The day after might feel worse.

Let's get into it.

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What up, Bengals fans, and welcome into another edition of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.

I'm James Rupin.

He is Jake Lisco in, well, admittedly, we're both going to be your therapy, all right, for the next 15 to 20 minutes here on Locked-on Bengals.

So thank you for making us your first listen. Jake is in the airport. So if you're watching on YouTube,

he's got to wear the mask and all that. There's going to be people around him. There'll be some background noise. I'm still in Los Angeles, so I'm recording this outside. So at least

there's weather, good weather here, where I can do that. But Jake, it's brutal, I think, to answer my question for the YouTube audience, I think

today it feels worse because it's, you've had more time to process it and process just how

damn close they were.

And there were so many moments in that game.

And if they go differently, one of them, the Logan Wilson penalty, the Tyler Boyd

drop, the third and one.

I know there were questions about where the ball was spotted.

I know some thought that the Rams lined up in the neutrals, like all of these things.

And for this ride, right, this playoff ride that they have been on one of those things has gone their way right against the

chiefs it went their way to it to win the aFC north against the the raiders it went their way

and it just felt like it was going to end the way all these

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