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Bonus episode number 74 of the week, James. I'm Jake.

Let's go along with your other host, James Rupin. If you're new to the podcast, you see Riley

Reef sign with the Bengals and you're like, I want to hear people talk about this in my earbuds.

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When the Bengals happened to be in the news, this is one of those weeks, James, the signing

of Riley Reef official after a nice steak dinner at Jeff Ruby's

restaurant. And he said the steak was maybe the best recruiter of them all. And they were all

recruiting and giving him their pitch. And obviously this included, you know, Mike Hilton,

this this included Trey Hendrickson, included Joe Burrow, Chido Bay Ousier, Sam Hubbard.

I mean, Zach Taylor was obviously there.

So this was the meeting.

They were at the precinct.

Obviously, if you're familiar with Jeff Ruby's stakes, Ruby gave Reef a cigar, said a whole box of cigars was coming his way if he signs of Cincinnati.

So look look it got

it done and this is a big step in the right direction to protecting Joe Burrow and right now he's a

right tackle I think it'll be interesting to see what they do in the draft because he does have

the ability to move inside I think they could move him to guard. That's a very real possibility, especially

if you take so at five. But this was a step in the right direction, a big signing. We still don't

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