When we looked at the Cincinnati Bengals' 2024 schedule, we saw an opportunity for a fast start.

So what are the Bengals going to do this off season and in the preseason to make sure they capitalize on that opportunity?

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James, today we dive into a classic Locked-on Bengals Mailbag, an off-season mailbag here.

We're going to start with this big topic about getting off to a fast start, what they should do in the preseason. We'll talk as well about

what's going on with the quarterback two battle as we're getting ready to really see that start

in training camp. We'll have a couple other topics on defense and a little bit of a grab bag,

some fun questions perhaps at the end of this show.

But James, let's start with Ben Materski.

And apologies if we're not getting any names pronounced correctly.

But Ben's wondering what the Bengals are going to change to avoid a slow start during the easiest part of the schedule,

meaning the start of the schedule

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