Bengals Booth Podcast: Big Time

by Bengals Picks and Ultimate Bengals. They're free to play with tickets and signed merchandise up for grabs. Find both inside the Bengals app. As you can tell, I'm battling a cold and am vocally challenged this week, so let's get right to the radio replays from the bengals most dominant performance of the year. Burrowing the gun Mixon to his right thanks to Joe Mixon. Burrow throwing deep Donald of the field, the boy over the shoulder catch at

the sixty and he streaks into the end zone. Touchdown Bengals as Joe Burrow floats a perfect ball down the middle of the field sixty yards for a touchdown to Tyler Boy. Broken coverage by the Atlanta Falcons, the Bengals bring in a sixth offensive lineman Hakimadnagy. Third down and goal balls between the one and the two. Burrows under center. Joe takes the snap, hands it to Mixon, fings to the left, lowers the shoulder, pads hand. He's in touchdown.

Bengals nice fourteen nothing Cincinnati, forty nine seconds left in the first quarter. Play action Pike Burrow throws a one handed catch by Tyler Boy. He spikes the ball after making the catch at the forty four of Atlanta Tyler Boy show time. Burrow catches the shotgun snap. He's back to throw. He's gonna throw it high and deep for Chase Tomah has the ball. It is a touchdown. He knocks over the python and holds down to the ball. Three drives, three touchdowns for Joe Burrow and the Bengals.

Oh my gosh. Joe Burrow is now fourteen for sixteen for getting close to two undred and fifty yards and two touchdowns. Mariota one for three for two yards. Oh my goodness. Now Burrow throws toward the left side back shoulder throw. Chase makes the cuts. The feet me Chase up. Chase is unsuccessful up forty one yard touchdown. The Bengals four td in four first half drives. Two touchdowns have too. Joe Burrow has thrown one for sixty. He's throw one for forty one. I mean Jamar Chase gets to top

speed in two steps. He is so explosive. The veteran quarterback catches the shotgun snap under pressure, Hendrickson with a sack at the twenty two yard line. Second and goal quarterback sneak Joe Burrow. The officials come marching up the goal line. No signal yet, Sure, look he is in. There's the signal. Touchdown on the quarterback sneak, and the Bengals have gone up and over thirty for the second

week in a row. Mariota back to pass on third Pham, he is sacked Sam Hubbard at the thirty five yard line. Marriotas set catches the shotgun snap, retreats in the pocket, gets hit, and Joseph Osi has his first NFL sacked. Nice Burrow catches a high snap quarterback draw. It works. He's to the forty five and tackled from behind at the forty eight, a twenty yard run for Joe Burrow, and he says, why not, I mean, there's no been a linebacker once he gets past the defensive mind, there's

no been a linebacker. He's gonna lead blocker. And Ted Carriss, who's taken him to the safety level. I mean, just unbelievable. And Bean pas in the in the Atlanta Falcon defense scratching their heads now saying whatever we do is wrong. Number nine proves us wrong. He has the answers to the test before the plan folds. The final score Cincinnati thirty five, Atlanta seventeen. For the second straight week, Joe Burrow had three touchdown passes, one touchdown run, and no interceptions.

His passer rating was one thirty eight point two. After the game, Dave Lapham talked to Burrow and Boyd together. Joe thirty four forty two, four hundred and eighty one yards, three touchdowns passing, You rush for one, Tyler Boyd, you had a personal high eight catches, one hundred and fifty five yards and a touchdown. What did you guys see? I mean, you spread them out? Was it just take completions?

