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00:00Mandatory minicamp this week around the National Football League has really come to a close.
00:05It's about to be summer break around the NFL, about a month plus off,
00:09before the players and teams return for training camp late in July.
00:14And DRS, we brought you this update yesterday, but let's really fully flesh this out in Cincinnati.
00:21Since he's unsigned first-round draft pick, Shamar Stewart, taking 17th overall,
00:26now has left mandatory minicamp, per a source to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
00:31Stewart had been attending team activities, but out without a signed rookie contract,
00:36was not participating, and with the Bengals asking for certain default clauses,
00:41no longer was Shamar Stewart even in attendance at mandatory minicamp.
00:46Let's hear what the head coach in Cincinnati, not a front office individual,
00:50but what the head coach, Zach Taylor, had to say all about it.
00:53He was the latest on Shamar, and why wasn't he?
00:56Yeah, he wasn't here today, so we just focused on the guys that were here.
00:59What have the conversations been like with him?
01:01He and I have had positive conversations.
01:05Did he communicate with you before he left?
01:07Did you guys, was there a conversation between you?
01:10He did. We've had good communication.
01:12Zach, is it a big deal? He's missed out on on-field reps?
01:14I think for all the rookies, you'd like them to be on the field,
01:16but certainly there's things that happen over the course of an NFL career,
01:20and this is one of them right now, so he's been in the meetings.
01:24He's been positive in that way.
01:25He's been learning. He's been a good learner,
01:27and we look forward to getting him back on the field quickly.
01:29This is obviously a first for you when it comes to a first-round pick.
01:33How have you navigated the water?
01:35There's a first for everything.
01:36You know, every year you kind of learn something new in this position,
01:40and this is just one of those things that the players have managed really well,
01:43and we keep the team moving,
01:45and when he jumps on the field, that'll be great for our team.
01:47Zach, Taylor had all the right things to say, DRS,
01:51but he's not the guy negotiating with Shamar Stewart's representation,
01:55asking for a default clause that would negate guaranteed money based on injury.
02:00So what exactly is Zach Taylor supposed to say?
02:03What do you make of the head coach in Cincinnati?
02:05Yeah, here's the funny part about Cincinnati, right?
02:07If you're a head coach there, you're on the coaching staff,
02:09you're actually in a pretty good spot at that point.
02:11The reason I bring this up, like Marvin Lewis,
02:13who coached there I think 15, 16, 17 years, he was there a long time,
02:16didn't end up winning any Super Bowls,
02:18but the joke used to always be like,
02:19well, they're not going to fire Marvin Lewis because they owe him two more years.
02:22Like most NFL teams operate like, I'm going to fire you right now.
02:24Like the New York Knicks, Tom Thibodeau's owed 30 plus million dollars.
02:27So what? I think we get a better coach,
02:28write him a check and be out of there.
02:30Like you have such great, you know, coaching acumen,
02:33where if you have more than one year left in your deal,
02:35it's like, we can't fire this guy.
02:36We're not going to pay a whole new coaching staff an extra year of salary.
02:38So let's get that out of the way.
02:40Like I usually would say, oh, I pity Zach Taylor.
02:42No, he's in a good spot because they'll never fire him
02:44until he's like at the end of his contract.
02:45And what player slash owner slash, you know,
02:49coach is going to go into that year of being like,
02:51I'm a lame duck coach here.
02:52It usually doesn't happen.
02:53Let's focus on this.
02:54You know what Zach Taylor said there?
02:55Like, yeah, we joke about it.
02:56Like this idiot Brown, the ownership group,
02:59and his whole family over there.
03:00They have no idea what you're doing.
03:00Kid, I got your back.
03:01Like if I go back to the Buddy Ryan era days,
03:03where we had a terrible owner in Norman Brayman,
03:06who all these bottom line Brayman here,
03:08some of the best superstars in the sport.
03:10I'm not paying those guys the minute free agents here.
03:12They're all going to walk out of the door.
