bit of hope still in Bengo Land.
(02:16):
Not a ton, but a little bit.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Let's talk about what they've done and who they've acquired.
Let's start with the guy today, Jonathan Allen. What kind
of move is this?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, you know, they needed a defensive tackle in the
worst way. They needed a big body in there, regardless
of who he is. You know, and if you look
at him, of all the Bengals currently on the defensive line,
only Miles Murphy had more sex than he did last year.
So you know, I prefer Jonathan Allen at twenty twenty
two than the Jonathan Allen at twenty twenty six. And
you know, if they had been able to trade a
(02:46):
draft pick for Osa Odigizawa as the forty Niners did yesterday,
I would have preferred that and not just because it's
a it's a fun name to say, but also because
he's kind of what Allen was like a few years ago,
which is, you know, younger and had more juice inside,
but they desperately needed another body. And you know, the
best way to think of Alan is kind of like
a twin of VJ. Hill. Hopefully not an evil twin,
(03:08):
but just a twin. You know, they do a lot
of the same things, and they're just at this stage
of their career. They're both thirty one now, and you know,
if you can play them both and keep the rotation
going so that they're both fresh at all times and
get the best out of both of them, and any
given series or any given quarter, whatever, you know, they
can both be effective. And it's when they play too
(03:28):
much they get the diminishing return. So I think in
that sense it's good. You know, he's not a difference
maker inside. He's going to be a center of gravity
that they desperately need, but you know, it helps, and
it's a start, at least in the defensive tackle room
for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It feels like Brian Cook, who I'm biased because I
loved him at UC is the polar opposite of Geno Stone.
I'll take anything anybody. I don't care where he's from
or where he went to school. That's the polar opposite
of Genostone. Is that how you look.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
At it, one's the Arctic Circle and the other's Antarctica.
Where right, Yeah, no doubt what an upgrade. I mean,
good Lord, you know. The thing I like about him,
And this is also true of Boy and Mafe, the
other guy the Bengals sided on the first day is
you know, it's felt like over the last couple of years,
especially on defense, the Bengals just they bring a knife
(04:19):
to a gunfight. When it comes to physical play, they've
just been more finesse than the physical violent nature that
the sport really requires. That is not true of Cook,
That is not true of Mafe. Both, you know, really
heavy duty players that love to hit you, back up
and hit you again. Cook in particular is just a
superb tackler. I think the stat was out there and
(04:39):
he's missed, you know, basically the same number of tackles
in his whole career that you know still't missed last year.
That that can only bring smiles to the face of
Bengal fans and Al Golden in particular. You know, he's
not a perfect player by any stretch, but what the
Bengals need is for a guy to kind of patrol,
get everybody sorted into the right place, and come up
(05:01):
and whacky in the teeth and get you to the ground.
Cook will definitely do that. So that was an excellent signing.
And Mafey, you know, he got lost a little bit
in Mike McDonald's group swarm system, I guess you'd call
it in Seattle, so they didn't really prize individual stats there.
So it looks like a two sax season. What do
we do and sign this guy? But he's got heavy hands,
a real physical presence. Again, sets the edge excellently for
(05:22):
a defensive end, something they've missed quite a bit in
Cincinnati as well. These are two guys that are really
helped the defense. Now, you know, there's still a couple
of players like that short but at least you know
on the first day they signed two guys that were
exactly what they needed.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Monday afternoon, after we saw the two splashy signings, which
I think all of us were excited about, the next
question was what about it linebacker Seventy two hours later, Robert,
I'm asking the same that's not good.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah, definitely not. It's a recurring theme around these parts.
What are we going to do with linebacker? Look, it's
still there's still time. I guess there's you never know
who gets cut or becomes a potential trade possibility. But
it just seemed that the way they talked for the
last six weeks, especially about needing, you know, kind of
a bare front linebacker to play on the line of
scrimmage and free Demetrius Knight to be more of the
(06:17):
run and react guy that he is and not have
to take on physical challenges at the line of scrimmage.
There were a couple of guys like that out there
who were not that expensive. I think Leoshanow is a
guy everybody's familiar with. Now nobody heard of him. Ninety
five per fans out there never heard of the guy before,
you know, the last couple of weeks. But now we're
all desperate that we didn't get him. But he would
(06:37):
have fit really perfectly in what they could have used.
And the fact they didn't get him or anybody even
close to like him, or anybody at all, really kind
of make sure you scratch your head The one thing
we figured was not going to happen was that they
were going to go back to battle, starting Demeutrious Night
and Barrett Carter. You know, the question is, you know,
(06:58):
did they still look and find somebody, even if it's
a you know, kind of a fifth level player to
come in, or an older player like a Bobby Wagner
who's not the kind of physical presence he used to be,
but it's still a smart, heavy player. It can help.
Do they go to the draft and just say, listen,
we're going to find a starting linebacker and pray that
Sunny Styles falls to us. I find it hard to
(07:20):
believe they would do either of those things. But I mean,
this is the position they've left themselves in, and it's
hard to know exactly why. Whether it's the way they
structure their contracts and the first two guys, or they
just weren't prepared for, you know, the bidding wars that
have that developed over some of the other players out there,
or you know, in Chanelle's case, maybe he just wanted
(07:41):
to play in Washington and check out the mall and
the Smithsonian. I don't know, but something happened there and
it left them really behind the eight ball at that position,
and it's you know, it's just hard to believe after
what we went through last year that you know, still
it's only March, but we're the obvious answers aren't in sight,
and that's the question is how that's they're going to
(08:01):
be answered. That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
When I see smart people, people whose opinions I respect,
suggest go bring back a Keem Davis Gate there, then
we've entered a very dark place. I just nothing against him, man,
I just that's that's not where my head was when
when the legal tampering period open on Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, man, I mean, is there some illegal tampering? We
could be doing better than that. I don't know nothing
against a Keem Davis gate there. You know, nice guy,
he serves his role when he's your fifth linebacker. Yes,
but boy, if he's your answer, you got to change
the questions. So, you know, I don't think they're going
(08:39):
to go that route, but you know, they may have
left themselves in a position where they're gonna have to get,
if not him, you know, a player of equal ability,
just to have another body to fill out the unit.