Or what. Yeah, they got into base defense, put initial deal lineman in the game, and so we started going empty and there was a lot of space out there to complete to the guys, and they made the rest happen after the catch. So, Tyler, what you were working the middle of the football field like a magician like you always do. What were you seeing? Ah Man, just the same thing again. We got that we get you know, and and we're so comfortable, uh known and now and

seeing it. We made our adjustment weekend we got during during a weekend, they finally thrown a hit and work for us. So you had you had Chase had eight catches one hundred and thirty, Tyler had eight one hundred and fifty five, Tea Higgins five for ninety three. You almost had three receivers with one hundred yards receiver. And that's being like a point guard distributing the ball. Man. Yeah,

we were trying to get t to one hundred. It couldn't quite make it happen, but I mean that's that's how you wanted to be distributing the ball defense telling me but not predetermining. So that's what I tried to

strive for. It. Let me ask both of you guys, third down, your lead the NFL coming into the game on third down quarterback rating today it was first down though all three of your touchdowns thirty two yard or forty one yard, sixty yard or to Tyler or on first down you had three other receptions for over twenty yards on first down. You guys were killing them on first down? What was it? We had a great plan coming in coach and did a great job. And that's that's why you'd want to be You don't want to

be in third downs. That's when defenses, you know, try to make their money. So you try to make it happen on first and second down. That's what we did today. What did you see, Tyler? Did you see a lot of opportunity when you lined up on first down? It's like, oh, yeah, he's coming to me. Yeah. A lot of the times, you know, based off the look that they give us and then they run a lot of a lot of base to our eleven. So that's where we take advantage

of our opportunity. That's why we you know, stayed in and kept continue to throw the ball because we had to Mitch mess look every single time. You guys both said that this team offensively is finding an identity, and it seems to be the case. Two weeks in a row, thirty points from war. I mean, now, if if you guys, since two thousand and then you guys scored twenty five points from where you're sixty two six sixty two wins, six losses and two ties, I mean twenty five points

the magic number. Man, Yeah, I mean, it's always been thirty for me. Usually if we get usually if we get thirty, you're not losing, and then throw for four hundred, you're not losing. It's always good. Appreciate it, guys. Thanks. By the way, the Bengals have had three one hundred yard receivers in the same game once in their history October seventh, nineteen ninety, when James Brooks, Rodney Holman, and Tim McGee top the century mark in an overtime win

over the Rams. The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you by pay Corps. More than twenty nine thousand customers trust pay Corps to help them recruit, pay engage, and retain employees. Learn more at paycorps dot com. Defensively, the Bengals dominated most of the game. The Falcons had a long touchdown drive in the second quarter, followed by a seventy five yard touchdown pass, But on their other six possessions that began in their own territory, the Falcons punted

on all six. Joseph Osa, who missed his rookie year due to injuries, had his first NFL sack, and I talked to him about it after the game. I did it feels uh. First of all, I want to say, I want to say thank God. Without him, nothing is Without him, nothing is possible. I want to say, uh, thanking to my teammates, my family, my coaches with trusting and believing in me. It's awesome. UF, it feels amazing. It feels great. I feel like I'm find I was

finally able to contribute to the team. And that's all I've ever wanted to, just prove myself to these guys that I can play. Your teammates went nuts after that sack. It's fun to see. I appreciate them. I got a lot of support from them. I had a lot of love from them, and I got a lot of love for them. So it was It's awesome. It was great. I've leared than the seventy five yard touchdown pass that the Falcons got with less than a minute ago in

the second quarter. I thought the defense overall played extremely well. What did you think? I think? I think we played a great tun Uh. You know, we're a team that's always looking for for things to clean up and ways to get better, And no matter how great we played, there's always things to fix. And that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna enjoy this win today and then we're gonna go back to the drawing board and fix the things

we need to fix. I think one of the big storylines going into the game was could you stop that running game without DJ Raider, without Josh Too, but without Logan Wilson. They ran it well on one drive, but that was it. Yeah, that's that's created those interior guys, j to Fele, you know, Tyler Shelvin, Big bj Um, bj Hill, the Zach Carter, them guys just stepping up and um, they've been patiently watching behind those those leaders you mentioned being out and um they did a good