03:13So what Buddy Ryan used to do to get upset
03:15was when Keith Jackson with a new contract
03:17and it was big and broad, he'd call the owner names.
03:19Then when they'd eventually sign the guy,
03:21he'd pick him up at the, you know,
03:22the airport in a limo and really show up the owner.
03:24Like, thank goodness this guy's back here.
03:26You bozo, we need this guy.
03:27It's unbelievable.
03:28Like I understand how coaches have to play
03:30to the PC and the press.
03:31It's just what we do here.
03:32But you know those conversations.
03:34Hey kid, man, hold strong out there.
03:35I know you'll be in here.
03:36It's not your fault at all.
03:38Trust me, kid.
03:38We love you.
03:39We drafted you.
03:39We want you on the field just that our ownership group
03:42is a bunch of bozos.
03:44You think we're critical of the Cincinnati Bengals?
03:46There is probably no more man that is frustrated
03:48by what that front office is doing
03:50than the head coach, Zach Taylor.
03:52Yeah.
03:53Because he led the Bengals to a Super Bowl appearance
03:56and understands what needs to happen
03:58on the actual football field
04:00to get back to that stage in that ceiling once again.
04:04Zach Taylor in that clip said he has had
04:06positive conversations and discussions
04:09with Shamar Stewart.
04:10But of course, the rookie was rather critical
04:13this week, DRS, of that Cincinnati front office
04:16saying they should just want to pay everybody.
04:19The owner should open up the pocketbook
04:21to pay Trey Hendrickson.
04:23Shamar Stewart saying he's 100% right
04:26in these contract negotiations.
04:29What did Zach Taylor have to make
04:30of all that Shamar Stewart had to say to the media?
04:33Here's the head coach once again.
04:34He was pretty critical the other day of the organization.
04:38How do you balance that?
04:39How do you react to that representing the organization?
04:41I think there's education that happens
04:43with all the rookies that we do our best to educate them.
04:46Number one, we want to protect our team in our locker room.
04:48And so there's some things I understand
04:51when there's frustration there,
04:52but that's how he chose to do it.
04:54And that's his prerogative.
04:55And we look forward to getting him back in the fold.
04:57He told us that he won't practice
04:59unless he signs his contract.
05:01So at this point, are you confident
05:02that he'll have his contract signed
05:04by start of training camp?
05:06I'm not going to make any predictions.
05:07Did you talk to him following those comments
05:09he made the other day?
05:10We've had good communication.
05:13Listen, Zach Taylor understood
05:15what the party line was out there, DRS.
05:17You probably heard Shamar Stewart
05:19say what he said in his locker earlier this week
05:21during minicamp.
05:22It was like, yes, Shamar.
05:24I can't say it, but you go out there
05:26and rip on the Brown family.
05:28I mean, can you imagine this in the day and age
05:32where the whole thing the NFL set up
05:33with the players' unit is like,
05:34let's not have these ridiculous rookie deals.
05:36Like, let's not have you have to negotiate
05:38with your player before you actually draft them.
05:40Let's slot it.
05:41Everybody's happy.
05:42Everybody's in camp.
05:43And it also means for the veterans of your league,
05:45they're going to get more money
05:46when their contract is up saying like,
05:47hey, I just got drafted.
05:48He's got to do anything.
05:49He's making twice the amount as me.
05:50That worked out in their favor.
05:52And also what's supposed to happen is
05:53how does a rookie on a slotted contract deal
05:56not have a deal in place by training camp?
05:58Can you imagine this kid's holding out?
06:00I'm not even calling him holding out.
06:02The Bengals are holding out
06:04from giving an honest contract to a player
06:06and it goes into training camp.
06:08Again, we're talking about slotted contracts.
06:10Hit the Xerox button there.
06:12Get your 15 page and sign it.
06:13Ooh, do I have to find out where I read him?
06:15No, you don't, kid.
06:15This is exactly what you get
06:17for the 17th or 18th pick in the draft.
