Lance and Rocky Boiman w/ Mike Petraglia

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2:02Have your kids ever wanted to try an Olympic and Paralympic sport? Try Fencing. It's fast, competitive, and even offered at the NCAA level. Find a beginner class near you at tryfencing.org. That's tryfencing.org. One, have a long run. Lance McAllister, Rocky Boyman, the round table show presented by Cincinnati's resolution powered by Toe for hanging out at Long Necks in Hebron. First of a three week run, then we bounce, forget the exact order. We'll hit Wilder and Richwood, and we circle through that throughout the season. And man, Rocky, it is so cool to have our next guest back in the fold again this year. He's added so much to this show, and we look forward to talking to him each week throughout the season. He covers the Bengals. He covers the Reds for CLNS, Sincere with the Y.com. He's hosted the Jungle War podcast and the Coold Reds podcast. So welcome in the man on the beat. The man they call Trags. We call Trags. Mike Petraya, Trags, how are we doing? Lance, Rocky, thanks for having me for a third year.

3:05It should be a lot of fun. I will let you know that I took out my friends to the very establishment you are in. My friends from Boston College in town, the radio crew doing the Bearcats Boston College game last week. They had a blast. Love the drinks. Love the atmosphere. Long necks in Hebron. It was a fun time had by all. Excellent. Excellent. That is great to hear. All right. Let's start with the Bengals news today. Give us an update on the injury report. A couple of names popping up is limited today. Yeah. So we don't know the situation yet to the full extent of DJ Turner and his hamstring issue. I hesitate to call it an injury because if it's a tweak or something and they brought it took him out of practice as a precaution on an incredibly humid day on the practice fields outside take or stadium. You don't want to overreact. Certainly it's concerned because he was not on the injury report at all on Wednesday,

4:09which leads you to believe that it happened during practice. He was on the field for stretch, for warm up for all of that. And then he shows up as limited. So that leads one to believe that the DJ Turner injury or tweak, whatever it is, happened during practice. We'll find out more from Zach Taylor on Friday after the walk through. And certainly if DJ Turner is a part of the walk through the Friday, lighter practice, then we'll know he's probably good to go if he's not. Then there is definitely reason for concern. Shamar Stewart, he showed up on the injury report today after being a full participant on Wednesday. I have a different feel about that one. That may be a situation where they put him through the rigors of a full practice on Wednesday to see how the knee would respond for the first time in a practice like that in a while.

5:13And they're just letting him rest it. And then they either feel he's going to be ready for Sunday or they don't. So that's how I view those two. The rest of them, I think, Jamar Chase and T Higgins, the good news is they should both be ready to go. DJ Hill and Jonathan Allen were both given rest days again on a very humid day. And some fans, guys and Rocky, you can chime in on this. May go, you need a of that day on the first week of the season. Well, when it was as humid as it was today in full pads, I think the coaching staff would rather have them fully rusted and ready to go Sunday than burn them out on a Thursday full pads practice. Well, look, they've made it this far without any real serious injuries. Yeah, let's get to the game and get it done. So try to, you know this. Every Bengals fan feels that this is a special season that is getting ready to take place.

6:15But you're in that locker room every day for the last couple of years. When you're around the players, do you feel that they feel like this is a different season? Do you notice anything different in the locker room covering the team this year? Or the maybe in years past? Yes. I think like Jamar Chase talked about today, there's a different energy, a different vibe, a different, the word urgency has been tossed around a lot, especially as it relates to Joe Borough. But definitely there's a different energy, a different urgency throughout the locker room. What I like about this locker room, Rocky, is that there are a lot of leaders who have come in especially on the defensive side of the ball. And there's more of a business-like approach. Last year because you had two Rocky linebackers, you had a Rocky first rounder in Jamar's Stewart. You had a lot of guys learning the lay of the land. And our golden, God bless them. He was kind of the sacrificial lamb in terms of, we're going to try and get these two

7:16Rocky linebackers up to speed fast. And certainly they didn't start the year with two Rocky linebackers just to meet sure as night junior. But once they decided to move on from Logan Wilson, it was two linebackers for the rest of the year. They paid the price early on in the year. And I think they feel both of them are going to take major steps forward this year, especially when you aren't asking to meet sure as night to play on the ball on the edge. And I went back today and I listened to the Joe Burrow news conference the Wednesday after that gut punch lost a buffalo last year was December. He was down that day. You ask him a question that you said it seems like you've got something on your mind. You seem frustrated. He opened up and was very revealing that day. And I think of then compared to now in just what a different place Joe Burrow's in right now. I think he's more confident in the roster after the offseason of moves that the front office

