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Browns Film Breakdown

Around The AFC North: Previewing the Bengals with SInow's James Rapien

Browns Film Breakdown

Bleav

Nfl, Nfl Draft, Nfl Team, Browns, Sports, Football, Cleveland

4.8553 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We kick off our series checking out the comprehensive offseason for the rest of the AFC North! Jake is joined by SInow's James Rapien (formerly of 92.3) to discuss the 2021 Bengals from all angles. Whether Zac Taylor is on the hot seat, expectations for this season, and position-by-position previews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Baker Mayfield, undraftable, off my board.

0:06.0

The Cleveland Brown select Baker Mayfield.

0:10.0

What a beautiful pro by the Baker!

0:15.0

Big job!

0:18.0

Osta-aabisa, baby!

0:22.6

Barts out!

0:30.6

Welcome in everybody to the OBR film breakdown. I'm your host, Jake Burns.

0:31.6

We are starting our know-your-foe session of the off-season here, where we will have guests on tonight, starting with James Rapine.

0:41.6

Then we will have a Baltimore guest and a Pittsburgh guest as well, obviously, to talk about the AFC North and give you a good feel for, you know, where these other teams are, where their expectations

0:54.8

are, what their position by position analysis looks like. So I think this can be really good

0:59.9

to truly have a feel for when the Browns play these teams, what kind of moves them in the

1:04.4

offseason, what their expectations are, where their head coaches sit, all of those things,

1:09.0

draft classes, big players. That's the goal. We're going to try to get to the bottom of where the rest of the teams are in this division. And as I said earlier, we'll start with James Rapine. He covers the Bengals and the NFL for SI Now, and he hosts the Locked-on Bengals podcast. So check that out as well if you're into knowing about what the teams and the rest of the division are doing. Now, let's go ahead and get to the interview with James and learn about the 2021 Cincinnati Bengals. All right, James, pumped to have you, man. I don't think there are many better voices. Well, first of all, we miss you in Cleveland. Let me get that out of the way. But there are a few better voices in Cincinnati. Thanks for joining me, man. Of course, Jake. And no, I miss Cleveland. I love Cleveland. I try to tell Cincinnati ends all over. And I did the same when I was in Cleveland about Cincinnati. I think both cities are great. So I'll get up to Cleveland. Certainly, when the Bengals play the Browns, even though it'll be

2:02.3

late in the season and cold, I'll be up there for that road game at first energy for sure.

2:07.5

I kind of like them late in the season. They've been early before, but I like them late. Do you?

2:12.0

Sometimes. I actually like last year because September and Cleveland's great. And so you're

2:16.7

talking week two, Thursday night

2:19.7

football. I enjoyed that. But yeah, I don't mind going up there in the winter either,

2:24.7

you know, or being up there in the winter. It's not, honestly, Cleveland winter isn't as bad.

2:28.5

I live downtown. So I got used to the lake and, you know, the wind specifically. So no it it doesn't bother me and it won't bother

2:36.2

me much to be back up there and what was it it's December end of December I believe it is it looks

2:40.8

like they're pushing a lot of these division games later which you know to me it makes

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