job of filling in and stopping that run. And we really we really used it, We really needed it. Were you able to watch Joe Burrow on this video board or while you're on the sideline at all, because it was quite a shell. Yeah, we were, we were, we were. We took a little glimpse here and there in between trying to trying to make some sideline adjustments. But yeah, he he's amazing. Zeza breaking start certainly is. Now. Here's one more one on one conversation as Lap spend three

minutes with Zach Taylor after the win. Coach, your quarterback throws for four and eighty one yards complete thirty four out of forty two, Chase eight catchers for one hundred and thirty boyd eight catchers for a buck fifty five. Chase had two touchdowns, Boydows one, then Higgins five for ninety three almost three hundred yard receivers there and a lot of the damage done on first down. I mean, Joe Burrow leads the NFL and third down quarterback rating

today on first down. Oh my god, you guys were in machine. We tried out to be greedy. We knew that they had some injuries at dB going into the game, and they suffered even more as the game went on, So we wanted to make sure we didn't let him off the hook with all the skill guys we got. Joe did a great job operating, get down his hand quickly.

Let those guys get some yard after the catch. Five of the six possessions against the Saint you scored, and then the first four today you score nine out of ten. That's a that's a run. That's hard to beat. Yeah, and we got to keep proving ourselves. You know. It's just because we did in one game doesn't mean it's

going to carry it to the next. Our guys obviously have all confidence, but every every game brings a new challenge, and our guys got to put in a great week work to be ready for Cleveland the next next week. Your defense shut them out in the second half, so no touchdowns allowed obviously because they didn't allow any points, but no touchdowns allowed in the second half after seven

NFL football games, that's pretty extraordinary. Allows us to get our feet under us on offense and be efficient over there knowing that our defense is gonna keep points off the board. Man. Just a great job by lou and his staff and the players believing in the system, stepping up and making those plays. You start from your own two yard line in that last possession, you drive all the way down to basically their two yard line and basically,

you know, kneel on and sit on the football. How gratifying is that to have that kind of a drive to close it out. That's just how you want to finish, you know, it's our defense had had done a great job. You don't want to put them back out there. We kind of had the sense that that's the way it could go. If we're on the minus two, man might be able to eat up nine minutes here and finish on the ball. And then and then to even finish it the way we did with one of our our players.

We work over and over. You never know when the time is going to call for it. Hayden getting under center and trying to draw them off side. He did a great job of it. It was a great way to finish the game. And finally, when you look at it, how much better can this offense play? You're a you're in a stretch right now, in a two game stretch,

that is pretty extraordinary. I mean, what do you what do you tell your team when they're playing this, Well, there's always things we can improve on, you know, it's it's um, whether it's making sure we're better in short guardage, um, not putting ourselves, you know, behind the eight ball and third down. There's always things that we can clean up to make sure we do a better job. We had

a couple of ements. It happened, U So there's always things that we can point to and improve on so that we can be a better offense than next week. And your offense looks good, coach. You got a lot of weapons, you got am all involved, you got a quarterback that has the answers to the test, and you called a hell of a football game. And that was something to watch. It really was. It was a lot of fun, you know, and so we just gotta keep

the momentum going, sir. Thanks Monday Night football in Cleveland is up next. The Browns are two and five with a four game losing streak after a three point loss in Baltimore. The Bengals and Ravens share first place in the AFC North at four and three. The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Alta Fiber future proof fiber Internet capable of delivering multi gigabit speeds designed to take your home, business and community to a new level. Elevate your connection

with Alta fiber. Now time for the radio guys recap LAP. I don't know what to say about Joe Burrow. It was incredible today thirty four for forty two, four hundred eighty one yards, three touchdowns, no picks. Also ran for twenty one yards and a TD. I guess the Baltimore game last year was better when he threw for five to twenty five, but not by much, not by much. And of course all the naysayers will say, oh, Baltimore was beaten up, Atlanta's beaten up. I don't give it, damn.

