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You're hot and bothered by the Cincinnati bank.

Well, I mean, it's one of those, you know, Rob, when people have something to say about you and you maybe feel a different way, like, no, no, no, that's not necessarily me. That's not a full representation of who I am, what I'm about, blah, blah, blah. That'd be the Bengals, right? Because people, they often would say everybody, hey, the Bengals are a cheap organization. They're not necessarily the best or most well-run organization. Hey, hey, hey, that's not us.

That's not true. Even though we had our players, million-dollar players, playing outside in the snow freezing, no practice facility for eons. Now they finally got that over the last couple years. But one of the things that has been clear is their franchise quarterback, one of the best in the league, who had an incredible year this year. Joe Burrow, he has been very, very forthright about the fact that, hey, man, I want us to get things right with this team. I want us to find ways to actually start succeeding and winning and getting back to a chance to be at a Super Bowl like they

did when he first came into the league. And them franchising T. Higgins again, I think it's just

another slap to the face of, hey, we're not fully committed to winning. You know, you look at

the look at T. Hendrickson, right? They don't, they let him go.

And you're starting to see where you can see a Joe Burrow say, hey, man, all I want to do is

compete for championships. And Joe Burrow mentioned this. He said it earlier, you know,

month, two months ago talking about he was willing to restructure his deal.

He wants to find a way to keep T. Higgins.

He wants to find a way to keep Hendrickson.

He wants to find a way to keep Jamar happy.

He wants to do what we've just seen now.

The reigning Super Bowl champions do, the Philadelphia Eagles.

They found a way, take care of all their star players, pay them early, maybe even overpay for like a guy like A.J. Brown. But the fact is, we have all the talent. We have it all kept in house. And look at us. We've gone to a couple of Super Bowls over the last few years, winning one this year. And the Bengals aren't doing that. You know, you got T. Higgins. Yes, he gets $26 million because he's franchised. But it's the second year in a row. You have to know he doesn't like that.

He has to fill a certain way about why won't

you commit to me long term your best defensive player on a horrific defensive team tray hendrickson

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