8:19executed. I think that's one reason for that. I think he feels fully healthy. I know Charlie Goldsmith asked this question of Joe Burrow yesterday. Now that you're fully healthy, do you think you've got full use of your mobile skills back? Remember, that was a big part of his game before he got hurt a couple of years back. He was very much a mobile quarterback and could run and could make first downs on, let's say, third and third and five. If guys, if a second area or linebackers were dropping too deep and the whole opened up at the second level of the defense, he was more than happy to take advantage of that. I think Joe Burrow feels now that he can take fuller advantage of his mobility and that after the turf toes surgery that he had last year, it's had a full offseason to heal.

9:19I think he feels very much back to where he was in terms of his mobility. So Trags, I think folks feel really good, of course, about the Bengals passing game. I feel much better and feel really good about the defensive line. I think they feel better about the tackling from what we've seen in the preseason. Is there another area where you think that maybe not as talked about as much, but this Bengals unit, whether it's on offense or defense, is vastly improved? I'll give you three areas. I'll give you the short passing game to chase Brown. I'll give you the linebacking group, which I already touched on. I think the punting game, I know Evan McPherson had a great preseason in training camp. Ryan Rico, nobody's talking about the job he did in the preseason. I think Darren Simmons is much more confident in Rico's ability to pin opposing teams back.

10:21We saw that, certainly in the bearer's game, the second preseason game, I think he had five punts, four were inside the 20. I think three were inside the 10. He had a great game. I think that is something that could really help the Bengals early on in the year. Here's my thought. In those three areas that people may not be talking about, you have to take some of the burden off Joe Barrow and the offense early on. Why is that? Because traditionally Barrow and the offense need about a month to get in rhythm. That's the case around the NFL. Look at last night's game in Seattle. Neither team looked remotely close to efficient offensively. The Bengals are certainly not averse to going through that thing sort of struggle. I think we've seen in the past that fans with weapons like Jamar Chase and G Higgins get

11:25impatient. They want Barrow to put up 35 points right out of the shoot. That's just not realistic. Tracks you are all over this is the season begins. You've always been all over this. Tell listeners how they can read what you're writing, watch and listen to what you're talking about and follow you throughout this season. I've got a column right now up on seal and essencey with the Y dot com talking about Joe Barrow. If he is mentally engaged in this season, why we should expect a big year from number nine. I'll also be writing a story on Jamar Chase and his outlook on the season. Also you can follow my jungle war podcast on youtube dot com slash at jungle war pod. Of course, as always follow my locker room interviews on the xat tracks. T R H E S. It is so great to have you back. We look forward to it every week. Thank you, sir.

12:26We'll talk next week. All right, gentlemen. I look forward to it. Have a great year. All right. Thank you, as well. He's a tracks covering the Bengals. It's the round table show brought to you in part by a hoxford blood center's hoxford donors save lives close to home. Who will you save? Ever dry water proofing. If your basement leaks call ever dry, it's not dry until it's ever dry rock. When we come back, let's talk about the kick around some players you and I are looking forward to seeing this season and maybe a little bit more on what we got into it with tracks on maybe a concern or two. There's no perfect team in a salary cap era. So there's always going to be a question or two about the roster. Let's get into that as well. He's rocky. I'm Lance. It's the round table show presented by Cincinnati tax resolution. Power by toe shielded from long necks in hebert on 700 WLW. Accenture. Power slap 23 is live and free on YouTube on Thursday, September 17. Dayno White is bringing power slaps to Texas for the first time on the campus of Texas Tech University to massive title fights headline the card, including slap fighting legend Wolverine. Also on the card is former WWE Champion J Kager and the debut of former UFC heavyweight

13:31Chris Barnett. You can watch Power Slap 23 for free on Power Slaps YouTube channel Thursday, September 17 for the first time from Texas. Power Slaps pick its card of the year. Warning, the following song is been rated dangerously catchy and may not be suitable for grownups. One two three four. One two three four. Knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock. Lingo Kids, only suitable for kids. If it gets stuck in mom's head, that's not our problem. Mabel Kids! Everything Kids Love, download now for free. 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.

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