I mean take advantage of it, and he did. And you're thrown for a thousand yards basically in those two football games. Thirty four for forty two, four hundred and eighty one yards, that's that's Those are stupid numbers. And then to distribute the ball like a point guard for the second straight week, you get you know, Chase says eight catches, one hundred and thirty two touchdowns, Boyd has eight four one hundred and fifty five a career high

and a touchdown. Higgins five for ninety three and both tip the Boyd and Joe Barrow like I wish we got t the hundred, you know, and they were close. Would have been ninety nine yards if that one had stood, but uh, you know it was. It was an extraordinary performance and they were I asked him, you know about first down. I said, you guys just shredded them on first down. All your touchdowns, you know, from from distance forty one sixty yard touchdown, twenty thirty two yard touchdown,

we're all in first down. And they said, you know, playing those stoft zones like they were, we felt like we could really attack. And you know, Atlanta had problems obviously tackling people after the catches were made, so they they definitely were deficient on the back end, and the Bengals just spread them out instead. We're taking completions, and you know, let's be aggressive, and let's start on first down. Let's be as aggressive as we can on first down.

And they had three touchdowns on the board and the only third down they faced was third and one where they rushed it on that third down run for a touchdown. And they killed them on first down, and his second down came about. They did a decent job on second down. It was unbelievable to watch Joe Mixon wound up with seventeen carries, so at the end of the day it looked like he got the ball a lot, but really

much of that came really late. This is the second week in a row where they basically said, you know what, we don't really have to run that much if they can't stop the short passing game. Agreed, you know, and you know that short passing game in a lot of cases, the way this offensive starts, there's almost like an extension of the running game. And Joe had a lot of

his carries on that last drive. They started the two yard line, they drive all the way the length of the football field, and they take a knee inside the five yard line down on the other end. That's a rewarding drive, you know, and Joe's part of that, putting them in a meat grinder, you know, running the football when necessary to hammere it in there and keep the clock moving and all those sorts of things. So, you know, the epitome of a drive to close out a game

is start from your own two yard line. When they got a great punt and then the penalty that moved it back to the two yard line, half the distance to the goal penalty, and to just move the football and never give it back to the Atlanta Falcons is just a hell of a deal. So in the second quarter, the Falcons had a great long drive sixteen plays, thirteen of them were runs. They also had a seventy five

yard touchdown pass. They got a field goal after a fifty seven yard punt return, but that was it for their offense. Didn't score first, third, or fourth another game with the Bengals defense does not give up a second half touchdown, haven't allowed one yet this year. That's unbelievable. And I don't care in the NFL if you pitch a shoutout for an a half, for an entire half, they pitched the second half shut out. That's good stuff, it really is. You know, I think you know complimentary

football is the name of the game there. But when the defense, you know, this football team. The Falcons coming into today's game, they only had twelve three and outs on the season, few us in the league. The Bengals had at least three that I can recall. I'm not sure if there was a fourth in there or not, but you know, that's an average of two three and outs for getting the Bengals exceeded that and it's not

like there were a ton of possessions. You know, during the course of the football game, Atlanta punted a ton. I mean they had to punt it like six times. I think the Bengals only punted a couple of times. That tells you how effective they were. But then against the Saints, they've scored five of their last six drives, and the first four drives in the first half today they score touchdowns. I mean nine out of ten drives. You're scoring points. That's hard to do in this league.

And it's a heck of an accomplishment. You take a bowl of that one. The vibe I got from the players I talked to in the locker room after the game was this is what we should be doing. We put it together, start to finish for the first time this year. Yeah, and I think, uh, you know, after the after the Saints game, you heard guys in the

locker room saying, I think we're finding our identity. And then you know, during the course of the week, more and more guys weren't you know, we know what we are about now offensively again, and and we're finding a good identity. They are who do you stop? I mean, it is unbelievable, and all the receivers went off. But then hayden Hurst continues to just show so much toughness

