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00:03 Four years for Joe Burrow in his National Football League career.
00:07 His rookie year, he plays ten games.
00:09 Then he comes back, he played 16 in each 2021 and 2022,
00:14 leading Cincinnati at least to the AFC Championship.
00:19 Of course, Super Bowl 56 in the appearance out in LA during the 2021 NFL season.
00:25 Last year, an uncharacteristically, or
00:27 maybe it's not even uncharacteristic at this point, a slow start for
00:32 Cincinnati in only ten games for the Bengals.
00:34 They have gotten off to very slow starts each of the past two years,
00:39 only to rally to find their footing.
00:41 Of course, that came up short a season ago with the wrist injury to Joe Burrow.
00:47 So there's the Joe Burrow component of it all, health obviously being a factor at
00:52 the quarterback position for the most significant player on a football field,
00:57 for the league's richest player on a football field.
01:00 Of course, that huge contract extension for
01:03 Joey B before the 2023 NFL season fully got underway.
01:07 But Donnie's right, this offseason in Cincinnati has not been a smooth ride.
01:12 Franchise tag on T Higgins, he demands the trade.
01:16 Right before the NFL draft two weeks ago, Trey Hendrickson,
01:20 their outstanding edge rusher, also demands a trade.
01:24 This Bengals team is going to look different than what we have seen in years past.
01:29 So will you be as optimistic in your evaluation of Cincinnati entering 2024?
01:36 >> Here's how I start to get optimistic on them.
01:39 Pay Jomar Chase and pay Higgins this time going around.
01:42 Don't wait, make them happy, keep them involved.
01:45 Because here's what's gonna happen.
01:46 Those two wide receivers are eligible for extensions right now.
01:50 We're not even to training camp yet and
01:51 you've already seen multiple wide receivers ring that cash register left and right.
01:56 You know what's gonna hurt then when you see Jomar Chase and T Higgins?
01:59 When Justin Jefferson probably gets that deal before he shows up to training camp.
02:02 So we're gonna expect to play, right, with Chase and also Higgins,
02:07 who are unhappy knowing they should have an extra 80 to $90 million
02:11 in their bank account that they don't have.
02:13 But that's what the Cincinnati Bengals do.
02:15 They play it on the cheap multiple times.
02:17 It's gonna hurt them this year.
02:18 So my vibes for the Cincinnati Bengals as it sits right here on May 7th,
02:23 not high at all because you need to have your best players
02:26 being happy in order to perform and they will do that.
02:29 But force them out on the football field where they know they left money on the table
02:32 here and they don't wanna be in Cincinnati, watch out.
02:35 Because that means, look at this, week three, my hammy's a little bit sore.
02:38 I might be able to go out there and tough it out.
02:40 You know what?
02:40 That's six weeks off, baby.
02:42 Pay me and at the end of the year, I'm out of here anyway.
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