And then you know, right now, what do you do
and you go to war with these two guys and
there's there's literally nobody else. Yeah, obviously they think they're
gonna draft one, and it is a deep linebacker draft.
(09:00):
I will say that I find it hard to believe
they won't draft one at all. But whether you're you know,
counting on a difference maker to come in year one,
we saw how that went last year. So it's it's
very rare that you come across any rookie, regardless of position,
but linebacker in particular, who can really make the kind
of difference they needed linebacker And to rely on the
tory on going into the draft to find one is really,
(09:23):
you know, trying to pull an inside straight with with
no no odds on your side. That's for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
You are not permitted to publicly opine about all NFL
matters without weighing in on what happened between the Ravens,
the Raiders and Trey Hendrickson. So the floor.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Yours, it's just another just when we thought we were
out as well as you couldn't just go to Dallas
or Tampa Bay and live out the rest of his
NFL career relative animinity and just leave us all alone.
It had to go to Baltimore, had to be more
of the same. It's just it's just unbelievable. And you know,
(09:57):
I was quietly celebrate. Celebrating might not be the right word,
but you know, I thought the Ravens, you know, giving
up to number one picks for Crosby was a little
pretty rich. Max Crosby is, on the downside, his physical
style has taken its toll. I don't think his you know,
his best footballs behind him, and giving up two number
ones was a really rich price and I was happy
(10:19):
about that as a Bengals fan. Uh And you know,
obviously they got cold feat as well, and how they
were able to pull out of that particular deal. And
there's a joke I can make there somewhere, but broadcast
standards want to run. But yes, the fact that they
were able to you know, pivot and get you know,
Hendrickson and keep him to the point where we have
(10:39):
to see him now twice a year and worry about
blocking him with with an aging Orlando Brown, it's just unbelievable.
I mean, I guess it's a question of you know,
who's whose physical health falls off first, Brown or Hendrickson.
The Bengals have been you know. Yes, the irony is
that they were pretty much vindicated for their stances all
the way around, in the fact that it took hendricks
(11:01):
In a long time to sign and the money he wanted,
and it was looking like they could do a little
you know, quiet champagne popping there in the in the
front offices. But of course it didn't work out that way,
and now we're gonna have to continue to deal with
him at least twice a year. And I'm sure Joe
Burrow's not that happy about that. I can't help but.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Ask, did they really need to give Orlando Brown two
more years?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Boy? You know, I was thinking that, you know, unlike
most people, at the number ten pick would not be
a bad usage to get a left tackle the future. Yeah,
you have Orlando Brown for this year, and then you
still need a swing tackle badly for this year. Cody
Ford's in that position right now, and then you groom
the guy you picked. Now, it's not a great year
for tackles. The only one who really fits is his
(11:45):
Monroe freeling out of Georgia, who is an incredible athlete,
blew up. The combine had a great you know, as
a physical specimen, but he's kind of like a Marius
Moons coming out of Georgia, where he wasn't a perfect prospect,
didn't play a ton until this past You know, there's
some questions, but if you get in the season to
acclimate himself and then you let him take over at
left tackle, that would have been an ideal result. I mean,
(12:08):
I know they have now painted themselves into a corner
they have to go defense, but I was really hoping
that they would do something forward thinking at the number
ten spot, because it's hard to find left tackles, you know,
outside of the high parts of the first round. But
you know, they they get Orlando to bargain. He's a
quality player, not a great player, but a quality player
at that position, and they get him for cheap. So
(12:30):
they love that. So, you know, I don't I don't
know that it's necessary that they had to do that
right now. Maybe they could see how he plays twenty
twenty six first before they dive into an extension. But
you know, I guess that's what you do instead of
signing linebackers.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
I suppose it's it's been a weird week because on
Monday everybody was fired up and now well now I'm
not so we'll see what appreciate the inside. As always,
we'll do it again soon.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Man. Yeah, you know what I always say about the Bengals.
Where other teams are twenty four to seven trying to
improve their team, the Bengals are, you know, six hours
maybe three days a week, trying to do it so
that sense they're right on schedule.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Yeah, that's well put all right, Well we'll do it
against the man.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Thanks so much, Gay, Wait, thanks mom. Thanks.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Oury guy Robert Wintraub, who always joins us during the
season on Thursdays, Rights, a Bengals column for Cincinnati Magazine
dot Com, also contributes to the FTN Fantasy Annual Almanac,
which is a must when it comes out in July.
Get it, make plans now, order it in four months.
Maybe by then the Bengals will assign a linebacker. Ten
away from five o'clock, we will sift through the aftermath
(13:37):
of UC's loss to UCF and talk about what's next
with our guy Chad Brendel in fifteen minutes on ESPN
fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Station Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
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off ramp to Mitchell. Right lane blocked on that ramp.
Tow truck also there on scene. There's an injury accident
(14:12):
on Worcester Pike at Ferry Street in southbound seventy one
seventy five. Disabled vehicle on the ramp from Buttermilk Pike
on that ezelic with traffic.
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