after catch. He's becoming a very quick fan favorite, you know, because of that physicality and the you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get the extra inch, to make sure that I maximize every opportunity. And the fan base is already uh embracing hayden Hurst, no question. Six sketches for hayden Hurst in the game. Defensively at King Davis, Gaither stepped in, got most of the snaps that Logan Wilson would have normally had a linebacker led

the team and tackles. Yeah, he did exactly what he should do. Um. And you know against a running team, UM, you know, defensive lineman, the main responsibilities keep the linebackers free, Uh, don't let don't let guys come off on double teams and allow the linebacker to scrape and to scrape at a very tight angle and uh and make plays coming downhill. And they did a great job of that. And I thought to fell played pretty well. Second game in a row, second game in a row. He's got he's got some

quickness to him. I mean he had a couple of moves inside, like pass rush moves in a rundown distance where he was penetrating and he's a handful in there. I mean he's he's welcoming this opportunity to get a chance to play in the National Football League and he's maximizing it. That that's what you want out of your depth players. It's like, be ready and if the starter goes down, we don't want a big drop off. You know, we're not saying that you. We expect you to perform

equal to the starter. He's a starter for a reason. But we don't expect to fall off the face of the earth with your performance either. You made the football team for a reason, you're a good football player. Step up and play like it. And guys are doing that. Not quite as big as his fellow Siman don't Peco, but big from the way down and hard to to move off the point you're right, and got that big,

thick lower body, man. You know those those legs in the in the buttocks when they hunker down, man, it's it's uh, you know, they can anchor. They've got anchor ability. It's like it's like a big anchor. It's an anchor off the Titanic. When the anchor man, it's hard to get those guys. It's hard to move him out of gaps, you know. But but along with that, when he does that swim move, you know, as an offensive lineman, it's like, hey, I gotta come off the ball and this guy. So

now you start coming off the ball. And then as soon as he gets he has a feel that you're really overextended to come off the ball to try to get in, he'll give you that little swim move and you're often space, you're fliling away. Those guys are a load, man, They're hard to handle. So the Bengals have played on Thursday night, They've played on Sunday night. Now they'll play on Monday night next week on the road Monday in Cleveland. The Browns still during the phase of the season where

they won't have Deshaun Watson Jacobi Prisette at quarterback. He's been okay, but obviously it's a Brown's team that's led by a tremendous offensive line and running game led by Nick Chubb. Yeah, in the in the running game, it's number one in the league, and it's more of your conventional traditional running game. You know, they've got a two

headed monster at the at the running back position. But Chubb leads the league and coming into today this weekend's activity in terms of carries and yards and yards per attempt based on you know, fifty carries and more or whatever the case may be. Uh, non quarterback who might have a better average per carry. But also I think he had seven rushing touchdowns coming into this weekend's activity, which also leads the league. So there that that is, you got to be able to stop that running game

because they they'll play action off of that. And uh, Jacoby Brissette is a veteran guy who normally takes care of the football, doesn't make mistakes, and um, they're they're gonna wait for you to make one and capitalize. They've they've done a pretty good job. So it's going to be tough up there. It always is. The Battle of Ohio is real. That fan base. Uh, you know, Cincinnati fans love to get after Cleveland. Cleveland loves to get

after Cincinnati. It's a it's a big division rival. Going back to the man who founded both football teams, the legendary Paul Brown and it will always be that way. You know, Brown's week is always a week. I can remember that so vividly as a player. And Mike McCormick, the great offensive lineman for Paul Brown up there in Cleveland, and he was a head coach in the NFL at a few places. He was one of my offensive line coaches. And whenever we would play to Cleveland, Brown's, boy, would

he get up in the bid. He was one of Paul's captains, and he'd be like, man, then what's the color of horse? Brown? Brown? Brown? The Bengals Booth Podcast is presented by Kettering Health, the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. With more than one hundred twenty care facilities and fifteen hundred care providers. Kettering Health is committed to guiding you to your best health. Visit Kettering health dot

org to learn more. Finally, it's time for this week's Fun Facts interview, where you get to know the person under the pads. Time for some fun facts with cornerback Cam Taylor brit from Montgomery, Alabama. Describe where you grew up where you're a country kid or a city kid? More a country of anything. I stay. I used to get stayed with my grandmother, so we stayed out in a trailer where I mostly grew up through kindergarten through

maybe sixth grade. So it was a lot of fun, especially just been out there in the woodness and the forest, just going to like have fun out there. Honestly, just playing in the woods. He wouldn't say that would be a fun thing for a kid to do or where to be, but that's what fun was to me. Montgomery has been called the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement.

