9-9-26 Lance with Charlie Goldsmith

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2:16You want answers? I think I'm entitled. You want answers. I want the truth. You can't handle the truth. Truth. Truth. Alright, let's do this. 608-700-WLW. It's Arnell Carrier Sports Talk presented by Kelsey Chevrolet. Three plus hours tonight of full addition of sports talk leading into the inside pitch reds and dodgers. Plenty to get to between now and then. Let's start here. No better place to start than with my next guest. He has his chalkboard erased. He's got a new box of chalk on standby for a new Bengal season. His Charlie's chalkboard is a must read on the Bengals and Reds front. For more on that, let's go straight to the source and welcome in. Charlie Goldsmith. Charlie, you wrote about Al Gold in this week. One of many things you wrote about year two. Why might we see a true version of who he is and what his defense is? The story of the 2025 defense wasn't a lot of ways the defense deck kind of got ducked and pigeon-hold by its youth by limitations.

3:19Al couldn't really express what he wanted his system to be about because they had to simplify things just do whatever they could. With the improvements they had with the added experience that they brought to the mix and then another year of this coaching staff together like what I'm calling this is a reintroduction of Al Gold. I think we're going to learn a lot more about you know this is the guy who believes and not blitzing which they didn't last year. In short, he just not have the pieces he needs to do stuff like that. And you know at the end of the day, you know they think it's going to be late December, January or who knows how long they're going to be facing one of those elite quarterbacks. The season or the post season is going to be on the line. We saw in 2021 and 2022 the impact the defensive coordinator can make in those moments. What does that have up his sleeve? We haven't seen it yet but he has his philosophy. Philosophy is one of the most interesting parts of the theme to me. You also wrote about the base defense which was a mess last year gave up chunks of yardage. What has happened to help Demetrius Knight Jr. from that standpoint this year?

4:19It's funny. So like I remember there was a misconception last year that the Bengals had a tight end problem that really wasn't the case. What it was was a base defense problem and a play action problem. It's staggering. 6.1 yards per play when they were in base which means just four defensive backs on the field, seven linebackers and defensive linemen together. 5 yards per carry when they were in base. And did you know what I was saying earlier about Owl? It's like because they had nothing else they could do. They had to put Demetrius Knight on the edge. His head was already spinning by the way. He had a play out of position in a place where his game wasn't well suited for him to be successful. And the Bengals defense got exposed. Well now they don't just not need to put Knight on the edge. Now they've got an option. They have all these different tools. Here kind of come the specifics of the outlaw defense. You have this brand new role that catches howl is going to play. That's this completely different combination that the Bengals have. You have their Termisher Marseille.

5:19He pro-Thalves as their best and most versatile run stopping defensive end. Even something as interesting as last year and really for his whole career, TJ Slate had been playing over the center on the nose. Well the decks are Lawrence here. They're not putting TJ over the tackle inside the tackle. Stuff he's never really done before. And I said, you know, TJ, how tough is it going to be to run on you guys when you've got you playing next to Dexter? And he kind of used a phrase, the kids use these bases. Like it's going to be hella hard. And I agree with that. It is going to be hella hard to run against the Bengals base defense this year. It's good to the other side of the ball. They much I talked about discussed, analyzed, broken down, under center aspect of this offense. How do you envision the usage of that? You know, the word I keep going back to is patience. So like I can very much see the Bengals, you know, having this big drive early on Sunday where they go under center, smash mouth, football. And my reaction to that would be the Bengals did that in 2025. And the first half of Cleveland, they went under center at 10, Chase Brown.

6:21You know, they ran a Spider II wide banana for a touchdown. It's going to take a lot more than a driver or game to show how much the Bengals are really committed to this. There's going to be a patience that's going to need to be involved in terms of working out the things when they do call the plays. And a patience of and you know, they won't necessarily say this publicly or like how good of a matchup is this really under center versus the specific candidate defense. I can't tell you that right here right now. I have some ideas, but I don't know how they do it. And if it's a bad matchup for their under center offense, they're not going to do it. But they might do it next week. It's going to take time to really get a feel for their commitment to it. We'll have to be patient as we see how much they're going to do it. And then on there and they need to be patient because if it doesn't work right away, they can't scrap it. They did that in 2022 and they're doing this now because they kind of regret that in the long run. Charlie would Joe healthy not knock on wood. How big are his legs to this offense in the grand scheme of things? Yes, the under discussed under the radar burrow story of the summer.