06:18Everybody gets this contract.
06:20Just sign it and move on at this point.
06:21The fact that it's holding out this long is so funny.
06:23And also from another perspective,
06:25where Trey Hendrickson is a unbelievable defensive end.
06:28He wants more money.
06:29He's not there.
06:30Like the Bengals should be like,
06:31we're fighting over a clause
06:32when we need this kid to be ready day one in here
06:35to try to help us out if Trey doesn't show up.
06:38And the Bengals, again, drive this point home.
06:40All right, if Shamar doesn't show up,
06:42we don't have to pay him as bonus
06:43so we can still have it sitting in the bank
06:44getting, you know, a lot of acumen here
06:46and we have to get a couple extra dollars.
06:47And if Trey doesn't show up,
06:48that could be millions of dollars in our pocket.
06:50We might not win a game this year.
06:52This could be the most profitable season
06:53we've ever had as Bengals owners.
06:55We love this year.
06:56Get out of town.
06:57Come on.
06:58Again, Shamar Stewart is not a wide receiver.
07:00Maybe you could give him some grace
07:02if that was the case.
07:03He is an Ed rusher
07:04who was the 17th overall pick
07:06in what is Cincy's issue?
07:08Defense.
07:09And who do they not have out there?
07:11Defense at this moment.
07:13It doesn't even make common logistical sense.
07:17More on the Bengals now.
07:18I was golden.
07:19Back to Notre Dame.
07:20Live right here on the early line on Sports Grid,
07:23a small dose of a football Friday.
07:25DRS, just for context around the Shamar Stewart situation,
07:29you might be saying to yourself,
07:30what exactly is this rookie asking for?
07:33What is his issue with the wording in his contract,
07:37the legal language of which he will not participate
07:39during mandatory minicamp?
07:42It is a default clause that would void future guarantees.
07:46Do other NFL teams have the same for their rookie deals?
07:50In large part, yes.
07:52But Shamar Stewart is arguing that the Bengals
07:55have changed the wording following last year's first round pick
07:58for Amarius Mims.
08:00And it's not exactly the same clause
08:03or structure of the contract
08:05that would void all future guarantees for Shamar Stewart
08:09as other teams around the National Football League
08:11for their rookies.
08:13From the player perspective,
08:14you can understand that in the dangerous game of football,
08:17if something happens and there are no guarantees
08:20for the entirety of your contract,
08:22that's a pretty precarious situation to be in.
08:25No, exactly.
08:26And that's not the footing that you want to get off to
08:28with a rookie that you're welcoming into your family.
08:31Nickel and dining here at the worst possible time.
08:33It's not good to get over and say,
08:34well, I'm the 17th pick.
08:35I felt like I'm the 10th pick.
08:37So pay me like the 10th pick.
08:38Like, no, he's not asking for that.
08:40And it's always like, we wouldn't even nod an eye.
08:42Like, if this was, let's just say, I don't know,
08:43the Eagles or the Ravens.
08:44I got the Ravens probably dug in pretty deep here.
08:46Probably this is their standard.
08:48But we know the Bengals like to play these games.
08:50Hey, man, if you get injured,
08:51we could take back some of your money.
08:52What are we arguing for?
08:53What happens if the kid is really good
08:54and plays great football as your expectations
08:56of why you drafted him in the first round anyway?
08:59It's just a horrible way to start off.
09:01It's just always a bad look.
09:03The Bengals, every year, it's always a bad look.
09:06Sooner than later, it's not the players.
09:08It's the ownership group and what they're trying to do.
09:11And everybody around the league reading into this going like,
09:13why is the language different here?
09:14And what if it isn't?
09:15Just change it back to the old one, sign it.
09:17And if the kid's really good, great.
09:19If he's not good, he'll bust out
09:20like many other first round picks have done here.
09:22Why are you trying to hang this over the kid's head
09:24before he even gets started and playing his first game?