I know there's a Rosa Parks Museum there. Is that a great point of pride for people from Montgomery most definitely, especially with the history down there, and you also have the Mordel of the Key Church right there close by the capital downtown and it's very unique and just the history down there, you guys, everybody knows about it, and just to be from there, that's the first thing. People you know, ask me, have you been there? Have you seen this? And seen that? Yes? I have mean this.

It was a great joy for me to go because I learned a lot, and especially about where I'm from. We're visiting the cam Taylor Brett. You're obviously a great athlete growing up, but it wasn't always easy. You had serious knee injuries back to back years in high school. Describe what happened. So, I was playing quarterback back at Private High School a sophomore year, third game of the season,

it kind of just popped popped out of place. And it did it two times previous before that, but I was been a tough guy, kind of popped it back in and that third time basically was the charm and it didn't go back and that's when they told me I tore my meniscus. So I went through, you know, the rehab process, but I was so anxious to come back, and I kind of rushed things most definitely just being young, geting ready to you know, get back out there, come back.

My junior year, I'm playing, you know, the spring game. That's a fast. I was able to come back and get to the season and my junior year and third

MS season again. To be honest, it was heartbreaking and devastating just had that same injury again, but it was worth meniscus franctre patella ACL MCL, so basically blown out the whole knee, and that's when I kind of wast think you know football is over for me, but my mom was always there my a one day one she was like God to ask you, don't don't you worry.

No one would forget about you. You know, you continue to be you, and you know, continue to go out there and play your hardest and you'll be just fine. And so I really took rehab series that next year. I kind of can't make it around the same time, but it was very intense, you know, as far as the rehab. I was in there five days a week, and I would making sure that I was doing everything possible that these people, you know, trainers told me to do,

and they worked out for the best. We're visiting with Cam Taylor Brett. So you became a first team All state quarterback as a high school senior once you're knee healed, but you weren't a quarterback by choice, correct, not at all. I've always been a team guy and that's to this day. Whatever team needs, if I can do it, I'm doing it to the best of my ability. And that's what it kind of was, you know, throughout high school and I started playing quarterback eighth grade. We had our quarterback

was too short can see over the line. So they were like, we need somebody to play it, and you know, I volunteered and made it happen. And that's what kind of happened throughout high school for us to win. And that's what I did. So you went to Nebraska and spent four years with the corn Huskers. For people who don't know, describe what it's like to be a Husker in that state. Honestly, they treat you like you're an

NFL player already. And I say, that's the great thing about Nebraska is there's nothing there far as in field teams or anything. It's Nebraska football. And when I say, people grow up wanted to play for the Huskers from birth. And that's how it really isn't I didn't get that when I first got up there until you know, I really got around the people there, and that was the main reason that I did go, just because how amazing

the fans were. Even before I got there, before I even thought about signing there, they were already, you know, just being themselves, and honestly, I wouldn't have chose anywhere else. I'm a sucker for an emotional draft night video, and yours was great. You're on the couch you're surrounded by loved ones when you got the call from Zach. Taylor described that moment and what it meant to you. I

was just in all, honestly there, I couldn't speak. I knew I would get the call, and like I was preparing, you know, the night before. You know, what would I say of this coach calls? It kind of all went out the window with Coach Taylor call, and I was honestly just ready to get to work, like I said, as this opportunity. You know, a lot of people, especially when I'm from them, get this opportunity. So I'm not taking it for granted at all, and you know, basically

