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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Playoff hopes are gone, but fireworks could be on deck as the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals square off in a high-octane Week 17 battle. Can Joe Burrow torch the Cardinals’ battered secondary? Will Jacoby Brissett keep pace with Trey McBride and Michael Wilson? James Rapien and Locked On Cardinals host Alex Clancy break down quarterback futures, key defensive concerns, and receiving studs Tee Higgins, Ja'Marr Chase, McBride, Wilson, and Marvin Harrison Jr. The guys also dive into Zac Taylor’s strategy, the Bengals’ urgent offseason needs, and whether injuries should spare Jonathan Gannon’s job.

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0:00.0	It's Bengals, it's Cardinals, it's a matchup of two teams, not going to the playoffs.
0:05.7	Plenty to discuss.
0:06.6	We'll do it right now on a special Locked-on crossover.
0:15.3	You are Locked-on NFL crossover, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.
0:26.4	Your team every day I again everyone and welcome in to the locked on Bengals and locked on Cardinals podcast I'm James
0:30.8	Rupin joined by Alex Clancy and we're going to get you ready for clearly the biggest game
0:35.9	of a week 17.
0:39.6	It's Bengals and Cardinals at Baycourt Stadium.
0:43.5	Of course, this crossover is brought to you by Price Pigs.
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0:50.8	Obviously, Alex, we cover two teams not going to the playoffs.
0:54.0	So a special shout out to all
0:55.1	of the everydayers that support us, that listen, that watch. And we're going to have you
1:00.2	covered even during a holiday week like this. We're crossing over looking ahead to Sunday's
1:05.4	matchup. And Alex, I've followed some of what's gone on in Arizona, mostly from a fantasy perspective,
1:14.1	but what's the biggest story here for the Arizona Cardinals with a couple of things?
1:18.6	Well, James, you know, for those that live in Cincinnati, let me maybe relay kind of a metaphor.
1:24.3	You know, those car crashes you see on TV during the snow where there's 97 cars
1:30.1	that just can't stop because there's snow on the freeway. And it's very slow and just slowly
1:34.2	just mold into one big car with all little dents and stuff. That's been the cardinal season
1:38.7	pretty much throughout its entirety. Like everything that could go wrong has gone wrong in the most fantastical way for it to go
1:46.2	wrong so in a year much like with the bengals where it's like hey sky's the limit i know things
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