09:27As of last check, only five of the 32 first round picks,
09:33including Shamar Stewart, of this draft in April,
09:37remain unsigned.
09:38And for whatever reasons, those are not exactly contract wording
09:42in those other four cases,
09:43as opposed to the case here for Shamar Stewart.
09:48Again, when you look at the Bengals front office,
09:51it's not just Shamar.
09:53This has been the case for a lot of their contract negotiations
09:56in the history of this franchise owned initially by Paul Brown,
10:00who passed it off to his son, Mike,
10:02whose daughter, Katie Blackburn,
10:04is the executive vice president acting in a de facto GM role.
10:08This is a case of nepotism and a guy named Duke Tobin,
10:12who is the director of player personnel,
10:14but basically the GM who's been doing it for two decades,
10:17two and a half decades as well.
10:20So DRS, when you look at the Bengals,
10:22who last year were a nine and eight football team
10:24after starting 0-3, but missed out on the postseason.
10:28Does all this offseason drama,
10:31including with Trey Hendrickson and others
10:33along that defensive side of the ball,
10:36change your perspective,
10:37change your outlook on Cincinnati entering next season?
10:41The only outlook that changes is we love Joe Burrow.
10:43We love the wide receivers.
10:44The offense is going to score points,
10:45but you have to have a semblance of defense.
10:46Now, granted, some defenses are young,
10:48and they can surprise,
10:49and now Golden's coming to town
10:50to sort of fix up that mess that Luan Aramo had.
10:52But when Luan Aramo leaves town,
10:54did anybody blame him?
10:55Like, man, that guy really fell off.
10:56What a bad GM or what a bad defensive coordinator.
10:59No, he was a good defensive coordinator.
11:00Eventually said, I have nothing to work with here.
11:03Now, theoretically, you have even less to work with.
11:05So where would the optimism be?
11:0740 to 39 every single game?
11:09And what happens if you get a hamstring injury
11:11for Tee Higgins or Jamar Chase
11:13or Joe Burrow goes down with a concussion?
11:14He's got to miss two to three weeks at this point.
11:16Oh, we can rely on a defense.
11:18No, you can't,
11:19unless you're seeing something that I don't see right now.
11:21Let's just say Hendrickson holds out
11:23and Jamar Stewart doesn't show up late in camp
11:24and he's not technically ready for the season.
11:26You can't do that in the NFL.
11:28The hardest thing to do,
11:29and you try to gain is,
11:30you want team camaraderie.
11:32Everybody pulling in the same direction
11:34from OTAs to training camp
11:36to the start of the season.
11:37And all you have are these questions,
11:38like the coach,
11:39so, hey, ask me any question you want.
11:40Not about my great quarterback
11:41and my wide receivers.
11:43Are your guys actually coming to camp
11:44and do you believe what's happening going on
11:46and when will they come back?
11:47Pulling in the right direction
11:49beginning of the season is so key.
11:51You don't want to see,
11:52oh, how Hendrickson came back week six
11:54because he didn't lose another year of eligibility
11:55and that's the last week that he can hang out.
11:58You don't want that
11:58because then you have guys
11:59starting to play for themselves
12:01as opposed to the team concept here.
12:03That's the issue you have.
12:04Not with the Bengals talent on offense.
12:05The team concept is already interrupted again.
12:09And I think that's also part of it, right, DRS?
12:11You can argue the contract clause,
12:13the wording in the legal language.
12:15Is it standard around the NFL?
12:17Should Shamar Stewart be pissed about it?
12:20It doesn't really show that,
12:21hey, we're excited to have you here, kid,
12:23and we are looking forward to the impact
12:25you are going to make for this franchise
12:27this year and for many, many more years to come.
12:31We'll talk about the future for Cincinnati,
12:33including 2025,
12:35and that starting quarterback for the Bengals,
12:37Joe Burrow,
12:38when hour number two starts next.