doing it for the ones back home. We're doing fun facts with Cam Taylor Bread. I watched a great video that was done when you were at Nebraska. They take you inside your dorm room or campus apartment, whatever it was, and on the wall he had a series of photos of loved ones who had passed away. How HASNA shaped you shaved me in a major way, honestly, because that's what I do it for, like I said, for the people who aren't here, and also for the people who

can't do it for themselves. In the hospital as far as like you no patients, you know, kids, anybody, it's bigger than me. And they played a huge role and what I am today as far as just a man, they played a huge role. Like I said, my grandmother was up there. Her brother, which is her twin, he was up there, and he was there early on in my life. And I have John Neil. She's taded on my chest actually, and that's my outhood friends. Mom and

his mom and my mom were like best friends. And it was crazy because they looked like twins as well, and so you know, I just really, you know, I was looking up to them as I grew up, and they showed me the way, you know, to be me and I appreciate them more than ever. You legally changed your last name a few years ago and added Brett, so typhonated Taylor Brett to honor your stepfather. I was raised by his stepfather. Why did you feel that was

important to him? Honestly because he stepped in and did everything the right way and showed me the right way to a lot of things. I was I want to say I was a trouble kid at all, but I didn't have you know, anger issues, or something like that. You could say where you know, they used to call me besmode. I would get mad and I would just have a touchdown and really just turn around and run

somebody over just to go and do that. And you know, he just talked me a lot of ways about life and just the seriousness of certain situations, like just watching my surroundings. I would have never known that, honestly. You know, anywhere I go, I'm peeping the scene. And that was one thing that you gotta taught me, you know, just

reading people as well. And you know, I appreciate him more than ever as well, because you know, I didn't have my you know, biological father at home, so just to have that father figure at home or you know it really you know, helped me out in a major way. A few wild card topics. Now for cam Taylor, Brent, do you have any hidden talents? I don't know if it's hidden. I like two k I say this in all my interviews, but I might have to go on Twitch just to show the fans and everybody. But yeah,

that's that's kind of my hobby. Honestly. If I'm not watching film or in the stadium or anything, I'm on the game, playing two K with you know, some of my teammates, and so I don't get away from those guys even at home. So that's that's about it. I could sing just a little bit. And I grew up in the church. If I didn't sing in the choir, Manana, you know, she wouldn't have it. You're getting in the choir. So that's how it was from me growing up. Do you want to give us an example. I'll think about

another time. Pharrendoff. Who is your all time favorite athlete in any sport and why? Lebron James and I kind of looked up to him my whole life, just the way he handles life itself. You don't hear anything bad about Lebron. And he has a beautiful, happy family, which he shows off all the time. He's always been a team player. He's a leader, and that's what you know, I want to be, you know, and I try to be. I see, he's very vocal. They just came out with

the Radeem team on Netflix. I sat there and watched the whole thing from beginning to end. May go watch it again tonight, just because the impact that he had on the team, especially you know him and Kobe Bryant, and for Kobe to say, you know, and to speak to speak on Lebron as highly as he did, I see that I have a good role model. And you know that's that's basically lived last thing. And this is kind of deep. If you could meet anybody in history, athlete, actor, statesman,

whoever it might be, who would that person be. Maybe Muhammad Ali. And I say that just because we've watched multiple videos of him, good and bad, you know, but he always has that same attitude and it doesn't change whether he's in a fight or whether he's basically sitting right here with us. It doesn't change. And I love that about him. Man. It's crazy to me like that I can't even speak to him, you know. But if I had the opportunity, man, I really feels a million dollars.

If I had a million dollars right here and Muhammad Ali, I almost definitely picked the conversation with Muhammad Ali and just the knowledge you know that you can get from him that could change your life the original GEO. E Yes, sir, this has been great. I really appreciate your time. Best of luck the rest of the year. Thank you, sir. That's going to do it for this episode of the

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