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I'm Jake Liscoe. He's James Rapine. Thanks for listening to the Lockdown Bengals podcast,

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listen, free and available on all platforms. James, that was not the way that game was supposed to end. Joe Burrow battling through a knee injury.

Joe Mixen not on the field when the Bengals decided to run the ball on a third and one.

And honestly, James, I'm going to say I understand the decision making there.

They were running the ball pretty well in this game and you get a first down.

You open it back up.

But I don't understand why Joe Mixen isn't on the field on that drive.

And it wasn't just that play.

He wasn't on the field on that drive and he wasn't hurt.

Yeah.

I mean, that's a big part of it, right?

It's it's 2320.

You just need a field goal. Joe Mixen's your best running back, not your second best running back,

not your fifth best running back. It's not Samadjap Ryan. 34 isn't making, you know, $12 million a

year. It's Joe Mixin. So I don't know what the hell is going on, especially on the third down.

And honestly, there was multiple times when, and it's been this way, man.

And I know so much I, P. Ryan, had the big touchdown against the Chiefs.

But there's been multiple times this year where it's felt that way.

And multiple times in this game, not just on that drive, where I was like, why is Mixen not in right now?

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