12:40Welcome to hour number two live
12:42right here on this Friday
12:44to close out this wonderful week
12:46on the early line on Sports Grid.
12:48He is Donnie.
12:48I am Ben.
12:49Two more hours to go
12:50up until 11 a.m. Eastern time.
12:53And DRS,
12:54there is so much to get to here
12:56in this jam-packed Friday show
12:58to set the stage for tonight
12:59and the remainder of this weekend.
13:02It is game number four,
13:03the 2025 NBA Finals on this Friday.
13:07That's right.
13:07Only one day in between games
13:10for the only time in this championship set
13:12in the association.
13:14So a Friday night in the Fieldhouse
13:16in downtown Indianapolis
13:18with the hometown team,
13:20the Pacers,
13:21surprising everybody
13:22with a 2-1 series advantage.
13:25We will take an early look
13:26at the NBA Finals
13:28in game number four tonight.
13:29Later on in this second hour,
13:32the NHL's Chris Beeney joins us
13:34to recap a historic
13:35in a wild game number four
13:38in the 2025 Cup Final.
13:40Edmonton has equalized,
13:42tying the set at two games apiece.
13:45And of course, DRS,
13:47on this Friday,
13:48round number two
13:49at the 2025 United States Open
13:51is now underway at Oakmont.
13:54Plenty of big names
13:55already out there
13:56on this Cup Day Friday
13:58taking on the very difficult test
14:00that is Oakmont Country Club.
14:02At hour number three,
14:03we'll check in live
14:04from outside Pittsburgh
14:05with our guy, Keith Stewart.
14:07We'll bring you the odds
14:08and where the updates are here
14:10in just a matter of moments.
14:11I absolutely love it here.
14:13And also keep in mind,
14:14today is June the 13th.
14:16It's Friday the 13th.
14:17Fantastic.
14:17Saturday's the 14th.
14:18Sunday's the 15th.
14:19Monday is the 16th,
14:21which means probably
14:22we would be, what,
14:23one month away
14:24from certain teams
14:25starting their NFL
14:26training camps here.
14:27One month away, people.
14:29We almost made it.
14:30We're getting to the beginning
14:31parts of the summer months here.
14:32A lot to get to.
14:33But again, football
14:34always on the mind
14:36and I love that.
14:38Yeah, DRS,
14:39that is certainly the case
14:40as we start off
14:41this second hour
14:42a little bit of continuation
14:44on our Football Friday
14:45and a conversation
14:46around the Bengals.
14:48One of the reasons
14:48we love Mark Zeno
14:49here on TEL
14:50is he has so many
14:52stern takes
14:53that they can kind of
14:54inspire conversation.
14:56Yesterday, he claimed
14:57that Joe Burrow
14:58is not going to end
14:59his career
14:59with the Cincinnati Bengals
15:01despite two offseasons
15:03ago getting paid
15:04at the time
15:05what was the richest
15:06contract in the history
15:07of the National Football League.
15:10The Bengals have taken care
15:11of the offensive stars
15:13in Cincinnati,
15:14not necessarily
15:15on the defensive side.
15:17And we've heard
15:17Joey B campaign
15:19openly for his guys,
15:21not just Jamar Chase
15:22and Tee Higgins,
15:23but also making sure
15:24Trey Hendrickson
15:25is compensated
15:26because Burrow understands
15:28you need a balanced unit
15:29to actually compete
15:30for the highest level
15:32of Lombardi Trophy,
15:33which is what the Bengals
15:35had done
15:36back in 2021.
15:38In Joe Burrow's
15:39second year in the NFL,
15:40they beat Patrick Mahomes
15:42in the AFC Championship game
15:43in Arrowhead.
15:44They played in a Super Bowl
15:46against the LA Rams,
15:48and if they had
15:49slightly better protection
15:50against Aaron Donald,
15:51they might have already won
15:52that Lombardi Trophy.
15:54They reached the AFC title game
15:55the year following,
15:57but the last two
15:58in 2023,
15:59some injuries to Joey B.