7:24And there's got to back it up like last year he had the toe injury. He only hit 15 miles per hour, three times all season. One was before he got her two run meaningless plays where he didn't want to run and didn't really do anything with it anyway. In 2024, he hit, you know, when he was healthy, he hit 15 plus miles per hour on 15 on 13 plays that totaled 171 yards. 2022 was another big example of that. He hit 15 miles per hour on 18 different plays. I mean, you know, we can all close our eyes and imagine moments where burrow sprints towards the sideline and then throws the ball across his body to teach. We can imagine big long touchdown runs, you know, adding whirlwinds, adding New York. We can imagine him side stepping Christians in the ante title game like you win with stuff like this. And that's what Dan Pitcher told me today. He said, you know, I actually, you've done said I used to be the third down guy myself. That was a big part of my job here. And Dan said, I learned that I could come up with an ever scheme. I want, but at the end of the day, it's kind of like burrow running and making something happen.

8:26And burrow can do that again. And that's really exciting for everybody. Charlie Goldsmith checking in a couple more minutes. Charlie's chalkboard, a must read. So what can Eric all's impact look like to this offense? I don't think I have the time. A men, considerable. Like he's not going to run out of the tunnel as a starter, I don't think. But he's by far going to be one of the most 11 important people, most important 11 people on this offense. You can make the case he's one of the five, six, seven most important people on this offense. They've said all along, they can redo a lot of what they do because of Eric's presence. It's almost like in the NBA, like they call it the Dunker Spot. They call it a break behind the basket. And you like, like, you've got the guy you did, you lob it up and he dunks at home. They call that vertical spacing. Well, in the NFL, it's a bit of a different world. You know, your vertical spacing is with the passing game. But let's call it horizontal spacing. Going the other way. Like Eric all spaces out this offense with his blocking, with his motions, with his physicality.

9:30Like he creates space and he gives chase Brown and everybody else just more room. And he can also stretch the field vertically with his routes, which impress the coaching staff, the pass catcher. So, you know, when you look at the under center stuff, a lot of that could have a better chance to work because of all. And he's probably the guy on the whole team outside of Death's Florence. I'm most interested to watch. All right. Let me squeeze in a reds question for Charlie Goldsmith, checking in, Charlie's chalkboard. Managers tell you reveal things about how they view a team by the moves they make, the strategies they employ. You've been noticing how Tito's trying to walk that line of developing and winning. What do you notice? It's always the most interesting thing to me about how a manager, really anything a manager does is how they strike that balance. And like I said, from Harrison in 2024, the reds were out of it in September and they played Marta up till the bitter end. They played Will Benson up to the bitter end. The reds are getting young now, much younger. You know, we're seeing Hector Rodriguez and Carlos Jorge.

10:31We're also not seeing, well, we're saying Edwin Arroyo. You know, we saw Juan Brito stick on the roster. He's very much rewarding and prioritizing, creating more of a runway for young guys to show what they can do and to kind of hit their feelings. But he's sticking with the guys who are consistent and play the game the right way. And that approach has a pros to just only playing the guys with the most raw tools, the most raw talent. A lot of teams would be playing Marta and Arroyo right now. I think the fact that the reds aren't shows a lot about what they want to be, a lot about key those approach. And you know, it's what we saw from Arroyo. I think what we're seeing now is, you know, some different phases in the mix gives the reds a cleaner product on the field this September. And while they're winning and lost total the rest of the year doesn't mean everything, it's building that product in that style that they want to reward and prioritize. I'm looking at a menu in front of me. I see read Charlie's chalkboard at Fox 19.com. I see it's emailed free through sub stack.

11:31I see watch the power stacks podcast, new episode recently with you and Brian Gees and slow. I see catch your digital shows through Fox 19. Now am I missing anything on that menu, Charlie Goldsmith. That's it. Thanks for having me last great catching up. Good talking. Thanks, Charlie. There you go. Charlie Goldsmith checking in Charlie's chalkboard. It is excellent stuff all the time. The following song has been rated dangerously catchy and may not be suitable for grownups.

12:48Lingo Kids only suitable for kids. If it gets stuck in mom's head, that's not our problem. Lingo Kids! Everything Kids love. Download now for free. On September 19th, the Monster Energy SMX World Championship playoffs, races into Los Angeles. This is it. It's all the line. Now the pressure is on to deliver. And for the world's best 22 dirt bike racers, only one will go home number one. It all comes down to this. Go experience all of the action live. Coming to Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles, California, September 19th. Get your tickets now at supermodocross.com. Hitting your protein goals has never been this easy or tasted so good. Introducing Skypop Protein Soda, the refreshing soda with 10 grams of complete protein, a no misleading collagen fillers. Visit your local Costco now and pick up the Variety Pack, featuring three delicious flavors. Light, refreshing, and ready for wherever your day takes you. It's any time protein that helps you reach higher.

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