16:01Last year,
16:02an 0-3 start
16:03in an abysmal defense
16:05kept them out
16:06of the postseason.
16:07So DRS,
16:08in the vein that Mark Zinno
16:09presented the question
16:11yesterday,
16:12what do you think
16:13the Burrow era
16:14is ultimately going
16:15to look like in Cincy?
16:18I mean,
16:18very productive
16:19and maybe ends
16:20with a gold jacket
16:21because the numbers
16:21that he can put up
16:23and he has had
16:23a lot of success here
16:24in his early career,
16:25but also understand this,
16:26injury-laden,
16:27which cost him many times
16:28the offseason.
16:29We don't have that this year.
16:30Healthy in the offseason.
16:32Unbelievably,
16:33they signed both of his
16:34wide receivers back
16:34and we thought at least
16:35one of those would be gone.
16:36That's keeping everything
16:37in house and keeping
16:38your quarterback happy
16:39with the weapons
16:39he needs to succeed
16:40and also your head coach
16:41who is an offensive guy.
16:43You have to like that.
16:44But then on the counter side,
16:45you still need
16:46a good defense here.
16:47You don't need a great defense
16:48to win a championship.
16:49You still need a good one here.
16:50And entering into the season,
16:51you look at a team
16:52that was decimated
16:53on defense last year
16:54that lost a lot of key parts,
16:56arguing with your best
16:57defensive player
16:58wants to get paid,
16:59not trading him,
17:00but also sets up
17:01a long training camp struggle
17:02because he wants more money.
17:03And then you draft
17:04your number one overall pick
17:06as a defensive end
17:07to help to fortify that defense.
17:08And you're already
17:09messing with his money
17:09and your leading tackler
17:11is probably going to be
17:12in another city next year
17:13being released from that team.
17:15So for me,
17:16I say,
17:16yes,
17:17the fun is going to be
17:18betting the Bengals this year,
17:19not necessarily on the money line
17:21or minus three,
17:21minus four,
17:22whatever it might be,
17:23because we don't know
17:23what that defense is going to be,
17:24but we understand
17:25Burrow is going to have
17:26a monster season next year.
17:28Touchdown passes
17:28all over the place
17:29because why?
17:30That's the way
17:30they're going to have to play.
17:31And as I talked about,
17:32you are going to have injuries
17:34in the season,
17:34which yes,
17:35the defense is going to get injured
17:36and we don't even love
17:37the players that they have.
17:38But let's just say,
17:39you have to say,
17:39you know what?
17:40Week six,
17:41seven and eight,
17:41we're down a little bit on offense.
17:42Let's lean on our defense.
17:43You can't lean on that defense.
17:45That's the problem here.
17:46You have to be all gas
17:47all the time on offense
17:48just to maybe
17:50get your team into the playoffs.
17:52That's never a recipe
17:53for success for me.
17:55Yeah, DRS,
17:56I think it's really well summed up.
17:58It's not that Joe Burrow
17:59wants to
18:00or can throw for huge numbers.
18:03It's that he might be forced to do so
18:06as we saw a season ago.
18:08Five years for Joey B.
18:10now in the National Football League.
18:12His rookie year 2020
18:13and 2023 only played in 10 games
18:16in his three fully healthy years.
18:18At least a 68% completion percentage.
18:22His career completion percentage
18:23is 68.6.
18:25Currently,
18:26that is the all-time record holder
18:28in the National Football League
18:29and last year DRS,
18:314,918 yards,
18:3443 touchdowns
18:35to only nine interceptions.
18:37He led the NFL in completions
18:39in pass attempts,
18:41460, 652
18:42in those respective categories.
18:44A 70.6% completion percentage
18:47and also led the NFL
18:48in passing yards,
18:5049-18
18:51and passing touchdowns
18:53with 43.
18:54Joe Burrow won the
18:55Comeback Player of the Year award.
18:57Had the Bengals been an 11-win
18:58and playoff football team,
19:00Joe Burrow would have won
19:01that regular season MVP award
19:03as well.
19:05I want to buy into the Bengals.
19:06I love that offense.
19:08I believe in the gamer
19:09and the quarterback
19:10that Joe Burrow is.
19:13But again, DRS,
19:13we talked about these odds
19:15earlier in the week
19:16and if we take a pessimistic view
19:18on the Bengals
19:19because of the issues defensively,
19:22my answer is yes.
19:23Not that the Cincinnati Bengals
19:25are going to be a 7-10 football team
19:27and have no chance
19:28of even stiffing a wildcard spot,
19:30but those bottom two prices,
19:32AFC Championship 9-1,
19:35Super Bowl 18-1,
19:36without even an average defense
19:39and the Bengals were not
19:40a season ago,
19:41bottom 10 in scoring
19:42and yardage allowed,
19:44then I really can't bet
19:45those numbers at this moment
19:47at 9-1 or 18-1
19:48to win the AFC
19:49or a Lombardi Trophy respectively.
19:51Exactly.
19:52You need to have
19:52a better defense
19:53and maybe they make some changes.
19:54Maybe Trey Hendrickson
19:55comes back,
19:56they get off to a hot start
19:57and that can change your opinion.
19:58But right now,
19:58the opinion is
19:59they're not going to be able
20:00to get enough stops here
20:01for them to win a championship.
20:02You can get enough stops
20:03in the regular season
20:04against some bad football teams
20:05and also just looking at them
20:06making the playoffs.
20:07Oh, Donny,
20:08they have a bad defense.
20:08They won't even make the playoffs.
20:10We have to understand this.
20:11The Titans,
20:11the Browns,
20:12the Raiders,
20:12the Patriots,
20:13the Jaguars,
20:14the Jets,
20:14the Dolphins,
20:15and the Colts
20:15are still in that same conference
20:17as the Bengals here,
20:18which last year,
20:19the Bengals had a bad defense
20:20and finished eighth,
20:21which was one spot back
20:22of a playoff berth.
20:23So if you feel that Joe Barrow
20:25is going to be healthy,
20:26the wideouts are going to be healthy,
20:27they'll be right back
20:28in that fold of let's win
20:29nine to ten games,
20:30which puts them into the playoffs.
20:31But then again,
20:32you're going to face the Ravens
20:33and the Bills
20:34and the Chiefs
20:35who will be able to get stops
20:36when you won't be able
20:37to get stops.
20:38And that's the issue here.
20:39They're good enough
20:40to make the playoffs.
20:41I don't think they're good enough
20:42to make a run.
20:43And it's not because of the offense.
20:45Yeah, DRS,
20:46it's a really,
20:47really good point.
20:48You see the schedule
20:49for Cincinnati.
20:49We know how difficult
20:51the AFC North is going to be.
20:53Maybe not as difficult on paper
20:55as we have once perceived it,
20:57but even the Steelers
20:58with Aaron Rodgers
20:59are not going to suck.
21:01The Browns might suck
21:02and they have the second
21:03hardest schedule in the NFL.
21:05Every team in the AFC North
21:07back half of the National Football League
21:09in terms of the most difficult
21:11schedules in the NFL.
21:12All four teams have some
21:14of the harder schedules
21:15around the NFL,
21:16but the Bengals of the four teams
21:18in that division
21:19have the easiest slate
21:20in comparison to the flock,
21:22the Steelers,
21:23and the Browns as well.
21:25They should be a 10-win football team.
21:27They should reach the postseason,
21:29and you see the first four weeks,
21:31they should not start 0-2
21:32as they have the last three years
21:35consecutively,
21:36even one worse than that
21:37a year ago at 0-3.
21:40they need the next three weeks base,
21:49and they should have the last three weeks.
21:50They should have no more
21:51they should have 18 months
21:52in this section.
21:53They should resume
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21:54and the team may be 192.
21:54They should be way
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